Winter Vinecki takes WINTER OLYMPICS

HONORING
a training run at the
2021 Intermountain
Healthcare Freestyle
International Ski

HER FATHER
World Cup in 2021 in
Park City, Utah.
GREGORY SHAMUS
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Skier Winter Vinecki is chasing a medal in the

women’s aerials competition and using the
global stage as a platform to raise awareness for
prostate cancer, which claimed her dad. PAGE B9
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WHITE HOUSE
SUPER BOWL LVI

President
threatens
Putin on
Ukraine
In hourlong call, Biden
says invasion would bring
‘swift and severe costs’

By Jim Heintz and

Aamer Madhani
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON >> President Joe

HOLLYWOOD
Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Pu-
tin that invading Ukraine would
cause “widespread human suffer-
ing” and that the West was com-
mitted to diplomacy to end the
crisis but “equally prepared for
other scenarios,” the White House
said Saturday. It offered no sug-

DREAMIN’
gestion that the hourlong call di-
minished the threat of an immi-
nent war in Europe.
Biden also said the United
States and its allies would re-
spond “decisively and impose
swift and severe costs” if the
Kremlin attacked its neighbor,
according to the White House.
The two presidents spoke a day
after Biden’s national security ad-
viser, Jake Sullivan, warned that
U.S. intelligence shows a Russian
invasion could begin within days
and before the Winter Olympics
in Beijing end on Feb. 20.
Russia denies it intends to in-
vade but has massed well over
100,000 troops near the Ukrai-
nian border and has sent troops
to exercises in neighboring Be-
larus, encircling Ukraine on three
sides. U.S. officials say Russia’s
buildup of firepower has reached
the point where it could invade on
short notice.
UKRAINE » PAGE 16

TRANSPORTATION

Bus routes to
The Rams will be playing at home for the NFL championship be disrupted
in a game SoFi Stadium had been scheduled to host a year ago if OCTA bus
INSIDE
drivers strike
By Todd Harmonson P1
SUPER BOWL LVI

O
tharmonson@scng.com Sunday, February 13, 2022 » SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS GROUP • Special section:
Everything you want to By Tess Sheets

SUPER SHOW
RAMS VS. BENGALS
.J. Simpson tossed the pregame coin, and Mi-
know about the game. tsheets@scng.com
chael Jackson performed the halftime show
the most recent time the Super Bowl visited • Sports: Rams look Several bus routes through-
the Los Angeles area, in 1993. RAMS, LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST BIG-GAME TITLE IN L.A., FACE BENGALS for their first big-game out Orange County could be dis-
The region had two NFL teams at the time, title in L.A. PAGE B1 rupted starting Tuesday morn-
though both left within two years for St. Louis • Focus: A look at the ing, if hundreds of Orange County
and Oakland, and the league was something locals only NFL’s passionate fans. Transportation Authority bus
PAGE A29
watched on TV for a generation. drivers decide to go through with
The long, winding trek from then to Super Bowl LVI a threatened strike.
today, when the once-and-current Rams will face the The drivers, who are members
Cincinnati Bengals in a $5.5 billion palace — Ingle- TOP: Rams head of the Teamsters Local 952, voted
wood’s SoFi Stadium — required leaps of faith, incred- coach Sean McVay, last month to allow a walkout and
ible timing and, yes, some dumb luck that left even in- left, celebrates with gave notice last week they would
siders shaking their heads. owner Stan Kroenke strike if negotiations expected to
“It’s sort of surreal that we’re here in many ways af- after the the team’s continue this weekend are not
ter all these years,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell 20-17 victory over the successful on a new contract.
said. San Francisco 49ers in The work stoppage would begin
After all, that journey needed a billionaire to recog- the NFC championship at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Both parties
nize that business would be better in expensive Los An- game last month have said they hope to come to an
geles than in the Midwest and, a year later, that a mil- at SoFi Stadium in agreement before then, acknowl-
lennial from Washington was the man he needed to Inglewood. edging the impact a strike would
lead the way. KEITH BIRMINGHAM have on residents. The groups
It also depended on a three-month stretch of rain STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER were expected to meet Saturday
— 17.1 inches’ worth — that was wonderful for drought and have another session sched-
conditions but horrible for construction and forced ABOVE: Crews work uled Monday in hopes of reaching
what eventually proved to be a fortuitous delay. on field preparation for a resolution.
And a meet-cute of sorts in Cabo San Lucas certainly Super Bowl LVI at SoFi At a stop at Glassell Street
helped. Stadium in Inglewood and Katella Avenue in Orange on
on Feb. 1.
HISTORY: THE 1979 RAMS LOOK BACK ON SUPER BOWL XIV AT THE ROSE BOWL. PAGE 4

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A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Good
morning!
START YOUR DAY HERE
Star report
West wants Eilish to
apologize for something
she says she didn’t do
Grammy-winning singer Bil-
lie Eilish has denied making a
dig at Travis
Scott during her
recent concert,
after Kanye West
threatened to pull
out of his Coach-
ella headline gig if
she didn’t apolo-
West
gize to Scott.
Back in No-
vember, 10 concertgoers died
of compression asphyxia during
Scott’s Astroworld concert in
Houston after the packed crowd
surged toward an outdoor stage
where Scott was performing.
Since the tragedy, it has become
common practice for artists to
ensure crowd safety during their
shows.
Eilish paused her performance
at State Farm Arena in Atlanta
last week after she noticed a fan
having difficulty breathing. She
told the audience before resum-
ing the show: “I wait for people
to be okay until I keep going.”
On Thursday, West shared with
his 11.2 million Instagram follow-
ers a screenshot
of a post on the
Instagram ac-
count @rapseatv,
which comment-
ed on Eilish of-
fering an inhaler
to a distressed
fan at her Atlanta
Eilish concert.
Although Eilish mentioned
neither Scott nor Astroworld
onstage, the original post, which
is no longer visible, claimed the
“Happier Than Ever” hitmaker
“dissed” Scott.
Birthdays
Actor Kim Novak is 89.
Actor Bo Svenson is 81.
Actor Stockard Channing is 78.
Talk show host Jerry Springer is 78.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is 76.
Singer Peter Gabriel is 72.
Cool fact: The 13th
Winter Olympic Games
opened in Lake Placid,
New York, in 1980.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1633
Astronomer Galileo Galilei
arrived in Rome for trial
Hot shot before the Inquisition, ac-
cused of defending Coper-
nican theory that the Earth
revolved around the sun.
1935
A jury in Flemington,
New Jersey, found Bruno
Richard Hauptmann guilty
of first-degree murder
in the kidnap-slaying of
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.,
the 20-month-old son of
Charles and Anne Lindbergh.
2000
Charles Schulz’s final “Pea-
nuts” strip ran in Sunday
newspapers, a day after the
cartoonist died at age 77.
2016
Justice Antonin Scalia, the
influential conservative on
the U.S. Supreme Court,
was found dead at age 79.
LOTTERY
LEONARD ORTIZ — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER WINNING NUMBERS
Listen up: Vivian Dinh, center, sings with the Diocesan Choir during the World Marriage Day Mass at Christ Daily 3 Afternoon: 1, 6, 5
Cathedral in Garden Grove on Monday. This year’s Mass is based on the theme, “Called to the Joy of Love.” Daily 3 Evening: 4, 3, 2
Daily 4: 5, 1, 4, 0
“Come on Billie we love you was just helping a fan.” looks particularly happy in this
Fantasy 5:
please apologize to Trav and to picture, it’s because he now 3, 4, 21, 24, 27
the families of the people who — CNN has a baby brother. His name is
lost their lives,” the caption to Sebastian, and I would like you to DAILY DERBY
West’s post read. CNN’s Cooper announces meet him.” 1st: 6, Whirl Win
“No one intended this to happen birth of second child With photos of Sebastian on 2nd: 7, Eureka
Trav didn’t have any idea of what He’ll need 360-degree vision to screen, Cooper, 54, announced
3rd: 3, Hot Shot
was happening when he was on keep up with his family now. that the newborn’s full name is Race time: 1:48.75
stage and was very hurt by what Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper.
Anderson Cooper announced
happened and yes Trav will be the birth of his second son live Sebastian is 22 months younger SUPER LOTTO PLUS
with me at Coachella (Festival in than his brother, Wyatt Morgan Saturday’s drawing:
Thursday night on CNN’s “Ander-
April) now I need Billie to apolo- son Cooper 360.” Cooper, who was born in April 2, 10, 23, 42, 44
gize before I perform,” he added. 2020. The CNN anchor co-par- Mega number: 10
“I wanted to start out with some ents Wyatt, and now Sebastian
Eilish denied that her comments good news, which also hap- Saturday’s estimated
were aimed at Scott, writing in too, with friend and former
pens to be very personal news,” jackpot: $16 million
the comment section: “literally partner Benjamin Maisani.
Cooper opened, sharing photos MEGA MILLIONS
never said a thing about Travis. of his first son, Wyatt. “If he — New York Daily News
Friday’s drawing:
11, 16, 23, 24, 30
Mega number: 24
Tuesday’s estimated
jackpot: $53 million
Actor David Naughton is 71. Singer Robbie Williams is 48.
POWERBALL
Rock musician Peter Hook is 66. Singer-songwriter Feist is 46.
Saturday’s drawing:
Actor Matt Salinger is 62. R&B performer Natalie Stewart is 43. 8, 10, 21, 41, 62
Singer Henry Rollins is 61. Actor Mena Suvari is 43. Powerball: 7
Actor Neal McDonough is 56. Actor Katie Volding is 33. Saturday’s estimated
Country musician Scott Thomas is 49. Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. is 25. jackpot: $172 million
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OUTDOORS MISSION VIEJO

Lawsuit
challenges
extension
for council
Three members’ terms
grew from 2 to 4 years
By Tess Sheets
tsheets@scng.com
When Mission Viejo leaders in
2020 decided to delay plans for
changing how voting is done in
the city — after nearly two years
of trying to implement a cumula-
tive system — three council mem-
bers ended up staying in office
two years longer than the terms
they were elected to.
Now a resident is asking the
state attorney general to allow
his lawsuit over the extension of
those two-year terms to four years
without a public vote. And some
PHOTOS BY MARK RIGHTMIRE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER residents say they are concerned
Hikers walk through stands of oaks along Limestone Canyon Road during the Wilderness Access Day at Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve it could happen again, as Mis-
in Silverado, which Irvine Ranch Conservancy and OC Parks reopened to the public on Feb. 5 after wildfires burned the area in 2020. sion Viejo leaders finalize plans

EN ROUTE TO
for transitioning to a by-district
voting system.
But the attorney for Mission
Viejo, who also is representing
the three council members being
challenged, said the city is not
making up new rules. Since of-

RESTORATION
After devastating 2020 fires, Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve showing recovery
By Lou Ponsi
Correspondent
Hikers, mountain bikers,
equestrians and nature en-
thusiasts of all types are be-
ing welcomed back to the
Limestone Canyon Nature
Preserve, more than a year
after back-to-back fires de-
livered a blow to the geolog-
ical landmark.
On Saturday, OC Parks,
which manages Limestone
Canyon, hosted the first
Wilderness Access Day in
the canyon since 2020. Do-
cent-led events are staged
to protect the area’s sensi-
tive habitats.
The canyon, which is
north of the Whiting Ranch
Wilderness Park, was closed
after the Silverado and Bond
CANYON » PAGE 8
ficials couldn’t make cumulative
voting work — state officials said
it would need legislative changes
— the city’s existing laws govern-
ing council member terms were
followed, City Attorney Bill Cur-
ley said.
To settle a 2018 lawsuit against
the city over its at-large election
system, Mission Viejo leaders and
the voting rights group that sued
the city agreed cumulative voting
was the best method for address-
ing minority voter dilution in the
city. Under a cumulative system,
voters receive as many votes as
open seats and cast them however
they like — including multiple for
the same person. For the cumula-
tive system, all City Council mem-
bers would be up for election at
the same time.
To align the terms of the coun-
cil members, city officials in 2018
intended for the three winners for
office that year to serve only two-
year terms, so all five city leader
positions would be on the ballot
in 2020, when the new voting sys-
tem was expected to launch.
When those plans were delayed
because of pushback from state
officials, the terms of the three
council members — Wendy Buck-
nam, Greg Raths and Ed Sachs —
were extended by a City Council
Hikers stop to take a photo at Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve in Silverado on Feb. 5, The park is located vote.
north of the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park.. COUNCIL » PAGE 8

SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN BEST THING I ATE THIS WEEK

Park will be patrolled by robot guard

By Brady MacDonald
bmacdonald@scng.com
An artificial intelligence-
driven security guard ro-
bot with a Shakespearean
name soon will be patrol-
ling Six Flags Magic Moun-
tain and the surrounding
parking lots in search of
scofflaws and rule breakers
— but no one will confuse
Roameo with RoboCop.
The new Roameo secu-
rity robot will start patrol-
ling Magic Mountain in
this week, according to Six
Flags officials.
Roameo will operate in
the Magic Mountain park-
ing lot during park opera-
tion and in the amusement
park after operating hours,
according to Six Flags of-
ficials.
The 12 mph autono-
mous robot will serve as
a mobile version of Magic
Mountain’s current station-
ary closed-circuit television
security cameras. Just like
the pole- and building-
mounted security cam-
eras, Roameo will be able
to identify trespassers in
restricted areas of the Va-
lencia amusement park.
Roameo won’t directly
respond to infractions, but
the bot can notify its hu-
man counterparts of tres-
passers in secure areas.
Among Roameo’s capa-
bilities: recognizing amuse-
The new Roameo security robot will patrol Six Flags Magic Mountain.
ment park visitors who are
not wearing face masks.
Roameo will not be used
for COVID-19 health and
safety mask compliance at
Magic Mountain, accord-
ing to Six Flags officials.
The bot’s 21-inch touch
screen can provide maps,
wait times and other infor-
mation. Magic Mountain
can’t confirm if Roameo
will offer ride wait times
and amusement park maps
COURTESY OF ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE DEVICES
as the new robot still re-
mains in the testing phase.
The AI robot can hop
curbs, climb hills in the
rain and identify vehi-
cles, license plate numbers
and people. With addi-
tional software, it can ver-
ify photo IDs, check body
temperatures and even un-
lock doors.
The new Six Flags ro-
bot security guards will
be supplied by Michigan-
based Robotic Assistance
Devices. Another Roameo
will start working at Six
Flags Over Texas about a
week after the first bot rolls
out at Magic Mountain, ac-
cording to RAD officials.
RAD is in talks with
Florida theme park com-
panies about adding the
Roameo bots, according
to the Orlando Sentinel.
Walt Disney World was not
ROBOT » PAGE 8
The Earl Grey tart from The Bakery Cafe in Buena Park.
Blueberry tarts with
a twist in Buena Park
By Brad A. Johnson
bajohnson@scng.com
A craving for cus-
tard cream fritters and
baked cream puffs is what
prompts me to drive to The
Bakery Cafe at The Source
in Buena Park. The fritters
look like bear claws, except
more elegant and beauti-
fully golden brown, their
insides inflated with va-
nilla custard. The cream
puffs are like fluffy bis-
cuits or scones stuffed
with sturdy, sweetened
whipped cream. But when
I belatedly arrive midaft-
ernoon, both of those
items already are sold out.
I find the pastry racks rav-
aged, almost empty. This
time of day, the small din-
BRAD A. JOHNSON — STAFF
THE BAKERY CAFE
Where: 6950 Beach Blvd.,
Level 2, Buena Park
When: Breakfast, lunch
and dinner daily
Cost: $7.50
Phone: 714-646-7220
Online: instagram.com/
thebakery.cafe
ing room at this Korean
bakery cafe is filled pre-
dominantly with women,
mostly grandmother and
great-grandmother types
sipping green tea lattes
and Freixenet, but also a
few students hunched over
their laptops.
“You have to get here
early for the cream
puffs,” the young woman
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Witnesses help catch accused bank robber

IrvIne
By Nathaniel Percy
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neiGhborhoods A man suspected of rob-
bing a Costa Mesa bank on
Friday afternoon was ar-
rested thanks to the help
of alert witnesses who pro-
vided a detailed description
of him, authorities said.
Just before 1:50 p.m., the
suspect walked into a bank
in the 2300 block of Harbor
Boulevard, handed the teller
a note and walked out with
an undisclosed amount of
cash, Costa Mesa Police Lt.
Bryan Wadkins said.
Witnesses told officers
the man walked out onto
Harbor Boulevard and told
them the direction he took,
Wadkins said.
Police found the sus-
pect at a construction site
shortly thereafter, Wad-
kins said. He was arrested
after the witnesses identi-
fied him.
After arresting the sus-
pect, police received a call
from another bank in the
2300 block of Harbor Bou-
levard reporting an at-
tempted bank robbery at
1:40 p.m., Wadkins said.
Investigators were work-
ing to determine if the sus-
pect had also attempted
to rob that bank, Wadkins
said. The man’s identity was
being withheld.
Some of the money that
was taken was recovered,
police said, but the amount
wasn’t disclosed. A police of-
ficial on Saturday declined to
identify either bank.

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pool. The neighborhood features a variety of of all ages.
spacious floor plans ranging from
1,595–4,430 square feet and priced from
the high $800,000s to high $1,900,000s.
Three builders offer 7 new collections
including: Ascent and Evergreen by Pulte
Homes, the Lennar collections of Almeria,
Adagio II, Montair and Bolero and Launch
by Shea Homes.
Latin for sun, Solis is an invitation to put
your walking shoes on, go outside and have
some fun. In this beckoning spirit, Solis
Park will start with 13 home collections
Restaurant closures
• Reopened: Feb. 10 ExtraMile at Chevron sta-
By Ian Wheeler tion, 1501 S. Broadway,
Contributing Writer
Baja Sharkeez, 211 Main
St., Suite A, Huntington Santa Ana
Restaurants and other food Beach • Closed: Feb. 3
vendors ordered to close and • Closed: Feb. 8 • Reason: Rodent infesta-
allowed to reopen by Orange tion
County health inspectors • Reason: Rodent infesta-
from Feb. 3 to Feb. 11. tion • Reopened: Feb. 3
Long’s Kitchen, 15435 • Reopened: Feb. 8 Cocina Latina at Anaheim
from some of California’s favorite builders: Jeffrey Road, Suite 103, Holy Sheep, 2401 Lincoln Marketplace, 1440 S.
Lennar, Pulte, Taylor Morrison, Tri Pointe Irvine Ave., Suite A, Anaheim Anaheim Blvd., Suite H-8,
Homes and Trumark. Showcasing a variety • Closed: Feb. 4 Anaheim
• Closed: Feb. 10
• Closed: Feb. 3
of single-family and attached homes—from • Reason: Failure to comply • Reason: Insufficient hot
1,000–3,000 square feet—many homes with notice of violation water • Reason: Rodent infesta-
• Reopened: Feb. 5 tion
have park frontage, all with access to the Lee’s Sandwiches, 1025
Westminster Mall, Suite La Michoacana at Ana- • Reopened: Feb. 3
colorful, creative, surrounding community
2113, Westminster heim Marketplace, 1440
that is Great Park Neighborhoods.
• Closed: Feb. 9 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite Updates since
• Reason: Rodent infesta- I-11, Anaheim last week’s list
Another bonus to living at Great Park • Domino’s at 1913 N. Pla-
Neighborhoods is that you get more. tion • Closed: Feb. 3
centia Ave., Placentia, which
More parks. More pools. More space to • Reopened: Feb. 10 • Reason: Rodent infesta-
was ordered closed Feb. 3
Kitchen at Fred Kelly tion
grill-out, play Frisbee, and walk the dog. because of a rodent infesta-
Stadium, 3920 E. Spring • Reopened: Feb. 4 tion, was allowed to reopen
All amenities and common areas at all of
St., Orange Gano Excel at Anaheim Feb. 4.
the neighborhoods are managed by one Marketplace, 1440 S. Ana-
• Closed: Feb. 9 • Woodfire Kabob at 24155
homeowners’ association and are available heim Blvd., Suite B-19,
• Reason: No water supply Laguna Hills Mall, Suite
Anaheim 1055, Laguna Hills, which
Tacos Tijuana, 12011
to share. And don’t forget all the great Chapman Ave., Garden • Closed: Feb. 3 was ordered closed Feb. 1
social programming the HOA supports and Grove • Reason: Rodent infesta- because of a rodent infesta-
organizes – ranging from a wide variety of • Closed: Feb. 9 tion tion, was allowed to reopen
clubs, activities, and events for residents • Reopened: Feb. 4 Feb. 8.
• Reason: Rodent infesta-
tion Best Choice SuperMarket, • Rubio’s at 5781 E. Santa
12081 Brookhurst St., Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim,
• Reopened: Feb. 10 which was ordered closed
Within the Great Park, residents enjoy the Garden Grove
The Sushi, 1805 W. Oran- Jan. 31 because of a rodent
Sports Park complex which offers individual gethorpe Ave., Suite B, • Closed: Feb. 3 infestation, was allowed to
championship stadiums for soccer, Fullerton • Reason: Rodent infesta- reopen Feb. 5.
baseball, softball, and top-notch facilities • Closed: Feb. 8 tion
for tennis, volleyball, lacrosse and much • Reason: Rodent infesta- • Reopened: Feb. 4 This list is published
more. With the magnificent new Great Park tion Dot & Dough, 12885 weekly with closures
Ice & FivePoint Arena nearby, patrons can • Reopened: Feb. 9 Beach Blvd., Suite 108, since the previous week’s
Stanton
Yogurtland, 3930 S. Bristol list. Status updates are
skate the day away at California’s largest published in the following
St., Suite 110, Santa Ana • Closed: Feb. 3
public Ice facility. week’s list.
• Closed: Feb. 8 • Reason: Insufficient hot
water Source: OC Health Care
To learn more, visit • Reason: Cockroach infes- Agency database.
www.GreatParkNeighborhoods.com. tation • Reopened: Feb. 3

Hello Saturday. Hello orange

balloon. Hello fresh perspective.
Hello new homes. Hello ice
skates. Hello treehouse. Hello
Marco. Hello Polo. Hello summer
concerts. Hello cold brew. Hello
puppy playdates. Hello different.
Hello California. Hello Irvine.
Hello Great Park.
Welcome to the new heart of Irvine. We are mixing things up and bringing
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And we can’t wait to show you what’s next.

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GOVERNMENT

La Habra City Council appoints Daren Nigsarian to fill its ranks

By Heather McRea
hmcrea@scng.com
La Habra City Council
members appointed Daren
Nigsarian to fill the fifth va-
cant seat left open on the
dais in December with the
resignation of Tim Shaw.
Nigsarian’s appointment
will last until November’s
elections, when voters will
decide who holds the seat
for the balance of its remain-
ing term until 2024. Nigsar-
ian said he intends to run for
the seat in November.
Shaw resigned after be-
ing challenged for holding
the council seat at the same
time as a seat on the Or-
ange County Board of Ed-
ucation. He stepped down
from that school board seat
to avoid a lawsuit and then
later stepped down from the
City Council when he put his
name in for appointment
back to the school board.
Nigsarian most recently
has been serving on the
Planning Commission but
has been involved in city is-
sues for many years, serving
previously on a fiscal review
committee and chairing a
committee advocating for a
2005 measure to extend the
life of a utility user’s tax as a
permanent revenue source.
Nigsarian has run twice
unsuccessfully for the coun-
cil.
He also has been on the
board of La Habra Boys &
Girls Club for a decade, re-
cently serving as its pres-
ident; has been a member
of the La Habra Host Lions
Club; and served for awhile
on a commission for the lo-
cal school district.
“I would say humbly that
my experience is very broad
based and is very deep,” he
told council members dur-
ing interviews for the ap-
pointment. There were five
applicants being considered.
“When you look at the total-
ity of my experience, I think
it brings real value.”
He identified the ongoing
need to address the city’s
unfunded pension liabili-
ties as a priority he believes
the council needs to keep
in mind, as well as encour-
aging quality businesses to
come to the city and push-
ing to keep local control over
development, especially new
housing, so quality-of-life is-
sues such as traffic and park-
ing are addressed before new
projects flood in.
The state is mandating the
city plan for at 800 new units
of housing in the next eight
years.
“We all know we are
making our good-faith ef-
fort to do that,” Nigsarian
said, “but if it means put-
ting in some negative de-
velopment that is going to
completely handicap the
traffic flow in that area and
wreck the quality of life for
the folks who live here or
work here, we are not do-
ing our duty.”
Nigsarian was sworn into
office Thursday after the
council voted unanimously
for his appointment.

PHOTOS BY MARK RIGHTMIRE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A mountain biker rides along Limestone Ridge Trail during the Wilderness Access Day at Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve in Silverado on Feb. 5.

Canyon
FROM PAGE 3

fires blazed through thousands of

acres to allow time for the natural
vegetation to grow back in and to
ensure a rest period for wildlife,
said officials with OC Parks and
the Irvine Ranch Conservancy,
which is helping with the canyon’s
restoration. Signs and other infra-
structure also had to be rebuilt af-
ter the fires.
“We now feel that the situation
has sufficiently improved to han-
dle the impacts of public activities,”
Nathan Gregory, vice president
and chief program officer of Irvine
Ranch Conservancy, said. “And we
are excited to host the community
out on the land once again.”
The Silverado Fire delivered the
first blow in October 2020, burn-
ing a total of 13,398 acres, includ-
ing 5,600 acres in Limestone.
Officials initially were heartened
after discovering some patches of
land were spared from the ravages
of the fire, said John Gump, OC
Parks operations manager.
But then the Bond fire was
sparked Dec. 2, 2020, burning
6,686 acres, including 2,700 in
Limestone.
“We thought it could have been
worse, but that was before the Bond
fire came through and overlapped
into some of the same area and got
some of that remaining habitat, so
it was a pretty comprehensive fire
and fairly devastating to the stabil-
ity, as well as the infrastructure,”
Gump said.
Fire-resistant materials were
New plants are growing at the Augustine Staging Area at Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve.
used to replace the West Sinks
viewing deck that was burned; new
trail signage was constructed and
new cameras were installed.
And once the vegetation is
burned away from a hillside, Gump
said people might not realize the
work that has to happen to manage
the erosion that can occur.
Trails had to be restored after
the damage caused by the bulldoz-
ers and heavy equipment used to
establish containment lines to fight
the fires, Gregory said.
Large-scale habitat restoration
projects that involved seeding and
planting also took place.
The lack of significant rain over
the past year prolonged the time
needed for some of the vegetation
to grow back and create cover for
the wildlife, Gump said.
On the upside, “We didn’t see a
lot of loss of some of our larger oak
trees,” Gump said. “We didn’t ob-
serve a lot of obvious signs of wild-
life mortality.”
Wildlife typically found in the
canyon includes mountain lions,
deer, coyotes, foxes, raccoons,
skunks, snakes, lizards, ground
squirrels and varieties of birds, he
said.
Fire prevention is the No. 1 prior-
ity in maintenance of the canyon,
Gregory said.
Officials work with the Orange
County Fire Authority to identify
areas that need to be protected
should a fire occur, he said.
Road systems are maintained to
enable access for equipment when
an event happens.
But what is most critical, said
Gregory, is the deployment of the
Orange County Fire Watch Net-
work’s volunteers in strategic areas
during red-flag conditions, which
A burned fence post is seen the
Augustine Staging Area at the
preserve.
are issued by the National Weather
Service during periods of low hu-
midity, high temperatures and high
winds.
Fire watch volunteers are trained
to be on the lookout for arson ac-
tivity and educate the public about
fire danger.
“That kind of early warning, ig-
nition prevention side of it is re-
ally the best thing that we can do,”
Gregory said.
For more information about the
Irvine Ranch Conservancy and res-
toration efforts, go to IRConser-
vancy.org.
For more information about
OC Parks, go to OCParks.com. For
a listing of activities planned in
Limestone Canyon and other nat-
ural areas, go to letsgooutside.org.

Robot
FROM PAGE 3
among the potential buyers,
the Sentinel reported.
A Roameo robot security
guard patrolled the World
Series in Atlanta in October.
RAD has confirmed sales
of the Roameo bots to an
unnamed California ca-
sino and a major Hollywood
movie studio.
The imposing robot cop
— which is 6 foot, 6 inches
tall and weighs 750 pounds
— comes equipped with
cameras, speakers, micro-
phones and a touch screen.
Roameo doesn’t look
much like the half man-
half robot that patrolled
the crime-ridden streets of
Detroit in the 1987 “Robo-
Cop” film and subsequent
sequels.
Fo r t u n e d e s c r i b e s
Roameo as the “illegiti-
mate offspring of Wall-E
and Baymax,” and Scream-
scape calls the autonomous
officer a “cross between a
popcorn cart and a Google
maps camera car.”
Robotic Assistance De-
vices displayed a Six Flags
version of Roameo during
the International Associa-
tion of Amusement Parks
and Attractions Expo in
November.
The Roameo at IAAPA
Expo 2021 in Orlando, Flor-
ida, sported a baby blue fin-
ish, coiling roller coaster
track accents, neon blue
trim and a Six Flags Public
Safety Department shield.
The Six Flags parks won’t
call the robot Roameo. At
the IAAPA Expo, the bot’s
oversize Six Flags name tag
read “Parker.”
Both Six Flags bots at
Magic Mountain and Over
Texas will use the Parker
name, according to RAD
officials.
Council
FROM PAGE 3
Curley said officials went
back to an Orange County
Superior Court judge and
asked for more time to get
the cumulative voting sys-
tem implemented.
Because all five seats
needed to be up for election
in 2022, when city leaders
expected to finally get the
new system in place, the
two winners from the bal-
lot for 2020 were to serve
for two years. Elected that
year were Trish Kelley and
Brian Goodell.
Now that Mission Viejo
Palmer said she considers
it breaking a “philosophical
principle” by “taking away,
as a citizen, my fundamen-
tal right to choose those
who represent me.”
Another resident, Mi-
chael Schlesinger, filed an
application with the state
attorney general last month
asking for a legal opinion
on whether Raths, Sachs
and Bucknum can be sued
for remaining in office.
Lee Fink, the attorney
representing Schlesinger,
said if given the go-ahead
by the state’s top prose-
cutor, they would file in
Orange County Superior
Court “and ask that the
three council members be
timately not viable, partic-
ularly because of the con-
cerns of the secretary of
state, then we went to nor-
mal, if you will, to consis-
tent with existing city and
state law,” which puts coun-
cil member terms at four
years, he said.
“And so at no time were
we making things up.”
He said that while it has
been mentioned during
public meetings that the
switch to district-based vot-
ing will mean three candi-
dates on the ballot in 2022
and two in 2024, officials
simply are relaying what
the standard process is, but
that could be changed.
“We’re telling you what’s

Best
FROM PAGE 3
behind the counter tells
me. They stock the dough-
nuts and leavened pastries
first thing in the morn-
ing. The afternoon shift is
when the refrigerated case
gets restocked with tarts
and cakes and the pantry
shelves fill with loaves of
milk bread.
“In that case I’ll have a
blueberry tart,” I say, point-
ing to my consolation prize
in the refrigerated case.
“You mean Earl Grey?”
I take a closer look and
realize the blueberry tarts
are labeled “Earl Grey.”
“Yes, that’s the one.”
Although not what I came
here for, I have to admit these
tarts are stunningly beauti-
ful. And delicious. The deli-
cate, fine-crumbed crusts re-
mind me of a chocolate gra-
ham cracker recipe I used
to love, but not exactly the
same. They’re better. They
are filled with tea-infused
pastry cream and topped
with fresh blueberries posi-
tioned with jeweler-like pre-
cision. The tart really needs
to come to room tempera-
ture before you start. The
flavors are subtle, contem-
plative, tasting more of black
tea than of Earl Grey’s dis-
tinctive bergamot. The sec-
ond bite is better than the
first, the third more im-
pressive than the second …
They are best savored slowly,
not gulped, which might be
harder than it sounds.
Most of the actual bak-
ing takes place in a larger
kitchen upstairs on the
third level, at The Bak-
ery, which is probably best
known for its Korean-style
red bean-filled, crumb-
crusted gombo doughnuts.
That upstairs bakery is lo-
cated in the chaotic food
court and isn’t very charm-
ing, unlike this little off-
shoot cafe and eclectic re-
tail boutique on the second
level. And the company
keeps growing. More re-
cently, they launched a bak-
ing school next door called
The Bakery School in case
you want to learn how to
make blueberry milk bread
or tiramisu macarons.
leaders have dropped the
idea of cumulative voting
in favor of a district-based
system, some community
members are questioning
the term extensions for
Raths, Sachs and Bucknum,
which they argue were de-
cided without public input.
And because terms in-
stead would be staggered
in a district-based system,
some suspect Kelley and
Goodell won’t end up facing
a public vote in November.
Curley said that has yet
to be decided.
Cathy Palmer, who has
lived in Mission Viejo since
the 1980s, said the council’s
decision to extend officials’
terms in office beyond what
residents believed they were
voting for is “concerning.”
removed and the offices de-
clared vacant.”
“We are hoping that we
can get this matter resolved
by the courts to prevent the
City Council from further
breaching their obligations
to the public and allowing
themselves to just serve be-
yond their term,” Fink said.
The filing notes that,
under an amended lawsuit
settlement agreement is-
sued in 2020, Judge Wal-
ter Shwarm ordered all five
council seats be up for elec-
tion in 2022.
But Curley said the two-
year terms on which the
council members were
elected was based on the
plan that the city would
implement cumulative vot-
ing, “and when that was ul-
on the books, but the books
can change in a month,” he
said.
When the City Council
adopts an ordinance for-
mally implementing the
district elections process
and official map carving the
city into geographic voting
areas, “absent being uncon-
stitutional, they can pretty
much do what seems right
for the community then,”
Curley said.
That could mean roll-
ing over the terms of Kel-
ley and Goodell to 2024, he
said. The council could, like
some other cities that made
the switch to district-based
voting, also choose to elect
the two seats to two-year
terms in November to stag-
ger voting for the future.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH

Serving up chili with a side of bragging rights

By Heather McRea
hmcrea@scng.com

Deciding who has the best

chili recipe in Huntington
Beach also benefits the local
youth. Chili at the Beach
featured a chili cook-off
among nearby Main Street
restaurants, as well as en-
tertainment on two stages
Saturday in the Pier Plaza.
All of the day’s tasty fun
was to benefit the Boys &
Girls Clubs of Huntington
Monroe Miles, 7, opens wide to taste chili her mom Melissa Miles offers her at the Chili at
the Beach chili cook-off. She gave the sampling from Pacific Hideaway a thumbs up.
Valley. Steaming hot chili from the Cruisers booth is
served up fresh.

Cayla Paretti enjoys her 28th birthday with

with Josh Winick during the cook-off.

A dog checks out all the chili booths during the PHOTOS BY MINDY SCHAUER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chili at the Beach cook-off. Dana Kraus dances to live music from Daddie and the Baddies during the chili cook-off.

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United States Fully vaccinated World Fully

CORONAVIRUS WEEKLY TRACKER
vaccinated
U.S. total U.S. average World total
By JEFF GOERTZEN and KURT SNIBBE | Southern California News Group and HARRIET ROWAN and PAI | Bay Area News Group 213,563,173 65.1% 4,123,563,512
Data as of Feb. 11 By number of people By percentage of population World average
Doses administered since Dec. 15, 2020 Californians fully vaccinated Fully vaccinated At least one dose Calif.* 27,399,624 D.C. 89.8%

VACCINATIONS 70,532,325 27,399,624 70.4% 78.8% Texas

N.Y.
Fla.
Pa.
17,221,045
14,554,221
14,066,377
8,493,283
R.I.
Vt.
Maine
Mass.
79.9%
79.7%
78.4%
77.5%
53.7%
By number of people
77.0%
Del Norte
48 Siskiyou Modoc
Progress Percentage of Californians that
received the vaccine Doses administered Number of doses given per day
and by vaccine manufacturer
Ill.
Ohio
N.J.
8,444,024
6,683,303
6,674,622
Conn.
Hawaii
N.J.
75.3%
75.2%
Top 20 nations
47 38 100% 500k N.C. 6,351,123 N.Y. 74.4% China 1,228.3M
At least one dose Johnson & Johnson Va. 6,087,512 Md. 73.6%
72.5% India 747.9M
Fully vaccinated Moderna Mich. 5,862,975 Wash.
Ga. 5,654,775 Va. 72.0% U.S. 213.6M
Shasta 80% 78.8% 400k Pfizer Wash. 5,367,993 Colo. 70.5%
Trinity Lassen Calif.* 70.4% Brazil 152.1M
46 31 70.4% Mass. 5,308,554
N.H. 69.9%
Humboldt 44 Md. 4,430,307 Indonesia 133.7M
67 60% 300k Ariz. 4,325,696 Ore. 69.7%
14-day N.M. 69.1% Japan 100.0M
Colo. 3,956,784 68.5%
moving Minn. 3,811,848 Minn. Pakistan 89.9M
Tehama average Ind. 3,663,847 Del. 68.0%
42 Plumas 40% 200k Fla. 67.3% Mexico 77.8M
56 Tenn. 3,657,266 Pa. 66.4%
Butte Mo. 3,413,383 Ill. 66.1% Vietnam 71.9M
Mendocino Glenn Sierra 49 Ore. 2,877,323
67 51 56 20% 100k S.C. 2,846,308 U.S. 65.1% Russia 70.7M
Yuba Nevada 63 Conn. 2,752,692 Utah 64.7% Germany 62.1M
47 2,502,505 Wis. 64.4%
Colusa Placer 64 Ky. Neb. 62.6% Philippines 60.1M
Lake 57 Sutter 0k Ala. 2,442,615 N.C. 61.9%
54 56 12 01 0203 0405 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 La. 2,426,236 Ariz. 61.4% Iran 54.7M
Yolo El Dorado 12 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 Okla. 2,197,257 Nev. 61.2%
Sonoma Napa 70 Sacramento 59 Alpine 2021 2022 2021 2022 Utah 2,004,286 Turkey 52.6M
Iowa 61.0%
78 Amador 63 Breakdown by age, gender and race/ethnicity of those who disclosed this information Iowa 1,915,810 60.9% France 51.9M

Marin 87
77 Solano 65 55
66 San Calaveras Tuolumne
Demographics
and are fully vaccinated since Dec. 15. Population based on estimates from the Calif.
Dept. of Finance. Estimates did not include “other” and “unknown” race and ethnicity
Nev.
Kan.
1,818,013
1,735,317
Texas
S.D.
Kan.
60.3%
59.6% Thailand 49.2M
Contra Costa Joaquin 53 Mono categories, so they were excluded. Ark. 1,599,992 Alaska 59.5% U.K. 48.7M
Miss. 1,502,866 Mich. 58.8%
81 58 52 68 By age By gender N.M. 1,444,944 Ohio 57.3% Italy 46.8M
San Francisco 83 Alameda Neb. 1,198,991
Mariposa S.C. 56.7% Spain 38.4M
81 Stanislaus 65+ 82% 5,443,732 Male 66.6% 13,271,327 Hawaii 1,071,397 Mont. 56.5%
Santa 55 Merced 42 Maine 1,047,687 Ky. 56.2% Argentina 35.4M
San Mateo 83 942,216
Clara 50-64 86% 6,219,013 N.H. Mo. 55.9%
84 48 Madera Female 72.3% 14,465,096 Idaho 939,707 Okla. 55.9% By percent of population
Santa Cruz 77 Fresno 18-49 77% 13,078,956 R.I. 845,053 W.V. 55.7%
52 Del. 651,222 Ind. 55.0% Top 20 nations
San 58 D.C. 621,861 Idaho 54.7%
Inyo 12-17 65% 2,055,087 U.A.E. 96.1%
Benito Mont. 593,846 N.D. 54.6%
59 525,313 93.1%
Monterey 69 Tulare
By race/ethnicity S.D.
Vt. 497,669
Tenn.
Ga.
54.5%
54.4%
Brunei
438,482 53.3% Malta 90.9%
70 Kings 51 Alaska Ark.
County vaccinations 44 Asian 103% 4,581,962 N.D.
W.V.
412,966
55,609
La.
Miss.
52.0%
50.4%
Portugal
Chile
90.4%
90.1%
Percentage of total population Wis. 55,609 Ala. 50.1%
that is fully vaccinated San Luis Native Wyo. 55,609 Wyo. 50.0% China 87.9%
Obispo Hawaiian or 100% 132,617
Kern other Pacific *Percentage is from the California Dept. of Public Health Cuba 86.9%
20-29% 66 51 Islander
84.6%
San Bernardino
By state map Singapore
30-39% White 73.7% 9,552,111 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Cambodia 83.6%
Santa Barbara 55 Spain 81.5%
40-49%
68 Ventura Denmark 81.4%
50-59% 71 Los Angeles Multiracial 64.6% 611,882
71 Canada 81.3%
60-69% Malaysia 80.5%
70-79% Riverside Latino 63.5% 8,493,990 Seychelles 80.5%
80-100% Orange 58 Australia 80.2%
72 Black or
1,208,041 New Zealand 80.2%
Excludes totals from federal agencies who received vaccine African 62%
allocated directly from CDC and those who received American Iceland 79.7%
vaccinations outside of their county of residence San Diego Imperial
Ireland 79.3%
80 85 American
61.5% 91,103
Indian or Japan 79.2%
Alaska native
CASES AND DEATHS OVER TIME Argentina 78.7%

Cases
California New cases Cases
United States New cases Cases
World New cases
Total cases Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Feb. 5-11 Change Total cases Feb. 4 Friday Change Total cases Feb. 4 Friday Change
8,401,399 338,678 279,243 -18% 76,723,621 369,281 223,623 -39% 408,455,835 3,027,409 2,405,832 -21%
Weekly new since Jan. 2020 Daily new cases since Jan. 2020 Daily new cases since Jan. 2020
14-day moving average 6M
600,000 1.2M
5M
1M
4M
400,000 800k
600k 3M
200,000 400k 2M
200k 1M
0 0 0
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022

Deaths New deaths Deaths New deaths Deaths New deaths

Total deaths Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Feb. 5-11 Change Total deaths Feb. 4 Friday Change Total deaths Feb. 4 Friday Change
82,557 1,309 1,388 6% 914,145 4,154 3,017 -27% 5,802,228 13,421 12,522 -7%
Weekly new deaths since Jan. 2020 Daily new deaths since Jan. 2020 Daily new deaths since Jan. 2020
20k
4k
3,000 15k
3k
2,000 2k 10k
1,000 1k 5k
0 0 0
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022

GAUGING THE IMPACT Toshowssee which

how regions with vastly different populations compare to each other, we divide the total cases by the population to find the rate. Looking at the rate per 10,000 people
area have been hit relatively harder by the pandemic, and which have been less impacted.

By county Per 10,000 Per 10,000

By state Per 10,000 Per 10,000
By country Top 50 nations Per 10,000 Per 10,000
County Total cases people County Total deaths people State Total cases people State Total deaths people Country/Terr. Total cases people Country/Terr. Total deaths people
Lassen 10,371 3,761 Imperial 852 46 R.I. 351,844 3,328 Miss. 11,558 39 Andorra 37,140 4,806.8 Peru 207,965 63.1
Kings 49,197 3,225.1 Tuolumne 165 30.9 Alaska 232,102 3,174.4 Ariz. 27,073 36.5 San Marino 13,861 4,084.2 Bulgaria 34,314 49.4
Los Angeles 2,752,398 2,740.2 Shasta 537 30.2 N.D. 234,205 3,060.3 N.J. 32,319 36.4 Slovenia 836,088 4,021.7 Bos. & Herz. 14,984 45.7
Imperial 50,087 2,692.4 Los Angeles 29,764 29.6 Tenn. 1,960,266 2,846.4 Ala. 17,505 35.6
San Bernardino 559,177 2,569.9 San Bernardino 6,326 29.1 Denmark 2,283,836 3,942.9 Hungary 42,360 43.8
Kern 226,717 2,480 Stanislaus 1,588 28.6 Utah 910,900 2,802.9 La. 16,176 34.8 Seychelles 38,395 3,904.3 Montenegro 2,632 41.9
Merced 68,563 2,407.1 Inyo 52 28 Ky. 1,232,297 2,752.4 Okla. 13,830 34.7 Israel 3,374,697 3,898.9 N. Macedonia 8,705 41.8
Inyo 4,439 2,391.3 Kings 416 27.3 S.C. 1,431,067 2,742.5 N.Y. 66,397 34.3 Montenegro 225,740 3,594.2 Georgia 15,459 38.8
Riverside 579,107 2,359.4 Merced 763 26.8 Wis. 1,553,551 2,663.5 Tenn. 23,261 33.8 Georgia 1,418,027 3,554.7 Czech Rep. 37,712 35.2
Tuolumne 12,576 2,352.2 Tulare 1,272 26.4 Fla. 5,776,333 2,657.8 Mich. 33,463 33.6
Amador 8,714 2,331.4 San Joaquin 2,012 25.7 Slovakia 1,818,532 3,330.9 Croatia 14,373 35
Ark. 804,145 2,653.5 W.V. 5,992 33.6 18,064
Mono 3,055 2,297.9 Riverside 6,030 24.6 Netherlands 5,692,528 3,322.2 Slovakia 33.1
W.V. 472,928 2,649.8 Mass. 22,791 33.1
San Diego 722,683 2,179.8 Fresno 2,509 24.4 Cyprus 285,943 3,220.1 San Marino 110 32.4
Madera 34,312 2,165.2 Calaveras 107 23.8 Wyo. 152,581 2,620.2 Pa. 42,134 33
France 21,646,561 3,203.8 Romania 61,363 31.9
Tehama 14,114 2,159.6 Lassen 64 23.2 Miss. 776,717 2,618 Ark. 9,977 32.9
Czech Rep. 3,363,053 3,140.4 Brazil 637,467 30
Fresno 219,909 2,141.9 Tehama 151 23.1 Ariz. 1,941,802 2,616.5 Ind. 22,136 32.8
Estonia 410,210 3,092.3 Lithuania 8,062 29.6
Yuba 16,935 2,132.7 Kern 2,058 22.5 S.D. 232,725 2,606.9 R.I. 3,376 31.9
Sutter 21,563 2,128.9 Madera 347 21.9 Kan. 749,850 Ga. 34,076 Portugal 3,049,692 2,990.9 Slovenia 6,059 29.1
2,573.4 31.8
California 8,401,399 2,128.7 Sutter 217 21.4 Del. 253,010 2,563.9 N.M. 6,658 31.6 Belgium 3,421,081 2,951.9 Poland 107,757 28.5
Del Norte 5,633 2,090.2 California 82,557 20.9 Ala. 1,259,580 2,559.3 Fla. 67,572 31.1 Switzerland 2,537,734 2,932.2 U.S. 918,451 27.7
Stanislaus 116,047 2,087.3 Siskiyou 92 20.8 Lithuania 797,492 2,929.5 Armenia 8,145 27.5
Okla. 1,005,388 2,525.6 S.C. 16,136 30.9
San Joaquin 162,238 2,070.6 Amador 76 20.3 Argentina 123,859
N.Y. 4,878,304 2,522.8 S.D. 2,730 30.6 Maldives 156,903 2,902.7 27.4
Tulare 98,216 2,038.8 Orange 6,308 20
Ventura 167,951 2,010.9 Glenn 58 19.5 La. 1,149,234 2,474 Ohio 35,005 29.9 Luxembourg 173,419 2,770.4 Moldova 10,893 27
San Benito 12,590 1,981.9 Lake 123 19.2 Ind. 1,664,353 2,463.9 Nev. 9,334 29.7 Liechtenstein 10,411 2,729.9 Colombia 136,764 26.9
Colusa 4,363 1,961.1 Sacramento 2,802 17.9 Minn. 1,388,401 2,454.2 Ky. 13,300 29.7 U.K. 18,346,553 2,702.6 Latvia 5,007 26.5
Santa Barbara 82,452 1,868.9 Butte 353 17.4 N.J. 2,142,157 2,411.7 Mo. 18,212 29.6 Serbia 1,826,787 2,684.6 Belgium 29,624 25.6
San Luis Obispo 50,415 1,859.2 Ventura 1,359 16.3 Mass. 1,648,656 2,391.6 Conn. 10,260 28.8 Mongolia 875,440 2,670.4 Trin./Tobago 3,507 25.1
Solano 76,655 1,748 Del Norte 43 16
N.C. 2,525,734 2,382.6 N.D. 2,198 28.7 Bahrain 453,916 2,667.6 Paraguay 17,844 25
Sacramento 271,470 1,739.1 San Luis Obispo 424 15.6
Modoc 1,630 1,717.4 Monterey 683 15.6 N.M. 500,516 2,376.3 Wyo. 1,667 28.6 Latvia 500,126 2,651.5 Ukraine 109,206 25
Santa Cruz 44,168 1,691.5 Trinity 20 14.8 Mont. 256,630 2,374.9 Mont. 3,067 28.4 Iceland 85,980 2,519.6 Italy 150,555 24.9
Monterey 73,878 1,689.3 San Diego 4,894 14.8 Ill. 2,987,502 2,373.4 Iowa 8,829 27.9 Ireland 1,242,806 2,516.9 Mexico 311,554 24.2
Napa 23,197 1,685.4 San Benito 92 14.5 Mich. 2,324,854 2,332.7 Texas 81,897 27.9 Austria 2,217,585 2,462.2 Greece 24,609 23.6
Orange 530,036 1,680.6 Santa Barbara 629 14.3 Iowa 736,703 2,328.7 U.S. 914,145 27.7 U.K. 159,909
Sonoma 80,286 1,658.1 Nevada 132 13.5 Croatia 1,009,973 2,460.2 23.6
U.S. 76,723,621 2,328.6 Ill. 34,228 27.2 Tunisia 27,004
Shasta 29,421 1,654.8 Mendocino 117 13.5 Sweden 2,397,330 2,373.8 22.8
Neb. 450,661 2,325.9 Kan. 7,720 26.5 Russia 332,010
Plumas 2,976 1,642.7 Placer 545 13.5 U.S. 77,652,197 2,346 22.8
Siskiyou 7,084 1,598 Yolo 282 13 Ga. 2,434,131 2,272.8 Del. 2,601 26.4 Suriname 1,298
Monaco 8,988 2,290.3 22.1
Mariposa 2,877 1,595.1 Yuba 98 12.3 Ohio 2,628,814 2,248.2 Idaho 4,553 24.9
Spain 10,604,200 2,268 Chile 40,370 21.1
Nevada 15,513 1,591.6 Colusa 26 11.7 Mo. 1,378,959 2,241.6 Md. 13,874 22.9
Uruguay 765,960 2,205 Serbia 14,299 21
Contra Costa 183,267 1,588.3 Modoc 11 11.6 Colo. 1,288,600 2,218.8 Wis. 12,877 22.1
Yolo 34,533 1,587.7 Mariposa 20 11.1 Greece 2,146,798 2,059.7 Spain 95,995 20.5
Texas 6,498,479 2,213.3 Minn. 11,957 21.1
Butte 32,118 1,584.8 Plumas 20 11 Italy 11,991,109 1,983.3 France 135,534 20.1
Idaho 402,048 2,200.7 Calif. 82,557 21
Lake 9,926 1,552.4 Santa Clara 2,082 10.8 Nev. 673,322 N.C. 21,665 Argentina 8,716,940 1,928.7 Portugal 20,442 20
Calaveras 6,946 1,542.3 Humboldt 135 10.3 2,145.5 20.4
Calif. 8,401,399 Va. 17,482 Norway 1,009,926 1,862.9 Ecuador 34,854 19.8
Santa Clara 297,414 1,537.7 Alameda 1,678 10.1 2,134.1 20.4
Pa. 2,717,577 Colo. 11,601 Barbados 50,880 1,770.5 Liechtenstein 74 19.4
Glenn 4,477 1,508.5 Contra Costa 1,151 10 2,125.9 20
N.H. 288,191 Neb. 3,815 Hungary 1,695,991 1,755.6 Uruguay 6,729 19.4
Placer 60,573 1,495.7 El Dorado 192 9.8 2,109.3 19.7
Alameda 243,964 1,472.7 Sonoma 459 9.5 Conn. 712,884 2,004.2 D.C. 1,309 18.4 Palau 3,119 1,724 Bahamas 757 19.2
Mendocino 12,541 1,447 Santa Cruz 239 9.2 Va. 1,602,677 1,865.6 N.H. 2,294 16.8 Panama 739,770 1,714.5 Andorra 148 19.2
Humboldt 18,435 1,408.9 Marin 234 9.1 D.C. 132,820 1,863.3 Alaska 1,114 15.2 Malta 69,794 1,580.7 Grenada 213 18.9
San Mateo 107,483 1,404.6 San Mateo 685 9 Wash. 1,410,596 Ore. 6,355 12,748,341 St. Lucia 347
1,833.5 15 Turkey 1,511.6 18.9
San Francisco 117,010 1,337.2 Napa 123 8.9 Panama 7,926
Vt. 108,969 1,748.1 Wash. 11,316 14.7 Costa Rica 757,093 1,486.2 18.4
El Dorado 25,847 1,323 Solano 388 8.8
Marin 32,029 1,242.5 Alpine 1 8.8 Hawaii 230,238 1,636.4 Maine 1,824 13.5 Bulgaria 1,031,660 1,484.7 Bolivia 21,240 18.2
Alpine 125 1,101.3 San Francisco 748 8.5 Md. 968,648 1,599.5 Utah 4,261 13.1 Lebanon 1,006,109 1,474.1 Sweden 16,501 16.3
Trinity 1,388 1,025.5 Mono 5 3.8 Ore. 674,500 1,590.2 Vt. 566 9.1 Germany 12,274,653 1,465 South Africa 96,851 16.3
Sierra 310 972.1 Sierra NA0 NA
0 Maine 185,773 1,376 Hawaii 1,247 8.9 Dominica 10,311 1,432.3 Seychelles 157 16
240
109 153
CURRENT HOT SPOTS
To show where the virus is spreading we calculate the number of new cases in the previous two weeks per 10,000 residents with the following formula:
64 73 235
121
(Total cases on February 12 - total cases on January 29) / population x 10,000. On some occasions, a county, state or country may correct their totals, which may result in negative numbers.
135 World
104 California and U.S. 14-day new case rate per 10K
14-day new case rate per 10K
83 136 90 39 Less 15-29.9 30-44.9 45-59.9 60-74.9 75 or more
142 300 or more than 15
194 250-299.9 Data not available
182 124 119 83 Norway
115 50 200-249.9 151 550
111 207 9 150-199.9 165 95 U.K.
96 196 172 Vt. 95 280 Latvia 677 Russia
142 100-149.9 152
63 167 198 127 139 115
93 172 Less than 100 142 86 73 France 451
57 82 51
S.F. 151 105 152 138 139 U.S.
129 93 107 107 Portugal 532
192 208 105 63 R.I. 99
419 167 80 79 57
72 Conn. 47 Israel
105 131 110 83 89 774
357 92 98 191 90 N.J. 45
127 204 Del. 71
197 142
222 274 Md. 31
124 151 131 119 Peru Brazil
142 146 D.C. 42 92
172 199 106
181 82 Australia
95 130 139
110 114 Note: Testing rates
101 138 in some countries
117 are far below than
533 270 average, skewing Argentina 99
68 case counts.
Sources: State data is from the California 205
Department of Public Health and county 109 121 Feedback: Please send suggestions or concerns to
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022 THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER >> OCREGISTER.COM
L.A. COLISEUM
Venue looks to stay in the game
Renovated stadium’s
future will include
Olympics, USC
football and more
entertainment
By Robert Morales
rmorales@scng.com
John F. Kennedy spoke at
the Coliseum in front of a
reported 80,000 people at
the Democratic National
Convention in 1960. Other
notables to have graced the
99-year-old stadium before
large crowds include Pope
John Paul II in 1987 and
Nelson Mandela in 1990.
The Rams first occupied
the hallowed halls in 1946
when they arrived from
Cleveland. Today, the Rams
will take on the Cincinnati
Bengals in Super Bowl LVI
— about 6 1/2 miles away,
at SoFi Stadium. The Col-
iseum hosted the first Su-
per Bowl in 1967 — before it
was even called that — and
another in 1973. But with
Inglewood’s posh new pal-
ace in operation, it likely
won’t see another.
The Rams called the
stone sports temple home
until they moved to Ana-
heim for the 1980 sea-
son and again played in
the old haunt and took on
Seattle in front of more
than 91,000 on Sept. 18,
2016 after returning from
St. Louis.
But the Rams were just
waiting for SoFi to be built
and once it was finished,
their four-year return en-
gagement at the Coliseum
was over as the SoFi era be-
gan in 2020.
The Raiders also made
the Coliseum their home
from 1982-94.
The Dodgers played at
the Coliseum for four years
after moving from Brook-
lyn ahead of the 1958 sea-
son. Left-handed-hitting
outfielder Wally Moon used
to hit what were called
“Moon Shots,” by loft-
ing the ball over the high
screen of the short left-field
fence.
Even daredev il Ev il
Knievel jumped 50 cars
on his motorcycle there in
1973. Also, the Coliseum
hosted the 1932 and 1984
Olympic Games (and it’ll
play a role when then re-
turn in 2028).
Concerts? How about
“The Boss” Bruce Springs-
teen in 1985 and the Roll-
ing Stones in 1989.
Let’s not forget that
evangelist Billy Graham
spoke there in front of some
134,254 people in 1963.
Wait, there’s more. Since
the Coliseum opened in
1923, it has been home to
USC football. From 1928
to 1981, it was also home
to crosstown rival UCLA
football.
Some of this is all in
the past, and will stay
there. For one thing, Col-
iseum Commission Presi-
dent George L. Pla knows
that with the Rams and
Chargers now calling SoFi
home, the NFL would likely
never allow another team
in the city.
“Yeah, we’re not going to
get a third team,” he said.
He delivered an adamant
“No!” when asked if having
an NFL team occupy the
Coliseum is even a concern
these days.
Moving forward, while
at the same time honor-
ing the history of a venue
that next January will cel-
ebrate its 100th birthday, is
the focus.
The Coliseum is jointly
owned by the city of
Los Angeles, L.A. County
and the state of California.
However, it is operated by
USC, which in 2019 com-
pleted a $315 million reno-
vation with the funds com-
ing from private donations.
One such donation re-
sulted in the name United
Airlines Field at the Los An-
geles Memorial Coliseum,
which figures to be graced
with USC football players
for some time, as the school
came away with a 98-year
lease through 2111.
During a news confer-
ence on Aug. 15, 2019, upon
completion of the project,
USC President Carol L. Folt
said in a story published
on the USC website, “To-
day we celebrate what our
city leaders, our local com-
The Coliseum is seen above Exposition Park with the USC campus in the background. The Trojans play home football games at the venue.
munity and the larger Tro-
jan family can accomplish
when we work together and
dream together.”
Pla loved what was done.
“They did a wonderful
job with the renovation,” he
said, during a telephone in-
terview.
Pla, who grew up in
Boyle Heights, laughed
when he recalled his first
moments in the famed sta-
dium.
“You’re talking to some-
one who grew up here and
went to the Coliseum as a
kid,” he said. “I remember
my first game was in the
very, very last row way up
on top when the L.A. Rams
were playing. They looked
like ants, I was so far away.
“And then one day, lo and
behold, I’m president of the
Coliseum.”
Indeed, there is some
love going on here.
“Why that is important
is that I see the Coliseum
as a public treasure for the
community,” Pla said. “It
doesn’t belong to USC, it
doesn’t belong to the city or
the state as far as I’m con-
cerned. It belongs to the
community.”
Speaking of USC foot-
ball, Pla believes that a
resurgence as a national
power is just around the
corner for the Trojans and
fans taking in their games
at the Coliseum will be the
beneficiaries.
“Now with (new head
coach) Lincoln Riley com-
ing and all the things he’s
going to do, I think USC is
going to be back to prom-
inence,” he said. “For us,
that’s like another NFL
team.”
There is so much more
to look forward to, Pla said.
A NASCAR race was
staged at the Coliseum
Feb. 6. Pla said the motors-
ports event drew in excess
of 50,000 and that the ma-
jority were Latino.
He said there is not yet
a contract with NASCAR
to come back, but he wel-
comes that with open arms.
“Oh, sure,” Pla said.
“We’ll host them every year,
if they want.”
Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s
vice president of strategic
innovation, sounded op-
timistic in his post-race
assessment of the event,
which included entertain-
ment by rappers Pitbull —
a NASCAR team owner —
and Ice Cube.
“Again, I think the en-
ergy behind the crowd here
was amazing,” Kennedy
said. “I was walking back
to the media center right
after the event, ton of peo-
ple smiling, laughing. The
energy was really just con-
tagious. It was great to see
the fan reaction. Looking
forward to watching it back
on TV again.
“I think we’ll have a lot
of data coming out of this.
I think there is certainly
potentially a future here.
We’ll probably try to make
a decision on that sooner
than later.”
Pla noted that there
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an oval racing track. The exhibition was considered a hit with fans.
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which the high schools tell
me will draw about 30,000.
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Construction on SoFi Stadium in Inglewood is shown on June 7, 2019. Persistent rain prevented the stadium from its planned 2019 opening. It was not completed until 2020.
Rams head coach Sean McVay celebrates a touchdown against the 49ers in the NFC
championship game at SoFi Stadium. McVay, one of the youngest head coaches in the
NFL, will be participating today in his second Super Bowl in five seasons with the team.
Super Bowl
FROM PAGE 1
Operating Officer Kevin De-
moff said on a recent con-
ference call.
The preferred script for
Rams fans, of course, would
include a victory today for
the franchise’s second Su-
per Bowl title, but its first
representing the Los Ange-
les area.
The organization won
Super Bowl XXXIV as the
St. Louis Rams, but that
was bittersweet at best for
local fans who felt jilted
when then-owner Georgia
Frontiere moved the team
from Anaheim following
the 1994 season.
The L.A. version of the
Rams reached Super Bowl
XIV at the Rose Bowl
against the Pittsburgh
Steelers and Super Bowl
LIII in Atlanta against the
New England Patriots, but
they lost both times.
“If the Rams could win
the Super Bowl, it would
be like the fulfillment of
my childhood dream,” said
longtime NFL agent Leigh
Steinberg, the co-chair-
man of the Save the Rams
campaign that tried to stop
Frontiere from taking the
team to St. Louis.
Long time coming
When Kathryn Schloess-
man took the job as the
president of the Los Angeles
Sports and Entertainment
Commission, the return of
the NFL to the region and,
with it, more events such as
the Super Bowl seemed like
a sure thing, the inevitable
conclusion.
“I had thought that we
would have a team back in
three to four years and a
Super Bowl sometime soon
after,” she said. “That was
25 years ago.”
Schloessman turned into
a regular visitor at other cit-
ies’ Super Bowls, where she
discussed the seemingly
obvious benefits of an NFL
presence in the nation’s en-
tertainment capital and
second-largest TV market.
And such a return moved
well past the idea stage and
into strong efforts led by ev-
eryone from real estate de-
velopers to Hollywood mo-
guls. They flirted with pos-
sible franchise moves and
even reached a final vote on
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil and team owner Georgia Frontiere celebrate on the awards stand as confetti falls
following the Rams’ 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on Jan. 30, 2000, in Atlanta.
an expansion team in 2000.
That team is called the
Houston Texans, by the way.
“Losing two teams from
the NFL (here) in the ’90s
was a difficult period for us
and our fans and something
we worked really hard to re-
solve,” Goodell said. “But we
wanted to find the right so-
lution.”
The NFL controlled the
rights to Los Angeles and
refused to let just any team
stake its claim. It took the
combination of a team in
a situation it could leave —
without creating new prob-
lems for the league — and
an owner who could afford
to build a world-class sta-
dium without tax support,
something that was a non-
starter in California.
Rams billionaire owner
Stan Kroenke had a deal
in St. Louis with an escape
clause, the wealth needed to
pay for the venue that be-
came SoFi Stadium and the
opportunity to right what
many considered Fron-
tiere’s wrong.
Kroenke also understood
that a move to Southern
California would be a boon
for business, even with sub-
stantial costs such as a re-
location fee and venue con-
struction to make it hap-
pen.
“When the Rams were in
St. Louis, their value was
about $875 million,” Stein-
berg said. “The minute
they returned, all of a sud-
den it was $2 billion. Now
it’s $3 billion.”
On Jan. 12, 2016, the
NFL’s owners approved the
Rams’ move back to Los An-
geles, their former home of
49 seasons.
Exactly one year later,
they hired 30-year-old Sean
McVay, then the offensive
coordinator in Washington,
and made him the young-
est coach hired in the NFL
since 1938.
McVay is 55-26 in the reg-
ular season, 6-3 in the play-
offs and set to coach in his
second Super Bowl in five
seasons He turned 36 on
Jan. 24.
“Those two risks set us
up for where we are today,”
said Demoff, the Rams’
COO.
Through the rain
McVay was hired in the
middle of one of the rainiest
stretches in recent South-
ern California history, a key
period in the construction
timeline that had to be met
to open the Rams’ stadium
for the 2019 season.
Tied to that deadline was
the Super Bowl following
the 2020 season, which the
NFL planned as the first of
Defensive end Aaron Donald, left, of the Rams celebrates with quarterback Matthew
Stafford after the Rams’ 20-17 victory over the 49ers in the NFC championship game last
month. A chance meeting in Cabo San Lucas led to Stafford joining the Rams this season.
RICK BOWMER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
many in the new home of
the Rams and Chargers.
“I remember losing sleep
every night when it seemed
like construction was fall-
ing behind, that we were
not going to be able to host
the 2020 (season’s) Super
Bowl, waking up with a
twitch in my eye each day,”
Demoff said. “You felt so
badly for the league.
“We had stepped up to
deliver this amazing sta-
dium to host the Super
Bowl and we were going to
have to push it back.”
When the Rams real-
ized they could not open
the building for the 2019
season, the NFL’s owners
pushed the L.A. Super Bowl
back a year.
“We won it for 2021 and
then the weather gods de-
cided to rain,” L.A. Sports
and Entertainment Com-
mission’s Schloessman said.
“We got moved from 2021
to 2022.
“We were blessed.”
The Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers won Super Bowl
LV on Feb. 7, 2021, in their
home stadium in front of
24,835, a crowd signifi-
cantly limited by the coro-
navirus pandemic.
Even that small of a
crowd would have been im-
possible in California at
that point; the Rose Bowl
SCOTT VARLEY — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
had just been relocated to
Texas the previous month.
A year later, the largest
crowd in SoFi Stadium’s
brief history is expected
for Super Bowl LVI at the
end of a game week with
pristine conditions, an-
other reason besides busi-
ness that some find a move
from the Midwest to Cali-
fornia alluring.
“The weather gods clearly
love us,” Schloessman said.
Talk about a dream,
try to make it real
Super Bowl LVI might
break the record for the hot-
test incarnation of the Ro-
man-numeraled spectacle
— today’s high temperature
is forecast for 83 degrees —
but McVay found warmth
in Cabo San Lucas last year
after the Rams were elimi-
nated from the playoffs.
He also found his quar-
terback.
McVay and his fiancee
were on vacation at the
same resort where then-
Detroit Lions quarterback
Matthew Stafford and his
wife were staying in Janu-
ary 2021. Rams left tackle
Andrew Whitworth, a good
friend of Stafford’s, also was
there and encouraged the
coach to spend time with
Stafford, someone he knew
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a little but not well.
Clearly, they hit it off over
drinks and football talk at
the pool.
The Rams traded their
former No. 1 overall draft
pick, quarterback Jared
Goff, two first-round draft
choices and a third-rounder
to the Lions for Stafford, the
quarterback they hoped
could do all he has done.
Well, they hope for one
more victory this season.
During the season, they
also traded for former Su-
per Bowl MVP linebacker
Von Miller and signed
three-time Pro Bowl re-
ceiver Odell Beckham Jr.
The Rams are knocked
regularly for their lack of
high picks come draft day,
but they value proven tal-
ents over prospects who are
as likely to be busts as stars.
“Maybe that’s not for ev-
erybody,” Demoff said. “And
maybe that’s not sustain-
able. Maybe it doesn’t work
long-term; we seem to fig-
ure that out every year.
“But it’s working right
now.”
Perhaps the Rams and
their fans imagined this
kind of success on the field,
though two Super Bowl ap-
pearances in the past four
seasons is extraordinary for
a team that played in only
three of the first 52 Super
Bowls.
Still, the opportunity to
win a championship both
in and for the Los Angeles
area — in the first season
fans were allowed in SoFi
Stadium, much less — is
beyond what most dared to
dream.
Southern California’s
first Super Bowl since 1993
would have been huge re-
gardless of the partici-
pating teams, but the LA-
SEC’s Schloessman said the
Rams’ involvement “takes it
to a different level.”
And she’s fairly certain
the “fairytale” that’s play-
ing out could capture the
hearts of even jaded locals
who don’t need SoFi Stadi-
um’s massive video screen
to spot a cheesy-yet-irresist-
ible sports movie plot.
“Everyone is more ex-
cited because it’s the Rams,”
she said. “A team that was
here for so long. A return-
ing team.
“It’s such a fun story
but could be a complete
Holly wood ending if
they win.”
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away to the Walmart at the

Village at Orange. He said
he uses the bus every day,
mainly to go to the super-
market or to CVS to pick up
medication.
Public transit “is very im-
portant to me,” he said.
If the bus doesn’t come
Tuesday, he said he’d walk
to the store with his wheel-
chair, “take my time and
leave early.”
“I’d leave about 6:30 in
the morning while it’s cool,
because I can’t take the
heat,” he said.
Michelle Salazar, who
waited at the stop with
her grandmother, said she
would be concerned about
getting to work. She takes
the 50 bus daily to work at
the Garden Grove Hospi-
tal and Medical Center, she
said.
PHOTOS BY MARK RIGHTMIRE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
If OCTA and the union
representing its bus driv- An OC Bus on Route 50, one of the routes that would be affected by a strike, arrives at a stop along Katella Avenue at Glassell Street in Orange on Friday.
ers can’t reach an agree-
ment before Tuesday, here • 1-Long Beach — San ney general obtain a court ruption that striking would
are some things to know in Clemente order that halts a work stop- cause to the residents of Or-
the event of a strike: • 29-La Habra — Hun- page for another 60 days. ange County,” Jimenez said
tington Beach Zlotnik said Friday the that, “we trust, though,
Affected routes • 37-La Habra — Foun- OCTA hadn’t received a re- that the bus ridership un-
A work stoppage would tain Valley sponse from Newsom. derstands it has an obliga-
affect 20 OC Bus routes • 43-Fullerton — Costa tion to make sure that the
around Orange County, Mesa Talks stalled bus operators it represents
which carry roughly 75% of • 47-Fullerton — New- After several months of are paid a fair decent living
the agency’s ridership. port Beach negotiations and two con- as well as provided with the
Another 32 routes that • 50-Long Beach — Or- tract proposals that were opportunity to engage in
are serviced by a con- ange turned down, the bus driv- the basic human functions
tracted company wouldn’t • 53-Orange — Irvine ers in January voted to au- of eating and other human
be interrupted, and OC • 54-Garden Grove — Or- thorize a strike. Issues that needs.”
Access for people with dis- ange have hung up a resolu- OCTA CEO Darrell John-
abilities, OC Flex, Metro- • 55-Santa Ana — New- Traveling to a local store, Michael Ross of Orange waits at tion for the parties include son has said in a statement
link and Amtrak would port Beach the OC Bus stop along Katella Avenue at Glassell Street in wages and break time for that the agency “has excep-
continue operating as nor- • 56-Garden Grove — Or- Orange on Friday. If an agreement isn’t reached, bus drivers drivers. tional coach operators and
mal. ange may go through with a strike starting Tuesday. Eric Jimenez, secretary- we have provided them
OCTA spokesman Joel • 57-Brea — Newport treasurer for the Teamsters with a very generous offer
Zlotnik said people who Beach Before a strike in April. 952, has said the drivers that compensates them for
need to use public tran- • 60-Long Beach — Tu- OCTA on Thursday ap- “can’t afford to live in Or- the essential work they per-
sit could still hop on those stin Union and OCTA officials pealed to Gov. Gavin New- ange County” under current form.
buses if they are able to get • 64-Huntington Beach planned meetings before som to step in and prevent salaries, and many com- “All of us at OCTA realize
to the stops. — Tustin Tuesday to continue trying a work stoppage before it mute from the Inland Em- the hardship a strike would
Other options for rid- • 66-Huntington Beach to reach an agreement on could begin. pire to work each day. cause for the thousands of
ers would be to hail a ride- — Irvine a new collective bargaining The governor, if he be- Union members, who riders who depend on the
share service such as Uber, • 72-Sunset Beach — Tu- agreement for coach opera- lieves a strike will “signifi- overwhelmingly rejected bus every day, and we are
Lyft or a taxi. stin tors. The groups brought in cantly disrupt public trans- previous contract propos- doing our best to reach a
For people who may have • 76-Huntington Beach — a mediator this weekend to portation services and en- als in September and Jan- successful resolution.”
purchased a bus pass, but Newport Beach act as a third party in the danger the public’s health, uary, also “will not agree The groups have met
are not able to use it be- • 83-Anaheim — Laguna negotiations. safety or welfare,” can for- to a contract that does not about 40 times over the
cause of a strike, fares Hills Talks between the groups mulate a board to investi- address the basic human past year to try to reach an
would be refunded for the • 543-Fullerton — Costa have been ongoing for more gate the dispute and pre- needs issues,” like being agreement.
days services were unavail- Mesa — Bravo! than a year, since the exist- vent a strike for up to seven allotted time for a meal Go to octa.net for up-
able, Zlotnik said. 560-Santa Ana to Long ing contract for the Team- days while the committee break during the workday, dates on the potential for
Here is a list of the routes Beach — Bravo! sters 952 bargaining unit, prepares a report for him. he said. bus service interruption
that would be affected if • 862-Downtown Santa which represents about After that, Newsom could While union members and to check potential al-
bus drivers strike: Ana Shuttle 600 OCTA drivers, expired request that the state attor- are “very mindful of the dis- ternate bus routes.

Ukraine ons need a war. At any cost.

FROM PAGE 1
The conversation came at
a critical moment for what
has become the biggest se-
curity crisis between Russia
and the West since the Cold
War. U.S. officials believe
they have mere days to pre-
vent an invasion and enor-
mous bloodshed in Ukraine.
And while the U.S. and its
NATO allies have no plans
to send troops to Ukraine
to fight Russia, an invasion
and resulting punishing
sanctions could reverberate
far beyond the former So-
viet republic, affecting en-
ergy supplies, global mar-
kets and the power balance
in Europe.
“President Biden was
clear with President Putin
that while the United States
remains prepared to engage
in diplomacy, in full coordi-
nation with our Allies and
partners, we are equally
prepared for other scenar-
ios,” the White House state-
ment said.
The call was “profes-
sional and substantive” but
produced “no fundamental
change in the dynamic that
has been unfolding now for
several weeks,” according to
a senior administration of-
ficial who briefed reporters
following the call on condi-
tion of anonymity.
The official added that it
remains unclear whether
Putin has made a final de-
cision to move forward with
military action.
Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top
foreign policy aide, said that
while tensions have been es-
calating for months, in re-
cent days “the situation has
simply been brought to the
point of absurdity.”
He said Biden mentioned
the possible sanctions that
could be imposed on Rus-
sia, but “this issue was not
the focus during a fairly
long conversation with the
Russian leader.”
Before talking to Biden,
Putin had a telephone call
with French President Em-
manuel Macron, who met
with him in Moscow ear-
lier in the week to try to re-
solve the crisis. A Kremlin
summary of the call sug-
Ukrainians rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday against the potential escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Joe Biden held a telephone call Saturday, but acrimony remains high.
gested that little progress
was made toward cooling
down the tensions.
Putin complained in the
call that the United States
and NATO have not re-
sponded satisfactorily to
Russian demands that
Ukraine be prohibited from
joining the military alliance
and that NATO pull back
forces from Eastern Europe.
In a sign that Ameri-
can officials are getting
ready for a worst-case sce-
nario, the United States an-
nounced plans to evacuate
most of its staff from the
embassy in the Ukrainian
capital, and Britain joined
other European nations in
urging its citizens to leave
Ukraine.
The timing of any possi-
ble Russian military action
remained a key question.
The U.S. picked up intel-
ligence that Russia is look-
ing at Wednesday as a tar-
get date, according to a U.S.
official familiar with the
findings. The official, who
was not authorized to speak
publicly and did so only on
condition of anonymity,
would not say how defini-
tive the intelligence was.
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken said he
told his Russian counter-
part Saturday that “further
Russian aggression would
be met with a resolute, mas-
sive and united trans-Atlan-
tic response.”
Meanwhile, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelen-
skyy tried to project calm as
he observed military exer-
cises Saturday near Crimea,
the peninsula that Rus-
sia seized from Ukraine in
2014.
“We are not afraid, we’re
without panic, all is under
control,” he said.
Ukrainian armed forces
chief commander Lt. Gen.
Valeriy Zaluzhny and De-
fense Minister Oleksiy
Reznikov issued a more de-
fiant joint statement.
“We are ready to meet
the enemy, and not with
flowers, but with Sting-
ers, Javelins and NLAWs”
— anti-tank and -aircraft
weapons, they said. “Wel-
come to hell!”
U.S. Defense Secretary
EFREM LUKATSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lloyd Austin and his Rus-
sian counterpart, Sergei
Shoigu, also held telephone
discussions on Saturday.
Further U.S.-Russia ten-
sions arose on Saturday
when the Defense Minis-
try summoned the U.S. em-
bassy’s military attache af-
ter it said the navy detected
an American submarine in
Russian waters near the
Kuril Islands in the Pacific.
The submarine declined or-
ders to leave, but departed
after the navy used unspec-
ified “appropriate means,”
the ministry said.
Adding to the sense of
crisis, the Pentagon or-
dered an additional 3,000
U.S. troops to Poland to re-
assure allies.
The U.S. has urged
all American citizens in
Ukraine to leave the coun-
try immediately, and Sulli-
van said those who remain
should not expect the U.S.
military to rescue them in
the event that air and rail
transportation is severed
after a Russian invasion.
The Biden administra-
tion has been warning for
weeks that Russia could in-
vade Ukraine soon, but U.S.
officials had previously said
the Kremlin would likely
wait until after the Winter
Games ended so as not to
antagonize China.
Sullivan told report-
ers Friday that U.S. intelli-
gence shows Russia could
invade during the Olym-
pics. He said military ac-
tion could start with missile
and air attacks, followed by
a ground offensive.
“Russia has all the forces
it needs to conduct a major
military action,” Sullivan
said, adding that “Russia
could choose, in very short
order, to commence a ma-
jor military action against
Ukraine.” He said the scale
of such an invasion could
range from a limited incur-
sion to a strike on Kyiv, the
capital.
Russia scoffed at the U.S.
talk of urgency.
“The hysteria of the
White House is more indic-
ative than ever,” said Ma-
ria Zakharova, a Russian
Foreign Ministry spokes-
woman. “The Anglo-Sax-
Provocations, misinforma-
tion and threats are a favor-
ite method of solving their
own problems.”
Zakharova said her coun-
try had “optimized” staffing
at its own embassy in Kyiv
in response to concerns
about possible military ac-
tions from the Ukrainian
side.
In addition to the more
than 100,000 ground troops
that U.S. officials say Rus-
sia has assembled along
Ukraine’s eastern and
southern borders, the Rus-
sians have deployed mis-
sile, air, naval and spe-
cial operations forces, as
well as supplies to sustain
a war. This week, Russia
moved six amphibious as-
sault ships into the Black
Sea, augmenting its capa-
bility to land marines on
the coast.
Biden has bolstered the
U.S. military presence in
Europe as reassurance to
allies on NATO’s eastern
flank. The 3,000 additional
soldiers ordered to Poland
come on top of 1,700 who
are on their way there. The
U.S. Army also is shifting
1,000 soldiers from Ger-
many to Romania, which
like Poland shares a border
with Ukraine.
Russia is demanding that
the West keep former So-
viet countries out of NATO.
It also wants NATO to re-
frain from deploying weap-
ons near its border and to
roll back alliance forces
from Eastern Europe — de-
mands flatly rejected by the
West.
Russia and U kraine
have been locked in a bit-
ter conflict since 2014, when
Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly
leader was driven from of-
fice by a popular uprising.
Moscow responded by an-
nexing the Crimean Pen-
insula and then backing
a separatist insurgency in
eastern Ukraine, where
fighting has killed over
14,000 people.
A 2015 peace deal bro-
kered by France and Ger-
many helped halt large-
scale battles, but regular
skirmishes have contin-
ued, and efforts to reach
a political settlement
have stalled.
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LAGUNA BEACH

MARK RIGHTMIRE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A Cal Fire helicopter makes a water drop on a hot spot along a ridge as an early-morning
fire burns near homes in the hills above Emerald Bay and Irvine Cove in Laguna Beach on
Thursday. Firefighters had the Emerald fire 90% contained by Saturday night.

Emerald fire is
90% contained
By Nathaniel Percy
and Caitlin Antonios
Staff writers
Firefighters had the Em-
erald fire 90% contained
by Saturday night and are
hopeful it will be fully con-
tained by midweek, author-
ities said.
On Saturday morning,
firefighters continued to
keep the blaze under con-
trol, holding it to 154 acres
overnight, with 60% con-
tainment, Orange County
Fire Authority Capt. Steve
Concialdi said.
The fire broke out at 4:10
a.m. Thursday and quickly
spread to 145 acres in the
hills above the Emerald
Bay and Irvine Cove com-
munities in the Laguna
Beach area. It came close to
homes but turned laterally
instead of continuing into
the neighborhoods, OCFA
Chief Brian Fennessy said
Thursday.
The cause of the fire was
not yet known.
No structures were dam-
aged and no injuries to fire-
fighters or civilians had
been reported, Concialdi
said.
Overnight, crews contin-
ued to use drone technology
to find and cool down hot
spots, he said.
“Relative humidity went
up and we had cooler tem-
peratures,” Concialdi said.
“We directed firefighters
on the ground to those
areas to make sure those
were all extinguished and
cool.”
Firefighters got a quick
handle on the fire due to a
number of reasons, which
included more available re-
sources and the ability for
an OCFA helicopter to make
water drops during the pre-
dawn hours, Concialdi said.
The OCFA said just un-
der 100 firefighters were
assigned to the fire as of
Saturday night, down from
185 in the morning. Crews
worked Saturday in heat
that reached 82 degrees.
Some firefighters would
stay in the area for the next
few days, he said, working
suppression repair to pre-
vent the possibility of ero-
sion and runoff during the
next rain cycle, Concialdi
said.
Firefighters were able to
get into the neighborhoods
to defend homes because
residents evacuated and
gave them the space to do
that, officials said.
“The residents have been
very appreciative to our
firefighters,” Concialdi said.

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Alice Myers Payne
Payne, Alice Myers, 75, of Fullerton, CA (formerly of Richmond, VA) departed this life on
December 30, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Blue Pacific
Cremation & Burial Services.
Blue Pacific Cremation & Burial Services
James “Jim” Baer
1942 - 2022
Beloved husband, father, brother, brother-in-law, and uncle,
James Delbert Baer passed away peacefully on February 5,
2022. Jim was born to Marcellus and Veronica Baer (nee Hough)
on October 15, 1942, in Fullerton, where he spent his childhood.
He attended elementary school at St. Mary’s in Fullerton and high
school at Mater Dei, class of 1961, where he enjoyed playing on the
football team and running track and field. Jim completed his B.A.
in History at Cal State Fullerton in 1965, then spent four years in
the Air Force, which included two years in Japan. Upon completion
of his service, he began working in probation and parole, first for
Orange County, and then for the federal government. He went on to
earn his Master’s in Public Administration at USC during the early
years of his federal employment, which lasted nearly 30 years.
Jim met his wife Patty Mottl through a Catholic Alumni Club
event in 1975 and they married in 1976, going on to raise four
children together. Jim’s later career focused on pioneering drug
testing methods until he retired in 1999. A devout lifelong Catholic, Jim was a parishioner and
Eucharistic Minister of St. Cecilia Church in Tustin, and a member of Cursillo and Marriage
Encounter. In retirement, he enjoyed participating in numerous other Catholic associations,
including the Knights of Columbus, Serra Club, First Friday Friars, and the Equestrian Order of
the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
Jim enjoyed gardening, wine with friends, crossword puzzles, classical music, and rooting for
the football and basketball teams of his former high school, Mater Dei. Go Monarchs! Jim and
Patty traveled outside the United States to the Caribbean, Europe, Poland, and The Holy Land.
Jim is survived by his siblings Chuck (and wife Pat) and Bonnie, his wife of 45 years, Patty, and
his children Brendan, Briana, Brady, and Brion. Jim’s funeral Mass and Rosary will be held at St.
Cecilia Church in Tustin on February 18 at 10:30 A.M.
Trudy Briscoe
March 20, 1935 - December 18, 2021
Trudy born in Pasadena, CA, passed away peacefully at the age
of 86 surrounded by her family. She is survived by Bill Ruzgis,
her three adult children (Cindy, Bill and John), three grandchildren
(Lauren, Brittany and Tyler), and one great-grandson (Luke) and
was preceded in death by her granddaughter Amber.
She grew up and raised her three children in Pasadena. After her
children left home, she started a successful 50-year career in Real
Estate as a licensed Long Beach Realtor earning many accolades.
She lived happily in her home in Long Beach, on Naples Island for
45 years.
Her favorite activities included traveling to 35 countries, and all
7 continents, with Alaska being her favorite destination. Trudy
enjoyed her LB Community Garden, hiking, including Mt. Whitney,
skiing, driving for Meals on Wheels for 25 years, and being a docent at the Aquarium of the
Pacific. She was also a Cub Scout Leader, Campfire Girls Leader, a licensed pilot with her own
plane, a member of “The Ninety-Nines”, and an avid sailor to Catalina on her own sailboat.
Other achievements include the Press Telegram’s Amazing Women Lifetime Award, REMAX
Realtor of the Year, past President of the Wanderlust Ski Club.
Trudy was born Guntrud Mardele Hilmers with a natural kindness and a heart of gold. She was a
very humble person who would help those in need. She was much loved by all of her family and
those who came into contact with her. All animals were her friends. She will be greatly missed.
Trudy’s Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, February 16th from 12:30 pm-3:30 pm at
Old World Huntington Beach, 7561 Center Ave #49, Huntington Beach. For everyone’s safety,
please wear a mask while attending the Celebration of Life, regardless of vaccination status.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to World Wildlife Fund or Long Beach Aquarium.
“When asked to do something, say “YES!” instead of no. Find your own limits and push a little
beyond those, whatever they may be.” Trudy
Florence Edith Scheirer
1924 -2022
A week after Florence Scheirer died, her widespread family
convened by Zoom call to share memories of this formidable
matriarch. It took at least an hour and the good times rolled.
Florence was born on November 16, 1924 in the Bronx. The house
is still there, but gone is the local grocery story owned and operated
by her parents Abe and Lottie Pomerantz. Florence attended PS 70
in the neighborhood and moved on to the nearby all-girls Walton
High School. While at Hunter College (another all-girls school) she
met David Scheirer, a City College man, at a dance and married
him when he returned from Army service in WWII. They remained
married until his death in 2016.
They lived in Westbury LI throughout David’s successful career as
a business owner in Manhattan, bringing up two children, Amy and
Steven. Their first destination after David’s retirement was Boca Raton, Florida, but they came
to California in 2003 where they lived the rest of their lives in Laguna Woods. It was a time of
mahjongg, canasta, bridge, and bingo with her troops of friends.
Florence is survived by her children Steven and Amy (Hunt), her son-in-law Derek, grandchildren
Geoffrey and Devon, her sister Judy and brother-in-Alan Gurvis, and numerous nephews. Her
caretaker Margie Tam was the best. Florence was 97 years old and has earned her rest.
Reynaldo “Ray” Reyes Sr.
On Sunday January 16, 2022 Reynaldo “Ray” Reyes Sr. peacefully
passed away at the age of 96.
He was born in Anaheim, CA. April 1925 but grew up in La Jolla,
where he played baseball and also met the love of his life, Lupe
Placensia. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S Army and proudly served
in the South Pacific in WWII.
In 1946 upon returning from the South Pacific, he was reunited with
Lupe and they married. They raised 5 children in their 61 years of
marriage. Ray worked as a bricklayer for 40+ years and his work
can be found throughout Orange County. While laying foundation
for work, he also laid the foundation for his family.
Ray was a wonderful, caring and devoted husband and father.
When you met him, he welcomed you with a smile and genuinely
open heart. He was a gentle and generous man. When Lupe was
diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1994, he dedicated his life to caring
for her until her death in 2007. He is also preceded in death by his
grandson Armando Tarin, Jr.
He is survived by his five children, Rosemary Tarin, (Armando Sr.), Steve Reyes, (Linda), Ray
Reyes Jr., (Jennifer), Tina Jackson, (Billy), David Reyes, (Gayle) and Madeline Vargas (Niece), 15
Grandchildren, 20 Great Grandchildren and 3 Great Great Grandchildren.
He will be remembered as a GREAT Father, Grandfather, Father-in-law, Uncle, Cousin, Nino &
Friend.
Rosary will be held, Tuesday, February 15, 2022
120 E Broadway, Anaheim, CA, 4:00 -7:00 Rosary at 6:00 pm
Mass will be held, Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
St. Mary’s Church, 400 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton, CA, 10:15 am
Burial will follow at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
7845 E. Santiago Canyon, Orange, CA
Gary Isamu Oka
Gary Oka (79) went to heaven on 1/8/22. Gary was born in the Santa Anita Assembly Center to
John and Mitsuko Oka. He’s survived by brother Mike Oka, sister Carole Rivera, daughter Ruth
Mantonya, son Steven Embry, and four grandchildren. A memorial service celebrating Gary’s life
will be held on 2/15/22, 10:30 a.m. at Riverside National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family
is asking donations be made to the Japanese American National Museum in Gary Oka’s name.
Velma I. Bivens
Velma I. Bivens: born in Hickory Plains, Ark. on 1/21/1930, passed on 1/28/2022, at the age of
92. She is survived by 3 children: Larry (Cheryl) Bivens, Judy Birt (Vince), and Mary (Keith)
Burton, DIL Jean Bivens. Velma was preceded in death by her husband Floyd E. Bivens and 2
children: Frank Bivens & Timothy Bivens. Her grandchildren are Lisa Bivens, Tanya Shipley, Allen
Birt, Robert Birt, Jacob Bivens, Misty Bivens, Amber Bivens, Carolyn Adam, Shannon Pierce,
Jared Bivens, and Farah Boyle. Velma had 23 great-grandchildren. Velma was a Christian and
a true prayer warrior. She was employed by OCDE for 20 years as a Special Ed. teacher. Velma
resided in Anaheim for 66 years. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, camping, and family vacations.
Her services were held on 2/8/22, her burial will be on 4/29/22, 1:30 pm at Riverside National
Cemetery. See www.forestlawn.com
Mary Bryant Layton
Mary Bryant Layton, born on April 3, 1921, in Anaconda, Montana
passed away peacefully at her home in Corona Del Mar, California
on February 8, 2022. She was the daughter of James Ross Bryant
and his wife Mary Alice Johnson. Also preceding her in death was
her husband, Glenn M. Layton in 1986, her sister Betty Bryant in
1937, her sister Alice Linnert in 2013, her grandson Gregory Hays
in 1987, her daughter-in-law Maureen Layton in 2006, and her
grandson Matthew Layton in 2020. She is survived by her sons:
Michael Layton (Anne), Chris Layton (Wendy); daughters: Margee
Barker (Sam), Therese Ciecek (Andrew), and Elizabeth Hays. Also
survived by 23 grandchildren and 59 great-grandchildren.
Mary lived her nearly 101 years strong in faith, loved by a large
family, and surrounded by many friends.
Funeral Mass to be celebrated at Our Lady Queen of Angels
Catholic Church in Newport Beach on Monday, February 14th,
2022 at 10:00 AM.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the St. Joseph
Hospital Orange Foundation, 1010 West LaVeta Ave. Suite 300, Orange, CA 92868.
Brown Colonial Mortuary, Santa Ana, (714) 542-3949
J. Michael Dugan
May 1, 1948 - December 19, 2021
We are announcing with much love and sorrow the passing of Mike
Dugan on Sunday, December 19, 2021, after a long valiant fight
with cancer, he peacefully passed away at home in Newport Beach,
CA with Sandy, his longtime girlfriend and best friend by his side.
For the past 30 years, she took care of him and he of her. She
kissed him goodbye and let him go, as this was a journey he had to
take alone. Mike will be missed by many. Whether you knew him as
“Dugie”, “ Blue” or “Dugan”. There will always be an echo of Mike’s
legendary history, since his arrival to California from New Jersey
in 1977 with Blackie’s, OTL, Men’s Slow Pitch Softball, from NB to
HB for over 30 years, His Jonestown Parties, Das Boot Houseboat
trips, or Sunday’s drinking beers. He loved all sports, watching,
playing, and betting the football pools. Later in life, his favorite was
boating at any NV lake- Lake Mead, Mohave’ or Tahoe. Most of all
it had to be fun!
Mike is survived by his family Sandy Salvin her 2 daughters, son-in-law, and 2 grandsons of
CA, and his family in New Jersey; Dennis and Christine Dugan, Terry Dugan, Kevin Dugan, and
several nephews and nieces.
A celebration of Dugie’s life is pending until we can gather safely. Look for more info to follow at
Blackie’s tentatively set for March - April 2022.
Sneh Chand
Sneh Chand, 66, of Mission Viejo, CA passed away peacefully in her sleep on
February 2, 2022, at Kindred Hospital in Westminster, CA.
She was born to her loving parents, late Shiu and late Sursati Prasad, on July 3,
1955, in Barotu, Fiji Islands. Sneh graduated from Penang Sangam High School
and furthered her education at Derrick Technical Institute in Fiji Islands before
getting married and immigrating to Modesto, CA in 1979. She pursued her career
as a nursing assistant as she loved serving and providing to others. In 1996 she
moved to Orange County, CA with her family. She touched many lives with her
pure heart, kindness, and unconditional love. Her beautiful smile lit up any room she entered.
Sneh was a rare and beautiful soul that brought so much joy and love to everyone she met. She
enjoyed cooking, gardening, traveling, yoga, but above all, her greatest joys were her family and
her strong faith. Sneh leaves behind nothing but beautiful memories that will be cherished for a
lifetime.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 45 years, Kuar Chand; children: Seema
Cisneros, Reema (Rohit) Bora and Ricky (Rosie) Chand; grandchildren: Nathalia, Anisha, Eliana,
Dominic, and Eshaan; two brothers Narend (Devi) Prasad of Australia and Rajendra (Soni) Prasad
of Modesto, CA; sister Kusum Prasad of Australia; sister-in-law, Anila (late Johnny) Prasad of Elk
Grove, CA; as well as numerous relatives and friends.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at O’Connor Mortuary
located on 25301 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. Visitation will be held a day prior on
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at O’Connor Mortuary.
James Fielding Buchanon
James Fielding Buchanon, life-long partner to Marilyn Fries, passed
away on December 20th, 2021 at the age of 84. Jim was born in
Cullman, Alabama on February 20th 1937, the only child to Dewey
and Evelyn Buchanon. He was a graduate of Cullman City High
School. For his college education he initially attended St. Bernard
Junior College, and later graduated from the University of Alabama
with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He was also a proud
member of the oldest engineering honor society in the United
States, the prestigious Tau Beta Pi.
Shortly after his college graduation, Jim was hired by Lockheed
Martin which brought him to Southern California, where he would
reside for the next 60+ years. This also led to Jim meeting an
elementary school teacher, named Marilyn Fries, with whom he
spent the rest of his life.
After a few years of working at Lockheed Martin, he would later
be hired by Ford Aerospace to work on a number of sensitive and
prestigious projects ranging from the supervising helicopter metal
planking replacements of military aircraft, as a civilian contractor in Vietnam to the design and
performance enhancement of missiles. Although the work was plentiful and hard, Jim loved it all
and took pride in his work, sharing his stories (that weren’t classified) with close friends.
Through the hard work, Jim would still find time to hone his adventurous hobbies and activities in
the air, on land, and at sea. Some of his favorites included piloting his own small plane to Catalina
to enjoy breakfast, sailing (and crewing) the Ensenada Races, skiing the slopes of Mammoth
with the Aeron Ski Club, flying stunt kites, scuba diving off Laguna Beach, playing tennis, flying
remote control airplanes, tinkering with his computers, cooking, collecting antiques, and even
skateboarding. But perhaps Marilyn’s favorite, was a jewelry-making class he took where he
lovingly handcrafted gold pieces for her. When he wasn’t thrill-seeking, he could be found taking
his two dogs, Templar and Wiley hunting and participating in Field Trials, going to Ruebens for
end-of-day drinks, enjoying quieter times at the end of the day at home, reading a good book, and
of course, spending time with Marilyn. While in retirement, he and Marilyn became avid travelers,
throughout the U.S and Europe – but to him, nothing would compare to watching the sunsets in
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and Yachats, Oregon. Jim is survived by his loving partner of more than 50
years, Marilyn Fries; cousins: Betty, Craig, Gwen, Vickie and many very close friends in California,
Oregon, Alabama, and Hawaii.
As he wished, he was interred at the Cullman City Cemetery in Cullman, Alabama. In lieu of
flowers, please make a donation to ASPCA (www.aspca.org) or your favorite organization.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Ex-Air Force sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
Prosecutors on Jan. 31
said they would not
seek death penalty;
judge not convinced
that she will accept
the plea agreement
By Olga R. Rodriguez
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO >> A former
U.S. Air Force staff sergeant
and alleged member of the
“boogaloo” extremist move-
ment pleaded guilty Fri-
day in the fatal shooting of
a federal security officer in
the San Francisco Bay Area
amid large 2020 protests
against police brutality.
Steven Carrillo, 33,
changed his plea to guilty
to a federal murder charge
in the killing of David Pat-


  

 
rick Underwood and to the
attempted murder of Un-
derwood’s colleague after
federal prosecutors last
month agreed not to seek
the death penalty.
The men were shot on
May 29, 2020, while they
stood in front of a federal
building in Oakland as
hundreds marched on the
streets.
Dressed in an orange
jumpsuit in federal court,
Carrillo read from a plea
agreement, admitting to
posting messages on Face-
book a day before the shoot-
ing asking anyone if they
were “down to boog” and
saying he was ready to act
and not just talk. He also
admitted firing 19 rounds
from a homemade AR-15
rifle from the back of a
white van being driven by a
| OBITUARIES   | 19 A
man he con- unless there was a suffi- impending U.S. civil war, George Floyd’s killing by a
nected with cient independent factual according to experts. police officer in Minneap-
online. basis for the plea,” she said. Authorities accused Car- olis.
“I aligned Carillo is scheduled to rillo of fatally shooting Un- Carrillo was arrested a
myself with be sentenced on June 3 but derwood after spraying a week after the shooting in
the anti- Gonzalez Rogers warned guard shack he was in with Oakland after he allegedly
government that she could reject the bullets. ambushed sheriff’s depu-
movement
and wanted
plea agreement if she
doesn’t feel prosecutors and
Underwood’s sister, An-
gela Underwood Jacobs,
ties in Santa Cruz County
who were responding to a
Carrillo to carry out defense lawyers do enough called Carillo a “domestic report of a van containing
violent acts to justify the sentence. terrorist” during Friday’s firearms and bomb-mak-
against federal law enforce- And if she does, Carillo hearing. ing materials. Sgt. Damon
ment officers in particular,” would go to trial and his “Cowards like you fear Gutzwiller, 38, was killed
Carrillo said. admissions in court could true bravery,” she said. and several other law en-
Prosecutors on Jan. 31 be used against him, Gon- Prosecutors said Rob- forcement officials were
said they would not seek zalez Rogers said. ert Alvin Justus Jr., of wounded, according to au-
the death penalty, but U.S. Prosecutors have said Millbrae, drove the van. thorities and court records.
District Judge Yvonne Gon- Carrillo of Santa Cruz He faces federal charges Prosecutors in Santa
zalez Rogers said Friday she had ties to the “boogaloo” of murder and attempted Cruz charged Carrillo with
is not convinced that she movement —a concept em- murder in the case. a slew of felonies, includ-
will accept the plea agree- braced by a loose network The pair is accused of ing murder and attempted
ment between prosecutors of gun enthusiasts and mi- driving to Oakland and murder in connection to
and defense lawyers call- litia-style extremists. The taking advantage of the that killing.
ing for a 41-year prison sen- group started in alt-right distraction afforded by peo- Carrillo pleaded not
tence. culture on the internet with ple marching through the guilty to Gutzwiller’s kill-
“I cannot accept a plea the belief that there is an city’s downtown to protest ing.


William O’Hearn
William “Bill” Harold O’Hearn, 81, of Tustin, CA, passed away peacefully after a short illness
on February 1st, 2022 with his beloved wife, Shirley, by his side. He is also survived by his
five children, Erin (Steve), Michael (Mary), Paul (Mayra), Jennifer (Gary), and Ellen (Clint); 16
grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; his sister, Mary Stickley, and numerous nephews and
nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Virginia; siblings Pat, Rosemary,
Alice, Jim and Betty; and grandson Nick.
Bill was born on July 18, 1940, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved with his family to Santa Ana,
California when he was a baby. He went to St. Joseph Catholic School and graduated from
Mater Dei High School in 1958. He worked for General Motors at the Delco Remy Battery Plant
in Anaheim for over 33 years, retiring in 1992. In 1962, he married Mary Sadler and during their
first year of marriage was drafted into the US Navy Reserves and served 8years. They have 4
children who love and admire their father. In 1984, he married Shirley Dennis and became dad
to her daughter, who also shares that love and admiration. Bill and Shirley have been Tustin
residents for the past 35 years.
After retiring, Bill became a handyman and worked on many homes and projects. His work was
impeccable and as anyone knows, as close to perfection as anyone could get. In 2000, Bill joined
the Garden Grove Elks Lodge and quickly became very involved. He was Exalted Ruler in 2013
and loved supporting Elkdom. He continued to be a dutiful member up until the very end.
A Memorial Service will be held on February 25th at 11 am at the Garden Grove Elks Lodge
#1952 (11551 Trask Avenue, Garden Grove, 92843). Bill was loved by so many and we look
forward to celebrating his life together with family and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
donations be made in Bill’s memory to the Garden Grove Elks Lodge #1952 Maintenance Fund
or your favorite charity.
Raymond Paul Hansen
Raymond Paul Hansen (Ray) passed away at age 93, peacefully,
at his home in Anaheim, California. Ray was predeceased by his
wife Nancy. He and Nancy had been married 62 years and in their
early years of marriage were winning participants on the Groucho
Marx TV show.
He is survived by his loving daughter Keri Muniz, and her husband,
Kurt. Ray leaves behind three granddaughters, Lissa (Kevin), Casey
(Jonathan), and Kellie (Andrew), and three great-grandsons, David,
Matthew, and Apollo. He is additionally survived by his two brothers,
Howard and Bob, and many nieces and nephews for which he was
a positive role model.
Ray’s parents were missionaries in China and on one of their
furloughs Ray was born in Nyack, N.Y. He attended elementary
school in China and graduated high school in Nyack, New York,
where he was an outstanding athlete in soccer and tennis. He then
joined the U.S. Army serving in the Counter-Intelligence Core.
After serving in the military, Ray attended Glendale Community College and Los Angeles State
College earning a Bachelor of Science degree and going on to do graduate work at U.S.C.
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and for the building of the Crystal Cathedral.
Sally Joanne Rasmussen
Sally Joanne Rasmussen passed away on January 9, 2022 in
Orange County. She was 92 years old. She was preceded in death
by her daughter Cynthia; her twin brothers Ronald and Robert; her
parents Petrus and Edith; and her husband Lester. She is survived
by her brother Steven and wife Donna; her son Timothy and
wife Cabrini; her daughter Gayleen and husband David; and her
daughter Mary. Sally has 6 Grandchildren; Kate, Matthew, Melissa,
Courtney, Madalyn, and Emily; and 5 Great Grandchildren; Peyton,
Roanan, Christopher, Sophia, and Beatrice.
Sally was born in August of 1929 in Vancouver, Washington to
Petrus and Edith Frichtl. She grew up in Portland, Oregon before
moving to a 10 acre farm just outside Vancouver, Washington. After
graduating from Battleground High School, Sally briefly attended
Oregon State University before marrying in 1950.
Sally was busy throughout her life raising her 4 children and working
a variety of jobs. She ended up working for the City of Huntington
Beach in the Fire Reporting Department for 20 years. Sally was
well liked and respected by her peers; noted for her problem solving abilities and her dedication
to doing the best job possible. After her children were grown, Sally enjoyed living in Southern
California for many years, so she could be close to her children and grandchildren. She was the
beloved Matriarch of her family; always inviting her extended family over to celebrate numerous
holidays and events. It didn’t matter if it was a major Holiday (Christmas), or the Super Bowl. She
loved bringing everyone together and always planned things to make the celebration important
– from decorating her home to cooking just the right dish for the occasion (Corned Beef for St.
Patrick’s Day).
After retiring in 1994, Sally moved to Ashland, Oregon to enjoy the Southern Oregon lifestyle
she missed while living in Southern California. She loved being “retired” in a college town and
took every opportunity she could find to take continuing education courses in art, genealogy,
and weather in addition to attending as many live theater events possible every summer at the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Sally also loved gardening; growing her own fruits and vegetables,
reading, sports (she never missed a Mariner’s, Seahawks, or OSU football game on TV), history,
cooking, and baking. Sally also traveled extensively throughout the United States. She enjoyed
going on adventures to see historical sites that she’d read about, to cheer her granddaughter on
in debate tournaments, or to take her grandchildren to the Oregon coast to see Orcas up close.
Everywhere she went she enjoyed the history, culture, food, and music she found. Her greatest
ongoing interest was Genealogy, where she did extensive research into her family; discovering
where her ancestors lived and when they came to the United States.
In 2013 Sally moved back to Huntington Beach to be closer to her family. While there she
continued her Genealogical studies along with gardening, cooking, reading and spending time
with her Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren.
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in his humble way always ready to help wherever needed.

Following his retirement, Ray became a docent at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and
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On February 23rd, 2022, Raymond Paul Hansen will be buried with honors at the Riverside
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A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
PANDEMIC: CANADA
Police officers hold a line as protesters against COVID-19 restrictions march in Windsor, Canada, on Saturday. The demonstrations at the
Ambassador Bridge, downtown Ottawa and elsewhere have targeted vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.
Blockades on border
continue, protests swell
Police readying to
move in and end
‘illegal occupation’
By Rob Gillies
and Mike Householder
The Associated Press
WINDSOR, ONTARIO >> Protesters
opposed to COVID-19 vaccine
mandates and other restrictions
withdrew their vehicles from a
key U.S.-Canadian border bridge
Saturday but ramped up demon-
strations in cities across Canada,
including the capital, where po-
lice said they were awaiting more
officers before ending what they
described as an illegal occupa-
tion.
The tense standoff at the Am-
bassador Bridge linking Detroit
and Windsor, Canada, eased
somewhat early in the day when
Canadian police persuaded dem-
onstrators to move the trucks
they had used to barricade the
entrance to the busy interna-
tional crossing.
But protesters reconvened
nearby — with reinforcements —
and were still choking off access
from the Canadian side at night,
snarling traffic and commerce for
a sixth day.
In Ottawa, the ranks of pro-
testers swelled to the thousands
as they have on past weekends,
and loud music played as people
milled about downtown where
anti-vaccine demonstrators have
been encamped since late Janu-
ary.
News feed
SOUTH PACIFIC
Solomon Islands will
get a U.S. embassy
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEA-
LAND >> The U.S. says it will
open an embassy in the Sol-
omon Islands, laying out
in unusually blunt terms a
plan to increase its influ-
ence in the South Pacific na-
tion before China becomes
“strongly embedded.”
The reasoning was ex-
plained in a State Depart-
ment notification to Con-
gress that was obtained by
The Associated Press.
The plan was confirmed
by U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken during a
Saturday visit to Fiji, part
on a Pacific tour that began
in Australia.
Blinken later landed in
Hawaii, where he will host
the foreign ministers from
Japan and South Korea to
discuss the threat posed by
North Korea.
The State Department
said Solomon Islanders
cherished their history with
Americans on the battle-
fields of World War II, but
that the U.S. was in danger
of losing its preferential ties
as China “aggressively seeks
to engage” elite politicians
and business people in the
Solomon Islands.
— The Associated Press
The protests at the bridge, in
Ottawa and elsewhere have rever-
berated outside the country and
the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security warned that truck con-
voys may be in the works in the
United States.
An ex-cabinet minister in Ca-
nadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau’s government took the
unusual step of calling out her
former federal colleagues as well
as the province and city for not
putting an end to the protests.
“Amazingly, this isn’t just Ot-
tawa. It’s the nation’s capital,”
Catherine McKenna tweeted.
“But no one — not the city, the
province or the federal govern-
ment can seem to get their act
together to end this illegal occu-
pation. It’s appalling. ... Just get
your act together. Now.”
Trudeau has called the protest-
ers a “fringe” of Canadian soci-
ety, and both federal and provin-
cial leaders say they can’t order
police what to do.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson de-
clared a state of emergency re-
cently for the capital, where hun-
dreds of trucks remained in front
of the Parliament Buildings and
demonstrators have set up porta-
ble toilets outside the prime min-
ister’s office.
Police issued a statement call-
ing the protest an unlawful occu-
pation and saying they were wait-
ing for police “reinforcements”
before implementing a plan to
end the demonstrations.
Surrounded by dozens of of-
ficers in Windsor, a man with
“Mandate Freedom” and “Trump
AFGHANISTAN
Afghans protest U.S.
aiding 9/ 11 victims
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN >>
Demonstrators in Afghan-
istan’s capital on Satur-
day condemned President
Joe Biden’s order freeing up
$3.5 billion in Afghan as-
sets held in the U.S. for fam-
ilies of America’s 9/11 vic-
tims — saying the money
belongs to Afghans.
Protesters who gathered
outside Kabul’s grand Eid
Gah mosque asked America
for financial compensation
for the tens of thousands of
Afghans killed.
Biden’s order, signed Fri-
day, allocates another $3.5
billion in Afghan assets for
humanitarian aid to a trust
fund to be managed by the
U.N. to provide aid to Af-
ghans. The country’s econ-
omy is teetering on the
brink of collapse after in-
ternational money stopped
coming into Afghanistan
with the arrival in mid-Au-
gust of the Taliban.
Afghanistan’s Central
Bank called on Biden to re-
verse his order and release
the funds to it, saying in
a statement Saturday that
they belonged to the people
of Afghanistan and not a
government, party or group.
— The Associated Press
NATHAN DENETTE — FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
2024” spray-painted on his vehi-
cle left the bridge entrance early
in the day as others began dis-
mantling a small, tarp-covered
encampment.
A trucker honked his horn as
he, too, drove off, to cheers and
chants of “Freedom!”
But hundreds more arrived to
bolster the crowd and settled into
a faceoff with police about two
blocks away, waving flags and
yelling. Though there were no vis-
ible physical confrontations, the
crowd still controlled the road to
the bridge, and traffic had not re-
sumed as of the evening.
Windsor police tweeted that
no one had been arrested but
urged people to stay away from
the bridge. “We appreciate the co-
operation of the demonstrators at
this time and we will continue to
focus on resolving the demonstra-
tion peacefully. Avoid area!”
Protester Daniel Koss said
shortly before police advanced
that the demonstration had suc-
ceeded in bringing attention to
demands to lift COVID-19 man-
dates and he was happy it re-
mained peaceful.
“It’s a win-win,” Koss said.
“The pandemic is rolling down
right now, they can remove the
mandates, all the mandates, and
everyone’s happy.”
The previous day, a judge or-
dered an end to the blockade of
mostly pickup trucks and cars,
and Ontario Premier Doug Ford
declared a state of emergency al-
lowing for fines of 100,000 Cana-
dian dollars and up to one year
in jail for anyone illegally block-
COURTS
Dad admits to boy’s
torture and starvation
ANNVILLE, PA. >> A Pennsyl-
vania father about to stand
trial on charges he tortured
and starved his 12-year-old
son before the boy died has
pleaded guilty to several
charges and was sentenced
to life in prison without pa-
role.
Scott Schollenberger Jr.,
43, of Annville pleaded
guilty Thursday to charges
that included criminal ho-
micide, child endangerment
and conspiracy for both
counts. His trial had been
scheduled to start March 14.
Schollenberger and his fi-
ancée, Kimberly Maurer, 36,
both were accused in Sep-
tember 2020 of imprisoning
his son in a darkened room
for years, starving him and
beating him while treating
their other children well.
Maurer remains jailed and
is due to stand trial next
month.
The charges against the
couple stemmed from the
death of Maxwell Schol-
lenberger, whose body was
found May 26, 2020. Au-
thorities have said the boy
was naked, and his feces-
covered body was sprawled
across a soiled bed.
— The Associated Press
ing roads, bridges, walkways and
other critical infrastructure.
“The illegal blockades are im-
pacting trade, supply chains &
manufacturing. They’re hurting
Canadian families, workers &
businesses. Glad to see the Wind-
sor Police & its policing partners
commenced enforcement at and
near the Ambassador Bridge,”
Federal Innovation Minister
Francois-Philippe Champagne
tweeted Saturday.
The Ambassador Bridge is
the busiest U.S.-Canadian bor-
der crossing, carrying 25% of all
trade between the two countries,
and auto plants on both sides
were forced to shut down or re-
duce production last week. The
standoff came at a time when the
industry is already struggling to
maintain production in the face
of pandemic-induced shortages of
computer chips and other supply-
chain disruptions.
In Ottawa, 31-year-old Stepha-
nie Ravensbergen said she turned
out to support her aunt and un-
cle who have parked their semi in
the streets since the beginning of
the protest.
She opposes vaccine and mask
requirements.
“We want the right to choose,”
Ravensbergen said. “We want the
right to be able to do what every-
body else can do.”
Protesters on Saturday tore
down a fence that authorities put
up around the capital’s National
War Memorial two weeks ago af-
ter demonstrators urinated on
it. Some later chanted “liberte,”
French for “freedom.”
HAWAII
U.S., Japan, S. Korea
meet on North Korea
HONOLULU >> U.S. Secretary
of State Antony Blinken and
his Japanese and South Ko-
rean counterparts were
meeting Saturday in Hawaii
to discuss the threat posed
by nuclear-armed North Ko-
rea after Pyongyang be-
gan the year with a series of
missile tests.
Blinken gathered in Ho-
nolulu with Japanese For-
eign Minister Yoshimasa
Hayashi and South Korean
Foreign Minister Chung
Eui-yong. Defense chiefs
from the three countries
last week said North Korea’s
recent missile tests were de-
stabilizing.
Some experts say North
Korea is using the weap-
on’s tests to put pressure
on President Joe Biden’s
administration to resume
long-stalled nuclear negoti-
ations as the pandemic puts
further strain on an econ-
omy and from a crippling
U.S.-led sanctions. Biden’s
administration has offered
North Korea open-ended
talks but has shown no will-
ingness to ease the sanc-
tions without meaning-
ful cuts to the country’s nu-
clear program.
— The Associated Press
EUROPE
Police
break
up Paris
protest
By Thomas Adamson
The Associated Press
PARIS >> Paris police fired tear
gas Saturday against a hand-
ful of demonstrators on the
Champs-Élysées Avenue who
defied a police order by tak-
ing part in a vehicle protest
against virus restrictions
inspired by Canada’s horn-
honking truckers.
In the Netherlands, dozens
of trucks and other vehicles —
ranging from tractors to a car
towing a camping van — ar-
rived in The Hague for a sim-
ilar virus-related protest Sat-
urday, blocking an entrance
to the historic Dutch parlia-
mentary complex.
But a threatened blockade
of Paris failed to materialize
Saturday, despite days of on-
line organizing efforts.
Police set up checkpoints
into the French capital on
key roads and said they suc-
cessfully stopped at least 500
vehicles from heading to the
banned protest, but a few
dozen vehicles were able to
slip in and disrupt traffic on
the boutique-lined Champs-
Élysées. Authorities fired tear
gas as they demanded that
the demonstrators disperse,
some of whom climbed onto
their vehicles in the middle of
the road to create chaos.
An Associated Press pho-
tographer was hit in the
head with a tear gas can-
ister as police struggled to
control the crowd. Police at
the scene were growing in-
creasingly tense, and fired
the tear gas after several
photographers took photos
of officers kicking and sub-
duing a protester.
Police detained 54 people
and handed out 300 tickets to
motorists involved in the pro-
test. Police also seized knives,
hammers and other objects in
a central Parisian square.
Protesters railing against
the vaccination pass that
France requires to enter res-
taurants and many other ven-
ues have converged in recent
days toward Paris from the
north, south, east and west,
waving and honking at on-
lookers as they drove by. Some
convoys sought to avoid police
detection by traveling on lo-
cal roads instead of the ma-
jor highways leading into the
capital.
Waving French flags and
shouting “Freedom!,” the
protesters were galvanized
in part by truckers who have
blockaded the center of Ot-
tawa, Canada’s capital, and
blocked border crossings to
the U.S.
Most of the French convoys
appeared small, and it is un-
clear how many people par-
ticipated.
NICARAGUA
Hugo Torres, ex-rebel
head, dies in prison
MEXICO CITY >> Former San-
dinista guerrilla leader and
opposition politician Hugo
Torres has died in prison at
the age of 73, relatives said
Saturday.
Torres was the first of
a large group of opposi-
tion leaders rounded up in
a 2021 crackdown to die; it
was unclear if his death was
hastened by conditions in
prison.
Torres was a leading
commander of the 1970s
Sandinista revolution who
broke with President Daniel
Ortega more than 20 years
ago to found the Sandinista
Renovation Movement.
Torres was one of 46 op-
position figures and pres-
idential hopefuls jailed by
Ortega in May and June,
to clear the way for his al-
most unopposed reelection
on Nov. 7.
Three of Torres’ chil-
dren issued a statement
announcing their father’s
death. They did not give a
cause, and said that, in ac-
cordance with their father’s
wishes there would no pub-
lic funeral or ceremony. On
June 13 last year, Torres
predicted his own arrest.
— The Associated Press
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SELLING TRUMP
A profitable post-presidency like no other
By Shane Goldmacher
and Eric Lipton
The New York Times
In early December, Don-
ald Trump boarded the pri-
vate jet of a scrap-metal
magnate and crypto-miner
for a short flight across Flor-
ida, touching down at an
airport in Naples. There, a
red carpet marked the path-
way into a hangar filled with
Trump supporters who had
paid $10,000 to $30,000 to
be there.
The event had all the trap-
pings of a typical high-end
fundraiser: a giant Amer-
ican flag, a band and an
open bar.
But the money raised did
not go to Trump’s political
operation. Instead, Trump’s
share of the evening’s pro-
ceeds went straight into his
pocket, according to a per-
son familiar with the ar-
rangement.
Multiple attendees said
they bought their tickets
from a private company,
Whip Fundraising, whose
founder, Brad Keltner, has
asserted that “the lion’s
share” went to charity. But
the website advertising the
event listed no charitable
cause. And Keltner, reached
by phone, declined to dis-
cuss how money was dis-
tributed.
In the year since Trump
has left the White House,
he has undertaken a wide-
ranging set of moneymak-
ing ventures, trading repeat-
edly on his political fame
and fan base in pursuit of
profit. Much as he did while
in the White House, Trump
has thoroughly blurred the
lines between his political
ambitions and his business
interests.
His wife, Melania, has
gotten into the act, too,
auctioning off online col-
lectibles and scheduling
her own big-ticket event in
Naples this April, with VIP
packages reaching $50,000
and an undisclosed portion
going to charity.
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on future disclosures. His But the golf business has On Wednesday, Parler an-
political action committees benefited from a surge in nounced a deal with Mela-
have even fewer constraints play during the pandemic, nia Trump whose financial
than his reelection cam- with revenues even at the terms were not disclosed.
paign account did. Trump golf course near In a statement, she said she
In 2021, Trump’s politi- Los Angeles, a Democratic would provide the site exclu-
cal committees spent more stronghold, jumping by 50% sive content “to inspire oth-
than $600,000 on Trump since 2019, according to tax ers” and promote a series
properties for rent, meals, records. of future online auctions of
meeting expenses and hotel On a far bigger scale, the “collectibles.”
stays, records show. His PAC Trump Media & Technology She is now selling tickets
continued to make monthly Group, which is behind the to the April “high tea,” with
$37,541.67 rent payments to new social media company, organizers saying that some
Trump Tower Commercial has raised more than $1 bil- of the profits will benefit an
LLC. lion. Bankers for the com- initiative of her “Be Best” en-
MADDIE MCGARVEY — THE NEW YORK TIMES The roughly $375,000 the pany dangled an unusual deavor called “Fostering the
An attendee at Donald Trump’s rally at a county fairground PAC paid in Trump Tower perk: Invest at least $100 Future,” meant to provide
in Wellington, Ohio, shows off the merchandise on June 26. rent was more than the to- million, get a phone call computer-science scholar-
tal of $350,000 that Trump’s from the former president. ships to young people who
group donated to the scores Later, the price of such a call have been in foster care.
For Trump, the mone-Trump’s business and his of federal and state-level came down to $50 million. There was no indica-
tization of his post-presi-
political operation can be political candidates he en- But for the most part, tion of how much of the
dency represents a return to
hard to discern. dorsed in 2021. since Trump left office, his proceeds Melania Trump
his roots. He expertly lever-
At his first campaign- Many of those candidates, business has focused on ap- herself intended to pocket.
aged his celebrity as the host
style rallies of 2022, gi- in turn, redirected funds pealing to Middle America. Florida requires any orga-
of “The Apprentice” and his
ant television screens paid back to Trump, holding lav- His four-stop tour with nization that raises chari-
image as a decisive business-
for by Trump’s PAC adver- ish events at his properties. former Fox News host Bill table contributions in the
man to build credibility when
tised his $75 picture book. Herschel Walker, the former O’Reilly sought to fill are- state to register. No char-
he first entered politics. Now,
His political operation has football player whom Trump nas at $100 a ticket. On sale ity with the name “Fos-
he is executing the same play-
also promoted the book in recruited to run for Sen- at the events was Trump’s tering the Future” or “Be
book, only in reverse: con-
emails to his supporters, as ate in Georgia, spent more coffee-table book, which the Best” is registered in Flor-
verting a political following
has his official post-presi- than $135,000 at Mar-a- former president has said is ida.
that provided hundreds of
dential office, which also is- Lago, Trump’s private Flor- nearing 250,000 copies sold. Asked about the solicita-
millions of dollars in small
sued a recent statement pro- ida club. His multimillion-dollar ad- tion, officials at the Florida
campaign contributions into
moting a Trump property in vance from the publishing agency that oversees chari-
a base of consumers for all
Miami. Marketing MAGA company, first reported by table fundraising said they
things branded Trump. Lawrence Noble, former to the masses The Washington Post, was also could not find evidence
Other past presidents
general counsel at the Fed- confirmed by a person famil- of the required state regis-
have cashed in financially
eral Election Commission, After years of slapping iar with the arrangement. tration and had opened an
after leaving the Whitesaid that the combination of his name, for a price, on ev- The book’s sales are inquiry as a result.
House. But no former pres-
ways that Trump had mone- erything from steaks to wa- scarcely spectacular: The The company behind the
ident has been more deter-
tized his life after the White ter bottles to golf courses, tell-all from his niece, Mary “high tea” event, Whip Fun-
mined to meld business in-
House, while remaining in- Trump has found a big new Trump, had sold 950,000 draising, also organized
terests with a continuing
timately involved in Repub- market for lower-priced copies by the day it went Donald Trump’s holiday
political operation and cap-
lican politics and a possible goods like hats, T-shirts and on sale. But Trump’s book party in Naples, Florida, in
italize on that for personal
future candidate himself, books. is priced far higher. Signed December.
gain. had created ethical ques- The new push to capital- copies went for $229.99 and Keltner said that events
Taylor Budow ich, a tions unlike any post-presi- ize on Trump’s name and quickly sold out. like the one in Naples raised
spokesperson for Trump,dency in modern times. brand echoes what he has large sums for charity but
noted that Trump had been “The thing that is dif- done for decades with his Collectibles declined to discuss the spe-
wealthy before seeking pub-
ferent about Trump is the real estate company, whose and ‘high tea’ cifics of any events with
lic office. “After sacrificing
making-money part seems holdings now include six Trump.
considerably to lead our
to have permeated every- hotels in the United States Melania Trump, too, has It was Keltner who ar-
nation, there continues to
thing,” Noble said. “There and more than a dozen golf found ways to monetize her ranged the flight for Trump
be unprecedented demandis this appearance, at least, clubs. ties to her husband, includ- to Naples, on the plane of
for President Trump, his
that he is always thinking: The real estate business ing through a series of on- Adam Weitsman, a crypto-
thoughts and his products,
How can I make a profit off has, for the most part, been line sales. In January, she mining investor who also
unlike anything politics has
of this?” shrinking, with the Trump put up for auction a digital owns a scrap-metal com-
ever seen,” Budowich said.Out of office, Trump faces family selling off, terminat- portrait of her by a French pany in New York. Weitsman
few formal limits on his ing or being pushed out of artist, a print of the portrait said he flew Trump and the
Blurred lines between business dealings, though hotel contracts in Washing- and a white hat she once former first lady as a “favor”
profit and politics if he were to run again in ton, Toronto, New York City, wore at the White House to Keltner.
2024, some of his financial Vancouver and Panama in while meeting the president He said he did not have to
Any division between activity would be revealed recent years. of France. pay for the privilege.
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A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
EDUCATION POLICY
GOP pushes U.S. schools to
post all class materials online
By Julie Carr Smyth
and Casey Smith
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, OHIO >> Republi-
can state lawmakers across
the U.S. are trying to require
schools to post all course
materials online so par-
ents can review them, part
of a broader national push
by the GOP for a sweeping
parents bill of rights ahead
of the midterm congressio-
nal elections.
At least one proposal
would give parents with no
expertise power over curric-
ulum choices. Parents also
could file complaints about
certain lessons and in some
cases sue school districts.
Teachers say parents al-
ready have easy access to
what their children learn.
They worry that the man-
dates would create an un-
necessary burden and po-
tentially threaten their pro-
fessional independence
— all while dragging them
into a culture war.
The bill “insinuates
there’s some hiding hap-
pening,” said Katie Peters, a
high school English teacher
in Toledo. “It makes me a lit-
tle defensive, because I’m
like — no, wait a minute,
we’re not hiding anything.
The transparency is always
there, and the parents who
have cared to look have al-
ways had access.”
The bills arose from last
year’s debate over the teach-
ing of race, diversity and
sexuality. The GOP insists
the changes are needed to
give parents a measure of
control over what their chil-
dren see and hear in class.
“I don’t think anybody
disagrees that more infor-
mation is better for par-
ents,” said Brett Hillyer, a
GOP state representative
in Ohio who is co-sponsor-
ing such a bill. He said the
proposal could quell dis-
agreements among parents,
JOHN SEEWER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Katie Peters, an English teacher at Whitmer High School,
poses in her classroom Monday in Toledo, Ohio.
teachers and school boards
before they get too far.
Educators don’t take is-
sue with keeping parents in-
formed, but they see a risk
that the so-called curricu-
lum-transparency require-
ments will invite censor-
ship, professional burnout
and resignations.
Other state considering
some version of the idea
include Arizona, Florida,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, North Carolina
and West Virginia.
The Ohio bill would affect
public, private and charter
schools, as well as colleges
and universities that partic-
ipate in the state’s dual-en-
rollment program for sev-
enth through 12th graders.
A panel of three Ohio
teachers recently sat down
with The Associated Press
to discuss the proposal.
They said they already post
syllabuses, textbook infor-
mation, course materials
and sometimes notes for
parents and students — at
least at the middle and high
school levels.
None of them could recall
ever denying a parent’s re-
quest for additional infor-
mation.
Juliet Tissot, a mother
of two from the Cincinnati
suburb of Madeira, said el-
ementary classrooms are
a different story. The non-
profit worker and volun-
teer said schools stopped
sending home textbooks
years ago and often fail to
provide curriculum details
when asked. That leaves
parents groping for infor-
mation when helping kids
with homework.
“Children are with their
parents a lot more than
they’re with their teachers,
and it’s bad that parents
don’t know what’s going on
— and they don’t anymore,”
she said. “I’m surprised this
didn’t happen sooner, but it
seems like it’s finally com-
ing to a head.”
Tissot also supports polic-
ing teachers’ behavior more
closely, including requiring
them to wear body cameras.
The Ohio teachers said
parents of older children
occasionally pull a student
from class — say, when evo-
lution or the Big Bang is be-
ing taught in science — or
request an alternate assign-
ment when offended by a se-
lected reading, and those
interactions generally go
smoothly.
“That’s the thing that
this law misses. It’s painted
as broad swath, as if there
are these improprieties go-
ing on,” said Dan Green-
LESSONS IN EDUCATION
Teachers tackle Black
History Month with
additional restrictions
to limit how race and dis-
Jacey Fortin and
berg, who teaches high Giulia Heyward
crimination can be taught
school English in the To- The New York Times
in public school classrooms,
ledo suburb of Sylvania. and 14 have imposed laws
“You’re talking to people In rural New Hampshire, or rules to enforce these re-
who are right there in the a Spanish teacher took strictions.
trenches, and we always down a “Black Lives Mat- “This legislation is very
have a really good partner- ter” sign in her classroom. nebulous,” said Grace
ship with parents.” In Lubbock, Texas, a so- Leatherman, executive di-
The GOP acted after con- cial studies teacher felt that rector of the National Coun-
servatives complained about candid political discussions cil for History Education.
public schools’ responses to with students were becom- “There is certainly a chill-
the COVID-19 pandemic and ing “kind of like a tight- ing effect.”
the racial reckoning that fol- rope.” Although some educa-
lowed the death of George And in Oklahoma City, tors have left or have lost
Floyd, the Black man killed a history teacher began their jobs amid debates
by a White Minneapolis po- to think twice about us- over these new laws, there
lice officer in 2020. Some ing the word “white” to de- have not been reports of
states and local school scribe people who defended widespread terminations
boards have banned books slavery. of teachers.
about race relations, slavery In February, public And defenders of the
and gender. school teachers tradition- measures say that they are
The Ohio teachers say the ally shape lessons around not meant to stifle teachers’
Republican efforts could ul- Black History Month. But speech.
timately erode their ability this year, educators in sev- Gov. Chris Sununu of
to make professional judg- eral states are handling New Hampshire signed a
ments and stifle the sponta- their classes a bit more gin- bill in July that says no pub-
neity that brings their class- gerly. lic employer should teach
rooms to life, while adding Republican-led legis- that people of any particu-
to workloads that already latures in several states lar race or gender were “in-
have taken a serious toll on passed laws last year to herently racist, sexist or op-
school staffing. ban or limit schools from pressive.”
“I’m worried it’s sort of a teaching that racism is in- “Nothing in this bill pre-
Trojan horse to get into the fused in U.S. institutions. vents schools from teaching
classroom to pick through And though students in any aspect of American his-
what they see and point us those states still are learn- tory, such as teaching about
in different directions or ing about activists like Ida racism, sexism or slavery,”
stop us from doing things,” B. Wells and Claudette said Benjamin Vihstadt, a
said Robert Estice, a middle Colvin, and eras like Re- spokesperson for the gov-
school science and critical construction and the civil ernor.
thinking teacher in the Co- rights movement, some He added that teach-
lumbus suburb Worthing- teachers also are exercis- ers were “continuing these
ton. ing a quiet restraint. important lessons during
Emerson Sykes, a staff at- The laws, they say, have Black History Month — as
torney at the ACLU Speech, added the threat of termi- they should.”
Privacy and Technology nation to the list of things David Bullard, a state
Project, called the bills they worry about, from pan- senator who sponsored a
“thinly veiled attempts at demic safety to struggling similar law in Oklahoma,
chilling teachers and stu- students to staff shortages. has said that it is “false that
dents from learning and “I am not going to let any the bill prohibits the teach-
talking about race and gen- of these laws deter me from ing of racial topics or his-
der in schools.” the things that I think work tory.”
Hillyer said he does not best for students,” said Eric According to the state’s
intend for parents to be able Parker, the history teacher academic standards, U.S.
to censor school materials. in Oklahoma. “But I also en- history classes still can
The proposed parents bill joy working with students cover a range of figures and
of rights calls for access to and having a roof over my subjects, including slavery,
classroom materials and ac- head.” the abolitionist movement,
ademic, medical and safety Since January 2021, ac- the Tulsa massacre, W.E.B.
records, as well as certain cording to a list compiled by Du Bois, the Rev. Martin
entry privileges to school Education Week, 37 states Luther King Jr., Malcolm X
buildings and more. have introduced measures and the Black Panthers.
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A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

CALIFORNIA TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY THE NATION

Hottest Spot Coast H: 83° L: 50° Coast H: 73° L: 54° Coast H: 63° L: 44° Coast H: 68° L: 48° Coast H: 76° L: 45° Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Death Valley 94 Inland H: 87° L: 56° Inland H: 82° L: 52° Inland H: 62° L: 43° Inland H: 70° L: 45° Inland H: 78° L: 46°
Coldest Spot Seattle
55/43
Alturas 13
Billings
STATE EXTREMES FOR FRIDAY 53/28
Minneapolis
NORTHWEST 9/6
Detroit
Times of sun and clouds today; areas of
Chicago 22/5
fog in the morning. Mostly sunny and Partly sunny and Cooler; a p.m. show- Mostly sunny. Breezy in the 19/12
New York
36/22
City Today Mon. Tue. warm. Northeast warm. Southwest er. West wind at 6 to Southwest wind at 6 afternoon. Northeast San Francisco
71/50 Denver Washington
wind at 4 to 8 mph. wind at 4 to 8 mph. 12 mph. Afternoon to 12 mph. Afternoon wind at 8 to 16 mph. 55/29 38/26
Eureka 57/43 50/43 51/39
Kansas City
Ft. Bragg 60/45 52/43 56/43 Afternoon humid- Afternoon humid- humidity near 50% humidity near 50% Afternoon humid- 33/24
Crscnt. City 56/45 51/41 53/40 ity near 25% at the ity near 45% at the at the coast, near at the coast, near ity near 35% at the Los Angeles
Trinidad 55/45 51/40 49/40 87/58
coast, near 15% coast, near 30% 55% inland. 35% inland. coast, near 25% Atlanta
Ukiah 78/42 63/36 64/32 inland. inland. inland. 50/32
El Paso
SIERRA NEVADA Overview High pressure and offshore winds keep temperatures quite hot with highs in the low 90s. Winds north to 61/35
Sun and areas of high clouds today. Patchy Houston
clouds tonight. northeast at 8-16 mph, gusts over 30 mph in the mountains. Clear skies and mild conditions tonight as winds turn 61/38 Miami
City Today Mon. Tue. more southerly. Not as hot on Monday with cloudy intervals. Highs in the low 80s. Winds south 4-8 mph. 74/57
Bishop 74/31 71/37 56/30 Pomona
Mammoth 54/22 51/27 33/18
Los Angeles Brea Ontario Air Quality Forecast
87/58 88/57 88/54 Pollution standard index measures the
Tahoe Vly. 57/28 53/20 37/18 La Habra 93/56 air quality by particles in the air. Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary
Yosemite 65/37 62/30 46/31 89/55 Yorba Linda -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
Greenville 74/48 66/40 59/39 San Fernando Fullerton Riverside NOT AVAILABLE
Valley 87/56 83/42 NATIONAL EXTREMES FOR FRIDAY (For the 48 contiguous states)
88/52 GOOD 0-50 PSI
CENTRAL VALLEY 87/57 Hottest spot Death Valley, Calif...............94 Coldest spot Cavalier, N.D. .....................-20
Partly sunny and very warm today. Clear to Buena Park MODERATE 51-100 PSI Today Mon. Today Mon. Today Mon.
partly cloudy tonight. Torrance 88/53 Placentia Anaheim Hills UNHEALTHY FOR
90/56 101-150 PSI City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City Today Mon. Tue. 83/48 Cypress 87/59 SENSITIVE GROUPS Albany, N.Y. 28/10/c 21/11/pc Des Moines 18/14/pc 33/18/s Norfolk 42/30/r 40/26/pc
Bakersfld 80/48 78/44 58/38 UNHEALTHY 151-200 PSI Albuquerque 55/30/s 59/32/s Detroit 22/5/sf 24/8/c Okla. City 56/34/s 67/42/s
Long Beach 88/50 Anaheim VERY
Fresno 79/47 76/45 61/38
90/55 Villa Park 201-300 PSI Anchorage 32/23/sf 25/24/sn Duluth 5/-2/c 14/3/pc Omaha 27/21/pc 41/23/s
Sacto 75/44 68/42 64/43 83/51 92/56 UNHEALTHY Aspen 41/11/s 43/17/pc El Paso 61/35/s 68/37/s Orlando 73/44/sh 64/45/s
Modesto 76/43 71/41 63/40 HAZARDOUS 301-500 PSI Atlanta 50/32/s 55/37/s Evansville 35/16/pc 40/24/s Philadelphia 39/24/sn 32/22/s
Merced 81/41 76/41 67/35 Stanton Orange Sources: South Coast Air
Los Alamitos Atlantic City 37/24/sn 30/23/pc Fairbanks 10/-14/sn 3/-8/c Phoenix 80/50/s 80/50/s
Garden Grove 92/56
88/50 Quality Management District;
BAY AREA 81/49 San Diego County Air Pollution Austin 64/35/s 69/41/s Fargo 8/0/sn 7/4/pc Pittsburgh 27/12/c 26/14/pc
Sun and areas of high clouds today. Westminster 86/51 Tustin Control District Baltimore 39/24/sn 36/19/pc Flagstaff 58/22/s 58/30/s Portland, Me. 28/13/sn 19/7/pc
Baton Rouge 57/31/s 65/36/s Grand Rapids 19/7/sf 23/12/c Portland, Ore. 58/44/pc 48/41/sh
83/50 89/56 Silverado Canyon Temperatures are today’s Billings 53/28/pc 52/35/c Green Bay 15/6/c 21/6/pc Providence 33/22/sn 26/11/pc
City Today Mon. Tue. Seal Beach Santa Ana 68/53 highs and tonight’s lows. Birmingham 49/28/s 55/33/pc Hartford 33/18/sn 25/12/s Raleigh 47/28/r 48/25/s
Napa 77/38 63/42 68/43 81/48 83/55 Bismarck 38/10/sn 26/12/c Honolulu 80/64/s 80/66/s Rapid City 53/22/s 48/23/c
Oakland 72/48 60/45 63/44
San Fran. 71/50 59/47 62/49
Fountain Valley Irvine Boise 47/28/s 51/29/sh Houston 61/38/s 69/46/s Reno 70/36/s 64/31/pc

San Jose 79/47 64/44 62/41 83/50 83/56 Boston 32/20/sn 25/15/pc Indianapolis 23/11/sn 32/16/s St. Louis 34/18/pc 46/29/s
Huntington Buffalo 20/7/c 19/14/c J’ville, Fla. 68/35/pc 59/35/s Salt Lake City 53/33/pc 57/38/pc
Santa Cruz 75/45 64/44 62/46 Beach Lake Forest Burlington, Vt.17/2/pc 16/5/pc K.C., Mo. 33/24/pc 53/31/s San Antonio 64/38/s 68/44/s
Costa Mesa 86/58 Rancho Santa
CENTRAL COAST 83/50 Margarita Charlstn, S.C. 64/36/c 55/35/s Knoxville 43/24/s 48/26/s San Juan, P.R. 81/72/pc 83/72/pc
Sun and areas of high clouds today; very
83/51 Charlotte 48/27/r 52/28/s Las Vegas 72/47/s 73/51/pc Santa Fe 51/24/s 55/26/s
80/58
warm near San Luis Obispo. Cheyenne 51/28/s 51/30/pc Little Rock 57/29/s 66/38/s Savannah 65/34/pc 59/34/s
Mission Viejo Chicago 19/12/c 31/20/pc Louisville 36/19/pc 41/24/s Seattle 55/43/pc 46/40/sh
City Today Mon. Tue. Newport Beach Laguna Hills 85/58 Cincinnati 30/14/sn 33/19/pc Memphis 51/27/s 59/39/s Sioux Falls 23/16/c 31/17/pc
Monterey 75/46 61/45 60/42 83/51 83/57
Cleveland 22/12/sf 24/14/pc Miami 74/57/t 71/63/s Spokane 44/31/pc 42/29/sf
S.L. Obispo 82/45 70/44 64/38 Coto De Caza
Santa Barb. 79/43 70/46 69/41 BEACH WATCH Laguna Beach 83/57
Colo. Spgs. 52/29/s
Colum., S.C. 59/30/pc
54/30/s
58/30/s
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
19/11/sn
9/6/c
28/19/pc
19/10/pc
Syracuse
Tampa
23/7/pc
69/45/sh
19/11/pc
65/47/pc
Lompoc 80/42 68/44 61/37 Health advisories are issued when bacteria levels
Pismo Bch. 75/44 69/47 63/39
83/56 Columbus, Oh.26/14/sf 28/18/pc Montgomery 53/27/s 60/33/s Topeka 37/28/s 53/31/s
exceed state standards. Here are current bacterial Aliso Viejo Concord, N.H. 28/12/c 21/4/pc Nashville 43/22/s 49/29/s Tucson 80/44/s 80/47/s
NORTHERN DESERT warnings and closures. Long-term postings; 83/56 Dallas 65/37/s 72/45/s New Orleans 53/37/pc 61/41/s Tulsa 51/33/s 66/43/s
Mostly sunny today; pleasant toward 714-433-6400 or www.ocbeachinfo.com. San Juan
Capistrano Denver 55/29/s 55/31/s N.Y. City 36/22/sn 28/21/s Wash., D.C. 38/26/sn 36/24/pc
Baker. Clear and moonlit tonight. Tip: Purchase one all-purpose cleaner instead of buying Laguna Niguel
City Today Mon. Tue. one product for every room.
83/54
83/53
THE WORLD
Barstow 77/45 80/53 61/41
Death Vly. 84/53 82/55 69/53 OCEAN CONDITIONS Forecasts and
graphics provided by
Dana Point
83/51
Algiers
Amman
63/40/pc 66/46/s
64/42/s 56/41/pc Helsinki
Havana 80/62/sh 73/64/pc Paris
36/34/sn 36/34/r
55/45/c 52/40/sh
P.-au-Prince 93/65/pc 94/69/pc
Lancaster 76/33 78/44 58/28 SURFING FORECAST AccuWeather, Inc. Avalon Amsterdam 49/47/c 51/40/sh HC Minh City 92/77/sh 92/76/t Prague 46/27/s 45/33/c
Victorville 75/37 74/40 55/33
Wave Sea ©2022 82/64 Athens 56/42/sh 56/44/pc Hong Kong 65/56/r 67/60/pc Pretoria 88/68/pc 88/64/pc
Baker 78/40 77/48 65/43
Beaches height Shape temp. San Clemente Auckland 73/60/c 74/57/s Istanbul 48/41/c 46/37/c P. Vallarta 84/64/pc 85/63/pc
83/51
SOUTHERN MTS. & VALLEYS
Mostly sunny and very warm today. A
Seal Beach 2-3’ Fair 59 TIDES Palm Springs
86/59
Baghdad
Bangkok
72/43/s 73/43/s
90/77/t 87/76/sh Kabul
Jerusalem 58/46/s 55/42/c
47/28/pc 50/28/s
Quebec
Rabat
8/-7/pc 7/-7/pc
67/47/s 65/43/c
Huntington 3-4’+ Fair-Good 57 Highs 6:46 a.m. 5.2’ 8:43 p.m. 3.5’ Beijing 28/16/sn 29/12/s Karachi 79/58/s 83/58/s Rio de Jan. 82/73/sh 85/75/t
moonlit sky tonight. Newport 3-4’+ Fair-Good 57
City Today Mon. Tue. Lows 12:51 a.m. 2.3’ 2:15 p.m. -0.5’ Berlin 45/38/c 53/40/c Lima 76/67/pc 75/67/pc Rome 58/46/sh 59/49/sh
Salt Creek 3-4’ Fair-Good 55 Land reference point is Balboa Pier, Newport Beach San Diego Bogota 64/50/t 65/50/r Lisbon 57/49/r 59/46/s San Salvador 89/66/s 84/64/pc
Big Bear 59/28 57/32 40/18 Trestles 3-4’ Fair-Good 59 79/51 Budapest 45/25/s 50/39/pc London 51/43/r 49/37/r Santiago 84/57/s 85/57/s
L. Arrowh’d 63/42 61/37 41/30
Monrovia 89/58 82/51 64/43 Remarks: Sunday will have a mix of UV INDEX TODAY Buenos Aires 79/64/s 83/69/s
Cabo 83/59/pc 86/61/s
Madrid
Managua
57/39/c 55/29/pc Seoul
93/72/pc 92/73/pc Singapore
49/26/pc 44/20/c
88/78/t 88/78/t
Idyllwild 68/48 69/45 51/34 holding to slowly fading S-SW swell and 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate, Cairo 71/49/s 68/50/s Manila 89/78/pc 91/76/s Stockholm 41/35/c 39/37/r
Riverside 83/42 79/43 58/37 dropping W-NW energy. Surf will be in 6-7 High, 8-10 Very High,
ALMANAC
4 11+ Extreme. The higher the Statistics for Sat. Calgary 44/26/c 40/27/sn Mexico City 61/41/pc 69/47/c Sydney 76/65/pc 79/68/pc
SOUTH COAST the waist- to chest-high range for most AccuWeather.com UV Index™ Cape Town 79/65/s 89/67/s Montego Bay 84/76/s 85/75/pc Taipei City 71/58/r 60/58/r
areas. number, the greater the need for
TEMPERATURES Caracas 88/74/s 88/74/pc Monterrey 62/40/c 67/40/s Tehran 56/42/s 53/41/pc
Mostly sunny and very warm today. A
moonlit sky tonight. DIVING VISIBILITY CONDITIONS eye and skin protection. High/low ............................................ 89/53 Copenhagen 42/40/c 47/40/c Montreal 10/0/pc 12/2/pc Tel Aviv 63/54/s 63/53/pc
City
Ventura
Today Mon.
83/53 68/47 65/45
Tue. Laguna: 15-20’ and Moderate SSW
swell surge
20 Minutes in the sun before
skin damage occurs.
Normal high/low ............................... 69/49
Record high ............................... 90 in 2015
Cozumel
Dublin
Frankfurt
79/69/sh 76/67/c
47/39/r 46/38/pc Nairobi
49/38/c 52/39/c
Moscow

New Delhi
34/28/c 34/27/c
84/58/pc 86/59/c
Tokyo
Toronto
74/51/pc 74/52/pc Vancouver
44/37/r 48/38/sn
15/3/sn 18/14/s
47/40/pc 47/40/pc
Santa Mon. 81/54 76/52 61/49 Record low ................................ 28 in 1949
Long Beach 83/51 73/53 63/46 Catalina: 35-50’+ and Moderate SSW
swell surge
POLLEN & MOLD RAINFALL
Freeport
Glasgow
77/63/sh 70/59/s
46/38/r 47/35/pc Oslo
Oaxaca 65/43/pc 76/43/s
45/35/r 41/32/sn Warsaw
Vienna 45/30/s 47/28/pc
42/30/s 45/33/s
Oceanside 77/41 73/49 62/41 for the week ending 2/6
24 hours through 3 p.m. Sat. ........ 0.00” Guadalajara 73/51/c 72/46/c Ottawa 7/-6/pc 9/-2/s Winnipeg 0/-17/sn 0/-7/s
San Diego 79/51 72/55 61/50 MARINE FORECAST Hanoi 57/54/sh 60/55/s Panama 91/72/t 91/72/t Zurich 49/25/s 45/36/r
SOUTHERN DESERT Winds: a.m. - NE 5-10 knots; p.m. - Month to date ................................... 0.00”
Trees Grass Weeds Mold Normal month to date ....................... 1.25”
W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice
Mostly sunny and very warm today. Clear NW 5-10 knots. 0-3’ seas / W 2’ and
and moonlit tonight. S 2’ swell.
Low Moderate High
Season to date (Oct. 1) .................... 5.64”
Normal season to date ..................... 7.58”
SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES
City Today Mon. Tue. Remarks: Sunday will start cool with Today Mon. Full Last New First
Blythe 82/45 81/46 74/50 Absent Unavailable Normal for entire season ................ 13.63”
Needles 81/48 82/51 73/51
clear skies in the morning followed Sunrise 6:38 a.m. 6:38 a.m.
by sunny offshore conditions in the Source: National Allergy Bureau Measurements taken at John Wayne Airport Sunset 5:34 p.m. 5:35 p.m.
Palm Spgs. 86/59 88/55 72/51
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A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

ENVIRONMENT

Sticking with gas fleets over EVs could delay postal upgrade
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Bloomberg
The U.S. Postal Service is
expected in coming days to
reaffirm its plan to pay Os-
hkosh Corp. as much as $6
billion over 10 years to re-
place an aging fleet of red-
white-and blue delivery
vans with mostly gasoline-
powered models instead of
climate-friendly electric ve-
hicles.
The service insists it’s the
cheapest alternative. But its
analysis is based on assump-
tions that critics and even
other government agencies
say are unrealistic, such as
gasoline at $2.19 a gallon
and charging stations that
cost roughly $20,000 per
facility. And those assump-
tions will form the bulls-
eye of expected legal chal-
lenges that could stop Osh-
kosh’s assembly lines before
they even start.
“The USPS is running
some risk,” said Ted Boling,
a partner at the law firm
Perkins Coie who previously
was associate director of the
White House Council on En-
vironmental Quality.
The courts or Congress
could force a do-over.
The contract represents
a snub of President Joe
Biden’s executive order for
the government to favor
emissions-free trucks and
cars. The 165,000 delivery
vans the USPS could order
amount to roughly a quar-
ter of the 645,000 vehicles
operated by the federal gov-
ernment, including the mil-
itary.
It also runs contrary to ef-
forts by private delivery ser-
vices such as those run by
Amazon.com Inc., Walmart
Inc. and FedEx Corp. to elec-
trify their fleets as a way to
cut costs and slash emis-
sions.
“You have all these other
folks moving in a different
direction,” said Corey Can-
tor, an electric vehicle asso-
ciate with BloombergNEF.
“USPS is the one that’s out
of step.”
The terms of the Postal
Service’s February 2021 de-
cision to award the mega-
contract to Oshkosh call for
potentially 90% of the vehi-
cles to be powered by car-
bon-belching gasoline en-
gines. They won’t even be
much more fuel efficient:
The service says the new
trucks will average 8.6 miles
per gallon of gasoline, ver-
sus 8.2 for the current fleet.
USPS waited until after it
signed the contract to con-
duct a legally required anal-
ysis of the environmental
consequences. It says the
review proves the origi-
nal purchase plan is “the
most achievable” given its
strained finances because
gasoline-powered trucks
are “significantly less ex-
pensive” and can run longer
routes than battery-electric
alternatives.
Environmental groups
say the Postal Service is jus-
tifying its decision based on
a flawed analysis that down-
played the benefits and over-
estimated the costs of going
electric. Those choices -- and
the rebuttals by other gov-
ernment agencies -- will pro-
vide fodder to anticipated le-
gal challenges from environ-
mental groups that could
benefit Workhorse Group
Inc. and other electric vehi-
cle makers that lost out on
the lucrative contract.
The Biden administra-
tion has limited authority
over the Postal Service be-
cause it is an independent
agency, but federal courts
have found it is still bound
by the National Environ-
mental Policy Act that re-
quires analysis of major
policy decisions. And the
contract with Oshkosh was
contingent on a successful
conclusion of the NEPA pro-
cess.
The Postal Service con-
cluded that going electric
would end up costing more
overall, factoring in the up-
front price as well as the
costs of fuel, maintenance,
chargers, training, manu-
als and other expenses over
20 years. The agency said
the total cost to own 75,000
of the electric trucks would
amount to $11.6 billion com-
pared to $9.3 billion for the
same number of gasoline-
powered models.
But other studies show
the total cost of owning and
operating short-haul trucks
is close to the same whether
the vehicles use electric or
combustion engines -- even
if the electric versions carry
a higher sticker price.
The research firm At-
las Public Policy found in a
study last year that electri-
fying the USPS fleet could
actually yield some $4.3 bil-
lion in savings. A separate
analysis by the California
Air Resources Board found
that battery-electric vans
similar to those considered
by the Postal Service could
save almost $5,000 over
each vehicle’s life.
Moreover, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency
points out that the cost of
batteries, the most expen-
sive component of an elec-
tric vehicle, is rapidly fall-
ing.
The Postal Service un-
derpinned its analysis
with an assumption of gas-
oline prices at $2.19 per
gallon, based on the na-
tionwide average on Oct.
12, 2020. That’s well be-
low the $3.48 that most
A mericans are pay ing
now. And the Energy De-
partment calculated that
last October, when gaso-
line was going for $3.25 a
gallon, the electric equiv-
alent was $1.35.
USPS estimated that
charging infrastructure
would average $18,740 to
$20,970 at each of its facil-
ities. The EPA suggested,
however, that the equipment
could be shared with other
government bodies.
The EPA and White House
have urged the Postal Ser-
vice to conduct a new anal-
ysis or at least make initial
purchases all electric. Post-
master General Louis De-
Joy said the agency could
buy more electric models
if it got more money from
Congress.

EARTHWEEK: A DIARY OF THE PLANET Week ending Friday

COVID weather
A new study finds
that when tempera-
tures outside are the
most pleasant, fewer new
infections of COVID-19 are
likely to occur. Writing in the
American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene,
University of Florida and
University of Maryland
researchers conclude that
areas with both cold winters
and hot summers are likely to
experience two COVID case
peaks each year. “Both
extremes of ambient
temperatures are associated
with human activity shifting
indoors, promoting exposure
to recirculated air,” the paper
says. It points to a number of
COVID-19 hot spots in the
United States and overseas as
examples of seasonality
and the rates of infection.
Earthquakes
A strong temblor
centered on the
AfghanistanTajiki-
stan border was felt widely
across South Asia, including
New Delhi.
• Earth movements were also
felt in other parts of northern
India, the coast of northern
Queensland and
south-central Alaska.
Bug healing
Chimpanzees have
for the first time
been observed
treating wounds with a balm
of crushed insects. Writing in
the journal Current Biology,
scientists say they saw the
behavior among chimps in the
West African nation of Gabon.
They said the apes not only
treated their own wounds, but
also those of others around
them. One chimp named
Suzee was seen inspecting a
foot wound of her adolescent
son before catching an insect
out of the air, putting it in her
mouth to squeeze it and then
applying it on the wound. She
later extracted the insect from
the wound and applied it two
more times. Other chimpan-
zees were also seen treating
the wounds of others in the
same manner. Biologist
Simone Pika says the insects
could contain unknown
anti-inflammatory and
soothing properties.
Volcanoes
A blast at Indonesia’s
Anak Krakatoa (Child
of Krakatoa) sent
thick ash soaring into the sky
between Java and Sumatra.
The volcano has shown signs
of increased unrest since
mid-January.
• The Democratic Republic of
Congo’s Nyiragongo
volcano spewed toxic ash near
the city of Goma more
than eight months after a
powerful eruption killed 32
people with burns and
asphyxiation.
Subtropical chills
Warmer Arctic
winters due to
climate change are
triggering freak weather
patterns that now chill
areas as far south as
subtropical parts of Florida
and East Asia, a new study
reveals. An international
team of researchers found
that the new Arctic blasts
are damaging the agricul-
tural production of cereals,
fruits, root vegetables and
legumes in areas unaccus-
tomed to such cold in
winter. “This study
highlights how complex the ©2014 Earth Environment Service
effects of climate change
are,” said study co-author
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub.
“We have now discovered that
this (Arctic) warming affects
ecosystems thousands of
kilometers away.”
Tropical cyclones
Category-3 Cyclone
Batsirai killed at
least 92 people in
southeastern Madagascar just tried since 2016 to capture
weeks after Cyclone Ana
ravaged the island.
• Tropical Storm Dovi formed
-57o
Oimyakon,
Siberia
114o
Bamako,
Mali
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over Vanuatu, then brushed deliberately placed to trap the
New Caledonia. croc as a pet. But a local
bird-seller named Tili
Croc freedom eventually used chicken as
An Indonesian bait and ropes to catch it.
crocodile trapped Dozens of nearby residents
with a tire around its then pitched in to drag the
neck for five years has finally animal to shore and cut the
been freed by rescuers in a tire from its neck. A local
Central Sulawesi river. conservation agency said Tili
Conservation workers had will be given a prize for his
daring effort to free the croc
the reptile and free it from the from its misery.
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Bay Area schools torn on vaccine mandate
By Kayla Jimenez and
Harriet Blair Rowan
Staff writers
Thousands of Bay Area
school kids still don’t have
their COVID-19 shots de-
spite looming school vac-
cine mandates, provok-
ing uncertainty among
school leaders and fear
in parents about how the
requirements could im-
pact long- and short-term
learning for unvaccinated
students.
Despite efforts to boost
vaccination numbers across
the region since last fall,
Black and Latino teens
ages 12 and up remain less
likely to be vaccinated for
the virus than their White
and Asian classmates, a Bay
Area News Group analysis
of data from local school
districts and public health
departments found.
Vaccination rates for
Black students range from
47-63%, depending on the
school district, well below
the overall rates. Latino
student vaccination rates
also are lagging, but less
so, ranging from 49-80%.
Asian students have the
highest vaccination rates
across the counties, at 85%
and up, and White students
are between 64% and 80%
vaccinated.
Tyrone Howard, a pro-
fessor of education in the
School of Education & In-
formation Studies at UCLA,
said it would be a mistake
to move ahead with vaccine
mandates in schools where
a disproportionate number
of Black and Brown stu-
dents lack the shots. Mov-
ing those students into on-
line schooling programs
with fewer resources would
result in unjust segregation,
he said.
“We might see tens of
thousands of students who
are not going to be allowed
to go to school,” said How-
ard, whose research in-
volves race, culture, access
and educational opportu-
nities for minority student
714-676-1516
populations.
There’s no clear answer
for how to close the gaps.
The imposition of vaccine
mandates hasn’t worked,
and many have now been
delayed. School districts
and counties haven’t suc-
ceeded by ramping up vac-
cination sites and offering
incentives. And educational
campaigns to combat mis-
trust in the jabs haven’t
been successful at increas-
ing vaccination rates much
past the halfway mark for
Black students.
It’s likely many of them
won’t have their shots by
the time their school’s dead-
line arrives — or a state-
wide vaccination mandate
for all students in grades
7-12 takes effect, perhaps as
early as this summer, said
Alex Stack, a spokesperson
from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s
press office.
Newsom said last fall
that his timeline depends
on the federal Food and
Drug Administration grant-
ing full approval of the vac-
cines for children ages 12-
15, as it has for youth ages
16 and up.
School districts that don’t
want to impose the state’s
mandate then will be in a
bind: If they defy the immu-
nization requirements, they
could be at risk of losing
state funding. But if they
follow the rules, unvacci-
nated students would have
to disenroll from school and
compete for scarce remote-
learning resources.
The current numbers are
so discouraging that two of
the East Bay’s largest dis-
tricts — West Contra Costa
Unified and Oakland Uni-
fied — postponed student
vaccine mandates that were
due to take effect in Janu-
ary and February.
Those mandates are de-
signed to keep students,
teachers and staff safe from
catching or spreading the
virus. But many parents say
they feel that forcing their
children to get the shots is
unnecessary, unsafe and
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VACCINATION RATES BY COUNTY not submitted COVID-19 dent vaccine rates.
Data from county public health departments shows disparities vaccination records. Only Student social-emotional
in vaccination rates between racial and ethnic groups 43% of Black students and well-being is a concern for
for Bay Area children. 45% of Pacific Islander stu- kids who don’t have the vac-
Santa San Contra dents have reported receiv- cine. Kids who won’t be able
Clara County Mateo Costa Alameda ing their shots. The num- to attend in-person learning
Race Ages 5-17 12-17 12-17 12-17 bers are slightly higher due to mandates could lose
among Native American connection to their school
All races 69.6% 82 91 79.8 kids at 56%, and 68% for communities, teachers and
African American 47.4 52.4 63.1 47.6 Latino students. 84% of classmates, extracurricu-
Asian 87.4 92.5 95 85.5 White and Asian kids have lars and miss out on crucial
Hispanic/Latino 48.8 60.1 79.9 72.7 submitted the records. academic benefits offered in
White 62.4 80.2 77.3 68.4 Faced with the prospect the classroom.
Native American 52.8 92.2 – 80.4 of having to push out thou- “We saw the beginning of
Multirace 35.1 58.4 47.2 43.5 sands of students of color the pandemic, and it’s not
who haven’t met the re- good for Black and Brown
Note: San Francisco County did not provide data.
Percentages are based on population estimates, which may not be precise quirement, the Oakland students,” Howard said.
or match the way race and ethnicity are reported for vaccinations, so we school board postponed its “It’s a 2.0 version of sepa-
only display rates up to 95% student vaccine mandate rate and unequal.”
Source: County public health departments BAY AREA NEWS GROUP from Jan. 31 to Aug. 1. Despite the difficulties,
“They would not let so Bay Area local health de-
goes against their personal bat vaccine hesitancy among many students end up with par tments, physicians,
beliefs. Oakland’s mandate Black parents in her own the threat of being un- community activists and
includes a religious belief community, enrolled her enrolled from in-person others are still plowing
exemption, but West Con- son in Oakland Unified’s So- school for being unvacci- forward to combat vaccine
tra Costa does not. journer Truth Independent nated, not enrolling in in- hesitancy. California has
Although Newsom said Study program after unen- dependent study, and not invested $25 million to
the state’s vaccine mandate rolling him from Northern having an exemption,” said build integrated teams of
will include a personal be- Light, a local private school, John Sasaki, a spokesman county health and educa-
lief exemption, that could to keep her son and her fam- for Oakland Unified. tion officials and is offering
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vaccinations, and like the anybody or be exposed,” Ce-
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rules forDept.
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general email: graphics@bayareanewsgroup.com
fully vaccinated. trust and education about
nations, would not include But she said she’s unsat- The district imposed a COVID-19 vaccines in La-
an exemption. Pan’s bill isfied with the online pro- vaccine mandate at the end tino communities, partic-
would not take effect until gram and disappointed of last year, but dropped it ularly in East Side Union
January 2023 if approved. that the district hasn’t put Jan. 26, because of the high High School and Gilroy
West Contra Costa par- the resources to build it up vaccination numbers, and Unified school districts.
ents and caregivers Stella despite increased demand to keep kids who aren’t vac- They are promoting the
Miranda, Venessa McGhee from parents who want to cinated learning in class- vaccine on Telemundo and
and Mireya Almanza are keep their kids home and rooms rather than forcing bilingual radio shows, host-
part of a larger group of par- away from unvaccinated them into an independent ing promotional giveaways
ents of kids in the districts students. study program, Superinten- at local department stores
calling themselves “Families The West Contra Costa dent Randall Booker wrote and launching mobile vac-
Against Mandates.” school board put the dis- in a Jan. 27 letter to parents. cine hubs in the least vacci-
“All parents should be en- trict’s Feb. 18 vaccine man- The district was also fac- nated communities.
titled to feel how they want date on temporary hold after ing a lawsuit over the man- “For many people, what’s
about the vaccine and have finding that more than 5,000 date from two anti-vaccina- on their mind is ‘What’s the
the right to decide whether of the 12,430 kids ages 12 and tion groups and two Pied- added point of a booster if
to get their children vacci- up had still not notified the mont parents. I just got infected or what’s
nated,” McGhee said. district of their vaccination Hayward Unified and the point of getting the vac-
Other parents said they status — 57% of students. Berkeley Unified also have cine?’ ” said Monika Roy, an
should have the right to Only 40% of Black stu- vaccine mandates but offer assistant health officer.
send their kids to a school dents have submitted proof students a vaccine-or-test The school districts there
where they don’t have to sit of vaccination. The school option. At Hayward Uni- aren’t tracking student vac-
next to a student who isn’t board will meet again fied about 70% of students cination data, but county
vaccinated and threatens Wednesday to decide on a have submitted proof of data shows that Black, La-
their family’s safety. new deadline. vaccination. Among Black tino and Native American
Elise Cecaci, a member of In Oakland Unified, students, 57% had submit- kids ages 5-17 are the least
the East Oakland Collabor- about 35% of the district’s ted proof. Berkeley did not likely to have gotten the
ative who is trying to com- 15,160 kids 12 and up have provide information on stu- shots.
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FOCUS | SUPER BOWL LVI

LO VE OF THE GAME
By KURT SNIBBE /Southern California News Group
With the Super Bowl today and
Valentine’s Day Monday, we look
at the NFL’s passionate fans

Where’s the love? Ratings game

In 2016, 65% of U.S. adults said The 2021 NFL regular season averaged 17.1 million viewers
they follow the NFL in some form (TV and digital), which is the highest regular-season
with 56% watching games on 65% average since 2015 and up more than 10% from 2020.
television and 9% tuning in via the
internet. The Cowboys accounted for five of the top 10 ratings.
Globally, 38% of adults are fans, Throughout the season, there were 370 billion total
with particularly notable peaks in Mexico, India and minutes consumed, which is up 18% more in 2020. The
China. Overall, that means there are four times as many NFL added one more regular-season game, stretching to
According to the National
NFL fans in the rest of the world as there are in America. Retail Federation, of the 17 games.
184.5 million expected to
watch the game, $78.92
American men (74%) are more likely than women (56%) will be spent on average,. Generation Z
to be fans with 25-34s the leading age group. most on food and
beverages. According a 2021 Next Gen Fandom Survey from Emory
Favorite league University, Generation Z has the least amount of avid
Home Team Sports, a leader in sports marketing, commis- fans for the NFL and all sports. Young women express a
sioned a joint study with Wakefield Research Partners and higher level of fandom for all sports except Esports.
YouGov to better understand the roots of fandom. They Female Male
surveyed 2,462 fans representative of the U.S. adult
population who selected a favorite league. All sports
NFL (45.3%)
MLB (21.9%) Football
NBA (18.9%)
About 40% of Basketball
NHL (10.3%) viewers say the
game is most
MLS (3.5%) important.
Esports
Team loyalty
0 5 10 15 20 25 30%
Whether my team wins or loses, I will stay forever loyal
in support of the team: Super fans
MLB Each NFL team selects a fan of the year in November.
NFL The contest celebrates extraordinary fans who inspire
others through their love of football and show what it
NBA means to be a fan. NFL collected nearly 35,000 submis-
NHL sions from fans vying for the chance to represent their team
as a nominee.
MLS
In partnership with the league, each club has now selected
0 20 40 60 80 100 their 2021 Fan of the Year, who will attend Super Bowl LVI
I could never change my affiliation with my favorite at SoFi Stadium and represent their team in the stands.
team to another pro team:
MLB About 21% of
viewers say the
Cincinnati Bengals:
NFL commercials Jimmie Foster
are most
important. Rams: Amanda Filimon
NBA Filimon, a 15-year combat
NHL veteran who served in Iraq
and currently serves as a
MLS
registered nurse with
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Cedars-Sinai. Filimon
I watch my favorite team play regardless of who continues to put the needs
they’re playing: of others above her own
About 18% of and takes care of COVID-19
NFL viewers say the
halftime show patients during surgery.
MLB is most
important.
NFL.com/fanoftheyear Amanda Filimon
NBA
NHL Thirsty and hungry?
MLS Levi’s Stadium, where San Francisco plays, has
the most expensive beer at $14. Mercedes-Benz
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Stadium, where Atlanta plays, has the cheapest
Putting money where your heart is beer — the only team that charges just $5 for a
The Super Bowl’s prices are setting records. As of Wednes- beer, according to OnlineGambling.com’s
day, a report by CBS said the average ticket price is $8,772 Gameday Calculator. Atlanta’s stadium is known
and top VIP suite level tickets were priced at $100,000. for its low-price food, with hot dogs about $2.
M&T Bank Stadium, where Baltimore
The regular season
plays, sells hot dogs for $3.
The average cost for a family of four to attend an NFL game
in the 2021 season was $568.18, an increase of $14.05 Most emotional fans
over 2020, according to Team Marketing Report's NFL Fan StatSocial, a social media data company, used IBM
Cost Index. The average NFL ticket was about $107. Watson Personality Insights to rank NFL fans on emotions
The Raiders, in their new Las Vegas home, topped the list for using factors that included language people use to
average ticket price at $153.47. The lowest average ticket express themselves, frequency of communication and
price was for those watching the Buffalo Bills, at $74.95. interaction with others.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Average attendance Percentage of capacity
per home game per home game Cowboys
In thousands 80,000
In 2022, 90 Steelers
million people are
planning to throw Saints
Cowboys 93.4 Chiefs 100.4 or attend a party,
up from 62.8
Packers 77.9 Vikings 100.4 million last Texans
year.
Broncos 76.2 Broncos 100.1 Packers
Giants 73.8 Rams 100.1 Ravens
Chiefs 73.2 Browns 100 Panthers
Panthers 71.9 Patriots 100 Broncos
Jets 71.6 Eagles 99.9 Patriots
Rams 71.5 Ravens 99.7 Eagles
Raiders The scores are
Ravens 70.5 Seahawks 99.5
based on a
Chargers 70.2 Dolphins 99.4 Seahawks percentile
Eagles 69.7 Buccaneers 99.3 Colts ranking of 1 to
Giants 100 with 50
Titans 68.5 Titans 99.2 being the
Seahawks 68.4 Colts 99.2 Bengals average. An
Bills 67.8 Bears 98.9 Lions emotionality
Falcons score of
Falcons 67.5 Chargers 98.2 53.65, means
Browns 67.4 Panthers 97.5 Chiefs the corre-
Texans 49ers 97.3 Bears sponding
66.8
audience is in
Vikings 66.7 Cardinals 96.3 49ers
the 53.65th
49ers 66.6 Packers 95.8 Browns percentile for
Vikings that trait.
Patriots 65.8 Saints 94.9
Buccaneers 65.3 Bills 94.7 Titans
Saints 64.9 Raiders 94.1 Washington
Dolphins 64.3 Cowboys 93.4 Bills
Cardinals 62.6 Texans 92.8 Chargers
Colts 62.4 Bengals 92.1 Cardinals
Raiders 61.1 Falcons 90.1 Jets
Bears 60.8 Giants 89.6 Jaguars
Steelers 60.4 Jaguars 89.2 Rams
Bengals 60.3 Steelers 88.4 Dolphins
Jaguars 59.9 Jets 86.9 Buccaneers
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Washington 52.7 Lions 79.9
Sources: NFL, Emory University, The Associated Press, StatSocial, GlobalWebIndex
Lions 51.5 Washington 64.3 NFL audience report, Forbes, CBS, Team Marketing Report's NFL Fan Cost Index,
National Retail Federation
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HOUSING

Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid

By Michael Casey
The Associated Press
A day before she was
due to be evicted in No-
vember from her Atlanta
home, Shanelle King heard
that she had been awarded
about $15,000 in rental as-
sistance. She could breathe
again.
But then the 43-year-
old hairdresser got a letter
last month from her land-
lord saying the company
was canceling her lease
in March — seven months
early — without any expla-
nation.
“I’m really pissed about
it. I thought I would be
comfortable again back
in my home,” said King,
whose work dried up dur-
ing the pandemic and who
now worries about finding
another apartment she can
afford. “Here I am back up
against the wall with no-
where to stay. I don’t know
what I am going to do.”
Although the $46.5 bil-
lion Emergency Rental As-
sistance Program has paid
out tens of billions of dollars
to help avert an eviction cri-
sis, some tenants, like King,
who received help are find-
ing themselves threatened
with eviction again — some-
times days after getting fed-
eral help. Many are finding
it nearly impossible to find
another affordable place to
live.
“It is a Band-Aid. It was
never envisioned as anything
more than a Band-Aid,” Erin
Willoughby, director of the
Clayton Housing Legal Re-
source Center Atlanta, said
of the program.
“It’s not solving the un-
derlying problem, which is
a lack of affordable housing.
People are on the hook for
rents they cannot afford to
pay,” she said. “Simply find-
ing something cheaper is
not an option because there
is not anything cheaper.
People have to be housed
somewhere.”
The National Housing
Law Project, in a survey
last fall of nearly 120 le-
Prince Beatty continues to work on his motorcycle as he awaits for sheriff’s deputies to start the eviction process at his home Jan. 10 in East Point,
Ga. Beatty, a 47-year-old Navy veteran, faces eviction for unpaid rent despite his landlord getting more than $20,000 in federal rental assistance.
gal aid attorneys and civil
rights advocates, found
that 86% of respondents re-
ported cases in which land-
lords either refused to take
assistance or accepted the
money and still moved to
evict tenants. The survey
also found a significant in-
crease in cases of landlords
lying in court to evict ten-
ants and illegally locking
them out.
“A number of issues could
be described as issues re-
lated to landlord fraud
... and a set of problems I
would describe as loopholes
within the ... program that
made it less effective to ac-
complish the goal,” said
Natalie N. Maxwell, a senior
attorney with the group.
National Apartment As-
sociation President and
CEO Bob Pinnegar said the
survey was not based on
facts, adding that its mem-
bers are doing everything
they can to keep tenants in
their homes, including lob-
bying to get rental assis-
tance out faster.
“Skewed surveys aren’t
reflective of the entire situa-
tion. By and large the rental
housing industry has gone
to great lengths to support
residents, including when it
comes to rental assistance
and adherence to laws and
regulations,” Pinnegar said
in a statement.
Legal aid attorneys inter-
viewed across the country
confirmed they are seeing
a steady increase in cases
where tenants were ap-
proved for rental help and
still faced eviction.
These include the mother
of a newborn and two other
children in Florida who re-
ceived rental assistance but
was ordered evicted after
the landlord refused to take
the money. Another Flor-
ida landlord lied in court
that she hadn’t received
the money in a bid to push
through an eviction.
There also have been
cases in Georgia and Texas
where landlords who re-
ceived assistance moved to
end leases early, increased
rents to unaffordable levels
or found other reasons than
nonpayment to evict some-
one, lawyers said.
“As it is right now, it
doesn’t seem to be work-
ing as intended,” said Tori
Tavormina, an eviction
prevention specialist with
Texas Housers. “It feels
much more like it’s a pro-
gram that is alleviating the
pressure of the eviction cri-
sis but not solving the un-
derlying problems.”
District Court Judge
Shera Grant, who handles
housing cases in Birming-
ham, Alabama, said she and
her fellow judges have seen
an uptick in cases of land-
lords getting assistance and
returning to court a few
weeks later after a tenant
has fallen behind on rent
to seek an eviction. So far
they have prevented them —
though she expects a spike
in these kinds of cases go-
ing forward.
“It’s incumbent on the
judges to make sure we are
paying close attention to
our eviction cases and mak-
ing sure that the landlord is
not having their cake and
eating it, too,” she said. “By
the same token, we are not
forcing landlords to take
the money. There are some
unfortunate circumstances
where the tenant has to be
evicted.”
In the case of King, she
believes her landlord was
retaliating for earlier com-
plaints about mold and wa-
ter leaks in her three-bed-
room house. The company
King was dealing with, NDI
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Maxim, which manages
property for owners, said it
“was not at liberty to share
details of tenants’ status
nor their payment records.”
Other cases are compli-
cated by the length of the
pandemic and conflicting
accounts of landlord and
tenant. And they often leave
both parties feeling short-
changed.
Despite his landlord get-
ting more than $20,000 in
rental assistance, Prince
Beatty is facing imminent
eviction from his three-bed-
room house in East Point,
Georgia.
After the money was ap-
proved, Beatty signed an
agreement in court late last
year to pay several thou-
sand dollars more that he
owed as a condition to re-
main housed. He went back
to the county for additional
assistance to cover the bal-
ance but says he was de-
nied. Unable to find ware-
house work during the pan-
demic, the 47-year-old Navy
veteran still can’t pay rent
and is now $12,000 behind,
in part due to his rent in-
creasing from $1,250 a
month to $2,000.
Beatty, who was told
he would be evicted this
month, said he wakes most
mornings in a panic, won-
dering if this will be the
day when marshals “come
and disrespect my stuff and
throw it in the street.”
His landlord, Monique
Jones, said she tried to work
with Beatty. But she said he
violated the lease by sublet-
ting rooms to several other
people and that the amount
of rental assistance has not
covered losses from months
of unpaid rent that started
before the pandemic.
“It was helpful but it did
not address the underlying
issue, which is his nonpay-
ment of rent,” she said of the
rental assistance. “That still
remains and that is right-
fully why I am proceeding.
If I have a tenant who will
pay rent and abides by the
lease, I would not attempt
to evict.”
Limits with rental assis-
tance often come down to
some states and localities
failing to follow Treasury
Department guidance call-
ing for policies requiring
landlords delay evictions af-
ter getting money. Although
the program prevents land-
lords from evicting during
the period covered by rental
assistance, the Treasury
Department can only en-
courage states to adopt pol-
icies that ban evictions up
to three months afterward.
The National Low In-
come Housing Coalition
found only 29 states and lo-
calities in 2021 had adopted
policies that prohibit land-
lords who participate in
the rental assistance pro-
gram from evicting tenants
for a period ranging from
30 days to 12 months. Six
states — Arizona, Kentucky,
Louisiana, New York, North
Carolina and West Virginia
— passed regulations and
several cities or counties in
Texas and Maryland did.
Gene Sperling, who is
charged with overseeing
implementation of Presi-
dent Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion
coronavirus rescue pack-
age, said there was no data
to suggest landlords evict-
ing tenants after getting as-
sistance is a “pervasive is-
sue” but that it was “com-
pletely unacceptable.”
Though it’s “not against
the letter of the act, it’s
against the spirit of it,” he
said.
The Coalition also said
the program’s issues illus-
trate a larger problem.
“We are in the middle of
a severe affordable housing
crisis with gaping holes in
our social safety net,” CEO
Diane Yentel said. “We have
a systemic power imbalance
that favors landlords at the
expense of low-income ten-
ants. Emergency rental as-
sistance and eviction mor-
atoriums were a temporary
patch to those holes.”

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650 Town Center, Ste 940, Costa Mesa, CA trbleshoot & return systs to reliable individual; Robert Fisher Junior, an individual; Patti Fisher, an individual; Peggy Fisher,
92626. state. Prior exp must incl 5 yrs of an individual; Kim Howard, an individual; Trevor Howard, an individual; Whitney Portal
prgrssvly rspnsbl exp performing new AV Properties, LLC, a California; Orion Ranch and Cattle Company, LLC, a Limited Liabili-
MobiltyWare, Inc. has the following open- syst installs, upgrades, & config. changes
ings in Irvine, CA: Marketing Analyst in highly visible environs & mng’g poten- ty Company; Company; BL Sevens LLC, a California Limited LiabilityCompany; Nicole
(CIPYL): Perform data visualizations & tial & real impact of changes to syst reli- DelPrato, an individual; Cesar DelPrato Sr., an individual; Cesar DelPrato Jr., an individu-
ad hoc analyses to support marketing ef- ability; advising on distributed systs al; and DOES 4-50 inclusive
forts. Submit resume to jobs@mobilitywa arch. & ensuring srvcs perform correctly
re.com. Must reference job title and job & reliably through capacity mgmt; dsgn’g
code: CIPYL. & specifying automation sw for sw in- YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:
stalls, upgrades, config. changes, & mi- (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL
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Rivian Automotive, LLC in Irvine, CA. Pur- mgmt for occurrences of loss of reliabili- DEMANDANTE):
chase machinery, eqpt, tools, parts, & ty incl diagnosis, notification, escalation, Tom Grimmett, trustee of JP’S Nevada Trust, a
supplies necessary for the battery pack resolution, & post-mortem review; dvlg’g
of Rivian’s electric vehicles. Must pos- Nevada Trust
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yr of exp purchasing production compo- ing duties, util’g prog’g languages incl
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commodities & wrkng w/auto, electron-
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intl and domestic travel reqd 30-40% of Maintain Quality Management System as find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center
the time. Domestic travel incl travel to per ISO 9001, ISO 13485 & AS9102. Execute (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp ), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If
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motive, LLC, Attn: Mobility, Job Ref #: of planned validation/revalidation proto- may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements.
PMBP21SR, hrmobility@rivian.com cols that includes DOE, MSA, IQ OQ, & PQ.
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education, training, or experience ac- required in microservices, APIs, web ap- must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no
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sume w/ ref. to: Req.# 19-5760 at: a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero
onlinejobpostings@salesforce.com. y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un
Salesforce.com is an Equal Opportunity &
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JavaScript, and NodeJS. Travel/relocation
gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
required as jobs to be performed at vari-
ous unanticipated locations throughout
the Sports CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): LC101022
the U.S. Mail resume to Attn: HR Dept. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es):
303 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite 140, Anaheim,
CA 92805.
section for Los Angeles County Superior Court - Northwest
6230 Sylmar Avenue
Siemens Industry Software Inc. has an outstanding Van Nuys, CA 91401
opening in Cypress, CA for Software
Engineer-Advanced to design, develop,
modify, and implement software pro- coverage of The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attor-
ney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del
gramming for products (both internal
and external) with focus on surpassing
customer expectations. Mail resumes to
the Dodgers, demandante que no tiene abogado, es):
Law Offices of William E. Crockett [former counsel]
Attn: Recruiter/Req#294361, Siemens In-
dustry Software Inc. P.O. Box 16742, Angels and 21031 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 401
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in the Superior Court of California,
February 17, 2022 County of ORANGE .
THE PETITION FOR
PROBATE requests that B r o o k e
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representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the
decedent’s will and codicils, if any,
be admitted to probate. The will
and any codicils are available for
examination in the file kept by the
court.
THE PETITION requests
authority to administer the estate
under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act.
(This Authority will allow the
personal representative to take
many actions without obtaining
court approval. Before taking
certain very important actions,
however, the personal
representative will be required to
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unless they have waived notice or
consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration
authority will be granted unless an
interested person files an objection
to the petition and shows good cause
why the court should not grant the
authority
A HEARING on the petition will be
held in this court as follows:
04/06/2022 at 10:30AM in Dept. C08
located at 700 Civic Center Drive
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SUPER BOWL LVI: RAMS VS. BENGALS, 3:30 P.M., CH. 4

HAPPY RETURNS L.A. Super

Bowls have
made, or
changed,
history
In the beginning,
there were the guys with
the jetpacks. And the
idea that
coathang-
ers, prop-
erly posi-
tioned as an
outside an-
tenna, could
get around Jim
a local TV Alexander
blackout. Columnist
And a hero
who not
only broke curfew the
night before the game but
blew past it, thinking he
wouldn’t even be needed
the next day.
Yes, the Super Bowl has
come a long way since
WILL LESTER – STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER its debut at the Coliseum
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford will have a chance to win his first Super Bowl today at SoFi Stadium against the Bengals. on Jan. 15, 1967, before it
even was known as the Su-
per Bowl. Then, it was just

Today at SoFi the IN TODAY’S PAPER Patience and belief the first NFL-AFL Cham-
pionship Game, a byprod-
uct of the merger of com-
Rams can rewrite key to Bengals’ road peting pro football leagues
months before.

their L.A. story to the Super Bowl

It has grown to propor-
tions no one could have
imagined on that first af-
ternoon, and the six suc-
By Kevin Modesti By Gilbert Manzano
ceeding games played in
kmodesti@scng.com gmanzano@scng.com
greater L.A. are a rough
@kevinmodesti on Twitter @gmanzano24 on Twitter barometer of not only the
ALEXANDER >> PAGE 7
The Rams go into Super Bowl LVI today at SoFi Zac Taylor listed a dozen players he wanted the
Stadium knowing this is the time and place to end Cincinnati Bengals to keep after he was hired as
the most galling shutout in Los Angeles profes- the head coach in 2019.
sional sports history. Taylor asked those players to believe in what he
The early Super Bowl-era Rams of Merlin Ol- was building as the organization turned over the
sen, Deacon Jones, Roman roster. It didn’t take Tay-
Inside: Rams Gabriel and George Allen Inside: Who has lor long to transform the
coach McVay is came up short. Their 1970s the edge today Bengals into a Super Bowl
a success, so what’s successors, with Jack when the Bengals and team, but patience was re-
next? PAGE 7. Youngblood, Vince Fer- Rams meet. PAGE 6. quired when the process
ragamo and Chuck Knox, got ugly last season.
couldn’t get it done. The ‘80s teams led by Eric The Bengals were 2-14 during Taylor’s first year
Dickerson, Jackie Slater and John Robinson never and followed that with a 4-11-1 record in 2020. The
got there. The new century brought the franchise losing seasons, however, didn’t hurt as much as the
back from St. Louis, with Aaron Donald and Todd season-ending knee injury star quarterback Joe
Gurley and soon Sean McVay, but also brought frus- Burrow sustained 10 games into his sensational
tration home. rookie season.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — 1967
There had been an L.A. Rams championship in Not long after Burrow’s devastating injury, Tay-
the pre-Super Bowl days of 1951, and a St. Louis lor spoke with safety Jessie Bates III, running back Kansas City quarterback
Rams Super Bowl championship in the 1999 sea- Joe Mixon and wide receiver Tyler Boyd, three play- Len Dawson (16) looks
son, but there still has never been an L.A. Rams ers who were on his must-keep list. He wanted to for an opening in the first
Super Bowl championship. Inside you’ll find a special section make sure they still believed. Super Bowl against Green
Now it should finally happen. breaking downs the Rams vs. Bengals “He was challenging us to step up,” Bates Bay, at the Coliseum in Los
For the first time in the L .A. Rams’ three in Super Bowl LVI. There’s even a full- recalled about his meeting with Taylor last year. Angeles. The Packers easily
RAMS >> PAGE 6 page poster for fans to enjoy. BENGALS >> PAGE 6 won 35-10 .

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Peterson’s career night lifts USC

He scores 27 THE SCORE
points as the USC 67, UCLA 64
Up next: Washington at
Trojans hold off USC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
UCLA for victory Pac-12; Washington State at
UCLA, Thursday, 8 p.m., FS1
By Adam Grosbard
agrosbard@scng.com
town rival UCLA, the se-
@adamgrosbard on Twitter nior g uard waved his
teammates away. He felt
LOS ANGELES >> Drew Pe- he had a mismatch against
terson has always been Bruins forward Cody Riley
an initiator for the USC and wanted to go one-on-
offense, but late in the one.
second half against cross- A few more dribbles, a
jab step toward the basket
and Peterson faded away,
practically falling out of
bounds. No matter how
awkward the shot looked,
Peterson just couldn’t
miss on Saturday, and
this 3-pointer was no ex-
ception.
Peterson could only grin
as he trotted back down
the court. His career-high
27 points and 12 rebounds
lifted short-handed No. 21
USC to a 67-64 win over
No. 12 UCLA.
Guard Tyger Camp -
bell led the Bruins with
27 points. Chevez Good-
win and Reese Dixon-Wa-
ters added 10 each for
USC, which won its fifth
straight over the Bruins
for the first time since
1943.
UCLA had a chance to tie
after stealing the ball in the
backcourt with 13 seconds
to play, down by three. But
KYUSUNG GONG – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Campbell got caught in the
air and had to force away a USC guard Drew Peterson celebrates after hitting a
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WATER POLO

Beckman upsets Dana Hills to reach

CIF-SS semifinals for the first time
By Dan Albano
dalbano@scng.com
@ocvarsityguy on Twitter
Stron g goa lt end in g a nd
timely scoring are often the win-
ning formula in water polo play-
off matches.
Beckman’s girls water polo
team followed that recipe Sat-
urday to earn the biggest victory
in school history.
Goalie Megan Hashoul re-
corded a season-high 15 saves
and fellow senior Akemi Naka-
chi scored two of her four goals
in the fourth period to lead the
Patriots past third-seeded Dana
Hills 6-4 in a CIF Southern Sec-
tion Division 3 quarterfinal at
Capistrano Valley High.
Beckman (17-9) will make its
first appearance in the semifi-
nals Wednesday when it takes
on No. 2 seed and Pacific Coast
League rival Woodbridge, also a
first-time semifinalist.
“This is history for Beckman,”
Nakachi said. “We’ve been want-
ing to play Woodbridge again.
Our goal is to beat them.”
Hashoul helped seal Beck-
man’s trip to the semifinals by
blocking a penalty shot with 1:37
left in the fourth period to pro-
tect a 6-4 lead.
The two-year starter made 10
of her 15 saves in the second half
to lead Beckman, which tied for
third in league.
“That was her best game this
season,” first-year Beckman
girls coach Duje Grubisic said of
Hashoul. “We have a good defen-
sive team overall. We’re able to
drop (an extra defender to cen-
ter) and/or press the majority of
the time. And when (Hashoul)
has a good day and we have the
drop, it just all comes together.”
Nakachi took care of the scor-
ing in crunch time. The utility
player beat 1-on-1 coverage at
center for the first goal of the
fourth period to extend Beck-
man’s lead to 5-3 with 6:05 left.
After Dana Hills’ Sadie Ries-
ter answered with a penalty
strike about 2 1/2 minutes later,
Nakachi scored on a power-play
strike after Lana Armas drew
the defense away from Nakachi.
Ha shou l cred it ed Beck-
man’s breakthrough season to
Grubisic, who has guided the
boys the past four seasons.
“Coach Duje trained the boys
and he made us tough,” she said.
“We knew we were around the
same level as (Dana Hills) so we
knew that we had to try extra
hard to make sure we were a lit-
tle ahead.”
Dana Hills (21-9), the third-
place team from the South Coast
League, outshot Beckman but
struggled against Hashoul and
had several shots hit the post.
Senior Lily Verna led the Dol-
phins with two goals and three
steals while junior Kate McCull-
och added a goal and three steals
for the junior-dominated team.
“No shortage of opportunities
(for us),” Dana Hills coach Car-
rie Pierce said. “(The juniors)
needed this championship-level
experience to be able to pave the
way forward (next year).”
Woodbridge, the undefeated
Pacific Coast League champion,
defeated host Temple City 16-10
behind juniors Lindsay Cheung
(five goals) and Yana Sadiq (four
goals).
In other games, Corona del
Mar (Division 1), Edison (Divi-
sion 2) and San Juan Hills (Di-
vision 2) also reached the semi-
finals.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

Damien makes huge comeback to beat Crean Lutheran

By Michael Huntley
Correspondent
IRVINE >> T he Damien boys
basketball team overcame a
20-point deficit Friday to beat
Crean Lutheran 64-59 in the
first game of pool play in the
CIF-SS Open Division playoffs
at Crean Lutheran High.
Crean Lutheran (22-4) went
on an 18-1 run to begin the sec-
ond quarter and jumped to a
37-17 lead. The Spartans scored
eight unanswered points to end
the half and enter halftime
down 37-25.
Damien (27-2) chipped away
at the deficit in the third quar-
ter cutting it to six points. Col-
orado signee RJ Smith made
two consecutive 3-pointers in
the frame and Bradley Xie made
one.
“We had to make a decision:
are we going to grind and bat-
tle or are we just going to say
they got this?” Damien coach
Mike LeDuc said. “We got off to
a good start in the third quarter
and were in battle mode at that
point. Every possession was a
grind for the entire game.”
Kaleb Smith made a 3-pointer
to cut the lead to two and Spivey
Word made a layup to tie the
game with 3:55 remaining.
The Saints led by two points
with two minutes remaining in
the game when their star for-
ward, UC Santa Barbara com-
mit Koat Keat, fouled out. The
6-foot-10 Keat had 14 points and
11 rebounds.
Kaleb Smith made a 3-point
bank shot and Word followed
w ith a corner 3-pointer to
give Damien a 60-56 lead with
32.9 seconds remaining. Smith
scored nine of his 12 points in
the fourth quarter.
P a r k e r Tu t t l e m a d e a
3-pointer for Crean Lutheran
to cut the Spartans’ lead to one
with 23 seconds remaining.
R J Smith sank t wo free
throws, and after a Crean Lu-
theran turnover, he made two
more to finish the game.
“Credit to them, they hit some
big shots in the second half,”
Crean Lutheran coach Nate
Klitzing said. “Maybe some fa-
tigue and we got in some foul
trouble, but I’m proud of our
guys. They put us in a position
to win.”
Jimmy Oladokun had a big
game for Damien with 18 points
and 10 rebounds. The 6-8 junior
has an offer from New Mexico.
“Jimmy had an outstanding
game,” LeDuc said. “He was
sore and his calf was cramping
out, but he sucked it up and was
playing with four fouls for a lot
of that time.”
Word had 14 points for
Damien and RJ Smith added 10.
Sophomore Vyctorious Miller
had a team-high 15 points for
Crean Lutheran and Tuttle
added 10.
Crean Lutheran will host
Bishop Montgomery on Tues-
day. Bishop Montgomery lost
Friday to top-seeded Corona
Centennial.
“The key is knowing that we PHOTO BY PAUL RODRIGUEZ
can be one of the best defen- Damien forward Jimmy Oladokun, left, battles for a loose ball with Crean Lutheran forward Koat Keat (21)
sive teams around,” Klitzing and center James Agany during Friday’s pool-play game of CIF-SS Open Division boys basketball playoffs.
said. “We showed that in the
first half. Damien was just able nial on Tuesday. The Spartans “Any win in the Open Divi- game coming down to the last
to make a couple of more plays lost to Centennial 82-69 last sion is a great win,” LeDuc said. possession, any time you have
than we did.” season during pool play of the “This was a great environment an experience like that it’s great
Damien will travel to Centen- Open Division playoffs. for high school basketball. A for the guys going forward.”

MLB

Little progress is final blow to on-time spring training

By Ronald Blum
The Associated Press
NEW YORK >> The final blow
has been dealt to an on-
time start to spring train-
ing, with Major League
Baseball making a new of-
fer Saturday that the play-
ers’ association received
as only scant progress in
the drawn-out labor talks.
On the 73rd day of a
lockout that has become
the second-longest work
stoppage in baseball his-
tory, clubs gave the union
16 documents totaling 130
pages, encompassing all
key areas in a mix of new
offers and previous pro-
posals.
The one-hour session
was just the fifth on core
economics since the lock-
out began, and the first on
a weekend. The sides re-
mained far apart on lux-
ury tax thresholds and
rate, with major differ-
ences on revenue-sharing
and how to address play-
ers’ allegations of service
time manipulation. MLB
said it remains opposed to
any increase in salary ar-
bitration eligibility or re-
duction in revenue shar-
ing.
The players’ union said
it would analyze the offer
before determining when
and how to respond.
Baseball’s ninth work
stoppage — and first since
1995 — began Dec. 2 fol-
lowing the expiration of a
five-year labor contract.
Training camps will re-
main shuttered Wednes-
day, when pitchers and
catchers had been sched-
uled to start workouts
for a 2022 season that re-
mains in doubt.
MLB does not intend to
publicly acknowledge any
delay until it becomes ap-
parent that preseason ex-
hibition games cannot be-
gin as scheduled on Feb.
26.
Opening day is set for
March 31, and players
don’t start accruing sal-
ary until the regular sea-
son. Given the need for 21-
28 days of training and
additional time to report
and go through COVID-19
protocols, an agreement
by the end of February or
early March is needed for
an on-time start.
T hree of ficials from
each side attended the
session at MLB’s office,
with players and owners
joining by Zoom.
MLB maintained its
proposal on luxur y-tax
thresholds for 2022 and
2023, an increase from
$210 million to $214 mil-
lion in both years. Teams
increased their proposal
by $2 million annually
in each of the final three
years of a deal: $216 mil-
lion in 2024, $218 million
in 2025 and $222 million
in 2026.
Players have proposed
a $245 million luxury-tax
threshold for this year,
which would rise to $273
million in 2026.
MLB also has proposed
increasing the tax rate
from 20% to 50% for a
team exceeding the ini-
tial threshold, from 32%
to 75% for the second
threshold and from 62.5%
to 100% for the third
threshold.
Teams still are asking
for non-monetar y pen-
alties, which the union
thinks is too harsh.
While MLB dropped its
plan to have a team lose
a third-round pick for ex-
ceeding the first thresh-
old, it has proposed a
team would lose a sec-
ond-round pick for going
over the second threshold
(rather than dropping 10
slots) and would forfeit
a first-round selection
for exceeding the third
threshold.
The union fears teams
would refuse to go over
the threshold, pr izing
draft picks.
On free agency, clubs
maintained their proposal
to eliminate the loss of an
amateur draft pick for a
team signing a free agent
— an area of dispute that
led to a 50-day in-season
strike in 1981.
But the clubs did keep
in the plan that a team
losing a free agent will
receive draft-pick com-
pensation based on rev-
enue-sharing status and
whether a club had been
over the threshold.
For a free agent who
had spent the entire sea-
son with one team, there
would be four tiers based
on:
• $25 million in guar-
anteed salary or $18 mil-
lion average annual value
(AAV),
• $55 million or $23
million AAV,
• $100 million or $30
million AAV,
• $150 million or $40
million AAV.
T he u n ion’s i n it ia l
thoughts have been that
this proposed level of
indirect compensation
could be a disincentive for
a team to retain players
who are eligible for free
agency eligible players,
and have asked that lux-
ury-tax status be removed
from the formula.
In other areas:
— MLB proposed rais-
ing the minimum sal-
ar y f rom $570, 500 to
$630,000 or, a lter na-
tively, a tiered minimum
of $615,000 for initial ma-
jor leaguers, $650,000 for
players with one year of
service and $725,000 for
those with two years —
the latter an increase from
$700,000 in the previous
proposal. Players have
asked for $775,000 this
year, rising to $875,000
by 2026.
— MLB offered to in-
crease the pre-arbitration
bonus pool from $10 mil-
lion to $15 million, while
the union is at $100 mil-
lion under a structure
that clubs said they would
accept. MLB estimated
pre-arbitration players
would receive $200 mil-
lion more from 2022-26
than they had in the pre-
vious five years.
About 30 pre-arbitra-
tion players a nnua lly
would earn more based
on WAR, appearances on
an all-MLB team and rec-
ognition such as best po-
sition player, best pitcher
and best rookie.
As examples, Milwau-
kee pitcher Cobin Burnes
would have increased last
year from $608,000 to
$2.6 million, Toronto first
baseman Vladimir Guer-
rero Jr. from $635,400
to $2 million, Cincinnati
second baseman Jonathan
India from $570,500 to
$1.34 million and Tampa
Bay outfielder Randy Aro-
zarena from $581,200 to
$1.3 million.
• To address allegations
of service time manipula-
tion, over which the union
has filed six grievances
since 2015, MLB offered to
award two draft picks —
one amateur, one interna-
tional — for a players’ ac-
complishments in his first
three seasons. While that
is up from one selection,
the union opposes an in-
ternational draft.
• To counter roster
churn, MLB proposed a
limit of five optional as-
signments of a player to
the minor leagues each
season.
• Addressing the Mets’
decision not to sign Ku-
mar Rocker after selecting
him 10th in last year’s am-
ateur draft, clubs offered
to guarantee a drafted
amateur who participates
in the pre-draft physical
program a contract of at
least 75% of slot value,
with a stipulation that a
player who passes a pre-
draft physical cannot be
flunked for his post-draft
physical.
• MLB remained at
three teams in a proposed
draft lottery, while play-
ers are at eight.
• MLB is proposing an
expansion of the playoffs
from 10 teams to 14, while
the union is offering 12.
• Both sides would ex-
pa nd t he de si g n at e d
hitter to the National
League.
• MLB wants uniform
adver tising patches,
which the union says it
would accept subject to
an overall agreement.
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Wednesday Feb. 25 Feb. 27 March 1 March 3 two-possession game with Halftime: USC 33-31; 3-Point Goals: UCLA
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1-1, Juzang 1-2, Clark 0-1, Jaquez 0-2,
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1-3, White 0-2, Ellis 0-4); Rebounds: UCLA
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came away with a steal USC 21.
Monday Tuesday Thursday Feb. 25 Feb. 27 and hurled up a last-sec- UCLA guard Johnny Juzang, who made just 4 of 16 shots
Warriors Suns Rockets Lakers Rockets ond shot that bounced off from the field, fires away over USC’s Chevez Goodwin. prise upon arrival, with
7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. the rim to seal USC’s win, leading scorer Isaiah Mo-
BSSC TNT BSSC ESPN, BSW BSSC
prompting fans to storm bley (broken nose) in street
the court. around the rim three the corner, then Campbell clothes. But Peterson was
NHL
It was a high-tempo times before going in. His free throws put the Bruins there to pick up the slack
Ducks: 830 AM, nhl.com/ducks game from the start, with hot shooting offset the up for first time since 11:12 for the Trojans, and play
Wednesday Thursday Feb. 19 Feb. 22 Feb. 25
both teams running furi- work done by Campbell, mark of first half. up to the crowd.
Flames Oilers Canucks Sharks Kings ously after missed shots. whose 16 first-half points USC’s deficit grew to He gave a Jordan-esque
6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. The Bruins guards got matched his season total four, but a pair of Ag- shrug after a pull-up jump
BSSC BSW BSSC BSSC BSSC, Ch. 13 UCLA an early four-point against USC in two games bonkpolo f loaters sand- shot. He spread his arms
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Kings: 570 AM, nhl.com/kings USC freshmen Harrison A corner 3 by Campbell the junior forward tied pass led Chevez Goodwin
Hornery and Dixon-Wa- completed an 8-0 UCLA things up to the delight perfectly for a dunk. And
Tuesday Friday Feb. 19 Feb. 23 Feb. 25
Oilers Golden Knights Coyotes Coyotes Ducks
ters put the Trojans in run to tie the scoree in the of the sell-out Galen Cen- his five blocks helped off-
7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7p.m. 7p.m. the lead. last minute before half- ter crowd. set the Bruins’ attempts to
BSW BSW BSW TNT BSSC, Ch. 13 There USC stayed for time. But another Peter- T he f irst USC stu- score in transition.
much of the first half be- son jumper salvaged a 33- dents started lining up But the Trojans had to
NFL hind 5-for-10 shooting 31 halftime advantage for eight hours before tip-off, play essentially a perfect
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
son alone hit three 3-point- UCLA missed its first six wrapped around the ho- that’s what they did. They
ers on his way to 15 first- shots to open second half, tel neighboring the arena, limited UCLA’s 18 offen-
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His shooter’s touch was helped Bruins retake the able to get a seat. chance points, hit 11 of 12
HORSE RACING so finely tuned that even lead. UCLA tied it up on Ju- They who did enter were free throws and blocked 10
Santa Anita: Today, 11 a.m. a fade-away jumper spun zang’s second-chance 3 in in for an unpleasant sur- shots.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Memphis snaps No. 6 Houston’s home winning streak at 37

By The Associated Press
Landers Nolley II scored 20
points and Jalen Duren had 14
points and 11 rebounds as Memphis
rallied past No. 6 Houston 69-59 on
Saturday and snapped the Cougars’
37-game home win streak.
DeAndre Williams and Lester
Quinones each scored 13 points
as the Tigers (14-8, 8-4 American)
won their fifth straight.
“Obviously, there was a lot of
emotion coming in and after the
game, I’m just excited, happy,”
Duren said. “I know it was a big
game for us.”
Houston also lost its second
straight after a 12-game win streak.
It’s the first time Houston has lost
consecutive games since January
2017, when they lost three in a row.
Memphis coach Penny Hard-
away called the victory his most
vindicated because of Houston’s
win streak and national ranking.
“We came in locked and fo-
cused all week,” Hardaway said.
“I was trying to keep the guys fo-
cused on Tulane, but I could tell
they were antsy to get to this points, Azuolas Tubelis added 21
game because Houston has been points and 10 rebounds, and the
the standard in our league.” Wildcats (22-2, 12-1 Pac-12) over-
Fabian White Jr. and Taze came a sluggish start to rout the
Moore each had 15 points, and host Huskies (13-10, 8-5).
Jamal Shead added 12 points for NO. 5 KENTUCKY 78, FLORIDA 57>>
Houston (20-4, 9-2). Oscar Tshiebwe scored 27 points
NO. 10 BAYLOR 80, NO. 20 TEXAS and had 19 rebounds to lead the
63>>Adam Flagler had 20 points host Wildcats (21-4, 10-2 Southeast-
with four 3-pointers and 10th- ern) past the Gators (16-9, 6-6).
ranked Baylor (21-4, 9-3 Big 12), NO. 7 DUKE 72, BOSTON COLLEGE 61>>
after losing big man Jonathan Paolo Banchero had 16 points and
Tchamwa Tchatchoua to a left 14 rebounds and the Blue Devils
knee injury, went on to beat Texas (21-4, 11-3 Atlantic Coast) pulled
(18-7, 7-4) in Waco, Texas. James away at Boston College (9-14, 4-9).
Akinjo added 15 points with 7 as- NO. 8 KANSAS 71, OKLAHOMA 69>>
sists and 6 rebounds for the Bears. Jalen Wilson had 22 points as the
NO. 1 AUBURN 75, TEXAS A&M host Jayhawks (20-4, 9-2 Big 12)
58>>Walker Kessler had a triple- used a late run to hold on against
double with 12 blocked shots, 12 the Sooners (14-11, 4-8).
points and 11 rebounds as the host NO. 9 TEXAS TECH 82, TCU 69>>Ter-
Tigers (22-3, 11-1 SEC) bounced back rence Shannon scored 20 points
from a loss. The Aggies (15-10, 4-8) and the Red Raiders (19-6, 8-4 Big
dropped their eighth straight game. 12) beat TCU (16-6, 5-5) after over-
NO. 2 GONZAGA 74, SAINT MARY’S coming a 13-point deficit to re-
58>>Drew Timme scored 25 points main undefeated (15-0) at home.
as the Bulldogs (21-2) routed the NO. 11 PROVIDENCE 76, DEPAUL 73
Gaels (20-6) in Spokane, Wash. (OT)>> Jared Bynum scored 26
NO. 4 ARIZONA 92, WASHINGTON 68>> points off the bench and Al Dur-
Bennedict Mathurin scored 25 ham and Nate Watson finished
with 16 points apiece as the Fri- high 22 points and Bo Hodges
ars (21-2, 11-1 Big East) held off vis- added 11 points and 11 rebounds
iting DePaul (12-11, 3-10). to help the Bulldogs (12-13, 5-9 Big
RUTGERS 73, NO. 14 WISCONSIN 65>> East) hold on and stun the Golden
Ron Harper Jr. scored 21 points Eagles (16-9, 8-6) in Indianapolis.
as Rutgers (15-9, 9-5 Big Ten) NO. 19 TENNESSEE 73, VANDER-
downed a ranked team for the BILT 64>> Zakai Zeigler came off the
third straight game and fourth bench to score 16 points to lead the
time this season, a school record. host Volunteers (18-6, 9-3 SEC) over
Tyler Wahl scored a career-high the Commodores (13-11, 5-7).
23 points for Wisconsin. NO. 23 MURRAY STATE 57, MORE-
NO. 15 VILLANOVA 73, SETON HALL HEAD STATE 53>> Tevin Brown
67>>Justin Moore scored 14 of his made a go-ahead layup with 16
16 points in the second half as the seconds left and KJ Williams
host Wildcats (19-6, 12-3 Big East) added two free throws 12 sec-
rallied from a seven-point deficit onds later as Murray State (24-2,
to beat the Pirates (15-8, 6-7). 14-0 Ohio Valley) rallied past host
NO. 16 OHIO STATE 68, MICHIGAN 57>> Morehead State (19-8, 11-3).
E. J. Liddell had 26 points and the CAL 78, OREGON 64>> Jordan Shep-
Buckeyes (15-6, 8-4 Big Ten) beat the herd scored a career-high 33 points
host Wolverines (13-10, 7-6), playing and the Bears (11-15, 4-11) earned
their third game in five days. their first win in Eugene and the
NO. 17 MICHIGAN STATE 76, INDIANA Pac-12’s biggest upset of the sea-
61>> Malik Hall scored 18 points son. The Ducks are 16-7, 9-3.
and Tyson Walker came off the UC SAN DIEGO 85, UC RIVERSIDE
bench to add 15 as the host Spar- 62>> Bryce Pope had 22 points and
tans (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten) beat the Jace Roquemore finished one re-
Hoosiers (16-8, 7-7 Big Ten). bound shy of a triple-double as UC
BUTLER 85, NO. 18 MARQUETTE 79>> San Diego (11-12) easily defeated
Bryce Golden scored a career- visiting UC Riverside (12-9).
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NBA
Standings LAKERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Phoenix 46 10 .821 — 9-1 W-5 24-5 22-5
Golden State 42 15 .737 4 1/2 8-2 W-1 26-5 16-10
Clippers 28 30 .483 19 5-5 W-1 16-13 12-17
Lakers 26 31 .456 20 1/2 3-7 L-3 17-13 9-18
Sacramento 22 36 .379 25 4-6 W-2 15-17 7-19
SOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Memphis 40 18 .690 — 8-2 W-5 20-9 20-9
Dallas 33 24 .579 6 1/2 6-4 L-1 20-11 13-13
New Orleans 22 34 .393 17 4-6 L-2 12-15 10-19
San Antonio 22 35 .386 17 1/2 5-5 W-2 11-18 11-17
Houston 15 40 .273 23 1/2 2-8 L-4 8-18 7-22
NORTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Utah 35 21 .625 — 5-5 W-5 20-10 15-11
Denver 31 25 .554 4 6-4 W-1 15-10 16-15
Minnesota 29 27 .518 6 6-4 L-2 16-10 13-17
Portland 23 34 .404 12 1/2 3-7 W-2 16-16 7-18
Oklahoma City 17 39 .304 18 3-7 L-5 9-18 8-21

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Philadelphia 34 22 .607 — 7-3 W-2 16-12 18-10
Toronto 31 24 .564 2 1/2 8-2 L-1 16-13 15-11
Boston 32 25 .561 2 1/2 9-1 W-7 19-10 13-15
Brooklyn 29 27 .518 5 0-10 L-11 12-14 17-13
New York 25 32 .439 9 1/2 2-8 L-1 13-15 12-17
SOUTHEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Miami 37 20 .649 — 7-3 W-5 19-6 18-14
Charlotte 29 29 .500 8 1/2 3-7 L-1 14-13 15-16
Atlanta 26 29 .473 10 6-4 L-1 16-13 10-16
JOHN HEFTI – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington 25 30 .455 11 2-8 L-1 14-15 11-15
Orlando 13 45 .224 24 1/2 4-6 L-2 5-20 8-25 Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (00) tries to block a layup from Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker on Saturday night.

Lakers’ stars outshined

CENTRAL DIVISION

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away

Chicago 36 21 .632 — 6-4 W-3 21-8 15-13
Cleveland 35 22 .614 1 7-3 L-1 18-9 17-13
Milwaukee 35 22 .614 1 7-3 L-1 19-9 16-13
Indiana 19 38 .333 17 2-8 L-5 13-16 6-22

by Warriors in fourth
Detroit 12 44 .214 23 1/2 1-9 L-7 8-20 4-24

Saturday’s results Today’s games

Clippers 99, Dallas 97
Golden State 117, Lakers 115
Portland 112, New York 103
San Antonio 124, New Orleans 114
Sacramento 123, Washington 110
Memphis 125, Charlotte 118
Denver 110, Toronto 109
Philadelphia 103, Cleveland 93
Chicago 106, Oklahoma City 101
Miami 115, Brooklyn 111
Phoenix 132, Orlando 105
HIGHLIGHTS
Atlanta at Boston, 11 a.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, noon
Monday’s games
Detroit at Washington, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma City at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Portland at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Toronto at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
By Kyle Goon THE SCORE fifth straight game shooting
under 70% from the line.
lights of the game after
Thompson blew by him in
Houston at Utah, 6 p.m. kgoon@scng.com WARRIORS 117, LAKERS 115
Orlando at Denver, 6 p.m. @kylegoon on Twitter Up next: Jazz at Lakers, “I didn’t make enough the second half, trailing him
Golden State at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m., plays down the stretch to for the chase-down block off
All season long, the Lak- SpecSN, ESPN help our ballclub win,” James the glass.
ers have been trying to shake said. “I liked some of the Vogel thought back to any
the best out of a creaky vet- SUMMARY looks I had. I definitely got number of odd plays that re-

Irving, Nets fall

eran roster. Lakers Min FG FT Reb A PF Pts hit on a few of the shots, but sulted in the ball winding up
But on Saturday night, it Johnson 16:17 9-27
James 38:21 5-9 2-14 8 3 26
2-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 4
(the Warriors) definitely did a in Golden State’s hands, in-
was Golden State that got the Davis 35:23 5-13 6-10 2-7 4 3 16 good job. … It happens.” cluding a deflection by Av-
best blast from the past. Bradley 25:43 3-6 0-0 1-1 1 3 8 Even though this loss to ery Bradley that bounced to

short in Miami
By The Associated Press
Bam Adebayo had 19
points and 14 rebounds,
and the Miami Heat held
off a furious rally from Ky-
rie Irving and the Brook-
lyn Nets for a 115-111 vic-
tory Saturday night.
Irving scored 20 of his
29 points in the fourth
quarter to help the Nets
rally from a 21-point,
third-quarter deficit be-
fore dropping their 11th
straight game.
Cam Thomas’ 3-pointer
with 37 seconds left cut
Miami’s lead to 110-109.
Down 113-111, the Nets
had possession and an op-
portunity to tie or take the
lead. But Kyle Lowry stole
Thomas’ pass, dribbled
downcourt and found P.J.
Tucker, who got fouled and
converted his shots to se-
cure Miami’s fifth consec-
utive win.
Duncan Robinson fin-
ished with 17 points and
hit 6-of-10 3-pointers,
Jimmy Butler and Tyler
Herro each scored 13 and
Lowry had 13 points and
six assists for the Eastern
Conference-leading Heat.
76ERS 103, CAVALIERS 93
>> Joel Embiid had a tri-
ple-double of 40 points,
14 rebounds and 10 assists
along with a highlight-reel
jam, and Philadelphia beat
Cleveland.
Tyrese Maxey added 16
points for Philadelphia.
Embiid brought the
house down with 1:47 left
in the first half with a one-
handed throw-down over
Jarrett Allen that had
fans putting their hands
to their heads. He finished
11 of 22 from the field, in-
cluding 4 of 5 from 3-point
range, and made 14 of 15
free throws.
Darius Garland scored
27 points to lead Cleve-
land.
GRIZZLIES 125, HORNETS
118 >>Ja Morant scored 26
points, Desmond Bane
added 25 and Memphis
held off Charlotte for its
fifth straight win.
Jaren Jackson Jr. had 18
points and 10 rebounds,
while Steven Adams added
15 points and 11 rebounds
for the Grizzlies (40-18),
who have won eight of
their last nine games while
scoring at least 120 points
in their last five.
Terry Rozier had 35
points and 10 rebounds for
the Hornets. LaMelo Ball
finished with 25 points.
NUGGETS 110, RAPTORS
109 >>Rookie guard Bones
Hyland made a tiebreak-
ing 3-pointer with 2:16 to
play and Denver ended To-
ronto’s winning streak at
eight.
Nikola Jokic had 28
points and 15 rebounds,
Jeff Green scored 19 points
and Aaron Gordon had 13
as the Nuggets won for
the third time time in four
games.
Pascal Siakam scored a
season-high 35 points and
had 10 rebounds, but the
Raptors lost for the first
time since Jan. 26 at Chi-
cago.
KINGS 123, WIZARDS 110 >>
De’Aaron Fox scored 26
points, Domantas Sabonis
added 16 points and 11 re-
bounds in his second game
with Sacramento, and the
new-look Kings beat Wash-
ington for their second
straight victory.
Harrison Barnes added
21 points for the Kings,
who acquired six players
this week before Thurs-
day’s trade deadline..
Kyle Kuzma scored 22
points and Corey Kispert
added 20 for the Wizards.
SPURS 124, PELICANS 114 >>
Dejounte Murray had 31
points and 12 rebounds,
and San Antonio beat New
Orleans for a second dou-
ble-digit, wire-to-wire vic-
tory in two nights.
CJ McCollum had a sea-
son-high 36 points on 15-
of-24 shooting and grabbed
11 rebounds for New Or-
leans (22-34), which oc-
cupied the 10th and final
play-in spot in the West-
ern Conference standings
when it acquired the star
guard from Portland on
Tuesday but is 0-2 since.
TRAIL BLAZERS 112, KNICKS
103 >> Anfernee Simons had
30 points and eight as-
sists, and Portland erased
a 23-point, third-quarter
deficit to beat New York.
Newly acquired guard
Josh Hart added 23 points
in his Blazers debut.
Portland closed the gap
to-98-92 in the final pe-
riod when Simons and
Ben McLemore hit back-
to-back 3-pointers. Jusuf
Nurkic’s dunk finally put
Portland in front 99-98
with 4:23 left, capping a
20-4 run.
Portland outscored New
York 35-11 in the fourth
quarter. Julius Randle led
the Knicks with 28 points
and 16 rebounds, while
Kemba Walker added 23.
Westbrook 35:09 7-13 4-4 1-7 5 4 19
The Lakers fought val- Hrtn-Tcker 29:38 5-9 4-4 1-7 3 4 17 the second-place team in the Thompson, or a rebound that
iantly in their first game af- Reaves 23:22 5-5 2-2 1-3 2 1 13 West was more spirited than bounced off the side of Davis’
ter an emotionally turbulent Monk 20:03 5-9 1-2 1-3 1 4 12 others the Lakers have taken face as it shot back toward
trade deadline, trying des- Ariza 16:02 0-2 0-2 1-4 0 0 0 this season, it was still their the 3-point line for a War-
perately to turn the page on Totals 240 41-88 22-33 11-47 25 24 115 third straight, and their sev- riors basket.
the struggles that have so Percentages: FG .466, FT .667; 3-Point
Goals: 11-27, .407 (Horton-Tucker 3-5, enth in their last nine games. They were cold-blooded
far defined their season. But James 3-10, Bradley 2-3, Reaves 1-1, Coach Frank Vogel had sig- when the Lakers gave them
Westbrook 1-2, Monk 1-4, Ariza 0-1, Davis
a combined 61 points from 0-1); Team rebounds: 8; Team turnovers: naled that the Lakers had a another shot, going 4 for 4
LeBron James, Anthony Da- 1;Horton-Tucker);
Blocked shots: 6 (Davis 3, Reaves 2,
Turnovers: 8 (James
new, positive energy at Fri- on second-chance opportu-
vis and Russell Westbrook, as 4, Monk 2, Ariza, Westbrook); Steals: day’s practice after Thurs- nities to score 10 points in
5 (Bradley 2, Horton-Tucker, Monk,
well as a spirited bench per- Westbrook); Technical fouls: coach Phil day’s trade deadline had the fourth.
formance, could not over- Handy, 6:34 first, coach Frank Vogel, passed without a move, but “Man, just one of those
come the Warriors’ Klay 6:25 fourth. improving their record and nights where a lot of bad
Thompson finding his mojo Golden St. Min FG FT Reb A PF Pts standing in the West contin- bounces didn’t go our way,”
with 16 points in the fourth Kuminga 25:14 8-11 2-3 2-9 0 5 18
Wiggins 32:53 7-15 2-5 0-5 1 3 19 ues to elude them. Vogel said, shaking his head.
quarter, giving Golden State Looney 28:30 1-6 1-2 2-12 3 3 3 Still, the Lakers have con- “But give credit to those guys:
a 117-115 win against a team Curry 36:36 7-17 9-9 0-5 8 3 24 tinued to kick the can down They made five threes down
Thompson 30:01 12-22 4-5 0-5 0 3 33
that can ill afford to lose. Poole 24:59 2-8 6-6 1-1 4 2 11 the road, saying they think the stretch, big shots, a lot of
James is no stranger to Porter Jr. 23:39 1-5 0-0 3-7 2 2 2 they’re building toward the them guarded. It was just too
the Splash Brothers thwart- Lee Bjelica
15:21 2-4 0-0 1-3 2 1 6
11:28 0-0 1-4 1-2 3 0 1
postseason — even though much for us to overcome. But
ing his progress. It happened Payton II 11:02 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 0 they’re now in ninth place still, still feel good about our
again Saturday night at Tscno-Adrsn 0:13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 in a single-elimination play- guys response to where we
Chase Center when Thomp- Totals 240 40-90 25-34 10-51 24 24 117 in spot. They still believe were at a few days ago.”
son helped erase a six-point Percentages: FG .444, FT .735; 3-Point they have a high level within Perhaps the player who
Goals: 12-38, .316 (Thompson 5-9,
Lakers lead in the fourth Wiggins 3-7, Lee 2-4, Poole 1-5, them, which they’re more in- improved his standing the
quarter. Thompson, who has Curry 1-8, Kuminga 0-1, Payton II 0-1,
Toscano-Anderson 0-1, Porter Jr. 0-2);
spired to reach now that the most was Westbrook, who
missed the last two seasons Team rebounds: 11; Team turnovers: deadline has gone, and they in his last appearance was
with injury, hit a go-ahead None; Blocked shots: 3 (Kuminga, Lee,
Wiggins); Turnovers: 9 (Curry 2, Poole
know what their team will benched in the fourth quar-
3-pointer with 1:35 left, then 2, Kuminga, Lee, Looney, Payton II, look like down the stretch. ter. He scored 19 points with
after the Lakers failed to Thompson); Steals: 4 (Curry, Lee, Porter
Jr., Wiggins); Technical fouls: None. “Guys had a little more seven rebounds and five as-
score on three putback at- Lakers 26 36 32 21 — 115
swag today, a little more con- sists against a single turn-
tempts off a missed free Golden State 32 33 30 22 — 117 fidence, more energy, played over, helping charge the Lak-
throw, Steph Curry popped with more of a purpose,” Da- ers in the second and third
in a layup that would prove omed outside the paint, and vis said. “If we can play like quarters.
to be the winning points. James could not hurl up a fi- this for the rest of the sea- “He was really locked in to
However, the Lakers had nal shot in time. son, we’ll continue to put what we were trying to do de-
a chance to force overtime: James is above his career ourselves in position to be fensively, and really talking
James was fouled by Curry average in free-throw shoot- successful.” to guys and leading,” said Vo-
on a 3-pointer with 2.3, put- ing this season (75.3%), but The Lakers got a huge gel. “And played with a great
ting him at the line with a as a team, the Lakers (72.3%) boost from their reserves, competitive spirit, didn’t
chance to tie the score at 117- are the second-worst free- with Malik Monk, Aus- turn the ball over much, and
all. But James missed the throw-shooting team in the tin Reaves and Talen Hor- was efficient offensively.
first attempt, forcing him to NBA. They left a lot of points ton-Tucker scoring all 42 of “It’s just disappointing we
throw up a high, arcing shot on the board against the the points off the bench (to didn’t get this W because I
so the Lakers had a chance at Warriors, going just 22 for 33 Golden State’s 20). Reaves thought there was a lot of
the rebound. But the ball car- from the line, and it was their had one of the best high- positive signs.”
LAKERS
James passes Kareem for scoring mark
By Kyle Goon
ing to be celebrated as if “That’s pretty cool. It’s One of the skills Kerr
kgoon@scng.com
it were the regular season incredible,” coach Frank appreciates most is James’
@kylegoon on Twitter record, but that’s incredi- Vogel said. “Everything the capacity for reinvention.
ble when you think about guy has done throughout When Kerr was an NBA
Behind a mask, the all the players who have his career is just remark- analyst, he noticed how
creases by Steve Kerr’s played in this league.” able. It’s why I believe he’s James forced the Spurs to
eyes crinkled, betraying a In the third quarter, the greatest ever to play.” change how they guarded
pained grin as he prepared James did it, sinking a James took a shorter route him on screens because
to tip off against the Lak- 3-pointer off an assist by to the record. His appear- of his improved 3-point
ers. Anthony Davis to give him ance against Golden State shooting. By the time Kerr
He had been asked by a 21 points on the night and was his 1,350th career regu- became Golden State’s
reporter about his assess- pass Lakers great Kareem lar-season game, combined coach and had to face
ment of an looming LeB- Abdul-Jabbar’s mark of with 266 postseason games, James in four straight Fi-
ron James milestone. The 44,149 points in all of his giving him 1,616 games over- nals, he was a more com-
37-year-old was poised to NBA games. all. Abdul-Jabbar played plete scorer aside from his
become the all-time lead- James has enjoyed one through his 42nd birthday, natural talent for barreling
ing scorer in NBA his- of his best scoring sea- winding up with 1,797. to the basket.
tory by an unconventional sons this year, averaging Abdul-Jabbar holds one “You had to worry about
measurement, with both 29.1 points per game en- of the NBA’s most hallowed his getting downhill,” he
regular season and play- tering Saturday night’s records, scoring 38,387 said. “The strength of his
off points combined. And game. Scoring 26 points points. If James keeps to game is his passing, and
it made a cosmic kind of total, James extended his his career scoring average yet, he’s this freight train
sense that James was about streak of scoring 25 points (27.1 ppg), he could over- coming downhill at you.
to make history at Golden or more to 22 games, which take the Captain in 69 And then, oh by the way,
State’s expense. is the longest such streak games, passing him some- he’s shooting 38% from
“I feel like I witnessed of his career. He surpassed time next season. James’ three or whatever it was.
a lot of those postseason his previous best of 21 surge in scoring this season Everything changed after
points,” Kerr said. “That’s games, which was set back helps build optimism that that, as far as what you had
a spectacular statistic, in 2008 when James was 23 he might be able to keep up to deal with. That’s pretty
maybe not one that is go- years old. (or even speed up) the pace. remarkable.”
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS GROUP
CLIPPERS
Jackson gives late boost
to beat Doncic, Mavericks
By Mirjam Swanson
mswanson@scng.com
@mirjamswanson on Twitter
One more time – with
feeling.
In their second meeting
in three days with the Dal-
las Mavericks, and their
fourth and final clash of the
regular-season, the Clip-
pers got more physical on
defense and on the boards.
That, and a late-fourth-
quarter flourish from Reg-
gie Jackson to push them
over the top, allowing them
to wrestle a 99-97 win away
from the Luka Doncic and
his Dallas Mavericks.
Jackson scored eight of
his 24 points in the final
2:08 to help nail the lid on
and diffuse Doncic’s late-
game detonation.
After scoring 28 of his
51 points in the first quar-
ter to key the Mavericks’
win against the Clippers on
Thursday, Doncic poured
in 23 of his 45 points in
the fourth quarter Satur-
day, including lodging his
team’s final 19 points be-
fore his last-gasp 3-pointer
– a 33-footer over the out-
stretched arms of Jackson
and Marcus Morris Sr. –
drifted left.
Doncic also had 15 re-
bounds and eight assists
before 20,028 fans Satur-
day at American Airlines
Center, becoming the first
player since Wilt Cham-
berlain scored 47 and then
53 points against Seattle n
December 1967 to record
96 or more points over a
two-game span against the
same opponent.
But the Clippers didn’t
care. They got what they
wanted.
Said coach Tyronn Lue,
on Zoom: “I just want to
win, I don’t care if he had
90 – know what I’m sayin’?”
“He could have 40, he
could have 60, he could
have 50, we’re here trying
to win,” said Terance Mann,
recounting the Clippers’
strategy to letting Doncic
get his but not to let him
get his teammates going.
“That’s the game plan,
and I feel like it worked the
other night, we came back
and gave ourselves a chance
to try to win the other game
and it worked tonight, we
won the game.”
Jackson answered two of
Doncic’s four 3-pointers in
the final period with driving
buckets, the second draw-
ing a foul. Jackson missed
the free throw, but Mann
tipped the rebound back
out to Jackson for a straight-
away 3 and a 97-89 lead with
1:15 left.
CLIPPERS NOTES
Leonard joins Clippers in Dallas
By Mirjam Swanson
mswanson@scng.com
@mirjamswanson on Twitter
K awhi Leonard was
back in Dallas on Thurs-
day and Saturday nights,
returning to American
Airlines Arena, the scene
of his 45-point eruption
in Game 6 of the Clip-
pers’ 104-97 victory in
their Western Conference
first-round playoff series
against the Mavericks last
season.
It’s also the first time
he’s been alongside his
teammates on the road
since mid-December.
K law sightings have
been scarce this season
as Leonard continues to
recover from surgery last
July to repair a torn right
anterior cruciate ligament.
He’s also had to steer
clear as the league nav-
igated COVID-19 health
and safety measures, ex-
plained coach Tyronn Lue,
via Zoom, before tipoff for
Saturday’s rematch with
the Mavericks on Satur-
day night.
The Clippers coach said
the presence of a two-time
NBA Finals MVP makes
a difference — even if he
can’t get on the court and
compete.
“Ju s t h a v i n g h i m
around, him and (Paul
George), whenever they
Clippers guard Reggie Jackson celebrates after a 3-pointer against Dallas on Saturday.
After Doncic’s layup with
8 seconds to go pulled the
Mavericks within one, Jack-
son got the inbound pass
and succeeded in playing
keep-away, running the
clock down to 3.4 seconds
before Jalen Brunson could
catch him to foul him and
stop the clock. Jackson made
one of two free throws, and
Doncic’s shot from near mid-
court missed wide.
Welcoming his newly as-
cribed extra ball-handling
duties, Mann started in
place of Norman Powell (turf
toe) and helped with that,
scoring a season-high 21
points. (It was his first game
of 20 or more points since he
launched the Clippers into
the Western Conference fi-
nals with his 39-point ef-
fort against Utah in Game 6
of their second-round series
last playoffs.)
And Ivica Zubac – the
Clippers’ 7-foot starting cen-
ter who’s been cooked many
a time by Doncic in the past
– welcomed the all but im-
possible mission of serving
as the primary defender on
Dallas’ 22-year-old superstar
at the outset.
“He’s got some sore … an-
kles tomorrow,” said Mor-
ris, who chipped in with 20
points. “To be able to get
out there and guard and
actually take the challenge,
can come is great, just for
our guys to see him, our
young guys to see him,”
said Lue, with a nod to
fellow All-Star wing Paul
George, who was ruled out
indefinitely on Christmas
with a torn right ulnar col-
lateral ligament
“When your best players
are around it just breeds
confidence into ever y-
one else, just having him
around has been good.”
As much as he appre-
ciates having Leonard
around, Lue said his star’s
schedule is going to be de-
termined by his recovery
process.
“It kind of depends on
how the rehab goes too,”
Lue said. “When he’s re-
habbing in San Diego or
he’s doing his rehabs, just
gotta make sure every-
thing kind of adds up.”
There’s been no timeta-
ble announced for Leon-
ard’s potential return.
“I think the best answer
is, we don’t know,” Law-
rence Frank, the Clippers
president of basketball op-
erations, said recently. “He
grinds every single day. He
works, his focus is on his
rehab, it’s kind of the same
approach that he had in
terms of his skill develop-
ment, it applies to his re-
habilitation.
“But no one knows. He
doesn’t know. But all you
I don’t know if there’s an-
other 7-footer in the league
doing that. Two games in
a row, actually taking the
challenge and big shot af-
ter big shot and still want-
ing that challenge? That’s
big ups for big fella.”
The Clippers’ big fella
also had a big night with
his 14th double-double; Zu-
bac finished with 11 points
and 10 rebounds to go with
a season-high six assists.
As a team, the Clippers
collected 42 rebounds .
And although they gave
up 13 offensive boards,
Lue was pleased with his
team’s renewed toughness.
“We made a conscious
effort of really turning, try-
ing to hit bodies,” he said.
“They were bigger in some
positions and probably a
little stronger in some po-
sitions, as well. I thought
we really paid attention to
details, but a lot of times
we just couldn’t come up
with it. That’s a start, just
seeking out a body, hitting
first and then rebound the
ball. We just got to con-
tinue to keep working and
build on it.”
It helped the Clippers
avoid their first four-game
losing skid of the season.
They also snapped the host
Mavs four-game winning
streak.
can do is just every day
continue to control what
you can control and see
how he responds. Literally
nothing has changed, and
I know it’s probably a frus-
trating answer or response
but it’s just the reality. We
just don’t know.”
Familiar Hood
Rodney Hood joined the
Clippers in Dallas on Sat-
urday, available to make
his debut with his new
team in the second of two
games against the Maver-
icks this week.
The Clippers acquired
Hood, a veteran wing,
along with forward Semi
Ojeleye from the Milwau-
kee Bucks as part of a
four-team deal on Thurs-
day. Ojeleye wasn’t in Dal-
las on Saturday.
“I’ll see him when I get
back,” Lue said.
“I love Rodney,” Lue said
before tipoff. “Great guy.”
Lue holds Hood in
high regard after having
coached him in Cleveland,
including on the team that
reached the NBA Finals in
2017-18.
Lue said their history
together will help both he
and Hood as the 29-year-
old former Duke stand-
out acclimates to his sixth
NBA team in eight seasons.
“I think it helps him out
a lot, just seeing my coach-
LM OTERO – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE SCORE
CLIPPERS 99,
MAVERICKS 97
Up next: Warriors at
Clippers, Monday,
7:30 p.m., BSSC
SUMMARY
Clippers Min FG FT Reb A PF Pts
Batum 19:38 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 0
Morris Sr. 36:48 9-18 1-1 0-1 2 3 20
Zubac 33:00 5-8 1-2 1-10 6 2 11
Jackson 40:01 10-21 2-5 2-5 8 2 24
Mann 34:51 9-15 2-3 2-9 2 3 21
Coffey 30:20 5-9 0-0 1-5 1 1 11
Kennard 18:43 2-4 0-0 0-2 1 4 5
Hartenstein 14:52 1-1 0-0 0-5 2 2 2
Covington 11:47 2-4 0-0 0-3 1 2 5
Totals 240:00 43-82 6-11 6-42 23 20 99
Percentages: FG .524, FT .545; 3-Point
Goals: 7-22, .318 (Jackson 2-5, Mann
1-2, Coffey 1-3, Covington 1-3, Kennard
1-3, Morris Sr. 1-4, Batum 0-2); Team
rebounds: 8; Team turnovers: None;
Blocked shots: 4 (Covington, Hartenstein,
Jackson, Zubac); Turnovers: 14 (Zubac 4,
Hartenstein 3, Kennard 2, Batum, Coffey,
Covington, Jackson, Mann); Steals: 7
(Jackson 2, Zubac 2, Covington, Mann,
Morris Sr.); Technical fouls: Mann, 3:30
fourth.
Dallas Min FG FT Reb A PF Pts
Bullock 40:18 6-12 0-0 1-2 1 5 17
Finney-Smith
39:01 1-4 1-2 1-2 2 3 3
D.Powell 26:23 3-5 0-0 7-9 1 1 6
Brunson 39:02 8-17 2-4 0-4 3 3 22
Doncic 39:27 15-33 9-13 0-15 8 2 45
Kleber 21:55 0-3 0-0 1-8 1 0 0
Green 20:15 1-7 0-0 3-3 0 2 2
Ntilikina 11:33 1-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 2
Burke 2:06 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 240:00 35-85 12-19 13-44 16 17 97
Percentages: FG .412, FT .632; 3-Point
Goals: 15-39, .385 (Doncic 6-13, Bullock
5-10, Brunson 4-7, Finney-Smith 0-2,
Green 0-2, Ntilikina 0-2, Kleber 0-3); Team
rebounds: 7; Team turnovers: None;
Blocked shots: 0; Turnovers: 14 (Doncic
7, Brunson 2, Finney-Smith 2, D.Powell,
Kleber, Ntilikina); Steals: 4 (Green 3,
Ntilikina); Technical fouls: Brunson, 7:09
first, Doncic, 3:30 fourth.
Clippers 23 26 21 29 — 99
Dallas 26 22 19 30 — 97
ing style and how I coach
and he was with us in
Cleveland,” Lue said. “We
had a chance to go to the fi-
nals, so he played deep into
the playoffs, so I think that
helps him out a lot.
“And then, just me know-
ing him and who he is as
a player, how to use him,
makes it easy for me as well.”
Lue cautioned that there
still will be something of
a learning curve for Hood,
who this season averaged
3.3 points on 35.1% shoot-
ing, to go with 1.7 rebounds
in 39 games for the Bucks.
“Today was his first
shootaround, kind of just
watched and (assistant
coach Larry Drew) did a
good job of just talking
with him and trying to
talk him through it,” Lue
said. “Having him in Cleve-
land, some of the things
are different than we did
in Cleveland. ... So we’ll see
tonight just kind of how
everything goes.”
After the trade became
official Thursday evening,
Lue offered the following
scouting report on a player
he knows well: “Rodney’s
6-7, can put the ball on the
f loor, can run pick-and-
roll, can shoot the basket-
ball, solid defender. An-
other long solid defender
who can make shots and
play pick and roll and do
a lot of things, offensively.”
NHL HIGHLIGHTS
MARK ZALESKI – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blake Wheeler had a hand in every goal as the Winnipeg
Jets beat the Nashville Predators 5-0 on Saturday. He
scored twice and assisted on the other three goals.
Five-point game
by Wheeler leads
Jets to 5-2 victory
By The Associated Press
Blake Wheeler scored two
goals and assisted on three
others to lead the Winnipeg
Jets to a 5-2 victory over the
Nashville Predators on Sat-
urday night.
It was the second career
five-point game for Wheeler,
who had just two goals on
the season coming into the
game.
Mark Scheifele had a goal
and two assists and Kyle
Connor and Pierre-Luc Du-
bois also scored for Winni-
peg, which has won two of
its last three. Connor Hel-
lebuyck made 34 saves and
Josh Morrissey had two as-
sists.
“For us to be successful,
you need your best play-
ers,” Winnipeg interim
coach Dave Lowry said.
“They stayed with the game.
We got down early and we
didn’t waver. We bent and
I really liked the resiliency
and I really liked the fact
that our top guys dug in and
really found a way to win.”
Mikael Granlund and
Matt Duchene scored to
make it 2-0 in the first pe-
riod for Nashville, which
has lost three of four.
Entering Saturday, Nash-
ville was 17-0-0 this season
when leading after the first
period.
With the score tied at
two goals apiece midway
through the third period,
Nashville defenseman Mark
Borowiecki was assessed a
major penalty for elbow-
ing and a game misconduct
after he came into contact
with the head of Winnipeg’s
Evgeny Svechnikov.
Wheeler and Dubois
scored on the ensuing
power play to earn the win.
“I think we went out there
with a lot confidence know-
ing that was the hockey
game,” Wheeler said. “We
had to bury one. Regardless
of the scenario, you get five
minutes on the power play
with the game on the line,
you want to make it count.”
Connor’s goal was his
300th career NHL point.
It was also Connor’s 350th
career NHL game, mak-
ing him the second-fast-
est player in Jets/Atlanta
Thrashers history to reach
300-point mark. Only Ilya
Kovalchuk was faster to re-
cord 300 points. Kovalchuk
scored his 300th point in his
300th game played
RED WINGS 4, FLYERS 2 >>
Thomas Greiss made 32
saves to help Detroit beat
Philadelphia for the second
time in the four days.
Rookie Moritz Seider
scored a big power-play goal
in the third period as De-
troit won for the third time
in four games overall.
BRUINS 2, SENATORS 0 >>
Jeremy Swayman made 30
saves, leading Boston to the
road win. It was the 23-year-
old Swayman’s second shut-
out of the season and No. 4
for his career.
Trent Frederic and Cur-
tis Lazar scored for Boston,
which was coming off an
ugly 6-0 loss to Carolina on
Thursday night.
BLUE JACKETS 2, CANADIENS
1 >> Patrik Laine scored a
power-play goal in the final
seconds of regulation, and
Columbus extended Mon-
treal’s winless streak to nine
games.
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Standings
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas 48 28 17 3 59 162 143
Calgary 45 26 13 6 58 152 108
Kings 47 24 16 7 55 136 130
Ducks 49 23 17 9 55 144 141
Edmonton
Vancouver
45
49
24 18
22 21
3
6
51 146 147
50 126 135
San Jose 46 22 20 4 48 126 142
Seattle 48
CENTRAL DIVISION
16 28 4 36 127 167
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado 45 33 8 4 70 186 131
Minnesota 43 29 11 3 61 164 124
Nashville
St. Louis
48 28 16 4 60 149 134
46 27 14 5 59 162 129
Dallas 45 25 18 2 52 137 137
Winnipeg 45 20 17 8 48 130 134
Chicago 48 17 24 7 41 117 162
Arizona 48 12 32 4 28 108 180
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 47 32 10 5 69 194 139
Tampa Bay 48 31 11 6 68 163 136
Toronto 45 30 12 3 63 161 123
Boston 46 27 16 3 57 135 130
Detroit 49 22 21 6 50 140 167
Ottawa 44 16 24 4 36 118 144
Buffalo 46 14 24 8 36 120 161
Montreal 47 8 32 7 23 103 186
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 46 32 11 3 67 161 109
Pittsburgh 48 29 11 8 66 160 126
N.Y. Rangers 47 30 13 4 64 145 122
Washington 49 26 14 9 61 161 137
Columbus 46 23 22 1 47 147 167
N.Y. Islanders 42 17 19 6 40 102 116
New Jersey 48 17 26 5 39 141 172
Philadelphia 47 15 24 8 38 118 162
Saturday’s results
Detroit 4, Philadelphia 2
Boston 2, Ottawa 0
Columbus 2, Montreal 1
Vancouver 3, Toronto 2
Winnipeg 5, Nashville 2
St. Louis 5, Chicago 1
Minnesota 3, Carolina 2
Calgary 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Today’s games
Buffalo at Montreal, 9:30 a.m.
Ottawa at Washington, 9:30 a.m.
Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 10:30 a.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 11 a.m.
Laine also had an assist
on Oliver Bjorkstad’s goal 76
seconds into the game. Elvis
Merzlikins made 30 saves as
the Blue Jackets won their
fifth straight game.
Cole Caufield scored
for Montreal, and interim
coach Martin St. Louis lost
his second straight game.
WILD 3, HURRICANES 2 >>
Kevin Fiala and Frederick
Gaudreau each had a goal
and an assist and Minne-
sota held on to edge Caro-
lina after consecutive goals
by Hurricanes star Andrei
Svechnikov tightend the
game in the third period.
Kirill Kaprizov also
scored and Cam Talbot
made 37 saves for the Wild,
who are 10-1-1 in their last
12 games. Talbot has won
four straight starts, with a
total of five goals allowed.
Fiala has 10 goals and eight
assists in his last 14 games..
CANUCKS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 >>
Thatcher Demko had a ca-
reer-high 51 saves as Van-
couver beat Toronto.
J.T. Miller had a goal and
an assist, and Brock Boeser
and Juno Lammikko also
scored for the Canucks.
BLUES 5, BLACKHAWKS 1 >>
Oskar Sundqvist had a goal
and an assist to lead St.
Louis over Chicago.
David Perron, Dakota
Joshua, Vladimir Tarasenko
and Jordan Kyrou also
scored for the Blues, who
are 6-0-2 in their last eight
games against the Black-
hawks. Ville Husso made
15 saves.
FLAMES 5, ISLANDERS 2 >>
Adam Ruzicka had a goal
and an assist and 13 Cal-
gary players had at least
one point in the win over
New York.
The Flames have won
six in a row.
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B SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

SUPER BOWL LVI: RAMS VS. BENGALS

PAUL SANCYA – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is getting deserved respect for leading his team to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles today agaisnt the Rams.

Bengals
FROM PAGE 1
“Embrace the situation. We knew
what we had here. We knew what
we were building. Sometimes it
comes with the struggle. If you
learn from it, it’s not really a
struggle.
“I’m thankful for the struggles
that we had. I think that’s why
we’re so close as a team.”
The two-week lead up to Su-
per Bowl LVI started with many
pundits stating that the Rams
had the better players and their
stout defense was going to be
too much for the Bengals’ sub-
par offensive line. But as the days
went by, more people started to
believe in the Bengals, the same
way Bates did when Taylor was
hired.
Burrow got his wish, the Ben-
gals are no longer underdogs
heading into SoFi Stadium.
They’re young and inexperi-
enced, but that’s been forgotten
by their collective confidence.
And they might be just as tal-
ented as the Rams, with Burrow,
rookie star wide receiver Ja’Marr
Chase, clutch rookie kicker Evan
McPherson and a revamped de-
fense that’s led by Bates and de-
fensive end Trey Hendrickson.
The Bengals are finally getting
respect and it took three postsea-
son wins against the Las Vegas
Raiders, Tennessee Titans and
Kansas City Chiefs to get no-
ticed. The confident Bengals are
more than prepared for Sunday’s
Super Bowl in Inglewood.
“No extra film,” said Burrow,
the NFL’s Comeback Player of the
Year. “We’ve had two weeks to
watch it. I’m tired of watching
film. I’m ready to go play.”
Burrow was sacked nine times
versus the Titans and that’s
why many weren’t giving them
a chance against the Rams’ fe-
rocious pass rush with Aaron
Donald, Von Miller and Leon-
ard Floyd.
“I wouldn’t say that,” Burrow
said after being asked if the of-
fensive line is the weakest area
on the team. “I think those guys
work really hard. They’ve been
really good for us this year. I
know we’ve given up some sacks
and everyone likes to talk about
that, but a lot of those are on me.
Situationally, sometimes sacks
are OK.”
Burrow will see pressure in
the pocket Sunday, but he quickly
emerged as one of the best quar-
terbacks in the NFL because he
excels in deciphering defenses in
pre- and post-snap. If the Rams
aren’t able to confuse Burrow,
he’ll make them pay with his
standout receiving trio of Chase,
Boyd and Tee Higgins.
Chase versus Rams corner-
back Jalen Ramsey will be a
must-see matchup, and the Ben-
gals are confident in the rookie
finding success against one of
the game’s best coverage players.
Chase was named the Offensive
Rookie of the Year.
Taylor said he wasn’t sur-
prised about Chase’s standout
rookie year because he had one
of the greatest college highlight
tapes he’s ever seen, but he also
said that about Rams star wide
receiver Cooper Kupp, the Offen-
sive Player of the Year.
Bates said he and safety Vonn
Bell will need to be on the same
page, something they’ve done
most season, to contain Kupp
and wide receiver Odell Beck-
ham Jr. from turning catches
into long gains. The Bengals’ de-
fense was able to limit the Chiefs’
explosive offense to three points
in the second half of the AFC
Championship Game.
But the Bengals will have a
tough challenge against Rams
quarterback Matthew Stafford,
who will appear in his first Su-
per Bowl in his 13th NFL season.
It only took Burrow two sea-
sons to hit the Super Bowl stage
and his prolific postseason per-
formances and noticeable swag-
ger has overshadowed Stafford.
He’s definitely no underdog
when his Super Bowl run is be-
ing compared to the other pop-
ular Joes — Joe Namath and Joe
Montana.
“I’m trying to be the best
player that I can be,” Burrow
said. “I’m trying to be the best
Joe Burrow I can be. It doesn’t
matter. Everyone likes to make
these comparisons, but I’m just
trying to be the best player that I
can be. I’m not trying to compare
myself to anybody else.”
What the Bengals are doing is
working, and they belong on the
big stage. But they saw this com-
ing when Taylor asked them to
believe three years ago.

WHO HAS THE EDGE? “Oh, my gosh, it would be they didn’t see Donald
RAMS (15-5) VS. BENGALS (13-7) Rams incredible. We all know the history, and others every day, the
latest great Rams seeking
When: 3:30 p.m. today FROM PAGE 1
and we’re trying to bring L.A. (a the validation of a Super
Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood title) and bring all the fans back.” Bowl ring.
TV/radio: Ch. 4; 710 AM, 93.1 FM, 1330 AM (Spanish) Super Bowls, they’re fa- — Rams safety Eric Weddle “When you have some-
vored to win the game, thing bigger than your-
Line: Rams by 4 four-point choices over the it doesn’t mean they’re go- If the Rams can contain self to play for and mo-
Notable injury designations: Rams: TE Tyler Higbee Cincinnati Bengals in Las ing to make the plays at Bengals running back Joe tivation that drives you,
(knee) and OL Joe Noteboom (chest) were placed on Vegas betting. the exact moment that Mixon, they can press their what a powerful thing
injured reserve; RB Darrell Henderson (knee) and NT Se- Playing on their home they need to. That’s why biggest advantage, the that is,” said McVay, who’s
bastian Joseph-Day (chest) were activated; S Taylor Rapp field at SoFi Stadium you can’t put ‘super teams’ pass rush led by Donald coaching in his second Su-
(concussion) is cleared to return. Bengals: TE C.J. Uzomah only adds to the expecta- together in the NFL, be- and linebackers Von Miller per Bowl in five years in
(knee) is questionable. tions. The Bengals are offi- cause it doesn’t work like and Leonard Floyd against charge. “It’s why I want to
What’s at stake?: It’s the final exam for the judgment by cially the home team, even that. an offensive line that gave try to work as hard as I can
L.A. GM Les Snead and coach Sean McVay that bring- though they’ve never been “I think that’s one of the up a league-high 55 sacks within the framework of
ing now-34-year-old QB Matthew Stafford over from the to the two-year-old Ingle- things that you felt accom- in the regular season and my role, because you want
Detroit Lions to join forces with WR Cooper Kupp and the wood venue before. But plished about (this season). nine in the playoff win over to see Aaron, you want to
Rams offense would make a Super Bowl winner of both. the Rams get to dress in Regardless of whether peo- Tennessee. But Burrow is see the Whitworths, the
While resisting the “Super Bowl or bust” narrative, the their regular-season locker ple thought we added all tough. And he can escape. Weddles, the Staffords, the
Rams clearly made moves to take advantage of having Su- room and line up on the fa- these guys, they still had to On offense, Stafford and Jalen Ramseys, you want
per Bowl LVI on home turf. The pressure to win now weighs miliar eastern sideline. perform, and we still had NFL Offensive Player of the to see all these guys that
more heavily on the Rams than the Bengals. Unlike the 1979 season, to go make those plays.” Year Cooper Kupp try to are so great for our team
Who’s better?: Four points is a relatively big point spread when they lost to the Pitts- Safety Eric Weddle, 37, cap their greatest individ- be able to achieve that suc-
for a Super Bowl, and it reflects the Rams’ superiority by burgh Steelers, and 2018, grew up in Rancho Cu- ual seasons against a Ben- cess and be able to finish
most measures all season. That doesn’t mean the Bengals when they were stopped by camonga and is the only gals defense that ranks be- this deal.”
can’t spring another postseason upset after beating the the New England Patriots, current Rams player who low league average in stop- A nd one other Su-
Titans and coming from behind to shock the Chiefs. But they have the edge in ex- saw the team in L.A. be- ping the pass. per Bowl championship-
Football Outsiders analytics say that if Cincinnati wins, it perience and 36-year-old fore the 1995 move to St. But the Rams will have starved star: L.A.
will have the lowest regular-season overall rating of any Rams coach McVay gets to Louis. Weddle remembers to weather the loss of tight The city has celebrated
NFL champion since 1983. feel like the elder states- his dad burning his Rams end Tyler Higbee to a knee Dodgers World Series
Matchup to watch: Rams CB Jalen Ramsey vs. Bengals man as he coaches his sec- gear when they left. He injury, and need better wins, Lakers NBA titles
WR Ja’Marr Chase. Cincinnati needs a big game from the ond Super Bowl against knows what it would mean than they’ve been getting and Kings Stanley Cups.
league’s Offensive Rookie of the Year, whose attributes the Bengals’ first-timer Zac to win the Super Bowl. from the running game The L.A. Raiders won a Su-
include the fact his yards after catch ranked behind only Taylor. “Oh, my gosh, it would since Cam Akers’ return per Bowl in 1984. But the
Kupp and the 49ers’ Deebo Samuel. Ramsey allowed a 71.1 And as many Hall of be incredible,” Weddle from injured reserve. L.A. Rams, not yet.
passer rating on throws in his direction during the regular Famers, Most Valuable said. “We all know the Higbee’s injury leaves “I think L.A. is a city of
season, fourth lowest among cornerbacks with 16 starts or Players, All-Pros, Pro Bowl- history, and we’re trying Donald, Whitworth, right champions, a city of win-
more. ers and great coaches as to bring L.A. (a title) and tackle Ron Havenstein and ners, and I think that’s
the Rams’ teams of de- bring all the fans back. punter Johnny Hekker as something our players
Rams win if: ... If Stafford continues to meet situations cades past had, they don’t “To be the team, the the only members of the embrace and love,” Mc-
as well as he did in the three playoff games; the Rams are match the star power of guys, the core group, to first unit in the Super Bowl Vay said. “Continuing to
13-1 when he commits one or zero turnovers ... If the Rams’ this one led by quarterback bring ‘em back and bring a LIII loss to New England play at a consistent level
defensive front takes advantage of the Bengals’ offensive Matthew Stafford. Super Bowl (victory) here. who will suit up for Super and present this fan base
line and records at least three sacks; QB Joe Burrow was As history shows, get- Listen, we’ll be etched in Bowl LVI. Kupp was in- with championship-level
sacked at least three times in all of Cincinnati’s losses ... ting to the Super Bowl history.” jured and missed the last play week in and week out
If the special teams, led by K Matt Gay and PR Brandon wasn’t guaranteed, and The Bengals are dan- Super Bowl. Wide receiver is what our guys have de-
Powell, keep up the performance that has made them the winning it certainly isn’t. gerous underdogs, having Robert Woods played in livered on, and we’ve got
Rams’ most-improved unit from early to late season. “You look throughout risen from 4-11-1 in 2020 that one and is hurt now. one more to try to finish
Fantasy pick: Kupp. McVay won’t miss the chance to NFL history, there’s been to 10-7 and the AFC North The Rams wouldn’t be the deal.”
capitalize on having the NFL Offensive Player of the Year a lot of great teams in a title in 2021 before beat- in the Super Bowl without Beckham, a Ram since
for this Super Bowl after he was injured for Super Bowl lot of places where it blows ing the Las Vegas Raid- their roster’s many ma- November, said he knows.
LIII. Per Football Outsiders analytics, the Bengals have the your mind that they didn’t ers, Tennessee Titans and jor changes, from trading “I think we all under-
lowest-rated pass defense the Rams have faced since they win together,” Andrew Kansas City Chiefs in the for Pro Bowl cornerback stand the task at hand,”
routed the Jaguars 10 weeks ago. Whitworth, the 40-year- playoffs. Jalen Ramsey in October Beckham said. “Just see-
Prediction: Rams 27, Bengals 20. Underdogs have gener- old left tackle, said when The improvement came 2019, to trading quarter- ing the excitement around
ally been good bets in recent Super Bowls. And the Bengals he was asked about trying with quarterback Joe Bur- back Jared Goff to acquire town, everything that’s
have beaten the spread in seven games in a row. But in to break the string of L.A. row healthy in his second Stafford in January 2021, coming with it, and how
this matchup, expectations should be high for the Rams to Rams disappointments. season and connecting for to the midseason pickups badly Los Angeles de-
bring home – the 50-mile drive from SoFi Stadium to their “The truth is you can 1,400 yards to former LSU of Miller and wide receiver serves this. I know it would
practice facility in Thousand Oaks – the first Super Bowl put a lot of great players teammate Ja’Marr Chase, Odell Beckham Jr. mean a lot.
championship in their L.A. history. together, and it doesn’t the NFL Offensive Rookie But they might not feel “We’ve got to find a way
— Kevin Modesti mean they’re going to win, of the Year. the drive to get it done if to get it done.”
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SUPER BOWL LVI: RAMS VS. BENGALS

RAMS

At a high point,
McVay wonders
what is next
By Greg Beacham
The Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS >> Five years and
one month after Sean McVay be-
came the youngest head coach in
modern NFL history, he is some-
how still the youngest coach in
the league.
At a time when many of his
chronological coaching peers are
still getting started, the 36-year-
old Los Angeles Rams boss is
getting his second shot to be-
come the youngest coach to win
the Super Bowl.
Perhaps it’s no wonder this in-
veterate overachiever has been
suggesting for several years that
he might leave coaching early as
well.
McVay answered questions
about the subject again this
week while the Rams wrapped
up their final preparations to
face the Cincinnati Bengals.
While McVay has never said he’s
planning an imminent exit from
his profession, his openness in
talking about life after the side-
line generates headlines when-
ever he is asked about it — and
it happened again 48 hours be-
fore the Super Bowl.
“I know I love football and I’m
so invested in this thing, and I’m
in the moment right now,” Mc-
Vay said Friday. “But at some
point, too, if you said, ‘What
do you want to be able to do?’
I want to be able have a family,
and I want to be able to spend
time with them, and I also know
how much time is taken away
during these months of the year.”
W henever McVay is asked
whether he sees himself follow-
ing the example of Pete Carroll
and Bill Belichick by coaching
into his 60s or 70s, McVay re-
jects the idea. He did it again
Friday, saying he “won’t make
it” that long.
But McVay’s first half-de-
cade on the Rams’ sideline has
been wildly successful. He has
55 regular-season victories, a
franchise-record six postseason
wins, four playoff berths, three
NFC West titles and two Super
Bowl berths.
He’s on a path that gives him
time to become the winningest
coach in NFL history — but only
if he wants to stick it out. Mc-
Vay has openly acknowledged
the burnout that hits him dur-
ing a season, and he is still try-
ing to learn how to regulate his
investment.
“I don’t think calm is ever a
word that anybody would use to
describe me,” he said.
McVay throws ever y thing
into his job, yet he’s self-aware
enough to realize it exacts a
toll. His friends and players see
it, too: They love to tease their
head coach about his intensity,
with Cooper Kupp revealing
that the Rams often talk about
the “anger sharks” in McVay’s
head — a reference to a joke in
the 2003 film “Anger Manage-
ment.”
“I think at times he walks the
line between unhealthy com-
petition and healthy competi-
tion,” Kupp said. “He wants to
win at all cost. He’s aware of it.
He knows he’s a psycho. But it is
what it is. I wouldn’t want any-
one else leading this team.”
Perhaps McVay simply exem-
plifies the evolving awareness of
mental health among his fellow
millennials by giving voice to
doubts and concerns that a ste-
reotypical Boomer coach would
deny or a Generation X coach
might ignore.
But given McVay’s self-de-
scribed obsessive nature of re-
search and planning, it’s no
surprise he’s already thinking
about what he might want sev-
eral years in the future before
he even has kids or a wife. Mc-
Vay and his longtime fiancée, Ve-
ronika Khomyn, will finally get
married this year after a two-
year delay because of the coro-
navirus pandemic.
“I want to have a family, and I
think (it’s important) being able
to find that balance, but also be
able to give the time necessary,”
McVay said. “I have always had
a dream about being able to be
a father, and I can’t predict the
future, you know?”
McVay is the grandson of
John McVay, the former Giants
head coach and 49ers execu-
tive. Sean’s father, Tim, didn’t
go into football partly because
he wanted to have time with his
family that John McVay never
had. That example looms large
in Sean’s mind, because he be-
lieves his father could have been
“an unbelievable coach” and
leader.
“One of the things that pre-
vented him from getting into
coaching was, ‘Man, I had such
a great relationship, but my
dad missed out on a lot of the
things,’” Sean McVay said. “And
he didn’t want to do that with
me and my little brother. I al-
ways remembered that.”
McVay’s first NFL boss was
the ever-intense Jon Gruden,
and McVay’s speculation about
his long-term future suggests he
might follow other paths trav-
eled by Gruden.
Gruden became the Raiders’
head coach at 34 and won a Su-
per Bowl with Tampa Bay at 39
— the youngest at the time to do
it, although he was later passed
by Mike Tomlin.
After Gruden was fired by the
Buccaneers at 45, he spent nine
years in the broadcast booth
before his ill-fated second stint
with the Raiders.
With his polished public per-
sona and teaching acumen, Mc-
Vay could easily handle the de-
cidedly less stressful responsi-
bilities of a broadcast career.
W hether he would miss the
rush of competition is a differ-
ent question, and even McVay
doesn’t know the answer.
McVay’s mixed feelings on his
long-term future are still clear,
and he seems to be years away
from making any decision about
the next chapter in his life. A
few moments after speculating
openly about life after coach-
ing, McVay acknowledged he
still can’t imagine it.
“You’ll probably be talking to
me when I’m 61 doing this stuff,”
he said.
Miami coach Don Shula, center, is carried off the field after his team defeated Washington 14-7 to win the
Super Bowl at the Coliseum in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 1973.
Alexander
FROM PAGE 1
growth of the championship
game but the modern history of
pro football in greater Los An-
geles. That 29-year gap between
games is proof enough, isn’t it?
Welcome back, Super Bowl.
We’d forgotten how much oxygen
you actually consume.
For example: There were more
than 30 community events —
some even having something to
do with football — that were part
of this particular Super Bowl
week leading up to the Rams and
Bengals squaring off today at
SoFi Stadium. Business roundta-
bles, diversity events, eco-friendly
initiatives, charity and military
and art events, kids’ clinics, and
even the International Federa-
tion of American Football World
Championship flag football game
between teams from the U.S. and
Mexico.
That list didn’t count the tele-
vised NFL Honors show that
took place Thursday night, or the
annual Roger Goodell state of
the league press conference and
NFLPA response on Wednesday,
or various news conferences to
discuss security, food and bever-
age options, the halftime show,
counterfeit merchandise, and
even the design of the stadium.
Nor did this year’s schedule in-
clude the traditional yet farci-
cal “Super Bowl Opening Night,”
at which attention-seekers from
fringe “news” outlets would wan-
gle credentials so they can ask
questions like, “If you were a
tree, what kind of tree would you
be?” There were no “journalists”
in weird costumes asking players
questions in person, though the
queries from Monday’s virtual
interview sessions included one
from an “Access Hollywood” cor-
respondent asking Bengals quar-
terback Joe Burrow the identity
of his celebrity crush when he
was growing up. (I don’t believe
he answered directly.)
We are reminded again of how
long it’s been since the circus was
in our midst: The last time the
Super Bowl was here, in 1993, the
Dallas Cowboys pummeled the
Buffalo Bills, 52-17, in XXVII at
the Rose Bowl in one of a series
of one-sided Super Bowls, caus-
ing some to wonder if abolish-
ing the extra week off after the
conference championship games
might lead to closer games. In
retrospect, I don’t think it would
have made a difference.
But how far we’ve come from
Game 1, before anyone thought
to affix Roman numerals, a 35-
10 Green Bay victory over Kan-
sas City before 61,946 fans in
a Coliseum that then had a ca-
pacity of more than 90,000. The
game was televised by both CBS
and NBC but was blacked out in
L.A., so KRLA (1110 AM) sent in-
structions to interested listeners
on how to rig a directional an-
tenna using coathangers and a
broomstick to try to pull in the
game broadcast from San Diego
or Bakersfield. Some said it even
worked. Others weren’t so lucky.
The guys with the jetpacks,
one representing the AFL and
the other the NFL, soared over
the turf briefly at halftime dur-
ing a show produced by Disney-
land’s Tommy Walker that also
featured Al Hirt — working for
free, reportedly — as well as a
200-member chorus, the Gram-
bling and Arizona bands, the
Anaheim High School drill team,
10,000 balloons and 300 pigeons.
(The NFL liked the jetpack idea
so much they did it again 18
years later at Stanford for Super
Bowl XIX.)
The unexpected hero was
Packers receiver Max McGee,
who had caught only four passes
all season, was headed for re-
tirement and didn’t expect to
play. Thus, he didn’t get back to
the team hotel until 6:30 a.m.
the morning of the game, un-
derstandably bleary-eyed — but
he was called upon when Boyd
Dowler got hurt and caught
seven passes for 138 yards and
two touchdowns, including the
first one in Super Bowl history.
If we’d only known how difficult
that really was.
The other vignette from that
game? Chiefs cornerback Fred
“The Hammer” Williamson
boasted that he was going to
knock out the Packers’ top receiv-
ers with the forearm to the head
hit that he’d made his trademark
(and which would be absolutely
illegal today). But the Packers’
Donny Anderson laid him out
first, early in the second half.
Every Super Bowl has a story.
The next one in the Coliseum,
VII in January of 1973, featured
the Miami Dolphins finishing off
a perfect 17-0 season — still the
only start-to-finish perfecto in
NFL history — by beating Wash-
ington, 14-7. It also featured the
comic/tortured sight of Dolphins
kicker Garo Yepremian picking
up a blocked kick, rolling out and
attempting a hilariously bad pass
that slipped out of his hand and
turned into a 49-yard fumble re-
turn for a touchdown by Mike
Bass.
Super Bowl XI in the Rose
Bowl, in January of 1977? That
was the late John Madden’s fin-
est coaching moment, as the
Raiders won their first champi-
onship by beating the Vikings,
32-14, and then carried the won-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — 1973
derfully rotund Madden off the
field. Oof!
Super Bowl XIV, in 1980, was
the first time a team played one
in its home territory. The Rams
— 5-6 at one point that season
— unexpectedly got there af-
ter shutting out Tampa Bay, 9-0,
in the NFC championship game,
only to run into the Pittsburgh
Steelers and thousands of Ter-
rible Towels in the Rose Bowl
stands. L.A. led 19-17 early in the
fourth quarter (and could have
extended it to 26-17 but for a
dropped interception by Nolan
Cromwell) before the Steelers ral-
lied to win their fourth title in six
years, 31-19.
The 1983 game in the Rose
Bowl, XVII, was the John Rig-
gins game. Washington was be-
hind all day until Riggins’ 43-
yard scoring run early in the
fourth quarter, and he carried
38 times for 166 yards, including
eight times on the final scoring
drive, in Washington’s 27-17 win.
Afterward, the generally irrev-
erent Riggins, referencing Pres-
ident Reagan, said, “At least for
tonight, Ron’s the president but
I’m the king.”
Super Bowl XXI in 1987?
The New York Giants scored 30
points in the second half to beat
Denver, 39-20, despite John El-
way’s 304-yard passing day. But
the highlight: In the fourth quar-
ter with the Giants comfortably
ahead, the TV cameras focused
on the Gatorade bucket that New
York players had started dump-
ing over Coach Bill Parcells at
the end of each victory to start a
football-wide tradition. After the
game and the Gatorade bath and
the rest of the celebration, Par-
cells and linebacker Harry Car-
son received endorsement con-
tracts as thanks for the free pub-
licity.
The last one in the Rose Bowl?
Super Bowl XXVII in 1993 was
Dallas’ first title in 15 years, a 52-
17 rout thanks to nine Buffalo
turnovers. That was the day the
Cowboys’ Leon Lett was about
to return a fumble 45 yards for
another score, only to have Don
Beebe catch up to him and knock
the ball away before Lett got to
the goal line.
It was also the year Michael
Jackson performed, turning
what had been a staid intermis-
sion show into pop culture his-
tory. Halftime, and the game it-
self, haven’t been the same since.
The common thread? Mem-
orable and often groundbreak-
ing moments. As the big show re-
turns to SoCal, the Rams and
Bengals have a lot to live up to
Sunday.
jalexander@scng.com
@Jim_Alexander on Twitter

NFL NOTES

Seahawks QB Wilson picks up the Bart Starr Award

By The Associated Press
Russell Wilson received
the 2022 Bart Starr Award
on Saturday at the Super
Bowl Breakfast.
The award honors the
NFL player who best exem-
plifies outstanding charac-
ter and leadership in the
home, on the field, and in
the community. It’s named
for Starr, the Green Bay
Packers Hall of Fame quar-
terback who was MVP of
the first two Super Bowls.
Wilson and his wife, Ci-
ara, started the Why Not
You Foundation and the
Why Not You Academy, a
nonprofit high school ded-
icated to fighting poverty
through education.
“It’s been a joy to build
something special that’s
meaningful for other peo-
ple,” Wilson said.
Wilson also launched Im-
muno Heroes, a campaign
that raises funds for Seattle
Children’s Therapeutics. He
also helped raise over $10
million for Strong Against
Cancer.
“Every time we go to Se-
attle Children’s Hospital, we
pray for a miracle,” Wilson
said.
Despite speculation sur-
rounding his future with
the Seahawks, the nine-
time Pro Bowl quarterback
said he loves being in Seat-
tle.
“I’m focused on what I’m
doing and that’s preparing
to win for the Seattle Se-
ahawks,” Wilson told the AP
Pro Football Podcast.
Giants add a pair of
linebackers coaches
The New York Giants
added two linebacker
coaches to Brian Daboll’s
staff and made three other
moves Saturday.
New York hired John
Egorugwu to coach the in-
side linebackers and Drew
Wilkins to handle the out-
side linebackers.
The team also hired
Christian Jones as an of-
fensive assistant and Mark
Loecher as an assistant
strength and conditioning
coach. Ryan Hollern, for-
merly chief of staff for the
coaches, has moved to the
player personnel depart-
ment as the college scout-
ing coordinator.
Daboll announced his
three coordinators and
the majority of his coach-
ing staff Friday. Among
his hires is the first women
coach in team history.
Laura Young will be the di-
rector of coaching opera-
tions, coordinating and or-
ganizing practices, as well
as game day operations.
Egorugwu was the line-
backers coach at Vander-
bilt last season. He spent 19-16 loss to Cincinnati in He’s ready to attack and
the previous four year with the AFC divisional round. get ready for next season.”
the Buffalo Bills, the last Tannehill threw three in-
three as a defensive quality terceptions in that game as No Steelers rebuild
control coach and assistant the No. 1 seed Titans were Don’t tell Steelers edge
linebackers coach. eliminated. rusher T.J. Watt, the 2021
Daboll was the Bills’ of- Star running back Derrick AP Defensive Player of the
fensive coordinator the past Henry has Tannehill’s back. Year, the team has to re-
four seasons before being “It’s not a one-man sport. build now that Ben Roeth-
hired by the Giants to re- We all take part in how we lisberger has retired.
place Joe Judge. played as a team. It’s not The Steelers finished
Wilkins spent the pre- just him,” Henry told the 9-7-1 and earned a wild-
vious 12 seasons with the AP Pro Football Podcast. card berth when the Raid-
Baltimore Ravens, the last “I could’ve played better ers beat the Chargers in
10 working with new Gi- and I’m sure a lot of guys overtime in the final game
ants defensive coordinator think they could’ve played of the regular season. But
Don Martindale. Egorugwu better, and there’s a lot of Pittsburgh lost 42-21 to
also worked the Ravens and things we could’ve done Kansas City in the first
knows Martindale. differently. Ryan is a great round.
Jones spent the previ- player. He never gets too “I don’t know if we’ll ever
ous three seasons with the down on himself. He stays be rebuilding. That’s never
Minnesota Vikings, while in the middle and takes ev- my intention. That’s never
Loecher worked for the erything for what it is. We the way I look at things,”
Broncos last season. all support him, people in Watt said on the AP Pro
the organization support Football Podcast. “I think
Tannehill speaks up him, and all you can do is we have more than enough
Titans quarterback Ryan come back better and let it talent on this roster. We
Tannehill has taken plenty fuel you and not get down. have great coaches to be
of criticism for Tennessee’s I’m sure Ryan isn’t down. able to win a lot of games.”
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LOOKING AHEAD ROUNDUP

Football, followed
by ice dancing on
big day for NBC
By Noah Trister
spot in the 500. Bowe
The Associated Press
ended up in the event
anyway because the U.S.
BEIJING >>Today is a sports received a third quota
bonanza for NBC, which spot.
is airing the Super Bowl The 500 is supposed to
in addition to the Winter start just before 6 a.m.
Olympics. It’s the first NBC plans to carr y it
time those two events are live, with an encore pre-
happening at the same sentation after the Super
time, and the chance to Bowl. USA Network will
air them both is part of also have coverage of it at
the reason NBC switched 4:30 p.m.
Super Bowl spots with
CBS and took this year’s Bobsled
game. Monobob gives wom-
The football game is en’s bobsledders a sec-
obviously forcing some ond medal event at the
changes in NBC’s Olym- Oly mpic s, a long w ith
pic schedule. Instead of the two-woman competi-
its usual afternoon and tion. U.S. standouts Kail-
prime time slots, NBC lie Humphries and Elana
will have coverage from Meyers Taylor were hop-
5 a.m. until Super Bowl ing four-man would be
pregame coverage at 3:30 added on the women’s
p.m. Olympic coverage side, but many nations
picks up again after the lack depth among female
game, when NBC plans to bobsledders, so monobob
show live coverage of ice is in the Olympics in-
dancing’s free dance. stead.
For those uninterested “ Not h in g ’s a g iven
in the football game, here,” Meyers Taylor said.
USA Network will also “I think some good things
carry the ice dancing live, can happen, but it’s going
starting at 5:15 p.m. to take everything I have
Here are some things and I’m going to give it
to watch: everything I have.”
MATT SLOCUM — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NBC plans to show the
Ice dancing final monobob run live United States players celebrate after scoring during Saturday’s victory over rival Canada in a preliminary-round
Gabr iella Papadak is after the Super Bowl. men’s hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The surprising Americans are now 2-0 and lead their group.

U.S. gets a hard-earned

and Guillaume Cizeron
of France lead after the Two for Gu?
rhythm dance, with world Eileen Gu, already an
champions Victoria Sinit- Olympic champion this
sina and Nikita Katsala- year in freestyle Big Air,

victory over rival Canada

pov of Russia second. The has a chance to win an-
American duos of Madi- other gold medal in slope-
son Hubbell and Zachary style. The California na-
Donohue and Madison tive, who competes for
Chock and Evan Bates are C hina , wa s the 2021
third and fourth. world champion in that
Papadakis and Cize- event. By The Associated Press
ron finished second at N BC plans to show
the 2018 Olympics to the slopestyle during its late- It’s no secret the young
now-retired Canadian night coverage. Un it e d S t at e s men’s
team of Tessa Virtue and hockey team is fast and
Scott Moir. Also of note skilled.
“These Olympics are so The U.S. men’s hockey Turns out the kids can
different from four years team faces Germany live hit, too.
ago. We are in a very dif- on USA Network at 5 a.m. Answering all the ques-
ferent place,” Cizeron NBC will also have live tions raised about their
said. “I think with all the coverage of that game. youth and inexperience,
experience we’ve gained ... China has another the U.S. went toe to toe
we have become more good chance for a gold with Canada in a bruis-
mature. We know better medal in the men’s 500 ing matchup bet ween
what we are doing, so we in short track speedskat- the longtime rivals. Us-
are enjoying it better.” ing. The final is sched- ing not just speed and
uled to start at 4:14 a.m. skill but also a healthy
Speedskating and will be shown live on dose of physicality, the
Erin Jackson is a favor- USA Network. The final Americans emerged with
ite in the 500 meters, al- of the women’s 3,000 re- a hard-earned 4 -2 vic-
though she nearly missed lay is a half-hour earlier, tor y Saturday and are
out on competing. She also live on USA Network. unbeaten in two games
slipped at the U.S. trials NBC will air both those at the Olympics.
in this event and didn’t events in the morning as “We didn’t back down
make the team, but Brit- well, and USA Network from their physical play,”
tany Bowe gave up her will show them at night. said captain Andy Miele,
who led the U.S. with
a goal and an assist. “I
love the way our team
responded. I’m so proud
of this group. We took a
beating. They kept on go-
ing forward, we kept on
coming back at them and
got the outcome that we
deserved.”
Thanks to Miele’s re-
sponse goal 70 seconds
after Canada scored and
35 saves by Strauss Mann,
the U.S. is in the driver’s
seat to earn a spot in the
quar ter f inals. Beating
Germany on Sunday night
would put the A meri-
cans first in the group
and could make them the
top seed in the knockout
round.
Ben Meyers, Kenny
A gostino and Brendan
GERALD HERBERT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brisson also scored for
Erin Jackson of the United States competes in the the U.S., and Mat Robin-
speedskating 500 meters today at the Olympics. son and Corban Knight
tallied for Canada.
Canada wraps up pre-
On the air liminar y play against
China on Sunday night
TODAY hoping to pick up one
5:10 a.m. Men’s Hockey (U.S. vs. Germany) USA of the other three spots
5:30 a.m. Women’s Speed Skating; Freestyle Skiing; in the quarterfinals and
avoid the qualification
Cross Country Skiing; Short Track; Men’s Hockey Ch. 4
round.
7:30 a.m. Figure Skating; Women’s Curling USA In other action, the
Noon Men’s Curling (U.S. vs. China) USA Czech Republic beat the
3 p.m. Women’s Speed Skating; Women’s Russians 6-5 in overtime,
Freestyle Skiing; Men’s Biathlon USA Germany beat China 3-2
5:15 p.m. Figure Skating USA and Denmark beat Swit-
zerland 5-3.
7:45 p.m. Men’s Freestyle Skiing; Short Track USA
7:45 p.m. Figure Skating; Boblsed; Women’s Serious allegations
Speed Skating Ch. 4 U.S. Ski & Snowboard
9:30 a.m. Women’s Snowboard; Women’s Freestyle Skiing Ch. 4 is investigating charges
10:35 p.m. Men’s Snowboard USA that longtime Olympic
coach Peter Foley took
Midnight Women’s Freestyle Skiing; Two-Man Bobsled; naked pictures of female
Women’s Curling (U.S. vs. Korea) USA athletes and that Olympic
5 a.m. (Mon.) Women’s Hockey USA snowboard racer Hagen
Kearney used racist lan-
guage to provoke a team-
mate.
E x- snow b oa r dc r o s s
rider Callan Chythlook-
Sifsof, a member of the
2010 Olympic team, wrote
in an Instagram post that
in addition to taking the
photos, Foley had made
inappropriate comments,
and that Kearney repeat-
edly used the N-word to
“intentionally get under
my skin.”
C hy t h lo ok- Si f s of i s
f rom A la sk a and de -
scribes herself as Yupik
and Inupiaq.
Both Foley and Kearney
were in China this week
for the Games. Foley said
he was surprised by the
allegations and denied
them.
Skeleton
For Kelly Curtis, rep-
resentation absolutely
matters. And in her first
Olympic appearance, she
became a trailblazer.
Curtis finished 21st in
the women’s skeleton, but
the result isn’t why she’ll
be remembered. Curtis
was the first Black athlete
to represent USA Skeleton
at the Olympics — and she
hopes her presence at the
Games will open more
doors to her sport.
“It’s pretty important.
It’s part of my identity, but
it’s not the only thing that
I lean on,” Curtis said. “I
would like to be known as
one of the best sliders. It’s
nice with a cherry on top
to be known as the first
Black Olympian for USA
Skeleton, but I would also
like to be one of the best.
So that that’s really what
I’m trying to progress to-
ward every time I go out
there and slide.”
Hannah Neise was the
surprise gold medalist.
The 21-year-old became
the first German woman
to capture the gold medal
in Olympic skeleton by
rallying in the final two
heats to edge out silver
medalist Jaclyn Narracott
of Australia and bronze
medalist Kimberley Bos
of the Netherland
Cross-country skiing
T he Russia n cross-
c ou nt r y sk i i n g t e a m
started strong and fin-
ished strong Saturday in
the women’s 4x5 kilome-
ter relay, winning another
Olympic gold medal.
Yulia St upa k broke Bobsledding
away early w ith nine
women chasing. On the K a i l l i e Hu mp h r i e s
next leg, Natalia Nepry- skipped the last day of
aeva was chased down women’s monobob train-
by Katharina Hennig of ing at the Beijing Olym-
Germany. pics, letting the rest of the
The Germans brief ly field know that her work
took the lead on the last was done.
lap, with Russian skier Oh, she was ready.
Veronika Stepanova just Competing for the first
behind Sofie Krehl. But time in the Olympics as
Stepanova pulled away on a n A mer ic a n cit izen,
the final climb and won Humphries has grabbed
in 53 minutes, 41 seconds. control of the inaugu-
Germany took silver, 18.2 ral monobob competi-
seconds behind. Sweden tion. The reigning world
edged Finland for bronze. monobob champion fin-
ished two runs Sunday in
Ski jumping 2 minutes, 9.10 seconds,
Marius Lindvik of Nor- giving her a massive lead
way won Olympic gold in of 1.04 seconds over sec-
the men’s large hill event, ond-place Christine de
holding off Ryoyu Ko- Bruin of Canada. De Bru-
bayashi of Japan. in’s time was 2:10.14.
Lindv ik jumped 140 Laura Nolte of Ger-
meters on his final at- many was third in 2:10.32,
tempt and earned 296.1 and three-time Oly m-
points overall to become pic medalist Elana Mey-
the first Norwegian to ers Taylor of the U.S. was
win the event since Toralf right in the medal hunt
Engan in 1964. — her time of 2:10.42 put-
Kobayashi earned sil- ting her fourth.
ver after winning on the Humphries’ streng th
normal hill earlier in the is driving, and nobody
Games. Karl Geiger of drove the Yanqing Sliding
Germany finished third. Center track on a snowy
day morning better than
Snowboarding she did. She was fastest
Lindsey Jacobellis won in the first heat, fastest
her second gold medal in the second heat, and is
of the Games, teaming suddenly on the cusp of
w ith 40 -year-old Nick gold medal No. 3.
Baumgartner for the title Humphries competed
in the new event of mixed in three Oly mpics for
snowboardcross. Canada, not counting one
The 36-year-old Jac- other time that she was
obellis took gold earlier an alternate for her native
this week in the women’s country. She and Meyers
event; it came 16 years af- Taylor are the only three-
ter a late showboat move time medalists in wom-
as she was cruising in en’s bobsled history; for
for an apparent win cost Humphries, the haul has
her the title at the Turin been two golds and one
Games. bronze.
T he Italian team of
Omar Visintin and Mi- Figure skating
chela Moioli won silver Russian K amila Va-
and the Canadian duo of lieva remains on the pre-
Eliot Grondin and Mery- liminar y star t list for
eta O’Dine won gold. the short program at the
Olympic Games, drawing
Speedskating a spot in the final group
Gao Tingyu thrilled the among 30 figure skaters
home crowd by becoming due on the ice Tuesday
the first Chinese man to night at Capital Indoor
claim an Olympic gold Stadium in Beijing.
medal in speedskating, Valieva will start 26th
winning the men’s 500 if the Court of Arbitration
meters. for Sport, which is meet-
And Gao did it in an ing later Sunday, allows
Olympic-record 34.32 sec- her to perform. Valieva’s
onds. status was thrown into
T he silver went to question this past week
South Korea’s Cha Min following a flagged drug
Kyu, and Wataru Mor- test taken in December.
ishige of Japan took the She’s favored to win if
bronze. she’s allowed to compete.
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Scoreboard SKIING

Vinecki is chasing Olympic

MEDAL COUNT

G S B Tot
Norway 8 3 6 17
Germany 8 5 1 14

dreams and her father’s spirit

Austria 4 6 4 14
ROC 3 4 6 13
Canada 1 4 8 13
United States 5 5 1 11
Netherlands 5 4 2 11
Italy 2 5 4 11
Sweden 5 2 3 10
Japan 2 3 5 10
China 4 3 1 8
Switzerland 2 0 5 7
By Scott M. Reid
France 1 6 0 7
Slovenia 2 1 2 5 sreid@scng.com
Australia 1 2 1 4 @sreidreporter on Twitter
South Korea 1 2 1 4
Finland 1 1 2 4 Winter Vinecki has spent more
Czech Republic 1 0 1 2 than half her life chasing his spirit
Hungary 0 0 2 2
New Zealand 1 0 0 1
around the world.
Slovakia 1 0 0 1 She has run marathons on seven
Belarus 0 1 0 1 continents trying to do her late fa-
Spain 0 1 0 1 ther Michael proud. She ran across
Belgium 0 0 1 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
Antarctica and up Machu Picchu at
Poland 0 0 1 1 14, and later skied the Alps and the
Rockies, driven by his memory and
SATURDAY’S MEDALISTS the determination to spare other
BIATHLON
families the pain she and her fam-
ily endured.
Men’s 10km sprint
Gold — Johannes Thingnes Boe, Norway
She has refused to be deterred by
Silver — Quentin Fillon Maillet, France
a torn ACL or seven facial fractures
Bronze — Tarjei Boe, Norway that required reconstructive sur-
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
gery. After the surgery, a bandage
covered the right side of her face.
Women’s 4 x 5km relay
Gold — ROC (Yulia Stupak, Natalia
“NEVER GIVE IN,” her mother
Nepryaeva, Tatiana Sorina, Veronika wrote on it, summing up her
Stepanova) daughter.
Silver — Germany (Katherine Sauerbrey,
Katharina Hennig, Victoria Carl, Sofie
And this evening, the journey and
Krehl) Michael’s spirit will lead Vinecki,
Bronze — Sweden (Maja Dahlqvist, 23, to the top of Genting Snow Park
Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Jonna
Sundling)
A&M Stadium, where she faces the RICK BOWMER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SNOWBOARD
Mixed team snowboard cross
Gold — United States (Nick Baumgart-
ner, Lindsey Jacobellis)
Silver — Italy (Omar Visintin, Michela
Moioli)
Bronze — Canada (Eliot Grondin, Mery-
eta Odine)
SKI JUMPING
Men’s large hill individual
Gold — Marius Lindvik, Norway
Silver — Ryoyu Kobayashi, Japan
Bronze — Karl Geiger, Germany
SKELETON
Women
Gold — Hannah Neise, Germany
Silver — Jaclyn Narracott, Australia
Bronze — Kimberley Bos, Netherlands
SPEED SKATING
Men’s 500m
Gold — Tingyu Gao, China
Silver — Min Kyu Cha, South Korea
Bronze — Wataru Morishige, Japan
MEN’S HOCKEY
Group A
W LO TW OTL P
ts GF GA
United States 2 0 0 0 6 12 2
Canada 1 1 0 0 3 5 1
Germany
China
1 1 0 0 3 4 7
0 2 0 0 0 2 11
Group B
ROC 2 0 0 1 7 8 6
Denmark 2 1 0 0 6 7 6
Czech Republic 0 1 2 0 4 9 8
Switzerland 0 2 0 1 1 4 8
Group C
Finland 2 0 0 0 6 9 3
Sweden 2 0 0 0 6 7 3
Latvia 0 2 0 0 0 3 6
Slovakia 0 2 0 0 0 3 10
Friday’s results
Czech Republic 2, Switzerland 1, Czech
Republic wins 1-0 in shootout
Sweden 4, Slovakia 1
Finland 3, Latvia 1
United States 4, Canada 2
Saturday’s results
Germany 3, China 2
Czech Republic 6, ROC 5, OT
Denmark 5, Switzerland 3
Slovakia vs. Latvia, late
Today’s games
Finland vs. Sweden, 12:40 a.m.
China vs. Canada, 5:10 a.m.
United States vs. Germany, 5:10 a.m.
Note: The playoff round begins Tuesday.
The first round will match up the fifth
through 12th teams. The top four teams
receive byes until the quarterfinals.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday’s result
United States 4, Czech Republic 1
Friday’s results
Canada 11, Sweden 0
Switzerland 4, ROC 2
Saturday’s result
Finland 7, Japan 1
SEMIFINALS
Today
Canada vs. Switzerland, 8:10 p.m.
Monday
United States vs. Finland, 5:10 a.m.
Olympic Games women’s aerials
competition, and the stage she has
dreamed of since she was 9.
Vinecki has come to the Beijing
Olympics to not only chase a medal
but to use the Games’ global stage
as an opportunity to raise aware-
ness for prostate cancer.
Team Winter (www.teamwin-
ter.org), a nonprofit foundation Vi-
necki and her mother, Dr. Dawn
Estelle, set up when Winter was 9,
has raised more than $500,000 for
prostate cancer research.
“I’ve always dreamed of going to
the Olympics and competing on the
biggest stage in the world,” she said.
“When I was younger, it was always
more gratifying knowing that I was
crossing the finishing line not just
for myself but for a cause. So it’s re-
ally amazing knowing that I’m out
there raising awareness for pros-
tate cancer, but in general inspir-
ing kids and adults to do something
for a cause so it’s not just for them-
selves.”
Honoring her dad
The feeling of the loss never goes
away.
“Sometimes it feels like a lifetime
ago that he was here and passed
away,” Vinecki said, “and other
times it feels just like yesterday.”
Michael Vinecki was diagnosed
with a rare and aggressive form of
prostate cancer on his 40th birth-
day. Winter, the second of his and
Estelle’s four children, was just 9.
The family lived in the small
town of Gaylord, Michigan, about
an hour south of the Mackinac
Bridge that connects the state’s two
peninsulas, on 200 acres next her
grandparents’ 2,000-acre potato
and carrot farm.
For years, Winter Vinecki
thought her name was the result
of her December birthdate. Later
she learned it was because Estelle
“thought winter was the most beau-
tiful season.” If her older brother,
Yukon, had been born a girl, he
would have been named Winter.
“And his birthday is in May,” Vi-
necki said.
Estelle was a runner and triath-
lete. Trips to her races were family
adventures. A race in Canada had
a kids’ event and Vinecki hopped
FIGURE SKATING
Winter Vinecki will compete today in women’s freestyle aerials at the Winter Olympics. She is trying to become
only the third female from America to take home Olympic gold in the individual aerials event.
in. Before long, she was joining
her mother in road races. She was
5 when she did her first triathlon.
The mother and daughter were
competing in a race in Florida that
offered participants an opportunity
to raise money for a cause of their
choosing. Vinecki chose childhood
obesity. She decided to set up Team
Winter to raise money and aware-
ness for the issue after returning
to Michigan.
Michael Vinecki’s interests were
more musical. He played in a polka
band. Eventually he decided to fol-
low his wife and daughter in tri-
athlons. He purchased his first tri-
athlon bike shortly before his 40th
birthday.
He never had a chance to race
on it.
Michael and Dawn were open
with their children about his diag-
nosis.
As well as his prospects.
“They didn’t try to hide informa-
tion from us just because we were
so young,” Vinecki said.
She decided to shift the focus of
Team Winter from childhood obe-
sity to prostate cancer.
“When my dad was going
through prostate cancer, there
wasn’t much awareness of it,” she
said. “It was more common than
breast cancer at the time, but the
men didn’t want to talk about it, so
a 9-year-old girl at the time was go-
ing to talk about it for them.”
And talk she did. Handing out
blue Team Winter wristbands at
races, imploring dads and grand-
fathers during talks at races to get
tested regularly during physicals.
And she and Estelle raised
money. A lot of money. By the end
of the first year, Team Winter had
collected more than $100,000.
Ten months after being diag-
nosed, Michael Vinecki died at 41.
His daughter channeled even
more energy into the foundation.
It was her way of fighting back
against the disease and heartache.
“I think it made it so I felt I had
a way to honor my dad,” she said,
“and do something so I wasn’t just
bottling up all these feelings and
being sad all the time. I was able
to do something about it.”
After Michael’s death, Estelle
moved the family to Salem, Ore-
gon. Vinecki took up alpine skiing
on Mount Bachelor in the Cascades.
She and Estelle also continued run-
ning marathons and raising aware-
ness. They completed marathons in
Mongolia and Kenya and traced the
route of Pheidippides in Greece.
Vinecki finished the Antarc-
tica Marathon in March 2013 and
then won the Andes Adventure In-
cas Trail Marathon, climbing two
peaks at over 13,000 feet in eleva-
tion to Machu Picchu and setting
a course record. She was 14, the
youngest person to finish a mara-
thon on seven continents.
Vinecki was at an awards cere-
mony in the fall of 2011, being rec-
ognized for her foundation, when
she was approached by Emily Cook,
a three-time Olympian in freestyle
skiing. Vinecki’s speech at the event
resonated with Cook, who had lost
her mother at a young age.
Cook invited Vinecki to Park
City, Utah, to try freestyle skiing.
“How could I say no?” Vinecki re-
called.
Overcoming obstacles
The following summer, Vinecki
was in Park City for a Team USA
prospects camp doing backflips off
a ramp into training pool. “Had a
ton a fun,” she said.
Vinecki was offered a scholarship
to cover her training expenses
“I moved out there a couple weeks
later,” she said.
By the summer of 2017, Vinecki
seemed to be on track to qualify for
the Olympic Games in South Korea
the following winter. But while try-
ing to learn a new trick in train-
ing in August 2017, Vinecki lost her
balance and landed face first in the
pool. After a few moments, she rose
to the surface of the water.
Face down.
The right side of her face was
shattered. Doctors had to place a ti-
tanium plate under her eyelid and
another in her lower cheeks.
Vinecki again refused to be
stopped. Four weeks after her re-
constructive surgery, she was back
training for the 2018 Games. Then
just weeks before the Games, she
tore her ACL at an Olympic qual-
ifying competition in Deer Valley.
Her Olympic dreams would have
to wait.
Her breakthrough finally came
last season with a World Cup vic-
tory in Moscow. She followed that
with podium finishes the next two
weeks.
“That was huge for me,” she said.
This season, she posted fifth-
place finishes on back-to-back week-
ends at World Cup events in Fin-
land.
“My strength comes from trying
to be the best that I can be, no mat-
ter what I’m doing,” Vinecki said.
“Whether it’s running marathons,
doing a fundraiser for my foun-
dation or aerial skiing, no matter
what, I want to give 110 percent and
know that I’m giving it my all.
“Another thing that my strength
comes from was losing my dad at
a young age. Seeing all the things
that he never got the chance to do,
I really want to take advantage of
every opportunity that I have and
to really live each day like it’s my
last and not wait until tomorrow to
do things that I’m capable of doing
today.”
Monday evening, she will stand
atop the Olympic hill, her big-
gest opportunity yet before her, a
blue Team Winter wristband tight
against her pulse, other memories
of Michael even closer.
“Most of what I carry about him
is in my heart,” she said.
Then she will take off, attacking
a series of obstacles, fearless and
driven by the spirit of her father.
“I’ve got to think some part of
him is up there watching down,
giving me a big smile,” she said. “I
think he would think it was pretty
crazy and also pretty cool that I’m
getting to to fly around through
the sky.”
Brushing up against heaven.

SATURDAY’S SCORES
CURLING
Men
Sweden 7, Canada 6
South Korea 9, ROC 5
Japan 8, Denmark 7
Japan 10, ROC 5
Switzerland 8, Denmark 5
Britain 10, United States 5
China 9, Sweden 6
China 12, Italy 9
Sweden 7, Canada 4
Switzerland 8, Denmark 6
Norway 7, United States 6
Women
Sweden 7, Canada 6
South Korea 9, ROC 5
Japan 8, Denmark 7
Japan 10, ROC 5
Switzerland 8, Denmark 5
Britain 10, United States 5
China 9, Sweden 6
SPEEDSKATING
Men’s 500m
1. Gao Tingyu, China, 34.32.
2. Cha Min Kyu, South Korea, 34.39.
3. Wataru Morishige, Japan, 34.49.
4. Laurent Dubreuil, Canada, 34.522.
5. Piotr Michalski, Poland, 34.524.
6. Kim Junho, South Korea, 34.54.
7. Artem Arefyev, ROC, 34.56.
8. Yuma Murakami, Japan, 34.57.
9. Viktor Mushtakov, ROC, 34.60.
10. Ruslan Murashov, ROC, 34.63.
11. Damian Zurek, Poland, 34.734.
12. Merijn Scheperkamp, Netherlands,
34.736.
13. Jordan Stolz, United States, 34.85.
14. Kai Verbij, Netherlands, 34.87.
15. Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen,
Norway, 34.921.
France’s Papadakis, Cizeron open lead in ice dance
By Dave Skretta
The Associated Press
BEIJING >> Many thought Gabriella
Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron
deserved to stand atop the podium
four years ago in Pyeongchang,
when they were edged by their
longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and
Scott Moir in one of the tightest
Olympic ice dance competition in
history.
The four-time world champions
from France aren’t planning to
leave anything in doubt in Beijing.
Once more merging their unique
combination of technical skill and
balletic grace, Papadakis and Cize-
ron broke their own world record
in the rhythm dance Saturday
night. Their score of 90.83 points
gives them a welcome buffer over
their closest rivals, Victoria Sinit-
sina and Nikita Katsalapov, head-
ing into the free dance.
“It couldn’t be more different
because we were pretty disap-
pointed four years ago and we’re
very happy now,” Papadakis said.
Sinitsina and Katsalapov, the
reigning world champions from
Russia, scored 88.84 points to stay
within striking distance of gold.
Then came the U.S. contin-
gent: Madison Hubbell and Zach-
ary Donohue, who just missed the
medals four years ago, scored 87.13
points to their “Rhythm Nation”
program while Madison Chock
and Evan Bates scored 84.14 points
as they attempt to finally crack the
podium in their third Olympics to-
gether.
The two American teams are al-
ready assured of at least one medal
from Beijing after helping take sil-
ver in the team event last week.
That could eventually be upgraded
to gold depending on the outcome
of a Russian doping inquiry.
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan
Bukin were the first to post a real
target for everyone else Saturday
night. The Russians scored 84.09,
just off their season best set at the
European championships, to their
pop mashup of The Backstreet
Boys, Shawn Mendes and Justin
Bieber.
The lead lasted through Brit-
ain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
and until Papadakis and Cizeron
took the ice.
The four-time world champi-
ons showed why they have been
nearly unbeatable during the past
four years, losing only once, at the
2020 European championships.
With sharp edges and crisp turns,
Papadakis and Cizeron seemed to
float across the ice of the historic
Capital Indoor Stadium, finally
breaking through what had been
some stingy scoring.
The two graceful technicians re-
ceived Level 3 marks for their mid-
line step and pattern dance and
Level 4s — the highest mark pos-
sible — for everything else, giving
them a record score and sending
them into first place.
“I think we’ve been waiting for
four years now, but then the last,
you know, a couple days, couple
of hours, couple of minutes, you
know, then it was flight time,” Ciz-
eron said. “And once we were in
the air, you know, everything dis-
appeared and there was just, you
know, momentum.”
That one team that beat Papada-
kis and Cizeron a couple years back?
Sinitsina and Katsalapov.
With an edgy program high-
lighted by “Brickhouse” by the 1970s
and ‘80s American funk and soul
band The Commodores, the reign-
ing world champions rocked their
way through a strong program.
They also earned Level 3s for their
midline step and pattern dance and
received a score of 88.85 to keep in
contention.
“We were really thinking of every
edge we did in both footworks,” Kat-
salapov said. “And sometimes when
you see the reviews, you think it’s
clean, and sometimes on their re-
views, it can be not clean at all. So
I think judges were fair because we
tried our best.”
Chock and Bates, who is appear-
ing in his fourth Olympics after
teaming up with Emily Samuelson
in 2010, had some shaky moments
during their rhythm dance. Chock
fought to hang onto a significant
bobble, and their Level 2 marks for
their midline step left them playing
catchup for a medal.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, the
world bronze medalists from Can-
ada, also struggled through their
midline step sequence. That left
them behind Stepanova and Bukin
in sixth place.
“Our score was a bit lower than
we hoped,” Chock said. “We need to
look at the protocol and see where
we lost some levels. That’s proba-
bly where it was. But yeah, it’s not
over yet.”
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B SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
GOLF
Sam Ryder acknowledges a rowdy gallery after making a hole-in-one on hole No. 16 in the third round of the Phoenix Open.
Ryder aces 16th, Theegala
holds Phoenix Open lead
By The Associated Press
Sam Ryder brought
down the house with a
hole-in-one on the stadium
16th hole Saturday in the
WM Phoenix Open, where
newcomer Sahith Theeg-
ala topped a leaderboard
as crowded as the course.
Ryder’s wedge shot on the
124-yard hole landed just
right and short, bounced
a couple of times, spun left
and tumbled in. The rowdy
fans on the 17,000-seat hole
threw drinks in the air in
celebration and littered the
turf with bottles, cans and
cups, leading to about a
15-minute delay.
“I don’t know how I could
pick a hole over this one,”
said Ryder, eight strokes be-
hind Theegala after an even-
par 71. “I don’t think there’s
any hole that has the elec-
tricity that this one has.”
Ryder’s first tour ace was
the 10th at No. 16 since the
tournament moved to the
course in 1997 and first since
Francesco Molinari in the
third round in 2015. Tiger
Woods did it in 1997 before
grandstands ringed the hole.
“It just ended up being a
perfect 54-degree wedge,”
Ryder said. “Everything al-
ways plays a little shorter
UFC 271
Bobby Green, left, and Germany’s Nasrat Haqparast trade punches in their lightweight fight during UFC 271
at Toyota Center on Saturday night in Houston. Green, who was born in San Bernardino, won by unanimous
decision. In the main event, Israel Adesanya won by unanimous decision against Robert Whittaker to defend
his UFC middleweight title. For more from UFC 271, go to ocregister.com/sports.
in there, adrenaline or
whatever it is.”
With around 200,000 fans
packing firm and fast TPC
Scottsdale on another sunny,
80-degree day in the Valley
of the Sun, Theegala over-
came a double bogey on the
par-4 second to shoot a 69.
“What a day,” Theeg-
ala said. “So many ups and
downs. I mean, it was wild.”
Making his event debut
on a sponsor exemption,
Theegala had a 14-under 199
total for a one-stroke lead
over defending champion
Brooks Koepka. FedEx Cup
champion Patrick Cantlay,
Xander Schauffele, Scottie
Scheffler and Talor Gooch
were another stroke back.
“I’m really exhausted
right now,” Theegala said.
“Probably, I hit it in the
desert five times. I got my
ball stepped on twice, got
my ball picked up twice.
Very draining, for sure.”
Theegala is trying to be-
come the first player to win
on a sponsor exemption since
Martin Laird in the 2020
Shriners Children’s Open.
The 24-year-old Indian-
American grew up in Chino
Hills and starred at Pepper-
dine. In 2020, he swept the
three major college player of
the year awards.
He’s playing for the fifth
straight week, with his par-
ents and some family mem-
bers attending the last four
in California and Arizona.
“It was hard to see them,”
Theegala said. “Just en-
gulfed in the sea of people.”
After hitting the lip of
a fairway bunker en route
to the double bogey on No.
2, Theegala had birdies on
Nos. 6, 7 and 8. He dropped
a shot on the 11th, birdied
the par-5 13th and holed a
15-footer on the par-4 17th.
“Obviously, really bad
start and proud of the way I
fought back there,” he said.
“But still trying to take it all
in. There’s just is so much
going on there, too. Which
is a good thing. I really en-
joyed the fans out there.”
Koepka had a 68. The
four-time major champion
is the last player to win the
event in his first appear-
ance, doing it in 2015.
“I’m playing solid, so
just go out and go play a
good round tomorrow and
see what happens,” Koepka
said. “Just need to keep put-
ting it the way I did. I feel
confident. I like where my
game’s at, and we’ll see.”
Scheffler flirted with his
second 59 before settling for
a 62. Seeking his first tour
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victory, he began the day
nine shots behind Theegala.
Scheffler played his first
nine in 7-under 27, and
added two birdies on his
second nine. He was the
last player on the tour to
shoot 59, doing it in the
2020 Northern Trust. Jim
Furyk is the only player to
break 60 twice in the PGA
Tour, shooting 58 and 59.
T he fou r t h-r a n ke d
Cantlay, also making his
first start in the event, had
a 68. Gooch birdied the last
three holes for a 67, making
a 40-footer on 18.
Schauffele, the leader at
14 under at the turn, shot
69. He made a double bogey
after driving into the water
on the par-4 11th.
DP Tour
Ryan Fox will take a
six-shot lead into the fi-
nal round of the Ras Al
Khaimah Classic as he goes
in search of his first win on
the European tour.
The 211th-ranked New
Zealander shot 7-under 65
in the third round for a 54-
hole total of 19-under 197.
Pablo Larrazabal (68),
Adri Arnaus (66), Adrian
Meronk (64) and Scott Ja-
mieson (65) are tied for sec-
ond at Al Hamra Golf Club.
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SPORTSWIRE
Villeneuve to risk
reputation to run
in Daytona 500
By The Associated Press
Jacques Villeneuve tried
14 years ago to race the
Daytona 500 to add to his
storied racing resume. He
failed to make the field and
moved on with his career.
Now he’s returning to
Day tona International
Speedway to give it another
shot. The Canadian will at-
tempt to qualify for the big-
gest race on the NASCAR
calendar next week for a
team trying to work its way
to the top of stock car racing.
Why would a 50-year-old
former Formula One cham-
pion and Indianapolis 500
winner even bother?
“The Daytona 500 is one
of the three big races on
the planet,” Villeneuve said.
“You have the Le Mans 24,
the Indy 500 and Daytona,
so that’s one reason for do-
ing it. And you know, you
have a good race, then you
end up doing a few more?”
Villeneuve captured the
Indy 500 in 1995 and two
years later was the F1 cham-
pion. He spent 11 seasons at
the top level of motorsports.
When he lost his F1 seat at
the end of 2006, he simply
searched for new racing op-
portunities.
His journey took him to
Talladega Superspeedway
for a 21st-place finish in
his NASCAR debut in 2007,
five races in the Xfinity Se-
ries at the Montreal road
course named after his late
father, and seven Truck Se-
ries races. Villeneuve raced
in a handful of NASCAR
feeder series, in supercars,
in Formula E and finally
two seasons in the NASCAR
Whelen Euro Series.
Now he’s trying to help
Team Hezeberg launch its
program and hopes to qual-
ify his way into his first Cup
race since 2013 at Sonoma.
Team Hezberg is a new col-
laborative effort between for-
mer sports car driver Toine
Hezemans, Dutch business-
man Ernst Berg and Reaume
Brothers Racing.
The team is planning a
partial schedule this sea-
son that focuses on the six
road course races on the
2022 Cup schedule. Loris
Hezemans, son of the team
owner, has been announced
as the primary driver but
the 24-year-old is not ap-
proved to race at Daytona.
And that’s where Ville-
neuve, who counts four Cup
races among his 20 starts
across NASCAR’s national se-
ries, entered the picture. He
drives for the team in Europe
alongside the younger Heze-
mans and agreed to help with
the Daytona 500 effort.
“I’ve never stopped racing.
I’ve never stopped wanting
to race in NASCAR, which
is why I was racing a little
bit in Europe,” he said. “But
now with the European team,
coming in with a Heisenberg,
we got in contact so they
were wanting the general
experience. It’s not everyone
who wants to drive for an un-
qualified car. It’s a tough en-
deavor and it is a small team.
But there are good chances
that we make the show.”
The No. 27 Ford will be
among six expected entries
trying to claim one of four
open spots in the 40-car
field. Villeneuve can make
the show either through
time trials on Wednes-
day night, or in Thursday
night’s qualifying races. He
said the situation reminds
him of the start of his ca-
reer racing Formula 3 in
Italy and under immense
pressure to make the field.
“If you don’t make Day-
tona, having won F1 and the
Indy 500, I guess it could be
a bit difficult,” he said. “If
you don’t make the show,
you just damage yourself.
Basically you damage your
reputation, you can damage
the 30 years of hard work
you put into your career. So
there’s always a big risk in-
volved in that aspect.
“But I just love racing.
I’m passionate. I’m alive
when I’m behind a steering
wheel and the bigger the
race, the better.”
SOCCER
Chelsea captures
quire COVID-19 booster shots
Club World Cup for players with minor league
Chelsea extended Europe’s contracts in order to partici-
domination of the Club World pate in spring training.
Cup by beating Palmeiras 2-1
after extra time in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, to win
the intercontinental title for
the first time.
Kai Havertz, the forward
who scored Chelsea’s winner
in last season’s Champions
League final, proved the man
for the big occasion again by
converting the game-clinch-
ing penalty with three min-
utes left in extra time.
Romelu Lukaku gave
Chelsea the lead in the 55th
minute in the final, only for
Raphael Veiga to equalize
nine minutes later.
European champion,
UEFA Super Cup winner and
now club world champion. It
has been quite the start to
the tenure of Thomas Tuchel,
who made it to the final hav-
ing missed the semifinals
while isolating after con-
tracting the coronavirus.
Chelsea is the ninth
straight European winner
of the title, dating to 2013.
The last team from Europe
to lose in the final? Chelsea,
to Corinthians in 2012.
Palmeiras is the Copa
Libertadores champion.
TENNIS
Opelka outlasts Isner
to reach Dallas final
Reilly Opelka won the lon-
gest tiebreaker in ATP Tour
history to finish a straight-
sets win over John Isner and
advance to the final of the in-
augural Dallas Open.
The second-seeded Opelka
sent a winner down the line
for a 24-22 tiebreaker vic-
tory in the second set to se-
cure the 7-6 (7), 7-6 (22) win
over Isner, the No. 3 seed and
de facto tournament host at
the SMU facility about a mile
from his house.
Opelka will face Jenson
Brooksby, 21, in the title
match after he saved four
match points to edge Mar-
cos Giron, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(5).
• Top-seeded Stefanos
Tsitsipas rallied past a
qualifier at the Rotterdam
hard-court indoor tourna-
ment in the Netherlands to
reach his first final since the
French Open last June.
Tsitsipas ended Czech
qualifier Jiri Lehecka’s run
by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. He will face
Felix Auger-Aliassime in to-
day’s final after the third
seed came back from one
set down to beat defending
champion Andrey Rublev.
Tsitsipas was made
to work for nearly two
hours by the 137th-ranked
Lehecka, who previously
upset Denis Shapovalov.
Tsitsipas said he did not
expect such an aggressive
display from Lehecka.
“He was really pushing
me,” Tsitsipas said. “I did
not know what to expect,
so I was trying to figure out
his patterns and his game.
He was playing incredibly
well after the first serve,
pressing and attacking like
I had never seen before. I
had to stay in the match
and I managed to survive.”
Lehecka, 20, was the
lowest-ranked Rotterdam
semifinalist since 1995 and
Omar Camporese, who was
ranked 225th.
Chasing a maiden ATP ti-
tle, Auger-Aliassime hit 41
winners, including 11 aces,
and won 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2.
• Top-seeded players
Casper Ruud and Diego
Schwartzman will play in
today’s final of the Argen-
tina Open. Ruud beat Ar-
gentinian Federico Delbo-
nis 6-3, 6-3. Hours later,
Schwartzman topped third-
seeded player Lorenzo So-
nego of Italy 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
• Maria Sakkari will face
Anett Kontaveit in the final
of the St. Petersburg (Rus-
sia) Ladies Trophy after the
top-seeded players came
through the semifinals.
Sakkari defeated Irina-
Camelia Begu of Romania
6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4, while the
second-seeded Kontaveit
had a easier path to the fi-
nal by beating Jelena Osta-
penko 6-3, 6-4.
BASEBALL
White Sox minor
leaguers need booster
The Chicago White Sox re-
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College basketball Odds Golf

Saturday’s results MIDWEST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK Stewart Cink...................... 67-71-70—208 -5 Adri Arnaus......................70-67-66—203 -13
Belmont 81, SE Missouri 72 PGA TOUR WASTE MANAGEMENT Lucas Glover......................73-65-70—208 -5 Adrian Meronk.................71-68-64—203 -13
MEN Bradley 68, Drake 59 PHOENIX OPEN Zach Johnson.....................69-70-69—208 -5 Scott Jamieson............... 72-66-65—203 -13
College Basketball
Butler 85, Marquette 79 Austin Eckroat.................. 70-69-69—208 -5 Robert Macintyre............66-70-68—204 -12
AP TOP 25 Favorite Line Underdog At TPC Scottsdale
Cleveland St. 83, IUPUI 45 Brian Stuard...................... 71-69-68—208 -5 Masahiro Kawamura..... 68-68-68—204 -12
No. 1 Auburn 75, Texas A&M 58 Scottsdale, Ariz. Martin Trainer.................. 71-69-68—208 -5 Marcel Siem, Germany..71-69-64—204 -12
Dayton 80, George Washington 54 UConn 3 1/2 at Saint John’s (ny)
No. 2 Gonzaga 74, No. 22 Saint Mary’s 58 Purse: $8.2 Million Russell Henley.................. 71-69-68—208 -5 Jason Scrivener...............66-69-70—205 -11
E. Illinois 82, UT Martin 70 at Wright State 5 1/2 Northern Kentucky
No. 4 Arizona 92, Washington 68 Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71 Ryan Moore........................69-71-68—208 -5 George Coetzee..............70-68-67—205 -11
Fort Wayne 73, Ill.-Chicago 66 at Iona 8 1/2 Monmouth
No. 5 Kentucky 78, Florida 57 Third Round Si Woo Kim.........................70-68-71—209 -4 Jazz Janewattananond.. 67-70-68—205 -11
Indiana St. 60, Illinois St. 57 at Oakland 8 1/2 Detroit Mercy
Memphis 65, No. 6 Houston 59 Kansas 71, Oklahoma 69 Sahith Theegala............. 66-64-69—199 -14 Kramer Hickok...................70-67-72—209 -4 Connor Syme...................69-67-69—205 -11
at Rider 2 1/2 Siena
No. 7 Duke 72, Boston College 61 Kansas St. 75, Iowa St. 69, OT Brooks Koepka............... 66-66-68—200 -13 Cameron Young................ 68-69-72—209 -4 Marcus Armitage............ 67-72-66—205 -11
at Purdue 15 Maryland
No. 8 Kansas 71, Oklahoma 69 Scottie Scheffler............. 68-71-62—201 -12 Branden Grace................. 68-69-72—209 -4 Matthieu Pavon............... 68-70-67—205 -11
Miami (Ohio) 94, Bowling Green 78 at Milwaukee 5 Green Bay
No. 9 Texas Tech 82, TCU 69 Patrick Cantlay................67-66-68—201 -12 K.H. Lee............................... 65-70-74—209 -4 Marcus Helligkilde..........72-66-67—205 -11
Michigan St. 76, Indiana 61 at Quinnipiac 5 Manhattan
No. 10 Baylor 80, No. 20 Texas 63 Talor Gooch......................70-64-67—201 -12 Joseph Bramlett................ 73-66-71—210 -3 Ross Fisher...................... 70-69-66—205 -11
Minnesota 76, Penn St. 70 UAB 8 at Old Dominion
No. 11 Providence 76, DePaul 73, OT Xander Schauffele..........67-65-69—201 -12 Carlos Ortiz........................ 69-67-74—210 -3 Alexander Bjork.............. 67-69-70—206 -10
Missouri 74, Mississippi 68 at Iowa 16 1/2 Nebraska Kevin Kisner....................... 67-69-74—210 -3
No. 21 USC 67, No. 12 UCLA 64 Hideki Matsuyama........ 68-68-66—202 -11 Sebastian Soderberg..... 66-71-69—206 -10
Missouri St. 84, Valparaiso 66 at Illinois 10 N’western Keegan Bradley................. 68-68-74—210 -3 David Law........................ 69-69-68—206 -10
Rutgers 73, No. 14 Wisconsin 65 Tom Hoge.........................69-66-67—202 -11
Ohio 74, E. Michigan 56 at Mid. Tenn. 7 1/2 Charlotte Jordan Spieth..................... 70-69-72—211 -2 Frederic Lacroix..............73-67-66—206 -10
No. 15 Villanova 73, Seton Hall 67 Max Homa....................... 69-65-68—202 -11
Ohio St. 68, Michigan 57 at UTEP 6 1/2 Marshall Hudson Swafford...............71-69-71—211 -2 Maximilian Kieffer............68-68-71—207 -9
No. 16 Ohio St. 68, Michigan 57 Alex Noren........................ 67-68-67—202 -11
Oral Roberts 91, UMKC 86 at Loyola Chi. 8 Northern Iowa Adam Hadwin................. 66-68-68—202 -11 Sung Kang...........................70-70-71—211 -2 Oliver Bekker.....................73-62-72—207 -9
No. 17 Michigan St. 76, Indiana 61 Rutgers 73, Wisconsin 65 at Boise State 2 1/2 Colorado State Garrick Higgo..................70-69-64—203 -10 Brice Garnett..................... 69-69-74—212 -1 Zander Lombard...............72-63-72—207 -9
Butler 85, No. 18 Marquette 79 S. Dakota St. 82, Omaha 61 Keith Mitchell................... 69-69-66—204 -9 Luke List.............................73-66-73—212 -1 Julien Guerrier...................68-69-70—207 -9
No. 19 Tennessee 73, Vanderbilt 64 S. Illinois 69, Evansville 62 NBA Rory Sabbatini.................. 69-68-67—204 -9 Francesco Molinari........... 70-69-73—212 -1 Laurie Canter.....................69-68-70—207 -9
No. 23 Murray St. 57, Morehead St. 53 Toledo 100, N. Illinois 72 Doug Ghim...........................69-71-72—212 -1
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Louis Oosthuizen.............. 67-70-67—204 -9 Rasmus Hojgaard.............69-68-70—207 -9
FAR WEST W. Illinois 70, North Dakota 68 Matt Jones.......................... 72-68-72—212 -1 Thriston Lawrence...........72-68-67—207 -9
Brendon Todd................... 68-69-67—204 -9
Arizona 92, Washington 68 W. Michigan 77, Cent. Michigan 63 at Boston OFF Off Atlanta Stephan Jaeger.................. 73-67-72—212 -1 Hurly Long.......................... 67-70-71—208 -8
Bubba Watson.................. 67-69-68—204 -9
Arizona St. 58, Washington St. 55 Wichita St. 73, South Florida 69 at Indiana OFF Off Minnesota Billy Horschel................... 67-69-68—204 -9 Kevin Tway.......................... 68-70-75—213 E Justin Harding...................68-67-73—208 -8
BYU 91, Pepperdine 85 SOUTHWEST Patton Kizzire................... 71-65-68—204 -9 Sepp Straka......................... 72-68-73—213 E Richard Bland.................... 66-71-71—208 -8
California 78, Oregon 64 NFL Harry Higgs....................... 66-72-76—214 +1
Abilene Christian 77, Tarleton St. 63 Matt Fitzpatrick............... 70-68-67—205 -8 Lukas Nemecza................ 69-69-70—208 -8
Cal St. Northridge 71, Cal St. Bakersfield 65 Super Bowl LVI
Baylor 80, Texas 63 Scott Stallings...................67-70-68—205 -8 Joel Dahmen..................... 71-69-74—214 +1 Oliver Farr..........................67-72-69—208 -8
Colorado 81, Utah 76 Memphis 69, Houston 59 Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Justin Thomas...................67-70-68—205 -8 Peter Malnati.................... 69-71-75—215 +2 Joost Luiten........................66-72-70—208 -8
Dixie St. 61, Grand Canyon 60 North Texas 67, Rice 44 Jon Rahm............................67-70-68—205 -8 Charley Hoffman.............. 67-72-79—218 +5 Fabrizio Zanotti.................72-67-69—208 -8
Rams 4 (48 1/2) at Cincinnati
E. Washington 75, Idaho St. 72 Oklahoma St. 81, West Virginia 58 Chris Kirk........................... 70-66-69—205 -8 James Morrison.................69-72-67—208 -8
Gonzaga 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal.) 58 NHL J.T. Poston......................... 69-66-70—205 -8 Haotong Li..........................69-71-68—208 -8
Prairie View 84, Southern U. 77 DP WORLD TOUR RAS AL
Idaho 83, Weber St. 79 Favorite Line Underdog Martin Laird.......................70-67-69—206 -7 Francesco Laporta...........66-69-74—209 -7
Texas Southern 68, Grambling St. 65 KHAIMAH CLASSIC
Montana 85, Portland St. 76 Brian Harman....................68-68-70—206 -7 Yannik Paul........................ 66-71-72—209 -7
Texas Tech 82, TCU 69 at Washington -280/+225 Ottawa
Montana St. 72, N. Arizona 70 Abraham Ancer................. 68-67-71—206 -7 At Al Hamra Golf Cours Wade Ormsby....................69-68-72—209 -7
Tulsa 83, Cincinnati 77 at Montreal -111/-108 Buffalo
Portland 86, LMU 76 Adam Scott....................... 68-70-69—207 -6 Mike Lorenzo-Vera...........69-68-72—209 -7
W. Kentucky 71, UTSA 65 Pittsburgh -192/+158 at New Jersey Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
S. Utah 83, Sacramento St. 57 Sebastian Munoz..............70-67-70—207 -6 David Drysdale.................. 66-71-72—209 -7
Colorado -156/+130 at Dallas Purse: $2 million
Sam Houston St. 72, Chicago St. 59 Corey Conners.................. 72-66-69—207 -6 Tapio Pulkkanen................ 70-67-72—209 -7
Yardage: 7,325; Par: 72
San Diego 60, Pacific 54 WOMEN Kevin Chappell................. 70-69-68—207 -6
Third Round
Maverick Antcliff.............. 67-70-72—209 -7
Troy Merritt........................72-67-68—207 -6 Sami Valimaki.................... 73-65-71—209 -7
San Diego St. 76, Air Force 64
San Francisco 74, Santa Clara 58
AP TOP 25 Tennis Sam Ryder..........................72-64-71—207 -6 Ryan Fox...........................63-69-65—197 -19 Daniel Von Tonder............. 70-68-71—209 -7
No. 7 Indiana 76, Michigan State 58 Russell Knox......................72-68-67—207 -6 Pablo Larrazabal.............68-67-68—203 -13 Shaun Norris...................... 67-72-70—209 -7
Seattle 76, Lamar 50
No. 9 Iowa St. 93, TCU 70 ATP WORLD TOUR DALLAS OPEN
South Dakota 84, Denver 76
Stanford 76, Oregon St. 65
No. 10 Baylor 75, West Virginia 57
No. 16 Texas 78, No. 12 Oklahoma 63 At Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex,
NBA
UC San Diego 85, UC Riverside 62
No. 20 BYU 84, Saint Mary’s 69 Dallas
UC Santa Barbara 69, Cal Poly 64 Individual Leaders — through Friday Bridges, CHA 55 410 176 1096 19.9 Nurkic, POR 53 154 421 575 10.85
Stetson 58, No. 22 Fla. Gulf Coast 55 Purse: $708,530
Utah Valley St. 72, New Mexico St. 68 Garland, CLE 45 342 98 896 19.9 Wood, HOU 52 91 443 534 10.27
FAR WEST Surface: Hardcourt indoor SCORING AVERAGE
Wyoming 74, San Jose St. 52 Murray, SA 49 400 104 968 19.8 Carter, ORL 48 98 389 487 10.15
BYU 84, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 69 SINGLES G FG FT Pts Avg
EAST Middleton, MIL 45 300 173 878 19.5
CS Northridge 53, CS Bakersfield 52 Embiid, PHI 43 411 383 1260 29.3 ASSISTS PER GAME
Boston U. 85, American 67
Colorado St. 84, San Jose St. 70 Semifinals Antetknmpo, MIL 47 466 375 1361 29.0 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE G Ast Avg
Brown 81, Cornell 80
Gonzaga 83, San Francisco 82 Reilly Opelka (2), United States, def. Young, ATL 50 468 300 1382 27.6 3FG 3FGA Pct Paul, PHO 55 584 10.6
Buffalo 80, Ball St. 74 John Isner (3), United States, 7-6 (7),
Hawaii 72, Long Beach St. 64 DeRozan, CHI 52 522 354 1431 27.5 Tucker, MIA 70 150 .467 Harden, BKN 44 447 10.2
Creighton 80, Georgetown 66 7-6 (22).
Idaho 82, Weber St. 73 Doncic, DAL 41 391 208 1097 26.8 Johnson, SA 102 233 .438 Young, ATL 50 468 9.4
Fairfield 73, Niagara 53 Jenson Brooksby (4), United States, def.
Idaho St. 79, E. Washington 62 Morant, MEM 44 437 221 1163 26.4 Johnson, PHO 130 300 .433 Murray, SA 49 455 9.3
Fairleigh Dickinson 82, Sacred Heart 75 Marcos Giron (7), United States, 6-4, 6-7
Montana St. 83, N. Arizona 77 Jokic, DEN 49 483 219 1263 25.8 McDermott, SA 90 208 .433 Doncic, DAL 41 373 9.1
Fordham 65, Duquesne 54 (4), 7-6 (5).
Nevada 77, New Mexico 70 Curry, GS 51 424 222 1311 25.7 Williams, BOS 77 178 .433 Garland, CLE 45 365 8.1
Hartford 65, NJIT 49
Pacific 79, Portland 74 Booker, PHO 48 445 207 1224 25.5 Kennard, LAC 125 290 .431 Lowry, MIA 43 349 8.1
Hofstra 80, Delaware 66 DOUBLES
Sacramento St. 71, S. Utah 62 Tatum, BOS 53 471 265 1351 25.5 Muscala, OKC 70 163 .429 Jokic, DEN 49 389 7.9
Holy Cross 78, Bucknell 72
San Diego 63, Pepperdine 53 Semifinals Mitchell, UTA 44 404 166 1117 25.4 Gordon, HOU 100 234 .427 Ball, CHA 50 378 7.6
Howard 85, Delaware St. 72
Santa Clara 62, Loyola Marymount 61 Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Mar- LaVine, CHI 47 411 199 1156 24.6 Ball, CHI 110 260 .423 Westbrook, LAL 55 419 7.6
LIU 99, Bryant 88
UC Davis 66, UC Irvine 51 celo Arevalo-Gonzalez (1), El Salvador, Towns, MIN 49 427 234 1191 24.3 Conley, UTA 123 291 .423 Haliburton, SAC 51 379 7.4
Lafayette 73, Lehigh 69
UC Riverside 68, UC San Diego 48 def. Sam Querrey and Jackson Withrow, Brown, BOS 43 370 163 1015 23.6 REBOUNDS PER GAME VanVleet, TOR 48 341 7.1
Marist 71, Canisius 70
UC Santa Barbara 73, Cal Poly 40 United States, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Beal, WAS 40 348 169 928 23.2 G Off Def Tot Avg Russell, MIN 42 291 6.9
Mass.-Lowell 88, UMBC 71
UNLV 76, San Diego St. 67 Gilgs-Alxndr, OKC 43 334 241 976 22.7 Gobert, UTA 42 154 479 633 15.07 Morant, MEM 44 299 6.8
Merrimack 80, Wagner 65, OT
Utah St. 63, Boise St. 55 ATP WORLD TOUR ABN AMRO Ingram, NO 41 339 189 931 22.7 Jokic, DEN 49 133 538 671 13.69 Beal, WAS 40 265 6.6
Navy 52, Army 49
Utah Valley St. 66, New Mexico St. 32 WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT Harden, BKN 44 292 304 990 22.5 Capela, ATL 47 180 390 570 12.13 Holiday, MIL 44 292 6.6
New Hampshire 69, Binghamton 60
Wyoming 61, Fresno St. 58 Edwards, MIN 50 399 154 1107 22.1 Sabonis, IND 47 155 412 567 12.06 Curry, GS 51 326 6.4
Penn 82, Harvard 74 At Ahoy Rotterdam Siakam, TOR 41 342 165 894 21.8 Vucevic, CHI 49 98 470 568 11.59 Anthony, ORL 43 262 6.1
Pittsburgh 71, NC State 69 Rotterdam, Netherlands VanVleet, TOR 48 350 144 1035 21.6 Giddey, OKC 50 307 6.1
Princeton 85, Dartmouth 40 Transactions Purse: $1,208,315 Fox, SAC 45 359 197 960 21.3
Valanciunas, NO 49 163
Allen, CLE 48 176
404
363
567 11.57
539 11.23 Antetokounmpo, MIL 47 283 6.0
Providence 76, DePaul 73, OT Surface: Hardcourt indoor Herro, MIA 45 336 117 905 20.1 Antetknmpo, MIL 47 86 440 526 11.19 Dinwiddie, WAS 44 256 5.8
Rhode Island 72, Davidson 65
SINGLES Ball, CHA 50 358 152 1001 20.0 Embiid, PHI 43 88 389 477 11.09 White, SA 49 274 5.6
SC State 66, Coppin St. 58 FOOTBALL
St. Francis (NY) 67, CCSU 50 Semifinals
Towson 86, Elon 50 National Football League Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, def. Jiri
UMass 69, Saint Joseph’s 67
Chicago Bears: Signed OL Willie Wright Lehecka, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Santa Anita results
Vermont 76, Albany (NY) 63 Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def.
to a reserve/future contract.
Villanova 73, Seton Hall 67 Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2. Day 24 of a 78-day meet. Pick Three (9-2-1) paid $13.25; Pick Three Pool $79,874; Pick
Cincinnati Bengals: Promoted DT Mike
Yale 84, Columbia 59 DOUBLES Four (2-9-2-1) 1204 tickets with 4 correct paid $123.05; Pick
Daniels and WR Trent Taylor to the ac-
SOUTH tive roster from the practice squad. Four Pool $194,088; Pick Five (4-2-9-2-1) 629 tickets with 5
Alabama 68, Arkansas 67 Semifinals RACE 1 correct paid $782.60; Pick Five Pool $571,752; Daily Double
Las Vegas Raiders: Named Rob Ryan (2-1) paid $16.80; Daily Double Pool $28,484; Exacta (1-9) paid
Alabama A&M 94, MVSU 92, 4OT senior defensive assistant. Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop,
3201 — 1 Mile (Turf). Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies $31.60; Superfecta (1-9-5-4) paid $245.96; Trifecta (1-9-5) paid
Ark.-Pine Bluff 75, Alabama St. 70 Netherlands, def. Nicolas Mahut and
Los Angeles Rams: Promoted DB Blake and Mares. 4 year olds and up. Claiming Price $50,000. Purse $157.85; X-5 Super High Five (1-9-5-4-2) ; X-5 Super High Five
Auburn 75, Texas A&M 58 Fabrice Martin (3), France, 7-6 (5), 2-6,
Countess and DB Eric Weddle to the $69,000. carryover $2,281.
Austin Peay 54, Tennessee St. 52 10-6.
active roster from the practice squad. Time — :22.66 :46.06 1:10.46 1:22.77 1:35.36 Clear. Firm; Winner
Bellarmine 75, North Alabama 69 Placed LB Anthony Hines and WR Tim Puetz, Germany, and Lloyd Harris, Horse, Jockey Wt P 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Fin Odds
South Africa, def. Wesley Koolhof, Neth- — Miss Costa Rica B.f.4 by Hit It a Bomb out of Five Star Day-
Bethune-Cookman 71, Alcorn St. 63, OT Warren Jackson on the practice squad. Charges Dropped, Rispoli 122 4 2-hd 2-1 2-1 1/2 2-1 1/2 1-ns 3.7 dream, by Five Star Day. Bred by Spendthrift Farm, LLC (KY).
erlands, and Neal Skupski (4), Britain,
Campbell 60, High Point 42 Signed K Ryan Santoso and LS Carson Annaghlasa, F Prat 122 2 1-1 1/2 1-1 1-1/2 1-1/2 2-2 1/4 1.8 Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: Carroll Boys Racing, Sayjay
7-6 (3), 4-6, 10-7.
Cent. Arkansas 72, Jacksonville St. 62 Tinker to the practice squad. Split Then Double, Herrera 117 1 3-1 3-1/2 3-1 1/2 3-2 3-1 1/4 3.6 Racing LLC, Baltas, Richard and McClanahan, Jerry.
Chattanooga 64, Furman 58 New York Giants: Named John Egorugwu ATP WORLD TOUR ARGENTINA Octane, J Hernandez 124 3 5-1 1/2 5-1 4-hd 5-1 1/2 4-1/2 23.1
Coastal Carolina 79, Georgia Southern 58 inside linebacker coach and Drew
Wilkins outside linebacker coach.
OPEN Kuora, J Bravo 124 7 6-hd 6-hd 5-hd 4-hd 5-3/4 7.8 RACE 6
Florida Gulf Coast 89, Stetson 82, OT Dramatizer, T Baze 122 8 7-1 1/2 7-1 8 6-1 6-3 1/4 19.6
Georgia St. 58, Appalachian St. 49 Canadian Football At Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Ginja, Smith 122 6 4-1/2 4-1/2 6-2 8 7-hd 4.7 3206 — 5 1/2 Furlongs. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming
Jackson St. 60, Florida A&M 56 Toronto Argonauts: Signed QB Chad Buenos Aires Trouville, Curatolo 122 5 8 8 7-hd 7-1 8 39.4 Price $16,000. Purse $26,000.
Jacksonville 73, Liberty 69 Kelly to a four-year contract. Purse: $602,250 4 Charges Dropped 9.40 4.20 2.80
James Madison 69, William & Mary 55 Horse, Jockey Wt P St 1/4 3/8 Str Fin Odds
Surface: Red clay 2 Annaghlasa (IRE) 3.60 2.60
Kentucky 78, Florida 57 1 Split Then Double (GB) 3.20 Fury Kap, Prat 126 7 7 1-hd 1-1 1-1 1-1 1/4 0.4
HOCKEY SINGLES
LSU 69, Mississippi St. 65 Exacta (4-2) paid $14.20; Superfecta (4-2-1-3) paid $30.17; Sometimes Always, Crtolo 126 2 6 2-1 2-hd 2-2 2-5 1/4 6.3
Lipscomb 83, E. Kentucky 73 Semifinals Super High Five (4-2-1-3-7) paid $1,309.80; Trifecta (4-2-1) paid Me Likey, Gutierrez 126 3 1 3-hd 3-2 1/2 3-2 1/2 3-1/2 7.5
National Hockey League
McNeese St. 80, Northwestern St. 75 Casper Ruud (1), Norway, def. Federico $25.80. Musical Gem, T Baze 126 1 5 4-2 4-1 4-3 1/2 4 -1 1/4 32.4
Miami 76, Wake Forest 72 Arizona Coyotes: Returned G Ivan Pros- Delbonis (6), Argentina, 6-3, 6-3. Time — :24.06 :48.75 1:12.48 1:24.02 1:35.59 Clear. Firm; Winner Sir Flatter, Payeras 126 6 2 6-hd 6-1 1/2 5-1 1/2 5-5 3/4 7.1
Murray St. 57, Morehead St. 53 vetov to Tucson (AHL) on loan. Diego Schwartzman (2), Argentina, def. — Charges Dropped B.f.4 by Lemon Drop Kid out of Criminolo- El Durango, Herrera 121 4 4 5-1 5-1 1/2 6-4 1/2 6-3 1/4 18.4
NC A&T 70, Longwood 62 Dallas Stars: Recalled D Thomas Harley Lorenzo Sonego (3), Italy, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. gist, by Maria’s Mon. Bred by Brushy Hill, LLC (KY). Trainer: Circle Back, Frey 126 5 3 7 7 7 7 37.7
from Texas (AHL). Michael W. McCarthy. Owner: Cheyenne Stable LLC; Claimed
New Orleans 84, Incarnate Word 57 DOUBLES 7 Fury Kap 2.80 2.40 2.40
Detroit Red Wings: Recalled D Dan Re- — Kuora (PER) by EMT Stables LLC, Fritts, Marie, Graves,
Nicholls 83, Texas A&M-CC 80, OT Stephanie, Mueller, Martin,Scott, Michael and Seymour, Lauri. 2 Sometimes Always 3.60 3.20
nouf from Grand Rapids (AHL). Activated Semifinals
Norfolk St. 70, Md.-Eastern Shore 63 Trainer: Vladimir Cerin. 3 Me Likey 3.40
D Troy Stecher from injured reserve. Fabio Fognini, Italy, and Horacio Zebal-
North Carolina 94, Florida St. 74 Pick Three (2-1-7) paid $7.75; Pick Three Pool $49,468; Daily
Carolina Hurricanes: Returned LW Josh los (2), Argentina, def. Gonzalo Escobar,
North Florida 74, Kennesaw St. 72 Double (1-7) paid $13.60; Daily Double Pool $25,666; Exacta (7-
Leivo to Chicago (AHL) on loan. Ecuador, and Ariel Behar (3), Uruguay,
Notre Dame 76, Clemson 61 RACE 2 2) paid $3.80; Superfecta (7-2-3-1) paid $8.37; Super High Five
Minnesota Wild: Acquired F Brandon 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Radford 60, Hampton 54 (7-2-3-1-6) paid $169.40; Trifecta (7-2-3) paid $9.65.
Baddock from Montreal in exchange for 3202 — 6 1/2 Furlongs. Maiden Claiming. Fillies and Mares.
Richmond 77, La Salle 63 WTA ST. PETERSBURG LADIES Time — :22.22 :45.23 :58.49 1:05.08 Clear. Fast; Winner — Fury
G Andrew Hammond and loaned him to 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Purse $24,000.
SE Louisiana 89, Houston Baptist 84 Kap Dbb.g.4 by Fury Kapcori out of Samantha G, by Macho
Iowa (AHL). TROPHY Uno. Bred by Anthony Calascibetta (FL). Trainer: John W.
SMU 80, East Carolina 66 Montreal Canadiens: Acquired G Andrew Horse, Jockey Wt P St 1/4 1/2 Str Fin Odds
Sadler. Owner: Hronis Racing LLC.
Samford 77, ETSU 73 Hammond from Minnesota trade and At Sport Club Dinamo Stoic Luna, T Baze 126 2 1 2-2 1/2 2-5 1-3 1/2 1-10 7.4
South Alabama 70, Arkansas St. 51 loaned him to Laval (AHL). St. Petersburg, Russia For Love Not Money, Herrera 121 5 6 6 6 3-1/2 2-ns 1.3
South Carolina 80, Georgia 68 New Jersey Devils: Activated C Jack Purse: $703,580 Cayton Kid, Hernandez 126 1 2 1-1/2 1-hd 2-5 3-nk 2.9 RACE 7
Tennessee 73, Vanderbilt 64 Hughes from Covid-19 protocol. Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Team Concept, Frey 126 3 5 3-hd 3-1/2 4-8 4-14 8.9
Texas St. 63, Louisiana-Monroe 54 New York Rangers: Reassigned G Tyler 3207 — 1 Mile (Turf). Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 3 year
SINGLES Golden Journey, Emigh 126 6 3 4-1 5-hd 5-1/2 5-7 3.1 olds. Purse $67,000
Texas-Arlington 80, Louisiana-Lafayette Wall to Hartford (AHL) from Jacksonville
Five Circles, Gonzalez 126 4 4 5-4 4-1/2 6 6 26.7
77, OT (ECHL). Semifinals
2 Stoic Luna 16.80 5.80 3.00 Horse, Jockey Wt P 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Fin Odds
The Citadel 83, VMI 79 Philadelphia Flyers: Reassigned D Ma- Maria Sakkari (1), Greece, def. Irina-
son Millman to Lehigh Valley (AHL) from 5 For Love Not Money 2.60 2.10 Sterling Crest, U Rispoli 122 8 2-2 2-1 2-1 1-1/2 1-1 3/4 1.6
Tulane 92, Temple 83, OT Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4.
Reading (ECHL). 1 Cayton Kid 2.60 Carroll Girl, Prat 122 7 3-hd 3-1/2 3-hd 3-1/2 2-nk 3.2
UALR 66, Troy 62 Anett Kontaveit (2), Estonia, def. Jelena
UNC-Asheville 83, SC-Upstate 56 San Jose Sharks: Recalled D Ryan Merk- Ostapenko (7), Latvia, 6-3, 6-4. Daily Double (4-2) paid $73.00; Daily Double Pool $38,574; Isola Mia, Herrera 117 4 5-hd 4-1/2 4-1 4-2 1/2 3-2 1/4 19.7
ley and G Zachary Sawchenko from San Exacta (2-5) paid $16.00; Superfecta (2-5-1-3) paid $17.05; Phenom, Gonzalez 122 6 1-2 1/2 1-1 1-1/2 2-1 1/2 4-hd 6.3
UNC-Wilmington 85, Coll. of Charleston 79 DOUBLES
Jose (AHL) loan. Trifecta (2-5-1) paid $24.45. Sweet Talked, Henandez 122 1 9-2 1/2 8-hd 6-3 6-3 1/2 5-nk 14.2
VCU 85, George Mason 70
Seattle Kraken: Reassigned G Antoine Semifinals Time — :22.69 :46.66 1:11.82 1:18.34 Clear. Fast; Winner — Stoic Hemmerle, Bravo 122 10 6-2 5 -1 1/2 5-hd 5-hd 6 -2 1/2 3.4
Virginia 63, Georgia Tech 53 Luna Dbb.f.4 by Fed Biz out of Lunadora, by Candy Ride (ARG).
Virginia Tech 71, Syracuse 59 Bibeau to Charlotte (AHL) from Allen Alicja Rosolska, Poland, and Erin Rock the Bourbon, Vldivia 122 2 8-1 7-hd 7-hd 7-1 1/2 7-2 59.7
(ECHL). Bred by Notch Hill Farm (KY). Trainer: Alfredo P. Marquez.
Winthrop 65, Presbyterian 61 Routliffe, New Zealand, def. Alexandra Owner: Valle Las Palmas, LLC. Talented Lady, Espinoza 122 9 10 10 10 9-2 8-2 3/4 26.1
Tampa Bay Lightning: Reassigned D Dar- Panova and Natela Dzalamidze, Russia, Distorted Queen, Frey 122 5 4-1 6-1/2 8-2 8-2 9-1/2 35.6
Wofford 69, W. Carolina 57
ren Raddysh to Syracuse (AHL). 7-5, 6-4. Happy Happy, Van Dyke 122 3 7-hd 9-5 9-2 10 10 56.4
RACE 3 8 Sterling Crest (IRE) 5.20 3.00 2.40
Bob Mieszerski’s Santa Anita handicap 3203 — 6 Furlongs (Turf). Starter Allowance. Fillies and Mares.
7 Carroll Girl 4.00 3.00
4 Isola Mia 7.40
4 year olds and up. Claiming Price $50,000. Purse $40,000.
Today’s first post 11 a.m. Coruscation, Prat 122 1 Prat stays, hood new 7-5 Pick Three (1-7-8) paid $7.25; Pick Three Pool $51,315; Daily
Classical Romance, Curatolo 122 2 Cashed, cuts back 9-2 Horse, Jockey Wt P St 1/4 1/2 Str Fin Odds Double (7-8) paid $8.20; Daily Double Pool $31,300; Exacta (8-
Equilove, F Prat 124 8 1 2-1 1/2 2-1 1/2 2-1 1/2 1-1/2 1.6 7) paid $8.20; Superfecta (8-7-4-6) paid $33.28; Super High Five
RACE 1 Tapit Doux, Valdivia 122 3 Saw all the heels 8-1 (8-7-4-6-1) paid $895.20; Trifecta (8-7-4) paid $38.90.
Sue Ettas Ghost, Frey 122 5 Inside to outside 10-1 Suite Madam Blue, Smith 124 7 2 1-1 1/2 1-1 1-1/2 2-1 1/4 16.3
Time — :22.64 :46.62 1:10.75 1:22.66 1:34.82 Clear. Firm; Winner
3210 — 5 1/2 Furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 to u year Longshot: CLASSICAL ROMANCE Freedom Lass, T Baze 124 2 3 4-1/2 3-hd 3-1/2 3-nk 10.9 — Sterling Crest (IRE) Ch.f.3 by No Nay Never out of Tamazug
olds. Claiming Price $16,000. Purse $26,000. Translate, Rispoli 124 3 5 3-hd 4-1 4-2 4-1 3/4 1.0 (GB), by Machiavellian. Bred by Longueville Bloodstock (IRE).
Bestrella, D Van Dyke 124 4 8 8 7-1/2 5-1/2 5-2 1/4 30.1 Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: Nguyen, Calvin and Tran, Joey.
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds RACE 6 Vella, Valdivia, 124 1 7 7-1/2 8 8 6-2 1/4 50.0
Season to Remember, Gnzlez 126 3 Well clear when 2nd 1-1 Gallovie, D Herrera 119 6 6 6-1/2 6-1 1/2 6-1 7-1 3/4 12.1
3215 — 1 Mile (Turf). Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds. Purse RACE 8
Supersonic Flyer, Cedillo 126 2 Graduated at LA 2-1 $67,000. Miss Tokyo, Hernandez 124 5 4 5-1 5-hd 7-1/2 8 17.0
Keep Your Coil, Baze 126 5 Puts on blinkers 5-1 9 Equilove (IRE) 5.20 3.60 2.80
3208 — 1 Mile. Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds. Purse
Suezaaana, Garcia 126 4 Tough loss at night 12-1 Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds 8 Suite Madam Blue 12.20 7.60 $67,000
Casillalater, Lopez 119 1 Trailed at 6-1 15-1 War At Sea, Bravo 122 1 Rail, stretches out 4-1 2 Freedom Lass 5.40
Longshot: KEEP YOUR COIL Hoodlum, Prat 122 10 Lands leading jock 7-2 Pick Three (4-2-9) paid $50.50; Pick Three Pool $67,678; Daily Horse, Jockey Wt P 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Fin Odds
Sweet Savant, T. Baze 122 7 Rallied for place 9-2 Double (2-9) paid $38.00; Daily Double Pool $22,094; Exacta Cover Me Up, Herrera 117 2 2-2 2-4 1-1/2 1-hd 1-1 1/2 4.3
RACE 2 Win the Day, Frey 122 6 Can’t be ignored 5-1 (9-8) paid $24.50; Superfecta (9-8-2-3) paid $35.67; Super High Kerouac, Hernandez 122 1 1-1/2 1-hd 2-2 2-5 2-1 5.7
Five (9-8-2-3-4) paid $1,057.90; Trifecta (9-8-2) paid $71.45. Got Thunder, Prat 122 3 3-1/2 3-hd 4-1 3-4 3-15 0.4
Ko Samui, Curatolo 122 2 Stablemate won Jan. 9 6-1
3211 — 6 Furlongs (Turf). Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies. Time — :22.52 :44.90 :56.60 1:08.55 Clear. Firm; Winner — Classic Mark, T Baze 122 4 6 4-1/2 5-4 4-hd 4 -nk 23.5
Brotherly Love, Maldonado 122 5 Had outing, beware 8-1 Equilove (IRE) B.f.4 by Equiano (FR) out of Arosha (IRE), by
3 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000. State bred. Purse $69,000. Explain This Audit, Herrera 117 4 Improved on turf 10-1 Noble Union, Espinoza 122 6 5-1/2 6 6 6 5-13 13.8
Cape Cross (IRE). Bred by Mr Gerry Byrne (IRE). Trainer: Philip
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds Tuskegee Cat, Cedillo 122 3 Beat two in return 10-1 D’Amato. Owner: Strand Beach, LLC; Scratched — Atlantic Sense of Dominance, Van Dyke 122 5 4-1/2 5-1/2 3-hd 5 -3 1/2 6 16.9
Balladeer, J. Hernandez 122 11 May take to grass 15-1 Strike. 2 Cover Me Up 10.60 5.80 2.20
She’s Bulletproof, Prat 120 3 Opted for this spot 8-5
Klimtoglory, J. Hernandez 122 12 Jock’s 1st call 15-1 1 Kerouac 6.40 2.40
Carmen Miranda, Rispoli 120 8 On comeback trail 7-2
Mitad Del Mundo, Rispoli 122 8 Purchased for $120,000 20-1 4 Got Thunder 2.10
Youteyourhonor, Hernandez 122 4 Big win on dirt 9-2 RACE 4
Gritty Girl, T. Baze 120 2 Won over layout 6-1 Lil Bro Coop, Blanc 122 9 Away since Oct. 24 20-1 Pick Three (7-8-2) paid $11.65; Pick Three Pool $42,338; Daily
Longshot: BROTHERLY LOVE 3204 — 6 1/2 Furlongs. Claiming. 4 year olds and up. Claiming Double (8-2) paid $33.80; Daily Double Pool $35,749; Exacta
Rose Maddox, Frey 120 5 Beat one in stakes 10-1 (2-1) paid $27.70; Superfecta (2-1-4-5) paid $27.30; Trifecta
Gianna’s Wildcat, Pyfer 120 1 Returns from NoCal 10-1 Price $10,000. Purse $24,000.
(2-1-4) paid $24.45.
Munny Penny, Cedillo 120 6 1:01 4/5 SLR drill 15-1 RACE 7 Horse, Jockey Wt P St 1/4 1/2 Str Fin Odds Time — :23.50 :47.19 1:12.36 1:25.58 1:39.01 Clear. Fast; Winner
Distorted Diva, D. Herrera 115 7 Loses the shades 15-1 — Cover Me Up B.c.3 by Mastery out of Clothes Fall Off, by
Starship Chewbacca, Hrndez 124 2 2 1-1/2 1-1/2 1-3 1-2 3/4 1.3
Longshot: ROSE MADDOX 3216 — 1 Mile. Claiming. 4 year olds and up. Claiming Prices Daaher. Bred by Candy Meadows LLC (KY). Trainer: Richard
$25,000-$22,500. Purse $40,000. Jan’s Reserve, Ramirez 117 6 6 7 5-hd 3-1 1/2 2-2 3.7 Baltas. Owner: Sayjay Racing LLC; Scratched — Mongolian
Follow the Signs, Emigh 122 5 1 6-1/2 7 5-1/2 3-3 1/4 2.4 Box.
RACE 3 Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds Around the Dial, Herrera 119 7 5 4-1 2-1/2 2-1/2 4-3 19.3
Secret Touch, Maldonado 122 3 Better fit here 3-1 D K’s Crown, Rojas Fernandez 123 1 3 2-hd 4 -1 1/2 4-1 1/2 5-nk 14.1
3212 — 5 1/2 Furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 to u year
Unbroken Star, Prat 122 1 Runner-up at 19-10 5-2 Invictatatus, Payeras 122 3 4 3-1/2 3-1 6-2 1/2 6-4 3/4 56.4 RACE 9
olds. Claiming Price $16,000. Purse $26,000.
Synthesis, T. Baze 122 5 Three local scores 7-2 Pelican Way, Frey 122 4 7 5-1/2 6-2 7 7 6.8
3209 — About 6 1/2 Furlongs (Turf). ‘Sweet Life Stakes’. Fillies. 3
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds French Getaway, Gonzalez 120 6 Has won on dirt 6-1 2 Starship Chewbacca 4.60 2.80 2.10 year olds. Purse $100,000
Lunatic, Prat 126 2 Tagged by B. Hess 7-5 Lookin for Revenge, Hrndez 120 2 All tallies in 2020 10-1 6 Jan’s Reserve 3.60 2.60
Philly Lishes, D. Herrera 121 1 Back to the dirt 5-2 Gray Magician, Valdivia 122 4 No factor at 35-1 15-1 5 Follow the Signs 2.40 Horse, Jockey Wt P St 1/4 1/2 Str Fin Odds
She Said Yes, Emigh 126 5 A definite maybe 9-2 Longshot: FRENCH GETAWAY Pick Three (2-9-2) paid $26.25; Pick Three Pool $32,743; Daily Ouraika, J Hernandez 120 2 6 5-hd 6-hd 5-hd 1-hd 4.7
Wild Arch, Frey 126 3 ‘Trails won again 6-1 Double (9-2) paid $11.00; Daily Double Pool $21,720; Exacta (2- Urban, Prat 120 9 3 4-1 4-1 1/2 2-hd 2-1 1/2 2.2
Scream and Shout, T. Baze 126 4 Flopped at 2-5 odds 10-1 6) paid $7.50; Superfecta (2-6-5-7) paid $8.17; Super High Five Kitty Kitana, Velazquez 120 7 5 6-hd 7-1 4-hd 3 -1 1/4 1.9
RACE 8 (2-6-5-7-1) paid $278.10; Trifecta (2-6-5) paid $8.25.
Tippy Top, Blanc 126 6 Helps fill the field 15-1 Ellamira, T Baze 124 1 7 10 10 9-2 4-ns 29.0
Time — :22.05 :45.34 1:11.16 1:17.96 Clear. Fast; Winner — Star-
Longshot: WILD ARCH 3217 — 1 1/8 Mile (Turf). ‘super Bowl Starter’. Starter Allowance. Baby Steps, Smith 120 6 2 1-1/2 1-hd 1-1/2 5-1 1/4 32.4
ship Chewbacca B.g.5 by U S Ranger out of Visual Treat, by
4 year olds and up. Purse $40,000. Bertrando. Bred by Liberty Road Stables (CA). Trainer: George Half Past Twelve, Frey 122 4 4 3-1/2 3-hd 6-2 6-hd 23.7
RACE 4 Papaprodromou. Owner: Alydom Racing LLC, Lerner Racing She’s So Shiny, Van Dyke 120 10 1 2-1 1/2 2-2 3-1/2 7-1/2 78.6
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds and Monarch Racing; Claimed — Starship Chewbacca by Dana Impeachd Alexander,Gnzlez 120 8 8 8-2 1/2 8-1 1/2 7-hd 8-1/2 27.5
3213 — 1 1/8 Mile (Turf). ‘santa Anita Filly and Mare’. Starter Al- Liberal, R. Gonzalez 122 6 Edge in a scramble 5-1 Wells. Trainer: Matthew Fales; Claimed — Pelican Way by Dolly May, R Curatolo 121 5 9 9-1/2 9-1/2 10 9 -1 1/4 47.0
lowance. Fillies and Mares. 4 year olds and up. Purse $40,000. Keystone Field, Prat 124 7 Threat right back 5-2 Lizbeth Medina. Trainer: Milton Pineda. I Got a Gal, Rispoli 120 3 10 7-1 5-1/2 8-1/2 10 4.2
Irish Heatwave, Rispoli 122 1 Figures in the mix 7-2 2 Ouraika (FR) 11.40 4.80 3.00
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds
Stage Ready, T. Baze 122 11 Be rolling late 9-2 RACE 5 9 Urban 3.60 2.40
Chasingserendipity, Gnzlez 122 6 Completed exacta at 4-1 7-2 Builder, Cedillo 122 2 Blinkers off today 8-1 7 Kitty Kitana (GB) 2.60
Tournesol, Bravo 122 3 Mare has fired fresh 6-1 Big Buzz, Pyfer 124 3 Clicked, back to turf 10-1 3205 — 1 Mile (Turf). Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies Pick Three (8-2-2) paid $51.20; Pick Three Pool $159,106; Pick
Bye Bye Bertie, V. Espinoza 124 7 Sharp for Powell 3-1 Fly the Sky, J. Hernandez 122 9 Prefers short game 10-1 and Mares. 4 year olds and up. Claiming Price $50,000. Purse Four (7-8-2-2) 4437 tickets with 4 correct paid $88.95; Pick Four
Buyback, Prat 124 5 Easy win on Tapeta 4-1 $69,000. Pool $517,266; Pick Five (1-7-8-2-2) 1156 tickets with 5 correct
Bee Catcher, Frey 122 8 Longing for Fla. 15-1
Clearly Gone, Rispoli 124 9 Can handle journey 8-1 paid $358.55; Pick Five Pool $543,150; Pick Six Jackpot (2-1-7-
Absolute Unit, V. Espinoza 122 10 Goes for new stable 15-1 Horse, Jockey Wt P 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Fin Odds
Kleen Karma, J. Hernandez 122 1 Best offers hope 10-1 8-2-2) 208 tickets with 6 correct paid $505.42; Pick Six Jackpot
Hapi Hapi, Maldonado 122 4 Looking elsewhere 15-1 Miss Costa Rica, Prat 122 1 3-1/2 3-1/2 4-1/2 4-1/2 1-ns 2.6 Pool $196,490; Pick Six Jackpot carryover $546,280; Daily
Clockstrikestwelve, Frey 122 2 Lacked rally in Ariz. 15-1
Fly Nightly, Emigh 122 5 Grounded in SA bow 20-1 She’s Devoted, Bravo 124 9 1-hd 2-1 1-hd 1-hd 2-nk 11.9 Double (2-2) paid $50.60; Daily Double Pool $99,404; Exacta
Brittle and Yoo, Pyfer 122 8 Number came down 15-1
Longshot: BIG BUZZ Aloha Kitten, Fukumoto 122 5 2-1 1/2 1-1/2 2-1/2 2-1/2 3-nk 9.8 (2-9) paid $24.10; Superfecta (2-9-7-1) paid $46.60; Super High
Whistler’s Style, Maldonado 124 4 Would be a surprise 20-1 Five (2-9-7-1-6) 8 tickets paid $1,773.80; Trifecta (2-9-7) paid
Best bet: SHE’S BULLETPROOF (2) Glesga Gal, R Curatolo 124 4 4-1 4 -1 1/2 3-1 3-1 4-hd 26.7
Longshot: CLEARLY GONE $31.35.
Best chance bet: BROTHERLY LOVE (6) Fearless Girl, U Rispoli 124 2 6-1 6-1 6-hd 5-2 5-1 1/4 2.5
Wins (previous day/meet): 3/ 66; Money Won (previous day/ Time — :22.21 :44.68 1:07.92 1:13.98 Clear. Firm; Winner —
Miss Addie Pray, Smith 122 3 8-1 8-1/2 8-1 7-1 6-1/2 29.5 Ouraika (FR) B.f.3 by Zelzal (FR) out of Sleek Gold (GB), by
RACE 5 meet) $12.60/$331.10; Money Bet: $420, 210 races. Pop Pop’s Dream, Frey 122 8 7-1 7-2 5-hd 6-hd 7-1 1/4 7.0 Dansili (GB). Bred by Khalifa Mohammed Al Attiyah (FR).
The SCNG is publishing the consensus box online at least 24 Ultimate Hy, Van Dyke 124 6 5-1 5-1/2 7-2 8-1 8-1/2 2.8 Trainer: H. Graham Motion. Owner: Madaket Stables LLC and
3214 — 6 1/2 Furlongs. Starter Optional Claiming. Fillies. 3 year hours in advance of each day’s racing. See sgvtribune.com/
olds. Claiming Price $50,000. Purse $40,000. Derby Quest, Ramirez 117 7 9 9 9 9 9 140.9 Dubb, Michael.
sports/horse-racing before each racing day to get top three
selections in each race, including best bets of the day, from 1 Miss Costa Rica 7.20 4.60 3.60 On-Track Attendance: 4,917; Mutuel Handle: $998,002
Horse, Jockey Wt PP Comment Odds 9 She’s Devoted 11.60 6.60 Out of State / Phone: N/A; Mutuel Handle: $7,835,288
our panel of handicapping experts Bob Mieszerski, Ed Wilson,
Head Start, D. Herrera 117 4 Now in Baltas stable 9-5 Terry Turrell and Art Wilson. 5 Aloha Kitten 5.60 Total Attendance: 4,917; Total Mutuel Handle: $10,494,657
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Costa Mesa on Wednesday explains why and gives tips for getting the best deals.
Wine
FROM PAGE 1
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The highest priced bottles have the
lowest markups
If you dig in your heels, determined not to pay
more than $25 for a bottle of wine, you might
be missing a great deal, says Mark McDonald,
chef and co-owner of Old Vine Kitchen + Bar in Costa
Mesa. “Sometimes it can take a year or more to sell 12
bottles of $150 wine,” he said. “Typically if I did a stan-
dard markup on that it wouldn’t be approachable and
it would be harder to sell. We want people to experi-
ence some of these wines that are a little more special,
and that are a higher price point. So we take less of a
2
margin on those.”
Wine by the glass has the
highest markups
The “I’m going to save money by order-
ing wine by the glass” plan doesn’t re-
ally pencil out. There’s a common for-
mula in the industry, with a restaurant charging the
wholesale price of the bottle plus $2 for a glass of wine.
(That’s because if they serve one glass and the rest of
the bottle doesn’t sell in a week, it will not taste peak
and they’ll have to dump it down the drain.) The per-
glass price of a bottle that’s $10 wholesale would be
$12. Even if it’s only marked up double ($20) when it’s
sold by the bottle, you buy two glasses of wine, and
you’re spending $24. Might as well buy the bottle and
get four glasses for $20.
Lawry’s Restaurants solved that problem by nar-
rowing its by-the-glass selection. “We did some anal-
ysis on it. If you have the right amount of wine by the
glass for the restaurant, it really doesn’t cost any more,”
said Laura Ratner, director of service and training at
Lawry’s Restaurants Inc. “It’s like, if I’m gonna have
a glass and a half, two glasses, as is my dining com-
panion, then definitely get the bottle and yes, you’re
more assured of a higher quality product. You know
exactly how long it’s been open. It just makes more fi-
3
nancial sense.”
It’s useless to look for that Costco
bargain in a restaurant
As one of the biggest wine retailers in the
country, Costco can afford to lose money
on some bottles. “Guests say, ‘We have this
Caymus; we just got it at Costco. And their price was
this.’ They don’t understand what Costco does,” says
William Lewis, managing partner and sommelier of
The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar. “They undercut
prices on purpose. They do that to get you to come
in. And they know you’re gonna buy something else.
You’re gonna get food. You’re gonna get this. You’re
gonna get that. You’re not gonna just go and get one
4 7
bottle of wine.”
The wine service you get at a
restaurant can’t be replicated
at home, and that’s why you’re
paying extra.
• Most restaurant wines come directly
from wineries or a trusted distributor. Bottles don’t
sit around at room temperature in a grocery store, or
worse, out in the Southern California sun on a loading
dock. They’re pristine because they’re stored at the res-
taurant, often in temperature controlled rooms, which
is part of the restaurant’s footprint and therefore part
of the rent they pay.
• The selection is far better than the average per-
son could own or store, sometimes with hundreds of
bottles or more. That’s why restaurants have servers
or general managers on hand to answer any questions
about the wine and to hear from you about what kinds
of wines you like best. Top restaurants pay servers to
attend wine tastings at work led by experts from dis-
tribution companies or wineries.
• The stemware — usually $3-$9 wholesale — has
to be sturdy yet crystal clear to show off the wine, and
the restaurant picks up the cost of the breakage. They
might only break one a week, but sometimes a whole
tray or dishwasher rack hits the floor. When fine din-
ing rooms use fancy, fragile glasses, they could be los-
ing a dozen a week. Even at Polly’s Pies, which used to
serve boxed wines, the stemware got an upgrade when
the wine list got revamped.
“We changed the glassware to be a more contempo-
rary stemless glass. We pour it behind the bar into a 9
ounce carafe. Then at the table, we present it to them,”
said Eric Stenta, vice president of operations at Polly’s
Inc., who said the restaurant group did not even offer
wine for 40 of the 52 years it has done business. “Be-
cause our program before was so elementary, we had
glasses that were way too small and we were overfill-
ing them. The wine drinkers at Polly’s began to get ac-
customed to overfilled glasses. So when we went from
an 8-ounce glass to a 16-ounce glass, to prevent people
from thinking that they were being underpoured, we
PHOTOS BY MARK RIGHTMIRE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chef Mark McDonald matches each dish to a wine on the
list. Seen here, seared octopus, sourdough sand, celery,
citrus and parsley infused extra virgin olive oil.
put it in the carafe. So we got the best of both worlds:
5
a better presentation and a better glass.”
Don’t think you’re paying a
sommelier’s salary
Starting in the late ’80s, the number of
Americans getting sommelier certified
exploded. Fine dining restaurants at the
highest levels still might have somms, but most restau-
rants, even upscale chains, can’t afford to pay a somm
full-time, so that expense is not getting passed on to
wine buyers. Most often restaurants require waiters
and general managers to study wines served and/or
get some sommelier training.
“We can’t afford to pay somebody hourly to come in
just to open wine between 6 and 9 o’clock; it doesn’t
make sense,” said Lewis. “I’m like an acting GM. I do
the wine service and I can say I’m onstage soon. I’ll
6
open wine all day long whenever I get here.”
The most popular wines are sold
at the lowest prices
General managers know you’re no fool.
They won’t excessively mark up a well-
known wine. “Don’t forget, people now
have their iPhones when they’re going to a restau-
rant,” said Tony Maalouf, general manager at the Mis-
sion Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside. “They have an idea
what they’re buying, and they know what the market
price is for that wine,” he said.
Corkage fees: the rules of
engagement
Bringing your own wine has become more
common, especially during the pandemic.
But consider that wine is the only thing
on the restaurant menu for which you can name your
price. Tell the sommelier, server or GM exactly what
you’re willing to spend and make them do the heavy
lifting, selecting the best bottle in that range. If you do
bring your own wine, it’s only courteous to tote some-
thing that’s not already on the wine list, especially a
bottle you’ve been saving for a special occasion. It’s
also considered a nice gesture to offer the somm or
server a taste.
“I would just say it’s OK to bring your own bottle,”
said Stenta, a veteran of the industry who has worked
in fine dining rooms for Patina Group, such as Catal
at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, House of Blues and
Greenleaf Gourmet ChopShop. “But I think you have to
be careful of what that corkage is. I mean, there’s a go-
ing rate in some places of $50 to $60 a bottle. But there
is a tradition with corkage fees and it’s typically $20 to
$30. And then if you do purchase a bottle of wine off
8
the list, typically the somm will waive the corkage fee.”
Rather than whine, show interest
in wine to get the best deals
“If they really like the restaurant, they
should have a relationship with myself
or one of my other managers or maître
d’s because that goes a long way,” said Lewis. “When
people actually spend time reaching out, asking me
questions, I’ll talk to them on the phone, and when
they come in, I’ll put notes on their reservation say-
ing, ‘Waive the corkage fee per William.’ When they’re
really nice, I’ll go out of my way to go meet them. …
Sometimes when they bring a special bottle that’s hard
to procure, we get to taste some things that are unique
and that’s really fun. So, when they do that, we’re re-
ally blessed.”
RESTAURANTS THAT GO THE
EXTRA MILE WITH WINE SERVICE
WATCHARA PHOMICINDA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Visitors walk through the holiday decorations during the
annual Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights.
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Riverside: Premium wines
are served at the hotel’s restaurants and bars, which
include Duane’s, Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine, Bella
Trattoria Italian Restaurant, Mission Inn Restaurant and
the Presidential Lounge. The hotel has a special rela-
tionship with Oregon’s Irvine & Roberts Family Vineyard.
It also hosts wine festivals and offers wine dinners with
premier vintners such as Far Niente and Trefethen. mis-
sioninn.com
Old Vine Kitchen + Bar, Costa Mesa: Chef Mark
McDonald creates dishes with wines in mind, and Kate
Perry curates a list with bottles that you won’t find in
grocery stores. Every item on the menu has a suggested
wine pairing. Look for wine dinners and special events,
even culinary tours to Italy. Old Vine partners with the
Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, and a trip to Cal-
abria and Sicily is slated for April. oldvinekitchenbar.com.
COURTESY OF THE WINERY
William Lewis, managing partner and sommelier of
The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar, has expanded the
restaurant’s wine-country concept.
The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar: This boutique
hospitality group has grown over the years and deep-
ened its wine-country concept with storage for thou-
sands of bottles, as well as lockers for diners who keep
wines at the restaurants, which host dinners and special
events regularly. Its many honors include the AAA Five
Diamond Award. In Tustin, Newport Beach and La Jolla.
thewinerynewport.com
COURTESY OF POLLY’S PIES
Polly’s Pies matches wine to the menu and to diners’
expectations.
Polly’s Pies: Successful restaurants
match wine to the menu and to diners’
expectations. Vice president of opera-
tions Eric Senta has seven wines on the
list. None costs more than $28 per
bottle, and glasses run less than $8. An
expanded program is gradually rolling
out, so look for more premium wines at
Stenta $12 per glass. Management is beginning
to form direct relationships with wineries
to get the best prices and selection. Multiple locations
throughout Southern California. pollyspies.com
COURTESY OF LAWRY’S RESTAURANTS, INC.
Laura Ratner, director of service and training at Lawry’s
Restaurants, says Lawry’s offers 100 bottles of wine.
Lawry’s Restaurants: A go-to in
Southern California for prime rib, Lawry’s
has gone international, and all locations
offer 100 bottles on the list. Lawry’s
hosts events and prides itself on service,
often providing special stemware when
a table orders an exceptional bottle.
Lawry’s fosters direct relationships with
popular wineries and runs regular promo-
Ratner
tions with Caymus Vineyards and Justin
Vineyards & Winery. Restaurants include Lawry’s The
Prime Rib, Beverly Hills; Tam O’Shanter, Los Angeles;
Five Crowns and Side Door, Corona del Mar. lawryson-
line.com
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS GROUP
SUCCESSFUL AGING
Confronting fears of growing older
Q I was in a discussion group of
women in their 70s who indi-
cated they were afraid of getting
older. As one of the group mem-
bers, I feel the same way. Our fear
was about illness, physical limi-
tations, becoming dependent, de-
mentia, lack of finances and more.
I guess we are afraid of old age.
What are your thoughts on this?
— L.G. and World Report. I have added addi-
A Fear of aging is common, accord-
ing to an online survey commis-
sioned by Pfizer. Among more than 2,000 activities that you love while adapting
participants, 87% had at least one fear
of aging. Their greatest worry was their
decline in physical ability, followed by
equal concerns of running out of money are too old to do something new such as
and chronic illness, with a slightly
smaller percentage expressing a fear of
dying.
For a perspective on aging, here are
some facts:
• Although some decline in health and CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW >> We
functioning is inevitable, it’s possible to know that learning anything new creates
live a long life and be healthy.
• Older people tend to be happier in
later life than in midlife.
• The belief that we hit our peak in
middle age and from there it’s downhill
is outdated. (U.S. News and World Re-
port, Jan. 20).
• Older people report their health as
good or excellent because they can still
do things that are most important to
them.
NUTRITION
Veggies and healthful dips are an alternative to the junk food choices often found in Super Bowl spreads.
Five option plays for smart
Super Bowl snacking
This year’s Super Bowl between the Rams and the
Cincinnati Bengals here in Inglewood’s new stadium
has football fans super-excited across the City of An-
gels and beyond. Let’s be honest — though, this unof-
ficial American holiday is as much about the food as it
is about football. Planning a healthy menu for the big
game is easier than you may expect and will make your
home team fans go wild.
1. Protein-packed snacks
Snacks are a must at any Super
Bowl party, but snacking through-
out the game — nearly four hours
— can lead to overeating and slug-
gishness. While potato chips, torti-
lla chips and pretzels are common
game-watching snacks, higher pro-
tein options can be more satisfy-
ing and nutritious. Include snacks
like Krave Zero Sugar jerky, dev-
iled eggs, turkey roll-ups and lightly
salted nuts, which pack a protein
punch.
2. Plant-based options
A crudité platter with veggies and
dips is a winning combination. Try
raw veggies like carrots, bell pep-
per slices, celery, cucumber, cherry
tomatoes and sugar snap peas with
plant-based dips like Mother Raw
French onion dip, garlicky hum-
mus or fresh homemade guacamole.
Other fun plant-based snacks in-
clude buffalo cauliflower bites, sea-
• Mental health can actually im-
prove with age.
Implementing strategies to age
successfully may counteract some
of the age-related fears. Ruben Cas-
taneda, a reporter selected to par-
ticipate in the Journalists in Aging
fellowship program, suggested six
strategies based on interviews with
experts in his Jan. 20 piece for U.S. News
tional comments.
DON’T BE LIMITED BY YOUR AGE >> Continue
to changes in your body and stamina. If
you love tennis, consider playing doubles
instead of singles. Also, don’t feel you
write a book, take up a new sport or go
back to school. Take reasonable risks and
know that being less than excellent is
OK. Creativity has no age boundaries.
new neural pathways in our brain. Con-
sider exploring a new hobby, an encore
career, learning a new language or how
to play a musical instrument. Curiosity
is one element of successful aging that
spurs continued growth.
EAT A HEALTHY DIET >> As metabolism
slows with age, we need to be aware of
caloric intake and balance it with ex-
ercise. Learn about the Mediterranean
Why be mindful about food and drink when the
game happens just one day out of the year? Overindul-
gence on Sunday leads to as many as 1 in 4 employees
calling in sick on Monday. Heartburn and blood sugar
problems are just a few of the unpleasant side effects
that can occur when eating in excess and deviating
from your usual meal plan. Here are some healthy menu
ideas to fuel your football watching:
soned edamame and olives.
3. Dinnertime strategy
Although finger foods and snacks
are notorious Super Bowl foods,
there are benefits to opting for a
meal as the highlight of the menu.
Planning for a meal, potentially
served during halftime, can help
you stay on your usual eating sched-
ule. Plus, a well-portioned and bal-
anced meal is ultimately more satis-
fying and nourishing than grazing
throughout the game. A make-
ahead meal, like slow-cooker turkey
chili or pulled chicken sliders, cuts
down on time in the kitchen so the
host can enjoy the game too.
4. Tackle the sugar
Baked goods are delicious, but
lighter, nutrient-dense desserts are
still crave-worthy and healthier af-
ter an afternoon of football food.
Fruit can be a touchdown if pre-
pared in fun and tasty ways. Go for
sliced fresh mango with a squeeze
diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables
and whole grains; consider a plant-based
diet. Also, be aware of salt and sugar
consumption. For food guidelines, go to
bluezones.com/recipes/food-guidelines
and read the Southern California News
Group column by registered nutritionist
LeeAnn Weintraub.
EXERCISE >> We know exercise builds mus- people in their 50s and 60s who got six
cle strength, improves bone density, im-
proves cognition and can lengthen telo-
meres, the caps on the end of DNA
strands. Longer telomeres are consid-
ered a plus for reducing age-related dis-
eases. And remember to adapt. If run-
ning no longer works, consider walking
the recommended 150 minutes a week.
We know that physical exercise slows the haviors that are known to enhance our
normal aging process.
STAY CONNECTED >> That means with
longtime relationships as well as mak-
ing new connections. These can occur
through volunteering, participating in
a faith-based organization, mentoring
youths and more. Staying connected may self and others.
require taking the initiative. We all have
had the conversation, “Let’s get together Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized
sometime.” We need to make those “get- leader on issues of aging, employment
ting together” moments happen.
ADAPT TO LOSSES >> This can be most dif-
ficult. We can lose a loved one or some
short-term memory, or just get more
tired as we get older. Adaptation and
finding substitutes are key to counteract- SuccessfulAgingCommunity.
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of lime and a touch of chile. For
more decadent desserts, try choco-
late-dipped strawberries or sliced
berries with whipped cream.
5. Hydration huddle
According to national statistics,
soda and beer are the top beverages
consumed while watching the Super
Bowl. The best way to encourage
smart drinking habits is to make
healthier options more easily acces-
sible. Try stocking up on flavored
sparkling waters, prebiotic sodas,
unsweetened iced tea and drinking
water. Make these healthier bever-
ages easy to grab by keeping them
in a cooler with ice in a central
area. Store the sweet drinks and
booze in an out-of-sight location.
LeeAnn Weintraub is a registered
dietitian providing nutrition
counseling and consulting
to individuals, families and
organizations. She can be reached
at RD@halfacup.com.
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ing some of those fears of getting older.
How we might adapt to losses could be a
topic of conversation with friends, family
or in a discussion group. Just addressing
a “what if” could allay some of the age-
related fears.
ALSO, WE CANNOT FORGET SLEEP >> The
National Institute of Health reports that
hours of sleep or less were at greater risk
of developing dementia. Those who got
less rest each night were 30% more likely
to be diagnosed with dementia than
those who slept for seven hours.
So, what is the message? We can ad-
dress some of the fears of aging by being
informed and adopting actions and be-
functioning and independence. Knowing
we all are mortals is a good reminder to
live a life that embraces the gift of time.
Thank you, L.G., for your candid ques-
tion that I believe others are considering.
Stay well, consider taking some action to
diminish those fears and be kind to your-
and the new retirement, with academic,
corporate and nonprofit experience.
Contact Helen with your questions
and comments at Helendenn@gmail.
com. Visit Helen at HelenMdennis.
com and follow her on facebook.com/
SENIOR MOMENTS
Some love
letters aren’t
concerned
with romance
My fascination with love letters began
when I first read the exchange between po-
ets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert
Browning. Would that I might love some-
one enough to express it in the poetry of
“Sonnets from the Portuguese,”
Elizabeth’s love letters to her
husband.
Later, I would discover that
the tree of love letters has
many branches. Not all of them
have to do with romance. But
all of them have to do with
love.
Like this one: Although I
may not have realized it at the
time, my mother’s love letter to her daugh-
ter was a heart-shaped cake she baked,
boxed and mailed to my dorm for Valen-
tine’s Day.
Or this one: “It’s been a long time since
I got down on my knees to pray,” my long-
time friend, Linda, wrote in a letter that
arrived the day before my cancer surgery.
“But I’m doing it for you tonight.”
I was 10 when I started corresponding
with Sheila, the beautiful young woman
who would become family by marrying
my cousin, Herb. My letters contained ex-
citement about attending her wedding, my
first. Her loving responses were the begin-
ning of a close relationship that took us
through years, and miles that she was al-
ways happy to cross to visit me.
Last week, Sheila sent me a copy of the
book “Soulmates and Strangers,” by author
Judith Umlas. A whole different slant on
the love letter genre, the powerfully gen-
tle memoir details the lives of two young
girls, one in New York and one in France,
who became pen pals and created a fam-
ily legacy. One of those girls was Judy’s
mother. The other she would come to call
her “French mother.”
Reading the book, I felt like Alice who
fell into a wonderland of sacred treasures.
The correspondence between the two
young women created a dance that began
with a two-step and evolved into an ele-
gant waltz. Along the way, the twists and
twirls formed a fairy tale that wrote itself
into truth.
It made me start fantasizing about what
it would have been like to have found let-
ters from my own mother sharing the se-
crets and hopes of her younger self. To ex-
perience stories written in her youth-
ful voice and careful hand. Stories in her
heart about dancing around the maypole,
her best friend, first crush and the dreams
she had for her adult life.
While Mom shared stories with me of
her early years growing up in the Bronx,
they were told from her adult perspective,
unlike Judy’s mother, who also grew up in
the Bronx but wrote and exchanged sto-
ries in real-time letters with her French
pen pal.
The pathos and angst of lives as they
were happening were enhanced by the pen
and ink handwriting of the letters, many
clips of which Judy used in her book.
One of my gifts from “Soulmates and
Strangers” was revisiting the power of let-
ters and how they connect us to our per-
sonal history. How taking the time to write
them and read them is itself an act of love.
Email patriciabunin@sbcglobal.net and
follow her on Twitter @patriciabunin. Her
website is patriciabunin.com.
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IN PRAISE OF A
PUPPET MASTER
By Peter Larsen
plarsen@scng.com
Not long after he’s started working
at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the
mid-’80s, Randal J. Metz recalls Baker
literally dropping an assignment into
his lap: The puppetry legend and Metz’s
boss wanted his new employee to string
a Burmese puppet of a horse and rider.
Oh, and there was more.
“He said, ‘It has to be strung authen-
tically, you have to use the proper ma-
terials and I need it in two days,’ ” Metz
says. “So he left it on my lap.
“It was my first job working in the
theater, and it ended up being for the
opening of Eddie Murphy’s movie ‘The
Golden Child,’ ” Metz says of the puppet.
“He tossed me in there. To help me get
growing up as a puppeteer, but also to
show his other puppeteers, who weren’t
all professionals, what you can do.”
And the result? “I got done, and
he said, ‘Great, this is exactly what I
wanted.’ ”
Metz says he hopes his new book, “En-
chanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette
Theater,” which arrives in stores Tues-
day and features a foreword by film-
maker Jordan Peele, might have the
same effect on readers that Baker had
on aspiring puppeteers: to inspire, in-
form and ultimately, like the man and
the theater at the heart of the story, en-
tertain.
“Everything comes full circle,” says
Metz, 62, who fell in love with puppetry
when as a 10-year-old boy he saw a pro-
duction of “Treasure Island” at the Sto-
rybook Puppet Theater at Children’s
Fairyland in Oakland.
“What we forget about, we’re going to
remember, and it’s going to influence us
later on,” he says. “So I’m very glad the
book is out there.”
The book of Bob
Metz had seen Baker at puppetry con-
ventions as far back as 1970, and then
later on he’d watch Baker’s occasional
visits to Children’s Fairyland, where
Metz had talked its longtime director
Lewis Mahlmann into letting him work
while still a schoolboy.
But around the time Metz gradu-
ated from San Francisco State Univer-
sity in the early ’80s, he got to know
Baker when both ended up doing pup-
pet shows at the Humboldt County Fair
one summer.
At the end of the fair, Baker offered
Metz a job. He worked for Baker for four
years in the late ’80s while keeping his
job at Children’s Fairyland, where he’s
been director of Storybook Puppet The-
ater since 1991.
Baker died in 2014, but the Bob Baker
Marionette Theater continues. A few
years ago, as plans for a book began to
develop, Metz was contacted as a possi-
bility to write the history of the theater,
which opened in 1963.
“They started thinking about a book,
and they started looking at what I had
done,” says Metz, whose previous books
include “A Century of California Pup-
petry: How the West was Strung.”
Alex Evans, executive director and
head puppeteer at the Bob Baker the-
ater, approached Metz to write the book
with the idea that in addition to Baker’s
life, it should tell the story of the theater
and many of the unsung puppeteers and
artists who’d worked with Baker.
“They asked me, ‘Can you re-create
in the book, telling the history of the
theater as though you’re with Bob, in
the early morning hours, listening to
him?’ ” Metz says. “So we tried really
hard to do that.”
Look back at Baker
“Enchanted Strings” turns back time
to 1924, when Baker was born, and then
follows him and the world of puppetry
in Los Angeles to the present day.
Baker was 5 when he saw his first
puppet show at a furniture and house-
wares store. Department stores in Los
Angeles often hosted puppet shows for
shoppers’ children and decorated their
window displays with puppets, too.
When he was 8, Baker wrote Walt
Disney to ask if he could “look around”
his Hyperion Avenue studio. The book
includes a sweet letter written by Dis-
ney’s secretary in response, as well as an
entire chapter of Baker’s later work for
Disney and Disneyland, which included
Disney animated movie character pup-
pets in window displays at the theme
park and for many years a line of lim-
ited-editon Disney character puppets.
By 10, he had taken over a garage at
his family’s Echo Park home and was
producing his own puppet shows.
Any time one of the big puppetry
companies such as the Yale Puppeteers
came through town, Baker was there.
As an adolescent, he was helping back-
stage in local puppet theaters, includ-
ing the Teatro Torito on Olvera Street.
Scores of photographs, artist sketches
and other documents fill the pages of
INTERVIEW
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANGEL CITY PRESS
Puppeteers Bob Baker, left, and Alton Wood pose for a publicity photo. A pragmatic foil to
Baker, Wood helped realize many of his partner’s elaborate and ambitious visions over five
decades for Los Angeles’ Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
“Enchanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette Theater,” by
Randal J. Metz, explores the history of the man and the
theater that bears his name. Metz, a lifelong lover of
puppetry, worked for Baker for four years in the late ’80s.
Baker was often hired to design marionettes for use in films, such as “Close Encounters of
the Third Kind” in 1977. He also created puppets based on Disney cartoon characters for
window displays at Disneyland and for limited-edition sales.
“Enchanted Strings,” many of them
from the collection Baker gave the Los
Angeles Public Library. Other mate-
rial published in the book or used for
research came from the theater’s ar-
chives, which required a lot of digging
to make sense of, Metz says.
Baker, Metz says, was very good at
organizing his workspace, and much
less so when it came to documentation.
“One of the things he taught me
was to be highly organized,” he says.
“I remember one of the first jobs I had
there was redoing a costume on a pup-
pet from the ’30s.
“I said, ‘How are we ever going to
find this material?’ ” Metz says. “He
goes, ‘Oh, no problem.’ He went to
a cabinet, opened it up, and he had
a whole bolt of the original fabric. I
looked around and noticed that all of
the boxes were very finely labeled with
what was in them.”
Paperwork, such as the news re-
leases, show notes, design sketches and
other material, was a different story.
“We were trying to write the defini-
tive history of Bob’s theater while try-
ing to clean up the archives and un-
derstanding it for a brand-new group
of puppeteers that never experienced
Bob,” Metz says.
Puppets and pizazz
“Enchanted Strings” also makes
clear the influences that shaped Baker
and his work, and the techniques he
created that in turn influenced others.
“I really do believe Bob’s theater is
successful because it gives children
their first look at a Broadway produc-
tion,” Metz says of the shows Baker and
his partner, Alton Wood, created, many
of which are part of the company’s rep-
ertory to this day.
“You’re actually giving kids their
first pizazz, their first Las Vegas revue-
style show, you know, with the lights
and the puppets that come up to them,
the costumes,” he says. “I think that’s
kind of a lost art form, so I’m glad the
theater is successfully still here.”
Vaudeville puppeteers were an early
influence, using marionettes, many of
them with special effects built into
them, but performing in the traditional
style from behind the stage, Metz says.
In the ’30s, Baker’s mentors, Frank
Paris and Bob Bromley, decided to step
out from behind the scenes to accom-
pany their puppets onstage.
“But they performed only onstage,
and they won’t let anybody touch their
puppets or get close to them,” Metz
says. “Bob said, ‘Let’s do the same
thing, but let’s do it on floor level with
‘ENCHANTED kids sitting all around us and the fam-
STRINGS’ ilies in the chairs.
EVENTS “‘Furthermore, we’re going to let
the kids touch the puppets,’ ” he says.
Wednesday:
In-person event at “Not very many puppeteers let the kids
8 a.m. with Metz touch the puppets. Bob’s big thing was,
and Evans. Tickets if you tell a child you can’t touch the
to the breakfast puppet, it’s almost like turning them
talk hosted by off to what they might become. But let
the Los Angeles them touch it; it’ll inspire them.
Breakfast Club are “So Bob actually brought the puppet
$25. Enchanted- theater into the audience,” Metz says.
labc.eventbrite. “I think that’s probably Bob’s greatest
com. thing, that the Bob Baker Marionette
Theater is an interactive Broadway ex-
Wednesday: perience for kids.”
In-person event
at 7:30 p.m. with A lasting legacy
Metz and Evans Puppetry is a much different field
at Skylight Books, today than it was in Baker’s heyday.
1818 N. Vermont Kids these days are focused on digital
Ave., Los Angeles. screens more than marionette strings,
Skylightbooks.
and stores long ago ended their pup-
com/event. petry shows.
Hollywood, which once employed
Baker to make puppets on everything
from “Bewitched” and “Star Trek”
to “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,”
uses computer effects today.
But the Bob Baker Marionette The-
ater, despite some financial hard times
and a move from its original home near
downtown Los Angeles to its current
Highland Park location, is doing well
these days, Metz says.
“Live puppet theater can be found at
Bob’s, can be found at Fairyland, and
there’s another puppet theater at Happy
Hollow in San Jose which does a nice
job,” he says. “But not many permanent
puppet theaters much anymore.
“Most puppeteers are now taking
their shows to the libraries or to birth-
day parties to make an income,” Metz
says.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater,
which still uses many puppets made de-
cades ago by Baker and his team of ar-
tisans, has done an excellent job mak-
ing connections with the community,
which in turn continues to support its
work.
“It’s just amazing,” Metz says of the
theater that is Baker’s legacy. “So kudos
to Bob for leaving them with all of this
stuff, but kudos to the talented theater
people who are going to carry this leg-
acy into the future.”
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INTERVIEW

The magic of perspective

Marlon James spins
different takes on the
same story in his Dark
Star fantasy trilogy
By Liz Ohanesian
Correspondent
When Marlon James began the research
that would go on to inform his Dark Star
trilogy, he wasn’t planning to write one
book — let alone three.
“For a while, I didn’t know what I was
envisioning,” James says from Brooklyn on
a recent video call, “because a lot of the re-
search I did was merely to do research.”
“Moon Witch, Spider King,” out Tues-
day from Riverhead Books, is the second
installment in the trilogy that began with
James’ 2019 bestseller, “Black Leopard,
Red Wolf.” Through these books, James is
inviting readers into a fantasy filled with
intrigue and steeped in African mythology.
The author, who grew up in Jamaica,
was familiar with some of the continent’s
geography and had studied African his-
tory in high school and college. Mythology,
though, was a different story. “I’m clearly
descended from Africa, but I knew almost
every other mythology but African mythol-
ogy,” he says.
Mythologies, James says, can tell us a lot
about ourselves. “If I don’t have my own,
then there is a part of me that doesn’t un- PHOTO BY MARK SELIGER
derstand who I am,” he says. “That’s why I In “Moon Witch, Spider King,” the second book in Marlon James’ Dark Star trilogy, the
went after those ancient stories.” Man Booker Prize-winning author is “interested in telling different versions of the same
And it took some digging. “Researching story.” James says he’s encouraged people to read the second book first.
these topics can be fraught because a lot
of the stuff we have on Africa is skewed,
flawed or sometimes just plain old racist,” realized that I was very much interested stantial enough to be their own books.”
he says. “Sometimes, it’s going beyond all in telling different versions of the same Stylistically, that meant developing dif-
of that and finding out the truth.” story,” he says. ferent voices for the characters that extend
Most of his research focused on sub- “I know that is something that I’ve al- to how they use language. “They’re from
Saharan Africa. He was also interested ways been interested in: how different two generations, two different places. They
in looking beyond what might appeal to people looking at the same thing or talk- have two different sets of values. Their lan-
Western audiences. “It was not just re- ing about the same era come up with two guage is also different.” James says of the
searching ancient Africa, but changing different stories,” says James, whose Man difference between writing for Sogolon and
how I looked at how I learned,” he says. “I Booker Prize-winning “A Brief History of writing for Tracker, the primary character
think that was important, too.” Seven Killings” features a wide range of of “Black Leopard, Red Wolf.”
Along this path, there was a lot of self- narrative voices. “The story of Christopher “At the core of that is that it is two differ-
discovery. “As a queer writer, I hear a lot Columbus would be very different if told by ent voices,” says James. “I certainly didn’t
about homophobia in Africa, in Nigeria or an Arawak or a Mayan. I’ve always been in- want two different novels with the same
Ghana or Uganda,” he says. “So, I was very terested in that. These novels gave me the voice. For one, that would be pretty unre-
surprised, when I started doing research, sort of canvas to do that.” alistic and certainly not reflecting, if not
seeing all these queer and nonbinary char- But the books also go beyond the quest. their cultures, then certainly their expe-
acters and how our really older and ancient der King” first. In it, you’ll hear from Sogo- “At some point, I became just as interested, rience.”
traditions made space for these characters, lon, the Moon Witch, about the search for a if not more so, in their lives before this mis- It’s at the core of what James is inter-
these personas.” missing boy that’s told in the first novel. In sion and even their lives after,” says James. ested in exploring throughout the series.
He adds, “I didn’t come to the research fact, James says he’s encouraged people to “I think because of that — because of the “I’m also just very interested in how people
looking for validation, but I found it.” read the second book first, as it might lead pre- and post-life of my characters — these become their unique selves,” says James. “I
The Dark Star books are not a linear tril- to a different perspective on the events. stories ended up being really big and I re- think that’s one of the things that both nov-
ogy, so you could read “Moon Witch, Spi- “I didn’t realize it was a trilogy until I alized that they were big enough and sub- els spend a long time trying to examine.”

INTERVIEW

Gen Z journalist
goes long-form
California teen Olivia Seltzer turns her
youth newsletter The Cramm into a book
By Kelli Skye Fadroski
kfadroski@scng.com
On election night in 2016,
12-year-old Olivia Seltzer sat with
her parents, glued to the television
and waiting to find out who would
be the next president of the United
States. She didn’t have much in-
terest in politics before and ad-
mits she naively thought all of the
world’s biggest problems had al-
ready been solved.
But being from a Jewish fam-
ily and attending middle school
in Santa Barbara, where many of
her peers were the children and
grandchildren of immigrants, she
and her friends had more recently
begun talking about the rise in an-
tisemitic attacks and shared their
fears over undocumented loved
ones suddenly being deported,
since it was all over the news.
The main issue, she said, was that
she and her young friends didn’t
have any historical context as to
why these things were happening,
or still happening. They weren’t
being taught about it in public
school, and mainstream news me-
dia outlets certainly weren’t cater-
ing to Generation Z viewership.
In January 2017, Seltzer decided
she wanted to do her own research
and break down the latest head-
lines for Gen Z in a daily news-
letter she’d call The Cramm. She
took the money she had received
for her 13th birthday and bought
the domain name thecramm.com
and began delivering the news to
her followers in smaller, more eas-
ily digestible bits. That newslet-
ter now has more than 2.5 million
subscribers in 113 countries across
six continents. She’s still waiting
for her first subscriber in Antarc-
tica.
“Simply put, you can’t change
the world unless you know about
it,” she said during a recent phone
interview from her Santa Barbara
home. Seltzer just turned 18 and
graduated from high school, and
though she’s still weighing her
options for college, she said she
was accepted to Harvard Univer-
sity. Her first book, “Cramm This
Book: So You Know WTF is Going
On in the World Today,” a meat-
ier version of her newsletter with
a slew of current topics and the
history behind them, comes out
Tuesday.
“It sounds so basic, but it’s very
true,” she said of the concept. “If
you don’t know about something
happening in the world, you don’t
have the power or the tools you
need to try to make the world a
better place, and I think it’s really
important for a generation as mo-
tivated and as activism-oriented
as my generation to be informed
about the issues we’re facing.”
How could they understand
the current relationship between
Russia and the United States with-
out learning about the Cold War?
How could they wrap their heads
around Black Lives Matter with-
out knowing about the civil rights
movement?
“I was born in 2004, so I wasn’t
alive when 9/11 happened and I
grew up in a post-9/11 world,” she
said. “So we were always at war
with Afghanistan until last year
when we withdrew from Afghan-
istan, and I had a lot of friends
questioning why we were there in
the first place.”
These are the sort of hot-but-
ton topics that Seltzer researched
through dozens of news outlets
to figure out an easier way to
communicate nonbiased content
to those who signed up for The
Cramm.
“Pretty much every news source
out there, I read,” she said. “I’m
Olivia Seltzer, an 18-year-old Santa Barbara resident, is the founder of The Cramm, a daily current events
newsletter written for Generation Z. Her “Cramm This Book” will come out Tuesday.
very dedicated to being nonbiased
in my reporting because there re-
ally is no other source of news
like this for young people and I
don’t want one of my friends who
has the opposite beliefs as mine
to read The Cramm and feel like
they’re not being represented or
that it’s not for them.”
Through junior high and high
school, Seltzer would wake up at
5 a.m. each morning and scour
news sites to look for the biggest
stories of the day as well as critical
stories that weren’t always mak-
ing the front pages but were rele-
vant to the daily conversation, in-
cluding articles on school shoot-
ings and climate change, two
issues Seltzer said are more im-
portant for her generation. She’d
put her research together and de-
liver the newsletter to inboxes by
9 a.m.
“I hoped people would just start
thinking more critically about
what’s happening in the world
and start really connecting it to
themselves,” she said. “I think peo-
ple should start having the im-
portant conversations about the
issues that matter, and I think
it’s important to talk about these
problems and to develop opinions
on them, try to find solutions and
also common ground with others.
I know this won’t always be the
case, but I also hope people are
motivated to take action, whether
that’s something local like donat-
ing to a charity or participating
in a protest or march or even just
getting out to vote.”
For the book, Seltzer said, she
had the opportunity to work with
numerous journalists, political ex-
perts and professors who helped
fact-check her work and added
insight on certain topics. But she
didn’t want it to read like a social
studies textbook. She wanted to
write and present it in a language
that spoke directly to Gen Z.
It’s very conversational and
visually engaging, with lots of
graphics, maps, text message
bubbles and Instagram question
boxes that mirror the discussions
happening on private Instagram
account @thecrammfam, where
a team of about 500 young volun-
teers from all over the world joins
in on the conversation about daily
topics to really give it a global per-
spective, Seltzer added.
With high school now behind
COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR
her, she’s enjoying being able to
wake up at 7 a.m. to write the
newsletter, and although she’s
planning to dive deep into politi-
cal science classes in college, she
said she will continue the newslet-
ter and expand her audience be-
cause “it’s the thing I care about
the most.”
Keeping up with so much daily
content, she doesn’t have too
much time to herself, but since she
lives near both the ocean and the
mountains, she takes long walks
on the beach with her friends and
goes hiking with her dog. The
news can oftentimes be depress-
ing and daunting, so she likes to
check out with a good book and
said he’s currently reading Steven
Rowley’s 2021 novel “The Guncle.”
“I know it makes me sound like
the most boring person on the
planet, but I really do like read-
ing when I’m not writing,” she
said. “I spent so much time read-
ing and writing about heavy top-
ics that I like to keep my reading
to light comedies and more heart-
warming stories. I’ve also taken
up yoga. It’s a post-high school
thing I just started doing and I’m
really enjoying it.”
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SNOW PLAY
BELIEVE
Achieve Tahoe participants hit the slopes with an instructor and adaptive equipment, such as sliders, bi-skis or other devices, so they can enjoy the snow experience.
W I T H H EL P F ROM
ACHIEVE
There’s no
‘can’t do’ with
this skiing
program for
kids and adults
who have
physical, sensory
and cognitive
challenges
The list >> The 10 hottest U.S. destinations in 2022, according to Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice
Awards offer up a variety of “best destina-
tions” — especially this time around when
they’ve added niche lists for outdoors
enthusiasts, city lovers, beach bathers and
foodies.
Back this year are the site’s venerable
“most popular destination” lists, which
bestow awards on locations with the most
good reviews over time. Although there’s
some jostling for position, the list doesn’t
vary much from year to year — Dubai took
the top nod for 2022, but London, Paris
and Rome are all still right there.
That’s why the site’s “trending destina-
tions” list is so interesting. It marks the
cities whose appeal to travelers — and
wannabe travelers — surged the most over
the last year, and it’s always loaded with
surprises.
Last week, we shared the 10 trending
destinations around the world, according
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ACHIEVE TAHOE
By Janet Fullwood
Correspondent
S
now play is a wildly popular winter
pastime in Northern California. Drive
up to a Tahoe resort on any frosty
weekend, and you’ll see cars parked out to the
highway and hundreds of skiers and snow-
boarders lined up at the lifts and zooming
down the mountains.
At Northstar California and Palisades
Tahoe at Alpine Meadows, you might also
spot folks sliding — not on regular skis, but
on sit-down, sled-like devices, single skis with
“outrigger” balance poles and other adaptive
apparatuses designed to accommodate folks
with a wide range of disabilities. Most likely,
they’re students taking lessons with Achieve
Tahoe, an adaptive recreation organization
that has provided year-round outdoor activi-
ties for people with cognitive, sensory and
physical challenges since 1967.
Haakon Lang-Ree started out as a volun-
teer 30 years ago. Now, he’s the executive
Adaptive
director of an organization that counts about a
ski devices,
such as this
mono ski, help
dozen Professional Ski Instructors of America
staffers and an army of some 200 enthusiastic
snow lovers
with physical
interns and volunteers working out of Alpine
and Northstar.
challenges
enjoy the “At first,” Lang-Ree recounts, “we were
slopes, too. pulling Vietnam veterans, who had lost their
legs, right out of their beds and saying, ‘We’re
going skiing.’ ”
Adaptive technology and instruction
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to Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards.
Now we’re looking closer to home, and
let’s just say, beaches reign supreme.
Here’s a peek. Find all the lists — popular
hot spots, cities for foodies, outdoor wows
— at tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-
Destinations.
TOP 10 TRENDING U.S.
DESTINATIONS FOR 2022
1 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
2 Charleston, South Carolina
3 Branson, Missouri
4 Moab, Utah
5 Fort Myers Beach, Florida
6 Clearwater, Florida
7 Mount Desert Island, Maine
8 Talkeetna, Alaska
9 Naples, Florida
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10 Asheville, North Carolina
Tripadvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice Awards included Florida’s Clearwater Beach on
— Staff
its list of trending destinations for 2022.
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TRAVEL
Refund from
Iceland Car
Rental seems
to be frozen
By Christopher Elliott
Correspondent
Q I’m trying to get a full
refund from Iceland Car
Rental for our trip to Ice-
land in August 2020 that
was canceled because of
COVID-19. At the time we
booked the rental, in March
2020, they offered a “100%
money back” guarantee. We
notified them to cancel our
reservation as soon as our
flight was canceled, in July
2020. Can you help me get
my $545 back?
— Kristen Nelson,
Minnetonka, Minnesota
A This shouldn’t have hap-
pened. Most car rental
companies don’t charge you
until you pick up your car. I
reviewed the terms of your
agreement with Iceland Car
Rental, and it works a lit-
tle differently. If you can-
cel your reservation up to
two days before your pickup
date, you get a “100% re-
fund.” If you’re within the
48-hour cancellation win-
dow, they’ll charge you for
your rental.
You canceled before two
days, so you should have re-
ceived your money back. So
why didn’t you?
An Iceland Car Rental
representative tried to ex-
plain it in an email to you.
“The coronavirus outbreak
has resulted in thousands of
cancellations,” he explained.
“This means that a lot of
people have applied for re-
funds — including you. Each
refund application is han-
dled individually. And with
the great amount of cases
that we’re currently process-
ing, the waiting time is cur-
rently too long.”
But after you asked how
long it might be, you got a
different answer.
“As is the case for many
tourism related companies
around the world, the future
of our company has been se-
cured throughout this diffi-
cult period with a survival
agreement with our bank,”
the company noted. “How-
ever, the financial restruc-
turing of the company could
not include the refunds of
outstanding reservations for
the foreseeable future; there-
fore, we will not be able to
refund your booking.”
This appears to be a dif-
ferent argument. The car
rental company was restruc-
turing, which means the old
company — the one with
which you had the reserva-
tion — technically no longer
exists. The new Iceland Car
Rental apparently didn’t feel
it had to honor some of the
obligations of the old com-
pany.
But the Iceland Car
Rental you were dealing
with shouldn’t have charged
your card in the first place.
I think you would have had
a legitimate case for a credit
card dispute, had it come to
that.
It didn’t. I contacted Ice-
land Car Rental on your be-
half, and it issued a full re-
fund.
Contact Christopher Elliott
at elliott@elliott.org.
eat+drink
QUICK FIX
Midcentury-style beef stroganoff stirs memories
By Cathy Thomas
Correspondent
I’m in a sentimental mood. Maybe
it’s fueled by pandemic fatigue, or
perhaps just a desire to connect with
a delicious memory. A midcentury
version of beef stroganoff was my
mother’s go-to party dish. I’ve been
hungry for it.
’40s Beef Stroganoff
Yield: 4-6 servings
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 pounds lean beef, such as
trimmed top round steak
3 tablespoons butter, divided use
3/4 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
While some Achieve Tahoe participants can stand on two skis and use poles, others use adaptive equipment, such as bi-skis.
Ski
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techniques have evolved over the
decades, and so has the breadth
of people coming into the pro-
gram, he says. While many par-
ticipants are physically chal-
lenged, others live with less vis-
ible differences, such as autism,
Down syndrome, poor vision or
blindness.
“You’re either born with some-
thing or something happens that
changes your life,” Lang-Ree says
of participants. “There are many
ways that people come to us. The
secret is that there are no prereq-
uisites. We can take you off the
couch and provide a safe expe-
rience from Day 1, and you get
the benefit from Day 1. We spend
a lot of time telling people, ‘You
can do it!’ ”
While some Achieve Tahoe
participants can stand on two
skis and use poles, others are fit-
ted into “sit skis,” “mono-skis,”
“bi-skis” and other devices that
can accommodate those with
missing or poorly functioning
limbs. There’s even a new de-
vice — the TetraSki — that oper-
ates with a joystick and puffs of
breath, much like high-tech elec-
tric wheelchairs.
Will Crichton, 58, of Oak-
land, was a software developer
and avid skier who regularly
chalked up 100 days a year on
the slopes. About five years ago,
a stroke changed his life in an
instant. After the stroke, Crich-
ton couldn’t stand, and he still
can’t move one arm. But after a
lot of work, he can get around
the house on a cane and uses a
wheelchair for longer distances.
“I was a very active skier —
and then got paralyzed,” he says.
“Achieve Tahoe got me back on
skis. It was terrifying and pain-
ful … and great.”
On the snow, he buckles into
an adaptive device called a
“slider” that functions as a kind
of walker on snow. It’s tethered
to an assistant who skis and
helps guide from behind. “It
has armrests and a handle and
I drive it one-handed,” Crichton
says.
Getting there took motivation
and perseverance. “It took four
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 cups sour cream
Salt to taste
Garnish: Ground paprika
Garnish: Sprigs of fresh Italian pars-
ley (plus chives, if you like)
For serving: Wild rice, white rice or
egg noodles
PROCEDURE
1. Cut the beef across the grain. It’s
very important to cut across the
grain of the meat. If you cut with the
grain, the meat might be stringy. First
stretch the meat and you can see
which way the grain runs. Cut beef
into strips 1/4 inch wide. If strips are
long, cut them into lengths about 2-3
Menlo Park teen Indie Gerard, seen here in 2018, has not let cerebral palsy get in the way of his snow play.
Instructors from Achieve Tahoe began getting him out on the slopes five years ago.
“Every time we go up, they push him a little bit farther.
We’ve seen so much improvement.
His stamina in particular has really improved.”
— Suneeta Krish, whose 13-year-old son with cerebral palsy, Indie Gerard, skis with Achieve Tahoe
people helping for half an hour
and half a can of baby powder
to get the boots on for the first
time,” he recalls. “But I got up
there and said, ‘Yeah, I can drive
this thing.’ Trying to ski with one
paralyzed leg and one half-work-
ing leg was brutal. My balance
was so off, it was terrifying. There
was a lot to overcome, but after
about four years it got better.”
Achieve Tahoe’s lessons are
one (and sometimes two) instruc-
tors per student and can accom-
modate children as young as 4.
Indra “Indie” Gerard is a
13-year-old Menlo Park eighth
grader who lives with cerebral
palsy and has been active with
Achieve Tahoe for the past five
years.
“Every time we go up, they
push him a little bit farther,”
his mother, Suneeta Krish, says.
“We’ve seen so much improve-
ment. His stamina in particular
has really improved.”
While Indie can take inde-
pendent steps, he uses a cane
inches long.
2. In a large, deep skillet or Dutch
oven, melt 2 tablespoons butter on
medium-high heat. Add beef and
reduce heat to medium-low and
cover. Allow to cook slowly, toss-
ing occasionally, for 15 minutes. Add
mushrooms and cook uncovered for
10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If
pan becomes dry, add a little more
butter.
3. When the mushrooms and meat
have cooked (25 minutes in all),
remove them from the pan and set
them aside along with any meat
juices.
4. In the same pan, melt 1 tablespoon
of butter over medium-high heat.
or walker for safety. For skiing,
“they have an apparatus that es-
sentially creates another set of
skis around him, because he can’t
hold onto poles,” his mother says.
“And he always has assistants
around him.”
Confidence and independence
are the goals, says Josephine Co-
mier, communications and pro-
gram coordinator for Achieve
Tahoe. “We will pretty much
work with anyone,” she says.
Kayla MacLennan, a tech
worker from Truckee, is one
of Achieve Tahoe’s avid volun-
teers. “I wouldn’t want to spend
my time doing anything else. It’s
so much fun,” she says. “I’m a
teacher, a yoga instructor; I like
to spend my time making other
people better. These folks are liv-
ing with disabilities in a world
they have to adapt to.
“What I like is that I’ve im-
proved as an instructor and
helped other people improve, too.
It’s all about skiing and getting
that sense of moving on snow. If
Add flour and stir 1 minute, scraping
up brown bits in pan, if any. Add sour
cream and stir until heated (do not
boil). Stir in the meat juices, then stir
in beef and mushrooms. Cook until
heated through on medium heat; do
not boil. Season to taste with salt.
Spoon over cooked rice or noodles.
Garnish each serving with a sprinkle
of paprika and fresh chopped parsley.
If you like, add a sprinkle of chopped
fresh chives.
Source: Adapted from “The Mystery
Chef’s Own Cookbook,” 1943
Cooking question? Contact Cathy
Thomas at cathythomascooks@
gmail.com
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COURTESY OF SUNEETA KRISH
you’re living in a wheelchair, you
don’t get that sensation very of-
ten. We’re really glad to inspire
that confidence.”
From Heavenly and Sierra
at Tahoe to Mammoth Moun-
tain, many Sierra ski resorts of-
fer adaptive ski and snowboard
lessons.
Achieve Tahoe includes adap-
tive ski and snowboard lessons
for all abilities, as well as a full
range of summer recreation
programs — kayaking, paddle-
boarding, rafting and more —
for children and adults. Snow-
sports lessons are offered at Al-
pine Meadows and Northstar
daily through April.
At Alpine, the program costs
$125 for a half-day or $250 for
a full day, including private in-
struction and lift ticket; dis-
counted equipment is extra. At
Northstar, the program costs
$135 for a half-day or $270 for a
full day, including lift ticket and
equipment. Find more details at
www.achievetahoe.org.
PHOTO BY CATHY THOMAS
Beef Stroganoff is shown
served atop wild rice,
garnished with paprika and
parsley.
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he treats them like they Frankly, your husband advantage to sit down with
Morrison; Zadie Smith, Good Habits & Break Bad TRADE PAPERBACK a friend (or a member of
are still young children. sounds like a handful. De- introduction Ones: James Clear FICTION
Duane feels they should manding to monitor your a group) and define some
let him know what they phone calls and visits 7. To Paradise: Hanya 5. Atlas of the Heart: 1. The Seven Husbands long-term future goals for
are doing and be available with your sons is off the Yanagihara Mapping Meaningful of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor yourself. If you bounce your
whenever he needs help charts. However, having 8. The Cat Who Saved Connection and the Lan- Jenkins Reid ideas off someone, their
Books: Sosuke Natsukawa guage of Human Experi- 2. Circe: Madeline Miller feedback might help you.
with something. gotten away with this for
ence: Brené Brown Tonight: Promote harmony
Duane has some health 41 years, he isn’t likely to 9. Cloud Cuckoo Land: 3. Normal People: Sally at home.
issues, but some of these change. Because he insists Anthony Doerr 6. The Complete Maus: Rooney
chores he could still do on being present during A Survivor’s Tale: Art Taurus (April 20-May 20):
10. The School for Good 4. The Thursday Murder \*\*\*\* Without doing any-
if he tried. My sons don’t “all” of your conversations, Mothers: Jessamine Chan Spiegelman Club: Richard Osman
like his attitude. Duane schedule some with a li- 7. The Dictionary of Ob- thing special on your part,
HARDCOVER NONFICTION scure Sorrows: John Koenig 5. The Song of Achilles: you can impress others now.
also doesn’t think I should censed psychotherapist to Madeline Miller
have a private conversa- help you figure out if there 1. How to Be Perfect: Since you have this advan-
8. Red-Handed: How 6. The Alchemist: Paulo tage, use it. Do what you
tion with my sons, nor is a middle ground. The Correct Answer to American Elites Get Rich
Every Moral Question: Coelho can to advance your agenda.
should I meet one of them Helping China Win: Peter Tonight: Stay mellow.
for lunch — or anywhere DEAR ABBY >> I want to Michael Schur Schweizer 7. People We Meet on
— without him. Because share with your readers 2. The 1619 Project: A Vacation: Emily Henry Gemini (May 21-June 20):
9. Dilla Time: The Life \*\*\* You are naturally cu-
of this I cannot talk to the best advice I received New Origin Story: Nikole and Afterlife of J Dilla, 8. A Little Life: Hanya
them unless it’s in secret. as a grieving widow. It Hannah-Jones, The New Yanagihara rious, which is why you are
the Hip-Hop Producer eager to expand your world
If I do, he claims we are was, “Say ‘yes’ to almost York Times Magazine Who Reinvented 9. The Love Hypothesis: through learning, study and
“keeping secrets.” every invitation you re- 3. Crying in H Mart: A Rhythm: Dan Charnas Ali Hazelwood travel. You can also enrich
He doesn’t have a close ceive, and GO, even if 99% Memoir: Michelle Zauner 10. The House in the Ce- your life by talking to people
relationship with his son of you does not want to.” I 10. All About Me!: My
4. Atomic Habits: An Easy Remarkable Life in Show rulean Sea: T.J. Klune from other cultures and
either, but they do talk on found it very helpful. I say different countries. Tonight:
the phone. His relation- this because, in time, your Don’t be obsessed.
ship with his daughter is grief will lessen and you
good, but she talks to me will feel “ready.” But, by Cancer (June 21-July 22):
\*\*\*\* Relations with
more often because we then, you may have been Universal Sudoku Puzzle others are smooth now.
have developed a close re- forgotten if you don’t stay Admittedly, Mars can make
lationship over the years. connected. you impatient with those
Sometimes Duane gets an — Feeling Better In who are irritating. But this
attitude if he thinks she Florida is nothing you can’t handle.
has talked to me more Continue to look for ways
than to him. DEAR FEELING BETTER >>
to broaden your world,
Also, he tells my sons While true friends will not especially through travel.
that if they buy anything forget and desert you, I Tonight: Lighten up.
for me, they must purchase agree that as awful as one Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
something of equal value may feel after suffering a Solution to last \*\*\* Remember to get
for him. My sons do not loss, it’s a mistake to iso- Sunday’s puzzle more sleep, because you
like this at all. It’s not that late. Depression feeds on need more rest right now.
they don’t want to give him isolation. Even if we are Nevertheless, you’re de-
anything, but they resent not feeling our strongest, termined to work hard and
the way he reacts about there may be an opportu- accomplish as much as you
what they do for me. I feel I nity to make someone else can. Fortunately, co-workers
should be able to talk to my feel better. And that is an and others are supportive.
sons or meet them some- opportunity that shouldn’t Tonight: Seek solitude.
place and not always have be missed because it can Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
to invite my husband along. boost your own spirits \*\*\*\* Continue to explore
Am I wrong? when they are below the ways to improve your health,
— Mom In The Middle waterline. to become better organized
and, likewise, to enjoy and
DEAR MOM >> No, you are Contact Dear Abby at take care of your pets.
not wrong. Duane ap- DearAbby.com. © 2022 by Universal UClick
Mercury, Venus and Mars
want you to play and enjoy
fun activities with kids. To-
night: Don’t try to convince
The New York Times Crossword anyone.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
WATCH YOUR STEP! By Ross Trudeau / Edited by Will Shortz \*\*\* This is a playful, fun-
Ross Trudeau is a writer and 100 ____ President 47 “Am ____ only one?’’ 88 One to be dethroned A T T C I T A B T U B I S C L C loving time. Family gather-
puzzlemaker in Cambridge, Mass.
101 Literary protagonist raised 48 Level 91 One being coddled, maybe F R O O D A R A C H N I D S T O O D ings, redecorating projects
This is his 48th crossword for the D R A W R E S O F C H E S T S C A M P S
Times. He posts a free original
by wolves 49 Some skin-care products 93 Lacking any adulteration R A D I N A T S H I F T S J A I M E and home entertaining are
puzzle every week on his website, 102 “The Sound of Music’’ 52 Power up 94 Zing A M E N P I P E A R A U D R A also on the menu. Don’t
Rossword Puzzles. household 53 97 B E D H O N O R O F M A I D S W N B A
105 “Horned’’ creature
A.L. East squad: Abbr. One who may have
O P T I O N P F F T A D A M spread yourself so thin that
ACROSS 57 Slice, for one attachment issues?
E N B I E S S L I D O E R Y O L O you can’t enjoy life. Tonight:
107 Turn one’s back on 58 Give the ____ 98 Small Nintendo console, M O R N S F O O T O F F L E E T F D R
1 Rock subgenre named for Let others have their say.
its vocal aesthetic
109 Laces (into) 60 Stopover once I N O N E O N A R I D L A N C E

8 Like some space-saving

110 Apelike 62 — 100 Spring month in France R E
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beds 112 University of Montana city 65 — 102 ____ 1, Yuri Gagarin’s B A E M A N O F R I G H T S L A I L A 21): \*\*\*\* Your focus on
14 Styles that are picked, 115 Weasel word? 66 Put on ice spacecraft O K R A L O L P O O R B O T N E T home and family continues
118 ____ Fielding, co-host of 68 103 Cries in a tattoo parlor N E S T Y E T I G O O G O O
informally
“The Great British Bake
Traffic control org.
104 Frothy coffee invented in K N O T P L E N T Y O F H O R N W O O to be strong. Many of you
18 Amateur 70 Disco ____ (iconic garment F R A T S F A A S O D S A I D are involved more than usual
Off’’ beginning in 2017 Greece
20 Disinclined (to) for Lady Gaga) A B A C I O U T R A N F E R T I L E
21 Royal figure of sci-fi
119 Suffering from a losing 71 “Chandelier’’ singer, 2014 105 — E X A C T A B S E N C E O F L E A V E S with a parent. This is a fast-
22 Grammy for Kendrick
streak, in poker slang
73 Longtime record label 106 Sign of resistance G E N T S O V E R S H O E L A G E R paced time for you because
O D D S K I D S E N D O P E D S
122 Secret exits represented 108 Some bank deposits you have appointments,
Lamar’s “DAMN.’’ or Cardi 74 Annexes
B’s “Invasion of Privacy’’
five times in this puzzle’s 110 Foul mood Answers to last Sunday’s puzzle errands and an ambitious
grid 75 Rube Goldberg machines,
24 Shuts down e.g. 111 Pelicans’ home, informally
schedule. Tonight: Avoid
125 “Bus Stop’’ playwright 113
25 American, abroad 76 Like some vaccines —
controversy.
126 Camping shelter 114
26 Apt name for a worrier 78 A, in Berlin Girl in a tartan
127 Advocates 116 Sagittarius (Nov. 22-
27 Moving toward equilibrium, 80 Incline Miner discoveries
in biology
128 Romanov ruler 117 Relative of “Hey!’’ Dec. 21): \*\*\* Today is
129 Vulnerable
81 Expansive work of art,
29 Legerdemain usually 120 March Madness “trophy’’ a good day to catch your
31 130 Most likely to inspire 121
Horse color
“thirst’’
82 Disreputable Road goo breath, because this has
34 Prepares for a Ms. Olympia 84 Annual Austin festival, 123 Maliciously reveal personal been a busy week. Choose
competition, say DOWN familiarly info about online
36 1 Twins, e.g., for short 124 quiet activities like learning
Tiny foragers 86 “This is too much’’ “Mais ____!’’
37 “Here’s an example ... ‘’ 2 Site with tech tutorials something new, studying,
41 Insect with distinctive 3 Gets out of a grave doing puzzles or reading for
pincers situation? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 pleasure to give yourself a
44 Without stop 4 Scores for place-kickers break. Tonight: Check your
45 5 Mental health org. 18 19 20 21
Subj. for some future finances.
bilinguals 6 They’re thumped at
46 Sources of music in supermarkets 22 23 24 25 Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
musicals 7 Balls 19): \*\* Even though fiery
50 Splinter group 8 Overly simplistic 26 27 28 29 30 Mars is boosting your energy
51 Brewing brothers 9 Bake-off equipment and fair Venus is making you
54 Capital of Japan’s Hyogo 10 Major-____ (pro 31 32 33 34 35 36 charming and diplomatic,
Prefecture ballplayer)
55 It might be broken in 11 OB/GYNs, e.g. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
the Moon opposes you to-
overtime 12 Application
day, which means you have
56 Waits to publish, as an 13 Royal pain 44 45 46 47 48 49 to cooperate with others.
article 14 Circus apparatus Tonight: Be agreeable.
59 Second-rate 15 Laugh or cry, say 50 51 52 53 54 55 Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
61 Pronoun pairing 16
63 Loop trains
“Old MacDonald Had a 18): \*\*\* With the Sun in
Farm’’ sounds 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
64 Hornswoggle 17 N.Y.C. retailer with a famed
your sign, you are in a com-
67 De-creased holiday window display 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
manding position. How-
69 Luxury Hyundai 19 Rum ____ Tugger (cat in ever, there are three planets
70 “Still da ____’’ (Trina title “Cats’’)
70 71 72 73 hiding in your chart, which
track of 2008) 23 Like a romantic evening means you might choose
72 Fluster stroll, perhaps
to keep a low profile and
74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
74 Kind of squash 28 [someone else’s error]
77 One using cloves or garlic 30 Cause chaos
enjoy solitude in beautiful
83 84 85 86 87 88 surroundings. Tonight: Put in
79 What gets filled at a shell 32 —
station? 33 “That’s it?’’ some work.
80 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
Monthly condition, for short 35 Camping shelter Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20):
83 Hairstyle protectors 37 Only person to win an \*\*\*\* Enjoy your good
85 Tabbouleh topping Oscar, Emmy and Tony in 96 97 98 99 100
87 Build, as interest the same year (1973) fortune with lucky Jupiter in
89 Kind of test 38 Kitty ____, stunt 101 102 103 104 your sign for the first time
90 Board figure, informally performer once known as since 2010. Today you feel
92 Recipe unit
the “fastest woman in the 105 106 107 108 109 creative, artistic and dreamy.
world’’
95 Goddess in a peacock-
39 Four-limbed animals
You also feel sympathetic
110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117
drawn chariot
40 “Raiders of the Lost Ark’’ to the needs of children.
96 Marilyn Monroe wore a Tonight: Take it easy.
biter 118 119 120 121 122 123 124
fuchsia one while singing
“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best 42 Plato’s P
Friend’’ 43 Halloween decorations that 125 126 127
99 Beverage that was a can be made with cotton
balls Find Georgia Nicols
medieval source of 128 129 130
nutrition 46 Heavy metal’s “Prince of horoscopes at
Darkness’’ georgianicols.com.
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56 Scrape (by)
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53 Big soda size
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16 Unrestrained
17 Like a good 59 Tea
62 Qatari, e.g.
dispenser 24 behemoths?
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57 Program
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occult 63 often paired
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with guilt which you enter, iPad that has their the 21st century.”
17 Unrestrained 62 Tea dispenser behemoths? 57 Emotion select food from menu on it. “Here, I just don’t think want-
(NHL/WNBA)
occult 63 sorcerers?
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shooting 26 shed
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with “out”
guilt a list and then re- scroll through this,” ing to look at all the restau-
20 Actress
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sorcerers? 34
28 Apt
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60 “Isle
Sing of Dogs”
loudly, lax while they the helpful server will rant’s offerings on one page
19 Thurman
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(MLS/NBA) for
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20 Tip
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69 “___ onmythe 34 Small
35 Apt rhyme 64 Anderson
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22 Thurmanred”
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Mexican for “net”
piece of 65 director
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21 Tip jar bills 69 Bird on the 35 Small Anderson No chopping. No slicing. stare at glowing screens, intelligence. We won’t even
emotion
22 “Seeing red” 70 “This meeting
Mexican flag paper
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65 Mazeout
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23 Debonair
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27
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72 ICU workers a recitation
of the type, briefly No desperate searching for If I want to look at the we at a church picnic? Food
racer
29 Glassblowing, 72 Hones
73 Discourage of the
10 Plagues that one stupid pot that you cocktails (well, OK, I al- gets cold in a nanosec-
29 e.g.
Glassblowing, 73 Discourage
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31 Look for 3 Feel lousy badly that he just threw it the appetizers. Then, more staff shortages and all, but
32 “My
32 “My man!”
man!” 4 “Anyone
4 “Anyone can can
33 Marine
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that!” away, rather than wash it.) scrolling to reach the en- if you can’t give me a real
33 see You just chill in pleas- trees. After I’ve picked an plate, I’m not eating at your
mammals 5 Mountains’
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36 Game whose 6 tops
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36 Game
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carry by someone else and — in a scrolling up and up until taught me some things
39 throws?
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8 They to perfect world — they bring I find the cocktail menu. about life that I’d never
steering
39 Bladed the heart
blood to
implements 9 Does you tasty food to eat, after Then I realize I didn’t look learned as the daughter of
41 steering
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wonderfully which they carry the dirty at the wine menu. More an underpaid military ser-
implements
43 Like a blue 9
10 Does
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41 Put in power
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43
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insert spirit
44 Nature (NBA/NHL)
11 Enchanted www.upuzzles.com do in the offseason. It’s a her phone in the car, so I restaurant,” he told me.
46 Bubble tea sea monster? 2/12 © 2022 Andrews McMeel Universal fact. Look it up. have to lend her my phone “You just tell the waiter
insert (NBA/NHL) www.upuzzles.com I’m in favor of all of so she can peer at the offer- what you want and they’ll
2/13
Fantasy Sports by Will Eisenberg this, which is why I often ings on the tiny screen. bring it to you.” I have had
go out to eat. Even when I Invariably, this means occasion to try that, and
was in a wheelchair, I told we spend the first 15 min- sometimes it works, de-
2/13
Fantasy Sports by Will Eisenberg my friends, “Wheel me utes of every get-together pending on what they have
in there, baby. They have desperately trying to read back there in the kitchen.
ribs.” the menu’s minuscule glow- I remember going to a
But there’s one prob- ing type in the weird font. fine Italian restaurant just
lem with restaurants these Someone will say, “I think over the border in the Baja
days, and I don’t mean I’ll have the arugula salad. wine country, outdoors un-
their lack of staff. Well, OK, Does anyone want to share der a spreading oak tree,
two things. But my main with me?” Sigh. This means and asking the server if
gripe everywhere I go is the more scrolling up to look at they had any vegan pasta.
requirement that you use the ingredients. Then back The next thing I knew, the
your smartphone to locate down to what I planned chef/owner was at our ta-
a QR code, and then read to order, to see if I want to ble, talking to me about
the menu on your phone. change my mind. my request. This ended
Instead of just handing me I complained to the up with him going back
a printed menu to peruse. manager of this particu- into the kitchen and mak-
If I wanted to spend the lar restaurant, which we ing me vegan gnocchi from
first 10 minutes of every frequent. He told me, “The scratch.
meal staring at my phone, city is pressuring us to have Moments like this stick
I would have just stayed everything online and not in your mind, especially
home and ordered takeout. offer paper menus, so we when you’re home and your
Nowadays, when I walk don’t feel like we have any nearby restaurant won’t
into a place, my first ques- choice.” Um, other restau- even give you a stupid
tion is: “Do you have a real rants seem to have solved menu. Let alone make you
menu?” And, too often, the that problem. Why not you? vegan pasta.

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column and set of 3-by-3 Use the clues to help unscramble the
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boxes must contain the to form four words. his movie career to blossom.
numbers 1 through 9 Clue:
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TENANT IRONIC EMBODY
VANITY SHAKEN SPIGOT
The owners of the day spa
Answer:
saw rising profits with so many
ACTUAL people —
ENGINE HYMNAL
SIMMER UNLESS COMMON
For the small, burrowing
PAYING THEM
A VISIT
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was — FEBRUARY 6, 2022
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Southern California News Group editorial board
Ron Hasse, President and Publisher
Frank Pine, Executive Editor
Salvador Rodriguez, Opinion Editor
Editorial board members:
Larry Wilson, Susan Shelley, Steven
Greenhut, Roger Ruvolo, Richard Boddie,
Matt Fleming

» ocregister.com

POLITICS SURVEILLANCE STATE

It’s time to
rein in the
limitless
intelligence
agencies
There is no right to privacy
spelled out in the text of the
U.S. Constitution, but it may be
time to start thinking about an
amendment that
puts one there.
This past week,
the Wall Street
Journal reported
on a newly declas-
sified letter from
two U.S. senators Susan
to the Central In- Shelley
telligence Agency, Columnist
urging the CIA
to tell the public about a secret
program that involved collecting
data from an undisclosed source
and pulling in records of Amer-
icans.
The April 2021 letter from
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New
Mexico, was released on Thurs-
DAVID CRANE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER day. Although heavily redacted,
Xavier Becerra, then-California Attorney General, at a press conference Monday, February 10, 2020. the letter made clear that the
senators thought it was “ur-

INCOMPETENCE SAVES
gent” that the CIA declassify
and make public information
about the secret program, in-
cluding what records the agency
is collecting, the volume of re-

AMERICA FROM CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO >> During a re-
cent trip to Phoenix, locals
rolled their eyes at all the Cali-
fornians who are moving there
— mostly middle-class resi-
dents who are
so tired of our
state’s chronic
mismanagement
that they’re will-
ing to aban-
don the tem-
Steven perate coast for
Greenhut a parched des-
Columnist ert. Note to Cal-
ifornians: It’s
best to re-register your cars in
other states as quickly as pos-
sible, to avoid glares from the
locals.
But while the exodus con-
tinues — and California’s fall-
ing population and outmigra-
tion figures reinforce the an-
ecdotal stories — progressives
still dream of replicating the
state’s political experiment at
the national level. Californians
might be voting with their feet,
but there’s nowhere they can
run and hide if the federal gov-
ernment embraces the same
policies.
After the Biden administra-
tion took power, many Ameri-
cans expressed these concerns.
After all, Vice President Ka-
mala Harris is a product of the
Bay Area Democratic political
machine. Biden tapped another
former California attorney gen-
eral and member of Congress,
Xavier Becerra, to run the U.S.
Department of Health and Hu-
man Services — a particularly
economy, don’t you know? — as
a template for national policy.
Their recent fratricide over
single-payer healthcare is one
recent example. The Legisla-
ture proposed ending every
private health plan and replac-
ing it with a DMV-style bu-
reaucracy called CalCare. Its
companion measure, Assem-
bly Constitutional Amendment
11, would have asked California
voters to raise their taxes by
$12,250 per household.
In reality, neither bill had
any serious chance of becom-
ing law. The effort was about
making a symbolic point —
largely for a national audience.
THOMAS COEX — POOL PHOTO VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS But with Harris and Becerra
U.S Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks during a press conference in key national posts, progres-
in Paris Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. sives hoped such policies could
be imposed from the top down.
Yet fears of the Californica-
“While California’s lawmakers will tion of America are overblown
after watching the adminis-
continue along their merry, progressive tration’s ongoing struggles.
way, it’s obvious – and fortunate – that “White House officials have
they lack the skills to impose those grown so frustrated with top
priorities on a politically diverse nation.” health official Xavier Becerra
as the pandemic rages on that
they have openly mused about
important agency given the and Gavin Newsom adminis- who might be better in the
pandemic. trations) and a host of lesser- job,” The Washington Post re-
Other Californians rose to known officials. ported last month.
high-level positions, too. These And San Francisco’s Nancy Biden officials are frustrated
include a team of economic of- Pelosi remains the Speaker of at conflicting messaging from
ficials with longtime Califor- the House, where California- Becerra’s office, as the pan-
nia ties, including Treasury style policies (such as its ban demic continues and the ad-
Secretary Janet Yellen (former on independent contracting) ministration pays a political
president of the Federal Re- receive a sympathetic hearing. price for its mishandling of re-
serve Bank of San Francisco), As we know, California’s Dem- lated health policy. By the way,
Small Business Administration ocratic leaders seem more in- a government agency that can’t
head Isabel Casillas Guzman terested in using California even get its messaging right
(a veteran of the Gray Davis — it’s the world’s fifth-largest GREENHUT » PAGE 4
cords maintained, how often the
agency was searching U.S. data,
what relationship it has with its
sources of intelligence, and the
legal framework under which
the program is operated.
A spokesperson for the CIA
said the surveillance is autho-
rized under the Reagan-era Ex-
ecutive Order 12333 and the at-
torney general’s guidelines, but
the senators described the CIA
program as “entirely outside the
statutory framework that Con-
gress and the public believe gov-
ern this collection.”
Abuses of surveillance powers
by the intelligence community
are nothing new. In the 1970s,
revelations of outrageous ac-
tions by the nation’s intelligence
and law enforcement agencies
led to hearings on Capitol Hill,
chaired by Sen. Frank Church,
D-Idaho. That led to the enact-
ment of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act in 1978. The
law created the FISA court to re-
view applications for secret war-
rants, part of the effort “to place
intelligence activities within the
constitutional scheme.”
But the FISA court process is
no longer an effective safeguard
against abuse. A series of re-
ports by Justice Department In-
spector General Michael Horow-
itz documented widespread
problems with FBI requests for
FISA warrants, including fail-
ure to comply with the so-called
Woods Procedures, which were
put in place to ensure that ev-
ery fact in a FISA application is
supported with documentation.
Yet it appears that no one has
been held accountable for these
abuses. Even the former FBI at-
torney who pleaded guilty to al-
tering an email, effectively fab-
ricating a key fact used to ob-
SHELLEY » PAGE 4

NO-BID CONTRACTS OVERDOSE PREVENTION

Bring transparency I worked in law enforcement;

to state government drug prohibition doesn’t work
By Scott Wilk secretive no-bid contracts By Diane Goldstein and cause a lifetime of discrim- tanyl overdose deaths increased
under the guise of curbing ination. Because of this, crim- 856% in the same period. Now,
the pandemic. Using powers inalization doesn’t effectively with the rising use of fentanyl
Government at every level gained under the pandemic When I was a lieutenant with dissuade people who are strug- and an increasing supply of
works best when there are state of emergency, Gov. Gavin the Redondo Beach Police De- gling with drug addiction from toxic drugs, this crisis is only
checks and balances in place Newsom has entered into far partment I witnessed the ways using them and instead can going to get worse.
to ensure programs funded too many no-bid contracts drug criminalization policies contribute to perpetuating the This is an epidemic that’s
with taxpayer dollars provide that have received minimal to failed time and again, and hurt cycle of use. been raging for far too long.
the best bang for our buck. no public scrutiny. Many, such the people they were intended A much safer alternative to People with an addiction are
Those checks and balances as the contract with Perki- to help. criminalization and one that among the most vulnerable in
also include ensuring employ- nElmer at the Valencia Branch Those policies have been un- our law enforcement commu- our communities, and it’s our
ees — whether they are public Lab, have been auto-renewed successful because they have nity and public health officials responsibility to treat the over-
or private sector employees — without any oversight or ac- failed to treat substance use should pursue are the Overdose dose crisis like the public health
involved in these programs are countability. disorder as a public health issue Prevention Programs (OPPs) crisis it is. Where “tough-on-
able to raise concerns when In October 2020, the New- and focus instead on placing proposed in Senate Bill 57 by crime” drug criminalization
something does not look right som Administration an- criminal blame for continued Sen. Scott Wiener. policies have failed, we should
without fear of retaliation. nounced a $1.7 billion con- use on those struggling. Since 2011, opioid-related turn to the proven alternative:
Sadly, during the last two tract to the Valencia Branch The long-term impacts of overdoses have been the lead- OPPs, as proposed by SB 57.
years of the COVID-19 pan- Laboratory with great fan- criminalization can keep peo- ing cause of accidental death in At an OPP site, people strug-
demic, the out-of-control New- fare, boasting that the lab ple from getting jobs and ex- California. In 2018, heroin over- gling with addiction can con-
som Administration has paid would process 100,000 COVID clude them from public assis- dose deaths had increased 117% sume drugs in a safe, hygienic
out billions of tax dollars in WILK » PAGE 4 tance; it can separate families from the year before, while fen- GOLDSTEIN » PAGE 4
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H SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Editorial Cartoonist’s take

Inflationary
policies hit
poor hardest
Consumer prices jumped 7.5% compared to
last January, with necessities — electricity,
gasoline, used cars, many food items – up
at astonishing levels. Rents have increased
by the highest percentage in 10 years — and
vacancy rates are so low across Southern
California that it’s nearly impossible to find
an available apartment, per news reports. KEVIN SIERS — THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER

This inflationary spell — the ing slows out of concern for

highest since the end of the
Jimmy Carter administration
— is wreaking havoc on every-
one and especially poor fam-
ilies. Progressive politicians
have called for even more gov-
ernment relief and recurring
direct payments to Ameri-
cans, but they fail to recognize
the direct connection between
profligate federal spending and
inflation.
Supply chain problems have
contributed to the problem, but
that’s not a sufficient explana-
tion. Congress’ Joint Economic
Committee cautions that “bal-
looning government spend-
ing” provides “consumers with
so much money (subsidies and
transfer payments, or easy ac-
cess to credit via a low cost of
borrowing) that demand grows
too fast for production to keep
up.”
A January report from the
Public Policy Institute of Cali-
fornia found that low-income
families experienced a higher
cost-of-living spike than high-
income families over the past
two years, which isn’t surpris-
ing given that they are more
dependent on rental housing.
The price of new homes has
increased at record rates, of
course, but most homeowners
are staying put.
A follow-up PPIC report ex-
plained that Californians’
wages have gone up 5% since
December 2020 because of the
tight labor market, but that af-
ter accounting for inflation “av-
erage wages have actually de-
creased 2 percent over that pe-
riod.”
It found that boosts in the
federal Child Tax Credit and
the Golden State Stimulus
package enabled low-income
residents to keep pace — but
that’s only true for those who
took advantage of programs.
“However, those gains could
be wiped out if wage growth
stalls, or government spend-
high inflation, which could
constrain economic growth,” it
opined.
We obviously disagree that
government spending propels
economic growth, but that con-
clusion highlights a political
conundrum. If the Biden and
Newsom administrations boost
spending to help those in need,
that will ratchet up inflation
and obliterate everyone’s earn-
ings. At best, the direct pay-
ments only helped a subset of
Californians.
Yet we continue to hear non-
sensical arguments that in-
flation actually isn’t that bad.
“(I)nflation can actually be
a good thing for many work-
ing-class Americans, espe-
cially those with fixed-rate
debt like a 30-year mortgage,”
wrote CNN’s Allison Morrow.
“That’s because wages are go-
ing up, which not only empow-
ers workers but also gives them
more money to pay down debt.”
The inflation excuse-makers
usually focus on one narrow el-
ement of the equation. Indeed,
higher wages help homeown-
ers pay the mortgage, but $5-a-
gallon gas prices, $30,000 used
cars and $10-a-pound beef
prices quickly consume that
modest advantage. And these
pundits aren’t focusing on the
long-term costs of excess gov-
ernment spending, as the na-
tional debt recently topped an
appalling $30 trillion. Like all
bills, that one will ultimately
come due.
Overall, inflation is hammer-
ing all Americans and it will
lead to policies — rising inter-
est rates, higher taxes, job lay-
offs, more aggressive govern-
ment economic intervention
(remember price controls?), re-
duced public services — that
fall hardest on lower-income
people. The sooner policymak-
ers face that reality, the sooner
they can stop us from following
the path of Argentina.
Letters to the editor >>
California’s bullet train
to nowhere is still going
nowhere very fast
Re “High-speed rail costs
climb as $5 billion added”
(Feb. 9):
What a money pit. The orig-
inal estimate for the bullet
train in 2008 was $33 billion.
The 2022 business plan esti-
mate was $105 billion. Has
Sacramento ever heard of the
axiom, throwing good money
after bad? Evidently not. Got
to keep all their cronies in
business at taxpayer expense,
of course. Wake up. Newsom.
Spend that money where it
will do some good.
— Scott Irwin, Fullerton
Space junk
Re “Space X satellites fall-
ing after solar storm strikes”
(Feb. 10):
So Elon Musk’s little sat-
ellites burned up due to so-
lar storm. Good. We need
less space junk. This needs to
stop. All these little satellites,
2,000 or more, are cluttering
up space. This egocentric plan
is supposed to increase inter-
net service. I’m sick of the in-
ternet, social media and space
junk. Time to end this con-
tamination.
The internet is the cause
of social unrest, hatred and
all the awful stuff occurring
on Earth. That includes space
junk.
— P.S. Hayes, Long Beach
Child tax credit money
awaits our families
I read with interest the As-
sociated Press article on Feb.
9, “Billions available via child
credit.” The Biden adminis-
tration has made available
roughly $193 billion that is
designated to be claimed in
child tax credits.
All you have to do is file a
tax return for possible eligibil-
ity.The article states that, “the
Biden administration wor-
ries many families will miss
out by not filing tax returns.”
The article does not mention
the multiple millions who are
working in this country il-
legally and therefore do not
want to pay taxes or be iden-
tified. Until this problem is
solved, there won’t be many of
those who will attempt to take
advantage of this government
appropriation. I feel that it is
quite sad that our government
would put out this promise of
money without first address-
ing, and solving, the problem
of illegal immigration.
— Jack Strong,
Long Beach
$4.2B in federal funds
to help fix state bridges
Re “Many California bridges
need repair” (Feb. 6):
It was reported by staff
writer Teri Sforza that 54% of
the bridges in California are
in poor or fair condition. The
second through fifth “poor”
rated bridges are in Los Ange-
les and Orange County.
Six percent of the more than
25,000 bridges in California
are classified as structurally
deficient or unsafe. The report
states $11.7 billion is needed
for repairs on 1698 bridges.
What the report failed to
state was the billions of dol-
lars Californians are paying at
the gas pumps that was slated
for roads and bridges but was
diverted by former Gov. Brown
and current Gov. Newsom.
Prop. 6, the gas tax initiative
that was on the ballot sev-
eral years ago, had a provision
written into it that the taxes
gained from the gas tax would
not be diverted, as was done
in the past. Several months af-
ter the gas tax passed, Gov.
Newsom signed an executive
order diverting the gas tax
money to other funds. Why
should the federal government
bailout California when we
have the money here. Just use
the taxes for what they are for
and stop the Democratic shell
game.
— Wayne Peters,
Fountain Valley
Safe injection sites just
encourage more illegal
drug-user activity
Re “Justice Dept. signals it
may allow safe injection sites”
(Feb. 6):
No surprise, President Joe
Biden’s version of a Justice
Dept. is considering allowing
safe injection sites. The fed-
eral courts have already ruled
it would violate federal law be-
cause crack houses and the
like are illegal for operation by
any person or entity. Legal-
ization encourages the activity
and burdens people and neigh-
borhoods, as noted in the ar-
ticle.
If illegal activity is allowed
by government, what is gov-
ernment’s purpose? My wife
analogized that it makes as
much sense as allowing mur-
der of a person because of
rude but not illegal or harm-
ful treatment from the person.
Have we ceased to be a nation
of laws?
— Richard Stanford,
Fullerton

‘LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE’

Editorial
So, what is the line for the RNC?
Honoring the life of By Matt Fleming licans (who aren’t Trump) and 2020 presidential Election re-

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass, born
into slavery in 1818, never knew
the precise date he was born,
but later chose Feb. 14, as his
birthdate. We urge all Ameri-
cans to consider the ideas, life
and legacy of the great aboli-
tionist, author and statesman.
Douglass’ life is a testament to
the horrors of America’s past,
the importance of liberty and
the value of freedom of thought.
While enslaved, Douglass se-
cretly learned to read. “Knowl-
edge is the pathway from slav-
ery to freedom,” he later said.
At the age of 20, Douglass suc-
cessfully escaped to New York.
From that point on, Douglass
became a sharp and invaluable
critic of the institution of slav-
ery.
Early on, he agreed with ab-
olitionist contemporaries, such
as William Lloyd Garrison, that
the United States Constitu-
tion was at its core a proslavery
document and that the United
States then was predicated on
an evil foundation.
But Douglass ultimately
came to the conclusion that the
United States was in fact pred-
icated on powerful, liberatory
values that in his mind ulti-
mately extended to all people.
“The blessings in which you,
this day, rejoice, are not en-
joyed in common,” he said in a
speech delivered on July 5, 1852,
reflecting on the July 4 holi-
day. But, Douglass argued, the
blessings enjoyed by Americans
ought to be.
“There is not a man beneath
the canopy of heaven that does
not know that slavery is wrong
for him,” he argued.
With the principles in the
Constitution and Declaration
of Independence in mind, Dou-
glass defended the Constitu-
tion from criticisms that it up-
holds the institution of slavery,
arguing that “interpreted as
it ought to be interpreted, the
Constitution is a glorious lib-
erty document.” In making this
case, Douglass forced Ameri-
cans to confront the grotesque
discrepancy between the na-
tion’s stated principles and the
realities at hand, and thereby
contributed greatly to helping
America come closer to fulfill-
ing its ideals.
From the abolition of slav-
ery to fighting racial discrim-
ination to advocating for the
right of women to vote, Doug-
lass always showed a commit-
ment to individual liberty and a
commitment to engaging with
the ideas of those he disagreed
with.
Frederick Douglass’ fight for
freedom and justice must never
be forgotten.
Last week, the Republican Na-
tional Committee took the ex-
traordinary step of publicly cen-
suring two House Republicans
with the purpose of “No Longer
Support(ing) Them As Members
of the Republican Party.”
So what does it take to get
kicked out of the party?
Well, Congressman Matt
Gaetz is still a member in good
standing despite being under in-
vestigation for alleged sex traf-
ficking.
Congresswoman Lauren Boe-
bert’s Republican bona fides are
still in tact after she referred to a
Democratic Muslim colleague as
a member of the “Jihad Squad”
and joked that she could be a
suicide bomber.
This list could go on for
awhile, but it would not be com-
plete without former President
Donald Trump, who has a sizzle
reel of shame that includes: Re-
peatedly attacking fellow Repub-
licans, inspired a failed insurrec-
tion and bragged about sexual
assault.
Trump continues to prove
the RNC will tolerate just about
anything. In fact, Chairwoman
Ronna McDaniel once attacked
her own uncle, Republican Sen-
ator Mitt Romney, for criticiz-
ing Trump’s lack of character —
a point I thought was beyond de-
bate.
If sex trafficking, sexual as-
sault, inspiring an insurrection,
publicly attacking other Repub-
making racist comments are not
enough to get shown the door,
what is?
It turns out that the line is try-
ing to bring to justice the peo-
ple involved with the Trump-in-
spired January 6 insurrection.
Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ilin-
ois, and Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming,
have participated in the investi-
gative congressional committee.
The censure panned the commit-
tee as a “Democrat-led persecu-
tion of ordinary citizens engaged
in legitimate political discourse.”
To say that the people who
stormed the Capitol on January
6th — a violent mob who vandal-
ized the building, smeared feces
in the halls and beat police offi-
cers, all with the intention of dis-
rupting the peace transition of
power to the rightfully-elected
president is absurd.
Facing tremendous criticism,
McDaniel has tried doing a little
cleanup by playing her greatest
hit: Blame the media.
“Violence is not legitimate po-
litical discourse… Media outlets
pretending the RNC believes oth-
erwise are acting in bad faith, &
their lies should be called out as
cheap political stunts,” McDan-
iel tweeted. Of course, the mem-
bers of the media she says are ly-
ing and “acting in bad faith” are
simply quoting the RNC’s cen-
sure resolution.
As members of the RNC were
fighting against reality, for-
mer Vice President Mike Pence
was reiterating in a speech that
he had no right to overturn the
sults. “Frankly there is no idea
more un-American than the no-
tion that any one person could
choose the American presi-
dent,” Pence said, according to
the Associated Press. “Under the
Constitution, I had no right to
change the outcome of our elec-
tion.”
There seems nothing contro-
versial about Pence’s comments.
They’re true, so that’s the end of
the story, right?
Wrong!
Trump argued Pence had the
power to kick the election back
to the states if “there is fraud or
large scale irregularities,” but
left out the fact that this idea
has been fought in court over 60
times and was unable to prove
his claims.
Playing footsies with the luna-
tic fringe is probably more dam-
aging to Republicans’ electoral
chances than anything the Janu-
ary 6 investigation could do and
fomenting insurrection is more
radical than anything in the
Biden agenda.
But that’s all beside the point.
What good is winning if it
means the country will get more
Trump, more Gaetz, more Boe-
bert, more January 6?
Watching some Republicans
act like clowns and watching
others desperately seek their ap-
proval would be much more en-
tertaining if democracy wasn’t
at stake.
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CORONAVIRUS
Moving from pandemic
to the endemic phase
By James Doti
Data on COVID-19 case and
death rates indicate that we
are entering a “new normal”
where infections are not only
declining but leading to less
deadly results.
The onset of the Omicron
variant in early December last
year resulted in a sharp spike
in cases. On December 1, the
7-day moving average of total
cases per day in the nation was
86,000. By January 15 of this
year, only 45 days later, that
number exploded to 792,000.
This number was more than
three times higher than the
previous peak recorded in Jan-
uary last year of 251,000 cases.
But there is a more critically
important difference between
the 251,000 peak in daily cases
on January 8 last year versus
the 792,000 cases on January
15 this year. Back on January
8, the percentage of deaths (20
days later) to cases was 1.30%.
That compares to a much lower
death percentage of 0.30% one
year later when cases peaked
at 792,000.
In fact, the percentage of
deaths to cases has been plum-
meting ever since the Omicron
variant hit in early December.
On December 5, when the first
case of Omicron was reported
in the U.S., the COVID-19 death
percentage was 2.10 percent.
As Omicron raged and casel-
oads skyrocketed after Decem-
ber 5, the death percentage
steadily declined to the most
recent 0.30%.
To put the 0.30% death rate
in perspective, that means
the average probability of dy-
ing from COVID after being
infected is now less than 1 in
300. Back in early 2021, when
the death percentage was 1.3%,
the probability of dying from
COVID was about 4 in 300.
Clearly, in spite of the highly
contagious character of the
Omicron variant, it is much
less lethal than earlier stages
of the coronavirus.
Any death is a personal trag-
edy. But the most recent 0.30
COVID death percentage is
moving us closer to the death
percentage from influenza (the
common flu) of 0.14% in 2017-
18 (61,000 deaths to 45 mil-
lion cases) and 0.10% in 2018-
19 (34,000 deaths to 35 million
cases). This is yet further evi-
dence that the pandemic is be-
coming more endemic. That
means while COVID is not
likely to be completely eradi-
cated, it will become more like
a seasonal flu.
More good news: Since peak-
ing at 792,000 cases on Janu-
ary 8, the 7-day average case-
CALIFORNIA
Newsom is right on death penalty
By Sal Rodriguez
If it weren’t for the fact that ing the prison health care sys-
Gov. Gavin Newsom is in bed
with the California prison
guards’ union, I would credit
him a lot more in these pages
for his mostly right stances on
criminal justice reform, includ- cluding many of your favorites)
ing on the death penalty.
Before I get into defending
Newsom going against the will they spout or have their staff-
of the voters on the death pen- ers tweet.
alty, here’s a brief recap of my
initial claim.
The California Correctional
Peace Officers Association, the
contemptible prison guards
union principled people on the can look at the criminal justice
left used to condemn for Cal-
ifornia’s mass incarceration
problem, endorsed Newsom
for governor in 2018 and spent
heavily in his favor.
As governor, Newsom has
signed off on showering the
union with several hundreds of in 1978, over 1,000 people have
millions of dollars in unjusti-
fied raises, bonuses and other
goodies that could’ve been put
to better use, I don’t know, pre- or otherwise problematic and
venting crime so people don’t
end up in prison in the first
place.
Last summer, not long af-
ter Newsom signed off on a
big giveaway to the union, the
CCPOA contributed $1.75 mil-
lion to defend him from the re- that will probably never happen.
call. Newsom followed that up
by defending the union in court cesses involved in handling
Seven-year-old Ari Alleyne receives the children’s dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine from RN Priya
Meyer, Nursing Professional Development Mgr at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Wednesday morning,
Nov. 3, 2021.
load has declined rapidly to
263,0000 as of February 7.
That points to even fewer CO-
VID deaths in the future.
As we move towards that
future, there are other find-
ings that Chapman research-
ers at the A. Gary Ander-
son Center for Economic Re-
search have uncovered about
the Omicron variant, namely
the socioeconomic factors that
help explain it. Over the last
two years, we have found that
those explanatory factors have
changed markedly during the
two-year trajectory of the CO-
VID-19 pandemic. That re-
search, which was published in
the Journal of Bioeconomics,
COVID Economics, and the So-
cial Science Research Network,
showed that when COVID first
hit in early 2020, states with
higher density were those hit
the hardest. As COVID spread,
density became less impor-
tant to the point where it was
no longer a factor. But increas-
ing evidence emerged that gov-
ernmental interventions — the
degree to which states used in-
terventions such as school and
workplace closings, size re-
strictions in public gatherings,
travel restrictions, and testing
requirements — were increas-
ingly important in reducing
COVID-19 case and death rates.
from a vaccine mandate — yes,
a vaccine mandate — requested
by the federal receiver oversee-
tem.
Democratic leaders have al-
most entirely been silent about
all of that, because, remem-
ber, most political leaders (in-
don’t actually care about all the
nice-sounding talking points
Anyway, back to the point of
the column.
I credit Newsom for his sup-
port of criminal justice reform,
because there’s no way anyone
system and say it’s optimal, hu-
mane or just.
That’s also true of the death
penalty system in California.
There are nearly 700 peo-
ple on death row. Since the res-
toration of the death penalty
been sentenced to death, but far
more (235) have had their sen-
tences found unconstitutional
overturned than have actually
been executed (13), according
to the state’s Committee on the
Revision of the Penal Code.
Having government execu-
tion on the books is effectively a
false promise of a punishment
Given the extensive legal pro-
Since July of last year, how-
ever, as the Delta and Omicron
variants moved COVID-19 into
another stage of the pandemic,
we found that governmental in-
terventions no longer had any
measurable effect in reducing
COVID-19 case and death rates.
In fact, the only two variables
that emerged as having a sig-
nificant influence on statewide
COVID-19 case and death rates
since mid-2021 were age and
vaccination rates. Those states
with a greater proportion of
the population over 65 were
found to have significantly
higher COVID death rates.
Specifically, for every one
percent increase in the per-
centage of people over the age
of 65, the COVID deaths since
last July increased by about 6
people per 100,000 in popula-
tion.
But the most important sin-
gle variable that now explains
differences in s state’s COVID
death rate is a state’s aver-
age vaccination rate. We found
that every single percent-
age point increase in the vac-
cination rate leads, on aver-
age, to a 3.4% decline in death
rate (3.4 fewer people dying
per 100,000 in a state’s popu-
lation).
The ten states, for example,
with the lowest average vacci-
death penalty cases, one es-
timate by Judge Arthur Alar-
cón and Professor Paula Mitch-
ell indicates that California has
spent at least $4 billion on its
death penalty system.
Defenders of the government
killing people will respond that
the reason for these costs and
failures is that it’s too hard to
kill people and that it should be
easier to kill people.
Then let’s consider who gets
the death penalty.
Racial disparities have been
the norm when it comes to the
death penalty. For instance,
95% of people sent to death row
between 2010 and 2020 from
Los Angeles County have been
non-White, with Black peo-
ple making up 43% of the sen-
tences despite the Black popula-
tion being just 9%.
In other words, defenders of
the government killing people
want the government to cage
disproportionately racial mi-
norities and make it much eas-
ier to kill them.
I know this phrasing is an-
noying to some people —
they’re probably saying their
desire to see the government
kill people who just happen
to be disproportionately not
White is colorblind or some-
thing — but that’s what we’re
talking about when we talk
about the government killing
people.
And on this, I will credit
AL SEIB — LOS ANGELES TIMES/POLARIS
nation rate of 50.3%, had an
average COVID-19 death rate
of 22 points higher than other
states. At the other end of the
spectrum, the ten states with
the highest average vaccina-
tion rate of 73% had a death
rate 31 points lower.
These empirical findings
suggest that the single most
important thing that can be
done to keep moving the pan-
demic to an endemic is in-
creasing the average vaccina-
tion rate. The other lesson we
learned is that governmental
intervention no longer appears
to work. Since they come with
high economic as well as so-
cial costs, that suggests they
should be phased out.
This is especially the case
with California, whose govern-
mental intervention, as mea-
sured by Oxford University
stringency score of 27.9, com-
pares to an average score of
18.5 for the entire nation. At
27.9, California’s stringency
score is the 6th highest of all
50 states. That level of gov-
ernmental intervention comes
with great economic cost with
no measurable benefit.
James L. Doti is president
emeritus and professor of
economics at Chapman
University.
Newsom for having moral clar-
ity.
“I think premeditated mur-
der is wrong, in all its forms
and manifestation, including
government-sponsored pre-
meditated murder. I don’t sup-
port the death penalty, never
have,” Newsom said upon an-
nouncing his plan to trans-
fer people on death row out
of death row. “I think there’s
other ways to hold people to
account. Life imprisonment
without the possibility of pa-
role being foundationally one
of them.”
Yeah, that’s right. In effect,
death row prisoners are al-
ready serving that sentence;
their cases just go to court
more often.
Ultimately, though, what
needs to happen is the repeal
of the death penalty by the
people of California. Yes, Cal-
ifornians have rejected this
idea before because a major-
ity of California voters want
the government to kill people.
Some will defend this as “the
will of the voters,” but here’s
the thing: the will of the voters
can change. I argue it should
change.
Some will disagree, because
they really want the govern-
ment to kill people. But that’s
their problem.
Sal Rodriguez can be reached
at salrodriguez@scng.com
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H
SB 9
Cougars
of the L.A.
hills and
grannies
Rogers Hammerstein, a tele-
vision reality-show producer of
some renown, is pounding his
thumbs on top of his iPhone
screen, writing a rather too-long
group text to a bunch of indus-
try pals.
Two years into the pandemic,
what had been a regular Satur-
day morning gang whose mem-
bers met for breakfast at Art’s
Delicatessen in Studio City had
now almost entirely devolved
to a virtual social circle, with a
few tidbits of stu-
dio gossip thrown
out, along with
a few lame golf
jokes, all into
their collective
telephones.
God, how Rog- Larry
ers hated the vir- Wilson
tual stuff. The Columnist
Zoom meetings,
the FaceTimes, the whatevers.
Fine, you can get some work
done as opposed to none. Swell,
you were never caught in traf-
fic yourself or having to listen
to the tiresome stories of those
who were late because of the
405. But he missed the 12:30 ta-
ble at the Ivy. He missed the
Polo Lounge martini after. Re-
ally, he missed the guys.
“Pals, listen up,” he texted.
“You know that SB 9 nonsense?
The thing from our Sacramento
buddies to whom we send such
resources when election time
rolls around? The granny flats,
the duplexes, triplexes, the four
houses to a lot for godsake?”
He stopped and hit send. Sec-
onds later, Brownie White, the
bigshot lawyer, texted: “Acces-
sory dwelling units. ADUs.”
“Right, Brownie, the techni-
cal term. Point is, are we gonna
let these Silicon Valley er fat
cats up in bucolic Woodside eat
our L.A. lunch when it comes to
stopping this mass densification
of California?” He pressed send.
Randy Peters, the Disney
exec: “Have to admit that Palo
Alto-adjacent wildcat action is
a pretty smart scam, though.
But what about the mountain li-
ons? they say. Where the cou-
gars gonna live if the rabid real
estate guys pock the sprawl-
ing Woodside lawns with little
dingbat rental units? Pumas got
rights, too!”
“Point is,” Rogers continues,
“these Facebook schmucks in
Woodside have never even seen
a mountain lion in their town!
Yet they’re using — or were
gonna use, I think they folded
already, but that doesn’t make
it a bad idea, and we can take
it to the bank — this ‘moun-
tain lion habitat’ storyline to sell
to the bleeding hearts in Sacto
so as to keep the grannies out
of the flats in their neck of the
woods, capice? But right here in
your Brentwood, your Tarzana,
your Hollywood Hills we’ve got
our mountain lions on the re-
cord! Remember that big cat P
22? The one on the Sports Illus-
trated cover with the Hollywood
sign in the background?”
“It was Nat Geo, babe. This is
a feline, not a swimsuit model,”
Walter Luger reminded the
group.
“Same difference,” Rog-
ers continued. “He’s world-re-
nowned! Got video of him holed
up under that house in Beach-
wood Canyon in January. He
snarfed that koala at the L.A.
Zoo just the other day. He’s the
king of Los Feliz! Girl in the
Times talked about his ‘tawny
good looks’! ‘He’s the Brad Pitt
of the cougar world,’ says that
chick with the big cat tattoo.
She’s talking our language! I’m
telling you, 22 is our boy against
this whole lousy dense L.A.”
“I don’t know, Rog,” the law-
yer chimes in. “We got to keep
our powder dry with the elect-
eds for when we really need to
grease the wheels — in-state
production tax breaks, that kind
of thing. The lions? Didn’t work
out for our Big Tech brethren.”
“They didn’t know how to
sell the story!” Rogers responds.
“Who’s better at storytelling
than us, the big cats of Holly-
wood. Am I right?”
Radio silence from the gang.
Rogers gave up.
“OK, I got a tee time at Lake-
side in an hour anyway. Just try-
ing to protect your sacred over-
priced real estate. Ciao for now
and, hey, next year in the old
booth at Art’s, am I right?”
Larry Wilson is on the Southern
California News Group editorial
board. lwilson@scgn.com.
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Greenhut
fidence in the federal re- onist barely escaping from Harris’ office has like- plagued all of her previ- Francisco or Los Angeles.
sponse to the virus’ latest a building that he deto- wise echoed explosion ous offices, so why would So while California’s law-
variant, or anything else. nated behind him.” scenes from “Die Hard 2.” we expect anything differ- makers will continue along
FROM PAGE 1 He had virtually no health- I lack the word count to White House damage con- ent as vice president? My their merry, progressive
care experience, but that detail the myriad Becerra trol over Becerra echoes theory: California’s Dem- way, it’s obvious — and for-
on one single health issue was only part of the prob- scandals and management its approach to Harris in ocrats rise to power in a tunate — that they lack the
might not be the best place lem. failures, but the courts re- December after news re- one-party state, where in- skills to impose those pri-
to centralize all healthcare More significantly, peatedly slammed him for ports pointed to infight- ternal party considerations orities on a politically di-
decisions, but I digress. Becerra was a disaster as disregarding the state’s po- ing, intrigue and dysfunc- matter more than policy verse nation.
The administration attorney general. After the lice-accountability laws tion. The White House re- credentials or basic com-
jumped into damage- Senate approved Becerra and mismanaging our gun- assured the nation that the petence, so they are out of Steven Greenhut is
control mode, as Latino as the nation’s healthcare registration system. The vice president is a valuable their league playing at the Western region director for
groups complained about czar, this editorial board newspaper editorial found partner, but it sounded like national level. the R Street Institute and
criticism of Biden’s high- recounted the “ongoing a recurring theme: “basic the administration was California Democrats a member of the Southern
est-ranking Latino official. mess” he left at the Califor- incompetence.” limiting Harris to tasks don’t understand that vot- California News Group
But no Californian should nia Department of Justice Who is shocked that he where she could do little ers in Peoria or Phoenix editorial board. Write to
be surprised at Becerra’s — comparing the imagery took that skillset to the damage. don’t share the same ob- him at sgreenhut@rstreet.
inability to inspire con- to “an action movie protag- federal level? Similar dysfunction sessions as those in San org.

Goldstein
FROM PAGE 1

space where trained cli-

nicians can ensure their
safety. Those profession-
als can also extend a life-
line to those considering
recovery or trying to mod-
erate their use by connect-
ing them to vital mental
health and substance use
treatment services.
We have to face the fact
that drug addiction doesn’t
stop overnight, it can take
weeks, months, or years
for people who use drugs
to set themselves firmly on
the path to recovery. This
is a difficult, complex issue.
But we can all agree that
our neighbors, friends, and
family struggling with ad-
diction should be extended
a lifeline. SB 57 and pilot
OPPs will save lives and,
for those who are ready,
provide access to mental
health and substance use
treatment services.
SB 57 presents Califor-
nians with a non-coercive
way to help our neighbors
suffering from addiction..
The bill authorizes the cit-
ies and counties of San
Francisco and Los Angeles,
and the city of Oakland to
pilot OPPs, requiring eval-
uation to see if they suc-
ceed as they have in other
countries,increasing treat-
ment entry, while reducing
death, hospital use, and
crime. FILE PHOTO: ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
These cities are among Supplies are shown on a desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection site in San Francisco, Aug. 29, 2018.
the hardest hit in Califor-
nia when it comes to drug
use and overdose deaths. ers have not found a link the world. In the United ation globally. OPPs lead fourth wave of the over- Diane Goldstein worked
Giving residents access to between programs like States, Rhode Island and to economic relief in the dose crisis and faces the for the Redondo Beach
the recovery and educa- this and an increase in New York City are lead- surrounding areas of com- constant reality of a dan- Police Department for
tion resources available at crime. In fact, some stud- ing the way in develop- munities that have them. gerous, poisoned illicit 21 years. She is the
the OPPs will not only sig- ies have observed a drop ing these life saving ini- It begs the question: why drug supply in our com- executive director of the
nificantly reduce the num- in crime near programs tiatives. Two sites in New aren’t there more of these? munities. Almost one mil- Law Enforcement Action
ber of overdose deaths ev- and they are strongly as- York City opened recently As officers sworn to serve lion lives have been lost Partnership, a nonprofit
ery year, it will also re- sociated with a decrease in and within their first nine and protect their commu- to overdose deaths in this group of officers who want
duce financial strain on public drug use. weeks of operation treated nities, I believe that it is country since 1999; it’s to transform policing by
our communities. It is esti- Programs such as this about 130 overdoses. vital that California’s law time to stop calling people advocating for drug policy
mated that just one OPP in are not a new concept Over 20 years of study enforcement organizations struggling with addiction and criminal justice
San Francisco will save the and are already operat- and to date, there has not support this effort. criminals and start offer- reforms that will make
city $3.5 million in other ing in Canada and in ten been one death at any of The United States is ing them a bridge to a bet- communities safer and
costs. Moreover, research- other countries around the over 120 OPPs in oper- now in the midst of the ter life. more just.

Shelley
tors, including an online ods and databases to mon- power to amend the U.S.
environment filled with itor the communications, Constitution to guarantee
false or misleading narra- financial transactions and a right of privacy. But that
FROM PAGE 1 tives and conspiracy the- movements of any Ameri- shouldn’t be necessary in
ories, and other forms of can, retaining records in- order to stop abuses by
tain a warrant to spy on mis- dis- and mal-infor- definitely, and regularly the federal government’s
Trump campaign advisor mation (MDM) introduced entering data on inno- intelligence and law en-
Carter Page, was spared and/or amplified by for- cent Americans into law forcement agencies. The
serious consequences for eign and domestic threat enforcement databases. U.S. Constitution’s Fourth
his actions. Kevin Cline- actors.” The government could se- Amendment states plainly,
smith was sentenced to a The bulletin is titled, cretly flag Americans as “The right of the people
year of probation and 400 “Summary of Terrorism suspected “conspirators” to be secure in their per-
hours of community ser- Threat to the U.S. Home- based on nothing other sons, houses, papers, and
vice. For the crime of sub- land.” These govern- than their political views effects, against unreason-
mitting a falsified docu- ment officials are labeling expressed online. Now able searches and seizures,
ment to a U.S. agency, his speech as terrorism. TOM WILLIAMS — POOL VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS that the Biden adminis- shall not be violated, and
law license was briefly sus- Let me explain some- William Burns testifies before a Senate Intelligence tration’s Homeland Secu- no Warrants shall issue,
pended. thing. No. Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the rity Department has used but upon probable cause,
Oversight of U.S. intel- Americans must push Central Intelligence Agency, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 on the word “terrorist” to de- supported by Oath or af-
ligence and law enforce- back on this creeping creep- Capitol Hill in Washington. scribe people who make firmation, and particularly
ment agencies has com- iness. Did you see what the statements of “mis- dis- describing the place to be
pletely broken down. IRS just tried to do? to set up face-scanning to agency will “transition and mal-information,” we searched, and the persons
The threat to free- The Internal Reve- authenticate identity. Last away” from the plan. How- are a short step from hav- or things to be seized.”
dom from secret surveil- nue Service had said that summer, the Biden ad- ever, the chief executive of ing U.S. law enforcement We can protect our 21st-
lance and data collec- starting this summer, ministration signed a two- ID.me told the Washing- agencies open investiga- century freedom by en-
tion reached a new level of it would require Ameri- year, $86 million contract ton Post that its client list tions that destroy people’s forcing our 18th-century
danger this week with the cans who wanted to go on- with ID.me to manage the includes 10 federal agen- lives for wrong-think. rights. And it’s time we
release of a Department of line to access their tax ac- security and facial recog- cies, among them the So- Some would say we’re started doing it.
Homeland Security “Na- counts or other IRS ser- nition data of U.S. taxpay- cial Security Administra- already there.
tional Terrorism Advisory vices to submit a “video ers. tion, and 30 states, includ- The people of the Susan Shelley can be
System Bulletin” warning selfie” to a private com- Amid a storm of con- ing California. United States, through reached at Susan@
that the U.S. “remains in a pany called ID.me. The troversy, IRS Commis- Hidden by secrecy, the their elected representa- SusanShelley.com. Follow
heightened threat environ- video and other personal sioner Charles Rettig government could use its tives in Congress and the her on Twitter @Susan_
ment fueled by several fac- data would then be used just announced that the various surveillance meth- state legislatures, have the Shelley

Wilk
no process for correcting of the Valencia lab fiasco of $25 million or more en- employees. Transparent government
the problem. Some samples had whistleblowers not tered into on or after Jan- Inadequate contracting is good government. While
were brought into the bath- risked their careers to ex- uary 1, 2023 to be subject decisions by the Newsom many politicians talk about
FROM PAGE 1 room before being tested. pose the lab’s glaring defi- to an oversight hearing of Administration in criti- the importance of checks
Horrifying. ciencies. They deserve the the Joint Legislative Bud- cal areas such as COVID-19 and balances, in the case of
tests a day and turn the While the Newsom Ad- same protections as other get Committee prior to any test processing have led no-bid contracts, it is just
results around within 48 ministration feigned out- state workers who call at- renewal or extension of to massive waste, left the talk. If Newsom and Dem-
hours. Since then, we have rage and promised to con- tention to grievous prob- the contract. This would state vulnerable to fraud, ocrat leaders in the Leg-
learned the lab has been duct its own investigation, lems at a state agency. ensure that no-bid con- and even worse, ham- islature believe in the im-
riddled with serious prob- it delayed releasing the re- Oversight and account- tracts are not simply auto- strung our ability to slow portance of government
lems and never met the sults for months. I had ability are sorely lacking in renewed without the op- the spread of COVID-19. transparency and account-
goals set out in its contract, been calling for the release this process, which is why portunity for public input, Recently, we learned ability, they must do more
yet it was quietly auto-re- of the report and urging I have introduced two im- discussion, and a robust the Newsom Administra- than talk. They should sup-
newed late last year. the Administration to hold portant measures that will debate about the perfor- tion again secretly negoti- port SCA 7 and SB 947. I
In addition to the poor off on the renewal until all add accountability to no- mance of these providers. ated a massive no-bid con- look forward to working
performance, whistleblow- details were known. Con- bid contracts and expand Senate Bill 947 will fos- tract. This time with Kai- with them to create this ex-
ers exposed unlicensed lab veniently, the report, which whistleblower protections ter accountability by em- ser Permanente to expand tra layer of accountability
techs sleeping on the job, a was critical of the lab and to those individuals brave powering employees of its Medi-Cal coverage area, that taxpayers demand and
lack of supervision over un- supported the whistle- enough to come forward these no-bid contracts to raising many questions deserve.
trained staff, contaminated blower allegations, was and expose fraud or waste report fraud, waste, abuse, about how this will impact
tests, swapped samples, not released until after the by contractors. and improper activity, free the management of Cali- Scott Wilk is the
testing errors, a high rate contract was auto-renewed Senate Constitutional from fear of retaliation by fornia’s Medi-Cal program. California State Senate
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CONGRESS
Here’s what the Dems
should focus efforts on
By Douglas Schoen
During the first year of
Biden’s presidency, Democrats
were engaged in a politically
costly and ultimately vain effort
to rally members of their cau-
cus around progressive policies
that the public either views as
secondary priorities, or in some
cases, opposes.
Only 1 in 4 Americans (24%),
including less than one-half of
Democrats (44%), say that en-
acting Biden’s Build Back Bet-
ter agenda — a large progres-
sive spending plan that was
much-debated but unsuccessful
— should be a top priority, ac-
cording to a Monmouth Univer-
sity poll.
In order to cut their politi-
cal losses in the midterms, na-
tional Democrats ought to ded-
icate their focus to developing,
promoting, and passing com-
monsense legislation that is de-
signed to address voters’ top
concerns and improve Amer-
icans’ quality of life. In doing
so, Democrats should make a
meaningful effort to work with
Republicans on issues where
compromise is possible.
To that end, there are three
broader issues that, if pursued,
would give Democrats an op-
portunity to deliver in a bipar-
tisan fashion while also inoc-
ulating against G.O.P. attacks:
improving immigration laws,
reforming the criminal justice
system, and transforming job
and vocational training pro-
grams.
The Biden administration is
facing a multi-faceted immigra-
tion crisis, both in terms of the
disaster at the Southern border,
as well as the unsettled status of
millions of undocumented im-
migrants. Just one-third (33%)
of voters overall — including
only 26% of independents and
37% of Hispanics — approve of
Biden’s handling of immigra-
tion, while a majority (56%) dis-
approve, per a Morning Consult
survey.
Americans across the po-
litical spectrum — and espe-
cially on the right — have read
news of illegal border cross-
ings reaching record-high num-
bers and ICE detention centers
overflowing. Republicans have
worked somewhat successfully
to tie the crisis to Biden’s failed
policies.
At the same time, immigra-
tion activists on the left are
frustrated with the president
for not following through on the
promises he made during the
CORPORATISM
Companies bend to genocidal China
By John Stossel
Companies tell us they sup-
port justice.
“Believe in something, even if
it means sacrificing everything,”
says former 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick in a Nike ad.
“Speak for the people who
may not be able to be heard,”
says the NBA.
“Corporate PR hogwash,”
says journalist Melissa Chen.
“Hogwash,” she says, because
the NBA clearly does not want
its employees to criticize in-
justice — if that injustice is in
China.
Daryl Morey, general man-
ager of the Houston Rockets,
tweeted, “Fight for freedom,
stand with Hong Kong.”
Good for him. China crushed
freedom in Hong Kong. But
China didn’t like hearing an
NBA executive say that. Chinese
TV stopped broadcasting Rock-
ets games. The NBA then appar-
ently told its players and front
offices to shut up. Morey deleted
his tweet and instead tweeted
that he “did not intend to cause
any offense.”
The NBA itself also apolo-
gized to China, saying that they
were “disappointed” by Mo-
rey’s “inappropriate” tweet. Leb-
ron James called Morey “misin-
formed.”
“China is able to strong-arm
these companies … into actually
acquiescing with its ideology,”
complains Chen.
That ideology is often gro-
tesque. The U.S. and other coun-
tries accuse China of commit-
ting genocide against a mostly
President Joe Biden is best advised to run, not walk, toward the political center to save his presidency.
campaign: making immigration
policy more humane, passing a
pathway to citizenship for the
11 million undocumented immi-
grants, and permanently pro-
tecting Dreamers.
Thus, Democrats can work
with Republicans on a balanced
immigration package that se-
cures the border through tech-
nological and physical barriers,
requires employers to use E-Ver-
ify to certify the legal status of
new hires, codifies lasting pro-
tections for Dreamers, and cre-
ates a pathway to citizenship.
Importantly, by prioritizing
immigration, national Demo-
crats can protect electorally vul-
nerable members of their cau-
cus in the midterms from G.O.P.
attacks linking Democratic poli-
cies to the border crisis.
Criminal justice reform pres-
ents another opportunity for
Democrats to pursue a grand
bargain with Republicans, es-
pecially as crime rates spike
across the country. Such legisla-
tion should involve funding lo-
cal law enforcement, while also
holding police accountable and
making the criminal justice and
policing system fairer for Black
Americans, who are dispropor-
tionately mistreated.
Absent action by Democrats
on crime, I anticipate that Re-
publican attacks on Democrats
as being soft-on-crime will reso-
nate in the midterms — as 70%
of voters believe crime in the
country is out of control, while
only 30% say crime is mostly
FILE PHOTO: TATAN SYUFLANA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Student activists wear masks with the colors of the pro-
independence East Turkistan flag during a rally to protest the Beijing
2022 Winter Olympic Games, outside the Chinese Embassy in
Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.
Muslim minority group, the Uy-
ghurs.
China imprisons them in “re-
education camps.” Leaked sat-
ellite footage shows blindfolded
men, with their hands tied be-
hind their backs, in what looks
like a concentration camp. But
although the NBA runs ads that
say, “Speak for the people who
may not be able to be heard,” it
clearly does not want its play-
ers, coaches or executives to say
anything about Uyghur geno-
cide..
“Companies like Apple, Nike
and Coca-Cola have part of their
supply chain sourced from this
region,” she responds. “In these
areas, Uyghurs are forced to
participate in slave labor.”
Hollywood doesn’t care ei-
ther. The movie “Mulan” was
under control, per the January
Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.
Given the wariness of some
on the left toward policies that
strengthen police, Biden will
need to sell the legislation to
progressives by making explic-
itly clear that ensuring more
equitable treatment of Black
Americans and supporting law
enforcement are not mutually
exclusive goals.
I largely agree with other
prominent Democrats who say
that, in order to connect with
voters in the middle who are
concerned both about crime
and curbing police misconduct,
Biden can look to New York City
Mayor Eric Adams’ approach.
Positively, during a recent
public safety summit with Ad-
ams, Biden made clear that his
administration does not sup-
port the far-left “defund the po-
lice” movement. The same day,
Biden’s Justice Department an-
nounced new measures to sup-
port local law enforcement and
restrict the flow of firearms
used to commit crimes.
Though Biden’s latest direc-
tives and rhetoric are encourag-
ing first steps, they are just that.
Finally, given the shifts in
the workforce and labor market
that occurred during the pan-
demic, it is both necessary and
practical for Democrats to pri-
oritize improving federal job
and vocational training pro-
grams. Focusing on passing the
JOBS Act — a bipartisan bill
that would expand federal Pell
filmed in the same region where
Uyghurs are tortured. In the
credits, Disney gave “special
thanks” to government depart-
ments in Xinjiang, where the
abuse occurs.
“Fast and Furious 9” ac-
tor John Cena, promoting his
movie to people in Taiwan, said,
“Taiwan is the first country that
can watch F9.”
What was wrong with that?
“He had the audacity to al-
lude to the fact that Taiwan was
a country,” says Chen, “rather
than a territory owned by
China.”
I don’t know what China said
to Cena or Universal Pictures,
but soon Cena was on Chi-
nese social media, groveling to
China, saying “sorry” over and
over. “I have made a mistake. …
ANDREW HARNIK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grant eligibility to high-qual-
ity, short-term job training pro-
grams — is a good starting
point to achieve this end. This
legislation was reintroduced
by a bipartisan group of sen-
ators in 2021, and was passed
this week along with the COM-
PETES Act in the House. When
Senate Democrats will take up
the bill, they should focus on
touting and passing the reforms
in the JOBS Act, while also ne-
gotiating with Republicans on
the broader COMPETES Act.
The JOBS Act would make
high-quality education and
training programs eligible for
federal Pell Grants — thus clos-
ing the skills gap by helping
more workers afford the job
training and credentials that
are in demand as industries
have shifted during the pan-
demic.
By promoting a bipartisan
bill that helps America’s work-
ers, Democrats can reclaim
the mantle as the pro-Ameri-
can worker party, while also de-
flecting G.O.P. attacks on Demo-
crats’ economic policies as being
too liberal or wasteful.
Ultimately, in order to avoid
a shellacking in the 2022 mid-
terms, it’s clear that Democrats
need to put bipartisan reforms
— on immigration, criminal jus-
tice and job training — at the
center of their strategic pivot.
Douglas Schoen is a longtime
Democratic political
consultant.
I really love and respect the Chi-
nese people. … I made a mis-
take,” he pleaded.
Only one NBA player is prin-
cipled enough to point out the
NBA’s hypocrisy: Boston Celtic
Enes Kanter Freedom. He crit-
icizes players who don’t speak
up because they fear losing Chi-
nese business deals.
“Human rights and basic
rights is way more important
than any deal you can offer,”
he says. He loses lucrative shoe
contracts because he sometimes
displays messages on his shoes,
like “Free Tibet” and “Stand
With Taiwan.” He denounces
Chinese Uyghur oppression. So
China won’t broadcast Celtics
games.
But Freedom keeps speaking
up, calling out hypocrites like
Nike, which promotes social jus-
tice causes in the United States
but is largely silent about hu-
man rights violations in China.
The press rarely points out
the hypocrisy, says Chen, be-
cause “this exposes the woke
edifice of the NBA.”
Of course, companies exist to
make money. Should we expect
them to turn their back on the
Chinese market?
“Absolutely,” says Chen. “The
least we can do is to take stock
of their cowardice and recog-
nize that what they’re partici-
pating in is bald-faced hypoc-
risy.”
John Stossel is creator of
Stossel TV and author of “Give
Me a Break: How I Exposed
Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam
Artists and Became the
Scourge of the Liberal Media.”
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H
SACRAMENTO
Pricey
Capitol
Annex
project
It’s a safe bet many Califor-
nians would love to update their
homes or businesses if they
could. New windows, a new
roof, perhaps new furniture and
equipment are needed, but the
inflationary cost of goods, cou-
pled with the financial strain
many are experiencing due to
California’s COVID restrictions,
have put desired upgrades out
of reach. Except, of course, for
our Legislature, who have no
qualms about spending more
than $1 billion in
taxpayer dollars
to build them-
selves a new office
space.
You read that
correctly, more
than $1 billion in Jon
taxpayer dollars Coupal
is slated for a new Columnist
office building for
state politicians, all while the
people who paid those tax dol-
lars struggle to make ends meet.
It’s no wonder that, according to
a recent poll, 76% of voters re-
ject the Legislature’s over-the-
top and unnecessary building
project.
The lawmakers’ billion-dol-
lar boondoggle was born out
of the need to upgrade the his-
toric Capitol Annex, the legis-
lative office building added to
the state’s Capitol in the 1950s.
Maintenance of the Annex was
largely ignored by the state over
the years, leaving it long over-
due for health and safety im-
provements, the cost of which
is pegged at around $500 mil-
lion. But rather than rehabili-
tate the Annex, the Legislature
is bulldozing ahead with a de-
molish-and-rebuild plan to erect
swanky new digs fit for a tech ti-
tan. Their plan includes soaring
exterior glass walls, as well as a
200-space underground parking
garage (for their sole use) that
will require up to 100 rare and
historic trees in Capitol Park
to be uprooted, and a new visi-
tor center that will excavate the
iconic West Steps.
So much for the environment.
The price tag of the Legisla-
ture’s princely quarters stood
at $543 million in 2017 but has
since ballooned to more than
$1.2 billion, even before the
wrecking ball has been dis-
patched. With the state’s track
record of historic cost overruns
on taxpayer-funded projects
(see high-speed rail), it’s any-
one’s guess what the final cost
to taxpayers will be if the proj-
ect is not halted. Adding insult
to injury, a $450 million “swing
space” office building was
erected across the street from
the Capitol to house the Legis-
lature and their staff while the
Annex is being demolished and
their ode to excess is being built.
Adding the cost of the “swing”
building to the Annex project
puts taxpayers on the hook for
nearly $2 billion thus far.
In a move indicating they
knew their plan would be un-
popular, decision making
around the Annex plan was
done behind closed doors. The
Legislature even kept details
of their plan from the Historic
State Capitol Commission, a
body created by the Legislature
in 1976 to ensure that the histor-
ical and architectural integrity
of the Capitol was preserved. As
a result of the Legislature’s lack
of transparency and consensus
seeking, two commissioners re-
signed in protest. Turns out,
voters share the commission-
ers’ outrage, with nearly 70% of
those polled saying they oppose
the lack of transparency around
the project.
A coalition of taxpayers, pres-
ervationists, environmentalists,
and small businesses are calling
on state leadership to halt demo-
lition of the Annex and open the
project to further review and in-
put. And the majority of Califor-
nia voters agree — in a poll com-
missioned by the coalition, more
than 60% say they would rather
see the historic Annex rehabil-
itated, saving taxpayers hun-
dreds of millions of dollars.
So far, the strong and broad
voter opposition to the Legisla-
ture’s extravagant plan for the
Capitol Annex has not deterred
the project, with wrecking crews
poised to descend upon the his-
toric building. Sadly, California
taxpayers are about to be bull-
dozed as well.
Jon Coupal is president of the
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association.
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There has been risk in many of the things the Rams have done since returning to the sports-saturated L.A. market. They made Sean McVay, above, the youngest head coach in modern
NFL history in 2017, but he has guided them to two Super Bowls in five years, the second of which will be played in the stadium that team owner Stan Kroenke had the vision to build.
The team has to do things in a distinctive way in North America's most diverse sports market
By Jim Alexander
jalexander@scng.com
The NFL is in many ways a
copycat league. When one team
or one organization has a run of
success, others will see if what
works there might work for them.
So now that the Rams have won
three NFC West championships
in five seasons and reached their
second Super Bowl in the last four
under Sean McVay, it only figures
that others will be sampling the
secret sauce as well, right?
Um, maybe not.
“I wouldn’t wish that on any-
body,” Rams chief operating offi-
cer Kevin Demoff noted last week.
“I don’t think there’s anything
here that’s replicable, right? I
mean, you start with an owner
(Stan Kroenke) who has given
us every opportunity to spend,
to build the world’s most amaz-
ing stadium, to spend to the sal-
ary cap and then some, to build
an amazing roster, to take the
risk to go hire a 30-year-old head
coach.
“I don’t know that you can
try this anywhere else. You can’t
try to build SoFi Stadium in any
other market except Los Ange-
les. I don’t know that the way we
build and construct our team
would work in any other market,
with any other group, with any
other owner. And look, I would
not advise anybody to copy what
we do, not because I think that
they couldn’t do it. I just think
you have to find what’s uniquely
yours and lean into that and
make that special.”
It’s an only in L.A. scenario,
and it goes beyond the all-in phi-
losophy of general manager Les
Snead, the culture built by Mc-
Vay, now 36, and the wealth and
willingness of Kroenke, who had
the vision and took the risk to
build that stadium.
The Rams’ objectives in this
market are a reflection of South-
ern California itself and its in-
tense competition for atten-
tion. When the Rams returned
in 2016 after the NFL’s 21-season
absence, they came back to a re-
gion even more saturated than it
was before the Rams and Raid-
ers abandoned it in 1995. Two
baseball teams, two NBA teams,
two hockey teams and two Power
5 college programs had been
joined by two teams in Major
League Soccer and a WNBA fran-
chise, two leagues that didn’t yet
exist when the Rams and Raiders
Rams mascot “Rampage” helps lead a free sports clinic
sponsored by the L.A. Education Recovery Fund, LAUSD
and the Rams at the UCLA Community School.
pulled up stakes in 1994.
That’s in addition to Disney-
land, Knott’s Berry Farm, Magic
Mountain, Universal Studios, the
beach, and a cornucopia of other
sports, entertainment and recre-
ation options peculiar to South-
ern California. The colossal na-
ture of this market makes it ideal
for Super Bowls, though if you’re
trying to drive in or through In-
glewood Sunday afternoon you
might have second thoughts
about that. But it makes the day-
to-day competition a grind.
And now add to that mix the
Rams and Chargers, from a
league that traditionally domi-
nates every market it touches but
has found itself coming from be-
hind in this one. Making it work
in L.A. requires a good dose of hu-
mility, even if you’re playing in
a Super Bowl in your home sta-
dium.
“I absolutely believe we can
own this market,” Demoff said
during his media session last
week, in answer to a question
about why the NFL might not be
as dominant here as it is in other
cities. Then he stopped and said:
“And I think that’s probably the
wrong thing to say. I absolutely
believe that we can be at the level
(at which) the Dodgers and Lak-
ers have been. Those teams have
decades of success and champi-
onships and building a fan base,
building a deep, multicultural
fan base. You know, stars, leg-
ends, Hall of Famers and build-
ing on consistency.”
The front-of-mind opportunity
in the Su-
PHOTO BY AXEL KOESTER
Rams coach Sean McVay, left, celebrates with team owner
Stan Kroenke after the Rams’ 20-17 victory over the San
Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
Rams' success
follows an
only-in-L.A.
model
per Bowl fortnight, with all its
attendant publicity, is certainly
important in the Rams’ attempt
to bolster that fan base.
“But so is 2022,” Demoff said.
“So is 2023. You cannot get to be
at the pinnacle of this market
by having one great season. You
get to the pinnacle of this mar-
ket by having great season after
great season after great decade
after great decade, and build-
ing fans and generations of fans
with that.
“And that only comes with sus-
tained success and sustained in-
vestment in the market, in the
community, in schools, building
relationships. That’s not over-
night.”
The Rams’ adoption of the
Watts Rams youth football team
is an example of the roots they’re
trying to plant. They were called
the Watts Bears previously, but
now they are so much part of
the family — the Ramily? — that
Odell Beckham Jr. was present-
ing Super Bowl tickets to the kids
last week. It’s one of a number of
community endeavors the Rams
organization has thrown itself
into, and the prime example of
how that can be successful for the
long term is the team that origi-
nally followed the Rams franchise
to L.A. in 1958.
“If you look at the team that’s
been the model in Southern Cal-
ifornia, it’s the Dodgers, right?”
said long-time agent Leigh Stein-
berg. “When the Dodgers came
they had Vin Scully as an an-
nouncer, and they went out and
marketed the team just like they
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rams owner
Stan Kronke
speaks at
a press
conference at
the Forum in
January 2016,
introducing the
Rams back to
L.A. and their
future home in
Inglewood.
PHOTO BY BRAD
GRAVERSON
were in Des Moines, Iowa. They
did tremendous community out-
reach. There were Triple-A nights
and Little League nights and Ki-
wanis nights, and they built the
concept of going to a Dodger
game. It didn’t matter who the
pitcher was, didn’t matter who
they were playing. The concept
was that it was an event.
“And the Rams have now cre-
ated that same dynamic … They
have done tremendous commu-
nity outreach, having their play-
ers out in the community, having
executives out in the community,
getting involved in local charity.”
Beyond that?
“What they created was an
event destination (in SoFi Sta-
dium) that perfectly fits the
taste of Los Angeles,” Stein-
berg said. “Because we want the
state-of-the-art, flashiest, most
exciting stadium. And they built
it. And they had the advantage
of every breakthrough in sta-
dia construction that had hap-
pened. And so it becomes an
event to go to the Ram game.
And if it’s an event in South-
ern California, the harder tick-
ets are to find, the more peo-
ple want to come there. Right?
And they created a star location.
If you’re watching the game the
other night, they had 10 Holly-
wood stars and 15 big sports he-
roes, and they made it a happen-
ing place to go.”
L.A. likes winners, star qual-
ity and an exciting product.
Check, check and check. And
the Rams have done it the way a
big market team, and especially jalexander@scng.com
Rams coach Sean McVay congratulates quarterback
Matthew Stafford after Stafford threw his 300th career
touchdown pass against the Lions.
MARK J. TERRILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
one in this market, should do it.
If you don’t have stars or impact
players, do whatever you have to
do to go out and get them.
Demoff grew up in L.A., the
son of agent Marvin Demoff, so
he gets it. He was here for Show-
time with the Lakers, and Fer-
nandomania with the Dodgers,
and the Wayne Gretzky trade
that not only transformed the
Kings franchise in L.A. but
hockey throughout the Sun Belt.
“Certainly when you look at
Los Angeles, the teams that
have been synonymous with
winning have had star power,”
Demoff said. “And maybe that’s
unique to this market, but cer-
tainly that was a blueprint that
has been provided for genera-
tions of Angelenos to under-
stand how to win.
“And I think that was Stan’s
challenge to us. It doesn’t have
to be the same. But you know
what it looks like.”
It probably wouldn’t work as
well elsewhere. It remains to be
seen how long it will be sustain-
able here. Being in SoCal is cer-
tainly no guarantee there won’t
be down times, and the diverse
nature of this market means not
everyone will be on board. All of
those red-clad fans in the sta-
dium for the last two meetings
with the San Francisco 49ers
represented a reminder that
winning hearts and minds is
going to be an uphill battle.
And they’re taking a page
from the NBA Clippers, their fu-
ture Inglewood neighbors: Get
the kids on board.
“There’s so many fans who
grew up from 1995 to 2016 with-
out a team to root for … so many
parents and people who moved
here in that time frame who
root for other teams, as they
should,” Demoff said. “(It) isn’t
about someone who’s a Pitts-
burgh Steelers fan who grew up
in Pittsburgh and moved to Los
Angeles becoming a Rams fan.
That’s great if it happens, but
that may not be realistic.
“What it’s about is their kids,
who are eight, nine, 10 years
old, growing up wearing Cooper
Kupp jerseys, wearing Aaron
Donald jerseys and becoming
lifelong Rams fans. And that’s
what these two weeks (leading
up to the Super Bowl) truly are
about. That’s what this season’s
been about.”
Only in L.A., right?
WILL LESTER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Nationally renowned quarterback coach Danny Hernandez works on a drill with Trevon Towns Jr. during a Sunday workout at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs.
Los Angeles loves football, but the
relationship is deep and complex
The Rams have made progress with gaining fans in Southern California during their latest Super Bowl runc
By Gilbert Manzano
gmanzano@scng.com
LOS ANGELES >> Kevin Demoff,
the Rams’ chief operating officer,
boldly went there.
“I absolutely believe that we
can own this market,” Demoff
said.
Demoff spoke with conviction.
After all, the Rams are participat-
ing and hosting Los Angeles’ first
Super Bowl in 29 years.
It was the perfect outcome that
Demoff and the Rams wouldn’t
have imagined if it was presented
to them in a Hollywood script five
years ago before informing the
NFL that SoFi Stadium wouldn’t
be ready in time.
Tampa Bay jumped the line
and was awarded Super Bowl LV
— and the headaches that go with
it — long before masks and vac-
cines were requirements to enter
NFL games.
Waiting an extra year turned
out to be the best outcome for the
Rams and the Los Angeles Super
Bowl Committee. SoFi Stadium
will have 70,000-plus fans in at-
tendance today for the big game
between the home team and the
Cincinnati Bengals.
“When you get a chance to play
in a Super Bowl, that always helps
pin hearts and minds,” Demoff
said. “When you get a chance to
host a Super Bowl, that obviously
helps elevate your brand, the SoFi
Stadium brand, the NFL in Los
Angeles as a whole. When you
combine those two, it’s an unbe-
lievably powerful mix to develop
that next generation of fandom.”
That’s why Demoff planted his
flag on the Rams’ growing pres-
ence and briefly warned the Dodg-
ers and Lakers that the Rams are
coming for the top spot in the Los
Angeles market.
Demoff, however, understands
how complex this market is com-
pared to the rest of the country.
His priority since the team left St.
Louis in 2016 has been to make
Southern California fall in love
with the Rams again.
Demoff quickly pumped the
brakes on the confidence, despite
having the stars aligned during
this run to the Super Bowl.
“That’s probably the wrong
thing to say,” Demoff said seconds
after his proclamation. “I abso-
lutely believe that we can be at the
level of the Dodgers and Lakers
have been and continue to be. But
those teams have been decades of
success and championships and
building a deep multicultural fan
base, stars, legends, hall of fam-
ers and building on consistency.”
Work to do
The Rams are steps and years
away from reaching the popular-
ity of the Lakers and Dodgers, and
the national perception of football
in Los Angeles agrees. Outsiders
believe the 18 million people scat-
tered across Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino and
Ventura counties aren’t as pas-
Building community
Rams fan Robert Sattler rejoices at the beginning of the NFC
Championship Game at SoFI Stadium against the San Francisco 49ers
at Legends Sports Bar in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach.
sionate about football as their re-
spective fan bases.
It’s hard to disagree and buy
what Demoff was selling because
it wasn’t that long ago that San
Francisco 49ers fans invaded the
Rams’ house twice in a month.
The snickers returned on social
media after the Rams had an un-
impressive turnout at Oaks Chris-
tian High School in Westlake Vil-
lage for their fan rally compared
to the Bengals’ large showing at
Paul Brown Stadium.
The Los Angeles area has its
flaws when it comes to support-
ing the local teams, but the peo-
ple here care and it takes a lot for
them to be impressed. The Los
Angeles market is complex yet
rich with football fandom and
tradition.
Rams Hall of Fame offensive
lineman Jackie Slater doesn’t
want Demoff to tone down the
confidence because he remem-
bers when the Rams were the
kings of Los Angeles before the
1980s, when Magic Johnson and
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won cham-
pionships for the Lakers and Fer-
nandomania took over Dodger
Stadium.
“I was sitting on the bench
down there in Anaheim and I
looked over and Magic Johnson
was giving me the thumbs-up,”
Slater recalled.
Magic in his prime making an
appearance at Anaheim Stadium
signifies how beloved the Rams
were in this market before they
fled for St. Louis and played there
from 1995 to 2015.
The Rams have made prog-
ress by making yearly playoff ap-
pearances with coach Sean Mc-
Vay, but they have work to do to
reach the level of the Lakers and
Dodgers. The Chargers, who ar-
rived in 2017 after 56 seasons in
San Diego, have more work to do,
but they have a main attraction in
star quarterback Justin Herbert.
The NFL in Los Angeles needs
work, but this area is passionate
about football, from Inglewood to
Carson, to Long Beach, to Santa
Ana, to Whitter, to Pasadena, to
MINDY SCHAUER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Palmdale, to Van Nuys, to Ox-
nard. The Greater Los Angeles
region, the second-largest metro-
politan area in the country, will
be showcased late this afternoon
for Super Bowl LVI.
The high school scene
The list of current college
quarterbacks Danny Hernandez
has helped groom is long and im-
pressive.
The local quarterback guru
coached Alabama’s Bryce Young,
Clemson’s DJ Uiagalelei, Colora-
do’s J.T. Shrout, Texas’ Maalik
Murphy, Michigan State’s Katin
Houser and Michigan’s Jayden
Denegal. All of them grew up in
the Los Angeles area.
“It’s a wide range and I don’t
mean to name drop or anything,”
said Hernandez, a private quar-
terbacks coach and founder of Los
Angeles Dimes.
Hernandez could have rattled
off more names, especially if he
wasn’t just restricted to quarter-
backs from Southern California.
Word is starting to spread about
Hernandez and that has led to
young quarterbacks from across
the country traveling to Los An-
geles to work with the San Gabriel
Valley native.
Hernandez didn’t want to brag
about his quarterbacks list, but he
should. There aren’t many Mex-
ican-American football coaches
doing what he’s doing. He’s pav-
ing the way for the many Latinos
playing youth and high school
football across the greater Los
Angeles area. Football in L.A. is
diverse and filled with talent.
But Hernandez might be so
good at his job that his pupils are
becoming exports. Decorated
college coaches like Alabama’s
Nick Saban and Clemson’s Dabo
Swinney are recruiting L.A.’s best
quarterbacks and causing them to
leave the state for college football.
“These (Southern California)
kids are constantly chasing the
best,” said Hernandez, who is
also a coach for QB Collective.
“They’re chasing the best trainer.
They’re chasing the best school,
the best opportunity and why is
it going to stop there? They’re go-
ing to want the best in the college
football space too, and the best is
what? What is on your checklist?
A program with great culture. A
program that puts guys out in the
(NFL) consistently.”
Can’t blame local quarterbacks,
such as Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud
and Ole Miss’ Matt Corral, for
leaving the state to face the best
competition in the country.
For decades, some of the best
college football and NFL players
have come from the Los Angeles
area and its more than 600 high
schools, and the surplus of tal-
ented young quarterbacks from
this area is another perfect exam-
ple. They might not play at USC
and UCLA, but they were raised
and groomed in Southern Cali-
fornia.
The college landscape
The abundance of talent from
the Los Angeles area shows that
this market does care about foot-
ball. But to make the point clearer,
USC and UCLA will need to start
winning again and have sold-out
crowds at their respective presti-
gious home venues, the L.A. Me-
morial Coliseum and Rose Bowl.
“Nothing tops the Rose Bowl
with 100,000 people for games
against USC or Oklahoma,” said
Chargers running back Joshua
Kelley, who played at UCLA. “It’s
still the best venue I’ve played at
and that includes the NFL.”
Kelley’s Chargers teammate,
Uchenna Nwosu, disagreed with
his pick for best venue in the na-
tion. Nwosu prefers the Coliseum
as a USC alum.
“I definitely agree people are
sleeping on the L.A. culture of
football and how big it is out
here and how many people really
watch USC football,” said Nwosu,
an edge rusher for the Chargers.
Former NFL defensive line-
man Frostee Rucker won na-
tional championships at USC in
the early 2000s with teammates
Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush.
Those USC squads rode the same
wave of popularity here as the
Lakers with Shaq and Kobe.
“The energy and how electric
we were on the football field,”
Rucker said about why his col-
lege team was able to gain L.A.’s
attention. “Nearly every player
I played with got drafted in the
NFL. We put on a show. We were
showtime. We were the ones win-
ning championships and everyone
showed up. The reason they re-
modeled the (Coliseum) was be-
cause of the attendance we had
and they kept getting bigger.
“The stadium is now built for
the growth Lincoln Riley can
bring to the table.”
Riley, USC’s new coach, has
plenty of pressure to turn the Tro-
jans into a national powerhouse
again. There’s pressure because
L.A. football fans do care. They
just have different ways of show-
ing it.
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But Rucker’s USC teams pro-
vided the blueprint for how the
L.A. NFL teams can rise to the
popularity of the Lakers and
Dodgers.
The pro football situation
Los Angeles wants champion-
ships, star power and tradition.
The Rams have the star play-
ers with Matthew Stafford, Coo-
per Kupp, Odell Beckham Jr.,
Aaron Donald, Von Miller and
Jalen Ramsey.
They have Los Angeles’ atten-
tion. This is their second Super
Bowl appearance in four seasons.
They’ll need to win Super Bowls
though to keep this market’s at-
tention. Maybe then they’ll regain
the rich tradition they had before
leaving for the Midwest.
Football fans from the Los An-
geles area split in different direc-
tions when the NFL left the sec-
ond-biggest market in the nation
for two decades.
“It’s not about flipping fans,”
Demoff said. “Someone who grew
up in Pittsburgh and moved to
L.A. as a Steelers fan. That’s great
if it happens, but that may not
be realistic. It’s about their kids,
who are 8, 9, 10 years old grow-
ing up wearing Cooper Kupp jer-
seys, wearing Aaron Donald jer-
seys and becoming lifelong Rams
fans.”
The Chargers are behind in
the winning category and, out-
side of the franchise’s inaugu-
ral season in 1960 before moving
south, don’t have the history the
Rams had with Los Angeles be-
fore relocating to St. Louis. And
it doesn’t help that the Chargers
for decades have been the rivals
of the Raiders, probably L.A.’s fa-
vorite NFL team.
Raiders fans from Los Ange-
les have made their presence felt
at the Black Hole in Oakland and
Las Vegas — another unique way
this market supports football.
But the Chargers showed prog-
ress in the L.A. market during
their first season at SoFi Stadium
with fans.
“I feel the support and I can
see it,” Chargers general man-
ager Tom Telesco said. “I see it
on game day, which going into
this year was completely new. We
didn’t know what we were going
to see in our first year in a new
stadium, in what, basically, is a
new market for us. I think that
there’s a lot there to be proud of
with this football team and how
they play.”
Demoff might have gotten car-
ried away when he said the Rams
are capable of owning the Los An-
geles market. Perhaps that can one
day happen, but the truth is the
NFL in Los Angeles works.
And Los Angeles’ football cul-
ture and passion will be on dis-
play for Super Bowl LVI.
“It’s sort of surreal that we’re
here,” NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell said. “I think this is go-
ing to be a regular Super Bowl
stop.”
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Pittsburgh wide receiver John Stallworth pulls away from Rams defender Rod Perry for a long touchdown catch and run during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl.
1979 Rams look back on Super Bowl XIV
As players reflect on
the team's 'grit and
guts,' some wounds
from the loss to the
Steelers are still fresh
By Adam Grosbard
agrosbard@scng.com
There are still nights, 42 years
later, when Jack Youngblood
wakes up and thinks about it.
The memories are clear: It’s
1980, in the third quarter of Super
Bowl XIV. The Los Angeles Rams
are playing in the Rose Bowl, and
lead the Pittsburgh Steelers by
two points.
Youngblood, the Rams’ stal-
wart defensive end, is getting
near Steelers quarterback Terry
Bradshaw, deep in Pittsburgh ter-
ritory. Sensing the pressure, Brad-
shaw tries to dump the ball down
to receiver Lynn Swann.
Just then, safety Nolan Crom-
well jumps the route. Youngblood,
who considers Cromwell his most
athletic teammate ever, turns to
find someone to block. Surely, he
thinks, Cromwell can return the
pick for a touchdown and make it
a two-possession game.
“And he dropped the ball,”
Youngblood recalls, gravelly
voice not betraying any emotion.
“And he had me in front of him
and there was nobody out there
to block. He didn’t have but 20
yards to score.”
The Rams would go on to lose
31-19 as the Steelers won their
fourth Super Bowl win in six
years. More than four decades
have passed, enough time for the
Rams franchise to move to St.
Louis and back. Today, the Rams
will get another chance to win
a Super Bowl in their home city
when they face the Cincinnati
Bengals at SoFi Stadium.
And as the 1979 Rams can at-
test, win or lose, the memories
won’t fade.
‘Just the grit’
It’s not all bad memories when
the players look back on the 1979
Rams. In fact, pride remains the
overwhelming sentiment due to
the level of adversity the team
overcame just to reach the Su-
per Bowl.
Injuries were a constant for
that team. Starting quarterback
Pat Haden played in 10 games be-
fore breaking his finger and clear-
ing the way for Vince Ferragamo.
Jackie Slater and Rich Saul were
the only offensive linemen to
start every game that season.
And Youngblood famously frac-
tured his left fibula prior to the
playoffs but did not miss a sin-
gle game.
Those Rams won four of their
last five games to finish 9-7. They
clinched their seventh consecu-
tive NFC West title in Week 15 to
qualify for the playoffs.
“The thing that I remember
about that team was just the grit,
just the guts,” Slater said. “To be
on a team like that and find your-
self right in the thick of the chase
after all we went through was
very special.”
Having just cracked .500, the
Rams were the road team the first
two rounds of the playoffs. But the
in-season adversity proved valu-
able.
Pittsburgh’s J.T. Thomas clubs the head of Rams running back Wendell Tyler (26) at the goal line during
the first quarter of Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl. Tyler had to leave the game following the play, but he
returned later to play a key role in the Rams’ offense.
Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris (32) holds the ball as
quarterback Terry Bradshaw (12) and Sidney Thornton (38) raise
their arms after Harris scored the Steelers’ final touchdown in the
fourth quarter of their 31-19 victory over the Rams in Super Bowl XIV.
Bradshaw was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
In the divisional round, the
Rams found themselves trailing
by five in the fourth quarter to
the Dallas Cowboys. With two
minutes left to play, Ferragamo
hit Billy Waddy on a crossing
route and Waddy, who died last
month at 67 following a private
battle with an undisclosed illness,
sprinted for the 50-yard, winning
touchdown.
“Nobody could catch him as he
propelled us right on past those
guys,” Slater said. “I’ve never seen
a man that could be running fast
as hell and change gear on you
two more times.”
“He meant so much to me.
Halfway through the season, we
kind of knew we were rolling,”
added Preston Dennard, Waddy’s
receiving corps mate. “I just loved
the dude to death. He had no idea
how much he meant to me.”
Considering the Rams had lost
to the Cowboys the previous year
in the NFC title game, the divi-
sional round win was cause for
celebration, reasoned starting
guard Dennis Harrah, who had
opened his restaurant Legends
Sports Bar in Long Beach that
year.
“I called my partner and we
had the whole team and any-
body that wanted to come and
had a few adult beverages there,”
Harrah chuckled.
The next week, the Rams
grounded out a 9-0 win over the
Looking back
Buccaneers in Tampa Bay. After
four conference championship
losses that decade, the Rams had
finally punched their ticket to the
Super Bowl.
“We finally got there,” said
Youngblood, who was there for
every previous letdown. “We got
it done. It wasn’t pretty but it
worked.”
The Big Game
It wasn’t until the moments be-
fore the Super Bowl that Dennard
realized how different the game
would be.
He was out on the Rose Bowl
field, inspecting the sidelines for
holes and divots. Just then, the
Steelers took the field in single-
file and Dennard spotted line-
backer Robin Cole, his college
teammate at New Mexico.
“I figured, ‘Hey, my college
teammate, we’re gonna stop and
visit, just two New Mexico boys in
a bowl game,'” Dennard recalled.
“And, man, he ran by me, he gave
me a high five, never looked at
me, kept going. I thought, ‘Oh my
goodness, we’re in for a game.’ “
It was no secret the Rams
were about to face one of the
most physical teams in history.
The Steel Curtain, the Steelers’
stout defensive line led by Mean
Joe Greene and L.C. Greenwood,
was backed by star linebackers
Jack Lambert and Jack Ham. Be-
hind them were cornerback Mel
Blount and safety Donnie Shell.
A rushing attack spearheaded by
Franco Harris helped Bradshaw
find standout receivers Swann
and John Stallworth.
Rams head coach Ray Mala-
vasi tried to prepare his team for
the grind by holding full scrim-
mages at practice for much of
the two weeks leading up to the
game. When running back Wen-
dell Tyler ripped off a 39-yard run
in the Rams’ opening drive, he af-
firmed what the team had been
expecting.
“When he got up, we could
hear him go, ‘Man, they hittin’.
They hittin’,'” Dennard said.
Tyler would leave the game
with the help of trainers five sepa-
rate times, partly due to the phys-
icality of the game and partly due
to a stomach issue.
The Rose Bowl held 103,985
fans that Sunday, but it wasn’t a
traditional home-field advantage
for the Rams despite playing in
Pasadena.
Steelers fans made the trip in
force for the game. But a market-
ing blunder by the Rams, hand-
ing out golden towels to fans
that closely resembled the Steel-
ers’ famed Terrible Towels, made
the game feel like it was in Pitts-
burgh.
“Everybody looking at the
game was thinking everybody’s
got a Terrible Towel,” Swann said.
“I thought whoever was on that
for the Rams, shame on them. You
could have at least made them
blue.”
Despite that, the Rams started
the game well, limiting Pitts-
burgh to a field goal on the open-
ing possession. A short comple-
tion on his first attempt calmed
Ferragamo as he and Tyler led the
Rams to the goal line and Cullen
Bryant rushed for a touchdown on
third down to give L.A. the lead.
“We knew we were in this
game. We were going to go toe-to-
toe with these guys all the way,”
Ferragamo said. “It’s not like we
had doubt, but it just confirmed
the way we felt.”
The Steelers, aided throughout
the game by long kickoff returns
by Larry Anderson, retook the
lead on a Harris touchdown run.
Two Frank Corral field goals put
the Rams back ahead, and they
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took a 13-10 lead into halftime.
“It was all under our own con-
trol,” Ferragamo said.
“Our feeling was just every
man do their job and get their
job done,” Harrah added, “and
we’re going to come out of this
a winner.”
The Steelers opened the second
half with a 47-yard touchdown
pass from Bradshaw to Swann,
who tumbled into the end zone.
But Ferragamo answered with
a 43-yarder to Ron Smith and
the Rams intercepted Bradshaw
twice in the third quarter.
As the game shifted to the
fourth, the Rams’ sideline was
bubbling with excitement.
“I remember getting close to
their sideline and throwing a
block and rolling out of bounds
over near their sidelines. … Terry
Bradshaw, you could just see de-
feat written all over him,” Slater
recalled. “I tease him about this,
‘I’m one of the only people in the
world that knows what your face
looks like when you’re losing a Su-
per Bowl.’”
But Bradshaw, the game’s even-
tual MVP, had a few tricks up his
sleeve still, even with Swann side-
lined with a neck injury.
Facing third-and-eight and
down by two in the fourth quar-
ter, Bradshaw found Stallworth
streaking down the field. Brad-
shaw’s throw was just over the
outstretched arm of Rod Perry
and Stallworth, who made the
catch over his wrong shoulder,
ran 73 yards for the go-ahead
touchdown.
“That was just a thing of beauty,
man,” Ferragamo admitted.
The teams traded punts the
next two drives, then the Rams
started to move. Ferragamo found
Dennard for his first two catches
of the game, then converted third-
and-13 with a pass to Waddy.
The next play, though, Lam-
bert intercepted Ferragamo.
Stallworth made another high-
light catch, this one against his
face mask for a big gain. A pass
interference call in the end zone
put the Steelers on the goal line,
and Harris scored on third down
to make it a 12-point game.
The Rams’ upset dreams were
over.
“The one pass to Lambert that
was intercepted was one that I
never saw. So it’s things that hap-
pen, you know,” Ferragamo said 42
years later, his voice trailing off.
Full circle
Should the current-day Rams
beat the Bengals today, the over-
whelming sentiment from their
predecessors will be pride. But it
won’t do much to negate the four-
decade-old feelings of disappoint-
ment.
The closest Slater got to closure
was watching his son, Matthew,
win three Super Bowls with the
Patriots.
“Knowing he was going to be
getting that ring and getting that
parade,” Slater said, “I actually
felt like I was a part of it.”
Just last month, Youngblood
was doing an autograph signing
alongside Cromwell. The Hall
of Fame end told his teammate
about that dropped interception
that still keeps him up at night,
and Cromwell stopped him.
“Don’t remind me,” he told
Youngblood. “I don’t want to hear
that again.”
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FOCUS | SB LVI

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

The Los Angeles Rams are in their second Super
Bowl since 2018 and playing in their home
stadium. They face the Bengals, who haven’t been
to a Super Bowl since 1989.
By KURT SNIBBE / Southern California News Group

GAME SNAPSHOT
The Rams are 4.5 point favorites against the AFC’s Bengals. Both teams bring in
high powered passing games. The biggest difference may be the two teams’ ability
to protect their quarterbacks. The Bengals offense gave up a league-leading 55
sacks in 2021, the Rams gave up 31. Both teams were able to pressure opposing
quarterbacks. The Rams had 50 sacks and the Bengals had 42 in the regular season.

THE QUARTERBACKS
Joe Burrow: Burrow won a National Championship at LSU and was the first overall
pick of the 2020 draft by Cincinnati. Burrow led the NFL in completion percentage
(70.3) and his 108.3 quarterback rating was 2nd in the league. Burrow sat out the
last regular-season game after getting banged up in a playoff-clinching victory
against the Chiefs in week 17.
Burrow’s leading receiver is Ja’Marr Chase, who had 1,455 receiving yards (4th in
the NFL) and the offense also features running back Joe Mixon who ran for 1,205
yards (3rd in the NFL). In good company
Matt Stafford: The Rams traded their 2016 first overall pick, Jared Goff, to Detroit Bengals’ Joe
for Stafford in the offseason. Stafford went to Georgia and was drafted by Detroit Burrow is the
first overall in 2009. Stafford played 12 seasons in Detroit where they made the seventh QB to get
playoffs three times and went 0-3. Stafford’s 2021 quarterback rating was 102.9 a team to the
On a mission Super Bowl in his
Defensive tackle and he was third in the NFL in passing yards (4886) and second in TDs (41).
second year.
Aaron Donald, in his Stafford’s leading receiver is Cooper Kupp, who led the NFL with 145 catches, 1,947 Others:
eighth season with yards and 16 TDs this season. Dan Marino
the Rams, had 12.5 Kurt Warner
sacks in 2021 and 2021 regular season statistics
Tom Brady
has 98 in his career. Games Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TDs Int. Sacked Age Ben Roethlisberger
Joe Burrow 16 366 520 70.4% 4,611 34 14 51 25 Colin Kaepernick
Russell Wilson
Matt Stafford 17 404 601 67.2% 4,886 41 17 30 33

BENGALS NFL REGULAR-SEASON RANKINGS RAMS

GAME BY GAME # L. A. Rams # Cincinnati
GAME BY GAME
AFC 4th seed (10-7) NFC 4th seed (12-5)
Loss POINTS PER GAME Loss
The Rams and the Bengals averaged 27.1 points per game. 32nd
Opponent Score Record 1st Opponent Score Record
7
Minnesota 27-24 OT 1-0 7 Chicago 34-14 1-0
@Chicago 17-20 1-1 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME
The Rams ran for 98.3, the Bengals 100.3. @Indianapolis 27-24 2-0
1st 32nd
@Pittsburgh 24-10 2-1 23 25 Tampa Bay 34-24 3-0
Jacksonville 24-21 3-1 Arizona 20-37 3-1
PASSING YARDS PER GAME
Green Bay 22-25 OT 3-2 1st The Rams averaged 277.9 yards, the Bengals 257.6. 32nd @Seattle 26-17 4-1
@Detroit 34-11 4-2 5 7 @ NY Giants 38-11 5-1
@Baltimore 41-17 5-2
TIME OF POSSESSION PER GAME
The Bengals had the ball 31.1 minutes per game and the Rams had it 29 minutes. Detroit 28-19 6-1
@NY Jets 31-34 5-3 1st 32nd
@Houston 38-22 7-1
6 24
Cleveland 16-41 5-4 Tennessee 16-28 7-2
POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME
Bye week The Bengals allowed 22.1 points per game and the Rams allowed 21.9. @San Francisco 10-31 7-3
Fewest Most
@Las Vegas 32-13 6-4 Bye week
16 18
Pittsburgh 41-10 7-4 @Green Bay 28-36 7-4
FIELD GOALS MADE
L.A. Chargers 22-41 7-5 The Bengals made 29 field goals (9 of 11 at 50+), the Rams made 32 Jacksonville 37-7 8-4
field goals (4 of 5 from 50+).
San Francisco 23-26 OT 7-6 Most Fewest @Arizona 30-23 9-4
6 10
@Denver 15-10 8-6 Seattle 20-10 10-4
INTERCEPTIONS
Baltimore 41-21 9-6 The Rams had 19 interceptions the Bengals had 13. @Minnesota 30-23 11-4
Kansas City 34-31 10-6 5 18 @Baltimore 20-19 12-4
@Cleveland 16-21 10-7 FORCED FUMBLES San Francisco 24-27 OT 12-5
Playoffs The Bengals had 10 forced fumble, the Rams had 12.
Most Fewest Playoffs
Las Vegas 26-19 11-7 21 27 Arizona 34-11 13-5
@Tennessee 19-16 12-7 PENALTIES @Tampa Bay 30-27 14-5
Fewest The Bengals had 72 penalties and the Rams had 76. Most
@Kansas City 27-24 OT 13-7 San Francisco 20-17 15-5
2 3
Two of Cincinnati’s seven losses were
The Rams’ five losses were to teams
to playoff teams.
that made the playoffs.

COACHES Cincinnati’s coach Zac Taylor, 38, has been

head coach since 2019. Before that he was
FRANCHISE DYNAMICS Defense
the Rams quarterbacks coach in 2018, and the Payrolls and highest average salaries $107.4 million
rams receivers coach in 2017. He was a Bengals highest paid players: Estimated 2021 Special
quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and 1. Trey Hendrickson DE $15 million Bengals payroll teams,
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2006. 2. D.J. Reader DT $13.3 million $201 million $4.4 million
3. Joe Mixon RB $12 million
Sean McVay, 36, was born in Ohio. He has 4. Tyler Boyd WR $10.7 million Offense
been the Rams head coach since 2017. McVay 5. Trae Waynes CB $14 million $88.7 million
was the Associated Press NFL Coach of the
Year in 2017. He was a wide receiver at Miami Defense
University in Ohio. Rams highest paid players: $107.2 million
Estimated 2021
Note: The youngest coach to win a Super Bowl 1. Matt Stafford QB $27 million Rams payroll Special
is Steelers’ coach Mike Tomlin (36 years, 11 2. Aaron Donald DT $22.5 million $224 million teams,
months. If McVay wins he’ll be the youngest. If 3. Jalen Ramsey CB $20 million $5.3 million
Taylor wins, he’ll be second youngest. 4. Robert Woods WR $16.2 million
5. Leonard Floyd OLB $16 million Offense
$112.3 million
PLAYOFF HISTORY Source: spotrac.com

Conference title Super Bowl winner Franchise relocation Championship (pre-1966)

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Cincinnati Bengals
All-time playoff record: 8-14, Wild-card round: 2-8, Divisional round: 3-4, Conference Championship: 3-0, Super Bowl: 0-2
1970 merged into NFL
First season: 1968
in the American
Football League
Los Angeles Rams
All-time playoff record: 25-27, Wild-card round: 5-6, Divisional round: 12-9, Conference Championship: 5-6, Super Bowl: 1-3, Championship (pre-1966): 2-3

To Los Angeles
To Anaheim To St. Louis To Los Angeles
First season: 1937
Cleveland Rams
Sources: Pro Football Reference, NFL, Sportrac.com, National Football League Players Association Illustrations by KURT SNIBBE, SCNG using the Associated Press photos
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“Missing that Super Bowl, that’s one of the hardest things I’ve been through ... The conflict it
creates in you, when you’re both cheering and pulling for your guys, but you know that every time
they do succeed it just hurts you that much more because you want to be a part of it as well.”
Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp catches a 16-yard touchdown pass behind 49ers safety Jaquiski Tartt during the NFC Championship Game at SoFi Stadium.
Kupp gained healthy
perspective from waiting
Rams wide receiver, who missed Super Bowl LIII with a torn ACL, can cap one of the NFL’s great individual seasons with a title
By Kevin Modesti
kmodesti@scng.com
The best way for a great foot-
ball player to enhance his reputa-
tion is to rise to the occasion in
the Super Bowl.
Three years ago, Cooper Kupp
picked the worst way. He en-
hanced his reputation by miss-
ing the Super Bowl.
He didn’t really pick that
path, of course. Kupp missed
the Rams’ last nine games of the
2018 regular season and post-
season after tearing his left
ACL. When the Rams lost that
Super Bowl to the Patriots 13-
3, it wasn’t the first sign but it
was the most painful reminder
of what the wide receiver meant
to their offense.
Three years later, as Kupp gets
his first chance to play in a Su-
per Bowl today at SoFi Stadium
against the Cincinnati Bengals,
he’s still thinking about the one
he had to watch from the Rams’
sideline in Atlanta.
“Missing that Super Bowl, that’s
one of the hardest things I’ve
been through,” Kupp said a few
days ago. “The conflict it creates
in you, when you’re both cheering
and pulling for your guys, but you
know that every time they do suc-
ceed it just hurts you that much
more because you want to be a
part of it as well.”
In 2018, Kupp was in his second
season with the Rams after being
drafted in the third round out of
Eastern Washington, and the son
and grandson of NFL players was
just starting to prove himself in
the pros.
He’s on a different level now.
At 28, he’s going into the final
game of a breakout year, one of
the best ever by a receiver. Setting
records was practically a weekly
occurrence in the second half of
the regular season.
Kupp rocketed to the top of
the Rams’ all-time receiving lists
in the NFL’s first 17-game season:
His 145 receptions are an indis-
putable Rams record, surpassing
Isaac Bruce and Tory Holt. His
1,947 yards are a Rams record,
although not as good on a per-
game basis as Elroy Hirsch’s 1,495
in 12 games in 1951 and Jim Ben-
ton’s 1,067 in nine games in 1945.
His 16 touchdowns are second to
Hirsch’s 17 in ‘51.
Perhaps not coincidentally,
Bruce and Holt were stars of the
Rams’ only Super Bowl-winning
team, when they were the St.
— Cooper Kupp, when reflecting on his missed chance to play in the Rams’ last Super Bowl appearance
RONALD MARTINEZ — GETTY IMAGES
Cooper Kupp celebrates after catching a touchdown pass against the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
achieving personal glory.
As hard as it was to miss Su-
per Bowl LIII, he says the experi-
ence taught him an enduring les-
son. It’s a version of: Since the des-
tination is uncertain, you’d better
enjoy the journey.
“Not being able to play in that
first Super Bowl back in 2019 of-
fered a pretty cool perspective for
me (on) the importance of enjoy-
ing the process of what this NFL
season is,” Kupp said.
“I’ve really been able to take the
approach this year that every sin-
gle day I get to come in here (to
the Rams’ training facility), being
able to play alongside the guys I
get to play with, the coaches that
come in here, (that’s) the impor-
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER tant thing.”
Cooper Kupp celebrates with his wife Anna after the Rams defeated Kupp said he didn’t take lightly
the 49ers, 20-17, to win the NFC championship and advance to the the chance to play for a champion-
Super Bowl. Kupp had 11 catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns in ship, especially after missing the
the victory that sent the Rams to the Super Bowl. chance before.
“(But) the important things
Louis Rams in 1999, Hirsch was ing Triple Crown winner to earn from that year to me was the
a star of the Los Angeles Rams’ a Super Bowl ring in the same sea- people I got to spend that time
only NFL championship-winning son, and join Hirsch in 1951, the around, and the enjoyment of the
team in 1951, and Benton was a Packers’ Don Hutson in 1944 and process, and coming in and spend-
star of the franchise’s first NFL the Colts’ Raymond Berry in 1959 ing 12, 13, 14 hours or whatever it
championship as the Cleveland as the only Triple Crown winners is preparing alongside these guys
Rams in 1945. to capture a pre-Super Bowl-era to play a football game,” he said.
Kupp also became the first NFL championship in the same “That’s the stuff that I really en-
player since the Panthers’ Steve season. joyed.”
Smith in 2005, and the 12th in Part of what makes Kupp Coaches and teammates marvel
NFL and AFL history, to lead a unique is that he consistently, at Kupp’s enthusiasm for learning
league’s receivers in catches, yards seemingly genuinely puts a lower about the game that was handed
and touchdowns. priority than most people do down to him by his father, Craig,
He can become the first receiv- on enhancing his reputation or a quarterback who got into one
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
game for the Cardinals in 1991,
and grandfather, Jake, a Pro Bowl
guard who played for the Saints
and three other teams in the
1960s and ‘70s.
Kupp watches game film with
Matthew Stafford so he can see
it through his quarterback’s eyes.
He watches offensive linemen for
tips on blocking, which is part of
his game. He turned his knee in-
jury to his advantage by taking
his recovery time to improve pass-
running techniques.
“I think the thing that probably
got him there is all the work that
he puts into it, and I’m glad it’s
paying off for him,” Stafford said.
Kupp says his dedication comes
from what he calls a “supernatu-
ral calling” to football.
“I think that really comes down
to my faith,” Kupp said. “I believe
God made me with a purpose. He
gave me the passions and the tal-
ents to pursue a specific thing. I
feel like I found that at a young
age. I just felt like when I was play-
ing football, he was well pleased
with what I was doing.
“It was really about, each day,
waking up and saying I want to be
the best that I can possibly be for
no other reason than that God has
put me here and I want to honor
that and respect that to the best
of my abilities. So I get to come in
to work with the greatest purpose,
the greatest drive and the greatest
goals in mind.”
As for why Kupp made the leap
to his first Pro Bowl and All-Pro
selections this season, part of the
credit goes to the addition of Staf-
ford in the offseason.
Part goes to Kupp staying
healthy enough to play every game
for first time in his five NFL sea-
sons. The 6-foot-2, 208-pound re-
ceiver showed up at training camp
looking more muscular than be-
fore. (Such was the effect that re-
porters watching from the side-
lines thought he looked taller, too.)
Now there’s one more game.
Kupp, born in 1993 — the last
year the Super Bowl was played
in the Los Angeles area, the Cow-
boys beating the Bills 52-17 at the
Rose Bowl — grew up with the Su-
per Bowl “basically another holi-
day” in his family.
He dreamed, vaguely, of playing
in the Super Bowl someday.
“None of those dreams were
filled with any anxiety. Those
dreams were always filled with
the joy of the moment,” Kupp
said. “I’m going to enjoy every
second of playing in this game.”
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One of Super Bowl’s hidden gems
By John W. Davis
jdavis@scng.com
When Khalil Kinsey saw
his family’s private Afri-
can American Art & His-
tory Collection on public
display at SoFi Stadium
on the first day of Black
History Month, he knew it
had the potential to open
hearts and minds by en-
lightening and ultimately
inspiring change.
The award-winning gal-
lery is billed as the histori-
cal representation of black
contribution and achieve-
ment in America, with the
earliest piece in the collec-
tion dating to 1595.
“So much of our his-
tory is still ongoing,” Kin-
sey said. “It is important
for us to understand that’s
true in everyone’s life.
“W hat we are saying
when it comes to the Af-
rican American story is
something that should
be illuminated more. It’s
something that should
burst into human and
American consciousness
because it is that impor-
tant and that powerful
and that beautiful.”
Kinsey acknowledges
much progress has been
made but believes there’s
more to be made. He be-
lieves understanding from
various viewpoints will
equip society to move for-
ward in the future.
Meanwhile, with more
than 70 works of art and
historical documents in
the exhibition, K insey,
who is from Los Angeles,
said it is hard to choose fa-
vorites because he believes
every piece is important
and significant.
W hether it’s a 19th-
century portrait bust of
a slave boy or poet Phillis
Wheatley’s 1773 first edi-
tion book, the curated
experience is a journey
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tion will be available for a
sneak peek at Super Bowl
LVI to ticket-holders on
the suite level today at
SoFi Stadium.
“It really is going to
open up a lot of perspec-
tives and a lot of views
about African Americans
in this country,” said Ja-
son Witt, the Director of
Community Engagement
at SoFi Stadium and Hol-
lywood Park. “When we
talk about the community
partnerships that we want
to build, they have to be
authentic.”
Meanwhile, Kinsey said
his family’s love affair with
art began more than 50
years ago with his parents
Bernard and Shirley Kin-
sey and their appreciation
for culture and history.
“Some things come
from auction, some things
come to us through dona-
tion but mostly they come
from us searching them
out through private collec-
tions,” Kinsey shared.
Also in the collection is a
signed first-edition W.E.B.
Du Bois book called “The
Souls of Black Folk,” which
was published in 1903. Kin-
sey said the manuscript re-
mains relevant more than
100 years after it was writ-
ten because it highlights
race and ethnicity.
“ We have a humble
goal as far as people com-
ing through this exhibi-
tion or any of our exhibi-
tions and leaving saying ‘I
didn’t know that,’” Kinsey
revealed.
“We always speak to a
process called, learn, use
teach. You learn some-
thing, you use it in your
own life and then you
teach others and that’s
the simple goal that we
want from here that peo-
ple leave expanded, a little
bit more enriched and that
it may prompt them to do
more research and maybe
even collection some of
this on their own.”
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Rams season in review

DAVID CRANE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TERRY PIERSON — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER WILL LESTER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Odell Beckham Jr. pulls in a touchdown catch behind the From left: Rams defensive end Aaron Donald, defensive Matthew Stafford heads onto the field before the Rams’
Cardinals’ Marco Wilson during their NFC wild-card game. tackle A’Shawn Robinson and linebacker Troy Reeder. season opener against the Bears at SoFi Stadium.

How going ‘all in’ paid off big

Deemed contenders after the Matthew Stafford trade, the Rams weathered setbacks before stars aligned in the playoffs

By Kevin Modesti Unsung hero: Offensive player of the

kmodesti@scng.com
Hollywood, as well as Ingle-
wood, loves an underdog story.
This wasn’t that.
Starting on the Saturday night
a year ago when they agreed to
acquire quarterback Matthew
Stafford by trading quarterback
Jared Goff and three draft picks
to the Detroit Lions, the Rams
were expected to make a serious
run at Super Bowl LVI at SoFi
Stadium.
Rams coach Sean McVay and
team executives tried to avoid
encouraging the notion they
were taking an “all-in” gamble
or that it was “Super Bowl or
bust” in the season when they’d
have the advantage of playing
the game on home turf.
“I don’t know if they’re closing
the stadium (if the Rams don’t
win),” Rams general manager
Les Snead said in September,
making fun of the “Super Bowl
or bust” cliché.
But after Snead pushed the
rest of his chips into the cen-
ter of the table in November by
trading two more draft picks for
Denver Broncos linebacker Von
Miller and signing former Cleve-
land Browns wide receiver Odell
Beckham Jr., it was impossible
to deny.
“We’re all in,” the Rams’ Twit-
ter account proclaimed after the
Miller trade, attaching a photo
of John Malkovich splashing the
pot in “Rounders.”
The Rams promptly lost three
games in a row.
Suffice it to say they recov-
ered. They’re favorites now to
beat the Cincinnati Bengals to-
day and bring Los Angeles Rams
fans their first Super Bowl title.
Here’s a look at their road to this
Matthew Stafford has led the Rams to a berth in the Super Bowl after
playing 12 seasons for the Detroit Lions without a playoff victory.
point.
How they got here
Stafford took less than five min-
utes on opening night against the
Chicago Bears to show what he’d
brought to L.A., starting the scor-
ing by heaving a ball 55 yards in
the air to Van Jefferson for a 67-
yard touchdown, longer than any
pass play involving Goff in the pre-
vious two seasons.
An attention-getting victory
over the defending champion
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 3
was followed by a humbling loss
to the fast-starting Arizona Car-
dinals, and then the Rams reeled
off another string of victories and
were 7-1 at the end of October be-
fore a spate of Stafford turnovers
led to the three-game losing streak.
A revived running game, de-
fense and long-awaited special-
teams spark sent the Rams on a
five-game winning streak, and
then clinched the NFC West even
as they lost their regular-season fi-
DAVID CRANE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
nale to the San Francisco 49ers be-
cause the Cardinals lost too.
Things have broken the Rams’
way in the playoffs as they caught
the Cardinals in a late-season
slide, got to face a familiar foil in
the Buccaneers instead of going to
Green Bay to face the Packers, and
took advantage of Niners mistakes
in the NFC championship game.
Turning point
A loss on the road to the Cardi-
nals on a Monday night in mid-De-
cember would have all but secured
the division title for Arizona, and
it looked likely after the Rams lost
five key players to the COVID-19
reserve list.
But the Rams got touchdown
passes from Stafford to wide re-
ceivers Jefferson, Cooper Kupp and
Beckham and determined defense
from Aaron Donald and a depleted
secondary, and won 30-23. The vic-
tory put the Rams a game behind
the Cards with four to play. Two
weeks later, they were in first place.
A’Shawn Robinson,
defensive lineman
Robinson was McVay’s nom-
inee when the coach was asked
who has contributed the most
without fanfare or awards. Rob-
inson slimmed down in the off-
season after missing much of his
first Rams season with a what he
called a respiratory issue, but was
hampered at the start of this sea-
son by a knee problem. He has
come on strong and been a fac-
tor in the Rams holding playoff
opponents to 3.1 yards a carry.
X-factor player: Odell
Beckham Jr., wide receiver Defensive player of the
year: Jalen Ramsey,
When everyone asks how you cornerback
aim to fit in with your new team-
mates, it means they suspect you
won’t. That was Beckham when
the Rams picked him up after
his falling out with the Browns.
It could have gone either way, but
with plenty to play for, that didn’t
require piling up big personal
production, Beckham has been a
good teammate and a key to the
receiving corps surviving Robert
Woods’ season-ending injury.
Top newcomer: Matthew
Stafford, quarterback
Stafford is the seventh quar-
terback to make it to the Su-
per Bowl in his first year with a
team, keeping company with Tom
Brady, who did it with the Bucs
last season. He added passing di-
mensions that were beyond Goff,
though he also tied for the league
lead in interceptions. If the Rams
lose the Super Bowl, they’ll be re-
minded that the “upgrade” took
them no farther than Goff did in
the 2018 season.
year: Cooper Kupp,
wide receiver
Kupp is the first to remind ev-
erybody that he couldn’t have
done this without Stafford and
the rest of the offensive lineup
and brain trust. This doesn’t di-
minish his sensational season,
which saw him set Rams single-
season records for receptions,
145, and receiving yards, 1,947
(although his yards per game
trail Elroy Hirsch and Jim Ben-
ton) and lead the league in those
categories and receiving touch-
downs.
It could be Aaron Donald any
year, but Ramsey is the biggest
difference on defense between
the Rams of Super Bowl LIII and
this team, and a unique talent.
His versatility shows in the fact
he led NFL defensive backs in
tackles for loss with nine.
Shrewd coaching move
Needing a reset for the offense
after the interception-plagued
three-game losing streak, and
with running back Darrell Hen-
derson newly sidelined, McVay
began sending in an extra blocker
on some running plays. On plays
where Joe Noteboom, Bobby Ev-
ans and Coleman Shelton were
reporting as eligible receivers
— but there to block — Sony Mi-
chel averaged 8.2 yards against
the Jaguars, Cardinals and Se-
ahawks.
Dusting off that old ploy helped
the Rams get past the only time
all season they could have been
considered underdogs.

KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) during L.A.’s 20-17 victory over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
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Bengals season in review

CHARLIE RIEDEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow celebrates on the shoulder of teammate Tyler Shelvin after Cincinnati’s OT victory over the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game at Kansas City.

How Joe Burrow led

Bengals to the Super Bowl
The second-year QB has thrown for 13 TDs and just two interceptions during Cincinnati's six-game winning streak

By Gilbert Manzano
problems for the Rams if they
gmanzano@scng.com
decide to have cornerback Jalen
Ramsey shadow Chase. Higgins,
Joe Burrow likely doesn’t want at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, is a
to hear the underdog story, but physical, big-body receiver who’s
the Bengals weren’t supposed to reliable when the game is tight.
be here, at least not this fast.
The Bengals built around the Top newcomer: Ja’Marr
former Heisman Trophy-winning Chase, wide receiver
quarterback after he proved he
was worthy of the No. 1 overall Burrow pushed for his former
pick in the 2020 draft. Burrow de- LSU teammate while most draft
livered thrilling performances be- experts shouted at the Bengals to
fore he suffered a season-ending draft an offensive tackle in the
knee injury to cut his rookie sea- first round to protect the fran-
son short. chise quarterback.
The Bengals made the right The Bengals likely wouldn’t be
signings and draft picks in the in the Super Bowl if they hadn’t
past two seasons, but the rebuild selected Chase with the fifth over-
project quickly advanced because all pick. Chase’s explosiveness
of Burrow’s leadership and con- took the Bengals to a different
fidence. level. He came up clutch in many
He made the Bengals believe memorable games this season.
they could defeat the mighty
Kansas City Chiefs twice in five Offensive player of
games, including in the AFC the year: Joe Burrow,
championship game. quarterback
Burrow said the Bengals are no
longer underdogs and that’s a big This ride to Super Bowl LVI in
reason why they’re in Los Angeles Los Angeles happened because of
for a Super Bowl matchup against Burrow. He made his teammates
the Rams. PAUL SANCYA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS believe they belonged against the
Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) escapes a tackle attempt by Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay Jr., left, best teams in the NFL and had
How they got here many sensational performances
after catching a pass during the AFC Championship Game in Kansas City.
The Bengals won their first down the stretch. He’s the front-
AFC North title since 2015 be- runner for Comeback Player of
cause of back-to-back drafts that the Year after the devastating
changed the franchise’s fortunes. knee injury halted his rookie sea-
It started with making Burrow son after 10 games.
the No. 1 overall pick and adding
weapons for him, like wide re- Defensive player of the
ceivers Tee Higgins, the team’s year: Trey Hendrickson,
second-round pick last year, and defensive end
Ja’Marr Chase, the team’s No. 5
overall pick in April. Many wondered if Hendrick-
The Bengals also drafted key son had a fluke breakout season
players in linebacker Logan Wil- with the New Orleans Saints in
son, a 2020 third-round pick, and 2020.
kicker Evan McPherson, a 2021 The Bengals took a chance by
fifth-round pick. signing Hendrickson to a four-
But the Bengals didn’t turn year, $60 million contract and
into a winning team by solely fo- never looked back. Hendrickson
PAUL SANCYA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PAUL SANCYA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
cusing on the draft. They finally recorded 14 sacks this season and
spent money in free agency by Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow signals during the Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard (94) probably made the Saints regret
adding defensive end Trey Hen- AFC title game against the Chiefs. He passed for 250 celebrates after tackling Chiefs quarterback their decision to let him walk in
drickson and cornerbacks Eli Ap- yards and two TDs in Cincinnati’s 27-24 OT victory. Patrick Mahomes (15) in the AFC title game. free agency.
ple and Mike Hilton.
ceiver Tyler Boyd during the fu- his torn ACL and MCL and un- ond-most popular player on the Shrewd coaching move
Turning point rious rally. leashed him for the rest of the Bengals behind Burrow because The Bengals had a thrilling
The Burrow versus Justin Her- ESPN analyst and former NFL season. he was raised in Cincinnati and overtime loss to the 49ers in
bert showdown never material- quarterback Dan Orlovsky took The Bengals also fell short the played at Ohio State. Week 14, but that was the game
ized after the Chargers jumped heat for saying Burrow had a following week against the San He’s been one of the Bengals’ when Taylor ended his conserva-
out to a 24-0 lead and cruised to better performance than Her- Francisco 49ers, but they deliv- best defensive players by provid- tive play-calling and allowed the
a dominant win in Cincinnati in bert, who recorded 317 yards ered a better performance that ing consistent pressure at the offense to reach new heights with
Week 13. But that early double- with three touchdowns and one led to a three-game winning line of scrimmage and contrib- Burrow and his many weapons.
digit deficit might have been the interception. Burrow finished streak to capture the AFC North uted 7.5 sacks and 62 combined Cincinnati was faced with a
best thing that could have hap- with 300 yards, one touchdown title. tackles this season. fourth-and-5 from the 49ers’ 17-
pened to the Bengals. and two interceptions. During the Bengals’ current yard line with less than 10 min-
Bengals coach Zac Taylor al- It’s hard to agree with Orlo- six-game winning streak, Bur- X-factor player: Tee utes left in regulation and a 20-6
lowed Burrow to push the ball vsky because Herbert had the row has thrown 13 touchdowns Higgins, wide receiver deficit. Burrow responded with a
downfield and opened the play- better numbers and his team and just two interceptions. touchdown pass to Chase to start
book to trim the deficit to 24-22 won, but Burrow made some Higgins has made the most of the rally.
midway through the third quar- unreal throws in the losing per- Unsung hero: Sam his opportunities with opposing That ignited the Bengals’ three-
ter before the Chargers pulled formance. That was probably Hubbard, defensive end defenses focusing on containing game winning streak against the
away. Burrow made sensational the game where Taylor realized Chase. Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ra-
throws to Higgins and wide re- Burrow had fully recovered from Hubbard might be the sec- Higgins could present matchup vens and Kansas City Chiefs.
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A viewer’s guide

MORRY GASH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SoFi Stadium, the home stadium of the Rams and Chargers,will host Super Bowl LVI. It’s the second year in a row one of the teams in the game will be playing at its home stadium.

Details to get you through Super Bowl LVI

By Joe Reedy
The Associated Press
The Super Bowl between the
Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati
Bengals today at SoFi Stadium in
Inglewood will as usual be the
biggest day of sports broadcast-
ing in the United States. But this
year might be the biggest of them
all since this is the first time the
country’s biggest sporting event is
happening at the same time as the
Winter Olympics, one of the big-
gest events in the world.
Here are some things to know
about the game as well as Super
Bowl-related programming on
other networks:
Which network has this
year’s Super Bowl?
This marks the 20th Super
Bowl broadcast for NBC, which is
second among all networks. CBS
leads with 21 followed by NBC,
Fox (9) and ABC (7).
Of the seven previous Super
Bowls held in Los Angeles, NBC
has aired four, including the last
one in 1993 when Dallas beat Buf-
falo. CBS and NBC both aired the
first Super Bowl, which was at the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
How did NBC get this
year’s game?
CBS originally had the game
this year under the league’s rota-
tion between CBS, NBC and FOX, TYLER KAUFMAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
but NBC and CBS agreed in 2019 to Mike Tirico, left, talking with former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, will host the Super Bowl Pregame show for NBC.
trade spots. CBS carried last year’s
Super Bowl from Tampa instead of brand-new graphic look, a new Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Ken-
NBC. CBS didn’t want to compete score bug, as well as utilizing a drick Lamar.
against the Olympics while NBC lot of virtual reality and aug-
could market two major events to mented reality graphics. How can I watch the game
advertisers. Gaudelli and director Drew if I am a cord cutter?
Esocoff are working their sev-
What is NBC’s schedule enth Super Bowl together and NBC’s Peacock streaming
for today? fifth on NBC. Their first two ser v ice w ill have the game
were with ABC. for OTT devices and services,
All times are Pacific: smart TVs and mobile devices.
5 a.m.: 2022 Winter Olympics The Olympics host is also It will also be available for
9 a.m.: NFL Films “Road to the doing the Super Bowl free on the NFL website/apps
Super Bowl” Pregame show? as well as Yahoo Sports. Di-
11 a.m..: Super Bowl Pregame recTV Stream, Sling TV, Hulu
Show Yes. Mike Tirico is doing with Live TV, YouTube TV and
3:30 p.m.: Super Bowl kickoff double duty. He left Beijing on fuboTV also have NBC.
6:45 p.m. : Winter Olympics Pri- Monday night to f ly to Stam-
metime ford, Connecticut , to host Who has the Spanish
9 p.m.: Late Local News (West Olympics coverage Wednes- language broadcast?
Coast will remain with Olympics) day and Thursday before go-
9:30 p.m.: Winter Olympics ing to Los Angeles on Friday Telemundo will be the first
KEITH SRAKOCIC, FILE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prime Plus through today. Spanish-language broadcast
Al Michaels will do play by play for his fifth Super Bowl with NBC and Tirico will host the Super network to air the Super Bowl.
Who are the announcers his 11th overall, tying him with the late Pat Summerall for the most by a Bowl pregame and postgame The pregame show begins at 2
for NBC? television commentator. Cris Collinsworth will be the analyst. presentation of the Vince Lom- p.m. with Miguel Gurwitz, Ana
bardi Trophy before going to a Jurka, Karim Mendiburu and
Al Michaels and Cris Collin- land. numbers, but NBC had a total set outside SoFi Stadium to host special guest Rolando Cantu, a
sworth team up for their fourth Rules analyst Terry McAulay, of 106 for its last Super Bowl tonight’s Olympics coverage. former Arizona Cardinals offen-
Super Bowl. Michaels is handling who refereed three Super Bowls, four years ago in Minneapolis. sive lineman.
the play by play for the 11th time, and sideline reporter Kathryn CBS had 120 last year in Tampa. What if I only want to The game will be called by
which ties him with the late Pat Tappen are Super Bowl TV rook- For the first Super Bowl at the watch the halftime show? Carlos Mauricio Ramirez with
Summerall. This is Michaels’ fifth ies. Sideline reporter Michele Ta-
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Jorge Andres providing analy-
Super Bowl for NBC after his first foya is doing her fifth Super Bowl
in 1967, NBC had 11 cameras. The first half of a normal NFL sis.
six were with ABC. in what is her final appearance for Gaudelli did say that “in terms game usually takes 90 minutes,
Collinsworth, who played eight NBC. of cameras that shoot the game, but if there are a lot of running Will the game be on radio?
seasons for the Bengals and ap- that actually shoot the field and plays, it could be done in 1 hour, Sirius XM Satellite Radio will
peared in both of their previous How many cameras will NBC the play and the players — we’ll 10 minutes. have four channels dedicated to
Super Bowl trips, will be an ana- use for the Super Bowl? probably have 40 cameras.” All With kickoff at 3:30 p.m., it the game — the Westwood One
lyst for the fifth time. His first was those cameras will be recorded would probably be a good idea to national feed, a Spanish-lan-
with Fox for the 2005 game be- Executive producer Fred Gaud- and can be used for replay. tune in around 4:40 p.m. so you guage channel and the Rams and
tween Philadelphia and New Eng- elli didn’t want to give exact NBC will also be debuting a don’t miss Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Bengals broadcasts.
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Rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg perform onstage during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio. They’ll team up again, and add Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick
Lamar, for the halftime show of Super Bowl LVI between the Rams and 49ers at SoFi Stadium.
things about
Dr. Dre’s hip-hop
show spectacle
By Peter Larsen
plarsen@scng.com
The halftime show at Super
Bowl LVI today promises the he-
roes of hip-hop, legends such as
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige,
Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar.
So what should viewers expect?
For starters, with all that star
power, the year promises per-
haps a few more pyrotechnics
than the halftime show at Su-
per Bowl I at Los Angeles Memo-
rial Coliseum in 1967, which in-
cluded two marching bands, jazz
trumpeter Al Hirt, and Anaheim
High School’s Ana-Hi-Steppers
Drill Team (though we bet they
were all excellent, too).
Today features five of the big-
gest artists in hip-hop, with three
of them practically born and raised
in the backyard of SoFi Stadium,
where the Los Angeles Rams and
Cincinnati Bengals will occupy the
field on either side of the halftime
show.
This year’s halftime show is ex-
pected to be a very big deal. How
big? The soft drink company that’s
sponsoring the show sparked a
huge buzz a few weeks ago with
the release of a splashy cinematic
trailer.
In it, Dre moved pieces on a
three-dimensional chessboard,
summoning Kendrick, Mary,
Snoop and Em to Los Angeles to
do battle with any foolhardy mor-
tals thinking of switching over to
the Puppy Bowl at halftime.
So let’s dig into the serious and
the silly of the Super Bowl half-
time show that we hope and ex-
pect to see.
Details remain mostly under
wraps, but this should help get
your heads around the spectacle
to come.
1born.Kendrick
Local legends: Dr. Dre and
Lamar were both
and raised in Compton, and
Snoop Dogg is a Long Beach na-
tive. That likely makes this the
Super Bowl halftime show with
the most local legends in its
lineup ever.
In that soft drink ad, Lamar
rides a tricked-out Stingray bicy-
cle to SoFi. Snoop swings by the
beach in his lowrider with hydrau-
lic jacks to give Dre a lift. They
Halftime show
don’t need to consult Google maps
to get around; this is their turf.
In this group, Dre is the leader
because his legendary career —
first as a member of the ground-
breaking rap group NWA, later as
a solo artist, producer and Beats
by Dre mogul — includes mentor-
ing Snoop and Lamar early in their
careers.
Dre featured Snoop promi-
nently on his 1992 solo debut, “The
Chronic,” which helped jumpstart
Snoop’s own career a year later
when he debuted with “Doggy-
style.”
Lamar was 8 years old when
he saw Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur
filming a version of their “Califor-
nia Love” music video. Years later,
Dre invited Lamar to join him on
his never-released album “Detox,”
along with Snoop, shortly before
Lamar released his first proper al-
bum in 2011.
2 . Visiting powerhouses: Emi-
nem and Mary J. Blige hail
from Detroit and Yonkers, New
York, respectively.
Dr. Dre and Eminem have
worked together often on each
other’s albums and songs such as
“Guilty Conscience,” “Forgot About
Dre,” and “I Need A Doctor.”
Dre cowrote Blige’s song “Fam-
ily Affair,” and she’s done features
on his songs such as “The Mes-
sage.”
3 . Sure-fire songs: This is
tricky partly because you’ve
got five artists and a finite
amount of time, limiting the
number of songs that will fit even
after they’re chopped into med-
leys as Super Bowl acts typically
do. But we’ll pick one for each
artist, and you can judge how we
do.
Dr. Dre: “Nuthin’ But A G
Thang” is a classic “Chronic”
track, and it featured Snoop, a bo-
nus when you have to squeeze five
performers in
Snoop Dogg: “Drop It Like It’s
Hot” is a fun, catchy song, and
perfect for the guys and the girl
to join in.
Mary J. Blige: “Family Affair” on
Sunday will mean Mary and the
guys all jamming on this one.
Eminem: We were thinking
“Lose Yourself,” but it’s a little
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CHRISTOPHER POLK — GETTY IMAGES
dark, so let’s go with “Rap God,” a
nice slice of cheerful braggadocio.
Kendrick Lamar: He does
“Humble” in the halftime show
trailer, but our pick is “All The
Stars,” his Oscar-nominated song
from “Black Panther.”
And the bonus you’re getting for
the finale: “California Love,” by the KEVIN WINTER — GETTY IMAGES
late Tupac Shakur, featuring Dr. Eminem and Dr. Dre perform at the 53rd Annual Grammy
Dre, and name-checking cities all Awards at Staples Center in 2011.
across the state including Ingle-
wood, which SoFi calls home.
4 . Mid-game gambling: Sure,
some people bet on the game,
but there are also wagers being
made on the halftime show.
Prop bets, which are wagers
not connected to the actual game,
cover topics such as which per-
former will be first on stage — Dr.
Dre is the favorite, followed by
Mary J. Blige — and whether or not
there will be more than 8.5 songs
performed in the show.
You can bet on whether Eminem
will be censored during his perfor-
mance and which song is likely to
be played first. “California Love,”
our pick for the finale, is favored
in the latter. ETHAN MILLER — GETTY IMAGES
And, of course, you can lay a bet Mary J. Blige performs at The Joint inside the Las Vegas
on whether cannabis connoisseur Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in 2019.
Snoop Dogg lights up during the
show. Probably not, right? But the
fun money says yes.
5 . Super SoCal: Southern Cal-
ifornia has hosted seven Su-
per Bowls before this one, and to
be frank, only one of them had
a halftime show to write home
about.
Most of them happened in the
pre-modern era of the halftime
show when the NFL apparently
asked whatever marching bands
or middle-of-the-road jazz or pop
acts cared to do it.
But the modern era, in pop
stars, rock bands, country sing-
ers, and eventually hip-hop art-
ists took over the show, arrived
on Jan. 31, 1993, when Super Bowl
XXVII invited Michael Jackson to
perform at the Rose Bowl.
Two years later, there were
no NFL teams in the Los Ange-
les area, which not only deprived
fans of home games for more than
two decades but also kept us from SANTIAGO BLUGUERMANN — GETTY IMAGES
getting good Super Bowl halftime Kendrick Lamar performs during Lollapalooza Buenos Aires
shows until now too. 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The Rams’ house

WILL LESTER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rams fans cheer during the second half of their team’s season opener against the visiting Chicago Bears at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The Rams defeated the Chicago Bears 34-14
in the first regular-season game to ever be played before fans in the year-old, $5 billion stadium. Today the Rams face the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl at SoFi Starium.

From the stands

KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER WILL LESTER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rams fans reacts to a video on the large scoreboard screen at SoFi Rams fans cheer during the first half of L.A.’s victory over the Chicago
Stadium during the NFC Championship Game against the 49ers. Bears at SoFi Stadium in the season opener.

KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rams fans wearing watermelon hats watch warmups before the NFC
Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium.

Rams fans root on

their team before the
NFC Championship
Game against the San
Francisco 49ers. The
Rams won, 20-17, to
advance to the Super
Bowl.
DAVID CRANE — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF
Rams fans get amped up for the start of the NFC wild-card game at PHOTOGRAPHER
SoFi Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals.
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FOCUS | SUPER BOWL LVI

Sean
McVay
(Head coach)
RAMS
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OFFENSE
Sony Matthew Cam
Michel Stafford Akers
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Cooper
Kupp
(WR)

Odell Andrew
Beckham Jr. Whitworth
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Aaron
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A’Shawn Jalen
Robinson Ramsey
(DT) (CB)

Leonard Von Eric

Floyd Miller Weddle
(LB) (LB) (S)
SPECIAL TEAMS

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Issue 07, 2022 Founded by Betty Debnam

Mini Fact: Roosevelt dime

Presidents Many coin
designs
Shortly after President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
died in 1945, a Virginia

in Your
feature
the artists’ congressman proposed that
initials on the the 10-cent coin’s design
obverse. Use be changed to honor the 32nd president.

Pockets a magnifying Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock of the U.S.

glass to find Mint was chosen to design the coin. Some
them! historians believe that Sinnock’s design
photo courtesy MoneyBlogNewz was influenced by a plaque made by Selma
Somewhere in your house, there’s probably Artist Victor David Brenner, who was born Burke, an African American artist, in 1944.
a bowl full of presidents lying around. Or in Lithuania but moved to the United States Kennedy half-dollar
maybe you’re carrying them in your pockets. in 1890, had created a plaque of President The assassination of President John F.
Of course, they aren’t actual presidents. Lincoln several years earlier, which Roosevelt Kennedy in November 1963 shocked the
They’re coins with presidents’ faces on them. saw in New York City. Brenner adapted the nation. Soon after he died,
Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 21. This metalwork for the penny coin. Congress authorized a
holiday began as a tribute to President George Washington quarter new 50-cent coin with his
Washington and was scheduled near his It took 23 years for likeness.
birthday, Feb. 22. In fact, the official name another president to appear Gilroy Roberts, a chief
of the federal holiday is still Washington’s on a coin. Our first president, engraver for the U.S. Mint,
Birthday. The Mini Page celebrates with an George Washington, was designed the obverse, which replaced an
issue about presidents on our coins. honored with his face on the image of Benjamin Franklin. The coins were
The first coins 25-cent coin to celebrate his available to the public by March 1964.
In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, 200th birthday. Design a coin!
which called for a national mint, or factory John F. Flanagan, a sculptor who was born Could you design a
where money is made, and set money for the in Newark, New Jersey, was chosen to create coin? You might try to
United States based on 100 and its fractions: a the image of Washington for the coin. He also design one honoring our
half, one-quarter, one-eighth, etc. Those first designed the reverse side of the coin, which current president, Joe
coins included a half-cent and a half-dime, features a bald eagle with its wings spread. Biden, Vice President
which we no longer use. Jefferson nickel Kamala Harris, or
Congress also said U.S. coins should have Although the nickel (or half-dime) was someone else you admire.
an “impression emblematic of liberty.” Lady used in circulation in the early 1800s, it wasn’t Share your ideas with friends or classmates.
Liberty appeared on circulating coins for more until 1938 that President Thomas Jefferson’s
than 150 years. profile, or view from the side,
Lincoln penny appeared on the coin. Felix
In 1909, President Abraham Lincoln Schlag, a German who moved Resources
replaced Lady Liberty on to the U.S. in 1929, won a
the 1-cent coin. President contest for designing the new On the Web:
Theodore Roosevelt decided coin. • usmint.gov/learn/kids
that the 16th president should In 2005, American painter Joe Fitzgerald
be honored with his face on designed a new image of Jefferson for the At the library:
the coin to celebrate Lincoln’s obverse, or front, of the coin. Rather than a • “Coin Collecting for Beginners” by
100th birthday. profile, Jefferson is shown facing forward. Eldridge Kalford
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Try ’n’ Find Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of coins are hidden in this puzzle.
Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some Corona: How does a group
letters are used twice. See if you can find: of dolphins make a decision?
Cameron: They flipper a coin!
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OBVERSE, PENNY, N T N E D I S E R P L Z X E X Beavers are migrating
PRESIDENT, PROFILE, M O N E Y V M N G I S E D R Z farther north into the Arctic due to the
QUARTER, REVERSE, E L I F O R P R O T P L U C S warming climate, producing what a
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SCULPTOR.
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E S R E V B O L E K C I N M I
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of its beaver population to more than
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dams are increasing surface water and
Zapped Apples adding to the rate of permafrost melt,
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• 1 tablespoon butter • 3 tablespoons raisins
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• 3 teaspoons brown sugar • 1/4 cup water

• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange juice • 1/4 cup pecans, if desired
For later:
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Use the letters in the boxes to make a word with the same meaning as
the clue. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in
the solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter
combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.
1. without making a sound (8)
CAR ETE ING ON
2. mix together (7)
3. “nightlight” in the sky (4) NTLY BINE INE ROT
4. school lunchroom (9)
5. orange root vegetable (6) SUB MOW CAF MAR
6. trimming the lawn (6)
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7. ship that goes underwater (9)
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VALENTINE’S DAY INSIGHTS & INDICATORS

Making
babies not
trendy in ABOUT VIPE DESAI

California Age: 54
Hometown: Torrance
Favorite surf spot: Too many to
Happy Valentine’s Day, mil-
lennials. name but I always seem to get my
Speaking of love, can you most fun waves at Bolsa Chica
please help the economy and State Beach in Huntington Beach.
start having Hobbies: Watching my son play
more babies?
Yes, we must ice hockey, snowboarding, hiking,
talk of the busi- camping and traveling to the Big
ness of romance. Island - I’m moving there some-
This lustful hol- day!
iday is a great
time for restau-
rant owners,
chocolatiers and
anybody selling
anything in any
shade of red. But with passion
in the air, I must note one
troubling trend: Young adults
aren’t making babies like they
used to.
This isn’t just a monetary
headache for purveyors of COURTESY OF VIPE DESAI
baby care and youth-oriented Vipe Desai, taking on a new role as executive director of the Surf Industry Members Association, says the future is bright for surfing and that
gear. Procreation, or the lack everyone involved should be proud of how it has emerged from a cottage industry to a growing worldwide phenomenon.

Surf industry riding into

thereof, is one of those long-
view demographic patterns
that raises all sorts of ques-
tions regarding future edu-
cation needs, the workforce,
tax revenue and demand for

new tech, collaboration

homes or roads.
With that all in mind,
I filled my trusty spread-
sheet with government demo-
graphic data to see what’s go-
ing on with baby production
— both in California and na-
tionally.
The baby bust By Laylan Connelly
lconnelly@scng.com
Trade group director sees opportunities ahead for
California from 2018 to
2020 averaged 440,553 births
per year. Yes, that was No. 1
As a youngster growing up in
Southern California, Vipe Desai
united efforts on retail and inland wave pools
Association and still is SIMA for Q SIMA? And give a bit of
among all states, ahead of always found ways to immerse the Surf Industry Manufacturers What is the main goal of leaders who formed SIMA to
Texas at 374,804 and New himself in surfing — in and out help foster relations with trade
York at 219,038. of the water, he said. short. background on the Aliso Viejo- show partners. Since then, it
But, dear millennials, that He joined a surf class in high “This long, almost 40-year based organization. has grown to also support en-
big baby number hides worri- school and worked at the South journey focused on the business vironmental and humanitar-
some shortfalls.
California’s baby-making
pace is down 15% from Gen
Coast Surf Shop in Ocean Beach
as a teen. After graduating from
college, he and friend Tom Co-
side of action sports has pre-
pared me for this role I’m em-
barking on and the best part is
A We’re in the middle of
charting a new and excit-
ing course, and to kick things
ian organizations within surf
zones, board builders, educa-
tional programs and sustain-
X’s 1999 output. Only nine zad bought H2O Surf and Snow- that I get to work alongside the off we’re starting with a name ability initiatives, and we will
states have fared worse so far board Shop in Sunset Beach. people who have allowed me to change. We’re now the Surf In- continue to expand our efforts
this century, with Illinois in “My passion was always about live a dream life and travel down dustry Members Association, however they will support our
last place, off 23%, followed by the business of surfing, and I was a fulfilling career path,” Desai and by dropping “manufactur- members.
Connecticut, down 21%, and drawn to the leaders in the in- said. ers” we’re ready to welcome a
Michigan, off 20%.
California’s baby bust is far
greater than the nationwide
dustry,” said Desai, now 54 and
a Torrance resident.
Those early days would set
Desai recently answered a
few questions via email about
his new role, the state of the
wider group of folks that make
up the ecosystem of the surf in-
dustry.
Q
What goals do you have
for SIMA in the near and
far future?
tumble, which saw births off Desai on a journey that now has surf industry and where he sees Why we started is different
6% in this period. By the way,
where did we see the biggest
baby booms? North Dakota
him seated in a new role: execu-
tive director of the nonprofit and
recently renamed Surf Industry
the sport’s future heading as a
new wave of enthusiasts join the
lineup in the ocean and, with ad-
from what our industry needs
now and will need in the fu-
ture.
A
My three pillars are unifi-
cation, advocacy and phi-
lanthropy. Unification of the
was up 36%, followed by two Members Association. For years, vancements in wave pools, in- Our origins started with a different sectors that make up
California rivals — Nevada, up the trade group was known as land far from the coast. passionate group of industry DESAI » PAGE 2
19%, and Florida, up 10%.
Or look at the Golden
State’s newborn shortage an-
other way, measured by the
fertility rate — births com- WAGE RULES

Warehouse industry targeted by President Biden’s enforcers

pared with the population of
women 15 to 44 years old.
As the 21st century started,
California was a baby-mak-
ing machine — 69 births for By Josh Eidelson
Looman, the acting adminis- a new initiative stepping up ef- a major focus on misclassifica-
every 1,000 women of child- Bloomberg
trator of the U.S. Department forts to ensure warehousing and tion of workers as independent
bearing age — eighth-highest of Labor’s Wage and Hour Divi- logistics workers are paid the re- contractors rather than employ-
among the states. In 1999, the The U.S. government’s min- sion, said in an interview Tues- quired hourly wage and overtime ees — an issue Joe Biden’s ad-
top states were Utah at 89, Ar- imum-wage enforcers plan to day. “We want to make sure that pay, can take time off as pre- ministration has vowed to ad-
izona at 76 and Texas at 74. zero in on the warehouse and lo- the outcome, as we’re continu- scribed by law and aren’t retali- dress more forcefully. “One of
Then consider 2018-2020 gistics industry, amplifying scru- ing to move out of this pandemic, ated against for exercising their our biggest challenges is that
as California fertility fell to tiny of a sector criticized during hasn’t been an opportunity for rights. there are business models that
ninth-lowest at 55 babies per the pandemic for its labor prac- greater exploitation of workers, The agency has been conduct- are designed specifically to call a
1,000 possible moms. The na- tices. but instead that we have learned ing 70 investigations in the ware- worker an independent contrac-
tion’s best had pivoted to A combination of explosive a lot of lessons and it can be an house and logistics sector in re- tor in order to avoid the payment
South Dakota at 70, North Da- growth, low wages and the opportunity to empower more cent months, and three-quarters of minimum wage and over-
kota at 70 and Alaska at 68. widespread use of contract staff workers.” of those it resolved found viola- time,” Looman said.
And California’s 21% drop demand greater attention be In an emailed statement, tions of the law, a spokesperson Applying a Barack Obama-
in fertility was topped only paid to how the sector treats Looman’s agency pledged “vig- said. era concept called “strategic en-
LANSNER » PAGE 2 its “essential workers,” Jessica orous enforcement” as part of The new initiative will include WAREHOUSE » PAGE 2

The COVID ECONOMY

State unemployment claims Feb. 5 Stock performance
A weekly look at how the
pandemic is affecting California 18.7%
Mortgage rates
U.S. weekly averages
4%
30-yr FRM
15-yr FRM
5/1-yr ARM
Feb. 10
Eureka 26.3% 3.69%
Weekly, not seasonally adjusted 49,315 S&P Index Mar. 4, 2020 3.5%
60k Redding
Gov. Newsom
1M 50k 5,000
declares state 18.8% 3% 2.93%
40k of emergency 17.7% 2.80%
4,500
over COVID-19 23.2%
800k 30k Chico 2.5%
20k 3.8%
4,000 Thursday 14.1% 40.2% 15.8% 8.2%
600k 10k 20% 2%
4,504.08
0k 3,500 Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan
18.3%
400k
Nov. Jan. Feb. 16.8% 10.2% Sacramento 2020 2021 2022
27 1 5 3,000 6.9% 17.4% 19.1% Source: Freddie Mac
-0.6% 17.5%
200k 30% 17.2%
2,500 9.5% 23.9%
S.F.11.8%
0 16.4% Merced
Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan 12.1% 23.9%
11 01 03 05 07 09 11 01 03 05 07 09 11 01
2020 2021 2022
2020 2021 2022 12.3% 20.3% 20.2%
17.1%
Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics Performance of selected top California companies 3.5%
Thursday's close Market cap 5-day 1-month 3-month YTD 1 year Monterey 24% Fresno
Consumer Confidence Index Adobe $495.02 $233.5B -3.1% -4.2% -23.0% -12.7% -0.3% 12.6% 12.4%
Monthly Change in 13.2%
Alphabet (Google) $2,772.05 $1,831.6B -2.8% -0.4% -5.6% -4.2% 32.2%
140 home prices 15.6% 18.2%
Apple $172.12 $2,808.9B -0.5% 0.0% 16.4% -3.1% 27.3% Percent change in median
130 Jan.
Disney $152.16 $277.0B 8.7% -2.1% -6.1% -1.8% -20.3% price of resale single-family San Luis Obispo Bakersfield Barstow
120 113.8 residences, condos and new 21.4%
Facebook $228.07 $620.8B -4.1% -30.1% -30.4% -32.1% -15.6% homes from Dec. 2020 to -0.7% 15%
110 Dec. 2021. 16.2%
Netflix $406.27 $180.4B 0.2% -21.7% -38.2% -32.5% -27.1% Santa Barbara Los Angeles
100 Less than 0%
NVIDIA $258.24 $645.6B 7.8% -2.8% -15.0% -12.2% 69.3% Riverside
90 0% to 9.9% 17.6% 20.4%
salesforce.com $217.67 $214.4B 2.3% -4.8% -28.1% -14.3% -9.8%
80 10% to 19.9%
Tesla $904.55 $934.9B 1.5% -12.3% -14.9% -14.4% 11.4% 20% to 29.9% 2%
09 11 01 03 05 07 09 11 01 03 05 07 09 11 01 Not available 15.2%
Visa $225.59 $473.0B -2.6% 4.9% 7.2% 4.1% 7.1% 30% or more San Diego
2019 2020 2021 2022 El Centro
Source: CEICData.com Sources: Google Finance and MarketWatch.com Source: Corelogic BAY AREA NEWS GROUP
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WEEK IN REVIEW

Inflation climbs to
highest in 40 years
From news service reports sures, a record 50% of companies said
they boosted compensation amid diffi-
Inflation soared over the past year at culty attracting qualified talent.
its highest rate in four decades, ham-
mering American consumers, wiping out
pay raises and reinforcing the Federal
Reserve’s decision to begin raising bor-
rowing rates across the economy.
The Labor Department said Thurs-
day that consumer prices jumped 7.5%
last month compared with a year ear-
lier, the steepest year-over-year increase
since February 1982. The acceleration of
prices ranged across the economy, from
food and furniture to apartment rents, PHOTO BY MICHAEL FERNANDEZ
airline fares and electricity. Vipe Desai, who has been in the surf industry for 40 years and is an environmentalist,
When measured from December to takes on a new role as director of SIMA, the Surf Industry Members Association.
January, inflation was 0.6%, the same SUSAN WALSH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Desai
as the previous month and more than The IRS has launched a revamped child tax that foster collaboration
economists had expected. Prices rose credit website meant to steer people to ABOUT SIMA while still being indepen-
0.7% from October to November and free filing options for claiming the credit. dent to build their respec-
0.9% from September to October. FROM PAGE 1 The Surf Industry Mem- tive businesses.
Shortages of supplies and workers, bers Association brings I think what we have to
heavy doses of federal aid, ultra-low in- Filing tax returns necessary our industry, advocacy ef- together manufacturers, look at is the impact fac-
terest rates and robust consumer spend- to claim child tax credit forts to help our members board builders, media, ing our ocean — from cli-
ing combined to send inflation leaping thrive and philanthropy suppliers and others mate risk, sea level rise,
in the past year. And there are few signs The Biden administration wants fam- for the ocean through to tackle key issues plastic pollution, oil spills,
that it will slow significantly anytime ilies with children to know that there is the SIMA Environmental together such as sustain- sewage discharge — these
soon. roughly $193 billion waiting for them Fund and SIMA Humani- ability and environmental are the challenges our in-
Wages are rising at the fastest pace — all they need to do is file their taxes tarian Fund. policy to best business dustry faces. What I’m
in at least 20 years, which can pressure to claim it. With that said, sustain- practices and cost-saving seeing is sustainability has
companies to raise prices to cover higher That estimated total is what remains ability is at the top of the solutions. been a growing priority
labor costs. Ports and warehouses are of the expanded child tax credit, and the list of what we want to Location: Aliso Viejo within our industry, in ad-
overwhelmed, with hundreds of work- administration is concerned that some lead on, and a united in- dition to supporting envi-
ers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long of those most in need of the assistance dustry is vital to this ef- Year founded: 1989 ronmental groups.
Beach, the nation’s busiest, out sick last may be the least likely to get what is fort. It is a responsibility Members: About 100 Being a former surf
month. Many products and parts remain due to them. our members take very se- Focus on the ocean: In shop owner myself, I have
in short supply as a result. President Joe Biden increased the pay- riously, and I aim to help the past 30 years, SIMA’s a special place in my heart
ments and expanded who was eligible as deliver on it. Environmental Fund has for this sector — for many
Small businesses raising part of his coronavirus relief package. Long term, the future is raised more than $8 surf enthusiasts it’s the
prices as costs increase While most families already received looking good for our sport, million for environmental first stop on their journey,
half of the credit as monthly payments and we have to get ready groups seeking to protect and we have to make sure
A record share of U.S. small busi- last year, they’ll lose out on the remain- for an exciting decade the world’s oceans, that these fans continue to
nesses raised their prices in January to ing balance unless they file their taxes. ahead with the Olympics beaches and waves. visit specialty retailers.
combat high costs of materials and la- Vice President Kamala Harris, Trea- — Paris 2024, Los Angeles More info: sima.com
bor. sury Secretary Janet Yellen and White
A net 61% of owners reported increas- House senior adviser Gene Sperling
2028 and Brisbane 2032.
Q How might inland
wave pools change
ing average selling prices last month, staged a virtual event Tuesday to encour-
the most in monthly data back to 1986, age people to send their tax forms to the Q There was an unex-
pected surge in busi-
a resiliency that we should
be proud of. Our contribu-
the surf market?

the National Federation of Independent IRS, including those whose incomes are
Business said Tuesday. Inflation remains so low that they might not have tradi-
a top concern for small businesses, still tionally filed.
ness for surf products dur-
ing the pandemic. What
does this say about the
tion to the coastal econ-
omy needs to be cele-
brated, and we recognize
A I believe this is one of
the most exciting ar-
eas of growth I want to
cited by the greatest share of respon- Families should go to childtaxcredit. sport? that what was once a cot- tackle for the surf industry.
dents since 1981. gov to check their eligibility. The tax fil- tage industry has given From what I see, there
“More small-business owners started ing deadline is April 18.
the new year raising prices in an attempt The administration estimates that
to pass on higher inventory, supplies and roughly 58 million households would
A As unfortunate as the way to increased recre-
pandemic has been
for society, surfing expe-
ation and tourism.
I’ll also add that there’s
are a lot of sophisticated
teams working on surf
parks and through these
labor costs,” NFIB Chief Economist Bill qualify for the credit, which averages rienced a surge. This was been a growing movement parks, we have the oppor-
Dunkelberg said in a statement. “Own- $3,300 and could be used to offset an ex- due to many reasons, but with surf therapy, and I re- tunity to drive growth,
ers are also raising compensation at re- isting tax bill or be paid out as a refund. being outdoors, socially ally believe that being in create innovative new
cord high rates to attract qualified em- distanced, the Olympics, the ocean helped people to products and experiences
ployees to their open positions.” The Associated Press and Bloomberg incredible product from cope with the pandemic, and connect more people
In another sign of inflationary pres- contributed to this report. our member companies and we’ll continue to see to the ocean so they can
and great content from incredible strides in the help us protect it.
the team at the World Surf surf therapy sector. Surf parks are still in
League all played critical the early stages, but I am
roles in this surge.
What it says about the
sport is that our indus-
Q What challenges do
surf retailers, brands
face in coming years?
all in on surf parks and
what they can do for our
sport and the economic
try was ready to welcome impact they will have in
more than a million new
enthusiasts and has shown A One of my goals is to
put programs in place
every community that puts
one in.

MAP BY FLOURISH

less likely to have kids.

Lansner Livability? Families seek great
places to live, right? Yet the 10 states
FROM PAGE 1
found atop those much-debated qual-
ity-of-life rankings also had declin-
FILE: JOHN VALENZUELA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
by two states: Arizona, down 26%, and ing birthrates larger than the nation-
Utah, down 25%. Nationally, fertility wide U.S. dip. Fertility in the 10 “most AB 701 is the nation’s first legislation to make companies disclose warehouse productivity
was off 10%. livable” states fell 12% with 8% fewer requirements and work-speed metrics set for employees.
births.
Money matters
Warehouse
My thought: High-ranked states are health and lives serving legations, but the employees
What’s driving fertility and births often costly places to live. customers sheltering at have asked an appeals court
lower in many states? Sadly, I’m guess- Education? You’d think baby mak- home. Employees have to revive it.
ing it’s money. ing would be popular where schools FROM PAGE 1 mounted strikes and pur- A m a z on w a rehou se
Babies are expensive, and house- were better. Again, nope! The 10 states sued litigation around the workers in New York and
holds seem to be making children a fi- graded best for education had slightly forcement,” Looman’s divi- country over safety con- Alabama have mounted
nancial choice. That’s what my trusty above-par baby-making declines: fertil- sion aims to use its limited cerns. They also secured a union campaigns, as have
spreadsheet — with the added help ity off 13% with 11% fewer births. resources to investigate and new law in California that Los Angeles port truckers,
of state scorecards from U.S. News & My thought: Remember, good foment change in industries requires companies to dis- who claim XPO Logistics
World Report, WalletHub, Pew Foun- schools are often found in pricier prone to widespread vio- close their facilities’ pro- illegally misclassified them
dation and Gallup — found when look- neighborhoods. lations, rather than wait- ductivity quotas and pro- as contractors. XPO has de-
ing at state-level factors that might Health care? Great doctors and hos- ing for workers to file com- hibits employers from en- nied any wrongdoing.
play into childbearing decisions. pitals would seem to be a key draw plaints and then just em- forcing them in ways that The Wage and Hour Di-
Cost of living? The 10 priciest states for younger families. But the 10 states barking on ad hoc, one-off prevent workers from us- vision announced recently
(California is No. 3) saw baby-making dubbed tops for medical care saw a probes. ing the bathroom. that it aimed to recruit 100
dips running far above average since 14% fall in fertility with 9% fewer “There is this incredible Amazon.com, which ben- new investigators, with
1999 — 20% lower fertility and with births. impact that we can have efited from a surge in on- more hiring to come later
13% fewer births. That’s basically dou- My thought: Great medicine can be when workers understand line shopping during the this year. Looman, a former
ble the U.S. decline. costly. their rights, employers un- pandemic, has drawn much Minnesota building trades
My thought: Maybe in some not-too- So I had to seek a higher power for derstand their obligations, of the criticism. Though the labor leader, has been run-
distant future the nation will create or a better answer. And I discovered baby and we back all of that up company spent billions to ning the agency for a year.
incentivize affordable child care. making and faith may be linked. with a strong enforcement help COVID-proof its facili- President Joe Biden’s nom-
Pay? It’s a debate for another day, The 10 states ranked as “most reli- program,” Looman said. “It ties, employees staged walk- inee to permanently lead
but women still bear the brunt of child gious” had minimal baby-making dips really can change the dy- outs demanding greater the agency is David Weil,
care responsibilities. The 10 states this century: just 2% less fertility and namics in a sector and it protections. A group of who served in the same role
with the highest women’s pay, adjusted 4% fewer births. can empower workers.” workers also filed a lawsuit during Barack Obama’s sec-
for the cost of living, also saw baby- Wa rehou se work i n g claiming Amazon was put- ond term after previously
making down more than the national Jonathan Lansner is the business conditions have drawn ting workers and their fam- spearheading a report for
norm: Fertility fell 13% with 9% fewer columnist for the Southern California more attention during ilies at risk. A federal judge the division advocating the
births. News Group. He can be reached at the pandemic because dismissed the complaint, strategic enforcement ap-
My thought: Well-paid women seem jlansner@scng.com. many workers risked their and Amazon denied the al- proach.
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WOMEN ON MONEY & MINDSET

Why an internal audit is actually good for you

By Michelle Herting and decrease costs. It is There are many examples
unfortunate that informa- of flowcharts on Google
tion on how to conduct do- Images, and there are also
It’s safe to say no one in it-yourself performance several free mind map
his right mind would ask audits is not more widely programs with online tem-
to be audited. available to business own- plates to help visually or-
The term “audit” gener- ers. Here is a brief and ganize and examine your
ally strikes fear in most of simplified how-to intro- business processes. By
us, as it’s associated with duction to self-auditing learning to map your op-
bad behavior and negative your company. erations, you will be bet-
consequences. The IRS au- If you are a business ter able to see the bottle-
dits and then penalizes tax- owner, you probably in- necks, duplications and in-
payers. Companies fail SEC stinctively know where efficiencies.
audits, and stock shares problems are within your If you need additional
plummet. Politicians resign organization. Is one de- Not all audits are bad. Internal company audits can help set a better, more efficient path. help with starting the per-
in disgrace when corrup- partment holding up the formance audit process,
tion is discovered. whole operation? Are low quarterly or annually for views and surveys of em- pacity? Is there conflict reach out to your accoun-
However, the above ex- sales in one area causing smaller purchases. ployees might be relevant. because departments or tant. Most CPAs have at
amples are called external your bottom line to suffer? If these steps are not in Just like if you were an ex- managers are overstep- least two years of audit ex-
audits, which are exami- Are some of your vendors place or are not being fol- ternal auditor, document ping the authority of each perience. There are also
nations conducted by out- overcharging? lowed, you would instruct all of your evidence in other, making your opera- highly qualified business
side parties that are often So, how do you quantify the manager to do so and your file folders. tions inefficient? consultants who under-
involuntary. There are also the issue? How do you cor- have him document and stand the nuts and bolts
internal audits conducted rect the problem? The first report to you the results. The three E’s Business cycles of how to increase perfor-
voluntarily by business step to your do-it-yourself You can compare cost re- As you perform your au- As you gain some con- mance. Remember to doc-
owners and management audit is to jot down those ports in the future to de- dit, you can better identify fidence tackling individ- ument the decisions you
that we should not fear. issues already of concern. termine how much savings the issue you are looking ual issues, learn to look make. Later, you will be
Internal audits, also One tip is to make a file resulted from implement- at with the three “E’s”- at your business as cycles happy you made a file.
called performance or folder (paper or electronic) ing these procedures. • Economy. Is the is- that illustrate the flow or Although auditing may
operational audits, re- for each problem. sue that your resources are steps of how your com- be considered a dirty word,
fer to examining a com- Pick one issue at a time. Find the evidence not available in the correct pany operates. intuitively, we sense that
pany’s processes to as- Ask yourself, how should All audits require what quantity, quality, time and For instance, the sales accountability, which is an
sess whether the entity is the issue be handled if the is called evidentiary mat- place at the lowest cost? cycle is your company’s obligation or willingness
achieving economy, effi- company was operating ter. Essentially, you want Resources could include process when selling a to accept responsibility
ciency and effectiveness optimally? How is it being to gather relevant infor- inputs like materials, labor product or service to a or to account for one’s ac-
in employing available re- handled right now? What mation to solve the issue. or marketing services. customer. You can catego- tions, is a good thing that
sources. changes need to be made Without collecting and re- • Effectiveness. Is your rize all actions in the cycle leads to increased results
to resolve the issue or im- viewing the data, you are management or staff not into steps like prospecting, and better performance.
Why companies need prove? Now, the most chal- just guessing. achieving operational connecting, presenting An internal audit is really
a performance audit lenging part for business In the case of the cost goals? Are your goals and and closing customers. just making your business
owners, write it down! of materials, you could ex- objectives clear? Have your The production cycle accountable to you and all
A performance audit For example, imagine amine historical reports goals kept pace with the is comprised of all activi- of those involved.
can help you figure out your problem is the high for trends. You also could current environment, or ties related to the conver-
why something in your cost of materials, and the pick a small sample of pur- are you doing things “the sion of raw materials into Certified public
business is not working objective is paying as lit- chases and compare the way they always have been finished goods. The cy- accountant Michelle
quite right or if it can be tle as possible. Optimally, prices you are paying with done?” cle includes the design of C. Herting specializes
improved. your purchasing manager the prices of other ven- • Efficiency. Have you products, the production in tax planning, trust
Conducting routine per- should obtain estimates dors. If the issue involves optimized how you use schedule, manufactur- administrations, and
formance audits on your from vendors for pur- sales or customer service, human, financial and ing activities and cost ac- business valuations.
business, even a small chases exceeding a dollar you may want to do cus- other resources to pro- counting feedback. She has three offices in
business, can help increase amount you specify. The tomer surveys. If the prob- duce goods and services? It is helpful to draw a Southern California.
sales and productivity, im- manager also should be lem involves employees or Are you using office space chart to visually exam- michelle@yourowncpa.
prove employee morale comparing vendor prices internal processes, inter- and machinery to their ca- ine all the steps in a cycle. com

PAID LEAVE

1 in 4 California workers left out of COVID leave bill

By Grace Gedye
CalMatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom
signed a bill last week re-
quiring large employers in
California to offer workers
up to 80 hours of COVID-
19-related paid sick leave.
But there’s a catch: The
bill doesn’t apply to small
employers with 25 or fewer
workers. That exemption —
which California’s 2021 CO-
VID-19 sick leave law also
included — applies to more
than 90% of companies in
California and leaves at
least 1 in 4 workers without
access to the new paid leave,
according to data from Cali-
fornia’s Employment Devel-
opment Department.
Without additional leave,
most workers in California
are legally entitled to just
three paid sick days. Early
in the pandemic, the federal
government was reimburs-
ing employers for COVID-19
sick leave, including small
employers. But in Septem-
ber 2021, both the state law
and the federal reimburse-
ments for additional paid
COVID-19 leave lapsed.
“Both state and federal
leaders are to blame here
for being shortsighted and
not anticipating the need
for additional paid leave,”
said Kristin Schumacher,
senior policy analyst for
California Budget and Pol-
icy Center.
California Department
of Public Health guidelines
say that workers who are ex-
posed to COVID-19 or test
positive should quarantine
or isolate at least five days.
“When people don’t have
paid sick days, they will
work sick — and that’s a
real danger,” said Jenya
Cassidy, director of Cali-
fornia Work and Family
Coalition, which advocates
for paid leave policies. This
new bill is the product of
compromise, she said, and
it will wind up helping a lot
of workers if it gets signed
into law.
But, she said, “obviously,
if we’re trying to do this
for public health and for
the health and well-being
of workers and their fam-
ilies, then why would any-
body be exempted? Nobody
should be exempted.”
“This employee threshold
was part of finding compro-
mise with employer organi-
zations and legislators con-
cerned about the economic
impact of the pandemic on
small businesses,” said Sen-
ate President Toni Atkins, a
San Diego Democrat, in a
statement.
The vast majority of busi-
nesses in California have
four or fewer employees, ac-
cording to data from Califor-
nia’s Employment Develop-
ment Department. Workers
at smaller companies earn
lower wages, on average, than
employees at larger compa-
nies, says data from the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics.
That’s concerning be-
cause nationally, workers
with household incomes
under $25,000 were 3.5
times as likely to miss a
week of work due to CO-
VID-19 compared to work-
ers with household incomes
of $100,000 or more, ac-
cording to analysis from the
Economic Policy Institute.
Good for owners of
small businesses
Small businesses have
been buffeted around by
closures, staffing issues,
and supply chain sna-
fus. Business plans have
been upended with each
new wave of the virus, and
though companies like Am-
azon, Apple, Tesla and UPS
have seen their stock soar
during the pandemic, profit
margins for many small
businesses have worn thin.
Larger employers gener-
ally have more cash on hand
and easier access to credit,
so they might have an easier
time adapting to new costs,
said David Nelson, director
of public policy for Califor-
nia Asian Pacific Chamber
of Commerce.
“If the exemption was not
put in place for small busi-
nesses, a mandate like that
likely could have been the
death knell for many small
businesses, especially mi-
nority small businesses,”
Nelson said. He estimates
that the average Asian
American and Pacific Is-
lander-owned business in
California has four to 12
employees.
But leaving small busi-
nesses out entirely wasn’t
the only option lawmakers
had to soften the impact.
California will have a
$21 billion surplus for the
coming budget year, based
on the Newsom administra-
tion’s projections.
Seemingly everyone in-
volved in California state
politics has their own idea
for how to spend it. That in-
cludes small-business advo-
cates, who say the state could
have reimbursed small-busi-
ness owners for providing
additional paid sick leave to insurance. The state has a Cassidy, from the Work into their budgets: “It re-
workers. website to help workers fig- and Family Coalition, said ally seems like being able
“We recognize, especially ure out what sort of leave she hopes small-business to support workers should
with another historic sur- they’re eligible for based on owners are working paid be a very basic cost of do-
plus in the budget, that there their situation. sick leave for COVID-19 ing business.”
are ways that the admin-
istration could make this
place that small-business
owners are in much easier,”
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advocacy group Small Busi-
ness Majority.
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SURVEY SAYS

IE housing market equals Tennessee

Survey Says looks at
various rankings and
scorecards judging geo-
graphic locations while
noting these grades are
best seen as a mix of art
and data.
Buzz: Homes in the In-
land Empire were worth a
combined $699 billion at
the end of 2021, a chunk of
real estate dollars equal to
all the residences in Ten-
nessee.
Source: Zillow calcu-
lated total home values
in the nation’s 50 largest
metropolitan areas
and all 50 states.
This math includes
all homes, not just
those that sold. The
data compares last
year’s pandemic-
fired home-buying
frenzy with 2011,
the early days of the
Great Recession’s
recovery — and the de-
cade’s changes include the
value of newly constructed
residences. Zillow’s re-
gional price indexes are
much like a median price.
Details nessee, with the same to- values are slightly more homes are worth $3.27
tal value statewide, home than that of seven states trillion.
Zillow’s study re- values run $263,989. — Delaware, West Vir- Not only is that No. 2
minds us of the The IE caught up to the ginia, Vermont, Alaska, among all metros, just
real estate heft of housing worth of the state South Dakota, Wyoming behind the $3.5 trillion
Riverside and San known for whiskey and and North Dakota. Homes worth of housing in the
Bernardino coun- country music by outpac- in these states add up to tristate region surround-
ties: the Inland ing some fast growth. Val- $654 billion of value, up ing New York City. But
Empire is the na- ues in the Inland Empire only 62% in a decade. L.A.-OC is slightly above
tion’s 15th-most- rose 175% since 2011, rank- the No. 2-sized state, New
valuable housing ing it 13th among the top Caveat York, and its $3.18 trillion
market. 50 metros. Tennessee was Let’s remember that In- value. Only California at
Yes, high prices are up 134%, No. 14 among the land Empire housing is $9.2 trillion is bigger.
a factor. A typical In- states. nowhere near the size of Also, note that L.A.-
land residence is worth Or look at the In- its coastal cousin — the OC’s housing wealth is
$534,393, the 13th-highest land Empire’s real estate metro of Los Angeles and also greater than 19 states
of all large metros. In Ten- oomph this way: Housing Orange counties, where MARKET » PAGE 5

MORTGAGES HOT HOMES

Exotic
deals pop
up to take
anyone
Conventional mortgage refi-
nancing volume has fallen off
a cliff as rates are more than a
full point higher than the all-
time Freddie Mac
low of 2.65% set in
January 2021.
Conventional
loans are also
plenty slow, stem-
ming from a
dearth of homes
for sale.
But the mort-
gage machine
must be fed. And
thus, there are always exotic
mortgages for those tough-to- PHOTOS BY JOEL DANTO — DANTO PHOTOGRAPHY
qualify borrowers when demand This hilltop estate in Laguna Niguel’s guard-gated Bear Brand Ranch is on the market for $50 million.

Bear Brand Ranch ‘party

dwindles among the A-paper
crowd.
Shall we first go down mort-
gage meltdown memory lane?
Confounding and complicated
in the Great Recession was a
cornucopia of thin or even zero

palace’ selling for $50M

down payment financial instru-
ments with names like “No Doc
mortgage loans” (no income doc-
umentation), NINA (no income,
no asset) and of course NINJA
(no income, no job, no assets).
Fast-forward to 2022. Brand
new from the exotic mortgage
manufacturing world comes
what I’m calling NADA JOB,
NADA CREDIT (no job and no
credit report) for investment
property financing.
If you are a real estate mogul
in witness protection, this loan
is calling your name.
Seriously, it doesn’t matter
whether your credit is shot full
of foreclosures and previous
bankruptcies. Or your middle
FICO credit score is a big, bad
500. Or even if you don’t have a
Social Security number to your
name.
A title search on you will be
done. If you are in bankruptcy,
for example, then no loan for
you. Or if you have a publicly
recorded court judgment out-
standing in your name, then the
title insurance company will not
insure the property title. No ti-
tle insurance, no loan. Those are
about the only disqualifiers.
Job? What job? Nobody needs
a job or any kind of income doc-
umentation to qualify for this
special financing. Having a job
is so pre-COVID-19 thinking,
right? Regardless, if you have a
job, there is no place to put it on
this mortgage application. No-
LAZERSON » PAGE 5
By Sandra Barrera
sbarrera@scng.com
Not a day goes by that re-
tired tech entrepreneur Gary
Dinkin hasn’t marveled at
the unobstructed ocean and
mountain views seen from
his hilltop 14,500-square-
foot mansion in Laguna Ni-
guel’s upscale Bear Brand
Ranch.
He can even see Mission
San Juan Capistrano from
his bedroom.
“They literally still take
my breath away,” said Gary
Dinkin, the former CEO and
founder of the gift card plat-
form SmartClixx who along
with his wife, Lindy, had a
hand in designing the home
that just listed for $50 mil-
lion. The deal first was re-
ported in The Wall Street
Journal.
Property records show the
Dinkins bought the 13-acre-
plus property in 2013 for $2.5
million to build the estate. It
has six bedrooms, 10 bath-
rooms and ultra-luxury re-
sort-style amenities.
There’s an oceanview
Polished and honed limestone floors as seen here in the dining
area run throughout the 14,500-square-foot home.
game room that opens to the
movie theater and contains
an indoor-outdoor wet bar.
Outside amenities include
a fire pit lounge, a negative
edge pool with a Baja shelf
and glass bridge to the pool’s
fire pit that seats 25 people,
two putting greens and a
barbecue area with a com-
plete kitchenette.
Hundreds of fruit trees
and garden-variety vegeta-
bles grow on the hillside.
The Dinkins said the city
and guard-gated community
of Bear Brand Ranch initially
wanted them to build a Med-
iterranean-style home. Still,
the couple — who worked di-
rectly with an architectural
drafter, a structural engineer
and the cities of Laguna Ni-
guel and (as a courtesy) San
Juan Capistrano — got the
go-ahead and built the con-
temporary-style estate.
Construction ended in
2017.
Inside, the home boasts
seamless limestone flooring
and oversized Fleetwood
windows and doors that blur
the line between indoors and
out.
One-of-a-kind design ele-
ments and art fill the space,
from a blue Jon Seemans
sculpture next to the porte-
cochere pierced by three an-
gled columns to the 18-foot-
wide iron and laminated
glass pivot door that Lindy
Dinkin designed.
“She won an award for
the glass design on that
front door,” Gary Dinkin
said proudly of his wife. “It’s
driven by a single piston so
it can be operated by a child,
which is amazing when you
consider the weight that is
associated with that.”
The front door opens to
the 27-foot grand entry il-
luminated by 20 giant sky-
lights.
In this home, all of the
ceilings are high.
“I took a lot of care with
the ceilings to differenti-
ate them in so many of the
rooms,” said Lindy Dinkin,
RANCH » PAGE 5

HOUSING LEGISLATION

Tenant protection bill failing again in Legislature

Proponents blame
bold campaign by
real estate industry
By Manuela Tobias
CalMatters
Tenant advocates, racial
equity groups, YIMBYs and
even some of their usual op-
ponents wanted to see the
bill pass.
The cities of San Fran-
cisco and Los Angeles —
which rarely see eye to eye
on housing issues — as
well as every Democrat on
the Assembly Housing and
Community Development
Committee, had signed on.
So why did Assembly
Bill 854, which would have
curbed an owner’s ability to
evict his tenants using the
Ellis Act in rent-controlled
jurisdictions, die with-
out even a floor vote in the
Democratic-supermajority
Assembly?
Proponents of the long-
time progressive priority
— which promised to pre-
serve the stock of affordable
apartments amid a historic
shortage — point to an ag-
gressive campaign mounted
by the deep-pocketed real
estate industry.
“It’s insane to see so
many groups working re-
ally hard on this and then
still for it to not be enough
because the opposition’s in-
fluence on our Legislature
is so immense,” said Sarah
Abdeshahian, an advocate
at the Tenderloin Housing
Clinic, which co-sponsored
the bill.
But just as a diverse
group of advocates co-
alesced to support the bill,
thousands of property own-
ers — even those outside un-
incorporated Los Angeles
County and 20 rent-stabi-
lized cities directly affected
— opposed it, united by a
sense that the state is chip-
ping away at their rights,
just as COVID-19 has dec-
imated their business.
“ ‘It may not be in my
area, but it could be next
time,’ ” Sanjay Wagle, se-
nior vice president of gov-
ernmental affairs at the Cal-
ifornia Association of Real-
tors, said his members told
him. “I think there’s a grow-
ing sense of sort of com-
monality of interest, which
may not have existed be-
fore, between the Fresno
property owner and the San
Francisco property owner.”
Assembly member Alex
Lee, a Democrat from San
Jose who authored the bill,
says the legislation would
have passed out of the As-
sembly and over to the state
Senate but for the recent de-
partures of four Democrats:
Lorena Gonzalez of San Di-
ego, Ed Chau of Monterey
Park, David Chiu of San
Francisco and Jim Frazier
of Fairfield.
Lee still is weighing
whether to reintroduce
“substantially the same
bill” next year or this leg-
islative cycle — an option
left on the table by having
avoided a losing floor vote.
Similar bills have been in-
troduced, unsuccessfully, at
least three times before.
“All those things are on
the table luckily, and that’s
something we’re still work-
ing out with our coalition,
given the volatility of resig-
nations,” Lee said. “That’s
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always our wild card.”
“This issue has been
around for years and I un-
derstand the vote got very
close, with significant new
support for many corners,”
said Chiu, former chairper-
son of the Assembly Hous-
ing and Community Devel-
opment Community, who
co-authored the bill last
year and is now San Fran-
cisco city attorney. “And so
I’m hopeful that there will
be a real conversation about
this in the coming months.”
Protecting small
landlords — or big biz?
The bill took aim at the
Ellis Act, a 1985 state law
that allows owners of rent-
controlled properties to
evict their tenants if they
take all the units of a build-
ing off the rental market —
a path that could otherwise
be blocked by local govern-
ments guarding the pre-
cious stock of affordable
units.
Once off the market,
those apartments can be
sold as condos or demol-
ished to make way for new
homes.
More than 27,000 rent-
controlled units have been
removed in Los Angeles
since 2001 using the El-
lis Act, and San Francisco
has lost about 5,000 units
since then. And they’re
sorely needed: The Califor-
nia Housing Partnership
estimates 1.2 million low-
income renter households
don’t have access to an af-
fordable home, and build-
ing a new government-sub-
sidized unit costs an aver-
age of $500,000.
Lee’s bill mandated a
five-year holding period
before evicting tenants —
an attempt to allow strug-
gling property owners to
go out of business, as had
been the law’s original in-
tent, while preventing spec-
ulators from buying up
cheap properties and flip-
ping them overnight. The
bill also restricted the use
of such evictions to one
building per owner per de-
cade.
That would significantly
curb Ellis Act evictions, as
three-quarters of evictions
in Los Angeles from 2016
to 2019 occurred within
five years of purchase, ac-
cording to a recent analy-
sis by Alexander Ferrer, pol-
icy and research analyst at
SAJE in Los Angeles.
But because of a glar-
ing lack of transparency
around who owns buildings
in California, the effect on
mom and pop landlords — a
group the Legislature holds
dearly — is difficult to de-
termine.
An aerial view of the 400-unit Catalina apartment building, center, and 416 Catalina St., center left, next door in the
Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In an opposition letter
to lawmakers, the Califor-
nia Association of Realtors
asserted that the bill would
devastate “struggling small
property owners who are
seniors or individuals of
color.”
“I think it’s concern-mon-
gering for a problem that
we don’t know exists,” Fer-
rer said, citing the lack of
demographic data on prop-
erty owners. Wagle cited
anecdotal evidence from
their members.
Ferrer’s analysis found
that owners who had a
property registered under
their own name evicted ten-
ants, on average, eight years
after purchase — but lim-
ited liability companies, re-
sponsible for more than half
of those evictions, did so
in an average of just three
years. But in California, it’s
not uncommon for individ-
ual property owners to put
even a single rental into an
LLC.
That means a bid to win
more votes — an amend-
ment that carved out an
exemption for “natural
persons” who own no more
than four residential units
— is “not logical,” accord-
ing to Debra Carlton, ex-
ecutive vice president and
chief lobbyist for the Cali-
fornia Apartment Associa-
tion.
Ferrer found 45% of El-
lis Act evictions during
that time period in Los An-
geles were filed by owners
who held five properties or
less — L.A.’s definition of a
mom and pop landlord —
a percentage Wagle, from
the California Association
of Realtors, says is not in-
significant. Besides, he ar-
gued, the impact of the pan-
demic on small property
owners should not be un-
derstated. Some landlords,
he said, have gone nearly
two years without rent pay-
ments, thanks to eviction
bans, while still having to
upkeep their properties.
“Among small rental
property owners, there’s
this sense of, ‘Wait a min-
ute. We’re enduring all
these problems right now
and again, more burdens
are being placed,’ ” he said.
Tenant attorney Sean
Chandra, of Public Coun-
sel in Los Angeles, said
the threat of an Ellis Act
eviction remains a crucial
tool for landlords, even
if the court process isn’t
completed. Instead of go-
ing through the Ellis Act,
which mandates reloca-
tion costs between $8,650
and $22,350 depending on
a renter’s age, income and
tenure in the building, some
owners pay tenants to leave
by their own choice in “cash
for keys” arrangements.
Chandra’s client, who
declined to be interviewed,
is facing an Ellis Act evic-
tion at 416 S. Catalina St.
in Koreatown. The elderly
woman and her adult son
are paying $975 a month
for their two-bedroom in
the six-unit building, where
they moved in 1996. The
stucco-clad, L-shaped two-
story, originally commis-
sioned by an L.A. Times ad-
vertising executive in 1940,
was deemed historic by the
city, which means it can’t
be demolished. The owner
is hoping to mount it on a
truck and move it elsewhere
— and renting isn’t in the
picture.
The owner plans to erect
a luxury tower in its place
— following in the foot-
steps of a 61-unit tower
next door, where a 576-foot
studio apartment rents for
$2,654 monthly and where,
according to the building’s
website, “living your best
life has never been easier.”
“You tear down an old
building, you want to build
something that’s going to
maximize your income,”
said John Greenwood, the
developer’s attorney. “So it’s
hard to incentivize building
low-income property. And
these Ellis Act evictions
do displace poorer people,
that’s understood. But, you
know, that’s also the defini-
tion of progress — making
things better.”
According to Greenwood,
the tenant will be able to
rent an affordable unit in
the new building, provided
she qualifies. Ellis Act re-
strictions in L.A. stipulate
that if a developer builds
market-rate units, a por-
tion of them must be afford-
able, or all the units must
be rent-controlled after the
initial rent is set. But in
contrast to rent-controlled
units, affordable housing
usually comes with income
and immigration status re-
strictions, and sometimes, a
long waitlist.
Demolishing rent-sta-
bilized housing to make
way for exponentially more
BING GUAN FOR CALMATTERS
housing is taking place
across Los Angeles, accord-
ing to Moira O’Neill, senior
research fellow at the Cen-
ter for Law, Energy, and the
Environment at UC Berke-
ley, who recently co-au-
thored a report for the Cal-
ifornia Air Resources Board
about social equity in hous-
ing development patterns.
O’Neill and her col-
leagues found that the de-
molition of at least 2,400
housing units in L.A. from
2014 to 2017 gave way to
at least 12,000 new units.
But the demolition of 1,600
units that were rent-stabi-
lized gave way to only about
1,300 affordable units on
those same sites.
Though every neighbor-
hood type saw a loss of rent-
stabilized units, most were
lost in more affluent areas
of L.A. like Westwood and
Brentwood. Only 241 af-
fordable units replaced the
1,092 rent-stabilized units
lost in those same neigh-
borhoods. About half of the
rent-stabilized units demol-
ished in moderate income
areas, like parts of Kore-
atown, were replaced with
affordable housing.
“It makes sense that peo-
ple are trying to prevent
that,” O’Neill said.
Policy and politics at
the Capitol
California YIMBY, which
often supports housing pro-
duction efforts, backed the
bill because production
alone isn’t enough, said
legislative director Louis
Mirante.
“I think California
YIMBY is a great example
of an organization that en-
deavors to find the three P
solutions: The production
solutions, the tenant pro-
tection solutions and the
affordable housing preser-
vation solutions,” he said.
“We’re not eager to pit
those solutions against each
other.”
The California Apart-
ment Association, however,
dubbed the bill the “Stay in
Business Forever Act,” argu-
ing that it restricted land-
lords’ freedoms.
Carlton said though a
property owner still could
sell his building, without
the option of turning below-
market apartments into
more profitable condos or
market-rate units, the uni-
verse of buyers shrinks con-
siderably. The powerful Cal-
ifornia Chamber of Com-
merce opposed the measure
for the same reason, as did
the California Building In-
dustry Association.
Carlton also argued the
bill would block “tenancies
in common,” in which sev-
eral families buy a duplex
or fourplex together — the
only way for some families
to enter homeownership as
median home prices top
$700,000 in California.
“I support homeown-
ership, but the question
is: ‘How are you getting
there?’ ” said Joan Ling, an
urban planning professor
at the UCLA Luskin School
of Public Affairs. “Are you
going to get there by dis-
locating renter families
that most likely are going
to have to move out of the
area where they are living?
There’s a big public policy
question here.”
Abdeshahian, from the
Tenderloin Housing Clinic,
said that during the two
weeks leading up to the
vote, the legislators who
originally had demon-
strated their support for
the bill began parroting the
talking points they read in
opposition letters by the Re-
altors and the Apartment
Association, which spent
$1.6 million and $1.3 mil-
lion, respectively, in total
lobbying efforts in 2021.
“ T hat’s what killed
this bill,” she said. “It be-
came just like an annoying
screaming match where
the Apartment Association
will be saying one thing,
we’d be saying another, and
why would they listen to us
when we don’t give them
any money for their reelec-
tion, but the Apartment As-
sociation is the reason that
they’re in office?”
“I just don’t buy that,”
Carlton responded, describ-
ing a clear division between
the organization’s lobby-
ing and campaign efforts.
“This has just been a con-
sistent policy that legisla-
tors haven’t agreed with.”

Lazerson
your mortgage payment the previous week.
is due. You can use cash-
out (from a cash-out re-
Bottom line: Assuming
a borrower gets the aver-
Market
FROM PAGE 4 finance) to frontload the age 30-year fixed rate on FROM PAGE 4
required mortgage pay- a conforming $647,200
body cares. ments. loan, last year’s payment combined — Maine, Okla-
Here are the basics: Here’s an example: In- was a staggering $340 homa, Kansas, New Mex-
Maximum loan amount vestment property has less than last week’s pay- ico, Iowa, New Hampshire,
is $5 million for any one- a $2 million sales price. ment of $2,975. Montana, Arkansas, Mis-
to four-unit investment The borrower must put What I see: Locally, sissippi, Rhode Island, Ne-
property, even mixed use. 30% down or $600,000, well-qualified borrow- braska, District of Colum-
Owner-occupied is not al- leaving a loan balance of ers can get the follow- bia, Delaware, West Vir-
lowed! $1.4 million. The monthly ing fixed-rate mortgages ginia, Vermont, Alaska,
You must put at least principal and interest pay- without points: a 30-year South Dakota, Wyoming
30% down on a purchase ment at 4.5% on a 30-year FHA at 3.375%, a 15-year and North Dakota.
or must have 30% remain- fixed is $7,094. Multiply conventional at 3.125%, Those 19 states’ collec-
ing equity after the com- $7,094 times 48 months When conventional lending slows in the mortgage world, a 30-year conventional tive $3.06 trillion value
pletion of the rate and (for those payment re- exotic deals make their way to the market. at 3.75%, a 15-year con- is up 74% in a decade vs.
term refinance or cash-out serves) for an additional ventional high balance L.A-OC’s 133% gain, No. 26
refinance. $340,512. Effectively, the month bank statement dence only. This 30-year ($647,201 to $970,800) among the 50 metros.
borrower is coming up loan, perhaps especially fixed rate is somewhere at 3.125%, a 30-year high
Some stipulations with 47% of the sales price good for self-employed over 5% with perhaps 1 to balance conventional at Bottom line
for borrowers to make this happen. But borrowers (self-employed 2 origination points. 4.125% and a jumbo 30- Southern California is
you don’t have a house two years or more) strug- Do the current flavors year purchase, fixed at lucky to have a housing
The interest rate is payment for four years ei- gling through COVID-19 of exotic mortgages re- 3.25%. “bargain” in the Inland
4.5% amortized on a 30- ther. business stop-start-stop quire enough skin in the Note: The 30-year FHA Empire.
year fixed rate. Not bad. Unlike standard con- stuff over the past couple game to avoid a repeat of conforming loan is lim- You may think the two-
The borrower will have ventional financing, there of years. the Great Recession ex- ited to loans of $562,350 county region is pricey,
a balloon payment due is no requirement to prove The lender averages otic mortgage meltdown? in the Inland Empire and for its location. But please
in five years and a first- where the down payment your business bank state- I sure hope so. $647,200 in Los Angeles note the three metros just
year prepayment penalty funds or cash reserves ment deposits over the Freddie Mac rate news: and Orange counties. ahead of the IE in the
of 2% of the loan balance came from. Can you say most recent three months, The 30-year fixed-rate av- Eye-catcher loan of the value rankings are all pop-
should you decide to pay straw buyer? excluding an expense fac- eraged 3.69%, 14 (ferocious) week: a 30-year adjustable ular destinations for Cal-
the loan off in less than Upfront, the borrower tor. The remaining av- basis points higher than jumbo mortgage, locked ifornia relocations: Salt
one year. will pay 3 points or less to erage of the deposits is the previous week. The 15- for the first 10-years at Lake City at $553,658;
You do have to front- acquire this financing in- counted as the income. year fixed-rate averaged 2.875%, with 1 point. Austin, Texas, at $545,850;
load four years or 48 strument. Each point is For example, you can go 2.93%, up 16 basis points and Portland, Oregon, at
months of principal and 1% of the loan amount or 75% loan-to-value with from the previous week. Jeff Lazerson is a $540,550.
mortgage payments into $14,000 in the above ex- a 700 middle FICO score The Mortgage Bankers mortgage broker. He So Riverside and San
a bank account accessi- ample. up to a $3 million loan Association reported an can be reached at 949- Bernardino counties pro-
ble for the mortgage ser- Another hot exotic amount. This is for owner- 8.1% decrease in mortgage 334-2424 or jlazerson@ vide the region a real es-
vicer each month when mortgage is a new, three- occupied, primary resi- application volume from mortgagegrader.com. tate relief valve, a place
where folks can remain
Southern Californians
a smaller triangle in that matches the family room a dozen men and a crane created this incredible vi- without dealing with L.A.-
Ranch triangle. And then I inter-
connected it with one rep-
ceiling, and a 27,000-piece
glass mosaic by Christo-
to bring it into the home.
But the table like the home
sion, and we just don’t live
the lifestyle that someone
OC’s $868,350 home val-
ues, third-costliest among
FROM PAGE 4 resenting our two daugh- pher Guy assembled over has become too big for the in this compound should all U.S. metros, or San Di-
ters and our two dogs.” the staircase. empty nesters. be living. This should be a ego’s $834,199 — No. 4.
who designed a series of There’s a male and fe- Rocco Borghese chande- “I know we’ll be so sad party palace.”
interconnected triangles male lion hand-carved liers grace the grand entry to go but there’s two of us Josh Altman, Matt Alt- Jonathan Lansner is the
in the ceiling of the library into the 10-by-5-foot door and dining room. and our two golden doo- man and Andy Stavros of business columnist for the
to represent her immediate to the primary bedroom, The dining room table, dles, and we just don’t uti- Douglas Elliman and John Southern California News
family. “My husband is the a Kyle Bunting custom- fashioned from blue agate lize so much of our home,” Stanaland of Villa Real Es- Group. He can be reached
main triangle, and then I’m designed hide rug that and stainless steel, took Lindy Dinkin said. “We tate are the listing agents. at jlansner@scng.com.
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Real estate news >> Lake Forest office campus sold to Prologis for $96 million
Prologis Inc. has ac-
quired Pacific Vista, a
322,262-square-foot Class
A office campus on 24
acres in Lake Forest, for
$96 million, according to
Cushman & Wakefield.
The campus at 25500-
25550 Commercentre
Drive has five two-story
office buildings leased
to seven long-term ten-
ants, Cushman & Wake-
field said.
The seller was not iden-
tified by the brokerage.
Reps said Prologis plans
to continue operating the
property as an office proj-
ect.
Cushman & Wakefield’s
Jason Ward represented
the buyer and Cushman
& Wakefield’s John Harty
with assistance from Jef-
frey Cole, Nico Napolitano
and Ed Hernandez also
represented the seller.
Newport Beach
investor sells complex
An unidentified New-
port Beach investor has
sold a 39,796-square-foot
medical office complex in
Hemet for $5.56 million,
according to Progressive
Real Estate Partners.
The buyer of Courtyard
Medical & Professional
Center at 910-960 N. State
St. was identified only as
an overseas investor rep-
resented by CBD Invest-
ments.
Built in 1981, the fully
leased complex generated
13 qualified offers, accord-
ing to Greg Bedell at Pro-
gressive.
Bedell said the deal fur-
ther solidified “the contin-
ued rebound in demand
we are experiencing for
multitenant commercial
assets in SoCal’s Inland
Empire.”
NB firm sells 3 Palm
Desert retail pads
Fountainhead Develop-
ment of Newport Beach
has sold three new re-
tail properties at Mon-
terey Crossing shopping
center in Palm Desert for
a combined $15.7 million
in three separate transac-
Pacific Vista, a five-building Class A office campus on 24 acres in Lake Forest, has been
sold to Prologis Inc. for $96 million.
tions, according to Hanley
Investment Group Real Es-
tate Advisors.
Hanley represented
Fountainhead in all three
deals.
The transactions in-
cluded two new pads
leased to Chick-fil-A and
Quick Quack Car Wash
along with a two-tenant
pad leased by AT&T and
Spectrum.
Other national brand
tenants at the shopping
center include Costco,
Home Depot, Kohl’s,
Sam’s Club, Walmart, 99
Cents Only, Ashley Home-
Store, JOANN Fabrics and
Crafts, PetSmart and Re-
gal Cinemas.
“In 2022, we anticipate
more developers and shop-
ping center owners seek-
ing to implement a break-
up sale strategy to capital-
ize on the high demand for
single-tenant and multi-
tenant retail pad product
at premium pricing,” said
Bill Asher, an executive
vice president at Hanley.
Five Point taps former
Irvine Co. exec as CEO
In case you missed this
news on Friday’s front
page, Irvine-based Five
Point Holdings has named
a new chief executive of-
HANLEY INVESTMENT GROUP REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
Three new retail properties at Monterey Crossing shopping
center in Palm Desert have been sold for a combined $15.7
million in three separate transactions. The three sales
included a new single-tenant pad leased to Chick-fil-A.
gins resigned but indicated estate development includ-
he would remain with Five ing ground-
Point to fulfill regulatory up proj-
filings, which are due this ects, in both
spring. The company ap- market-rate
pointed Leo Kij, its corpo- and afford-
rate controller, to CFO on able hous-
an interim basis. ing catego-
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Five Point on Thursday ries. Pre-
declined to comment on viously, he
the leadership changes be- worked at Hillel
yond its prepared state- Greystar, a
ment. real estate developer and
manager, with more than
Brea engineering firm $50 billion in assets under
acquired by LB firm management.
Power Engineering Ser- Coming up
vices Inc., an electrical en- Stephanie Young Group
gineering company based is partnering with the
in Brea, has been acquired American Red Cross to
by P2S Inc. of Long Beach. host a blood drive from
The terms of the deal 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
were not disclosed by ei- March 18 at Highland
ther company. Park in Irvine.
P2S is also a provider of A photo ID is required
engineering and construc- to donate. Appointments
PROGRESSIVE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS tion management services can be scheduled online at
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has sold for $5.56 million. and commercial clients. the sponsor code SYG or
In a statement, the com- over the phone at 800-733-
ficer four months after said Stuart Miller, who is panies said PES would 2767.
its founder the executive chairman of continue to provide its cli- To check eligibility to
Emile Had- Lennar, Five Point’s larg- ents with the same ser- donate blood, call the Red
dad was de- est stakeholder. vices, along with the sup- Cross Donor Support Cen-
moted to The announcement port of P2S and its engi- ter at 866-236-3276.
an advisory capped a series of leader- neering services. Address: 12205 Dream-
role. ship changes at the Irvine- “Joining P2S allows us catcher
Dan- based developer. to expand and acceler-
iel Hedi- Last August, Five Point ate design, service and Real estate transactions,
gan, who announced that Haddad deployment of projects leases and new projects,
spent 10 Hedigan would be shifting to senior to our customers with industry hires, new
years on Ir- adviser. much-increased bench ventures and upcoming
vine Co.’s executive team, The company also pro- strength and exceptional events are compiled
assumed the role immedi- moted its chief operating resources,” said PES Presi- from news releases by
ately, according to a Five officer, Lynn Jochim, to dent Barbara Effenberger. contributing writer Karen
Point statement released president. “Joining P2S is the ulti- Levin. Submit items and
Wednesday. The announcement mate partnership.” high-resolution photos via
“He will bring an ex- Wednesday said that Jo- email to Business Editor
cellent balance of man- chim would step down On the move Samantha Gowen at
agement skills and expe- from her dual roles but re- Oren Hillel is the new sgowen@scng.com. Please
rience, with a focus on main an adviser for three director of development at allow at least a week for
right-sizing our cost struc- years. Waterford Property Co. in publication. All items
tures to fit the size and In late January, Chief Fi- Newport Beach. Hillel will are subject to editing for
scale of our business,” nancial Officer Erik Hig- oversee the company’s real clarity and length.
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HOA HOMEFRONT

Should an association allow volunteer labor?

Q We’re a small asso-
ciation, so even the
idea of boards and direc-
tors is beyond what we
could hope
to have. We
barely had
three vol-
unteers for
the last elec-
tion, and
they’re start-
ing with se-
verely lim-
ited funds
because of
some poor decisions by
boards in the past.
In some cases, home-
owners who’ve been on
the board at times or who
have knowledge of how to
do things take on small
tasks for the HOA. If a
homeowner attempts to
help the HOA with small
tasks but errs, will any
insurance cover that? Is
the homeowner liable?
Should both be covered? If
a homeowner offers to do
something and the board
allows it, is anyone cov-
ered if there’s a problem?
And then there’s work-
ers’ comp. Does the HOA
need workers’ comp for
any volunteer effort by the
homeowners? Does the
homeowner’s own insur-
ance cover that?
— B.C., San Diego

A The law provides vol-

unteer directors with
immunity from the cor-
porate shield, the Busi-
ness Judgment Rule, and
directors and officers in-
surance. However, once a
homeowner picks up a box
of tools and starts fixing
the plumbing, he isn’t act-
ing as a director — he’s a
plumber now and would
be held to the standard of
care of a plumber.
The fact that the person
is not charging does not
render him immune from
mistakes he may make or
even people he may ac-
cidentally harm. If the
board of directors allows
Once a homeowner in an HOA picks up a box of tools and starts fixing the plumbing, he isn’t acting as a board director — he’s a plumber now and would
be held to the standard of care of a plumber.
an unqualified but well-in-
tentioned volunteer to per-
form work on the associa-
tion buildings or grounds,
the board also could be
considered negligent in
the “hiring” of that volun-
teer.
Homeowner associa-
tion boards should be very
careful in allowing vol-
unteer work on the prop-
erty. Stay away from any-
thing serious, specialized
or that could expose the
volunteer or others to in-
jury. Perhaps there are
simple things homeowners
can do that are not com-
plicated or risky, but the
board should be careful in
such decisions.
Another consideration
about volunteers doing
work for the HOA (if they
do a bad job or even make
things worse): Is the HOA
prepared to force them to
correct their mistake? If
the HOA is not prepared
or willing to hold volun-
teers accountable to the
rest of the homeowners,
then avoid using volun-
teers.
Operating an HOA in-
volves different consider-
ations. If one owns a home
not in an HOA, separate
from neighbors, then the
homeowner can try to be
a “do-it-yourselfer.” If such
an effort results in the
homeowner making the
problem worse or even in-
juring himself, it is his de-
cision that results in his
mishap and probably will
not affect any neighbors.
On the other hand, in
the HOA, the homeown-
ers are interconnected —
sometimes physically, but
always financially and le-
gally.
The same mishap that
would only affect one
home in the non-HOA resi-
dence could result in dam-
age to a common area or
other liability to the en-
tire HOA, thereby harming
many more than just the
one homeowner.
This is one of many as-
pects in which the HOA
residences must be han-
dled differently than a
non-HOA residence. The
interconnection among
homeowners is the key to
many of the major ben-
efits of common inter-
est community living, but
that interconnection re-
quires some additional
caution to protect others
who may be affected by
one’s actions.
Kelly G. Richardson is
a fellow of the College of
Community Association
Lawyers and Partner
of Richardson Ober
DeNichilo LLP, a law firm
known for community
association advice.
Submit questions to
Kelly@rodllp.com.

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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Selling has 2 challenges: expenses vs. profits

You’re reading this on
Super Bowl Sunday. A cel-
ebration of a very long Na-
tional Football League sea-
son that cli-
maxes with
the clash of
the remain-
ing titans —
in this case,
our home-
town Rams
and rival
Bengals. En-
joy the guac!
Two
weeks ago, I discussed
the circumstances under
which a piece of commer-
cial real estate housing a
business becomes signifi-
cantly more valuable than
its resident.
Why does this matter,
right? It’s all paper until
you’re a seller. Today, it’s
time to continue the con-
versation.
Becoming a seller cre-
ates two tough challenges
for owner-occupied com-
mercial real estate — in-
creased expense to the op-
eration and “what do we
do with the money?”
Increased expense
Occupants of commer-
cial real estate gener-
ally purchase their busi-
ness homes for very differ-
ent reasons than investors
who strictly look at cash
production. By this I mean
the business is the focus
and all efforts are made to
enhance the enterprise’s
value. Selling a property creates two challenges for owner-occupied commercial real estate — increased expense and “what do we do with the money?”
Appreciation that oc-
curs from that address locally is the operation appetites are voracious, 4%, the resulting values So I saddle my group in the end — you’re trad-
is strictly a circumstan- clips along and produces supply contracts, demand are $210 per square foot with the $12 lease and ing the devil, you know —
tial benefit. The empha- its product or service — for space increases and with the subsidy and $300 take that unsolicited in- your company is housed,
sis is placed on machinery, machine-tooled parts, in- boom. if the lease rate reflected vestor offer at $30 mil- they pay you each month,
equipment and employees jection-molded widgets So,if we look at the way the market. On a 100,000- lion (from above, 100,000 and you control the opera-
which all drive revenue, or storage and logistics commercial real estate ap- square-foot box, that’s $9 square feet at $300 per tion for the devil you don’t
and in many cases, pro- for customers. Hopefully, preciates (increase in com- million! square foot). After all, the — another leased parcel of
vide a greater return on sales increase and the en- parable market value, re- But to reap the $9 mil- interested party will allow commercial real estate.
the company owner’s in- terprise’s worth are en- placement cost or through lion and sell the building the company to stay put, Many business owners
vestment. hanced. Recall, this worth a bump in rent and com- with our company inside we avoid a costly move opt to say “thanks for the
Ask most proprietors is a math problem that de- pressed cap rates) — it al- suggests our resident must and I pocket $30 million. free appraisal but we’re
and they’ll tell you, “We ducts expenses from reve- lows the occupant to pay bear the added rent ex- Easy! not sellers.”
purchased our building for nue to form a net figure. A less than market rent ac- pense of $3.60 per year, or Hmmm, don’t forget.
our operation.” Sure, col- multiple applied and voilà! tually devalues the prem- $360,000. Reduced is the You’ll pay a bit of dowry Allen C. Buchanan is
lecting rent from the oc- Enterprise value. ises. bottom line of our com- for that gain. In some a principal with Lee &
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HOMELESS HOUSING

Tiny-home movement more than providing roof

By Giles Bruce
Kaiser Health News
Tucked inside a residen-
tial neighborhood, and sur-
rounded by a wooden fence
and greenery, are nine lit-
tle houses. With multicol-
ored siding and roofs, they
look like people-sized bird-
houses. And they fit right
in.
So does Gene Cox, 48.
He hasn’t been homeless
in more than seven years.
That’s the point of this lit-
tle development in Madi-
son, Wisconsin.
“This is the longest time
I’ve stayed in one place,”
said Cox, nursing coffee and
a cigarette outside his tiny
home after working second
shift as a benefits adminis-
trator. “I’m very nomadic.
I’ve moved around Wis-
consin a lot over the last 22
years.”
After Cox got divorced in
2009, he bounced around
rentals before living in his
van for a year. He tried a lo-
cal men’s shelter. He lasted
only two nights.
Then in 2014, he heard
about this community being
planned by Occupy Madi-
son, a spinoff of the national
movement against income
inequality. Cox started help-
ing with gardening, one of
his passions. A few months
later, he moved into one of
its 99-square-foot houses
(echoing the “99%” of the
population that Occupy
aimed to represent).
With housing costs ris-
ing, tiny homes are spread-
ing as a solution to home-
lessness in California, Indi-
ana, Missouri, Oregon, and
beyond. Arnold Schwar-
zenegger garnered consid-
erable publicity in Decem-
ber when he donated money
for 25 tiny houses for home-
less veterans in Los Ange-
les. It reflects a growing
interest in outside-the-
box ideas to get unhoused
people off the streets, es-
pecially during winter in
cold climates and amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“Anything that increases
the supply of affordable
housing is a good thing,”
said Nan Roman, CEO of
the National Alliance to
End Homelessness.
“We have a huge short-
age of housing — around
7 million fewer affordable
housing units than there
are  households
that need them.”
Housing and health
are inextricably linked.
In a 2019 study of 64,000
homeless people, individ-
uals living on the streets
were more likely to report
chronic health conditions,
trauma, substance misuse,
and mental health issues
than those who were tem-
porarily sheltered.
But not all tiny homes
are created equal. They
range from cabins with a
cot and a heater to minia-
ture houses with kitchens
and bathrooms.
The communities them-
selves differ, too. Some are
just “agency-managed shel-
ters that use pods instead of
the traditional gymnasium
full of bunk beds,” said Vic-
tory LaFara, a program spe-
cialist with Dignity Village,
a tiny-home encampment
since 2000, in Portland,
Oregon. Some are self-gov-
erning, like Dignity Village
and Occupy Madison, and
a few offer a path to tiny
home ownership.
Many are in remote parts
of town, though — far from
jobs, grocery stores, and
social services. “There’s a
balance between the ben-
efits you get from the im-
proved structure and the
bad factors you could get
from being in a worse loca-
tion,” said Luis Quintero, a
housing researcher at the
Johns Hopkins Carey Busi-
ness School.
Donald Whitehead Jr.,
executive director of the
National Coalition for the
Homeless, said tiny homes
are a good emergency op-
tion to protect people from
the elements and violence
but are not long-term so-
lutions, like increasing
the number of living-wage
Gene Cox speaks with Brenda Konkel, president of Occupy Madison, in Wisconsin. Cox
lives in Occupy Madison, one of the oldest tiny-home villages in the country.
jobs, the housing stock, and
funding for housing vouch-
ers.
“There’s been this theme
since the ’70s that there are
some people in society that
are less deserving,” he said.
“And the tiny home kind of
fits within that mindset.”
Zoning regulations and
building codes have pre-
vented tiny homes from be-
ing built in some cities, as
have concerned neighbors.
That opposition often fades
once the communities are
up and running, according
to village organizers. “Since
we moved into Community
First! Village six years ago,
there have been no docu-
mented crimes from any-
one on this property in any
of the adjacent neighbor-
hoods,” said Amber Fog-
arty, president of Mobile
Loaves & Fishes, a home-
less outreach group in Aus-
tin, Texas, that operates the
nation’s largest tiny-home
project.
Madison, which has
about 270,000 residents
and is home to Wisconsin’s
Capitol and flagship univer-
sity, has three types of tiny
homes showcased in three
locations.
Occupy Madison’s new-
est village opened in late
2020 about a mile north
of its original site. Next to
a shuttered bar, 26 Cones-
toga huts, resembling cov-
ered wagons from the old
West, line a fenced parking
lot. The 60-square-foot tem-
porary structures will even-
tually be replaced by tiny
houses, which occupants
are expected to help build.
On the outskirts of town,
in an industrial develop-
ment near an interstate,
the city’s new tiny-home
project features parallel
rows of 8-by-8-foot white
prefabricated shelters that
look like ice fishing shan-
ties. Unlike the two Occupy
settlements, this one has a
full-time staff, including a
social worker and an addic-
tion counselor; on a recent
day, residents streamed in
and out of its cramped of-
fice, either to use the phone
or grab a muffin or some
cookies. People walked
their dogs outside.
GILES BRUCE FOR KHN
The 30 residents had pre-
viously been living in tents
in Madison’s busy Reindahl
Park.
“The city was solving
a political problem, first
and foremost,” said Brenda
Konkel, president of Oc-
cupy Madison and execu-
tive director of Madison
Area Care for the Home-
less OneHealth. The so-
called sheltered encamp-
ment cost about $1 million
to set up and will run about
$800,000 to $900,000 a
year to operate.
City Community De-
velopment Director Jim
O’Keefe said housing peo-
ple in a traditional shel-
ter would be significantly
cheaper in the short term.
But tiny-home villages can
often serve those who are
either unwilling or unable
to stay in a congregate set-
ting, because they have pets
or partners, have severe
emotional or psychological
issues, or are banned from
the shelter system.
“Anybody that spent any
time at Reindahl under-
stood how unsafe and un-
tenable it was for people
who were staying there,”
O’Keefe said.
Sara Allee-Jatta, clini-
cal director of Kabba Re-
covery Services, said resi-
dents’ substance use had in-
creased since they arrived
at the city-run site, perhaps
because they finally had
warmth and didn’t have to
worry about keeping their
belongings safe. She hopes
their newfound quietude
also gives them the space to
recover when they’re ready.
For Jay Gonstead, a
lifelong Madisonian who
moved into the camp after
it opened in November, the
place has been a godsend.
After a divorce, he lived
in the tent city for seven
months.
“Toward the end, it got
really bad. I never thought
in my lifetime I’d have to
shoot Narcan into some-
body, but I did,” he said, re-
ferring to the treatment that
reverses opioid overdoses. “I
witnessed a man be shot. I
witnessed stabbings. That
was not a good place.”
The 54-year-old sets out
on his bike regularly to look
for work. “I have a criminal
history. I’m an alcoholic,” he
said. “It makes it tough.”
But he has noticed smiles
on his neighbors’ faces for
the first time he can re-
member. Electricity and
hot showers — along with a
sense of community — tend
to have that effect, he said.
“When you’ve got a roof
and a door that locks,
that’s home,” he said, fight-
ing back tears. “We’re not
homeless.”
Kaiser Health News is
a national newsroom
that produces in-depth
journalism about health
issues. Together with
Policy Analysis and
Polling, KHN is one of
the three major operating
programs at Kaiser
Family Foundation. KFF
is an endowed nonprofit
organization providing
information on health
issues to the nation.

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OC home prices and sales

Orange County home sale data for December 2021 ORANGE COUNTY’S REAL ESTATE SCENE $935,000 950
Source: CoreLogic; provided by DQNews Dec. 2021
Median home price
Median   Sales 900
ZIP previous % change previous % change
code 4 weeks from ’21 4 weeks from ’21
850
Aliso Viejo 92656 $760,500 25.1% 61 -35.8% $795,000
Dec. 2020
Anaheim 92801 $695,500 13.1% 34 30.8%
Anaheim 92802 $765,000 22.4% 15 -37.5% 800
$735,000
Anaheim 92804 $785,000 19.5% 36 -35.7% Dec. 2019
$697,000
Anaheim 92805 $718,750 14.1% 44 -45.7% Dec. 2017 $710,000 750
Anaheim 92806 $870,000 16.8% 12 -45.5% Dec. 2018
Anaheim 92807 $897,000 16.9% 49 -9.3% 700
Anaheim 92808 $1,110,000 77.3% 27 -32.5%
Brea 92821 $860,000 13.0% 43 4.9%
650
Brea 92823 $940,000 3.3% 5 -28.6%

In thousands
Buena Park 90620 $790,000 17.0% 31 6.9%
Buena Park 90621 $770,000 21.3% 15 -60.5% 600

Corona del Mar 92625 $2,997,750 1.6% 41 78.3%

Costa Mesa 92626 $1,144,750 30.1% 30 -11.8% 550
Costa Mesa 92627 $1,135,000 34.6% 38 -35.6%
Cypress 90630 $810,000 8.6% 55 22.2%
500
Dana Point 92624 $2,095,000 129.0% 16 45.5%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Dana Point 92629 $1,280,000 2.4% 48 -22.6%
Foothill Ranch 92610 $848,250 -13.4% 30 -26.8% Sales volume
Fountain Valley 92708 $1,020,000 22.9% 49 -14.0% 2,271 3,068 3,603 2,974
3,054 Dec. 2021
Fullerton 92831 $800,000 48.1% 23 -30.3% Dec. 2017 Dec. 2018 Dec. 2019 Dec. 2020
4.0
Fullerton 92832 $800,000 17.0% 17 -15.0%
Fullerton 92833 $800,000 12.7% 35 -27.1% 3.5
Fullerton 92835 $840,000 8.4% 39 34.5% 3.0
Garden Grove 92840 $755,000 15.9% 23 -36.1%
Garden Grove 92841 $825,000 5.8% 17 30.8% 2.5

In thousands
Garden Grove 92843 $732,000 22.0% 19 -29.6% 2.0
Garden Grove 92844 $839,500 37.1% 10 -37.5%
Garden Grove 92845 $867,500 14.1% 20 17.6% 1.5
Huntington Beach 92646 $964,500 28.6% 65 25.0% 1.0
Huntington Beach 92647 $1,010,000 16.1% 47 0.0%
Huntington Beach 92648 $1,067,500 6.7% 44 -21.4% 0.5
Huntington Beach 92649 $1,150,000 7.7% 46 9.5% 0
Irvine 92602 $1,955,000 31.6% 48 29.7%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Irvine 92603 $1,955,000 54.3% 22 -24.1%
Irvine 92604 $925,000 27.6% 25 -13.8% aa
Irvine 92606 $914,000 11.5% 16 -23.8%
Irvine 92612 $910,000 25.5% 28 16.7%
Irvine 92614 $922,000 21.6% 31 -13.9%
INVENTORY OF HOMES FOR SALE 30-YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE RATE MEDIAN MORTGAGE PAYMENT L.A.-OC RENT INFLATION
Irvine 92618 $1,270,000 42.5% 100 -39.4% 1,270 3.69% 2.7%
$4,110
Irvine 92620 $1,500,000 64.3% 48 -37.7% AS OF FEB. 3 AVERAGE FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 10 DECEMBER DECEMBER
Ladera Ranch 92694 $1,108,500 33.3% 66 -28.3% Market time: 0.75 Change from month Last year-over-year
(months to sell all was 2.93%, up before: up 4.3% rent drop in Los
La Habra 90631 $664,500 6.3% 48 -17.2% OC listings at the from last week. The median house Angeles and Orange
La Palma 90623 $900,000 10.1% 11 37.5% current buying pace) 30-year rates averaged
payment is $662 counties:
The $1 million-plus 7.8% since 1971.
Laguna Beach 92651 $3,443,000 52.2% 40 -27.3% higher per month than September 2010.
market equals 56.3% 2021’s average
a year before.
Laguna Hills 92653 $929,000 -9.8% 33 -29.8% of listings. was 2.96%.
Laguna Niguel 92677 $1,156,500 43.9% 97 -11.8% Sources: CoreLogic, Steve Thomas, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Freddie Mac SCNG
Laguna Woods 92637 $362,000 3.4% 44 2.3%
Lake Forest 92630 $945,000 20.1% 75 -37.5%
Los Alamitos 90720 $1,302,000 8.3% 22 -26.7% The Original repipe SpecialiSTS
Midway City 92655 $918,000 59.7% 3 0.0%
Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo
Newport Beach
92691
92692
92660
$948,000
$911,000
$2,215,000
21.5%
14.6%
7.3%
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10.0%
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Newport Beach
Newport Beach
Newport Beach
92661
92662
92663
$3,737,500
$4,147,500
$2,850,000
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10.6%
80.4%
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Newport Coast 92657 $5,312,500 179.1% 16 -36.0% the price of what a regular plumber
Orange 92865 $750,000 10.7% 23 -28.1% might charge.
Orange 92866 $1,075,000 31.1% 12 50.0% COPPER FREE IN-HOME ESTIMATE PEX
Orange 92867 $930,000 11.7% 31 -26.2%
Orange 92868 $860,750 42.9% 30 114.3% Professional repiping at an affordable price,
many times for ½ of what a regular plumber would charge. With our
Orange 92869 $1,035,500 13.9% 36 -28.0% Legitimacy, longevity and experience as
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Placentia 92870 $920,000 21.1% 53 0.0% process we can also
Rancho Santa Margarita 92688 $850,000 18.1% 57 -24.0% THE REPIPE SPECIALISTS—20+ years in patch and texture
business and over 30,000 repipes completed. your walls so you
San Clemente 92672 $1,394,500 57.1% 44 -10.2% don’t have to.
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San Clemente 92673 $1,375,000 36.1% 35 -12.5% we haven’t already solved many times before.
San Juan Capistrano 92675 $1,560,000 101.9% 49 -23.4% CA Lic #648251 • NV Lic #68481 • OR Lic #191784 • WA Lic #REPIPSW927J2 • IL Lic # TGC016103
Santa Ana 92701 $360,000 4.5% 18 -5.3%

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Santa Ana 92705 $1,080,000 5.1% 36 -26.5%
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Seal Beach 90740 $1,230,000 15.0% 15 -28.6%

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Stanton 90680 $700,000 33.3% 19 -44.1%
Trabuco/Coto 92679 $1,320,000 23.9% 73 23.7%

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Tustin 92780 $820,000 14.7% 25 -53.7%
Tustin 92782 $1,020,500 16.0% 24 -46.7%
Villa Park 92861 $1,675,000 13.2% 8 -42.9%
Westminster 92683 $862,000 11.9% 52 -1.9%
Yorba Linda 92886 $1,305,000 40.7% 56 -33.3% IN THE HOME YOU LOVE.
Yorba Linda 92887 $875,000 -15.8% 33 -15.4%
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