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Beutner is developing
a proposal that would
decentralize authority
by dividing district
into 32 ‘networks.’
By Howard Blume
and Anna M. Phillips
Los Angeles schools chief
Austin Beutner is working
on a plan to radically re-
shape the nation’s second-
largest school district by
shrinking the central bu-
reaucracy and moving deci-
sion-making closer to cam-
puses.
The aim is to boost stu-
dent success and save mon-
ey at a time when officials in-
sist that grave financial
problems threaten the Los
Angeles Unified School Dis-
trict’s solvency.
Under a proposal being
developed confidentially,
Beutner would divide the
system into 32 “networks,”
moving authority and re-
sources out of the central of-
fice and into neighborhoods.
He is expected to make his
plan public next month.
In L.A. Unified’s down-
town headquarters, man-
agers and other employees
recently have been asked to
explain their duties — and to
justify why their jobs should
continue to exist in a leaner,
more localized school sys-
tem.
The network strategy is
not a plan to break up or end
L.A. Unified, but it could
transform how the school
system functions.
“The superintendent is
trying to move toward a de-
centralized system that puts
the student first,” said one
person close to the process
who was not authorized to
comment publicly. “He’s try-
ing to generate better educa-
tional outcomes. That’s the
No. 1 goal.
“Savings from the central
[See Beutner, A8]
Arrest was kept
secret by district
LAUSD waited over two
weeks to tell parents of a
man found near a school
with an arsenal of weap-
sons. CALIFORNIA, B1
In Utah, this dog was no one’s friend
This feral canine wasn’t killing for food; he seemed to be killing for fun
By David Montero
WEST VALLEY CITY,
Utah — Some took to calling
him Cujo. Others dubbed
him Zorro. At least one
named him Jack. For most
around these parts, howev-
er, he was simply known as
The Dog.
His tan and dark fur coat
was, for a German shepherd
mix who hadn’t had an
owner in two or three years,
remarkably well groomed.
Early on, his presence was
barely noted. He ran among
other dogs — including a
small mob of yipping Chi-
huahuas — that roamed the
streets and fields without
leashes or cares.
But as summer peaked,
something changed in The
Dog.
Few were suspicious of
him at first, when some
chickens were found dead in
the neighborhood. Could’ve
been foxes or even an overly
aggressive badger, local ani-
mal control thought. It
wouldn’t be the first time
chickens fell prey to some-
thing wild, residents said.
Then Chandler Cald-
well’s goat, Buddy, was
found dead on the farm at
Roots Charter High School.
And an 8-month-old goat
[See Dog, A8]
© 2018 WSCE
Trump’s reputation is on the line
PRESIDENT TRUMP in Cleveland on Monday. He told supporters last month: “Pretend I’m on the ballot.”
It’s election day
Questions about voting
on Tuesday? Here are
some answers.
How to find your
polling place
Visit the California
secretary of state’s
website, www.sos.ca.gov/
elections/polling-place,
or call the state’s voter
hotline (800) 345-8683.
What time polls open
Polling places will be open
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you
are in line at 8 p.m., do not
get out. Under California
law, voters in line at 8 p.m.
are allowed to vote.
Vote-by-mail
ballot options
Vote-by-mail ballots must
be postmarked on election
day and received by your
county elections office no
later than three days after
election day. Or you can
take it to any polling place
in your county between
7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
If you have
problems voting
You can report any
possible illegal or
fraudulent election activity
to the secretary of state by
calling (800) 345-8683,
or by emailing
elections@sos.ca.gov.
If you aren’t
registered to vote
You can still vote through
what’s known as
conditional voter
registration. To find out
where you can vote
conditionally, visit
caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov.
— Los Angeles Times
ALPACAS GRAZE on the farm at Roots Charter High School in West Valley
City, Utah, where a German shepherd mix roamed and killed 40 animals.
Financing secure
on Grand project
Construction is set to
begin soon on the long-
planned Frank Gehry-
designed mixed-use
project across from Walt
Disney Concert Hall.
BUSINESS, C1
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018
2 018 MIDTERM ELE CTION
As Cox pushes for upset,
Newsom builds his cachet
Governor hopefuls make final stops on election eve
By Phil Willon
and Dakota Smith
The final days of Califor-
nia’s 2018 race for governor
unfolded more as an exten-
sion of the contentious bat-
tle between California and
President Trump than a
contest pitting Democrat
Gavin Newsom against Re-
publican John Cox.
Newsom, the clear front-
runner, glided into election
day rallying for a Demo-
cratic incursion into Orange
County and other long-held
Republican turf. As he aids
fellow California Democrats
locked in tight congressional
races, Newsom’s efforts to
help his party’s quest to take
control of the House of Rep-
resentatives could add to his
political cachet as a top
leader of the Trump resist-
ance.
Cox, meanwhile, contin-
ued to offer a bleak portrait
of Democratic control in
California, accusing New-
som and other party leaders
of turning the state into a
den of homelessness and
economic despair. His rallies
with GOP congressional
candidates ginned up some
media coverage, providing
Cox with with a small dose of
[See Governor, A7]
‘El Chapo’ jury
selection begins
New York’s hottest ticket?
The seats of the 12 jurors
and six alternates in the
trial of Mexican drug
kingpin Joaquin Guzman.
People seem eager to
serve. NATION, A5
LT. GOV. Gavin Newsom, center, has focused on
Trump and helping fellow Democrats in close races.
REPUBLICAN John Cox, left, has panned the state’s
gas tax and vehicle fees and pushed for Proposition 6.
Alex Goodlett For The Times
Weather
Partly sunny.
L.A. Basin: 75/56. B6
Printed with soy inks on
partially recycled paper.
Tony Dejak Associated Press
Al Seib Los Angeles Times
Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times
Iranian oil exports, 2017
China
India
South Korea
Turkey
Italy
Japan
France
United Arab Emirates
Other
Source: Energy Information Administration
Iran defiant as U.S.
restricts oil exports
New sanctions let top
importers of crude
keep buying for now.
By Tracy Wilkinson
WASHINGTON — The
Trump administration
slapped tough U.S. sanc-
tions on Iran’s energy, bank-
ing and shipping industries
Monday but granted waiv-
ers to the six largest import-
ers of Iranian oil, leaving
gaping holes in the White
House effort to punish
Tehran for what it considers
regional terrorism.
Secretary of State
Michael R. Pompeo said
eight governments would be
allowed to continue import-
ing Iranian oil for the time
being due to what he called
“specific circumstances”
latimes.
He’s not on the ballot,
but he’s made this
election about him.
Credit for a GOP win
or loss will be his.
By Noah Bierman
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Trump held the stage
last month in Mississippi
and, amid his usual attacks
on Democrats and immi-
grants, told the crowd why
he was really there.
“I’m not on the ballot, but
in a certain way, I’m on the
ballot,” he said.
“I want you to vote,” he
added. “Pretend I’m on the
ballot.”
Since that declaration,
by Monday on the eve of the
midterm election, Trump
has held two dozen rallies in
nearly as many states. He
has fired off dozens of en-
dorsements on Twitter,
flooded Fox News with his
allies and aides and stood
onstage with candidates
whose names he’d just
learned to pronounce. He
has implausibly promised a
tax cut before the election,
ordered troops to the border
and released a campaign ad
that drew such widespread
criticism for its naked ap-
peals to the racial resent-
ment undergirding his polit-
ical strategy that even Fox
stopped running it.
In short, Trump has
made the midterm election
about himself — and his
rhetoric to stoke fear and re-
sentment of immigrants —
more than any predecessors
in memory.
Presidents historically
have realized that the
midterm elections are refer-
endums, at least in part, on
their performance. Trump,
as he so often does, has said
the unspoken part out loud:
He is on the ballot.
“Whether we consider it
or not, the press is very much
considering it a referendum
on me, and us as a move-
ment,” Trump reportedly
told supporters during a
[See Trump, A6]
A diverse pool
of candidates
Women and minorities
from Vermont to Cali-
fornia could make his-
tory Tuesday. Here are
the ones to watch. A2
Trump ad pulled
NBC, Fox News and
Facebook stop running
the anti-immigration
commercial. BUSINESS, C3
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and to ensure a stable global
oil market. Most have scaled
back imports and all are
under pressure to find other
suppliers.
The countries granted
waivers include China, In-
dia, South Korea, Turkey, It-
aly and Japan — Iran’s top
six customers, responsible
for more than 75% of Iran’s
oil exports last year. Waivers
also were granted to Greece
and Taiwan.
The White House had de-
manded countries cease all
imports of Iranian oil within
six months or face punitive
measures when President
Trump withdrew from the
Iran nuclear deal in May.
Iran’s oil exports have fallen
by about half since then to
slightly more than 1 million
barrels a day.
Trump acknowledged
Monday that imposing blan-
[See Iran oil, A4]
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two candidates could be the
first Muslim women elected
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state legislative, mayoral,
city council and school
board positions.
“This is the most diverse
candidate group I’ve seen in
my political career,” said
Ross Morales Rocketto, who
has worked on Democratic
campaigns for 15 years and
last year co-founded Run for
Something, a progressive
political action committee
that formed to recruit mil-
lennials to run for office.
Of the thousands of
diverse candidates that
political scientists, activists
and political action commit-
tees have tracked, the vast
majority are running on
Democratic tickets. That
trend matches long-stand-
ing data that Republican
voters and candidates are
more likely to be white while
the Democratic side tends
to be more diverse.
Still, Republicans are
also poised to make history,
with a candidate from Or-
ange County who could
become the first Korean
American woman in Con-
gress, one in Rhode Island
who would be the state’s
first Asian American gover-
nor, and one from Hawaii
who could be that state’s
first openly gay man in
Congress.
According to the Demo-
cratic Legislative Campaign
Committee, there are 6,066
state legislative races on
Tuesday with more than
5,300 Democratic candi-
dates in the running. About
1,100 are nonwhite Demo-
crats. More than 275 candi-
dates in those state races
are nonwhite Republicans.
There are several rea-
sons for the diverse slates of
candidates. One factor is
that the country is becom-
ing more diverse, with
groups such as Muslims
who were not as politically
active a decade ago becom-
ing politically organized. For
many Democratic first-
timers, surveys have shown
that opposition to President
Trump also spurred them to
action. But it’s not only
because of his policies.
“One unintended effect
of Donald Trump is that he
has alleviated fears of peo-
ple who who thought they
were unqualified for office,”
Sayu Bhojwani said. She’s
the founder of New Ameri-
Reach homebuyers where Southern can Leaders, an organiza-
tion that trains immigrants
Californians look first for real estate news. and their descendants to
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thor of “People Like Us: The
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Door.” Bhojwani referred to
Trump’s lack of formal
political experience before
GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL candidate Stacey Abrams, left, shown with sup-
porter Oprah Winfrey, could become the first black female governor in the U.S.
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CHRISTINE Hallquist is
a transgender candidate
for governor in Vermont.
a progressive group that
trains and tracks Asian and
Pacific Islander Americans
running in the midterm
election.
“You’ll find at least 20
Asian Americans and Pa-
cific Islanders running for
federal office and easily up
to 40 for state legislative
positions,” he said. “What
gets harder to track is city
council, mayoral and other
local offices that are no
doubt changing in their
makeup.”
Here are some key races
to watch.
Stacey Abrams
Democratic candidate
Abrams could become
Georgia’s first black gover-
nor and the first black wom-
an governor in the country.
Abrams is in a heated battle
with Republican Brian
Kemp, who is the Georgia
secretary of state. Polls
indicate the election could
be among the closest in the
country.
The race also gained
national attention after the
Abrams campaign accused
Kemp, who oversees elec-
tions, of voter suppression.
Rashida Tlaib
and Ilhan Omar
Tlaib, a Democrat run-
ning in Michigan for former
U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.’s
seat, is widely expected to
win. A Palestinian Ameri-
can and former state legisla-
tor, Tlaib was running unop-
posed until recently.
Omar, a Somali refugee
and Democratic Minnesota
Alyssa Pointer Atlanta Journal-Constitution
TLAIB, a Palestinian American, is widely expected
to win former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.’s seat in
Michigan. She was running unopposed until recently.
Christine Hallquist
Hallquist, a Democrat,
made history by winning her
party’s primary in Vermont
in August to become the
first openly transgender
candidate to be nominated
for governor on a major-
party ticket.
The former chief execu-
tive of Vermont Electric
Cooperative is running
against Republican Gov.
Phil Scott. Recent polls
have shown Scott with a
double-digit lead over Hall-
quist.
If Hallquist wins, she will
be the first openly transgen-
der governor in the U.S.
Young Kim
California Assembly-
woman Young Kim is run-
ning to represent the 39th
Congressional District,
which includes parts of Los
Angeles, Orange and San
Bernardino counties.
Kim, an immigrant and
Republican, is vying for the
seat left open by retiring
GOP Rep. Ed Royce.
A win would make Kim
the first Korean American
woman in Congress.
Allan Fung
Fung, a Republican, is
running against Democratic
incumbent Gina Raimondo
to be governor of Rhode
Island.
The Cranston mayor,
who is the son of Chinese
immigrants, has trailed his
competitor in polling, but if
he wins he will make history
as the state’s first Asian
American governor.
Paul Sancya Associated Press
tor is Native American and a
member of Coeur d’Alene
Tribe, once serving on the
tribal council.
A win on Tuesday would
make Jordan the first Na-
tive American governor in
the country.
Andrew Gillum
The Florida governor’s
race, in which Democrat
Gillum is running against
Republican Ron DeSantis,
is one of the most closely
watched in the country, with
polls that show a divided
electorate.
Gillum, the African
American mayor of Talla-
hassee, accuses DeSantis of
peddling in racism. DeSan-
tis has hit back, saying his
opponent practiced “cor-
ruption in action” as mayor.
The president has endorsed
DeSantis and rallied for
him, tweeting that he’s
“strong on borders, tough
on crime & big on cutting
taxes.”
Gillum will become
Florida’s first black gover-
nor if he edges out his com-
petitor.
Sharice Davids
and Deb Haaland
Both Democrats, Davids
and Haaland may become
the first Native American
women elected to Congress.
Davids would represent
Kansas, where she is run-
ning against four-term
Republican incumbent
Kevin Yoder in the 3rd Con-
gressional District.
Haaland would repre-
sent New Mexico, where she

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The diversity cuts across
racial groups and is more
present in local elections,
said political strategist
Varun Nikore. He’s presi-
dent of AAPI Victory Fund,
legislator, is running for the
congressional seat of Rep.
Keith Ellison against Re-
publican Jennifer Zielinski.
If elected, Tlaib and
Omar will become the first
Muslim women in Congress.
Paulette Jordan
Jordan, a Democrat,
faces Republican Brad
Little in the race for Idaho
governor.
The former state legisla-
is up against Republican
Janice Arnold-Jones in the
1st Congressional District.
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@latimes.com
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THE WORLD
Activist’s horrifying death roils Ukraine
By Sabra Ayres
MOSCOW — A Ukrain-
ian activist known as a fear-
less anti-corruption cam-
paigner and member of the
country’s young reformist
movement has died, three
months after an acid attack
that left more than 40% of
her body covered in burns.
International human
rights groups said the death
of Kateryna Handzyuk, 33,
highlights the risks facing
Ukrainian activists who
openly criticize the govern-
ment. In the last nine
months, local human rights
organizations have recorded
more than 50 attacks
against civil society activists
and human rights defenders
in Ukraine. Several ended in
fatalities.
The lack of government
oversight in protecting
against and prosecuting
such attacks “sends a mes-
sage that the authorities tol-
erate such attacks and as-
saults,” Human Rights
Watch said in a statement.
Five years after the start
of a popular street revolu-
tion that sought to pivot the
country toward Europe,
Ukraine continues to strug-
gle with corruption and a
lack of independent courts.
Handzyuk’s death is “yet
another sign of how shallow
and fragile Ukraine’s trans-
formation really is, espe-
cially when it comes to cor-
ruption, law enforcement
and government reform,”
said Matthew Schaaf, the di-
rector for Freedom House in
Ukraine.
Civic activists and jour-
nalists are an essential “anti-
septic to corrupt and abu-
sive systems,” Schaaf said.
“Yet when these people un-
cover corruption and take
risks for their community
like Kateryna did, they are
increasingly targeted with
threats, violence and some-
times deadly retribution.”
PEOPLE hold signs reading, “Who are Handzyuk’s killers?” outside Ukraine’s Interior Ministry in Kiev. Ac-
tivist Kateryna Handzyuk’s death months after an acid attack highlights the risks facing government critics.
On Aug. 31, Handzyuk
was leaving her house in
Kherson, a southern port
city 280 miles south of the
capital, Kiev, when a group
of attackers threw what po-
lice later determined was
about a quart of battery acid
on her head. Prosecutors ini-
tially listed the attack as
hooliganism, but after an
outcry from across Ukraine,
they changed the classifica-
tion to attempted murder.
Five people believed to be
involved in the attack were
arrested. Four of them
pleaded guilty and said they
took money for the attack.
Police have failed to identify
who ordered the attack,
which Ukrainian activists
claim is a lack of will from the
highest offices of govern-
ment to prosecute such
crimes.
Handzyuk died Sunday,
just weeks before the fifth
anniversary of the start of
Ukraine’s Maidan revolu-
tion. On Nov. 21, 2013, tens of
thousands of protesters
gathered in the capital city’s
Independence Square to
demonstrate against then-
President Viktor
Yanukovich’s backtracking
on a promise to sign a trade-
and-association agreement
with the European Union.
The Maidan revolution
eventually forced Yanu-
kovich, an ally of Russian
President Vladimir Putin, to
flee Ukraine in February 2014
with the help of Russian spe-
cial forces. A new generation
of pro-Western reformists
and activists emerged from
the political upheaval and
dedicated their work to root-
ing out corruption and
building a country based on
Western standards of
democracy and rule of law.
Handzyuk became a
high-profile part of that
movement in Kherson,
where friends say she was
undeterred in her fight
against police corruption.
The United States and
other Western nations have
poured billions of dollars
into supporting Ukraine’s
new pro-Western govern-
ment under promises that
the country would adopt
economic and political re-
forms.
But since then, local ac-
tivists such as Handzyuk
who have challenged those
in power accused of corrup-
tion have found themselves
in the line of fire, sometimes
literally.
In September, Oleh
Mikhaylyk, an anti-corrup-
tion activist, was shot in the
southern city of Odessa. He
remains in the hospital. In
June, Mykola Bychko, an en-
vironmental activist in the
Genya Savilov AFP/Getty Images
eastern region of Kharkiv,
was found hanged in a forest.
He had been investigating a
local wastewater treatment
plant’s apparent dumping in
a river. Supporters have
urged police to investigate
his death as a homicide.
Both cases remain un-
solved.
Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch
have urged the Ukrainian
government to address the
dangers facing civil society.
Frustration in Ukraine
over a lack of prosecution for
the crimes has grown. But in
September, Atty. Gen. Yuri
Lutsenko angered many
when he placed part of the
blame for the attacks on the
activists.
He told a parliamentary
committee about “the at-
mosphere of total hatred
toward authorities ...
planted by some civic activ-
ists.”
Friends of Handzyuk
said she was undeterred by
those who stood in her way,
and was a defiant voice
against the misuse of power,
particularly within the po-
lice force in Kherson.
“It was Katya who
brought the Maidan to
Kherson; she was right there
when we tore down” Lenin’s
statue, said Inna Zelena, a
spokeswoman for the Kher-
son City Council, referring to
Handzyuk by her shortened
first name. The city hall was
a quiet, sullen place on Mon-
day, the day after Handzyuk
died, Zelena said.
“We are all thinking what
needs to happen in this
country so that we can fi-
nally speak freely and not
have to worry about the lives
of our friends and relatives,”
she said in a phone inter-
view. “It is hard to believe in
justice when something like
this happens.”
Even before Handzyuk’s
death, pressure on the gov-
ernment to find her attack-
ers pervaded Ukrainian so-
ciety. On Sunday, a sign still
hung over the entrance to
Kherson’s city hall reading,
“Who ordered the attack on
Handzyuk?”
Similar signs were held
up by members of Ukraine’s
parliament on Monday.
Shortly before her death,
Handzyuk spoke of a con-
nection among the dozens of
attacks against civil society
activists in Ukraine since
2017. The government wasn’t
doing enough to protect
them, she said from her hos-
pital bed in a Kiev burn unit.
“Why do we encourage
people to civic activism
when we can’t defend
them?” she asked.
sabra.ayres@latimes.com
Ayres is a special
correspondent. Special
correspondent Ian Bateson
in Kiev contributed to this
report.

Caravan migrants begin

arriving in Mexico City
Police estimate up to
3,000 have stopped at
a sports complex to
rest and recuperate.
By Patrick J.
McDonnell

MEXICO CITY — Thou-

sands of Central Americans
from the migrant caravan
that has become a divisive
campaign issue in the U.S.
midterm election have be-
gun arriving in Mexico City, Alfredo Estrella AFP/Getty Images

still hundreds of miles from
the border.
The migrants were being
directed to a sprawling
sports complex on the capi-
tal’s outskirts, where they
were given food and water
and provided basic services.
The migrants began
streaming into the city over
the weekend and by midaf-
ternoon Monday police esti-
mated as many as 3,000 had
settled into the sports com-
plex near the city’s interna-
tional airport. Officials ex-
pect about 5,000 by Wednes-
day.
The sports facility was
hastily converted into shel-
ter for the migrants. Various
tents provided meals, mat-
tresses, clothing and other
necessities. Portable toilets
lined a long fence, and water
CENTRAL AMERICAN migrants from the caravan
arrive at a sports stadium on the outskirts of Mexico
City, still hundreds of miles from the U.S. border.
better life,” she said.
Juan Antonio Lopez, 16,
left Honduras more than
three weeks ago with two
older sisters and several
nieces and nephews. He said
that at times they’d gone
without food or water and
battled fatigue.
“Sometimes my sisters
felt desperate, but we had to
keep going, pushing for-
ward.”
Like others, Lopez said
he was undeterred by Presi-
dent Trump’s vows that they
would not be allowed into
the U.S., where many of the
Hondurans have relatives.
“Hopefully the president
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SECRETARY of State Michael R. Pompeo, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven T.
Mnuchin announce sanctions against Iran’s oil, banking and shipping industries.
“Each of those [eight] ...
has already demonstrated
significant reductions of the
purchase of Iranian crude
over the past six months,”
Pompeo said.
“We continue negotia-
tions to get all of the nations
to zero.”
He said sanctions im-
posed in May have taken a
huge bite out of Iran’s al-
ready troubled economy. In-
flation and unemployment
have soared and the na-
tional currency has fallen
sharply against the dollar.
Rising prices and shortages
of basic goods have spurred
domestic protests.
In addition to oil exports,
the latest sanctions target
more than 700 individuals,
companies, vessels and air-
craft, including major banks
and shipping companies.
Many of the targets were
not placed under secondary
sanctions, however, mean-
ing other countries or for-
eign companies can do busi-
ness with them without risk-
ing U.S. penalties.
That omission could be
strategic, analysts said, giv-
ing the administration a
stick for the future. Indeed,
John Bolton, Trump’s na-
tional security advisor, said
additional sanctions are
likely.
“Iran, right now, is in the
escape and evasion mode,”
Bolton said on Fox Business
Network. “They’re going to
try and get around the sanc-
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tions. We’re determined to administration. He said
prevent that.” China joined most of the rest
Dozens of international of the world in sanctioning
auto, pharmaceutical and Iran before 2015, although
other companies pulled out Beijing did not acknowledge
of Iran, or canceled plans to that publicly.
set up business there, ahead Adam M. Smith, who
of Monday’s sanctions. In worked on sanctions at the
addition, the Belgium- Treasury Department and
based Swift network for the White House in the
making international pay- Obama administration, said
ments has confirmed it will the waivers made sense from
cut off links with some Irani- a practical point of view. The
an banks, isolating Iran from Trump administration is
the international financial “trying to foment support
system. for a purely unilateral struc-
Iran’s critics applauded ture and not make angry
the administration’s move. those who they want to be on
“The implementation of
a maximum-pressure, full
economic blockade on Iran
their side,” he said.
Few outside analysts ex-
pect the sanctions will
is the only way to force the achieve the administration’s
regime to change its malig-
nant behavior,” said a state-
ment from United Against
stated goal of persuading
Tehran to abandon its “ma-
lign behavior,” including its
Nuclear Iran, an advocacy
group chaired by Joseph
Lieberman, the former sen-
production of ballistic mis-
siles and support for mili-
tant groups in Lebanon,
ator from Connecticut.
Iran argues that the
sanctions violate a unani-
Yemen, Iraq and elsewhere
in the Middle East.
Pompeo also announced
mous United Nations Secu- exemptions for work at three
rity Council resolution that of Iran’s nuclear sites that
endorsed the 2015 nuclear “impede Iran’s ability to re-
accord. The deal lifted inter- constitute its weapons pro-
national economic sanc-
tions on Iran in exchange for
gram.”
The projects at the Arak
the dismantling or destroy-
ing of its nuclear infrastruc-
heavy-water reactor, the
Bushehr commercial nucle-
ture, and intense monitoring
and inspections going for-
ar reactor, and at the For-
dow uranium enrichment fa-
ward. cility, a key feature of the
Some analysts said the Obama-era nuclear disar-
sanctions may not carry mament deal that Trump
much weight if Iran’s cus- has abandoned, will be al-
tomers can keep buying oil. lowed to continue under
“If China does not go strict international supervi-
along, this will not be very ef- sion, Pompeo said.
fective,” said Thomas
Countryman, an assistant tracy.wilkinson
secretary of State for non- @latimes.com
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THE NATION
‘El Chapo’ trial a hot ticket in New York
The greatest burden for
By Sonja Sharp prospective jurors may not
be Guzman’s notoriety, but
NEW YORK — The trial the trial’s extraordinary
of Mexican drug kingpin length.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guz- Cogan warned that the 12
man got off to a dramatic jurors and six alternates
start Monday as an eager co- could be seated for as long as
terie of would-be jurors — 12 weeks, which will elimi-
among them a professional nate many who would other-
Michael Jackson imperson- wise be qualified to serve.
ator — was ushered inside a Most of those struck for
federal courthouse in Brook- cause Monday told the court
lyn to audition for 12 of the that serving would be a
most prestigious roles in hardship.
town. At day’s end, 46 prospec-
“No moonwalking,” tive jurors had been ques-
Judge Brian Cogan warned tioned and 17 dismissed.
the hopeful, who was among “You’ve got to find some-
the first to be questioned body who’s got nothing to do
during voir dire. for four months,” said
Only 100 of the 920 New Matthew Galluzzo, a former
Yorkers who returned the New York City prosecutor
court’s 35-page question- and practicing defense at-
naires were still in the run- torney. “You might be talk-
ning by the first day of jury ing about a lot of retirees.”
selection, which saw the A more uniform crowd
leafy blocks around the could bode well for U.S.
courthouse for the Eastern attorneys, who rely on good
District of New York ringed group dynamics to secure a
with New York Police De- conviction, the former pros-
partment patrol cars and ecutor said. Their ideal
armed guards standing sen- Mark Lennihan Associated Press jury would be made up of
tinel in a stinging autumn GUARDS ring the courthouse in Brooklyn on the first day of jury selection for a Mexican drug lord’s trial. men and women who are
rain. U.S. marshals in T- both agreeable and civic-
shirts roamed the halls of cartel heads to court the dication, fans of Vice News come after jurors and their minded.
the courthouse with eager subject of a prestige podcast and the chatty true crime families,” she said. “I feel un- Jurors interviewed in the
K-9s on leashes and Glock and a popular crime drama, podcast “My Favorite Mur- safe.” morning trended much
pistols holstered at their which Cogan said could der” are probably already But attorneys kept on an younger, with a few in their
hips. muddy the jury pool. out. So is anyone bold immigrant who said he grew 20s and the majority ap-
Guzman dressed up for One man was struck for enough to acknowledge up in Medellin when the city proaching middle age. A
the occasion, appearing in a cause after acknowledging “personal views about peo- was Colombia’s cocaine younger jury won’t necessar-
blue suit and a white shirt he’d Googled the name on ple of Mexican descent” that capital. ily help the defense, but cer-
with Studio 54-sized lapels, his jury questionnaire and would prevent them from “When I was still young, tain personalities might,
unbuttoned to mid-chest. read Guzman’s Wikipedia being impartial. Attorneys there was a lot of terrorism Galluzzo said. Defense at-
He took notes and shuffled page, which calls the defend- on both sides focused on going around my city,” the torneys tend to want one of
papers as the judge ques- ant the “most powerful drug those who said they sup- potential juror said, adding three things: someone too
tioned the first 20 potential trafficker in the world.” An- ported legalizing marijuana, that his father adores so- timid to convict, too over-
jurors just a few feet away. other said she’d tried the de- as well as Spanish speakers called narconovelas, soap whelmed to follow the case,
He has pleaded not guilty fendant’s eponymous Net- and people with strong feel- operas that dramatize the or a juror who holds his opin-
to 17 counts of drug traffick- flix series, now in its second ings about police and coop- lives of drug traffickers. But ion like a grudge.
ing, conspiracy to murder season, but didn’t watch it erating witnesses. he called those shows “fan- “For a defense, a hung
and firearms violations. SINALOA cartel chief because “it was kind of bor- A young woman who said tasies” and said they jury is a win,” Galluzzo said.
Unlike most Americans Joaquin Guzman is the ing.” She insisted knowing she watched the Netflix wouldn’t influence his ability “They’re looking for contrar-
who get called for jury duty, subject of a podcast and a about the show wouldn’t col- show “Narcos” was axed af- to be fair. ians who will disagree for the
those interviewed Monday popular crime drama. or her judgment, since “ev- ter she told the judge she A woman in her late 20s sake of disagreeing, take a
seemed genuinely eager to eryone has a show about might see images of the with long brown hair and a position and never change
serve. Guzman will join the brought in more than 1,000 them.” drama in her head and think poncho-style cape was their minds. I’m always look-
ranks of mobsters John potential jurors. Those men “I’m waiting for my Net- of Guzman. asked about Ayn Rand’s ing for a few folks to cause
Gotti and Vincent Basciano, were tried on home turf, and flix show,” Cogan joked. Another was cut after “The Fountainhead” after chaos in the jury room.”
whose career-ending ap- Guzman was extradited So who will make the cut? saying she was too scared to indicating it was her favorite
pearances in the Eastern from Mexico in 2017. But the If questions from the 118- serve. “What scares me is book. Another shared a be- Sharp is a special
District courthouse each face of the ruthless Sinaloa item juror survey are any in- that I read his family will loved thriller with the judge. correspondent.

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AT A RALLY on Monday in Fort Wayne, Ind., President Trump greets supporters. He can claim a personal victory if Republicans fare better than expected in voting.
Trump’s name, reputation on the line
[Trump, from A1]
phone call Monday. Later,
when a reporter asked
whether the election is more
about his style than any-
thing else, he replied: “I
don’t think so, but I mean, I
am willing to accept that.”
It’s a high-risk strategy
for Trump. If Republicans
emerge better than proj-
ected in Tuesday’s results,
he can claim another unex-
pected victory, demoralizing
Democrats and striking fear
into a party already worried
about defeating him in 2020.
If Republicans do poorly,
losing one or both chambers
of Congress, Trump will bear
much of the blame and have
to contend with a descrip-
A look at the likely outcomes for Congress
By Sarah D. Wire
WASHINGTON — Tues-
day’s election boils down to
three likely scenarios.
After the surprising re-
sults in the 2016 presidential
election, pundits are reluc-
tant to make predictions.
But expectations are gener-
ally that Democrats will gain
the 23 seats they need to
take control of the House
but may lose ground in the
Senate, allowing Republi-
cans to widen their 51-49 ma-
jority.
Here’s a look at what’s
likely in store for the next
Congress, depending upon
the outcome:
Democrats win the
House, Republicans
keep the Senate
This seems the mostly
likely scenario. Democratic
enthusiasm has been high
since the day after the 2016
election and remains strong
headed into election day,
putting seats once assumed
to be safe into play in the
final days. President Trump
and national Republicans
largely turned their atten-
tion in recent weeks toward
keeping the Senate, signal-
ing they recognize how
difficult it could be for Re-
publicans to hold enough
seats to keep the House.
House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi (D-San Fran-
cisco) boldly predicted that
Democrats will win back the
House.
Democrats need 23
additional seats to retake
the chamber. But the mar-
gin of the majority will be
important. A slim majority
of, say, fewer than seven
seats, will make it much
harder for Pelosi to both
regain the speaker’s gavel
and, assuming she does,
keep the Democratic caucus
united. That’s because some
progressive Democratic
candidates have promised
they would not vote for
Pelosi for speaker. If they
win, those new representa-
tion he hates more than any
other: loser.
Regardless of Tuesday’s
outcome, Trump’s immer-
sion in the campaign has
tethered the Republican
Party to its outsider presi-
dent more fully than ever.
Two years ago, disclosure of
the “Access Hollywood” tape
— which revealed Trump
boasting of sexual assault
years ago — forced Republi-
cans to decide whether to
stick with Trump. Now the
midterm election — replete
with the president’s appeals
to racial resentment — has
forced them to decide
whether to embrace him as
well as all he stands for.
“He owns the Republican
tives will be hard-pressed to
go back on their word. That
could mean Pelosi would
face a serious challenge for
speaker.
If Democrats end up
with a cushion of more than
15 seats — meaning they
gain 38 additional districts
or more on Tuesday — that
job becomes much easier.
Progressives could keep
their word and vote for
another Democrat, but
Pelosi would still have the
support she needs to regain
the gavel.
A Democratic takeover
of the House — while Re-
publicans keep the Senate
— very likely means there
will be no major legislation
passed by Congress over the
next two years. It may also
increase the chances of
another government shut-
down if the divided govern-
ment can’t even agree on
funding measures to keep
the lights on.
House Democrats may
very well pass a progressive
wish list of campaign fi-
nance reform, gun control,
helping young immigrants,
protecting special counsel
Robert S. Mueller III or even
Medicare for all. But all such
measures would probably
be dead on arrival in the
Senate. There are some
issues, such as infrastruc-
ture, on which both parties
might find agreement. But
the odds of passing some-
thing significant, particu-
larly in the run-up to the
2020 presidential race, are
low. And even if both cham-
bers were to pass a bill,
Trump could veto it and
House Republicans are
unlikely to help override his
decision.
Bottom line: Expect the
gridlock in Congress to get
even worse. (Believe it or
not, yes, it can.) Trump’s
window to get money for his
border wall, push through
another tax cut or repeal
Obamacare is probably
closed. But Trump will gain
a convenient scapegoat to
blame for stock market
turmoil, crime, rising inter-
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Party even more than
Reagan,” said Newt Ging-
rich, the former Republican
House speaker and a close
ally of Trump. “He has polar-
ized the election on the is-
sues he believes in, on his
terms, despite the news me-
dia. You can argue whether
or not it’s the right gamble.
But it’s his gamble.”
Trump’s allies say his de-
cision was relatively easy:
He’s essentially on the ballot
anyway; he might as well
own it. Democrats have cho-
sen not to overtly frame the
election around Trump, em-
phasizing issues such as
healthcare instead, in part
because they know he is om-
nipresent in voters’ minds.
est rates and illegal immi-
gration: the Democratic-
controlled House.
House Democrats may
not be able to push their
bills into law, but they are
certain to use their new
majority — and the powers
that go with it — to pursue a
variety of investigations into
Trump Cabinet members
accused of misusing taxpay-
er funds; to subpoena
Trump’s tax returns and
look into his business ties;
to reopen the House inquiry
into his campaign’s link to
Russia during the 2016 cam-
paign; and quite possibly to
pass articles of impeach-
ment against the president,
depending upon how big the
Democratic majority is.
A Republican-controlled
Senate is unlikely to convict
Trump. Under GOP control,
the Senate is expected to
resume its efforts to reshape
the federal judiciary by
filling hundreds of lifetime
positions with young con-
servatives, something the
House has no say in.
Democrats win
the House and
the Senate
It’s a long shot, particu-
larly given the recent polling
in key toss-up Senate races.
Democrats would need to
sweep them all, and then
still pick up additional seats
in deep-red states.
But if Democrats win
both chambers, expect
things to get combative very
quickly.
Democrats would move
forward on legislative pri-
orities that have gotten little
traction since Republicans
gained control of Congress,
such as healthcare and
protecting so-called
Dreamer immigrants. They
could pass a bill to protect
Mueller from being fired by
the White House. They
could try to scale back some
of the tax perks given by
Trump and Republicans to
corporations and the rich.
But realistically the chances
remain slim that any would
“Of course it’s a refer-
endum on him,” said Matt
Schlapp, a Trump loyalist
who is chairman of the
American Conservative
Union and whose wife is a
top White House communi-
cations aide. “He’s dominat-
ing politics. He’s dominating
every news cycle. If the Re-
publicans have a halfway de-
cent night, he’s going to de-
serve a lot of credit.”
And if they don’t? “The
same,” Schlapp acknowl-
edged.
In recent days, Trump
has tried to diminish expec-
tations some, stepping back
from his predictions of a “red
wave” that would carry Re-
publicans into Congress,
become law.
First, any Democratic
Senate majority would
probably be narrow, short of
the 60 votes needed to avoid
a Republican filibuster. And
even if legislation passed in
both chambers, Trump
could veto it and Democrats
would probably lack the
votes for an override.
That same math would
protect Trump from im-
peachment, which requires
a two-thirds vote in the
Senate.
Democrats would prob-
ably try anyway to pass a
series of bills, as political
messaging for the 2020 race
and to force Trump and
Republicans to make un-
comfortable votes. But
again, gridlock would reign.
The one area in which
Democrats would have a
freer hand is investigating
the Trump administration.
They would control numer-
ous committees with broad
powers to demand informa-
tion from the adminis-
tration. They could enjoy
much stronger leverage in
setting government
budgets, but chances of a
government shutdown
would also grow.
As for Trump, a Demo-
cratic-controlled Congress,
like a Democratic House,
would become his target
and scapegoat, leading to
more attempts to bypass
the legislative branch with
executive actions and or-
ders.
Republicans
hold the House
and the Senate
This outcome would be
Republicans’ ideal, in part
because there’s a decent
chance that they will widen
their Senate majority on
Tuesday given the number
of Democratic seats that are
vulnerable in states Trump
won.
It’s unlikely they would
win enough new seats to
give them a filibuster-proof,
60-seat majority. But even a
slight boost from the cur-
statehouses and governors’
mansions.
On Monday, Trump first
said Republicans would do
“very well” in the House and
Senate races. Then he
pointed to the tough history
of presidents’ parties in
midterm elections — only
three times in the last cen-
tury has the president’s
party gained House seats in
a midterm — before settling
on a prediction that Repub-
licans would do “pretty well.”
Privately, allies inside
and outside the administra-
tion say they believe Repub-
licans will maintain control
of the Senate, perhaps win-
ning another seat or two, but
they expect Democrats to
rent 51-seat majority would
give them more cushion in
those cases where only 50
votes are needed in the
Senate.
The GOP effort to repeal
Obamacare, which was
pushed through using spe-
cial budget rules, failed by
just one vote. And the con-
firmation of Brett M. Ka-
vanaugh to the Supreme
Court became a real nail-
biter because of the doubts
of just two or three GOP
moderates.
Republicans have said
they would try to resume
their effort to repeal Oba-
macare and pass another
tax cut. But even with gov-
ernment under one party —
as it is now — such efforts
won’t be easy without gain-
ing some measure of bipar-
tisan support — something
Republicans have shown
little interest in securing
over the last two years.
One important new
dynamic will be who takes
over from retiring House
Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
House Majority Leader
Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakers-
field) has been crisscrossing
the country for months
raising money and cam-
paigning for Republicans.
He’s the front-runner,
though the party’s hard-
right wing appears unsold
on him.
If the GOP House major-
ity narrowed, the next
speaker’s job would be even
harder, with a more conser-
vative conference to work
with and less wiggle room
for intraparty disagree-
ments. Republicans might
have to work with Demo-
crats if they want to get all
but the most noncontrover-
sial legislation through the
chamber.
For Democrats, a scenar-
io in which Republicans
keep both chambers would
be transformative. Expect a
lot of soul-searching, a
further shift toward the left
and a movement to replace
Pelosi.
sarah.wire@latimes.com
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Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
win control of the House. By
most accounts, that would
count as a loss for Trump,
especially given his person-
alization of the election and
his talk of red waves.
Yet members of both
parties expect Trump will
accept little in the way of
blame, no matter what hap-
pens. “He doesn’t operate by
the usual rules,” said Jim
Manley, a Democratic con-
sultant who was a senior ad-
visor to the former Senate
Democratic leader, Harry
Reid of Nevada. “I don’t ex-
pect any sort of introspec-
tion from this president.”
Manley worked in the
Senate in 2010, when Demo-
crats lost control of the
House in that year’s
midterm election and came
away with a narrower major-
ity in the Senate. Then, Pres-
ident Obama grappled pub-
licly with what he labeled a
“shellacking,” just as Presi-
dent George W. Bush la-
mented his “thumping” in
2006, when Republicans lost
their majorities in both the
Senate and House.
Like other presidents af-
ter defeat, Obama and Bush
were forced to rethink their
agendas and their strate-
gies, and at least make over-
tures to the opposing party.
No one expects that sort
of language from Trump,
should Republicans endure
big losses. If they lose the
House, the casualties are
likely to be most, if not all, of
the party’s remaining mod-
erates, the Republicans will-
ing to be occasional Trump
critics, leaving the most con-
servative lawmakers in his
own mold.
Gingrich said he is confi-
dent that Sen. Mitch Mc-
Connell, assuming the Ken-
tucky Republican is back as
the majority leader, would
continue to help Trump
stock the courts with con-
servatives and thwart at-
tempts by House Demo-
crats to pass their agenda.
That would leave Trump’s
legal team to fight off House
investigations.
Gingrich, who led the
House after President Clin-
ton and the Democrats for-
feited control of the House
and Senate in 1994, predic-
ted Trump might split
Democrats in the House by
proposing bipartisan infra-
structure legislation.
But Trump talked of do-
ing that after his election in
2016, then failed to follow
through. And most ob-
servers say, don’t bet on
Democrats cutting a deal
with him. After the last few
months of campaigning,
Democrats know their vot-
ers are enraged by Trump,
so rather than compromise,
they are expected to pursue
investigations that would
further polarize the parties.
“His rhetoric has become
so unhinged, I think it’s go-
ing to be much more difficult
for him to do stuff,” Manley
said.
noah.bierman
@latimes.com
L AT I M E S . C O M
Cox, Newsom make final pitches
[Governor, from A1]
much-needed public expo-
sure before election day.
“Newsom really doesn’t
have a path to lose, and Cox
doesn’t have a path to win,”
said Raphael Sonenshein,
executive director of the Pat
Brown Institute at Cal State
Los Angeles. “The incentive
for Newsom is that, if he’s
seen as helping Democrats
win House races in Southern
California, which is where
the real action is this year,
his political influence will
grow.”
The most recent public
opinion polls show Newsom
with a seemingly insur-
mountable lead. Demo-
cratic backlash against
Trump is expected to spike
voter turnout in California,
giving Newsom even more of
an edge.
Newsom was careful to
avoid appearing overconfi-
dent as he campaigned
around Southern California
last weekend. But his cau-
tion was belied by the signifi-
cant time he’s spent helping
other campaigns in the last
month. The two-term lieu-
tenant governor rarely ut-
tered Cox’s name, instead fo-
cusing on the president.
“Trump and Trumpism
is on the ballot,” Newsom
told reporters during a cam-
paign stop in Baldwin Hills
on Monday morning. “As
long was we have some sta-
bility, California will thrive.
But if we don’t take back the
House and Trump succeeds,
and then doubles down on
everything he’s done the last
two years, California will be
in the crosshairs.”
At a rally in Newhall on
Saturday for Democrat
Katie Hill, who is trying to
unseat Rep. Steve Knight
(R-Palmdale), Newsom
roused a packed auditorium
of campaign volunteers and
supporters, calling on them
to be the “antidote” to the
fear and anxiety he said has
been stirred by Trump and
his allies in Congress.
Newsom ridiculed
Trump for trying to rally his
political base by fearmon-
gering over the caravan of
Central American migrants
making their way to the
United States. He noted that
California, in contrast, wel-
comed more than 100,000 ref-
Kansas could shift toward the Democrats
State is showing some
fatigue with deep
conservatism, and the
GOP could well lose
the governor’s race.
By Matt Pearce
HUTCHINSON, Kan. —
On Monday, former Kansas
Gov. Bill Graves, a Republi-
can, did what a lot of former
elected officials do: He hit
the trail again to campaign
on behalf of an up-and-com-
ing candidate.
Except there was some-
thing highly unusual about
the candidate, Laura Kelly,
who arrived with Graves at a
bookstore in this small town
in central Kansas.
Kelly is a Democrat.
Graves was trying to help de-
feat the candidate from his
own party, Kris Kobach, the
secretary of state.
“Every vote is going to
count, and we just can’t let
this one get away from us,”
Graves said, urging the
crowd holding Kelly signs to
get their friends to the voting
booths.
Kansas, where Republi-
cans outnumber Democrats
by at least 14%, is poised to
shift leftward for Tuesday’s
election, with Democratic
candidates polling competi-
tively in the races for gover-
nor and two of the state’s
four congressional districts.
In the congressional
races, Kansas Democrats
have undoubtedly benefited
from the national surge of
energy from liberals seeking
to win Democratic control of
Congress as a check on the
Trump administration.
In the governor’s race,
the momentum to the left is
more homegrown. It traces
back to conservative Repub-
lican Sam Brownback, a for-
mer governor whose 2012 tax
cuts sent the state govern-
ment into a financial and po-
litical tailspin and made him
deeply unpopular.
Many conservative legis-
LT. GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM, second from left, campaigns for governor Monday in L.A. Polls have shown the
Democrat consistently leading Republican businessman John Cox in the race for California’s top elected office.
ugees over the last 15 years,
saying the state embraces
diversity and human rights.
“We are here at this criti-
cal moment, not just to step
up and step in because I
don’t think it’s a gross exag-
geration, the world is look-
ing to California at this mo-
ment to make the right deci-
sion,” Newsom said to the
crowd Saturday.
Annie Guidice, a film ed-
itor from Woodland Hills,
drove up to Newhall to hear
Newsom speak. She also vol-
unteered to help the Hill
campaign with its get-out-
the-vote efforts, in her first
experience assisting a politi-
cal campaign.
“It’s just such a critical,
immensely terrifying time,”
said Guidice, 49. “I person-
ally feel like I have to be en-
gaged in the process
whether or not someone is
involved in my local area.”
Newsom was joined by
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-
Calif.) as he campaigned in
KRIS KOBACH is hindered by the deep unpopularity of former Kansas Gov. Sam
Brownback. Kobach has high negative ratings, even among fellow Republicans.
LAURA KELLY , the chief rival to Kobach in the Kansas gubernatorial race, is
hoping more voters in the conservative state are ready to support a Democrat.
lators who backed Brown-
back were swept out of office
in 2016, as weary Kansas vot-
ers defied the national pat-
tern that brought Trump to
power and voted in more
moderate Republican and
Democratic legislators.
The tax cut was repealed
soon afterward. Brownback
left office early this year
when Trump named him
ambassador-at-large for re-
ligious freedom and Lt. Gov.
Jeff Colyer took over tempo-
rarily.
Now, the conservative
and moderate wings of the
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Orange County, a onetime
Republican stronghold.
They joined rallies for
Democratic congressional
candidates Katie Porter in
Irvine, Harley Rouda in
Costa Mesa and Gil Cisneros
in Buena Park.
On Monday, he began his
final stretch of campaigning
in Los Angeles before head-
ing up to Modesto for a rally
with Democrat Josh Harder,
who is trying to unseat Rep.
Jeff Denham (R-Turlock).
He ended the day with an
election eve party in San
Francisco with Harris and
Gov. Jerry Brown.
Brown told the crowd —
some of whom waited in line
for two hours beforehand —
that Newsom is the “ener-
getic, visionary young gover-
nor” California needs.
“People get a little tired of
you in politics, they do,”
Brown said at the rally in the
city’s Mission District.
“We’ve had two terms of a
Democrat, me. Then we get
Photographs by Charlie
state’s Republican party are
at odds over Kobach, whose
hard-line positions on immi-
gration and voting laws
align him closely with
Trump.
Kobach, a nationally
known figure, enjoys near-
universal name recognition
in the state, but a recent Fort
Hays State University
survey of Kansas adults
found he is burdened by a
49% disapproval rating com-
pared with 17% disapproval
for Kelly, a soft-spoken state
senator from Topeka. The
latest polls showed the two
two more terms of another
Democrat. And luckily we’re
going from the oldest gover-
nor to one that’s pretty
young.”
Aboard his “Help is on
the Way” campaign bus, Cox
hit many of the same con-
tested congressional dis-
tricts. He threw a rally in
Carlsbad on Friday with Re-
publican congressional can-
didate Diane Harkey, who is
vying to succeed retiring
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista).
Over the weekend, Cox
stumped for GOP congres-
sional candidate Young Kim
in Rowland Heights and in-
cumbent Republicans
Knight in Santa Clarita and
Denham in Modesto.
As Newsom cast Trump
as California’s bogeyman,
Cox branded himself a polit-
ical savior to end the gloom
and doom in the state cre-
ated by decades of Demo-
cratic rule.
“The people of this state
have been taxed enough.
Riedel Associated Press
candidates in a statistical
tie.
Even among Republi-
cans, Kobach has “unusually
high negatives,” said Patrick
Miller, a political science
professor at the University
of Kansas. “In the polling,
he’s losing about 20% of Re-
publicans to Laura Kelly.…
There is a chunk of his own
party that does not care for
him.”
At a busy GOP campaign
office in Wichita filled with
volunteers, Kobach was dis-
missive of Graves’ cam-
paigning for his Democratic
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
Al Seib Los Angeles Times
They have been paying so
much for housing, for food,
for electricity that have been
driven up by the special-in-
terest groups that control
Gavin Newsom, that control
the Legislature,” he told the
crowd gathered at Kim’s
campaign headquarters on
Sunday.
When Cox’s bus rolled
into Santa Clarita on Sat-
urday, he was met with sup-
porters festooned in red,
white and blue. One wore a
shirt that read, “If you live
here, Trump is your presi-
dent.”
Cox whipped up the
crowd with a chant of “Yes
on 6,” a reference to the bal-
lot proposition that would
repeal the state’s increased
gas tax and vehicle fees. An-
other roar of approval came
when he promised to cancel
plans for the state’s $77-bil-
lion high-speed rail system.
He again took aim at
Newsom’s tenure as mayor
of San Francisco, repeating
opponent.
“He was a very liberal Re-
publican governor,” Kobach
said of Graves. “It’s a recur-
ring theme, these so-called
Republicans say they’re en-
dorsing the Democrat.”
Kelly has won an en-
dorsement from a second
Republican former gover-
nor, Mike Hayden.
Running on a message of
stabilizing the state educa-
tion budget and other public
services hurt by the econo-
mic chaos of the Brownback
years, Kelly rejected the idea
that the election was a refer-
endum on Trump.
“No, this election is all
about Kansas; if anything
it’s a referendum on the
Brownback administra-
tion,” she said. “That’s what
got us where we are, and I
think that’s what people
want to slam the door on.”
The election could deter-
mine whether Kansas ex-
pands Medicaid coverage
under the Affordable Care
Act. Moderate Republicans
in the state Legislature al-
lied with Democrats to pass
expansion only to see it
vetoed by Brownback. Kelly
supports expansion and
Kobach opposes it.
“The support for Medi-
caid expansion all across
Kansas has been a surprise.
That’s a bit of a change from
several years ago,” Kelly said
in an interview in Hutchin-
son, attributing part of the
reaction to rural hospitals in
the state shutting down over
financial woes. “People are
very, very enthusiastic
about that.”
Which is one reason that
Kelly has the support of
John Buser, a 77-year-old re-
tired refrigeration engineer
from Arlington who wears a
cowboy hat and identifies as
an independent.
“We’ve got to keep our
hospitals,” he said.
The X-factor in the race is
a third candidate, Greg Or-
man, a well-known business-
man running as a centrist in-
dependent.
Polling between 8% and
9%, Orman is thought to be
A7
his claim that the Demo-
crat’s policies hurt the city.
“Who are we fighting?
The San Francisco values,”
Cox said at a Sunday rally for
Denham, as dozens booed at
the city’s mention. “Take a
look at that city. It used to be
a wonderful city. It was run
by my opponent — I would
say run into the ground.”
Cox, a wealthy business-
man from Rancho Santa Fe,
seemed to relish his final
days on the campaign trial.
He said he remains confi-
dent that he’ll do well Tues-
day.
And Newsom let down
his guard Monday, laying
out plans for his transition
to the governor’s office.
“We’ve got a lot of work to
do on housing, homeless, is-
sues of affordability. Those
remain stubborn,” Newsom
told reporters. “The gover-
nor, I hope it’s me, we got to
hit the ground running this
week in a transition to start
to address those issues is-
sues in a much more mean-
ingful and deliberative way.”
In a USC Dornsife/Los
Angeles Times poll released
in mid-October, Newsom
dominated California’s two
biggest population centers,
the Bay Area and Los Ange-
les County, home to just
under half the voters in Cali-
fornia.
As a candidate and as
lieutenant governor, New-
som says he’s visited South-
ern California on almost a
weekly basis for nearly a dec-
ade. He has joked that he’s
been eyeing a run for gover-
nor ever since being elected
lieutenant governor in 2010.
“He’s been working
toward this moment for
eight-plus years,” said Rusty
Hicks, president of the Los
Angeles County Federation
of Labor. “It’s undeniable
that the message that he has
had throughout his cam-
paign has resonated with
voters, which put him in a
great position to carry that
message all across the state
… as a standard bearer for
California values.”
phil.willon@latimes.com
dakota.smith@latimes.com
Times staff writers
Christine Mai-Duc and
Jazmine Ulloa contributed
to this report.
hurting Kelly more than
Kobach, by presenting an
option for anti-Kobach Re-
publicans who still don’t
want to vote for a Democrat.
Last week, Orman’s
treasurer, former state Sen.
Tim Owens, an anti-Kobach
Republican, resigned from
the campaign for exactly
that reason.
“It is time to unite behind
Senator Laura Kelly and
stop Kris Kobach,” Owens
said in a statement, adding:
“This is a critical election for
Kansas. We cannot risk the
future of our state.”
And someone out there
appears to be trying to drive
Kelly supporters into Or-
man’s camp. Two Kelly sup-
porters showed the Los An-
geles Times duplicate cam-
paign-style text messages
they had received Monday
on an issue that matters
deeply to many Kansans.
“Laura Kelly used to have
an A rating from the NRA,” it
said. “Greg Orman has con-
sistently supported com-
mon sense gun laws. Vote
Greg Orman. It matters.”
(Kelly received the gun asso-
ciation’s A rating in 2008 but
has since been given an F
rating for embracing some
gun control policies.)
The messages were sent
from separate phone num-
bers, both of which were
“disconnected” when The
Times tried to call.
Nick Connors, a spokes-
man for the Orman cam-
paign, said the message did
not come from the campaign
— and speculated, without
providing evidence, that it
was some kind of ploy by
Democrats or Republicans
to discredit Orman.
Connors rejected the
idea that Orman was a
spoiler and predicted Or-
man would win the election,
despite his low poll num-
bers. “The Democrats and
Republicans aren’t entitled
to anything,” Connors said.
“You can’t be a spoiler when
the system is already rot-
ten.”
matt.pearce@latimes.com
A8 T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
Canine seemed to be killing for fun
[Dog, from A1]
was missing — the remains
found later in a field. A
mother goat that survived
was found with a huge chunk
of her hindquarters ripped
out.
Soon, sheep were found
dead. More chickens too.
Piglets. The carnage was
costly. Students at Roots
Charter take out loans to
buy the animals and — with
about 40 animals dead
—The Dog’s savagery had
cost them more than $7,000.
But more troubling for
Tyler Bastian, the school’s
principal, was this: The Dog
wasn’t killing for food. He
seemed to be killing for fun.
“It was pretty nuts,” Bas-
tian said. “We’re an urban
farm in the middle of the city
and to have a situation
where a dog is aggressive
enough to take down an al-
paca — it was pretty mind-
boggling. Not only taking it
down, but ripping it to
pieces. It was also disturbing
for the students.”
Nobody knew exactly
where The Dog came from,
how old he was or how he
ended up in this urban-rural
community west of Salt
Lake City.
There were rumors that
he belonged to a homeless
man who either died or was
swept up when authorities
broke up a nearby encamp-
ment. He could’ve been
abandoned, some thought.
Most agreed The Dog had
been roaming the area for
two years, gradually becom-
ing more feral.
The Dog was smart and
cunning, though, said Layne
Morris, community preser-
vation director at West Val-
ley City. Not only had he
found residents who would
look out and occasionally
hide him, he slowly learned
to recognize the animal con-
trol trucks and personnel in
uniform.
He proved to be increas-
ingly difficult to nab.
Richard Horrocks, a 72-
year-old resident who lived
on a corner near where the
dog could be seen trotting
down the road, half-wheezed
with laughter as he recalled
the attempts to catch The
Dog as the months wore on.
“You’d see seven dog-
catcher trucks all lined up
trying to get him and it was
like a cartoon,” he said,
standing in his yard with two
dogs running around a
patch of squash and dried
cornstalks. “Keystone Kops.
That dog had them running
in circles.”
Morris said that not all
the neighbors were helping
shelter the dog, however. He
said the area where the
school stands also hap-
pened to be a place where
generations of cockfighting
fowl were raised. The Dog
had taken out some of those
prized roosters, and a few of
the owners had formed
hunting parties to track him
down.
Other residents had
placed a bounty on The Dog,
Beutner plan would radically reshape LAUSD
[Beutner, from A1]
bureaucracy could be
plowed back into education
at the school level,” he said,
“as well as [used] to deal
with the fiscal crisis the dis-
trict faces.”
Beutner declined to com-
ment on the plan, saying it
would be premature to talk
about a work in progress.
The Times learned de-
tails of Beutner’s developing
strategy through docu-
ments and interviews. Its
broad outlines were con-
firmed by numerous people
involved in the planning who
requested anonymity.
This is not the first time a
superintendent has pro-
posed reorganizing L.A. Uni-
fied.
Some past attempts have
been short-lived or fell far
short of expectations. Moves
meant to save money some-
times turned out to be costly.
In 1993, the district an-
nounced it would divide the
system into 32 self-govern-
ing “clusters.” That plan ulti-
mately morphed into anoth-
er — and another and anoth-
er.
“If the underlying serv-
ices are not different or bet-
ter, then the structure
doesn’t matter much,” said
another insider, who asked
to remain anonymous. “If
you end up reorganizing for
the sake of reorganizing, you
can cause a lot of chaos.”
Although the internal
planning has been confiden-
tial, officials say they have
collected input from about
JAKE WINKLER , 17, kept watch over the livestock with other Roots Charter High students. Guard animals
— a donkey and llama — that were brought to the farm seemed to keep the killer dog at bay, the senior says.
THE FERAL canine believed to have menaced the town for two years. Some resi-
dents would hide the dog; others tried to hunt him down. On Oct. 11, he was shot.
and there were fears the
hunting parties might get
out of control.
Officials wanted to avoid
something out of “Jaws,” in
which a flotilla of disorga-
nized recreational boaters
headed out to sea to catch
the deadly shark. Morris
said there were reports of
cars trying to hit The Dog as
he ran in the streets. Eventu-
ally West Valley City Animal
Services brought in more
manpower to help.
And still, The Dog kept
killing.
Students tried to protect
their animals, showing up
early and staying late to
watch over the livestock.
The school’s farm, located
on the property of a country
music radio station, was set
up with surveillance cam-
eras.
Sarah Hilton, a program-
SUPT. Austin Beutner’s plan comes at a time when a
contract dispute with teachers could lead to a strike.
1,500 parents, teachers, ad-
ministrators and communi-
ty members in a series of
meetings since August.
How the networks would
be shaped and what duties
they would have still is being
refined, with the assistance
of consultants paid for by
outside philanthropy. One of
the consulting firms,
Kitamba, has senior execu-
tives who have been involved
in high-profile reform efforts
elsewhere in the country.
London-based business
consulting firm Ernst &
Young is working on the goal
of improving efficiency.
A major restructuring
would require approval by
the Board of Education.
Beutner has been working
more closely with some
mer at the station who
worked overnight, remem-
bered leaving her building at
2 a.m. and seeing “all these
parked cars with their head-
lights on aimed at the ani-
mals” on the farm. She said
the students would sit on the
hoods of their cars, keeping
watch.
Nate Cable took to camp-
ing in the fields around the
farm. He and several other
students had fashioned a
dog-catching snare made
with PVC pipe and wire.
Nate, 17, said one night he
encountered The Dog by ac-
cident.
It was dark and he heard
a low growl as he walked to
his parked car.
“He was close,” Nate said.
“I dropped everything, in-
cluding my hat. Then he
picked it up and started to
walk away with it. Then he
Al Seib Los Angeles Times
board members than others
— apparently to try to min-
imize leaks.
Although change in the
district rarely comes easy,
Beutner has the added chal-
lenge of making his push at a
time when an ongoing con-
tract dispute with the teach-
ers union could lead to a
strike.
One district argument is
at the center of both the con-
tract negotiations and the
“reimagining” plan, as it is
often referred to internally.
Beutner repeatedly has
pointed to analyses that
conclude L.A. Unified is now
spending $500 million a year
more than it takes in. With-
out change, according to
projections, reserves will
run dry in three to four years.
Baylie Johnson
dropped it and disap-
peared.”
One day The Dog killed
Olivia Davis’ sheep.
Olivia, 17, saw the sheep
when it was born in Decem-
ber and named it Demeter —
the Greek goddess of agri-
culture. She said she came to
Roots Charter because she
had struggled at the public
high school after her mother
died five years earlier.
She saw a chance at rais-
ing livestock and working
with animals as a way to
work through her grief, and
it gave her a sense of pur-
pose. Demeter was her first
sheep, and she had big plans
for her. There would be fairs
and shows and a future.
Then she got a call.
“I was at home. I had
been sick that day and my
best friend called me and
said The Dog had attacked,”
The teachers union has re-
jected those forecasts.
Beutner’s push to be su-
perintendent was champi-
oned by philanthropists and
civic leaders who largely
view L.A. Unified as a failed
institution, with its looming
fiscal problems and student
test scores that trail state
averages. They see in Beut-
ner — a wealthy business-
man without a background
in education — a leader with
the financial savvy and out-
sider’s perspective neces-
sary to shake up an en-
trenched and complacent
system.
Some specifics of Beut-
ner’s plan probably will
change, but this outline ap-
pears to have emerged:
8 The networks of schools
would be based mainly on
geography.
8 Each network would in-
clude elementary, middle
and high schools — with co-
hesive academic programs
for students as they prog-
ress through the system.
8 Each network would re-
port to one of several re-
gional headquarters.
8 Staffing at the central
district office downtown
would be sharply reduced,
as would its spheres of au-
thority.
8 Schools and their net-
works would have more con-
trol in key areas such as hir-
ing and budgets.
Major elements remain
under discussion. One topic
of debate has been how
much to let traditional dis-
Alex Goodlett For The Times
Olivia said. “My friend said,
‘You have to get here.’ ”
When she arrived at the
farm, Demeter was dead.
Olivia wept.
“It was like my whole
world crashed down,” she
said.
She said she hated The
Dog with the kind of
loathing reserved for an un-
repentant killer.
Bastian said the school
beefed up security and
brought in a llama and a
donkey — both known as
guard animals that could kill
The Dog if he entered the
pen.
The donkey in particular
came highly regarded —
boasting a resume that in-
cluded a coyote he had killed
in northern Utah. His name
was Gus, and the reputation
of his powerful kick pre-
ceded his arrival.
“One kick and that dog
would be dead,” Jake Wink-
ler, 17, said of Gus.
Jake, who owned a dairy
cow named Carol, said the
hired protection appeared
to help. The Dog seemed to
steer clear of the farm’s new
muscle.
But away from the farm,
The Dog was even more
brazen. There was a report
he had gone after a child,
who fended off the animal
with his bike. Morris said
that was a signal they
needed to redouble their ef-
forts.
Morris said cooperation
among the neighbors wasn’t
always easy.
“There is a certain rebel-
lious streak — a little bit of
those on the edge and inde-
pendent, the don’t-tell-me-
how-to-live-my-life flavor to
that area,” Morris said.
“Which I respect and we try
to respect that a little bit
when it comes to ordinan-
trict-run schools begin to
operate like independent
charter schools.
Charters are exempt
from some regulations that
govern district-run schools
and most are nonunion. The
school district plays no role
in a charter’s day-to-day
management, though it
does decide every five years
whether to renew a charter’s
right to operate.
According to some insid-
ers, Beutner’s plan seems
like rearranging the deck
chairs because six regional
district offices already exist
and deal extensively with lo-
cal schools. Academic coor-
dinators in those offices
oversee students’ grade-by-
grade progress in key sub-
jects such as math and Eng-
lish.
District staff members,
however, are nervous.
“Nobody knows what the
future is going to look like for
the district or for their jobs,”
said one central office staff
person who asked to remain
anonymous. “Ernst & Young
is evaluating positions in ev-
ery division along the lines of
whether they are discre-
tionary.”
One email obtained by
The Times that has been cir-
culating in the fiscal division
set out the task to those be-
ing asked to justify their
roles: “Please work with your
teams to identify four to six
primary functions that your
Division performs.
“The superintendent’s
office is the audience for this
L AT I M E S . C O M
ces, but there were some
people who were deliber-
ately sheltering that dog
even though they knew full
well the dog was a problem
that needed to be resolved.”
City officials made their
move official in September:
They intended to destroy
The Dog.
In a memo Morris issued
to West Valley City Police
Chief Colleen Jacobs and the
city attorney, the animal
services division requested
permission to euthanize The
Dog in accordance with
American Veterinary Medi-
cal Assn. guidelines. Gun-
shot is listed as an appropri-
ate method, according to the
organization.
Morris said it wasn’t an
easy call, noting that West
Valley City operates a no-kill
shelter.
“We’re not in the business
of euthanizing animals,” he
said. “We’re in the business
of giving animals homes. It
was a difficult for our staff
because they work in animal
services because they love
working with animals.”
But the reported —
though unverified — attack
on the child left them no
choice, he said.
On Oct. 11, Morris said, a
former law enforcement offi-
cer who used to train Ger-
man shepherds with K-9
units reported The Dog ran
past him into a field near a
church not five minutes
from where the school farm
was. Officials said The Dog
had been tracking sheep.
The officer, Morris said,
used a shotgun. The Dog
was dead in moments. “It
was a humane way to go,”
Morris said. The officer’s
name was not made public.
Morris said the officer felt
conflicted “but knew it had
to be done.”
Although the students at
Roots were relieved, not ev-
eryone reveled in the news
that The Dog was dead.
Had The Dog been killed
the day after her lamb had
been found dead, Olivia said
she would’ve been “ec-
static.” Now, she felt torn.
“I was sad because a life
had been taken. The dog was
living its life,” Olivia said.
“But I was also happy be-
cause it means the dog won’t
kill anymore.”
Bastian said some of the
farm animals still remain a
little skittish. Caldwell said
the goat injured by the ca-
nine is allowing people to ap-
proach her now. Carol, the
dairy cow, and a few of the al-
pacas are settling into old
routines.
Flocks of chickens
squawked in the early-morn-
ing chill, and summer had
given way to fall. Nearby,
Gus the Donkey munched
on hay and Cuzco the Llama
stood guard next to him,
looking over a fence toward a
field with wild grass, twist-
ing trees and hidden places
where The Dog once lived.
david.montero
@latimes.com
project,” the email said, “so
make sure that the functions
are easy for someone outside
of your office to under-
stand.”
The work of Ernst &
Young and Kitamba is being
paid for by the recently es-
tablished Fund for Equity
and Excellence, which pools
philanthropic resources for
local education. Donors in-
clude the Ballmer Group,
the California Community
Foundation, the California
Endowment, the Eli and
Edythe Broad Foundation
and the Weingart Founda-
tion.
In 2007, New York experi-
mented with substantially
replacing its centralized bu-
reaucracy with several doz-
en networks, some run by
the city’s Department of Ed-
ucation and some operated
by nonprofit groups.
The networks drew
mixed reviews, in large part
because they weren’t geo-
graphically based. They
were also criticized for mud-
dying the lines of authority.
The decentralization cut
costs, but it had little effect
on students’ academic per-
formance.
After about eight years,
the networks were largely
dismantled. The nation’s
largest school district re-
turned to a system that em-
powered regional superin-
tendents.
howard.blume
@latimes.com
anna.phillips@latimes.com
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ELECTION 2018 rushed up to them

shouting and shaking his

The Times recommends... fist, and I — an English war

bride who’d survived so
close to the horror inflicted
by the Nazis — stood there
uesday is the last day to vote in the 2018 midterm elections. Voting will take place at with tears streaming down

T polling stations around Los Angeles County, and ballots may be mailed in as well —
but they must be postmarked no later than Tuesday to be counted.
Los Angeles County voters can look up their polling locations by visiting www.lavote.net/
my face.
Not here! Not here!
Nena Kelty
Glendale
locator. Residents of other counties can check www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place.
Election-day rides on Metro buses and trains are free; ride-sharing services have also an- ::
nounced plans to cut their fares on trips to and from polling places. Parking restrictions will
be relaxed within a block of each polling place in the city of L.A. As a Jew whose grand-
mother’s entire family was
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Voters are advised to go early in case of long lines, Rodrigo Abd Associated Press killed in Hungary by the
although the rules permit anyone already in line when the polls close to cast their ballots U.S.-BOUND migrants hoping to find rest and Nazis, I feel I have to com-
and complete the process. medical care in Mexico City get a ride in a truck. ment on the feeling of fear
Full analysis and explanation of The Times’ recommendations are available online at by many Jews.
www.latimes.com/endorsements. The Times endorses in many but not all contests, so most
voters will see additional races on their ballots besides those listed in the recommendations
below.
Pilgrims on their way This fear is not of white
supremacists, but from
far-left crowds in cities and
Re “Weary migrants keep pressing north,” Nov. 4 universities. Many Jewish
students are harassed by
CONGRESS Proposition 6 Thousands of active-duty U.S. troops likely will not be other students on the left.
(Gas and vehicle tax repeal): No spending this Thanksgiving with family and loved ones. Republicans are harassed
U.S. Senate: Dianne Feinstein
They have been ordered to our southern border to assist in restaurants and other
Proposition 7 public places by leftists,
STATE OFFICES (Permanent daylight saving time): Yes efforts to stop the men, women and children who may
even encouraged by a
ask for asylum in the United States.
Governor: Gavin Newsom Proposition 8 Democratic member of
The asylum seekers know our president does not want
Lieutenant governor: Ed Hernandez (Revenue caps at dialysis clinics): No Congress.
them. They know the obstacles that await them. But they This is how the brown-
Secretary of state: Alex Padilla Proposition 10 seem to have an unwavering confidence and hope in the shirts in Germany got
(End restrictions on rent control): Yes humanity and righteousness of the United States that started.
Controller: Betty Yee drives their continued trek toward a better life in a
Proposition 11 Barbara Kimelman
Treasurer: Fiona Ma perceived promised land. Tarzana
(Ambulance and emergency worker paid
Their perseverance resembles a pilgrimage. President
Attorney general: Xavier Becerra breaks): Yes
Trump has not extinguished their hope, nor should he ::
Insurance commissioner: Steve Poizner Proposition 12 extinguish ours. The caravan should serve as an
Superintendent of public instruction: (Standards for animal cage sizes): Yes inspiration and a reminder to all Americans of who we Ross provides an im-
Tony Thurmond are and what we still represent. portant reminder of a
L.A. CITY MEASURES William Goldman little-known period of Los
APPELLATE COURTS Measure B (Study municipal bank): No Palos Verdes Estates Angeles history and how a
small group of men could
Supreme Court justices: Yes Measure E (Align election dates): Yes help put an end to the Nazi
Court of Appeal justices: Yes Measure EE (Align election dates): Yes While Trump persists in ride these scooters, but wave of intimidation and
labeling the thousands of when you colonize a city infiltration in Southern
STATE MEASURES L.A. COUNTY OFFICES people approaching our thoroughfare, you are California.
southern border an “inva- violating the law. These But like any good his-
Proposition 1 Sheriff: Jim McDonnell
sion,” his critics have in- laws are clear and not tory lesson, this has stark
($4-billion bond for housing programs): Yes Assessor: Jeffrey Prang sisted that the caravan is debatable. applicability to the pre-
Proposition 2 nothing of the sort. Bird’s lawsuit will ulti- sent. The Nazis chose the
(Mental Health Services Act funding for L.A. COUNTY MEASURE If that is the case, why is mately be its downfall. The Jews as scapegoats; our
housing): Yes Measure W (Storm water capture): Yes a “home invasion” consid- issues of violating existing president chooses immi-
ered an illegal and forceful city laws, including access grants as his. The Nazis
Proposition 3 entry to an occupied pri- for disabled users along told innumerable lies to
L.A. COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
($8.877-billion water bond): No vate dwelling? According these thoroughfares (when gain political support; our
Office No. 4: Alfred A. Coletta
Proposition 4 to many news reports, scooters are all over the president tells lies daily.
($1.5-billion children’s hospital bond): Yes Office No. 16: Sydne Jane Michel participants in this cara- place blocking the side- The comparison may, to
Office No. 60: Holly L. Hancock van have made clear that walks), are going to set a some, seem out of place. I
Proposition 5 regardless of the opposi- precedent for every future hope it is, but I fear it is not.
(Property tax break portability): No Office No. 113: Michael P. Ribons tion of the U.S. government challenge. Ken Goldman
to their activity, they plan Bernard Lax Beverly Hills
to cross the border any way Gardena
they can.
OUT HERE
If a homeless person
looking for food and shelter
::
U.S. meddling in
breaks in and enters the Bird has some brass Latin America
The end of an era for voting Los Angeles Times’ offices,
what would security per-
sonnel do? They would call
stating that a California
law contains a clause that
gives motorized scooter
Re “White House slams
‘troika of tyranny’ in Latin
the police, and the home- riders the same rights on America,” Nov. 2
hen I head down to Lo- I guess it’s because the new system

W
less person might be the road as drivers, bicy-
gan Elementary School sounds impersonal, the civic engagement charged with a crime. clists and motorcycle If Americans are won-
this morning to cast my version of a big box store that’s automated Isn’t that what the riders. dering why our democracy
vote in the general elec- to the point that you can be in and out with caravan intends to do? From my observation in is in shambles, they would
tion, I must remember to little or no human interaction. That’s fine Why should they be treated San Diego, the vast major- be wise to pay attention to
take a good look around. This neighborhood for buying groceries, but casting a vote feels differently? Anybody who ity of Bird riders use the U.S. foreign policy.
school has been my main polling site for more satisfying to me when I recognize my wishes to come to this sidewalk, not the street. I As evidenced in the
more than a decade. But it will probably be neighbors and there’s a little bit of a line and country should do so le- would venture to say this article on National Securi-
the last time I cast a vote here. some effort required to remind me that I’m gally, as I did many years observation runs true in ty Adviser John R. Bolton’s
ago. Beverly Hills and other tough words for Cuba,
In fact, everyone who votes Tuesday at participating in a sacred democratic act
Raul De Cardenas cities as well. That is most Venezuela and Nicaragua,
one of Los Angeles County’s 4,800 election with millions of other people. It’s why I’ve
Los Angeles likely why the accompany- U.S. foreign policy is ag-
day neighborhood polling stations should never switched to mail voting. Filling out a
ing picture to this article gressive in nature — one
be prepared to say goodbye to the place. form on the couch doesn’t deliver the same :: was of a helmetless person could even say it is preda-
Most will close for good after this election, as sense of accomplishment as marking up a riding a Bird scooter on the tory. For decades it helped
the county prepares for a major update of its ballot standing with my fellow citizens. Regardless of what we sidewalk. to topple elected foreign
voting processes in time for the March 2020 There’s something cathartic, too, about think about immigration Therein lies the prob- governments around the
presidential primary as part of the state’s punctuating each vote with a firm thrust of or the plight of the ap- lem. Injuries to pedestrians world.
2016 Voter’s Choice Act. the ink pen, something you just can’t repli- proaching migrant cara- and riders are so frequent Americans cannot be
Voting in Los Angeles County has cate on a touch screen. van, we should consider that San Diego County’s outraged only by this ad-
changed little in the past 50 years. The only For me, voting is associated with people the causes that drive trauma centers have an- ministration’s domestic
significant change was to replace punch and places, and some of the places have hordes of people away from nounced they are tracking lunacy; they must also
cards with ink-marked cards. So the next been odd: a two-car garage at a private their homes, precipitating patients who are treated “resist” U.S. aggression
election is bound to be a bit jarring. Virtually home in Riverside festooned with American crises worldwide. Among because of scooter acci- abroad.
everything about in-person voting will be flags; a lighting store in West Los Angeles; a them are corruption, dents. In two weeks, a group of
different. Instead of thousands of polling tiny cafe in Echo Park that squeezed a few hunger, warfare, poverty Lawsuits, anyone? concerned people from Los
stations opening at 7 a.m. in school audito- voting booths between the bar and tables. I and environmental degra- Gary Valdez Angeles will be going to the
riums, community center common rooms, seem to remember casting my first-ever bal- dation. San Diego border in solidarity with
fast-food restaurant lobbies, retail display lot in a church basement in San Francisco. One rarely mentioned the caravan of Central
cause is climate change. :: American migrants. To us,
rooms and other locations, there will be 200 But I can’t promise that’s correct. It was a
Central America and Mexi- they are refugees of U.S.
to 300 strategically located one-stop vote long time ago, and I was more interested in
co are particularly vulnera- If electric scooter com- military and economic
centers opening 10 days before the election, participating in my first election than in my
ble to sea-level rise and the panies want to claim their policy — chickens coming
increasing to at least 1,000 for the final four surroundings. droughts, floods, hurri- customers have the same home to roost.
days of voting. There were times when I was the only canes and deadly heat- rights as drivers, bicyclists Rachel Bruhnke
Voters will no longer be tied to one specif- person at a polling station. Other times, I waves it makes worse and and motorcycle riders, they San Pedro
ic neighborhood polling place on one par- had to wait for an open booth, giving me more frequent. Perhaps need to start by having
ticular day; they will be allowed to show up time to chat with the always-friendly poll walls and soldiers can keep users follow the same laws. ::
at any of the county’s voting centers on any workers, say hi to neighbors and pat their the migrants out this time, The photo accompanying
day they are open. There may even be pop- dogs. In November 2008, the line outside the but not the next time or the the article says it all: It One great achievement
up voting centers at farmer’s markets and school was so long a friend had time to make next as climate change shows a helmetless user of the Obama adminis-
other places where people congregate for a sandwich run. Yet the people queuing up worsens. riding on the sidewalk. tration was to begin open-
short periods of time. were so excited to take part in what would Strategies to exclude Can you blame Beverly ing American doors of
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any attempt to keep mi- rity advisor to the presi-
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Weak parties, weak democracy Evidence
The two major political parties
are in decline. This might be
why partisanship is so strong.
JONAH GOLDBERG
I
t is perhaps the central irony of our
politics today: We live in an incredibly
polarized and partisan moment, but
our political parties have never been
weaker.
As odd as it sounds, political parties in
democracies have an important anti-demo-
cratic function. Traditionally, the parties
shaped the choices put to voters. Long
before voters decided anything in the pri-
mary or general elections, party bosses
worked to groom good candidates, weed
out bad ones, organize interests and frame
issues.
In the modern era, the story of party
decline usually begins in the aftermath of
the 1968 presidential election. The move
toward primaries and the democratic selec-
tion of delegates took power away from the
bosses.
After Watergate, there were more re-
forms, curbing the ability of the parties to
raise and spend money freely. This led to
the rise of political action committees,
which raise cash independent of the formal
party structure. As Sen. Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) said during the floor debate over
the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill
in 2001, “We haven’t taken a penny of money
out of politics, we’ve only taken the parties
out of politics.”
Outside groups — the National Rifle
Assn., Planned Parenthood, unions, etc. —
LONG LINES at polling stations, like this one at West Los Angeles College in Culver City, keep some people from voting.
Why people don’t vote
By Noah Berlatsky
E
very election season, we hear a
similar message: People who don’t
vote are failing to fulfill their civic
duty. It has been particularly loud
in the lead-up to this year’s
midterm.
That’s understandable. We are facing a
future in which millions may lose healthcare
and rising temperatures could result in eco-
logical disaster. Meanwhile, our govern-
ment is setting up detention camps for chil-
dren at the border.
If you don’t care about all of this enough
to vote, the logic goes, you must be entitled,
selfish and morally bankrupt.
Certainly this was many people’s reac-
tion to a widely read New York magazine
article about 12 young people who said they
might not vote.
The problem with getting angry at non-
voters is that, in many cases, non-voting
isn’t an individual moral failure. The United
States has long embraced policies that cre-
ate barriers to voting.
Framing all non-voters as privileged
jerks shifts the criticism away from the peo-
ple who are working to prevent citizens from
voting.
America has a long history of voter disen-
franchisement. At the beginning of the re-
public, only property owners were allowed
to vote. White women didn’t gain the right to
vote until 1919. Black men and women didn’t
get the right to vote until 1965.
This tradition of disenfranchisement
continues today. In many states, felons lose
voting rights. It is no coincidence that the
people convicted of felonies and incarcer-
ated in the criminal justice system are dis-
proportionately African American.
Voter ID laws also target marginalized
voters, who are less likely to have driver's li-
censes or other forms of state identification.
One such law in North Dakota requires vot-
OP-ED
often do more to organize voters effectively
around single issues or personalities than
the parties do. The Kochs, Tom Steyer,
George Soros and Sheldon Adelson serve as
party bosses, only outside the parties.
Technology is another, less obvious force
siphoning power from the parties. For
instance, as political historian Michael
Barone has noted, the telephone dealt a
grievous blow to political conventions,
where insiders have outsize power.
“Until the 1960s, the national convention
was a communications medium,” Barone
writes. “Political leaders in the various
states seldom met each other, outside of
sessions of Congress, during the four years
between presidential elections.” The tele-
phone eliminated the need for the face-to-
face negotiations. Today, political conven-
tions are little more than infomercials for
presidential candidates.
The internet and cable TV have acceler-
ated the eclipsing of parties. Opinion web-
sites and TV and radio hosts now do more
to shape issues and select candidates than
the parties do. It’s a bit like comic books.
Readership of comics has been in steady
decline, but movie studios and toy manu-
facturers still feed off the brands created
generations ago.
The weird thing is the American people
didn’t seem to notice. The largest voting
bloc in America today call themselves inde-
pendents, but most of them tend to be as
partisan as everybody else, while “pure
independents” are less likely to vote at all.
And yet, Americans keep talking about
partisan politics as if the parties are in
charge, and base voters on the left and the
right keep railing against the party estab-
lishments, like mobs unaware that they’re
kicking dead horses.
Instead of shaming
non-voters, we should
make voting easier.
ers to have a current street address, which
amounts to a significant barrier for many
residents of Native American reservations,
where it is common to have only a post office
box.
Barriers to voting for marginalized citi-
zens may seem distinct from the barriers
faced by non-voters who have the right to
vote but simply don’t bother. But disenfran-
chisement works on a continuum. Some
policies explicitly exclude marginalized
people from voting; others make voting
more difficult.
If you have resources, education and free
time, it’s relatively easy to pay attention to
politics. If you’re constantly struggling to
make ends meet, it’s more difficult.
Similarly, voting may seem like a small
commitment of time and money. But if you
are an employee who can’t get time off work
without losing an hour or two of pay, the hur-
dle is much higher.
This helps to explain why, in the 2014
midterm election, 75% of people making less
than $10,000 a year and 69% making less
than $30,000 didn’t vote. At the other end of
the income scale, people who made more
than $100,000 — 22% of the population —
composed 30% of voters in the 2014 midterm
election.
When you make voting more difficult,
you discourage less affluent voters. Republi-
cans in Wisconsin passed strict voter ID
laws in 2016. Sure enough, the law dispropor-
tionately affected poor, often black voters,
driving down turnout in urban areas and
possibly costing Hillary Clinton the state.
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
Among the many problems with the
rotting out of the parties is that the rot
spreads. The parties are supposed to be
where politics happens.
McConnell’s point about money in poli-
tics is analogous to the larger trend. When
you take political power out of the parties,
other actors seize it.
When wielded by people who aren’t
supposed to be in the politics business, that
power corrupts. This is why every Academy
Awards ceremony is peppered with asinine
political jeremiads, and why late-night
comedy hosts serve as de facto Democratic
Party organizers.
It’s why people like Jerry Falwell Jr., the
president of Liberty University, act like
social gospel ward heelers. It’s why the
cable news networks spend so much of their
time rallying voters in one direction or
another. And it’s why countless pundits and
allegedly objective reporters serve as unof-
ficial political consultants.
It’s also why Donald Trump could lever-
age his celebrity to seize the GOP nomina-
tion, and why someone like Oprah Winfrey
could be next.
There are other, larger forces at work.
The decline of strong independent institu-
tions — religious, civic and familial — has
people searching for other outlets to find a
sense of meaning and belonging. Identity
politics, populism and nationalism are
filling that void.
That’s happened before, but when it did,
the parties were there to filter, constrain
and channel those passions in a healthy
direction. The Potemkin parties can’t, or
won’t, do that anymore. The result is a
nation of partisans decrying partisanship.
jgoldberg@latimescolumnists.com
Mike Nelson EPA/Shutterstock
Even basic bureaucratic requirements,
such as voter registration, reduce turnout.
Countries with automatic voter registration
— Canada, for instance — have much higher
voting rates than the United States.
The Pew Research Center recently found
that the United States trails other devel-
oped countries when it comes to voter turn-
out, ranking 31 out of 34.
The news media often show images of
long lines at the polls as a sign of a healthy
democracy and committed citizens. But
long lines at the polls are actually a sign that
democracy is failing. The more time it takes
to vote, the more people will be discouraged.
Lines are often longest in black and Latino
communities, which have fewer resources to
begin with and may be targeted by Republi-
can politicians hoping to lower Democratic
turnout.
Voting in America is unnecessarily diffi-
cult, often by design. To paint non-voters as
lazy, apathetic or morally culpable obscures
the fact that we erect a wide range of barri-
ers to keep people away from the polls.
A functioning democracy needs an en-
gaged public to hold its elected officials ac-
countable. That's why efforts to expand the
franchise and remove barriers to voting are
so vital.
In Florida, for example, a referendum on
the ballot this election could restore voting
rights to 1.5 million ex-felons, including a full
21% of all black adults in the state.
Oregon has a new law that automatically
registers people to vote when they interact
with the DMV. It has contributed to a 4% in-
crease in turnout between 2012 and 2016, the
biggest jump in the country.
Many Americans don’t vote because our
system is designed to keep them from doing
so. That’s what we should be angry about —
and what we need to change.
Noah Berlatsky is the author of
“Corruption: American Political Films.”
A11
for a more
hopeful
future
By Jonathan Salk
A
nxious about the state of the
country? You’re not alone. Sev-
en in 10 Americans across all
age groups report negative
feelings when asked about
what’s happening today in the United
States. Democrats are somewhat more
pessimistic than Republicans.
But what if there were a rational, evi-
dence-based argument for optimism?
There is. But we have to step back from
two- and four-year election cycles to see it.
Much further back.
I’ve been thinking about our hope for
the future for about 40 years, starting
when I co-wrote a book called “A New Re-
ality” with my father, polio vaccine inven-
tor Dr. Jonas Salk. Back in 1981, we used
scientific data to show that humans were
fast approaching the point where global
population growth would peak and then
slow down. We built a case that after this
inflection point, human societies increas-
ingly would value cooperation, conserva-
tion, long-range thinking and inter-
dependence. At the same time, the tenets
related to rapidly accelerating popula-
tion growth — competition, unbridled ex-
ploitation of resources, short-range
thinking and independence — would re-
cede.
That inflection point has arrived.
After millennia of acceleration, popula-
tion growth is finally slowing. Worldwide
improvements in health, sustainable de-
velopment and the education of women
have led people to have fewer children. If
current U.N. projections bear out, the
global population will plateau around the
end of this century, then likely begin to de-
cline.
This remarkable change divides hu-
man existence into two phases. In the first,
natural resources — as well as advances in
industry and technology — seemed lim-
itless. Humanity was expanding exponen-
tially, and the population groups that grew
the fastest, competed most effectively and
exploited others were the most successful.
History clearly demonstrates the societal
values of this era: competitiveness, inde-
pendence, unfettered consumption.
The second phase, our future, is an era
of slowing, when we’ve accepted the pres-
ence of limits on growth and consumption.
In this period, we will be increasingly de-
pendent on one another for survival. Col-
laboration becomes the most effective
strategy for using resources, but also for
avoiding competition that could lead to
catastrophic famine or war. Promoting
worldwide health helps us all by stabilizing
social conditions. In this era, values of co-
operation, interdependence and sustain-
ability will emerge. Success will mean
bridging divides and taking approaches
that benefit all rather than the few.
To be sure, long-range prediction is
hardly an exact science — and others insist
we are headed for the collapse of civiliza-
tion. So what makes this optimistic predic-
tion about our values scientific rather than
just idealistic? It reflects how humans are
likely to adapt to the predictable condi-
tions of the near and distant future. In-
creasing population puts pressure on us to
improve quality of life in all regions. Infi-
nite growth is impossible. So we will re-
spond, as other human societies have
done, by balancing our relationship with
nature and with each other.
The likelihood of this change is hard to
discern from our current vantage point:
We’re right in the middle of the con-
tentious transition between the two value
systems. Clashes and conflicts are inevi-
table, and we see them playing out on an
individual, national and global level: sus-
tainability vs. consumption, interdepend-
ence vs. isolationism, promoting the well-
being of all vs. looking out for ourselves. It’s
overwhelming and we can hardly imagine
where it will end. Will civilization survive?
Will humanity? Will the planet?
It is terrifying to contemplate. In the ab-
sence of a coherent narrative for the future,
many are futilely turning to the values of
the past, hoping that doing so can exempt
us from facing what’s coming. It can’t.
Opening up our minds to what we do
know will help us meet the future more suc-
cessfully. We know the change in direction
of the population curve. We know that will
inevitably alter economic, environmental
and demographic realities. From there, we
can deduce what changes will promote a
future in which we survive by adjusting to
planetary limits.
Navigating the transition requires ar-
duous, even heroic work at all levels of soci-
ety — changing policies, values and behav-
ior with respect to climate change, sustain-
able development, health, education (es-
pecially for women), and distribution of
wealth and resources, while resisting the
allure of clinging to the values of the past.
This may be idealistic, but it is far from im-
possible.
This optimistic scenario is as evidence-
based as today’s widespread fear or pes-
simism. Humankind has demonstrated
the ability to solve seemingly unsolvable
problems. We can do so again. If we can
broaden our outlook beyond the next few
months or years, there are rational rea-
sons to be hopeful about our future.
Dr. Jonathan Salk is a practicing
psychiatrist and teaches at the UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine. “A New
Reality,” the book he coauthored with his
father, Dr. Jonas Salk, has been newly
updated and republished.
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LAUSD kept
secret armed
man’s arrest
near campus
Suspect charged with
multiple felonies after
guns, ammo are found.
By Howard Blume
By any measure, what
happened outside Reed
Middle School one day last
month was scary: A man
with an arsenal of weapons
was found hanging out on
the edge of campus — the
same man who just the week
before had tried to lure
schoolgirls to his truck.
School police thwarted
any possible bad outcome,
Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times and the man is now headed
THE YWCA OF Greater L.A. is ending a program that sheltered foster youths at the Hollywood Studio Club. to prison. But for some par-
ents at the Studio City cam-
pus, relief mixed with anger
students were unsettled
enough to run away, but they
did not report the incident
to the administration, a dis-
trict spokeswoman said.
On Oct. 8, a parent called
in a report but a police
patrol could not find the sus-
pect.
Then on Oct. 11, one or
more of the girls reported
seeing the truck again.
School police confronted
Polsky, approaching him
and asking, “What are you
doing here?” said Gilbert
Gamez, president of the Los
Angeles School Police Assn.,
[See School, B4]
DECISION
CALIFORNIA
■■■■■■

In homelessness crisis,
two causes now at odds
YWCA ends foster program, plans women’s shelter
By Nina Agrawal
A YWCA program that has provided
shelter and services to foster youths in
a historic Hollywood building is shut-
ting its doors Wednesday, leaving sev-
eral of the young adults scrambling for
a place to live.
The charitable organization plans
to open temporary housing for home-
less women at the Hollywood Studio
Club — an L.A. landmark that opened
nearly a century ago as a residence for
women aspiring to work in the fledgling
movie industry.
The unexpected closure of the foster
care program has sparked criticism
that Los Angeles County is putting re-
sources behind one group of needy peo-
ple instead of another, highlighting an
inherent conflict as the county seeks to
reduce widespread homelessness.
“I don’t think you get to say that you
are making all of these strides in solving
homelessness when you are swapping
one vulnerable community for anoth-
er,” said Milinda Kakani, a supervising
attorney at Public Counsel, a public in-
terest law firm that is assisting the
youths.
County and YWCA officials said the
foster program was a pilot that each
party had the option to discontinue as
the contract term neared its end. They
said providing stable housing for foster
youths remains a priority.
“The YWCA is not kicking youth on
the street,” said Faye Washington, chief
executive of the YWCA Greater Los An-
geles. “That never is and never has been
part of our mission.”
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office backed
the women’s shelter, which is set to
open this month on the club’s vacant
third floor, as part of the mayor’s “A
Bridge Home” program.
Garcetti aides said they were not
aware until last week that the foster
youth program, run on the second
floor, would be closing.
“Under no circumstances would we
establish a new program at the expense
of foster kids,” said Matt Szabo,
Garcetti’s deputy chief of staff.
The program at the YWCA began in
2016 in re- [See Foster youth, B4]
— because the Los Angeles The pivotal battles for
Unified School District control of the House
waited more than two weeks
to acknowledge what had
happened.
“We receive robocalls
WHAT
from LAUSD and Reed
when someone even sneezes
but aren’t made aware of
this until weeks after his ar-
rest,” said Michelle Vick,
whose daughter is in eighth
MATTERS
grade. “Beyond madden-
ing!”
In a statement, the dis-
trict indirectly acknowl-
IN HOUSE
edged the frustration, not-
ing that the administrative
office in that area is “review-
RACES?
ing its protocols for parent
notifications.”
The events leading up to Here are five factors
the arrest of Russell Polsky, to watch for in tight
60, began Oct. 5, according to
accounts by district and law
contests on Tuesday.
enforcement sources.
Polsky had parked his By Michael Finnegan
red truck during school
hours at the end of a cul-de- Of all the things nobody
sac abutting the fenced can predict in the epic con-
southeast perimeter of the gressional contests in Cali-
school. He was on one side of fornia on Tuesday, the big-
the fence, and three girls gest is just who will show up
were on the other. He asked to vote and who won’t.
them aggressively if they Nearly 4 million Califor-
wanted to pet his dog. The nians cast their ballots early,
mostly by mail. That sug-
gests higher-than-average
turnout for a midterm, but
short of a presidential-elec-

2 inmates dead tion spike.

Voters who lean toward
Democrats are most prone
to skip elections, strategists

in likely suicides
say, so the higher the turn-
out, the better the prospects
for Democrats.
“If you’re having a big

at San Quentin
Convicted killers on
death row are found
unresponsive in their
cells within 48 hours.
By Alene
Tchekmedyian
Two death row inmates
have died after they were
found unresponsive in their
cells, less than 48 hours
the inmates had that desig-
nation.
The first incident began
about 11:15 p.m. Friday, when
staff found Urdiales — a for-
mer Marine who brutally
killed eight women, includ-
ing five in Southern Califor-
nia — unresponsive during a
security check in the prison’s
highest security unit, the
Adjustment Center, where
new arrivals are housed
while they are processed.
Correctional officers
turnout, it’s coming from
somewhere, and it’s more
likely to be coming from the
low-performing universe of
voters historically,” said Bill
Carrick, a Democratic con-
sultant in Los Angeles.
The Republican Party
holds just 14 of California’s 53
House seats, and that turf
could shrink still further
Tuesday if the voter back-
lash against Donald
Trump’s presidency is as
strong as polls suggest.
Most of the nearly $300
million spent on the state’s
Rich Pedroncelli Associated Press House campaigns has gone
A REPORT MADE public last week accuses state prisons of providing poor men- to just a half-dozen races, ac-
tal healthcare for inmates. Above, a medical worker monitors a prisoner in 2008. cording to the nonpartisan
California Target Book elec-

Prison psychiatrist rebukes

apart, at San Quentin State
Prison.
Authorities believe An-
drew Urdiales, 54, and Viren-
dra Govin, 51, killed them-
selves over the weekend, the
California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilita-
tried to save him with CPR, tion guide. In all six of those
but he was pronounced dead districts, Republicans are
a minute after midnight. defending a seat that Demo-
About 10:15 p.m. Sunday, crats are trying to snatch
staff found Govin unrespon-
sive in his cell in the North
Segregation housing unit.
He was pronounced dead 15
a ‘troubled system of care’ away.
[See Election, B4]

tion said. There is no indica- minutes later.

tion the two deaths are re-
lated, but the back-to-back
incidents raise questions
about security measures at
the prison. Both inmates
had their own cells.
Terry Thornton, a 13 have been executed by the
spokeswoman for the de-
partment, said prison
guards are required to check
on inmates in segregated
housing at least every 30
minutes, but she did not
know the time of Urdiales’
and Govin’s last cell visits.
She said inmates under sui-
cide watch have constant su-
pervision, though neither of
Since California reinstat-
ed capital punishment four
decades ago, 25 condemned
inmates have died by sui-
cide. In that same period, 79
have died of natural causes,
state, and 11 have died of
other causes. California has
more people on death row —
740 — than any other state.
Florida is second, with 346,
according to the Florida De-
partment of Corrections.
Urdiales was sentenced
to death a month ago by a
jury in Orange County for
[See Suicides, B6]
Officials hid issues in
treatment of mentally
ill inmates, he says.
By Hannah Fry
The woman sitting in a
Chino prison cell had
screaming fits every 15 min-
utes for four hours before
she finally lay on the floor
and ripped out her eye.
Guards rushed in amid
blaring alarms, but they
were too late. She had swal-
lowed it.
The woman, identified
only as Inmate Patient X in
federal court documents,
had not been given medi-
cation despite being listed
as “psychotic” while at the
California Institution for
Women in Chino in 2017.
A report written by Dr.
Michael Golding, the chief
psychiatrist for the prison
system, detailed the inci-
dent in a report made public
last week to highlight how
the state allegedly has failed
to care for some of its most
vulnerable inmates.
He alleges in the 161-page
document that the Califor-
nia Department of Correc-
tions and Rehabilitation has
concealed issues surround-
ing the adequacy of mental
healthcare and staffing in
prisons from officials who
could mandate changes.
“This group has created a
biased and inaccurately pos-
itive picture of what is actu-
ally a troubled system of
care,” Golding wrote.
The report, based on his
visits to various state pris-
ons, was filed in federal court
[See Prison report, B6]
ICE moves to
silence visitors
Volunteers are barred
from detention center
unless they agree to
confidentiality. B2
Motion to drop
Weinstein case
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I M M I G R AT I O N WAT C H
ICE aims to silence detainees’ visitors
Volunteers are barred
from detention center
unless they sign a
confidentiality form.
KATE MORRISSEY
SAN DIEGO — Immi-
gration officials have
stopped allowing a volun-
teer group to visit people at
Otay Mesa Detention Cen-
ter unless its members
agreed not to talk with the
media or other groups
about conditions inside.
Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement said
members of Souls Offering
Loving and Compassionate
Ears must sign the Volun-
teer Code of Ethics to be in
compliance with the agen-
cy’s detention standards.
The group so far has re-
fused, arguing that the
standards don’t require
them to sign away their 1st
Amendment rights in order
to visit detainees.
“I think they’re circling
the wagons to stop people
from knowing what’s going
on inside,” said SOLACE
volunteer Steve Gelb of
Mission Valley. “It gives ICE
more impunity.”
Since 2012, SOLACE
volunteers have made more
than 1,450 visits to at least
800 immigrants at Otay
Mesa. They try to give de-
tainees who don’t have
anyone to visit them a feel-
ing of humanity, emotional
support and hope.
“Without SOLACE,
people who are detained at
Otay have very little way to
communicate with the
outside world,” said Angela
Fujii, who coordinates the
program through the First
Unitarian Universalist
Church. “It’s a very vulnera-
ble population that we know
is now suffering and being
neglected.”
The new requirement
took volunteers by surprise.
They said they thought they
had a good relationship with
ICE and had been told the
agency appreciated their
work.
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THE MAIN entrance to Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. Since 2012, volunteers with Souls Offering
Loving and Compassionate Ears have made more than 1,450 visits to at least 800 immigrants at the facility.
volunteers speculated that
either the political climate
or critical media coverage of
conditions in detention
facilities may have led to the
change, but they could not
think of a specific report
that might have led to the
restrictive language.
The confidentiality
sections of the new code
require volunteers to agree
not to share information
they acquire without writ-
ten permission from the
warden.
The volunteers worry
that if a detainee were to tell
them about abuse at the
facility, they wouldn’t be
able to speak up. They also
took issue with a part of the
form that says they “repre-
sent” CoreCivic, the for-
profit company that owns
and operates Otay Mesa.
“It seems like we’re being
put in a straitjacket,” said
volunteer Kathy Smith of
Scripps Ranch.
ICE spokeswoman Lau-
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ren Mack said the change
came from an “internal
pre-audit” of volunteer
programs that found SOL-
ACE was not in compliance
with the Performance-
Based National Detention
Standards, which is what
the agency uses for its facili-
ties.
“Each volunteer must go
through a facility orienta-
tion and agree to applicable
facility rules and pro-
cedures,” Mack said. “Vol-
unteer applicants are re-
quired to complete the code
of ethics package and re-
quired dress code.”
SOLACE volunteers
hadn’t signed the form but
had submitted information,
including Social Security
numbers and photo IDs, for
background checks when
they joined the program.
The detention standards do
not require the facility rules
to include confidentiality
clauses in CoreCivic’s volun-
teer form.
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To David Loy, legal direc-
tor of the American Civil
Liberties Union in San
Diego, the restrictions in the
code are unconscionable.
“I don’t say that kind of
thing lightly,” Loy said.
“This is an absolutely un-
constitutional attempt to
stifle speech and evade
accountability.”
Loy has sent a letter
threatening legal action if
ICE doesn’t reinstate SOL-
ACE.
Immigrants previously
detained at Otay Mesa said
visits from volunteers were
life-changing.
“It gave me hope to be
free again,” said Yousra,
who preferred not to give
her last name because she’s
still in fear of the country
she fled. “They are still
supporting me and being by
my side to stay strong and
keep on fighting.”
Sylvester Owino, who
came to the U.S. from Kenya
and now has his own busi-
ness selling food at farmers
markets, spent more than
nine years in detention
while his case was being
appealed.
“It’s a blow to the detain-
ees,” Owino said of the
program’s suspension.
“They have nobody to talk
to, nobody to go to.”
He recalled the changes
he felt when he started
getting visits from SOLACE
volunteers. “In detention,
they make us feel like we’re
nothing,” Owino said.
This isn’t the first time
ICE has suspended the San
Diego program over a refus-
al to sign forms that had
confidentiality clauses.
In 2013, after volunteers
raised concerns about alle-
gations of sexual abuse at
Otay Mesa, ICE introduced
a similar form and tempo-
rarily suspended SOLACE.
After the media got in-
volved, volunteers were
allowed to continue without
signing the form.
L AT I M E S . C O M
Freedom for Immi-
grants, an Oakland-based
national organization that
coordinates visitation pro-
grams at detention facili-
ties, tried contacting ICE in
October on SOLACE’s
behalf.
Shortly after the organi-
zation sent its letter, ICE
blocked Otay Mesa detain-
ees’ access to the organiza-
tion’s hotline, Executive
Director Christina Fialho
said.
“It seeks to silence critics
and prohibit the public from
learning important infor-
mation about treatment in
detention,” said Fialho,
whose group released a
report in July documenting
more than 800 complaints of
hate-related abuse in immi-
gration detention, including
at Otay Mesa.
This week, SOLACE
volunteers began meeting
with staffers at congres-
sional offices around San
Diego to ask for help.
“The people we tend to
see are the people who have
suffered incredibly,” Gelb
told one office’s staff. “It’s
not for us that we want it
reinstated. This is a service
for people with nothing.”
kate.morrissey
@sduniontribune.com
Morrissey writes for the San
Diego Union-Tribune.
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Suspect
held in
fatal gun
attack
By Jaclyn Cosgrove
Detectives have a sus-
pect in custody and are in-
terviewing the person about
a shooting that killed one
and injured two others at a
detox facility in Marin
County, officials said Mon-
day.
Authorities identified the
suspect as Davance Lamar
Reed, a 37-year-old transient
who was dating one of the
victims, according to the
Marin County Sheriff ’s Of-
fice. Reed made statements
to detectives that linked him
to the crime scene.
Investigators deter-
mined that the shooting was
an isolated incident and that
the community was under
no threat.
The Sheriff ’s Office said
authorities received a call at
1:33 a.m. from the Helen Vine
Detox Center in San Rafael
reporting that staff mem-
bers had been shot.
Deputies arrived to find
three people with gunshot
wounds.
One man, whose identity
has not been released, died
at the scene. Another man
and a woman — identified as
facility employee Anthony
Dominguez Mansapit, 32,
and Brittney Kehaulani Mc-
Cann, 30 — were taken to
Marin General Hospital and
are in the intensive care unit,
authorities said. Authorities
said McCann was dating the
suspect.
The Helen Vine Recovery
Center, at 301 Smith Ranch
Road in San Rafael, is a li-
censed 26-bed coed facility
that offers both detox and
residential substance use
disorder treatment. Clients
can stay up to 30 days for
detox and up to 90 days for
residential treatment. Last
year, the staff at Helen Vine
saw more than 900 patients.
The center is run by
Buckelew Programs, the
largest provider of commu-
nity-based mental health
and support services in the
North Bay. The organization
sees almost 10,000 people in
Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Men-
docino and Lake counties. It
also runs the North Bay Sui-
cide Prevention Hotline.
jaclyn.cosgrove
@latimes.com
Twitter: @jaclyncosgrove
Times staff writer Alene
Tchekmedyian contributed
to this report.
Donations pour in for teacher
arrested after punching student
Scores defend music
instructor, saying he
was pushed by teen’s
use of racial slur.
By Hannah Fry and
Hailey Branson-Potts
Online donations are
streaming in for a Maywood
high school music teacher
who was arrested after a vi-
deo went viral showing him
punching a 14-year-old stu-
dent in the face after the boy
used a racial epithet and
threw a basketball at him.
The fight Friday in the
Maywood Academy High
School classroom led to the
arrest of teacher Marston
Riley, 64, who is black, on
suspicion of child abuse. De-
tectives with the Los Ange-
les County Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment’s Special Victims Bu-
reau are investigating.
Cecilia Diaz Jimenez,
who says she works for the
Los Angeles Unified School
District and previously
worked at Maywood Acade-
my, started a GoFundMe
page for Riley over the week-
end. As of Monday night,
more than 2,600 people had
donated more than $65,000.
“Be mindful that the
school district is looking at
CITY & STATE
Tony Thurmond, running for state superintendent of public instruction, poses for a selfie with Margie
Granado of the California Teachers Assn. at a rally for House candidate Gil Cisneros in Buena Park.
Weinstein’s lawyer seeks to
dismiss entire criminal case
By Richard Winton
Harvey Weinstein’s New
York lawyer is seeking to dis-
miss the remaining five fel-
ony sex crime charges
against the beleaguered
movie producer, arguing
that the entire Manhattan
district attorney’s office’s
prosecution of the case is
deeply flawed because of
“admitted police miscon-
duct.”
Attorney Benjamin Braf-
man filed a 137-page motion
Monday, saying the grand
jury indictment was tainted
by police misconduct and
failures to disclose key evi-
dence, including a text mes-
sage from one of the produc-
er’s accusers.
In the text, Mimi Haleyi
seems to seek to meet with
the producer seven months
after he allegedly sexually
assaulted her.
“Hi! Just wondering if u
have any news on whether
harvey will have time to see
me before he leaves? x Miri-
am,” she wrote in February
2007, according to Brafman’s
motion.
Brafman’s filing again as-
serts that a true presenta-
dismissing him and I would
not doubt if the student’s
parents are looking into
pressing criminal charges,”
Jimenez wrote on the Go-
FundMe page. “I am sure Mr.
Riley will need money to pay
any fines, fees and lawyers.”
On social media, scores of
people have defended Riley,
saying that he was pushed to
the brink and that the stu-
dent was out of line for using
a racial slur. But some par-
ents have expressed outrage
over the incident.
“We all may have mixed
feelings about what hap-
pened,” Jimenez wrote. “But
please do know that this is
not the first time that Mr.
Riley is attacked; physically
or verbally. He is a great per-
son and a great teacher.”
Students told KTLA that
the confrontation began af-
ter Riley asked the boy to
leave the classroom because
he wasn’t wearing a proper
uniform.
Cellphone video record-
ed by other students shows
the boy standing next to his
teacher, swearing at him and
repeatedly using racial slurs.
“What’s up, bro?” the stu-
dent says as he stands close
and throws the basketball at
Riley. “Why you wisecrack-
ing, my … ?” he asks.
Riley walks away as the
student continues to insult
ELECTION EVE PORTRAIT
NYPD Det. Nicholas DiGaudio, right, shown escort-
ing Harvey Weinstein into court in May, was removed
from an investigation into the movie producer.
tion of the evidence would
reveal all the sexual acts
were consensual and that
the grand jury never saw the
communication.
Weinstein surrendered to
New York police in May and
‘This is not the
first time that Mr.
Riley is attacked;
physically or
verbally. He is a
great person and a
great teacher.’
— Cecilia Diaz
Jimenez,
who started a GoFundMe page
for music teacher Marston Riley
him, then walks back to the
front of the classroom where
the student is standing. He
calmly tells the student sev-
eral times to leave, then sud-
denly starts punching.
The two trade punches as
other students scramble
around them, some shriek-
ing. Riley hits the student
numerous times, and a
woman in a yellow safety
vest tries to intervene.
The boy was pulled from
the room by campus staff.
The student was taken to
a hospital, where he was
treated for moderate in-
juries and released, accord-
ing to the Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment.
Riley was arrested and
booked at the East Los An-
Mark Lennihan Associated Press
was originally charged with
sexually assaulting three
women between 2004 and
2014. Since a grand jury in-
dicted Weinstein, Brafman
has succeeded in getting one
of the felony first-degree sex-
geles sheriff ’s station. He
was
morning
released
after
Saturday
posting
$50,000 bail, according to
Sheriff ’s Department in-
mate records. He is sched-
uled to be arraigned Nov. 30,
authorities said.
Riley could not be
reached for comment after
the incident, but he did
record a video thanking peo-
ple for donating to the Go-
FundMe account.
In a statement, officials
with the Los Angeles Unified
School District said they
were “extremely disturbed”
by reports of the fight.
“We take this matter very
seriously and do not con-
done violence or intolerance
of any kind,” the statement
read. “Los Angeles Unified is
cooperating with law en-
forcement in investigating
this incident.”
Several parents gathered
outside the school Friday
night to express their anger
over the incident, NBC Los
Angeles reported.
“Just the fact that he’s
hitting a child — it’s not
right,” one woman told the
station.
hannah.fry@latimes.com
Twitter: @Hannahnfry
hailey.branson
@latimes.com
Twitter: @haileybranson
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
Al Seib Los Angeles Times
ual assault charges dis-
missed.
That charge involved for-
mer actress Lucia Evans,
who told a New York police
detective that she exposed
her breasts to Weinstein in a
restaurant in 2004 and that
he offered her a job in ex-
change for oral sex. Evans
was among the first to
accuse Weinstein in an arti-
cle last fall in the New Yorker.
The dismissal came as a
wedge seemed to appear be-
tween the Manhattan prose-
cutor’s office and the New
York Police Department’s
sex crimes unit. Det. Nicho-
las DiGaudio was removed
from the investigation after
it was revealed that he alleg-
edly did not tell prosecutors
of evidence pertaining to Ev-
ans.
Brafman is now seeking
to undermine Haleyi’s accu-
sations with her own com-
munications. Haleyi, who
made her identity public,
has said Weinstein forcibly
performed oral sex on her
while she was on her period.
Brafman previously re-
leased more than 40 seem-
ingly flattering emails from
an unidentified accuser in
which she repeatedly seeks
to meet with Weinstein after
authorities said he raped
her in a New York motel.
Brafman has argued that
the emails reflect a long-
term consensual relation-
ship; they were not shown to
the grand jury that indicted
Weinstein.
In the motion filed Mon-
day, Brafman said that he
been informed by the lead
prosecutor that DiGaudio
told the unidentified accus-
er that she “should delete
anything she did not want
anyone to see before provid-
ing [her] phones to our of-
fice.” He allegedly then said,
“We just won’t tell Joan” Il-
luzi-Osborn, the lead prose-
cutor.
DiGaudio is a veteran sex
crimes investigator who has
served on the NYPD for
more than 30 years, said Det.
Michael Palladino, presi-
dent of the union that repre-
sents NYPD detectives. In a
statement, Palladino dis-
missed the development as
irrelevant and accused the
district attorney’s office of
attacking DiGaudio to cover
up its own failings in the We-
instein case.
More than 80 women
have accused Weinstein of
sexually inappropriate con-
duct since stories in the New
York Times and the New
Yorker exposed decades of
allegations against the pro-
ducer.
From London to Los An-
geles, more than two dozen
criminal investigations were
conducted into allegations
stretching back three dec-
ades. Prosecutors are still
reviewing several investiga-
tions from Los Angeles and
Beverly Hills police.
richard.winton
@latimes.com
B3
Fire
official
dies
after
hit-run
Veteran Costa Mesa
captain was off duty
when he was struck
while riding his bike.
By Hannah Fry
An off-duty Costa Mesa
fire captain who was struck
while riding his bicycle by a
driver suspected of being
under the influence of drugs
has died, fire officials said
Monday.
Capt. Mike Kreza was
riding his bicycle east on Ali-
cia Parkway in Mission Viejo
about 8 a.m. Saturday when
a van struck him. When
sheriff ’s deputies arrived,
Kreza was lying in the road-
way “with visible head and
body trauma,” the Orange
County Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment and Costa Mesa Fire
and Rescue said in a joint
statement.
“Words alone cannot de-
scribe the immeasurable
heartache felt by his friends
and family, including his fire
family,” Costa Mesa Fire and
Rescue wrote on Twitter on
Monday. “RIP brother Mike,
we love you!”
Kreza was an 18-year vet-
eran of Costa Mesa Fire and
Rescue. Kreza had been un-
responsive and in critical
condition over the weekend
before he died Monday. He
was surrounded by family
and friends, according to the
Fire Department.
The Costa Mesa Fire
Fighters Assn., the firefight-
ers’ union, wrote on
Facebook that Kreza was in
training for Ironman Arizo-
na, a triathlon consisting of a
swim, bicycle ride and mara-
thon.
Costa Mesa fire and po-
lice officials and hospital
staff gathered outside Mis-
sion Hospital in Mission Vi-
ejo on Monday morning as
Kreza’s body was loaded
into a white van to be taken
to the county coroner’s office
in Santa Ana. Two motor-
cycle officers led the van
away from the hospital.
Firefighters stopped on
several freeway overpasses,
climbed to the top of their
trucks and saluted to their
fallen friend as the van made
its way through Orange
County.
Costa Mesa community
members, some of whom
had never met Kreza,
dropped off flowers and
cards at fire stations. The
firefighter’s death was also
met with an outpouring of
support from fire and police
agencies across the state.
“He was a hero and
passed away too early in
life,” a Laguna Beach Police
Department statement
Monday on Twitter said.
“Our hearts go out to his
family and the Costa Mesa
Fire Department.”
A GoFundMe page set up
to support Kreza’s wife and
three young daughters had
raised more than $96,000 as
of Monday.
Authorities said the
driver of the van, Stephen
Taylor Scarpa, 25, of Mission
Viejo, had “multiple pre-
scription medications” in his
vehicle. Scarpa was arrested
on suspicion of felony driv-
ing under the influence and
was booked into the Orange
County Jail in lieu of $100,000
bail.
hannah.fry@latimes.com
Costa Mesa Fire Department
MIKE KREZA was an
18-year veteran of Costa
Mesa Fire and Rescue.
B4 T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
Arrest was kept
secret by LAUSD
[School, from B1]
who described the en-
counter at a recent school
board meeting.
“He said something to
the effect: ‘I’m just kicking
back,’ ” Gamez said. “Next,
the officer asked him if he
had any weapons. He said,
‘Yes, I do.’ ”
Officers arrested Polsky
and recovered a loaded
short-barreled shotgun, an
unloaded AK-47-style as-
sault rifle, an unloaded and
unregistered semiauto-
matic handgun, loaded rifle
magazines and a bag con-
taining ammo.
School police said that
Polsky did not appear
poised to use his weapons.
“At no point, starting
from the beginning on Oct.
11, did we feel there was any
threat or any serious cause
to alarm anybody about this
arrest,” said Sgt. Julie Spry,
public information officer
for the school police. “It was
unusual in this location, but
it is not unusual to recover
these kinds of weapons from
adults.”
According to public re-
cords, Polsky was born in
New Mexico, has lived at
times in Studio City and
Venice and may have worked
in the past as a production
assistant. He had a previous
conviction on an alcohol-re-
lated offense.
The district attorney
charged Polsky with three
gun-related felonies and
three misdemeanor counts
of child annoyance. He
pleaded no contest on Oct.
24 to one felony count of pos-
session of an assault weapon
and was sentenced to 16
months in state prison, said
Ricardo Santiago, a spokes-
man for the L.A. County dis-
trict attorney.
The school police depart-
ment on Oct. 30 mentioned
the arrest on social media to
highlight its good work. The
department didn’t post
sooner, Spry said, to avoid
interfering with the investi-
gation.
That same day, Reed
Principal Jeanne Gamba
sent the district’s first cam-
puswide message to par-
ents: “I am calling to share
AN ARSENAL of weapons was seized from Russell
Polsky after his arrest outside Reed Middle School.
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The county Department
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age youths, who still need
adult guidance but also seek
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that school police success-
fully filed multiple charges
against an individual who
was found in possession of
firearms in our area re-
cently.”
After seeing the incident
reported more fully on local
TV news stations the next
day, some parents felt the
district intentionally under-
stated the incident.
“The message was vague
and gave so few details that
my takeaway was it had
nothing to do with the
school,” Vick said.
The next day, Gamba
sent a second message, ac-
knowledging the media re-
ports: “Please know that we
worked closely with school
police on this matter, and
that our students and staff
were not in any danger.”
L.A. Unified and other
districts have struggled with
how much to tell families
about distressing incidents.
Parents at numerous
schools in recent years have
been angered to find that the
district has frequently failed
to disclose information
about employees accused or
convicted of sexual miscon-
duct.
Parent fury led the school
system to establish a policy
that it would provide basic
information within 72 hours
about the misconduct-re-
lated removal of an employ-
ee, provided that such notice
would not compromise an
investigation. The district’s
regional superintendents
can choose to limit or pro-
hibit disclosures.
The Reed incident, how-
ever, did not involve an em-
ployee and so did not fall
under the policy.
Still, the common-sense
test should have applied,
said parent Julia Bricklin,
whose daughter matricu-
lated from Reed in June.
Even before finding the
weapons, “the school had
knowledge of somebody try-
ing to lure young females
and didn’t alert the parents.
There were two lapses in re-
porting.”
howard.blume
@latimes.com
Twitter: @howardblume
Los Angeles School Police
THE YWCA will lease space for a women’s shelter, sparking criticism that L.A.
County is putting resources behind one group of needy people instead of another.
Services officials have been
satisfied with the program,
according to the depart-
ment. They renewed their
contract with the YWCA af-
ter one year and planned to
do so again this year.
But the YWCA’s Wash-
ington said the program ne-
ver operated at full capacity.
Under the agencies’ con-
tract, Children and Family
Services paid the YWCA
$3,500 a month for every
enrolled client, up to a maxi-
mum of 30 clients and $1.26
million per year. The money
came from the state, and the
YWCA would not have re-
ceived the maximum allot-
ted amount if the program
was not full.
Under the new arrange-
ment, the YWCA will lease
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can vying against Democrat
Mike Levin to succeed GOP
Rep. Darrell Issa in the
coastal 49th Congressional
District straddling San Di-
ego and Orange counties.
Democrats need to gain
23 seats across the country
to win control of the House,
giving California an outsize
role in the battle for control
of Congress. California’s
vote count is notoriously
slow, so the results in multi-
ple contests could remain
uncertain Tuesday night.
“This thing could stretch
out for weeks,” said Kevin
Spillane, a Republican strat-
egist in San Diego.
Here are five things to
watch for in the California
contests:
How many besieged Repub-
licans will survive the
early-vote test?
Shortly after the polls
close at 8 p.m., the first tal-
lies to be released will be the
mail ballots that arrived be-
fore election day.
Republicans tend to out-
perform Democrats among
voters who cast ballots early
space in its building to
PATH, a homeless services
provider.
PATH will contract with
the Los Angeles Homeless
Services Authority to pro-
vide short-term shelter and
services at the site for up to
64 women, including trans-
gender women. A total of
$974,280, funded through the
Measure H sales tax, has
been allocated for eight
months.
Kakani, of Public Coun-
sel, said the homeless au-
thority and Children and
Family Services appear to be
competing.
“Presumably there will be
more Measure H money and
the concern is that other
providers will also find this
money more attractive,” she
by mail, so the evening’s first
tally should not look too bad
for the GOP, said Paul
Mitchell, vice president of
Political Data, a nonparti-
san firm that tracks voting
patterns.
Voters who cast ballots in
person typically skew
toward Democrats, so the
outlook is unlikely to im-
prove for Republicans once
the initial numbers are re-
ported, Mitchell said.
If Republicans “are losing
any of those seats in the
early vote, they are going to
lose the seat,” he said.
Can party loyalty save Rep.
Dana Rohrabacher?
In coastal Orange
County, GOP Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher faces a storm
of attack ads by Democrat
Harley Rouda and his allies
in the 48th Congressional
District.
Rohrabacher, who has
weathered years of sour
headlines over his friendly
posture toward Russia, has
been badly outspent, and he
has attracted less help from
national party leaders than
similarly endangered Re-
publicans.
But Republicans hold a
10% advantage in party reg-
istration over Democrats in
the district, giving the in-
cumbent a stronger founda-
tion than any of the other
five GOP candidates in close
races in Southern California
and the Central Valley.
Conservative bastions
such as Newport Beach, San
Clemente and Huntington
Beach voted for Trump in
the 2016 presidential elec-
tion, even though Rohra-
bacher’s district as a whole
favored Democrat Hillary
Clinton. Will they stick by
Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times
said.
But under Measure H,
transition-age youths have
also been identified as a pri-
ority.
Washington said her mo-
tives were not financial.
She said the building,
which was designed by
Hearst Castle architect Julia
Morgan and appears on the
National Register of His-
toric Places, was underused.
“A building of that size,
you’ve got to operate ... at
maximum in order to keep it
functioning,” she said.
Moreover, Washington
said, opening the bridge
housing program would en-
able the YWCA to serve
more people.
“That is the heartbeat of
the YWCA, to provide resi-
Rohrabacher?
Will Latinos vote in large
numbers?
The rising clout of Latino
voters is the primary reason
California has drifted from
the Republican Party over
the last two decades. It’s also
one of the main forces erod-
ing Orange County’s stand-
ing as a GOP stronghold.
But interest in the
midterm election among
Latino voters hasn’t
matched the intense levels
seen among white voters
with college degrees, espe-
cially women.
Latinos are a younger
population, on average, with
less voting history. In past
contests, many have focused
on the election only in the fi-
nal weeks. A big Latino turn-
out Tuesday could put
Democrats over the top in
key races. One of them is in
the 10th Congressional Dis-
trict in the Modesto area,
where 28% of registered vot-
ers are Latino. Republican
Rep. Jeff Denham is trying to
fend off a challenge from
Democrat Josh Harder.
Will party leanings tran-
scend ethnicity?
Latinos typically favor
Democrats in California
and, for the most part, so do
Asian Americans.
In the 39th Congres-
sional District race to suc-
ceed retiring GOP Rep. Ed
Royce of Fullerton, philan-
thropist Gil Cisneros, a Lat-
ino Democrat, is facing Re-
publican Young Kim, an im-
migrant from South Korea.
The inland Orange
County district’s voters are
24% Latino and 21% Asian. If
Kim, a former state assem-
blywoman who was a long-
dential support to the com-
munity,” she said. “To use
this building as we are doing
is precisely the reason that
Mrs. Cecil B. DeMille in-
tended in the first place.”
Constance Adams, wife
of the famed director, helped
establish the studio club to
provide young women aspir-
ing to make it in Hollywood a
decent place to live.
Alize Hogan, 20, had been
living at the studio club since
January. After learning the
program would close, he
went to stay with his sister in
the Crenshaw district,
where he said he has been
“sleeping on the floor with
the roaches.”
Hogan said he plans to
save money from his job at
Jimmy John’s to move into a
place of his own, perhaps in
Lancaster or the Mojave
Desert. He would prefer that
to another transitional pro-
gram, he said.
“I don’t want to be in the
same situation again,” he
said.
Hogan said he received
little to no help from YWCA
staff or his Children and
Family Services social
worker.
Kakani said that has
been a consistent complaint
among the seven people
Public Counsel is assisting.
At least five, she said, have
not found a new home.
The Children’s Law Cen-
ter, which represents all chil-
dren in dependency court,
confirmed that some of its
clients will be without fixed
housing.
L AT I M E S . C O M
Al Seib Los Angeles Times
time aide to Royce, can at-
tract an unusually high
number of Asian American
voters, it might be enough to
keep this seat Republican.
How badly will Democrats
perform with white blue-
collar voters?
In upscale suburban dis-
tricts like the 45th in the
Irvine area of Orange
County, white voters with
college degrees pose a major
threat to the GOP incum-
bent, in this case Rep. Mimi
Walters. Those voters have
turned especially hard
against Trump, and their
support for Democrat Katie
Porter, a consumer lawyer,
could cost Walters her seat.
But more blue-collar sub-
urban districts, such as Re-
publican Rep. Steve
Knight’s in the 25th Con-
gressional District on the
northwest edge of Los Ange-
les County, could be a
tougher challenge for Demo-
crats. Trump’s strongest
base of support is white men
with no college degree.
Knight’s Democratic ri-
val, Katie Hill, a former
leader of a nonprofit that
provides services to the
homeless, has attracted
more than $18 million in in-
dependent spending by
Democratic groups, in part
to help her overcome this ob-
stacle.
michael.finnegan
@latimes.com
latimes.com
/politics/elections
Go online for earlier articles
in this series looking at
issues and voter groups key
to the midterm election.
“From a landlord’s per-
spective, they’re not the
most attractive tenants,”
said Leslie Heimov, the cen-
ter’s executive director.
“When they can’t find per-
manent housing, they end
up on skid row, in adult
homeless shelters or worse.”
Children and Family
Services said its staff mem-
bers are making sure af-
fected individuals have ac-
cess to their savings ac-
counts and are matched to
an appropriate living situa-
tion.
Washington said her em-
ployees have been helping
youths come up with “delib-
erate” transition plans,
though she declined to pro-
vide details. She added that
the YWCA continues to
serve young people, includ-
ing 400 at a housing program
downtown.
As the last young people
remaining at the Hollywood
Studio Club pack up their
belongings, the YWCA pre-
pares to welcome its newest
residents on Nov. 15.
Szabo, Garcetti’s deputy,
said the site was appealing
because it offered vacant
space in the heart of Holly-
wood, where there are many
homeless people.
But there was never any
discussion of displacing
young people, he said.
“We would like to see if
there’s any way this pro-
gram can be continued ei-
ther on site or at another lo-
cation,” Szabo said.
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MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS, 1930 - 2018
Feminist rewrote rules of theater
By Charles McNulty
aría Irene
M Fornés, the
groundbreak-
ing Cuban-
born
ure in the off-off-Broadway
play-
wright who was a pivotal fig-
movement, died Oct. 30 at 88
after a long battle with Alz-
heimer’s disease.
Michelle Memran, the di-
rector of the 2018 documen-
tary about Fornés, “The
Rest I Make Up,” and part of
the network of artists and
friends who stood by her side
during Fornés’ more than 12
years in care facilities, con-
firmed her death.
Arguably the most influ-
ential American dramatist
whose work hasn’t become a
staple of the mainstream
repertoire, Fornés, a nine-
time Obie winner, carved a
special niche in the Ameri-
can theater.
Although she was not as
well-known as fellow theater
maverick Sam Shepard, her
playwriting exerted a simi-
lar magnetic pull on genera-
tions of theater artists in-
spired by her liberating ex-
ample.
Admired by academics,
her profoundly original and
deeply humane plays are
regularly taught in seminars
on political, feminist, queer
and experimental theater.
But Fornés can’t be con-
signed to the university cor-
ner of specialized syllabi. In-
deed, no survey of 20th cen-
tury American drama would
be complete without a sam-
ple of her work.
“Fefu and Her Friends,”
her best-known play (first
produced in 1977) and a
landmark of feminist play-
writing, is as interesting for-
mally as it is politically and
psychology. “Mud” and “The
Conduct of Life,” her two
masterpieces from the 1980s,
scrubbed sociology to its
theatrical essence. Her early
works from the 1960s, such
as “The Successful Life of 3”
and the musical “Prome-
nade,” caper with absurdist
energy.
Later works grapple with
AIDS (“Enter the Night”)
and the culture she left be-
hind that was always with
her (“Letters From Cuba”).
Fornés was born in Ha-
vana in 1930, and immi-
grated to the U.S. with her
mother and a sister in 1945
after the death of her father.
They settled in New York,
and she became a natural-
ized U.S. citizen in 1951.
Gifted in the visual arts and
design, and possessing only
a piecemeal formal educa-
tion, Fornés initially set her
sights on becoming a paint-
er.
She studied with the ab-
stract impressionist Hans
Hofmann and traveled for a
few years in Europe, where
she saw Roger Blin’s original
production of Samuel Beck-
ett’s “Waiting for Godot” in
Paris, a watershed experi-
ence for her.
As Fornés told the Village
Voice’s Ross Wetzsteon, “I
didn’t speak any French at
all. But I understood the
world in which it took place, I
got the rhythm. And it
turned my life upside down.”
Still figuring out her path
when she returned to New
York, Fornés fell into writing
by trying to help her lover,
Susan Sontag, then a philos-
ophy instructor at Colum-
bia, get started on a novel.
“I had all this creative en-
ergy that I had to use,”
Fornés recalled. “I never
really loved painting. Still, I
might never have even
thought of writing if I hadn’t
pretended I was going to
show Susan how easy it
was.”
“Tango Palace,” Fornés’
first play, premiered at the
Actor’s Workshop in San
Francisco in 1963 under the
LASTING LEGACY
Fornés, right with Elisa Bocanegra of Hero Thea-
tre, helped countless writers find their voices.
SHE TOOK HER OWN PATH
María Fornés won nine Obie Awards and carved a niche in American theater.
direction of Herbert Blau.
With her roots firmly
planted in New York’s bur-
geoning off-off-Broadway
scene, Fornés would go on to
write more than 40 plays
that would rewrite the rules
of the American theater.
In the preface to a collec-
tion of Fornés’ plays, Sontag
describes her former part-
ner as “a writer of bicultural
inspiration, one very Ameri-
can way of being a writer,”
and an “autodidact whose
principal influences were
neither theatre nor litera-
ture but certain styles of
painting and the movies.”
Fornes’ writing can be
disarmingly direct. “Her lan-
guage is like that real thin
crystal that, when you pour
a drink, you’re afraid the
glass will crush from the
weight of the liquor,” play-
wright Harvey Fierstein told
critic Don Shewey.
The plays, often centered
on female characters long-
ing for the education and en-
lightenment they hope will
lead to a less constricted ex-
istence, unfold as a series of
tableaux whose simplicity
belies their emotional
power. Scenes are distilled,
and spatial composition
takes precedence over con-
ventional plot.
The playwright’s social
conscience is expressed not
in prescriptive answers but
in an abiding interest in
characters historically rele-
gated to the voiceless mar-
gins.
“Most critics and theater-
goers,” Fornés told New York
magazine in 1985, “are so
used to seeing plays in only
one way — What is the dram-
atic conflict? What are the
symbols? — that they go
through their entire lives
looking for the same things.
If they don’t find what they
expect, they’re discon-
certed. But I can’t ‘plant’
things that way, like a treas-
ure hunt where you need a
map. To me a play is more
like a path I just follow, never
knowing where it’s going to
end up, letting the material
guide me step by step.”
There are many ways to
bungle Fornés’ path-break-
ing plays in performance so,
to realize her dramatic vi-
sion in three dimensions,
she became an accom-
Hero Theatre
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018 B5
staging, including the act- teacher who served as direc-
ing, was arranged to strip tor of INTAR’s Hispanic
the habits of conventional Playwrights in Residence
perception so that life, both Lab in New York and con-
theatrical and societal,
could be seen anew. The
trademark naivety
Fornés’ characters was
matched by a production
style that understood just
how profound stillness,
of
ducted workshops at thea-
ters (including the Mark Ta-
per Forum) and universities
in the U.S. and abroad,
Fornés helped countless
writers find their voices.
The playwright’s legacy
sparseness and playful hu- lives on as much in her plays
mor could be. as in her students, a group
Commercial success that includes Pulitzer Prize
wasn’t in the cards for winner Nilo Cruz and Mac-
Fornés as it was for her male Arthur “genius” grant win-
off-off-Broadway peers ner Luis Alfaro. Her influ-
Shepard and Lanford Wil- ence on Latinx theater —
son, both of whom revered passed down by former stu-
her. Broadway, with its rigid dents such as Eduardo
rehearsal procedures and Machado, Caridad Svich
staid expectations, was anti- and Migdalia Cruz, who
thetical to all she stood for. have become master teach-
But even prominent non- ers themselves — is incalcu-
profit theaters across the lable.
country had trouble accom- Fornés, like her most fa-
modating an artist who mous character Fefu, was at-
cared more about collective tracted to “exciting ideas,”
process than institutional even if others found them
hierarchies. dangerous or repellent. “You
The relative scarcity of see,” Fefu explains to an out-
her highly regarded work on raged friend,” “that which is
our most visible stages is exposed to the exterior … is
why it was so significant smooth and dry and clean.
when New York’s Signature That which is not … under-
Theatre Company devoted neath, is slimy and filled with
its 1999-2000 season to her fungus and crawling with
plays. worms. It is another life that
Off-off Broadway and is parallel to the one we man-
fringe theaters were Fornés’ ifest. It’s there. The way
natural home. If widespread worms are underneath the
fame was denied her, she stone. If you don’t recognize
was a totemic figure to many it … it eats you.”
theater academics and art- The line ends in a whis-
ists. Tony Kushner was one per, but in her brave witness-
Alison Forbes of the many playwrights ing of brutality, poverty and
drawn to understand, as he oppression, Fornés left re-
put in a tribute essay, “the sounding theatrical testi-
Fornés magic” — the way mony to what is most tender,
“politics, psychology, and nurturing and fun-loving in
plished director. Explorato- collaborated closely with de- formal experimentation co- the human spirit.
ry in her directorial methods signers on premieres of her habit in the house of Narra-
yet always firmly in control, own plays and on occasional tive Realism as if nothing charles.mcnulty
she made full use of her visu- productions of classics. were more natural.” @latimes.com
al arts background as she Every element of the A celebrated playwriting Twitter: @charlesmcnulty
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October 2, 1925 - October 31, 2018
Elwood Len Doughty passed away at
93 years of age of natural causes. He
was predeceased by his wife of 62
years, Mary Joan Doughty, on October
16, 2018.
Born in Malvern, Arkansas, Len enlisted in
the Navy in 1943 during World War II. He had
distinguished service earning several medals. After
honorable discharge, Len earned his high school
diploma and joined his father in the L.A. County
Medical Center Ambulance Service.
During this time, Len met the love of his life,
Mary Joan Clanton who was in the Los Angeles
County Medical Center School of Nursing. They
married in 1956. In 1957 Len joined the L.A. County
Sheriff’s Department where he served honorably Rhoda Suzanne Breverman
for 27 years. During his career as a Deputy Sheriff
Len was a part of the Special Enforcement Bureau September 7, 1923 - November 1, 2018
and Internal Affairs. He retired from the department
with the rank of Sergeant. Born to Murray and Harriet Guttenplan, in New York. Rhoda passed
Len enjoyed camping and road trips across the away at the age 95. Rhoda received her bachelor’s degree and met
USA, Canada and Mexico with family and friends. her beloved husband, David of 69 years, at Ohio State University.
He and Mary were active members of the Wally Rhoda and David settled in Los Angeles where she was a prominent
Byam Airstream Caravan Club, each becoming and active member of the community, tirelessly advocating for numerous Jewish
presidents of the local chapter and attending many and Zionist principles. Rhoda was a founding member of the Kinneret Group of
international rallies where Len was the official Hadassah and had served as a past President of the former Los Angles Big
photographer. He and Mary traveled abroad to Asia Chapter. Rhoda also was a Keepers of the Gate, a member of the National
and enjoyed cruises to Alaska, Hawaii, US Paciic Board, and the Liaison to Hadassah Southern California for the Past Presidents
Coast, Panama Canal and South America with Advisory Council. A strong leader with a desire for serving others, Rhoda’s
wonderful friends. Len also enjoyed his hobbies, greatest passion was in ighting for the strengthening of Israel and the
including gardening, landscaping and photography. advancement of Jewish causes.
Len was a loving husband, father, father-in-law, Survived by son Robert (Susie) and Michael (predeceased), four
grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother and grandchildren, Scott, Craig (Samantha), Julie Krauss (Peter) and Leslie; three
friend. He is loved and will be missed by his family great-granddaughters, Alexa, Allison, and Natalie; great-grandson, Wesley, and
including children, Len Jr., Ron, Susan, James, many nieces and nephews.
Steven, along with 16 grandchildren, ive great- In lieu of lowers donations may be made to Hadassah Southern California,
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Torrance 76/56 Amarillo 67 45 -- 69 37 Su
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Inner waters: Wind variable at about 5 72/50 Casper 45 29 Tr 38 17 Sn
knots. Wind waves 1-4 feet; west and Wichita 66 43 .07 60 36 Su
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south swells of 2 feet. Height Period Direction Escondido Ramona Charleston, W.Va. 66 51 .13 69 45 R
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Bangkok 93 77 -- 94 79 Su
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71/60 Concord, N.H. 41 27 .03 52 44 R
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Cairo 78 66 -- 78 64 Pc
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Fargo 43 28 -- 37 19 Sn
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Flagstaff 60 30 -- 60 29 Su
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Grand Junction 56 28 -- 53 26 Su
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Grand Rapids 50 46 .10 51 37 Sh
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Oceanside 4p VAR5 2/10 67/65 Precipitation Green Bay 46 42 .07 47 34 R
Sun 6:16a/4:55p Full Moon Ho Chi Minh City 91 76 -- 94 78 Pc
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Moon 5:06a/4:45p Nov. 22 Hong Kong 84 71 -- 83 74 Su
Mission Beach 4p VAR5 2/10 66/67 Season total (since Oct. 1) 0.57 0.85 0.14 Helena 48 37 .01 34 22 Sn
Istanbul 68 63 -- 65 58 Pc
Avalon 4p VAR5 2/9 68/66 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 0.10 0.02 0.02 Ventura County Honolulu 84 76 .07 85 71 Su
Jerusalem 62 52 .10 62 53 Sh
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Wind speed in knots; wave heights in feet/intervals in seconds; Johannesburg 83 60 .06 77 48 Ts
Humidity (high/low) 100/46 89/44 96/67 Moon 5:12a/4:50p Nov. 29 Indianapolis 55 45 .18 54 39 W
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Kingston 88 77 .02 87 76 Pc
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Memphis 68 46 .92 69 50 Pc
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Miami 85 73 -- 87 75 Pc
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Milwaukee 51 44 .17 50 34 W
Barstow 82 57 -- 80 49 81 48 Mammoth Lakes 72 41 -- 65 24 65 22 San Diego 70 60 -- 71 60 70 59 Mumbai 92 78 -- 95 80 Hz
Minneapolis 45 37 .12 41 29 Cy
Beaumont 76 53 -- 77 46 76 45 Mission Viejo 74 51 -- 73 56 73 55 San Francisco 70 50 -- 70 49 70 51 New Delhi 78 61 -- 80 53 Hz
Nashville 72 52 Tr 69 44 Pc
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New Orleans 83 64 -- 83 71 Ts
Bishop 77 35 -- 74 33 75 35 Monterey 64 50 -- 68 46 69 47 San Jose 75 50 -- 76 48 76 49 Paris 66 46 -- 64 46 Pc
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Philadelphia 56 44 .54 68 49 R
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Doctor rebukes prison care 2 inmates die in

[Prison report, from B1]
as part of a lawsuit against The California
with them through a crack in
a cell door where conversa-
ing of all the facts,” she said.
“We have worked closely
apparent suicides
the state that has spanned tions can be overheard, Gol- with lawyers representing
nearly three decades and as- Department of ding said. The system, he prisoners, as well as the [Suicides, from B1]
serts that psychiatric care in wrote, is “by no means con- court appointment moni- the Southern California
prison is a constitutional Corrections and ducive to good patient care.” tors, for many years to im- slayings he carried out while
right.
The report has come at a
Rehabilitation Sometimes inmates face
significant delays between
prove the mental health of
inmates, and our dedicated
stationed at U.S. Marine
Corps facilities in the area.
precarious time for the state ‘has created a scheduled appointments and well-trained staff will His spree began in 1986,
prison system. A federal because they are transferred continue to provide appro- when he attacked Robbin
court determined in 1995 biased and to new prisons, Golding said. priate care and treatment.” Brandley, 23, as she walked
that prisons had failed to
provide proper treatment
inaccurately With each transfer, the
agency resets the clock on
Golding alleges another
key problem is that medical
to her car in a dimly lit park-
ing lot after a piano concert
ANDREW Urdiales, left,
and Virendra Govin were
for thousands of mentally ill
inmates.
positive picture of appointment times; so if an
inmate is transferred multi-
decisions, including the
drugs inmates need and the
at Saddleback College in
Mission Viejo. He stabbed
found unresponsive.

A judge at the time or- what is actually a ple times, he or she can wait type and frequency of care her 41 times in the back, He had been sentenced
dered the appointment of a
“special master” to oversee
troubled system up to nine months between
psychiatrist appointments,
they require, often are as-
signed to psychologists in-
neck, chest and hands with a
hunting knife.
to death for the Illinois mur-
ders, but after the death
psychiatric care reforms and
to work with experts to de-
of care.’ despite the court mandate
that patients wait no longer
side prisons rather than psy-
chiatrists, who are medical
He was also convicted in
the 1988 murders of Mary-
penalty was outlawed in the
state, he was ordered to
velop improved programs. — Michael Golding, than three months between doctors. This can lead to dis- ann Wells, 31, in San Diego, serve life in prison without
Headway in recent years has chief psychiatrist appointments, the report crepancies in decisions that and Julie McGhee, 29, in Ca- parole. In 2011, Urdiales was
led both sides to anticipate a for the state’s prison system states. can be problematic for pa- thedral City, as well as the extradited to Orange
return to state oversight, but Mental healthcare in tients, he said. Palm Springs killings of County to stand trial.
the latest report could throw prisons isn’t a waning issue In the case of the woman Tammie Erwin, 18, in 1989, Govin, who owned a Stu-
a wrench in that plan. lems Golding alleges is that for the state. A study pub- who ripped out her eye, the and Denise Maney, 32, in dio City motel, had been on
Michael Bien, an attor- patients frequently aren’t lished by Stanford Law psychologist who evaluated 1995. They were all shot in death row much longer. He
ney representing state pris- being seen on time or in School in 2017 notes that her did not call a psychia- the head. was sentenced to death in
oners receiving mental spaces that give them the even as the overall state pris- trist to administer drugs, de- Urdiales killed three 2004 by a Los Angeles
health treatment in the case, freedom to talk openly with on population declines, the spite doctors later saying women in four months in Illi- County jury in the slayings of
said he was prepared to ac- mental health staff. prevalence and severity of the patient had given every nois before he was arrested a business rival and her
cept a proposal to reduce The report claims that mental illness among those indication that she needed in November 1996 in Indiana three relatives during a bit-
psychiatric staff positions by the state Department of in the state prison system medication immediately after officers saw him in his ter dispute over an alley that
nearly 20% when he received Corrections mischaracter- are on the rise. More than even if it was given by force. truck loitering in an area separated their properties.
Golding’s report. That ized how frequently inmates 30% of California prisoners Nurses and psychologists known for prostitution. Offi- The family members
agreement has since been are seen by psychiatrists; receive treatment for seri- said the failure to provide cers found a gun in his car were strangled with plastic
called off. Data provided to the court ous mental disorders, an in- medicine was not a root that he was not permitted to garbage bag ties, beaten and
“The bigger impact is we boasts that 90% and 94% of crease of 150% since 2000, ac- cause of the patient remov- carry and confiscated it. A burned when Govin, his
felt we were ticking off the appointments were on time cording to the study. ing her eye. year later, Chicago police brother and a business part-
last couple of issues before in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Vicky Waters, press sec- “The tragedy is that any matched Urdiales’ gun to ner set the woman’s Holly-
we could end the case,” Bien Golding contends that less retary for the California De- competent psychiatric phy- bullets recovered from the wood Hills home ablaze.
said. “Now I have to go back than 50% of inmates are seen partment of Corrections sician or general medical bodies of the three victims. Govin’s brother has been on
and check all those assump- on time. and Rehabilitation, rejected physician would have medi- Urdiales was linked to the death row since 2005 in the
tions. The most serious Patients also aren’t Golding’s allegations in a cated the patient, and likely Southern California slay- same case.
thing is the allegation that brought to psychiatry ap- statement on Friday. the patient’s eye would still ings after his arrest. He gave
misrepresentations were pointments in confidential “The department be in her head had that hap- a chilling confession in 1997 alene.tchekmedyian
made to the court. That offices, Golding wrote. In- strongly disagrees with this pened,” Golding wrote. that stunned veteran inves- @latimes.com
really forces all of us to ques- stead, the psychiatrist individual’s allegations, and tigators, offering calm and Times staff writer Hannah
tion what’s been going on.” searches the prison yard for looks forward to a fair and hannah.fry@latimes.com calculated descriptions of Fry contributed to this
One of the central prob- patients or communicates thorough review and hear- Twitter: @Hannahnfry the killings. report.

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THE REVIVED Bay Theatre, which opened in 1948 and later was a hardware store, is an anchor for Rick Caruso’s Palisades Village.
Cinepolis’ Bay Theatre
remake is all about luxury
Five-screen cinema in Pacific Palisades even has a 35mm projector to attract film buffs
BARTENDER Latashia Parker mixes a drink for moviegoers at a soft opening
last week for the Bay Theatre, which will have its official opening on Friday.
For Uber, a delicate dance with Saudi money
Slaying of journalist
puts a harsh light on
the kingdom’s 10%
stake in the company.
By Eric Newcomer
Even as Uber’s lawyers fi-
nalized the details of the
deal, they still couldn’t quite
believe it would really hap-
pen. The Saudi Arabia gov-
ernment was set to give the
San Francisco start-up
$3.5 billion, an astronomical
amount.
The company’s legal
team had to double-check
that it was even possible to
send that much money in a
single wire transfer. But on
June 1, 2016, the Saudi Public
Investment Fund sent Uber
Technologies Inc. the cash
in one lump sum — still the
largest single investment
from a foreign government
in a venture-backed start-
up.
The sprawling conse-
quences of that mega-deal
have yet to fully unfold. Two
T U E S D A Y , N O V E M B E R 6 , 2 0 1 8 :: L A T I M E S . C O M / B U S I N E S S
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CO M PA N Y T OW N
years ago, the money helped
Uber settle its war with Didi
Chuxing in China, fortified
its position against rival Lyft
Inc. and empowered then-
Chief Executive Travis
Kalanick ahead of a long,
pitched battle with investors
who ultimately pushed him
out. Now, the deal is drawing
Uber into a global reckoning
over the business world’s re-
lationship with Saudi Ara-
bia.
Bloomberg has learned
that through direct and indi-
rect holdings, the Saudi gov-
ernment owns more than
10% of the ride-hailing com-
pany. Its board also includes
Saudi official Yasir Othman
Rumayyan, managing direc-
tor of the kingdom’s sover-
eign wealth fund and an ally
of Saudi Crown Prince Mo-
hammed bin Salman, the
fund’s chairman. As the fall-
out from the slaying of Wash-
ington Post columnist Ja-
mal Khashoggi at the hands
of Saudi agents roils Silicon
Valley, there is arguably no
company more deeply inter-
twined with Saudi Arabia
[See Uber, C6]
C
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GRAND
PROJECT
HAS KEY
FUNDS
With a construction
loan, work on the
$1-billion Frank Gehry
complex downtown
can begin this month.
By Roger Vincent
Since Related Cos. first
got the contract in 2004 to
build the massive Grand Av-
enue project, there’s been a
housing boom and bust, a fi-
nancial crisis and a new ex-
plosion of residential con-
struction downtown.
Yet throughout that pe-
riod, the $1-billion complex
Photographs by Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times designed by world-re-
nowned architect Frank
Gehry has failed to materi-
alize at its coveted site
across from the Walt Disney
Concert Hall.
On Monday, the New
York developer took a giant
step to finally kick off the
project considered by many
to be the last large piece of
the redevelopment puzzle
that is Bunker Hill.
Related said it has
$630 million in construction
financing from German
lender Deutsche Bank in
hand, and work on the proj-
ect will begin this month.
“The last major hurdle
has been crossed,” said Rick
Vogel, a senior vice president
at Related. “We now know
By Ryan Faughnder that this project is going to
get built.”
Cocktails, recliner seats and in-theater dining have The complex scheduled
become fixtures of luxury cinema in Los Angeles’ tonier to be completed by 2021 has
communities. long been viewed as a poten-
So, to appeal to wealthy locals and celebrities in the tially transformational addi-
affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood, Mexican thea- tion to the Bunker Hill
ter chain Cinepolis had to up its game with the revival of neighborhood, which has
the classic Bay Theatre. lagged behind in the nearly
The company’s new five-screen theater, which will two-decade renaissance
have its official opening Friday, features new coastal- that has rejuvenated much
themed menu items, vegan options and an exclusive of downtown.
wine list. And to accommodate famous directors, the The open-air complex of
company even modified one of its auditoriums to house apartments, condomini-
a rare 35mm film projector that can be used for private ums, movie theaters, restau-
screenings. rants and shops promises to
“For the Pacific Palisades, we started thinking of how enliven a city block that has
can we make this more special,” said Luis Olloqui, chief been mostly dead for half a
executive of Cinepolis USA, whose headquarters are in century. It will replace an ag-
Dallas. “We’d been serving the luxury market in U.S. [See Project, C4]
since 2011, so we know what the upscale clientele wants.”
Cinepolis’ 250-seat luxury theater is the latest exam-
ple of an ongoing push by cinema owners to create fanci-
er experiences to draw discerning patrons. Theaters
have faced long-term attendance declines amid rising
competition from streaming and entertainment options
in the home.
It’s time
The high-end services don’t come cheap. The latest
Cinepolis venue, nestled in L.A. billionaire Rick Caruso’s
recently opened Palisades Village retail and dining com-
to block
drivers’
plex, cost more than $10 million to construct, executives
said. The theater will charge up to $27 per adult ticket,
making it one of the most expensive admissions in the
nation.
But analysts say the investment can pay off by en-
couraging patrons to spend [See Theater, C3] phones
DAVID LAZARUS
A couple of
years ago, a
Florida man
was fined
$48,000 by
the Federal
Communi-
cations
Commission
for employ-
ing an illegal signal jammer
during his commutes to
prevent nearby drivers from
using their cellphones.
I can relate. I bet you can
too.
It’s illegal to have a cell-
phone in your hand while
behind the wheel in Cali-
fornia and at least a dozen
other states. But that
doesn’t stop people from
doing it.
Not a day goes by with-
out encountering thought-
less, self-entitled fools en-
dangering themselves and
those around them by talk-
ing or texting while on the
road.
That’s why I’m calling on
the auto industry to install
signal-jamming technology
in steering wheels so drivers
(but not passengers) are
unable to give in to the
temptation of playing with
their gadgets while piloting
Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times 2,000 pounds of steel at
IN 2016, Uber received $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s investment fund. Above, a speeds topping 60 miles an
woman waits for an Uber in Riyadh in 2015, when women weren’t allowed to drive. [See Lazarus, C4]
C2 T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
ONLINE RETAIL giant Amazon is expanding free shipping to all customers through the holidays, with no
minimum purchase required. Above, Amazon workers pack up an outbound shipping truck in Phoenix in 2013.
Amazon takes free shipping
to next level for holidays
By Rachel Siegel
The battle for the hottest
prices this holiday season is
spilling into a new arena: the
fight over free shipping.
As Walmart, Target and
Amazon launch a price war
for merchandise in the
weeks before Thanksgiving,
they are now wooing cus-
tomers with the promise of
fast, efficient, no-cost ship-
ping. On Monday, Amazon
upped the ante by expand-
ing free shipping to all cus-
tomers through the holi-
days, with no minimum pur-
chase required. The retail
and tech giant is also offer-
ing Prime Members free
same-day delivery on more
than 3 million items. Prime
members, who pay $119 a
year for the service, already
receive free two-day ship-
ping with no minimum pur-
chase necessary.
It’s a move, analysts say,
that Amazon hopes will edge
out its bricks-and-mortar
competitors and maybe
even lock in new Prime sub-
scribers going into 2019. But
with grand promises come
high risks: Fall short on get-
ting customers their pre-
sents in time, and those
shoppers go elsewhere.
“This is going to boil
down to: ‘How do I want to
shop? Who’s the cheapest in
price? And who do I trust the
most?’ ” said Mark Cohen,
director of retail studies at
Columbia Business School.
To be sure, Target and
Walmart are playing ball.
Last month, Target an-
nounced that from Nov. 1 to
Dec. 22, it will offer free two-
day shipping with no min-
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imum purchase or member-
ship required. In March,
Target said shoppers who
spent at least $35 or used a
company credit card could
get free two-day shipping. In
previous holiday seasons,
Target offered free standard
shipping.
Walmart will continue to
offer free two-day shipping
in the United States on pur-
chases of $35 or more. It is
also expanding its free two-
day shipping to third-party
marketplace sellers.
“Amazon took out a po-
tential challenge to its su-
premacy,” Cohen said.
“ ‘Free’ is a very addictive
drug.”
Cohen said Amazon has
“a chokehold on competi-
tors” largely because of the
revenue generated through
Prime memberships, which
Bezos most recently put at
more than 100 million world-
wide in his annual share-
holder letter. But dominat-
ing e-commerce is particu-
larly crucial for the tech gi-
ant. According to market
research from Mintel, al-
most half of holiday shop-
pers expect free shipping.
Charlie O’Shea, lead re-
tail analyst for Moody’s,
noted that Amazon isn’t sell-
ing the majority of its prod-
ucts in physical stores, as is
the case with Walmart and
Target. O’Shea estimated
that bricks-and-mortar
stores with comparatively
strong online presences,
such as Best Buy, don’t even
incur 20% of revenue
through e-commerce.
While free shipping is one
of the easiest promotions a
retailer can offer, O’Shea
said it comes at a steep price.
% lems delayed the launch.
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Amazon’s shipping costs for
fiscal year 2017 totaled nearly
$22 billion, O’Shea said, with
about $7.4 billion in the
fourth quarter. The retailer
posted just more than $3 bil-
lion in profit in 2017.
Still, the promise of free
shipping doesn’t guarantee
shoppers will get their goods
on time. Retailers of all sizes
often grapple with a surge of
holiday orders carried by
FedEx, UPS, the U.S. Postal
Service and other third-
party shippers that must
contend with a huge spike in
demand.
Amazon is also adding
seasonal, full-time drivers to
supplement delivery during
the holidays. Those drivers
will add to the fleet of tradi-
tional carriers, smaller-scale
delivery partners and inde-
pendent contractors who
earn $18 to $25 an hour deliv-
ering Amazon packages
through the Amazon Flex
program.
New airline lifts
off in Carlsbad
California Pacific aims
to serve north San
Diego County fliers.
By Phillip Molnar
After years of trying to
get off the ground, a start-up
airline in northern San Di-
ego County can celebrate
the start of flight service.
California Pacific Air-
lines was founded eight
years ago by entrepreneur
Ted Vallas, now 97, but was
delayed by disputes with
San Diego County, which
owns McClellan-Palomar
Airport in Carlsbad.
For years California Pa-
cific would announce it was
close to offering service,
then go quiet.
On Thursday morning, it
was time for the inaugural
flight. Yet mechanical prob-
With little fanfare, the first
flight left Thursday night.
Shortly after 6 p.m., the
airline’s Embraer ERJ-135
twin jet left Carlsbad and
pierced the sky on its way to
San Jose.
“There’s a feeling of get-
ting the weight lifted off our
shoulders,” said Ryan Di-
Vita, the airline’s director of
sales and marketing. “Now,
it is down to making every-
thing as solid as possible.
We’re feeling good.”
California Pacific is start-
ing with flights to San Jose
and Reno, and it plans to
add Las Vegas and Phoenix
later in the month. Its fleet is
made up of four 50-seat
Embraer jets.
The concept behind the
airline is that people in
northern San Diego County
could take plane trips with-
out having to drive roughly
an hour to San Diego Inter-
national Airport. California
Pacific is the only commer-
cial carrier offering service
at the Carlsbad airport.
The carrier is a long-held
dream of Vallas, a serial
entrepreneur from the area
Ross D. Franklin Associated Press
Paula Rosenblum, co-
founder and managing part-
ner of Retail Systems Re-
search, said Amazon’s
pledge will be tested through
its third-party Prime op-
erators that sell and ship
their products through Am-
azon’s website. While those
third-party shippers gener-
ate profit for Amazon, they
“could be a thorn in [Ama-
zon’s] side” if they leave cus-
tomers hanging, Rosenblum
said.
As Target and Walmart
signal to Amazon that they
“are not going to roll over,”
Rosenblum said Amazon’s
move is just the latest in the
“race to the bottom.”
“As far as I can tell, price
parity has been achieved,”
Rosenblum said. “Once you
can achieve shipping cost
parity, then it becomes very
interesting.”
Siegel writes for the
Washington Post.
who made his fortune in a
motley career that included
golf course and resort proj-
ects and running a regional
airline.
One-way fares on Califor-
nia Pacific typically range
from $99 to $149. According
to its website, a round-trip
ticket between Carlsbad and
Reno, leaving Friday and re-
turning Monday, would cost
about $378. The airline al-
lows two checked bags with-
out a fee, matching South-
west, the largest carrier in
California by traffic.
California Pacific ac-
quired its current fleet and
operating certificate in May,
when it bought Aerodynam-
ics Inc. for an undisclosed
price. Aerodynamics, based
in Georgia, operates feder-
ally subsidized Essential Air
Service routes from Denver
to Pierre and Watertown,
S.D. The company has about
100 employees, up from 50 in
August.
“It’s a smart idea to try to
build air service out of Carls-
bad, because there’s been
growth north of the city cen-
ter,” said Henry Harteveldt,
a travel industry analyst
with Atmosphere Research
Group. But, he added, “they
don’t have an easy road
ahead of them.”
Many people who travel
frequently for work are
deeply tied to a particular
airline, because of company
travel policies and a strong
affinity for frequent flier pro-
grams, Harteveldt said.
“The business traveler has
to be wooed away from in-
cumbent providers,” he said.
Although Southwest won’t
be flying its Boeing 737s into
Carlsbad, it could make life
difficult for the newbie by of-
fering fare cuts and other en-
ticements aimed at travelers
in San Diego and Orange
counties.
phillip.molnar
@sduniontribune.com
Molnar writes for the San
Diego Union-Tribune.
Bloomberg was used in
compiling this report.
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Activision stock
is bedeviled by
‘Diablo’ outcry
By Ryan Vlastelica and Bailey Lipschultz
Activision Blizzard Inc.’s stock price got hammered as
video gamers took to social media to criticize a new
mobile game that they say failed to live up to the storied
franchise.
The new “Diablo Immortal” mobile offering fell short
of some fan expectations for the popular desktop games.
Players lashed out on Twitter and in the comments sec-
tion of the YouTube trailer with the hashtag, #NotMyDia-
blo.
There’s even a petition on Change.org to cancel the
launch, and it has more than 31,000 supporters. Activision
shares sank $4.65, or 6.7%, to $64.34, its lowest close since
Jan. 2.
“I’m not against having a mobile game too, but not in-
stead of a PC game, We’ve been waiting for far too long for
another Diablo 3 expansion or better yet, Diablo 4,” one
petitioner said. Another called it an “absolute slap in the
face of all the fans who stuck with blizzard through the
mess that was diablo 3, hoping that we’d finally get a good
diablo game.”
The criticism stands in contrast to comments by stock
analysts, who have applauded the Santa Monica compa-
ny’s efforts and defended its rationale.
“Diablo was supposed to be Blizzard’s first shot on
goal into the big global mobile game market,” Jefferies an-
alyst Timothy O’Shea wrote. “The Diablo franchise is
popular in the U.S., China, Europe and Korea.”
Brokerage Wedbush estimated “Diablo Immortal”
could contribute annual revenue of as much as $300 mil-
lion after its rollout, and that it “should expand the fran-
chise’s audience to hundreds of millions of players.”
The video game’s trailer on YouTube racked up more
than 2.9 million views in the last three days. However,
more than 431,000 viewers elected to dislike the video,
compared with 16,000 likes.
Vlastelica and Lipschultz write for Bloomberg.
Amazon may pick
2 areas for HQ2
bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. will choose two locations for its new
second headquarters, according to the Wall Street Jour-
nal, which cited an unidentified person familiar with the
matter.
Last year, the e-commerce giant announced plans to
invest $5 billion in a second headquarters and hire as
many as 50,000 people there, setting off a frenzy of interest
from cities in the United States and Canada. It has an-
nounced 20 finalists and is scheduled to make a final deci-
sion by the end of the year.
The company will choose two locations instead of one,
according to the Journal, which said one location lacked
sufficient technology talent. The investment and new
jobs would be split evenly between the two locations, the
Journal said.
Amazon also may want to avoid criticism that its ar-
rival in a new town overwhelms the area. The company
has fueled an economic boom in its hometown of Seattle,
where it is also often blamed for traffic problems and sky-
rocketing housing costs that squeeze some residents out
of the city.
The Washington Post reported Saturday that
Amazon was in advanced discussions with the Washing-
ton, D.C., suburb of Crystal City, Va., for the second
headquarters. An Amazon spokesman declined to com-
ment.
Some of the contenders are near one another and draw
from the same labor pools. New York City and Newark,
N.J., are among the finalists, as are Washington, D.C.;
northern Virginia; and Montgomery County, Md. Ama-
zon could choose one metropolitan region and still have
to negotiate with multiple states and local governments
for tax incentives.
Los Angeles is also on the list of finalists.
Lowe’s to close 51
sites; four in state
By Samantha Masunaga
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. will close 20 “underperforming” stores
in the United States, including four in California, the
home-improvement chain said Monday.
The Mooresville, N.C., company also said it will close 31
stores, offices and specialty facilities in Canada to focus
on its most profitable stores and “improve the overall
health of its store portfolio.” Lowe’s said it has almost
2,300 stores across North America.
“The store closures are a necessary step in our strate-
gic reassessment as we focus on building a stronger busi-
ness,” Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s chief executive, said in a
statement.
The store closures, all in the United States and Cana-
da, are set to be completed by the end of January, Lowe’s
spokesman Steve Salazar said in an email. Store liquida-
tion sales are expected to start Thursday and last about
nine to 12 weeks, he said.
Lowe’s will offer affected employees the opportunity to
transfer to similar roles at nearby stores. Employees who
aren’t offered a new job will be eligible for severance pack-
ages, Salazar said.
The California stores set to shut are at:
8 26501 Aliso Creek Road, Aliso Viejo
8 13300 Jamboree Road, Irvine
8 720 Dubuque Ave., South San Francisco
8 750 Newhall Drive, San Jose
This news comes less than three months after Lowe’s
announced it would shut all of its Orchard Supply Hard-
ware stores, a subsidiary it owned for about five years.
Lowe’s shares edged up 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $97.07 on
Monday.
samantha.masunaga@latimes.com
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Backlash over Trump campaign ad AMC
Facebook, NBC, Fox
News stop running the
anti-immigration
commercial.
By Meg James
NBCUniversal said Mon-
day that it is pulling Presi-
dent Trump’s controversial
anti-immigrant campaign
advertisement, hours after
the spot ran prominently
during “Sunday Night Foot-
ball.” Fox News said it de-
cided to quit running the
commercial as well, and
Facebook stopped accept-
ing it as a paid ad, although
the social media giant still
allows users to post the vi-
deo.
The 30-second advertise-
ment, which Trump un-
veiled last week, features im-
ages of long lines of people
marching, evoking a group
of migrants making their
way through Mexico. The ad
also contains footage of Luis
Bracamontes, a man who
killed two Northern Califor-
nia deputies in 2014 while he
was in the country illegally. A
voice-over on the advertise-
ment then says: “America
cannot allow this invasion.
The migrant caravan must
be stopped.”
The commercial, which
many have branded as rac-
ist, then urges viewers to
“Stop the Caravan. Vote Re-
publican.” It concludes with
a Trump voice-over saying:
“I am Donald Trump and I
approve this message.”
The controversy comes in
the run-up to Tuesday’s cru-
cial midterm election, which
will determine the makeup
of Congress for the next two
years.
Dozens of governorships
also are up for grabs around
the country.
Trump has been cam-
paigning strenuously in re-
cent days, holding rallies in
battleground states such as
Luxury
theater
goes
all out
[Theater, from C1]
more money on food and
drinks that they might oth-
erwise spend at bars and
restaurants.
“They’re catering to their
clientele,” said MKM Part-
ners analyst Eric Handler.
“You’re in the high-rent dis-
trict there, so a premium
theater makes a lot of
sense.”
Cinepolis’ Pacific Pali-
sades movie house is just the
latest in a wave of upscale
cinema construction. AMC
Theatres, the world’s largest
cinema operator, started
retrofitting its auditoriums
with recliners years ago.
Leawood, Kan.-based AMC
opened a dine-in theater
serving Marina del Rey in
2012.
Boca Raton-based chain
IPic Entertainment has lo-
cations in Pasadena and
Westwood, featuring
gourmet food and waiter
service, and Texas-based
Cinemark in 2015 opened a
high-tech nine-screen multi-
plex in Playa Vista. Cinepo-
lis, for its part, operates its
own luxury theater in anoth-
er Caruso complex, the
Promenade at Westlake.
“People are willing to
spend more on a higher-
quality experience,” Han-
dler added.
Pacific Palisades repre-
sents the most recent
Southern California expan-
sion for Cinepolis, the
world’s fourth-largest thea-
ter circuit by number of
screens. It’s the eighth Cine-
polis location in Southern
California and the 21st in the
United States.
The largest of the new
venue’s auditoriums seats 77
people, while the smallest
holds 30. The theater’s sand-
colored seats, made by a
Barcelona-based manufac-
turer, are twice as expensive
as the leather recliners in
COMPANY TOWN
THE TRUMP ad contains footage of Luis Bracamontes, who killed two Northern
California deputies in 2014 while he was in the country illegally.
Florida, West Virginia and
Indiana. The president fre-
quently blames Democrats
for the stalemate over immi-
gration reform and has
made prominent mention of
the migrants fleeing Central
America by making their
way through southern Mexi-
co.
The ad ran once during
“Sunday Night Football,” a
high-profile matchup be-
tween the New England Pa-
triots and the Green Bay
Packers. “Sunday Night
Football” draws among the
highest ratings in television,
and Sunday’s installment
generated the highest rat-
ings for a network program
in more than six months, ac-
cording to preliminary
Nielsen numbers. Ratings
estimates suggest more
than 20 million viewers
watched the game, which
New England won. The ad
also was in rotation Monday
morning on cable news
channel MSNBC.
Fox News distanced itself
from the commercial. “Upon
further review, Fox News
pulled the ad yesterday and
it will not appear on either
MOVIEGOERS at a soft opening of the Bay Theatre in Pacific Palisades enjoy the luxury amenities in one of
the five screening rooms. The seats are twice as expensive as the leather recliners in Cinepolis’ other theaters.
‘They’re catering
to their clientele.
You’re in the
high-rent district
there, so a
premium theater
makes a lot of
sense.’
— Eric Handler,
analyst with MKM Partners
Cinepolis’ other theaters,
executives said. The chairs,
boasting adjustable head-
rests and footrests, appear
in only two other U.S. ven-
ues: the lounges and VIP
zones at the Miami Dol-
phins’ Hard Rock Stadium
and at the San Francisco
49ers’ Levi’s Stadium.
The lobby bar includes
cocktails and a craft beer se-
lection. About 30% of the
menu items, which patrons
can order from their seats,
are unique to the Pacific
Fox News Channel or Fox
Business Network,” Mari-
anne Gambelli, Fox News’
president of ad sales, said in
a statement Monday.
Some other news organi-
zations, including CNN, re-
fused to run the spot.
Trump faced reporters’
questions about the contro-
versy before he boarded Air
Force One on Monday. The
president said he wasn’t
aware of the flap.
“We have a lot of ads, and
they certainly are effective,
based on the numbers that
we’re seeing,” Trump said.
He also shrugged off the idea
that people have com-
plained about the commer-
cial. “A lot of things are offen-
sive,” he told reporters.
“Your questions are offen-
sive a lot of times.”
On Facebook’s platform,
the ad reached millions of
viewers before the social net-
work decided to stop run-
ning it Monday. A Facebook
spokesperson said the social
network rejected the ad be-
cause it “violates Facebook’s
advertising policy against
sensational content.” The
advertising policy does not
Palisades location, Olloqui
said. New dining options in-
clude vegan spring rolls with
Thai peanut sauce; a kobe
beef burger with bacon and
sriracha mayo; and a bri-
oche sandwich with sauteed
shrimp, blended cheeses
and pickled strawberries.
“We wanted to do a little
twist to the menu ... and de-
velop dishes that would ap-
peal to the tastes and the
lifestyles of the people in the
community,” he said.
The revived theater
serves as an anchor for Pali-
sades Village, the latest de-
velopment by Caruso,
known for retail-restaurant-
residential complexes in-
cluding the Grove in Los An-
geles and the Americana at
Brand in Glendale. The
125,000-square-foot com-
plex, spanning three acres,
features 40 boutique stores,
restaurants and cafes,
smaller footprint than Ca-
ruso’s other projects.
Caruso said Cinepolis
was the ideal partner to re-
vive the Bay Theatre, which
first opened in 1948 but was
converted into a hardware
Randy Pench TNS
cover content posted by
users, so people can still put
video of the ad on their pages
and share it with their
friends.
NBC faced criticism for
running the advertisement,
which draws a direct line
from immigrants to crime,
even though studies have
shown that immigrants do
not commit more crimes.
But Trump has made the
correlation many times, in-
cluding during his June 2015
announcement that he was
running for president.
NBC began having sec-
ond thoughts about airing
the commercial, which was
paid for by the Donald J.
Trump for President cam-
paign committee.
“After further review, we
recognize the insensitive na-
ture of the ad and have de-
cided to cease airing it
across our properties as
soon as possible,” an NBCU-
niversal spokesman said in a
statement Monday. “It will
cease to air on any proper-
ties moving forward, nation-
ally or locally.”
Trump released a longer
version of the video last
store after its demise in 1978.
“In the right communi-
ties, luxury theaters work,”
Caruso said. “They’re obvi-
ously responding to a need in
the market.”
Amid the modern accou-
trements, the theater also
imparts a certain amount of
nostalgia from a bygone era.
Patrons entering the small
lobby pass under a large-let-
tered marquee sign, inspired
by architect S. Charles Lee’s
original design for the Bay
Theatre.
The 35mm projector, in
particular, is a throwback at
a time when cinemas have
transitioned almost entirely
to digital projection.
The company decided to
make the addition after Cin-
epolis Chief Executive Ale-
jandro Ramirez discussed
the possibility with filmmak-
ers earlier this year. Many
continue to prefer the look
and feel of film to digital
technology for their movies,
especially when hosting
events for industry peers.
The company had to relo-
cate a projector from anoth-
er theater and create addi-
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week. That version blamed
Democrats for Braca-
montes’ ability to enter the
United States illegally; the
version that ran during
“Sunday Night Football” did
not explicitly blame Demo-
crats.
Fact checkers have noted
that Bracamontes, who is
from Mexico, entered the
United States illegally more
than once — during the ten-
ure of President Clinton, a
Democrat, and that of Presi-
dent George W. Bush, a Re-
publican.
Bracamontes first ar-
rived as a teenager in 1993
when Clinton was in office.
He was deported in 1997 af-
ter serving time in Arizona
for possession of narcotics
for sale.
By 1998, he apparently
was back again; according to
the Sacramento Bee,
records show he was ar-
rested in Phoenix on drug
charges that year and then,
for unknown reasons, re-
leased by the office of then-
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe
Arpaio.
Arpaio is a prominent
Republican and supporter
of Trump, and last year he
received an executive par-
don from the president after
being convicted of criminal
contempt for violating a fed-
eral court order to stop ra-
cially profiling Latinos.
Bracamontes was ar-
rested and repatriated to
Mexico a second time in 2001.
He appears to have returned
to the United States within a
year, while Bush was presi-
dent.
He lived in Salt Lake City
until 2014, when he shot and
killed Sacramento County
Sheriff ’s Deputy Danny Ol-
iver and Placer County Sher-
iff ’s Det. Michael Davis Jr.
He was convicted of those
killings this year and is on
death row at San Quentin
State Prison.
meg.james@latimes.com
Twitter: @MegJamesLAT
Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times
tional space in the projec-
tion booth to fit both the
large old-style machine and
a contemporary digital proj-
ector.
The addition of the
equipment — the only op-
erating 35mm projector in
Cinepolis’ circuit — in-
creased costs by $150,000 to
$200,000, Olloqui said.
Executives expect the
heavy investment will pay off
by attracting film buffs and
industry types. The com-
pany is in talks with major
studios to hold screenings
there, including events for
classic films. Hollywood
heavyweights who have
homes nearby could poten-
tially use the auditorium as
an intimate screening room
for their projects.
“Even though the indus-
try has moved forward with
technology, there is still
some value in doing things
differently,” Olloqui said.
“And sometimes, different
means the way it used to be.”
ryan.faughnder
@latimes.com
Twitter: @rfaughnder
C3
adjusts
exec
lineup
Network promotes 2
in effort to centralize
management. Source
says fewer than 40
positions will be cut.
By Stephen Battaglio
AMC Networks, the
maker of one of TV’s biggest
hits, “The Walking Dead,”
announced Monday that it
will centralize the manage-
ment of its cable channels
and program production.
Sarah Barnett, who has
headed AMC’s BBC Ameri-
ca channel since 2014, is be-
ing elevated to president, en-
tertainment networks. She
will maintain oversight of
BBC America and add chan-
nels AMC, SundanceTV and
IFC to her portfolio.
David Madden, president
of programming for AMC,
SundanceTV and AMC’s
production studio, will also
oversee show development
at BBC America and IFC.
He will report to Barnett.
AMC Networks is also
putting the marketing func-
tions for AMC, BBC Ameri-
ca, SundanceTV and IFC
under Linda Schupack, who
has been promoted to presi-
dent of marketing, enter-
tainment networks.
Marc Juris remains presi-
dent and general manager of
WE tv, AMC’s female-ori-
ented lifestyle channel,
which mostly airs un-
scripted programming.
The New York-based
company will streamline its
overall workforce, eliminat-
ing fewer than 40 positions
across AMC Networks,
which has about 2,000 em-
ployees, according to an exe-
cutive familiar with those
plans who was not author-
ized to publicly disclose
them.
Ed Carroll, chief op-
erating officer for parent
company AMC Networks,
said in an interview that
AMC Networks will operate
more efficiently by having its
four entertainment net-
works under each executive.
Under the previous struc-
ture, program creators were
pitching the same ideas to
development teams at the
different networks.
“It gives us more leverage
and an ability to see the
whole playing field,” Carroll
said.
The moves follow the de-
parture of Charles Collier,
who last month announced
he would leave his post as
president of AMC, Sun-
dance TV and AMC Studios
to become chief executive of
entertainment for Fox, the
company to be spun off from
21st Century Fox after the
sale of most of its assets to
Walt Disney Co.
Carroll said the restruc-
turing was planned well
before Collier’s decision to
exit.
Barnett’s rise comes after
she developed the drama hit
“Killing Eve” for BBC Ameri-
ca. The mystery series saw
its audience grow every
week during its eight-
episode run this year.
Like all broadcast and ca-
ble channels, AMC Net-
works is facing a challenging
environment as more view-
ers are streaming their fa-
vorite shows online and
spending less time watching
conventional TV.
The company has been
making investments in over-
the-top streaming video
channels, including the re-
cent acquisition of Acorn, a
service that offers British
drama programs.
AMC also offers cable
and satellite companies a
channel called AMC Pre-
miere, which gives subscrib-
ers its programs on demand
and without commercials
for an additional monthly
fee.
AMC Networks Inc. stock
closed Monday at $61.86, up
nearly 3% on the day.
stephen.battaglio
@latimes.com
Twitter:
@SteveBattaglio
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Apple slides again
associated press
U.S. stocks mostly rose
Monday. Financial and
healthcare firms gained,
while Apple and other tech
firms continued to fall. Asian
indexes fell on weak econo-
mic data in China and a lack
of progress in U.S.-China
trade negotiations.
Warren Buffett’s Berk-
shire Hathaway, a conglom-
erate that owns Geico and
other insurance businesses,
led the rally in financial
stocks after posting strong
results over the weekend.
Drugmakers including Eli
Lilly also climbed. Apple
took another sharp loss,
which knocked the tech gi-
ant’s market value below the
$1-trillion mark.
Real estate companies,
utilities and other high-divi-
dend stocks finished with
solid gains as high-growth
stocks such as tech and in-
ternet companies slipped.
Smaller and more U.S.-fo-
cused firms also lagged.
Big technology compa-
nies and small companies
were hit hard during the
market’s slump in October.
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vestors worried about the
trade dispute and about an
increase in interest rates,
which could erode their fu-
ture profits. Smaller compa-
nies are vulnerable to higher
interest rates because they
tend to carry more debt.
Earnings for companies
in the Standard & Poor’s 500
index are on track to grow
about 20% this year, and
analysts expect company
profits to grow an additional
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rates are rising and global
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+6.16 ing parking structure —
-1.59 sometimes known as the
Tinker Toy garage — located
+0.78
between 1st and 2nd streets
-6.93 along Grand Avenue, facing
-3.80 the Gehry-designed Disney
-13.32 Hall.
The Grand will have a
mix of shops and restau-
rants spread among a series
of landscaped open terraces,
along with a roughly 430-
seat cinema complex on the
east side above Olive Street.
There will be a 20-story
Equinox hotel with 309
rooms and a 39-story resi-
dential tower with 113 condos
and 323 apartments. Re-
lated will offer subsidized
rents to low-income tenants
for 20% of the apartments.
The project got a financ-
ing boost last year when a
Chinese company provided
a $290-million capital infu-
sion, but there were doubts
about its viability amid re-
peated postponements and
massive residential, retail
and hotel construction
downtown in the years since
it was first approved.
Construction financing is
a loan used to help pay for
construction and is typically
secured just before work be-
gins. In this case, construc-
tion will begin late in a real
estate cycle that began after
the last recession, but it’s
not unusual for projects of
this complexity and dura-
tion to come together with-
out regard to cycles that in-
fluence smaller devel-
opments.
Related is developing the
Grand with its partner Core
USA, a joint venture of
China Harbour Engineering
Co. and CCCG Overseas
Real Estate. CCCG Over-
seas is a subsidiary of China
Communications Construc-
tion Group, one of China’s
largest state-owned compa-
nies.
Gehry released new ren-
derings of the project in Jan-
uary and at the time Related
executive Ken Himmel said
that he expected construc-
tion to begin by early fall.
“We are excited that this
important milestone has
been achieved,” Himmel
said Monday in a statement.
“We look forward to cele-
brating with all of Los Ange-
les as we commence con-
It’s time to block drivers’ cellphones
[Lazarus, from C1]
hour.
Admittedly, the matter is
complicated.
“If it’s an option for par-
ents to get their kids off on
the right footing and devel-
op safe driving habits, that
could be a real safety bene-
fit,” said Rosemary Shahan,
president of Consumers for
Auto Reliability and Safety,
a Sacramento-based advo-
cacy group.
“But if it’s envisioned as a
way to modify the behavior
of all drivers, it seems un-
likely that those who are the
worst offenders in terms of
using their phones would be
inclined to purchase that
option,” she told me.
And if such technology
was mandatory, Shahan
observed, “what about
being able to reach 911 in an
emergency where it’s not
safe to pull off the road, or to
use a phone to navigate or
get directions?”
These are big questions.
But we’re facing a big prob-
lem.
The National Highway
Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration says 37,133 people
died last year in motor
vehicle crashes, and more
than 3,000 of those deaths
involved distracted drivers.
Thousands more people are
injured annually by drivers
who take their eyes off the
road.
I reached out to the
Alliance of Automobile
Manufacturers, an industry
group, to get a sense of
where carmakers stand.
Bryan Goodman, a spokes-
man for the organization,
said automakers take the
matter seriously.
“We can all agree that
hands on the wheel and eyes
on the road continue to be
critical to safe driving,” he
said, adding that cellphones
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LA
REG. TUB $325 the industry can do, Good-
man insisted. He emailed
me a link to an FCC page
addressing the issue.
It says that “federal law
prohibits the operation,
marketing or sale of any
type of jamming equipment,
including devices that inter-
fere with cellular and Per-
sonal Communication
Services (PCS), police
FREE
TES
THE GRAND Avenue project, shown in a rendering, will have shops and restau-
rants among a series of landscaped open terraces. It is set to be completed by 2021.
struction on this dynamic,
transformational project
that promises to remake and
enliven the Grand Avenue
artistic and cultural center
of downtown.”
Los Angeles County Su-
pervisor Hilda Solis and City
Councilman Jose Huizar,
who represent the Bunker
Hill neighborhood, released
statements of support Mon-
day for the project.
“I am pleased that the
Grand has closed financing
and we are moving to the
next stage of this devel-
opment,” said Solis, who
also serves as the chairwom-
an of the Los Angeles Grand
Avenue Authority, which
oversees development on
Bunker Hill.
“This project will create
permanent jobs and build
much-needed affordable
housing in my district,” Solis
said. “With Frank Gehry’s vi-
sionary design supporting a
variety of community-sup-
porting mixed-use devel-
opment, I am excited for the
future of Grand Avenue and
the larger neighborhood.”
Los Angeles philan-
thropist Eli Broad, who has
supported Grand Avenue
improvements for decades,
said Monday that the Grand
has been in the works for 14
A MAN talks on his phone while driving in New Jer-
sey in 2004. The situation has not since improved.
radar, Global Positioning
Systems (GPS) and wire-
less networking services
(Wi-Fi).”
The FCC states in no
uncertain terms that “these
devices pose serious risks to
critical public safety com-
munications, and can pre-
vent you and others from
making 911 and other emer-
gency calls. Jammers can
also interfere with law en-
forcement communica-
tions.”
“Jamming devices create
serious safety risks,” P.
Michele Ellison, chief of the
agency’s Enforcement Bu-
reau, says in a statement on
the web page. “In the com-
ing weeks and months, we’ll
be intensifying our efforts
through partnerships with
law enforcement agencies to
crack down on those who
continue to violate the law.”
There it is.
The FCC, however, is
wrong.
The agency is living in a
world where low-power
signal jammers might have
a range of about 30 feet,
while more advanced gear
could block all transmis-
sions within the size of a
football field. These obvi-
ously raise public safety
questions.
But what if small-scale
jamming technology could
be installed in a steering
wheel with a range of just
inches — not enough to
affect surrounding vehicles,
or even other occupants of
the car, but sufficient to
keep drivers from being
stupid?
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years and “will help com-
plete the cultural-civic dis-
trict” that includes the con-
cert hall, Museum of Con-
temporary Art, the Broad
and Ramon C. Cortines
School of Visual and Per-
forming Arts.
“This was a long time
coming and will be a great
addition to the entire re-
gion,” Broad said.
With financing, plans and
permits now in place, Vogel
said work on the Grand will
get underway starting with
preparations to demolish
the Tinker Toy garage.
The shabby open-air
parking structure was in-
tended to be temporary
when it was built after Bun-
ker Hill’s once-fancy resi-
dential neighborhood was
bulldozed in the 1950s and
1960s in an urban renewal
project intended to create a
new corporate and cultural
center for the city.
Urban renewal brought
cultural institutions such as
the Music Center and a crop
of impressive high-rise office
towers to the hill but left
yawning gaps that the
Grand Avenue Authority
was set up to fill.
For many years, Bunker
Hill has been “really just a
big office park” with a cultur-
Daniel Hulshizer Associated Press
What if that technology
could be flexible enough to
not interfere with medical
devices such as pacemakers
or insulin pumps? Or with
streaming-music services?
What if, most impor-
tantly, it didn’t mess with
law enforcement or emer-
gency calls?
“It could be done,” said
Todd Humphreys, an asso-
ciate professor of engineer-
ing at the University of
Texas at Austin. “Properly
calibrated, the jamming
would be enough to over-
power the driver’s phone
near the steering wheel but
not quite enough to over-
power passengers’ phones.”
He said the jammer
could use algorithms to
adjust its output relative to
changes in cell signal
strength as a vehicle moves,
so the jamming field re-
mained consistent.
However, there’s always
the human factor.
Humphreys noted, cor-
rectly, that some knuckle-
dragging drivers (my words,
not his) would be tempted
to skirt the jamming field by
holding their phone at arm’s
length or leaning way back
in their seat.
“This might lead to a
situation that’s even more
dangerous than the one
we’re trying to prevent,” he
said.
T. Charles Clancy, execu-
tive director of the Hume
Center for National Security
and Technology at Virginia
Tech, had the same
thought.
“If you’re texting and
Gehry Partners / Related Cos.
al center at the north end,
said office landlord Christo-
pher Rising, whose com-
pany Rising Realty Partners
owns buildings there. “Now
it will be a real community
like a New York borough.”
The Grand “is going to
open up Bunker Hill so it’s
not an island,” Rising said.
“It will be a nice bookend” to
the booming South Park
neighborhood being built
near Staples Center, he said,
and the two will be con-
nected by rail.
It will take about a year to
knock down the parking ga-
rage, dig a hole deep enough
for a five-level underground
parking garage and bring
the foundation of the Grand
level to Grand Avenue, Vogel
said.
Another year will be
spent topping out the tallest
tower at 39 stories and the
year after that completing
the interior work.
“We have done what
many people said would be
impossible,” Vogel said, “to
finance a Frank Gehry-de-
signed mixed-use project in
downtown L.A.”
roger.vincent@latimes.com
Times staff writer James
Rufus Koren contributed to
this report.
driving now, you’ll use what-
ever wingspan you have to
get around the jamming
technology,” he said.
The trick, said A. Lee
Swindlehurst, a professor of
electrical engineering and
computer science at UC
Irvine, is “to find a sweet
spot where only the driver’s
device is jammed,” regard-
less of where he or she holds
their phone.
This is technically feasi-
ble, he said, “but it would be
a challenging design.”
Maybe we don’t want to
go the jamming route. May-
be instead we equip all
cellphones so that if their
sensors and cameras detect
motion, or if they see that
the user is rapidly raising
and lowering their eyes
while driving, they don’t
permit texting.
Marwan Krunz, a profes-
sor of electrical and com-
puter engineering at the
University of Arizona, said it
also may be feasible to de-
velop jamming technology
that blocks incoming sig-
nals but doesn’t prevent
outbound calls, which
would address the issue of
emergency situations.
The point is that there
are potential solutions out
there, as long as federal
authorities are open to
change.
No one at the FCC re-
sponded to my repeated
requests for comment.
That Florida guy who
was hit with the $48,000 fine
apparently had been jam-
ming people’s cellphones on
the freeway for a couple of
years. He was charged with
“use of an illegal device” and
was told to knock it off.
Points for chutzpah,
though.
More people are killed
every year by distracted
driving than were killed in
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
That should make it obvious
we’ve got a major public
safety threat on our hands.
Doing nothing shouldn’t
be an option.
David Lazarus’ column runs
Tuesdays and Fridays. He
also can be seen daily on
KTLA-TV Channel 5 and
followed on Twitter
@Davidlaz. Send your tips
or feedback to david.lazarus
@latimes.com.
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Uber can’t easily sever ties to Saudis
[Uber, from C1]
than Uber.
That’s complicating ef-
forts by Uber’s current CEO,
Dara Khosrowshahi, to put a
new face on the company as
it moves toward an initial
public offering targeted for
early next year. Khosrow-
shahi, an Iranian immi-
grant, was one of the first to
pull out of a Saudi-led in-
vesting conference in Octo-
ber. But he’ll have a harder
time severing his company’s
broader relationship with a
government that’s now been
implicated in the grisly
killing of a journalist.
What follows is the
strange story of the massive
deal that has already shaped
one of the world’s most valu-
able start-ups, and whose ef-
fects will ripple well into the
future. This account is based
on interviews with more
than half a dozen current or
former employees and in-
vestors, all of whom spoke on
condition of anonymity in
order to protect their rela-
tionship with Uber.
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ty in Saudi Arabia first ap-
peared on Kalanick’s radar
in 2016. That spring, then-
Uber executive David
Plouffe, Barack Obama’s
former campaign manager,
was making a three-city tour
to Cairo; Dubai, United Arab
Emirates; and Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. Uber was al-
ready operating in Saudi
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service as a safe way for
women to get around in a
country where they were not
allowed to drive.
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with top Saudi officials, in-
cluding Public Investment
Fund manager Rumayyan.
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Saudi government’s plan to
diversify its investments and
reduce its dependence on its
vast oil industry, said two
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cussions. The Public Invest-
ment Fund declined to com-
ment for this story.
At the time, Uber was
thirsty for more money. The
company was deeply em-
broiled in a drag-out fight in
China with local rival Didi
Chuxing. The two compa-
nies were spending billions
discounting rides and re-
cruiting drivers in an at-
tempt to crush each other.
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When he took over, Khos-
rowshahi set to work trying
to salve Uber’s many scan-
dals, and there was little in-
dication that its ties to Saudi
Arabia would ever become
one of them. By 2018, things
were going so well that Uber
effectively re-upped its rela-
tionship with the country by
raising $9.3 billion in funding
in a deal led by SoftBank
Group Corp. The enormous
check was a coup for Khos-
rowshahi as Uber’s new
CEO. And behind the scenes
were the Saudis, who pro-
vided $45 billion in funding
for the $93-billion SoftBank
Vision Fund.
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mer, when Saudi Arabia
lifted its prohibition on fe-
male drivers, Uber’s rela-
tionship with the kingdom
appeared trouble-free.
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dom saw Prince Mohammed
as a liberalizing force, de-
spite the anti-corruption
purge in 2017 that was viewed
as a bid to concentrate
power. The relationship had
been so productive that
Uber was considering dou-
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an acquisition of Dubai ride-
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one person said.
Then, in October, jour-
nalist Khashoggi was killed
in the Saudi Consulate in Is-
tanbul, Turkey, trying to
pick up his marriage papers.
Allegations started piling up
that Prince Mohammed was
involved in orchestrating
the killing.
Within days, the killing
became a full-blown public
relations disaster for Saudi
Arabia and its U.S. business
partners, after nothing else
seemed to stick.
Plunged into crisis mode,
Uber board member Ari-
anna Huffington was one of
the first to pull out of the
Saudis’ October conference.
Uber privately wrestled with
what it should do. Execu-
tives implored Khosrow-
shahi to move swiftly, pre-
dicting accurately that there
would soon be a mass exo-
dus of executives from the
event. Khosrowshahi called
Rumayyan to tell him that
he would not attend.
One man, however, did
not publicly distance him-
self from the Saudis. Kalan-
ick was spotted in Riyadh
the week of the conference.
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not announced that he’s
withdrawing as an advisor to
Neom, the Saudi mega-city
project. Kalanick’s links to
the country stretch back be-
fore Rumayyan proved a
faithful ally during his fight
with the board, to 2016, when
he met with Prince Moham-
med at San Francisco’s Fair-
mont Hotel.
Kalanick’s association
with the Saudi government,
however unpopular, is not
exactly surprising. The Uber
co-founder has long had a
reputation for a win-at-all-
costs mentality.
But Khosrowshahi has
tried to build a more princi-
pled reputation. He has en-
shrined “We do the right
thing. Period,” as one of the
company’s cultural values.
Much of Khosrowshahi’s
first year at Uber was spent
apologizing for Uber’s past
transgressions. It now ap-
pears he’ll have another one
to add to the list.
It will be a delicate task.
Khosrowshahi’s position is
particularly interesting be-
cause of his Iranian heritage,
which he has talked about
frequently in public appear-
ances. Iran has long been a
foe of Saudi Arabia, and the
tension between the two
countries is thought to be
shaping the ongoing fallout
around Khashoggi.
Executives involved in
cutting the deal with Saudi
Arabia said there isn’t much
that Khosrowshahi can do
to extricate Uber from its
deep ties to the kingdom.
The best hope for resolving
Uber’s Saudi stigma, insid-
ers said, is for the company
to go public, giving it more
latitude to reshape its
board. Public companies
have little control over their
investors, potentially ab-
solving Uber of some of the
blame for an autocratic bed-
fellow.
So far, Uber’s strategy
appears to be waiting out
the public backlash. The
company’s board met last
week in a marathon meeting
attended by the entire
board, including Kalanick
and Rumayyan. Khosrow-
shahi was scheduled to pre-
sent his plan for 2019 as Uber
prepares for a public offer-
ing. And Rumayyan’s status
as a director, the company
said, is unchanged. At least
for now, Khosrowshahi
seems willing to ignore the
Saudi in the room.
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Kings
know
it’s time
to look
inward
HELENE ELLIOTT
If the Kings
had new
spring in their
legs during
their first
practice
under interim
coach Willie
Desjardins on
Monday, if they moved
through his drills with more
purpose than they had
shown in the weeks leading
up to John Stevens’ firing,
it’s because they were moti-
vated by guilt as much as by
a desire to please the man
who will try to salvage what
has been a drearily unsuc-
cessful season.
When Darryl Sutter was
fired, players barely re-
strained themselves from
publicly singing “Ding
Dong! The Witch is Dead,”
at the top of their lungs.
Stevens’ dismissal was
different. It sobered them,
as it should have.
Sutter had berated and
belittled players toward the
end of his coaching term.
They were grateful for his
guidance during their 2012
Clippers
keep
calm
and
carry on
They keep their
composure and the
lead despite some
heated moments.
CLIPPERS 120
MINNESOTA 109
By Andrew Greif
At several points last
week during their three-
game trip, the Clippers left
arenas frustrated that their
composure had broken and
games had been lost be-
cause of it.
Monday night they held
firm as the Minnesota
Timberwolves cut their lead
and got in their face, the
Clippers holding on for a 120-
109 victory at Staples Center.
The Timberwolves (4-7)
lead the league in drama but
could not produce enough
suspense late thanks to a
cutting dunk from the Clip-
pers’ Danilo Gallinari that
created a 10-point lead with
Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times 66 seconds left. The Clippers
BRUINS SOPHOMORE Kris Wilkes, shown driving the ball down the court against USC last season, (6-4) exhaled from there.
hopes to improve his NBA draft stock after flirting with pro basketball after last season. “Our composure was a lot
better just all throughout
the game,” forward Tobias

TWO FOES WITH

and 2014 Stanley Cup runs, Harris said. “It’s something
but their relationship with to grow on as a unit and obvi-
him had turned irreconcil- ously we’re not going to be
ably sour long before the perfect at that. It’s a game,
divorce became official in we’re competitors, we’re go-
April 2017. Stevens’ main ing to be emotional but we

flaw was that he failed to stir
players’ emotions, but an
experienced team should
have done that on its own.
This time, players knew the
blame was on them, not the
coach.
Team captain Anze
Kopitar called it “a sad day.”
And it was. “We’re certainly
responsible for it. We didn’t
play up to our potential and
we know it. And he lost the
job because of it,” Kopitar
said of the message sent
when general manager Rob
Blake fired Stevens and
assistant Don Nachbaur on
Sunday. “We’re talking
about the reset button,
that’s the last resort, the
last chance, really, for us to
get it going and really not
[See Elliott, D6]
COMMON GOAL
just got to continue to move
on to the next play every
time.”
They did that enough
Monday in a game that also
served as a study in con-
trasts: one team raving
Return trip to NCAA tournament is within reach about its locker-room har-
mony, the other enduring a
public breakup with its All-
Star guard weeks after he
NO. 21 UCLA BRUINS USC TROJANS asked for a trade.
The player in question,
Alford’s job could be on the line Boatwright ready for senior season the Timberwolves’ Jimmy
His contract runs through 2021, but UCLA’s coach The most familiar face in the program looks to Butler, scored 20 points but
may need a big season from his young and talented prove himself to NBA scouts while leading USC [See Clippers, D4]
squad to keep his job. The Bruins, who lost to St. back to the NCAA tournament. It’s no small task
Bonaventure in a play-in game last season, could for a player who has struggled with injuries and
solidify their coach’s standing by making a deep now has to take over a team that replaced three
run in March. D7

SEASON OPENER
Today vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.
starters from a year ago. D7

L.A. wins bid to
host the World
Urban Games
Nontraditional sports
and esports will be
featured. Soon-Shiong
is a sponsor, organizer.
By Meg James
Los Angeles has been se-
lected as the inaugural host
city for the World Urban
Games, a new international
competition that will feature
nontraditional and emerg-
hosting rights to the 2021
Games, if the 2019 event is
successful. The games will
be held just south of Los An-
geles International Airport
in El Segundo.
The World Urban Games
is expected to draw 700 ath-
letes, 300 referees and thou-
sands of spectators to the
five-day event next Septem-
ber. The competitions will be
part of a large outdoor festi-
val with food, music, art and
digital entertainment, in-
cluding esports, the Global
SEASON OPENER
Today vs. Robert Morris, 8 p.m.
USOC
seeks to
revoke
NGB
USA Gymnastics’
status as the national
governing body of its
sport is in jeopardy.
By David Wharton
Days after American
gymnast Simone Biles con-
cluded a historic perform-
ance at the world champi-
onships, the U.S. Olympic
Committee announced it
Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times will seek to banish the na-
ALVIN KAMARA of New Orleans scores one of his two touchdowns against the tional organization that
Rams on Sunday. The Saints have won seven straight after losing their opener. oversees her sport.
The drastic move in-
REVIEW AND PREVIEW volves the USOC filing a
complaint to revoke USA

Saints in driver’s seat

ing Olympic sports such as
skateboarding, three-on-
three basketball and BMX
freestyle cycling.
Los Angeles Times owner
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
agreed to underwrite the
event to woo the World Ur-
ban Games to the Los Ange-
les area. The biomedical
entrepreneur, who also is a
part owner of the Lakers, de-
clined to disclose the size of
his investment, but said he
plans to bring on additional
sponsors to help cover the
costs.
Los Angeles edged out a
bid by Budapest, despite a
reported $10.5-million
pledge last month from
Hungary. Los Angeles was
also conditionally awarded
Assn. of International
Sports Federations an-
nounced Monday at its
headquarters in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
“This will be the world’s
first World Urban Games,
and what better place?”
Soon-Shiong said. “We are
the melting pot for the na-
tion in regards to sports.”
The region has 11 major
professional teams, ranging
from the Dodgers and Rams,
to the Galaxy, Sparks and
Ducks, and it is home to elite
athletic programs at UCLA
and USC.
The World Urban Games,
however, will feature “a new
generation of sports,” ac-
cording to the GAISF, which
[See Urban Games, D5]
They control own
destiny in NFC, but
they face tougher
road than Rams.
SAM FARMER
ON THE NFL
NEW ORLEANS — Now
that the Rams have lost,
there’s one indisputable
truth about the NFL.
Nobody’s perfect.
Heading into Week 10,
every team has at least one
loss, and New Orleans wres-
tled away the NFC steering
wheel from the Rams with a
45-35 victory at the Super-
dome.
The 7-1 Saints have four
remaining opponents who
have winning records (Cin-
cinnati, Pittsburgh, and
Carolina twice), whereas
the 8-1 Rams have two (Kan-
sas City, Chicago). After
Sunday’s games, the win-
ning percentage of the
Saints’ remaining oppo-
nents was .579, while the
Rams’ remaining oppo-
nents were .483.
The Rams have yet to
lose back-to-back regular-
season games under coach
Sean McVay, but they can-
not breathe easy with Pete
Carroll and the Seattle
Seahawks coming to town.
The last meeting of these
teams, in October, came
down to the Rams convert-
ing a fourth-down keeper by
Jared Goff to hang on for a
33-31 win.
The Seahawks might be
an underwhelming 4-4, and
coming off a home loss to
the Chargers, but with the
[See Farmer, D2]
Gymnastics’ status as a na-
tional governing body, initi-
ating a potentially complex
adjudication process.
If the revocation is suc-
cessful, an entirely new or-
ganization might have to be
created to run American
gymnastics with the 2020
Summer Games in Tokyo
less than two years away.
“You might be asking
why now?” USOC Chief Exe-
cutive Sarah Hirshland
wrote in an open letter Mon-
day. “The short answer is
that we believe the chal-
lenges facing the organiza-
tion are simply more than it
is capable of overcoming in
its current form.”
USA Gymnastics has suf-
[See Gymnastics, D8]
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7 Kings-Philadelphia Flyers
SpecSN, ESPN
SpecSN game from Staples Center:
LAKERS
“Kovalchuk con el pase,
at Portland MIL. el disparo que es intercep-
7 12:30 tado, una vez mas Carter,
Prime Prime otra vez Carter y el gol! Gol
CLIPPERS … Gooooool … Gooooool …
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DUCKS MINN. CALGARY que bonito se siente cantar el
7:30 7:30 7 gol de los Kings!”
FSW, Prime FSW FSW Got it? In the span of a Christopher Wohlers Courtesy of L.A. Kings
KINGS couple of seconds, Ilya Ko- BROADCASTERS Francisco X. Rivera, left, and Nano Cortes are helping the
valchuk takes a pass, a shot Kings reach out to Spanish-speaking fans. Their next broadcast is Nov. 24.
at Kings CALGARY MINN. is blocked, Jeff Carter shoots
7:30 7:30 7 again, then another shot, Still, the timing can come to measure success of this it. In their 25 seasons, the
Prime, FSW Prime Prime and Carter … puts the bis- off as odd. There’s a 20-year Spanish-language reintro- Ducks have never tried a
DUCKS cuit in the basket, right? gap between this attempt duction is by digital feed- Spanish-language partner.
So there’s no confusion, and the last Kings Spanish- back on social media. Espe- In the NHL, only Vegas, Chi-
Shade denotes home game Rivera holds that final note language radio feed, when cially if Rivera’s calls keep cago, Florida and San Jose
in an extended primal punc- Rodolfo Hernandez and Fer- going viral. have expanded their Span-
tuation that mirrors Andres nando Gonzalez did it for “God love him, he’s into ish-language reach.
Cantor during a World Cup KWIZ-FM (96.7). The Kings it,” Altieri said of Rivera. Rivera, who has worked
TODAY ON THE AIR soccer match. allowed that deal, as well as “He’ll have his own style. I for Spanish-language Spec-
TIME EVENT ON THE AIR “My plan was to make it one with English-language thought his play-by-play trum, Fox TV and the Ga-
BASKETBALL just sound like a soccer goal XTRA-AM (690), to expire was smooth and enthusias- laxy, and is the Spanish-lan-
5:30 p.m. Washington at Dallas TV: NBATV — he shoots and scores!” as the dynamics changed in tic even if someone like me guage radio man for LAFC,
said Rivera, a 36-year-old the couple of seasons after didn’t completely under- will rejoin partner Nano Cor-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
native of Mexico City who Wayne Gretzky’s departure stand Spanish. Hockey is tes next on the Nov. 24 Kings-
3:30 p.m. Siena at Providence TV: FSW
studied broadcasting at from L.A. still being introduced to the Vancouver game.
3:30 p.m. Loyola (Md.) at St. John’s TV: Prime Long Beach State. And if you buy into the re- Hispanic community in Rivera said he has anec-
3:30 p.m. Chicago State at Indiana TV: Big Ten “Before the game, every- search presented last Au- some ways after all these dotally heard that the Kings’
3:30 p.m. Wagner at Seton Hall TV: FS2 one seemed to be asking, gust, the Spanish-only years. With all we have going, first broadcast was a way to
4 p.m. State Farm Champions Classic, Michigan State vs. TV: ESPN ‘How you going to call a sports cable channel Spec- this guarantees we can pen- bridge the enjoyment of a
Kansas goal?’ I know how Andres trum Deportes decided to etrate into the Hispanic game between younger His-
4 p.m. North Carolina at Wofford TV: ESPN2 has his goal call for soccer in cease operation after a six- market on this platform.” panic and Latino sports fans
4 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyne at Tennessee TV: SEC the U.S., but to be honest, I year run when it cited that The Dodgers have the and older family members.
4 p.m. Morgan State at Villanova TV: FS1 wanted to try something dif- Spanish-speaking viewers deepest connection to a “Our main target should
5:30 p.m. Norfolk State at Michigan TV: Big Ten ferent. But I guess I decided were content watching the Spanish-language carrier, be people of Latino descent,
5:30 p.m. IUPUI at Xavier TV: FS2 to give the people what they English-language feeds of going back to 1953 in Brook- first- or second-generation,
6 p.m. Florida at Florida State TV: ESPN2 wanted to hear. There was so the Lakers, Galaxy and lyn. They have alternated who also watch soccer and
much demand for it, I went other live events with sec- mostly between ESPN’s love a Spanish-language
6 p.m. Purdue Fort Wayne at UCLA TV: Pac-12,
with loud and screamed ondary audio programming KWKW-AM (1330) and Uni- call,” Rivera said. “With all
Pac-12LA
from the top of my lungs.” providing a Spanish option. vision’s KTNQ-AM (1020) due respect, I think there’s a
6 p.m. South Alabama at Auburn TV: SEC
Then there was Rivera’s The Kings are almost five since coming to L.A. in ’58. need and hunger for any-
6 p.m. Maryland Baltimore County at Marquette TV: FS1 personal tagline: “And it seasons removed from their KWKW currently has the thing Spanish language. A
6:30 p.m. State Farm Champions Classic, Duke vs. Kentucky TV: ESPN feels so good to call a Kings last Stanley Cup run. Yet the Lakers, Rams, Clippers, An- puck is still a puck but a
7:30 p.m. Western Kentucky at Washington TV: ESPNU goal!” franchise rebooted an idea gels and Galaxy. KFWB-AM puck that’s flying can be a
8 p.m. Brigham Young at Nevada TV: CBSSN The immediate goal for championed for several sea- (980) has the LAFC and ‘disco volador.’ A lot of words
8 p.m. Portland State at Oregon TV: Pac-12 the Kings’ 10-game experi- sons by Jonathan Lowe, the Chargers, who have kept and phrases I don’t think
8 p.m. Robert Morris at USC TV: Pac-12LA ment with a Spanish-lan- AEG Sports senior VP of three other Spanish-lan- need direct translation. Not
COLLEGE FOOTBALL guage package on Los Ange- business development and guage affiliates in San Diego even cross-checking or icing.
4:30 p.m. Kent State at Buffalo TV: ESPNU les’ ESPN Deportes affiliate brand strategy. and Mexico. It can be challenging, but
GOLF is expanding its brand in a Mike Altieri, the team’s USC football tried Span- I’m comfortable knowing
major media market. The head of communications ish language for some home the listeners are often bilin-
8 p.m. LPGA Tour, Blue Bay, first round TV: Golf
latest demographic re- and broadcasting, recently games starting in 2000 and gual and communicate well
HOCKEY
search shows 38%, account- decided to disconnect from kept it for 11 seasons, but in English but understand
4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Tampa Bay TV: NBCSN ing for 3.3 million people, terrestrial radio and estab- hasn’t had it since 2013. and follow Spanish. It’s in-
7:30 p.m. Ducks at Kings TV: FSW, Prime speak Spanish as a primary lish the English-speaking UCLA football or basketball credible. I think this will just
R: iHeart, 830 language in L.A. County. Kings feed on the iHeartRa- tried online versions of keep building.”
HORSE RACING Nearly 50% of residents iden- dio app and online stream. Spanish-language games
5 p.m. Race Night featuring Pocono Downs TV: TVG tify as Hispanic or Latino. He said the immediate way from 2008-2010, but that was sports@latimes.com
SOCCER
9:45 a.m. UEFA Champions League, Red Star vs. Liverpool TV: KFTR, UDN,
Unimas, TNT
9:45 a.m. UEFA Champions League, Monaco vs. Club Brugge TV: Galavision
11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
Noon
UEFA Champions League, Tottenham vs. Eindhoven
UEFA Champions League, Inter Milan vs. Barcelona
UEFA Champions League, Napoli vs. Paris
Saint-Germain
TV: Galavision
TV: UNI
TV: KFTR, TNT,
Unimas
Veteran quarterbacks thriving
4:45 p.m. CONCACAF, Mexico vs. Jamaica TV: UDN
TENNIS
[Farmer, from D1] those clubs are heading in a win, they’re 2-6 and head- sive end Danielle Hunter
10 a.m. USTA Women’s Pro Circuit Las Vegas, early round TV: Tennis
defensive vulnerabilities the opposite directions. The ing into the Kansas City collected 31⁄2 sacks and
5 p.m. USTA Women’s Pro Circuit Las Vegas, early round TV: Tennis Rams showed against the Chargers have won five in a wood chipper. Lamar Jack- returned a fumble 32 yards
Saints, Seattle quarterback row; the Raiders have son isn’t the starter in Balti- for a touchdown in the
Russell Wilson is a daunting dropped four straight. It more, where the Ravens fourth quarter.
challenge. seems like a lifetime ago have lost three straight. No time for Stafford to
AROUND THE NFL Meanwhile, the Saints that they were angling to be Then again, the hottest exhale, either. The Lions
boast the NFL’s longest roommates in Carson. hand in the league is only in play at division-leading

Elway sticking with winning streak, seven

games, and are led by Can-
ton-bound quarterback
A couple of other sea-
soned quarterbacks are
directing division-leading
his second season, and the
first as a starter.
The Chiefs’ Patrick
Chicago on Sunday.

Le’Veon who?

Broncos head coach Drew Brees, who Sunday

associated press
John Elway says he’s go-
ing to “stay the course” with
Denver Broncos head coach
Vance Joseph. Elway told
Broncos broadcasting part-
ner Orange & Blue 760 that
he’s encouraged by the
team’s improvement despite
its 3-6 record, which is iden-
tical to last year’s mark after
nine games.
“There’s enough good
things that are going on as
far as us and the way that
we’re playing,” Elway said.
“I’m much more encouraged
this year than I was last
year.”
Etc.
Washington lost more
than a quarter of its starting
offense in one fell swoop,
with receiver Paul Rich-
ardson and guards Bran-
don Scherff and Shawn
Lauvao all going on injured
reserve due to season-end-
ing surgery. ... A.J. Green,
Cincinnati’s top receiver, is
likely to miss Sunday’s game
against New Orleans with a
foot injury. The Saints, also
thin at receiver, reportedly
will work out Dez Bryant
and Brandon Marshall on
Tuesday. ... Buffalo’s Josh
Allen resumed throwing and
could play Sunday.
had his 22nd game with at
least four touchdown passes
and no interceptions — tied
with New England’s Tom
Brady for the most in NFL
history.
Brees and Brady are
among several quarter-
backs thriving in the twi-
light of their careers. The
Chargers’ Philip Rivers is,
too, notching a 105.9 rating
in a 25-17 win at Seattle.
Rivers has started 200
consecutive games, dating
to Sept. 11, 2006. Only three
other quarterbacks have
achieved that milestone:
Brett Favre (297 consecu-
tive games), Eli Manning
(210), and Peyton Manning
(208).
The Chargers play at
Oakland on Sunday, and
teams: Pittsburgh’s Ben
Roethlisberger and Wash-
ington’s Alex Smith.
This time of year always
seems to be a critical junc-
ture for rookie quarter-
backs, who a year ago would
have been weeks from wrap-
ping their college seasons.
In the NFL marathon,
teams are only hitting the
13-mile mark.
The picture isn’t too
pretty for the latest crop of
first-round quarterbacks.
Baker Mayfield’s Cleveland
Browns have lost four in a
row and fired a coach; Sam
Darnold’s New York Jets
have dropped three in a row,
Josh Allen is injured in
Buffalo, and the Bills have
lost four straight; and even
though Josh Rosen’s Arizo-
na Cardinals are coming off
Mahomes has passed for at
least 300 yards in eight
consecutive games, tying
him with Andrew Luck
(2014) for the longest such
streak in history.
Mahomes, who appeared
in his 10th career game
Sunday, has passed for 3,185
yards and 29 touchdowns.
He’s the only player ever to
pass for at least 3,000 yards
in his first 10 career games.
Sack machine
Minnesota’s defense has
come to life and figures to be
a headache for opponents in
the second half of the sea-
son. The Vikings get a week
off and, boy, did they earn it.
In Sunday’s 24-9 victory
over Detroit, Minnesota
sacked Matthew Stafford a
club-record 10 times. Defen-
If there’s chatter about
Le’Veon Bell in Pittsburgh
these days, it isn’t coming
from the Steelers locker
room. The team doesn’t
seem to miss the All-Pro
holdout, not with the way
replacement running back
James Conner is playing.
Conner ran for 107 yards
and caught passes for 56
more in a 23-16 victory at
Baltimore.
With 1,085 yards from
scrimmage, Conner is the
only player in Pittsburgh’s
storied history to roll up at
least 1,000 yards in the
team’s first eight games of a
season.
Next up, Carolina on
Thursday night.
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MARCUS PETERS of the Rams has a hold on New Orleans’ Michael Thomas here during the third quarter of
Sunday’s game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, but the Saints were the ones who held onto the victory.
RAMS REPORT
Team looks to rebound
By Gary Klein
His team’s eight-game
winning streak ended in New
Orleans, but Rams coach
Sean McVay will put anoth-
er streak on the line this
week against the Seattle
Seahawks.
Under McVay, the Rams
have never lost two consecu-
tive regular-season games.
After each of their first
four defeats in 2017, the
Rams rebounded with victo-
ries that helped them win
the NFC West and advance
to the playoffs for the first
time since 2004. They
dropped their final game
against the San Francisco
49ers when McVay rested
starters and then lost to the
Atlanta Falcons in a wild-
card game.
Sunday’s 45-35 loss to the
Saints ended the Rams’
chances for a perfect season,
but they still lead the divi-
sion.
And they remain in the
Super Bowl discussion
heading into Sunday’s game
against the Seahawks at the
Coliseum.
“If anything,” McVay said
Monday of rebounding from
defeats, “it creates an added
sense of urgency.”
Against the Saints, the
Rams had their worst defen-
sive game in McVay and de-
Mariota recovers to lead Titans
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DALLAS 14
associated press
ARLINGTON, Texas —
Kevin Byard pulled in a cru-
cial interception, Marcus
Mariota accounted for three
touchdowns and the Ten-
nessee Titans spoiled Amari
Cooper’s Dallas debut with a
28-14 victory Monday night.
The end-zone pick of a
pass by Dak Prescott came
after Mariota fumbled on
UCLA REPORT
Coach for special teams only isn’t a Kelly priority
By Ben Bolch
Chip Kelly, a coach
known for his commitment
to efficiency, didn’t consider
hiring a dedicated special-
teams coordinator upon his
arrival at UCLA even though
the NCAA granted teams an
extra staff member before
this season.
Kelly said it wouldn’t be
the best use of that coach’s
time during the portions of
practice not involving spe-
cial teams.
“They’d have to take a va-
cation, get a lawn chair out
there for them, have them sit
down and not do anything,”
Kelly said Monday.
Apparently, nearly half of
the Pac-12 Conference be-
lieves in leisure time.
Five conference schools
have dedicated special-
teams coordinators as part
of their coaching staffs, in-
cluding USC’s John Baxter.
Also among the schools that
fensive coordinator Wade
Phillips’ one-and-a-half sea-
sons with the franchise. The
Rams had not given up more
than 43 points before the
Saints eclipsed that while
amassing 487 yards.
“They were getting out of
the huddle, tricking us with
a bunch of formations and
stuff,” defensive lineman
Michael Brockers said after
the game. “So we definitely
gotta communicate a lit bit
faster as a defense.”
Despite the problems,
the Rams still were in posi-
tion to possibly win after
coming back from a 21-point
deficit.
“Everybody gotta be
humbled,” running back
Todd Gurley said. “And, you
know, this was our day.”
The Rams did not sack
Saints quarterback Drew
Brees and they could not
stop him from passing for
four touchdowns.
Now they face the Sea-
hawks’ Russell Wilson for
the second time.
In Week 5, Wilson passed
for three touchdowns, with-
out an interception, in a 33-
31 win by the Rams that was
not secured until Rams
quarterback Jared Goff ex-
ecuted a late fourth-down
sneak for a first down.
Wilson completed 26 of 39
passes for 235 yards and two
touchdowns, with an inter-
the first two Tennessee pos-
sessions. Byard ran to mid-
field at AT&T Stadium and
spread his arms.
“It was huge,” Mariota
said of Byard, while adding
that he didn’t see the cele-
bration. “The defense has
done an unbelievable job
throughout the year in
building us up. They found
ways to give us plays, to get
turnovers.”
Tennessee (4-4) ended a
losing streak at three games
and handed the Cowboys
(3-5) their first loss in four
have made special teams a
singular focus is Oregon,
which scored three touch-
downs as a result of UCLA’s
special-teams breakdowns
Saturday during the Bruins’
42-21 loss.
UCLA fumbled a punt re-
turn, gave up a touchdown
on a punt return and failed
to stop a fake field-goal try
on the way to falling behind
by three touchdowns.
There was also a failed
onside kick, a botched field-
goal attempt after kicker JJ
Molson ran onto the field
late and a false start that
pushed another Molson
field-goal attempt back five
yards, only for the kick to fall
a few yards short of the
crossbar.
The two bungled field-
goal opportunities cost the
Bruins six points, adding up
to a 27-point swing when
combined with the three
touchdowns they gave up on
special teams.
“You can’t give up 27
ception, in Sunday’s 25-17
loss to the Chargers that
dropped the Seahawks’
record to 4-4.
Rams cornerback Mar-
cus Peters struggled in Oc-
tober against the Seahawks,
and he struggled against the
Saints.
He gave up multiple long
gains, including a 72-yard
touchdown to receiver
Michael Thomas that
sealed the Saints’ victory.
Peters acknowledged af-
ter the game that he had
been playing poorly of late.
“And that’s just being
honest,” he said.
The Rams “still have a lot
of confidence” in Peters,”
McVay said Monday.
“In a lot of instances, he’s
isolated one-on-one with the
other team’s best receiver,”
McVay said, “and that’s
come up throughout various
times this season. There’s
going to be an element of,
those great players will
make some of their plays.
“The standards that
Marcus has for himself, that
we have for him, we expect
him to play and make some
of those plays. But, the best
part about him is the ac-
countability that he took
afterwards. The first thing
he’s going to do is look in-
ward and figure out what he
can do to be better.”
Rams cornerback Aqib
home games.
The Cowboys led only 7-0
because of Brett Maher’s
missed 38-yard field-goal try
and Prescott’s ill-advised
throw into double coverage.
“That was the difference.
Simple as that,” Prescott
said.
Cooper scored the first
Dallas touchdown and fin-
ished with five catches for 58
yards after being acquired
from Oakland in a trade for a
first-round pick.
Mariota led an 80-yard
drive capped by Derrick
points to a team,” Kelly said.
“We believe those are all us;
that’s self-inflicted wounds,
that’s not anything that any-
body else did, that’s what we
did, so we have to correct
that if we expect to win
games in this league.”
UCLA’s special teams
primarily fall under the di-
rection of Roy Manning, the
special-teams coordinator
who also coaches the out-
side linebackers. Manning
had no experience coaching
special teams before this
season, having worked with
outside linebackers, corner-
backs, running backs and of-
fensive line at his previous
stops.
Manning, however, is not
a one-man operation with
the Bruins’ special teams.
Running backs coach De-
Shaun Foster helps with the
punt returners; defensive
backs coach Paul Rhoads
works with the gunners on
punt coverage; tight ends
coach Derek Sage helps
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Talib remains sidelined
while recovering from ankle
surgery. The soonest he
could return from injured re-
serve would be Week 13
against Detroit.
McVay said the Rams fo-
cused on acquiring an edge
rusher, not a cornerback, at
last month’s trade deadline.
New edge rusher Dante
Fowler played 44 of 71 defen-
sive snaps against the
Saints. He made a tackle for
a loss and defended a pass.
Etc.
The Rams activated
rookie linebacker Ogbonnia
Okoronkwo and waived
rookie linebacker Trevon
Young. Okoronkwo began
the season on the physically-
unable-to-perform list while
recovering from foot surgery.
“Whether he’s actually ac-
tive on game day or not is
still to be determined,” Mc-
Vay said. … Offensive line-
man Rodger Saffold
tweeted that he had apolo-
gized to Goff for an exchange
that occurred after Saffold
was penalized for a personal
foul. “This can happen be-
tween brothers in a heated
battle but we won’t let the in-
cident define us. This won’t
happen again. #WeNotMe,”
Saffold wrote.
gary.klein@latimes.com
Twitter: @latimesklein
Henry’s one-yard plunge for
a 7-7 tie.
Tennessee took control
in the second half, convert-
ing 11 of 14 third downs.
Mariota was 21 for 29 for
240 yards without an inter-
ception and had 32 yards
rushing.
Dallas running back
Ezekiel Elliott finished with
61 yards.
Prescott was 21 for 31 for
243 yards and two touch-
downs, one of four yards to
Cooper and one of 23 yards
to Allen Hurns.
with blocking and release
technique on punt coverage
and punt returns, and offen-
sive line coach Justin Frye
assists with field goals.
“Coach Manning is the
head of it all and I think he
does a great job,” punter
Stefan Flintoft said. “I’ve
been very impressed with
him all year. His focus on it
and what he emphasizes
and his drills and whatnot, I
just feel like they translate
over very well.
“Obviously, this past
game is not the best example
of it, but that’s not all him.
You can’t just blame one per-
son, especially a coach, so we
just have to go out and re-
member our training, turn
your mind off, let your body
do what it knows how to do. I
think we got away from that
this weekend as players and
we’ll clean that up this week
and next week will be much
better.”
Kelly said Molson run-
ning onto the field late was a
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
CHARGERS REPORT
Sturgis kicked
to the curb
By Jeff Miller
They believed in him
enough to give him a two-
year contract, to stick with
him through a rough start
and to go back to him when
he returned from injury.
But when two more
blown extra-point attempts
and a missed field-goal try
Sunday forced the Chargers
to scramble to hold off Seat-
tle 25-17, the belief in Caleb
Sturgis expired.
The team released the
veteran kicker Monday and
promoted rookie Michael
Badgley from the practice
squad.
Coach Anthony Lynn
said the Chargers still might
try out or add another kicker
this week. But barring an-
other move, Badgley will be
the kicker Sunday at Oak-
land.
“I’d like to give him the
keys to the car and let him go
drive,” Lynn said. “But we’ve
talked about bringing in an-
other kicker to maybe kick
off, maybe help in that area.
“That’s something that
we’re just looking at. You
hate to do something like
that because you lose depth
at other positions.”
Badgley was seven for
seven on extra points and
three for three on field goals
while filling in for Sturgis in
Weeks 6 and 7. Of his 12 kick-
offs, however, only two went
for touchbacks.
Defensive end Isaac
Rochell praised Badgley,
claiming the rookie even
possesses a “savage mental-
ity” that is rare at the posi-
tion.
“It’s kind of self-explana-
tory when you have a kicker
like Badge who hasn’t
missed since he’s been in the
NFL,” Rochell said. “We defi-
nitely have confidence in
him. At the end of the day, we
just want to see it go through
the uprights.”
Sturgis, 29, signed a two-
year, $4.45-million free-agent
deal in March. He was enter-
ing his sixth season coming
off a year in which he missed
significant time because of a
hip injury.
He made his first four ex-
tra points and three of four
field-goal tries to start the
season. But then Sturgis
missed four extra points and
two field-goal attempts dur-
ing a three-game stretch.
In an attempt to help
him, the Chargers even
changed holders, waiving
punter Drew Kaser and
signing veteran Donnie
Jones out of retirement.
Sturgis then suffered a
quadriceps strain and
missed games against Cleve-
land and Tennessee. He re-
turned Sunday and so did
the Chargers’ kicking woes,
Sturgis hooking all three
misses wide left.
“It’s always tough to
move on from a player,”
Lynn said. “I believe in all
these guys. We feel like we
gave him a fair shot. We
stayed with him as long as
we could. It just came down
to performance.”
Kicking issues have be-
come a lingering problem for
the Chargers. Badgley is the
sixth kicker the team has
employed since 2017.
Punts with purpose
Jones’ six punts against
the Seahawks weren’t par-
communication issue be-
cause the Bruins never had
any intention of going for it
on fourth and 10. The coach
said he replaced Adarius
Pickett with Theo Howard
after Pickett dropped his
second punt in as many
weeks because “maybe it’s
just a little bit of a slump,
you’re thinking a little bit too
much about everything.”
Pickett was back working
with the group of punt re-
turners in practice Monday.
Spending more practice
time on special teams is not
the answer to the Bruins’
problems, Kelly said.
“It’s got nothing to do
with that,” Kelly said. “It’s
got to do with attention to
detail and doing the little
things.”
Etc.
Kelly said linebacker Bo
Calvert might be sidelined
for the rest of the season be-
cause of an unspecified in-
jury. … Quarterback Dorian
D3
ticularly pretty, but they
were effective. And it was all
by design.
Lynn explained that the
veteran was instructed to
keep the ball from Seattle re-
turner Tyler Lockett.
“He did an outstanding
job,” Lynn said. “I don’t care
if it was a knuckleball or a
ball kicked close to out of
bounds. But he did a good
job keeping the ball out of
that returner’s hands.”
Lockett finished with
three returns for only four
yards. Jones routinely
kicked away from Lockett,
with one of his punts knuck-
ling awkwardly toward the
sideline.
“Donnie has that savvy to
keep it out of his hands,”
Lynn said. “If you gotta give
up a few yards here, I’d
rather give them up on the
kick than give them up in
coverage.”
Liuget is starting
to come around
Defensive tackle Corey
Liuget missed the first four
games because of a positive
test for performance-en-
hancing drugs. When he re-
turned, the Chargers began
working him back into the
rotation slowly.
Liuget advanced to the
point where he was able to
start Sunday, the Chargers
trying to go as big as possible
up front against the run-
happy Seahawks. Liuget,
listed at 6 feet 2 and 300
pounds, played 53 of 81 de-
fensive snaps, finishing with
a game-high three tackles
for loss.
“Corey had an outstand-
ing game,” Lynn said. “He’s
back. He had to work his way
back in.”
Lynn mixing and
matching on defense
Another change in the
defensive starting lineup
came on the back end, where
Michael Davis replaced
Trevor Williams at corner-
back.
Lynn explained that
Williams’ performance led to
the switch, the third-year
pro struggling to match
what he did last season
when he started 15 games.
“Michael competed well,”
Lynn said. “He’s going to be a
good corner in this league for
a long time.”
Davis played all 81 snaps.
Williams was limited to 21
snaps, all on special teams.
But Lynn didn’t rule out the
possibility of Williams
playing more against the
Raiders.
“Trevor’s still in the mix,”
he said. “He might be in
there next week. Who
knows? But I wanted to see
Michael play. And I thought
he competed well.”
Etc.
Lynn said Sam Tevi will
remain the starter at right
tackle while Joe Barksdale
works his way back. Barks-
dale has appeared in the last
two games after being out
because of a knee injury…
Center Mike Pouncey on the
Chargers: “There’s a term
that’s been used for a long
time, that defense wins
championships. If our de-
fense keeps playing like that,
we’ll be OK.”
jeff.miller@latimes.com
Thompson-Robinson prac-
ticed Monday and did not
appear limited by the un-
specified injury that
knocked him out in the third
quarter against Oregon. …
Linebacker Keisean Lucier-
South practiced with heavy
padding around his left el-
bow after injuring the area
against the Ducks. … Guard
Christaphany Murray was
not present during the por-
tion of practice open to the
media. … Tailback Kazmeir
Allen, receiver Kyle Philips
and right tackle Justin Mur-
phy were wearing yellow jer-
seys, signifying they were re-
covering from injuries. …
Kelly said UCLA had 12
missed tackles against Ore-
gon, down from 24 the previ-
ous week, but the six
dropped passes against the
Ducks equaled the number
the Bruins had against
Utah.
ben.bolch@latimes.com
Twitter: @latbbolch
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NBA

CLIPPERS REPORT
STANDINGS BOX SCORES
Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be deter-
mined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Division
standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top eight
teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the top-seeded
team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would
Rookie gets first start Heat 120, Pistons 115, OT
MIAMI
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
THUNDER 122, PELICANS 116
NEW ORLEANS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T

as Rivers keeps shuffling

McGruder ...33 3-8 0-2 0-5 2 3 8 A.Davis.......37 7-20 6-7 4-8 1 2 20
play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of several
tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Conference di- Winslow......34 3-10 2-4 0-6 5 4 9 Johnson......18 1-6 2-2 1-1 1 3 5
visions:SCPS-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Confer- Adebayo .....29 4-5 3-4 3-8 1 3 11 Mirotic .......31 5-12 5-6 2-16 0 3 16
ence divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast). Dragic ........33 7-18 6-7 2-7 6 1 21 Holiday.......39 8-13 5-7 0-4 14 4 22
Richardson .38 11-21 2-2 2-8 4 4 27 Moore ........16 2-3 0-0 0-1 4 1 4
WESTERN CONFERENCE Wade .........28 8-15 2-6 1-1 2 2 18 Clark..........31 4-12 1-2 1-2 3 2 10
Olynyk ........23 3-10 4-5 0-5 4 5 13 Randle .......28 10-10 4-4 1-8 1 3 26
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. T.Johnson....21 3-5 1-1 0-3 0 1 9 Miller .........17 3-4 0-0 1-1 1 4 9
studying and he really it’s more of a plus for us than
1. Golden State 10 1 .909 9-1 P1 By Andrew Greif understands the game.” a minus when he’s on the
Jones Jr. .....18 2-4 0-0 1-6 0 2 4 C.Diallo ......10 1-1 2-2 1-4 0 1 4
Ellington.......3 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 Frazier..........8 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 0
2. Denver 9 1 .900 1
⁄2 9-1 N1
Gilgeous-Alexander’s floor.” Totals 44-98 20-31 9-50 24 26 120 Totals 41-84 25-30 11-45 27 26 116
3. Portland 7 3 .700 21⁄2 7-3 N2 For a second time in as start followed an up-and- The Clippers entered Shooting: Field goals, 44.9%; free throws, Shooting: Field goals, 48.8%; free throws,
64.5% Three-point goals: 12-31 (Richardson 3-5, 83.3%
4. San Antonio 6 3 .667 3 6-3 S1 many games the Clippers down three-game trip in Monday outscoring oppo- Olynyk 3-9, T.Johnson 2-3, McGruder 2-3, Winslow Three-point goals: 9-29 (Miller 3-4, Randle 2-2,
5. CLIPPERS 6 4 .600 31⁄2 6-4 P2 1-2, Dragic 1-6, Wade 0-1, Ellington 0-2). Team Clark 1-4, Johnson 1-5, Mirotic 1-5, Holiday 1-6,
used a new starting lineup which he posted plus/minus nents by 2.9 points per game Rebounds: 14. Team Turnovers: 17 (13 PTS). A.Davis 0-1, Frazier 0-1, Moore 0-1). Team Re-
5. Sacramento 6 4 .600 31⁄2 6-4 P3 Monday, this time featuring ratings of minus-10 at Okla- when the 7-foot-3 Mar- Blocked Shots: 7 (Richardson 2, Adebayo, Dragic, bounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 20 (28 PTS). Blocked
7. Memphis 5 4 .556 4 5-4 S2 Jones Jr., Olynyk, Wade). Turnovers: 17 (Dragic 3, Shots: 5 (Randle 2, A.Davis, C.Diallo, Holiday).
rookie guard Shai Gilgeous- homa City and minus-18 at janovic plays. He had made T.Johnson 3, Wade 3, Jones Jr. 2, McGruder 2, Turnovers: 20 (Holiday 6, A.Davis 5, Moore 3,
7. Oklahoma City 5 4 .556 4 5-4 N3 Alexander and center Philadelphia before re- 75.9% of his shots within 10 Olynyk 2, Richardson, Winslow). Steals: 10 (Ade- Miller 2, Clark, Johnson, Mirotic, Randle). Steals: 8
bayo 3, Winslow 3, McGruder 2, Olynyk, T.John- (C.Diallo 2, Clark 2, Mirotic 2, Johnson, Randle).
Boban Marjanovic. bounding for a plus-22 at Or- feet of the basket, the third- son). Technical Fouls: None. OKLAHOMA CITY
9. Houston 4 5 .444 5 4-5 S3 The lineup of Gilgeous- lando. After scoring in dou- highest rate in the league DETROIT Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
10. New Orleans 4 6 .400 51⁄2 4-6 S4 Alexander, Marjanovic, for- ble figures in four of the Clip- among players with at least Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T George .......37 6-17 7-7 2-6 8 1 23
Griffin.........40 8-21 6-8 3-15 7 6 24 Grant .........31 5-12 3-4 1-6 1 4 13
10. Utah 4 6 .400 51⁄2 4-6 N4 wards Tobias Harris and pers’ first six games he was 25 attempts. Rbinson III ..30 6-12 2-2 0-2 0 4 16 Adams .......36 9-12 0-2 3-8 1 2 18
10. LAKERS 4 6 .400 51⁄2 4-6 P4 Danilo Gallinari and guard quieter during the trip, aver- “Boban is really unique, Drummond .44 11-19 3-9 11-24 3 3 25 Ferguson ....14 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 5
Patrick Beverley had never aging 6.6 points. in terms of if he gets deep Brown ........12 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 0 Westbrook...25 6-16 5-8 0-7 9 3 17
13. Minnesota 4 7 .364 6 4-6 N5 Jackson......37 9-22 4-4 2-4 6 5 25 Abrines.......30 2-4 2-2 0-4 3 1 7
14. Dallas 2 7 .222 7 2-7 S5 been used. Gilgeous-Alexan- “I thought he got at- post position, very hard to Galloway.....35 7-15 3-5 4-9 4 4 21 Schroder.....23 9-16 3-3 0-3 2 4 22
14. Phoenix 2 7 .222 7 2-7 P5 der was inserted for his first tacked, I thought people got stop,” Minnesota coach Tom Smith.........26 2-9 0-0 0-1 5 3 4 Patterson ....16 3-4 1-2 0-2 1 3 10
S.Johnson ...13 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 Noel ..........11 0-2 1-2 3-5 1 0 1
start after Avery Bradley, physical with him, I thought Thibodeau said. “Their Calderon.....11 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 H.Diallo ......10 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 4
EASTERN CONFERENCE who’d started each of the they got into him, and other team has great versatility, Pachulia .......8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Felton ..........2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Leuer ...........4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 Totals 45-93 22-31 9-41 26 23 122
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. first nine games, sprained an than the times that he strug- they have guys who can play Totals 43-104 18-28 21-60 27 30 115 Shooting: Field goals, 48.4%; free throws,
1. Toronto 10 1 .909 9-1 A1 ankle in practice Sunday. gled, from a coaching stand- multiple positions, and that Shooting: Field goals, 41.3%; free throws, 71.0%
2. Milwaukee 8 1 .889 1 8-1 C1 Gilgeous-Alexander av- point, I absolutely loved it,” puts a lot of pressure on 64.3% Three-point goals: 11-35 (Galloway 4-9, Three-point goals: 10-27 (George 4-10, Patter-
Jackson 3-9, Robinson III 2-4, Griffin 2-8, son 3-3, Abrines 1-2, Ferguson 1-2, Schroder 1-3,
3. Indiana 7 4 .636 3 6-4 C2 eraged 8.2 points, 3.1 assists Rivers said. “I thought it was you.” Calderon 0-1, S.Johnson 0-1, Smith 0-3). Team Re- H.Diallo 0-1, Felton 0-1, Westbrook 0-2, Grant
4. Boston 6 4 .600 31⁄2 6-4 A2 and 2.9 rebounds in 24.8 min- great for him. He’s gonna see bounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 20 (20 PTS). Blocked 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 12 (12

5. Philadelphia 6 5 .545 4 6-4 A3 utes a game entering Mon- everything and he needs to G Leaguers return Shots: 3 (Robinson III 2, Drummond). Turnovers:
20 (Drummond 4, Griffin 4, Jackson 3, Pachulia 3,
PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Adams, Grant, Noel). Turn-
overs: 12 (Westbrook 6, Adams 2, Schroder 2,
6. Charlotte 5 5 .500 41⁄2 5-5 S1 day against Minnesota and see it and learn from it. What A night after playing with Galloway 2, Robinson III 2, S.Johnson, Smith). Abrines, George). Steals: 15 (George 4, Ferguson
Steals: 8 (Galloway 2, Smith 2, Drummond, Griffin, 2, Grant 2, H.Diallo 2, Adams, Felton, Noel,
7. Miami 4 5 .444 5 4-5 S2 the Clippers had outscored I liked about him, he came the Clippers’ G League team Jackson, Robinson III). Technical Fouls: Griffin, Schroder, Westbrook). Technical Fouls: None.
7. Detroit 4 5 .444 5 4-5 C3
opponents by 5.9 points back the next night and it’s a in Ontario, guards Jerome 12:00 fourth. New Orleans 28 35 23 30— 116
when he was on the court, new night; he doesn’t let Robinson and Sindarius Miami 28 25 34 18 15— 120 Oklahoma City 36 26 38 22— 122
Detroit 27 26 27 25 10— 115
the second-highest plus-mi- things stick on him.” Thornwell were recalled. A—18,203. T—2:21. O—Taylor, Lewis, Goble
9. Brooklyn 4 6 .400 51⁄2 4-6 A4 A—14,148. T—2:54. O—Callahan, Cutler, Dagher
nus rating on the team be- Marjanovic’s start was Robinson had 28 points
9. Orlando 4 6 .400 51⁄2 4-6 S3 Nuggets 115, Celtics 107
hind Milos Teodosic’s 7.8, the seventh of his career and in 40 minutes on nine-for-21
11. Atlanta 3 6 .333 6 3-6 S4 Rockets 98, Pacers 94 BOSTON
which was achieved in far second consecutive in place shooting in the Agua Cali-
12. New York 3 8 .273 7 2-8 A5 HOUSTON Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
fewer minutes. of Marcin Gortat. Mar- ente Clippers’ season-open- Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Hayward .....25 3-7 2-2 1-9 2 2 8
12. Chicago 3 8 .273 7 3-7 C4 Losing Bradley meant janovic scored 10 points and ing loss Sunday against the Tatum.........34 5-14 4-4 1-2 4 2 15
Ennis III......27 5-7 0-0 0-2 1 4 13
14. Washington 2 7 .222 7 2-7 S5 playing without a defender grabbed 11 rebounds in Fri- Oklahoma City Blue. Thorn- Tucker ........33 3-9 0-0 1-5 0 2 9 Horford.......32 6-9 0-1 0-4 6 1 12
Capela .......35 8-10 2-2 2-10 1 2 18 Brown ........28 7-14 0-0 1-4 0 1 15
15. Cleveland 1 9 .100 81⁄2 1-9 C5 coach Doc Rivers has called day’s victory at Orlando; he well had 16 points in 27 min- Irving .........33 13-17 1-1 2-5 5 3 31
Harden.......35 7-15 9-9 0-4 6 5 28
the team’s best, and in the had 10 and nine Monday. utes on five-for-12 shooting. Paul...........37 4-12 1-2 1-5 13 2 9 Smart ........25 3-5 2-2 1-3 3 2 9
Anthony......23 3-9 0-0 2-5 1 2 8 Rozier ........22 2-9 0-0 0-3 0 2 6
TODAY’S GAMES first quarter Timberwolves Gortat remains in the ro- The pair worked out with Clark..........23 1-6 3-3 0-6 0 2 6 Ma.Morris ...20 3-9 0-0 0-6 1 2 6
Favorite Line Underdog Time guard Derrick Rose scored tation, Rivers said, though coaches 90 minutes before Green.........16 1-6 0-0 0-2 1 3 3 Baynes .......10 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 3 2
Hartenstein ...7 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 4 Ojeleye.........3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
at Charlotte 11 Atlanta 4 p.m. nine points, more than half against the Timberwolves, tipoff and Robinson re- Williams III....2 1-1 1-2 1-2 0 3 3
at Dallas 1 Washington 5:30 p.m. Totals 34-77 15-16 6-40 23 24 98
of his per-game average. he used the same center ro- turned to the court in the Shooting: Field goals, 44.2%; free throws, Totals 44-87 10-12 7-40 22 21 107
Brooklyn 1 at Phoenix 6 p.m. Rose finished with a team- tation as against the Magic second quarter. With the ro- 93.8% Shooting: Field goals, 50.6%; free throws,
Milwaukee 1 at Portland 7 p.m. Three-point goals: 15-47 (Harden 5-12, Ennis III 83.3%
high 21; Gilgeous-Alexander by playing Montrezl Harrell tation down a guard because 3-4, Tucker 3-7, Anthony 2-7, Green 1-5, Clark 1-6, Three-point goals: 9-31 (Irving 4-6, Rozier 2-5,
scored six. — and Harrell only — as of Bradley’s injury, Rob- Paul 0-6). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 16 Smart 1-3, Brown 1-4, Tatum 1-4, Baynes 0-1, Hay-
(18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Clark 3, Capela, Hard- ward 0-2, Horford 0-2, Ma.Morris 0-4). Team Re-
“He’s very cerebral,” Riv- Marjanovic’s backup. inson played earlier than en, Hartenstein). Turnovers: 16 (Harden 5, Paul 5, bounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 12 (15 PTS). Blocked
ers said of Gilgeous-Alexan- “I had a big, not a blowup, ever and essentially moved Capela 2, Ennis III 2, Green, Hartenstein). Steals: Shots: 9 (Smart 4, Tatum 2, Baynes, Irving,
RESULTS der before the game. “He with my staff recently about into Gilgeous-Alexander’s 9 (Harden 3, Clark 2, Tucker 2, Ennis III, Paul).
Technical Fouls: coach Rockets (Defensive three
Rozier). Turnovers: 12 (Ma.Morris 4, Irving 2, Smart
2, Tatum 2, Hayward, Rozier). Steals: 9 (Irving 3,
does remind me of [Rajon] why do we keep saying what second-unit role. Robinson second), 11:48 second. Smart 2, Brown, Horford, Rozier, Tatum). Technical
INDIANA Fouls: Ma.Morris, 8:31 fourth.
Rondo in his rookie year [Marjanovic] can’t do?” Riv- hit two threes in seven min- DENVER
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
where in shootarounds he ers said. “From now on we’re utes; Thornwell didn’t play. Bogdanovic .30 2-6 6-9 1-4 2 3 11 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
would call out the plays or he only talking about what he Young.........30 4-7 0-0 2-11 1 1 8 Craig............2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
would already know. I ask a does because he does a lot of Etc. Turner.........23 2-7 3-4 1-2 0 2 7
Collison......27 3-6 2-4 0-1 2 2 8
Millsap.......27 3-9 3-4 3-8 2 1 10
Jokic ..........27 2-3 4-6 2-10 8 4 8
lot of questions in practices good stuff out on the floor Forward Luc Mbah a Oladipo ......35 11-21 2-2 0-6 2 4 28 Harris.........37 4-13 4-4 2-5 3 3 13
Murray .......38 19-30 5-5 1-5 4 1 48
Nuggets’ Murray and Shai seems to always and yeah, there’s areas Moute missed a sixth game Sabonis......30 7-9 3-4 1-8 5 0 17
Joseph .......22 0-4 0-0 1-1 3 1 0 Hrnngomez..24 3-6 0-0 3-5 1 1 8
smile or he knows the an- where he struggles because in a row with a sore knee. Evans.........16 3-9 3-6 0-2 1 0 11 Lyles..........23 4-10 2-2 0-3 2 1 13

drops 48 on Celtics swer. I don’t know what that

means, I just know he’s
of his size but I like the
things that he does. I think andrew.greif@latimes.com
McDermott..12 1-4 1-1 1-2 0 1 4
Leaf...........11 0-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 0
Totals 33-75 20-30 7-39 17 15 94
Shooting: Field goals, 44.0%; free throws,
66.7%
Three-point goals: 8-28 (Oladipo 4-11, Evans
DENVER 115, BOSTON 107 2-5, Bogdanovic 1-4, McDermott 1-4, Collison 0-1,
Turner 0-1, Joseph 0-2). Team Rebounds: 12. Team
Turnovers: 15 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Turner
Jamal Murray scored a career- 3). Turnovers: 15 (Oladipo 4, Turner 3, McDermott
2, Young 2, Collison, Evans, Joseph, Sabonis).
high 48 points, including 19 in the
Steals: 8 (Joseph 4, Bogdanovic 2, Collison, Turn-
fourth quarter, and the Denver er). Technical Fouls: coach Nate McMillan, 4:38
Nuggets overcame a sluggish start fourth.
Houston 29 24 16 29— 98
to beat the visiting Boston Celtics Indiana 22 33 20 19— 94
115-107 on Monday night.
A—14,735. T—2:10. O—Nick Buchert, Brett
At 9-1, the Nuggets are off to Nansel, Marc Davis
their best start since 1976-77. They
are 6-0 at home.
Magic 102, Cavaliers 100
In a matchup of two of the
CLEVELAND
NBA’s top defenses, offense ruled Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
the night. Denver spotted the Celt- Dekker .......14 0-4 2-2 0-1 1 1 2
Osman .......42 5-17 0-0 1-10 0 3 11
ics an 18-point lead in the first Thompson...34 9-12 1-3 6-16 4 0 19
quarter but quickly made up Hill ............32 10-12 0-0 0-4 6 2 22
Hood .........30 4-7 2-2 0-1 1 3 11
ground behind Murray, who scored Clarkson .....25 5-10 1-1 0-0 1 3 14
23 points in the half. Smith.........25 5-9 2-2 0-4 3 1 14
Murray was feeling it all game, Sexton .......16 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 2 5
Nance Jr. ....13 0-1 0-2 1-5 2 2 0
hitting 19 of 30 shots, including five Korver ..........4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
three-pointers. Murray had two at- Totals 41-80 8-12 8-42 20 17 100
Shooting: Field goals, 51.2%; free throws,
tempts to reach 50 points in the fi-
66.7%
nal seconds, but missed a reverse Three-point goals: 10-23 (Clarkson 3-6, Hill
2-2, Smith 2-3, Hood 1-1, Sexton 1-1, Osman 1-9,
layup and a three-point shot.
Dekker 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers:
The Celtics’ Kyrie Irving had 31 18 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Smith, Thompson).
Turnovers: 18 (Nance Jr. 3, Osman 3, Thompson 3,
points on 13-for-17 shooting. Hill 2, Korver 2, Sexton 2, Clarkson, Hood, Smith).
Steals: 8 (Hill 4, Smith 2, Clarkson, Nance Jr.).
Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times
Houston 98, at Indiana 94: James ORLANDO
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Harden scored 28 points, making a KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS of Minnesota reaches in to steal the ball from Clip- Gordon.......33 9-15 2-2 4-9 3 3 23
tiebreaking three with 34.8 seconds pers rookie guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who made his first career start. Iwundu.......12 1-4 2-2 0-1 0 1 4
Vucevic.......26 6-13 1-2 2-10 1 0 14
left and four straight free throws to
Beasley ......21 2-9 0-0 0-3 0 2 5
Mo.Morris ...19 3-5 2-3 0-1 4 0 8
Plumlee......17 1-4 0-4 4-7 1 1 2
Totals 41-90 20-28 15-47 25 14 115
Shooting: Field goals, 45.6%; free throws,
71.4%
Three-point goals: 13-34 (Murray 5-11, Lyles
3-7, Hernangomez 2-4, Millsap 1-2, Harris 1-4,
Beasley 1-5, Mo.Morris 0-1). Team Rebounds: 12.
Team Turnovers: 13 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4
(Lyles 2, Hernangomez, Millsap). Turnovers: 13
(Murray 5, Jokic 3, Beasley 2, Lyles, Millsap, Plum-
lee). Steals: 5 (Harris 3, Mo.Morris, Plumlee).
Boston 34 22 25 26— 107
Denver 19 35 34 27— 115
A—19,520. T—2:12. O—Forte, Richardson, Foster
Raptors 124, Jazz 111
TORONTO
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Anunoby .....24 7-13 0-1 0-1 0 4 17
Siakam ......30 7-11 2-2 1-7 2 2 16
Vlanciunas ..21 4-10 2-2 0-6 0 1 11
Green.........22 3-5 0-0 0-2 0 3 7
Lowry .........28 5-9 4-4 2-7 11 3 17
VanVleet .....28 6-14 3-3 0-4 6 0 17
Miles .........24 2-4 0-0 2-6 1 5 5
Wright ........23 3-6 2-2 0-1 0 0 9
Ibaka .........13 8-8 0-0 1-5 1 6 17
Monroe ......12 4-5 0-0 1-3 0 2 8
Brown ..........4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Richardson ...4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Powell ..........0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 49-86 13-14 7-43 21 28 124
Shooting: Field goals, 57.0%; free throws, 92.9%
Three-point goals: 13-33 (Anunoby 3-5, Lowry 3-7, Van-
Vleet 2-5, Ibaka 1-1, Valanciunas 1-2, Green 1-3, Miles 1-3,
Wright 1-3, Monroe 0-1, Richardson 0-1, Siakam 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 14 (19 PTS). Blocked
Shots: 3 (Valanciunas 2, Green). Turnovers: 14 (Lowry 4,
Ibaka 2, Siakam 2, VanVleet 2, Anunoby, Miles, Monroe,
Valanciunas). Steals: 9 (Green 3, Anunoby 2, Lowry 2,
Siakam, Valanciunas). Technical Fouls: coach Raptors
(Defensive three second), 6:49 third
UTAH
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Favors ........23 4-6 3-4 5-10 1 2 11
Ingles.........32 3-13 1-4 1-2 2 2 9
Gobert .......29 6-9 2-4 3-12 2 2 14

Clippers top Timberwolves

seal the Rockets’ third straight
win. Victor Oladipo scored 28
points and made two threes in the
final minute, but the Pacers’ three-
game winning streak ended. [Clippers, from D1]
wasn’t much of a factor until
Toronto 124, at Utah 111: Kyle the fourth quarter. His
Lowry led four Raptors who scored teammate Karl-Anthony
17 points and had 11 assists in their Towns dominated the first
fourth straight win. Kawhi Leon- half with 16 points and 10 re-
ard sat with an ankle sprain as did bounds and then disap-
Donovan Mitchell for the Jazz, who peared, taking only four
lost their fourth in a row at home. shots after halftime.
Harris scored 22 points to
at Oklahoma City 122, New Orle- tie for the game high with
ans 116: Paul George scored 23 Gallinari but didn’t score in
points and the Thunder won their the fourth quarter as the
fifth straight but lost Russell West- Clippers turned to different
brook with a sprained left ankle. options, including Patrick
Julius Randle scored 28 points on Beverley, who finished with
10-for-10 shooting for the Pelicans, 10 points, six rebounds and
who lost their sixth straight. four assists.
“In the fourth I just
Miami 120, at Detroit 115 (OT): thought Pat defensively just
Josh Richardson scored 27 points, alone was phenomenal,”
including four free throws in the fi- coach Doc Rivers said. “It’s
nal 2.1 seconds of overtime, ending funny, we had a hot guy in
the Heat’s three-game skid and ex- Tobias and we didn’t bring
tending Detroit’s to five. Andre him in until five minutes [re-
Drummond had 25 points and 24 mained] because the group
rebounds; Blake Griffin scored 24. that was on the floor was in-
creasing the lead. It just says
Chicago 116, at New York 115 a lot about this team.”
(2OT): Zach LaVine scored a ca- Leading by five with 2:45
reer-high 41 points, including the remaining in the first quar-
winning free throw with two-tenths ter after a jumper by Derrick
of a second left in double overtime. Rose, the Timberwolves
Enes Kanter led the Knicks with 23 were outscored 28-17 during
points and 24 rebounds. the next nine minutes as
Clippers reserves opened a
at Golden State 117, Memphis 101: 51-45 lead. They led 63-59 at
Klay Thompson had 27 points; the halftime, with the teams tak-
Warriors won their eighth straight. ing entirely different routes
to each shooting 51.1%: The
at Orlando 102, Cleveland 100: Ev- Clippers made nine of their
an Fournier hit a long jumper at the 18 first-half three-pointers,
buzzer and the Magic came back while the Timberwolves
from a five-point deficit in the last found cutting lanes to com-
24 seconds. Aaron Gordon scored a pensate for three-for-11
game-high 23 points for Orlando. three-point shooting.
Harris made four by him-
at Clippers 120, Minnesota 109 self as L.A. finished shooting
— associated press 14 for 31 from three-point
Clippers 120, Timberwolves 109
**TEMPTAG**
MINNESOTA
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Gibson ..............32 6-9 3-4 3-9 1 6 15
Wiggins .............34 4-16 3-4 0-6 2 3 13
Towns................35 8-13 3-3 3-12 2 3 20
Butler ...............39 6-13 8-11 0-4 5 4 20
Rose.................34 8-20 4-4 1-3 4 2 21
Okogie ..............19 3-6 0-0 0-1 2 4 7
Tolliver...............15 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 1 1
Jones................15 2-5 0-0 0-1 3 0 4
Dieng................12 3-3 2-2 1-1 1 0 8
Totals 40-85 24-30 8-38 20 23 109
Shooting: Field goals, 47.1%; free throws, 80.0%
Three-point goals: 5-21 (Wiggins 2-7, Okogie 1-3,
Rose 1-3, Towns 1-3, Butler 0-2, Jones 0-3). Team Re-
bounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 11 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots:
8 (Towns 4, Wiggins 2, Butler, Gibson). Turnovers: 11
(Towns 3, Butler 2, Rose 2, Wiggins 2, Jones, Okogie).
Steals: 9 (Towns 3, Gibson 2, Butler, Dieng, Jones, Wig-
gins). Technical Fouls: Rose, 8:36 fourth
CLIPPERS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Gallinari ............31 7-16 6-6 0-4 3 5 22
Harris................34 8-16 2-3 1-10 2 2 22
Marjanovic.........17 3-8 4-4 4-9 2 3 10
Beverley ............38 4-10 0-0 2-6 4 5 10
Glgus-Alexander..24 2-6 2-2 2-3 5 2 6
Harrell...............30 6-7 1-2 4-7 2 1 13
L.Williams..........27 7-17 5-5 0-0 6 1 20
Scott ................16 3-4 0-0 0-4 2 3 8
Teodosic............11 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 3 3
Robinson.............6 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 6
Totals 43-88 20-22 13-43 30 27 120
Shooting: Field goals, 48.9%; free throws, 90.9%
Three-point goals: 14-31 (Harris 4-7, Robinson 2-3,
Scott 2-3, Beverley 2-6, Gallinari 2-6, Teodosic 1-1,
L.Williams 1-4, Gilgeous-Alexander 0-1). Team Re-
bounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 12 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots:
4 (Marjanovic 2, Gilgeous-Alexander, L.Williams). Turn-
overs: 12 (Harrell 4, Gallinari 2, Gilgeous-Alexander 2,
Harris, L.Williams, Marjanovic, Teodosic). Steals: 5
(Harrell 3, Gilgeous-Alexander, Harris). Technical Fouls:
Harrell, 8:36 fourth
**TEMPTAG**
Minnesota
range a day after Rivers im-
plored his team to shoot
more threes.
“I love that,” Rivers said.
“I told our guys we were set-
tling for more contested
twos.”
Rose and the Clippers’
Montrezl Harrell both were
issued technicals after trad-
ing words at midcourt early
in the fourth quarter follow-
ing defense from Milos Teo-
dosic that Rose took issue
with. Another skirmish
nearly erupted with 5:32 to
play. Timberwolves forward
Taj Gibson shoved Beverley
in the chest. Gibson had fall-
en in the key, having tripped
over Beverley’s right foot,
while attempting to chase
the Clippers’ fast break and
felt he’d been tripped. Gib-
son was assessed a techni-
cal, but afterward he and
Beverley smiled at each
other.
Calling Beverley “my
guy” after the game, Gibson
said he “felt so stupid” about
the scene and added that he
owed Beverley a bottle of te-
quila as an apology.
Butler, who has lived in
the eye of Minnesota’s
storm, awoke after a four-
point first half in the fourth
quarter. His steal, score and
free throw with 4:16 left cut
his team’s deficit to four, only
to be answered by a three
from Gallinari.
With two minutes left
Butler rose for a spectacular
alley-oop and the crowd saw
glimpses of a player who re-
portedly has eyes for the
Clippers if he is traded. But
after cutting past Gallinari
with 1:20 remaining, he
could not finish a layup at
the rim and an eight-point
Clippers lead soon grew to 10
after Gallinari cut backdoor
for a dunk.
The victory ended the
Clippers’ six-game losing
streak to Minnesota, which
was its longest active streak
against a single opponent.
andrew.greif@latimes.com
Augustin .....26 1-2 4-4 0-1 4 1 7
Fournier......31 5-15 3-4 0-1 5 4 15
Ross ..........30 6-14 0-0 0-2 1 0 15
Simmons ....21 5-9 1-1 0-1 2 2 11
Grant .........21 3-7 0-0 0-3 4 1 7
Bamba.......21 3-7 0-0 2-6 1 2 6
Martin ........14 0-1 0-0 2-6 1 2 0
Totals 39-87 13-15 10-40 22 16 102
Shooting: Field goals, 44.8%; free throws,
86.7%
Three-point goals: 11-34 (Gordon 3-4, Ross
3-9, Fournier 2-9, Augustin 1-2, Grant 1-2, Vucevic
1-2, Iwundu 0-1, Martin 0-1, Bamba 0-2, Simmons
0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 15 (12
PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Vucevic 2, Bamba,
Fournier, Simmons). Turnovers: 15 (Ross 3, Au-
gustin 2, Fournier 2, Grant 2, Martin 2, Vucevic 2,
Gordon, Simmons). Steals: 11 (Fournier 3, Grant 3,
Augustin 2, Bamba, Ross, Vucevic).
Cleveland 21 26 32 21— 100
Orlando 30 28 12 32— 102
A—15,009. T—2:09. O—Tom Washington, Hay-
woode Workman, Derrick Collins
Warriors 117, Grizzlies 101
MEMPHIS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Anderson....29 1-5 2-2 0-4 5 2 4
Jackson Jr. ..32 6-16 3-6 2-6 2 3 15
Gasol .........28 2-2 4-4 0-10 9 3 8
Conley........30 4-8 0-1 0-1 5 1 9
Temple .......27 6-10 0-0 0-1 1 3 13
Mack .........23 5-10 3-4 1-1 3 2 15
D.Brooks.....23 6-13 4-4 0-1 1 2 18
Selden .......19 3-9 0-0 0-3 2 1 7
M.Brooks ....16 3-7 0-0 1-1 2 2 8
Rabb ...........8 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 0 4
Totals 38-83 16-21 4-30 31 19 101
Shooting: Field goals, 45.8%; free throws, 76.2%
Three-point goals: 9-27 (M.Brooks 2-4, D.Brooks 2-4,
Mack 2-4, Selden 1-3, Temple 1-4, Conley 1-5, Jackson Jr.
0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 10 (11 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 8 (Jackson Jr. 5, Conley, Mack, Selden).
Turnovers: 10 (Conley 3, Gasol 2, Jackson Jr. 2, D.Brooks,
M.Brooks, Temple). Steals: 8 (Anderson 4, Temple 2,
D.Brooks, Mack). Technical Fouls: coach Grizzlies (Defen-
sive three second), 6:06 second
GOLDEN STATE
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Durant........31 7-11 8-8 0-6 6 0 22
D.Green......13 0-1 0-0 0-4 2 1 0
Jones .........11 0-0 4-4 0-2 1 5 4
Curry .........32 6-17 4-4 2-5 7 1 19
Thompson...32 11-21 2-2 0-2 3 0 27
McKinnie ....29 6-9 0-0 1-2 3 3 14
Bell ...........21 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 4 2
Jerebko ......19 2-4 2-2 1-6 3 3 7
Looney .......19 4-5 1-2 3-9 1 4 9
Cook..........19 4-8 1-1 1-7 1 0 13
Evans...........6 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Lee..............4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0
Totals 41-81 22-23 8-46 29 25 117
Shooting: Field goals, 50.6%; free throws, 95.7%
Three-point goals: 13-24 (Cook 4-5, Curry 3-6, Thompson
3-7, McKinnie 2-3, Jerebko 1-1, Durant 0-1, Evans 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 13 (23 PTS). Blocked
Shots: 4 (Bell, Curry, D.Green, Jerebko). Turnovers: 13
(Curry 5, D.Green 2, Cook, Jerebko, Jones, Lee, Looney,
Thompson). Steals: 4 (Curry, Durant, Jones, Thompson).
Technical Fouls: coach Warriors (Defensive three second),
11:22 third.
Memphis 31 27 15 28— 101
Golden State 29 29 34 25— 117
A—19,596. T—2:06. O—Brothers, Taylor, Smith
O’Neale ......19 5-8 1-2 1-3 3 1 11
Rubio.........27 1-10 6-6 0-3 9 4 8
Burks .........26 7-11 6-6 0-0 3 2 22
Crowder......22 3-11 6-10 1-2 2 2 12
Allen ..........16 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 0 9
Exum .........16 3-4 0-0 0-1 4 3 7
Niang.........10 2-4 0-0 0-3 1 0 5
Sefolosha .....6 0-0 1-2 1-3 2 0 1
Udoh ...........6 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 2
Mitrou-Long ..3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 38-86 27-41 12-40 29 19 111
Shooting: Field goals, 44.2%; free throws, 65.9%
Three-point goals: 8-31 (Burks 2-3, Allen 2-6, Ingles
2-6, Exum 1-1, Niang 1-3, Mitrou-Long 0-1, O’Neale 0-1,
Rubio 0-4, Crowder 0-6). Team Rebounds: 16. Team Turn-
overs: 12 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Favors 2, Burks,
Gobert). Turnovers: 12 (Exum 2, Gobert 2, Ingles 2,
O’Neale 2, Burks, Crowder, Favors, Rubio). Steals: 10 (Fa-
vors 3, Crowder, Gobert, Ingles, O’Neale, Rubio, Sefolosha,
Udoh). Technical Fouls: None.
Toronto 30 35 29 30— 124
Utah 31 23 18 39— 111
A—18,306. T—2:09. O—Capers, Kogut, Sterling
Bulls 116, Knicks 115, 2OT
CHICAGO
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Holiday.......46 2-10 0-0 0-4 3 4 6
Parker ........42 7-15 1-1 1-8 2 2 15
Carter Jr......22 3-9 4-4 6-13 2 6 11
LaVine........49 13-25 11-14 0-4 4 1 41
Payne.........40 4-11 0-1 1-3 2 1 8
Blakeney ....20 6-13 4-5 0-1 0 2 17
Felicio ........18 2-2 0-1 0-7 1 2 4
Lopez.........17 1-3 0-0 3-5 0 0 2
Arcidiacono.17 1-2 2-4 0-0 1 2 4
Hutchison ...15 4-5 0-0 0-3 0 2 8
Totals 43-95 22-30 11-48 15 22 116
Shooting: Field goals, 45.3%; free throws, 73.3%
Three-point goals: 8-30 (LaVine 4-10, Holiday 2-6,
Carter Jr. 1-1, Blakeney 1-5, Arcidiacono 0-1, Hutchison
0-1, Parker 0-2, Payne 0-4). Team Rebounds: 12. Team
Turnovers: 19 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Carter Jr. 2,
LaVine 2, Lopez 2, Blakeney, Parker, Payne). Turnovers: 19
(LaVine 8, Parker 4, Carter Jr. 3, Blakeney, Felicio, Hutchi-
son, Lopez). Steals: 9 (Holiday 3, LaVine 3, Blakeney 2,
Arcidiacono). Technical Fouls: coach Bulls (Defensive
three second), 8:34 first.
NEW YORK
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Dotson .......41 7-14 2-2 1-5 2 3 18
Vonleh........34 3-10 3-4 5-11 1 3 10
Robinson ....11 0-2 0-0 1-3 0 4 0
Ntilikina......16 0-6 0-0 0-1 2 2 0
Trier ...........41 5-15 9-9 0-3 1 3 21
Kanter........40 8-14 7-8 9-24 7 2 23
Hezonja......36 6-18 2-3 2-6 2 3 15
Mudiay .......34 7-16 1-1 3-6 2 5 16
Burke.........23 3-7 2-2 0-2 3 2 8
Thomas ........5 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 2
Knox ............4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Totals 41-106 26-29 21-62 20 27 115
Shooting: Field goals, 38.7%; free throws, 89.7%
Three-point goals: 7-26 (Trier 2-4, Dotson 2-7, Vonleh
1-2, Mudiay 1-3, Hezonja 1-5, Burke 0-1, Kanter 0-1, Ntilik-
ina 0-3). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 17 (17 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 6 (Robinson 2, Vonleh 2, Hezonja, Trier).
Turnovers: 17 (Kanter 4, Vonleh 4, Hezonja 3, Mudiay 2,
Trier 2, Burke, Knox). Steals: 7 (Trier 2, Hezonja, Kanter,
Knox, Mudiay, Vonleh). Technical Fouls: None.
Chicago 24 23 31 24 6 8— 116
New York 21 26 25 30 6 7— 115
A—19,812. T—2:53. O—Phillips, Lindsay, Ervin
L AT I M E S . C O M / S P O RT S
LAKERS REPORT
Lack of
faith in
Zubac
led to
move
By Tania Ganguli
Part of the reason the
Lakers’ need for depth at
center had become so dire
was they weren’t comfort-
able with playing Ivica
Zubac, the third-year cen-
ter on their roster.
Zubac, 21, had played
only seven minutes all sea-
son before Saturday, when
he got a chance for some
meaningful playing time at
Portland.
He played almost 20
minutes and the Lakers
were plus-15 with Zubac on
the floor. He scored nine
points, taking five shots,
and grabbed eight re-
bounds — half of them of-
fensive. The second unit
played well with Zubac on
the floor and put the Lakers
in position to win.
“I’m really proud of Zu,”
starting center JaVale Mc-
Gee said. “He hadn’t played
in a couple games. And I’ve
been on him for the past two
weeks: Stay focused, stay
ready, and he was. And I’m
so proud of him.”
Since the Lakers drafted
him in the second round in
2016, Zubac has had trouble
getting on the floor. He
played 38 games in his rook-
ie year, most toward the end
of the season when the Lak-
ers weren’t chasing wins.
Last season Zubac played
43 games, averaging 9.5
minutes. He’s averaging the
same in four games this sea-
son after playing more than
30 minutes last weekend.
“You earn the opportuni-
ty to play,” coach Luke Wal-
ton said. “He’s, even in the
last few practices before
this, has really started to
play well. To his credit …
even when he wasn’t playing
at all, [he was] staying after,
coming early, in the weight
room with [strength
trainer] Gunnar
[Peterson]. Getting his
work in on off days. Staying
in shape. Full-court sprint
drills after practice with
JaVale. …
“When your opportunity
comes, you better have done
those things or you’re gonna
look bad and probably not
get another opportunity for
a while. He had done those,
he had taken care of those
things like a professional
should and he was great for
us [in Portland].”
In 11 minutes 12 seconds
Sunday, Zubac scored five
points and grabbed four re-
bounds.
The Lakers are giving up
12.7 offensive rebounds per
game, among the most in
the NBA, a problem partly
born of their lack of depth at
center. McGee has been
asked to take on a heavier
load than he’s used to. Moe
Wagner hasn’t been able to
play yet and fellow rookie
Johnathan Williams, on a
two-way contract, has been
the Lakers’ other option.
This week they are expected
to sign Tyson Chandler,
whose contract was bought
out by Phoenix on Sunday,
to give them more depth.
With Chandler’s addi-
tion, Zubac likely will see his
playing time decrease
again.
“That’s up to coaches
but I’m playing my hard-
est,” Zubac said.
“I’m trying to grab all the
boards. We had some prob-
lems with offensive re-
bounds and second-chance
points in the last couple of
games. That’s my main fo-
cus, just to get those defen-
sive boards.”
Defensive woes
With scoring numbers
skyrocketing, the Lakers
are like many teams strug-
gling defensively. But unlike
past years, it could be worse.
Opponents have made
47.6% of their shots against
the Lakers, one of the high-
est percentages in the
league.
Their defensive rating is
110.3, among the worst in the
league.
Between the 2013-14 and
2016-17 seasons, the Lakers
finished in the bottom three
in defensive rating every
year.
tania.ganguli@latimes.com
Twitter: @taniaganguli
WALKER BUEHLER’S season included seven scoreless innings in World Series.
DODGERS REPORT
Buehler is finalist
for rookie of year
By Jorge Castillo
CARLSBAD — Dodgers
pitcher Walker Buehler was
selected Monday as one of
the three finalists for Na-
tional League rookie of the
year, joining Washington
Nationals outfielder Juan
Soto and Atlanta Braves
outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.
Buehler would be the
third consecutive Dodger to
be selected rookie of the year
after Corey Seager and
Cody Bellinger, and the 18th
Dodger overall.
The leading Dodgers
prospect before the season,
Buehler battled a rib injury
in the first half before tap-
ping into his potential after
the All-Star break. The slen-
der 24-year-old right-hander
had a 2.03 earned-run aver-
age in 80 innings in the sec-
ond half, which culminated
with 62⁄3 scoreless innings in
Game 163, against the Col-
orado Rockies for the NL
West title.
At that point, Buehler
had logged 1371⁄3 innings. He
was lingering close to the
140- to 150-inning range man-
ager Dave Roberts had proj-
ected during spring training,
two years after Buehler had
elbow ligament-replace-
ment surgery. But Buehler
wasn’t limited in the post-
season and didn’t appear fa-
tigued while pitching in four
postseason starts, in which
he had a 3.80 ERA.
After giving up nine runs
in his first two playoff starts,
Buehler delivered his best
postseason work in his final
two outings. In Game 7 of the
NL Championship Series,
Buehler held the Milwaukee
Brewers to one run in 42⁄3 in-
nings. In his only World Se-
ries outing, he tossed seven
scoreless innings in the Dod-
Event will feature BMX, bouldering, esports
[Urban Games, from D1]
is organizing the games. The
competitions will feature up
to 14 different disciplines, in-
cluding roller freestyle skat-
ing, bouldering (rock climb-
ing), freestyle flying disc,
breaking (dancing) and
parkour, an extreme form of
gymnastics using move-
ments developed from ob-
stacle-course training in the
military.
GAISF has been collabo-
rating with the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee
to identify and nurture
sports that are increasingly
popular with young audi-
ences. For years, the
Olympic Games have strug-
gled to stay relevant as their
television audience ages —
adding snowboarding in the
late 1990s, followed by BMX
bicycle racing and freestyle
skiing. Surfing, skateboard-
ing and three-on-three
basketball will join the ros-
ter at the 2020 Summer
Games in Tokyo.
Eight years ago, GAISF
staged the World Combat
Games to feature martial-
arts competitions. But there
were only two iterations — in
Beijing in 2010, and St. Pe-
tersburg, Russia, in 2013.
Although plans were be-
ing made to bring back the
competition next year in
Taiwan, GAISF announced
in April that it would stage
the World Urban Games in-
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for the remaining
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gers’ 18-inning victory over
the Boston Red Sox in Game
3. It was the only game the
Dodgers won in the Series.
Acuna’s time in the post-
season was shorter — the
Dodgers eliminated the
Braves in an NL Division Se-
ries — but he shined at
Buehler’s expense when he
hit a grand slam in Game 3.
Widely regarded as base-
ball’s top prospect before
making his major league de-
but in late April, the 20-year-
old batted .293 with 26 home
runs, 16 stolen bases, and a
.917 on-base-plus-slugging
percentage in 111 games.
Soto, who played the sea-
son as a 19-year-old, was the
youngest player to appear in
a major league game this
season after beginning the
year with Hagerstown, the
Nationals’ low Class-A affili-
ate. He hit .292 with 22 home
runs and a .923 OPS in 116
games.
Kikuchi is coming
to the U.S.
Yusei Kikuchi has hired
agent Scott Boras to repre-
sent him in negotiations
with major league clubs this
offseason, according to a
person with knowledge of
the situation who was not
authorized to comment
publicly.
Kikuchi, a left-hander
with the Seibu Lions, has
been one of the best pitchers
in Nippon Professional
Baseball in recent years. The
Lions are expected to make
him available to major
league teams through the
posting system.
THE GAMES’ L.A. Organizing Committee is run by
Jenny Mann, who served on the International
Olympic Committee, Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-
Shiong and esports executive and ex-Laker Rick Fox.
stead.
A similar offshoot com-
petition, the World Beach
Games, will launch in San
Diego next year with kite-
boarding and beach soccer.
The urban games con-
cept was spearheaded by
Patrick Baumann, a top In-
ternational Olympic Com-
mittee executive who died
unexpectedly last month at
the age of 51. Baumann had
close ties with L.A. officials,
The 27-year-old had a 3.08
ERA with 153 strikeouts in
1632⁄3 innings in 23 starts for
Seibu in 2018. He owns a 2.77
career ERA in his seven-plus
seasons with the Lions.
Kikuchi and Shohei
Ohtani, the Angels’ two-way
sensation, hail from the
same area and attended the
same high school on the
northeast coast of Japan’s
mainland. Ohtani, who is
three years younger than
Kikuchi, was posted by the
Nippon-Ham Fighters last
winter.
Kikcuhi nearly decided to
sign with a major league club
out of high school, in 2009,
and the Dodgers were
thought to be the favorites to
land him. But he decided to
stay in Japan and became an
admirer of Clayton Ker-
shaw, watching the Dodgers
left-hander pitch whenever
he could get the chance.
Hershiser is among
Hall candidates
Former Dodgers right-
hander Orel Hershiser is
one of 10 candidates in con-
tention for induction into
the Hall of Fame.
Hershiser is joined by
Harold Baines, Albert
Belle, Lee Smith, Joe Cart-
er and Will Clark. Former
Dodgers manager Davey
Johnson is one of three man-
agers, along with Charlie
Manuel and Lou Piniella.
Former New York Yankees
owner George Steinbren-
ner is on the ballot.
A 16-member committee
will vote Dec. 9. Any candi-
date who receives at least
75% of the vote will be in-
ducted into the Hall next
summer.
jorge.castillo@latimes.com
Twitter: @jorgecastillo
Phil Yang
and worked with them dur-
ing the bidding process for
the 2024 and 2028 Games. As
recently as late August, Bau-
mann met with the organ-
izers of the 2028 Olympics in
Los Angeles and toured ven-
ues.
He also spent time with
Soon-Shiong and ex-Laker
Rick Fox, who formed his
own esports organization,
Echo Fox. The trio met last
summer in Switzerland at
T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018
ANGELS REPORT
GM Eppler
to bolster
pitching staff
By Maria Torres
CARLSBAD — As base-
ball’s general managers
meetings began Monday in
Carlsbad, effectively open-
ing the free-agent signing
season, the Angels’ Billy Ep-
pler reiterated his focus on
pitching.
Because of injuries to
Shohei Ohtani and J.C. Ra-
mirez, the Angels are proj-
ected to have left-handers
Andrew Heaney and Tyler
Skaggs lead a starting rota-
tion that could also include
Jaime Barria, Parker Brid-
well, Matt Shoemaker and
Felix Pena — a group that
could be fortified by a few ex-
ternal options.
With about $40 million
coming off the payroll, Ep-
pler may go after a front-line
starter in the free-agent
market. Veterans such as Cy
Young Award winner Dallas
Keuchel or fellow left-
hander J.A. Happ could
command contracts with an
average annual value under
$20 million, according to
multiple projections.
There are options on the
trading block too, including
New York Yankees right-
hander Sonny Gray, who
will be 29 during his final sea-
son of arbitration eligibility
in 2019. Gray had a 4.90
earned-run average in his
first full season with the
Yankees but still generated
an impressive 10.1% swinging
strikes.
“It’s more how do you
build your roster to protect
against anything coming
up,” Eppler said. “When we
construct a roster we are try-
ing to anticipate.”
Award finalists
Two-way player Ohtani
was announced as one of
three finalists for American
League rookie of the year,
which he is favored to win.
Outfielder Mike Trout, al-
ready a two-time most valu-
able player, is a finalist again
for that award.
Ohtani became the first
player to hit 20 home runs or
more and compile 50 strike-
outs or more in a season. He
led AL rookies in on-base
percentage (.361) slugging
(.564) and on-base-plus-
slugging percentage (.925).
As a pitcher, he ranked in the
top three among rookies in
strikeouts per nine innings
(10.97), walks and hits per in-
nings pitched (1.16) and op-
ponents’ batting average
(.203). Yankees infielders
Gleyber Torres and Miguel
Andujar are the other two fi-
nalists for top rookie.
Ohtani underwent ulnar
collateral ligament surgery
of his right elbow in October
and will not pitch in 2019. He
is expected to return as a hit-
ter, but a timetable won’t be
set until January. Eppler
the Esports Forum, and
bonded over a love of basket-
ball and esports, Fox said.
Plans accelerated over
the last three months.
“L.A. is a young, vibrant
and creative city, which has
helped to shape youth cul-
ture and the urban sports,
which are the very heart of
the World Urban Games,”
GAISF’s Senior Vice Presi-
dent Raffaele Chiulli said in
a statement.
Fox and Jenny Mann, an
Australian former track star
and a former high-ranking
member of the IOC, will
serve as co-managing direc-
tors of the World Urban
Games L.A. Organizing
Committee. Soon-Shiong
will be chairman.
The World Urban Games
will include a venue for
esports competitions — an
area of growing interest for
Soon-Shiong, who recently
became the minority owner
of Daybreak Game Co., a de-
veloper and publisher of
multiplayer online games.
Soon-Shiong separately has
been building an El Segundo
campus for the L.A. Times,
which eventually will include
an events center for commu-
nity forums and esports
competitions.
“The World Urban
Games will be the first op-
portunity to not only feature
the world’s best athletes in
urban games such as basket-
D5
said Ohtani is close to re-
gaining full elbow extension.
Trout, the AL MVP in 2014
and 2016, put together one of
the most complete seasons
of his career. His .312 batting
average ranked fifth in the
major leagues. He led base-
ball in on-base-plus-slug-
ging percentage (1.088) for
the second year in a row and
also led everyone in
weighted runs created plus
(191), OPS plus (199) and on-
base percentage (.460).
Boston Red Sox out-
fielder Mookie Betts is con-
sidered the favorite. Cleve-
land Indians third baseman
Jose Ramirez is the other fi-
nalist.
Roster additions
Although he had a 5.79
ERA in 33 major league
games last season, right-
hander Austin Brice
showed enough upside for
the Angels. They claimed
him off waivers from the Cin-
cinnati Reds last week, en-
couraged by a curveball that
averages a velocity around
82 mph and has a spin rate of
2,606 revolutions per min-
ute.
The Angels claimed
catcher Kevan Smith off
waivers from the Chicago
White Sox, but they will still
probe the market in order to
improve depth at the posi-
tion. Smith and Jose
Briceno are the only catch-
ers on the Angels’ 40-man
roster, which is at 39 players.
Angels catchers hit .220 as a
group last year. League aver-
age was .233.
“There’s kind of some
things in a higher tier and I
would put the catching in
the higher tier with the
pitching — both the starting
and relieving,” Eppler said.
In 146 games over three
seasons, Smith hit .281 with
23 doubles, seven home runs
and 51 runs batted in.
Briceno, a rookie last sea-
son, hit .239 with a .299 OBP.
Extra innings
After undergoing season-
ending knee surgery, veteran
Albert Pujols is on track in
his rehabilitation. Eppler is
optimistic that Pujols will
overcome his latest health
issue by spring training. The
Angels already have a few in-
ternal options at first base to
serve as Pujols’ complement
at the position. Among them
are Jose Fernandez, who
played 207 of his 225 big
league innings there last
season, and prospects Matt
Thaiss and Jared Walsh. ...
Pitching coach Doug White
and hitting coach Jeremy
Reed are the only confirmed
members on the staff of
manager Brad Ausmus. Ep-
pler said the club hopes to
complete the staff next
week.
maria.torres@latimes.com
ball, biking, skating and
climbing, but also the best
athletes in virtual sports
such as esports,” Soon-
Shiong said in a statement.
While one of the long-
term goals is to get esports
into the Olympics, “this is
not a 100-yard sprint,” Fox
said. “But this will further
the conversation and show
the added value of esports,”
he said.
El Segundo officials have
been supportive of the cam-
paign to host the World Ur-
ban Games in their city. Mu-
nicipal leaders said they
agreed to turn over the city’s
golf course, soccer fields and
close streets for the five-day
event near the L.A. Times.
Plans include building an ur-
ban park in El Segundo be-
fore September.
“This came together
rather quickly and we were
impressed by the magnitude
of the idea,” said Mayor
Drew Boyles.
The city has not commit-
ted any additional financing
for the games beyond mak-
ing its facilities available,
Boyles said. More than
20,000 people are expected
to attend over the course of
the five-day event.
meg.james@latimes.com
Twitter: @MegJamesLAT
Times staff writer David
Wharton contributed to this
report.
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NHL

WHAT WE LEARNED
IN THE NHL
What we learned from the last week of play in the NHL:
Only one Southern California hockey coach
got fired
For most of the week, it appeared possible that both the
Kings and Ducks would have new coaches when they meet
Tuesday at Staples Center for the first of four encounters
this season. The Kings fired John Stevens on Sunday but the
Ducks, who ended a seven-game losing streak by beating the
Columbus Blue Jacks in overtime Sunday evening, have
stuck with Randy Carlyle and show no signs of changing
course in that regard. General manager Bob Murray is ex-
pected to try to make trades before he would resort to dis-
placing Carlyle, who is guaranteed a front-office job after he
stops coaching. The Ducks’ array of injuries has bought Car-
lyle time too. It’s tough to judge his performance when he’s
missing so many key forwards as well as defenseman Josh
Manson. Through Sunday, the Ducks had lost a league-high
93 man-games.

Rinne knows how to party

The Nashville Predators standout, who won the Vezina
Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie last season, celebrated a con-
tract extension and his 36th birthday Saturday. He did well
on both counts. He agreed to a two-year, $10-million deal that
will kick in next season and later stopped 26 shots in a 1-0 vic-
tory over the Boston Bruins at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville
(11-3-0) has won three straight and eight of its last 10 games to
take the overall points lead with 22. “Both the organization
and Pekka want him to play his entire career with the Preda- Michael Owen Baker For The Times
tors, and this helps accomplish that objective, while also sta- WILLIE DESJARDINS leads drills in his first practice as Kings coach. Says the former Vancouver Canucks
bilizing our goaltending for at least the next two seasons be- coach: “I didn’t know if I’d get another shot at the NHL, so this is my chance, I’ve got to make it work.”
yond 2018-19,” general manager David Poile said in a state-

Desjardins to Kings:
ment. “We feel the tandem of Pekka and Juuse Saros is
among the best in the league.”

The meek are inheriting the Pacific Division

Through games Sunday, the Calgary Flames, Vancouver
Canucks and Edmonton Oilers ranked 1-2-3 in the Pacific,
and the Canucks are staking claim to being the league’s most
surprising team. Vancouver has won three straight, includ-
ing a 7-6 overtime victory over the Colorado Avalanche on
Friday that featured a five-point performance by sensational
Swedish rookie Elias Pettersson, the fifth pick in the 2017 en-
try draft. Despite sitting out six games because of a head in-
jury, Pettersson leads all rookie scorers by far with nine goals
‘You’ve got to win now’
and 15 points in nine games. It’s heady stuff for the Canucks, didn’t know if I’d get another for developing player re- hired in December 2011. They
who are deep into a rebuild in their first season without the New coach delivers shot at the NHL, so this is lationships. His success in were 8-1-6 in his first 15 games
now-retired Sedin twins. The Canucks probably will drop in my chance, I’ve got to make the Western Hockey League and went on to raise the
the standings but Pettersson and 21-year-old Brock Boeser message that neither it work. And I think that’s and the American Hockey Stanley Cup.
(four goals, 11 points in 13 games) give them hope for the fu- he nor players can be the same message to the League was a springboard to Sutter’s first game as
ture. players: You have to find a the NHL, and his varied Kings coach was against the
complacent. way to make this season coaching experiences, from Ducks. Desjardins will also
NHL is thinking globally work. What exactly it is, well, Japan and the Canadian col- make his debut against the
While in Finland for two games between the Florida Pan- By Curtis Zupke we have to find out.” lege ranks, shaped him per- Ducks. It’s tempting to think
thers and Winnipeg Jets last week, Commissioner Gary Bett- Desjardins must raise a sonally. Like former coach that past is prologue, but the
man announced preliminary plans for games to be staged The sun peeked through level of emotional invest- Darryl Sutter, Desjardins past is too fresh of a wound.
next season in Prague, Czech Republic, and Stockholm in the morning haze and ment that general manager brings a rugged, western Ca- “Every loss we’ve had has
addition to exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland. But his greeted Willie Desjardins Rob Blake said was missing. nadian work ethic that was been a wake-up call, but this
global reach went only so far. Bettman repeated his opposi- when he got up early and Captain Anze Kopitar disa- evident Monday with a slew is a huge change, and obvi-
tion to allowing players to represent their homelands in the walked out of his hotel room greed with that assessment. of one-on-one drills, in tight ously we wanted to win for
2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, calling past breaks in the in El Segundo. It was more “The care level was never spaces. John,” defenseman Paul
schedule “terribly disruptive” to the NHL season. Players are than 30 degrees warmer questioned here,” Kopitar “You’ll see each practice LaDue said. “I wish him all
eager to return to the Olympic stage after missing the 2018 than his home in Medicine said. “It never was. For, it’s always, the first 15-20 the best. He helped me out a
Pyeongchang Games, and Bettman knows it. Look for that Hat, Canada, and Des- again, whatever reason, minutes, no stopping, no lot in the first few years. But
to become a key issue in the next labor talks. jardins was already ener- whether [it was] the lack of, talking,” said goaltender now we’ve got a new coach
gized to meet his new team. definitely not care, but may- Jack Campbell, who played and new energy. This is kind
The apple didn’t fall far from this tree Then he got lost. be it was passion? Some for Desjardins with the of our last reset of the year,
Claude Lemieux was considered one of the NHL’s dirtiest “I walked for about 25 work? We just didn’t have Texas Stars. “Everything’s and we’ve got to pull it to-
players during a career that lasted more than two decades, minutes and I had to phone that extra step, that extra fast. It’s kind of like a routine gether and start winning
and he became notorious for a hit he leveled against the De- [assistant] Dave Lowry and jump that put us over the top … it translated to games. I games and start climbing up
troit Red Wings’ Kris Draper in the 1996 playoffs that basi- say, ‘OK, where exactly is the and we’ve got to find it now.” think we saw the first the standings.”
cally destroyed Draper’s face. Lemieux’s son Brendan, a for- rink?’ ” Desjardins said. Desjardins believes he glimpse of that.”
ward for the Jets, might have inherited some of his father’s Desjardins and the Kings knows why they lost that Desjardins, though, KINGS TONIGHT
genes: The younger Lemieux was suspended by the NHL for will eventually learn the step, having coached doesn’t have time on his VS. DUCKS
two games without pay Monday as the result of an illegal hit right direction. That was the against the Kings when he side. Many of the veterans When: 7:30.
to the head of the Florida Panthers’ Vincent Trocheck on Fri- expectation Monday after was an assistant with the are well into their 30s and he On the air: TV: FS West/
day. Claude Lemieux, though hated, played on three Stanley his first practice as the club’s Dallas Stars and coach of said he can coax them to be- Prime; Radio: 830/iHeartRa-
Cup-winning teams. Brendan might want to channel his en- 25th coach. His interim stat- the Vancouver Canucks. ing a faster team by moving dio (LA Kings Audio Net-
ergy in that direction. us put Desjardins on the “That was a team that, the puck faster and “’be- work).
— Helene Elliott same ground as the team in when they turned it up, they cause of how smart they Update: Ducks center Ryan
terms of urgency. were so hard to stop,” Des- are.” Desjardins also doesn’t Getzlaf skated Monday and
“You can’t wait,” Des- jardins said. “And I think in a have a break-in period. is questionable because of
jardins said he told the play- lot of ways, they probably “Trust is gained over an upper-body injury, a team
ers. “You only have so many lived off that a little bit be- time,” he said. “But we don’t official said. LaDue said he’s
NHL STANDINGS years that you have a chance cause they were just that have time for that … it’s kind ready to return from an up-
WESTERN CONFERENCE to win. You’ve got to win now. good. And now the league’s of like you’ve got to trust per-body injury. Kings
EASTERN CONFERENCE The easy road would be to getting a lot better. A lot of each other right now. That’s prospect Jaret Anderson-
Pacific W L OL Pts GF GA Metropolitan W L OL Pts GF GA
Calgary 9 5 1 19 52 50 say, ‘Hey, we can’t do it this the teams are a lot more harder to do, but we have to Dolan is expected to have
N.Y. Islanders 8 4 2 18 45 34
Vancouver 9 6 0 18 47 50 season.’ But you can’t afford even. I think it’s more of a do that.” surgery for a broken wrist
Washington 6 4 3 15 50 49
Edmonton 8 5 1 17 42 41 to waste a season, because challenge every night.” The last in-season coach- bone, the team said.
Pittsburgh 6 4 3 15 46 45 you never know what’s going Desjardins, like the fired ing change turned historic
San Jose 7 4 3 17 46 43 Columbus 7 6 1 15 46 51 to happen in the future. John Stevens, favors a push- for the Kings, who got an im- curtis.zupke@latimes.com
DUCKS 6 6 3 15 37 42 Philadelphia 7 7 1 15 48 56 “It’s the same with me. I the-pace style and is known mediate lift when Sutter was Twitter: @curtiszupke
Arizona 7 6 0 14 37 29 Carolina 6 6 2 14 39 41
Vegas 6 7 1 13 33 39 New Jersey 6 5 1 13 39 36
KINGS 4 8 1 9 28 45

A time for Kings to look inward

N.Y. Rangers 6 7 1 13 38 44
Central W L OL Pts GF GA Atlantic W L OL Pts GF GA
Nashville 11 3 0 22 47 30 Tampa Bay 10 3 1 21 50 38
Minnesota 8 3 2 18 40 36 Toronto 9 5 0 18 48 39
Winnipeg 8 5 1 17 41 38 Boston 8 4 2 18 39 31
Dallas 8 5 1 17 41 36 Montreal 8 4 2 18 45 40
Colorado 7 4 3 17 52 40 Buffalo 7 6 2 16 43 44 [Elliott, from D1] to be working every day, and
Chicago 6 6 3 15 46 56 Ottawa 5 6 3 13 45 59 fall behind too deep.” sometimes one part of that
St. Louis 4 5 3 11 42 47 Detroit 4 8 2 10 37 53 Defenseman Alec Mar- scale gets tipped too far.”
Note: Overtime or shootout losses are worth one Florida 3 5 3 9 34 41
tinez, always thoughtful, Brown doesn’t see the
point. wore a grim expression need for rebuilding yet. “The
Monday after practice. underlying theme for a lot of
“This not on John. This is on people is questioning
us,” he said, adding an ex- whether we have it any-
pletive to express the depth more. I believe we do,” he
of his remorse. “Any time said. “But guys have to take
anyone loses a job, I don’t a look in the mirror and play
care whether it’s manage- better and be better. You’ve
ment, a player, coach, some- got to quit saying it and
one in the front office, it’s start doing it eventually.”
obviously something that Desjardins said that he
causes you to reflect and felt for Stevens and the
take a look in the mirror. I difficulty Stevens faced in
think that any time this motivating players. Des-
happens, it wasn’t his fault. Michael Owen Baker For The Times jardins also credited the
This was our fault, in the NEW COACH Willie Desjardins takes over a Kings former coach for installing a
locker room.” team with the worst record in the West. solid foundation. “We’ve just
Defenseman Dion Pha- got to find a way to build on
neuf echoed that theme. type of culture where we’ve If this move fails, Blake’s that right now,” Desjardins
Gene J. Pus Associated Press “When a coaching change is had the mind-set that we’re next step will have to be said.
THE PENGUINS’ Sidney Crosby, left, collides with made it’s on the players,” he going to win every night breaking up the team. That Martinez knew little
the Devils’ Kyle Palmieri during the first period. said. “We didn’t get the job before, and it’s something wouldn’t be easy with an about his new coach but
done and ultimately it falls that we have to get back to.” older group that carries a said he heard good things
RESULTS on them but as players we’re If these players want to bunch of hefty, difficult-to- when he spoke to Blake and
responsible for it and it’s not stay together, they’ll have to move contracts. In addition, to players who had played
NEW JERSEY 5 Cancer survivor Brian Boyle scored three times for the first
a very good feeling. I’ve got a get back to their old, win- he has consistently said that for Desjardins.
AT PITTSBURGH 1 hat trick of his career on “Hockey Fights Cancer” night.
lot of respect for John and ning ways. Firing the coach the Cup-winning core has “He brings the energy. All
AT BOSTON 2 Brad Marchand scored the Bruins’ second power-play Don. Both of them. I really is usually the first option for another championship in it. of his teams, they played
DALLAS 1 (OT) goal 4:29 into overtime. David Pastrnak scored the first. enjoyed working for them. a general manager because Shaking up the roster would fast and that’s obviously
MONTREAL 4 Joel Armia scored in the fifth round of the shootout to lift And now Willie coming in, it’s easier than revamping be conceding the season something that we’ve got to
AT N.Y. ISLANDERS 3 (SO) Montreal to its fifth win in the teams’ last six meetings. I’m excited to work for him. the roster through trades, and starting a rebuild. start doing a lot better,”
But as players we didn’t get especially during the sea- “I think that’s something Martinez said. “It’s an odd,
AT WASHINGTON 4 Alex Ovechkin scored on the power play and backup
the job done. And we’re son. that might have crept into strange … feeling. That said,
EDMONTON 2 goaltender Pheonix Copley stopped 31 shots.
sitting here today because “I think all coaches kind the group, players just being with Willie here, we’ve had
PHILADELPHIA 5 Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist to help the of that.” of understand that,” Dustin too comfortable. I think top plenty of resets but there’s
AT ARIZONA 2 Flyers end the Coyotes’ winning streak at five games. Winger Kyle Clifford Brown said. “But I think to bottom that could be no more time for resets. The
For complete NHL summaries, go to latimes.com/sports/scores acknowledged that Blake players aren’t happy with probably said,” Brown said. time is now.”
was right about the team’s how we’ve been performing. “There’s something to be It’s win now, or feel more
TODAY’S GAMES lack of passion. “You don’t If they aren’t that way then said for being a little uncom- regret they didn’t do more
DUCKS at KINGS, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. get to the bottom of the they probably won’t be here fortable every day coming to to prevent the Cup core
Vegas at Toronto, 4 p.m. Montreal at New York Rangers, 4 p.m. standings playing with much longer, anyway. It’s the rink. Just your mental- from being broken up.
New Jersey at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. passion,” Clifford said. “It’s one of those things where ity. It’s a fine line. You want
Edmonton at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 5 p.m. something that’s got to be in players have to look in the to have fun coming to the helene.elliott@latimes.com
Minnesota at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. your game. We’ve built that mirror.” rink every day but you want Twitter: @helenenothelen
L AT I M E S . C O M / S P O RT S T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018 D7

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW: UCLA AND USC

Alford’s fate hangs in the balance

He may need big
season from young
team to remain
UCLA’s coach.
By Ben Bolch
One of UCLA athletic di-
rector Dan Guerrero’s basic
expectations for his coaches
is to compete for Pac-12 Con-
ference championships.
Ben Howland won the
Pac-12 regular-season title in
his final season as the Bru-
ins’ coach, but his teams had
backslid enough by then
that Guerrero felt compelled
to make a change. How-
land’s resume included
three consecutive Final Four
appearances as well as two
losing seasons and no trips
past the first weekend of the
NCAA tournament over his
final five seasons.
Steve Alford’s record
heading into his sixth sea-
son at UCLA is one that sug-
gests the Bruins may need to
play deep into March to so-
lidify his standing. He’s
made three trips to an
NCAA tournament regional
semifinal but advanced no
farther, and he’s once again
coming off the wrong kind of
banner season.
Angry fans paid for a ban-
ner reading “Final Fours not
First Fours #FireAlford” to
be flown over campus in
March after the Bruins lost
to St. Bonaventure in an
NCAA tournament play-in
game. It was the second time
in three years that banners
intended to embarrass the
coach made the aerial
rounds in Westwood.
Guerrero has since de-
clined to extend Alford’s
contract, which runs
through April 2021, but the
coach said Monday that his
boss hasn’t outlined any de-
mands for a season that
starts Tuesday night when
the No. 21 Bruins face
Purdue Fort Wayne at
Pauley Pavilion.
“Nothing’s really
changed from when I was
hired to do the job that I was
supposed to do,” said Alford,
who’s compiled a 117-57
record with the Bruins, “and
we’ve just tried to do it the
absolute best that we can.”
UCLA captured the
Pac-12 tournament champi-
onship in Alford’s first sea-
son but hasn’t won a confer-
ence regular-season title,
finishing third last season.
No autopsy was needed after
the Bruins went on to the
earliest NCAA tournament
exit in school history.
“As far as what went
wrong, we took the China
trip,” Alford said, alluding to
the international shoplifting
scandal that led to the de-
parture of gaurd LiAngelo
Ball and the seasonlong sus-
pensions of forwards Cody
Riley and Jalen Hill.
Alford has won 67.2% of
his games with the Bruins, a
lower percentage than pred-
ecessors Howland (73.7%) STEVE ALFORD , who has compiled a 117-57 record as UCLA’s coach, will enter
and Steve Lavin (70.8%). his sixth season without the security of a massive contract buyout.
He’s also the only coach at
the school to last at least five
seasons and not advance to
a regional final since the UCLA ROSTER
NCAA tournament ex- Player Yr Pos. Ht.
panded to 64 teams in 1985.
Prince Ali Jr. G 6-4
The hope is that a her-
alded six-man freshman Jules Bernard Fr G 6-6
class and the return of two Moses Brown Fr. C 7-2
players who considered Tyger Campbell Fr. G 5-11
jumping to the NBA could Armani Dodson Jr. G 6-5
help the Bruins soar back to
Jaylen Hands So. G 6-3
national prominence.
“If we get everybody heal- Jalen Hill Fr. F 6-10
thy, this team is going to be I Kenneth Nwuba Fr. F 6-9
think one of the best teams Alex Olesinski Jr. F 6-10
in the country,” Alford said, Shareef O’Neal Fr. F 6-9
“but we’ve got to get healthy Cody Riley Fr. F 6-9
and along the way we’ve got
to learn because we have a David Singleton Fr. G 6-4
lot of guys playing for the Chris Smith So. G 6-9
first time.” Joseph Wallace So. G 6-2
UCLA’s expected nine- Kris Wilkes So. F 6-8
man rotation to start the Isaac Wulff Jr. G 6-3
season will feature five play-
ers making their college de-
buts in true freshmen Moses Olesinski is out until Decem-
Brown, David Singleton, ber because of a stress frac-
Jules Bernard and Kenneth ture in his foot and Riley
Nwuba in addition to Hill, a could miss a few more weeks
redshirt freshman. after recently suffering a jaw
The Bruins remain deep, injury in practice when he
long and athletic even with collided with the 7-foot-2
nearly a full starting lineup’s Brown. Brown has earned
worth of players sidelined. the nickname Big Mo be-
Power forward Shareef cause of his size, but his six
O’Neal will miss the season dunks and four blocks in
after undergoing heart only 20 minutes during the
surgery to correct an electri- Bruins’ exhibition romp
cal defect. Point guard Tyger showed that he’s far more
Campbell will also miss the than a novelty.
season because of a torn His surrounding cast in-
knee ligament. cludes sophomores Kris
Power forward Alex Wilkes and Jaylen Hands,
UCLA schedule
Regular season (all times Pacific and p.m.)
Date Opponent Time
Nov. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne 6
Nov. 9 Long Beach State 8
Nov. 16 Saint Francis 8
Nov. 19 Presbyterian 8
Nov. 22 Michigan State* 7
Nov. 23 North Carolina/Texas* 1 or 1:30
Nov. 28 Hawaii 6
Dec. 2 Loyola Marymount 7
Dec. 8 Notre Dame 7:30
Dec. 15 Belmont 2
Dec. 19 at Cincinnati 6
Dec. 22 Ohio State** Noon
Dec. 29 Liberty 3
Michael Owen Baker Associated Press Jan. 3 Stanford 8
Jan. 5 California 1
Jan. 10 at Oregon 6
Jan. 13 at Oregon State 7
Jan. 19 at USC 1
Comment by Ben Bolch Jan. 24 Arizona State 8
Jan. 26 Arizona 7
Needs to move into leadership role with departures of Aaron Holiday, Thomas Welsh.
A smorgasbord of possibilities for freshman who can shoot, drive and handle ball. Jan. 30 at Washington State 7
Shot-blocking, dunking fiend needs a nickname to encapsulate his dominance. Feb. 2 at Washington 1
Season-ending knee injury considerably thins team’s ballhandling depth.
Feb. 6 Colorado 6
Biggest contribution could be pushing his teammates in practices.
Feb. 9 Utah 2
Primary point guard will need to distribute first, score second for Bruins to win.
Feb. 13 at California 7
Eager to make news for something besides international shoplifting incident.
Will fight for minutes in a crowded frontcourt filled with talent. Feb. 16 at Stanford 7
Stress fracture in foot is expected to keep him out until December. Feb. 21 Oregon State 8
Heart ailment that will require surgery will sideline him for entire season. Feb. 23 Oregon 7
Jaw injury sustained in practice will sideline him for at least three weeks.
Feb. 28 USC 6
Figures to be leader of the second unit as the primary backup point guard.
March 7 at Colorado 6
Most versatile player on team can essentially play every position except center.
Probably won’t start any games but could finish a few if Bruins are winning big. March 9 at Utah 4
Returned to get stronger and improve defensively before heading off to the NBA. Pac-12 tournament, Las Vegas, March 13-16
Now the lone Wulff after his brother Alec exhausted his eligibility. *at Las Vegas; **at Chicago
who are trying to improve brought in to address the May 1.
their NBA draft stock after team’s top weakness. Will his sixth year with
flirting with pro basketball “That’s kind of the mis- the Bruins lead to a seventh?
after last season. sion of this team is just, can Alford didn’t seem overly
UCLA could go deep into we get better and each and burdened by his fate.
the season in search of lead- every day get better and not “Whether I’ve been a
ership. The roster includes take steps back?” Alford player or a coach, I’ve never
no seniors and junior shoot- said. “That’s a hard thing to put pressure on myself,” Al-
ing guard Prince Ali will be do but it’s a big key.” ford said. “There’s a stand-
the only upperclassmen in Alford will enter the sea- ard and the standard is, as a
the rotation to start the sea- son without the security of a player I wanted to be the
son. Relying on so many massive contract buyout. best prepared and as a
freshmen means player de- His $3.6-million buyout is coach, I want our guys to be
velopment will be essential only a fraction of the $12 mil- the best prepared. So that’s
to the team’s fortunes. Tak- lion UCLA gave Jim Mora my standard.”
ing over the primary defen- last year to no longer coach
sive coaching duties will be its football team. Alford’s ben.bolch@latimes.com
assistant Murry Bartow, buyout drops to $1 million on Twitter: @latbbolch

Boatwright gets a final shot with USC

Injury-plagued senior
hopes to lead Trojans
to NCAA tournament
on his way to NBA.
By J. Brady McCollough
Bennie Boatwright keeps
in touch with Chimezie
Metu, his former USC class-
mate who is playing with the
San Antonio Spurs.
Last month, Metu was
only a few miles from the
USC campus at Staples
Center, getting a taste of the
NBA while Boatwright was
busy rehabilitating another
knee injury.
“He said LeBron’s unre-
al,” Boatwright said, “so
that’s cool to hear. I ask him
for insight all the time, how
certain guys are. … Next year
I’ll be on the same path.”
As a senior with an NBA
body and skill set,
Boatwright is a rarity in
modern college basketball.
But he didn’t exactly plan it
this way.
After a sophomore sea-
son in which he averaged a
team-high 15.1 points and
helped the Trojans to two
wins in the NCAA tourna-
ment, the 6-foot-10 forward
debated making himself
available for the NBA draft
but ultimately decided he
could use another year to de-
velop and be a part of a
much-hyped USC team with
his buddy Metu.
In mid-February, though,
Boatwright suffered anoth-
er knee injury and sat out
the season’s final nine
games. He knew he would
need surgery, so the NBA
was no longer an option.
Boatwright is back for
one more go of it at USC, and
after logging three years in
the program he is in one
sense as much of a known
commodity as can exist in
the one-and-done era. But,
factoring in the 30 games he
has sat out the last two sea-
sons because of injury,
Boatwright remains a tanta-
lizing unknown. The 2018-19
campaign could be his
chance to finally answer the
question: Just how good
could he be if he avoids in- USC schedule
jury?
Regular season (all times Pacific and p.m.)
“We all feel for Bennie,
what he’s gone through,” Date Opponent Time
USC coach Andy Enfield Nov. 6 Robert Morris 8
said. “It’s been emotional for
him. The biggest key for us is Nov. 11 Vanderbilt 6
just to get him on the court Nov. 14 Stetson 7
and get comfortable with his Nov. 19 Texas Tech* 6:30
knee and to be able to go out
and play injury-free and also Nov. 20 TBD* TBD
mentally not worry about Nov. 25 Cal State Bakersfield 4
his injury every time down
Nov. 28 Long Beach State 8
the court. If he can just play
stress-free, he’ll have a ter- Dec. 1 Nevada 1:30
rific senior season.” Dec. 7 Texas Christian** 6:30
Boatwright recently re-
turned to practice but had Dec. 15 Oklahoma*** 6
not yet participated in full- Dec. 18 at Santa Clara 7
court workouts as of Friday.
Dec. 21 Southern Utah 8
Enfield considers him a
game-time decision for the Dec. 30 UC Davis 6
season opener Tuesday Jan. 3 California 7
against Robert Morris at the
Galen Center. It would be a Jan. 6 Stanford 5
surprise if Boatwright isn’t Jan. 10 at Oregon State 8
ready to go for the first real Gina Ferazzi Los Angeles Times
Jan. 13 at Oregon 5
test of the season Sunday USC SENIOR Bennie Boatwright probably would have made himself available for
against Vanderbilt at the the NBA draft if a knee injury hadn’t cut short his junior season. Jan. 19 UCLA 1
Galen Center. Jan. 24 Arizona 6
Already, Boatwright says
Jan. 26 Arizona State 5
he is not toting around any
mental baggage from his run USC ROSTER Jan. 30 at Washington 8
of bad luck. Player Yr Pos. Ht. Comment by J. Brady McCollough Feb. 2 at Washington State 4
“Because it’s done,” Shaqquan Aaron Sr. G 6-7 Streaky scorer will look to find consistency with more minutes available his final season.
Boatwright said. “You can Feb. 6 Utah 8
McKay Anderson Jr. G 6-5 Walk-on transfer from Pasadena City College has two years of eligibility remaining.
look at Derrick Rose last Feb. 9 Colorado 7
night. He had 50 points. Peo- Bennie Boatwright Sr. F 6-10 Will have the green light any time he’s open but needs to make his teammates better.
Feb. 13 at Stanford 8
ple said he’s never going to J’Raan Brooks Fr. F 6-9 Won’t be the freshman generating the most headlines but could find a role providing depth.
come back. He had sur- Devin Fleming Sr. G 6-2 Senior walk-on played sparingly during first two seasons at USC. Feb. 16 at California 5
geries, got waived, came Jonah Mathews Jr. G 6-3 Would have been MVP of the Pac-12 tournament if Trojans had beaten Arizona. Feb. 21 Oregon 6
back and had 50. It can be
Charles O’Bannon Jr. So. G 6-6 Five-star recruit had a quiet freshman year but appears ready to break out on the wing. Feb. 23 Oregon State 3
done. If I keep my confidence
within myself, I can do any- Kevin Porter Jr. Fr. G 6-6 Late bloomer recruit had the prep basketball scene buzzing with his elite athleticism. Feb. 28 at UCLA 6
thing.” Nick Rakocevic Jr. F 6-11 After two seasons providing quality depth, this is his time to show what he can do inside.
March 7 at Utah 7
During the offseason, the Derryck Thornton Jr. G 6-3 Should have first crack at replacing Jordan McLaughlin with Elijah Weaver injured.
Trojans lost program March 9 at Colorado 2
Jordan Usher So. F 6-7 With a big frame and elite athleticism, he’ll allow the Trojans to play a small or big lineup.
cornerstone seniors Jordan Pac-12 tournament, Las Vegas, March 13-16
Victor Uyaelunmo So. F 6-11 He can give a boost defensively as a gifted shot blocker; needs to grow offensively.
McLaughlin and Elijah *at Kansas City, Mo.; **at Staples Center;
Stewart, plus Metu and Elijah Weaver Fr. G 6-5 Big things are expected of the point guard once he completes rehab after ankle surgery.
***at Tulsa, Okla.
De’Anthony Melton, who did
not play last season because a solid nucleus of returners about his role this season. thing the modern NBA is cement a local talent’s lega-
of his connection to an FBI in veteran wings Jonah “I have confidence in my- looking for in a player. cy as a Trojan.
investigation into corrup- Matthews and Shaqquan self that I can get my shot off “I think I’m playing at the “He’s already a part of the
tion in college basketball. Aaron, big man Nick Rako- pretty much whenever I get perfect time, because shoot- winningest three years in
While ideally Boatwright cevic and point guard Der- the ball in any situation,” ers are at a high premium,” USC basketball history, and
would have been sound to ryck Thornton. Much will be Boatwright said. “So getting Boatwright said. “If you he has a chance to be a part
end last season and help asked of the Trojans’ tal- my teammates involved is shoot the ball, you’re gonna of the winningest four
push USC into the NCAA ented freshman class of going to be big throughout be on the court. I feel like I’m years,” Enfield said. “That
tournament, that scenario point guard Elijah Weaver the course of this season.” bred for the NBA.” would be quite an accom-
probably would have sent (who had ankle surgery and If Boatwright isn’t bitten Boatwright said he would plishment for a kid from
Boatwright packing for the should be practicing within by the injury bug, he should like to make more than 40% Southern California, some-
NBA. His return is one of the a few weeks), wing Kevin have a full season to show of his three-point shots after thing he’ll remember for the
main reasons to think that Porter Jr. and forward NBA scouts what he can do making 36.4% and 34.6% the rest of his life. He has a
the Trojans could reach the J’Raan Brooks. while also playing within the last two seasons. chance to be one of the great
NCAA tournament. Boatwright has proved team concept that Enfield Enfield is much more all-time Trojans.”
Named to the Naismith that he can score, and given desires. The former Sun Val- concerned with
Trophy watch list, his leadership position he’s ley Village Christian High Boatwright’s overall impact. brady.mccollough@latimes.com
Boatwright will be joined by thinking more unselfishly star believes he has every- A big senior year would Twitter: @BradyMcCollough
D8 T U E S DAY , N OV E M B E R 6 , 2 018 L AT I M E S . C O M / S P O RT S

THE DAY IN SPORTS

USC, UCLA open NCAA soccer at home
staff and wire reports
USC and UCLA will both open
the NCAA women’s soccer tourna-
ment at home Friday, with the
fourth-seeded Trojans playing
host to Long Beach State at 1:30
p.m. and the Bruins welcoming
San Jose State to Westwood at 6.
USC (15-2-2) was ranked No. 2 in
the nation in the coaches poll and
fifth in RPI before last Friday’s
double-overtime loss to UCLA.
Long Beach State (12-5-3) earned
its tournament berth by winning
the Big West tournament. The
teams faced each other early in the
season, with USC winning 3-0 at
home.
The Trojans, who won the na-
tional title in 2016, are making their
fifth consecutive appearance in the
NCAA tournament and 17th over-
all.
UCLA (14-3-1), also a second
seed and ranked sixth in the
coaches poll, finished second in the
Pac-12 behind top-seeded Stanford
to earn a home playoff date with
San Jose State (9-6-6). The Spar-
tans, who won the Mountain West
tournament, have posted 11 shut-
outs this season, fourth-most in
the nation.
— Kevin Baxter
TENNIS
Djokovic’s No. 1;
Nadal’s season over
Novak Djokovic is back at No. 1
in the ATP rankings after a two-
year absence — and the first man in
nearly two decades to rise to the
top spot after being outside the top
20 in the same season.
Djokovic moved up from No. 2 to
overtake Rafael Nadal, who pulled
out of the season-ending ATP Fi-
nals in London because of an ab-
dominal injury. Nadal announced
on Twitter that he was done for the
year and then decided to have
surgery on his right ankle Monday.
John Isner will replace Nadal in the
ATP Finals field.
When 31-year-old Djokovic fell
to No. 22 in May after beginning the
year with a 6-6 record while recov-
ering from surgery on his right el-
bow, it was his lowest ranking since
the Serbian was 22nd in 2006 as a
teenager.
Djokovic has gone 43-5 since, in-
cluding Grand Slam titles at Wim-
bledon and the U.S. Open.
Marat Safin went from No. 38 to
No. 1 in 2000.
NBA
Cleveland signs
Drew to new deal
The Cleveland Cavaliers signed
assistant Larry Drew to a new con-
tract so he can be their interim
coach for the rest of this season.
Drew wanted some guarantees
and more security for the club if he
was going to replace Tyronn Lue,
who was fired on Oct. 28 after the
club’s 0-6 start. Drew has been the
team’s top assistant since 2016. The
60-year-old previously coached in
Milwaukee and Atlanta.
NHL Ohio State’s 6-foot-9
FanDuel joins forces Potter transferring
with NHL, Devils Ohio State forward Micah Pot-
FanDuel has reached deals with
the NHL and New Jersey Devils for
sports betting and fantasy sports
play. In deals announced Monday,
the company has become a sports
betting partner of the league, as
well as its official daily fantasy
sports partner. ... The Nashville
Predators have signed defense-
man Matt Donovan to a two-year,
two-way contract. Donovan’s deal
will be worth $650,000 at the NHL
level and $162,500 at the American
Hockey League level this season.
Donovan’s contract will pay him
$700,000 at the NHL level and
$200,000 at the AHL level next sea-
son.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
ter is transferring two days before
the Buckeyes’ season opener. The
university has not said where the 6-
foot-9 junior is going. Potter dealt
with ankle injuries his first two
years and has not met expecta-
tions . ... Alabama guard Riley Nor-
ris will miss the start of the season
after having a procedure done on
his heart. Alabama announced
Norris is week to week after having
what was deemed a successful car-
diac ablation procedure last week.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW | SOUTHLAND SCHOOLS TRANSACTIONS NFL STANDINGS

BASKETBALL
Washington — Recalled G Chasson Randle NATIONAL CONFERENCE

FEARLESS CAL BAPTIST

from Capital City (NBAGL). West W L T Pct. PF PA
FOOTBALL
Rams 8 1 0 .889 299 200
Chargers — Released PK Caleb Sturgis. Seattle 4 4 0 .500 188 156
Signed PK Michael Badgley from the practice Arizona 2 6 0 .250 110 199
squad. San Francisco 2 7 0 .222 207 239
Arizona — Re-signed WR Kendall Wright.
Signed OL Zack Golditch from Indianapolis’ prac- North W L T Pct. PF PA
tice squad. Chicago 5 3 0 .625 235 153
Chicago — Signed OL Willie Beavers to the Minnesota 5 3 1 .611 221 204
Riverside school transformed its program over the last two years as it practice squad.
Cincinnati — Placed LB Carl Lawson on in-
jured reserve. Signed LS Clark Harris to a con-
Green Bay
Detroit
South
3
3
W
4
5
L
1
0
T
.438 192 204
.375 180 210
Pct. PF PA
prepared for inaugural men’s basketball season as a Division I program tract extension and WR Auden Tate from the prac-
tice squad.
Detroit — Waived WR Andy Jones.
New Orleans
Carolina
Atlanta
7
6
4
1
2
4
0
0
0
.875 279 218
.750 220 180
.500 228 226
Green Bay — Released P Drew Kaiser. Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 229 275
Claimed S Ibraheim Campbell off waivers from East W L T Pct. PF PA
By Blake Richardson the N.Y. Jets.
Washington 5 3 0 .625 160 172
New England — Signed LB Ufomba Kamalu to
the practice squad. Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 178 156
Oakland — Waived LB James Cowser. Signed Dallas 3 5 0 .375 154 151
California Baptist coach Rick Croy set DEs Jacquies Smith and Kony Ealy. N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 150 205
a mantra as his men’s basketball team Washington — Placed WR Paul Richardson Jr.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
and Gs Shawn Lauvao and Brandon Scherff on
prepares for its inaugural season as a Divi- injured reserve. Signed OT Austin Howard and Gs West W L T Pct. PF PA
sion I program: Be fearless. Luis Bowanko and John Cooper. Kansas City 8 1 0 .889 327 226
HOCKEY
“And, ‘Go attack it,’ ” Croy said. NHL — Suspended Winnipeg F Brendan
Chargers
Denver
6
3
2
6
0
0
.750 220 180
.333 205 213
Cal Baptist’s reclassification as a Divi- Lemieux two games an illegal check to the head Oakland 1 7 0 .125 141 252
of Florida F Vincent Trocheck.
sion I school was accepted in July, the Dallas— Recalled G Philippe Desrosiers from North W L T Pct. PF PA
product of a roughly seven-year plan, a Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL). Pittsburgh 5 2 1 .688 227 188
Nashville — Signed D Matt Donovan to a two- Cincinnati 5 3 0 .625 221 237
university official said. The Riverside year, two-way contract. Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 213 160
Cleveland 2 6 1 .278 190 247
school used Grand Canyon University as a N.Y. Rangers — Assigned D Sean Day from
Hartford (AHL) to Maine (ECHL). Recalled F Lias South W L T Pct. PF PA
model for the transition. Andersson from Hartford (AHL). Houston 6 3 0 .667 216 184
Croy recruited a roster of freshmen St. Louis — Recalled Fs Tanner Kaspick and Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 134 141
Austin Poganski from Tulsa (ECHL) to San Anto- Jacksonville 3 5 0 .375 134 170
and transfers with Division I experience, nio (AHL). Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 231 213
including Mike Henn, a redshirt sopho- Washington — Assigned F Nathan Walker to East W L T Pct. PF PA
Hershey (AHL). Recalled F Travis Boyd from a
more forward from UC Davis, and Ferron conditioning assigment at Hershey. New England 7 2 0 .778 270 202
Miami 5 4 0 .556 187 225
Flavors, a junior guard from Fairfield Uni- OLYMPIC SPORTS
N.Y. Jets 3 6 0 .333 198 213
USADA — Elected David Plummer athlete rep-
versity. Fifth-year senior Jordan Heading resentative for the board of directors.
Buffalo 2 7 0 .222 96 241
is the Lancers’ only four-year player. Thursday’s Schedule
BASEBALL Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5:20 p.m.
Cal Baptist went 28-6 and reached the Sunday’s Schedule
BASEBALL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
quarterfinals in the Division II playoffs AMERICA AWARD FINALISTS Chargers at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
last season. Seattle at Rams, 1:25 p.m.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Arizona at Kansas City, 10:20 a.m.
The school spent the last two years American League: OF Mike Trout (Angels), OF Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10:20 a.m.
Mookie Betts (Boston), 3B Jose Ramirez (Cleve- Detroit at Chicago, 10:20 a.m.
transforming the program to mirror that land). Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10:20 a.m.
of a Division I school by scheduling National League: 3B Nolan Arenado (Col- Washington at Tampa Bay, 10:20 a.m.
orado), 2B/SS Javier Baez (Chicago), OF Chris- New Orleans at Cincinnati, 10:20 a.m.
tougher competition and adding summer tian Yelich (Milwaukee). New England at Tennessee, 10:20 a.m.
workouts to the team’s routine. Croy said CY YOUNG Atlanta at Cleveland, 10:20 a.m.
American League: RHP Corey Kluber (Cleve- Miami at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.
his players welcomed the added responsi- land), LHP Blake Snell (Tampa Bay), RHP Justin Dallas at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m.
bility. Verlander (Houston). Monday’s Schedule
National League: RHP Jacob deGrom (New N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m.
“It comes down to all of them embrac- York), RHP Aaron Nola (Philadelphia), RHP Max
ing the opportunity and the challenge to- Scherzer Washington).
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR SUMMARY
gether, and that’s what we wanted to have American League: RHP/DH Shohei Ohtani Titans 28, Cowboys 14
stepping into this,” Croy said. (Angels), 3B Miguel Andujar (New York), 2B Gley-
ber Torres (New York). Tennessee ....................0 14 7 7—28
The Lancers, who will play in the West- Chris Carlson Associated Press Dallas ..........................7 7 0 0—14
National League: RHP Walker Buehler (Dod-
gers), OF Ronald Acuna Jr. (Atlanta), OF Juan First Quarter
ern Athletic Conference, won’t be eligible KYLE ALLMAN , right, driving to the basket past USC’s Elijah Stewart, is Soto (Washignton). Dal—Cooper 4 pass from Prescott (Maher kick),
to play in the postseason until the 2022-23 one of the key players to Fullerton’s success this season. MANAGER OF THE YEAR 6:12.
season. They open this season Friday at American League: Kevin Cash (Tampa Bay), Second Quarter
Alex Cora (Boston), Bob Melvin (Oakland).
home against San Diego Christian. the team’s only returning starter. But a National League: Bud Black (Colorado), Ten—Henry 1 run (Succop kick), 9:35.
Craig Counsell (Milwaukee), Brian Snitker (At- Ten—D.Lewis 18 pass from Mariota (Succop
A look at the other Southland teams in talented recruiting class surrounds him,
Division I: SOUTHLAND including five freshmen and Gilliam, a
lanta). kick), 4:11.
Dal—Hurns 23 pass from Prescott (Maher kick),
SCHEDULE sophomore point guard from Salt Lake ODDS
:39.
Third Quarter
Cal State Fullerton Community College. NBA Ten—Jo.Smith 7 pass from Mariota (Succop
Last season: 20-12, fourth in Big West Con- MEN TONIGHT Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
kick), 5:44.
ference; lost in first round of NCAA tour- Cal State Fullerton at Arizona State ........5
UC Santa Barbara at CHARLOTTE 11 (2331⁄2) Atlanta
Fourth Quarter
Ten—Mariota 9 run (Succop kick), 4:38.
nament. Westcliff at Loyola Marymount...................5 Last season: 23-9, second in Big West. at DALLAS 1 (2251⁄2) Washington
TEAM STATISTICS
Key players: Kyle Allman Jr. (19.5 points Key players: Max Heidegger (19.1 ppg), Brooklyn 1 (2201⁄2) at PHOENIX
UC Riverside at Oregon State .....................6 Milwaukee 1 (229) at PORTLAND
Ten Dal
per game), Khalil Ahmad (15.1 ppg). UC Santa Barbara at Wyoming ..................7 Amadou Sow (Prolific Prep). First downs ..........................24 18
Outlook: Seniors Allman and Ahmad Outlook: Heidegger is Santa Barbara’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL Total Net Yards....................340 297
New Mexico at Cal State Northridge.........7 Favorite Line Underdog
Rushes-yards.................36-125 19-72
were selected to the Big West preseason Idaho at UC Irvine ...........................................7 only returning starter. Transfer guards Passing .............................215 225
at ARIZONA ST 12 Cal St.- Punt Returns .....................3-11 1-7
all-conference team. The Titans, who won JaQuori McLaughlin, a sophomore from Fullerton Kickoff Returns ..................1-23 1-23
the Big West tournament last season to WOMEN TONIGHT Oregon State, and Ar’Mond Davis, a grad- New Mexico 131⁄2 at CS Interceptions Ret. ................1-0
Comp-Att-Int ................21-29-0
0-0
21-32-1
NORTHRIDGE
earn an NCAA tournament berth, are ran- uate transfer from Alabama, will boost the Sacked-Yards Lost..............4-25 5-18
UC Riverside at USC.......................................5 at OREGON ST 181⁄2 UC Riverside Punts ............................1-45.0 3-44.7
ked second in the conference’s preseason Gauchos’ backcourt. Fumbles-Lost ......................2-2 1-1
UCLA at Loyola Marymount..................7:30 at WYOMING 71⁄2 UC Santa
poll. Barbara Penalties-Yards ..................3-20 6-52
Loyola Marymount Kansas 5 Michigan St Time of Possession...........34:26 25:34

Cal State Northridge State College, adds depth in the back- Last season: 11-20, eighth in West Coast Kentucky 11⁄2 Duke Individual Leaders
RUSHING: Tennessee, D.Lewis 19-62, Mariota
Last season: 6-24, ninth in Big West. court. Conference. NHL 10-32, Henry 6-27, Davis 1-4. Dallas, Elliott 17-
Key players: Terrell Gomez (11.7 ppg), Da- Key players: James Batemon, (17.8 ppg), Favorite Underdog 61, Prescott 2-11.
PASSING: Tennessee, Mariota 21-29-0-240.
rius Brown (Pasadena High) UC Irvine Eli Scott (12.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg). at KINGS OFF Ducks OFF
Dallas, Prescott 21-31-1-243, Beasley 0-1-0-0.
at COLUMBUS -138 Dallas +128 RECEIVING: Tennessee, Davis 6-56, D.Lewis 4-
Outlook: In his first season coaching Last season: 18-17, second in Big West. Outlook: Batemon is one of three seniors at NY RANGERS OFF Montreal OFF 60, Jo.Smith 2-33, Taylor 2-24, Batson 2-21,
Northridge, Mark Gottfried leads a strug- Key players: Evan Leonard (13.6 ppg), returning for the Lions. Senior guard Jeff- at TORONTO -135 Las Vegas +125 Henry 2-5, Jennings 1-36, Stocker 1-5, Sharpe
1-0. Dallas, Cooper 5-58, Elliott 4-51, Gallup 3-
gling program that lost its two top scorers, Tommy Rutherford (10.1 ppg). rey McClendon led the conference in New Jersey -133 at OTTAWA +123
51, Beasley 3-16, De.Thompson 2-21, Jarwin 2-
forward Tavrion Dawson and guard Outlook: The top-ranked team in the Big steals last year. Loyola Marymount re- at DETROIT -105 Vancouver -105 15, Hurns 1-23, R.Smith 1-8.
at TAMPA BAY -180 Edmonton +165 FIELD GOALS MISSED: Tennessee, Succop 28.
Micheal Warren. Last season, the Mata- West preseason poll, Irvine is led by Leon- turns 10 scorers responsible for 84% of last Dallas, Maher 38.
at ST. LOUIS -111 Carolina +101
dors posted their worst record since be- ard and Rutherford, who were selected to season’s point total. at SAN JOSE -150 Minnesota +140
Attendance—90,466.
coming a Division I program. Gomez, last the preseason all-conference team.
Pepperdine College Football FIGHT SCHEDULE
season’s conference freshman of the year, Robert Cartwright, a graduate transfer
Tuesday
is the Matadors’ only returning starter. guard from Stanford, joins the Anteaters Last season: 6-26, 10th in West Coast. Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Thursday
At Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio
along with four freshman recruits. All five Key players: Kameron Edwards (14.7 ppg, at BUFFALO 201⁄2 (41) Kent St (ESPN2), Neeco Macias vs. Jesus Soto Karass,
Long Beach State of last season’s starters will play for Irvine, 6.4 rpg), Colbey Ross (14 ppg). Saturday 10, junior middleweights; Manny Robles III vs.
Jose Gonzalez, 10, featherweights.
Last season: 15-18, fifth in Big West. which lost to Fullerton in the conference Outlook: Pepperdine returns its top three at USC 51⁄2 (48) California
Saturday
Key players: Bryan Alberts (11.3 ppg), tournament title game. scorers from last season — junior forward at ARIZONA ST 121⁄2 (59) UCLA
At Manchester (England) Arena, Oleksandr
Deishuan Booker (10.6 ppg). Edwards, sophomore guard Ross and NFL Usyk vs. Tony Bellew, 12, for Usyk's WBC/IBF/
WBA/WBO cruiserweight title; Anthony Crolla vs.
Outlook: Long Beach State lost its lead- UC Riverside senior guard Eric Cooper. Ross set the Thursday Daud Yordan, 12, lightweights; Sam Hyde vs.
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Richard Riakporhe, 10, cruiserweights.
ing scorer, forward Gabe Levin, but re- Last season: 9-22, seventh in Big West. school record for assists by a freshman At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Mairis Briedis vs. No-
at PITTSBURGH 4 (511⁄2) Carolina
turns Alberts and Booker while adding Key players: Dikymbe Martin (13.5 ppg), with 179. Sunday el Mikaelian, 12, cruiserweights (World Boxing
three-star freshman forward Demetrius Jordan Gilliam (junior college transfer). Super Series quarterfinals); Krzysztof Glowacki
Chargers 10 (50 ⁄2)
1
at OAKLAND vs. Maksim Vlasov, 12, cruiserweights (World
Mims. Guard Ron Freeman, a redshirt Outlook: Martin, a junior guard who was blake.richardson@latimes.com at RAMS 10 (511⁄2) Seattle Boxing Super Series quarterfinals); Artur Mann
junior transfer from Northwest Florida Riverside’s leading scorer last season, is Twitter: @rblakerich_ — Updated odds available at Pregame.com. vs. Alexey Zubov, 10, cruiserweights.

USOC seeks to end USA Gymnastics as governing body

[Gymnastics, from D1]
fered through a series of controver-
sies in recent years, foremost
among them a sexual abuse scan-
dal that included disgraced sports
doctor Larry Nassar molesting
hundreds of young athletes under
the guise of providing medical
treatment.
More recently, the organization
suffered through repeated mis-
steps as it struggled to replace for-
mer President Steve Penny, who
was arrested for allegedly tamper-
ing with evidence in the Nassar
case.
Interim Chief Executive Mary
Bono stepped down last month
under intense pressure from ath-
letes including Biles and Aly Rais-
man, who pointed to Bono’s associ-
ation with a law firm that had ad-
vised USA Gymnastics during the
Nassar scandal.
Numerous gymnasts have filed
lawsuits against both USA Gym-
nastics and the USOC.
“This is a situation in which
there are no perfect solutions,”
Hirshland said.
“Seeking to revoke recognition
is not a conclusion that we have
come to easily.”
Officials have given USA Gym-
nastics the option of surrendering
its status voluntarily.
“USA Gymnastics is carefully
reviewing the contents of this
[USOC] letter and is evaluating
the best path forward for our ath-
letes, professional members, the
organization and staff,” the gov-
erning body said on its website.
USOC officials have revoked
recognition only a few times before.
Earlier this year, they issued a set
of demands to USA Gymnastics,
which complied by, among other
things, replacing its entire board of
directors.
If the current process moves
forward, it could include a review
panel, a hearing and a report, lead-
ing to a final vote by the USOC
board of directors.
There is a possibility, however
slight, that USA Gymnastics could
revamp its leadership and struc-
ture to the USOC’s satisfaction. If
not, an entirely new governing
body could be built from scratch.
Or, the USOC could recognize
an existing gymnastics organiza-
tion to become the national body.
“A complete regime change
should start now,” former gymnast
Rachael Denhollander, a Nassar
abuse victim, posted on social me-
dia. “This is for every survivor.”
Regardless of how the process
plays out, the immediate future
looks uncertain for American gym-
nastics, which had been celebrat-
ing Biles’ medal haul at the world
championships.
The 21-year-old won gold in the
team and all-around final and the
floor and vault events in Doha,
Qatar. She also took silver on the
uneven bars and bronze on the bal-
ance beam, becoming the first
woman in three decades to earn six
medals.
Now the American team could
be looking at months of upheaval.
The USOC insisted gymnastics
will “remain a bedrock” of the U.S.
Olympic community, with Hirsh-
land telling athletes: “We will work
to ensure that gymnastics training
and competitions will continue as
usual.”
david.wharton@latimes.com
Twitter: @LAtimesWharton
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MOVIE REVIEW

When
politics
turned
tabloid
‘The Front Runner’
plays it fast and funny
in detailing a fall that
still echoes in the U.S.
KENNETH TURAN
FILM CRITIC

In the spring of 1987, lead-

ing Democratic presidential
candidate Sen. Gary Hart is-
sued a casual challenge that
turned out to be one of the
most fateful in American po-
litical history.
“If anybody wants to put
a tail on me, go ahead,” he
told a New York Times re-
porter who’d inquired about
rumors of womanizing and
infidelity. “They’d be very
bored.”
Not quite.
For a coincidence of tim-
ing meant that that off-the-
cuff remark not only came
back to haunt Hart and de-
stroy his career, its conse-
quences continue to bedevil
American political culture to
this day.
That situation ignited
something in filmmaker Ja-
son Reitman, and the result
is the smart, fast and funny
Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times “The Front Runner,” a tip-
MORRISSEY rides the smooth vibes during his headlining set at the Latin-focused Tropicália Music & Taco Fest over the weekend. top piece of entertainment
starring Hugh Jackman as
Hart and Vera Farmiga as
POP MUSIC REVIEW his wife, Lee, that is as sig-
nificant as it is enjoyable.
With his most ambitious

Feeling right at home

film, Reitman returns to the
form of some of his earlier is-
sue-related pleasures, such
as “Thank You for Smok-
ing,” his biting film on Big
Tobacco, and “Up in the Air,”
about American corporate
culture.
This time, working from
Tropicália flows invitingly with a robust mix of genres and eras the book “All the Truth Is
Out” by political journalist
Matt Bai (who co-wrote the
[See ‘Front Runner,’ E3]
BY MIKAEL WOOD POP MUSIC CRITIC >>> “Estoy en casa!” festival in which white Englishmen were in short supply.
Morrissey cried to begin his headlining performance at this “Gracias,” he said to cheers after a crisp but hard-hitting
past weekend’s Tropicália Music & Taco Fest, and as far as I rendition of “Hairdresser on Fire.”
PERFORMANCE
know he wasn’t speaking literally. Morrissey’s booking — and the presence of hundreds of REVIEW
Yes, the British post-punk veteran has lived in Southern folks wearing T-shirts with his face on them — told you a lot
California on and off since the 1990s — long enough that last
year the Los Angeles City Council designated Nov. 10 as Mor-
rissey Day in L.A.
about Tropicália’s aim in its second year (and first under the
aegis of Goldenvoice, the powerful L.A.-based promoter that
puts on Coachella and Stagecoach).
Things
But to my knowledge he’s never laid his head in Long
Beach, where Tropicália took place Saturday and Sunday at
the waterfront Queen Mary Events Park in the shadow of
With a smartly curated bill that also featured Kali Uchis,
Mazzy Star, Natalia Lafourcade, Mac DeMarco and SZA —
the last of whom stepped in at the eleventh hour following a
past and
that retired ocean liner.
Which means that Morrissey was deploying his carefully
chosen words — “I am home!” — in a kind of spiritual sense:
cancellation by Cardi B — the two-day concert wasn’t in-
tended to be a definitive survey of Latin pop in 2018; instead,
it was after something of the texture of life around these
present
Famously beloved by many Mexican Americans here, the parts for members of the Latin American diaspora.
Power of memory
singer wanted to make it clear that he felt he belonged at a So in addition to established Spanish- [See Fest, E4]
shines through in Bill
T. Jones’ impressive
‘Analogy Trilogy.’

An anchor in uncharted waters MARK SWED

MUSIC CRITIC

“The sun has an appoint-

ABC News’ George
Stephanopoulos talks
midterms, Trump
and what’s next.
By Stephen Battaglio
ABC News chief anchor
George Stephanopoulos re-
members a more innocent
time with President Trump.
Their paths crossed often
in New York as Stephan-
opoulos made his transition
from Clinton White House
adviser and communica-
tions director to prominent
TV journalist in the late
1990s and 2000s.
Perhaps that’s why
Stephanopoulos, 57, has es-
caped the personal barbs of
Trump, who has called the
news media “the enemy of
the people.” But the “Good
Morning America” co-an-
chor and “This Week” mo-
derator has delivered some
significant moments in the
saga of the Trump presi-
dency, including the first sit-
down with fired FBI director
James Comey.
[See Anchor, E3]
ment with the moon.”
That is how a Jewish Bel-
gian teenager, Dora Amelan,
described her world turned
upside down by the invasion
by Nazi Germany in 1940. It
is also, in one way or another,
the essence of displacement
felt by emigrants, for whom
memories of one world re-
main in constant arbitration
with those of another.
Though often a prescription
for success, forgetfulness
isn’t always an option.
Ghosts get in the way.
The sun’s appointment
comes early but lasts long
in Bill T. Jones’ “Analogy
Trilogy,” given its Los Ange-
les premiere by the Center
for the Art of Performance
[See ‘Analogy,’ E5]
Obsessive Dylan
fans, rejoice
The box set “More
Blood, More Tracks”
amplifies one of Bob
Dylan’s best works. E2
Comics ................... E6-7
Michael Nagle For The Times
TV grid ...................... E8
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS talks with ABC News executives Saturday as he rehearses for election night.
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ALBUM REVIEW
QUICK

The Holy Grail for Dylanists TAKES

Green light
By Randy Lewis
song (along with four oth-
ers) in Minneapolis did he
alter the destination and
for vintage
Bob Dylan
“More Blood,
job description to New Or-
leans, the work being carried
out “on a fishing boat,
Aretha doc
More Tracks:
The Bootleg Series, right outside of Delacroix,” A documentary on late
Vol. 14” which ultimately is more soul singer Aretha Franklin
intriguing. is finally eyeing a release
(Columbia/Legacy)
Instances such as these date 46 years after it was
If any artist in pop his- demonstrate Dylan’s own filmed. “Amazing Grace,” a
tory is worthy of a subatomic obsessiveness with rework- gospel concert film directed
exploration of various facets ing a verse or a chorus, a line, by the late Sydney Pollack
of his or her career, it’s hard a phrase or even a single and produced by Alan Elli-
to argue against Bob Dylan word time and again until he ott, is planned for a general
at the top of that list. found the one that felt right. release in 2019 with no distri-
That idea has made the It’s not just lyrics that are bution deal yet in place.
ongoing “Bootleg Series” of at play. He shifts tempos, After years of legal bat-
archival releases a well- meter, arrangements, in- tles, the film got the green
spring for Dylan admirers, strumental support and his light from Franklin’s estate
both casual and hardcore, vocal delivery time after and will screen just in time
and the latest entry is no ex- time. This set also reminds for Oscars consideration.
ception, presenting the op- us just how often Dylan’s ob- It’s set to premiere next
portunity for full immersion servations feel both timeless week at the DOC NYC film
into his 1975 return-to-form and timely, as in this verse festival in Manhattan before
album “Blood on the from “Idiot Wind” that could a weeklong Oscar-qualifying
Tracks.” have been written last week: run at the Laemmle Monica
As usual, this installment Nov. 20-27.
— “More Blood, More Now everything’s a little — Sonaiya Kelley
Tracks: The Bootleg Series, upside down
Vol. 14” — arrived last week in As a matter of fact the
multiple iterations, the most wheels have stopped
intensely anticipated of What’s good is bad, ‘Walking Dead’
which is the limited-edition what’s bad is good
six-CD deluxe box set You’ll find out when you movies on tap
($114.98 on Amazon). reach the top
It feels like a Holy Grail You’re on the bottom “The Walking Dead” is
for Dylan obsessives, pre- using Rick Grimes’ final epi-
senting in authorized form The accompanying docu- sode, which aired Sunday, to
87 tracks encompassing mentation — new essays, de- explode into a larger uni-
all the recording sessions tailed session notes by mu- verse. Andrew Lincoln’s
Dylan did in New York, along sic writer Jeff Slate, scads of character will be the lead in a
with five remixed and re- photos from the period and, series of AMC Studios origi-
mastered takes from addi- especially, reproduction of nal films written by exec pro-
tional sessions in Minne- Dylan’s songwriting note- ducer Scott M. Gimple, the
apolis recorded after Dylan books (Spiral brand, 19 network has announced.
decided late in 1974 that he cents) — flesh the story out The first film, expected to
wasn’t finished with the al- further. start production “as early as
bum. Yet this comprehensive 2019,” will pick up where Lin-
At that point, rock’s approach can begin to feel coln’s final “TWD” episode
greatest songwriter had like one too many mornings. left off.
been largely out of the public Just how much of exhaustive “These films are going to
spotlight since the 1966 near- variation on the 10 musical be big evolutions of what
fatal motorcycle crash that themes at hand you’re up we’ve been doing on the
either forced, or allowed, for will determine whether show,” Gimple said.
him to retreat from the in- this is, indeed, your Holy — Christie D’Zurilla
tense scrutiny he’d been Grail — or just one more cup
under since emerging five of coffee.
years earlier out of the New Certainly, there is no
York folk music scene. small number of Dylan com- Four Spice Girls
The albums he released Cinemax pletists who will lap up every
after his recuperation in FANS of Bob Dylan, in 2017, have something new to celebrate: “More Blood, More shred of tape he ever used. set to tour U.K.
upstate New York, a period Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14,” which delves deep into “Blood on the Tracks.” But there emerges a feeling
during which he and mem- of diminishing returns for After many a tease, the
bers of the Band holed up at greatness from him again. terest of trying to glean Is the Loving Tongue.” anyone not cursed with Spice Girls announced a 2019
the house known as Big Then in 1974, light began more about what led to this The reward of getting OCD — obsessive-compul- U.K. arena tour Monday in a
Pink, privately recording to shine out of the darkness. creative outburst from the each of the New York session sive Dylanism — during a mock-news flash starring
what would later surface as Lured away from his home man who’d seemed so quiet recordings is the unexpect- stretch on the second disc Emma Bunton, Mel B, Mel C
“The Basement Tapes,” of more than decade at Co- for so long. ed moments: In a second with nine consecutive ver- and Geri Horner. Victoria
found Dylan back to folk and lumbia by ambitious young Word quickly made the take of “You’re a Big Girl sions of “You’re Gonna Make Beckham is the holdout.
country sources in “John record exec David Gef- rounds that Dylan began Now,” for instance, Dylan Me Lonesome When You The six-stop tour kicks
Wesley Harding” (1967) and fen and his burgeoning sing- “Blood on the Tracks” with reaches his lyric about a bird Go.” Likewise, the eight off June 1 at Etihad Stadium
“Nashville Skyline” (1969), er-songwriter-focused label, a series of solo acoustic sitting on a fence, singing a takes of “Buckets of Rain” on in Manchester.
rather than continuing to Asylum, Dylan came sessions in New York, hark- song like the one he’s carry- the fourth disc that are in- Tickets will go on sale this
push at the limits of rock through with “Planet ing back to his musical foun- ing for a lover, and confesses, terrupted just long enough weekend.
’n’ roll, as he’d done before Waves.” It reunited him in dations as a solo folkie ply- “I hope that you can hear/ for a pair of performances of — Nardine Saad
his accident. the studio with the Band on ing songs of heroes such as Hear me singin’ through “Up to Me.”
Although he briefly sur- a set of songs that showed Woody Guthrie and Ram- these tears” with a heart- The more casual fan has
faced in 1971 for a star turn him solidly back on track, blin’ Jack Elliott and draw- breaking vulnerability. the single CD/two-LP vinyl
at George Harrison’s multi- giving Dylan what was sur- ing on a century’s worth of It’s also fascinating to option ($11.29 CD; $28.49 vi- Mac Miller died
artist Concert for Ban- prisingly his first No. 1 traditional music before discover that it wasn’t until nyl) containing 10 alternate
gladesh at Madison Square album on the Billboard 200 finding his own voice as a the final version of “Tangled versions of the “Blood on the from a drug OD
Garden in New York, Dylan albums chart. writer. Up in Blue” that Dylan Tracks” songs, plus one take
refused to tour, and as the “Blood on the Tracks” And now along comes shifted the perspective of the “Up to Me” collector’s Producer and rapper
’70s arrived, he released al- arrived the following year as “More Blood, More Tracks,” from a third-person narra- item. In a perfect world, Mac Miller’s cause of death
bums that were disappoint- a revelation, a set of dazzling with everything we ever tive to first person (It began, there’d also be an intermedi- was an accidental overdose
ing by his own standards, songs examining heart- wanted to know about “Early one morning the sun ary version with perhaps a of fentanyl, cocaine and alco-
with only modest rewards to break, lust, disillusionment, “Blood on the Tracks,” and was shining/he was laying in couple alternate takes of hol, the Los Angeles County
be found on “Self Portrait” regret, optimism and ro- then some. bed.”) Additionally, in the each of the album’s songs coroner said Monday.
and “New Morning.” A com- mantic betrayal with a bold- The deluxe edition gath- third verse, after the protag- that might crystallize the Miller, 26, was found
pilation of outtakes released ness and bravado that Dylan ers all the New York solo re- onist loses his job as a cook evolution of tunes from birth Sept. 7 in the bedroom of his
in 1973 by his label, Colum- hadn’t demonstrated in cordings and yields multiple in the great north woods, to maturity, without making Studio City home and pro-
bia, without his involve- close to a decade. versions of the 10 songs that Dylan had him schlep across the listener sit through every nounced dead at the scene.
ment, “Dylan,” kept Dylan- For decades, Dylan super made the final cut for the al- the country to Los Angeles growth spurt along the way. An overdose was suspected,
philes even more perplexed fans have sought out boot- bum, plus a few that didn’t — to load cargo at an airplane but toxicology tests were not
as to when or if they might legs from the “Blood on the notably “Up to Me,” “Call plant. randy.lewis@latimes.com complete until now.
ever expect something of Tracks” sessions in the in- Letter Blues” and “Spanish Only after re-doing the Twitter: @RandyLewis2 — Hannah Fry

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ABC anchor in uncharted waters
[Anchor, from E1]
Stephanopoulos also had
a 45-minute off-camera chat
with Trump’s former person-
al lawyer Michael Cohen after
he pleaded guilty to cam-
paign finance offenses and
other federal charges. (It was
the interview in which Cohen,
who had previously said he
would “take a bullet” for the
president, revealed that his
first loyalty is to his “wife, chil-
dren and country” and not
Trump.)
Midterm elections typi-
cally get a single hour of cov-
erage on the networks. But on
Tuesday, ABC, CBS and NBC
are treating the election as if
it were a presidential contest,
devoting the entire night to
determining which party will
take control of the House and
Senate.
Stephanopoulos, who will
lead ABC’s coverage, made
the case for why this will be a
midterm like no other during
a recent conversation over
lunch near ABC News head-
quarters on Manhattan’s
West Side.
We keep hearing this is the
most important election of
our lifetime. Is that hyper-
bole?
I don’t think it is. I’ve
worked in a lot of campaigns.
I have covered more. I think
it’s undeniable that we have
not had a midterm with
potential consequences as
large as this one, in part
because we’ve never had a
midterm where you know
that a special counsel
[Robert Mueller, who is
investigating Russian med-
dling in the 2016 election] is
reporting reasonably soon
after the midterms. No. 2:
We’ve had midterms where
presidents two years in are
challenged by low approval
ratings … We have never had
one of those where the presi-
dent has affirmatively put
himself on the ballot. It’s
never happened before
where he’s saying, “I’m mak-
ing this a referendum on me,”
which makes it much more of
a national election for a
midterm than it ever was
before … You are putting that
all together and coming out
of an election where the
president won the electoral
college fair and square but
lost the popular vote and
sparked a strong movement
against him in a media envi-
ronment that is unlike any-
thing anyone has seen before.
What then will we learn
from the results?
I’ll answer your questions
with questions, because one
of the things we’ve all
learned, with a huge dose of
humility, is to prepare to be
surprised. I can look at what
we know today through a
traditional lens, and it leads
me in one direction, and then
When politics
turned tabloid
[‘Front Runner,’ from E1]
script with former Hillary
Clinton Press Secretary Jay
Carson and Reitman), the
filmmaker takes on the genie
that’s not going back in the
bottle, the increased role
tabloid journalism has taken
in our political discourse.
Despite the potential for
rancorous finger-pointing,
one of the remarkable things
about “The Front Runner” is
its determination to be even-
handed, to encourage view-
ers to make up their own
minds (at least up to a point)
about what happened 30
years ago and what it means
for today.
Given that it details a
story whose start-to-finish
outline is quite well known,
“The Front Runner” is also a
surprisingly gripping piece
of work, with cinemato-
grapher Eric Steelberg and
editor Stefan Grube deserv-
ing a chunk of the credit.
They were foremost in
putting into practice Reit-
man’s decision to both echo
Michael Ritchie’s “The Can-
didate,” one of the director’s
favorite films, and structure
“The Front Runner” a bit
like a classic 1970s Robert
Altman film, complete with
multiple characters, over-
lapping dialogue and a rov-
ing, probing camera.
This is most apparent in
the film’s ambitious opening
scene, set a few years earlier,
and presenting, in a formida-
ble single take, the entire
chaotic panoply of political
staffers, print journalists
and television trucks that
surrounded Hart’s San
ABC NEWS anchor George Stephanopoulos sits between Martha Raddatz, left, and David Muir as they rehearse election night coverage.
through the lens of 2016 and
say I have no idea what’s
going to happen. And in a
world where small adjust-
ments in turnouts, because
of the constellation of races
up on Tuesday, could make a
massive difference, I don’t
know. One of the things I’m
going to be looking at is: Was
it a traditional electorate or
not? Did they vote like it was
a presidential election rather
than a midterm election?
That question alone will
determine how different this
is.
As a New Yorker traveling
in some of the same social
circles as President Trump,
he considered you a friend
or an acquaintance.
I’ve known him a long
time. We first met when I
moved back to New York in
1997. [It was] at some party,
and he invited me down to
Mar-a-Lago to fly me down
to the Miss Universe pag-
eant. I said no. In 1999, it was
the first time I interviewed
him about him running for
president. Every few years
there would be a flurry of
Donald Trump interviews.
Francisco concession to rival
candidate Walter Mondale
for the 1984 Democratic pres-
idential nomination.
Even then the Colorado
politician was thinking
about the future, telling an
aide, “in four years they still
won’t have an answer to our
ideas.”
In fact, as Hart prepares
to formally enter the race in
1987 it’s with an impressive
lead. Showing how three
weeks in April derailed all
that is the order of business
here.
At the center of what
went wrong was a floating
party on a boat implausibly
called Monkey Business
where, in a deftly under-
stated scene, we see Hart
lock eyes with the attractive
Donna Rice (Sara Paxton).
We never see any actual
monkey business, and the
real-life participants have
never confirmed any, but
what matters here is not the
truth but what happened
next.
At the scrappy Miami
Herald, reporter Thomas
Fiedler (Steve Zissis) gets an
anonymous phone tip about
the Hart-Rice liaison.
Roughly coincidental with
the appearance of the Hart
quote in the New York
Times, Herald reporters fly
to Washington to do some-
thing reporters had not done
before: confront a candidate
about his extramarital life.
As structured by Reit-
man and his co-writers, “The
Front Runner” alternates its
focus between the cam-
paign, the journalists who
He paid attention if you were
in the New York Post … He’d
send [the clipping] over to
you with a handwritten
Sharpie note on it … And
around “The Apprentice”
stuff, we did stories on him. I
remember the time he
showed me his check from
“The Apprentice.”
How big was the check?
It was big. It was 10 fig-
ures. When he announced
[his 2016 campaign for presi-
dent], it was me and Bill
O’Reilly who talked with him
on the first day.
So he has a certain comfort
level with you.
Yes, for the most part he
knows me, and [it’s] always
never bothered him to have
a tough question.
Does he call you to
schmooze or just ask,
“What do you think,
George?”
Not that often. I mean, a
few times a year. It was more
before he was president. In
the campaign, I think I
interviewed him something
like 40 times. Now it’s a bit
HUGH JACKMAN , center, portrays Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart in “The Front Runner.”
‘The Front
Runner’
Rated: R, for language
including some sexual
references
Running time: 1 hour, 53
minutes
Playing: Starts Tuesday,
the Landmark, West Los
Angeles; Arclight
Hollywood; expands Nov.
16
cover it and the candidate’s
family.
Since both co-writers Bai
and Carson have extensive
campaign experience, it’s no
surprise that the movie en-
courages us to feel we’re on
the inside, including the
grind of campaigning and
cynical humor.
If there is a drawback to
the film’s methodology, it’s
that, with the exception of
different.
How did you develop the
connection to Michael
Cohen?
Every time Trump
wanted to do interviews, you
worked it through Michael
Cohen. He would be there.
You’d talk to him before-
hand, talk to him afterward.
And then I would have lunch
with him twice a year.
And what is that relation-
ship like now?
I can’t answer that on the
record. But the results speak
for themselves.
What was it like to see your
two counterparts at the
other networks — Matt
Lauer of NBC’s “Today”
and Charlie Rose of “CBS
This Morning” — both lose
their jobs inside of a month
last year over sexual mis-
conduct allegations?
My wife [comedian and
actress Ali Wentworth]
certainly paid attention.
What did she say about it?
The joke at home was “Is
there anything you’re not
J.K. Simmons — on point as
always as veteran Hart cam-
paign manager Bill Dixon —
it is sometimes hard to tell
the numerous Hart staffers
and the various journalists
apart from one another.
There is no such problem
with the film’s stars, starting
with Jackman, who does ex-
cellent, charismatic work
presenting Hart as an elu-
sive politician, at times arro-
gant and thin-skinned but a
genuine idealist who wanted
to govern and didn’t see why
he had to reveal his personal
life to do so.
“The Front Runner” does
equally well with the women
in Hart’s life, starting with
Farmiga, who brings her for-
midable presence and skill to
the challenges of being a
politician’s wife.
Also strong are Paxton as
Rice and Molly Ephraim as
composite Hart staffer Irene
Kelly, two women who end
up spending a lot more time
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telling me?” which lost its
humor after a while … At the
same time, what happened
was serious, and you’re see-
ing people you know go
through something challeng-
ing, and in these cases it
certainly seemed deserved.
It makes you conscious of
how these positions are both
precarious and sinecures at
the same time. Once you’re
known to the morning audi-
ence …
They develop a relationship
with you.
Assuming it’s you. But in
this culture, in this media
environment, where nothing
can be hidden anymore, the
price of a misstep is very, very
high.
What do you think about
#MeToo being retroactively
applied to analysis of Bill
Clinton’s behavior?
In the right-wing media
now any time I say some-
thing about #MeToo, it’s,
“Well, but what about Bill
Clinton?” And they forget, or
choose to ignore the fact,
that I was one of the most
prominent people who came
together than they had
planned.
“The Front Runner”
treats Rice with respect as a
bright, ambitious if some-
what naive young woman,
and her scenes with Kelly,
deputized to wrangle Rice
after all hell breaks loose, are
especially strong.
Having this much focus
on a candidate’s private life
was unprecedented and a
turning point in how we cov-
er politicians. Did the Herald
and everyone else overstep
media boundaries, or was
the information sought an
essential key to character?
“The Front Runner” is
careful not to seem to be tak-
ing sides with this question.
The portrayal of Fiedler and
his Herald cohorts leans
toward opportunism, but
A.J. Parker (Mamoudou
Athie), the composite re-
porter who asks Hart about
adultery at a news confer-
ence, is treated with respect.
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Michael Nagle For The Times
out and said, “This is not
OK.” In writing.
Your contract with ABC
comes up next year.
What’s the exact date?
[Laughs.]
Have you thought about
what you’re going to do?
Well, of course.
Anything you want to
share?
No.
Well, do you have any dis-
cussions at home about how
long you want to have the
life of a morning show an-
chor?
This job actually, in a
weird way, has been great for
our family. Even though I’m
not there in the morning, I’m
texting and Face-Timing
with my kids as they get
ready for school. Many days I
can be home when they
come home from school. We
have dinner [as a family]
every night, because I can’t
go out.
stephen.battaglio@
latimes.com
Sony Pictures
It’s up to us to decide which
side to take.
Given that “The Front
Runner” opens on election
day, the film also encourages
audiences to ponder how the
Hart-stopping change in
media behavior has im-
pacted politics. Do today’s
successful candidates need
stellar morals as a result of
what happened, or are they
simply more adept at being
celebrities and surviving
character assassination?
Hart, more prescient
than successful, seemed to
see it all coming.
“Politics in this country —
take it from me,” he said in
his 1987 withdrawal speech,
“is on the verge of becoming
another form of athletic
competition or sporting
match.”
It’s hard to argue with
that.
kenneth.turan
@latimes.com
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Tropicália
has found
its rhythm
[Fest, from E1]
speaking stars like Mon
Laferte, the dramatic alter-
native rocker from Chile,
and Mexico’s Lafourcade,
Tropicália offered musi-
cians such as Toro y Moi and
SZA, whose diverse audi-
ences of course count people
from California’s largest
demographic group.
And along with a host of
young acts using social me-
dia to build followings — the
Marías, Surf Curse, Boy
Pablo, the Frights — there
were old-timers like Bronco,
the long-running Mexican
group likely familiar to many
teenage festival-goers
thanks to their parents.
Vendors sold the promis-
ed tacos (though only in veg-
etarian form on Saturday
night at the request of Mor-
rissey, a committed animal-
rights activist). But there
was pizza for sale as well.
And crispy Korean-style
wings. And a variation on
the Moscow Mule.
You get the idea: an ex-
pansive representation of a
distinct experience defined
too often these days by those
seeking from outside to limit
or demonize.
Indeed, that Tropicália
came together in such beau-
tifully friendly fashion on a
weekend when President
Trump was warning about
invaders from the south —
well, it made you only happi-
er to be among musicians of
so many kinds telling their
own stories.
For Uchis, a Colombian
American singer who lives in
L.A., that story had to do
with her thoughts on ro-
mance and labor and her
fascination with hip-hop
and vintage movie music.
For Mazzy Star, it was the
glamour of depression in
songs that paired Hope San-
doval’s breathy vocals with
David Roback’s slow-mo-
tion strumming.
The Mexican ska band
Inspector played a spirited
version of the standard
“Bésame Mucho” — here
was one way to keep the old
things alive — while Chicano
Batman demonstrated its
belief that hand-played funk
and rock can still move lis-
teners increasingly accus-
tomed to machines.
DeMarco, wearing a
blow-up turkey costume,
performed solo with only a
laptop to accompany him;
Laferte and Lafourcade set
their big voices against big
bands complete with horn
players and percussionists.
Closing the show Sunday
night, SZA used her glori-
ously off-kilter R&B tunes to
sing about her “crippling”
anxiety, which she admitted
was in overdrive because she
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was filling in for Cardi B.
(The rapper, one of 2018’s
breakout stars, was one of
several no-shows at Trop-
icália, along with Ronnie
Spector, Cuco and BadBad-
NotGood.)
Yet the crowd received
SZA warmly, and that
seemed to lead her to loosen
up a well-practiced festival
set she’s performed at nu-
merous events around Cali-
fornia over the last couple of
years.
Among the up-and-com-
ers, ’70s-era yacht rock was a
common touchstone, with
the Marías and Triathalon
embracing the sound to put
across languid love songs
and Mild High Club to get
some goofy laughs. Surf
Curse and SadGirl looked
back even further, to rocka-
billy and surf music from the
’50s, but their technique was
just as sharp.
Those styles came
through in Morrissey’s set
too, which combined songs
from his long solo career
with oldies by the Smiths
(including the deathless
“How Soon Is Now?”) and a
tender rendition of the Pre-
tenders’ “Back on the Chain
Gang.”
During “The Bullfighter
Dies” — in which the next
lyric is “and nobody cries” —
a large video screen behind
the singer showed gruesome
footage of animals suffering
as part of that sport. It was a
typically hard-nosed move
from one of pop’s great
provocateurs — though one
wishes he might’ve taken ad-
vantage of the setting to
straightforwardly explain
his confusing position on im-
migration in the U.K. (where
his crypto-nationalist views
seem at odds with Trop-
icália’s progressive ideal).
Another contradiction I
found myself pondering in
Long Beach: As much as this
festival’s value was tied to its
broad scope, its relatively
small size — with some-
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easygoing weekend didn’t
constantly force you think
about which wristband you
had and whether it would
get you where you wanted to
go.
I had such a good time
that naturally I want more
people to experience it next
year.
If they do, though, that
might make it harder for
anybody to feel at home.
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MEMBERS of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company look back in the second part of Jones’ stories of displacement, “Analogy/Lance: Pretty a.k.a. the Escape Artist.”

Exploring the power of memory

[‘Analogy,’ from E1]
at UCLA in two marathon
performances on Saturday
and Sunday in Royce Hall (I
attended the second).
Three stories of displace-
ment caused by war and/or
society are painstakingly
excavated from seemingly
trustworthy memory. They
are interpreted through a
combination of dance, spo-
ken narrative, music and a
touch of video. But imagina-
tive, expressive and, when
needed, exalted dance by the
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Company remains primary.
The three parts are given
over a nearly seven-hour
span, broken up by a 45-min-
ute intermission and a 90-
minute dinner break.
The first, “Analogy/Dora:
Tramontane,” is based on
Jones interviewing his
octogenarian mother-in-
law about her World War II
experiences, which included
working with the Jewish
underground at the Gurs
and Rivesaltes Vichy French
internment camps near the
Spanish border.
In “Analogy/Lance: Pret-
ty a.k.a. the Escape Artist,”
Jones confronts his nephew
Lance T. Biggs. Like his un-
cle, Lance is a talented danc-
er, African American and
gay. But unlike his uncle,
who came from a large family
of migrant farmworkers in
Florida and who rose to be-
come one of today’s leading
American performing art-
ists, Lance left ballet school
early, seduced by drugs and
the nightlife of the 1980s and
1990s; that led to prison and,
through his physical abuse,
paralysis from the waist
down.
The third part, finished
last year, “Analogy/Ambros:
The Emigrant,” is taken from
a chapter in W.G. Sebald’s
“The Emigrants.” A uniquely
illuminating excavation of
haunted figures from the
narrator’s past, it explores
with a touch of exceptional
lightness the weight of mem-
ory.
“Memory,” Sebald con-
cludes in writing about
the narrator’s mysterious
Great-Uncle Ambros Adel-
warth, “makes one’s head
heavy and giddy.”
It is as though we are look-
ing down on Earth from “one
of the towers whose tops are
lost to view in the clouds.” It
is Jones’ arresting innova-
tion to make the dancers per-
sonify that lost memory, con-
tinually gesturing upward
but unable to fully reach us
above the clouds
This company of nine
dancers accomplishes any
number of unexpected
things, including narration
and singing.
Jones has said that he no
longer considers the group,
which he founded with Arnie
Zane in 1982 and which he
has headed since Zane’s
death six years later — a
dance company. Instead, the
ensemble is devoted to per-
formance in the broadest
DANCER Huiwang Zhang performs a heady move
during L.A. premiere by CAP UCLA at Royce Hall.
sense. clearly Jones’. The inter-
He has also put increas- views with Dora Amelan are
ing attention on collabora- spoken by continually shift-
tion. ing dancers in a marvelous
“Analogy/Trilogy” is co- fluidity that belies the
credited to the company’s shared hesitancy of Dora
associate artistic director, and Jones.
Janet Wong. The performers Dora worked with the
have a say in their work. The Vichy government to help
music, which shifts from children, and many lives
Schubert to disco and much were saved. But when the
in between, is credited to Nazis demanded quotas of
multi-instrumentalist Nick prisoners to be sent to con-
Hallett, who is joined by a pi- centration camps, she was
anist and baritone. forced to select adults to
The spare décor — a mat- take the place of children.
tress, a rectangular frame, Jones asks if that is col-
moveable walls against a laboration. Dora says no, but
bare stage — is by Bjorn it’s the most awful sort of co-
Amelan, Dora’s Amelan’s operation. She saved more
son and Jones’ husband. lives this way, but she suf-
But the fact is, Jones fered the anguish of
remains a choreographer, having to decide who would
and the dancers, dancers. live and who would die. Ev-
Most of all, the vision is ery dancer was Dora, seek-
ing to hold on to others but
torn apart.
“Lance” is Jones’ own
moral dilemma. He shows
himself at a loss to know
how to help his nephew, but
he is at no loss in knowing
how to re-create the heady
world of gay clubs in the
days before and during the
AIDS crisis.
Lance has star potential,
but he also has a split per-
sonality — Lance and alter
ego Pretty. He becomes a
hustler and a victim, always
on the verge of putting his life
and career back together
and never losing his endear-
ing sweetness.
“On one planet, love is un-
conditional, and on the
other, it is not,” Lance ob-
serves at the end of his own
sun and moon.
Finally, the extraordinary
Ambros. After all the glitter
of Lance, Jones brings us the
extreme elegance of this
Jewish German émigré, who
in the years before World War
I becomes the companion of
the eccentric son of a
wealthy New York Jewish
banker. Cosmos too is a re-
markable figure beguiled by
the grand life.
Ambros and Cosmos
travel the world in high style,
financed by Cosmos’ un-
canny skill in gambling. They
traverse Turkey and
Jerusalem, intoxicated by
exotica. Their sun, though, is
about to be obliterated as
well. After WWI, Cosmos
can no longer bear his exist-
ence. After World War II, it is
the requisite of Ambros, who
never lost his façade for be-
ing the perfect gentleman,
for oblivion.
All three segments are
structured piecemeal. The
audience slowly puts the
narrative together through
clues, spoken and danced.
“Ambros” is the most
straightforward and the
most given to song. This
turns out to be a stretch for
the members of company,
and the musical style here
becomes more conventional
than any other element of
the performance.
The music’s recompense
is that it leaves room for
the other elements to offer
a sumptuous surface of
exceptional sophistication
and grace. The costumes, so
garish for Lance, now clothe
the dancers in dazzling
white pantaloons and tops.
As were Cosmos and Am-
bros, the viewer is swept
away. But under it all is the
torment that the travelogue
is as fragile as celluloid and
that it will vanish.
“Adelwarth had an infal-
lible memory,” Sebald con-
cludes in his story, but
“scarcely allowed himself
access to it.” Over the course
of an afternoon and an eve-
ning, Jones momentously
reveals that the disquiet in
memory is, on some level,
universal and that we are all
emigrants.
mark.swed@latimes.com

THEATER REVIEW

A scarily fine time on the Pasadena stage

‘The Woman in Black’
kicks off its American
tour with clever and
playful thrills, chills.
By Margaret Gray
In this era of partisan pol-
itics, when we’ve begun to
fear that nothing will ever
bring our divided nation to-
gether, here’s a thought:
Have we considered a good
jump scare? Science has
proved that being fright-
ened, within a safe environ-
ment, causes the brain to re-
lease endorphins that lead
to euphoria and warm fellow
feeling.
This phenomenon can be
experienced now at the
Pasadena Playhouse, where
the long-running London
blockbuster “The Woman in
Black” has stopped on its
first American tour. After
you’ve shrieked in full-
throated harmony with
somebody, after you’ve
clutched her hand in a vise-
like grip and stifled your gib-
bering pleas for mercy
against her shoulder for two
solid hours, can you really
consider her a stranger any-
more? (While I’m on the sub-
ject, many thanks to the oc-
cupant of seat C13.)
English writer Stephen
Mallatratt adapted Susan
Hill’s 1983 novel “The Wom-
an in Black” for director
Robin Herford, who was
looking for an inexpensive
holiday show, in 1987. The
script calls for only two ac-
tors, minimal scenery and a
handful of low-tech special
effects — with which Herford
and his design team devised
an atmosphere of delicious
dread punctuated with well-
timed shocks.
The unexpected hit
moved a few years later to
London’s West End and has
been running there ever
since. This American tour,
helmed by Herford and the
original designers, stars the
charming Adam Wesley
Brown and Bradley Arma-
cost — neither of whom, I
couldn’t help noticing, is a
woman.
And that’s all I’m going to
say about women, in black or
any other color. (When
you’re talking about a sus-
pense thriller, spoilers are
even more uncool than usu-
al.) Like the novel, the play is
narrated by an elderly man
named Arthur Kipps (Ar-
macost), who has written an
account of something dread-
ful he experienced. The twist
Mallatratt has added to the
script is that, after having
written the account, Kipps
intends to read it aloud to
family and friends, hoping to
exorcise this memory’s dark
hold on him. He has even
hired a young actor (Brown)
to rehearse with him and liv-
en up his delivery.
The actor turns out to
BRADLEY ARMACOST , left, is a man with a tale to tell who enlists the help of
an actor (Adam Wesley Brown) in Pasadena Playhouse’s “The Woman in Black.”
have a strong directorial vi-
sion, far more elaborate
than anything Kipps imag-
ined, involving costumes
and lighting and sound ef-
fects and actual acting. The
actor assigns himself the
part of the young Kipps
while casting the real Kipps
as all the other characters in
the story.
Kipps protests at first, in-
sisting that he’s not a per-
former. But from the mo-
ment he slips into his first
role, his younger self ’s jocu-
lar, rambling boss, he reveals
increasingly virtuosic acting
gifts. Meanwhile, the clever,
meta-theatrical framework
sweeps the audience up into
the magic — reminding us
how little is required, be-
sides imagination, to set a
scene. The performers start
by reenacting the fateful day
when Kipps’ boss sends him,
a junior solicitor, to the vil-
lage of Crythin Gifford on
England’s North Coast to
handle the estate of a re-
cently deceased client: Alice
Roger Mastroianni
Drablow of Eel Marsh
House. Kipps doesn’t learn
much about Mrs. Drablow
except that she was “a rum
’un” and kept a great many
papers that might take more
than a day to go through.
Bluff, good natured and
slightly obtuse, Kipps em-
barks on this adventure
without the slightest hesita-
tion. When he gets to Cry-
thin Gifford, he’s more an-
noyed than alarmed by its
“sea frets,” or sudden dense
fogs, and the “propensity” he
‘The Woman
in Black’
Where: Pasadena
Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino
Ave., Pasadena
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 2 and 8
p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7
p.m. Sunday. Ends
Sunday.
Tickets: $25 and up
Running time: 2 hours
Info: (626) 356-7529,
pasadenaplayhouse.org
observes in the laconic locals
“to let conversations hang in
the air whenever Mrs.
Drablow’s name is men-
tioned.” He sets off to spend
the night at the lonely Eel
Marsh House, oblivious to
the quaking horror of every-
one to whom he mentions
the idea.
The beautifully paced
chills and thrills that follow
may be a bit gimmicky, but
they’re so clever, playful,
high-spirited and confi-
dently performed that you
can’t help being impressed
and delighted, even as you’re
jumping out of your skin. It’s
probably a good idea to sit
next to somebody you know
— unless of course you’re in
the mood to make a new
friend very fast.
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heavily outlined set of squares must combine to produce the target number found in the
top left corner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated. A number can be
repeated within a cage as long as it is not in the same row or column.
HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis
Aries (March 21-April 19):
Today is the day you can fi-
nally come to a deal. If you
wait, the terms will change
— and not in your favor. Sign
now and be done with it.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): The excitement will be a
product of experimentation.
Push the boundaries, try
new things, and suddenly life
is fascinating.
Gemini (May 21-June 21):
There’s really no sense in
looking back. Forward is the
only way.
Cancer (June 22-July 22):
You can accept your animal
impulses without acting on
them. But recognizing the
wisdom of impulse leads to a
more confident and intu-
ition-guided existence.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
Your need to connect will
culminate in some mischief.
It’s a product of your playful-
ness and sincere desire to
entertain people.
CROSSWORD
Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
By Joe Deeney
ACROSS
1 “__ Buddies”:
’80s sitcom
6 Words on a check
11 Asian noodle soup
14 Lavender is similar to it
15 Hon
16 Toondom’s Olive
17 Frank McCourt memoir
19 “XING” one
20 Postcard view of a city
21 Hold the deed to
22 Sandy slope
23 Salacious
24 J.M. Barrie play
26 Sharp turns
29 Many, many years
31 Deli subs
32 Game with Wild Draw
Four cards
33 Of an arm bone
35 Response to bad service
38 Shakespeare comedy
42 Wombs
43 Mar. parade honoree
44 Genetic messenger
45 Starr knighted in 2018
48 Nine-digit ID
49 Antiprohibitionists
50 Gillian Flynn novel
53 “In that case ... ”
55 Discovery cries
56 Blossom buzzer
57 What discreet acts are
done on, with “the”
61 Big Apple paper,
for short
62 Portmanteau for a
collection containing 17-,
24-, 38- and 50-Across?
64 Sticky stuff
65 Joe of “Casino”
66 “__ to suggestions”
67 California’s Big __
68 Second-string squad
69 Fork points
DOWN
1 Camp bed
2 Wild party
3 Wizards’ castings
4 Skateboard leap
5 Have good intentions
6 Smartphone
predecessor, for short
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Don’t ask yourself to do too
much in a day. You’re strong,
but you have your limits, and
pushing them on the regular
can only lead to burnout.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):
We are not the only ones liv-
ing in our lives. Enhance
your self-reflection by ask-
ing for feedback from others.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21):
This is an ideal time to visu-
alize positive people coming
into your realm, arms out-
stretched, ready to give you
the love and assistance you
need and deserve.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21): Include a goal for
your interactions, for in-
stance, approaching two
new people or asking a ques-
tion that draws someone out
or helps you learn the truth.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): It’s said that how you do
anything is how you do
everything. Do you think it’s
true? And if it is, what’s that
saying about you?
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
7 Greek storyteller
8 God, in Judaism
9 Jacque’s “thirty”
10 Cries of worry
11 Temporary retail space
12 “Laughing” scavenger
13 From days past
14 Faux __: social goof
18 Arizona resort
22 Crave, with “over”
25 Dadaism pioneer
26 Z, in a pilot’s
alphabet
27 Playing an extra NBA
period
28 Ahnold’s political
nickname
30 Captures
33 Employing
34 Decays
36 “Money __ everything”
37 School orgs.
39 Great Lakes natives
40 Silver lining
41 Fled
46 Thanksgiving gravy
ingredient
COMICS
11/6/18
18): More and more you con-
sider yourself a global citi-
zen. You seek knowledge of
other cultures and places.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
20): If you’re to get unstuck,
there are cords that need
cutting. The tool that will
snip them is a sharp mind
making a clear decision to do
so.
Today’s birthday (Nov.
6): You’ll do a fantastic job of
keeping your group tight.
The benefits of being on a
winning team will carry you
forward in many aspects of
life. Your horizons will ex-
pand to accommodate a new
presence. The investment
you made months ago will
start to pay off in January
and increase steadily. Cap-
ricorn and Sagittarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 30, 20, 15 and 25.
Holiday Mathis writes her
column for Creators
Syndicate Inc. The
horoscope should be read
for entertainment.
© 2018 Tribune Content Agency
47 Ultimatum words
49 Chinese dumpling
50 __ up on: unites against
51 “What a kidder!”
52 High-end German
camera
54 Hindu guru
58 Rapper __ Fiasco
59 Mining hauls
60 Benign cyst
62 BOLO kin
63 Apple CEO Cook
ANSWER TO
PREVIOUS PUZZLE
11/6/18
BRIDGE
By Frank Stewart
As usual, foreign players
were a factor at the Summer
NABC. A European team
captained by Piotr Gawrys
won the Spingold, but a U.S.
squad gave them a battle in
the final.
After today’s third-quar-
ter deal, the match was
tight. When Chris Willenken-
Eldad Ginossar sat East-
West for Team Rosenthal,
South played at five hearts.
West led the ace of dia-
monds: five, nine, deuce.
How West regarded
East’s signal is unclear, but
he did well to shift to a low
spade. When South played
low from dummy, misguess-
ing, he lost two spades.
Down one.
North for Rosenthal de-
clared at five hearts after he
ASK AMY
Pursuing equality, respect
Dear Amy: I grew up in a
progressive city. Gender
equality always seemed like
an historical issue that had
been resolved. I never felt
any concern that being a fe-
male would negatively im-
pact my life.
Now, graduated from col-
lege and out in the real
world, I get it. My supervisor
and his manager had dis-
cussed promoting me, but in
a 90% male company, they
were concerned I would not
be respected as a female in a
higher position. And they
actually told me this!
My disbelief was met by
condescending assurances
that they were protecting
my best interests.
What can I do to help
bring equality and respect to
women both in the work-
place and in public?
Woman Ready to Roar
Dear Ready to Roar: My
mother (a farm wife who
went to college late in life and
eventually became a profes-
sor) rode the second wave of
feminism. I surfed through
on the third wave. You and
those in your generation are
part of the fourth wave.
I highlight this so you will
understand that achieving
gender equality is a process
over 100 years in the making,
and it will continue.
You (and others in your
FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane
ARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn
BLISS By Harry Bliss
L AT I M E S . C O M / CA L E N DA R
opened 1NT, and South is-
sued a “transfer” response.
East-West had bid up to five
diamonds, but East’s open-
ing lead was an ill-consid-
ered ace of clubs.
North ruffed, led a trump
to his hand, threw a dia-
mond on the king of clubs
and led the jack for a win-
ning ruffing finesse. He
made an overtrick, 11 IMPs
to Rosenthal.
Question: You hold: ♠ K 3
2 ♥ A Q 7 ♦ Q 5 ♣ K J 10 9 3.
Your partner opens one dia-
mond, you respond two
clubs and he bids two hearts.
What do you say?
Answer: Your partner’s
second bid is a “reverse,” but
how much strength it prom-
ises after you responded at
the two level is a matter for
partnership discussion.
Some pairs agree that part-
ner may have a minimum
generation) should speak
out, seek role models, be-
come role models and work
hard to enlighten, and/or
work alongside, and/or even-
tually replace the people
who are currently running
the show. And when you are
finally running things, use
your power wisely and ac-
cording to your values.
That your overlords feel a
sense of protection and con-
descension toward you
translates into liking you.
They have created an open-
ing for you to communicate
with them about advance-
ment. Get in there, and
“roar” (professionally) for
yourself.
Dear Amy: Every two
months, my friend and I
meet at a restaurant that’s
halfway between our homes,
to eat and catch up. These
food/gab fests last two to
three hours.
There are plenty of avail-
able tables, but I feel guilty
about “parking” at this
restaurant.
I always leave a large
(think 30%) tip. Would it be
more appropriate to just tell
our server when we arrive
that we plan to be there a
while and hand her “rent”
money up front?
My friend thinks this is ri-
diculous, since there are few
other occupied tables dur-
DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham
MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul Anderson
BALLARD STREET By Jerry Van Amerongen
hand. Others expect quite a
strong hand. Bid 2NT if
you’re sure he won’t pass.
Otherwise, bid 3NT.
West dealer
E-W vulnerable
NORTH
♠K32
♥AQ7
♦Q5
♣ K J 10 9 3
WEST EAST
♠A987 ♠ Q 10 5
♥ None ♥ 10
♦ A J 10 7 4 ♦K9863
♣8752 ♣AQ64
SOUTH
♠J64
♥KJ9865432
♦2
♣ None
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
Pass 1♣ 1♦ 4♥
5♦ 5♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ A
2018, Tribune Media
Services
ing our stay. What is your
opinion?
Pay to Play?
Dear Pay to Play?: Back
in the Pleistocene era, dur-
ing my own brief career wait-
ing tables during the lunch
shift, late-lunch parties such
as yours were a familiar (and
welcome) relief and wind-
down from the craziness of
the lunch rush.
Wait staff between the
lunch and dinner shifts keep
themselves busy preparing
for the evening turnover. It is
easy to do this and keep an
eye on a quiet party of two
who are lingering and enjoy-
ing themselves.
When the manager is
looking for a place to seat
you, say, “We plan to linger
over our lunch. Perhaps you
can stick us in a corner
where we won’t get in the
way.” This way the seater
can pair you with the appro-
priate waiter whose shift
coincides with your visit.
If you visit this establish-
ment regularly, they already
know you. If you are a 30%
tipper, they know you and
value your business.
Don’t offer “rent” money
to a server up front.
Send questions to Amy
Dickinson by email to
askamy@amydickinson
.com.
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November 12th-16th, 2018
Call to make an appointment today!
Risk-Free 45-Day Trial2 | Complimentary Lyric Demonstration

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Invisible Hearing Device

100% invisible
Clear, natural sound
No daily hassles
No batteries to change

93% of Lyric
users would recommend
Natural sound
Captures sound
naturally even in
noisy background
Lyric to a friend or situations so you
hear everything
loved one.3 that counts.

LYRIC HEARING EVENT: November 12th-16th, 2018

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Lyric is of the charts as far as clarity

crispness. I feel like I don’t have hearing loss.
I feel pretty much as good as I’ve ever felt
about my hearing.
– Cookie, Lyric Wearer

No daily hassles 100% invisible

Designed to be worn Revolutionary design
24/7 for months allows Lyric to sit invisibly
at a time.1 No daily in the ear canal, out of
insertion, removal, sight and out of mind.
or battery changes
required. Ever.

Complimentary Lyric Demonstration • Risk Free 45-Day Trial2

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Could You Benefit from Lyric Hearing?

Answer the following questions to determine
1. Do people seem to mumble or talk in a softer voice than they used to? o Yes o No
2. When in a crowd or in a busy restaurant, is it hard for you to follow o Yes o No
the discussion?
3. Do you feel the need to turn up the volume on your TV or radio such o Yes o No
that it is too loud for others?
4. Do you often need to ask others to repeat themselves? o Yes o No
5. Has someone close to you pointed out that you may have a hearing problem? o Yes o No

How Did You Do?

The answers you have given may present an early indication of whether you could benefit from
a hearing solution like Lyric. If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, we urge you
to call and make an appointment today to have your hearing checked by one of our specially-trained
Lyric hearing professionals.

Learn more at www.phonak.com/lyric

5-DAY SPECIAL EVENT

November 12th-16th, 2018
Call to make an appointment today!
Risk-Free 45-Day Trial2 | Complimentary Lyric Demonstration

Over 200,000 Lyric Fittings Worldwide

Since 2007!
Providing Comprehensive Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Hearing,
Balance and Cosmetic Surgery Services from the Waist Up.

William Lee, M.D. • Cadvan Griffiths, M.D. • Kian Karimi, MD • Chester Grifftihs, M.D. Ashley Lombardi, Au.D. • Kathy Harlan, M.A. • Carissa Bennett, Au.D. Carolina Gonzales, Audiology Aide • Angelica O’Boyle, Au.D.
• Howard Krauss, M.D. • Jeremy Levenson, M.D. • Gregory Frazer, PhD, Au.D. • Gregory Frazer, Au.D., Ph.D. • Sofiya Krauss, Au.D. • Julie Skille, Au.D. • Gregory Frazer, PhD, Au.D. • Carissa Bennett, Au.D.
• Julie Skille, Au.D. • Sofiya Krauss, Au.D. • Kathy Harlan, MA • Betsy Balcaceres, Patient Care Coordinator

11645 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600 | Los Angeles, CA 90025 18433 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 204
1-888-875-1976 Northridge, CA 91325
www.pacificspecialists.com 1-888-874-5971

West Coast Ear Nose and Throat West Coast Hearing and Balance Center
From left to right:
Left to right front row:
Abhay Vaidya, M.D.
Martin Wareham, M.D.
S. Tricia Kho, M.D.
Brenda Perego, A.A., Janna Cline Chanes, M.S.,
Erin Richardson, Au.D., Hang Lam, Au.D., West Coast
Nick Fettman, M.D.
Carissa Bennett, Au.D.
Hearing and Balance Center
Left to right back row:
Jaesung Lee In association with West Coast Ear Nose & Throat.
M.D., F.A.C.S. Gregory Frazer, Ph.D., Au.D.,
G. Scott Voorman John Davis, Au.D., Jennifer Kwast, M.A.
M.D., F.A.C.S. Lydia Heays, Au.D., Lance Nelson, Au.D.

Thousand Oaks Simi Valley Oxnard Camarillo

301 S. Moorpark Road 2876 N. Sycamore Dr., Suite 303 1700 N. Rose Ave., Suite 460 2438 N. Ponderosa Dr., Suite C110
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 Simi Valley, CA 93065 Oxnard, CA 93030 Camarillo, CA 93010
1-888-871-1495 1-888-874-6216 1-888-897-9675 1-888-891-0635

1
Individual replacement needs may vary. Duration of device battery life varies by patient and is
subject to individual ear conditions.
2
Professional fees may apply. Annual subscription begins the first day of trial.
3
Based on results from two surveys totaling 109 patients who had worn Lyric for at least 30 days.
4
Lyric is water resistant, not waterproof, and should not be completely submerged under water.
Lyric is not appropriate for all patients. See a Lyric Provider to determine if Lyric is right for you.
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