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LIGHTS
OFF AND
ON FOR
FEDERAL
AGENCIES
A brief government
shutdown ends when
parties work through
the night for a rare
spending agreement.
By Lisa Mascaro
WASHINGTON — Con-
gress achieved an ambitious
two-year budget agreement
Friday, but in doing so reig-
nited ideological factions on
deficit spending and immi-
gration that are likely to
flare as lawmakers turn to
these issues next, ahead of a
daunting midterm election
season.
The rare bipartisan
agreement dispatched $300
billion in new spending over
this year and next for mili-
tary and nondefense pro-
grams, plus $90 billion in di-
saster aid. It also ended a
nearly nine-hour govern-
ment shutdown that began
when lawmakers failed to
meet a midnight deadline,
blocked by Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.), despite a grueling
all-night session.
But President Trump, in
signing the bill into law, fore-
shadowed the bitter fights
ahead. “Without more Re-
publicans in Congress, we
were forced to increase
spending on things we do
not like or want in order to fi-
nally, after many years of de-
pletion, take care of our Mili-
tary,” Trump tweeted.
“Sadly, we needed some
Dem votes for passage. Must
elect more Republicans in
2018 Election!”
Paul, an occasional
[See Spending, A7]
ANALYSIS
Tillerson
serves as
a Trump
antidote Despite the opening ceremony’s
abroad pageantry, politics takes center stage
By Tracy Wilkinson
WASHINGTON — Sec-
retary of State Rex Tillerson
sat down with five presi-
dents or prime ministers as
he crossed Latin America
and the Caribbean last
week. On Sunday, he leaves
for six days in five countries
in the Middle East. Next
month, he hits the road for12
days in Africa.
It’s no mean feat, espe-
cially since in capital after
capital, Tillerson has to fi-
nesse between supporting
President Trump’s policies
and repairing the damage
from the president’s harsh
tweets, belligerent speeches
and vulgarities about
America’s allies and adver-
saries alike.
A year into a job, the ur-
bane former oil executive
with the baritone Texas
twang is making his mark
not for imposing a bold for-
eign policy, or assembling a
grand coalition. In many
ways, Tillerson travels the
world as the un-Trump.
“The president and I are
pretty different individuals
in terms of our management
style, in terms of our com-
munication style,” Tillerson
told reporters traveling with
him last week in Mexico, Co-
lombia, Argentina, Peru and
Jamaica.
“It doesn’t mean one is
[See Tillerson, A8]
© 2018 WST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018
2018 OLYMPICS PYEONGCHANG
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FLAG BEARER Erin Hamlin leads the U.S. contingent in the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.
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FIREWORKS illuminate Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang. Ninety-two nations are in attendance.
FIRE, ICE
AND UNITY
By David Wharton
PYEONGCHANG,
South Korea — A rumbling
sound drifted through the
stands at Olympic Stadium,
soon growing to a roar, the
crowd finally stirring on a
wind-chilled night.
Nothing about the open-
ing ceremony for the 2018
Winter Games — not the
music or the light shows,
certainly not the speeches —
carried quite as much
charge as the entrance of the
Korean athletes.
This wasn’t just the home
team marching onto the
field; this was a combined
squad from the North and
South, from neighboring
countries that have endured
decades of uneasy armistice.
“We are all touched by
this wonderful gesture,” said
Thomas Bach, the president
of the International Olympic
Committee. “We all join and
support you in your message
of peace.”
The moment confirmed
what should have been evi-
dent — if you hold the
Games in the middle of the
Korean Peninsula, sport
cannot help being drawn
into politics.
[See Ceremony, A4]
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analysis and features
on the events and
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Winter Olympics.
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latimes.
Garcia
takes
leave
amid
probe
Assemblywoman, a
leader of Sacramento’s
#MeToo movement,
denies allegations
of sexual harassment.
By Melanie Mason
SACRAMENTO — A
Los Angeles-area assembly-
woman has voluntarily tak-
en leave of her seat Friday af-
ter facing allegations of sex-
ual harassment, an unusual
twist of the gender dynamics
shaping the misconduct
controversies engulfing Cal-
ifornia’s state Capitol.
Assemblywoman Cris-
tina Garcia (D-Bell Gar-
dens) denied allegations
that she made inappropri-
ate advances on two men: a
then-legislative staffer and a
lobbyist. In a statement, she
said she would take an un-
paid leave of absence from
the Legislature while she
faces an investigation into
her conduct.
“As I’ve said before, any
claims about sexual harass-
ment must be taken seri-
ously, and I believe elected
officials should be held to a
higher standard of account-
ability,” Garcia said Friday.
The 40-year-old law-
maker now finds herself in a
stark reversal of roles, from
vanguard of California’s po-
litical #MeToo movement
who shared her own tales of
being groped while in
elected office to one of very
few women to be publicly ac-
cused of sexual harassment.
She was so prominent last
fall that she appeared in a
Time magazine photo col-
lage portraying the “silence
[See Garcia, A10]
Social
media
and an
autocrat
A lawsuit involving
Cambodia’s leader
seeks to shed light on
his use of Facebook
to bolster authority.
By Jonathan Kaiman
BEIJING — Cambodia is
sliding into dictatorship,
and it’s playing out on Face-
book.
The country’s govern-
ment, led by Prime Minister
Hun Sen, has purchased
millions of fake “likes” on the
platform and used it to si-
lence critics and spread
propaganda, opponents say.
On Thursday morning,
lawyers for former Cambodi-
an opposition leader Sam
Rainsy filed a petition in a
Northern California court
that could shed light on this
behavior, raising questions
about the social media gi-
ant’s possible role in bolster-
ing an authoritarian govern-
ment.
“Human rights are being
ignored and our electoral
system is in shambles,” said
Sam Rainsy, 68, who lives in
exile in France. “By exposing
facts now in the possession
of Facebook, we will be able
to place real evidence before
courts in Cambodia and
possibly elsewhere. When
facing irrefutable evidence,
even a dictator will have to
backtrack.”
The Cambodian govern-
ment has charged Sam
[See Cambodia, A4]
A2
BACK STORY
Trump could be a danger to
U.S. democracy, authors say
Two scholars say president’s breaking of norms are key warning signs
By Michael Finnegan
As scholars who study
the death of democracies
around the globe, Steven
Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
saw Donald Trump’s rise to
power as an alarming sign of
dangerous times ahead.
The two professors of
government at Harvard
University found parallels
with fascism in Germany
and Italy before World War
II and with Latin America’s
struggle with dictatorships.
In the U.S., they argue in
their new book, “How De-
mocracies Die,” the threat
comes not from a military
coup, but from a duly
elected leader who, like
former Venezuelan Presi-
dent Hugo Chavez, subverts
democratic institutions one
step at a time in a steady
march to autocracy.
It’s an offensive argu-
ment to many Trump sup-
porters, who welcome the
president’s shattering of
tradition in Washington.
Levitsky, however, said
Trump’s latest efforts to
undercut the criminal inves-
tigation of his campaign’s
ties to Russia only buttress
the case that the president
is imperiling U.S. democ-
racy. Here are excerpts from
an interview with Levitsky.
What do you make of
Trump’s demand for loy-
alty from the attorney
general and FBI leaders?
It’s difficult to think of an
elected autocrat who did
not try to bring what we call
the referees — law enforce-
ment, intelligence and judi-
cial agencies — under their
control. These agencies
[then] serve as a shield so
that the government cannot
effectively be investigated or
prosecuted.
Law enforcement agen-
cies, intelligence agencies
and the courts in most
democracies are at least
supposed to be independ-
ent, neutral arbiters. They
are not supposed to play on
the government’s side. In
many politicized, weak or
failing democracies, you see
governments exert varying
degrees of control over the
referees.
You see Trump as a threat
to American democracy?
American democracy is
pretty robust. Our demo-
cratic institutions are
strong. American democ-
racy is therefore not easy to
kill, so I’m not one of those
people running around
crying that fascism is
around the corner.
However, this is a guy
who prior to being elected
clearly showed that he had a
weak commitment to basic
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PRESIDENT Trump has eroded confidence in core
democratic institutions, author Steven Levitsky said.
democratic principles, that
he was willing to encourage
violence, undermine the
credibility of our electoral
process, attack the press.
Trump came in talking
about locking up his rival,
paying the lawyer’s fees of
supporters who beat up
opposition activists, and so
for good reason, opposition
groups began to push back.
There were marches, rallies,
calls for impeachment
within days of his swearing-
in. So what happens — and
we’ve seen this in many
other cases, including Tur-
key, Venezuela, Argentina,
Peru — the president then
feels besieged and then
pushes back harder.
What’s clearly happen-
ing, and I consider this
threatening, is that Trump’s
attacks on core democratic
institutions are eroding our
citizens’ confidence in those
institutions.
What Trump has done,
in insisting that our elector-
al process is rigged, is con-
vince large numbers of
Americans that our elec-
tions are not free and fair.
Are Trump’s attacks on the
FBI a problem?
Yes. Since the post-
Nixon reforms, the FBI has
been a professional, inde-
pendent agency. It has been
a pretty effective referee for
the last couple generations,
and Trump is clearly tar-
nishing that.
He has convinced the
bulk of his party and a good
chunk of the American
electorate that the FBI is
conspiring against him and
working with the Demo-
cratic Party, which of course
could be used to justify
measures taken to purge its
leadership and replace it
with allies.
Why does his breaking of
norms alarm you?
There are two specific
norms that are really impor-
tant for democracy. One of
Evan Vucci Associated Press
them is mutual toleration:
treating the political oppo-
sition publicly and privately
as legitimate. Secondly is
forbearance, which is the
use of restraint in your
exercise of power.
My fear is that Trump is
not a man of forbearance.
You see it in his reckless
calls for the Senate to get rid
of the filibuster, and in his
firing of [FBI Director]
James Comey.
Which leaders are most
comparable to Trump?
I don’t know anybody,
except for maybe [former
President] Alberto Fujimori
in Peru, who really com-
bines being such a political
novice with an authoritari-
an streak. The advantage
that we have is that our
democratic institutions are
much, much stronger than
Peru’s.
Explain your comparison
of the Trump era to the
failures of democracy in
Europe in the 1930s and in
Latin America in the 1970s.
There’s a very important
role for mainstream politi-
cal parties in keeping au-
thoritarian figures out of
power. U.S. parties,
throughout our history,
have done a phenomenally
good job of [that].
In the interwar period in
Europe, right-wing parties
struck these Faustian bar-
gains with extremist candi-
dates — the Liberal Party in
Italy in the early ’20s, the
conservatives in Germany
with Hitler in the late ’20s
and early ’30s. The compari-
son we make is that the
Republican Party com-
pletely abdicated in 2016 in
nominating Trump, in not
distancing itself from
Trump and now increas-
ingly serving as his lap dog.
Can you explain your case
that Trump meets all four
litmus tests for authoritar-
ian inclinations?
L AT I M E S . C O M
We draw here on Juan
Linz, a Spanish political
scientist who spent his
career studying how and
why democracies broke
down.
The first test is a willing-
ness to violate democratic
rules of the game. In
Trump’s case, unprecedent-
ed in the United States, it
was implying that he might
not accept the results of the
election.
Second was the encour-
agement of violence, which
Trump did during the cam-
paign repeatedly.
Third was denying the
basic legitimacy of your
rival. Trump did this in
casting Hillary Clinton as a
criminal who deserved to be
in jail.
And fourth, a willingness
to violate civil liberties,
particularly those of the
press, and this is something
Trump did, saying he would
like to revisit libel laws to
punish media outlets or
journalists who were un-
friendly.
Would you argue he’s an
authoritarian president?
Trump has said much
more than he has done, and
he’s thrown many more
punches than he’s landed.
Our democracy’s record in
the first year of the Trump
presidency was pretty good.
The title of your book im-
plies that U.S. democracy
is in a fight for survival.
I wouldn’t go that far. We
think it’s a mistake to take it
for granted that democracy
will survive, because any
democracy can break down.
What cases of democratic
failures do you think
Americans should keep in
mind?
No democracy in the
history of the world, as old
as ours or as wealthy as
ours, has ever broken down.
The best comparison is
Chile. It had a pretty well-
established set of demo-
cratic norms, and then in
the 1960s and early ’70s,
polarization ripped apart
the parties and began to
erode those democratic
norms, eventually leading to
a military coup in 1973.
We are not predicting a
coup in the United States,
and our parties are not as
polarized as Chile’s were.
But our political parties
have now reached a level of
mutual fear and loathing
that has not been seen since
the end of Reconstruction.
That usually has the effect
of eroding democratic
norms. Those are warning
signs.
michael.finnegan
@latimes.com
L AT I ME S . CO M
Ex-rebels in a new fight: Politics
Still known as FARC,
former Colombian
guerrillas are off to a
rough start as a party.
By Chris Kraul
BOGOTA, Colombia —
After five decades of civil
war, the former guerrillas of
Colombia never thought it
would be easy to reinvent
themselves into a political
party.
The party known as the
FARC, making its debut in
mainstream politics, sus-
pended its campaign activ-
ities Friday in the run-up to
congressional elections af-
ter several campaign events
were disrupted this week by
protesters.
The party’s presidential
candidate, Rodrigo Lon-
dono, also known as Timo-
chenko, was harassed at ral-
lies this week in Quindio and
Valle del Cauca provinces.
At events Thursday in the
Valle del Cauca capital, Cali,
Londono was shouted down
by onlookers screaming,
“Assassin!”
Later that day, his cara-
van was met with a cascade
of eggs, bottles and rocks.
A 2016 peace agreement
between the government
and the FARC — which then
stood for its wartime name,
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia —
opened the way for its par-
ticipation in politics.
Terms of the peace ac-
cord guarantee the new
FARC — which now stands
for the Common Alternative
Revolutionary Force — at
least 10 congressional seats
in the session convening this
summer and again in 2022.
But last month the party
introduced a slate of candi-
dates to run in the March 11
congressional elections with
hopes of a strong showing
that, in the words of House
candidate Carlos Alberto
Marin, would legitimize
those guaranteed legislative
seats.
He and FARC leader Car-
los Antonio Lozada said in
interviews that the party set
a goal of garnering 500,000
votes, or more than 3% of the
15 million expected to be
cast. Attracting that many
votes would mean the party
would have won two or three
Senate seats even without
the peace accord’s guaran-
tees.
But even before Friday’s
announcement, political
analysts and researchers
said the goal might be unre-
alistic. The former rebels
have image problems after
half a century of warfare that
claimed 220,000 dead and
displaced millions from
their homes.
Turnout at FARC rallies
has been sparse. Fewer than
3% of those questioned in
Mexico arrests suspected cartel leader
The Zetas drug
trafficking group is
one of the nation’s
most notorious.
By Kate Linthicum
MEXICO CITY — Mexi-
can authorities have ar-
rested the suspected leader
of the Zetas drug cartel, long
one of the country’s most
powerful and notoriously
brutal criminal groups.
Jose Maria Guizar Valen-
cia, who is accused of over-
seeing an organization that
traffics thousands of pounds
of cocaine and metham-
phetamine to the United
States each year, was seized
Thursday while entering a
hotel in a fashionable neigh-
borhood in Mexico City, au-
thorities said Friday.
Mexican National Securi-
ty Commissioner Renato
Sales said in a statement
that Guizar, 38, was cap-
tured without force.
In a nation gripped by es-
calating violence driven by
warring criminal groups,
Guizar was one of Mexico’s
most-wanted men. The
United States had offered a
$5-million reward for his ar-
rest and had formally re-
THE WORLD
A DEMONSTRATOR hurls a stone in protest at a rally for Rodrigo Londono, the FARC presidential candidate and a former militant.
LONDONO, aka Timochenko, at a rally last month in Bogota. His party an-
nounced Friday it was suspending political activities after facing violent protests.
opinion polls have positive
perceptions of the former in-
surgents. A majority of Co-
lombians think the group’s
leaders should face a special
war crimes tribunal set up
by the peace deal before be-
ing allowed to run for office.
Those thoughts are top of
mind for many Colombians
this month because Feb. 7
was the 15th anniversary of
one of the FARC’s most no-
quested his extradition.
Sales said there are arrest
warrants for Guizar in sev-
eral U.S. states related to
crimes including arms
smuggling, kidnapping and
murder.
His capture was cele-
brated by public officials on
both sides of the border,
with U.S. Ambassador to
Mexico Roberta Jacobson
tweeting that Guizar’s ar-
rest and other law enforce-
ment efforts “make Mexico
and the United States safer.”
But others reacted with
caution, noting that in the
past, Mexico’s “kingpin
strategy” of targeting cartel
leaders has not reduced vi-
olence, and in fact may have
increased it.
In the decade since Mexi-
co sent tens of thousands of
soldiers into the streets to
battle drug trafficking or-
ganizations so powerful they
were often compared to
multinational corporations,
dozens of drug lords, includ-
ing Joaquin “El Chapo”
Guzman, have been taken
into custody or killed.
While the kingpin strate-
gy may have stopped Mexico
from being completely over-
taken by drug cartels, it un-
leashed a wave of bloodshed
as criminals fought for con-
trol of lucrative drug traf-
Mauricio Duenas Castaneda EPA/Shutterstock
torious attacks, the car bian agency that helps dis-
bombing of the El Nogal so- armed rebel and paramili-
cial club in north Bogota, tary fighters reintegrate into
which killed 35 people. society. “They have been act-
“The FARC’s image ing arrogantly, and that
problems stem from the fact makes people resent them.”
they still have not ad- The former rebels have
equately asked for forgiv- admitted war crimes but say
eness, handed over ill-gotten that the armed forces and
gains, nor gone through any paramilitaries that dis-
transitional justice mecha- armed in 2006 committed
nism,” said Alejandro Eder, more atrocities — a claim
former head of the Colom- supported by the National
ficking routes and extortion ex-soldiers were hired to
and fuel theft schemes. serve as a security force for
Mexico’s homicide rate is the Gulf cartel, but in 2010
soaring. Last year it hit a 20- broke with their former em-
year high. ployer to start their own
“It must be said that as drug trafficking network.
soon as a leader is arrested, Via street battles and
another leader often ap- gruesome tactics that in-
pears,” security expert Ri- cluded beheadings, video-
cardo Ravelo said in a radio taped assassinations and
interview Friday. the hanging of mutilated
In the year since Guzman bodies from bridges, the Ze-
was extradited to face tas became the most power-
charges of murder and drug ful force in several states, in-
trafficking in the U.S., his cluding Tamaulipas, on the
Sinaloa cartel has weakened Texas border. Officials say
significantly, and is now bat- the group’s reach extends
tling an ascendant group down to Guatemala.
called the Jalisco New Gen- Perhaps the group’s
eration cartel in several most shocking exploit was
states. the 2010 killing of 72 migrants
In other parts of the in the Tamaulipas town of
country, such as the seaside San Fernando. Investiga-
resort of Acapulco, the car- tors said the migrants were
tel system has collapsed, shot to death after they re-
with historic levels of vi- fused to work for the cartel.
olence being driven by doz- Experts say the group
ens of warring street gangs. has weakened in recent
Authorities say Guizar, years and has begun to
known by his Zetas code splinter into different fac-
name “Z 43,” was born in Tu- tions.
lare, Calif. He first appeared “They are very dimin-
on the radar of Mexican law ished compared to what
enforcement officials in 1998, they were at their height,”
when he allegedly began said security expert Alejan-
trafficking drugs in the state dro Hope. Still, he said, “it’s
of Michoacan. an important arrest.”
The Zetas cartel he went Guizar’s capture in the
on to lead evolved from a nation’s capital shocked
group of deserters from the many who have long viewed
Mexican special forces. The Mexico City as a haven from
Center for Historical Memo-
ry, which was set up by the
government in 2011 to study
the conflict and memorialize
the victims.
Isabela Sanroque, a 33-
year-old former rebel who is
running for Congress to rep-
resent Bogota, the capital,
said on the campaign trail
last week that it was natural
that some Colombians
would have negative feelings
toward the FARC after so
many years of warfare and a
long-running “media cam-
paign to sow hatred.”
“The war produced many
events committed by us and
by the armed forces that
were unjustified and which
painted us very poorly in
public opinion,” said San-
roque as she handed out fli-
ers in the 20th of July barrio
of southern Bogota. “It
doesn’t discourage us. It just
makes us more determined
to plant seeds of reconcilia-
tion.”
Sanroque, whose hus-
band and fellow FARC ex-
fighter was killed in a 2007
clash with the army, said the
party’s platform is finding
acceptance among youths
and the poor, particularly its
promises to give pensions to
homemakers, introduce
strict recycling laws and
fight corruption.
But the FARC’s electoral
the drug war violence en-
gulfing many parts of the
country. But there have been
signs that violence may be
encroaching, including a
large banner hung from one
of the city’s main highways
this week announcing the
arrival of the Jalisco New
Generation cartel. Law en-
forcement officials said they
were investigating to deter-
mine whether the banner is
authentic.
Roma, the neighborhood
where Guizar was arrested,
is known as one of the na-
tion’s trendiest, home to
world-famous restaurants,
expensive clothing stores
and luxurious hotels.
Juan Carlos Silva, chief of
the anti-drug division of the
federal police, said in a radio
interview that Guizar was
about to walk into one such
hotel Thursday. He was trav-
eling without armed guards,
probably in an effort to blend
in, Silva said. Because of
that, authorities were able to
capture Guizar, he said.
kate.linthicum
@latimes.com
Twitter: @katelinthicum
Times researcher Scott
Wilson and Cecilia Sanchez
in The Times’ Mexico City
bureau contributed to this
report.
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chances are also being af-
fected by external factors.
The increasingly autocratic
government of Nicolas
Maduro in Venezuela, whose
late predecessor, Hugo
Chavez, gave shelter and
support to FARC leaders,
has raised fears that the for-
mer rebels could usher in an
age of “Castro-Chavismo” —
or socialist dictatorship, in
the mold of Chavez and late
Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Ariel Avila, a political an-
alyst with the Peace and
Reconciliation Foundation
in Bogota, said the party’s
ambitions may also be frus-
trated by left-leaning voters’
desire to cast ballots for
other candidates with better
chances of winning.
Also, the FARC, still new
to the campaign trail, has
shown itself to be politically
inept, he said: “In view of the
negative image the FARC
had during the war, their
choice of the same letters as
an acronym for their new po-
litical party was a serious er-
ror of political marketing.”
At a news conference Fri-
day, party officials blamed
the recent campaign disrup-
tions on a “coordinated
plan” to frustrate their entry
onto the political stage. In
particular, they blamed re-
gional leaders of a center-
right party headed by for-
mer President Alvaro Uribe.
Now a senator, Uribe was an
implacable foe of the rebels
during his presidency and
opposed the 2016 peace deal.
“We call on the national
government to make effec-
tive guarantees of the politi-
cal rights of the Common Al-
ternative Revolutionary
Force just as for the other
parties and movements that
participate in the electoral
campaign now in progress,”
said a statement issued by
the FARC.
That same day, Sanroque
and other FARC candidates
appeared at a sparsely at-
tended rally at the National
University of Colombia. As
she handed out fliers to stu-
dents at the college, a hot-
bed of rebel support during
the conflict, she said a key
strategy of the FARC is to
harness youth’s “noncon-
formity and rebelliousness
in the defense of peace.”
Cesar Garzon, a 25-year-
old sociology student, said
he wasn’t quite ready to
throw his support behind
the party but was willing to
listen to their candidates’
ideas on fighting corruption
and social inequality.
“The country needs a
drastic change. We ended
the war but not the condi-
tions that caused it,” Garzon
said. “If we can just get the
FARC to respond to the
question, ‘Why did you take
up arms?’ then maybe it will
be possible to change the
conditions so war isn’t re-
peated.”
Kraul is a special
correspondent.
A4 S L AT I ME S . CO M

A ‘peace envisioned by Koreans’

[Ceremony, from A1] skater Nathan Chen and
Even as the athletes snowboarder Chloe Kim.
bounced across the field, “That mix,” team leader
dressed in sparkling white Alan Ashley said, “really
coats, waving and throwing gives us a great opportuni-
their arms in the air, there ty.”
was intrigue in the digni- But ahead of the Games,
taries’ box above. skiing, snowboarding and
There, Vice President skating have taken a back
Mike Pence sat just feet from seat as Lee and other
the sister of North Korean Olympic officials expressed
leader Kim Jong Un. The two hope that sports might pave
never shook hands or spoke, the way toward better rela-
according to Pence’s office, tions between the North and
but the optics were startling South.
nonetheless. International experts
All week long, it seemed had doubts.
that Olympic organizers “What’s going to be most
understood the circum- interesting is what happens
stances. when the Games finish,”
“Sport cannot lead the said Tim Powdrill, an associ-
policy in the political arena,” ate director for Risk Advis-
said Lee Hee-beom, presi- ory, a London security man-
dent of the organizing com- agement group. “The real
mittee. “But we are aiming test is whether the North
for a ‘Peace’ Olympic Koreans launch another
Games.” [test] missile when the U.S.
Friday night’s two-hour and South Koreans hold
ceremony, which began 17 their next military drills.”
days of competition in this Pence added to this
mountainous region 50 speculation by traveling to
miles from the Demilita- South Korea with Fred
rized Zone, echoed that sen- Warmbier, whose son Otto
timent with the story of five had been held by the North
children moving toward a Martin Bureau AFP/Getty Images Koreans and died shortly af-
“peace envisioned by Kore- “OLYMPIC Athletes from Russia” marched in the Parade of Nations in outfits that had no national markings. ter his release last year.
ans.” Warmbier sat a short dis-
This theme began with The countries, who had part in the Parade of Nations tance from the dignitaries’
the sounding of a traditional marched together in past wearing outfits that bore no box, while below, a pair of
temple bell at the center of Games, went a step further national markings. Not ev- Trump and Kim impersona-
the darkened stadium, then this time by agreeing to form eryone was happy with the tors made their way through
continued with vignettes of a unified women’s hockey arrangement. the stands, drawing onlook-
music and dance. team. Russian President Vladi- ers until ushers escorted the
The children walked “For me, coming from a mir Putin insisted on several two away.
through a stylized land- formerly divided country … occasions that the U.S. was The ceremony ended
scape of animals and trees, this is really a very special behind an unfair prose- with the Korean women’s
finding their way to a heav- and emotional moment,” cution of his country. In hockey players carrying the
enly altar. Organizers made said Bach, who was a medal- meetings a few days ago, Olympic torch to the rim of
generous use of images from winning fencer for Germany. IOC members argued bit- the stadium where South
the country’s history and The IOC leader was em- terly over whether the puni- Korean figure skater Yuna
mythology. broiled in another contro- shment was stern enough. Kim ignited the cauldron.
The last time the versy this week involving the All of this threatened to Then came a booming
Olympics were held on the Russian contingent. overshadow what ranks as display of fireworks.
Korean Peninsula — the1988 Russia had been barred the largest Winter Games, In his speech to the
Summer Games in Seoul — Odd Andersen AFP/Getty Images from competing as a nation with 92 nations bringing crowd, Bach seemed to hope
things were not so harmoni- VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence, right, sits near Kim because of a widespread nearly 3,000 athletes to com- that once competition be-
ous. A few months before the Yo Jong, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim doping controversy. Individ- pete in 102 medal events. gan in earnest this weekend,
competition began, Korean Jong Un. The two never shook hands or spoke. ual athletes were invited to The 244-member U.S. things might quiet down, al-
Air Flight 858 was downed in participate as “neutrals” if squad arrived with a num- lowing sports to take center
a bombing later attributed trading barbs and raising rean President Moon Jae-in. they could prove they had ber of established stars, in- stage.
to North Korean agents. concerns about nuclear con- Last-minute negotiations not used performance-en- cluding snowboarder Shaun “Dear athletes,” he said,
The run-up to the 2018 flict in the region. paved the way for North Ko- hancing drugs. White and skiers Lindsey “now it’s your turn.”
Games has been almost as But in a New Year’s Day rea to send a contingent of 22 At the opening ceremony, Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin.
tense, with North Korea’s speech, Kim made a public athletes across the border to scores of these “Olympic There also were promising david.wharton
Kim and President Trump overture toward South Ko- compete in five sports. Athletes from Russia” took newcomers such as figure @latimes.com

California lawsuit challenges Cambodia leader

[Cambodia, from A1]
Rainsy in several politically
tinged cases, at least four of
which concern content he
has posted to Facebook. His
petition “seeks information
in Facebook’s possession re-
garding Hun Sen’s misuse of
social media to deceive
Cambodia’s electorate and
to commit human rights
abuses,” according to a
statement by the San Fran-
cisco-based law firm Braun-
Hagey and Borden, which is
representing Sam Rainsy.
Facebook declined to
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national election, precipi-
tating protests and winning
it a significant number of
seats.
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more influential in the
Southeast Asian country,
authorities have increas-
ingly co-opted it to spread
propaganda and silence crit-
ics. According to a 2017
report, 4.5 million people in
Cambodia are connected to
Facebook, and more than
half use the platform every
day; many use it as their sole
source of news.
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been arrested in the country
over Facebook posts, a re-
cent investigation by Buzz-
Feed News found.
“Where Cambodians
have lost here is in restric-
tions in online speech,” said
Sebastian Strangio, author
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PRIME MINISTER Hun Sen’s government has cracked down on dissenters.
of “Hun Sen’s Cambodia.”
Hun Sen’s party, he said,
“has been extending all the
informal and formal media
controls that it’s had offline
— in newspapers, radio —
and extending them to the
online sphere. It can’t go af-
ter Facebook, so it’s going af-
ter the users.”
Hun Sen has 9.4 million
likes on his Facebook page,
which mainly depicts him
posing for selfies with sup-
porters and spending time
with his family. By one met-
ric, he’s the third most popu-
lar world leader on the plat-
form after India’s Narendra
Modi and President Trump,
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In 2016, Sam Rainsy ac-
cused Hun Sen of purchas-
ing fake likes from “click
farms” in the Philippines
and India, a practice that
Facebook has said it does
not condone. Hun Sen de-
nied the allegation — “If I
could buy India, I must be
really strong,” he said at the
time — and sued Sam
Rainsy for defamation.
Thursday’s petition also
alleges that Hun Sen pub-
lished a death threat against
Sam Rainsy on the platform,
violating its user guidelines.
Although Hun Sen’s gov-
ernment has shut independ-
ent media, it has allowed far-
right, government-aligned
news outlets to thrive. The
website Fresh News, often
likened to Breitbart News,
frequently vilifies opposition
figures and dissidents while
touting the party line. It has
2.4 million likes.
“Facebook has demon-
strated its potential to help
improve information-shar-
ing and transparency in
countries like Cambodia,”
Sam Rainsy’s attorney, J.
Noah Hagey, said in a state-
ment. “The issues raised in
the petition ask fundamen-
tal questions about Face-
book’s role in the democratic
process, including how it will
react when being misused by
repressive regimes.”
Sam Rainsy’s case hinges
on a so-called Section 1782
discovery, named for a U.S.
statute stipulating that if an
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American company is in-
volved in a legal proceeding
in another country, a litigant
can apply to a U.S. court for
evidence that could be used
in that proceeding.
He faces several lawsuits
in his home country. In Janu-
ary, he was charged with in-
citing and demoralizing the
military after he suggested
— in a video posted to Face-
book — that Cambodian sol-
diers would not obey orders
to shoot civilians. (Hun Sen
called the comment a “dec-
laration of war.”)
In 2016, Sam Rainsy pro-
tested the killing of Kem Ley,
a prominent political ana-
lyst who was gunned down
at a Caltex gas station that
July. Although the suspect,
Oueth Ang, is in jail, many
Cambodians believe that
the shooting was a political
assassination and that its
architects have not been
brought to justice. A Cam-
bodian court found Sam
Rainsy guilty of defamation
and incitement for calling
the killing “an act of state-
sponsored terrorism.”
BraunHagey and Borden
used the Section1782 statute
to obtain surveillance tapes
from U.S. energy giant
Chevron, which owns the gas
station where Kem Ley was
shot. The Cambodian gov-
ernment is not known to
have acted on the additional
evidence.
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L AT I ME S . CO M A5

At Carnival in
Brazil, women
share a message
A ‘No Means No’
campaign aims to
spread awareness of
sexual harassment.
By Jill Langlois
SAO PAULO, Brazil —
For Aisha Jacob, the assault
came in public, during a
samba circle as scores gath-
ered for Brazil’s joyous
dance. A man kept making
advances, and three times
Jacob told him she wasn’t in-
terested. Suddenly, he
grabbed her by a leg and
shoved his hand up her
shorts.
The man was kicked out,
but “I was shaken,” Jacob
said. “When I told my girl-
friends what happened, they
started sharing their stories
too. Every single one of them
had something to say. They
had all been through it be-
fore.”
The assault occurred last
year just before Carnival,
Brazil’s festive pre-Lenten
celebration known for its big
crowds, loud music, glittery
costumes and hedonistic
street parties. Jacob, a styl-
ist from Rio de Janeiro, and
other women decided it was
time to speak out against
sexual harassment and as-
saults during the street
parties known as blocos.
According to feminist
group Think Olga, 99.6% of
women in Brazil have been
catcalled. The Brazilian Fo-
rum on Public Security, a
private group, also reports
that every 11 minutes a wom-
an is raped in the South
American country, but just
10% report their assaults.
Last year’s Carnival saw
the number of sexual assault Silvia Izquierdo Associated Press
complaints across Brazil A WOMAN hands out stickers in Rio de Janeiro. Campaigns are trying to stamp out assaults during Carnival.
jump 90% compared with
the same four days in 2016, kiss is a crime” and Bahia’s have to protect each other.’ blocos. who work with her on pro-
according to the Secretariat “respect the girls.” “It wouldn’t make sense This year, the campaign duction — Nanda Barbosa,
of Policies for Women. The Jacob and a group of to have stickers made with has a much wider reach. Luiza Borges, Barbara Men-
secretariat said the increase friends decided to add their that message. It had to be After setting up a crowd- chise and Julia Parucker —
in complaints — which are voices to the movement and something that we could funding page to lessen the also created distribution
registered when victims call create their own campaign, carry with us on our bodies.” burden on the 40 women partnerships with bloco or-
180, a number dedicated to Nao e Nao, or No Means No. Within 48 hours, the they had counted on finan- ganizers in Sao Paulo, Sal-
reporting crimes against The best way to get their friends created a WhatsApp cially in 2017, Jacob was sur- vador, Belo Horizonte and
women — was a result of gov- message across, they de- group of 40 women to fund prised to see how quickly Recife. This year’s Carnival
ernment campaigns to stop cided, was by putting it di- the production of 4,000 tem- they reached their first tar- started Friday and lasts till
this type of violence. rectly on their bodies. porary tattoos. It was all get of 4,000 tattoos for $2,360. Tuesday, the day before Ash
Local governments “We had already been done on the fly — nobody She was even more shocked Wednesday and the start of
across Brazil have launched planning on having tempo- had planned on creating a when the campaign almost Lent.
campaigns in recent years to rary tattoos made for our campaign against sexual tripled that amount. She Individual women who
stamp out crimes against [Carnival] costumes,” she harassment and assault and her friends were able to heard about the No Means
women during Carnival. said. “There was a moment for Carnival’s kickoff the fol- print 25,000 tattoos with the No campaign have also vol-
Some states coined their when we just looked at each lowing week — but they $6,443 raised from 355 unteered to hand out the
own slogans, including Rio’s other and said, ‘We have to managed to get them donors. temporary tattoos in their
“costumes are not invita- make tattoos for women printed in time to hand them With time to plan, Jacob cities, and plans for a new
tions,” Paraiba’s “forcing a that say “No Means No.” We out for free to women at Rio’s and the four other women campaign for International
Women’s Day next month
are already underway.
While the campaign en-

France, Russia seek closer ties, at difficult time

associated press
PARIS — Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin and
French President Emman-
uel Macron discussed coop-
erating more closely to re-
solve the Syrian crisis in a
phone call Friday, as France
tries to smooth ties with
Russia and move beyond
years of tensions over Syria
and Ukraine.
Macron is making his
first presidential trip to Rus-
sia in May. The two leaders
talked Friday about prepa-
rations for the visit, where
Macron plans to attend the
St. Petersburg International
Economic Forum and to
meet with Putin.
The Kremlin said in a
statement that Putin and
Macron underlined during
their call the need for devel-
oping closer cooperation on
Syria.
Macron’s office said he
pushed for more robust Syr-
ian peace talks — notably af-
ter a Russia-sponsored ef-
fort last month boycotted by
the Syrian opposition.
Macron also pressed
Putin to stop “intolerable
degradation of the humani-
tarian situation” in regions
of Syria that were pum-
meled by Syrian and Rus-
sian airstrikes in recent
days, according to a state-
ment from his office.
The presidents dis-
cussed another sore point in
relations: the conflict in
Ukraine. They stressed the
need to enforce the 2015
Minsk peace agreement that
was sponsored by France
and Germany.
Putin and Macron also
hailed a potentially prob-
lematic project launched
Friday to encourage con-
tacts among Russian and
French citizens. Called the
Trianon Dialogue, the initia-
tive appears aimed at min-
imizing European Union
sanctions against Russia for
its support of separatists in
eastern Ukraine.
The French-Russian
project is aimed at encour-
aging interactions through
joint theater productions,
school trips, sister city
agreements and real estate
investments.
Yet geopolitical tensions
threaten to complicate the
effort. Among the Russians
overseeing the Trianon Dia-
logue are magnate Gennady
Timchenko and former rail-
ways chief Vladimir Yakunin
— both Putin associates and
targets of U.S. sanctions.
Macron says he remains
committed to EU sanctions
on Russia, but the Trianon
Dialogue could be seen as
undermining them.
courages and welcomes the
support of men, Jacob wants
to make it clear that No
Means No is created by
women, for women. It’s not
just a means of getting their
message across to men, but
also about creating a sense
of security for women who
want to attend blocos.
“With the tattoos, it’s
easy to see who is a part of
No Means No, so it creates a
type of support group for
women,” Jacob said. “If they
need to ask for help, they
know who they can reach out
to. They know they’re not
alone.”
Langlois is a special
correspondent.

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Vegas weddings made even easier
Pick up a marriage license at the airport along with luggage, relatives
By David Montero
LAS VEGAS — They were get-
ting married Sunday at noon, but
their Friday morning Spirit Air-
lines flight to Las Vegas from
Tampa Bay, Fla. — with a connec-
tor in Detroit — had been canceled.
Stormy weather, they were told.
Quickly, they booked a direct
flight on Southwest Airlines.
Chapel of the Flowers was expect-
ing them, and there was no way
Davis Clayton and Ashley Delong
were going to let flight complica-
tions delay a lifetime of wedded
bliss. Or incur the chapel’s re-
scheduling fee.
Spots were scarce. Middle seats
only for the long flight. So they set-
tled into separate rows. Clayton
said he figured some good karma
had to be coming their way.
When they landed, their friend,
Colin Means, spotted good fortune
just beyond the Hot Roulette
penny slot machine, baggage car-
ousel No. 5 and the currency ex-
change booth: a pop-up marriage
license office. Outside, a pair of
floor waxers glided like Zambonis
past rows of chairs and loud ads for
David Copperfield, Chicago and a
Beatles tribute show blared across
the airport floor.
“All credit to me,” Means said.
“They can thank me later.”
The couple walked past the
cardboard cutout of a happy bride
and groom and into the small of-
fice. A row of clipboards, pens
adorned with roses and glass trays
filled with chocolates rested on the
counter. Heart-shaped balloons
floated inside the office. Bring your
own baggage to the marriage, how-
ever.
Identifications were checked.
Signatures were given. The credit
card payment of $79.79 — no cash
allowed — made it official. Within
15 minutes, Clayton and Delong
were legal to be married. All that
was left was the ceremony at Chap-
el of the Flowers.
Las Vegas and weddings may be
THE NATION
A CARDBOARD CUTOUT of a bride and groom advertises McCarran International Airport’s
pop-up marriage license bureau as Blake Seddens and Mandy Georgeson get their license inside.
one of the city’s strongest mar-
riages of economics and market-
ing. The Clark County Marriage Li-
cense Bureau issues about 80,000
marriage licenses a year, and the
agency is one of the busiest in the
nation. Around Valentine’s Day —
on the holiday and a few days lead-
ing up to it — the volume of mar-
riage licenses issued doubles, with
about 1,500 doled out.
And Vegas doesn’t scrimp on
the ways couples can get married,
either. Conveniently — and obvi-
ously not unaware of this — the
pop-up office offered brochures
from the Elvis Chapel, Little
Church of the West (complete with
a coupon for a free bottle of cham-
pagne) and the Viva Las Vegas
Wedding Chapel.
The licenses are accepted ev-
erywhere, however, and are valid
for weddings within a year of issu-
ance. So go ahead and take that li-
cense to the Cannibis Chapel for
one of its “weedings” — if that’s
your thing. (Tie the knot in Octo-
ber and you can book weddings
with romantic vampire themes.)
County Clerk Lynn Goya said
the temporary office, which
opened Friday, was looking for a
way to help ease the volume of li-
cense seekers downtown while also
offering convenience for couples
during the busy Valentine’s season.
It will close Feb. 19, but officials
said the office is considering open-
ing it up for other special occasions
David Montero Los Angeles Times
and holidays, including New Year’s
Eve.
The temporary office at McCar-
ran International Airport certainly
fed the image of Las Vegas being a
place where love, convenience and
quirkiness are mashed together
like replicas of great world land-
marks on the Strip: Hit the Eiffel
Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge and
the Venetian canals all before grab-
bing an In-N-Out Burger — all with
a drink in your hand.
The licensing office did not go
unnoticed by travelers who hap-
pened past it Friday morning.
“Want to get married?” a mid-
dle-aged woman said to the man
walking with her. “Couple of wit-
nesses and there you go.” He
laughed. They opted to catch a taxi
instead. A few people stopped to
take pictures of it with their
phones. One man wondered aloud
if a divorce kiosk would be coming
soon.
Freddie Kelley and Tamika Orr
had just flown in from Detroit and
were planning to get married Sat-
urday. Orr said she’d seen some-
thing about the marriage licensing
at the airport and figured it made
more sense than going to the
clerk’s office downtown.
They had been together for sev-
en years and there was no reason to
delay things any longer than neces-
sary. By their feet, their 3-year-old
son played with a smartphone.
Overhead, a voice was paging
someone to a courtesy phone. The
floor Zambonis waxed on in the
background. The ads for Vegas
shows replayed over and over.
Copperfield. Chicago. Beatles.
Kelley and Orr paid the fee and
signed the forms while a voice from
the public address system re-
minded people not leave bags un-
attended.
By noon, the office had issued li-
censes to four couples. Officials
said they expected the volume to
pick up over the weekend and on
Valentine’s Day as word got out.
Blake Seddens, 21, and his fian-
cee, Mandy Georgeson, 24, said
they were going to be married on
Saturday and had driven in from
Clovis, Calif., to exchange vows. Be-
cause they had to pick up relatives
flying in from Texas for the wed-
ding, the pop-up office was a
way to take care of two things at
once.
But their relatives weren’t fly-
ing in until later in the afternoon,
so they had time to kill in the air-
port. The slot machines — already
an airport mainstay — beckoned.
Vegas was built by promising a
chance at quick wealth. Now it
would try its hand at speeding up
the road to everlasting love.
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PIZZA IS delivered to Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s offices Thursday in anticipation of a late night.
Debate fuels battles over
deficit and ‘Dreamers’
[Spending, from A1]
Trump ally, forced the brief
government shutdown by
using Senate rules to run out
the clock before voting could
begin. In floor speeches
Thursday night, Paul lam-
basted his fellow Republi-
cans for supporting a bill
that will worsen the deficit.
He also pleaded his case to
Trump in a phone call dur-
ing the standoff.
Nevertheless, the Senate
passed the measure 71 to 28,
followed by House approval,
240 to 186.
Though federal offices
were largely unaffected by
the off-hours shutdown, it
was the second such disrup-
tion in less than a month,
turning what was once a
drastic, rarely seen tactic
into something less surpris-
ing on Capitol Hill.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
moves next to the difficult is-
sue of immigration, with a
procedural vote set for Mon-
day. He has promised a free-
wheeling debate in an at-
tempt to develop a legisla-
tive compromise on the stat-
us of the young immigrants
known as Dreamers, who
face deportation as Trump
ends DACA, the Obama-era
Deferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals program that
protected them.
“There’s no secret plan
here to try to push this in
any direction, and the Sen-
ate’s going to work its will,”
McConnell said. “I hope that
we will end up passing some-
thing.”
McConnell was pres-
sured to prioritize the immi-
gration issue after the earli-
er shutdown in January,
when Senate Democrats re-
fused to support a stopgap
spending bill until they won
a commitment from the
GOP leader to address the
issue.
Even though court action
is temporarily keeping
DACA running, Democrats
are under enormous pres-
sure to protect the nearly
700,000 immigrants who
came to the country illegally
as children. Under the pro-
gram, they are able to live
and work in the U.S. without
threat of deportation.
Many of the Dreamers
and their advocates stayed
up late with lawmakers
Thursday, occupying the of-
fice of House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San
Francisco) for hours, and
“WHEN REPUBLICANS are in power, it seems
there is no conservative party,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-
Ky.) said in debate after forcing the brief shutdown.
SENATE MAJORITY Leader Mitch McConnell, left, returns to the Capitol just
before midnight Thursday. He has promised to take up immigration on Monday.
knocking on the doors of
Democrats and Republi-
cans as they pushed Con-
gress to stop them from be-
ing kicked out of the country.
Some noted on Twitter that
they were not, as White
House Chief of Staff John F.
Kelly had said, “lazy.”
Pelosi, taking a page from
the playbook of filibustering
senators, tried to leverage
the minority’s role by com-
mandeering the House floor
earlier in the week in a last-
ditch effort to push Speaker
Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) to
provide the same commit-
ment to address the issue
that McConnell had given in
the Senate.
Ryan, who needed Demo-
cratic votes to pass the
budget deal, promised to
bring a bill forward, but his
assurances were too vague
to satisfy Democrats. But
despite threatening to with-
hold scores of votes, many
Democrats supported the
spending deal.
Liberal groups chastised
Pelosi and Senate Minority
Leader Charles E. Schumer
(D-N.Y.) for caving, but the
more conservative members
of their caucuses were not as
eager to risk being saddled
with choosing the fates of
Dreamers over keeping fed-
eral offices open, particu-
larly while preparing to
face voters in the fall elec-
tion.
“Unfortunately, the
Dreamers have become
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pawns in this whole proc-
ess,” said Rep. Raul M. Gri-
jalva (D-Ariz.).
Lawmakers are strug-
gling to develop a bipartisan
solution that would include
$25 billion that Trump
wants for his promised bor-
der wall and other border se-
curity measures. It would
protect 1.8 million Dream-
ers, many more than are now
covered by DACA, but also
impose new restrictions on
visas for immigrants’ family
members, or for those from
underrepresented countries
in the so-called visa lottery
program that Trump wants
to eliminate.
Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-S.C.) says the most Con-
gress may be able to accom-
plish is a temporary mea-
sure to continue the DACA
program for another year or
more.
Some Democrats dis-
miss such a short-term com-
promise.
“I very seldom disagree
publicly with my friend
Lindsey, but that’s a horrible
outcome,” said Sen. Richard
J. Durbin (D-Ill.), who has
long worked with Graham
on bipartisan immigration
legislation. “We cannot do
that. The Dreamers have
said, ‘Do not do that to us
and our families.’ ”
The White House is set to
release Trump’s budget on
Monday, which is sure to
stoke the outcry over deficits
from fiscal conservatives, in-
cluding Paul and the House
Freedom Caucus, which op-
posed the two-year budget
deal, sounding warnings
against rising debt.
The era of $1-trillion an-
nual deficits will soon re-
turn, thanks to the combina-
tion of the budget deal and
the 2017 GOP tax cut plan.
Deficits have not reached
those levels in years. Presi-
dent Obama cut them
nearly in half in his second
term.
“When Republicans are
in power, it seems there is no
conservative party,” Paul
said during the overnight
debate.
He wanted the Senate to
vote on his amendment to
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stick to 2011 budget caps, but
was denied, and called the
package “a bipartisan loot-
ing of the Treasury.”
The measure boosts de-
fense and nondefense ac-
counts, and unleashes new
funding for the opioid
crisis; infrastructure invest-
ments in roads, bridges and
broadband; and multiyear
funding for community
health centers and the Chil-
dren’s Health Insurance
Program.
The package also in-
cludes $90 billion in disaster
aid for coastal and Western
states and Puerto Rico after
a catastrophic hurricane
and wildfire season. It lifts
the nation’s debt limit to
avoid defaulting and allow
more borrowing into 2019.
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Immigration
activist avoids
deportation
Ravi Ragbir won’t be
forced to leave the
country before his 1st
Amendment lawsuit is
heard, agreement says.
associated press
An immigration activist
whose long battle over de-
portation has drawn sup-
port from Democratic politi-
cians in New York won’t have
to leave the country before a
1st Amendment lawsuit is
heard.
Ravi Ragbir, a citizen of
Trinidad and Tobago, says
in a lawsuit that immigra-
tion officials have wrongly
targeted him and other ac-
tivists in an effort by the fed-
eral government to silence
dissent.
“These activists have
been surveilled, intimi-
dated, harassed and de-
tained, their homes raided,
many have been plucked
off the street in broad day-
light, and some have even
been deported,” the lawsuit
says.
Ragbir leads the New
Sanctuary Coalition of New
York City, a coalition of 150
faith-based pro-immigrant
groups. He was taken into
custody Jan. 11 after a rou-
tine check-in with immigra-
tion officials in New York. He
had been technically in de-
portation proceedings for
years, after a 2001 wire fraud
conviction, because of work
he did for a crooked mort-
gage company. But those
proceedings had always
been halted.
His detention spawned
protests that blocked traffic,
and two City Council mem-
bers were arrested during
the rally.
“News of Ravi’s extended
stay in this country is not
only a reason to celebrate,
but proof that our work here
is not done,” said City Coun-
cilman Ydanis Rodriguez,
who was one of those ar-
rested. “May this encourage
us to keep showing up for
Ravi and the millions of
hardworking immigrants in
this country at risk of depor-
tation.”
Ragbir was released last
week after a federal judge
ruled he hadn’t been given
Bebeto Matthews Associated Press
RAVI RAGBIR , center, says in a lawsuit that immi-
gration officials have targeted him and others in an
effort by the federal government to silence dissent.
A7
enough time to say goodbye
to his family. U.S. District
Judge Katherine B. Forrest
expressed “grave concern”
over allegations he was tar-
geted for deportation be-
cause of his political activ-
ities. The week before his ar-
rest, another leader of the
New Sanctuary Coalition,
Jean Montrevil, was ar-
rested in the street and de-
ported to Haiti. Montrevil
was sentenced to an 11-year
prison sentence for selling
cocaine.
U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement last
month also detained the
husband of an immigrant
activist in Boulder, Colo.,
who got media attention af-
ter seeking sanctuary from
deportation in a church.
In a stipulation dated
Thursday, federal prose-
cutors and Ragbir’s lawyers
agreed he won’t be deported
until the case is heard some-
time after March 14. Ragbir
still must turn up for an
immigration hearing Sat-
urday.
The lawsuit argues the
activists’ political speech is
protected by the 1st Amend-
ment, and the government
should be barred from
wrongly targeting them and
spare Ragbir from deporta-
tion.
Separately, Ragbir ap-
peared in a court in Newark,
N.J., to ask a judge to halt de-
portation while he appeals
the 2001 wire fraud convic-
tion. The judge heard argu-
ments in a courtroom
packed with his supporters
but didn’t immediately issue
a ruling.
Scott Thompson, an at-
torney representing Ragbir,
said he was encouraged that
U.S. District Judge Kevin
McNulty “clearly is looking
at the case from the right
perspective and wants to get
it right.”
Outside the courthouse,
Ragbir said recent immigra-
tion cases show that “the
harm to families is irrepara-
ble, as we’ve seen. This is a
step in the right direction.
We need to battle to get ac-
cess back into the courts for
immigrants.”
His wife, immigration at-
torney Amy Gottlieb, said,
“We’re so grateful to have a
little room to breathe. Hope-
fully the judge will do the
right thing.”
A8 WST
Trump notes
ousted aide’s
abuse denials
President says he was
surprised by recent
disclosure of domestic
violence allegations.
By Brian Bennett
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Trump said Friday that
he found out about the
abuse allegations against
his close aide Rob Porter “re-
cently” and was “surprised
by it.”
Talking to reporters in
the Oval Office, Trump men-
tioned twice that Porter says
he’s innocent. Porter’s two
ex-wives say they gave de-
tailed accounts and docu-
mentation to FBI agents
conducting a background
check of Porter, claiming
that he was physically and
emotionally abusive. One
provided a photo of her
badly blackened eye. The
other says Porter grabbed
her in a fit of rage and pulled
her out of the shower.
Porter’s sudden depar-
ture Wednesday raised
questions about how he
could have worked so closely
as the president’s secretary
and handled the West Wing’s
most sensitive documents
for more than a year without
senior staff knowing of alle-
gations that could have left
him open to blackmail.
Without mentioning the
women, Trump said Porter
“did a very good job” work-
ing in the West Wing and
said he “will have a great ca-
reer” ahead of him.
“He also, as you probably
know, says he’s innocent,
ROB PORTER “did a very good job,” the president
said, pointing to Porter’s protestations of innocence.
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and I think you have to re-
member that,” Trump said.
“He said very strongly
yesterday that he’s innocent
so you have to talk to him
about that, but we abso-
lutely wish him well.”
Trump’s comments on
Porter echoed his defense of
Alabama Senate candidate
Roy Moore, a Republican ac-
cused of pursuing sexual re-
lationships with teenage
girls years ago and molest-
ing two of them. Moore de-
nied the allegations.
“He totally denies it. He
says it didn’t happen,”
Trump told reporters in No-
vember, in the weeks before
Moore’s eventual loss to De-
mocrat Doug Jones.
Trump also has been ac-
cused of sexual misconduct
by more than a dozen wom-
en. He denies the allega- WHILE TRAVELING abroad as the top U.S. diplomat, Rex Tillerson walks a fine line between supporting
tions. President Trump’s policies while minimizing the damage caused by his boss’ more incendiary tweets.
Chief of Staff John F.
Tillerson manages a
Kelly is under fire for his han-
dling of Porter’s departure.
Kelly initially defended
Porter’s “honor” when the
allegations became public
this week.
delicate balance abroad
But after a photograph of
the battered face of one of
Porter’s ex-wives was pub-
lished, Kelly issued another
statement saying that he
stood by his earlier praise of
Porter but that he was
“shocked by the new allega- [Tillerson, from A1]
tions.”
In a statement that White
right, one is wrong; one is
better, one is worse,” he add-
House Press Secretary ed. “But we’re very different,
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
read to reporters Wednes-
and the way I process infor-
mation and come to deci-
day, Porter called his ex-
wives’ claims “outrageous”
sions is different from the
way he does.”
and “simply false.” In contrast to Vice Presi-
brian.bennett@latimes.com
dent Mike Pence, who uses
his overseas trips to publicly
embrace and praise Trump,
Tillerson delivers what often
seem, if not directly oppos-
ing messages, certainly
more nuanced ones.
While Pence paid
homage to Trump at nearly
every stop in the Middle
East last month, and in
Tokyo and Seoul this week,
Tillerson mentioned the
president occasionally and
almost in passing while in
Latin America.
Tillerson rejects any no-
tion of a gulf between himself
and the president. But he
spends a lot of time reassur-
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than meets the eye.
“The president’s tweets
don’t define the policy,” Till-
erson said.
Those who work with him
say Tillerson is unflappable
and steely-focused on mak-
ing concrete arguments with
the leaders he meets despite
the sound and fury in Wash-
ington. Still, some foreign
leaders and diplomats are
left wondering whose voice
Massive storm gives Midwest
schoolchildren a rare snow day
Weather also prompts
cancellation of more
than 1,300 flights in
Chicago and Detroit.
associated press
CHICAGO — Thousands
of children in the Midwest
got a rare snow day off school
Friday as a winter storm
moved through the Great
Lakes region, dumping
nearly a foot of the white
powder in some places with
more on the way.
Midwest residents often
boast that they are well pre-
pared for winter weather
and school is rarely called
off. But the threat of the larg-
est snowstorm of the season
prompted school districts in
Chicago, Detroit and Mil-
speaks loudest, whom to be-
lieve, and who is in charge
when the White House and
its chief diplomat espouse
different views.
Confusing issues further,
the State Department has
reeled in or corrected several
hawkish statements by the
U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations, Nikki Haley,
who is said to be close to
Trump and at odds with Till-
erson.
The contrasts some-
times play out in real time. In
Mexico City last week, Till-
erson held a news confer-
ence with Mexican Foreign
Minister Luis Videgaray and
stuck to pro forma com-
ments praising friendship
between the two countries.
“We still value immigrants,”
Tillerson said.
At nearly the same time,
Trump met with Homeland
Security officials in Sterling,
Va., reiterated his plans to
build a wall along the U.S.
border with Mexico, an idea
Mexico has roundly rejected,
and threatened to cut off aid
to unnamed Latin countries
that don’t do enough to sup-
port U.S. policies.
A senior official on the
Tillerson trip called Trump’s
comments “unhelpful,” un-
usually frank criticism from
a diplomat.
In Peru and in Colombia,
Tillerson sought regional
support for stiffer economic
sanctions against Venezuela
— but was grilled by local re-
porters and officials about
why his comments differed
from those emanating from
the White House.
In Kingston, Jamaica, a
reporter for state television
pressed Tillerson to explain
Trump’s reported descrip-
tion of largely nonwhite
countries as “shitholes.”
“How should we perceive
your visit today,” asked the
reporter, Andrea Chisholm,
“and how can Caribbean
countries think that you re-
spect us, and it’s not more of
waukee to cancel classes Fri-
day. Schools across Ne-
braska and Iowa also closed
or delayed the start of
classes.
Kids went sledding,
made snow angels and
played with pets outside in-
stead of studying their read-
ing, writing and arithmetic.
Angela Lekkas took her
children sledding in Chi-
cago’s Lincoln Park neigh-
borhood.
“The kids couldn’t wait to
get out today,” she said.
“This is the first true snow-
fall of the season.”
The storm that started
Thursday evening in Iowa
and Nebraska also created
treacherous driving condi-
tions and forced the cancel-
lation of more than 1,300
flights in Chicago and De-
troit. The National Weather
Service issued winter-
‘We’re very
different, and the
way I process
information and
come to decisions
is different from
the way he does.’
— Secretary of
State Rex
Tillerson,
comparing his management
style with President Trump’s
the United States just
throwing their power
around?”
Tillerson responded that
he was there “to reinforce
the partnership” with Ja-
maica and the Caribbean re-
gion.
An American reporter
later asked whether Till-
erson was frustrated at be-
ing repeatedly pushed off
message by the president.
“I don’t get frustrated
about anything, so I don’t
need to answer the ques-
tion,” he said.
A senior State Depart-
ment official said U.S. rela-
tions with most govern-
ments in Latin America are
“robust” enough to weather
the White House jibes. But
privately, many Latin
American officials are wait-
ing to see how much of what
Trump has promised — or
threatened — to do actually
gets done.
Colombia is already see-
ing Obama administration
pledges of billions of dollars
in U.S. aid begin to evapo-
rate, just as it attempts to
put into place an expensive
peace agreement aimed at
ending four decades of war.
“It is confusing,” said
Bruce Bagley, a Latin
America expert and interna-
tional relations professor at
the University of Miami. “It
weather warnings and ad-
visories and expected the
snow to continue through
Friday in Iowa, Illinois, Indi-
ana and Michigan.
“It’s too early quite yet to
call it over,” Chicago weather
service meteorologist Todd
Kluber said. “We still have
several hours left of this
heavier snow. Even after the
heavy snow ends there still
will be continuous cleanup
needed.”
In Chicago, Mayor Rahm
Emanuel said the city was
gearing up for more snow
through the weekend after
crews dealt with 6 to 7 inches
overnight.
“The good news is we’re
tried and tested here,” he
said. “We’re up to it.”
Chicago was forecast to
receive as much as 14 inches
of snow with Detroit expect-
ing up to 9 inches.
L AT I ME S . CO M
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is not clear who is to be be-
lieved, who is speaking for
the administration, who is
speaking for America.
“Is Tillerson a trial bal-
loon? Is he just cosmetic?”
Bagley said. “Right now, I
don’t think Tillerson has
much credibility.”
That’s certainly his repu-
tation in large parts of the
State Department. His deci-
sion to accept drastic
budget cuts, his propensity
to micromanage and his
plans to sharply reduce staff
and reorganize the foreign
policy bureaucracy have fu-
eled sharp criticism of his
style and agenda.
It did not help when the
knives came out early on,
somewhere near the Oval
Office, when senior aides to
Trump leaked that Till-
erson’s firing or resignation
was imminent. A news re-
port in October that he had
privately referred to Trump
as a “moron” — a characteri-
zation Tillerson did not ex-
plicitly deny making —
seemed to seal his fate.
But Tillerson appears to
have dug in instead. And if
his travel schedule is any in-
dication, the 65-year-old for-
mer chief executive of Exxon
Mobil may be safe in the or-
nate, mahogany-paneled of-
fices on the seventh floor of
the State Department, at
least for now.
“My job as secretary of
State is to develop a lot of op-
tions, alternative ways of
looking at the issue, present
those as best I can, make a
recommendation, if [the
president] wants me to
make one,” Tillerson said.
“And then let him make the
decision, and whatever he
decides, we’ll go execute that
and develop all the right tac-
tics and strategies to do
that.
“That’s my job.”
tracy.wilkinson
@latimes.com
Twitter: @TracyKWilkinson
As of Friday morning, the
National Weather Service
received reports of 9 to 11
inches of snow over a 24-
hour period in Fort Dodge,
Iowa. Ten inches were re-
ported in parts of northern
Illinois and 8 inches in
northern Indiana. Snow
across southern and central
Michigan ranged from 7
inches on the western side of
the state to about 5 inches in
the Detroit area.
Hank Stawasz, a retiree,
was out shoveling his drive-
way by hand, clearing a path
to exit his home in the De-
troit suburb of Livonia.
“It’s part of living in Mich-
igan,” Stawasz said, smiling
from underneath his Detroit
Red Wings winter hat. “I saw
the plows come by, so I fig-
ured I’d get a jump on it so I
wouldn’t have to shovel it
when it’s 4 feet high.”
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Some tribes are Where can

just better Gazans go?
Re “Three reasons for the Re “War in Gaza Strip
Trump cult,” Opinion, Feb. feared,” Feb. 7
6
The conditions in the
Jonah Goldberg talks Gaza Strip have reached
about tribalism, but not all their lowest point since I've
tribes are created equal. been alive — and I’ve lived
In Pennsylvania, Repub- most of my life in Gaza.
licans gerrymandered dis- There seems to be a
tricts to claim 75% of legisla- consensus among the peo-
tive seats with about 50% of ple of Gaza that this is the
the vote, and Democrats are worst it has been by far. The
fighting for redistricting reason for that is the cumu-
that results in proportion- lative effect of a 10-year-old
ate representation. If that’s blockade and three Israeli
“tribalism,” then it’s the wars here, a situation that
tribalism of Darth Vader has been exacerbated by
versus Luke Skywalker. Palestinian Authority Presi-
American democracy dent Mahmoud Abbas’
depends on bipartisan sanctions against Gaza to
decision-making. President pressure Hamas out of
Trump and Senate Majority power. Things will definitely
Leader Mitch McConnell get worse because of a criti-
(R-Ky.) have broken that cal cut in the funding the
cornerstone in order to win United States supplies the
but also make sure others United Nations Relief and
lose — a zero-sum game. Works Agency.
They see “winning” as accu- The situation is so dire
mulating more wealth for that I wouldn’t rule out the
the wealthy rather than possibility of thousands of
Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times serving the common good. disadvantaged and desti-
TONY DONATO, president of a condo association in Tarzana, says his trash hauler has missed pickups. Linda Kranen tute Gazans storming into
Carlsbad southern Israel. After all,

Garbage judgment
desperate people have
:: poured across borders
before.
Goldberg posits that Ali Adam
Trump, like President Gaza City
Obama during his tenure,
finds credulous support in
Re “Is it time to trash RecycLA?” editorial, Feb. 8 an adoring cult. Goldberg
overlooks a stark difference.
Musk’s origin
Trump’s cult will exist Re “A big lift for SpaceX as
If Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz “never would have envisioned” the RecycLA pro- only for so long as he plays rocket takes flight,” Busi-
gram going so poorly, and if his colleague Mitch O’Farrell believes he was sold a “bill of goods,” the crucial role of distract- ness, Feb. 7
they should not be Council members. For that matter, any other officials who thought this anti- ing the public from the
profound, long-range harm Kudos to SpaceX found-
competitive disaster was a good idea should give up on their fantasy.
his GOP-dominated Con- er Elon Musk on the suc-
Give me one example of a monopoly that has resulted in better service for the customer. The gress is doing to the country. cessful launch of his Falcon
Council’s belief that dividing the city into exclusive areas and awarding the trash-hauling con- When the Democrats regain Heavy rocket. He really
tract to a single company with the idea that there would be better service and fewer trash trucks a congressional majority, made the United States look
Trump’s cult will fade into good again in an area where
roaming around is a joke. oblivion. we used to be preeminent.
I live on a street of apartments and condos. These buildings used to be served by half a dozen Not so with Obama’s But since he’s one of
different companies, so one would think there are now significantly fewer truck trips. Not so. On “cult.” His admirers will those immigrants from a
any given day, the company’s trucks come down this street several times. Sometimes they stop, forever venerate a man who country on the “s----hole”
demonstrated the intellect, continent of Africa, I hope
sit and idle for a while, and other times the drivers actually pick up trash, but trucks still make composure and equanimity we won’t let his family move
multiple trips down the block. that provides an enviable here too. I mean, we have to
The Times Editorial Board is correct in calling this a “flawed monopoly system,” and I expect standard for American have standards.
our leaders to do something about it besides acting shocked. presidents. Kevin Wilby
Robin Groves La Crescenta
Robert Moffie, Studio City Pacific Palisades
::
::
It was wrong for the City businesses, and trying to that provides the important Recently, as I bumped Tuesday’s successful
Council to think it had the treat them like utilities is service of trash hauling. along a street in and out of Really, Jonah Goldberg? launch was a validation of
right to take away a private nonsensical and wrong. We David Gershenson potholes, I was thinking The best you can do to how private industry, not
business entity’s ability to should be able to hire any Los Angeles about how my trash bill has explain the Trump cult is to hidebound by ludicrous
choose which company it company that we feel can more than doubled for the spend more than half your bureaucrats, can accom-
hires for any service, includ- offer the best service at the :: same service. column pointing your finger plish more, at less cost, than
ing trash hauling. best price, just as with any I also thought about at Democrats? NASA ever will.
In the case of my condo- other private business. Our City Council broke a pension shortfalls and Meanwhile, the rest of us Trent Sanders
minium complex, we were As the director of my perfectly good system for millions of dollars in lawsuit are still wondering if the La Cañada Flintridge
forced to contract with a condominium homeowners trash hauling. It was warned payouts. entire GOP drank the Kool-
company we fired several association, I can tell you by business owners, apart- As I passed a homeless Aid or is just going along to
years ago because of bad that if the City Council ment owners and the city’s person’s tent, it really hit me get along.
service — and now we pay wanted to raise money for budget analyst, and still it that we have very poor I hope your MAGA hat HOW TO WRITE TO US
more than double what we recycling, we would have persisted. leadership here in Los Ange- isn’t too tight — it’s going to Please send letters to
did before RecycLA was put preferred just to pay some Our leaders broke it — so les that cannot accomplish be hard to get it off post- letters@latimes.com. For
into place. sort of tax and still be al- now they must fix it. much of anything. Trump. submission guidelines, see
Trash and recycling lowed to choose — and Mindy Taylor-Ross Richard Klug Debra Kaufman latimes.com/letters or call
companies are private supervise — the company Venice Los Angeles Venice 1-800-LA TIMES, ext. 74511.

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tions, the Los Angeles Times will return to local own- find another cartoonist. child. I am now 38 years old.
Political cartoons play My parents did not know
ership. In a deal announced Wednesday, Dr. Patrick Soon-
an important role in com- English when I was young,
Shiong, a billionaire entrepreneur who lives in Los Angeles, menting on the affairs of the so my dad would buy The
agreed to buy the paper, along with Hoy and the San Diego day, interpreting the news Times to practice his read-
Union-Tribune, for about $500 million. and enlivening the editorial ing.
In response, readers shared their experiences with the pages. I am now a parent my-
paper and their hopes for its future under Soon-Shiong’s self. I still buy the actual
owernship. For more letters, visit latimes.com/yourvoice. Ken Dean of Santa Clarita paper for reading without
hopes for a better news- distractions, but most
paper: importantly, to read with
Martin A. Brower of Co- Los Angeles, and Los Ange- I concur with Soon- my daughter. She is 7 years
rona del Mar sings the les is the Times. Shiong’s comment: “We old, and we have been read-
praises of the printed pa- need newspapers. We need ing the paper together for
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years. I love the printed I welcome Soon-Shiong their work.” introduce kids to current
newspaper, as it lets the as The Times’ new owner. I For a long time, this was events locally and around elite cities, not to have an to this country:
editors tell me what they hope someone so dedicated the foundation of The the world. elite locally owned news- The fate of independent,
believe to be the most im- to having a vibrant and Times. Hopefully, under paper paper seemed impos- local (yet global) journalism
portant news. I don’t under- strong newspaper will bring Soon-Shiong’s ownership, Glendale resident Ward sible to believe. is, in my opinion, the most
stand how any educated back regular political car- The Times will once again Benshoof hopes local own- Since then, the process important thing to protect
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I hope the new owner work of the late Paul Conrad potential of their advertis- since 1972. I was absolutely provide the resources neces- (along with our judicial
understands how impor- if he doesn’t already know of ing dollars. stunned when the Chandler sary to arrest that years- system). I stand with your
tant The Times is to South- this three-time Pulitzer family sold The Times to the long slide. journalists and thank Soon-
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Legislator takes leave amid inquiry
[Garcia, from A1]
breakers” as part of its Per-
son of the Year issue.
Only one other woman in
American politics is believed
to have found herself in a
similar position in the cur-
rent climate: Andrea Ram-
sey, a Democratic congres-
sional candidate in Kansas,
who denied wrongdoing but
dropped out of her race after
allegations of misconduct
from her past reemerged.
Accusations emerge
Sacramento was jolted
by the allegations against
Garcia, which were first pub-
lished Thursday by Politico.
The publication reported
that Daniel Fierro, a former
legislative staffer for Assem-
blyman Ian Calderon (D-
Whittier), alleged that Gar-
cia stroked his back and but-
tocks and reached for his
groin at a legislative softball
game in 2014.
Fierro told Calderon
about the incident several
weeks ago, and the assem-
blyman then reported it to
the Assembly Rules Com-
mittee, which initiated an in-
vestigation.
“Every allegation must
be taken seriously, and once
I became aware of Danny’s
story, I felt I had an obliga-
tion to report it,” Calderon
said in a statement.
Fierro told The Times he
was initially wary of speak-
ing out publicly due to the
unusual nature of his com-
plaint.
“I worried before [the
story was published] it
would be treated or received
differently because of the
gender dynamics involved,”
Fierro said. “There is clearly
a culture that affects both
men and women in the Capi-
tol that needs to be im-
proved on and made strong-
er so the Capitol can do the
good work that it has to do.”
Politico also reported on
an unnamed lobbyist who
said Garcia, who is un-
married, propositioned him
and attempted to grab his
crotch at a fundraising event
in 2017. The lobbyist told the
publication he did not re-
port the incident formally.
The fallout continued
Friday, with Garcia’s deci-
sion to step aside causing va-
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cancies in several key roles.
Assembly Speaker Anthony
Rendon tapped Assembly-
man Al Muratsuchi (D-Tor-
rance) to fill in as acting
chair of the Assembly Natu-
ral Resources Committee.
Female legislators conferred
on calls about how to fill Gar-
cia’s post as chair of the Leg-
islative Women’s Caucus but
did not designate a new
leader.
A rising profile
The harassment allega-
tions threaten to derail Gar-
cia’s burgeoning profile in
state politics. A former math
teacher, Garcia became a
prominent community ac-
tivist in southeast Los Ange-
les County by railing against
exorbitant salaries paid to
city officials in Bell.
She was elected in 2012 to
her district, which neighbors
Bell and includes Cerritos,
Montebello and Artesia. In
her upstart campaign, she
bested fellow Democrat
Tom Calderon, a former as-
semblyman, in the primary.
The man she defeated is the
uncle of the legislator who
reported the Fierro allega-
tion. The two Calderons are
not on speaking terms.
Garcia has continued the
rabble-rousing in the Legis-
lature, with a reputation for
blunt talk and defying Sac-
ramento’s staid conven-
tions. (For a time, she dyed
her black curls purple.)
Championing a pet cause
of providing free menstrual
products to students in low-
income schools, she spoke
openly about her period on
the Assembly floor and
toted a self-fashioned “Tam-
pon Barbie.” She later bran-
dished the doll at a signing
ceremony with Gov. Jerry
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In recent years, Garcia
has aligned herself with en-
vironmental justice advo-
cates who seek to clean up
pollution in local communi-
ties. She authored legisla-
tion to pay for toxic cleanup
around the closed Exide
Technologies battery recy-
cling plant in Vernon. She
battled with oil companies
and union laborers over a
high-profile 2016 measure to
closely link air quality im-
provements to the state’s
cap-and-trade program to
combat climate change. The
legislation failed, but Garcia
pushed Brown to include air
quality measures in the final
proposal to extend cap and
trade’s life.
“Her entire elected career
— and previous to that as an
activist — has been the tip of
the spear, charging forward
to give voice to the under-
served and voiceless,” said
Assemblywoman Susan
Talamantes Eggman (D-
Stockton), a Garcia ally.
“When you play that role,
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In a Capitol that has
tended to close ranks in
times of controversy, Garcia
has adopted a more vocal
posture. In 2016, she called
on then-Assemblyman
Roger Hernandez (D-West
Covina) to step aside after a
judge issued a temporary re-
straining order against him
amid domestic violence alle-
gations.
She was quick to call for
the immediate resignation
of then-Assemblyman Raul
Bocanegra (D-Pacoima) in
November, after The Times
reported that multiple wom-
en accused him of unwanted
advances. And she was out-
spoken about the allega-
tions that state Sen. Tony
Mendoza (D-Artesia) be-
haved improperly with fe-
male staffers, declaring she
would not work with him
and criticizing him for work-
ing while on leave during an
investigation into his con-
duct.
Now, Garcia is being in-
vestigated by an outside law
firm. Outside investigators
also have been hired to look
into accusations against her
male colleagues.
Widening scandal
The sexual harassment
controversies gripping the
Capitol have largely involved
men. Assemblyman Matt
Dababneh (D-Woodland
Hills), like Bocanegra, re-
signed after allegations of
misconduct, which both
men deny. State Sen. Bob
Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) has
publicly apologized after be-
ing accused of giving hugs
that made women feel un-
comfortable.
The Legislature last week
released details of about a
decade’s worth of substanti-
ated sexual harassment
claims. Of the 18 cases docu-
mented, two involved wom-
en. One involved a staff
member who was termi-
nated after sending sexually
explicit emails and dis-
cussing the sexual activity of
herself and others. The sec-
ond involved Assembly-
woman Autumn Burke (D-
Marina del Rey), who ac-
knowledged engaging in a
conversation about anal sex
with her staff but said the
L AT I M E S . C O M
complaint had been filed by
a disgruntled ex-employee.
The Garcia investigation
was not included in last
week’s records disclosure,
which only included com-
pleted and substantiated
cases.
Abigail Saguy, a profes-
sor of sociology and gender
at UCLA, said reports of
women harassing men have
been rare in part because
the power dynamic, often a
driver of harassing behavior,
favors men in the workplace.
She also said culturally,
women are seen as a “subor-
dinated gender.”
“There’s quite a bit of so-
cial expectation that women
wouldn’t be sexual har-
assers,” said Saguy, author
of “What is Sexual Harass-
ment?”
She said the Garcia
allegations fit the mold be-
cause she has “considerable
power” while her accusers
do not.
Including Garcia, there
are10 ongoing sexual harass-
ment investigations into As-
sembly members and staff.
There are six open investiga-
tions in the Senate.
Eggman said she encour-
ages the investigation into
Garcia to move forward, but
she defended her colleague,
saying the accusations “are
not consistent with what I
know of her.”
Samantha Corbin, exe-
cutive director of We Said
Enough, a nonprofit group
formed to address miscon-
duct in the Capitol, noted
how hard it is for members of
the Capitol community to
unflinchingly investigate
their peers. She renewed her
group’s push for an inde-
pendent entity to conduct
such probes.
“I cannot see how legisla-
tors could be objective in in-
vestigating or making a de-
termination to censure or
expel any one of their own
colleagues or staff,” Corbin
said. “It’s unfair we would
ask them to try. It’s also un-
fair to victims, to the ac-
cused — and to voters who
have elevated these officials
into office.”
melanie.mason
@latimes.com
Twitter: @melmason
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Officials
urge review
of DROP
program
L.A. councilmen say
Times report reveals
‘examples of abuse,
and likely fraud.’
By Gus Garcia-
Roberts, Ryan Menezes
and Jack Dolan
Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times
REGISTERED NURSE Marenna Bielman attends to Angelica Lara in January at St. Joseph Hospital in Five Los Angeles City
Deferred Retirement Op-
tion Plan — better known as
DROP — had taken such
leaves in the last decade, for
injuries ranging from cumu-
lative ailments like carpal
tunnel syndrome and high
blood pressure to a fall from
a defective office chair.
In a motion filed Wednes-
day, Councilman Mitch Eng-
lander referred to The
Times’ investigation, which

Flu cases in state

Orange. Hospitals in the state and across the nation have seen an influx of people with flu. Council members have
called for an investigation
and reform of a program
that pays aging cops and
firefighters almost double at
the end of their careers while
allowing them to take
lengthy injury leaves, cost-
he said presented “several
egregious examples of
abuse, and likely fraud.”
The motion, seconded by
four of Englander’s col-
leagues, called it “critical
that [the] City investigate
these allegations and take

may have peaked

ing taxpayers hundreds of
millions of dollars.
The council members are
responding to a Los Angeles
Times investigation pub-
lished Sunday, which
showed that nearly half of
the participants in the city’s
steps to prevent abuses in
order to protect both tax-
payer funds and the integri-
ty of the program.”
Specifically, Englander’s
motion called for the city ad-
ministrative officer to report
[See DROP, B6]

Death toll, however — at 163 for people under 65

— is four times higher than at the same time in 2017
By Soumya
Karlamangla
State health officials said
Friday that 36 Californians
under 65 died of the flu in the
first week of February —
more than in any other week
this season.
The flu season nation-
wide is considered among
the worst in a decade. Hospi-
tals in California set up tents
to triage flu patients, many
pharmacies ran out of flu
medicines and the death toll
has been unusually high.
Gabriella Chabot, a stu-
dent at La Reina High
A growing toll School in Thousand Oaks,
More than 160 Californians under 65 have died from the was among those who have
flu since October. died of complications of the
Total number of deaths flu.
She would have turned 15
200
163 in less than a week, her fa-
150 ther, Michael Chabot, post-
ed on Facebook on Friday.
100
“Today I experienced the
day that no parent should,” Marcus Yam Los Angeles Times
50
Chabot wrote. “We are COUNCILMAN Paul Krekorian said he was worried
0 heartbroken.” that some cops and firefighters may be using the
Oct. 1 Nov. 1 Dec. 1 Jan. 1 Feb. 3 In total, 163 Californians Deferred Retirement Option Plan to defraud the city.
2017 2018
under 65 have died of the flu
Source: State Department of Public Health
since October, compared
Los Angeles Times
[See Flu, B4]

Detainment
Was he L IN BOLEN, 1941 - 2 018

for ICE broke

given
short law, judge rules
Schiff? Sheriff’s Department
violated Constitution
Customs Enforcement offi-
cers.
Birotte’s strongly worded
order bolstered similar pre-
by holding inmates for vious court rulings, which
ROBIN ABCARIAN found police cannot legally
federal agents, he says. honor such detainer re-
“Little Ad- quests from ICE.
am Schiff, By Joel Rubin “The LASD officers have
who is des- no authority to arrest indi-
perate to A federal judge in Los An- viduals for civil immigration
run for geles has ruled that police offenses, and thus, detaining
higher departments violate the individuals beyond their
office, is one Constitution if they detain date for release violated the
of the big- inmates at the request of im- individuals’ Fourth Amend-
gest liars and leakers in migration agents, marking ment rights,” Birotte wrote.
Washington, right up there the latest legal setback for The Sheriff ’s Depart-
with Comey, Warner, Bren- the Trump administration’s ment has not delayed re-
nan and Clapper! Adam Judd Gunderson Los Angeles Times plans to identify and deport leasing inmates on ICE’s be-
leaves closed committee ‘SHE REALLY WANTED TO EMPOWER WOMEN’ immigrants in the country il- half since 2014 and none of
hearings to illegally leak Lin Bolen was 31 when she began leading NBC’s daytime programming. legally. California’s 58 sheriffs are

Exec blazed trails

confidential information. In his order issued willing to fulfill the ICE re-
Must be stopped!” Wednesday, U.S. District quests.
— President Trump’s Feb. 5 Judge Andre Birotte Jr. Police in other parts of
Twitter feed. found that a now-defunct the country, however, con-
When you get a busy policy of the Los Angeles tinue to hold inmates to al-
congressman like Adam County Sheriff ’s Depart- low ICE agents time to take

on, off TV screen

Schiff on the line, you don’t
want to waste time with
small talk. You want to get
right to the point.
So I did: “Exactly, how
tall are you, Congressman?”
Schiff chuckled, but he
didn’t duck.
“I’m 5-10.” Pause. “And a
half.”
sioned a television future
By Steve Marble where women would be por-
ment violated the constitu-
tional rights of inmates who
were kept in custody at the
behest of Immigration and
executive and production
company owner, Bolen died Eye-to-eye
them into federal custody
for possible deportation.
Judges elsewhere could look
to this week’s decision for
guidance when deciding fu-
ture cases.
In the 48-page ruling,
Birotte found other old ICE
and Sheriff ’s Department
policies had run afoul of the

My sharply honed jour-
nalistic instincts led to my
next question:
“Are you taller than
‘Little Marco’?”
“I am taller than ‘Little
Marco,’” replied Schiff, the
ranking member of the
House Intelligence Commit-
tee, who has become one of
President Trump’s most
vocal — and entertaining —
[See Abcarian, B2]
T
elevision was still
a boys club when
Lin Bolen pushed
through the front
doors of NBC, rearranged
the landscape of daytime
programming and cement-
ed herself as one of the most
powerful women in TV.
At a time when feminism
was still putting down roots
in America, Bolen envi-
trayed not as secretaries or
housewives, but as business
owners, powerful politicians,
crusading attorneys and de-
cision-makers.
“I see no reason why a
woman hasn’t held this job
before,” Bolen told the Los
Angeles Times after being
put in charge of daytime
television for the network.
An agent of change
through her career as a TV
Jan. 18 in Santa Monica. At
76, she had been in good
health but had been battling
what she thought was the
flu, friends said.
Bolen was just 31 when
she was named director of
daytime programming at
NBC and inherited a lineup
of tired game shows, predic-
table soap operas and rat-
ings that trailed both ABC
[See Bolen, B4]
with a mantis
Researchers shed
light on the insects’
stereoscopic vision. B2
Big fine sought
Butte County wants
$51 billion from state
in dam crisis. B3
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Constitution as well.
Though many of the is-
sues raised in the case have
been addressed in previous
cases or don’t apply to new
ICE and Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment policies, Birotte’s or-
der bars either agency from
returning to old practices
and will add to the growing
set of cases impeding
Trump’s plans to aggres-
[See Ruling, B4]
B2
S C I E N C E F IL E
The eye-opening praying mantis
Miniature 3-D glasses
on the master hunters
reveal that their keen
vision is like no other.
AMINA KHAN
If you thought praying
mantises already look
pretty cool, wait till you see
them in these stunning
shades. Scientists who put
tiny 3-D glasses on these
petite hunters have found
that their stereoscopic
vision system is unlike that
of any other known animal.
The findings, described
this week in the journal
Current Biology, reveal how
these remarkable insects
have developed a sophis-
ticated ability with such a
tiny brain — and could
prove useful in designing
visual systems for future
robots.
Vertebrate animals use
their stereoscopic vision to
perceive depth. Each eye
sees a slightly different
image because of its slightly
different vantage point, and
the brain basically slides
those two images together
and calculates how far ob-
jects are based on the
amount of sliding needed to
match them up.
All kinds of animals,
including humans and other
primates, can do this, said
senior author Jenny Read, a
neuroscientist at Newcastle
University in England. But
the only known insect to
also possess this ability is
the praying mantis, a tiny
critter whose brain has only
a million or so neurons.
(Compared with the
roughly 100 billion neurons
in a human brain.)
“I guess I come from this
vertebrate-biased tradition,
which thought of stereopsis
as something very compli-
cated and advanced that
only ‘higher organisms’ can
do,” Read said. “I was ini-
tially skeptical.”
Read and her colleagues
have since confirmed re-
search from the 1980s show-
ing that praying mantises
really do have 3-D vision. In
a 2016 paper, they used
beeswax to stick tiny blue-
and-green 3-D glasses on
the faces of praying
mantises and showed them
3-D movies of what ap-
peared to be tasty-looking
He preferred the nasty earlier nickname
[Abcarian, from B1]
critics.
Although the president
has tweeted in the past that
Schiff is “one of the biggest
liars” in Washington, it
turns out the Burbank
Democrat was telling the
truth. Republican Sen.
Marco Rubio of Florida, one
of Trump’s presidential
primary opponents, is 5 feet
9. (I Googled it.)
In his never-ending
quest to, well, belittle all
who oppose him, Trump, it
appears, has run out of fresh
insults.
“This was a letdown,”
Schiff told me Tuesday, a
day after asking the presi-
dent to allow Democrats to
release their rebuttal to a
Republican memo aimed at
undermining special coun-
sel Robert S. Mueller III’s
investigation into the
Trump campaign’s ties to
Russia. “The last nickname
he gave me I had all to my-
self, and now I have to share
this one.”
He was referring to a
Trump tweet last July, in
which the president called
the congressman “Sleazy
Adam Schiff.”
At the time, Schiff ’s
15-year-old son, Eli, was
away at camp, where he had
no access to electronics.
As he and his wife picked
him up, Schiff said, “Eli,
something has happened.
The president of the United
States called your father
‘Sleazy.’ ”
Eli paused for a moment,
Schiff said. And then he
looked at his father and
asked, “Can I call you
‘Sleazy’?”
To which Schiff respond-
ed: “Not unless you want me
to call you ‘Sleazy Jr.’ ”
::
For those who can’t
spend all day watching
cable news, House Demo-
A PRAYING mantis sports tiny 3-D glasses held in place by beeswax at a research facility at Newcastle Uni-
versity in England. Their stereoscopic vision may prove useful in designing visual systems for future robots.
prey, finding that the in-
sects lunged only at targets
in the 3-D movies, not the
regular 2-D ones.
3-D vision is a handy
ability for praying mantises,
which are skilled hunters of
their fellow insects and are
known to take down the
occasional small bird. But
how did such an apparently
simple creature develop
such a complex ability? Did
their brains process visual
information in the same way
as humans and other verte-
brates, or was it using a
totally different mechanism
to do so?
THE FIRST nickname Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) received from President
Trump was “Sleazy.” Then, in a Feb. 5 tweet, he called him “Little Adam Schiff.”
crats and Republicans have
been fighting over whether a
warrant to eavesdrop on a
Trump campaign associate
known to have ties to Russia
was properly issued by the
secret Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court in Octo-
ber 2016.
Republicans, led by
House Intelligence Commit-
tee Chairman Devin Nunes
of Tulare, say the warrant
was based on information
from a biased source — the
“Steele Dossier,” which was
commissioned by a firm
with ties to the Democratic
National Committee and
the Hillary Clinton cam-
paign.
That information, say
Republicans, was not prop-
erly disclosed to the court
by either the FBI or the
“I thought this would be
a very exciting thing to
investigate,” Read said. The
answer, she explained,
“would be interesting either
way.”
Scientists already know
how to confuse human 3-D
vision — and so they set out
to see if praying mantises
would also fall, er, prey to
those same tricks.
The researchers showed
humans with 3-D glasses
some images of moving dark
and bright dots, except that
the image shown to one eye
was essentially the photo-
negative of the other. Be-
Justice Department, which
sought the surveillance.
Democrats say, as Nunes
would later acknowledge,
the court was indeed aware
that the information had
partisan roots.
You can read up on the
fight until your eyes cross;
you will only come to under-
stand that Democrats are
battling a ham-fisted at-
tempt by Republicans to
undermine Mueller’s inves-
tigation into Russian inter-
ference in the 2016 presi-
dential election, which
presents a political liability
for the Trump presidency
and the GOP itself.
“In broad terms,” Schiff
said, “the investigation by
Robert Mueller has gotten
closer and closer to the
president. There is a rising
cause human vision seems
to try to correlate the image
contrast from each eye’s
viewpoint, flipping the
contrast in one of them
inevitably thwarts human
depth perception, Read
said. Viewers can’t tell
which elements are nearby
and which are far away.
The praying mantises, it
turned out, did not suffer
from the same problem.
“They were just totally
unfazed by this manipula-
tion and kept on striking
when objects were near and
not when they were far
away,” Read said. “So that
Alex Brandon Associated Press
level of panic in the Con-
gress and the White House.
Like I saw as a prosecutor,
when the facts are incrimi-
nating of your client, you try
to put the government on
trial.”
Thus, Nunes has pushed
a narrative that the FBI and
Justice Department cannot
be trusted.
I guess if I were the presi-
dent or one of his congres-
sional allies, I’d be freaked
out, too.
Four of Trump’s cam-
paign officials have either
been charged with or
pleaded guilty to serious
crimes such as conspiracy,
money laundering or lying
to the feds. One of them, his
former national security
advisor, pleaded guilty to
lying about contacts with
Mike Urwin AFP/Getty Images
told us something fairly
profound. That was telling
us praying mantises do not
use correlation for their
stereovision — at least not
the correlation of image
contrast. They’re doing
something really different.”
The scientists then took
it a step further. They
showed each eye a different,
uncorrelated set of dots, but
both with a moving target
passing through them.
Again, where the humans
failed to perceive when the
object was “close,” the man-
tises succeeded.
“Clearly they were able to
Russian government
agents.
On Monday, Nunes
told Fox News that one of
those who pleaded guilty to
lying to the FBI, George
Papadopoulos, had never
met with the president “as
far as we can tell.” This
howler is all the funnier
because of a photograph —
circulated in 2016 by the
Trump campaign and
readily available online —
that shows Trump in a
meeting with foreign policy
advisors, including, promi-
nently, Papadopoulos.
Hard to believe that
Nunes leads the Intelli-
gence Committee.
::
Schiff, as it happens, is
the perfect foil for a guy like
Trump. He’s calm, unflap-
pable and wry, always the
grown-up to the president’s
spoiled child.
After Trump’s latest
anti-Schiff tweet, for in-
stance, the congressman
replied:
“Mr. President, I see
you’ve had a busy morning
of ‘Executive Time.’ Instead
of tweeting false smears, the
American people would
appreciate it if you turned
off the TV and helped solve
the funding crisis, protected
Dreamers or … really any-
thing else.”
Schiff said he briefly
considered running to re-
place U.S. Sen. Dianne
Feinstein, but once she
decided to run for reelec-
tion, he threw his support
behind her. I guess that’s
the “higher office” Trump
accuses Schiff of being
“desperate” for.
Had Schiff decided to
run, his newly heightened
profile — thanks to Trump
— would serve him well.
Last June, Schiff ap-
peared on the UC Irvine
campus with the law
L AT I M E S . C O M
match up the moving target
even though the dot pattern
didn’t match at all — and
that’s something that hu-
mans can’t do,” Read said.
The scientists think it’s
because the insects are not
trying to correlate all the
details in the images, but
instead are looking for
changes in the light pat-
terns over time. Basically,
they’re looking for only
things that move; the rest of
the picture’s little touches
don’t really matter.
It’s a totally different way
of achieving depth percep-
tion, said Martin Banks, a
vision scientist at UC Berke-
ley who was not involved in
the study.
“We’re so wedded to this
idea of how stereopsis works
in the primate brain that I
probably just wouldn’t have
thought of it,” he said.
There could be a reason
for these very different
systems, Read pointed out.
Human visual systems are
very good at picking out the
differences in still images,
which might help them to
better see through camou-
flage. On the other hand,
based on their hunting style,
praying mantises might be
better served by a system
that picks up only the move-
ments of nearby prey.
Banks said the insights
gained from studying
praying mantis vision could
extend far beyond the in-
sects alone.
“Just because an animal
is different from a human
doesn’t mean that we don’t
learn a lot about humans in
the process,” Banks pointed
out. “In this case we’re all
going to now think about,
why didn’t humans evolve
this same mechanism?”
The findings could also
help scientists design better
computer algorithms for
simpler visual processing
systems in drones and other
robots, the researchers said.
“We think the mantis 3-D
algorithm, since it’s simpler,
could be implemented into
processing systems that
require less computing
power,” said lead author
Vivek Nityananda, a behav-
ioral ecologist at Newcastle
University. “It could be
implemented for example
into lightweight robots.”
amina.khan
@latimes.com
Twitter: @aminawrite
school’s then-dean, Erwin
Chemerinsky. Chemerinsky
was happy to have Schiff,
but school was already out
for the summer: Would
anyone show up?
The event was a smash;
the 750-seat auditorium
sold out.
“My rabbi even called me
to see if I could get him
tickets,” Chemerinsky said.
Schiff always sounds
amused by the president’s
hate tweets, but he consid-
ers them a badge of honor.
“I’m in good company,”
he told me. “Meryl Streep,
the whole cast of ‘Hamilton,’
the New York Times. And I
have never gotten so many
questions about my height
before.”
robin.abcarian
@latimes.com
Twitter:
@AbcarianLAT
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L AT I ME S . CO M
CREWS WORK to repair the damaged main spillway of the Oroville Dam last October. The failure forced the
state to dump into the Feather River debris-filled water that killed fish, Butte County prosecutors say.
D.A. wants a $51-billion
fine over Oroville crisis
Butte County seeks
to penalize state water
agency for damage
to river-based wildlife.
By Joseph Serna
Butte County prose-
cutors are seeking up to
$51 billion in fines and penal-
ties against California’s wa-
ter agency for damage
caused to local river-based
wildlife after the Oroville
Dam spillway failure last
year, officials said.
In a civil complaint filed
Wednesday, Dist. Atty. Mike
Ramsey accused the De-
partment of Water Re-
sources of failing to build
Oroville Dam’s spillway on
sturdy bedrock, which led to
its rapid deterioration last
February amid the heaviest
winter storms the region
had seen in years.
Officials at the depart-
ment declined to comment
Thursday.
The spillway failure
forced the state to dump
hundreds of thousands of
acre-feet of water into the
Feather River below, and
with it, concrete debris, silt,
lime and other materials
that killed fish and other
wildlife, Ramsey said.
The complaint seeks be-
tween $34 billion and $51 bil-
lion in fines for the agency.
The Department of Wa-
ter Resources is being prose-
cuted under a fish and game
code that fines an entity
$10 per pound of material
Charges dropped in suspected human smuggling
U.S. prosecutors cite
‘factual issues’ in case
against driver of truck
carrying 77 people.
By Kristina Davis
SAN DIEGO — Federal
prosecutors have quietly
dismissed the case against a
man accused of smuggling
77 immigrants in the back of
a fake UPS truck.
In its request to drop the
felony charge, the U.S. attor-
ney’s office cited “certain
factual issues,” saying “the
CITY & STATE
REPAIR work underway at Oroville Dam last year.
The spillway is being reconstructed with stronger
materials on a sturdier foundation, engineers said.
illegally dumped into a
waterway. According to the
water agency, about 1.7 mil-
lion cubic yards of debris
interests of justice warrant
dismissal of this case.” No
further details were given.
“It’s an ongoing investi-
gation, and we’re not going
to comment,” U.S. attorney’s
office spokeswoman Kelly
Thornton said.
A magistrate judge ap-
proved the dismissal Thurs-
day and authorized the re-
lease of Shawn Lee Seiler, 25,
from custody.
The case was dismissed
“without prejudice,” mean-
ing prosecutors could bring
charges later if they so
choose.
Seiler’s attorney did not
respond Friday to a request
for comment.
Photographs by
flowed off the spillway and
adjacent earthen hillside
during the emergency. A cu-
bic yard of such material
A spokesman with U.S.
Customs and Border Pro-
tection deferred comment to
prosecutors, as did the Cali-
fornia Highway Patrol,
which also was involved in
the arrest.
The discovery of so many
immigrants being trans-
ported into the country
would normally trigger a
news release from author-
ities, but the arrest was ne-
ver publicized.
According to the com-
plaint, a CHP officer pulled
over what appeared to be a
brown UPS truck about
5 p.m. Jan. 29 in southeast-
ern San Diego County. The
truck had been weaving and
Rich Pedroncelli Associated Press
weighs between 2,000 and
3,000 pounds, Ramsey said.
Ramsey called it ironic
that the state is being prose-
cuted under one of its oldest
environmental laws, be-
cause the law was created af-
ter hydraulic mining in
Northern California choked
the area’s rivers — including
those around Butte County
— with silt and mud.
The filing also seeks to
enjoin the state from ever al-
lowing this to happen again.
The spillway is currently be-
ing reconstructed with bet-
ter, stronger materials and
on a sturdier foundation, en-
gineers have said.
“The parties can fashion
an agreement to make sure
that should they plan to re-
construct — which is well on
its way — that it’s sufficient
to give the local folks some
degree of confidence,” Ram-
sey said. “As you might
know, [that] is not high.”
After last year’s emer-
gency, the depth of the
Feather River in Butte
County decreased from 70
feet to 40 feet, and countless
fish died when state wildlife
officials tried to rescue them
from the choking silt, Ram-
sey said.
A separate civil claim has
been filed by farm owners
farther south after large por-
tions of the banks of the
Feather River collapsed
when the Department of
Water Resources abruptly
diminished the dam’s water
releases to make repairs.
joseph.serna
@latimes.com
Twitter: @JosephSerna
had no tags, the document
states.
A Border Patrol agent
driving by came upon the
stop and asked the officer if
he needed help. Seiler was in
the CHP vehicle by then, the
complaint states.
The agent observed the
truck was riding “extremely
low” and had fresh paint on
the rear, the complaint says.
He also smelled body odor
mixed with the scent of a
soap popular in Mexico.
Seiler, a U.S. citizen, said
the truck was his and gave
permission to search, the
complaint states. The agent
found 77 people — including
five minors — inside, sweat-
Concealed
gun rules
proposed
Bill would require
training, live-fire
testing for weapon
owners to get permits.
By Patrick McGreevy
SACRAMENTO — Gun
owners would have to under-
go specific training and pass
a live-fire shooting test on a
firing range in order to get a
permit to carry concealed
weapons in California under
legislation proposed Friday.
The bill was introduced
by Democratic Assembly
members Todd Gloria and
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher,
both of San Diego, who said
county sheriffs can currently
issue concealed-carry weap-
ons permits without proof of
proficiency, although some
sheriffs have set standards.
“Under current law in
California, a person who has
never even fired a gun or re-
ceived proper training on
how to safely handle one can
receive a permit and carry a
loaded firearm in public,”
Gloria said. “This jeopar-
dizes public safety and has
to be addressed.”
The legislation, AB 2103,
would require permit appli-
cants to receive a minimum
Fatal-crash
livestreamer
is sentenced
Stockton woman was
drunk as she showed
live video of wreck
that killed her sister.
By Joseph Serna
A California teen who
was driving drunk as she
livestreamed a crash on so-
cial media that killed her
younger sister was sen-
tenced to more than six
years and four months in
prison on Thursday, officials
said.
Obdulia Sanchez, 19,
pleaded guilty last month to
gross vehicular manslaugh-
ter, driving under the influ-
ence and child endanger-
ment in connection with the
July 2017 crash that killed her
sister and gained interna-
tional attention.
The Stockton resident
recorded video of herself on
Instagram Live behind the
wheel of a 2003 Buick as her
14-year-old sister, Jacqueline
Sanchez, and a second 14-
year-old girl sat in the back
ing heavily and standing
shoulder to shoulder.
The complaint says
Seiler waived his Miranda
rights and agreed to talk to
investigators. He said that
he was to be paid $100 for
each immigrant he trans-
ported and that he was ex-
pecting 50 people that night,
the court record says.
A UPS spokesman said
that Seiler has never worked
for the company and that
the truck was not a company
vehicle.
Seiler was granted
$35,000 bond during a deten-
tion hearing in San Diego
federal court last week — an
amount that prosecutors
B3
of eight hours of training on
firearm safety, handling and
technique. The current law
has no minimum time
standard, Gloria said. The
live-fire test would be ad-
ministered to make sure
that the applicant can safely
handle and fire a gun.
The measure is sup-
ported by gun control
groups Everytown for Gun
Safety and Moms Demand
Action.
“We require people to
have training before they
can drive a car,” Gonzalez
Fletcher said. “We should do
the same for people who
want to carry a lethal weap-
on in public.”
The bill was criticized as
duplicative and unneces-
sary by Sam Paredes, execu-
tive director of Gun Owners
of California.
Paredes said applicants
already go through some
training but it isn’t neces-
sary for many, especially for-
mer members of the mili-
tary, to show they can fire a
gun on a firing range.
“How many problems
have occurred because
someone didn’t take a test
on a firing range? None,”
Paredes said.
patrick.mcgreevy
@latimes.com
Twitter: @mcgreevy99
seat.
The alarming video
showed Sanchez losing con-
trol of her vehicle and crash-
ing.
Moments later, she
showed the body of her sister
and says: “I … killed my sis-
ter, OK. I know I am going to
jail for life, all right? This is
the last thing that I wanted
to happen, OK?”
The California Highway
Patrol said Sanchez was
driving north of Los Banos
when she swerved off the
road and overcorrected. The
car then veered across the
road, crashed into a wire
fence and rolled into a field.
The two girls in the rear
seat, who were not wearing
seat belts, were ejected from
the vehicle, the CHP said.
Sanchez expressed re-
morse for the crash at her
sentencing Thursday, Mer-
ced County Dist. Atty. offi-
cials said. She has been in
custody since the crash and
will receive credit for time
served.
joseph.serna
@latimes.com
Twitter: @JosephSerna
and his defense attorney al-
ready had agreed upon and
presented to the judge — but
he did not post it before the
case was dismissed.
The government also
charged two immigrants
with illegally reentering the
U.S. after being previously
deported. Those charges
were dismissed last week, in-
dicating trouble with the
cases.
The rest of the immi-
grants were being held as
material witnesses.
kristina.davis
@sduniontribune.com
Davis writes for the San
Diego Union-Tribune.
B4
Judge rules against ICE detainer requests
[Ruling, from B1]
sively ramp up the number
of deportations.
As part of the adminis-
tration’s plans, ICE officials
have increased the number
of detainer requests the
agency issues to local police
departments. And Atty.
Gen. Jeff Sessions has tried
to ratchet up pressure on lo-
cal law enforcement agen-
cies across the country that
have refused to honor the re-
quests and cooperate with
ICE in other ways.
“This is a significant rul-
ing, especially considering
the national debate around
immigration and the efforts
of the Trump administra-
tion to strong-arm localities
to honor immigration de-
tainers,” said Jennie
Pasquarella, an attorney
with the American Civil Lib-
erties Union, one of several
groups involved in the law-
suit. “Here is yet another
court saying that any police
department that does go
along with detainer requests
can be held liable.”
Under Birotte’s order, an
estimated 10,000 to 12,000
people who were improperly
held in L.A. County jails
on ICE detainers between
2010 and 2014 may be entitled
to monetary awards,
Pasquarella said.
Along with his finding
that local police cannot le-
gally hold people in custody
at ICE’s request, Birrotte
ruled on other aspects of the
detainer process.
He ruled, for example,
that ICE was wrong to issue
detainers for people who
L IN BOLEN, 1941 - 2 018
Exec turned around NBC’s daytime shows
[Bolen, from B1]
and CBS.
She energized the day-
time fare, pushing for soaps
like “Days of Our Lives” to
span a full 60 minutes with
more complex plots and
scripts that moved beyond
romance and retribution.
She sacked hosts, revamped
programs, added daytime
entertainment specials,
brought in high-tempo game
shows like “Wheel of For-
tune” and peppered the line-
up with more robust fare,
such as “First Ladies Dia-
ries,” biographical sketches
of the leading women of the
White House.
While there were bruised
egos and upended careers in
the process, NBC climbed to
the top of the ratings leader-
board.
“People say I’m aggres-
sive because I am aggres-
Another respiratory virus now circulating
[Flu, from B1]
with 40 at the same time last
year. Health officials say
that although the flu is still
spreading, it appears cases
peaked in the state several
weeks ago and that fewer
people are falling sick now.
The death count may con-
tinue to climb though, be-
cause people often die days,
if not weeks, after first con-
tracting the flu, experts say.
Still, doctors warn that
there’s now another virus
circulating in California
that’s sending children and
older adults who are strug-
gling to breathe to hospitals,
and that a late wave of flu
cases could be on the hori-
zon.
“We’re hoping there’s not
a second peak, but there can
be,” said Dr. Andy Shen, an
emergency room physician
at Torrance Memorial Medi-
cal Center.
Gabriella was a ninth-
grader, remembered as
“bright, engaging and kind,”
according to a statement re-
leased by La Reina High
School.
“The La Reina communi-
ty shares in deep sorrow with
the Chabot family upon the
passing of their daughter,
Gabriella,” the statement
reads. “[She] will be deeply
missed by her friends, and
our faculty and staff.”
Part of the reason people
have been falling so ill was
because they were infected
with a virulent strain of in-
fluenza A known as H3N2.
H3N2 infected so many peo-
A CROWD protests President Trump’s immigration policies last February in Los Angeles. A federal judge this
week found detainer requests, a key tool used by ICE agents in Trump’s immigration crackdown, to be illegal.
were born overseas but were
not found in the massive
databases federal agents
rely on when determining a
person’s immigration stat-
us. ICE officials said in court
filings that the agency
stopped the practice in June
2015, although Pasquarella
said she doubts the agency
has changed its ways.
And an ICE practice of is-
sive,” she said in 1975. “These
shows are my children. I
have to make sure their re-
port cards are good before
the Nielsens come out.”
Bolen was so driven, so
confident, so energetic — “a
Cosmopolitan Girl on up-
pers,” Newsweek said — that
many co-workers were con-
vinced that Faye Dunaway’s
ratings-obsessed character
in the film “Network” was
created with Bolen in mind.
The Academy Award-
winning film, which por-
trayed network television as
a bloodless enterprise inter-
ested in ratings at any cost,
was written by Paddy
Chayefsky, who spent time
in Bolen’s office while flesh-
ing out characters for his
script.
Bolen said that while she
shared some similarities
with the character — the li-
HOSPITALS have seen so many patients with flu that many have set up medical
tents outside to treat them, like this one at Loma Linda Medical Center.
ple during Australia’s most
recent flu season that it led
to record numbers of sick
people as well as the nick-
name “Aussie flu.”
But recently there’s been
an uptick in influenza B
cases. In the first week of
February, 49% of people who
tested positive for the flu
had influenza B, compared
with 20% around the end of
suing detainers for people
without a warrant when
there was no evidence that
the subject was a flight risk
was illegal, the judge ruled.
Under the terms of the
lawsuit, the ruling voids any
pending detainer requests
that were issued by ICE offi-
cials in Southern California.
That designation is impor-
tant since ICE officers work-
beral use of expletives, the
long brown cigarettes, the
excitable hand gestures
while talking — there were
marked differences too.
“I didn’t really like the
character,” Bolen told The
Times in 1978. “Even in the
satirical context that it was
created, she was not a believ-
able woman in a network job.
She was a cardboard cut-
out.”
Bolen was born March 23,
1941, in the small coal mining
town of Benton, Ill. Her fa-
ther was a union organizer
and her mother a major fan
of radio soap operas. Bolen
won a national baton twirl-
ing competition when she
was 14 and was sent to a fin-
ishing school in St. Louis af-
ter graduating from high
school. She attended City
College of New York but left
before graduating.
the year, according to data
from a network of labs
across California.
Shen said flu cases over-
all have dropped off since
last month and among them
have been more B cases. He
said the disaster planning
committee that Torrance
Memorial formed early in
the flu season is now meet-
ing every other week, in-
ing out of a facility in Orange
County issue detainer re-
quests to police depart-
ments in dozens of states
around the country.
Birotte also concluded
that the Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment practice of booking
people with ICE detainers
into jail even if their bail had
been set at less than $25,000
was improper, Birotte said.
“I don’t think a degree is
all that important,” she later
said.
After several years in New
York helping produce televi-
sion commercials, she came
west and landed at NBC as a
program producer, helping
develop pilots and, at one
point, resuscitating the
slumping television show
“McMillan and Wife.”
In 1972, she was named
the network’s director of
daytime television and a
year after that, vice presi-
dent of daytime program-
ming.
When she was promoted,
a male colleague remarked:
“Thank God they’ve got a
lady at last calling the shots
of women’s programming.”
“Thank God they’re
finally taking a woman
seriously — at last,” she
replied, according to a 1972
Gina Ferazzi Los Angeles Times
stead of weekly. “Though
people feel terrible with in-
fluenza B, the mortality rate
is not as high,” he said.
Public health officials say
it’s common to have a sec-
ond wave of influenza B after
an initial peak of influenza A.
The flu season, which runs
from October to May, typi-
cally reaches its height in
February, but can do so any-
Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times
Typically, the department
did not put someone with
bail under that amount be-
hind bars. The department
said the policy was changed
in 2014.
“For years, the Los Ange-
les County Sheriff ’s Depart-
ment ... callously denied im-
migrants constitutional pro-
tections that universally ap-
ply to all other jail detainees
Times story.
Christie Craig, a close
family friend who consid-
ered Bolen a mentor, said
the producer was a steady
crusader for women’s rights.
“She really wanted to em-
power women,” Craig said.
“She wanted them to believe
the odds weren’t always
against them. She wanted
them to take their power
back.”
In 1976, Bolen left NBC
and formed her own produc-
tion company. Among her
first projects in television
was “W.E.B,” a sequel of
sorts to “Network” in which
the protagonist is an assist-
ant in a daytime program-
ming department — as
charming and effervescent
as Dunaway was cold and
soulless. The series was
picked up by NBC but can-
celed after one season.
time.
“It is not too late to get
the influenza vaccine,” Dr.
Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, inter-
im health officer for Los An-
geles County, said in a state-
ment. The vaccine typically
is more effective against B
strains than A strains.
Many hospitals are also
reporting an increase in pa-
tients with respiratory syn-
cytial virus, known as RSV.
The virus is similar to a cold,
but can cause an infection in
small airways of the lungs
called bronchioles.
“Every year in the winter,
there’s a period where the
pediatric floors fill up with
bronchiolitis cases,” Shen
said.
Very young children who
are having trouble breathing
may need to be hospitalized,
experts say. Most RSV infec-
tions go away on their own
and cause only a runny nose,
a fever and sneezing. Almost
everyone has had RSV by
the time they are 2, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention says.
At UCLA Medical Center
in Santa Monica, patients
who show up in the ER are
tested for influenzas A and B
as well as RSV. In the last few
weeks, many older adults
who are sick have turned out
to have RSV, said Dr. Wally
Ghurabi, the hospital’s ER
director. “I’m surprised,”
Ghurabi said. “If we didn’t
have that testing, honestly
and truly, we probably would
not have caught it.”
Dr. Robert Belshe, pro-
L AT I ME S . CO M
— unjustifiably holding
them without cause as pris-
oners,” said Lindsay Battles,
one of the attorneys involved
in the case. “This decision
holds law enforcement agen-
cies accountable for their
anti-immigrant abuse of
their authority.”
ICE and sheriff ’s officials
declined to comment, citing
the ongoing lawsuit.
The order came in a
class-action lawsuit that
challenges several aspects of
detainer requests — elec-
tronic alerts that ICE offi-
cers commonly issue when a
police department has cus-
tody of someone ICE be-
lieves should be deported.
The notices, among other
things, ask police to keep
targeted inmates beyond
when they would otherwise
be released in order to give
ICE agents time to take cus-
tody of them.
The lawsuit, which com-
bined two separate cases, is
being waged by several
groups and law firms and
has been winding its way
through the court since 2012.
One of the original cases was
filed by U.S. citizens who
were in Los Angeles County
jails when ICE wrongly is-
sued detainers for them. The
other was brought by immi-
grants challenging the Sher-
iff ’s Department’s co-
operation with ICE.
Finding that some issues
needed to be hashed out in
front of a jury, Birotte did not
rule on all aspects of the
case.
joel.rubin@latimes.com
Among the films she pro-
duced for television was
“Christmas Miracle in Cau-
field, U.S.A.,” the story of
coal miners trapped in a
Christmas Eve cave-in.
Bolen was married to
filmmaker Paul Wendkos,
who directed “Gidget” and
its sequels. He died in 2009.
Film producer and writer
Lisa Demberg said that
while Bolen was hard-charg-
ing at work, there were other
dimensions to her life. She
collected first-edition po-
etry and art, enjoyed interior
design and spent so much
time on the beach in Malibu
that she was known equally
by the well-heeled and the
homeless.
Bolen is survived by a
brother, Tom.
steve.marble@latimes.com
Twitter: @stephenmarble
fessor emeritus of infectious
diseases at Saint Louis Uni-
versity, said doctors have
only recently begun to real-
ize that RSV is a significant
cause of hospitalizations
and mortality among the
elderly. Physicians often as-
sume older patients just
have the flu. “Historically,
we’ve thought of RSV as
strictly a disease of chil-
dren,” he said. “As we get old-
er and frail, we become sus-
ceptible to fairly trivial viral
infections.... That’s true for
both flu and RSV.”
Each year, RSV causes
14,000 deaths among adults
older than 65 and 57,000 hos-
pitalizations among chil-
dren under 5, the CDC says.
Parents who are worried
about RSV should encour-
age good hand-washing and
keep their children away
from others they know are
sick, said Dr. Daniel Star, an
ER doctor at St. Joseph Hos-
pital in Orange.
Star said hospital per-
sonnel have been seeing
RSV cases since December
and he expects them to con-
tinue through the end of the
month. Last year, RSV cases
peaked nationwide between
mid-December and Febru-
ary.
“Honestly, there isn’t too
much they can actually do.
It’s a highly contagious
virus,” Star said. “You still
see it pretty much like wild-
fire this time of year.”
soumya.karlamangla
@latimes.com
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JOH N PERRY BARLOW, 1947 - 2018

Ex-Grateful Dead lyricist and internet activist

Electronic Frontier Founda- he argued that the U.S. and terculture of the 1960s. He Barlow co-wrote several
associated press
tion said Barlow died other governments befriended Bob Weir, one of songs with Weir, including

J
Wednesday in his sleep. He shouldn’t impose their sov- the Grateful Dead’s foun- “Mexicali Blues” and “Cas-
ohn Perry Barlow, an had been battling a variety of ereignty on the “global social ding members, when they sidy.”
activist and independ- debilitating illnesses since space we are building.” were boarding school class- “John had a way of taking
ent voice who foresaw 2015, according to support- Barlow was born in rural mates in Colorado. life’s most difficult things
the internet’s far-reac- ers who organized a benefit Sublette County, Wyo., in He later returned to Wyo- and framing them as chal-
hing implications and concert for him in 2016. 1947 and raised near ming, where he ran the fam- lenges, therefore adven-
who turned life’s difficulties Barlow co-founded the Pinedale, where his parents ily cattle ranch for nearly two tures,” Weir said Wednesday.
into adventures in songs he EFF in 1990 to champion free were ranchers and his father decades and dabbled in Re- “He was to be admired for
wrote for the Grateful Dead, expression and privacy on- a state senator. publican politics. It was as a that, even emulated.” Richard Drew Associated Press
has died at his home in San line. In a 1996 manifesto, the Barlow has said he grew rancher in the 1980s that he His survivors include VISIONARY
Francisco. He was 70. “Declaration of the Inde- up as a devout Mormon be- first began exploring the three daughters and a John Perry Barlow saw
The digital-rights group pendence of Cyberspace,” fore leaping into the coun- web’s early social networks. granddaughter. the internet’s potential.

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Baum, Steven David Pivovaroff, Daniel saldo, steven lee
November 5, 1951 - February 7, 2018 William Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
Daniel William Pivovaroff, a long- Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076
Steven Baum loved reading www.mountsinaiparks.org
obituaries. He requested that in his, time resident of Southern California,
died on January 23, 2018. Dan was
there be no mention of a courageous
battle with cancer. He said, “Say that born on June 27, 1938 to Jack William To place
Pivovaroff and Jennie Kashergen. He
I was pissed.” Clearly, he always had
a way with words. An abundantly graduated from Leuzinger High School an obituary ad
in Lawndale in 1956. He wed Jo Anne
gifted writer, Steven scripted his magic
into essays about parenting in his Hesser on July 11, 1959. They were please go
daughters’ preschool newsletters and married for 27 years, and they had
TV episodes about the Wild West. He BruBaker-Hagen, Janet Lamaoureux, antonia two children, Jamie Lynn and Michael
James.
Winicki, Jaroslaw online to:
leaves behind a rich legacy of told and October 13, 1945 - January 27, 2018 “Toni” Dan worked as a mechanic, welder
April 26, 1925 - January 26, 2018
untold stories, screenplays that distill Janet V. Brubaker-Hagen of Santa September 24, 1924 - January 28, 2018 Beloved husband, father and
human experience and contain perfect and machinist early in his career, latimes.com/placeobituary
Barbara, CA, passed away peacefully, Toni, 93, passed away peacefully before opening his own metal grandfather, our Dzied was born in
metaphors. He taught us to read surrounded by family in her home, Belarus and escaped the horrors of
between the lines and color outside at the age of 72. She was born and
in Arvada, Colorado. She is fabrication business in the early 1980s. Stone, Fred World War II. On his way to America,
of them. He curated our musical and survived by her 2 children, Donald He kept that business until he retired April 13, 1930 - February 4, 2018
raised in Hollywood and attended Lamoureux (Redondo Beach, CA) in 2000. He devoted much of his free he stopped in London to visit friends.
literary libraries, and led us to favorite
passages and special piano solos. He
Hollywood High School before she and Cathryn Reimanis (Golden, CO), time to auto racing and working on Fred Stone, renowned equine artist,
passed away peacefully at home on
There he met Katherine and after or call
earned her degree in education at one date, proposed. She accepted,
gave us lifetimes of artistic guidance, UCSB. Her beautiful outlook on life
and 6 grandchildren. She enjoyed
gardening, traveling, dancing and
cars. He owned and operated Sprint
Cars over two decades, and several of February 4, 2018 with his family at beginning what would be a 65-year 1-800-234-4444
unconditional love, and unrelenting and always positive and loving heart his side from complications of cancer. marriage. After a brief life in New
Scrabble. So unrelenting, in fact, that singing songs of her generation. Toni his teams had great success, winning
showed through her work where loved her family deeply. She was main events at tracks across California, Born in St. Louis to Sam and Dorothy Jersey, the couple moved to Los
we often refused to play with him. But she used her great gift in connecting Stone on April 13, 1930, Fred and the Angeles, Dzied became a successful
Steven put his own competitiveness placed to rest adjacent to where she Arizona and the mid-west.
with special needs children to teach was born – in Santa Monica, CA. In 2006, Dan moved to Oakland family moved to Los Angeles in 1934. business owner, and they raised three
aside to cultivate AYSO soccer teams them the magic of art at the Deveroux so his son and daughter-in-law He attended Fairfax High School where children and in later years, enjoyed
with incredible spirit and community School for 20 years. She also taught in could help with his medical care. he pitched on the baseball team that 6 grandchildren. Dzied was also a
for 17 years (maybe 16, but he always Santa Ynez, Guadalupe, and in Santa Mcintosh, Gina He is survived by his sister Florance, included three future L.A. Dodgers. wonderful photographer, craftsman
liked to round up). He tried to establish Barbara. What gave Janet the most joy daughter Jamie and her three children, The highlight of his baseball career and loved the arts and music. He will
a relationship with each kid on the Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
was her beautiful garden. She knew Simi Valley 800-600-0076 and his son Michael. He is preceded in was pitching a one-hitter against the be laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery
team to make sure they had fun, a all the names of the incredibly diverse death by his brothers John, Jake, Harry St. Louis Browns, who became the in Culver City on February 10, 2018.
lesson he learned from his high school www.mountsinaiparks.org
plant life that surrounded her lovely and David and his sister Diane. He was Baltimore Orioles. God bless and keep you, Dzied.
track coach, Richard Kampmann. hillside home. She had a passionate interred on February 9 in a small family After attending Otis, Art Center,
He was a high school cross country love for nature which showed through McKinney Jr., roy Dean ceremony at Mountain View Cemetery and Chouinard art institutes, Fred
champion, and was fiercely admired The man who was loved by many
her interactions with her three kitties in Oakland. began his art career as a commercial Place an Obituary Online
by his track team. Out of the hundreds for his gentle way, good humor and
Tuxedo, Daria, and Dante, and her artist, moving on in 1955 to painting go to latimes.com/placeobituary
of thousands of miles he ran, the most genuine nature died on January 30,
ongoing support to various charities. backgrounds for movies and TV shows
important was 32 years ago (rounding 2018 in Santa Monica California. Roy
Janet was a loving and kind friend including “Gunsmoke” and “Rawhide.”
up), when he met his wife, Clare, just to many and she will forever leave
was husband to Judith and father Perhaps his most famous piece from
north of the Venice Pier. They ran and footprints in all our hearts.
to Dean ( Anne ) and Paul ( Suzanne this period was a park scene that
walked and hiked mountains and A celebration of her life will be held
) Mckinney. Born in Lubbock Texas was later used in the “Laugh-In” dirty
forged rivers in their favorite spot, on Saturday, March 10th at 3:00 PM at
March 17, 1929 Roy loved shamrocks old man sketches. In 1960, he left
Mammoth Lakes, which will be his her home…the place that gave her
and collected them. During his teen the art world for 16 years to work
final resting place. He loved his two great peace and comfort. If you wish to
years he worked at the local airstrip as for Monogram Industries, where he
daughters, Alana and Mira, from the make a donation in Janet’s name, we
a general helper. The owner offered to became national sales and marketing
depths of his soul, and though he was would suggest that all contributions
teach Roy to fly and at 16 he surprised manager for their marine division.
a harsh editor, he was an unbounding go to ASPCA. his parents by climbing into a plane When he decided to go back to
cheerleader. He had no room for small and taking his first solo flight. He painting, his daughter Laura who
talk, and preferred diving deep into maintained his pilot license for many
Randles, lyle C. was working for Hall of Fame trainer
Feldman, Beba
connections, and touching the souls of years and tended to terrify his family March 25, 1949 - February 2, 2018 Charlie Whittingham suggested that
everyone he met, from memories with
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks - with short trips to Santa Catalina Lyle took his first breath of Heaven he paint race horses. He agreed
childhood friends to chance encounters
Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 Island. Roy attended Uni High in West at 9:45am, February 2, 2018, while and, with wife Norma, founded the
with strangers. Born in Westwood in
www.mountsinaiparks.org Los Angeles and he served in the Sharon sang Amazing Grace. company Equinart to sell originals and
1951 to Nelda and Lester Baum, he Navy during the Korean War upon the prints. His breakthrough work was
was baby brother to Wendy and Rick, aircraft carrier the USS Essex. In 1955 Lyle is survived by his wife Sharon “The Final Thunder,” which captured
HoHman, Larry
with whom his soul now rests. His Roy began his long association with (m.1972), his one and only love, the relationship between the great
August 15, 1937 - January 30, 2018
family and dear friends will miss him Man o’War and his groom Will Harbut.
State Farm Insurance. He remained an his precious daughters Claire (Saul)
every day. Especially at the annual
In the early evening of January Agent until the day he died and was and Grace (Lamar) and his beloved Fred and Norma were hoping to sell
Moloshco Christmas Eve, in Mammoth
30, 2018, William Lawrence “Larry” proud of his legacy with the company. grandchildren Kaila, Lamar, and Janay. a few prints and cover the printing Harry W. “Hunk” Anderson
every summer, and as we brave the
Hohman died at his West Los Angeles Roy was a long time member of Bel Air He was welcomed home by his father costs. Instead they were swamped
crossword puzzle without him each
home in the loving embrace of family Country Club and served as President Lyle (d.1979), mother Helen (d.2008), with orders and quickly sold out their October 5, 1922 - February 7, 2018
morning. Once, listening to Vaughan
and friends at the age of 80 years of the club in 1992. In lieu of Flowers and brother Parker (d.2009). initial supply.
Williams’ “The Lark Ascending” on
young. Harry W. “Hunk” Anderson was born on October
please consider a donation to your Fred painted racing scenes of 5, 1922 in Corning, NY. His father and mother
the radio, he said that he could just
We will gather on Monday, February favorite charity. A native Angeleno, he attended Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and many
fly away to that music. At 11 a.m. on
12, 2018 from 6-9pm at the Carousel/ immigrated to the United States from Sweden
Palisades High School and graduated other great race horses past and and Norway, respectively. After serving in the U.S.
February 7th, surrounded by his loving
Merry-Go-Round on the Santa Monica from UCLA in 1971 with a degree in present. His portraits of mares and
family, our lark ascended. Pier to share and say goodbye. Please McVey, Thomas William Army during World War II, Hunk enrolled at Hobart
economics. While at UCLA he lettered foals were also popular, as were his College in Geneva, NY, where he played varsity
come along to help us remember and June 21, 1960 - February 5, 2018 in crew, taking first in the Western portraits of jockeys Bill Shoemaker and
Donations in his memory can salute the rich life of the luckiest man tennis, fell in love with his wife Mary Margaret
Son of Victor and Patricia McVey of Sprints, and fourth at the IRA’s in 1969. Lafitte Pincay. Before Fred Stone, the “Moo,” and co-founded Saga Corporation in 1948
be made to the Cancer Support on the face of the Earth. Bring a story typical horse painting was a standing
Community LA and AYSO West LA from your heart and we will see you Los Angeles. Husband to Darlene in Lyle devoted his life to the portrait of a posing racehorse. Fred
with lifelong friends.
Region 70 soccer. San Diego. Brother of John McVey,
there! Team Hohman MargaretMcVeyThomas,andCatherine Lord, his family, friends, and brought life and emotion to his During his 30 years as co-CEO of the company,
Heinlein; uncle to seven nieces and neighborhood. After retiring from paintings. Sometimes Fred or Norma Hunk lived by “The Saga Way” – to treat others as
To place an obituary ad nephews. Former USN Gunner’s Mate. a career in commercial real estate would pick up the phone to hear a you would like to be treated. This mentality was
Career success with Prism Maritime, management, he focused his time customer crying because he or she was shared by the thousands of employees, students,
please go online to: working on building unity within the so moved by one of his new paintings.
latimes.com/placeobituary Phoenix International Holdings and and customers that Saga served in universities,
Lockheed Martin. A kind, loving and Body of Christ, racial reconciliation, Fred raised hundreds of thousands hospitals, retirement homes, and restaurants
supportive man. Tom enjoyed cycling, and homelessness. He was actively of dollars for charities including the across the country.
latimes.com/placeobituary latimes.com/placeobituary boating and surfing when able; involved in supporting missionaries After the Finish Line and Race Track
devoted to animals. Interesting and working locally and worldwide. Lyle Chaplaincy. His biggest fund-raiser After a transformative trip to the Louvre, Moo
interested in all around him. Will be found true happiness in serving others. was a painting not of a horse, but of and Hunk began learning about art and collecting
missed by all. Donations can be made a rescue dog at the Oklahoma City “the best of the best” of post-war American works.
in Tom’s name at: www.aspca.org/ As Lyle would say, To God be the bombing site.
Annette Rosen team/Tom-McVey-Campaign Glory! Fred leaves behind daughter Laura,
In between visits to galleries and artists’ studios,
the couple raised their only daughter, Mary Patricia
son Russell, daughter-in-law Dorothy, “Putter,” in the San Francisco Peninsula.
December 18, 1922 - February 8, 2018 A memorial service will be held and brother Martin, all of whom
Saturday, February 17th at 10am at adored him. His beloved wife of 60 Hunk approached life with a can-do attitude and
Annette Rosen, 95, passed away To place M.M.D.A Church, 2120 Estrella Ave., years Norma passed away in 2011. a big smile, especially when it was time for dessert
peacefully at her home in Irvine, CA, on Los Angeles 90007. A celebration of his life will be held
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. She is survived an obituary ad or a Hendrick’s gin martini. He often imparted
for family and friends. wisdom like “I didn’t know it couldn’t be done so I
by her son, Barry Rosen, daughter-in- please go online to: In lieu of flowers, donations in Lyle’s just went ahead and did it” and “keep your powder
law Rabbi Kim Rosen, son Dr. Marc Rosen, memory can be made to:
daughter Joan Garcia, son-in-law Alec Garcia, latimes.com/placeobituary To place dry!” These Hunk-isms were especially meaningful
daughter Doree Pisano, and son-in-law Ralph an obituary ad for his granddaughter Devin, who shared many
Fucendar treasured moments with her “Poppi.”
Pisano. She had 9 grandchildren and 11 great- P.O. Box 88
grandchildren. please go online to:
South Gate, CA 90280 The Andersons always collected art with the
The funeral will be held at 12 noon on Monday, or call
February 12, at the Hillside Memorial Park and latimes.com/placeobituary intention to share, and significant gifts were made
1-800-234-4444 Neighborhood Initiative to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and
Mortuary, 6001 W. Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, 6642 Reseda Blvd.
CA. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2014,
Reseda, CA 91335 or call Moo and Hunk celebrated the opening of the
to the Irvine Animal Shelter and/or The Jewish
National Fund. 1-800-234-4444 Anderson Collection at Stanford University—a free-
“...Well done, my good and faithful standing museum housing a gift of 121 artworks by
servant.” Matthew 25:21 86 artists. Hunk considered it one of his greatest
achievements and was immensely grateful to those
who helped make his dream a reality.
Place an Obituary Online latimes.com/placeobituary
go to latimes.com/placeobituary Hunk died of natural causes in his home –
surrounded by his loving wife, daughter, and
granddaughter – on February 7, 2018. We will miss
him dearly but know that his legacy lives on.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to
the Anderson Collection at Stanford University
online at http://giving.stanford.edu/goto/
andersoncollectiongift
Checks can also be made out to the Anderson
Collection at Stanford University; mail to Aimee
Shapiro, Anderson Collection at Stanford University,
314 Lomita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305.
The family plans to have a private burial but
looks forward to hosting a celebration of Hunk’s life
this spring.
Grace Briggs
Photo credit: L.A. Cicero
December 31, 1926 - January 29, 2018
You can only hold onto an adventurous spirit for so long and Grace is onto her
next adventure! John Conboy
Grace Briggs of Laguna Beach, one of the original “Lagunatics” passed away
peacefully on Monday January 29th at Crown Cove at the age of 92. June 19, 1934 - January 19, 2018
Grace was born in Burbank, California and was married to Laguna Architect

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Fred Briggs for many years. They lived and raised their daughter Alison in Four-time Emmy Award-winning daytime
Monarch Bay. television producer John J. Conboy, who served
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part of her life before moving to Crown Cove Retirement Home 4 years ago. television’s most successful and popular daytime
Grace has been a part of the Laguna landscape for almost 70 years. Because dramas, including “The Young and the Restless,”
she worked in the travel industry, she traveled the world and experienced many “Santa Barbara,” “Guiding Light” and “Capitol,” has
different people and cultures throughout her life. died in Palm Desert, CA.
She was an avid art collector and volunteered at the Laguna Art Museum for
many years. She was a great tennis player and led several tennis groups. She A native of Binghamton, NY, and a graduate of
enjoyed playing bridge with her friends in Laguna. Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts,
She had a style about her that was all her own. She loved to celebrate and
enjoyed many beach cookouts. She was a regular each summer at the Concerts
Conboy’s decades-long television career began as
an actor. But he soon made the segue to what
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If you knew and loved Grace please join us in a celebration of a life well lived genre’s popularity.
Sunday, February 11th on the Garden Patio of Five Crowns Restaurant in Corona
del Mar from 4 to 7 and wear bright colors!!! A private memorial service has been planned.
Come full of Grace!!!
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Today in Southern California Today in North America

Partly sunny: Cooler with morning clouds at the coast and into some valleys, slowly clearing to partial Wet: Heavy rain and thunderstorms with potential flooding will
sun. High temperatures will be closer to normal than they have been recently. Onshore flow will shift spread from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. Rain and freezing
offshore tonight and Sunday, resulting in moderate to strong Santa Ana winds in L.A. and Ventura rain will stretch from Oklahoma to northwest Ohio. Snow will fall
counties. A red-flag warning will be in effect from 10 p.m. tonight through 6 p.m. Sunday. in Denver and from Chicago to Detroit.
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5-day forecasts Pressure: L Low H High Warm Front Cold Front Jet Stream Trough
High/low temperatures are average forecasts for entire zone.
L.A. Basin Valleys Beaches Mountains Deserts Temps –0 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100+ Rain T-storm Snow Ice
Today 68/52 69/53 63/53 58/15 84/58 Anchorage
Cooler Cooler Mostly cloudy Partly sunny Mostly sunny 27/23
Sunday Mostly sunny 72/52 Mostly sunny 73/49 Fog to sun 71/52 Mostly sunny 49/21 Mostly sunny 77/52
Monday Showers 62/53 Cooler 60/48 Showers 61/52 P.M. showers 46/19 Some sun 72/51
Tuesday Showers 64/52 Showers 62/50 Showers 61/52 Light snow 43/20 Showers 72/54
Wednesday Showers 73/56 Showers 71/54 Showers 70/52 Snow showers 46/21 Showers 74/54
Los Angeles Basin: Gradual Orange County: Cooler with San Diego County: Cooler and warm. Partly cloudy
clearing at the coast and in low clouds clearing to with low clouds gradually tonight. Cooler Sunday.
some valleys. Mostly sunny partial sun. Partly cloudy clearing. Partly cloudy Low desert: Mostly sunny
elsewhere. Partly cloudy tonight with patchy low tonight with patchy low and warm. Partly cloudy Seattle
tonight. clouds. clouds. tonight with local north 47/34 New York
Valleys/canyons: Patchy Ventura/Santa Barbara: Local mountains: Mostly winds developing. 50/46
clouds and fog gradually Patchy low clouds clearing sunny and cooler. Partly San Francisco Bay Area: Chicago
clearing. Mostly clear to partial sun. Partly to cloudy tonight with Santa Mostly sunny and breezy in Denver 23/15
tonight with Santa Ana mostly sunny in the valleys. Ana winds 25-45 mph. the North Bay and East 21/11
winds 25-40 mph. Santa Ana winds tonight. High desert: Mostly sunny Bay. Clear tonight. Los Angeles Las Vegas
68/52 77/43
Miami
Air quality Good Moderate Unhealthful for: Sensitive people All Not Available Houston 84/75
South Coast Air Quality Management District forecasts air quality 71/53
SANTA VENTURA CO. Santa Clarita
BARBARA CO. Santa Paula 73/51 Hesperia
Santa Ojai 68/51 LOS ANGELES CO. 72/36
Barbara 68/50 Simi Valley
Chatsworth SAN BERNARDINO CO.
65/41 70/53 Burbank Monrovia
Ventura Camarillo 70/53
63/53 67/53
70/49 65/50
Yucca Valley
U.S. cities
Pomona/
UCLA Fairplex 75/46 High 89 in Thermal, Calif.
Oxnard LA Downtown San Bernardino
Westlake 65/53 Ontario Low –31 in Cotton, Minn.
65/54 Woodland 68/52 71/50 70/49
Village 71/51
Santa Barbara Co. Hills Whittier Friday Today
68/52 Chino
70/51 City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Sky
Height Period Direction Santa Monica Hills 73/49 Riverside RIVERSIDE CO.
1-2’ 13 sec SW 63/53 71/51 Fullerton 70/43 Albuquerque 65 34 -- 67 31 Su
Torrance 70/48 Amarillo 51 33 -- 33 12 Pc
Ventura Co. 67/50 Santa Ana Anchorage 20 8 -- 27 23 Cy
Height Period Direction Long 68/51 ORANGE CO. Hemet Palm Atlanta 63 38 -- 67 62 Sh
2-3’ 14 sec SSW Beach Newport Irvine 70/44 Springs Atlantic City 39 26 -- 53 48 R
68/51 Beach 67/53 84/58 Austin 62 50 Tr 69 37 Fg Taken at 3 p.m. Friday
Los Angeles Co. Mission Viejo Baltimore 43 20 -- 50 49 R
64/54 Temecula Billings 6 -2 .39 22 12 Pc
Height Period Direction 67/52 Spokane 41 31 -- 38 26 Su
Laguna 68/41 Birmingham 68 37 .04 68 62 R Springfield, Mo. 60 38 -- 31 19 I
2-3’ 14 sec SSW Beach San Boise 51 36 -- 47 28 Pc Tallahassee 69 54 -- 77 63 Cy
64/53 Clemente Boston 32 22 -- 50 40 Cy Tampa 86 64 -- 84 68 Fg
Surf and sea Orange Co. Brownsville 66 53 .11 81 67 Fg Tucson 82 48 -- 81 50 Su
Height Period Direction 63/49 SAN DIEGO CO. Buffalo 28 14 .25 32 25 Sn
POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO Oceanside Tulsa 66 40 -- 31 20 I
1-3’ 14 sec SSW Burlington, Vt. 24 13 Tr 37 24 Sn Washington, D.C. 46 28 -- 53 51 R
Inner waters: South-southeast winds 67/46 Casper 14 11 .14 26 12 Cy
8-15 knots. Wind waves 0-3 feet with Wichita 36 35 -- 29 15 Cy
west and south swells of 2 feet.
San Diego Co. Charleston, S.C. 68 42 .33 75 64 Fg Yuma 85 53 -- 82 55 Su
Height Period Direction Escondido Ramona Charleston, W.Va. 54 24 -- 54 46 R
Surf zone: The potential for strong rip 1-3’ 14 sec SSW 68/44 69/43 Charlotte
Chicago
60 28
28 19
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62 60
23 15
Sh
Sn
World
currents is low, although rip currents Poway Acapulco 90 74 -- 86 73 Pc
Cincinnati 51 25 -- 43 31 R
are almost always possible, particularly Cleveland 42 11 .12 33 26 R
Amsterdam 36 32 .25 44 35 Cy
69/49
adjacent to piers, groins and jetties. Tides UV index Colo. Springs 49 32 -- 22 6 Sn
Athens 63 47 .02 59 52 R
L.A. Outer Harbor, in feet. Baghdad 72 50 -- 76 52 Cy
Minutes to burn for San Diego Columbia, S.C. 64 32 Tr 73 65 Sh
Bangkok 88 72 .01 90 76 Pc
Station Time Wind Waves Temp Today 5:39a 4.9 Hi 1:02p 0.1 Lo sensitive people Columbus 41 21 -- 42 30 R
Barbados 83 76 .04 83 76 Pc
Las Vegas, 45
66/53 Concord, N.H. 27 -2 -- 45 33 Sn
Morro Bay 4p WNW4 4/11 58/64 7:40p 3.4 Hi ------ Lo Beijing 43 18 -- 32 15 Su
Los Angeles, 45 Dallas/Ft.Worth 73 42 -- 54 28 Cy
Santa Barbara 4p SSW4 0/13 60/66 Sun. 6:21a 5.1 Hi 12:10a 2.3 Lo Phoenix, 45 Berlin 36 18 .06 37 29 Su
Denver 39 25 .05 21 11 Sn
8:09p 3.6 Hi 1:36p -0.2 Lo San Francisco, 45 Buenos Aires 84 73 .18 86 59 Pc
Ventura 4p SSW4 2/14 60/64 Des Moines 17 15 .08 15 7 Sn
Cabo San Lucas 81 65 -- 82 64 Pc
Zuma Beach 4p SE4 2/14 59/67 Almanac Detroit
Duluth
26 9
9 -8
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27 20
12 -2
Sn
Su
Cairo 76 63 -- 88 65 Hz
Marina del Rey 4p SSE4 2/14 60/64
Hermosa Beach 4p SSE4 1/14 59/66
Friday downtown readings Sun and moon El Paso 74 36 -- 76 48 Su
Calgary
Cancun
12 -18
82 72
Tr
.08
27
83
4
74
Cy
Pc
Temperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Eugene 51 44 .01 52 29 Su
Cabrillo Beach 4p SSE4 1/14 61/65 Today’s rise/set New Moon Copenhagen 32 28 -- 34 32 Cy
High/low 73/54 73/50 70/56 Feb. 15 Fairbanks -5 -25 -- -3-14 Pc
Hunt’n. Beach 4p S4 2/14 58/64 High/low a year ago 75/58 76/56 67/58 Los Angeles County Dublin 41 32 .10 51 30 R
Fargo 5 -13 -- 10 2 Su
Newport Beach 4p SSE4 2/10 60/64 Normal high/low for date 68/49 68/47 67/45 Sun 6:43a/5:32p Edinburgh 41 36 .01 48 31 R
Flagstaff 62 21 -- 55 20 Su
Dana Point 4p SSE4 2/14 60/64 Record high/date 89/2016 93/2016 91/2016 Moon 2:54a/1:24p First Quarter Frankfurt 37 23 .11 39 31 Cy
Grand Junction 55 30 -- 43 18 Sh
San Clemente 4p S4 2/14 60/63 Record low/date 33/1891 39/2013 36/2013 Feb. 22 Geneva 41 34 .04 39 28 Sn
Grand Rapids 22 16 .33 24 16 Sn
Orange County Havana 84 68 -- 86 65 Su
Oceanside 4p S4 1/14 61/65 Precipitation Green Bay 18 4 .05 18 2 Pc
Sun 6:41a/5:31p Full Moon Ho Chi Minh City 88 72 -- 88 72 Pc
Solana Beach 4p S4 2/14 59/64 24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hartford 30 11 .01 49 39 Cy
Moon 2:52a/1:23p March 1 Hong Kong 66 58 -- 70 54 Pc
Mission Beach 4p S6 2/14 60/64 Season total (since Oct. 1) 1.89 1.21 1.40 Helena 9 0 .25 21 12 Su
Istanbul 55 48 -- 53 47 R
Avalon 4p SE4 0/14 59/62 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 15.74 14.13 12.89 Ventura County Honolulu 80 65 -- 81 69 Pc
Jerusalem 71 55 -- 72 58 Hz
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 8.28 7.79 9.54 Sun 6:47a/5:36p Last Quarter Houston 72 54 -- 71 53 R
Johannesburg 79 57 -- 79 59 Pc
Wind speed in knots; wave heights in feet/intervals in seconds;
Humidity (high/low) 100/39 74/46 89/27 Moon 2:58a/1:27p March 9 Indianapolis 52 28 -- 35 25 I
temperatures for sea/air Kabul 44 20 .01 40 27 Sn
Jacksonville, Fla. 73 54 Tr 81 64 Fg
Kingston 86 75 .01 86 74 W
Kansas City 31 27 -- 23 12 Cy
California cities Las Vegas 78 51 -- 77 43 Pc
London
Madrid
43 42
48 24
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Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday Little Rock 64 28 .02 54 34 R
Manila 90 72 .01 87 74 Cy
City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo Louisville 59 28 -- 49 36 R
Mecca 92 70 -- 96 67 Su
Medford 62 30 -- 57 27 Pc
Anaheim 86 50 -- 70 52 78 52 Laguna Beach 64 44 -- 64 53 70 54 Sacramento 74 41 -- 69 38 64 39 Mexico City 71 48 .05 70 49 Pc
Memphis 66 35 -- 57 37 R
Avalon/Catalina 69 48 -- 61 52 67 53 Lancaster 78 31 -- 72 29 64 38 San Bernardino 82 54 -- 70 49 72 45 Montreal 19 4 .07 27 20 Sn
Miami 83 72 .04 84 75 Su
Bakersfield 77 48 -- 73 45 72 43 Long Beach 66 52 -- 68 51 77 54 San Clemente Pier 60 53 -- 63 49 68 51 Moscow 21 17 .16 22 20 Cy
Milwaukee 24 18 .34 22 12 Sn
Barstow 80 46 -- 79 38 64 40 Mammoth Lakes 65 19 -- 57 12 54 18 San Diego 64 55 -- 66 53 69 57 Mumbai 88 72 -- 87 72 Su
Minneapolis 11 1 .04 15 -1 Su
Beaumont 78 51 -- 67 42 67 40 Mission Viejo 74 47 -- 67 52 73 52 San Francisco 74 51 -- 66 49 62 47 New Delhi 75 48 -- 76 50 Pc
Nashville 66 28 -- 59 47 R
Big Bear Lake 64 26 -- 58 15 49 21 Monrovia 77 54 -- 65 50 69 47 San Gabriel 73 49 -- 71 52 76 51 Oslo 30 21 .32 29 24 Sn
New Orleans 77 55 -- 76 64 Ts
Bishop 78 28 -- 70 25 65 31 Monterey 75 51 -- 63 44 65 45 San Jose 80 49 -- 71 45 68 42 Paris 34 23 .41 37 33 Pc
New York 35 25 -- 50 46 Cy
Burbank 76 52 -- 70 49 76 48 Mt. Wilson 77 52 -- 59 39 61 37 San Luis Obispo 88 50 -- 78 44 77 42 Rio de Janeiro 91 75 -- 93 78 Pc
Oklahoma City 64 35 -- 31 18 I
Camarillo 72 46 -- 67 53 75 50 Needles 84 51 -- 83 53 72 50 Santa Ana 67 51 -- 68 51 74 53 Rome 55 39 -- 57 36 Su
Omaha 16 13 .05 14 2 Cy
Chatsworth 80 52 -- 70 53 73 49 Newport Beach 65 55 -- 64 54 71 56 Santa Barbara 68 41 -- 65 41 69 41 Seoul 45 15 -- 36 16 Pc
Orlando 83 60 -- 85 65 Fg
Chino 83 44 -- 73 49 78 47 Northridge 79 51 -- 70 53 75 48 Santa Clarita 81 50 -- 73 51 72 47 Stockholm 34 27 -- 35 25 Cy
Philadelphia 39 24 -- 52 49 R
Dana Point 62 46 -- 63 51 68 52 Oakland 72 46 -- 66 44 62 43 Santa Monica Pier 70 51 -- 63 53 71 52 Sydney 84 69 -- 84 72 Su
Phoenix 82 54 -- 81 52 Su
Death Valley 82 46 -- 83 49 69 48 Oceanside 66 38 -- 67 46 72 47 Santa Paula 79 43 -- 68 51 74 45 Taipei 72 55 .28 65 53 Sh
Pittsburgh 39 15 Tr 45 34 R
Del Mar 62 50 -- 66 51 70 55 Ojai 83 41 -- 68 50 72 43 Santa Rosa 78 41 -- 70 35 63 34 Tehran 53 37 -- 53 34 Su
Portland, Maine 28 10 -- 44 37 Sn
Escondido 79 47 -- 68 44 73 48 Ontario 80 50 -- 71 51 75 47 Simi Valley 82 55 -- 70 53 73 48 Tokyo 48 34 -- 57 43 Pc
Portland, Ore. 51 41 Tr 52 32 Su
Eureka 53 45 .01 57 39 55 41 Oxnard 66 50 -- 65 54 72 52 Tahoe Valley 58 24 -- 46 13 49 21 Toronto 23 14 .14 26 19 Sn
Providence 33 20 .02 51 43 Cy
Fallbrook 75 52 -- 66 42 72 43 Palm Springs 88 59 -- 84 58 77 52 Temecula 81 45 -- 68 41 72 41 Vancouver 43 37 .02 42 31 Pc
Pueblo 49 34 -- 25 7 Sn
Fillmore 82 45 -- 70 53 73 45 Pasadena 77 55 -- 70 53 74 51 Thousand Oaks 77 53 -- 66 53 74 49 Vienna 36 30 -- 36 27 Pc
Raleigh 58 28 -- 65 61 R
Fresno 75 46 -- 73 47 70 44 Paso Robles 81 38 -- 77 35 74 34 Torrance 66 51 -- 67 50 73 52 Winnipeg 9 -13 -- 9 2 Cy
Rapid City 2 -2 .24 12 -5 Pc
Fullerton 73 50 -- 70 48 78 51 Pomona/Fairplex 78 50 -- 71 50 76 47 UCLA 74 57 -- 65 53 74 52 Zurich 37 30 -- 38 27 Sn
Reno 66 31 -- 51 20 Pc
Hemet 79 57 -- 70 44 72 42 Poway 79 42 -- 69 49 73 52 Van Nuys 79 50 -- 70 53 75 47 Richmond 52 26 -- 59 55 R Key: Su sunny; Pc partly cloudy; Cy cloudy; Fg
Hesperia 80 44 -- 72 36 63 42 Redding 69 42 -- 68 40 64 40 Ventura 70 56 -- 63 53 70 50 St. Louis 57 34 -- 31 19 I foggy; Prcp precipitation; Dr drizzle; Hz;hazy
Huntington Beach 65 47 -- 65 53 74 55 Rialto 81 58 -- 69 50 72 46 Whittier Hills 73 49 -- 71 51 77 52 Salt Lake City 62 46 -- 47 29 Cy Sh showers; Ts thunderstorms; R rain; Sn snow;
Idyllwild 67 37 -- 63 41 59 39 Riverside 81 48 -- 70 43 72 42 Woodland Hills 81 46 -- 70 51 76 47 San Antonio 57 49 .01 71 44 Fg Sf snow flurries; I ice; Rs rain/snow; W windy;
Irvine 74 48 -- 67 53 74 54 Wrightwood 64 42 -- 62 32 55 37 San Juan, P.R. 81 72 .11 82 74 Pc Tr trace. Notes: National extremes are for NWS
L.A. D’ntown/USC 73 54 -- 68 52 72 52 Forecasts provided by Yorba Linda 77 49 -- 70 51 76 50 Santa Fe 61 28 -- 61 22 Su stations; excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
L.A. Int’l. Airport 72 51 -- 64 51 72 53 AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Yosemite Valley 69 38 -- 60 30 59 30 Seattle 49 41 .06 47 34 Su Missing data indicated by “xx”.

Report spurs demands for

review of DROP program
[DROP, from B1]
on workers’ compensation
issues within DROP and
KTLA “the current status of the
JESSY COOK, 18, of Temecula disappeared after DROP program” in general.
plunging from the Huntington Beach Pier. It was In a statement to The
unclear whether she fell off the structure or jumped. Times, Englander said the

Woman who
city needed to “be more ag-
gressive in investigating
cases of fraud and abuse”
and “revisit the fact that
the DROP program was

plunged from
billed as being revenue neu-
tral when it was presented
to and passed by the voters.
A thorough review of the
program is needed to deter-

pier is ID’d
mine if that is actually the
case.”
The motion was se-
conded by City Council Pres-
ident Herb Wesson and
Councilmen Paul Krekorian,
Paul Koretz and David Ryu.
In his own statement,
after the Coast Guard sus- Ryu said “we cannot defend
By Hannah Fry pended the search for Cook the indefensible” and added
after she was reported miss- that The Times’ investiga-
A body found on the ing about11:40 p.m. Tuesday. tion made it clear “that
beach in Huntington Beach Witnesses told authorities abuses of disability leave
on Thursday afternoon was they saw her go in the water must be eliminated.” Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times
identified Friday as that of before they lost sight of her. “What concerns me most CITY COUNCIL President Herb Wesson, center, and Councilman Paul Kreko-
an 18-year-old woman who It was unclear whether is that some employees may rian, right, seconded a motion to call for a review of the deferred retirement plan.
disappeared after plunging she fell off the pier or be using this program to
off the pier late Tuesday. jumped. commit fraud against tax- pledged to work with the city no member of DROP — right questions, and they
The Orange County coro- Crews from several agen- payers and the city,” said “by increasing transparency which, according to its sup- ought to be answered. He
ner’s office identified the cies searched nearly 137 Krekorian, chairman of the and accountability to this porters, is valuable because will work with the council to
woman as Jessy Cook of Te- square nautical miles for Budget and Finance Com- important crime-fighting it keeps seasoned veterans review the program.”
mecula. Cook by boat and helicopter mittee. program” and stated that on staff for up to five more
Huntington Beach Police but found no trace of her. In a Wednesday letter to any DROP participant years — has ever been gus.garcia-roberts
Department spokeswoman The search was called off Mayor Eric Garcetti and the “found to have defrauded or charged with workers’ com- @latimes.com
Angela Bennett said the about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. City Council, the Los Ange- abused the program should pensation fraud. ryan.menezes
body was found about 12:45 les Police Protective League, be prosecuted to the fullest Garcetti’s spokesman @latimes.com
p.m. Thursday. hannah.fry@latimes.com the union representing extent of the law.” said the mayor believes jack.dolan
The discovery came a day Twitter: @HannahFryTCN rank-and-file officers, The Times reported that “Englander is asking the @latimes.com
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Uber settles
C OM PA NY T OW N

Waymo suit
over trade
secrets
Ride-hailing firm will
pay $245 million in
equity to its rival’s
parent in a dispute
over driverless tech.
By Russ Mitchell
and Tracey Lien
SAN FRANCISCO — Af-
ter four days of blistering
testimony that detailed the
alleged theft of Waymo com-
puter files and trade secrets
Chris Haston NBC
— and Uber’s reaction to it —
JEN SALKE, center, Bob Greenblatt, left, and Paul Telegdy at NBCUniversal’s press tour in August. At Uber threw in the towel.
Amazon Studios, Salke will replace Roy Price, who was ousted after being accused of sexual harassment. Under a settlement an-
agree that Uber’s acquisi-
tion of Otto could and
should have been handled
differently.”
Waymo sued Uber in Feb-
ruary 2017, alleging that the
ride-hailing start-up pos-
sessed stolen trade secrets
covering driverless car
technology.
The trial, which began
Monday in U.S. District
Court in San Francisco, fea-
tured a string of witnesses
that cast Uber in a bad light,
including damaging testi-
mony from former Uber
board member and venture
capitalist Bill Gurley, who
admitted he did not read key
due diligence documents be-

NBC exec picked to

nounced Friday, Uber said it
has agreed to pay $245 mil-
lion in Uber equity to Way-
mo’s parent, Google’s Al-
phabet.
In a statement posted on
its website Friday morning,
fore voting to pay $592 mil-
lion for a company tainted
by allegations of trade secret
theft.
The money bought a
driverless truck company
named Otto, run by former

lead Amazon Studios

Uber CEO Dara Khosrow-
shahi struck a conciliatory
tone, expressing regret over
the company’s actions.
“To our friends at Alpha-
bet: we are partners, you are
an important investor in
Uber, and we share a deep
Google engineer Anthony
Levandowski.
Further testimony on
Thursday showed that Uber
and the firm that wrote the
due diligence report, Stroz
Friedberg, failed to reveal
that Levandowski repeat-

Jen Salke fills one of TV’s most sought-after jobs

By Meg James
Amazon has selected NBC Enter-
tainment President Jen Salke to run
its Santa Monica-based Amazon Stu-
dios, filling one of the most sought-af-
ter jobs in television.
Salke’s appointment, announced
Friday, comes at a crucial juncture for
the Seattle-based retailing giant. It
must craft a cohesive programming
strategy, mend relations with some
Hollywood producers and develop
more mainstream hits to better com-
pete against deep-pocketed stream-
ing rivals, including Netflix, HBO and
Hulu.
Salke replaces Roy Price, who was
ousted in October after being the sub-
ject of a sexual harassment complaint
brought by a producer on an Amazon
show.
Even before Hollywood was roiled
by sexual harassment scandals, Price
was on thin ice. Amazon’s entertain-
ment division initially made a splash
with such shows as “Transparent,”
“Mozart in the Jungle” and the movie
“Manchester by the Sea,” which won
an Oscar for best original screenplay.
But by last fall, it seemed to be losing
its moorings.
Prominent writer-producers had
belief in the power of edly plugged and unplugged
technology to change peo- devices into a laptop con-
ple’s lives for the better,” he taining Google files, and
wrote. “Of course, we are transferred the files at least
also competitors. And while twice.
complained that it was difficult to deal we won’t agree on every- It fit into the public per-
with Amazon Studios because the de- thing going forward, we [See Uber, C4]
cision-making seemed haphazard.
Morale was low. In addition to Price,
several other studio executives were
let go at the end of last year.
Those who know Salke, 53, said she Wall Street whiplash
will bring a different style and sensibil- Dow’s wild swings started after a record high on Jan. 26.
ity. She has a reputation for being ap-
proachable and collaborative. She has
a den-mother manner and a track 26,000
record for picking winners — particu- Feb. 9:
larly shows that click with mass audi- Jan. 26, 2018: 24,190.90
ences. 26,616.71
25,000
She was an early champion of the
family drama “This Is Us,” which has
[See Salke, C4] Feb. 8:
24,000
23,860.46

23,000
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C h r i s K e l l e r Los Angeles Times

Stock market
corrections not
necessarily bad
Course adjustments
help keep prices in
line, analysts say.
By Jim Puzzanghera
WASHINGTON — The
stock market is all about
Daimler numbers, and the biggest
THE 2018 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Cabriolet scoots capably around town, but it isn’t ideal for long trips. one to remember in the wake
of this month’s steep losses
Nasdaq composite was near
correction territory, off 9.7%
from its Jan. 26 high through
Thursday. After Friday’s in-
crease, the Nasdaq was
down 8.4%.
But another steep de-
cline Monday could push all
three indexes back into cor-
rection.
Corrections historically
occur as frequently as con-
gressional elections — about
every two years — but they

The world’s cutest convertible

Electric Drive is a peppy commuter car that’s amusingly easy to park
By Charles Fleming
In past reviews, I’ve writ-
ten about the sublime pleas-
ure of driving around Los
Angeles in a convertible on a
warm, balmy night.
Now I’ve found a way to
make it even more sublime:
Add silence.
The Smart ForTwo —
which you’ll see in great
numbers in any major Euro-
pean capital, but in small
numbers in the United
States — is a suitcase-sized
two-door designed for intel-
ligent urban living.
The Electric Drive, its
battery electric brother, is
the smart Smart ForTwo, a
plug-in commuter car that is
small in stature but large in
fuel savings.
With only 57 miles of
range between charges,
compared with the 238 of-
fered by the Chevy Bolt EV
or the 151 on the Nissan Leaf,
the Smart ForTwo electric is
not going to be the ideal
long-distance traveler.
Also offered as a cabri-
olet, it must be the world’s
smallest, cutest and most af-
fordable convertible plug-in.
Plus it’s so small and light
that if it runs out of juice, you
can simply sling the shoul-
der harness over your back
and haul the little guy home.
Smart cars first hit the
road in the 1990s, as a result
of co-design efforts between
Mercedes-Benz and the
Swatch watch company. Af-
ter a succession of two-pas-
senger, four-passenger and
even roadster variants, the
Daimler-owned company
[See Electric Drive, C4]
is 10.
When a stock index de-
clines 10% or more from its
recent high, that’s consid-
ered a market correction.
After plunging more than
1,000 points Thursday for
the second time this week,
the Dow Jones industrial av-
erage dropped into a correc-
tion. So did the broader
Standard & Poor’s 500 in-
dex. Both were down a little
over 10% from the record
high reached Jan. 26 before
Friday’s gains pulled them
both out of the correction
zone. The Dow is down 9.1%,
and the S&P 500 was off 8.8%
from last month’s highs after
Friday’s market close.
The technology-heavy
usually occur over weeks,
not a few days. Analysts said
they are necessary course
adjustments that keep stock
prices on a broader upward
trajectory. A correction is
healthy, unless it leads to a
deeper downturn.
Since 1928, the S&P 500
has averaged a correction
about once every two years.
There have been 16 correc-
tions in the S&P 500 since
the beginning of 1980, ac-
cording to data from
Yardeni Research Inc. A
much steeper decline of 20%
or more is considered a bear
market — the animal coun-
terpoint to a rising, or bull,
market. Four of those cor-
[See Correction, C3]
C2
Amazon delivery service expected
Venture serving
third-party vendors
could be a rival to
FedEx and UPS.
By David Pierson
Starting in Los Angeles,
Amazon will launch a deliv-
ery service for businesses
that could one day rival Fed-
Ex and UPS, it was reported
Friday.
The service, called Ship-
ping With Amazon, will de-
liver goods sold by third-
party vendors on the tech gi-
ant’s e-commerce platform.
It’s expected to roll out in the
coming weeks before ex-
panding to other cities this
year, unnamed sources told
the Wall Street Journal.
Amazon declined to ad-
dress the report directly but
said in a statement: “We’re
always innovating and ex-
perimenting on behalf of
customers and the busi-
nesses that sell and grow on
Amazon to create faster
lower-cost delivery choices.”
The service springs from
a pilot program launched
from warehouses next to Los
Angeles International Air-
port, according to the Wall
Street Journal.
Shares of FedEx and UPS
slipped Friday on news of
Amazon’s venture.
Amazon has long shown
interest in building its own
logistics network that could
challenge the established
couriers. Doing so could
eventually make the com-
L.L. Bean tightens returns policy
By Kim Bhasin
For a century, L.L. Bean
Inc. has offered lifetime re-
turns on its rugged gear, ap-
parel and boots. Now, due to
growing abuse of the pro-
gram, the company is drasti-
cally cutting back its policy.
The Freeport, Maine-
based company will impose
a one-year limit on returns,
executives said Friday. The
return policy was part of a
lifetime satisfaction guaran-
tee, never meant to be used
as an unlimited replenish-
ment method. Shoppers
may still return products for
any reason within the one-
JAGUAR has begun a remake of its Classic D-Type sports car, which the English company discontinued in
1956. The new versions are getting their physical debut this week at the Salon Retromobile car show in Paris.
Jaguar to reboot race car, briefly
Company to produce
just 25 of a classic that
it discontinued in ’50s.
By Charles Fleming
Production has begun on
the Jaguar Classic D-Type, a
continuation of the race-
winning sports car that the
English company stopped
producing in 1956.
The rebooted racer,
BUSINESS BEAT
AMAZON HAS LONG shown interest in building its own logistics network that could challenge the estab-
lished couriers. Shares of FedEx and UPS slipped Friday on news of Amazon’s delivery venture.
pany more profitable
through economies of scale.
Amazon’s shipping costs
have mounted steadily in
tandem with the company’s
growing sales.
Neil Saunders, the man-
aging director of Glob-
alData Retail, said Ama-
zon's entry into the delivery
business would “send shiv-
ers down the spines of the
traditional delivery compa-
nies.”
“The danger for the tradi-
year limit.
“Increasingly, a small but
growing number of custom-
ers has been interpreting
our guarantee well beyond
its original intent,” L.L.
Bean Chairman Shawn Gor-
man said in a letter to cus-
tomers on Friday. “Some
view it as a lifetime product
replacement program, ex-
pecting refunds for heavily
worn products used over
many years. Others seek re-
funds for products that have
been purchased through
third parties, such as at yard
sales.”
Gorman said the policy
changes will affect only a
small percentage of returns.
which retains the original
styling, is a copy of the three-
time Le Mans 24 Hours win-
ner.
Specifications have not
been released. Jaguar says
the Classic D-Type will be
“authentic,” “original” and
“period correct.”
That means, the com-
pany says, it will be powered
by a naturally aspirated six-
cylinder engine — just like
the race winners.
Only 25 will be made, at
the Land Rover Classic
tional delivery firms is
twofold. Firstly, they are
likely to lose business from
Amazon; this will be slow at
first, but will accelerate as
Amazon rolls out more of its
own delivery services,”
Saunders wrote. “Secondly,
if Amazon starts offering de-
livery to businesses, it will
likely do this at a reduced
rate.”
Jim Corridore, an analyst
for CFRA Research, said
Amazon’s entrance into the
If a customer finds a product
to be defective after one year,
the company will still work
to reach a “fair solution,” he
said.
Customers who have
demonstrated “past habitu-
al abuse” of the policy won’t
be allowed to return or ex-
change products, even
within one year of purchase,
according to the site.
About 15% of recent re-
turns abused the guarantee,
said Mac McKeever, a
spokesman for L.L. Bean.
That includes items that
were returned after decades
of use, were damaged be-
yond repair or had been re-
sold at stores such as Good-
Works facility in Warwick-
shire, England. Buyers who
nab one may choose a 1955
short-nose or 1956 long-nose
bodywork version.
The Classics line has
done well for Jaguar, a divi-
sion of Jaguar Land Rover,
the carmaker now owned by
Tata Motors of India.
Jaguar has already pro-
duced and sold a limited run
of six Lightweight E road-
sters and nine XKSS mod-
els. The Lightweights were
going for $1.5 million each.
space will not be as disrup-
tive as some may think.
“We think the current
economic expansion and
surging e-commerce vol-
umes are able to support a
new competitor,” Corridore
wrote. “At the same time,
Amazon will find it costly
and difficult to compete with
the infrastructure of [Fed-
Ex] and UPS.”
Reached for comment,
UPS declined to weigh in on
what Amazon’s venture into
will.
The rate of abusive re-
turns has doubled over the
last five years, costing the
company about $250 million
during that time, McKeever
said.
L.L. Bean was consider-
ing changes to the policy for
at least the last year as it
looked to free up cash to
fund expansion.
The company offered
buyouts to almost 1,000
workers last winter and
froze its pension plan. It
hoped to cut about 10% of its
U.S. workforce.
Bhasin writes for
Bloomberg.
Jaguar
The XKSS cars went for
about $1.4 million apiece.
The originals are worth
more. A 1955 D-Type sold at
a 2016 RM Sotheby’s auction
for just over $21million — the
highest price ever paid at
auction for a British sports
car.
The new D-Types are get-
ting their physical debuts
this week at the Salon Retro-
mobile car show in Paris.
charles.fleming
@latimes.com
L AT I M E S . C O M/ B U S I N ES S
Mark Lennihan Associated Press
delivery for businesses could
mean for its bottom line.
“UPS continues to sup-
port Amazon and many
other customers,” the com-
pany said in a statement.
“We don’t make comments
about their business strate-
gies or decisions regarding
their utilization of UPS serv-
ices.”
FedEx provided a terse
statement that included a
link to marketing and pro-
motional material meant to
DIRECTOR Brett Ratner’s accuser says his suit is an
attempt to silence and intimidate her and others.
Suit to proceed
against accuser
Judge declines to toss
a defamation case
against a woman who
alleged she was raped.
By Amy Kaufman
and Victoria Kim
A federal judge in Hawaii
has declined to throw out a
defamation case filed by di-
rector Brett Ratner against
a woman who accused him of
rape, but said a California
law against lawsuits filed to
silence critics was applica-
ble in the case.
U.S. District Judge Helen
Gillmor denied the motion
to dismiss from attorneys
representing Melanie
Kohler, who in a Facebook
post in October accused
Ratner of raping her 12 years
ago. Lawyers for the woman
had argued Ratner offered
no proof that Kohler’s alle-
gation was false, and con-
tended the director was at-
tempting to silence and in-
timidate Kohler and other
women from divulging sexu-
al misconduct.
In her ruling Thursday,
Gillmor separately found
that Kohler’s post met the
requirement for being a mat-
ter of public interest and
constitutionally protected
activity under California’s
“anti-SLAPP” law, which
protects against lawsuits de-
signed to quash critics by
burdening them with litiga-
tion.
Under the law, Ratner
must now prove he’s more
likely than not to win his def-
amation case. Roberta Kap-
lan, an attorney for Kohler,
said that part of the judge’s
decision was significant be-
cause it shifts the burden of
proof to Ratner.
highlight the company’s
vast global presence.
“The headline in today’s
Wall Street Journal demon-
strates a lack of basic under-
standing of the full scale of
the global transportation in-
dustry,” said Patrick
Fitzgerald, a spokesman for
FedEx.
Delivery represents an-
other enterprise for the pro-
tean company, which last
week announced it was part-
nering with JPMorgan
Chase & Co. and Berkshire
Hathaway Inc. to launch a
healthcare service for em-
ployees of the three compa-
nies.
In addition to its market-
place, Amazon also runs a
thriving cloud computing
arm, a Hollywood studio and
a grocery business with its
purchase of Whole Foods
last year.
News that Amazon may
kick off its own delivery serv-
ice comes one day after the
Seattle-based company an-
nounced its Prime members
will be able to get two-hour
food delivery from Whole
Foods, which the company
bought for nearly $14 billion.
Amazon has been edging
into the delivery business for
some time. In August 2016,
the company unveiled its
first branded cargo plane,
one of 40 jetliners that were
expected to make up its own
air transportation network.
david.pierson@latimes.com
Twitter: @dhpierson
The Associated Press was
used in compiling this
report.
Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times
The judge said California
law should apply in the case,
rather than Hawaii’s more
restrictive anti-SLAPP law
because the potential harm
to Ratner was based in Cali-
fornia, according to attor-
neys on the case.
Ratner’s attorneys wel-
comed the judge’s ruling and
said it “validated the suffi-
ciency of Mr. Ratner’s defa-
mation claim.”
“So it is clear, this lawsuit
was never about silencing
women, but rather about
holding Ms. Kohler respon-
sible for the false and defam-
atory statements she made
about Mr. Ratner,” attorney
Andrew B. Brettler said in a
statement.
Attorneys for Kohler also
called the judge’s decision a
step in their favor, saying the
case was now going to be
governed by the California
statute, “the strongest law in
the country to protect free
speech.”
“This means that Mr.
Ratner now must prove that
our client is lying. We don’t
think he can do that be-
cause, quite simply, Melanie
is telling the truth,” Kaplan
said.
Ratner filed his lawsuit
against Kohler, a former
marketing executive who
now lives in Hawaii, hours af-
ter The Times published al-
legations from six women
who accused the director of
sexual misconduct.
“Brett Ratner raped me,”
she wrote in the post. She
took it down within a couple
of hours after receiving a
threatening phone call from
Ratner’s attorney.
Ratner, in his lawsuit,
called Kohler’s claims “false,
fabricated and fictional.”
amy.kaufman@latimes.com
victoria.kim@latimes.com
L AT I ME S . CO M / B U S IN E S S C3

MARKETS
MARKET ROUNDUP

Dow rises
330 points
on wild day
associated press
Wall Street capped a day
of wild swings Friday with a
rally that reversed steep
early losses and sent the
Dow Jones industrial aver-
age to a gain of 330 points.
Even with the rebound, this
was the worst week for the
market in about two years.
Stocks struggled to stabi-
lize much of the day as in-
vestors sent prices climbing,
then slumping in unsteady
trading a day after the mar-
ket entered its first correc-
tion in two years.
The up-and-down swings
followed a drop of 9% from
the latest record highs set by
major U.S. indexes just two
weeks ago. At the middle of
the session, the market was
on pace for its worst weekly
decline since October 2008,
at the height of the financial
crisis.
weighed losses in energy
stocks, which slumped as
U.S. crude prices declined,
sending the price of oil below
$60 a barrel for the first time
this year.
Bond prices fell. The yield
on the 10-year Treasury rose
to 2.85% from 2.83%.
Some companies rose af-
ter reporting quarterly re-
sults and outlooks that beat
Wall Street’s forecasts.
Skechers USA climbed 7.5%
to $41.06. Chip maker Nvidia
advanced 6.7% to $232.08.
Expedia slumped 15.5%
to $104 after its latest earn-
ings fell short of analysts’ ex-
pectations. The travel web-
site’s 2018 outlook also disap-
pointed.
Friday’s turbulence in
U.S. stocks followed a broad
slide in global markets.
U.S. stocks started to
tumble last week after the Bryan R. Smith AFP/Getty Images
Labor Department said THE DOW’S drop Thursday was the second this week of more than 1,000 points. That plunge put the index
workers’ wages grew at a fast into correction territory, but Friday’s close, up 330 points, pulled it out.

Correction vs. bear market

The Dow briefly sank 500
points in afternoon trading
after surging more than 349
points earlier in the day. The
blue-chip average suffered
its second 1,000-point drop
in a week Thursday.
The Standard & Poor’s
500 index, the benchmark
for many index funds, also
wavered between gains and
losses.
As of Thursday, some
$2.49 trillion in value had
vanished from the index
since its Jan. 26 peak, ac-
cording to S&P Dow Jones
Indices.
“Equities have traded in a
roller-coaster fashion all
week, and today is no excep-
tion,” said Terry Sandven,
chief equity strategist at U.S.
Bank Wealth Management.
“There's a fair amount of vol-
atility in the market, and our
belief is, the volatility is leav-
ing investors riddled with
stress and uncertainty,
which is likely to continue.”
Technology companies
accounted for most of Fri-
day’s broad gains. That out-
Dow: six months
27000
26000
25000
24000
23000
22000
21000
A S
rate in January.
Investors worried that
rising wages will hurt corpo-
rate profits and could signal
an increase in inflation that
could prompt the Federal
Reserve to raise interest
rates at a faster pace,
putting a brake on the econ-
omy.
On Wall Street, many
companies that rose the
most over the last year have
borne the brunt of the sell-
ing. Facebook and Boeing
have both fallen sharply.
In currency markets, the
dollar fell to 108.68 yen from
Thursday’s 108.84 yen. The
euro slipped to $1.2229 from
$1.2263.
Benchmark U.S. crude
fell $1.95, or 3.2%, to settle at
$59.20 a barrel. Oil hadn't
been below $60 a barrel since
Dec. 28. Brent crude, used to
price international oils, slid
$2.02, or 3.1%, to $62.79.
The price of gold slipped
$3.30, to $1,315.70 an ounce.
Silver fell 20 cents, or 1.2%, to
$16.14 an ounce. Copper fell 5
cents, to $3.03 a pound.
Friday: 24,190.90
Up 330.44
O N D J
[Correction, from C1]
rections since the start of
1980 grew into bear markets.
The most recent bear
market began in October
2007 and lasted until March
2009, with the S&P 500
plummeting 57% amid the
chaos of the Great Reces-
sion and financial crisis.
Analysts say corrections
are important cyclical
events in preventing stock
prices from getting so out of
whack that they lead to a
more severe bear market.
Since the recent bull
market began in early 2009,
there had been four S&P 500
corrections before this year.
The declines ranged from
12% to19%, and all amounted
to nothing more than speed
bumps in the markets’ con-
tinued ascent. The longest
those corrections lasted was
157 days. Throughout the re-
covery from the Great Re-
cession, interest rates and
inflation have remained ex-
tremely low, which made
stocks a more attractive in-
vestment than bonds.
In December, then-Fed-
eral Reserve Chairwoman
Janet L. Yellen said she and
her colleagues on the central
bank monetary policy-
making board believed
stock valuations were “ele-
vated” compared with his-
torical metrics, though not
“necessarily overvalued.”
F
Analysts and U.S.
officials have said
the fundamentals
of the economy
remain stable, so
the market
correction
shouldn’t turn
into a bear
market.
But economic growth has
been picking up, wages have
started rising more rapidly
and the Republican tax cuts
promise to provide more
stimulus this year. That has
led to concerns that infla-
tion will start accelerating.
The additional federal
borrowing needed to offset
the loss of tax revenue and
increased spending have
pushed up interest rates on
bonds and could lead the
Fed to hike its benchmark
rate more quickly. The bor-
rowing creates more supply
in the bond market, forcing
the Treasury to increase the
yield to attract buyers. That
was evident Thursday, when
demand was so weak at an
auction of 30-year Treasury
bonds that the yield had to
be pushed up to an 11-month
high.
Stock values had been
based on low interest rates
and low inflation, said
Michael Arone, chief invest-
ment strategist at State
Street Global Advisors, an
investment management
firm. Now those valuations
need to be reset, he said.
“The market began to reval-
ue stock prices, and that re-
sulted in a pickup in vola-
tility,” he said.
Analysts and U.S. offi-
cials have said the funda-
mentals of the economy re-
main stable, so the market
correction shouldn’t turn
into a bear market.
“I’m not overly concerned
about the market volatility,”
Treasury Secretary Steven
T. Mnuchin told a House
committee on Tuesday. “The
fundamentals are quite
strong.”
Jack Ablin, chief invest-
ment officer at Cresset
Wealth Advisors, an invest-
ment advisory firm, said
there are three types of mar-
ket downturns: technical,
cyclical and systemic. Tech-
nical pullbacks are the most
benign, he said in a research
note this week.
“When equity valuations
get out of line with funda-
mentals, like earnings and
dividends, prices correct ac-
cordingly,” he said. “Techni-
cal pullbacks, while disturb-
ing, are generally short-lived
with the bottoming process
occurring over a period of
days or weeks.”
Cyclical downturns are
more likely to lead to bear
markets because credit con-
ditions also begin to tighten,
he said, pointing to the ex-
ample of the bursting of the
dot-com bubble of early in-
ternet investment in 2000.
That bear market caused
the S&P 500 to lose nearly
half its value before its pull-
back ended 21⁄2 years later. It
took more than seven years
for the S&P 500 to top the
record high it hit in 2000. The
Nasdaq, which was even
harder hit because of its con-
centration of technology
stocks, didn’t reach its dot-
com-era high until 2015.
Systemic downturns are
the most severe because
they “represent a general
loss of confidence in a coun-
try’s financial or political
system” and spread like a
contagion. The 2008 finan-
cial crisis was an example of
such a “once-in-a-genera-
tion” event, Ablin said. He
believes this latest pullback
is a technical correction be-
cause credit conditions have
not tightened.
jim.puzzanghera
@latimes.com

Major stock indexes

Bitcoin bounces back to $8,500

Daily Daily % YTD %
Index Close change change change
Dow industrials 24,190.90 +330.44 +1.38 -2.14
S&P 500 2,619.55 +38.55 +1.49 -2.02
Nasdaq composite 6,874.49 +97.33 +1.44 -0.42
S&P 400 1,820.93 +19.64 +1.09 -4.19
Russell 2000 1,477.84 +14.05 +0.96 -3.76 The cryptocurrency
EuroStoxx 50 2,974.33 -51.34 -1.70 -6.40 rebounds almost 45%
Nikkei (Japan)
Hang Seng (Hong Kong)
21,382.62
29,507.42
-508.24
-943.85
-2.32
-3.10
-6.07
-1.38
after touching a low of
$5,922 on Tuesday.
By Camila Russo
Interest rates
Weekly 6 month 1 year A notoriously volatile as-
Treasuries Yield change change change
set is proving to be a haven
T-bill: 1 year 1.87 — +0.67 +1.08 compared with wild swings
T-note: 5 year 2.54 -0.05 +0.74 +0.65 in global equities this week.
T-note: 10 years 2.86 +0.02 +0.61 +0.45 Bitcoin clawed its way
T-bond: 30 years 3.17 +0.08 +0.35 +0.16 back from the four-month
low of $5,922 it touched
Week 6 months 1 year Tuesday, rebounding al-
Bank & mortgage rates Rate ago ago ago most 45% to $8,500.
6 Month CD 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.43 The Standard & Poor’s
500 index and the Dow Jones
1 Year CD 0.86 0.85 0.85 0.75
industrial average each fell
2 Year CD 0.99 0.98 0.95 0.87 more than 5% this week, wip-
30 Year Fixed 4.31 4.30 3.96 3.76 ing out gains for the year.
15 Year Fixed 3.64 3.63 3.31 2.96 Emerging markets
30 Year Jumbo 4.64 4.64 4.43 4.28 stocks and currencies also
plunged, while shorter-ma- Koji Sasahara Associated Press
turity U.S. Treasurys AN AD for bitcoin is displayed near a Tokyo train station in January. The cryp-
climbed as investors fled tocurrency is independent from any single country, company or central bank.
Commodities from risky assets to safer ha-
Delivery Close Weekly 1 year vens. moil can usually be found in gered the Chicago Board sided.
Commodity: Unit date in $ change change Bitcoin’s supporters are bitcoin prices and Options Exchange Volatility The 70% slump from bit-
Oil: Barrel Mar 18 59.20 -6.25 +5.34 quick to extol the cryptocur- headlines, this week U.S. Index’s biggest jump ever. coin’s high of almost $20,000
Gold Ounce Feb 18 1,313.10 -20.60 +78.70 rency’s virtues as an asset equities are beating the larg- The “do no harm” ap- has prompted finance
Silver Ounce Feb 18 16.12 -0.56 -1.80 that’s uncorrelated to the est cryptocurrency on that proach to cryptocurrencies heavyweights to say the
broader market — inde- field. taken by U.S. regulators at a cryptocurrency bubble had
Source: The Associated Press (Bank and mortgage rate figures from Bankrate.com) pendent from any single Since its drop below Senate hearing Tuesday popped. Judging from price
country, company or central $6,000, bitcoin has been on a sparked the rebound, while action this week at least,
Online updates bank — which can serve as a steady climb, causing vola- negative headlines from maybe those calls were pre-
For current market coverage plus stock prices and haven in times of market tility measures on the digital regulatory crackdowns in mature.
company data, go to latimes.com/business turmoil. asset to stabilize while the China and South Korea that
And although that tur- sell-off in the S&P 500 trig- have weighed on prices sub- Russo writes for Bloomberg.
C4
THE SMART is easy to operate and pleasingly quiet. It’s roomy enough for two, but forget about trunk space.
Tiny car with big appeal
[Electric Drive, from C1]
settled on the ForTwo mod-
el, and later added a battery-
electric-vehicle, or BEV, ver-
sion.
Propelled by a 17.6-kWh
battery connected to a
60-kW electric motor, the
electric ForTwo is said
to produce the equivalent
of 80 horsepower and
118 pound-feet of torque.
On such a small vehicle
(it reportedly weighs 2,363
pounds, and is almost cubic
in its squat dimensions),
that’s plenty of pep. The
Smart scoots around town
capably, and gets quickly up
to freeway speed, even in the
battery-saving Eco mode.
There’s no learning
curve. The Smart is easy to
operate, and fun to drive.
Parking is hilarious — you
can almost fit two in a stand-
ard metered parking space
— and the turning radius is
so tight that while you can’t
literally turn on a dime, you
can maneuver easily in very
narrow situations.
The stiff suspension
helps with cornering, while
also, unfortunately, accentu-
ating every wrinkle in the
pavement. The regenerative
braking system — which
uses the electric motor to
slow the car down and re-
turn energy to the battery
when the accelerator is re-
leased — makes for almost
one-pedal driving. The
brakes will last a long, long
time.
Dashboard displays and
a dash-mounted energy
gauge provide data on
energy use, battery power
and remaining range. A very
small rearview screen,
housed inside the rearview
mirror, improves the limited
visibility.
Salke will become new chief of Amazon Studios
[Salke, from C1]
grown into a blockbuster hit
for NBC. Salke brought to
the network the sitcoms
“Superstore” and “The
Good Place” with Ted Dan-
son and Kristen Bell. She
also worked with producer
Dick Wolf to expand his
popular franchise of Chi-
cago-centric dramas, in-
cluding “Chicago Fire” and
“Chicago Med.”
“What stood out about
Jen was the deep relation-
ships she has nurtured with
creators and talent over her
career, spanning NBCU,
Twentieth Century Fox, and
Aaron Spelling Produc-
tions,” Jeff Blackburn, Ama-
zon’s senior vice president of
business and development,
said in a statement an-
nouncing Salke’s hiring.
“She’s built an impec-
cable reputation as a big
leader who emphasizes cre-
ativity, collaboration, and
teamwork,” Blackburn said.
Salke is expected to join
Amazon in late March or
early April, providing a tran-
sition period during network
pilot season as NBC pieces
together its new fall sched-
ule.
“She is exactly what Am-
azon needs — a program-
ming expert,” said Michael
Pachter, a media analyst
with Wedbush Securities in
Los Angeles.
He said some of Ama-
zon’s programming, includ-
ing “Transparent” — about a
2018 Smart ForTwo
Electric Drive Cabriolet
The Times’ take: The
world’s cutest affordable
electric convertible
Highs: A smart take on the
small commuter BEV
Lows: Lower-cost
materials feel a little cheap
Vehicle type: Two-door,
two-passenger convertible
Base price: $28,850
Price as tested: $32,180
Powertrain: 17.6-kWh
It’s easy to forget, once
behind the wheel, what a
tiny car this is. The driver
and passenger space is sub-
stantial for a small sedan. I
had plenty of leg room and
head room, and was hardly
aware when I was driving
that there was very little ac-
tual car in front of me or be-
hind me.
The design ethic is at-
tractive and minimalist —
still bearing the mark of the
Swatch input. Two cup hold-
ers sit in the center console.
There’s a small storage
pouch in the door, and a very
tiny glove compartment,
about big enough for a pair
of actual gloves.
As for trunk space, well,
no. There is a little cubby be-
hind the seats, but you won’t
be bringing your golf clubs
along unless you’re planning
to putt-putt at Scandia or
Sherman Oaks Castle Park.
It was difficult for me to
be sure, from the mixed city
and highway driving I did,
how accurate the EPA-ap-
70-year-old father, played by
Jeffrey Tambor, who shocks
his family by coming out as
transgender — lacks main-
stream appeal. Pachter said
the Amazon shows seem de-
signed for people who are
“entertainment industry in-
siders, liberals — people who
live on the Westside,” he
said.
“Amazon doesn’t really
make commercially success-
ful shows,” Pachter said,
adding that the company
must shift its focus to attract
broader audiences who
haven’t yet signed up for the
Amazon Prime service.
“If Amazon is going to
grow, it needs to bring in
more medium-income cus-
tomers,” he said.
The leadership reboot
comes as Amazon’s rivals
have scored with premium
programming that felt more
culturally relevant, includ-
ing HBO’s “Big Little Lies,”
Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s
Tale” and Netflix’s “ Strang-
er Things.”
However, Amazon has
launched some new gems,
including “The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel” and the movie
“The Big Sick.”
Salke has been in the tele-
vision trenches for years, in-
cluding nearly seven at NBC.
She was a key part of the
team that reinvigorated the
peacock network after Com-
cast took control of NBCU-
niversal in 2011. She was one
of the first hires of NBC En-
battery, 60-kW electric
motor
Transmission: One-speed
automatic
Horsepower: 80
Torque: 118 pound-feet
EPA fuel economy rating:
112 miles per gallon
equivalent city / 91
highway / 102 combined
EPA approved range: 57
miles
proved range on this ForTwo
would be in real life.
But I did have the oppor-
tunity to test the home
charging situation. For me,
on a common household
plug, the ForTwo’s stated
EV range rose from 28 miles
to 52 miles after a 10-hour
overnight charge. A second
time, the overnight charge
raised my range from 13 to 35
miles.
Those nervous about
BEVs will say the overnight
charge is too slow, and in-
deed it takes a very long time
to bring the battery from
empty to full from a stand-
ard household socket.
But most commuters
won’t be doing that. Instead,
they’ll be topping up, juicing
from 60% to 80%, say, and
storing enough energy to do
their daily drives.
Besides, the Smart folks
say, the car can also be fully
charged in around three
hours on a Level 2 system,
using a 7.2-kW charger that
comes standard, and in less
THE CAST of “This Is Us” is honored at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Jen
Salke was an early champion of the family drama, which became a hit for NBC.
tertainment Chairman Bob
Greenblatt.
Before that, she was a top
executive at the prolific 20th
Century Fox Television stu-
dio, where she helped devel-
op “Modern Family” and
“Glee.”
“Jennifer Salke is a world-
class entertainment execu-
tive and deserves enormous
credit for helping put NBC
back on top,” Greenblatt
said in a statement. “While
Daimler
than an hour on a Level 3
charger.
The Smart starts at a
very low MSRP. A gasoline-
powered ForTwo is priced
from $15,410. The base model
electric drive, non-cabriolet
version starts at $28,850, be-
fore factoring in any rebates
or tax incentives, which in
some areas could total
$10,000.
That’s cheap! And, as is
sometimes the case with au-
tomobiles, you get what you
pay for. Even the upgraded
electric version, which in-
cludes such amenities as
leather upholstery, heated
seats, heated steering wheel
and a fancy JBL sound sys-
tem, retains much of the en-
try-level car’s feeling — in
the plastic door panels and
interior parts, for example,
and the absence of adequate
sound-deadening materials
in the carpet, glass or roof.
But the drop top aspect is
beautiful. The canvas top
slides down with the push of
a button. Good wind man-
agement makes the ForTwo
almost as quiet on the free-
way with the top down as
with the top up.
What’s left is the sound of
silence.
The slow pace of BEV car
sales, even in forward-lean-
ing California, proves that
electric vehicles aren’t for ev-
eryone — especially for peo-
ple with long commutes, or
large families, or towing
needs, or no place to conven-
iently charge.
But the Smart ForTwo
electric drive cabrio ought to
go right to the top of the list
for everyone else.
charles.fleming
@latimes.com
Twitter: @misterfleming
Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times
we will all miss her enor-
mously, we will hopefully
find many new ways to be in
business with her at Ama-
zon.“ NBC is expected to
name a replacement as soon
as next week.
Amazon spent the last
three months interviewing
prominent female execu-
tives for its new studio chief.
Those included Dana
Walden, chairman of the Fox
Television Group; Stacey
L AT I M ES . C O M / B US I N E S S
Alphabet
settles for
$245-million
stake in Uber
[Uber, from C1]
ception of Uber as a com-
pany that plays fast and
loose in an aggressive at-
tempt to dominate the mar-
ket for ride-hailing services
around the world.
Khosrowshahi was
named CEO in August in
large part to boost Uber’s
image. Sexual harassment,
loose protection of customer
data, spying on journalists
and encouragement of an
over-aggressive bro culture
were just a few of the contro-
versies that led the Uber
board to force out co-found-
er Travis Kalanick as CEO in
June.
A former Expedia CEO,
Khosrowshahi pledged to
improve Uber’s image, cul-
ture and corporate govern-
ance as he prepares for a
public stock offering as early
as 2019.
Continuing witness testi-
mony and resulting bad
press “would have hurt their
valuation,” said Rebecca
Lindland, an analyst at Kel-
ley Blue Book. It’s “incred-
ibly important that Uber
clear their decks, get them-
selves back on solid footing
and get this distraction out
of the way,” she said.
Though neither com-
pany said it had won or lost,
Kalanick, who remains an
Uber board member, ex-
pressed vindication and
theoretical victory in a pre-
pared statement: “As Uber’s
statement indicates, no
trade secrets ever came to
Uber. … The evidence at trial
overwhelmingly proved
that, and had the trial pro-
ceeded to its conclusion, it is
clear Uber would have pre-
vailed.”
Dan Handman, a trade
secrets attorney at
Hirschfeld Kraemer in Los
Angeles, begs to differ.
“When you settle a case for
this amount of money in the
middle of a trial, you do it be-
cause you’ll get worse if it
goes to a verdict.”
Waymo was seeking $1.8
billion in damages. Unlike
the settlement, which will be
paid in Uber equity, dam-
ages resulting from a jury
verdict would have to be
paid in cash, Handman said.
In the settlement, Uber
did not admit to any legal
wrongdoing.
“To be clear, while we do
not believe that any trade se-
crets made their way from
Waymo to Uber, nor do we
believe that Uber has used
any of Waymo’s proprietary
information in its self-driv-
ing technology, we are tak-
ing steps with Waymo to en-
sure our Lidar and software
Snider, chairman of the 20th
Century Fox Film studio;
and Nancy Dubuc, president
and chief executive of A+E
Networks, which includes
History, Lifetime and A&E.
Amazon’s movie chief, Ja-
son Ropell, will report to
Salke, as well as Chief Op-
erating Officer Albert
Cheng, who has been man-
aging Amazon Studios since
Price’s exit.
At NBC, Salke was re-
represents just our good
work,” Khosrowshahi said.
Testimony made clear
that Levandowski down-
loaded 14,107 proprietary
documents from Waymo to
his personal laptop before
leaving to lead Uber’s self-
driving project in January
2016 and copied those files to
external devices.
Although those files wer-
en’t found on Uber servers,
computer forensics experts
testified that the informa-
tion could be stored practi-
cally anywhere.
Waymo charged that the
downloaded files contained
eight trade secrets that
Uber used in laser-sensor
technology to try to catch up
with Waymo in the poten-
tially hot new market for
self-driving cars. If the trial
had continued to the end,
the jury would have been in-
structed to determine
whether the information
was truly trade secrets, and
that Uber possessed them.
In its own statement,
Waymo said it is committed
to “working with Uber to
make sure that each com-
pany develops its own
technology.”
“We have reached an
agreement with Uber that
we believe will protect Way-
mo’s intellectual property
now and into the future,” the
company said.
“We have always believed
competition should be fu-
eled by innovation in the
labs and on the roads and we
look forward to bringing
fully self-driving cars to the
world.”
In 2013, Google invested
in Uber. Kalanick said he
thought the two would work
together — Google on driv-
erless cars, Uber on ride-
hailing. But soon after,
Google executives stopped
answering his emails, Kalan-
ick testified, before Google
struck a deal with Uber arch-
foe Lyft.
That’s when Uber
launched its own driverless
technology program.
Evan Rawley, a professor
at the University of Minne-
sota, believes the company
is rethinking its decision to
go it alone in driverless cars.
He expects Uber now to
partner with other compa-
nies to develop driverless
technology, including, per-
haps, Waymo. The fact that
the settlement is in equity,
not cash, is “a golden oppor-
tunity for them to align
themselves better with
Google,” he said.
russ.mitchell@latimes.com
tracey.lien@latimes.com
sponsible for comedy devel-
opment, drama devel-
opment, casting and diver-
sity programming initia-
tives.
She juggled about 40
shows, including those pro-
duced by NBC’s Universal
Television studio unit. Last
summer, she launched a pro-
gram to mentor female di-
rectors so they would get im-
portant experience behind
the camera. And just last
month, she was tasked with
business affairs and produc-
tion for scripted program-
ming.
“I’m incredibly excited
about the future at Amazon
Studios,” Salke said in a
statement. “In the studio’s
relatively short existence
they have innovated, dis-
rupted, and created charac-
ters that are already an in-
delible part of pop culture. I
am both honored and em-
boldened by the opportunity
to lead this extraordinary
business.”
She also noted that the
move would be bittersweet.
“NBC has been an amaz-
ing home — creatively, pro-
fessionally and personally —
and I leave there knowing
that the work we did had
groundbreaking impact,”
Salke said. “It’s an exciting
time to be a content creator.”
Amazon shares closed
down less than 1%, or $10.90,
to $1,339.60.
meg.james@latimes.com
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Energy projects stumble in Mexico

Wood said the problems
In post-monopoly era, underscore the need for
companies to do their home-
local groups gain more work in any community it
leverage against plans, wants to do business.
“You have to bring in
frustrating developers. everybody and you have to
do this in as open and trans-
parent way as possible, be-
By Rob Nikolewski cause otherwise you are cre-
ating problems for yourself
SAN DIEGO — Sempra down the road,” Wood said.
Energy, San Diego’s Fortune Politics in Mexico could
500 energy giant, has made be a complicating factor.
sizable investments across In July the country will
Mexico, looking to take ad- hold a presidential election,
vantage of the Mexican gov- and the leader in the polls is
ernment’s decision more Andres Manuel Lopez
than four years ago to dra- Obrador, a leftist populist
matically reform its energy who has been a harsh critic
system and open it up to of energy reform.
projects from foreign com- He has vowed to review
panies. all energy contracts — even
But an incident in a small from last week’s massive
town in the state of Sonora auction of offshore oil and
offers a stark example of how gas rights estimated to gen-
expensive plans can be dis- erate $93 billion from in-
rupted. vestors, including Royal
Last August, some mem- Dutch Shell.
bers of the Yaqui tribe — one Renegotiating the North
of 68 indigenous groups in American Free Trade Agree-
Mexico — hopped onto a Sempra Energy ment among Mexico, the
backhoe and dug a 25-foot A WORKER with IEnova, Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, assists with pipeline construction in 2016. In U.S. and Canada is also an
chunk out of a natural gas August, angry members of an indigenous tribe dug a chunk out of a $400-million IEnova natural gas pipeline. ongoing concern.
pipeline in the village of “We’re moving fast and
Loma de Bacum. December. “But it won’t partnered with Trans- had monopolies running tions with indigenous furiously into the election cy-
It’s part of a 500-mile pass through here.” Canada on the project. things, if the state and local groups and other interested cle and that will dominate
pipeline project operated by IEnova and Sempra offi- IEnova is not the only en- officials didn’t like [a given parties as part of the permit- the discussion,” Padilla said,
IEnova, Sempra’s subsidi- cials turned down a request ergy company that has re- project], well, too bad,” ting process. but he did not think energy
ary in Mexico. The pipeline, for an interview, saying only ceived pushback. Padilla said. “That wasn’t al- “In the country, where reform will be reversed.
said to be worth $400 million, through a representative At least four other pipe- ways the case but it did hap- some of the basic needs are Those sentiments were
transports natural gas from that a section of the Sonora line projects in Mexico have pen.” not taken care of, you can expressed last June by the
Arizona to Mexico’s Pacific pipeline “is out of operation” been stalled or temporarily Energy reform changed completely understand why chairman and chief execu-
Coast. and that “IEnova is awaiting suspended. Some delays the rules of the game. Passed local groups — indigenous or tive of IEnova, Carlos Ruiz
According to Mexico’s the judge’s resolution in or- have lasted two years. in 2013 and 2014, the legisla- otherwise — will use the lev- Sacristan, during a presen-
Energy Ministry, seven der to be able to repair the There have also been pro- tion ended the monopolies erage they have to try to get tation with energy analysts.
other Yaqui groups along pipeline.” Sempra also is the tests over wind farms in the of Mexico’s state-owned pe- someplace,” said Duncan “The energy reform is
the pipeline’s route signed parent of Southern Califor- state of Oaxaca — some troleum company Pemex Wood, director of the Mexico here to stay,” regardless of
off on the project, but the nia Gas Co. and San Diego from indigenous groups op- and electric company CFE. Institute at the Washington- the outcome of the election,
Yaquis in Loma de Bacum Gas & Electric Co. posed to the project outright International companies based Wilson Center. Ruiz Sacristan said. “That
said they did not approve a A $2.1-billion undersea and others from landowners were encouraged to strike Mexico’s natural gas reform was a continuation of
nine-mile stretch of the pipe- pipeline project that would who wanted higher pay- deals to help modernize, trade association in Decem- a change that required 75%
line that runs through their run from south Texas to the ments from developers. streamline and upgrade the ber urged the government to of the [national] Congress
farmland. Mexican port city of Tuxpan “It’s been frustrating for a country’s energy landscape. do something, saying dis- and 51% of the state congress
“If they want to build a has also been delayed, re- lot of developers,” said John Only 7% of households in ruptions hinder “the cre- to vote. So it is not easy to
pipeline, that’s fine,” portedly because of legal ac- Padilla, managing director Mexico have access to natu- ation of new jobs and the change that.”
Guadalupe Flores, one of tions from a fishing of IPD Latin America, an en- ral gas. generation of electricity that
the town’s leaders, told cooperative and an indige- ergy consulting firm. At the same time, energy is cleaner and more com- rob.nikolewski
Bloomberg News in nous group. IEnova has “In the past, when you reform required consulta- petitive.” @sduniontribune.com

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SPORTS
S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 1 0 , 2 0 1 8 :: L A T I M E S . C O M / S P O R T S

Kings NBA: THE TRADE DEADLINE AFTERMATH

start
strong
on trip
Brodzinski gets
game-winner in
second period, and
Quick makes 35 saves.
KINGS 3, FLORIDA 1
By Kevin Baxter
SUNRISE, Fla. — The
Kings have resisted calling
their current seven-game
trip, their longest of the sea-
son, a make-or-break jour-
ney. But given the tight play-
off race in the Pacific Divi-
sion, where four teams are
separated by only one point
behind front-running Vegas,
the East Coast swing can go
a long way toward determin-
ing where the Kings finish in
that race.
And given those stakes,
the trip couldn’t have begun
much better for the Kings,
who got two goals from their
fourth line and 35 saves from
goalie Jonathan Quick on
Friday in a 3-1 win over the
Florida Panthers.
“It was a big start for us,”
said Nick Shore, who scored
one of those fourth-line
goals. “To get this one
tonight certainly puts us go-
ing in the right direction.”
For Shore, playing for
only the second time since
Jan. 23, the goal was his first
in nearly a month while line-
man Jonny Brodzinski’s
score, which bounced off a
Florida player and into the
net in the second period,
proved to be the game-win-
ner.
“You start a long trip, it’s
always important to get off
on the right foot,” said Kings
coach John Stevens, whose
team has won three in a row
and five of its last six. “It’s a
Game of exes and ohs
Griffin has a cold
shoulder, and hand,
in losing his first
matchup against his
old Clippers team
CLIPPERS 108, DETROIT 95
By Broderick Turner
DETROIT — Blake Griffin low-
ered his head and walked off the
court without saying a word to any-
one from L.A. after his old Clippers
team defeated his new Detroit Pis-
tons team 108-95.
Griffin didn’t shake any of his
former teammates’ hands before
or after the Clippers ran away from
the Pistons in the fourth quarter
with a 31-15 finish Friday night at
Little Caesars Arena.
Griffin didn’t talk to any of the
Clippers coaches or the support
staff before or after the game. It
was as if the Clippers team Griffin
spent the first nine years of his ca-
reer with didn’t exist.
It was as if the Clippers team
that traded him, Brice Johnson
and Willie Reed to the Pistons for
Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris,
Boban Marjanovic and draft picks
was null and void in Griffin’s eyes.
Griffin had 19 points but he was
just seven-for-19 from the field, in-
cluding one-for-seven from three-
point range.
“At the end of the day, there’s
really just one guy there [from]
when I first got there,” Griffin said,
referring to the eight-plus years he
played with DeAndre Jordan. “At
the start of the season, we had nine
new guys. Organizational, yeah, I
was there for nine years. But those
guys on the court are not quite the
same when it’s a lot of new guys.
But, still, it’s a team I’m familiar
with. It was a little weird. It’s the
Carlos Osorio Associated Press first time I’ve ever done something
BLAKE GRIFFIN reacts after blocking a shot by Montrezl Harrell, but otherwise it was a quiet like that. So, it’s out of the way.
night against his old team. Griffin made just seven of 19 shots and didn’t talk to his ex-teammates. [See Clippers, D4]

Lakers are dealing with

good two points to start the
trip.”
Aaron Ekblad’s first-pe-

own difficult breakup

riod goal put the Panthers
up 1-0, but Shore evened
things for the Kings less
than four minutes into the
second period, taking a pass
from Andy Andreoff in the
middle of the right circle,
then walking into the crease
and flipping the puck
[See Kings, D8]
DUCKS 3, EDMONTON 2
Ducks get it done
Ryan Kesler’s goal in the
third proves to be the
difference as the Ducks
hang on for a win. D8
Nance and Clarkson move
on with mixed emotions
after trade to Cleveland,
and L.A. does too.
By Tania Ganguli
Larry Nance Jr. designed the
ring himself this summer with the
help of a friend in Cleveland, then
he proposed on the balcony of the
Redondo Beach apartment he
shared with his fiancee. There was
nothing frilly or fancy about it. He
was just ready for that step.
It was a move forward in
Nance’s personal life, at a time of
changes in his professional life, too.
When Magic Johnson asked the
Lakers for a leader to step up at the
end of last season, Nance em-
braced the challenge. The Lakers
appreciated it. But it didn’t stop
them from showing him the door
on Thursday.
The Lakers traded Nance and
Jordan Clarkson to the Cleveland
Cavaliers for former All-Star point
guard Isaiah Thomas, forward
Channing Frye and Cleveland’s
first-round draft pick, which is pro-
tected if it falls in the top three. It
was a move almost entirely about
salary cap space — Frye and
Thomas both have expiring con- Mark J. Terrill Associated Press
tracts. But in looking to the future, JORDAN CLARKSON emerged as a sixth man of the year can-
[See Lakers, D5] didate and was a big part of the Lakers’ recent success.

Stats don’t reveal Earnhardt bullish

Goloman’s value
His influence on
offense, defense is
helping Bruins get off
of tournament bubble.
By Ben Bolch
TEMPE, Ariz. — GG
Goloman isn’t listed on any
of the prominent NBA mock
draft boards, meaning the
UCLA senior forward would
likely have to try to make a
team through the back door
of a training camp invita-
tion.
He should remember to
bring along footage of his
performance against Arizo-
na to enhance his candidacy.
Goloman outplayed
Wildcats counterpart and
possible No. 1 overall draft
pick Deandre Ayton for
stretches of UCLA’s 82-74 tri-
umph Thursday night at the
McKale Center. Goloman
matched Ayton in points
(16), assists (two) and blocks
(two) while committing one
TODAY IN THE PAC-12
UCLA at Arizona State
4 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena
TV: Pac-12 Networks
USC at Arizona
7:15 p.m. at McKale Center
TV: ESPN
fewer turnover and playing a
much more efficient game.
The 6-foot-11 Goloman
logged his career high in
points while making six of
eight shots, including a
career-high three three-
pointers. The 7-1Ayton made
seven of 19 shots while being
continually harassed by
Goloman and his fellow Bru-
[See UCLA, D5]
on Ax Man’s future
Anticipation growing
for 3-year-old’s second
race in Santa Anita’s
San Vicente Stakes.
By John Cherwa
The Earnhardt name is
known throughout the
country for strong cars and
big personalities. But it’s not
always about Dale and Dale
Jr.
If you’ve ever spent a day
in the Phoenix area and
watched more than an hour
of television you’ve probably
seen a car commercial for an
Earnhardt Auto Center
U.S. Soccer goes
to the polls
The U.S. Soccer
Federation will hold
its first contested
Ralph Freso Associated Press presidential election
THE BRUINS’ GG Goloman, who is averaging 7.3 in 20 years. D3
points per game, scored 16 against Arizona.
dealership. Patriarch Tex,
now well into his 80s, pulls a
page out of the Cal Wor-
thington playbook and sits
atop a massive bovine, strid-
ing toward the camera as
Tex makes promises of great
deals. He concludes with
“That ain’t no bull.”
And it isn’t, it’s actually a
steer (a neutered bull).
Now, Tex’s son, Hal, who
runs the 18 franchises, is
making another run outside
the car world and into horse
racing, where this self-pro-
fessed cowboy is comfort-
able breeding and owning a
potentially rising star on the
Triple Crown trail.
Saturday at Santa Anita,
[See Horse racing, D7]
Beitashour has
kicked around
Money might have
made LAFC defender,
on his fourth team in
six years, expendable
in MLS. D3
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8 a.m. Women, Navy at Army TV: CBS Sports

Eagles fans called out for

9 a.m. Florida at South Carolina TV: 2
9 a.m. Butler at Villanova TV: 11
9 a.m. Oklahoma Stae at West Virginia TV: ESPN
9 a.m. Northwestern at Maryland TV: ESPN2
9 a.m. Marquette at St. John’s TV: FS West

post-Super Bowl antics

9 a.m. Temple at South Florida TV: ESPNU
10:30 a.m. Navy at Army TV: CBS Sports
11 a.m. Kansas at Baylor TV: 2
11 a.m. North Carolina at North Carolina State TV: KDOC
11 a.m. Oklahoma at Iowa State TV: ESPN
11 a.m. Mississippi State at Missouri TV: ESPN2
11 a.m. Miami at Boston College TV: FS West Sweet irony for Raiders OK, that fits. Isaiah Thomas play very misses the point like a Lak-
11:30 a.m. Xavier at Creighton TV: 11 fans, as Tom Brady can’t Dave Van Proyen poorly this year and being ers free throw. Sports is
Noon Women, West Virginia at Texas Tech TV: Prime “tuck” this Super Bowl Palmdale disruptive in the locker different, period. There is no
12:30 p.m. Auburn at Georgia TV: SEC victory away. room, I highly doubt Magic way around it. People that
1 p.m. Purdue at Michigan State TV: ESPN William David Stone What’s the deal? and the new Lakers guard get paid a king’s ransom to
1 p.m. Florida State at Notre Dame TV: ESPN2 Beverly Hills All Rob Pelinka and will be kissing cheek to play kids games will never
1 p.m. DePaul at Providence TV: FS West Magic Johnson have done cheek this season. be the poster boys/girls for
:: since they began last year is Richard Katz the “poor working stiff.”
1 p.m. Women, West Virginia at Texas Tech TV: Prime
rid the Lakers of one terrible Los Angeles Jeff Heister
1 p.m. San Francisco at Brigham Young TV: SpecSN
One of the best Arena contract after another. This Chatsworth
1 p.m. Seton Hall at Georgetown TV: CBS Sports latest deal in acquiring
football games I’ve ever ::
1 p.m. Mississippi at Louisiana State TV: ESPNU seen! Isaiah Thomas, Channing ::
1 p.m. Rutgers at Nebraska TV: Big Ten Jack Wishard Frye and a first-round pick There hasn’t been a
3 p.m. Connecticut at Wichita State TV: ESPN2 Los Angeles for Jordan Clarkson and more-publicized plan than Could it be the Dodgers
3:15 p.m. Virginia Tech at Virginia TV: ESPN Larry Nance Jr. is border- the one the Lakers have for are trying to shrink their
4 p.m. UCLA at Arizona State TV: Pac-12 :: line genius. Nope. I take that trying to get two major free payroll because they finally
R: 1150 back. Beyond genius. I agents this summer. But as I realize that without televi-
5 p.m. San Diego State at Nevada TV: ESPN2 Hearing Al Michaels’ thought scamming the Nets watch this young team sion coverage of their games
5 p.m. Wyoming at Nevada Las Vegas TV: CBS Sports final call of the Super Bowl to take Russell and Mozgov struggle and battle and locally their fan base is likely
5 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State TV: ESPNU was a major letdown consid- was a beauty, but this was a come together, all I can say to shrink?
5:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at Arkansas TV: SEC ering his past calls and masterpiece. is that it had better work. John Snyder
big game experience. Dur- I cannot wait to see what Because if they strike out Newbury Park
6:30 p.m. California at Utah TV: Pac-12
ing the Hail Mary that lies ahead when they no again in their attempt to
7 p.m. Gonzaga at St. Mary’s TV: ESPN2
could have tied the game, longer have to rid the fran- lure free agents, there is no ::
7 p.m. Biola at Cal Baptist TV: Prime chise of the stench left by
he sounded tired and Plan B other than continu-
7:15 p.m. USC at Arizona TV: ESPN bored. Kupchak and Buss. ing to tank. Bill Shaikin’s article on
R: 690 Then, he could have Geno Apicella Eric Monson MLB teams that have no
8 p.m. Cal Poly at Long Beach State TV: FS West immediately praised the Placentia Temecula chance to win was excellent.
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS Eagles but instead contin- A third of teams are going
11:30 a.m. Women, UCLA at California TV: Pac-12 ued to speak with zero en- :: Strike two through the motions to look
1:30 p.m. Women, Oregon State at Washington TV: Pac-12 thusiasm. As the play-by- Baseball players are like contenders, but doing
COLLEGE SOFTBALL, KAJIKAWA CLASSIC TOURNAMENT play voice for the network, Thanks for the memo- mad? Oh my! Strike, I want very little to improve their
8 a.m. Fresno State vs. Stanford TV: Pac-12 why not be excited for the ries, Junior. Your energy, to see that like yesterday. teams. They are doing this
GOLF winners for the biggest work ethic, defense, re- Players and owners are out while the contenders are
11 a.m. PGA, Pebble Beach Pro-Am TV: Golf game of the year? bounding, athleticism, and of touch. paying the luxury tax to
Luke Aiello team-first mentality will be I make a real good living help support these teams
12:30 p.m. PGA Champions, Boca Raton Championship TV: Golf
Orange sorely missed. Sorry to see and I will not pay the price that are tanking it.
7 p.m. European PGA, World Super 6 Perth TV: Golf
you sacrificed to enable the the Dodgers charge. Do George Steinbrenner
HOCKEY these people look at all the
:: Lakers to dump the Clark- said it a long time ago that
12:30 p.m. WHL, Red Deer at Edmonton TV: NHL son contract. tents on the sidewalks? the luxury tax is OK if the
4 p.m. Nashville at Montreal TV: NHL If Tom Brady plays next Tom Lallas Plus guys that are on the teams that are receiving the
4 p.m. Kings at Tampa Bay TV: FS West season, does that mean he’ll Los Angeles backside of their career money are using it to im-
R: 790 be too busy to work on his think they should still have prove their team by signing
HORSE RACING next cookbook, “Tom vs. :: great salaries. good players.
Noon Trackside Live, Santa Anita TV: TVG Thyme” ? Let’s face it, Yu Darvish James Spiegel
1 p.m. Saturday at the Races TV: FS2 George Sands The Lakers will regret wants, what, 4 or 5 years? Romoland
2 p.m. Trackside Live, Santa Anita TV: TVG Torrance the departure of Jordan The guy is in decline. Why
6 p.m. The Quarters, Los Alamitos TV: TVG Clarkson. Professional pay him $100 million? Jake ::
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS :: sports should be about Arrieta is 31. He wants huge The Los Angeles Times
building a championship money when he is 35-36? welcomes expressions of all
7 p.m. UFC 221: Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold TV: PPV
I turned on the news and team, not trying to buy one. Eric Hosmer at 28 is the best views. Letters should be
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I was appalled, as I was If the Lakers sign Le- brief and become the prop-
4 p.m. Clippers at Philadelphia TV: Prime else is too old.
witnessing craziness, may- Bron, I’m out. erty of The Times. They may
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hem and human tragedy. Dave Thoma be edited and republished in
5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State TV: 7 Crowds rioting in the any format. Each must
Ventura Long Beach
5:30 p.m. Lakers at Dallas TV: SpecSN, streets, cars overturned and include a valid mailing
SpecDep burning, looting of busi- :: :: address and telephone
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SOCCER safety or property. Perhaps I realize that Magic With all due respect, not be used.
6:15 a.m. Germany, Dortmund vs. Hamburg TV: FS2, UniMas I was watching some third- Johnson is kind of new at telling fans that baseball Mail: Sports Viewpoint
6:15 a.m. Germany, Leverkusen vs. Berlin TV: FS Plus world country overthrowing this, but I think that he players’ salaries are as Los Angeles Times
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7 a.m. Spain, Malaga vs. Atletico Madrid TV: beIN2 the caption on the bottom his old-time buddy, the working at Subway vs. man- Los Angeles, CA 90012
7 a.m. England, West ham vs. Watford TV: UNVSO of the screen. It read, “Phila- other Isiah Thomas. I hate agement is way off the mark. Fax: (213) 237-4322
7:45 a.m. a.m. France, Toulouse vs. Paris Saint-Germain TV: beIN1 delphia Eagles fans celebra- to be a doubting Thomas, Maybe the principle is the Email:
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Crespi defeats Harvard-Westlake

4:45 p.m. Mexico, Tigres vs. America TV: KMEX
7 p.m. Mexico, Guadalajara vs. Santos Laguna TV: KMEX
6 a.m. (Sun.) England, Newcastle vs. Manchester United TV: KVEA,
NBCSN
6:30 a.m. (Sun.) Germany, Stuttgart vs. Monchengladbach TV: FS1
TENNIS step up his offensive contrib- other elite teams. standout junior Charisma
6 a.m. Center Court, ATP, Montpellier; Fed Cup TV: Tennis Regans scores 22 utions after standout guard “Bishop Montgomery is Osborne.
Brandon Williams, averag- the favorite going into every Other top players to
5:30 a.m. (Sun.) Center Court, ATP, Montpellier final
TRACK AND FIELD
TV: Tennis in second half as ing 24.7 points, rolled his left game,” White said. “Eti- watch include junior Kayla
2 p.m. Indoor Championship TV: NBCSN Celts finish 12-0 in ankle late in the second half. wanda brings a defensive Padilla of Bishop Mont-
He sat in a chair the entire presence. Mater Dei is an es- gomery and Mater Dei fresh-
WINTER OLYMPICS Mission League. second half with the ankle tablished entity. Sierra Can- man Brooke Demetre.
4 p.m. Snowboarding, figure skating preview TV: NBCSN wrapped in ice. He’ll likely yon has athletes every- Harvard-Westlake will
5 p.m. Figure skating, Alpine skiing TV: 4 By Eric Sondheimer get an X-ray on Saturday. where. That being said, I’ll host Gardena Serra in its
6:45 p.m. Curling, snowboarding TV: NBCSN Williams said afterward he take our team against any- opener and Bishop Mont-
8:30 p.m. Figure skating TV: 4 Resting on the court with should be fine. one. We have a bunch of sen- gomery will play at Wind-
11:30 p.m. Women’s hockey: Finland vs. U.S. TV: NBCSN his tongue sticking out after Regardless, Crespi is set iors and one of the best play- ward. Mater Dei, seeded No.
2 a.m. (Sun.) Biathalon, speed skating, cross-country skiing TV: NBCSN making a three-point shot to be one of the eight teams ers around.” 3, will host Ribet and No. 4
4 a.m. (Sun.) Women’s hockey: Canada vs. Olympic Athletes TV: USA while being fouled, Taj Re- selected for the Southern Sierra Canyon will host Eti-
from Russia gans of Encino Crespi was Section Open Division play- Girls’ basketball wanda.
feeling pretty energized in offs that will be announced Harvard-Westlake (24-4) The semis are Feb. 24 at
the second half on Friday on Saturday. received the No. 1 seed for Cal Baptist and the final is
night. “We’re a good team,” Re- the Southern Section-Ford March 2 at The Pyramid.
“I didn’t tell him to take gans said. “We’re good be- Girls Basketball Open Divi- “Any night anyone can
latimes.com/newsletters over,” coach Russell White
said. “He just did.”
cause we all can play.”
Harvard-Westlake (21-5,
sion playoffs that begin next
Friday.
lose,” Harvard-Westlake
coach Melissa Hearlihy said.
Regans scored 22 of his 29 9-3) played much of the Windward (20-3) was “I don’t think anyone is that
LAKERS points in the second half to game without 6-foot-10 cen- seeded No. 2. The two teams dominating anymore. There

What’s going to happen next? help the Celts (24-2) defeat

Studio City Harvard-West-
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ter Mason Hooks, who had
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Dottin scored 23 points for
the Wolverines.
The challenge ahead for
the Celts will be entering a
tournament with seven
have split two meetings this
season.
used to be days it was all
Mater Dei, all Long Beach
Harvard-Westlake is led Poly, all Chaminade. There’s
by Pepperdine-bound twins a lot more parity.”
Jayda and Jayla Ruffus-Mil-
ner. eric.sondheimer@latimes.com
Windward relies on Twitter: @latsondheimer
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SOCCER

THE CANDIDATES
These eight candidates are running in the first contested election for the presidency of the U.S.
Soccer Federation in two decades:
An ugly campaign
Paul Caligiuri
Age: 53. Job: Soccer coach.

His goal put the U.S. in the 1990 World Cup, ending a 40-year absence from the tour-
nament … Orange County native was a UCLA standout who played 136 games for
coming to an end
six candidates or their repre-
the Galaxy and110 times for the national team … His “player-first” platform calls for
“a robust and broader development program” and equal pay for women … Has coached at the U.S. Soccer will vote sentatives held a tense meet-
ing one observer said seemed
university and club level and in the NPSL and UPSL … Founded the U.S. Soccer Players Assn. for its next president headed toward fisticuffs.

Kathy Carter
at its national council
Age: 48. Job: Chief executive of Soccer United Marketing. meeting today.
Backing from outgoing President Sunil Gulati and MLS Commissioner Don Gar- By Kevin Baxter
ber have allowed rivals to attack Carter as the “establishment candidate.” … Spent
more than 20 years on the business side of the sport, helping organize the 1994 SUNRISE, Fla. — The
World Cup and more recently leading the marketing arm of MLS and U.S. Soccer … Was a high U.S. Soccer Federation will
school All-American who played goalkeeper on the same college team as U.S. women’s team hold its first contested presi-
coach Jill Ellis … Her “New Vision for Change” calls for a strategic plan on the technical and busi- dential election in 20 years
ness side and focuses on youth soccer and prioritizing the women’s game. Saturday in Orlando, Fla.
But given the tenor of the
Carlos Cordeiro three-month campaign,
Age: 61. Job: former Goldman Sachs executive; now USSF vice president. picking a winner may do
more to inflame than heal a
Cordeiro, who played high school soccer in Miami, is of Colombian, Portuguese and federation still battered by
Indian descent and immigrated to the U.S. at 15 … The oldest candidate in the field, missing the World Cup for
he likens the president’s role to that of a CEO running a large corporation, favoring the first time since 1986.
a hands-off approach … Envisions bringing the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Women’s World Cup to In the run-up to the vote,
the U.S. … Platform calls for a new technical department for the men’s and women’s programs one candidate accused a rival
run by general managers. campaign of urging him to
drop out and support its per-
Steve Gans son; another contestant sued
Age: 57. Job: Lawyer. the very federation she is
seeking to lead. During last
A Boston-based lawyer, Gans played professional indoor soccer … Helped bring month’s United Soccer
World Cup matches to Boston in 1994 … Promises a “top-to-bottom” review of the Coaches Convention in Phil-
USSF administration and programming and the youth development academy … adelphia, where seven of the
Intends to meet with youth state associations in the first two months of his administration … eight people running for the
Proposes spending some of the USSF surplus to lessen the negative impact of “pay-to-play” bar- presidency made presenta-
riers and to increase diversity and participation. tions, a truck parked outside
the convention center played
Kyle Martino a loud video that accused
Age: 36. Job: TV analyst. candidate Kathy Carter of
being a puppet; attacked fel-
A former MLS rookie of the year, Martino ended an injury-shortened career with low candidate Carlos
the Galaxy and earned eight international caps … On leave from his job as a studio Cordeiro, the USSF vice-
analyst for NBC … A tireless and convincing campaigner, his slick “Progress Plan” president; and excoriated
is the most detailed platform of any candidate, calling for a reinvestment and refocus at the MLS Commissioner Don
grass-roots level … An Atlanta native, Martino is also seeking dialogue that would give stake- Garber, who isn’t even on the
holders at all levels a chance to be heard. ballot.
This campaign has gotten
Hope Solo so ugly current President
Age: 36. Job: Former national team goalkeeper. Sunil Gulati, who is not run-
ning for reelection to a post
The greatest goalkeeper in the history of women’s soccer, Solo earned 202 caps, he has held since 2006, took
won153 games and posted102 shutouts, capturing a World Cup and two Olympic ti- to the convention podium
tles … But she was also suspended repeatedly by U.S. Soccer and last month sued and lamented the mud-sling-
the federation, accusing it of neglecting youth soccer … Solo’s platform calls for transparency, ing.
equal pay for women and a focus on increasing diversity … The Washington state native is the “The facts don’t get
youngest candidate in field. changed by calling people
names or saying they’re not
Michael Winograd competent or having trucks
Age: 47. Job: Lawyer. outside,” he said. “There’s
ways to have elections with a
A corporate attorney in New York City, Winograd played in college and profession- positive tone, and the tone in
ally in Israel and has a deep background as a coach and administrator, having built this election is far from that.
a tier-two club on Staten Island and managed the NCAA College Cup while an as- To me, that’s very disap-
sistant at Richmond … Considers youth development the top goal of the new president … Also pointing.”
says the USSF needs greater transparency and must reduce or eliminate pay-to-play barriers to The finger-pointing and
bring more kids into the sport. blame-laying followed the
national team’s fifth-place
Eric Wynalda finish in World Cup qualify-
Age: 48. Job: Coach, TV analyst. ing last fall. In the wake of
that debacle, the field to suc-
A U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer, the Fullerton native played in three World Cups and ceed Gulati drew establish-
has the fourth-highest goal total (34) in U.S. national team history … Has served as ment candidates such as
coach and technical director at second- and fourth-tier teams … His platform in- Cordeiro and Carter, who has
volves introducing promotion and relegation to professional soccer, conforming to the interna- deep ties to the current lead-
tional winter calendar and overhauling the youth development program … The most char- ership as president of Soccer
ismatic candidate, he has, at times, been painted as an unpredictable populist. United Marketing, the com-
— Kevin Baxter mercial arm of U.S. Soccer
Elise Amendola Associated Press
SUNIL GULATI , presi-
dent of the United States
Soccer Federation, is not
seeking reelection.
and MLS. On the other end,
there’s Eric Wynalda and
Hope Solo, two of the three
World Cup veterans on the
ballot.
Former Galaxy midfield-
er Kyle Martino, ex-national
team star and Orange
County coach Paul Caligiuri,
and lawyers Steve Gans and
Michael Winograd are also in
the running. All have cam-
paigned for change, but
Wynalda and Solo have the
most radical platforms.
Wynalda is calling for promo-
tion, regulation and a Euro-
pean-style calendar for pro-
fessional leagues. Solo closed
her campaign by filing a com-
plaint accusing USSF’s gov-
erning body of neglecting
youth development for the
sake of self-serving financial
gain.
That wide range of ap-
proaches could make it
tough for U.S. Soccer’s varied
interests to unite behind
whichever candidate wins.
Carter, the favorite, said
she hoped membership
would be brought together
after the election, despite “a
little bit of negative cam-
paigning.”
“There’s more common
interests out there than we
may have even recognized,”
she added. “There’s defi-
nitely a willingness for evolu-
tion and change.
“We’ve got eight people
that are really excited about
running U.S. Soccer and who
are putting themselves out
there. Whether I agree with
everybody or not is irrele-
vant. We’ve got dialogue hap-
pening in our game that’s ne-
ver before happened.”
Whether common
threads will eventually bind
is uncertain. On Thursday,
Eventually cooler heads pre-
vailed and the six camps re-
portedly agreed on a “soli-
darity statement” urging vot-
ers to reject Carter and
Cordeiro, neither of whom,
the statement said, would
“bring about the change that
is needed.”
The election is the last
item on the agenda at the
federation’s national council
meeting and more than 500
people are expected to cast
ballots. Most voters fall into
one of four categories: youth
soccer; adult and amateur
soccer; the professional
council, representing pro
leagues for men and women;
and the athletes’ council,
which represents players on
various national teams.
Some votes count more
than others. For example,
the ballots of the youth, adult
and professional councils
each make up 25.8% of the to-
tal vote. The athletes’ council
will represent 20% and the fi-
nal 2.6% will be made up of
ballots cast by national asso-
ciations, board members and
two fan representatives.
A recent vote by the USSF
board of directors gave MLS
nine of the 16 votes in the pro
council, leaving it in control
of a race-changing 14.5% of
the overall total. The North
American Soccer League,
which announced this week
it is suing 14 of the 15 mem-
bers of the USSF board, will
get just 1.6% of the overall
vote, lowest among the four
pro council bodies. MLS has
already thrown its support
behind Carter, the only can-
didate believed to have a shot
a winning on the first ballot.
Voting will be conducted
by secret electronic ballot
and will continue until one of
the candidates receives more
than 50% of the ballots cast,
setting up the possibility of
several runoffs.
“Voting for another candi-
date isn’t necessarily a differ-
ent mandate,” Martino, one
of four former national team
players running for the presi-
dency, said recently. “A lot of
us have similar messages.
But what’s happening right
now is this is becoming politi-
cal, and I’m disappointed
with the direction it’s taken.”
kevin.baxter@latimes.com
Twitter: @kbaxter11

MLS journey LA. gets more time to

consider World Cup bid
has been tough By Dakota Smith
Coliseum, Rose Bowl or the
new NFL stadium under con-

for Beitashour
League rules have
made it difficult for
LAFC player to find
a permanent home.
By Kevin Baxter
Steven Beitashour is, by
all accounts, a really good
soccer player. He’s also a
good teammate and a pos-
itive presence in the locker
room.
So why, he wants to know,
has he passed through more
clubs than a tone-deaf DJ in
the last six years, going from
San Jose to Vancouver, then
Toronto FC before landing
with LAFC last month?
“Every team I’ve been on,
I really enjoyed my time
there. And I would have loved
to stay,” said Beitashour,
who will play right back on a
veteran LAFC back line. “For
some reason teams just don’t
value [you] as much as may-
be you value yourself.
“So you’ve got to go some-
where else where you feel ap-
preciated.”
That’s one theory. There’s
another, one that has more to
do with dollars than sense.
As Beitashour’s skill and ex-
perience has grown, so has
his guaranteed salary, going
from $49,612 in 2013, his last
year in San Jose, to $264,000
in 2017, his final season in To-
ronto, where he appeared in
22 games for the best club in
MLS history.
That’s a nice raise but
hardly breathtaking in a
league that has seen team
salary caps grow by 30% and
the minimum wage go up
nearly 40% over the same pe-
riod. As a result more than
two dozen defenders made
more money last year than
Beitashour, who wasn’t even
the top-paid outside back on
his own team.
Yet Beitashour, 31, is the
one teams have always con-
sidered expendable — partly
because, given the league’s
Byzantine pay structure, he
argues that his salary may
actually be too low.
Under MLS rules, teams
can spend up to $4 million in
league money to buy down
contracts that exceed the
maximum salary charge of
$505,625, getting those play-
ers under the payroll ceiling.
However, that money can’t
be used on players who earn
less than than maximum
wage, meaning Beitashour’s
salary represents a quarter-
million-dollar hit against the
league’s $4.035-million cap.
That makes him both too
cheap and too expensive at
the same time.
“I don’t get the negotiat-
ing schemes,” he said. “My
category, from $200,000 to
[$505,000] are — what kind of
word can I use that’s appro-
priate?”
But if the league’s rules
have made it difficult for him
to find a permanent home,
Beitashour’s talent has guar-
anteed there was always
someone willing to welcome
him.
“I’ve been fortunate that
each time I have been out of a
contract, I’ve had multiple
offers,” said Beitashour, who
talked to a half-dozen teams
before signing a free-agent
deal with LAFC just after
training camp opened last
STEVEN BEITASHOUR hopes LAFC appreciates
the work ethic brought by players in his position.
month.
The expansion Los Ange-
les franchise won for reasons
that go beyond cash since its
offer wasn’t the most lucra-
tive. Beitashour’s itinerant
journey through MLS taught
him and his wife, Karlie, to
examine factors other than
just money before deciding
where to go. So the two Bay
Area natives weighed things
like the city, the climate, the
stadium and proximity to
family.
Another consideration
was Southern California’s
large Iranian population,
which is estimated at 500,000,
making it the largest in the
U.S. That’s a ready-made fan
base for Beitashour, the son
of immigrant parents who
played for Iran in the 2014
World Cup.
“It's great news that
Steven Beitashour has
signed with the LAFC,” said
Qumars Hojjaty, publisher of
the Iranian-news website
Pars Times. “Iranian Ameri-
can soccer fans [will] show
up to watch him play.”
The team hopes so.
“We’ve said from the get-
go that when people talk
Kirk Irwin Getty Images
about our on-field identity,
we want to represent our city.
And that is with cultural di-
versity,” said John Thorring-
ton, who as the team’s vice
president of soccer opera-
tions has built one of the
most diverse rosters in MLS
by signing players from 13
countries.
“That filter is involved in
all of our decisions,” said
Thorrington, who was born
in South Africa. “I wouldn’t
say that’s the first thing we
look for. But we certainly ap-
preciate that we’re talking
about uniting the world’s city
through the world’s game.”
Beitashour hopes the
team also appreciates the
work ethic brought by play-
ers in his position.
“We do the dirty work peo-
ple don’t necessarily see,” he
said. “The long runs, the runs
just to break up little plays.
When coaches are watching,
they see the little details. And
that’s what they want.”
This time he hopes they
want it for more than just a
couple of seasons.
kevin.baxter@latimes.com
Twitter: @kbaxter11
Los Angeles will have more
time to submit its bid to be-
come one of the host cities for
the 2026 World Cup.
Alex Comisar, spokesman
for Mayor Eric Garcetti, said
Friday that the United Bid
Committee extended the
deadline until later this
month for Los Angeles to bid
on a piece of the international
event. The United Bid Com-
mittee represents the three-
nation group cooperatively
seeking to host the World Cup
in North America.
Los Angeles city leaders
have balked at signing the
host city contract put forth by
FIFA, the sport’s interna-
tional governing body, be-
cause of the financial risk. For
example, under the current
contract Los Angeles could be
obligated to provide police
and other city services if
events are held at the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena.
It’s unclear which South-
ern California venue — the
LAFC still without a win — or a loss
NEW YORK CITY FC 1
LAFC 1
The Los Angeles Football
Club remained unbeaten —
and winless — two games into
its first MLS preseason after
playing New York City FC to1-1
draw Friday at UCLA.
LAFC, which will make its
regular-season debut next
month, tied Toronto FC 2-2
last week in the first game in
the expansion team’s history.
Costa Rican international
Marco Ureña has all three
goals, with his score in the16th
minute Friday producing a 1-0
lead, LAFC’s first advantage
of the preseason. Latif Bless-
struction in Inglewood —
FIFA might want to use.
Garcetti said Friday that
he’s also concerned about the
financial risk. “I’m grateful to
the United Bid Committee for
giving us time to take a closer
look, resolve this, and wel-
come the world to L.A. for the
World Cup,” Garcetti said.
Doane Liu, executive di-
rector of the Department of
Convention and Tourism De-
velopment, which is helping
oversee the bid effort, said Fri-
day that the city now has more
time to come up with “creative
alternatives.”
Under one scenario, he
said, a private group could
sign the host city contract
with FIFA, to reduce the fi-
nancial risk to Los Angeles
and other cities. Some of the
other cities bidding for World
Cup events are also using
third-party organizations, he
said.
dakota.smith@latimes.com
Twitter: @dakotacdsmith
ing got an assist on the goal,
fighting his way up the right
wing to the edge of the penalty
area before slipping a ball
back to Ureña, who beat goal-
keeper Sean Johnson with a
low shot.
Alexander Ring scored the
equalizer 11 minutes into the
second half for New York,
which outshot LAFC 10-6.
With backup goalie Luis
Lopez continuing to rehab a
right tibial stress fracture, Ty-
ler Miller played all 90 minutes
in the net for LAFC, making
two saves. Winger Omar
Gaber, who has a left adduc-
tor strain, did not play.
kevin.baxter@latimes.com
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NBA

CLIPPERS REPORT

No trade or contract
STANDINGS BOX SCORES
Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be
determined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Divi- 76ers 100, Pelicans 82 Cavaliers 123, Hawks 107
sion standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top NEW ORLEANS CLEVELAND
eight teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the top- Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T

extension for Jordan

seeded team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team Liggins .......19 0-2 0-0 0-5 1 0 0 James ........40 8-20 6-7 2-12 17 2 22
would play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of
Mirotic .......28 5-15 0-0 4-5 2 2 12 Osman .......38 6-9 2-7 1-6 5 4 16
several tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Confer-
ence divisions: S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Con- Davis .........27 6-19 2-3 0-8 0 2 14 Thompson...30 5-7 0-2 1-11 0 0 10
ference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast). Holiday.......22 3-11 2-5 0-1 0 1 9 Calderon.....20 5-7 0-0 0-5 1 4 11
Moore ........24 2-7 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 Smith.........28 3-6 0-0 0-2 3 2 7
WESTERN CONFERENCE Miller .........32 5-12 0-0 0-6 1 2 13 Korver ........32 9-16 5-5 0-3 0 2 30
Rondo........24 2-5 1-4 0-4 10 1 5 Green.........32 9-16 3-3 1-3 4 0 24
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. Clark..........22 6-13 1-2 0-1 0 1 15 Holland ......13 1-5 0-0 0-1 0 2 3
1. Golden State 42 13 .764 6-4 P1 Okafor........20 1-3 2-2 3-8 2 1 4 Zizic.............1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 1 0
Diallo.........17 3-8 0-0 1-7 0 0 6 Perrantes......1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
2. Houston 41 13 .759 1
⁄2 9-1 S1 Totals 33-95 8-16 8-46 17 12 82 Totals 46-86 16-24 6-44 31 17 123
3. San Antonio 35 21 .625 71⁄2 5-5 S2 By Broderick Turner Shooting: Field goals, 34.7%; free throws, Shooting: Field goals, 53.5%; free throws,
50.0% 66.7%
4. Minnesota 34 24 .586 91⁄2 4-6 N1 Three-point goals: 8-31 (Miller 3-8, Clark 2-6, Three-point goals: 15-35 (Korver 7-13, Green
5. Oklahoma City 31 25 .554 111⁄2 5-5 N3 Mirotic 2-7, Holiday 1-3, Liggins 0-2, Moore 0-2, 3-4, Osman 2-5, Calderon 1-2, Smith 1-3, Holland
DETROIT — DeAndre Davis 0-3). Team Rebounds: 15. Team Turnovers: 1-5, James 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turn-
5. Portland 31 25 .554 111⁄2 6-4 N2 Jordan reiterated that the 12 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Okafor 4, Holiday overs: 9 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Korver 2,
7. CLIPPERS 28 25 .528 13 6-4 P2 2). Turnovers: 12 (Clark 3, Holiday 3, Miller 2, Thompson 2, Green). Turnovers: 9 (James 3,
Clippers have not recently Rondo 2, Liggins, Mirotic). Steals: 8 (Liggins 2, Calderon 2, Osman 2, Korver, Smith). Steals: 7
8. Denver 29 26 .527 13 6-4 N4 offered to extend his con- Rondo 2, Davis, Diallo, Miller, Moore). Technical (Osman 3, Holland 2, Calderon, Smith). Technical
Fouls: None. Fouls: None.
tract that could run through
PHILADELPHIA ATLANTA
9. New Orleans 28 26 .519 ⁄2 5-5
1
S3 the 2018-19 season. Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
10. Utah 27 28 .491 2 9-1 N5 Jordan is being paid $22.6 Covington ...25 4-9 0-0 1-3 1 1 8 Ilyasova ......26 3-6 4-4 0-5 0 1 12
Saric..........29 8-11 4-4 1-5 4 1 24 Prince ........24 5-16 5-5 1-3 0 1 15
11. LAKERS 23 31 .426 51⁄2 8-2 P3 million this season and has a Embiid .......23 11-18 0-0 3-16 0 1 24 Plumlee......12 1-1 0-0 0-3 1 0 2
12. Memphis 18 36 .333 101⁄2 2-8 S4 player option for next sea- Redick........23 6-10 0-0 0-7 2 2 15 Bazemore ...26 4-9 1-2 0-4 3 2 13
son that would pay him $24.1 Simmons ....25 3-11 4-4 2-9 8 1 10 Schroder.....26 10-18 3-3 0-5 4 1 25
13. Phoenix 18 38 .321 111⁄2 1-9 P4 McConnell ..23 1-5 0-0 0-3 5 2 2 Dorsey .......23 4-11 3-3 0-1 1 1 14
14. Sacramento 17 37 .315 111⁄2 4-6 P5 million. Lwawu-abrrt 20 2-12 0-0 0-2 1 1 6 Dedmon .....23 1-2 0-0 0-4 2 2 3
15. Dallas 17 38 .309 12 2-8 S5 “I tell the truth,” Jordan Booker .......18 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 3 Delaney......21 3-6 0-0 1-3 3 2 8
Johnson......18 0-0 0-0 0-5 1 5 0 Taylor .........20 4-8 1-2 1-5 4 3 11
said Friday. “No offer.” Anderson....17 3-11 0-1 0-1 1 0 8 Collins........20 1-4 0-0 2-7 0 3 2
EASTERN CONFERENCE Jordan and Avery Brad- Bayless ........8 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 Muscala .....13 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 2 2
Holmes ........5 0-2 0-0 0-4 1 0 0 Totals 37-85 17-19 6-42 20 18 107
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. ley both heard their names Totals 39-93 8-9 8-58 26 16 100 Shooting: Field goals, 43.5%; free throws,
1. Toronto 38 16 .704 1
⁄2 7-3 A1 mentioned in trade rumors. Shooting: Field goals, 41.9%; free throws, 89.5%
2. Boston 40 17 .702 6-4 A2 But both remain with the 88.9% Three-point goals: 16-44 (Bazemore 4-4,
Three-point goals: 14-34 (Saric 4-5, Redick Dorsey 3-7, Ilyasova 2-3, Delaney 2-4, Taylor 2-5,
3. Cleveland 32 22 .593 6 5-5 C1 Clippers as Thursday’s 3-6, Embiid 2-4, Anderson 2-5, Luwawu-Cabarrot Schroder 2-8, Dedmon 1-2, Muscala 0-2, Prince
4. Washington 31 24 .564 71⁄2 6-4 S1 trade deadline came and 2-7, Booker 1-2, Bayless 0-1, Covington 0-4). 0-9). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 11 (15
Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 15 (17 PTS). PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Muscala 2, Dedmon, De-
5. Milwaukee 30 24 .556 8 7-3 C2 went. Blocked Shots: 4 (Covington 2, Embiid, Simmons). laney). Turnovers: 11 (Taylor 3, Bazemore 2, De-
“My name has been com- Turnovers: 15 (Simmons 4, Embiid 3, Johnson 2, laney 2, Collins, Muscala, Plumlee, Prince). Steals:
6. Indiana 31 25 .554 8 7-3 C3 Anderson, Booker, Holmes, Luwawu-Cabarrot, 4 (Dedmon, Delaney, Ilyasova, Muscala). Technical
7. Miami 30 26 .536 9 3-7 S2 ing up for the past three Redick, Saric). Steals: 10 (Simmons 3, Embiid 2, Fouls: coach Hawks (Defensive three second),
years,” Jordan said. “I’m Johnson 2, Redick 2, Booker). Technical Fouls: 00:25 first
8. Philadelphia 27 25 .519 10 5-5 A3 coach 76ers (Defensive three second), 5:44 first. Cleveland 31 30 36 26— 123
used to it, but I’ve been New Orleans 14 27 11 30— 82 Atlanta 27 29 26 25— 107
playing. I’ve been loyal. Carlos Osorio Associated Press Philadelphia 32 24 28 16— 100
9. Detroit 27 27 .500 1 5-5 C4 A—16,438. T—2:07. O—Gary Zielinski, Bill Ken-
That’s all I know how to do.” DOC RIVERS, talking to DeAndre Jordan on Friday, A—20,489. T—2:01. O—Justin Van Duyne, Matt nedy, Ray Acosta
10. Charlotte 23 32 .418 51⁄2 4-6 S3
Jordan was drafted by says players are relieved the trade deadline is over. Boland, Sean Corbin
11. New York 23 33 .411 6 2-8 A4 Heat 91, Bucks 85
the Clippers in the second
12. Chicago 19 35 .352 9 2-8 C5 Pacers 97, Celtics 91
round in 2008. He has spent We can all — every team can a 108-95 win over the Pistons. MILWAUKEE
13. Brooklyn 19 37 .339 10 2-8 A5 INDIANA Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
all 10 years of his career with — get back to playing “We can never just get Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Antetknmpo 40 8-21 6-7 0-11 3 4 23
14. Orlando 18 36 .333 10 5-5 S4 them and turned himself basketball. them all on the court at the Bogdanovic .32 4-9 5-5 0-4 3 0 13 Middleton ...31 5-14 3-3 0-1 2 3 14
15. Atlanta 17 39 .304 12 3-7 S5 T.Young.......33 5-10 2-2 5-14 0 2 13 Henson ......20 1-3 1-1 1-8 2 4 3
into an All-Star (2017), an “You could tell by the same time. I think it’s one Turner.........33 6-11 5-7 2-7 0 3 19 Bledsoe......35 8-15 1-2 0-4 6 0 19
All-Defensive Team player practice that the breathing game, maybe two,” Doc Riv- Joseph .......34 0-6 0-0 2-2 7 3 0 Snell..........30 0-3 2-2 0-2 0 3 2
TODAY’S GAMES (2015-16) and an Olympic was better. You could just ers said of Teodosic. “We’ll Oladipo ......36 15-29 3-4 2-10 2 1 35 Parker ........18 2-5 0-0 0-3 1 1 4
Stephenson 26 2-7 2-2 1-8 4 3 6 Terry ..........15 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 6
Favorite Line Underdog Time gold medalist playing for tell everybody was good see. His foot has been bo- Sabonis......19 2-7 1-2 1-5 1 4 5 Brown ........14 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
at Philadelphia OFF Clippers 4 p.m. Team USA at the 2016 again. That was nice to see. thering him. I think having J.Young.......14 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 4 Zeller .........13 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 1 2
at Dallas OFF Lakers 5:30 p.m. Jefferson.......9 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 2 Maker ........13 4-5 0-0 0-3 0 2 8
Games in Brazil. There was more laughter.” Austin back kind of allows Totals 37-83 18-22 13-53 18 20 97 Kilpatrick ......6 0-2 2-2 0-1 2 0 2
New Orleans 11⁄2 at Brooklyn 3 p.m.
Jordan was asked if he’d him to do this.” Shooting: Field goals, 44.6%; free throws, Totals 32-76 15-17 2-37 18 20 85
Milwaukee 5 at Orlando 4 p.m
Washington 5 at Chicago 5 p.m.
like to finish his career with Teodosic injured 81.8% Shooting: Field goals, 42.1%; free throws, 88.2%
Three-point goals: 5-20 (Turner 2-4, Oladipo
L.A. Just when it looked as if TONIGHT Three-point goals: 6-20 (Terry 2-3, Bledsoe 2-4,
at Golden State 11 San Antonio 5:30 p.m. 2-8, T.Young 1-1, Stephenson 0-1, J.Young 0-1, Jo-
seph 0-2, Bogdanovic 0-3). Team Rebounds: 11. Middleton 1-3, Antetokounmpo 1-4, Kilpatrick 0-1, Zeller
Denver 7 at Phoenix 6 p.m. “I want to finish my ca- the Clippers finally were go- AT PHILADELPHIA Team Turnovers: 13 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 0-1, Parker 0-2, Snell 0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turn-
reer wherever I’m wanted ing to be whole again, anoth- When: 4 PST. (Turner 2, Bogdanovic, Jefferson, Sabonis). Turn- overs: 17 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Antetokounmpo 2,
overs: 13 (Oladipo 5, Joseph 2, Sabonis 2, Bledsoe 2, Henson 2, Snell 2, Maker). Turnovers: 17 (An-
and appreciated,” Jordan er injury took down one of On the air: TV: Prime Stephenson 2, Jefferson, T.Young). Steals: 6 tetokounmpo 5, Bledsoe 4, Parker 2, Brown, Henson,
said. “That’s all.” their guards. Ticket; Radio: 570, 1330. (Oladipo 5, T.Young). Technical Fouls: None. Maker, Middleton, Snell, Zeller). Steals: 9 (Bledsoe 4,
Coach Doc Rivers said he Milos Teodosic didn’t Update: Joel Embiid leads BOSTON Middleton 2, Antetokounmpo, Henson, Parker). Technical
RESULTS could sense relief from his play at Detroit because of a the 76ers in scoring (23.7
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Fouls: Henson, 6:05 first.
Horford.......29 4-7 0-0 2-8 4 3 10
players after the deadline sore right foot. Rivers said points a game), rebounds Tatum.........35 6-11 3-3 0-3 1 2 15
MIAMI
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
passed. Teodosic could miss Sat- (11.0) and blocked shots (1.9) Baynes .......21 3-8 0-0 2-6 1 4 6
Brown ........28 7-13 0-2 0-1 1 2 16 Richardson .30 6-12 3-3 0-2 0 3 16
“They were breathing urday night’s game at Phila- while Ben Simmons leads Irving .........31 8-18 3-3 1-2 5 3 21 Winslow......15 0-6 0-0 2-6 0 0 0
Whiteside ...25 6-14 0-0 8-16 2 5 12
better,” Rivers said. “That’s delphia, too. them in assists (7.2) and Rozier ........26 1-11 7-8 0-1 3 1 10
Dragic ........27 1-11 3-3 0-2 3 1 6
Morris ........24 3-12 0-0 2-7 0 2 6
for sure. It was a tough one Guard Austin Rivers re- steals (1.8). Theis..........17 2-4 0-0 2-2 0 2 4 T.Johnson....36 7-16 2-2 1-6 3 4 19
Adebayo .....32 3-7 9-10 1-10 3 4 15
for us because there were so turned after missing the last Ojeleye .......11 0-1 1-2 1-4 0 1 1
Ellington .....29 4-10 0-0 0-3 1 0 11

Cavaliers top Hawks

Monroe ......10 0-3 2-2 2-4 1 1 2
many rumors circling our 18 games with a right ankle broderick.turner@latimes.com Nader ..........3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wade .........22 1-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 3
team. Now I’m glad it’s over. injury and scored16 points in Twitter: @BA_Turner Totals 34-89 16-20 12-38 16 21 91 J.Johnson....20 4-6 0-0 1-4 2 1 9

with retooled roster

Shooting: Field goals, 38.2%; free throws,
80.0%
Three-point goals: 7-27 (Horford 2-2, Brown
2-7, Irving 2-7, Rozier 1-6, Baynes 0-1, Nader 0-1,
Morris 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers:
CLEVELAND 123 10 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Tatum 4, Baynes,
Horford, Morris, Rozier, Theis). Turnovers: 10
ATLANTA 107 (Brown 2, Horford 2, Irving 2, Tatum 2, Nader, The-
is). Steals: 5 (Rozier 2, Brown, Horford, Theis).
Technical Fouls: Brown, 2:01 third
With six players traded away Indiana 30 29 17 21— 97
Boston 16 22 34 19— 91
and four newcomers not yet
A—18,624. T—2:11. O—Courtney Kirkland,
cleared for duty, the Cleveland Mitchell Ervin, Derrick Stafford
Cavaliers were left with a lean,
tight rotation. Bulls 114, Timberwolves 113
Fewer substitutions? That MINNESOTA
worked just fine for LeBron James Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Gibson .......26 5-10 0-0 2-5 1 2 10
and Kyle Korver. Wiggins ......36 9-14 0-0 0-4 0 4 18
James had a triple-double and Towns.........32 3-8 8-9 3-10 2 5 14
Butler.........40 11-26 13-15 1-7 5 1 38
Korver scored a season-high 30 Teague .......22 4-8 0-0 0-1 5 3 9
points, including four straight Jones .........25 3-5 0-0 1-5 3 1 7
three-pointers to close the third Bjelica........21 2-4 2-2 2-8 1 3 7
Crawford.....18 3-8 0-0 0-0 2 0 8
period, as the crisp Cavaliers beat Dieng.........15 1-4 0-2 2-6 0 3 2
the host Atlanta Hawks 123-107 on Totals 41-87 23-28 11-46 19 22 113
Shooting: Field goals, 47.1%; free throws, 82.1%
Friday night for a successful start
Three-point goals: 8-22 (Butler 3-9, Crawford 2-4,
to their reboot. Teague 1-1, Jones 1-2, Bjelica 1-3, Towns 0-1, Wiggins 0-2).
“It felt like we played together,” Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 13 (22 PTS). Blocked
Shots: 4 (Dieng 2, Gibson, Wiggins). Turnovers:13 (Wiggins
said James, who had 22 points, 17 5, Jones 3, Teague 3, Bjelica, Butler). Steals: 8 (Butler 4,
assists and 12 rebounds. Crawford 2, Gibson, Teague). Technical Fouls: coach Tom
One day after unloading six Thibodeau, 8:36 fourth.
players, including guards Isaiah CHICAGO
Thomas and Dwyane Wade, in Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Holiday.......35 3-8 4-5 0-6 4 2 12
three trades, the Cavaliers were in Markkanen..35 5-7 0-0 1-5 1 1 12
a state of transition. They used 10 Lopez.........27 8-11 3-7 0-3 0 2 19
Grant .........37 5-9 3-4 1-8 11 2 14
players, including two who were on LaVine........33 12-26 10-11 1-5 1 2 35
the floor for about one minute. Portis .........22 4-7 2-2 1-4 0 3 11
Valentine ....17 2-10 1-1 1-4 2 2 5
Nwaba .......12 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 0
Indiana 97, at Boston 91: Victor Zipser ..........9 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3
Oladipo scored 35 points for the Arcidiacono...8 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 3
Totals 41-83 23-30 5-39 22 19 114
Pacers, who recovered after blow-
Shooting: Field goals, 49.4%; free throws, 76.7%
ing a 26-point lead. Boston had Three-point goals: 9-26 (Markkanen 2-3, Holiday 2-6,
won five of six but struggled from Arcidiacono 1-1, Grant 1-2, Portis 1-2, Zipser 1-2, LaVine
1-6, Lopez 0-1, Valentine 0-3). Team Rebounds: 8. Team
outside and finished seven for 27 Carlos Osorio Associated Press
Turnovers: 11 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Lopez, Nwaba,
from three-point range. DANILO GALLINARI scored 16 points against Anthony Tolliver and Detroit as
Portis, Zipser). Turnovers: 11 (Lopez 4, Valentine 2, Arcidia-
the Clippers won their third straight with Tobias Harris (34) in the lineup. cono, Holiday, LaVine, Markkanen, Portis). Steals: 5
(LaVine 2, Arcidiacono, Holiday, Portis). Technical Fouls:
Jones Jr. .......0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 32-88 17-18 13-51 16 21 91
Shooting: Field goals, 36.4%; free throws, 94.4%
Three-point goals: 10-26 (Ellington 3-8, T.Johnson 3-8,
J.Johnson 1-1, Wade 1-1, Dragic 1-4, Richardson 1-4). Team
Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 16 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots:
7 (Adebayo 2, Wade 2, J.Johnson, Whiteside, Winslow).
Turnovers: 16 (Wade 4, Whiteside 3, Adebayo 2, Rich-
ardson 2, T.Johnson 2, Ellington, J.Johnson, Winslow).
Steals: 7 (T.Johnson 2, Wade 2, J.Johnson, Richardson,
Whiteside). Technical Fouls: Richardson, 00:13 fourth.
Milwaukee 23 23 8 31— 85
Miami 19 23 30 19— 91
A—20,018. T—2:17. O—Aaron Smith, Tyler Ford, Bennie
Adams
Rockets 130, Nuggets 104
DENVER
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Barton........27 2-8 2-2 0-4 1 2 6
Chandler.....23 4-8 2-4 1-6 2 2 11
Jokic ..........21 6-8 1-2 1-7 5 4 14
G.Harris......23 3-11 2-2 1-1 3 2 8
Murray .......26 3-8 0-1 0-1 2 1 6
Craig..........27 4-9 0-0 2-4 0 3 8
Lyles..........27 8-15 7-7 0-7 4 3 24
Morris ........21 4-5 2-2 0-2 6 1 10
Hrnangmz ...17 3-8 0-0 2-6 1 1 6
Beasley ......17 3-6 1-1 0-1 1 0 7
Arthur ..........6 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 4
Totals 42-88 17-21 7-39 25 20 104
Shooting: Field goals, 47.7%; free throws, 81.0%
Three-point goals: 3-28 (Jokic 1-1, Chandler 1-4, Lyles
1-5, Beasley 0-1, Barton 0-3, Murray 0-3, Hernangomez
0-4, G.Harris 0-7). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 10
(6 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Barton, Jokic). Turnovers: 10
(Murray 3, G.Harris 2, Barton, Craig, Jokic, Lyles, Morris).
Steals: 7 (Morris 3, Hernangomez 2, Jokic 2). Technical
Fouls: None.
HOUSTON
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Mbah a Mte 24 5-5 2-3 0-2 1 1 14
Tucker ........29 2-8 0-0 1-3 2 2 6
Capela .......28 9-15 5-11 7-25 0 1 23
Harden.......27 7-16 9-11 1-7 11 2 28
Paul...........22 3-8 5-5 0-0 7 3 11
Anderson....30 3-4 0-0 0-2 2 0 9
Gordon.......26 4-9 2-2 0-1 1 0 12
Green.........25 5-14 2-2 1-2 0 2 16
Black .........16 4-4 0-0 1-5 0 3 8
Brown ..........8 1-3 0-0 0-1 2 2 3
Totals 43-86 25-34 11-48 26 16 130
Shooting: Field goals, 50.0%; free throws, 73.5%
Three-point goals: 19-41 (Harden 5-11, Green 4-9, An-
derson 3-3, Mbah a Moute 2-2, Gordon 2-5, Tucker 2-5,
Brown 1-2, Paul 0-4). Team Rebounds:10. Team Turnovers:
11 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Black 2, Capela 2, Ander-
son, Gordon, Green). Turnovers: 11 (Harden 5, Black 2,
Brown, Capela, Gordon, Green). Steals: 5 (Paul 2, Black,

Pistons’ win streak stopped at 5

at Houston 130, Denver 104: James
Harden scored 28 points and Clint
Capela added 23 points and a
career-high 25 rebounds for the
Rockets, who won their seventh
[Clippers, from D1]
straight game. Capela, 23, is the Move on.”
youngest Rocket to have at least 23 Since getting Griffin on
points and 25 rebounds in a game Jan. 29, the Pistons had won
since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985. all four games he had played
in and five straight overall.
at Philadelphia, 100 New Orleans The streak ended against a
82: The 76ers’ Joel Embiid record- Clippers team that has won
ed his 27th double-double of the all three games with Harris,
season by halftime, with 20 points who had 12 points and eight
on nine-for-11 shooting and 10 re- rebounds, and Bradley, who
bounds. He finished with 24 points had 10 points and eight re-
and 16 rebounds. bounds, in the lineup. Lou
Williams led the way with a
at Miami 91, Milwaukee 85: game-high 26 points.
Dwyane Wade returned to Miami Afterward, Griffin
with a quiet game, but his mere mostly tried to downplay
presence got a rise out of Heat fans. the game.
He scored three points on one-for- “We didn’t obviously play
six shooting with two assists. the way we wanted to,” Grif-
fin said. “I didn’t play the
at Utah106, Charlotte 94: Donovan way I wanted to. But that’s
Mitchell scored 25 points as the the NBA. We had a good five-
Jazz extended their league-best game run and we get back to
winning streak to eight. work tomorrow. We’ve got
three more games left before
at Chicago 114, Minnesota 113: the break. Try to finish out
Zach LaVine scored 35 points strong.”
against his former team, and the Griffin and Bradley got
Bulls spoiled Jimmy Butler’s re- into a little shoving match as
turn to Chicago. they were trying to get posi-
tion beneath the basket,
Portland 118, at Sacramento 100: earning both a technical foul
Damian Lillard scored 22 of his sea-
in the first quarter.
son-high 50 points in the third “There’s a chance it’ll get
quarter for the Trail Blazers.
chippy against any team I
play against,” Griffin said.
Clippers 108, at Detroit 95 “It wasn’t anything out of
— associated press the normal. I thought we
fought at times and we
didn’t come up with the
plays and they did, to their
credit.”
Griffin had a big moment
late in the third quarter
when he leaped and blocked
a dunk attempt by Montrezl
Harrell. Griffin then re-
trieved the ball and threw it
off Harrell, giving the ball to
the Pistons. Griffin posed
and roared at the crowd,
which showed its apprecia-
tion with a loud ovation.
“Blake is always aggres-
sive like that,” Jordan said.
“He’s going to play that way.
I don’t think it was just be-
cause of this game. Obvi-
ously we got history and
there’s always going to be a
story. But he always plays
with that aggression and
hard like that. We didn’t ex-
pect nothing less.”
The Clippers (28-25)
have moved from out of the
Western Conference playoff
picture all the way to the
seventh position after losses
by New Orleans and Denver.
“It’s like seeing your ex-
girlfriend for the first time
with a new man and you got
a new girl,” Harris said. “Of
course we want to win. That
was the biggest thing. A lot
was put into the trade, this
game, so wanted to come
out here and handle our
business.”
broderick.turner@latimes.com
Twitter: @BA_Turner
CLIPPERS 108, PISTONS 95
CLIPPERS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Gallinari ............28 5-13 4-4 1-4 2 3 16
Harris................31 5-14 0-0 1-8 2 2 12
Jordan...............29 2-7 0-0 6-17 4 2 4
Bradley .............27 5-11 0-0 0-8 0 1 10
Rivers ...............31 7-13 0-0 0-2 5 2 16
L.Williams..........30 7-12 8-9 0-4 6 0 26
Harrell...............18 8-13 2-2 3-4 0 3 18
W.Johnson .........17 2-3 0-0 1-3 2 3 4
Wallace .............16 0-3 0-0 1-4 2 0 0
Dekker ................8 1-2 0-0 1-3 0 0 2
Totals 42-91 14-15 14-57 23 16 108
Shooting: Field goals, 46.2%; free throws, 93.3%
Three-point goals: 10-30 (L.Williams 4-6, Rivers 2-5, Gallinari
2-7, Harris 2-7, W.Johnson 0-1, Wallace 0-1, Bradley 0-3). Team
Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 9 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3
(Harrell, W.Johnson, Wallace). Turnovers: 9 (L.Williams 4, Harris
3, Jordan, Rivers). Steals: 6 (Gallinari 2, Harris 2, L.Williams 2).
Technical Fouls: Bradley, 5:45 first
DETROIT
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Griffin ...............35 7-19 4-5 0-8 6 3 19
S.Johnson..........32 4-9 1-2 0-3 1 2 10
Drummond ........37 5-15 2-3 5-17 2 4 12
Bullock..............39 7-11 0-0 0-5 2 1 19
Smith................31 7-14 0-0 0-2 4 2 15
Kennard ............24 2-7 1-1 1-1 5 2 6
Tolliver...............23 3-6 5-6 0-3 0 2 12
Galloway............16 1-7 0-0 1-1 2 0 2
Totals 36-88 13-17 7-40 22 16 95
Shooting: Field goals, 40.9%; free throws, 76.5%
Three-point goals: 10-31 (Bullock 5-9, S.Johnson 1-2, Ken-
nard 1-2, Smith 1-3, Tolliver 1-4, Griffin 1-7, Galloway 0-4). Team
Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 9 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5
(Drummond 3, Griffin, S.Johnson). Turnovers: 9 (Drummond 2,
S.Johnson 2, Bullock, Griffin, Kennard, Smith, Tolliver). Steals: 5
(Smith 2, Drummond, Kennard, S.Johnson). Technical Fouls:
Griffin, 5:45 first
CLIPPERS 31 21 25 31— 108
Detroit 30 26 24 15— 95
A—16,697. T—2:05. O—Mike Callahan, Brett Nansel, David
Guthrie
coach Bulls (Defensive three second), 4:17 second.
Minnesota 27 40 19 27— 113
Chicago 30 26 33 25— 114
A—21,558. T—2:22. O—James Capers, Derek Rich-
ardson, Josh Tiven
Jazz 106, Hornets 94
CHARLOTTE
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Kdd-Glchrst.19 2-4 2-3 0-0 1 1 6
Williams .....24 2-7 6-6 1-5 0 0 11
Howard ......21 2-7 1-4 3-9 0 6 5
Batum........30 6-13 0-0 0-0 2 0 13
Walker........32 8-19 0-0 0-3 5 2 19
Kaminsky....25 5-12 3-3 0-0 2 0 14
Zeller .........22 2-5 0-0 0-6 2 2 4
Graham......21 1-1 0-0 0-4 2 0 2
Lamb .........19 4-7 1-1 1-4 2 2 10
Cartr-Willms 15 2-7 2-2 0-2 1 4 7
Stone...........2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Monk ...........2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3
Bacon..........2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 35-85 15-19 5-33 17 18 94
Shooting: Field goals, 41.2%; free throws, 78.9%
Three-point goals: 9-24 (Walker 3-8, Lamb 1-1, Carter-
Williams 1-2, Monk 1-2, Batum 1-3, Williams 1-3, Kaminsky
1-5). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 7 (8 PTS).
Blocked Shots: 2 (Carter-Williams, Williams). Turnovers: 7
(Lamb 2, Walker 2, Bacon, Batum, Howard). Steals: 8
(Lamb 4, Batum, Kaminsky, Williams, Zeller). Technical
Fouls: None.
UTAH
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Favors ........29 3-8 0-0 2-7 1 4 6
Ingles.........33 9-15 2-2 0-5 5 2 23
Gobert .......32 7-8 6-8 3-11 3 1 20
Mitchell ......38 8-21 6-7 1-6 4 2 25
Rubio.........20 3-7 0-0 0-2 7 2 6
O’Neale ......23 3-8 0-0 0-7 2 3 8
Jerebko ......22 4-9 0-0 0-5 0 0 10
Neto ..........15 1-2 0-0 0-2 4 1 2
Burks .........10 0-2 0-0 0-1 3 1 0
Udoh .........10 3-4 0-0 1-3 0 1 6
Niang...........0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
McCree ........0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 41-84 14-17 7-49 29 17 106
Shooting: Field goals, 48.8%; free throws, 82.4%
Three-point goals: 10-29 (Ingles 3-8, Mitchell 3-10, Jer-
ebko 2-3, O’Neale 2-4, Burks 0-1, Favors 0-1, Neto 0-1,
Rubio 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 12 (11
PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Gobert 2, Favors, Ingles, Jerebko,
Mitchell, O’Neale). Turnovers: 12 (Ingles 3, Rubio 3, Mitch-
ell 2, O’Neale 2, Burks, Favors). Steals: 5 (Udoh 2, Favors,
Neto, Rubio). Technical Fouls: None.
Charlotte 24 22 31 17— 94
Utah 28 27 29 22— 106
A—18,306. T—2:02. O—Jason Phillips, Michael Smith,
Curtis Blair
Green, Mbah a Moute). Technical Fouls: Green, 6:28
fourth.
Denver 23 23 24 34— 104
Houston 35 28 34 33— 130
A—18,055. T—2:05. O—James Williams, Rodney Mott,
Jacyn Goble
Trail Blazers 118, Kings 100
PORTLAND
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Aminu ........23 2-6 0-0 1-5 0 3 5
Harkless .....25 6-9 1-1 2-3 1 0 15
Nurkic ........25 3-7 0-0 1-7 4 3 6
Lillard ........29 16-26 10-10 0-1 6 2 50
McCollum ...30 5-13 0-0 0-2 2 2 11
Collins........24 0-6 4-4 0-5 2 2 4
Davis .........20 2-3 1-1 3-14 0 2 5
Turner.........20 1-6 1-2 0-4 0 1 3
Napier........19 5-5 0-0 1-3 2 0 13
Connghton ..14 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 4 6
Leonard........2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 1 0
Layman ........2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Swanigan .....2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 43-88 17-18 9-45 18 21 118
Shooting: Field goals, 48.9%; free throws, 94.4%
Three-point goals: 15-35 (Lillard 8-13, Napier 3-3,
Harkless 2-3, Aminu 1-4, McCollum 1-4, Turner 0-1, Con-
naughton 0-2, Collins 0-5). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turn-
overs: 11 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (McCollum 2, Collins,
Turner). Turnovers: 11 (McCollum 3, Davis 2, Lillard 2,
Napier 2, Collins, Harkless). Steals: 10 (Lillard 3, Aminu 2,
Napier 2, Harkless, Layman, McCollum). Technical Fouls:
None.
SACRAMENTO
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Cauley-Stein30 8-14 3-5 3-6 3 2 19
Jackson......26 5-10 0-1 2-5 2 0 10
Randolph....26 6-11 3-3 2-9 2 4 17
Bogdanovic .33 4-14 1-1 1-3 3 1 10
Fox ............33 3-9 7-9 2-7 9 2 13
Temple .......26 1-8 0-0 1-5 2 2 3
Carter ........22 1-5 0-0 0-3 1 4 2
Hield..........22 5-12 1-2 0-2 1 3 16
Koufos .......17 5-7 0-0 1-3 2 1 10
Totals 38-90 15-21 12-43 25 19 100
Shooting: Field goals, 42.2%; free throws, 71.4%
Three-point goals: 9-23 (Hield 5-9, Randolph 2-2, Bog-
danovic 1-3, Temple 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Fox 0-2, Carter 0-3).
Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 12 (15 PTS). Blocked
Shots: 3 (Cauley-Stein 2, Bogdanovic). Turnovers: 12 (Fox
4, Cauley-Stein 2, Hield 2, Bogdanovic, Carter, Jackson,
Temple). Steals: 5 (Carter 2, Bogdanovic, Cauley-Stein,
Hield). Technical Fouls: coach Kings (Defensive three sec-
ond), 9:50 first.
Portland 33 29 30 26— 118
Sacramento 31 21 22 26— 100
A—17,583. T—2:00. O—Brent Barnaky, Scott Twardoski,
Sean Wright
L AT I M E S .C O M / S P O RT S D5

BASKETBALL

Deadline
trade is
shakeup
to team
[Lakers, from D1]
the Lakers said goodbye to
two players who grew up in
their organization.
“We had to give up some
special guys to get the flex-
ibility that we’ve been look-
ing for and that is needed to
get us to where we want to
go,” said Johnson, the Lak-
ers president of basketball
operations.
Said Clarkson in a phone
interview with The Times:
“It’s kind of early right now;
it ain’t really set in. I’m defi-
nitely going to miss the peo-
ple and everybody that I met
here. My teammates, I’m
definitely going to miss all
those guys.”
Clarkson became a Laker
in 2014 after a draft day trade
with Washington. The Lak-
ers drafted Nance late in the
first round in 2015. Clarkson
made his mark scoring while
Nance made his mark with
defense, hustle and the
crowd-pleasing dunks that
will have him competing in
the All-Star dunk contest at Ross D. Franklin Associated Press
Staples Center next Sat- ARIZONA STATE’S Tra Holder, left, Shannon Evans II and Mickey Mitchell exult after the Sun Devils beat USC, 80-78, on Thursday.
urday — just not as a Laker.

On the road, USC lost at the finish

Both players were forced
to adapt to backup roles this
season. Johnson and new
general manager Rob
Pelinka challenged Clarkson
to become the best bench
player in the NBA, and
Clarkson started playing
like a candidate for sixth
man of the year.
His 732 bench points
rank second in the NBA af-
ter the Clippers’ Lou
Williams. Clarkson is aver-
aging more points per game
(14.5) than any other player
who plays 25 or fewer min-
utes a game.
“I’ve just been trying to
focus on the basketball and
not the business of the
game,” Clarkson said. “I
really blocked everything
out. Shoot ’cause I got a job
to do. I gotta go out there
and perform every night for
my team to win.”
When the Lakers started
winning following a nine-
game losing streak, they did
it in large part because of
Clarkson, who averaged 21
points over an eight-game
span, and Nance.
“Larry Nance, we love
everything about him, who
he is as a person and a play-
er. Jordan Clarkson has been
amazing; he’s grown up
here,” Pelinka said. “But
sometimes … you have to
tear down a corner or you
have to redo the kitchen in
the remodel on the house,
and that can be hard when
you’re doing it.”
Players were quiet during
their shootaround after
Trojans have dropped
two straight away
from home, both after
holding a late lead.
By Lindsey Thiry
TUCSON — The growing
buzz, the six-game win
streak, it’s becoming a dis-
tant memory for USC.
The Trojans have
dropped two straight on the
road, both on last-second
shots, and both after hold-
ing a lead late in the game.
“We know we’re capable
of finishing,” Jordan Mc-
Laughlin said after practice
Friday. “We looked at the
mistakes that we made and
we just have to make sure
that we clean them up to
make sure that it doesn’t
happen again.”
USC (17-8, 8-4 Pac-12 Con-
ference) will play No. 13 Ari-
zona (19-6, 9-3) on Saturday
at McKale Center.
USC has not won in Tuc-
son since 2008.
“We just have to have a
quick turnaround and lock
in,” McLaughlin said.
The Trojans’ defeat
Thursday at Arizona State
appeared similar to their
USC COACH Andy Enfield argues with an official during the first half of the
Trojans’ loss to ASU. “We didn’t do the little things down the stretch,” he said.
loss a week earlier at UCLA.
Against the Bruins, USC
held a nine-point lead with
8:09 to play before UCLA
made a run and a last-sec-
ond shot. The Trojans failed
to make a basket in the final
2:08 of the game.
Then at Arizona State,
the Trojans held an eight-
point lead with 3:39 to play
before they went cold, not
making a field goal in the fi-
nal 2:28 as the Sun Devils
went on a 9-0 run, capped
with a layup for the win.
“Last night was the first
time we beat ourselves,”
coach Andy Enfield said.
“We didn’t do the little things
down the stretch.”
The Trojans lead the con-
ference in the assist-to-turn-
over margin, averaging 17.3
losses, a victory Saturday
could give USC a share of the
lead in the Pac-12 standings.
Arizona, coming off back-
to-back losses against
Washington and UCLA, is in
first place. The Trojans are
tied for second with UCLA.
“We know what is at
stake,” McLaughlin said.
“We have to come out and
give it our all.”
Enfield was confident
USC could move on from
their late-game woes.
“Our team has been resil-
ient before,” he said. “They
need to keep playing hard.”
TONIGHT
AT ARIZONA
When: 7:15.
Where: McKale Center, Tuc-
son.
Ross D. Franklin Associated Press On the air: TV: ESPN; Ra-
dio: 690.
Update: USC has lost back-
to-back Pac-12 games for the
to 10.2. first time this season. The
But they committed 18 Trojans allowed more than
turnovers against the Sun 70 points in both defeats.
Devils, including three in the During their six-game win
final two minutes. streak they did not allow an
“They’re usually better opponent to score more
than that in those situa- than 70. Arizona has not lost
tions,” Enfield said. three straight in conference
Said McLaughlin: “Just a since 2010.
few things didn’t go our
way.” lindsey.thiry@latimes.com
Despite consecutive Twitter: @LindseyThiry

Streaking UCLA aims

learning of the trade.
“It was emotional in the
beginning, since we lost two
of our brothers,” said for-

for an Arizona sweep

ward Julius Randle, himself
a trade candidate. “They’re
in a great spot and they have
a job to do.”
While it might be a bitter-
sweet moment for all parties
involved, there are positives [UCLA, from D1] Pac-12 play after having
about the trade to Cleveland ins big men. made only three of 13 from
that could be meaningful for “That’s what GG can do,” PAC-12 long range (23.1%) in non-
Nance and Clarkson. UCLA point guard Aaron STANDINGS conference games.
Nance will be going Holiday said after the game. “GG was huge,” UCLA
home. He grew up in Akron, “He can shoot, get in the lane Conf. Overall coach Steve Alford said of
Ohio, idolizing LeBron Stephan Savoia Associated Press — obviously he’s great at de- TEAM W L W L Goloman’s performance
James. FATTS RUSSELL threads the Davidson defense on fense, getting a lot of stops Arizona 9 3 19 6 against Arizona. “One, he
His father’s jersey is re- his way to the hoop during the second half. for us, rebounds and blocked UCLA 8 4 17 7 took open shots. We worked
tired by the Cavaliers. shots.” the ball, we moved the ball
And both Nance and
Clarkson have a chance at Rams tie school record After moving back into
the starting lineup for the
USC
Washington
8 4
7 4
17 8
17 7
really well and to his credit,
he made shots, and that’s

running win streak to 15

something they’ve never ex-
perienced before — a playoff
run. While neither player has
been part of a team better
than 26 wins, the Cavaliers
have won at least 50 games in
each of the last three sea-
sons and played in the Finals
each year. Clarkson called
the chance to play for a
championship “exciting.”
It’s also a relief; an end to
more than a year of uncer-
tainty.
“All that stuff was crazi-
ness that’s going on,” Clark-
son said of the trade rumors.
“Some of the stuff you don’t
know if it’s true or real. Just
knowing that I’m going to be
there [in Cleveland] is real
cool.”
TONIGHT
AT DALLAS
When: 5:30 PST
On the air: TV — Spectrum
SportsNet, Spectrum De-
portes; Radio — 710, 1330
Update: Isaiah Thomas and
Channing Frye will meet the
Lakers in Dallas. Lonzo Ball
will miss his 13th straight
game with a sprained knee
ligament.
tania.ganguli@latimes.com
Twitter: @taniaganguli
first time in three weeks, Stanford 7 5 13 12 what he’s worked awfully
Goloman helped prevent Oregon 6 5 16 8 hard on and I thought he
Ayton and fellow Arizona Arizona State 6 6 18 6 was terrific.”
7-footer Dusan Ristic from
Utah 6 6 14 9
to match a school record dominating inside. The Bru- TODAY
RHODE ISLAND 72 with its 15th win in a row. ins’ zone defense continually Colorado 6 6 14 10 At Arizona State, 4 p.m.
DAVIDSON 59 “We’re not a team, we’re a pushed the Wildcats post Oregon State 4 7 12 11 PST, Wells Fargo Arena.
program,” coach Dan Hur- players outside of the paint California 2 10 8 17 TV: Pac-12 Networks — Ari-
associated press
ley said. “We’ve got a real with impressive results. Washington State 1 10 9 14 zona State figures to have
deep team.” UCLA matched Arizona something creative in store
KINGSTON, R.I. — Cyril Langevine added eight point for point in the paint TODAY’S GAMES for UCLA with its “Curtain
Langevine came off the rebounds in 22 minutes, and (each team had 34) while UCLA at Arizona State ..................... 4 p.m. of Distraction,” which in the
bench to score 10 of his ca- Jarvis Garrett scored all 17 of collecting one fewer re- USC at Arizona ........................... 7:15 p.m. past has featured celebrity
reer-high 14 points and his points in the second half bound. California at Utah ....................... 6:30 p.m. lookalikes and half-naked
break open a close game Fri- for the Rams (20-3, 12-0 At- UCLA’s fourth consecu- Washington at Oregon State ............. 7 p.m. students (among other
day night, and No. 18 Rhode lantic 10). Davidson dropped tive victory moved the Bru- props) designed to rattle op-
Island beat Davidson 72-59 to 13-10, 8-4. ins (17-7 overall, 8-4 Pac-12 SUNDAY’S GAMES ponents shooting free
Conference) to within one Stanford at Colorado ....................... 1 p.m. throws. The Bruins’ interna-
game of Arizona in the con- Washington State at Oregon ............. 5 p.m. tional shoplifting scandal
ference standings heading has provided all the fodder
SOUTHLAND into a game against Arizona Sun Devils students need to
State (18-6, 6-6) on Saturday pointer gave UCLA a 15- come up with something
WOMEN
at Wells Fargo Arena. point lead with less than two new. Will they draw back the
at USC 77, No. 25 Arizona State 62: Aliyah Mazyck scored 24 Goloman is a big reason minutes left, quickening the curtain to unveil a giant Chi-
points, Kristen Simon added 22 and the Trojans trounced the Bruins are on the verge exodus of Arizona fans. nese flag? A LaVar Ball
the Sun Devils following two straight losses to UCLA. of moving off the NCAA “It’s a great win, defi- clone? A slew of students
at No. 8 UCLA 69, Arizona 46: Michaela Onyenwere had 17 tournament bubble, his in- nitely, to beat Arizona at wearing Louis Vuitton sun-
points and 12 rebounds in the Bruins’ ninth straight victory. fluence routinely exceeding home,” Goloman said, “but glasses? The Bruins say
Kennedy Burke added10 points and nine rebounds for UCLA modest averages of 7.3 there’s a lot more games that they’ll try to ignore whatever
(20-4, 11-2), which has won 11 of 12 and remains tied atop the points and 4.1 rebounds. we have to win to be there [in visual disturbance they en-
Pac-12 with No. 9 Oregon and No. 17 Stanford. All of his three-pointers the NCAA tournament]. counter. “I try not to pay at-
came in the second half This is definitely a great tention,” Goloman said
MEN TODAY against Arizona, the first starting point, though.” when asked about the an-
Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount ...................................... 3 p.m. two ending Wildcats runs Goloman might have just tics, “but they always have
Cal State Fullerton at UC Davis ........................................... 5 p.m. that had made things a bit the touch to help the Bruins something funny.”
UC Irvine at UC Riverside ...................................................... 5 p.m. uncomfortable for the Bru- reach their intended desti-
Cal Poly at Long Beach State ................................................ 8 p.m. ins. nation. He has made nine of ben.bolch@latimes.com
Cal State Northridge at Hawaii ............................................ 9 p.m. Goloman’s final three- 16 three-pointers (56.3%) in Twitter: @latbbolch
D6 S L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S

THE DAY IN SPORTS COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS

Johnson,
BASKETBALL BASEBALL
Philadelphia—Agreed to terms with second
SOUTHLAND baseman Ryan Flaherty and outfielder Collin
Thursday’s Late Result Cowgill on minor league contracts.
UC Riverside 64, Hawaii 60 Pittsburgh—Agreed to terms with outfielder
EAST Daniel Nava on a minor league contract.
Cornell 78, Brown 60 Toronto—Agreed to terms with pitcher Jake
Harvard 66, Princeton 51 Petricka on a minor league contract.

Hossler
Penn 64, Dartmouth 61 BASKETBALL
Rhode Island 72, Davidson 59 Atlanta—Waived guard-forward Marco
MIDWEST Belinelli.
Ball St. 87, Kent St. 68 Chicago—Waived guard-forward Tony Allen.
Indiana 80, Minnesota 56 New York (WNBA)—Signed guard Bria Hartley
Oakland 87, Detroit 78 and center Kia Vaughn.
Toledo 73, Miami (Ohio) 67 PRO FOOTBALL
ROCKIES Detroit—Signed general manager Bob Quinn

share lead
wire reports
Dustin Johnson already was feeling good about
his game heading over to the Shore Course at Mon-
terey Peninsula. Another day of gorgeous weather in
the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am made him feel even
better.
Johnson ran off three straight birdies to start his
round, made four birdies in a five-hole stretch
around the turn and wound up with a seven-under
64 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Beau
Hossler.
Hossler, the PGA Tour rookie best known in
these parts for contending on the weekend at
Olympic Club in 2012 U.S. Open when he was 17, was
flawless at Spyglass Hill in a round of 67 to join John-
son at 12-under par.
They were two shots ahead to par on Julian Suri
(67 at Monterey Peninsula) and Troy Merritt (67 at
Spyglass Hill).
Lurking another shot behind were Phil Mickel-
son and Jon Rahm.
Mark Calcavecchia shot an eight-under 64 to
take the first-round lead in the Boca Raton Champi-
onship, the PGA Tour Champions’ first full-field
event of the season. Rocco Mediate and Jeff Mag-
gert were a stroke back. ... Lee Westwood was tied
for the lead with defending champion Brett Rum-
THE ODDS
ford after two rounds of the World Super 6 at Lake
Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Australia. College Basketball
ETC.
Michigan State looks to fire
Idaho 66, E. Washington 64 to an extension; hired Bo Davis as defensive line
WOMEN coach.
Minnesota—Hired John DeFilippo as offen-
AP TOP 25
No. 8 UCLA 69, Arizona 46 sive coordinator.
No. 9 Oregon 76, Washington 63 HOCKEY
No. 16 Oregon State 63, Washington State 61 Carolina—Assigned forwards Marcus Kruger
No. 17 Stanford 70, Utah 49 and Josh Jooris to Charlotte (AHL).
USC 77, No. 25 Arizona State 62 Chicago—Put defenseman Jan Rutta on
injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 6; called up
SOUTHLAND
defenseman Carl Dahlstrom from Rockford
USC 77, Arizona St. 62
(AHL).
UCLA 69, Arizona 46 N.Y. Rangers—Traded forward Joe Whitney
Hawaii 59, Cal St. Fullerton 54 and right wing Adam Chapie to Washington for
WEST forward John Albert and defenseman Hubert
Oregon St. 63, Washington St. 61 Labrie; assigned defenseman Brendan Smith to
Stanford 70, Utah 49 Hartford (AHL); called up defenseman John
California 78, Colorado 76 Gilmour from Hartford.
Oregon 76, Washington 63 St. Louis—Called up defenseman Chris Butler
Pascal Guyot AFP/Getty Images
EAST from San Antonio (AHL).
Cornell 70, Brown 68
Delaware 68, William & Mary 59 R E TU R N T O S E N D E R SOCCER
Portland—Acquired forward Samuel Ar-
Georgetown 71, Seton Hall 52 menteros on loan from Benevento Calcio (Serie
Penn 65, Dartmouth 47
Princeton 80, Harvard 47 Russia’s Andrey Rublev sends the ball back to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga A-Italy).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Quinnipiac 64, Canisius 39 of France during a quarterfinals match at the Open Sud de France NCAA—Granted a sixth season of eligibility to
Rider 62, St. Peter’s 52
Towson 73, Hofstra 72 ATP World Tour. Rublev lost to Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (1). Iowa State quarterback Kyle Kempt.
Villanova 69, St. John’s 52
Yale 73, Columbia 50
SOUTH TENNIS
Coll. of Charleston 72, UNC Wilmington 63
$624,335 OPEN SUD DE FRANCE
Elon 70, Drexel 58 GOLF At Montpellier, France
James Madison 72, Northeastern 43
$7.4-MILLION AT&T NATIONAL PRO-AM Brett Stegmaier................72p-71s—143 -1 PGA EUROPEAN TOUR Surface: Hard-Indoor
MIDWEST At Pebble Beach George McNeill ................70p-74s—144 E $1.75-MILLION WORLD SUPER 6 PERTH SINGLES (quarterfinals)—David Goffin (1),
DePaul 86, Butler 68 p-Pebble Beach Golf Links, par 72, Nick Taylor.......................75p-69s—144 E At Perth, Australia—Par 72 Belgium, d. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 6-4, 6-4;
Drake 101, Evansville 50 6,816 yards; Billy Hurley III ..................74p-70s—144 E Lake Karrinyup Country Club—7,143 yards Richard Gasquet (5), France, d. Damir Dzumhur
Illinois St. 39, S. Illinois 36 s-Spyglass Hill, par 72, 6,953 yards; Andrew Putnam ..............70m-73p—143 E 36-Hole Leaders (4), Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-4, 6-2; Jo-Wilfried
Marquette 80, Xavier 63 m-Monterey Peninsula, par 71, 6,958 yards Nicholas Lindheim...........68m-75p—143 E Lee Westwood, England ........66-70—136 -8 Tsonga (3), France, d. Andrey Rublev (6), Russia,
Missouri St. 74, Bradley 54 36-Hole Scores Paul Dunne ....................71s-72m—143 E Brett Rumford, Australia........64-72—136 -8 6-4, 7-6 (1); Lucas Pouille (2), France, d. Benoit
N. Iowa 56, Indiana St. 46 Dustin Johnson ...............67s-64m—131 -12 Jonathan Byrd..................73p-71s—144 E Prom Meesawat, Thailand .....67-70—137 -7 Paire, France, 6-1, 6-4.
ROCKIES Beau Hossler...................65p-67s—132 -12 Ben Martin.....................68m-75p—143 E Grant Forrest, Scotland.........69-68—137 -7 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Ben Mclachlan,
Idaho 85, E. Washington 71 Troy Merritt ......................67p-67s—134 -10 Vijay Singh ......................75p-69s—144 E Lucas Herbert, Australia........68-69—137 -7 Japan-Hugo Nys (4), France, d. Sander Arends,
BOX SCORE Julian Suri ......................66s-67m—133 -10 Scott Brown.....................73p-71s—144 E Thor Olesen, Denmark ..........70-67—137 -7 Netherlands-Antonio Sancic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-2,
Phil Mickelson.................69s-65m—134 -9 Corey Conners ................68m-75p—143 E Zander Lombard, S. Africa.....68-70—138 -6
Pac-12
Jon Rahm ......................67m-67p—134 -9 Hunter Mahan.................71s-73m—144 +1 a-Min Woo Lee, Australia ......69-70—139 -5
10-6.
USC 77, Arizona St. 62 $624,335 SOFIA OPEN
ARIZONA ST.—Ibis 4-10 0-0 8, Johnson-Chap- Aaron Wise ....................65m-69p—134 -9 Maverick McNealy............74s-70m—144 +1 Kira Aphibarnrat, Thailand.....67-72—139 -5
At Sofia, Bulgaria
Kevin Streelman ..............65s-69m—134 -9 Stuart Appleby ................73s-71m—144 +1 Andrea Pavan, Italy ..............73-66—139 -5
man 4-7 4-8 12, Ekmark 6-9 0-0 17, Richardson Lanto Griffin ....................76p-69s—145 +1 Surface: Hard-Indoor
Jason Day ......................69s-65m—134 -9 Adam Blyth, Australia...........73-66—139 -5
3-4 0-0 6, Ryan 1-6 1-1 3, Elenga 3-5 0-2 6, Steve Wheatcroft.............71m-73p—144 +1 SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Marius Copil, Ro-
Ruden 1-6 0-0 2, Russell 4-6 0-0 8, Sanders 0-0 Steve Stricker..................69s-65m—134 -9
Mike Weir.......................77s-67m—144 +1
Sean Crocker, U.S. ...............70-69—139 -5
mania, d. Gilles Muller (3), Luxembourg, 6-4,
Tyrone Van Aswegen.........67m-68p—135 -8 Anthony Quayle, Australia......71-68—139 -5
0-0 0, Totals 26-53 5-11 62. Patrick Rodgers ...............70s-65m—135 -8 Jim Herman....................70m-74p—144 +1 Jason Scrivener, Australia......67-73—140 -4 6-4; Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, d. Marcos Bagh-
USC—Simon 8-17 6-7 22, Adams 3-4 0-0 8, Cameron Davis ................73p-72s—145 +1 Nick Cullen, Australia ...........72-68—140 -4 datis, Cyprus, 7-6 (2), 6-4; Stan Wawrinka (1),
Edwards 4-6 0-0 11, Mazyck 9-17 2-2 24, Moore
Chris Stroud ...................68s-68m—136 -7
Ben Silverman ................70m-74p—144 +1 Sam Horsfield, England ........68-72—140 -4 Switzerland, d. Viktor Troicki (6), Serbia, 6-1, 7-6
Will Zalatoris...................67s-69m—136 -7
4-11 3-5 11, Effa 0-0 0-0 0, Tapley 0-0 1-2 1, Eric Axley .......................69m-67p—136 -7 Seamus Power ................72m-72p—144 +1 Yusaku Miyazato, Japan ........70-70—140 -4 (3); Mirza Basic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, d. Maxi-
Abejon 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 28-55 12-16 77. Peter Malnati..................67m-69p—136 -7 Colt Knost ......................76s-69m—145 +2 Jack Wilson, Australia...........73-67—140 -4 milian Marterer, Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Halftime—USC 30-25. A—647 Paul Casey ......................67p-70s—137 -7 Tyler Duncan....................72p-74s—146 +2 Wade Ormsby, Australia ........67-73—140 -4 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Nikola Mektic, Cro-
Matt Kuchar....................66s-71m—137 -6 Austin Cook.....................72p-74s—146 +2 Yikeun Chang, S. Korea ........67-73—140 -4 atia-Alexander Peya (2), Austria, d. Nicholas
Cameron Tringale..............70p-68s—138 -6 Luke Donald ...................75s-70m—145 +2 Seungsu Han, U.S................68-73—141 -3 Monroe, and John-Patrick Smith (3), Australia,
Denny McCarthy ...............72p-66s—138 -6 Shawn Stefani.................72s-73m—145 +2 Satoshi Kodaira, Japan.........70-71—141 -3 6-2, 6-4.
Jason Kokrak ..................70s-67m—137 -6 Fabian Gomez..................72p-74s—146 +2 Chase Koepka, U.S. .............70-74—144 E $501,345 ECUADOR OPEN
Jimmy Walker..................68s-69m—137 -6 Mac Hughes ...................71s-74m—145 +2 Jarin Todd, U.S. ...................73-71—144 E
Favorite Line Underdog Kelly Kraft ......................73s-72m—145 +2 At Quito, Ecuador
Cameron Percy ...............66m-72p—138 -5 David Lipsky, U.S. ................68-76—144 E
at Arizona 5 USC Ernie Els ........................77s-68m—145 +2 Paul Peterson, U.S. ..............74-71—145 +1 Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Chez Reavie ....................67p-72s—139 -5 SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Roberto Carballes
at Arizona St. 3 ⁄2
1
UCLA Rafa Cabrera Bello ..........69m-69p—138 -5 Greg Chalmers................70m-75p—145 +2 Johannes Veerman, U.S.........72-74—146 +2
Pat Perez .......................68m-70p—138 -5 Charlie Beljan.................72m-74p—146 +3 Berry Henson, U.S................74-73—147 +3 Baena, Spain, d. Nicolas Jarry (8), Chile, 3-6,
at W. Virginia 11 Oklahoma St. Matt Jones ......................74p-73s—147 +3 6-2, 7-6 (5); Andrej Martin, Slovakia, d. Corentin
Patrick Cantlay................66m-72p—138 -5
at Villanova
at Maryland
101⁄2
6
Butler
Northwestern
Jonathan Randolph..........69s-69m—138 -5
Stephan Jaeger ................68p-71s—139 -5
Daniel Summerhays .........70s-68m—138 -5
Kevin Kisner ...................71s-75m—146
Matt Every .....................70m-76p—146
Tom Hoge........................75p-72s—147
+3
+3
+3
SOCCER
INTERNATIONAL
Moutet, France, 6-3, 6-4; Thiago Monteiro,
Brazil, d. Gael Monfils (3), France, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4;
Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, d. Gerald Melzer,

high-ranking administrator
at St. John’s 2 Marquette Richy Werenski................73m-73p—146 +3 ENGLAND
Russell Henley ................68m-70p—138 -5 Austria, 6-2, 6-4.
Florida 41⁄2 at S. Carolina David Hearn ....................71p-77s—148 +4 England Championship DOUBLES (semifinals)—Austin Krajicek and
Kevin Na ........................70s-68m—138 -5
at Missouri 6 Mississippi St. Ted Potter, Jr. ...................68p-71s—139 -5 Rick Lamb.......................74p-74s—148 +4 Millwall 1, Cardiff 1 Jackson Withrow d. Alessandro Motti-Stefano
Robert Garrigus................70p-69s—139 -5 Adam Scott ....................77s-70m—147 +4 SPAIN Travaglia, Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (5); Nicolas Jarry-Hans
Miami 2 at Boston Col. Kyle Thompson ...............72s-75m—147 +4
Brian Gay .......................69s-69m—138 -5 Copa del Rey Podlipnik-Castillo, Chile, d. Dorian Descloix-Gael
Michigan State University said it plans to fire a at Baylor PK Kansas Jonas Blixt .....................67m-71p—138 -5 Tim Herron ......................75p-74s—149 +5 Granada 1, Valladolid 0 Monfils, France, 6-3, 6-3.
high-ranking administrator who told police he never at TCU 5 ⁄2
1
Texas Jordan Spieth .................72s-66m—138 -5 Cody Gribble...................75s-73m—148 +5 ITALY
Sam Saunders ................72s-66m—138 -5 Jerry Kelly ......................72s-76m—148 +5 Serie A
followed up after ordering sports doctor Larry Nas- Oklahoma 31⁄2 at Iowa St.
Ryan Blaum ...................68m-71p—139 -4 Andrew Yun ....................75s-73m—148 +5 AUTO RACING
North Carolina 21⁄2 at N.C. State Fiorentina 0, Juventus 2
sar to have a third person present during certain Sean O’Hair....................69m-70p—139 -4 Stewart Cink....................73p-77s—150 +6 DRAG RACING
Derek Ernst ....................69m-80p—149 +6 FRANCE
at Creighton 2 Xavier Trey Mullinax ...................72s-67m—139 -4 NHRA Winternationals
treatments. Auburn 4 at Georgia J.T. Poston .......................71p-69s—140 -4 Roberto Diaz ..................75m-74p—149 +6 Ligue 1
At Auto Club Raceway, Pomona
Ken Duke .......................79s-70m—149 +6 Saint-Etienne 2, Marseille 2
It is the first major personnel action announced K.J. Choi ........................69m-70p—139 -4 After Friday’s qualifying;
at Texas A&M 51⁄2 Kentucky Nick Watney ...................70s-69m—139 -4 Conrad Shindler ...............75p-75s—150 +6 GERMANY qualifying continues today
by interim President John Engler, who was hired af- at Wichita St. 18 Connecticut Branden Grace.................68p-72s—140 -4 Jason Bohn ....................71m-79p—150 +7 Bundesliga TOP FUEL: 1. Clay Millican, 3.694 seconds,
Ryan Armour ...................70p-70s—140 -4 Graeme McDowell ............71p-80s—151 +7 RB Leipzig 2, Augsburg 0
ter Lou Anna Simon resigned under a storm of criti- at LSU 61⁄2 Mississippi
Brandon Harkins .............68m-71p—139 -4 Padraig Harrington...........75m-76p—151 +8 327.74 mph. 2. Antron Brown, 3.717, 332.51.
at Notre Dame PK Florida St. David Solomon ...............74m-79p—153 +10 3. Steve Torrence, 3.726, 326.40. 4. Doug
cism about the university’s handling of Nassar, who J.B. Holmes .....................71p-69s—140 -4
Peter Jacobsen................78s-75m—153 +10 WINTER Kalitta, 3.729, 328.06. 5. Tony Schumacher,
at Nebraska 91⁄2 Rutgers Matt Atkins ....................72m-67p—139 -4 3.732, 331.20. 6. Mike Salinas, 3.764, 326.71.
is serving decades in prison for molesting girls and Rob Oppenheim...............67p-73s—140 -4 David Duval....................79m-76p—155 +12
Seton Hall 31⁄2 at Georgetown Ethan Tracy ....................76m-80p—156 +13 OLYMPICS 7. Leah Pritchett, 3.783, 328.62. 8. Terry
women and for possessing child pornography. The San Diego 41⁄2 at Santa Clara
Bubba Watson ................68m-71p—139 -4 At Gangneung, South Korea McMillen, 3.794, 324.12. 9. Scott Palmer,
Aaron Baddeley ..............70m-69p—139 -4 CHAMPIONS TOUR CURLING 3.844, 313.00. 10. Richie Crampton, 3.903,
scandal has led to numerous people being forced out at BYU 10 San Francisco Sangmoon Bae ................71p-69s—140 -4
Bryson DeChambeau .......70m-69p—139 -4 $1.6-MILLION BOCA RATON CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED DOUBLES 287.60. 11. Terry Haddock, 4.133, 254.76. 12.
of their jobs. Tennessee 21⁄2 at Alabama
Ben Crane.......................68p-72s—140 -4 At Boca Raton, Fla.—Par 72 Round-Robin Steve Faria, 4.932, 150.26. 13. Brittany Force,
Dr. William Strampel was dean of the College of at Ohio St. 121⁄2 Iowa Xinjun Zhang ...................68p-72s—140 -4 The Old Course at Broken Sound—6,807 yards China 6, United States 4 5.453, 118.44.
at Michigan St. 3 Purdue Shane Lowry ..................67m-73p—140 -3 18-Hole Leaders Norway 7, Finland 6 FUNNY CAR: 1. Jack Beckman, Dodge Char-
Osteopathic Medicine, which includes the sports Vaughn Taylor .................70m-70p—140 -3 Mark Calcavecchia.................34-30—64 -8 Canada 7, Switzerland 2 ger, 3.860, 332.84. 2. Matt Hagan, Charger,
at Virginia 13 Virginia Tech Rocco Mediate......................32-33—65 -7
medicine clinic, until he announced a leave of ab- Charley Hoffman .............67m-73p—140 -3 OA Russia 6, South Korea 5 3.877, 329.99. 3. Ron Capps, Charger, 3.882,
at LMU 51⁄2 Pepperdine Scott Stallings .................72p-69s—141 -3 Jeff Maggert..........................34-31—65 -7 SUMMARY 331.12. 4. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.889,
sence for medical reasons in December. He still has Old Dominion 2 at La. Tech Nate Lashley ..................70m-70p—140 -3 Fred Funk.............................34-32—66 -6 United States 332.59. 5. Cruz Pedregon, Toyota Camry, 3.924,
Derek Fathauer ................69p-72s—141 -3 Bernhard Langer....................33-33—66 -6 326.48. 6. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 3.932,
tenure, however, which protects his employment as at UC Davis 31⁄2 CS Fullerton Jesper Parnevik .....................33-33—66 -6
Team shots: 40, Team points: 123, Team per-
320.36. 7. Del Worsham, Camry, 3.943,
Ricky Barnes ...................70p-71s—141 -3 centage: 77.
a Michigan State faculty member. UC Irvine 51⁄2 at UC Riverside Patrick Reed....................75p-66s—141 -3 Steve Flesch .........................33-34—67 -5
Becca Hamilton, Shots: 16, Points: 46, Per- 320.97. 8. Courtney Force, Camaro, 3.948,
at Ill. Chicago 13 Cleveland St. Billy Horschel..................71s-69m—140 -3 Michael Allen........................31-36—67 -5 328.94. 9. Shawn Langdon, Camry, 3.949,
Engler said he will ask a faculty committee to re- Bronson Burgoon ............70m-70p—140 -3 John Daly.............................33-34—67 -5 centage: 72.
328.06. 10. J.R. Todd, Camry, 3.953, 322.04.
at Nevada 51⁄2 San Diego St, Kirk Triplett ...........................34-33—67 -5 Matt Hamilton, Shots: 24, Points: 77, Per-
voke Strampel’s status. at UNLV 7 Wyoming
Keith Mitchell..................67s-73m—140 -3
Jerry Smith...........................33-34—67 -5 centage: 80. 11. Jonnie Lindberg, Camry, 3.954, 322.58. 12.
Tom Lovelady ..................72s-68m—140 -3 Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.984, 322.50. 13.
Texas Tech 11⁄2 at Kansas St. Zecheng Dou ...................67p-74s—141 -3 Paul Goydos .........................35-32—67 -5 China
Duffy Waldorf........................33-34—67 -5 Team shots: 40, Team points: 119, Team per- Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.046, 310.27. 14. Jeff
The Detroit Lions have extended general man- at St. Louis 41⁄2 La Salle Alex Cejka ......................69s-72m—141 -2
Kent Jones ...........................34-33—67 -5 centage: 74. Diehl, Camry, 4.059, 313.58. 15. Jim Campbell,
Gary Woodland ...............69s-72m—141 -2 Charger, 4.130, 307.16. 16. John Force, Camaro,
ager Bob Quinn’s contract to match the length of at Arkansas 7 Vanderbilt Brandt Snedeker .............71s-70m—141 -2 Russ Cochran .......................32-36—68 -4 Wang Rui, Shots: 16, Points: 53, Percentage:
4.139, 265.38. Not Qualified: 17. Richard
UTSA 3 at UTEP Grayson Murray ................74p-68s—142 -2 Kevin Sutherland...................34-34—68 -4 83.
the deal they gave coach Matt Patricia. The Lions Kevin Chappell................73s-68m—141 -2 Gene Sauers.........................35-33—68 -4 Ba Dexin, Shots: 24, Points: 66, Percentage: Townsend, 4.242, 258.91.18. Bob Bode, 4.828,
Boise St. 31⁄2 at Utah St. 167.91. 19. Brandon Welch, 7.210, 66.45.
have not provided details on the length of Quinn or at Utah 131⁄2 California
D.A. Points .....................70s-71m—141 -2 Carlos Franco .......................34-34—68 -4 69.
PRO STOCK: 1. Drew Skillman, Chevy Camaro,
Martin Piller ...................68m-73p—141 -2 Glen Day..............................35-34—69 -3
Patricia’s contracts. ... The Minnesota Vikings have at Oregon St. 4 Washington Talor Gooch....................67m-74p—141 -2 Mark Brooks .........................34-35—69 -3 HIGH SCHOOL 6.569, 210.47. 2. Vincent Nobile, Camaro,
hired Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach John Chris Kirk.......................67m-74p—141 -2 Scott Dunlap ........................34-35—69 -3 6.586, 209.65. 3. Greg Anderson, Camaro,
at Pacific 9 Portland Corey Pavin ..........................34-35—69 -3 BASKETBALL 6.591, 209.56. 4. Chris McGaha, Camaro,
Dominic Bozzelli..............69m-72p—141 -2
DeFilippo as their offensive coordinator. at St. Mary’s 3 Gonzaga Zac Blair ........................69s-72m—141 -2 Tom Byrum ...........................36-33—69 -3 GIRLS’ PLAYOFFS 6.591, 209.39. 5. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.595,
at L. Beach St. 81⁄2 Cal Poly Johnson Wagner...............73p-69s—142 -2 David Toms...........................37-32—69 -3 SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS 208.65. 6. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.600,
Russell Knox...................71s-70m—141 -2 Sandy Lyle ...........................35-34—69 -3 OPEN DIVISION 208.71. 7. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.603, 208.39.
at Hawaii 121⁄2 CS Northridge
Markelle Fultz, the top overall pick in last year’s Brendon de Jonge ............69p-73s—142 -2 Paul Broadhurst ....................34-35—69 -3 First Round 8. Tanner Gray, Camaro, 6.611, 207.53. 9. Alex
Updates at Pregame.com Scott Piercy.....................71p-71s—142 -2 Marco Dawson ......................35-34—69 -3 Saturday, Feb. 17 Laughlin, Camaro, 6.613, 208.59. 10. Deric
NBA draft, may not play again this season as he —Associated Press Adam Schenk.................71m-70p—141 -2 Brandt Jobe..........................34-35—69 -3 Gardena Serra at Harvard Westlake Kramer, Camaro, 6.628, 208.07. 11. Bo Butner,
deals with a right shoulder injury and works on his Sam Ryder ......................73p-69s—142 -2 Fran Quinn ...........................35-34—69 -3 Etiwanda at Sierra Canyon Camaro, 6.631, 208.71. 12. Steve Graham, Ca-
Billy Mayfair..........................35-35—70 -2
shot. Fultz played the Philadelphia 76ers’ first four BOXING
FIGHT SCHEDULE
Chesson Hadley ..............68m-74p—142 -1
James Hahn ...................74s-68m—142 -1 Todd Hamilton ......................38-32—70 -2
Ribet Academy at Mater Dei
Bishop Montgomery at Windward
maro, 6.690, 208.14. 13. Val Smeland, Camaro,
6.691, 207.91. 14. Alan Prusiensky, Dodge Dart,
Scott Parel ...........................33-37—70 -2
games of the season but has been sidelined since. ... Today Rory McIlroy ...................68s-74m—142 -1
Michael Bradley ....................35-35—70 -2 6.733, 207.02. 15. Joey Grose, Camaro, 6.753,
Joel Dahmen ...................71p-72s—143 -1
The Atlanta Hawks have bought out three-point for AtTete's London, Zolani Tete vs. Omar Narvaez, 12,
WBO bantamweight title. Rod Pampling.................69m-73p—142 -1 Bart Bryant...........................39-31—70 -2
COLLEGE
205.57. 16. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 11.463,
98.77.
Brian Stuard...................72m-70p—142 -1 Colin Montgomerie.................35-35—70 -2
specialist Marco Belinelli’s contract, giving the At Park City, Kansas (CBSSN), Tramaine
Brice Garnett ...................71p-72s—143 -1 Lee Janzen ...........................35-35—70 -2 HOCKEY
Williams vs. Alexei Collado, 12, for the vacant
11th-year veteran an opportunity to finish the season WBO International super-bantamweight title. Rory Sabbatini................68m-74p—142 -1 Joe Durant ...........................37-33—70 -2
MIDWEST COLLEGE TENNIS
Robert Streb....................71p-72s—143 -1 Tom Pernice Jr.......................34-36—70 -2
on a contending team. At Cancun, Mexico, Miguel Berchelt vs. Cris- J.J. Henry ........................71p-72s—143 -1 Lance Ten Broeck ..................35-35—70 -2 N. Michigan 2, Alaska 1, OT MEN
tian Mijares, 12, for Berchelt's WBC junior-light- William McGirt ................73s-69m—142 -1 Scott Verplank ......................35-36—71 -1 Notre Dame 2, Ohio St. 1 Nonconference
weight title. Wes Short, Jr. .......................35-36—71 -1 Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 2 Alabama 6, Pepperdine 1
Serena Williams won’t be playing in either of Sat-
urday’s Fed Cup singles matches as she returns to
competitive tennis this week, five months after be-
coming a mother. Williams will team up with Lauren
Davis to face Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs SANTA ANITA RESULTS
in Sunday’s doubles match as the United States
opens its Fed Cup title defense against the Nether- Copyright 2018 by Equibase Co. 26th day of 59-day meet. mary Trela. Owner: Rosemary Trela. Pick Five (3-3-1-3-4) 5 correct paid $308.30. 1 Secret Spice Desrmux 4.80 3.00
2217 FIRST RACE. 1 mile turf. Maiden special weight. 8 Scratched: none. 2222 SIXTH RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Maiden special weight. 6 Emboldened Talamo 2.80
lands. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-1) paid $28.00, $1 Exacta (1-4) paid 8 Also Ran: Highland Lass, Ms Dupree, Ahimsa, Allianna.
Four-year-olds and up. Purse $54,000. Four-year-olds and up. Purse $54,000.
$32.70, $1 Superfecta (1-4-5-6) paid $275.20, 50-Cent Trifecta (1-4-5) 8 Time: 21.88, 44.99, 1.10.39, 1.17.22. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Gary
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show paid $52.70, $1 Pick Three (3-3-1) paid $47.60. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
Sherlock. Owner: London, Tom, Lovingier, Terry C. and Zondlo, Eugene.
New Mexico football coach Bob Davie 3 Cascade Rock Nakatani 6.20 3.80 2.60 1 Easter Morn Prat 5.20 3.00 2.60
8 Scratched: Streetwithnoname.
4 Gosilently Bejarano 5.60 3.00 2220 FOURTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden claiming. 3 Wild Lando Gonzalez 4.20 3.00
will appeal a 30-day suspension in connection with 5 Frankincense Smith 2.60 Fillies and mares. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price 5 Air Jockey Quinonez 4.20 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-2) paid $169.20, $1 Exacta (2-1) paid
$24.30, $1 Superfecta (2-1-6-5) paid $738.80, $1 Super High Five
multiple investigations involving misconduct. In a 8 Also Ran: Ziconic, Combat Zone, Papa Jazz. $20,000. Purse $18,000. 8 Also Ran: Tatar, Gutsy Effort, Duke of Fallbrook, Animo, Anziyan
(2-1-6-5-7) paid $4,073.50, 50-Cent Trifecta (2-1-6) paid $58.90, $1
8 Time: 22.60, 46.55, 1.11.00, 1.22.89, 1.34.51. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Cat, Tribute to Oscar.
statement released by the school, Davie said none of Neil D. Drysdale. Owner: David Heerensperger.
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
8 Time: 21.67, 45.53, 1.10.92, 1.17.30. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Richard Pick Three (1-3-2) paid $327.80.
3 Miz Tianjin Franco 4.00 2.80 2.40
the three investigations conducted over a nine- 8 Scratched: Street to Indy. 4 Dressed in Prada Quinonez 4.00 2.40 Baltas. Owner: GGG Stables. 2225 NINTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Claiming. Fillies and
8 Exotics: $1 Exacta (3-4) paid $11.20, $1 Superfecta (3-4-5-7) paid 7 Veiled Heat Ochoa 4.20 8 Scratched: none. mares. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $25,000.
month period found he violated any school policy. $182.30, 50-Cent Trifecta (3-4-5) paid $20.95. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (4-1) paid $25.20, $1 Exacta (1-3) paid Purse $23,000.
8 Also Ran: Dadlani, Eye of the River, Curlina Curlina, Majestic De-
2218 SECOND RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Maiden claiming. sign, Angela’s Rose, La Juve. $8.20, $1 Superfecta (1-3-5-6) paid $363.10, $1 Super High Five (1-3- P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show
Fillies. Three-year-olds. Claiming prices 5-6-9) paid $740.30, 50-Cent Trifecta (1-3-5) paid $29.05, $1 Pick 6 Mizzen Glory Pereira 5.20 3.60 3.20
Yoel Romero (12-2) missed weight for his fight 8 Time: 23.02, 46.17, 1.11.22, 1.24.46. Clear & Fast. Trainer: J. Eric
Three (3-4-1) paid $29.90. 4 Road Test Gutierrez 7.40 5.60
$50,000-$40,000. Purse $29,000. Kruljac. Owner: Condon, Gary, Kruljac, J. Eric, Sondereker, John, Yip,
against Luke Rockhold (16-3) in the main event of P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show David and Yip, Susan. 2223 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Maiden claiming. 8 Empress Rules Martinez 14.20
UFC 221 in Australia and won’t be eligible to win the 3 Pasadena Princess Bejarano 3.80 2.40 2.10 8 Scratched: none. Three-year-olds. Claiming price $75,000. Purse 8 Also Ran: Wicked Old Fashion, Lethal Legacy, Pirate Flag, Hotsy
5 Flammetta Quinonez 2.60 2.20 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (1-3) paid $43.40, $1 Exacta (3-4) paid $33,000. Dotsy, Subic Bay, Hope She Will.
interim middleweight title. 6 Tacy Conner 3.20 $7.30, $1 Superfecta (3-4-7-5) paid $117.80, $1 Super High Five (3-4- P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Time: 24.18, 48.21, 1.12.23, 1.24.17, 1.35.80. Clear & Firm. Trainer:
8 Also Ran: My Scarlett, Whatyouciswhatuget, Sunny Sweet. 7-5-8) paid $1,031.90, 50-Cent Trifecta (3-4-7) paid $15.75, $1 Pick 3 Gray Admiral Fuentes 22.40 9.80 5.60 Philip D’Amato. Owner: Waller, Rick and Sharon.
8 Time: 22.23, 46.12, 1.12.09, 1.18.79. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Richard Three (3-1-3) paid $37.90. 6 Lauderdale Van Dyke 9.40 5.80 8 Scratched: Agent Nine T Nine, Oh Scatty Oh.
Baltas. Owner: Ashcroft, Durwood, Baltas, Richard and Baltas, Debby. 1 Onde Ah Mo Franco 4.20 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (2-6) paid $30.40, $1 Exacta (6-4) paid
2221 FIFTH RACE. 11⁄16 mile. Claiming. Four-year-olds $14.20, $1 Superfecta (6-4-8-11) paid $2,474.10, $1 Super High Five
8 Scratched: none. and up. Claiming price $16,000. Purse $22,000. 8 Also Ran: Lord Charles, Cosa Nostra (IRE), Cash Pilot, Chop Chop
8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-3) paid $11.80, $1 Exacta (3-5) paid Charlie, Studly Perfection. (6-4-8-11-5) 2 tickets paid $9,424.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (6-4-8) paid

Beckman leads
$4.20, $1 Superfecta (3-5-6-2) paid $67.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (3-5-6) P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show $152.20, $1 Pick Three (3-2-6) paid $260.20, 50-Cent Pick Four (1-3-2-
4 Dukes Up Solis 7.80 3.20 2.20 8 Time: 22.74, 45.80, 1.10.84, 1.23.49, 1.35.90. Clear & Firm.
paid $8.40. Trainer: Victor L. Garcia. Owner: Lucky Charm Stable. 3/6/10) 998 tickets with 4 correct paid $437.80, 50-Cent Pick Five
1 Saint Dermot Conner 2.80 2.10 (4-1-3-2-3/6/10) 118 tickets with 5 correct paid $1,792.00, $2 Pick Six
2219 THIRD RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and 2 Awe Bejarano 2.80 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (1-3) paid $72.20, $1 Exacta (3-6) paid
$72.30, $1 Superfecta (3-6-1-5) paid $3,803.00, 50-Cent Trifecta (3- (3-4-1-3-2-3/6/10) 118 tickets with 5 out of 6 paid $205.00, $2 Pick
mares. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $6,250. 8 Also Ran: Southern Freedom, Storm Comin Thru. Six Jackpot (3-4-1-3-2-3/6/10) 1 ticket with 6 correct paid

NHRA qualifying
Purse $14,000. 8 Time: 25.09, 49.71, 1.14.18, 1.40.08, 1.46.77. Clear & Fast. Trainer: 6-1) paid $165.20, $1 X-5 Super High Five (3-6-1-5-4) , X-5 Super High
Five Carryover $3,445, $1 Pick Three (4-1-3) paid $218.90. $175,066.80.
P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show Steven Miyadi. Owner: Aldrich, Frank, Aldrich, MarySue and Miyadi,
1 Southern Treasure Hernandez 13.60 6.80 3.40 Steven. 2224 EIGHTH RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Allowance optional ATTENDANCE/MUTUEL HANDLE
4 Just Bookin Sanchez 8.40 3.00 8 Scratched: none. claiming. Fillies. Three-year-olds. Claiming price On-track attendance-2,964. Mutuel handle-$607,687
5 Kiss My Lulu Ceballos 2.80 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-4) paid $21.80, $1 Exacta (4-1) paid $75,000. Purse $56,000. Inter-track attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$1,584,839
8 Also Ran: Paschalitsa, Irish and Lucky, Stately Command. $9.50, 50-Cent Trifecta (4-1-2) paid $18.10, $1 Pick Three (1-3-4) paid P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show Out-of-state attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$6,103,177
8 Time: 22.50, 46.57, 59.52, 1.06.39. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Rose- $117.80, 50-Cent Pick Four (3-1-3-4) 4 correct paid $84.90, 50-Cent 2 Show It N Moe It Bejarano 10.60 5.20 3.00 Total attendance-2,964. Mutuel handle-$8,295,703
staff report

Jack Beckman topped funny car qualifying Fri- SANTA ANITA ENTRIES
day in the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winter-
nationals in Pomona. Beckman had a run of 3.860 27th day of a 59-day thoroughbred meet. 2029 Burning Brightly F Prat,124 6-1 2057 All Out Blitz,4 T Baze,120 7-2 2137 Dreams of Valor,2 V Espinoza,120 15-1
seconds at 332.84 mph during his second pass of the 2226 FIRST RACE (noon). 6 furlongs. Claiming. (IRE),2 (9132) Kris’ Rocket Kat,6 R Bejarano,120 4-1 2085 Lord Admiral,8 R Maragh,122 20-1
2137 Temple Keys,3 K Desormeaux,124 6-1 (2002) Kanthaka,5 F Prat,120 5-1 2234 NINTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Starter allowance.
day. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $12,500. Purse
4054 Gustnado,7 A Quinonez,124 8-1 .... Mr. Jagermeister,2 G Franco,120 6-1
$16,000. 4-year-olds and up. Purse $30,000.
“I was extremely confident heading into this sea- PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds
2013 Lymebyrd,5 M Pedroza,120 8-1 (2089) Nero,3 V Espinoza,120 8-1
PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds
6163 Fortune of War D Sorenson,122 12-1 2232 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile. Maiden claiming.
son because we had put the six-disc clutch in the car 2108 Celebrate Life,8 S Elliott,123 5-2 (GB),8 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $20,000. Purse
2114 Conqueror,9 K Desormeaux,121 3-1
2056 Big Champion,1 K Frey,123 3-1 2131 Malibu Music,4 S Elliott,122 12-1 (2076) Quick Finish,10 D Van Dyke,123 4-1
last year and then we went to Phoenix for testing and 1079 Squared Squared,4 A Espinoza,XXX113 7-2
$18,000. (2098) Acker,1 F Prat,121 6-1
2229 FOURTH RACE. 1 1/16 mile. Santa Maria Stakes.
we went 0-for-7 on our runs,” Beckman said. “We 2108 Upperclassman,2 M Pedroza,123 4-1
Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. State bred. Purse
PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2013 Desert General,12 T Baze,121 6-1
2120 True Ranger,7 T Pereira,123 6-1 2098 Wise Curlin,3 M Gutierrez,122 3-1 2017 Bacoli,7 T Conner,121 10-1
stayed there Sunday, working through Super Bowl 2129 Adventurous,5 T Baze,123 8-1 $200,000. 2126 Is Trevor Clever,4 T Baze,122 7-2 2114 Caray,3 T Pereira,121 10-1
Sunday, and today’s the result of that work.” 2120 Yo La Tengo,6 C Franco,XX116 12-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2126 Seau,2 T Conner,122 4-1 2156 Fire to the Wire,6 S Gonzalez,123 10-1
1085 Julia’s Summer,3 E Payeras,XX116 50-1 (2007) Unique Bella,4 M Smith,122 3-5 2076 Black Storm,8 B Pena,122 6-1 (2082) Liberty Jack,11 R Bejarano,121 10-1
Clay Millican led in top fuel, and Drew Skillman 2227 SECOND RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. 4-year-olds (2094) Mopotism,2 M Gutierrez,124 5-2 2055 Path of Exile,5 I Puglisi,122 6-1 (9124) Super Duper R Maragh,121 12-1
2094 Majestic Heat,5 F Prat,124 4-1 2096 Traffic Thief,10 J Talamo,122 6-1 Cooper,2
was the fastest in pro stock. Millican had a 3.694 at and up. Claiming price $12,500. Purse $16,000.
2024 Kathy’s Song,3 B Blanc,120 10-1 2096 Bryan Habana E Payeras,XX115 15-1 9067 Arch Prince,4 A Quinonez,121 20-1
327.74 mph during the second qualifying session, and PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2094 Shenandoah D Van Dyke,120 12-1 (ARG),9 6155 Super Echelon,8 G Franco,121 20-1
(2136) Kaboom,3 G Franco,123 5-2 Queen,1 .... Kewanee Coyne,7 S Arias,122 15-1 (2151) Taco Tuesday,5 V Espinoza,121 20-1
Skillman ran a 6.569 at 210.37 mph in the first qualify- (1057) Gutsy Streak,6 J Sanchez,123 3-1 2151 Son of the South,6 G Franco,122 20-1
2230 FIFTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Thunder Road Stakes. 2235 TENTH RACE. about 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden
ing pass of the day. 2108 Trapalanda,7 T Conner,123 7-2
4-year-olds and up. Purse $100,000.
2055 Second Gear,1 F Ceballos,X117 30-1
special weight. 3-year-olds. Purse $54,000.
2129 Rocky’s Show,8 R Maragh,123 5-1 2233 EIGHTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Allowance optional
Robert Hight, the defending world champion in 2063 Amodei,1 A Quinonez,123 6-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds claiming. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds
funny car, sat in fourth place. Matt Hagan, who won 2129 Informality,2 M Pedroza,123 6-1 9036 Blackjackcat,3 K Desormeaux,124 6-5 Purse $56,000. 2192 Eskimo Roses,8 K Desormeaux,122 3-1
8168 Liberation,4 M Falgione,XXX113 15-1 (2006) Bowies Hero,2 C Nakatani,124 5-2 2062 Jungle Warfare,1 R Bejarano,122 7-2
at Pomona last winter, is second. 2196 Summer Buddha,5 A Solis,123 30-1 2042 Om,6 F Prat,120 3-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2174 Frenchmen Street,5 R Maragh,122 6-1
2042 Next Shares,1 R Bejarano,120 6-1 4078 Sawyer’s Hill,6 M Pedroza,124 5-2 .... Phoenix Fire,2 V Espinoza,122 6-1
Brittany Force, the defending world champion in 2228 THIRD RACE. 1 mile turf. Allowance optional
2059 Tequila Joe,4 J Talamo,120 10-1 2137 Van Cortlandt,5 F Prat,120 3-1 9113 Majestic Eagle,9 C Nakatani,122 8-1
claiming. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000.
top fuel, struggled in 13th place with a 5.453 at 118.44 Purse $56,000. 2025 Ohio (BRZ),5 B Blanc,120 12-1 .... Tartini,1 R Bejarano,122 4-1 2123 Masked,10 D Van Dyke,122 8-1
(2063) Tony Blackjack,7 J Talamo,120 5-1 2062 Pointed,11 S Elliott,122 8-1
mph. Leah Pritchett was seventh at 3.783 and 328.62 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2231 SIXTH RACE. 7 furlongs. San Vicente Stakes. 2131 Mongolian G Franco,122 6-1 8010 Dignitaire,7 T Baze,122 12-1
9102 Broken Up,6 T Baze,124 3-1 3-year-olds. Purse $200,000. Greywolf,3 2119 Desolation Sound,3 J Talamo,122 20-1
mph. (2087) Maestro Dearte,1 C Nakatani,122 7-2 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2009 Incredible Luck,9 D Van Dyke,124 10-1 2041 Elevated Knight,4 S Gonzalez,122 20-1
Qualifying continues at 12:15 p.m. Saturday. 2154 Rigoletto (SWI),9 D Van Dyke,124 5-1 (2041) Ax Man,1 D Van Dyke,120 6-5 (3385) California Journey,4 T Baze,122 15-1 .... Fightinirishtabit,6 D Sanchez,122 20-1
L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S D7

Being ‘sloppy’
and ‘wild’ works
well for Wilder
By Lance Pugmire
Deontay Wilder has an
unblemished record and a
World Boxing Council
heavyweight title belt, but if
that’s not enough to con-
vince people of his talent,
he’s more than willing to
talk.
“I have a natural killer in-
stinct. I’m born with it,”
Wilder said during an inter-
view this week. “When I
smell blood, it’s worse. When
the bell rings, you can hurt
that man’s body any way you
want.
“A lot of people say I’m
sloppy. A lot of people say
I’m wild. It ain’t broke. Why
fix it? They don’t under-
John Locher Associated Press stand the art. I’m very smart
BRIAN ORTEGA, celebrating a 2016 victory over Diego Brandao, is 13-0 as he headlines his first UFC fight and powerful at what I do.”
card, and will face a guy he watched growing up in former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar on March 3. Wilder scored a first-
knockout of Wladimir
Klitschko, and an additional
80,000 are expected to Wales
for the Parker fight.
“What he’s dealing with, I
blame his promoter more
than him, but I also blame
him,” Wilder said. “If they
take an HBO deal, it’s going
to be obvious what they’re
doing — they’ve said they
want to make him sports’
first billionaire.
“But doing that, the fans
know. All roads lead to me,
and I’m going to be here for a
long time. I’m the best
heavyweight in the division.”
Wilder was in Los Ange-
les this week for the birth of
his fifth child, a daughter. He
will return home, to Ala-
bama, to conclude training
for Ortiz.
“Training hard, getting
my mind right. I’m into visu-

Ortega is well-schooled
round knockout of former
champion Bermane
Stiverne last year, and his
next target is Cuba’s un-
beaten Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24
knockouts) in a March 3
alization and meditation,
exercising the mind,” Wilder
said. “People can’t grasp
why I’m so confident and so
dominant … it’s all about me
visualizing what I’m going to

in fighting on short notice

L.A. native replaces
Holloway in the UFC
222 co-main event.
By Lance Pugmire
All those schoolyard and
street fights that proved so
disruptive to Brian Ortega’s
high school life finally have
some redeeming value.
Ortega (13-0) emerged as
the replacement fighter for
injured UFC featherweight
champion Max Holloway
and will meet No. 2 contend-
er Frankie Edgar (22-5-1) on
March 3 in the co-main event
of UFC 222 in Las Vegas.
“I’ve been in so many
street fights. It doesn’t mat-
ter that I’m taking a fight on
a month’s notice,” said
Ortega, an L.A. native. “I’ve
taken many fights on two
seconds’ notice.”
Ortega recalled accept-
ing a 2015 fight against
Thiago Tavares on just two
weeks’ notice, winning by
third-round knockout and
claiming a fight-of-the-night
bonus.
“I was out of town; they
asked if I want the fight and I
said ‘Yep,’” he said. “I
started running right there
in the parking lot. It’s not a
big deal. It’s like a street
fight. If someone puts ’em
up, you’ve gotta put ’em up.”
Ortega, who turns 27 on
Feb. 21, has said he cycled
through four schools en
route to his diploma because
of his propensity to fight.
He knew what he wanted
to be and developed by
training in a garage in Har-
bor City.
“Do you have Face-
Time?” Ortega asked a
reporter this week. “I’m in
the garage, working now.
“This is the fight for me.
Once I took it, I took a sec-
ond to appreciate the hard
work. I’m here. My face is on
the poster, the fight’s going
down. I’ve never seen this
happening like this, so con-
sidering that, I’ve already
won. Now when I fight
Frankie and beat him, I’ll
prove everything I need to all
the fight fans.”
Growing up, Ortega said
he often watched Edgar
fight. The 36-year-old for-
mer lightweight champion
from New Jersey participa-
ted in a riveting trilogy with
Gray Maynard, defeated
UFC legend B.J. Penn three
times and had two compel-
ling fights each with former
champions Benson Hender-
son and Jose Aldo.
“I’ve absolutely seen his
crazy battles,” Ortega said.
“When you’re a fighter, you
look at the UFC to see the
people who do it at the high-
est level and, when I was a
youngster, he was one of
those guys. Those big cards,
fighting for the belt … I don’t
want to say I idolized him,
but I was a fan and now I’m
getting maybe a last chance
to fight him.”
When Holloway bowed
out last week with a leg
injury, Ortega said he was
scrolling social media and
saw a fan tag him and post
“Brian, jump on this oppor-
tunity!”
“I saved the posts I was
tagged in, took a screen shot
of it, and sent it to my man-
ager with a question mark,”
Ortega said. “My manager
finds out everything for me,
gives me the scoops. So
within a couple hours, I get a
text: ‘Call me ASAP!’ I knew.
They were calling me for the
fight. I said, ‘I already know.’
I put two and two together.”
Similar logic is in play
about what’s looming if Or-
tega defeats Edgar: a likely
title shot at Holloway. And
with the UFC working to ex-
plore a homecoming fight in
Hawaii for Holloway, Ortega
feels fate is in play. He has so
many good friends in
Hawaii, his cellphone has an
808 area code.
“Yeah, that would be per-
fect,” he said. “We’re going to
surf, fight, win and surf
again.”
First comes Edgar, a
high-profile, pay-per-view
challenge that can’t stop Or-
tega from remaining as
grounded as he was in
school.
“There’s no celebration
yet. We haven’t won. The cel-
ebration is after,” he said.
“Then, we’re all going to eat
Jack in the Box.”
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clays Center that will be tele-
vised by Showtime.
Ortiz, 38, has earned
praise and respect for his
disciplined style.
Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs)
views the match as an op-
portunity to underline his
talent and coax England’s
unbeaten, two-belt heavy-
weight champion Anthony
Joshua toward an antici-
pated unification bout.
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Joshua’s March 31 uni-
fication with World Boxing
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seph Parker is Joshua’s final
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time deal, and HBO has
wooed Joshua’s promoter,
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“With Ortiz, I’m not wor-
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bring. It’s going to be a
shock, a surprise to a lot of
people. ... We don’t know
when it’s coming, but it’s
coming.”
He predicted a knockout
win by the end of the third
round.
“Beating Ortiz auto-
matically makes me the
most dangerous man in the
world,” said Wilder, who has
had three fights scrapped
because scheduled oppo-
nents were eliminated by
positive tests for perform-
ance-enhancing drugs. “If
anyone knows my history,
they know I’ve tried to take
on the best, but these guys
duck me, go another path or
they got on steroids or
PEDs. I’ve never understood
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NHL

Energized Ducks too much for Oilers

Gibson, after missing
four games, helps
preserve win with
dazzling saves.
DUCKS 3
EDMONTON 2
By Mike Coppinger
John Gibson picked up
right where he left off.
The No. 1 netminder re-
turned after a four-game ab-
sence to nurse a lower-body
injury and spearheaded the
Ducks to a 3-2 victory over
the Edmonton Oilers on Fri-
day before a sellout crowd of
17,174 at Honda Center.
Gibson made a slew of
sparkling saves against
the Oilers, captained by
reigning MVP Connor
McDavid, who had seven
goals in his three previous
games.
On one such sequence,
Jesse Puljujarvi streaked
down the right side and at-
tempted to beat Gibson
short side, but the goalie was
there to hug the pipe.
They recollected behind
the net, and McDavid let
loose with a one-timer, but
Gibson stonewalled them
again.
It was an impressive per-
formance from the Ducks,
who resembled a Cup con-
tender — the same team
that didn’t show up during
the five-game road swing.
The puck movement was
crisp, the passes timely and
they were able to (mostly)
contain McDavid, who daz-
zled and dangled but saw his
scoring streak die.
“He’s one of the best in
the league and when he gets
that speed going, I don’t
think there’s many Ds that
can stop him,” said Hampus
BRANDON DAVIDSON of Edmonton tries to guide
the puck as he steps over the Ducks’ Ryan Kesler.
Lindholm, who along with
Josh Manson was tasked
with shutting down Mc-
David.
“You just gotta respect
him, try to keep him outside
and you don’t want to let
that guy pick up speed.”
hack at a rebound in front of line but he’s back playing on
Oilers goalie Cam Talbot, the top unit with Getzlaf and
and eventually the puck Rickard Rakell.
made its way to Lindholm, “Our forwards did a
who blasted it through traf- great job tonight controlling
fic. pucks down low,” Manson
Over and over, the Ducks said. “They helped slow
were able to consistently down their forwards for us
keep the puck alive in the and they were a little bit
zone, which seemed to tire more hungry at the net.”
out the quicker, younger Oil-
ers squad. sports@latimes.com
They grabbed a 2-0 lead
late in the second period af- DUCKS 3, OILERS 2
ter Leon Draisaitl (46 points Edmonton ................................0 1 1 — 2
in 48 games) attempt to flip DUCKS ....................................1 1 1 — 3
it out of the zone, only to see FIRST PERIOD: 1. DUCKS, Lindholm 8, 2:28.
Alex Gallardo Associated Press it collected by Ryan Get- Penalties—Maroon, EDM, major (fighting), 6:51.
Bieksa, DUCKS, major (fighting), 6:51.
zlaf ’s glove. SECOND PERIOD: 2. DUCKS, Perry 11 (Getzlaf),
The captain quickly 15:50. 3. Edm., Slepyshev 2, 16:58.
Penalties—Manson, DUCKS, (tripping), 5:16. Cogliano,
flipped it to Corey Perry on DUCKS, (slashing), 11:38. Puljujarvi, EDM, (hooking),
It was Lindholm who the breakaway and he beat 18:36.
THIRD PERIOD: 4. DUCKS, Kesler 6 (Lindholm,
opened the scoring 2:28 into Talbot five-hole. Cogliano), 3:04. 5. Edm., Russell 4 (Maroon, McDavid),
the first, as he impressed on Perry has seven points 14:55. Penalties—Lucic, EDM, (high sticking), 4:29.
DUCKS bench, served by Rakell (too many men on the
both sides of the ice. in his last four games, and ice), 11:16.
With frenetic energy suddenly, he looks rejuve- SHOTS ON GOAL: Edm. 14-12-6—32. DUCKS 11-13-
10—34. Power-play conversions—Edm. 0 of 3. DUCKS 0
around the net that charac- nated. of 2.
terized their play all night, The former 50-goal scorer GOALIES: Edm., Talbot 19-19-2 (34 shots-31 saves).
DUCKS, Gibson 19-14-5 (32-30). Att—17,174 (17,174).
Ryan Kesler continued to was demoted to the fourth T—2:26.

Lewis injured in Kings’ victory NHL STANDINGS

Pacific
Vegas
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
36
L
14
OL
4
Pts
76
GF
186
GA
148 Washington
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Metropolitan W
32
L
17
OL
5
Pts
69
GF
169
GA
156
KINGS 30 19 5 65 156 129 Pittsburgh 30 22 4 64 172 170
[Kings, from D1] San Jose 28 18 8 64 156 150 New Jersey 27 18 8 62 159 159
through three Panthers and Calgary 28 19 8 64 156 157 Philadelphia 26 19 9 61 157 158
over Florida goalie Harri DUCKS 27 19 10 64 158 161 NY Islanders 27 23 6 60 191 207
Sateri. Edmonton 23 26 4 50 148 171 Carolina 25 21 9 59 148 165
Quick went to work after Vancouver 21 28 6 48 141 180 Columbus 27 23 4 58 141 154
that, making 16 saves in the Arizona 13 32 9 35 126 189 NY Rangers 26 24 5 57 161 171
second period alone — al- Central W L OL Pts GF GA Atlantic W L OL Pts GF GA
though he also got some help
Nashville 32 12 9 73 166 138 Tampa Bay 37 14 3 77 194 142
from the goalpost, which
Winnipeg 32 14 9 73 178 148 Boston 33 11 8 74 173 124
stopped a dangerous chance
St. Louis 34 20 3 71 166 143 Toronto 32 19 5 69 182 156
from Evgenii Dadonov. It
Dallas 33 19 4 70 175 145 Florida 23 23 6 52 147 167
was Quick’s second win in
nine games. Minnesota 29 19 6 64 162 156 Detroit 21 23 9 51 142 161
“I thought Johnnie was Colorado 29 20 4 62 168 156 Montreal 22 26 6 50 142 169
really good early,” Stevens Chicago 24 22 8 56 157 152 Ottawa 19 25 9 47 141 182
said. “That allowed us to get Note: Overtime or shootout lossesworth one point. Buffalo 15 29 10 40 124 178
our feet on the ground.”
It also allowed Brodzin-
ski to put the Kings ahead to RESULTS
stay late in the middle pe- KINGS 3 Jonny Brodzinski scored the go-ahead goal and Anze
riod, reaching back for a AT FLORIDA 1 Kopitar scored his 22nd to lift L.A. to third straight win.
poor Derek Forbort pass in
the high slot and backhand-
AT DUCKS 3 Ryan Kesler scored early in the third period and John
ing it toward the goal, where EDMONTON 2 Gibson made 30 saves for the Ducks.
it struck Florida’s Denis AT WASHINGTON 4 Jay Beagle scored his 50th career goal as the Capitals
Malgin and deflected into COLUMBUS 2 swept a home-and-home. Blue Jackets lost fifth straight.
the net. AT N.Y. ISLANDERS 7 Brock Nelson scored his third goal of the game 3:15 into
Anze Kopitar added an DETROIT 6 (OT) overtime and the Islanders beat the Red Wings.
insurance goal 25 seconds
into the third period to put
AT N.Y. RANGERS 4 Henrik Lundqvist, in for injured Ondrej Pavelec, made 28
the game away. CALGARY 3 saves as the Rangers snapped four-game losing skid.
“It was a team effort from AT CAROLINA 4 Brett Pesce, Phil Di Giuseppe and Sebastian Aho scored
the start,” Shore said. “It’s VANCOUVER 1 in the first period to stop Hurricanes’ three-game slide.
kind of on us for everybody ST. LOUIS 5 Vladimir Tarasenko, Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen
to chip in, be a part of getting AT WINNIPEG 2 scored in the second period for the Blues.
two points.”
But it’s just one game; Lynne Sladky Associated Press
AT DALLAS 4 Tyler Seguin scored deciding shootout goal and Stars
there are six more over the FLORIDA PANTHERS’ Maxim Mamin, left, and the Kings’ Alec Martinez eye
PITTSBURGH 3 (SO) goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped three Penguins shooters.
next 10 days before the Kings the puck during the second period. It was the start of a seven-game trip for Kings. For complete NHL summaries, go to latimes.com/sports/scores
head home and Shore said
the team will continue to into the end boards follow- losing just five times in regu- TODAY’S GAMES
KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 KINGS at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 4 p.m.
take them one at a time. ing a dangerous check from lation in 24 games. Tampa KINGS .....................................0 2 1 — 3
“It’s important that we Florida’s Jared McCann. His Bay will retire Vincent Florida.....................................1 0 0 — 1
New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Nashville at Montreal, 4 p.m.
didn’t look past tonight,” he status for Saturday’s game Lecavalier’s No. 4 in Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 5 p.m.
FIRST PERIOD: 1. Fla., Ekblad 11 (Matheson, Mal-
said. “We’re certainly not in Tampa is uncertain. pregame ceremonies. Lecav- gin), 11:32 (pp). Penalties—Andreoff, KINGS, major Philadelphia at Arizona, 5 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
(fighting), 2:39. Haley, Fla., major (fighting), 2:39. Yan- Edmonton at San Jose, 7 p.m.
looking ahead. We’re just fo- alier played 14 seasons for dle, Fla., (tripping), 3:38. Clifford, KINGS, (holding),
cused on this one. Now we’ll TONIGHT the Lightning, scoring 383 9:55. SUNDAY’S GAMES
SECOND PERIOD: 2. KINGS, Shore 4 (Andreoff, For-
regroup and get ready to go AT TAMPA BAY goals, notching 491 assists bort), 3:09. 3. KINGS, Brodzinski 3 (Forbort), 16:03.
San Jose at DUCKS, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 9 a.m.
tomorrow.” When: 4 PST. and winning a Stanley Cup. Penalties—McCoshen, Fla., major (fighting), 12:55. NY Rangers at Winnipeg, noon Detroit at Washington, noon
Clifford, KINGS, major (fighting), 12:55. Vancouver at Dallas, 1 p.m. Calgary at NY Islanders, 4 p.m.
Friday’s win may ulti- On the air: TV: FS West; Ra- But he retired a King. THIRD PERIOD: 4. KINGS, Kopitar 22 (Iafallo, For-
mately prove costly, howev- dio: 790. Tampa Bay won this sea- bort), 0:25. Penalty—Kempe, KINGS, (high-sticking), Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Colorado at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
1:07. Philadelphia at Vegas, 5 p.m.
er, since the Kings lost cen- Update: The Lightning not son’s first meeting with the SHOTS ON GOAL: KINGS 11-9-6—26. Fla. 8-16-12—
ter Trevor Lewis with less only have the best record in Kings 5-2 in November. 36. Power-play conversions—KINGS 0 of 1. Fla. 1 of 2. MONDAY’S GAMES
GOALIES: KINGS, Quick 21-18-2 (36 shots-35
than five minutes to play af- the NHL, but they’ve been saves). Fla., Sateri 4-4-0 (26-23). Att—14,099
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4 p.m. Florida at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
ter he slammed headfirst particularly tough at home, kevin.baxter@latimes.com (19,250). T—2:45. Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m.

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TELEVISION
REVIEW

It will
make
you
think
HBO’s somewhat
paranormal drama
‘Here and Now’
debates life and more.
ROBERT LLOYD
TELEVISION CRITIC

“Here and Now,” which

premieres Sunday on HBO,
is a new 10-episode series
from Alan Ball, whose previ-
ous shows for the network
were “Six Feet Under” and
“True Blood” and whose
“American Beauty” screen-
play won him an Oscar
before that.
Once again, we are in a
world of glamorous depres-
sion and soft-edged epipha-
ny, encompassed now in the
photogenic city of Portland,
Ore., with its rivers and
bridges and soft, gray,
depressive and flattering
light. (Pot is also legal there,
and it is a device in more
than one plotline.)
People unacquainted
with Portland might believe
that real estate prices are
such that these characters
could afford to live in the
places we see them live, but
this is in line with the series’
— and, let’s face it, televi-
sion’s — inauthentic way
with reality.
Holly Hunter, swallowing
her Southern accent, plays
Audrey Bayer, a former ther-
apist now operating a one-
woman something-or-other
called the Empathy Initia-
tive.
“Not a lot escapes me,”
she says, though things do.
Husband Greg Boat-
wright (Tim Robbins),
Marcus Yam Los Angeles Times whom she met on the Berke-
INDONESIAN rapper Rich Brian, the face of label 88Rising, is the first solo Asian act to reach No. 1 on the iTunes hip-hop chart. [See ‘Here,’ E4]

Straight outta Asia TELEVISION

REVIEW

A wave of hip-hop artists could help shape the genre’s direction
By August Brown
In a smoky room atop Park’s BBQ in Korea-
town, a half-dozen of the fastest-rising rap artists
and industry moguls in the world grill slices of
steak, tear through mounds of kimchi and plot
their next moves.
At one end of the long dining able, Brian
Imanuel, the slightly-built but booming-voiced
18-year-old Indonesian phenom who now per-
forms as Rich Brian, trades rehearsal notes with
label mates about their Double Happiness tour
of the West Coast and New York. At the other end,
Sean Miyashiro, the 37-year-old founder of the
record label, media portal and catchall enter-
ART REVIEW
tainment firm 88Rising, dishes with the
Chengdu, China-based rap quartet Higher
Brothers — here in the U.S. for the first time —
about video ideas.
“I truly believe we make the best video content
in the world,” Miyashiro says, batting around
treatments and K-Pop allusions as a server cuts
up glistening slabs of chicken with a pair of scis-
sors. “Not just in Asia but the world. I mean, did
you see that video of Lil Yachty freestyling for 30
minutes over nothing but Big Bang beats?”
Right now, the dominant culture of hip-hop
comes out of Atlanta home studios or Compton
rehearsal rooms. But part of its future is perhaps
being made around this long tabletop grill, where
a new wave of Asia-based rap music is meeting
Trump
toon
and collaborating with America’s top talent on
its own terms.
The scene around 88Rising is also transform-
is tired
ing the countries where these artists originate.
Huge crowds used to lighter pop music are dis- Though ‘Our Cartoon
covering the subversive potency of this era of hip-
hop, and leery government officials have noticed. President’ is from
A few days before the sold-out Double Happi- Colbert and team,
ness hit the Shrine Expo Hall on Saturday,
Miyashrio and his cohort took a bit of a victory
the jokes mostly miss.
lap. This week saw Imanuel’s debut album
LORRAINE ALI
“Amen” hit No. 1 on the iTunes hip-hop chart (a
TELEVISION CRITIC
first for a solo Asian act) after two years of viral
hits that racked up hundreds of millions of plays.
He’s the most recognizable face of the label, a Lampooning President
gifted MC and producer who [See Asia, E5] Trump’s White House is to
late-night television what
shiny gold jewelry is to QVC:
a programming staple that
keeps viewers coming back

You can almost hear

for more.
But the competition to
deliver the best Hope Hicks
or Stephen Miller zinger
isn’t just among John Oliver,

Jasper Johns chuckle

CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT
ART CRITIC
Jasper Johns is an iconic
iconoclast. Working at cross-
purposes has certainly been
productive: At 87, he is
among our greatest living
artists.
In graphics, sculptures
and especially paintings
made over the course of
more than 60 years, his work
has doggedly torn apart
cherished artistic assump-
tions while managing at the
same time to convey pro-
found, often tender regard
for them. Death, the specter
of mortality, is here essential
to making art that lives.
The much-anticipated
survey of Johns’ career at the
Broad in downtown Los An-
geles opens with a marvel-
ous example — one of his be-
st-known. “Painting With
Two Balls” (1960) is a gleeful
Neo-Dada joke.
Johns inserted two golf-
ball-size spheres into a
space pried open between
two of its three colorful, vig-
orously brushed abstract
panels. Mocking Abstract
Expressionism, for a decade
art’s dominant language,
the painting takes literally
the macho New York School
demand for a “ballsy” art.
You want a painting with
balls? Here’s one.
It’s also much more than
that. Whether in his images
of the American flag, the
map of the United States,
targets, numbers or letters
of the alphabet, Johns never
just paints one-liners. The
gap where the balls are in-
serted reveals what lurks be-
hind painted gestures —
which is to say: nothing, save
for the mundane wall on
which the painted object
hangs.
“Painting With Two
Balls” began with a layer of
torn newspaper pages, phys-
ically shredding topicality as
the painting’s foundation.
[See Johns, E2]
Robin Thede or the cast of
“Saturday Night Live.”
The king of this arms race
to blow apart the limits of
political comedy protocol on
TV is Trump himself, who
does a better job of poking
holes in his own legacy and
Washington than all of them
combined.
The premiere Sunday of
Showtime’s animated series
“Our Cartoon President” is
[See Cartoon, E4]
Science fiction
by the L.A. Phil
Esa-Pekka Salonen
and Yo-Yo Ma blast off
for outer space with a
Cello Concerto. E3
Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
Comics ................... E6-7
ON VIEW at the Broad, “Painting With Two Balls”
TV grid ...................... E5
(1960) mocks then-revered Abstract Expressionism.
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Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times

“CROSSHATCH” paintings and drawings by Jasper Johns seem to shimmer. There’s a roomful of them in the exhibition newly opened at the Broad in downtown L.A.

Jasper Johns’ gleeful history romp

[Johns, from E1]
On top of the collage ele-
ment, brushwork is applied
edge to edge with what could
be called “delicate energy.” A
flurry of ragged, peppy
strokes in rainbow hues —
plus black, white and gray —
is rendered through evident
gestures of the wrist and
forearm but without the ac-
tion of the entire body.
Johns doesn’t put his en-
tire body into the action of
painting for a simple reason:
The painting is the body.
At just over 5 feet high
and 4 feet wide, the object
corresponds to the physical
presence of a viewer stand-
ing before it. Mixing pigment
into wax — an encaustic
technique traced to ancient
Egypt, though rarely em-
ployed in contemporary art
— creates a lumpy, optically
veiled surface. All the tropes
of Abstract Expressionism
seem to be embalmed, like
something from Madame
Tussauds. No wonder those
North African ancients
chose encaustic specifically
for mummy portraits.
The painting’s title and
the artist’s signature hug the
breadth of the bottom edge,
spelled out in machine-sten-
ciled letters that negate this
most intimately tailored sign
of the artist’s hand. As if to
emphasize the distinction,
the only hand-rendered ele-
ment is the date, 1960 — a
personalized marker in time.
Like the two balls squeezed
into the painting, the year is
wedged in between the title
and the signature.
It’s thrilling to watch the
thoroughness with which
Johns works his way through
the conventions of then-
dominant Abstract Expres-
sionist painting, dismantling
them one by one and remak-
ing them into something new
and unforeseen. What the
critic Clement Greenberg
championed as “American-
type painting” to distinguish
it from European abstrac-
tion before World War II,
Johns proceeded to create as
U.S. flags and national maps.
What’s the difference be-
tween a painting of a flag or
map and an actual flag or
map? Nothing, really. To-
gether with Robert Rausch-
enberg, his romantic partner
at the time, Johns launched a
critique of pure abstraction
that changed art’s direction.
A flag and a map are ab-
stractions — but not exactly
in the way critics or artists
like Jackson Pollock and
Barnett Newman might
mean. So is a target, which in
Johns’ hands fused the com-
peting wings of Abstract Ex-
pressionism with “gestural
geometry.” And if avant-
garde art downgraded fig-
urative painting to a minor
rank below abstract art,
what was one to do with
paintings of numbers —
which is to say, figures — that
epitomize abstraction?
He’s a wry guy
These and other wry as-
pects of Johns’ remarkable
work unfold throughout the
exhibition.
Initially organized for
London’s Royal Academy of
Art last fall by curator Edith
Devaney and art historian
Roberta Bernstein, whose
five-volume catalogue
raisonné of the artist’s work
‘Jasper Johns:
“Something
Resembling
Truth” ’
Where: The Broad, 221 S.
Grand Ave., L.A.
When: Opens Saturday,
ends May 13
Tickets: $25; free for 17
and younger; reservations
recommended
Info: www.thebroad.org
was published last year by
Yale, it is presented here by
Joanne Heyler and Ed
Schad, the Broad’s director
and curator, respectively. It’s
slightly trimmed — more
than 120 works, rather than
150 or so in London — and
sometimes a bit crowded in
galleries not as ample as
those at the Royal Academy.
Regardless, it’s not to be
missed.
The show is not a retro-
spective. (The Philadelphia
Museum of Art and New
York’s Whitney Museum are
jointly organizing a retro-
spective for 2020.) Too many
major examples are missing
for that.
Among them are the big,
color “Map,” which would
have been great to see paired
with the darkly magnificent
gray version loaned by the
Broad’s downtown neighbor,
the Museum of Contempo-
rary Art; “Diver,” a poetic eu-
logy to writer Hart Crane,
with the artist’s hands litera-
lly diving into a blackened
sea of charcoal and pigment;
and “Target With Four
Faces,” a mixed-media work
that juxtaposes a red-yellow-
blue bull’s-eye with four
three-dimensional casts of
an eyeless face. All are in the
collection of the Museum of
Modern Art.
Also absent is “Painted
Bronze/Ale Cans,” the table-
top sculpture of two cans of
Ballantine Ale, one sealed
(and presumably full) and
the other opened (and vis-
ibly empty). The sculpture,
an intoxicating conundrum,
presents identical imitations
of an actual beer can that
also copy each other — ex-
cept, of course, for that mi-
nor problem of whether an
industrially mass-produced
copy is empty or full.
Ancient Greek sculptures
were also painted, and it was
Plato and Aristotle who first
argued over the relative mer-
its of art as imitation. (I like
thinking of the philosophers
as disputatious beer cans.)
In an exquisite group of
Johns’ small, densely mod-
eled and darkly patinated
bronze sculptures of light
bulbs and flashlights, vapor-
ous ideas pretending to illu-
minate the darkness are bat-
ted down.
“No ideas but in things,”
as poet William Carlos
Williams put it. Another
sculpture of painted bronze
paintbrushes stuffed into a
painted bronze coffee can
seals the deal, exalting ordi-
nary stuff in an artist’s stu-
dio.
So there is plenty here to
like — including individual
stunners like “False Start”
and “Fool’s House,” which
embody the anxiety of an
artist in the studio faced with
a blank canvas, plus a room-
ful of eight so-called “cross-
hatch” paintings and draw-
ings. Their obsessive pat-
terning of parallel lines is
typically used by graphic art-
ists to represent light and
space, which actually shim-
mers in Johns’ paintings.
Powerful conclusion
The survey is thematic,
which is also illuminating.
Eight sections examine such
topics as “Painting as Ob-
ject” and “Time and Tran-
sience.” Works from different
decades and in various me-
dia are assembled to demon-
strate career-long preoccu-
pations. By the last gallery
you’ll have a pretty good han-
dle on a famously inscruta-
ble body of work.
The highlight of a section
on art and language, for ex-
ample, is the 1976 artists’
book, “Foirades / Fizzles,”
featuring five enigmatic text
fragments in French and
English by Samuel Beckett
and 33 prints by Johns. Beck-
ett’s writing alludes to people
and places in earlier books
and plays, while Johns does
something similar with frag-
ments of other art a viewer
will likely have encountered
elsewhere in the show. Art’s
world lives outside conven-
tional time and space.
Johns’ work went
through a bit of a rough
patch in the decade between
the mid-1980s and the
mid-1990s, when the paint-
ings took a deeply inward, al-
most claustrophobic turn.
Paintings that borrow frag-
ments from Picasso or center
on an eccentric puzzle-
shape seem obscure for no
productive reason.
In the wake of his compel-
ling 1996 MoMA
retrospective, however, he
pulled out of the slump by
starting over. In large, ele-
gant, uncluttered canvases
that feature a simple length
of string, Johns cleared his
paintings’ decks.
The suspended string, at-
tached at either end to wood-
en slats leaning out into
space from the framing edge,
forms a graceful catenary
arch in front of the painted
surface. Shadows of the
curved line traverse the
painting, establishing a gen-
tle tension between the flat-
ness of a canvas and the real-
ity of curved space in Ein-
stein’s universe.
Johns repeats the line in
quietly agitated paint, a ges-
ture that lodges art between
object and ghost. Many also
have a diamond pattern
painted along one edge, in-
voking Harlequin — the
mute joker in traditional
pantomime. In “Catenary (I
Call to the Grave),” every-
thing is in shades of gray —
scores of them, so that fading
light seems to flicker
through.
Almost inexplicably, the
gentle catenary sag feels at
once valedictory, melanchol-
ic, utterly confident and
wholly natural. The master-
ful catenary paintings, still
under-sung in Johns’ copi-
ous repertoire, are a power-
ful conclusion to a blissful
show.
christopher.knight@
latimes.com
Twitter: @KnightLAT

THEATER REVIEW
QUICK TAKES

MSG heads to Las Vegas

The Madison Square Garden Co. is gearing up to have a
Reaching across the divide around his son, withholding
ball in Las Vegas — literally. Teenage boys from affection and approval. He is
MSG officials unveiled their design Thursday for the a mystery, a riveting one, as
MSG Sphere Arena, which they describe as a “revolutionary”
different Jewish portrayed by Alan Blumen-
new live entertainment venue that will plop a massive traditions bond in feld.
The script is essentially a
spherical arena onto the Vegas Strip in 2020. ‘The Chosen.’ series of debates or discus-
The project was unveiled by MSG Co. Executive
sions, echoing the traditional
Chairman and CEO James Dolan at a presentation in New By Daryl H. Miller way of studying the Talmud.
York and relayed during a parallel session in Los Angeles At the Fountain, an enor-
conducted by Dolan’s friend and business partner, music If you’ve read Chaim Po- mous wall of books provides
industry mogul Irving Azoff. tok’s “The Chosen,” you the story’s backdrop (set de-
“This venue will pioneer the next generation of immersive know this story, but it bears sign by DeAnne Millais).
repeating. “The Chosen” delves into
experiences and revolutionize the way artists and their
Two teen boys live not differences in religious disci-
audiences connect,” Azoff told an audience at the Pollstar quite five blocks apart in pline, particularly the degree
Live! concert industry conference at the InterContinental 1940s Brooklyn, but they’ve to which secular influences
Hotel downtown. never met because they move should be allowed to mix with
— Randy Lewis in different worlds. In a fum- Ed Krieger godly ones. The story also ex-
ing first encounter as ball- REUVEN (Sam Mandel, left) has a discussion with amines parents’ expecta-
game rivals, their differences his friend Danny’s rabbi father (Alan Blumenfeld). tions for their children and

Music executives sicians, producers, song-

call for reform
The Recording Academy
has received yet another let-
ter urging the organization
to address gender bias in the
Grammy Awards process,
this one signed by more than
three dozen male executives
in the music industry.
The letter, first published
in its entirety Friday by the
Hollywood Reporter, called
on the academy to take
“more significant and ro-
bust action” concerning re-
cent charges about institu-
tional bias.
Over the last five years,
more than 90% of nomina-
tions have gone to male mu-
writers and engineers, ac-
cording to a recent USC
study.
Among the 38 people who
signed the letter were veter-
an musician Randy Jackson,
managers Scooter Braun
and Ian Montone, song-
writer Justin Tranter and
talent booker Tom Windish.
“[The National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sci-
ences] should reveal the di-
versity (and/or the lack
thereof) of its voting mem-
bers and make necessary
changes to the population of
the Academy to better re-
flect the diverse music busi-
ness voices the organization
is meant to serve,” the letter
stated.
— Randy Lewis
seem insurmountable, but
fate intervenes to help them
get to know each other — to
look beyond what divides
them to see the person
underneath.
The Fountain Theatre in
East Hollywood, which last
year warned against the soul-
numbing effects of divisive-
ness with the chilling “Build-
ing the Wall,” has returned to
the theme in gentler form
with a heartfelt stage adapt-
ation of Potok’s 1967 novel.
The central characters
are Reuven Malter, an Ortho-
dox Jew, and Danny Saun-
ders, raised in a much stricter
Russian Hasidic community
led by his dynastic rabbi fa-
ther.
Reuven is the story’s nar-
rator. As portrayed by Sam
Mandel, he is gregarious and
sincere, inquisitive and en-
thusiastic. As Danny, Dor
Gvirtsman conveys the ten-
tativeness of a young man
taught to live in his head, al-
ways thinking about the Tal-
mud, which leaves him stiff
and awkward in the daily
world.
The boys’ fathers are the
only other characters in
Aaron Posner’s newly revised
version of his nearly 20-year-
old adaptation with Potok.
Posner also adapted the au-
thor’s “My Name Is Asher
Lev,” which the Fountain
produced in 2014.
Jonathan Arkin conveys
tremendous warmth as
Reuven’s scholarly dad, who
tries to engage his son intel-
‘The Chosen’
Where: Fountain Theatre,
5060 Fountain Ave., L.A.
When: 8 p.m. Fridays,
Saturdays and Mondays, 2
p.m. Sundays; ends May 14
Tickets: $20-$40
Info: (323) 663-1525,
fountaintheatre.com
Running time: 2 hours, 5
minutes
lectually, challenging him to
think deeper, and praises
him for jobs well done. Dan-
ny’s rabbi father seems quite
the opposite. Although joyful
and charismatic when lead-
ing his shul, he goes silent
the offsprings’ impulse to
find their own path.
Under Simon Levy’s di-
rection, the action gently
builds, recedes, then builds
some more toward a deeply
emotional resolution.
In such shortened form,
the story occasionally lacks
sufficient explanation. Still,
this production richly en-
gages its audience in a broad
range of topics, including the
nature of friendship — the
ideal of which, Reuven’s fa-
ther suggests, is “two bodies
with one soul.”
Expanded to a national
level, that goal might not be
possible. But it’s certainly
worth striving toward.
daryl.miller@latimes.com
Twitter: @darylhmiller
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MUSIC REVIEW
Esa-Pekka Salonen and
Yo-Yo Ma aim for the sky
MARK SWED
MUSIC CRITIC
In Esa-Pekka Salonen’s
radiant and surprisingly
hopeful new Cello Concerto,
Yo-Yo Ma is asked to be a
combination wave-maker
and cloud-seeder. What with
our winter of drought, those
are not unwelcome meta-
phors to begin the Los Ange-
les Philharmonic’s “Com-
poser Salonen” series of pro-
grams celebrating the 60th
birthday of its conductor
laureate.
The Cello Concerto,
which had its premiere with
the Chicago Symphony 11
months ago, was a one-shot
deal at Walt Disney Concert
Hall on Thursday night,
opening a weekend survey of
Salonen’s three mature con-
certos. All feature the solo-
ists for whom they were writ-
ten — Yefim Bronfman in the
Piano Concerto on Friday
and Saturday, and Leila Jo-
sefowicz in the Violin Con-
certo on Sunday — and the
composer on the podium.
Next week Salonen returns
to reprise “Wing on Wing,”
which he wrote for the open-
ing season of Disney. In
April, Gustavo Dudamel will
premiere a new Salonen or-
chestral work, as yet unti-
tled, and, if Salonen follows
form, far from finished.
Following form for Salo-
nen is not following form. Al-
though he started out as an
abstract Modernist, Salo-
nen’s music has become in-
creasingly personal, each
piece requiring its own nar-
rative structure. “Wing on
Wing,” for instance, is an ex-
pression of his close friend-
ship with architect Frank
Gehry. The 2007 Piano Con-
certo likewise explores his
long history of collaboration
with Bronfman.
The Violin Concerto,
which Salonen finished and
premiered as part of his final
concerts in 2009 as the L.A.
Phil’s music director, ends
with a touchingly nostalgic
slow movement, titled
“Adieu.” This, he says, cov-
ering his tracks in a program
note, is not a farewell to any-
thing in particular. Just as
the tears are about to well
up, the music turns on a
dime, ending on an unex-
pectedly luminous chord
that is “the beginning of
something new.”
The Cello Concerto gets
its impetus from cosmology
and our attempts to find our
individuality amid a land-
scape of incomprehensible
large forces. A science fiction
buff, Salonen indicates that
he begins with a representa-
tion of chaos, out of which
the cello’s voice emerges.
That chaos turns out to
be a pretty nice place, a
sparkling orchestral outer
space where atoms content-
edly swirl at random play.
The cello melody that
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‘Composer
Salonen’
Where: Walt Disney
Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand
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emerges with falling ges-
tures is instantly memora-
ble but not easily definable.
It just keeps going like a jazz
improvisation around a bal-
lad. Different instruments in
the large orchestra pick up
on it a fraction of a second af-
ter the cello and a fraction of
second before.
They layer with a com-
plexity you can’t necessarily
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ning to write and, rumor has
it, may actually be about to?
The third movement is
motoric. The orchestra has a
large percussion section. Af-
ter all the earlier glittering
metal and mellow wood, rat-
tles and the visceral skin of
prominent bongos and con-
gas take center stage. (Hip-
ster alert: It looks like bon-
gos are back; they also had a
notable role in Leonard
Bernstein’s “Mass” last
week.) Ma here is pretty
much buzzing, boogieing,
pirouetting in perpetual mo-
tion, his feet maybe finally
on firm ground.
In fact, that’s a liftoff
dance. In the “Adieu” of the
Violin Concerto, Salonen
spoke of the sensation of ly-
ing in bed and hearing the
sound of a partner’s quiet
breathing. In the final sec-
tions of the Cello Concerto,
he calls for “a big lung.” The
cello soars into outer space
and keeps going until it can
go no higher. The orchestra
whistles in a range suitable
for a dog’s hearing, aided by
more electronic looping. The
Violin Concerto’s “some-
thing new” has become an
altogether new world.
“Composer Salonen” ex-
tends to the role as creative
program maker. Salonen in-
troduced the Cello Concerto
with Heinrich Biber’s “Bat-
talia” and ended with Bee-
thoven’s Seventh Symphony
(which will also be the case
for the other concertos Sat-
urday and Sunday). “Bat-
talia,” written in 1673, is a
startling nine-minute outli-
er for a handful of strings
and harpsichord that de-
scribes battle from the point
of view of drunken and
wounded soldiers over the
course of several tiny move-
ments. Way ahead of his
time, Biber employs eight
Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times folk songs played simulta-
neously for an example of
17th century dissonant cha-
os and a bass plunking
follow. The sensation thus is strings against a sheet of pa-
that the cello is simulta- per to simulate drumbeats.
neously generating, and be- Salonen began Beetho-
ing generated by, the cos- ven’s Seventh with an aston-
mos. Its very presence also ishing bang and never let up.
changes the nature of things. He has always had a particu-
The beauty of it all makes it lar affinity for the symphony,
seem possible for humans to but in the decade since he
improve, not destroy, the en- last conducted it with the
vironment. L.A. Phil, that affinity has
The cello emerges again turned into something that
from a big orchestra cloud in now makes the symphony
the middle movement, but sound almost as though Sal-
this one is more explosive, onen had written it himself.
mushroom-shaped. The Salonen finds a rhythmic
cello exchanges radiance for drive in Beethoven that
radioactivity. Short solo other conductors might
cello fragments are recorded strive for in Stravinsky.
and played back through Crisp instrumental textures
quadraphonic speakers. (If are kept so tart that they
someone in the audience lack the sound of modern in-
coughs, that gets caught in struments without suggesti-
the loop as well.) Ma plays ng the dryness of period
teasingly fleeting lines ones. Woodwind and brass,
against himself, with an alto in particular, are balanced in
flute joining in. This is an- such a way as to breathe new
other planet. Could it be a life into old harmonies with a
soundscape preview of the big lung.
science fiction opera that
Salonen has long been plan- mark.swed@latimes.com
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TIM ROBBINS and Holly Hunter star as husband and wife in a multicultural family in “Here and Now.”
Pondering human ideas
[‘Here,’ from E1]
ley front lines back in the day,
is a philosophy professor who
in the distant past wrote a
Beverly Hills
crossover million-seller, “The
Layman’s Guide to the Here
and Now.”
“Choose joy,” was its
hopeful message, but he is as
No. Hollywood far from that as Portland is
from Miami. Turning 60 the
very day the series begins, he
has grown disconnected
from his work and family and
friends, relying on emotional
support from his admiring
TA and the prostitute he vis-
its weekly. And Trump,
unnamed but clearly de-
scribed and very present, is
president.
“I look at the world,” Greg
says, “and all I see is igno-
rance, hatred, terror and
rage. We lost, folks, we lost.”
Encino Audrey and Greg have
adult adopted children in
three ethnic flavors: Liberian
Ashley (Jerrika Hinton), an
online fashion retailer; Viet-
namese Duc (Raymond
Lee), a “motivational archi-
tect” peddling a pop version
of his father’s old philosophy;
and Colombian Ramon
(Daniel Zovatto), a college
Claremont
student designing a kind of
spiritual video game. They
have a teenage biological
daughter too, Kristen (Sosie
Bacon), who is in high school.
Practically speaking, the
concept allows the show to be
racially diverse while still
concentrating the action
Familiar jokes, only animated
[Cartoon, from E1]
the latest contender to join
the fray, this time in prime
time, of TV satirists and their
unwitting comedic inspira-
tions in Washington.
But in the first two epi-
sodes provided for review, it
struggles (like POTUS and
the public) to stay focused on
a presidency that’s whipped
the news cycle into a land-
scape-flattening cyclone and
turned our attention spans
to Cheeto dust.
It’s a notable attempt giv-
created the 10-episode, half-
hour series, spinning it out of
a semi-regular feature on his
“The Late Show With
Stephen Colbert.” So really,
if anyone could render this
shooting-fish-in-a-barrel
concept fresh and smart, it
should have been him given
his career trajectory from
“The Daily Show With Jon
Stewart” correspondent to
David Letterman successor.
The problem with “Our
Cartoon President” is that
it’s mining the same material
as everyone else, including
Colbert on his own show (not
to mention Comedy Cen-
tral’s “The President
Show,”) and it only hits the
mark about a third of the
time.
From the title forward,
the idea itself is dated, which
puts the show in the position
of catching up with a comedy
world that long ago blew past
the absurdity of a reality star
in the Oval Office, and has
moved on to reacting in real
time to the day’s and week’s
events.
The writing here is smart
and folds in plenty of com-
mentary on this administra-
tion’s dysfunctional relation-
ship with the press, the
Democrats and its own party
problems. But unlike come-
dians or hosts who deliver
similar satire on stage in
smaller bites, this is
weighted down by charac-
ters so clumsy and clueless
‘Here and
Now’
Where: HBO
When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Rating: TV-MA (may be
unsuitable for children
under the age of 17)
within a single family. (An
Iranian psychiatrist, Dr.
Shokrani, played by Peter
Macdissi, whose own family
— including a gender-fluid
teenage son who wears a
hijab at home — is close to
the main action as well.)
Greg calls their family, rue-
fully, “a great experiment,”
while Duc describes it as an
“advertisement” of “how
evolved and progressive our
parents were.”
They explicitly debate
(though they do not neces-
sarily experience) issues in-
volving race, sex and gender;
they hash out nature versus
technology, savagery versus
civilization, religion versus
reason. (“I’m a man of rea-
son, not religion,” the psy-
chiatrist actually says.)
When someone pipes up with
something ordinary such as,
“That’s my brother-in-law,
Malcolm,” or “Please don’t
tell me we have a drone,” it’s a
relief, a breeze entering
through a just-opened win-
dow.
CHUCK SCHUMER , left, and Donald Trump at a cartoonish State of the Union.
‘Our Cartoon
President’
Where: Showtime
When: 8 and 8:30 p.m.
Sunday
Rating: TV-14 (may be
unsuitable for children
under the age of 14)
(Trump’s sons, for example)
it brings the humor down to
a “Beavis and Butthead” lev-
el — in 2018.
This show, co-created by
Chris Licht, Matt Lapin, Tim
Luecke and RJ Fried, is a
fast-moving parody featur-
ing caricatures of the Capitol
Hill gang more akin to “The
Simpsons” than “The West
Wing,” which is not a bad
thing. It highlights the un-
abashed buffoonery of a
president who subsists on
fast food, is still obsessed
with his electoral win and
can’t seem to hold one
thought for more than 30
seconds without inter-
rupting himself.
Animated versions of
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Like “Six Feet Under,” it’s
a family drama with a mysti-
cal element, here involving
the figure 1111, which Ramon
suddenly can’t help noticing:
the time on a clock, the bill at
a dry cleaners, the shape four
candles make. Going online,
he reads that people in tune
with that number “usually
have some positive mission
to accomplish, a mission that
remains a mystery until
genetically programmed
sequences are activated
within the DNA.” (Look it up
yourself — it’s a thing. Angels
may be involved.) Dreams
come into it.
I’ve watched nearly half of
“Here and Now,” and I have
no idea where it’s going or
how ambiguous the paranor-
mal elements will turn out to
be. I expect it will all have
something to do with sick-
ness and healing and the
need for connection and that
some characters, at least, will
be less sad by the season’s
end than they are at the be-
ginning — though given the
likelihood of future seasons,
any resolution will surely just
clear the way for new conflict.
(And Ball does allow his peo-
ple some pointed moments of
happiness amid their illu-
sions and disillusions.)
Ball’s ideas are not hollow;
they’re human. (He’s just a
little shy of 60 himself; Greg’s
early late-life reflections may
well reflect his own.) We all
discover love and time and
Trump family members and
advisors — daughter
Ivanka, son-in-law Jared
Kushner, sons Eric and Don-
ald Jr. and wife Melania— or-
bit him, but their interac-
tions tend to make this more
of goofy family drama than
incisive political commen-
tary. The self-obsessed
Trump here is as dismissive
of his own family as he is of
those pesky facts that
undermine whatever he just
said, and it’s a dynamic
that’s not all that surprising
or funny.
The best bits are when
Trump, voiced wonderfully
by Jeff Bergman, leaves the
safety of his own syco-
phantic clan. For instance,
there is a national disaster.
He doesn’t care until he’s in-
formed it involves white peo-
ple. He flies to the disaster
site, waves, throws out some
supplies from the doors of
Air Force One and leaves. He
complains later about how
everyone else has it so easy
compared to him: “I had to
fly hours and hours to get
there, when the people on
the ground are already at the
disaster site.”
Ali Paige Goldstein HBO
the weirdness of age for our-
selves, feeling like the first to
stand on those shores,
despite all recorded evidence
to the contrary.
But universality is a thin
line that separates the obvi-
ous from the enlightening;
things that everyone feels
risk triteness when turned
into art. That’s why most of
these characters, with just a
little shift in the delivery of
their lines, could be slotted
into “Portlandia,” a sketch
comedy that tells you more
than this drama about how
people are — in no small part
because it doesn’t try to tell
you How People Are.
And then there is Bacon,
whose lovely, lightly inhab-
ited, lively performance an-
chors the show in a more or-
dinary, yet highly individual
reality. (Notwithstanding
that she is several years older
than her 17-year-old charac-
ter.) That Kristen identifies
herself as “the boring white
chick in the family,” is to her
character’s advantage, be-
cause she is also allowed to be
normal and funny, a luxury
not afforded her parents and
siblings and practically ev-
eryone else here, who carry
the weight of dark secrets,
imperfectly suppressed de-
sires and generalized adult
anomie. She is not a vehicle;
she doesn’t stand for
anything but herself.
robert.lloyd@latimes.com
Showtime
Other, more successful
moments, come when the
show looks at the ripple ef-
fect of his presidency. It paro-
dies “Fox & Friends,” who
start their daily show with
“It’s 6 a.m., Mr President.
Rise and shine, and I love
you!” A spoof of the ticks of
the host of MSNBC’s “The
Rachel Maddow Show,” is
better than many of those on
Trump’s tighter circle.
Jeff Sessions is, however,
far more entertaining as a
fictional gnome-like cre-
ature, as is Stephen Miller as
a dark and demonic pres-
ence. Awkward interactions
between John Kelly, Mitch
McConnell and Ben Carson
in the Trump decision room
are also worth the watch, as
are Nancy Pelosi and Chuck
Schumer’s programmed
grins any time anyone utters
the word “progressive.”
Still, “Our Cartoon Presi-
dent” fails to outshine the bil-
lion other shows tackling
similar themes, or the ab-
surd antics of the White
House it aims to satirize.
lorraine.ali@latimes.com
Twitter: @lorraineali
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They
won’t
wait
for
change
[Asia, from E1]
first turned ears two years
ago for “Dat Stick,” an en-
dearingly silly clip from an
earnest Indonesian teenager
trying on hip-hop tropes and
discovering that he can rap
with verve and poise (a fol-
low-up video showed MC’s
like Ghostface Killah, Tory
Lanez and Desiigner giving
their approval).
But for many people, the
name he performed under at
the time — Rich Chigga —
was a sour note. Perhaps it
was the honest mistake of a
rap-loving kid from Jakarta
who didn’t quite get the
fraught history of allusions
like that. But in the ramp-up
to “Amen,” he finally dropped
that moniker for Rich Brian,
a gesture that atoned for the
misstep and asserted that he
and 88Rising are finally ready
for lasting spotlights.
Was it long overdue?
“Yeah. But people’s reactions
have been only supportive of
it,” he said of the name
change. “I read comments on
my phone all the time. I still
remember the first time I saw
someone say, ‘Yo, he’s
surpassed meme status.’ ”
88 on the rise
Over the last two years, 88
Rising has, indeed, sur-
passed skepticism to forge a
one-of-a-kind global scene.
But even Miyashiro — a Bay
Area native always ready
with a hundred ideas for
beats, stage plots and photo
shoots — isn’t entirely sure
what the company is.
“Originally, we wanted to
be a media brand doing cool
stuff to celebrate Asian cul-
ture because that space
didn’t really exist. Many had
tried, but they had a really
HIP-HOP artists Melo, D2 Know, Psy. P, August 08, Niki, Rich Brian, Masiwei, and Joji are on the front lines of rap’s growing diversity.
narrow-minded definition of
what it meant to be Asian
American,” he said.
But as Rich Brian caught
on, he knew there was a
deeper wave building around
contemporary Asian rap mu-
sic, which had long informed
genres such as K-Pop but was
finally coming into its own.
“The music was so strong,
and there’s a law of attrac-
tion,” he said. “For a lot of
people. This was the first
time they’d heard Chinese
rap sound good.”
Miyashiro began a slow
but purposeful signing spree,
enlisting rising acts that in-
cluded the noisy South Kore-
an rap phenom Keith Ape
and Higher Brothers, the lat-
ter of whom is arguably the
most talked-about rap group
in the world’s most populous
country.
He also roped in savvy col-
laborators like the former
EXO member Kris Wu, who
performed at a Super Bowl
event this year and who col-
laborated with Travis Scott
and Baauer. Ape’s hit “It G
Ma” got a remix treatment
from ASAP Ferg, Father,
Dumbfoundead & Waka
Flocka Flame. Their records
are hyper-modern, nimble
and beautifully shot on video.
Rap made in China
Higher Brothers may be
the label’s most interesting
challenge. The four members
— Masiwei, DZknow, Psy.P
and Melo — made Chengdu a
sort of Chinese Miami in the
SoundCloud rap era: the
flashpoint for a rowdy, trans-
gressive new world of Chi-
nese hip-hop. Cuts like
“Made in China” and “Flo
Rida” don’t bite from U.S.
hip-hop so much as celebrate
their own weird, wild take on
it. One hook from “Made in
China” sums it up:” “My
chains, my new gold watch /
Made in China.”
“We’re the first hip-hop
group a lot of people there
have seen,” Melo said. “We
kind of have to teach them
how to turn up.”
But the Chinese govern-
ment is decidedly not going
to make that easy for the four
dreadlocked, insouciant
young men with such com-
mand over crowds and deep
American connections. Last
month, the Chinese govern-
ment banned many depic-
tions of hip-hop culture on
television, a startling about-
face in the wake of such popu-
lar shows as “The Rap of
China.”
Back at Park’s BBQ, the
quartet is nonchalant about
their culture’s survival in
China, even as they look to
America and elsewhere for
new opportunities.
“They got it wrong. They
say hip-hop’s not a real music
style,” Masiwei said, of the re-
cent censorship push. “We’re
changing, but it’ll take some
time.”
“Hip-hop’s going to stay in
China,” Imanuel added from
across the table. “People love
being rebellious. If they ban it
from TV, it’s just going to be
on social media instead.”
88Rising, however, isn’t
waiting around for change.
Miyashiro has already signed
his next wave of acts, includ-
ing the Japanese-Australian
producer Joji (whose slow,
textural R&B earned Frank
Ocean comparisons) and
August 08, the label’s first
African American signing.
“There’s so much diver-
sity in what they’re doing,”
August 08 said. “Who
wouldn’t want to be part of a
family like that?”
After Double Happiness,
Miyashiro already has his eye
on a standalone 88Rising fes-
tival in Los Angeles, and he’s
drafting script treatments
for feature-film and episodic
dives into the larger scene
and aesthetic around the
label.
“A lot of K-Pop and Chi-
nese pop stars have asked us
to manage their careers. We
just don’t. I don’t take a lot of
meetings,” Miyashiro said.
“We want to do more provoc-
ative things as a label.”
The music speaks for
itself — Rich Brian’s album
has cameos from Migos’ Off-
set and 21 Savage. But his
introspective, authoritative
voice is front and center, with
candid lyrics about family ex-
pectations, lost loves and his
unusual path to global fame.
Marcus Yam Los Angeles Times
He’s not out to make an
overt case for Asian hip-hop,
but he recognizes the po-
tency of what they’re up to.
“All I have to do is to do my
thing. I don’t have to talk
about it like ‘Oh, I’m repre-
senting for Asians,’ ” Imanuel
said. “I’m just … doing it. But,
yeah, seeing someone who
looks like you doing this, you
know it’s possible. I never
thought I’d see an Indone-
sian in Hollywood until the
Fast & Furious movie [the
actor Joe Taslim] , and it was
so motivating.”
The thousands who will
see the crew take the stage at
Double Happiness may walk
out with similar feelings.
“We never wanted to, like,
‘change perceptions of Asian
people’ or anything. We’re
not trying to wave a flag per
se, and we never want anyone
to feel like they don’t belong
here,” Miyashiro said. “But
there is responsibility in this
opportunity. We can’t say we
don’t feel proud.”
august.brown@
latimes.com

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SUDOKU
KENKEN
Every box will contain a number; numbers depend on the size of the grid. For a 6x6
puzzle, use Nos. 1-6. Do not repeat a number in any row or column. The numbers in each
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):
You choose something to
want and learn the steps you
need to take; then you ex-
ecute it fast.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): Maybe people won’t call
when they say they will.
You’re luckier when you
don’t care so much.
Gemini (May 21-June 21):
If you fill your time with
pleasurable activities, you
get more attractive with ev-
ery fun thing you do.
Cancer (June 22-July 22):
You are warming up in a
group, getting more estab-
lished and becoming famil-
iar with the dynamics at
play.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
You have major mojo to play
with now, and you’ll be at-
tracting more attention on
your projects and your gen-
eral being.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
The older you get, the less
CROSSWORD
Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
By Michael Wiesenberg
ACROSS
1 Empathetic words
11 RSVP part
14 One may run for a week
15 Townshend of The Who
16 Revelation setting
17 Olympus neighbor
18 Put forth
19 Metro __
20 Grounded
22 Horoscope heading
23 Wish for
24 Subject for Linnaeus
27 Relocate in, as after
one’s career
28 Maternally related
29 “Dead Souls” novelist
30 “Billions” network,
briefly
31 Fake out
32 __ legend
33 Sugar source
34 Sugar suffix
35 Some pretenders
36 Membre de la famille
37 Celebration honoring a
saint
39 Crossed at a shallow
spot
40 Rocky of song
41 Munich title
42 Home of Canada’s
Parliament
43 Secular
44 Phased-out refrigerant
compound
47 “__Language”: 1993
comedy best-seller
48 Ecstatic
51 Amor counterpart
52 Game with wagering
restrictions
53 Three-part fig.
54 Bit of rifle range debris
DOWN
1 Draft orders
2 “Juno” actor Michael
3 Fighting group
4 Govt. employer of
mathematicians
5 Treatment for losing
one’s head?
you trust people who obvi-
ously want something from
you. The principle of reci-
procity will be a prevalent
theme.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):
A fleeting but acute pang of
jealousy has something to
teach you.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21):
Why not prioritize your own
comfort just a little higher on
the list? In today’s case, an
intimidating person may be
part of this.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21): Don’t waste anoth-
er minute feeling bad about
your imperfections. Work
with them.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): You learn a little more
each day about the people
around you, what they’re
good at, and how to handle
the parts you’re not so fond
of, too.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Sure, you’re self-suffi-
cient. But when you accept
the gifts and help of others,
you fit into their lives better.
6 Going concern?
7 Like a full hold
8 Pierce portrayer
9 Eastern way
10 Sitcom sidekick whose
wife sometimes calls
him by his last name
11 Bit of bun flavoring
12 Disappointed
observation
13 In danger of being
ticketed
15 Magnetic?
21 First name in
astronautics
22 Stuff
23 “The Dance Class”
painter
24 Easy Street kin
25 Most bicycles
26 Do something
27 “Forbidden Planet”
robot
29 Punster’s reward?
32 Impossible
33 Cold reaction
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2/10/18
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
20): Considering the futility
and potential misery that
comes from expecting an-
other person to be anything
other than what he or she is,
it’s only smart to get to know
the very real side of the peo-
ple around you.
Today’s birthday (Feb.
10): You’ll put deep thought
and focused effort into com-
ing across a certain way be-
cause you want people to
have a very special experi-
ence in knowing you. You’ll
achieve the desired effect,
and this will open doors,
close deals and essentially
bring you the world. Love is
the answer in April, so say
yes! Leo and Capricorn
adore you. Your lucky num-
bers are: 9, 40, 22, 7 and 38.
Holiday Mathis writes her
column for Creators
Syndicate Inc. The
horoscope should be read
for entertainment. Previous
forecasts are at
latimes.com/horoscope.
© 2018 Tribune Content Agency
35 Put in a hold
36 Grasping pair
38 Input methods
39 Full of pluck
41 “Rumor __ ... ”
43 Favor one side over the
other
44 Fountain choice
45 Drive
46 PC key under Shift
49 Airport in Peru’s cap.
50 [Head slap]
ANSWER TO
PREVIOUS PUZZLE
2/10/18
BRIDGE
By Frank Stewart
Cy the Cynic is a procras-
tinator. When I asked him to
write down his top-10 list of
reasons for procrastinating,
he produced this:
10.
His tendency to delay
often pays off when he is de-
clarer at a suit contract and
must decide when to draw
trumps. When he played to-
day’s four spades in a team
match, West led the king of
diamonds. Cy took the ace
and correctly did not draw
any trumps: He led a heart
to his king at Trick Two.
West took the ace, cashed
the queen of diamonds and
led the 10. The Cynic ruffed,
led a club to dummy, re-
turned a second heart to his
queen and conceded the
third heart.
ASK AMY
Daughter is hypercritical
Dear Amy: I need some
help with my oldest daugh-
ter. I divorced their father
when my girls were under
the age of 5. My ex was an al-
coholic and heavy smoker
who was — at best — spotty
with child support.
I was a great earner and
provided for the girls. We
had dinner together every
night, and I never missed an
activity. Their father died
three years ago from lung
cancer. Both daughters are
successful and doing well,
but my oldest, at 34, is still
unmarried and very un-
happy about it.
This daughter criticizes
me endlessly. Endlessly. If I
adjust a behavior that bo-
thers her, she picks some-
thing else to rag on me
about. Honestly, it’s ex-
hausting. We share an Ama-
zon Prime video account,
and she will even critique my
choices about what I watch!
I am close to her best
friend, and I will text this
friend before I do my daugh-
ter, who then gets insulted
and comes after me for that.
I find all of this disre-
spectful. As a parent, I’m
sure I made mistakes, but I
don’t think I deserve this
constant dressing down. It’s
as if the roles are reversed
and she is now raising me.
Although I want a rela-
tionship with her, it is be-
FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane
ARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn
BLISS By Harry Bliss
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East showed out, but Cy
ruffed West’s heart return
with dummy’s king of
trumps and took the rest.
Making four.
At the other table, South
did less well at the same con-
tract. He took the ace of dia-
monds, but next he drew
trumps and led a heart to his
king. As the cards lay, he had
to lose three hearts and a di-
amond.
Question: You hold: ♠ K
10 5 ♥ 8 5 3 ♦ A 5 4 ♣ A K 7 2.
The dealer, at your right,
opens one heart. Now what?
Answer: This is a matter
of personal style. The hand is
good for defense, not so good
for offense because the pat-
tern is flat. Some experts
would pass. But with no
wasted heart honors (better
for defense), others would
double. If the opening bid
had been one spade, I would
coming just too hard to take.
Your advice?
Put-Down Mom
Dear Mom: You mention
that your daughter’s treat-
ment is a sort of role rever-
sal, in that she is now acting
like a parent to you.
This is a problem. If you
see degrading treatment as
somehow “parental,” then
perhaps there is something
to your own parenting which
might have contributed to
this behavior. It’s something
to think about.
Why are you sharing an
Amazon Prime account?
Why are you communicating
with her best friend? These
are two choices that you
could quickly change.
You should stop adjust-
ing your own behavior to
please her. Convey that if she
wants to have an active rela-
tionship with you, she will
have to adjust her own be-
havior.
Dear Amy: I taught my
children to write thank you
cards after receiving gifts for
birthdays, holidays or what-
ever the occasion. My grown
children, our parents and
siblings have carried on this
tradition of thoughtful eti-
quette. However, we also
send gifts to several nieces
and nephews (and their chil-
dren), who live out of town.
DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham
MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul Anderson
BALLARD STREET By Jerry Van Amerongen
pass. Over one heart, I can
accept either a pass or a dou-
ble.
South dealer
N-S vulnerable
NORTH
♠ K 10 5
♥853
♦A54
♣AK72
WEST EAST
♠872 ♠96
♥AJ94 ♥ 10 6
♦ K Q 10 ♦98632
♣J95 ♣ Q 10 6 4
SOUTH
♠AQJ43
♥KQ72
♦J7
♣83
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass
2♥ Pass 3♠ Pass
4♠ All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ K
Tribune Media Services
We don’t receive a thank you
note, email, phone call, text
— nothing.
I enjoy gift-giving, but I
do want a thank you, by note,
email, call or even a text. Is
this too much to expect?
I’m tempted to discontin-
ue gift-giving to these rela-
tives or perhaps sending
them thank you notes and
stamps as Christmas gifts
next year as a hint. Do others
experience this? Am I ex-
pecting too much? What do
you think?
Gift-Giver
Dear Gift-giver: This is a
perennial issue. Yes, a gift
should be acknowledged
and you should be thanked.
If you give a gift in person
and the person thanks you in
person, they needn’t follow
up with written thanks.
Anyone receiving a gift in
the mail should acknowl-
edge it via any of the numer-
ous ways we have of connect-
ing with one another these
days.
If you have to chase down
recipients, then this is a sign
that they don’t necessarily
value your efforts.
Send questions for Amy
Dickinson to askamy@
amydickinson.com or to
Tribune Content Agency,
16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite
175, Addison, TX 75001.
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ROYAL BIBINGKA PIE by Filipino American chef Isa Fabro combines a favorite childhood dessert with cheesecake and pie.
Heritage in each slice
BY AMY SCATTERGOOD >>> The sun set on a recent evening in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood, the light from the
lanterns strung across the second floor of the Far East Plaza replacing that of the sky. Families gathered around
tables in the outdoor courtyard of the ’70s-era shopping mall as lines moved along the booths set up outside the
shops and restaurants. At a table near the stairway, pastry chef Isa Fabro set out her desserts — thick wedges of
pie, individual Valrhona-dusted confections — like a jeweler unloading the contents of a display case.
How Fabro got here, to a tiny
table at Chinatown After Dark,
the neighborhood monthly micro
food festival, is the story of one
highly talented chef, but it’s also a
story of the contemporary Los An-
geles dining scene. Over the
course of the last decade, many of
this city’s most innovative chefs
and restaurants have mobilized,
and not just by getting on actual
wheels. Through a growing net-
work of pop-up events, test
kitchen and temporary restau-
rant spaces, kitchen incubators
and culinary residencies, L.A.’s
dining operating system has
changed — and, in the process, re-
defined what it means to be a chef
and have a restaurant in the first
place. As the physical restaurants
have decentralized, the food on
the plates has continued to do so,
with more chefs restoring the
cuisines of their own cultures to
their professional menus.
For Fabro, now 41, this has
meant translating the food of her
parents — who emigrated from
the Philippines first to Winnipeg,
Canada, where Fabro was born,
and then to Los Angeles, when
Fabro was a small child — through
the prism of her classical training.
And it’s meant moving from be-
hind the line at fine dining restau-
rants to a series of pop-ups — and
the even more transitional realms
of the Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival and Instagram — as
a way to fit that identity onto her
plate. Because although the cui-
sine of Los Angeles is still thriving
in brick-and-mortar palaces, it’s
also increasingly built in the mem-
ory palaces of our chefs and the
families they come from, and in
the migratory routes their cooking
took to get here in the first place.
Fabro’s career itself has been a
migratory route. After getting a
degree in cinema and philosophy
NEWSFEED
Nancy Silverton asks:
How hungry are you?
By Jenn Harris
From a new downtown pizza restaurant to omelets for dinner in Echo
Park, here’s what’s happening in the Los Angeles food and drink world:
Pizza party: We frequently
claim that Los Angeles is home to
some of the best pizzas (and food)
in the country. See: Chef Nancy
Silverton, Desano Pizza, Pizzana,
Settebello and too many others to
count. And it’s getting even better
now. Silverton has teamed with
her former Osteria Mozza and
Pizzeria Mozza chef Matt Molina
and the team behind Everson
Royce Bar (where Molina is now a
chef) to open Triple Beam Pizza in
Highland Park. The pizzeria, just
down the street from Good Girl
Dinette, is now open with limited
hours. Randy Clement of Silver
Lake Wine and Everson Royce
Bar, who owns the building, said
the plan is to also open a restau-
rant, coffee shop and wine shop.
Both Highland Park Wine and the
pizzeria are now open; a to-be-
named restaurant with Molina at
the helm will open in a few months;
and another branch of the coffee
latimes.com/food
Have it for dessert
Go online for the recipe for Isa
Fabro’s Royal Bibingka pie, as
well as many other dessert ideas
from The Times’ Test Kitchen.
Some are from your favorite
restaurants. Also, to see more of
Fabro’s desserts, go to her web-
site www.isafabro.com, her
Instagram @isafabro, future
Chinatown After Dark and other
upcoming events.
at Loyola Marymount University,
she worked in the film and music
industries in her 20s until the re-
cession and a severe illness forced
her to rethink her future. “You’re
just lying there, you have [hospi-
tal] machines, and you think: I’d
be happy just cooking,” Fabro says
now. So as soon as she recovered,
she went to cooking school, and
when she was still at school got a
job with the Patina Group. She
then worked in a series of fine din-
ing restaurants, first at Patina and
Cafe Pinot, another Patina restau-
rant; then at Water Grill with
David LeFevre; then with Quinn
and Karen Hatfield at Hatfield’s;
and finally with Josef Centeno at
his restaurant Orsa & Winston.
Along the way, Fabro began
working in the pastry kitchen, first
with Karen Hatfield — one of this
city’s finest pastry chefs — and
then taking over the pastry pro-
gram for all of Centeno’s restau-
rants. The transition to pastry was
in part to ease the strain on a bad
back but also to focus on the art of
the plated dessert, one of the
pinnacles of fine dining.
And then, in the beginning of
2016, Fabro decided to recalibrate
again. She left Centeno’s restau-
rant group and took a long trip to
shop Go Get Em Tiger will open in
the next couple months.
Molina says he and Silverton
have been working on the pizza
dough for Triple Beam, which is
rolled out and cut with scissors
into strips, since before they
opened Pizzeria Mozza. The
dough, crispier and thinner than
that on a Neapolitan-style pizza,
was inspired by a love of the dough
at Antico Forno Roscioli in Rome.
Signs at the new pizzeria suggest
that you decide if you’re “hungry,”
“very hungry” or “really hungry.”
Then your pizza is weighed, and
you’re charged by the ounce, a
practice Clement says he observed
while on a research trip to Rome.
And the name, meant to let you
know a weigh-in is coming, is a nod
to the triple beam scale. Early
menu items include a pizza topped
with mozzarella, fontina and
nettles; and a sausage pie with
greens, cream and fennel pollen.
FOOD & DINING
the Philippines, the first time
she’d been to her parents’ home-
land in more than 30 years. When
she came back to L.A., the food of
her culture found its way to her
own plates. She began a series of
pop-ups at Unit 120, fellow Filipino
American chef Alvin Cailan’s
restaurant incubator at the Far
East Plaza — a location that’s now
the restaurant Lasa, run by broth-
ers Chad and Chase Valencia, also
first-generation Filipino Ameri-
cans, and which is, not coinciden-
tally, one floor below the site of
Chinatown After Dark.
If this seems like a tightknit
community, that’s because it is;
and there’s a word for it too.
“Barkada is like your crew or your
clique, a group of school friends
who you hang around with and get
in trouble with,” says Fabro. It’s
the name that became part of a re-
cent KCET-TV episode of “The
Migrant Kitchen” about L.A.’s Fil-
ipino food movement, and for the
Instagram account Fabro set up,
@barkadala, not only for gorgeous
food shots, but for community-
building. “It’s job listings — ‘I need
a line cook’ — and messages like,
‘What is this fruit?’ It’s a way to
stay connected.” And not only, of
course, to the chefs cooking down
the street, but to the islands their
families came from.
“I think it’s inevitable,” Fabro
says of her personal pastry
kitchen, which she runs out of a
shared kitchen space in China-
town. “You’re going to return to
what you know. But it’s really just
me combining flavors and the
techniques that I’ve learned,
right?”
That mash-up of Filipino fla-
vors and classical pastry tech-
niques is as specific to Fabro’s des-
serts as fingerprints. A pastry
called an isamada is a person-
alized hybrid of an ensaïmada, a
PIZZAS tempt cusomters at the new Triple Beam in Highland
Park, where you decide how hungry you are and pay accordingly.
5918 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles,
(323) 545-3534, www.triplebeam
pizza.com
More pizza: And in downtown
L.A., chef Angelo Auriana and
restaurateur Matteo Ferdinandi,
who are behind the Arts District
Italian restaurants Factory
Kitchen and Officine Brera, are
about to open their own pizzeria,
Sixth+Mill, in March. Auriana
imported a Mario Acunto wood-
fired oven for the restaurant and
Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times
Filipino brioche filled with ube
(purple yam) and the Breton
kouign-amann. Her coconut
malas are doughnuts that form a
lineage with the Portuguese
doughnuts malasadas and the
Filipino sweet rice balls carioca.
Tiny pies are made with fresh and
caramelized bananas, a whip of
condensed milk and latik, a Fil-
ipino caramel made with coconut
milk that’s also a component of
the malas. And then there’s the
Royal Bibingka pie, an insanely
rich composition of coconut but-
ter mochi, a sweet rice flour paste,
loaded into a flaky pie crust, em-
bedded with spoonfuls of cream
cheese — its caramelized top fi-
nally finished with a thatch of
sharp cheddar.
The progenitor of this pie — a
word that seems woefully mun-
dane here — is a seasonal, often
Christmastime, dessert, a rice
cake baked in banana leaves and
sometimes topped with salted egg
that’s from Vigan, a town in the
north of the Philippines. For
Fabro, the recipe was a way to
combine a favorite childhood des-
sert with a love of cheesecake and,
well, pie. And to fork into a triangle
of the stuff on a picnic table in Chi-
natown on a balmy winter night is
to get a taste of what L.A. dining is
like these days. Will she open an
old-school pastry shop at some
point? Probably. But the freedom
of a traveling kitchen has given her
latitude — making Detroit-style
pizza with Cailan, taking a trip to
Korea — that would be difficult to
manage if she ran a traditional
pâtisserie.
“How people are able to get
food has changed,” Fabro says.
“You don’t need to have a dining
room.”
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Amanda Proudfit
plans to use an Italian spiral mixer
for the dough. He will also serve
hard durum wheat pastas and
small plates. Sommelier Francine
Diamond-Ferdinandi has put
together a beer list to accompany
the pizza, as well as a selection of
wine from small, family-owned
Italian wineries. 1335 E. 6th St., Los
Angeles, sixthandmill.com
Time for dinner: If your crav-
ing for the double decker tacos at
Trois Familia happens to come in
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SATURDAY
IN KOREATOWN
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NEXT WEEK, get an inside
look at a vibrant, thriving Los
Angeles metro neighborhood.
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AMONG the culinary delights
to sample in Koreatown? The
galbi jjim at Sun Nong Dan.
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WE’LL also take you into a
1910 Craftsman snapped up by
a couple weary of loft living.
Can’t make it to Pyeongchang for
the Winter Olympics? You might
consider L.A.’s Koreatown, a vi-
brant neighborhood filled with
restaurants, shops and nightlife
and more. Next week, a special
Koreatown edition of Saturday will
explore Jonathan Gold’s essential
Korean restaurants, as well as our
favorite spas, salons, coffee shops,
bars, markets and more — plus a
few recipes if you’d rather watch
the Games at home.
the evening rather than at brunch,
you’re in luck. Chef Ludo Lefebvre
and partners Jon Shook and Vinny
Dotolo have launched dinner
service at their Silver Lake restau-
rant. When it opened in 2015, it was
conceived as brunch-only, with a
menu of croissant sandwiches,
grits with mole butter and sauteed
mushrooms, hash-brown chi-
laquiles and double-decker tacos.
Lefebvre added some new items to
the dinner menu, including an
omelet with feta and French onion
soup sauce, a green salad with a
warm goat cheese croutons, and a
smashed short rib burger. There’s
booze now too. What to sip with
those tacos? Maybe a Tecate or a
2015 Domaine Cheveau Chardon-
nay from Burgundy. The restau-
rant is now open for dinner daily.
3510 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles,
(323) 725-7800, troisfamilia.com
Bento boxes: Japanese-style
lunch boxes are the focus of Hay-
ato, a new Japanese restaurant at
Row DTLA downtown. Chef Bran-
don Go’s kaiseki restaurant will
open for dinner in the next couple
of months, but until then, he’s
launched a takeout bento box
service. The boxes are $46 each
and available for pickup Tuesday
through Friday at noon. (Advance
order necessary.) 1320 E. 7th St.,
No. 126, Los Angeles, (213) 395-
0607, www.hayatorestaurant.com
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Chocolate enters
the cannabis era
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that adult-use cannabis is legal in the Golden State, this Valentine’s Day presents a gift-
giving alternative to those with a pot-loving beloved: luxury-level edibles that combine
chocolate and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical compound in marijuana that gets
you high).
Below are four of the high-end brands that have not only caught our eye and piqued our
palate but are packaged so exquisitely that they’re worth tracking down — at a state-
licensed dispensary — for your Valentine. (If you’re new to the legal weed game, it’s worth
checking out a website called Weedmaps.com, which has an accurate, frequently updated Photographs by Mark Boster Los Angeles Times
list of what’s in stock at participating dispensaries.) NETTLES can be a tapenade ingredient. Serve it with anchovies on crostini.
Before that, though, there are a couple of key things to keep in mind if you — or your
beloved — aren’t an experienced consumer of cannabis-containing edibles. FARMERS MARKET REPORT
First, THC that’s ingested, as opposed to smoked, metabolizes as a different chemical
compound. That means the high can be different than what even the most seasoned
smoker might expect — and can also vary greatly from person to person.
Second, and most important, the substantial lag time between consumption and the
Forget the
feeling of the effects (anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours depending on an individual’s
metabolism) means impatient neophytes may end up consuming far more than they
should. (There’s even a word for this rookie movie: “Dowding” — named after New York
sting. Nettles
Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who in a 2014 visit to Colorado famously overate her way
into eight hours of hallucinations, panting and paranoia. Consider yourself warned.)
Third, under state law, cannabis-containing edibles for recreational use must be scored
add the zing.
or separated into pieces that contain less than 10 milligrams each, and the total package
may not contain more than 100 milligrams of THC. (The rules are slightly different for By Noelle Carter
medical cannabis, but it’s important to point out since many of the currently licensed
dispensaries cater to both the adult-use and medical market.) What’s in season: At first glance, they might
Finally, if you’re the kind of person who holds out for the “organic” label, you’re out of look like ordinary weeds, but stinging nettles
luck. Although many of the companies below use organic ingredients — including choco- have a bright, assertive flavor, with just a
late — that designation falls under the purview of the USDA, and since cannabis and can- hint of pepper. A vibrant shade of green, the
nabis-containing products remain illegal under federal law they can’t be labeled as such. nettles are named after fine, hollow, hair-like
trichomes containing formic acid on their
long leaves and stems that can irritate the
skin on contact. Because of this, farmers
often provide tongs and plastic bags to man-
Défoncé Chocolatier age the young shoots and tops. Unfriendly as
they might appear — nettles were often
Oakland-based Défoncé (the name pulled as weeds before chefs began adding
translates from French as “stoned”) took them to menus — nettles lose their sting
home a 2018 Greenstate Cannabis Award when cooked. Stinging nettles love cool,
for best sweet edible for its line of cannabis- damp weather and are generally in season
infused chocolate bars, and it’s not hard to during the late winter months.
see why. With cacao percentages that range
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81% (for the Dark+ flavor), each 3.5-ounce sauté them for just a minute or two. Nettles
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end) that make it as much a thing of beauty Défoncé Chocolatier
the greens in soups or add them to a batch of
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FOOD & DINING

Cook with liquor, a spirited idea

By Noelle Carter

It’s no secret that the proper libation can elevate an ele-

gant meal. But have you ever considered incorporating liquor
into something other than a cocktail glass? Properly used,
alcohol works wonders in food as well. Maybe you’ve added
wine to a sauce or braise, or added beer to a batch of chili or
barbecue sauce, but incorporating distilled liquor such as gin
or bourbon might be a little less intuitive even for the adven-
turous cook.
Rather than just getting your food tipsy, think of alcohol
as a flavor enhancer, similar to the role salt plays in a recipe.
Part of this has to do with the way alcohol bridges the gap
between fat- and water-soluble molecules, which in turn
determines the flavor of food.
When you experience a dish, “there is what you taste on
your tongue — water-soluble flavors — and there are the
aromas that are in your nose. Those aromas are oil-soluble or
fat-soluble flavors,” says food writer Andrew Schloss. These
two things make up our perception of flavor. “Tastes and
aroma equal flavor,” he says.
Schloss and David Joachim wrote about the role of alco-
hol in cooking in “Fine Cooking” several years ago, exploring
in part alcohol’s unique ability to bond with both water- and
fat-soluble molecules, dramatically expanding the flavor we
sense in a dish. “Alcohol latches onto flavor molecules in a
way that nothing else does,” Schloss said in a recent phone
conversation.
The pair note that water-soluble flavors include what we
perceive of as bitter, salty, sweet and sour. Oil-soluble flavors
come from flavor compounds in herbs, seasonings and aro-
matics. In a sense, alcohol’s role in enhancing flavor is like
listening to music in stereo as opposed to mono, allowing us
to sense and appreciate flavor at a much greater range.
A great example of this is with a brine or marinade. Add a
touch of alcohol, and you’ll probably notice that it really Photographs by Kirk McKoy Los Angeles Times
improves the flavor and boosts the aroma of the ingredients. BRANDY-GLAZED PEARS deliver intense fruit flavor. Dilute the alcohol, though, to let the spices through.
I’ve noticed this especially when brining poultry. I used to
add aromatics — rosemary and toasted mustard seeds — to
my brines to sometimes muted effect. But adding a dose of
bourbon adds its own complementary notes, while boosting Honey-bourbon roast chicken Brandy-glazed
the flavor and aroma in the finished birds.
I’ve had the same results with curing, which happens
About 2 hours, plus brining time. Serves 4 to 6. pears
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when a piece of meat or fish is coated with salt and sugar About 1 hour. Serves 2 to 4.
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until the proteins are denatured. Add some cracked pepper 2 tablespoons mustard
and fresh herbs, and you’ll notice some flavor transfer. But 2 to 4 Bosc pears
seeds
add liquor — aquavit is classic with salmon, but I prefer gin — 2 quarts apple cider 1 ½ cups brandy
and the flavors appear much more pronounced. 1 ½ cups sugar
And these are just a couple of examples. The same results
1
⁄3 cup kosher salt
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons 1 ½ cups water
can be found throughout a wide range of cooking methods,
from deglazing a pan after roasting to layering flavors in a honey, divided 3 cinnamon sticks
sauce or stew. Not to mention baking. Not only does alcohol ¼ cup bourbon 1 tablespoon cloves
help inhibit gluten formation to prevent a tough crust, but it 3 (4-inch) sprigs
also boosts the notes of other ingredients in the dough, in- 1. Peel and core the pears,
rosemary, lightly
cluding butter and spices or herbs added to flavor the crust. leaving the stems intact.
crushed
The same goes for brushing or saturating a cake with liqueur. Place the pears in a sauce-
Another way alcohol improves a dish is through evapora- 1 (5- to 6-pound) pan large enough to fit
tion. Because of the volatility of alcohol molecules, they chicken them, and add the brandy,
evaporate quickly. When you add alcohol to a dish, that 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, water and spices.
evaporation transfers the aroma the alcohol draws from melted Bring the liquid to a gentle
other ingredients. This is particularly noticeable when mac- simmer, carefully stirring
erating fresh fruit. The same occurs when infusing ingredi- 1. In a pot heated over me- until the sugar is dissolved.
ents — such as fresh fruit or herbs — in alcohol. dium-low heat, toast the Reduce the heat so the
“I’ve infused fresh strawberries in vodka, and a year later mustard seeds just until liquid gently bubbles and
it still smells exactly like fresh strawberries,” Schloss said. they start to pop, 2 to 3 poach the pears until they
“That’s why alcohol’s used in perfume. Once it latches on, it minutes. Add the cider and are easily pierced with a
doesn’t let go.” stir in the salt, ½ cup honey move the chicken from the melted butter and remain- knife. Remove from heat
One thing to keep in mind, particularly if you’re cooking and bourbon. Add the brine and dry with paper ing 2 tablespoons honey. and carefully remove the
for kids or folks who don’t drink: The retention of alcohol crushed rosemary and towels. Place the chicken, Brush the honey-butter pears using a slotted spoon.
depends mostly on time and exposure to air. “You would continue to heat, stirring, uncovered, on a rack and over the chicken. Roast the
chicken for 15 minutes. 2. Strain the liquid, discard-
think the flames would immediately burn off the alcohol in until the salt is dissolved. refrigerate until about 1
ing the spices. Gently sim-
flambé. That’s what we see,” Joachim said. (Dramatic and Remove from heat and cool hour before cooking. Re- 5. Lower the heat to 350 mer until the liquid is re-
entertaining it might be, flambéing burns off only about 25% to room temperature. move the chicken and leave degrees and continue roast- duced to a syrup (you
of the alcohol, according to the USDA.) 2. Place the chicken in a it at room temperature for ing until a thermometer should have about 1 cup).
One other thing to keep in mind when playing with alco- non-reactive container and an hour to take the chill off. inserted in the thickest part Pour the warm syrup over
hol — particularly distilled alcohol — is to play in moderation. pour over the brine. Place a of the thigh reaches 165 the pears before serving.
4. Heat the oven to 400
You don’t want to get your food drunk. plate over the chicken to degrees. Remove and set
degrees. Truss the chicken if
When poaching fruit, particularly if I’m using a distilled weigh it down to keep it aside 15 to 20 minutes before
you’d like, and place on a Note: From Noelle Carter. Serve the
liquor such as brandy, I dilute the liquor with water. This submerged. Cover and serving.
rack on a rimmed baking pears with ice cream or softly
minimizes the harshness of the alcohol while allowing the refrigerate overnight. sheet or shallow roasting whipped cream, or as a topping for
delicate spices — I like cinnamon and cloves when poaching pan. Stir together the
3. The next morning, re- Note: From Noelle Carter crepes, waffles or pancakes.
pears — to come through.
Just as when you season with salt, go light at first with the
alcohol. A little goes a long way. You can always add more, but
you can’t take it away. Too much alcohol will ruin a dish, just Gin-cured salmon and avocado salad
as it can that one friend who doesn’t know their limit.
But unlike wine or beer, an opened bottle of liquor will 25 minutes, plus about 2 days curing time. Serves 4 to 6.
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usually last a long time. And it’s good to have at least one
handy when the need arises — either for cocktails or cooking.

noelle.carter@latimes.com
Twitter: @noellecarter

GIN- AND
CHIVE-CURED
SALMON
½ cup coarse sea salt
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons
honey
2 tablespoons black
peppercorns, toasted
and cracked
½ cup finely chopped
chives
1 (1
½- pound) salmon fillet,
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the top (flesh side) of the
fillet, then wrap the fish
tightly with plastic wrap.
Place the salmon, skin side
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or large, rimmed, non-reac-
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any juices.
4. Refrigerate the fillet until
it is firm to the touch, about
48 hours (timing will vary
depending on the thickness
and size of the fillet). Un-
cover, rinse and pat dry. The
cured salmon will keep up to
several days, wrapped in dry
parchment and refriger-
ated.
SHERRY VINAIGRETTE
¼ cup sherry vinegar
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons
olive oil
2 teaspoons whole-grain
mustard
¼ teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black
pepper
In a small bowl, whisk to-
gether the vinegar, oil, mus-
tard, salt and pepper. Taste
and adjust flavoring and
seasoning if desired. This
makes a scant ¾ cup vinai-
grette, which will keep,
covered and refrigerated, up
to 2 weeks.
CURED SALMON AND
AVOCADO SALAD
1 shallot
Sherry vinegar
1 head frisee lettuce
Prepared sherry
vinaigrette
2 French breakfast
radishes
1 avocado
½ pound thinly sliced
cured salmon, more if
desired
Crostini slathered
with creme fraiche and
topped with Maldon
salt, if desired, for
serving
Chopped chives, for
garnish
1. Quick-pickle the shallot:
Slice the shallot into very
thin rings. Place the rings in
a non-reactive bowl, with
enough vinegar to cover.
Rub the vinegar into the
rings, and set aside as you
prepare the rest of the salad.
2. Remove the core from the
frisee and gently tear the
leaves into bite-sized pieces.
Place in a large bowl and
add enough vinaigrette to
lightly coat. Divide the salad
among 4 to 6 serving plates.
3. Thinly slice the radishes
on the bias. Place the rad-
ishes in the bowl and add
enough dressing to lightly
coat. Arrange the radishes
around the frisee on the
serving plates. Do the same
with the avocado and sliced
salmon. Drain the excess
vinegar from the shallots
and top each salad with a
few pickled shallot rings.
4. Add the crostini to the
serving plates if desired, and
dot each plate with a little
extra vinaigrette. Sprinkle
over the chopped chives and
serve immediately.
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L.A. WALKS
Parks and rec
in Pasadena
By Charles Fleming
Here’s an urban walk in Pasadena, easily accessible by car, bike, bus or
Metro, that offers plenty of the green stuff. It starts on Green Street at a
castle and includes stops in three parks. Plan on having a picnic lunch
halfway through the walk.
1 Begin this walk on East Green
Street, just north of Central
Park, at the corner of South Ray-
mond Avenue, in front of the sto-
ried Castle Green. Dating from
1898, it was part of Pasadena’s first
luxury hotel, meant to serve East-
ern travelers arriving at the nearby
Santa Fe railroad station. After
ogling the architecture, walk south
on Raymond and enter the park.
2 Enjoy the palms, pines, oaks
and even redwoods that dot
the wide lawns, and check out the
lawn bowling club, founded in 1921.
(Free lessons on Saturday morn-
ings.) When you reach the bottom
of the park, and East Del Mar
Boulevard, turn right and walk a
block to Fair Oaks Avenue. Turn
left, headed south, and continue
walking straight ahead.
3 Pass a row of antique shops
and turn right onto California
Boulevard. Walk two blocks, past
the stately Huntington Memorial
Hospital, and stop at South St.
John Avenue. Across the street is
your second green space, the
2.9-acre Singer Park.
4 Head south from the park on
St. John, admiring as you go
some elegant Craftsman homes.
Continue as St. John bends to the
left and becomes South Pasadena
Avenue. At Arlington Drive turn
right and enter Arlington Garden.
This 3-acre site, once a Caltrans
storage yard, is a miracle of native
plant landscaping. This is a great
place, with its chairs, benches and
private nooks, to have a snack or
take a rest.
5 Continue south one block on
Pasadena, then turn left onto
West Glenarm Street. After two
The stats
Distance: 3 miles
Difficulty: 2 on a scale of 1 to 5
Duration: 1 1/2 hours
Details: Dogs on leash welcome.
Free two-hour parking at Gold
Line Del Mar Station. Arlington
Garden hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Accessible by Metro Gold Line
and by buses 177, 256, 260, 686,
687 and 762.
HAPPENING
4 books that aim to level up your love game
Embarking on a 40-day program to find love, rekindling romance with your significant other, how to stop binge-eating if you’re lonely and why you should fill your space with feel-good
crystals. To welcome Valentine’s Day, here’s a look at four diverse books about romance and relating.
Atria Books / Beyond Words
40 days to a new life
In “The Abundance Project: 40 Days to
More Wealth, Health, Love, and Happiness,”
Los Angeles-based integrative therapist
Derek Rydall lays out a plan to create a
happier and more fulfilled life “regardless of
what you’re going through, or the conditions
you are currently facing,” he said.
“People often enter into a relationship to
get love, appreciation or a sense of validation
and we often find we don’t get those things,”
he said. “Whether you’re in a relationship
now you don’t want to be in, or you want to
be in a relationship, you have to become the
person you would be if you were already in it,
to feel powerful, confident and valuable.”
Exercises in the book include journaling and
“meditative processing where you can dis-
cover the vision for your life,” he said.
Info: $24. Available Feb. 24 at bookstores.
Purchase of the book includes participation
in Rydall’s online group. derekrydall.com
health@latimes.com
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blocks, if you didn’t have a picnic in
the park, consider grabbing a
cochinito pibil taco from the
Pasadena outpost of Los Feliz’s
famed Yuca’s. Then continue east
on Glenarm.
6 At South Marengo Avenue,
turn left and begin walking
north. As earlier, enjoy the Crafts-
man homes, many of them now
converted into small businesses,
that line this quiet street. Note the
Evanston Inn, dating from 1897, on
the left side of the street, and the
organic vegetable garden that
supplies the nearby Parkway Grill.
7 At East Del Mar, turn left.
After two blocks, you’re back
at Central Park. Turn right onto
Raymond until you reach Green,
and you are back at the starting
point.
Fleming is the author of “Secret
Stairs: A Walking Guide to the
Historic Staircases of Los
Angeles” and “Secret Walks: A
Walking Guide to the Hidden
Trails of Los Angeles.” Each
month he leads a free walk at one
of his favorite spots. See his
Facebook page, Secret Stairs. PASADENA’S Central Park, clockwise from top, invites walks or contemplation; take a seat among
charles.fleming@latimes.com native plants in Arlington Garden; the grand Castle Green complex; Castle Green dates from 1898.
—Kavita Daswani
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Steps to happily ever after
Stopping the binge Adams Media
If “dinner and a movie” sounds old hat,
some of the relationship exercises in “Happy
Together: Using the Science of Positive
In the middle of her divorce, Alina
Zhukovskaya stopped at a restaurant and
A crystal clear idea
Psychology to Build Love That Lasts” might ordered a slice of cheesecake and a mango Crystals remain a common component of
help generate some new date ideas. martini. treatments at spas and at holistic retreats,
The book, co-written by University of “Sugar, dairy and alcohol were my com- and in the book “Crystal Bliss: Attract Love.
Pennsylvania professor James Pawelski and fort foods,” said the nutritionist-chef — who Feed Your Spirit. Manifest Your Dreams,”
his wife, Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, experts in goes by Alina Z — and has written “Single author Devi Brown outlines how wearing or
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ships better, for couples who have maybe she said. “The book is about people having a “A lot of times we may encounter love but
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singles who have had a series of bad break- food they eat.” In addition to healthy recipes, it,” she said. “Some crystals, like rose quartz
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HOME OF THE TIMES

A midcentury desert oasis

BY LISA BOONE >>> For Ingrid Jackel, the remodel of her Palm Springs weekend home was all about joy, emotion and color. ¶ “I have an
intense job,” said Jackel, chief executive of the natural beauty brand Yes To. “So I went looking for an oasis where I can feel at peace.” ¶ As a fan
of Midcentury Modern architecture, Jackel didn’t have to go far from her Pasadena home to find a weekend pied-a-terre.

“Your breathing changes when

you are in Palm Springs,” Jackel
said of the desert’s allure. “It’s an
hour and a half away from L.A. and
yet it feels like another world. I like
that it’s charged with Old Holly-
wood glamour. I wanted to bring a
home back to that time.”
After touring a four-bedroom,
three-bath 1960 home designed by
Glendale architect Clair Earl, she
knew she had found her escape.
Despite being neglected for
years, the bank-owned home had
the classic midcentury touches that
Jackel admired: a tall, pitched roof,
tongue-and-groove ceilings and
floor-to-ceiling windows. The home
also featured decorative-patterned
concrete blocks and a larger scale
than most of the homes she had
toured. There were ultimately 19
bids on the house.
She describes the preservation
project that followed as deeply per-
sonal. “I wanted it to be mine in-
side,” Jackel said. “I didn’t want to
return it to a museum state. I
wanted my friends and their kids
and dogs to be able to come here
and celebrate with me.”
Working with Kevin Kemper and
Howard Hawkes of HK3, a Palm
Springs interior design and restora-
tion firm, Jackel transformed the
house over 18 months. (The design-
ers will offer remodeling tips, fol-
lowed by a guided tour of the house,
on Feb. 17 as part of Modernism
Week.)
Photographs by Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times
“This house is so different from
other midcentury homes in that it’s INGRID JACKEL loves the midcentury design of her Palm Springs getaway home but made it personal, as well as people- and pet-friendly.
one-of-a kind,” Kemper said. “It has
a ‘Jetsons,’ Space-Age feel. The
architect built three homes in a row
[on the street] as show homes.”
In an effort to balance that feel
with modern living, the designers
kept it simple. They retained the
home’s 2,200-square foot layout and
updated the plumbing, electrical,
HVAC and roof. Low ceilings were
raised to open up the interiors and
clerestory windows were added to
bring in more light and mountain
views. Because of extensive termite
damage — something of a surprise
in the desert — they were forced to
remove the drywall and plaster. And
in an effort to provide better insula-
tion, many of the original windows
were replaced with period-appro-
priate dual-pane, low-e aluminum
framed windows
In a move that opened up the
main living area, the designers re-
moved the wall between the kitchen
and living room and ripped out the
entire kitchen. New IKEA cabinets
and a vibrant orange Silestone is-
land are both functional and fun. “It
was the most vibrant color of orange
we could find,” Kemper said.
White porcelain tile floors, Wow
ceramic kitchen tile and Dunn Ed-
wards “Whisper” paint set a neutral
palette that helps to accentuate
Jackel’s obsession with the color or-
ange, which explains why the house,
which will also be open for tours dur-
ing Modernism Week, is affection-
ately called “Maison a l’Orange.”
“It’s a happy color and makes me
feel good,” Jackel said. “I love the
sun. I’m originally from the South of
France. It appeals to my passionate
side.”
Indeed, it’s an uplifting place
with bold pinks, oranges and aqua
tones courtesy of the poolside um-
brellas and chaise lounges, custom
furnishings, wallcoverings and
Trina Turk textiles.
And in a move that might ex-
plain why you’ll find people snap-
ping pictures from the curb, the
home features bright orange double
doors, painted a custom Dunn Ed-
wards color to match the kitchen is-
land.
“The house really struggled with
its identity before,” said Hawkes.
No longer.
“It’s a happy home,” Jackel said.
“I wanted to be able to enter the
house and have a big smile on my
face. Now, when we come,we don’t
want to leave.”

lisa.boone@latimes.com
Twitter: @lisaboone19

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/home
Continue the tour
Go online for before and after im-
ages from Ingrid Jackel’s Palm
Springs residence, as well as photos
from other Homes of the Times.

Modernism Week
Where: Palm Springs
When: Feb. 15-25
How much: Individual events
range from free to $150. Some
events are sold out. DESIGN features that drew Jackel to this 1960 Midcentury Modern home included its floor-to-ceiling windows and decorative-
patterned concrete blocks. Inside, the house was given a makeover that acknowledges the period yet reflects Jackel’s tastes. Neutral
Info: modernismweek.com colors on many of the walls allow bright accents, especially in orange, her favorite color, to pop. That color is especially prominent in
the Silestone top of the kitchen island. Open for tours Feb. 17-19 during Modernism week, “It’s a happy home,” Jackel says.
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HAPPENING

Love letter
to desert
modernism
By Bonnie McCarthy

In his new book, “Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise,” photog-

rapher Tim Street-Porter captures the optimism, architecture and
midcentury style that defines one of Southern California’s most
glamorous playgrounds.
Photographs by Tim Street-Porter
Featuring a foreword by Los Angeles fashion designer Trina Turk
, whose Palm Springs home, the Ship of the Desert, is also show-
cased, the inspiring coffee-table tome is a love letter to modernism.
“When I do a project like this,” said Street-Porter, “there is a kind of
romance with what I’m working on, because you immerse yourself. …
I wanted to show what I love about the place, and I hope to pass that
on.”
Artfully conceived photos illuminate the work of architects such
as Richard Neutra,
Albert Frey and
Paul Williams.
However, for mod-
ernist buffs who “I WANTED to show what I
think they’ve seen it love about the place,” Tim
all, Street-Porter is Street-Porter says of his photo
excited to prove book. Among the places show-
them wrong. cased are, clockwise from top,
“Apart from architect Albert Frey’s moun-
featuring a few tainside home; Gerald and
classics … like the Betty Ford’s Rancho Mirage
Kaufmann House, I house, designed by Welton
wanted to introduce Becket; and the circular Mor-
some unexpected rison-Strassner Residence,
and amusing new designed by Patten & Wild.
stuff as well,” said
the author, who also incorporated a resource section for modernist
furnishing stores and like-minded points of interest. “I was lucky to
find houses which aren’t the same old chestnuts that have appeared Modernism Week
in earlier books.”
Keynote presentation and
He credits a friend and Los Angeles neighbor, interior designer
panel: Martyn Lawrence
Martyn Lawrence Bullard, whose 1964 showplace Villa Grigio graces
Bullard and “Palm Springs: A
the cover, with helping him discover the area’s hidden gems.
Modernist Paradise”
Both Bullard and Street-Porter are scheduled to take part in a
moderated panel discussion and book signing Feb. 17 as part of Palm
Springs Modernism Week. When: 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17
“I’m very thrilled with how it’s all working out,” said Street- Where: Richards Center for the
Porter. “The organizers for Modernism Week who I showed my Arts, Palm Springs High School,
photographs to were really enthusiastic and are making the book as 2248 Ramon Road, Palm Springs
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week packages to cruise Naples’ canals.
love on Feb. 14? We asked Los
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they’re putting an unconven-
tional twist on a Valentine’s
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“We’re noticing the trend
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She’s particularly fond of script: “This piece is about Fun times are
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breaking away from the tradi-
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which is very Californa- he says. “It’s an exploration in Flowers and candy are classic, but this
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of kumquats as well as grape- fave elements — anthurium.” sweetheart an experience to remember
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THE MIDDLE AGES

Well, if you ask me, 15 is quite an age

CHRIS ERSKINE
My teenage
son’s life would be
so much easier
were someone to
follow him around,
reminding him to
pick up dirty
socks, put the cap
on the toothpaste,
turn off the sink …
flush.
His mother often provides that
particular service, but she works
and cannot be there every mo-
ment. So there are gaps. Such as
when he forgot his backpack in the
locker room the other night after
basketball, with all his textbooks,
his laptop, his life.
Can you tell he’s 15?
Yeah, he is. Dilly! Dilly!
“Did you clean your ears?” his
mother shouts across the kitchen
as I’m about to bite into a sand-
wich.
Of course, he didn’t clean his
ears. You only asked him twice.
Three seems like some sort of
magic number for him. It is the
minimum number of times you
need to remind him to do any
single task.
Our son was last spotted chas-
ing after the school bus, where he’d
left his shoes.
His mother yells at him even
when he isn’t home, over some
infraction — a forgotten chore, an
abandoned crust of pizza. Yester-
day I saw her pricing stun guns on
Amazon.
Meanwhile, our son’s romance
with his phone grows and grows.
He’s basically forsaken relation-
ships with living, breathing people
— the folks who care for him more
than anything in the world — to
concentrate full time on his pretty
little cellphone.
One day he will invite his cell
phone to prom.
Till then, I’ve taken to banning
the phone at breakfast, for other-
wise he would forget to eat the full
meal I make for him on school
days: eggs, bacon, bagel, choco-
late-flavored almond milk.
Do you have any idea how
difficult it is to milk an almond?
Every morning, same thing.
Eggs, bacon, bagel … . Did I men-
tion he’s 15?
He’s got the imagination of a
cinder block, till something
catches his interest, then he hears
and sees nothing else, even forgets
to clean his ears.
Yeah, he’s 15, and yelps when he
puts on deodorant and laughs like
a wind sock at the semicolon
smirks of his best buddies.
We’re hoping this will be a
temporary condition. His older
brother grew out of it, as did both
sisters, though one of them was 15 Stony Krissanto Getty Images/EyeEm
for about three years, which is TEENS are wholly in love with their smartphones. No doubt my son will invite his to prom one day.
probably the worst thing that
could ever happen. SpongeBob SquarePants. His with the flavor of cardboard — normal people match socks. They
Just imagine three years in the favorite movie? Whatever raw when into the kitchen my son are scattered everywhere — little
emotional wind tunnel that is a footage he just watched on Insta- wanders, accusing me of wearing rogue sheep. A sock might be in
15-year-old girl. You hear about it gram. his socks. my drawer and its mate in his
happening to other parents, but Of course, he’s into social me- It was a standoff, like one of drawer and a third sock in the
you never think it’ll happen to you. dia. He plays at it the way Mozart those Washington slugfests where vacuum and a fourth lodged in the
Three. Entire. Years. After a while, played at the piano … 10, 12, 14 no one on either side makes any 300-pound beagle’s larynx after he
you basically need blood transfu- hours a day. He could build Xana- sense and they lose the entire mistook it for whipped cream.
sions. du with his thumbs. If his hair country’s trust with their juvenile So now you have a sense of
At 15, everything is an argu- caught fire, he wouldn’t scream; accusations. what our sock situation is. I hear
ment. I say Patriots, my son says he’d text me. That was us at breakfast. it’s fairly typical.
Eagles. I say mustard, he says “Dad? Hair,” he’d write. “You’re wearing my socks!” he “You have my socks,” he insists,
mayo. I say God, he says Stalin. Still, we’re unlikely soulmates. says, standing in his boxers, as if I should peel them off and give
He’s not sure who Stalin even is, We share time, batting cages, the scratching himself, because them right back.
but he knows it’ll provoke his old flu. teenage boys will explode if they I was, in fact, wearing his socks.
man. For instance, the other morn- stand still. And it seemed at the moment like
Black. White. Stop. Go. Chevy. ing, his sister Rapunzel was craft- “So?” a pivot point in human history.
Ford. Lemons. Limes. Odysseus. ing one of those healthful break- “I need my socks,” he says. Did I mention he’s 15?
Telemachus. fasts she’s so proud of, with a There are, in our house, prob-
At 15, his spirit animal is a bunch of super-oxidants and ably 10,000 pairs of white socks. chris.erskine@latimes.com
stolen Ferrari. His literary hero is anti-glutens — the kind of stuff They are not matched up, like Twitter: @erskinetimes

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L.A. AFFAIRS

Her smile fulfilled a prophecy

her second job, she didn’t feel like
By David Brant going straight home and ended up

M
r. Glover looked at
me and made his
prediction: “You’ll
be married within
six months.”
Then he resumed his exercise
as if what he just said made per-
fect sense to a 20-year-old junior
college student still living with his
parents and not in a relationship.
Mr. Glover’s predictions were
legendary, doled out on the last
day of his speech class at Moor-
park College. It was late June 1988,
and I was already enrolled at Cal
State Northridge for the fall se-
mester. This was the last class I
needed for transfer. It was a re-
quired course that many of us
dreaded (public speaking), so I
put it off as long as possible. Plus,
everyone said that the summer
course was shorter and easier and
I was always a path-of-least-resist-
ance kind of guy.
Mr. Glover was known for con-
ducting a yearbook-style roll call
and survey — announcing his
picks for funniest, cockiest, best
looking, that sort of thing. His
prediction for me seemed so ran-
dom that I didn’t even bother to
ask for an explanation.
After all, marriage was for
people who were “ready,” and I
was just getting started.
As it turned out, my POLR
(path of least resistance) strategy
was working out pretty well. I’d
painlessly changed my major,
twice. As an added bonus, I lived at
home while still enjoying the “col-
lege experience” by partying on
the weekends with my friends
from high school, who all went to
CSUN.
Our weekend party routine in
Northridge was pretty, well, rou-
tine. For some reason, the parties
(frat or otherwise) were always on
Friday nights, so our Saturday
nights usually meant going to a
club (strip or otherwise). But back
in 1988, if you stayed in town, “go-
ing to a club” in Northridge meant
going to the only club in
Northridge, the bar at the Black
Angus on Corbin Avenue, which
was a pretty nice hangout.
It had a large bar, a few booths,
TVs playing music videos and a
dance floor with a DJ. It also had a
security guard checking IDs at the
door. Though most of us were
underage, getting a fake ID in 1988
was as easy as having a friend with
a good camera who happened to
work at the local Fotomat. So one
Friday night in July, we ventured
to the Angus.
After reciting my fake birth
date to the doorman — an easy to
remember April 5, 1966, or 4-5-66 —
we were disappointed to find that
the crowd was dead. We managed
to stick it out for a few hours, but
sometime after midnight we de-
cided to leave. As I waited by the
exit for my friends, I looked across
the bar and saw the biggest, most
spectacular smile I have ever seen.
It beamed from a tan face, beneath
laughing eyes, all framed by long,
golden brown hair.
It was everything anyone could
ever want in a smile.
It was one of those “and-the-
Joseph Daniel Fiedler For The Times
crowd-parted” moments, like she
had materialized there just to
smile at me.
I went over and stood next to
her. Even when I wasn’t looking at
her, I could feel her smiling. We
struck up a conversation as we
watched music videos on the TV
above the bar, until my ride in-
sisted it was time to leave.
Her name was Kathi and she’d
ended up there by chance that
night. After getting off work from
across town at the Black Angus, a
place she had never been before.
But she was used to long drives,
having moved by herself cross-
country from Virginia with stops in
Atlanta, Houston and Vegas. (She
was more of a path-of-individual-
determination kind of girl — a
POID to my POLR.)
While we talked, some guy
asked if she had a pen he could
borrow. (Remember, this was the
days before smartphones.) She
told him that he’d better bring it
back because she was going to
need it later.
And she did need it later, to
write all three of her phone num-
bers on a voided check, which was
the only paper she had handy.
When we parted, she jokingly (I
think) threatened to kill me if I
didn’t call her.
I called the next day.
We have been together ever
since. Some people wonder how or
where you find “the one.”
The answer is pretty simple:
You cross paths with them one
day.
Looking back, I realized pretty
quickly that she had all of the
traits that I’d liked about girl-
friends I’d had previously — but all
in one person. She was intelligent
(but not a know-it-all), independ-
ent (but not isolated), different
(but not weird), mischievous (but
not too crazy), funny (but not as
funny as me). And we had enough
things in common to be compat-
ible yet enough things not in com-
mon to never get bored. She was
simply made for me.
I never found out why Mr.
Glover made his prediction about
me, what possessed him to say
such a thing.
Turns out, Mr. Glover wasn’t
even close. Kathi and I were mar-
ried on Valentine’s Day 1989.
So it was more like seven
months and 12 days.
The author just produced his first
screenplay, "Little Star." He is on
Instagram @nufucius.
L.A. Affairs chronicles the current
dating scene in and around Los
Angeles. If you have comments or
a true story to tell, email us at
LAAffairs@latimes.com.

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