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Senate OKs
infrastructure
bill, a likely
boon for state
sive, Democrats hope to en-
Bipartisan legislation act it through a legislative
procedure that doesn’t allow
contains billions for for a GOP filibuster. But sig-
water, transit and nificant hurdles remain: All
of the legislation has to be
firefighting programs. deemed to meet a narrow set
of rules for how the pro-
By Jennifer Haberkorn cedure can be used and
Democrats have to remain
WASHINGTON — The politically united.
Senate on Tuesday ap- The Senate voted 50 to 49
proved an expansive bill to along party lines to start
rebuild the nation’s aging work on that plan. The
roads and bridges, with framework is expected to be
Brandon Bell Getty Images $8.3 billion specifically tar- approved in the early hours
A PATIENT is helped into a vehicle after leaving Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston. The governor geted to water infrastruc- Wednesday after an hours-
is appealing for out-of-state medical help as COVID-19 hospitalizations soar in Texas. NATION, A4 ture projects in the West and long series of amendment
billions more to fund na- votes. A detailed plan is not
tional projects to mitigate expected to pass until after

State is
the impact of wildfires. the August recess.
After months of The approximately $1-
negotiation among Presi- trillion bill approved Tues-
dent Biden, Democrats and day would address a wide

coping a group of moderate Repub-

licans to forge a compro-
mise, the Senate voted 69 to
30 in favor of the legislation.
[See Infrastructure, A8]

better In the end, it had support

from 19 Republicans, includ-
ing Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell of Kentucky.

with The plan, which is the

first portion of Biden’s
“Build Back Better” pro-
gram, will next go to the

Delta House, where it faces chal-

lenges from progressives.
Ten centrist senators
who worked on the bill, in-
cluding lead negotiators
California’s virus case Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and
Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.),
rate is significantly said it would “create jobs, in- Seth Wenig Associated Press
less than Florida’s and crease productivity and GOV. CUOMO sounded
pave the way for decades of more contrite Tuesday,
Texas’. Here’s why. economic growth and pros- but denied any ill intent.
perity — all without raising
By Rong-Gong Lin II Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times taxes on everyday Ameri-

CUOMO
and Luke Money DORENE SCALA teaches third grade at Hooper Avenue School in June. If cans or increasing inflation.”
schools were to open now, 479 classrooms would be staffed with substitutes. Biden similarly framed
SAN FRANCISCO — De- the accomplishment as
spite a significant surge in proof he has delivered on his
both coronavirus cases and
hospitalizations this sum-
mer, California so far has
managed to avoid the sky-
L.A. schools struggling to campaign promise to govern
from the political center.
“This is about us doing
the real hard work of govern-
AGREES
high infection rates and in-
creasingly overcrowded hos-
pitals some other states are
now experiencing.
fill thousands of positions ing,” Biden said. “This is
about democracy delivering
for the people. This is about
winning the future.”
TO STEP
California’s coronavirus
Teachers, nurses, counselors are among those unhired The comity was short-
case rate remains below the
national average and signifi-
cantly less than Florida’s
and Texas’: two common By Howard Blume
But it’s also not what officials had hoped
for — and leaders worry that important
lived. Just moments after
the bipartisan vote on the
bill, the Senate turned to the
second portion of Biden’s in-
DOWN
points of comparison given needs will not be met effectively. frastructure plan, an ambi-
their population size and Days before the academic year starts, Shortfalls are particularly pro- tious effort to reshape the N.Y. governor bends
distinctly different pan- a well-funded hiring spree for Los Angeles nounced in positions serving students nation’s social programs.
demic responses. schools is falling short of its goal to pro- most in need of academic and mental It could accomplish to pressure days after
Experts say California’s vide unprecedented and critical mental health recovery. Many teachers and coun- many of progressives’ top inquiry found pattern
better-than-average vacci- health and academic support as a short- selors promised to elevate achievement policy priorities, such as im-
nation rates and newly im- age of teachers and other professionals and well-being of Black students haven’t plementing paid family leave of sexual misconduct.
plemented mandatory mask collides with pandemic recovery goals. been hired. Hundreds of special educa- and a universal prekinder-
policies in parts of the state The staffing ambitions of the nation’s tion and math teacher posts — the hard- garten program, expanding By Melanie Mason,
have helped prevent a more second-largest school district have been est to fill in normal times — are vacant. Medicare and enacting a Evan Halper
grim situation. sweeping — targeting hires to meet aca- School nurses and mental health special- pathway to citizenship for and Seema Mehta
While governors in Flor- demic needs, mental and physical well- ists are seemingly impossible to find. Half some immigrants.
ida, Texas and other states ness and campus sanitation. And in all of the openings remain for school facili- Because the proposal is Gov. Andrew Cuomo
have opposed allowing local areas, staffing appears to be strength- ties and cleaning staff. sharply opposed by Republi- announced Tuesday that he
governments to mandate ened compared to pre-pandemic levels. In all, the [See Vacancies, A11] cans who say it is too expen- was resigning from office,
the wearing of masks, Cali- following a blistering report
fornia has allowed counties by the New York attorney
to enact such orders in in- general that concluded he

Radio rhetoric, live on the campaign trail

door public spaces for every- had sexually harassed mul-
one age 2 and older, regard- tiple women — a move that
less of vaccination status. staved off likely impeach-
“I am hopeful for Califor- ment by state legislators in
nia and Los Angeles because called in to his nationally Albany.
of the fact that we have Larry Elder brings his syndicated radio show to The investigation re-
higher levels of vaccination, suggest that COVID-19 vac- leased Aug. 3 left Cuomo in-
and we have increased num- provocative stances to cines were dangerous and creasingly isolated even
bers of people stepping up to the fore in the race to didn’t object when the phy- from his own party as top
the plate and getting vacci- sician implied that Bill Democrats including Presi-
nated,” said Dr. Robert Kim- replace Gov. Newsom. Gates might have backed dent Biden called for him to
Farley, medical epidemiolo- the “experimental” immuni- step aside. Cuomo said his
gist and infectious diseases By James Rainey zations as a form of “popula- resignation would become
expert at the UCLA Fielding and Seema Mehta tion control.” effective in 14 days.
School of Public Health. Larry Elder created a “The best way I can help
“However, we still have a He has on occasion fueled platform for those views in a now is if I step aside and let
[See California, A6] skepticism of climate media career spanning more government get back to gov-
change, depicting global than 30 years, epitomizing erning,” Cuomo said in a vi-
warming as a “crock” and a the convention-defying per- deo announcement. “And
Vaccine mandate “myth.” He has said the sona that has helped him therefore, that’s what I’ll
medical establishment and seemingly leapfrog other do.”
for indoor spaces? “professional victims” exag- candidates in the race to Democratic Lt. Gov. Ka-
L.A. County weighs re- gerate the dangers of replace California Gov. Gav- thy Hochul will succeed him,
quiring vaccination proof secondhand tobacco smoke. Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press in Newsom in next month’s becoming New York’s first
in places such as gyms, He offered no pushback LARRY ELDER, a conservative talk radio host, recall election. female governor.
eateries. CALIFORNIA, B1 when a doctor last month speaks during a July 13 campaign stop in Norwalk. [See Elder, A14] Cuomo’s downfall was a
remarkable reversal of for-
tune for a man who is part of
a political dynasty and who a
year ago was considered a
Petition for FDA to pull 2 detectives charged with Russell Westbrook: Weather
likely future White House
Mostly sunny.
some popular sunscreens lying in East L.A. bust Savior or destroyer? L.A.Basin: 89/69. B6 contender.
But he had become a po-
Products that have the active Sheriff’s Department colleague In his first appearance as a Laker,
litical pariah by the time he
ingredient octocrylene may says pair tried to press him into team’s newest superstar is hard to
announced Tuesday that he
contain a potential carcinogen, making a false claim in 2018 gun corner and impossible to read, Bill
would not finish his third
researchers say. BUSINESS, A10 and drug seizure. CALIFORNIA, B1 Plaschke writes. SPORTS, B10
[See Cuomo, A8]

BUSINESS INSIDE: Owners of Sportsmen’s Lodge want to replace it with apartments. A10
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PERSPECTIVES

Emulate Florida virus policy? Really?

MICHAEL HILTZIK “If our excess mortality
were even on par with the
Do Republi- national average, thousands
can politi- more Californians would be
cians even alive today,” Kiley said.
listen to what That’s cherry-picking at
they’re saying best: California’s COVID-
anymore, driven excess mortality is
when it comes currently slightly higher
to the pan- than the national average —
demic? a range of 0.9% to 6.0%, as
That ques- the CDC calculates the
tion is prompted by a few figure, compared with the
exchanges during last U.S. average in 0.3% to 3.4%.
Wednesday’s debate among But it’s much lower than
four GOP candidates run- states that have refused to
ning to replace Democratic implement the masking and
Gov. Gavin Newsom in the social distancing rules in
upcoming recall election, California. Florida’s range
and by one in particular. just now is 11.2% to 16.6%,
This was a response by and Texas’ is 6.6% to 11.8%.
businessman John Cox, who “The lessons that we
already lost one election to need to draw from this,”
Newsom, to a question Kiley said, “is that states
about whether he would that took a different ap-
uphold the governor’s re- proach, that followed the
cent order that all California science, that took a bal-
state employees and all anced approach, and that
healthcare workers in the trusted their citizens, did a
state show proof that lot better, and I would have
they’ve been vaccinated or learned from them.”
submit to regular testing. Kiley didn’t specify
“No, I don’t believe we which states he was talking
should do that,” Cox replied. about. If he was talking
“First of all, there’s a lot of about states led by his fellow
people that have had Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press Republicans, he’s dead
COVID and have antibod- REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES in the recall election made statements that ignored facts, science and reality wrong. At this moment, nine
ies. They don’t need the during a debate last week. On stage from left are John Cox, Kevin Faulconer, Kevin Kiley and Doug Ose. of the 10 states with the
vaccine, they shouldn’t get worst case rates per capita
the vaccine.” All this is the result of host Larry Elder, a recall agriculture is so incredibly all K-12 pupils and adults over the last week have
This runs absolutely DeSantis policies such as candidate who didn’t show important to our state.” indoors, with those exempt Republican governors or
counter to scientific and his adamant refusal to up for the debate, that the Faulconer pointed to a because of medical condi- leaderships. (I’m including
medical consensus, which impose statewide mask state minimum wage should couple of Central Valley tions substituting face Louisiana, which has a
holds that you should get mandates, and his blocking be zero, Cox said, “He’s dam proposals that should shields. Their rationale was Democratic governor but
the vaccine even if you’ve of local authorities from right, from the standpoint have been laughed off the largely that the rule im- Republican legislature.)
had COVID and recovered. doing so on their own. He that I think the free market books long ago but still walk pinged on parents’ rights. Florida’s death rate from
That’s because the vaccines signed a law prohibiting is a much better judge of among us — Temperance “Parents know what’s COVID since the beginning
available in the U.S. today businesses from asking what wages should be.” Flat and the Sites project. best for their kids,” Kiley of the pandemic in January
are better at delivering customers for proof of vacci- One wonders where Cox Both have long since been said. “They should be mak- 2020 is 185 per 100,000 resi-
long-term and stronger nation before receiving thinks he can find this fair- judged to have negative ing these decisions for dents, Texas’ is 180, and
immunity against COVID service. minded judge of the proper cost-benefit ratings. themselves.” California’s is 162. Only 19
than “natural” immunity. It would be incorrect to level of wages. Minimum Temperance Flat, in That’s a charming senti- states and the District of
More shocking was Cox’s say that Newsom hasn’t wage laws exist because of particular, would place ment, but the problem is Columbia have done better
addendum. “What we need made any false steps during the recognition that individ- another dam on the San parents who think they’re than California.
to do is look at what other his three years as governor. ual wage earners and em- Joaquin River, which al- making the right choices for The Delta variant has
states have done,” he said. “I But the issue facing the ployers don’t enter the “free ready hosts eight dams and their own kids without upended expectations
compare California to Flor- voters at the Sept. 14 recall market” with anything two canals that reduce it to thinking about the impact about the end of the pan-
ida.” election will be whether any approaching equivalent dry sand for much of its on other children, or adults demic nationwide. But to
Was he kidding? Florida of the candidates on the power. length. Nevertheless, the in the schoolroom, or indeed claim that Newsom hasn’t
today is in the throes of a ballot would do any better. As I’ve mentioned be- project has been on the on vulnerable residents in “followed the science” or
COVID cataclysm, thanks Last Wednesday’s GOP fore, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Republican wish list for their own homes. that his policies have been
to the policies of GOP Gov. debate, which featured advisor Harold Ickes (a years. Plenty of parents who lethal is just nonsense.
Ron DeSantis, whom Cox recall candidates Doug Ose, Republican), damned the The truth, as the candi- made the choice not to get Voters should be infuri-
seems to think Newsom a former congressman from Supreme Court in 1936 for dates didn’t appear to rec- their own children inocu- ated — and terrified — that
should have emulated. Sacramento; former San overturning a New York ognize, is that one can’t lated for measles helped politicians with this fatuous
Over the last week, ac- Diego Mayor Kevin minimum wage law, a ruling conjure water out of the air produce nationwide mea- take on how to fight the
cording to the Centers for Faulconer; and current he reckoned upheld “the during a major drought. sles outbreaks in 2014 and virus, much less how to
Disease Control and Pre- Assemblyman Kevin Kiley sacred right ... of an imma- California’s only rational 2019 that placed scores of manage our economy, might
vention, Florida has led the of Sacramento, opened a ture child or a helpless option is to find new ways to children in the hospital. end up in charge of our
nation in new COVID cases, window on a horrifying and woman to drive a bargain conserve and new stand- COVID is a much deadlier government.
at 732.8 per 100,000 popula- dreadful world that would with a great corporation.” ards for allocation. Talking disease. One is tempted to say
tion. (California ranks 26th, come to pass if any of them On the question of how up growers as if they’re the Judging from the debate, that Californians would
with 131.3 cases per 100,000.) were elected. the state should respond to only water users who matter criticizing Newsom’s per- deserve what they get if they
New COVID deaths in Flor- One candidate after the current drought, the in the state won’t produce formance on COVID re- vote Newsom out of office in
ida clocked in at 3.7 per another proposed solving candidates displayed an more water or help husband quires making up facts or the Sept. 14 recall election,
100,000 population in the the state’s ills by firing endearing faith in magic. what we have. experiencing a serious case but who deserves these
last seven days; California’s civil servants, repealing Asked how he would handle For all that, it was the of amnesia. “Our public clowns?
rate was 0.2. environmental and antipol- the unprecedented recent candidates’ statements on health outcomes have been
Florida’s hospitals are lution regulations, and emergency curtailments of the pandemic that were the among the worst” in the Keep up to date with
seeing record caseloads, placing big business in water supplies to growers most dismaying. country, Kiley asserted, Michael Hiltzik. Follow
and some are back to can- unrestricted control of the and other users by the state All criticized the Aug. 2 forgetting that as recently @hiltzikm on Twitter, see
celing elective surgeries, a workplace. Water Resources Control rule issued by the state as late April, California had his Facebook page or email
step last seen during the Asked if he agreed with Board, Faulconer said he Department of Public the lowest per-capita case michael.hiltzik
previous COVID peak. the assertion by talk radio would “stop them, because Health requiring masks on rate in the nation. @latimes.com.

In Israeli border town, the scars of war run deep

people during times of fight- the protection of the Iron other communities.
In Sderot, residents ing. Even during times of Dome, 10 rockets scored di- Anxiety, depression,
quiet, rocket fire can erupt rect hits on buildings — in- sleeping difficulties and gen-
brace for rocket fire at any moment without cluding a strike that killed a eral exhaustion are common
even though the latest warning. 5-year-old boy. symptoms among adults,
No place in Israel has Residents often use the and researchers only now
fighting ended in May. been hit harder by Palestin- word “resilience” when de- are beginning to study the
ian rocket fire than Sderot, a scribing the community. effects of growing up in
By Josef Federman working-class community And in many ways, the town Sderot on young parents’
just about a mile from the appears to be thriving. child-rearing skills. Another
SDEROT, Israel — Just Gaza border. Yet two dec- Once known as a dusty question is how Sderot’s
three months after the latest ades after the first rudimen- backwater in Israel’s Negev youths — who are frequently
war between Israel and tary rockets landed in town, desert, it has evolved into a spooked by loud noises —
Hamas militants in the experts are still struggling to bustling town of about 27,000 can perform in the military, a
Gaza Strip, the border town figure out their long-term ef- people, with new apartment compulsory rite of passage
of Sderot appears to be on fects on a generation of par- complexes and expensive for most Jewish Israelis.
the road to recovery. ents and children who have villas seeming to pop up in Dvora Biton said that
The streets are bustling, come of age in this traumatic any piece of open space. It whenever she goes out in the
and the town is filled with environment. has a heavily fortified train car, she plans a route that
well-kept parks and play- “People who are living in station linking it to major will take her past any of the
grounds. The local real es- Ariel Schalit Associated Press the south of Israel live with cities. There are shopping dozens of bomb shelters
tate market is booming. A NEIGHBORHOOD under construction in Sderot, the understanding that it’s centers, bars and restau- scattered throughout town.
But underneath the ve- Israel. Despite the calm, some people remain on edge. just a question of time until rants popular with students The car window is always
neer of normality, the scars the next time,” said Talia from a college in town. open, the volume on the ra-
of years of rocket fire run was attending a bar mitzvah control of Gaza in 2007, a Levanon, director of the Is- Researchers say that dio is kept low and the
deep. celebration on what had year after winning a Pal- rael Trauma Coalition. people who grow up here pantry is filled with canned
Metal rocket fragments been a quiet day. estinian election. “You are literally trying to tend to remain in the area as goods. Any loud sound, even
are on display outside the “We lay on the ground, It is impossible to com- heal from the last time while adults, out of pride and a a popping balloon, makes
main police station, as a mu- three of us,” she said. “The pare conditions in Gaza and preparing for the next time, strong connection to its her jump.
seum of sorts. Next to every only thing protecting us was in southern Israel. Israeli which makes our job very, tightknit community. “It’s something that you
park and bus stop is a small a car.” The rocket landed strikes have killed about very tough,” she said. Yaron Sasson, spokes- think about 24 hours a day,”
concrete bomb shelter — nearby, spraying shrapnel in 4,000 Palestinians, including Levanon’s nonprofit op- man for the local govern- she said. “You can’t escape
often decked out with col- the area. hundreds of civilians, in the erates “resilience centers” ment, said veteran residents it, even when ... sleeping.”
orful murals and street art. Outgoing and active in four wars and inflicted heavy throughout southern Israel and newcomers are drawn Fifteen years ago, before
An Iron Dome rocket de- her local scout troop, Noam damage on Gaza’s infra- that provide a variety of by special tax breaks and there was the Iron Dome, a
fense battery sits on the says she is always careful to structure. Tens of thou- services, including counsel- generous services made pos- rocket landed outside the
eastern edge of town, a few sit next to the door when she sands of people, unable to ing and workshops for fam- sible by government sup- family’s home, leaving a met-
hundred yards from a new rides the bus — just in case flee the impoverished and ilies and communities. port and overseas donors, as al fragment embedded in
apartment complex. there is an air-raid siren and blockaded Palestinian terri- In an indication of how well as the small-town feel. her front door. Biton left the
Some Sderot residents she needs to evacuate tory, suffer from deep psy- widely people have been af- At a time when much of the fragment in the door for
say they jump at the small- quickly. chological wounds. fected, she said that during a country is now within rocket years, only recently finding
est noise. Parents report Her mother, Dvora, a life- Israelis are now pro- brief round of violence in range, he said that Sderot is the strength to remove it
children still wetting their long resident, says uncer- tected by a missile-defense 2019, nearly two-thirds of the even seen as relatively safe, during a home renovation.
beds or being too scared to tainty is a constant compan- system, have the option of area’s 60,000 residents re- thanks to its many bomb “I wanted to leave it there
sleep alone. ion. “It saddens you that at temporarily escaping rocket ceived services from a resil- shelters and reinforced as a reminder that we live in
Noam Biton says she has any moment someone con- range and have access to ience center. schools and kindergartens. an unhealthy reality,” she
enjoyed a normal childhood trols your life,” she said. “We psychological counseling The 11-day war between Yet according to the said. “But on the other hand,
in Sderot. But the 16-year- can’t escape.” and government support. Israel and Hamas in May trauma coalition, residents there is a feeling you want to
old high school student says Israel and Hamas, which Still, more than 100 people was the latest reminder of suffer from various symp- be released from these
it hasn’t always been easy. opposes Israel’s existence, have died on the Israeli side Sderot’s precarious posi- toms. Teens suffer from things.”
One of her strongest memo- have fought four wars and in the four wars, while heavy tion. Nearly 300 rockets were higher rates of diabetes, ag-
ries was that of an air-raid numerous skirmishes since rocket fire has brought life to fired at Sderot, according to gression and hypertension Federman writes for the
siren that sounded while she the militant group seized a standstill for millions of the municipality. Despite than their counterparts in Associated Press.
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THE WORLD

Canadian sentenced in China In Bangladesh,

Court gives 11 years in
Rohingya getting
spying case. Also, a
countryman’s death COVID vaccine
sentence is upheld.
hort, the Office of the U.N.
associated press associated press
High Commissioner for Ref-
ugees said in an email to the
BEIJING — A Chinese DHAKA, Bangladesh — Associated Press.
court has sentenced Cana- Bangladesh’s government “COVID-19 has spread all
dian Michael Spavor to 11 and aid agencies started over the world. We came
years on spying charges in a vaccinating Rohingya ref- here to get vaccinated for
case linked to tech giant ugees Tuesday as a our protection so that it does
Huawei. COVID-19 surge raised not harm us,” Nurul Islam,
Spavor, an entrepreneur, health risks in the sprawling, 65, said in a camp at Ukhiya
was detained in 2018 after his cramped camps where more in Cox’s Bazar, as he waited
government arrested a than 1 million people who for shots alongside hun-
Huawei executive. fled Myanmar are shelter- dreds of other refugees.
The verdict Wednesday is ing. Bangladesh has reported
the latest indication of how The highly transmissible more than 1.3 million infec-
Beijing is stepping up pres- Delta variant of the co- tions, including more than
sure on Canada ahead of a ronavirus is driving an infec- 23,000 deaths due to
court ruling on whether to tion surge across Bangla- COVID-19 since the pan-
hand over the executive, desh, with about 20,000 demic began.
Meng Wanzhou, to face U.S. cases and 200 deaths record- Experts say the full toll
criminal charges. Darryl Dyck Canadian Press ed so far in Cox’s Bazar dis- may be underreported be-
Spavor and another Ca- THE CASES against Canadians in China are seen by critics as retaliation for trict, the southern region cause many people don’t go
nadian were detained in Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, above, a top executive at tech giant Huawei. bordering Myanmar where to hospitals and many oth-
China in what critics labeled the refugee camps are lo- ers died before getting
“hostage politics” after the terms and call on China to for Canada. ernments including Austral- cated. tested. Across the country’s
executive’s 2018 arrest in grant Robert clemency,” Two other Canadians, ia and the Philippines face The International Fed- vast border regions with In-
connection with possible Ambassador Barton told re- Fan Wei and Xu Weihong, growing Chinese pressure eration of Red Cross and dia, infections from the
violations of trade sanctions porters by phone after at- also were sentenced to death including trade boycotts in Red Crescent Societies said Delta variant have spread
on Iran. tending the appeals hearing on drug charges in separate disputes over human rights, a national positivity rate amid concern that a lack of
Canadian Ambassador in Shenyang, west of Dan- cases in 2019 as relations be- the pandemic and territorial of around 30% indicates awareness about masks and
Dominic Barton was pre- dong. tween Beijing and Ottawa claims. Washington has the spread of the virus is maintaining other health
sent at the hearing in the city Schellenberg was con- deteriorated. warned Americans that they much higher, especially with guidelines could lead to a de-
of Dandong, on the North victed of smuggling nearly Meng, the chief financial face “a heightened risk of ar- cramped conditions and the teriorating COVID-19 situa-
Korean border. No word has 450 pounds of methamphet- officer of Huawei Technolo- bitrary detention” in China risks faced by many people tion in the densely popu-
been given about a trial date amine, according to the gies and daughter of the for reasons other than to en- living in the refugee camps. lated nation.
for former Canadian di- court. company’s founder, was ar- force the law. The government’s Civil Less than 5% of the coun-
plomat Michael Kovrig, who Asked whether the three rested Dec. 1, 2018, in Van- The Huawei case is one of Surgeon’s office in Cox’s try’s 160 million people are
was also detained in Decem- cases were linked to Meng’s, couver, Canada, on U.S. a series of conflicts between Bazar and aid agencies be- fully vaccinated. The initial
ber 2018 and charged with Barton said, “I don’t think charges of lying to the Hong Beijing and other govern- gan the COVID-19 vaccina- campaign was interrupted
spying. it’s a coincidence these are Kong arm of the British ments over China’s technol- tion campaign across 34 in April when India stopped
On Tuesday, another happening right now while bank HSBC about possible ogy ambitions, the co- camps alongside Bangla- exporting AstraZeneca vac-
Chinese court rejected the events are going on in Van- dealings with Iran in viola- ronavirus, human rights, desh’s national vaccination cines to Bangladesh, which
appeal of a third Canadian, couver.” He said the case tion of trade sanctions. Hong Kong and claims to effort. had made a purchase agree-
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, was “part of the geopolitical A judge in Vancouver is control over the South About 500 Bangladesh ment for 30 million doses.
whose 15-year prison term process.” due to hear final arguments China and East China Seas. Red Crescent staffers and The government bol-
on drug smuggling charges The ambassador said Ca- in the next few weeks about China has tried to pres- volunteers joined the health stered its effort to get vac-
was increased to the death nadian diplomats talked whether Meng should be sure Canadian Prime Min- workers for the campaign cines from other sources and
penalty in January 2019 after with Schellenberg after the extradited to the United ister Justin Trudeau’s gov- in collaboration with the began a new round of vacci-
Meng’s arrest. ruling but declined to give States. Her lawyers argue ernment by imposing re- United Nations refugee nations nationwide starting
The court sent the case to details. that the case is politically strictions on imports of can- agency, a statement from last weekend.
China’s supreme court for “He is remarkably com- motivated and what she is ola seed oil and other the international body said. The country now has a
review, a required step be- posed,” Barton said. “We accused of isn’t a crime in products from Canada. Rohingya community good stock of vaccines,
fore a death sentence can be had a good conversation.” Canada. Meanwhile, Beijing is leaders, front-line health- mostly China’s Sinopharm.
carried out. Diplomats from the U.S., China’s government has blocking imports of Austral- care volunteers in the Officials say more than 3 mil-
The Canadian govern- Germany, Australia and denounced the arrest as ian wheat, wine and other camps, and Rohingya peo- lion people received a shot in
ment criticized the ruling as France attended Tuesday’s part of U.S. efforts to ham- products after the govern- ple older than 55 are in the the first two days of the new
arbitrary and the penalty as hearing, according to Bar- per its technology devel- ment in Canberra called for first group to be vaccinated. campaign.
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“We condemn the verdict them and to other govern- Meng’s immediate release. gin of the COVID-19 pan- nearly 900,000 refugees will hingya fled Myanmar in 2017
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Amid COVID crisis, Texas seeks help

north Texas health system
The governor appeals temporarily closed one of its
emergency medical centers,
for out-of-state citing a “critical COVID
medical assistance as surge.” Patients were sent
from Texas to Colorado and
hospitalizations soar. North Dakota.
In suburban Mont-
By Molly gomery County north of
Hennessy-Fiske Houston this week, the chief
executive called the situa-
HOUSTON — The Texas tion at local hospitals he’d
governor appealed for out- visited a “crisis,” saying pa-
of-state medical help as tients were being treated in
COVID-19 hospitalizations closets, hallways and wait-
soared, but he stopped short ing rooms. Houston Meth-
of reversing his ban on mask odist Hospital System was
mandates even as leaders of inundated with requests for
the state’s largest cities and patient transfers to its 350
school systems imposed intensive care beds and of-
them. fering bonuses to retain
Gov. Greg Abbott di- nurses and lure new hires.
rected the state health de- “Can you imagine the
partment to use staffing largest medical complex in
agencies to find additional the world and patients are
medical staff as the Delta being transferred out? Peo-
variant overwhelmed hospi- ple should pay attention,”
tals statewide. Abbott also Dr. Faisal Masud said from
has sent a letter to the Texas the packed intensive care
Hospital Assn. requesting unit he was managing Tues-
that hospitals postpone day. “It’s really becoming life
elective medical procedures. and death for patients….
President Biden recently Across the city, there’s a
called out Abbott and other huge list of patients waiting
Republican governors for for the emergency room,
blocking efforts to fight the even if you don’t have
pandemic. COVID.”
“I say to these governors: Masud confers with hun-
Please help. But if you aren’t dreds of other critical care
going to help, at least get out doctors across Texas on a
of the way,” Biden said. WhatsApp group. Many are
But Abbott this week re- scrambling to transfer in-
fused to reverse his execu- creasingly young COVID-19
tive order banning local offi- Brandon Bell Getty Images patients to hospitals like his
cials from requiring masks A PATIENT is taken into a Houston hospital last month. A doctor in Austin expressed his frustration about with extracorporeal mem-
or vaccines even as he faced the unvaccinated patients flooding hospitals, saying, “We’re starting to look at them as, ‘This is your fault.’ ” brane oxygenation (ECMO)
challenges from Democrats machines that take over
leading the state’s largest under 12 who are not eligible ernments are going to have ber of the county commis- stance on masks given the when their lungs fail, doing
cities and counties. to be vaccinated, are being to do what they can to pro- sion refused to wear a mask. state’s unfolding medical more than ventilators but
“The assertion that the put at risk,” Nelson Wolff, tect people.” “The enemy is not the crisis. COVID hospitaliza- requiring additional
governor of the state of Bexar County’s chief execu- Houston Democratic governor and the enemy is tion figures don’t capture staffing. He’s had to turn
Texas doesn’t have the au- tive, said in a statement. “We congresswoman Sheila not your unvaccinated the full challenge, they said, down many because he
thority to protect the rights need to continue to utilize Jackson Lee visited a hospi- neighbor or someone who because unlike past surges doesn’t have enough staff.
and freedoms of Texans is every tool we have to combat tal there last weekend that disagrees with you. The ene- when the number of non- Most of the patients he’s
just plain misguided,” Re- the very contagious delta had to transfer an 11-month- my is the virus,” Jenkins said COVID patients decreased, seeing are unvaccinated.
nae Eze, the governor’s variant.” old COVID patient with un- during a Tuesday briefing. this time they’re having to Some are “family clusters”
spokeswoman, said in a In Texas, where about vaccinated parents because “The time to act is now. This treat the influx on top of infected at gatherings. When
statement Tuesday. “Tex- 45% have been vaccinated the facility ran out of beds. is about saving lives.” their full non-COVID work- they ask what they can do,
ans have learned and mas- against the virus, according The hospital declared an Last week, Houston May- load. he tells them to get vacci-
tered over the past year the to the U.S. Centers for Dis- “internal disaster” and has or Sylvester Turner man- “The governor’s not help- nated, and has staff immedi-
safe practices to protect ease Control and Preven- since erected two 2,000- dated masks for city workers ing us here,” said Dr. Nicho- ately make arrangements,
themselves and their loved tion, more than 10,000 people square-foot tents outside to indoors, and the city has las Steinour, an Austin- “otherwise disinformation
ones from COVID, and do were hospitalized with handle overflow, she said. been sponsoring Saturday based emergency physician. out there might dissuade
not need the government to COVID-19 this week as some She also spoke with a doctor vaccination clinics. “This is not the time to let them.” So far, he said, none
tell them how to do so.” students returned to schools who had five patients die of “It’s my hope that these down our guard. With the has refused.
Eze added that “remov- where masks and contact COVID in a day. two measures will slow the Delta variant, many of our But doctors elsewhere in
ing government mandates, tracing were not required. Jackson Lee contacted progression as we ramp up healthcare providers are Texas said they have treated
however, does not end per- The U.S. has been averaging Biden administration emer- to meet the demand coming now getting infected. Nurs- COVID-19 patients who re-
sonal responsibility or the more than 110,000 new infec- gency managers about as- into our hospitals,” Turner ing staffing is razor thin. fused to get vaccinated
importance of caring for tions a day, and 56,000 peo- sisting in Texas, and she said said Tuesday, noting that EMS diversion is common- afterward, along with their
family members, friends, ple were hospitalized with they were “ready to go.” She the number of city employ- place…. I don’t see that get- relatives.
and your community. Vac- COVID-19 Tuesday, levels also contacted the governor, ees with COVID has more ting better in the next couple “We provide the informa-
cines are the most effective not experienced since the who had yet to respond than tripled during the last of weeks — I see it potentially tion, but some patients are
defense against contracting waning days of the winter Tuesday. three weeks to 135, plus 93 getting worse.” still resistant to it,” said Dr.
COVID and becoming seri- surge. “I’m asking the governor police officers and 44 fire- Most of the COVID-19 pa- Ralph Riviello, chair of
ously ill, and we continue to Florida and Louisiana re- to help his fellow Texans, fighters. tients Steinour sees now are emergency medicine at UT
urge all eligible Texans to get ported all-time record hos- many of them children,” she Turner said that he and unvaccinated, and he said, Health San Antonio and
the vaccine. The COVID vac- pitalizations this week, said. “He’s blocking wise de- other local officials had to “That has definitely made it University Health San Anto-
cine will always remain vol- while Arkansas registered cisions.” act, that they couldn’t be a little harder as we put our nio, where most of those be-
untary and never forced in its largest single-day in- Austin and Dallas school “bullied” into leaving it up to personal health at risk to ing treated — some repeat-
Texas.” crease in hospitalizations. districts announced Mon- individuals to take responsi- care for these folks.” edly — were unvaccinated.
On Tuesday, officials in Austin Mayor Steve Ad- day that they would require bility for protecting public “There’s a sense that now “Some say the disease
San Antonio and surround- ler, a Democrat, called the students and staff to wear health, as the governor sug- this is a somewhat prevent- will protect my body and
ing Bexar County filed a law- Texas governor’s refusal to masks. The Houston school gested. able disease and those that some don’t even believe us
suit seeking a temporary re- respond to the crisis by im- district — the state’s largest “We need our police offi- weren’t vaccinated really when we test them and say
straining order so they can posing a statewide mask — announced a mask man- cers, we need our firefighters didn’t do their part in mak- they have COVID,” he said.
require masks in public mandate “unfortunate.” date its board is set to con- and our municipal employ- ing sure we have the re- “We’re seeing a lot of suffer-
schools and quarantine for “We’ve nearly run out of sider this week. Dallas ees, and I don’t want them to sources to care for others,” ing and dying, people of all
unvaccinated students ex- staffed ICU beds,” Adler County’s chief executive, bring this virus home to he said. “We’re having to ages.”
posed to the coronavirus. said. “This is not a political Clay Jenkins, sued Monday their kids,” Turner said. constantly remind ourselves But Riviello said the hos-
“The health of our stu- or partisan issue, or it to block Abbott’s mask man- Some Texas doctors also that we have a duty and an pital has also seen an in-
dents, especially those shouldn’t be. But local gov- date ban after a fellow mem- decried the governor’s obligation to care for pa- crease in those seeking
tients when we’re starting to COVID-19 vaccines who had
look at them as, ‘This is your postponed them or were
fault.’ ” waiting for them to be fully
Doctors and nurses authorized by the Food and
How to contact us across Texas said they were
running out of staff and
Drug Administration.
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Why state is doing better with Delta

[California, from A1]
ways to go to achieve a
higher level of community
‘I am hopeful for
immunity, or herd immunity,
because of the increased
California and
transmissibility of the Delta Los Angeles
variant.”
California is reporting because of the
141.1 new coronavirus cases
for every 100,000 residents fact that we have
over the last seven days — a
rate half that of Texas, 297.8;
higher levels
and less than one-fourth
that of Florida’s rate of 653.8,
of vaccination
according to data from the and ... people
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. California’s stepping up to
rate is also less than the na-
tional average of 232.1. the plate [to get]
The flood of COVID-19
patients newly admitted to
vaccinated.’
Florida hospitals is now far — Dr. Robert
worse than at any point dur- Kim-Farley,
ing its winter surge. In early UCLA medical epidemiologist
January, Florida was report-
ing more than 1,150 new
COVID-19 patients admitted already had to send patients
a day. But over the last week, home because she didn’t
the state saw an average of have the capacity to treat
2,071 new COVID-19 hospital them.
admissions daily. “This is disaster medi-
By contrast, California is cine,” she said. “We’ve never
reporting 772 new COVID-19 felt this disheartened during
hospital admissions daily, the pandemic.”
just 32% of its winter peak of Though California offi-
2,380. On a per capita basis, cials have voiced some con-
Florida’s rate of new daily Al Seib Los Angeles Times cern with rapidly rising hos-
hospitalizations is five times JULIO FRANCO , right, and Kemani English attend summer school at Hawthorne High last month. Cali- pitalizations, they’ve gener-
worse than California’s. fornia has urged all residents to wear masks indoors while in public and is requiring masks in K-12 schools. ally said they believe the
Texas is now reporting state’s healthcare system
1,403 new COVID-19 hospi- comparable rates in Texas reason — are more likely to won’t come under the same
talizations daily, 75% of its
winter peak of 1,873. New COVID-19 hospitalizations are 64.3% and 53.7%, respec-
tively, federal figures show.
take individual precautions
in their daily lives.
sort of stress as during the
state’s devastating fall-and-
There are also some signs Officials and experts say Other areas may largely winter wave.
Daily admissions per 100,000 residents
that California’s Delta surge the overwhelming majority scoff at any such limitations. Though the surge of new
is slowing after public offi- of people currently being Perhaps nowhere is the infections has started to
California Texas Florida
cials in many counties insti- hospitalized for COVID-19 in gap between California ver- wash over California’s hospi-
tuted universal masking in 10 California and across the sus Florida and Texas more tals, the death toll from
indoor public settings. Some country have yet to be vacci- apparent than when it COVID-19 has remained
businesses have also started nated. comes to masks. relatively low at an average
demanding proof of vaccina- Out of 117 people admit- California has urged all of about 32 fatalities per day
tion as a condition of em- 5 ted to Los Angeles County’s residents, even those who over the last week. That’s a
ployment or entry. public hospitals primarily are fully vaccinated, to wear far cry from the regular
During the week that for COVID-19 between June masks indoors while in pub- triple-digit counts seen dur-
ended Sunday, L.A. County 15 and Aug. 5, 112 were not lic, and is requiring them in ing previous surges.
reported a total of 20,979 new fully vaccinated and only five K-12 schools. Though it’s possible
coronavirus cases — a mod- 0 were fully vaccinated, The governors of Texas death counts may not surge
est 6.5% increase from the 4 11 18 25 1 8 according to Dr. Christina and Florida, on the other as they have earlier in the
previous week, Public July August Ghaly, the county’s director hand, have largely banned pandemic — especially since
Health Director Barbara of health services. schools and municipal gov- many of the most vulnerable
Ferrer said Tuesday. By Calculated as an average over a seven-day period
“The vaccine saves lives,” ernments from instituting Californians, namely the
comparison, the county saw she said Tuesday. “It re- such mandates, though elderly and those with
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
a 22% increase the week be- duces the risk of infection, it some local leaders have de- underlying health condi-
Los Angeles Times
fore. reduces the risk of spreading fied those orders. tions, have gotten vacci-
Over the same time- the virus to others and, criti- In light of the surge, nated — Ferrer cautioned
frame, the rest of California “Data from around the measures. cally, in doing so it reduces Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has that it’s still too soon to say
reported 55,422 total cases, a world and from our county The biggest reason for the risk of those individuals directed the state health de- for sure.
20% increase from the week have repeatedly shown that that optimism is California’s serving as a petri dish, really, partment to use staffing In L.A. County, she said,
before. The week before masking is a valuable layer relatively robust level of vac- in which the virus can con- agencies to find additional someone who dies from
that, the increase was 57%. of protection against trans- cine coverage. According to tinue to mutate into pro- medical staff and also sent a COVID-19 was diagnosed an
L.A. County this summer mission of respiratory vi- the latest CDC figures, 77.5% gressively more dangerous letter to the Texas Hospital average of 37 days before-
was one of the first local gov- ruses,” Ferrer said. of eligible Californians — forms that put everyone at Assn. requesting that hospi- hand.
ernments in the nation to Officials stressed the those who are at least 12 risk.” tals postpone elective medi- “With our case increase
recommend, and then Delta variant continues to years old — have already got- Aside from vaccines, cal procedures. having begun relatively re-
require, the wearing of be a public health threat, ten at least one dose, and health officials and experts Austin, Texas, emer- cently, it’s therefore too early
masks in indoor public set- and they expect cases to rise about 63% are considered have long noted that pan- gency room doctor Natasha to fully assess the impact of
tings — a move that was further in the coming weeks. fully vaccinated. demic conditions vary based Kathuria — a native of Or- this latest wave of infection,”
soon followed by others in- Yet they hope the steps al- In Florida, roughly 69% of on a number of factors. lando, Fla. — said she hears she said.
cluding Sacramento and ready taken will flatten, and similarly aged residents are Some areas may have strict- from Florida doctors that
Santa Barbara counties and eventually reverse, the pan- at least partially vaccinated, er coronavirus-related rules the situation there is even Times staff writer Molly
much of the San Francisco demic’s trajectory without and 57% have completed in place, or are home to resi- worse, and worries that’s Hennessy-Fiske in Houston
Bay Area. resorting to more stringent their inoculation series. The dents who — for whatever where Texas is headed. She’s contributed to this report.

City’s bid to remove Confederate statue stalls

In April, Democratic balanced.”
Officials voted against state Sen. David Jordan of Ultimately, late last
Greenwood reignited a con- month, the council voted
the Greenwood, Miss., versation about a Till statue unanimously in favor of
monument last year. in the city of 13,500. He’s one erecting the Till statue, just
of the last people alive locally not at the courthouse. In-
It’s still standing. who attended the trial for stead, the statue will go up in
Till’s killers. a park a half-mile away.
By Leah Willingham Till was visiting Missis- Jordan decided to be op-
sippi relatives from Chicago. timistic about the location.
GREENWOOD, Miss. — He was accused of whistling The park is by railroad
For more than a century, one at and making sexual ad- tracks that once separated
of Mississippi’s most elabo- vances on 21-year-old Car- where Black and white resi-
rate Confederate monu- olyn Bryant at a grocery dents lived and worked in ra-
ments has looked out over store. Her husband, Roy cially segregated Green-
the lawn at the courthouse Bryant, and his half-brother wood. He hopes the statue
in the center of Greenwood, J.W. Milam abducted Till unites the community.
a Black-majority city with a from his great-uncle’s home For now, residents on
history of civil rights pro- at gunpoint. both sides of the issue are
tests and clashes. Protesters Till’s brutalized body was frustrated with progress.
have demonstrated at the later pulled from the Talla- Larry McCluney said he
base of the towering pillar hatchie River — the same considers the statue a trib-
with six Confederate figures river that claimed the Union ute to Confederate soldiers
— some residents demand- merchant ship the Star of who died in battle. He’s also
ing removal amid a racial the West during the Civil in favor of the Till statue —
reckoning across the War 90 years earlier. The even at the courthouse — as
country, others advocating ship is memorialized on long as the Confederate stat-
for the statue’s protection as Greenwood’s monument, its ue stands.
a piece of history. Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press pilot wheel etched into one “It’s the same thing if I
Now, after years of de- SUPERVISORS who opposed the statue, which depicts six Confederate figures, side. went out to the graveyard
bate, a new statue will be stipulated that it not be replaced by a piece honoring the civil rights movement. Jordan said it’d be poetic and knocked over one of
erected in Greenwood — one justice to erect the Till stat- your family members’ head-
of Emmett Till, the Black 14- that have followed through cy. The board — where four Member Robert Collins ue in front of the courthouse stones,” said McCluney,
year-old brutally beaten and found it costly, with a $1-mil- of five members are Black — said the statue didn’t bother — where dogs were set on commander in chief of the
shot in 1955 by white men 10 lion bill at the University of stipulated that the monu- him, but that if it caused Black residents trying to Sons of Confederate Veter-
miles from the city. The like- Mississippi. In Charlottes- ment not be replaced by any pain for others, it should go. register to vote, in a city ans, an organization for
ness of Till, whose killing ville, Va., a Gen. Robert E. piece honoring the civil He was vocal in his opinion where racist Citizens’ Coun- male descendants of Con-
is still under federal Lee figure was recently rights movement. that another monument cils maintained regional federate veterans that spans
investigation, will be one of carted away — nearly four The vote followed a years- shouldn’t replace it, regard- headquarters. “If we can 30,000 members. “That’s
the few statues of African years after a deadly, racist long debate about what to less of meaning or intent. show that change can hap- how people feel about these
Americans in Mississippi, rally there. Dozens of Con- do with the monument, after “The courthouse belongs pen here, it can happen any- things: You are removing the
where dozens of Confeder- federate statues fell nation- a Black public school to the people of Leflore where,” Jordan said. only thing I have that I can
ate monuments dot the wide during the 2020 pro- teacher and his father, Troy County,” he said. “If we’re go- But the board wouldn’t go to as a family member and
landscape at courthouses, tests sparked by George Brown Jr. and Troy Brown ing to remove that monu- budge. Collins said in April remember my ancestors.”
town squares and other Floyd’s death — many in li- Sr., began petitioning for re- ment, we shouldn’t put no that allowing the Till statue Brown Sr., who peti-
prominent locations. beral-leaning urban centers. moval in 2017. The county ini- monument on the property.” at the courthouse would be a tioned for removal, said
Greenwood is one of hun- But far fewer cities have tially considered leaving the Still, the statue stands, “double standard.” Greenwood needs to show
dreds of cities and towns solidified plans for new trib- Confederate statue and the process slowed by bu- “To move one statue and what it stands for.
nationwide grappling with utes or monuments in their building a civil rights monu- reaucracy with no concrete put another statue up, I “I’m not saying we
painful, expensive ques- place. ment on the lawn for “bal- plan for removal. wouldn’t be representing all shouldn’t talk about the
tions: What should be done In Greenwood, as in ance.” Board members didn’t the people I’m supposed to Confederacy, but we defi-
with these tributes to the many places, change has But community mem- return Associated Press be representing,” Collins, nitely should not celebrate it
Civil War and the Confeder- come slowly. bers pushed for removal. calls inquiring about an up- who’s Black, said during a in a sense that we have that
ate soldiers who fought in it? The Leflore County The Black board members date. A Mississippi Depart- meeting. statue looking over the
And what monuments Board of Supervisors voted voted 4 to 0 to remove the ment of Archives and His- Jordan was hurt, given town,” Brown said. “That
should go up in their place to in June 2020 to remove the statue. The lone white mem- tory spokesperson said the that the Confederate statue young boy’s life — that’s a
represent the community? statue, erected in 1913 by the ber didn’t attend the meet- county attorney reached out also hadn’t budged. story worth being told.”
Across Mississippi, mul- Varina Jefferson Davis ing. He told the local news- for a consultation in Novem- “Let the Emmett Till
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Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill

[Infrastructure, from A1] than its annual budget.
range of infrastructure defi- Congress is using the
ciencies and expand the money to move the bureau
availability of broadband in- to more forward-looking wa-
ternet throughout the coun- ter policy, particularly on
try. water recycling and employ-
It includes about $550 bil- ing nature-based solutions,
lion in new spending. About such as using tools that
$110 billion would go to roads, mimic nature to conserve
bridges and other major sur- water.
face transportation proj- “They had a lot of experi-
ects. Passenger rail gets ence and history in building
$66 billion, public transit the hard traditional infra-
gets $39 billion, and safety structure [such as] dams
programs for highways and and canals. So as we looked
pedestrian walkways get to the future, we were think-
$11 billion. About $55 billion ing about what does a
would go to expanding 21st century water agency
access to clean drinking wa- look like?” said an aide in-
ter. volved in the bill who was
Congress didn’t choose not authorized to be identi-
which specific projects fied.
would be funded. Those de- To that end, there is
cisions will be made later by $100 million for natural infra-
government agencies. structure projects, such as
There could be big win- using nature or tools that
ners in California. For in- mimic nature to conserve
stance, the California High- water, and another $100 mil-
Speed Rail Authority is al- lion to improve overall wa-
ready eyeing pockets of tershed health. The bureau
money it can apply for to will also have new funding
fund its rail project between for aquatic ecosystem resto-
San Francisco and Los An- ration projects that are de-
geles. signed to improve wildlife
Authority spokeswoman habitat.
Melissa Figueroa said the The new funding for
agency sees about $20 billion Andrew Harnik Associated Press groundwater storage comes
to $40 billion in the bill that it SENATE MINORITY Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was one of 19 Republicans who voted for the infra- amid a shift for the federal
could be eligible to compete structure bill. The California High-Speed Rail Authority plans to seek $20 billion to $40 billion in funding. government, which pro-
for and, pending finality of vided no sizable amount of
the legislation, plans to ap- California’s project “a major habilitating burned lands, for years,” said Felicia Mar- projects. money for such efforts be-
ply. high-speed rail vision. It’s burying power lines and fire- cus, a fellow at Stanford Uni- The U.S. Bureau of Recla- fore 2016, according to water
“The message that we’re well underway, and I imag- proofing homes. It would versity’s Water in the West mation, which oversees wa- policy experts.
getting out of the federal ine that there will be multi- also boost the pay of federal program and former chair of ter management in the West, “Water recycling and de-
government is that they ple opportunities to seek wildland firefighters to bring the California State Water will ultimately decide what salination programs in par-
want to invest in clean, green support that will be helped them to parity with state Resources Control Board. projects get funded. But ticular will help California
electrified rail and high- by the funding we are hope- firefighters. “The modern configuration there is a relatively small stretch supplies without di-
speed rail, and that’s what fully about to get.” The most sizable fund of the Western United States universe of water projects verting water from rivers
we’re under construction on A few other provisions that will directly affect the is impossible without mas- that will be eligible, and and the delta or harming the
here in California,” she said. could have an outsize bene- state is the more than $8 bil- sive infrastructure improve- many of them are in Califor- environment,” Feinstein
“That’s the direction we fit to California in particular. lion for water initiatives in ment.” nia, giving the state a leg said. “Ecosystem restora-
think they want to go, and More than $3.3 billion the West. That includes Sen. Dianne Feinstein up. tion, water conservation and
that makes us very competi- would fund wildfire risk re- $1 billion for water recycling (D-Calif.), whose office Old dams, canals and water-use-efficiency funds
tive.” duction, such as mechanical systems and more than worked with that of Senate other infrastructure will be will help us more wisely use
Transportation Secre- thinning and controlled $1 billion for water storage Energy and Natural Re- upgraded with $3.2 billion what water we do have.”
tary Pete Buttigieg declined burns. Billions more would and groundwater storage sources Committee Chair- over five years. Although
to predict which projects pay for infrastructure proj- projects to take advantage man Joe Manchin III (D- that’s short of the $4.6 billion Times staff writers Eli
might be selected for fund- ects that could mitigate the of wet years. W.Va.) on several water pro- the bureau identified as Stokols and Janet Hook
ing. impact of wildfires and other “It’s welcome money visions, says much of the needed over the next five contributed to this
In an interview, he called natural disasters, such as re- that’s going to bring benefits funding will go to California years, it’s significantly more report.

Cuomo steps
down after a
rapid descent
[Cuomo, from A1] nor for the last seven years.
term as New York governor. Before that her career was
Scores of Democratic el- mostly in local politics,
ected officials had been though in 2011 she briefly
pressuring him to vacate the served in the U.S. House af-
office even before state Atty. ter winning a special elec-
Gen. Letitia James began an tion in a district that had
investigation that found been considered safe for Re-
credible the allegations of 11 publicans. The election drew
women accusing Cuomo of national headlines, but the
sexual misconduct. GOP took back the seat the
The accusers’ reports of next year.
unwanted advances from Before Cuomo’s resigna-
the governor, including tion, Hochul had been out
groping, kissing and lewd front in condemning his be-
comments, were detailed in havior. She said she agreed
the 165-page findings of the with his decision to step
investigation. At least two down, writing on Twitter
accounts had not previously that the move was “the right Seth Wenig Associated Press
been disclosed publicly. One thing to do and in the best in- GOV. ANDREW CUOMO heads to a helicopter after his announcement with, from left, daughter Michaela
of the women was a state terest of New Yorkers.” Kennedy-Cuomo, office director Stephanie Benton and newly resigned executive secretary Melissa DeRosa.
trooper Cuomo had as- “As someone who has
signed to his detail.
The report also found
that Cuomo had retaliated
served at all levels of govern-
ment and is next in the line of
succession, I am prepared to
‘In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line beaches remain closed to
the public.
And the sky-high approv-
against another of his accus-
ers. It concluded that Cuo-
lead as New York State’s
57th Governor,” she tweeted.
with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent al ratings that California
Gov. Gavin Newsom enjoyed
mo and his staff had violated As harassment accusa-
multiple state and federal
laws and created a toxic and
tions began to surface
against Cuomo over the win-
to which the line has been redrawn.’ in the early days of the pan-
demic were supplanted with
widespread public disap-
hostile workplace. ter, he originally backed an — N EW Y ORK G OV. A NDREW C UOMO pointment in the Demo-
Cuomo forcefully denied independent review into the crat’s job performance as
the report’s conclusions and claims. But he later com- the state botched the distri-
issued an 85-page rebuttal plained that the investiga- woes in Albany, where law- Hochul. ban. bution of unemployment
that addressed each claim of tion was tainted by political makers had initiated an im- Rep. Elise Stefanik, who But in January, James checks and struggled with
sexual misconduct. bias. He initially dug in peachment investigation, represents part of upstate found that the state had the vaccine rollout. Now, he
“I want you to know di- against calls for him to step after Assembly Speaker Carl New York as the third-rank- undercounted the number faces a September recall
rectly from me that I never aside, and as recently as Heastie said the governor ing Republican in the U.S. of deaths in nursing homes vote.
touched anyone inappropri- Tuesday morning, before had “lost the confidence of House, said Cuomo’s resig- by thousands since the pan- But Cuomo’s problems
ately or made inappropriate the governor’s resignation, the Assembly Democratic nation was “long past over- demic had started. Cuomo would quickly dwarf those of
sexual advances,” he said in his personal attorney con- majority and ... can no longer due” and called for the gov- ultimately released new the other governors, as accu-
a video released soon after tested the accuracy of the re- remain in office.” ernor “to be arrested and data, saying he had been try- sations surfaced about out-
James’ findings became view. Cuomo’s hopes of out- prosecuted for sexual har- ing to avoid a biased inquiry rageous and potentially
public. “I am 63 years old. I Cuomo’s denials did little lasting the scandal dimmed assment, sexual assault, and by the Trump administra- criminal conduct.
have lived my entire adult to muffle the drumbeat of further as he continued to sexual abuse.” tion. But his critics also Along with the miscon-
life in public view. That is Democrats who urged him lose key allies, including the It’s a stunning collapse pointed to his decision in duct allegations came re-
just not who I am, and that’s to step down in response to state Democratic Party for Cuomo, son of the late spring 2020 to force nursing ports of a toxic work envi-
not who I have ever been.” James’ findings, including chair and major labor Gov. Mario Cuomo, who was homes to accept people who ronment in his office, in
On Tuesday, Cuomo con- Biden, who called on his unions. His top aide, Melissa serving his third term as gov- had the coronavirus. which colleagues were pitted
tinued to insist his tactile be- longtime friend to resign DeRosa, who the report said ernor of New York. Cuomo is also facing alle- against one another, cursing
havior did not have any abu- just hours after the review had led efforts to retaliate A year ago, when the gations that he, his family and yelling were the norm,
sive intent, but he struck a was made public. against one of Cuomo’s ac- pandemic broke out, the and powerful backers re- and young, thin, blond wom-
more contrite tone. Asked on Tuesday to as- cusers, quit on Monday. younger Cuomo helped fill ceived special access to virus en who wore tight dresses
“In my mind, I’ve never sess Cuomo’s tenure overall, A Quinnipiac University the void created by the lack testing. and high heels were rou-
crossed the line with any- Biden said the governor had poll released last week found of leadership from the The nursing home con- tinely hired.
one,” he said, “but I didn’t re- done “a hell of a job ... on that 7 in 10 New Yorkers, in- Trump White House. New troversy touched off Cuo- But even before the re-
alize the extent to which the everything from access to cluding 57% of Democrats, York was hard hit by mo’s rapid descent, which cent salacious allegations,
line has been redrawn.” voting to infrastructure to a wanted the governor to step COVID-19, but Cuomo’s initially echoed a pattern fa- Cuomo’s tenure was far from
Atty. Gen. James, who is whole range of things. That’s down. Impeachment pro- daily briefings that mixed miliar to other governors blemish-free. He was known
widely seen as a potential why it’s so sad.” The presi- ceedings in the statehouse pandemic data, pleas to New who rose to prominence and as a bully who ruled through
contender for governor, said dent clarified he was speak- accelerated, and prose- Yorkers to take precautions soaring popularity amid a intimidation. And he’d sur-
Tuesday that Cuomo’s res- ing about Cuomo’s job per- cutors in three New York and snapshots of his person- crisis. vived controversies — nota-
ignation closed “a sad chap- formance, not his personal counties initiated investiga- al life became must-see TV Former GOP Gov. Chris bly, ethics investigations
ter for all of New York,” add- behavior. tions into potential criminal for viewers across the coun- Christie, for example, had that resulted in allies going
ing: “But it’s an important Cuomo had already lost violations. try. His popularity drove seemed politically invincible to prison.
step toward justice.” the support of many New New York officials across some Democrats to hope after steering New Jersey But in the #MeToo era
She thanked Cuomo for York Democrats, including the political spectrum de- Biden would pick Cuomo as through the devastation of and with few allies willing
his contributions to the Sens. Charles E. Schumer scribed Cuomo’s decision to his running mate. 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. But to stay by his side after years
state and said the ascension and Kirsten Gillibrand, who step aside as necessary. Cuomo had already had a voters turned on the Repub- of his heavy-handed rule,
of Hochul as chief executive had urged the governor to Senate Majority Leader productive tenure in the gov- lican amid a bruising state Cuomo was no longer able to
would “help New York enter step aside in the spring after Schumer thanked “the ernor’s office, helping to government shutdown in save himself.
a new day.” several women went public brave women who stepped bring fiscal discipline to the 2017, when Christie was
Hochul, a 62-year-old with accusations. The re- forward and courageously state, to push through the le- photographed relaxing with Times staff writer Chris
Buffalo native, has served as lease of the investigative re- told their stories,” and galization of gay marriage his family on a beach after he Megerian contributed to
Cuomo’s lieutenant gover- port compounded Cuomo’s voiced his confidence in and to impose a fracking had ordered that all state this report.
L AT I M E S . C O M WSCE W E D N E S DAY , AU G U S T 11, 2 0 21 A9

Biden’s infrastructure
push faces more hurdles
to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-
President touts the Vt.).
The bill includes new
bipartisan Senate
vote, then the GOP
funding for healthcare, edu-
cation, family services and
Maintaining your own
attacks budget bill. environmental programs as home can be a hassle,
well as tax breaks for fam-
By Eli Stokols
ilies, with much of it paid Why but independent senior
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rich people and corpora- Senior Living? living offers a better way
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Biden on Tuesday her-
tions.
Promising a robust de-
of living. Leave the chores
alded the Senate’s 69-30 vote
to pass a $1-trillion infra-
bate, McConnell also ac-
knowledged that Republi-
to us and enjoy more free
structure package, calling it Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times cans alone won’t be able to time and independence.
a “generational investment” PRESIDENT Biden derail the effort as long as all
in roads and bridges and praised some in the GOP. 50 Democrats support the
lauding its bipartisan pas- bill. That’s because Demo-
sage as “transformational, historic recovery a long- crats aim to pass the mea-
important and necessary for term boom.” sure using the budget recon-
democracy to function.” Tucked into Biden’s tri- ciliation process that re-
“After years and years of umphant rhetoric, however, quires 50 votes (not the usu-
‘Infrastructure Weeks,’ we was an acknowledgment al 60), with Vice President
are on the cusp of an infra- that the work on his infra- Kamala Harris breaking the
structure decade that I truly structure push is “far from tie.
believe will transform done.” In a memo shared with
America,” said Biden, re- The House, where Demo- reporters Tuesday, Biden’s
peating a running Washing- crats hold just a four-seat national economic advisor,
ton punch line about his majority, still must approve Brian Deese, said both bills
predecessor’s lack of com- the legislation. Speaker amount to crucial invest-
mitment to the issue. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Fran- ments “in the long-run po-
Biden, speaking from the cisco) has said she won’t tential of our economy.” Di-
White House’s East Room, bring it up for a vote until the rect investments in low-in-
touted the bill’s investments Senate has passed the sec- come children’s health and
— including $550 billion in ond component of Biden’s education, he said, “are
new spending — and the ex- domestic agenda, a $3.5-tril- among the very highest-re-
pected jobs created, framing lion investment in “human turn activities in which we as
the accomplishment as infrastructure” that in- a country can invest.”
proof that he has delivered cludes several new benefits Pelosi, by denying the bi-
on his campaign promise to for working families and a partisan bill a House vote
restore a measure of biparti- laundry list of progressive until the Senate approves
san comity to Washington. priorities. the larger bill, is looking to
He also thanked the biparti- After the vote on the bi- satisfy progressives in her
san group of 10 lawmakers partisan bill to repair and caucus who are passionate
who drew up the initial improve more traditional in- about what’s in the budget
framework for “keeping frastructure — roads, measure, including re-
their word.” The 19 Republi- bridges, rail lines, broad- sources to combat poverty,
cans who voted for it, he con- band networks — the Senate income inequality and cli-
tinued, “showed a lot of turned immediately to the mate change. The strategy is
courage.” Democrats’ larger budget also an effort to maintain
The final Senate vote, he bill, with lawmakers who’d some leverage over moder-
noted, was more bipartisan spent the morning lauding ate Democratic senators,
than the Senate’s 1956 ap- their ability to work across who are invested in the bi-
proval of President Eisen- the aisle snapping right partisan bill, in the hopes of
hower’s interstate highway back into their more familiar preventing them from wa-
system. “We proved we can
still come together to do big
partisan posture.
Not a single Republican
tering down the larger pack-
age. “ For me, this has been a
things, important things for
the American people,” he
joined the chamber’s 50
Democrats in voting to be-
Asked about the tricky
legislative maneuvering re-
really good situation... I’ve
said. gin debate on the budget quired to pass both bills, been more independent here
Securing the Senate vote bill. Senate Minority Leader Biden expressed optimism
before the August recess Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), that the Senate would even- than I was previously.”
gives the administration — who raised eyebrows by sup- tually pass “a significant
and Democrats back in their porting the bipartisan infra- portion, if not all” of the pro- Bob G., Resident
districts — the ability to as- structure bill, railed against posed budget bill.
sert that their audacious do- the “reckless taxing and “I think we will get
mestic agenda is on track. spending spree that was au- enough Democrats to vote
“This is how we build thored by our self-described for it,” he said. “And I think
back better,” Biden said. socialist colleague Chair- the House will eventually
“This bill’s going to make a man Sanders” — a reference put two bills on my desk.”

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A10 W E D N E S DAY , AU G U S T 11, 2 0 21 L AT I M E S . C O M

BUSINESS
Bitcoin roars
back; sky-high
forecasts follow
happened.
Crackdowns in U.S., “I do not understand
prices. I thought prices
China? Strategists say would be tanking because of
negative headlines are the bad language that some
suggested out there,” she
really good news. One said on Bloomberg’s “Quick-
price target: $100,000. Take Stock” streaming pro-
gram on Monday ahead of
the provision’s blockage.
By Vildana Hajric “People are seeing the effec-
tiveness that the crypto
Bitcoin to $100,000. Bit- community and the crypto Gensler

coin to the moon. Bitcoin to industry has in Washington. A RENDERING of the Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge, a $100-million retail center that is set to open in Septem-
infinity. And I think there’s confi- ber next to the site of the proposed Residences at Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City. The hotel would be razed.
The world’s largest cryp- dence that we’ll ultimately
tocurrency is staging a be able to get the policies
comeback that has taken it
up more than 50% from re-
cent lows, reviving animal
spirits and coaxing out sky-
high price targets — a source
right.”
To be sure, tying funda-
mental developments to any
of Bitcoin’s moves has been a
mistake, said David Don-
New life for L.A. landmark
of comedy for some — that abedian, chief investment
emerge when the asset is ral- officer of CIBC Private dized affordable housing. homes but who want to stay crease noise and traffic and
lying. Wealth Management. Owners aim to replace The hotel opened in 1962 in the area. remove a bit of Studio City’s
Out are predictions the “What’s driving it is mo- and has been renovated Los Angeles architecture rustic charm.
digital currency was ready to mentum and money flows, Sportsmen’s Lodge multiple times but struggled firm Marmol Radziner’s de- In an effort to garner sup-
retest $20,000 amid a slew of and a little bit of overall risk- with apartments, in recent years before being sign for the residences em- port for the project, Ben
negative headlines that on, risk-off sentiment in shuttered by the pandemic, braces Midcentury Modern Besley, senior vice president
many said would push it markets,” he said. “Anything shops and restaurants. said John Usdan, chief exe- style, Managing Partner Leo of development for Mid-
lower. Back in vogue are you say or write about Bit- cutive of Midwood. Its pri- Marmol said. The three- wood, said he will meet with
calls for the coin to keep ral- coin you can always do a big By Roger Vincent mary source of customers building complex would nearby residents and stake-
lying again to its all-time percentage — it’s up 50%, was the Universal Studios range from three stories to holders to describe Mid-
highs and beyond. yes, but it went down 50% The owners of Sports- Hollywood theme park, seven stories. Parking for wood’s plans and take in
And there are plenty of from April to June,” he said, men’s Lodge plan to raze the which closed for 13 months 1,385 cars would be under- their reactions. The entire
superlatives to mark the mo- adding, “There is no credible 1960s-vintage hotel on Ven- to prevent the spread of ground. development covering
ment: Bitcoin is up four way to value it.” tura Boulevard and replace COVID-19 and reopened in The Residences at nearly nine acres and includ-
weeks straight and is on But fans watching the it with apartments as part of April. Sportsmen’s Lodge would ing the shopping center
pace for its second monthly showdown in Congress an ongoing makeover of the “When you are depend- include ground-floor stores would be valued at $500 mil-
advance. Overall, it’s seen its came to see it as represent- site long known as a cultural ent on a single driver of busi- and restaurants intended to lion, he said.
fastest 21-day advance since ing validation of the indus- center of the San Fernando ness, it is a high-risk enter- meld with the Shops at The location of Sports-
February, the last time it was try. On Twitter, some in- Valley. prise,” Usdan said of the ho- Sportsmen’s Lodge. men’s Lodge has a long his-
in the midst of vaulting ferred the community was a The Sportsmen’s Lodge tel. The hotel has been The shops nearing com- tory as a destination for rec-
toward records. It traded at strong enough force to put complex in the Studio City closed to visitors since the pletion are 90% leased, Us- reation, dating to at least the
$45,781 as of 5:42 p.m. Tues- senators in check, while oth- neighborhood of Los Ange- dawn of the pandemic but dan said, with an Erewhon 1880s as a fishing spot. In
day in New York. ers reveled in its rally, reiter- les became popular in the was occupied for nearly 12 market serving as the an- 1913, it went commercial
“It’s roaring back,” ating it will go on to infinity. 1930s as a trout fishing at- months by Project chor. Other tenants will in- with the founding of Holly-
Meltem Demirors, chief Other negative news has traction. It became a celebri- Roomkey, a publicly funded clude sushi restaurant Sug- wood Trout Farms, which
strategy officer at crypto similarly been cast aside for ty hangout and then a cher- program that rents hotel arfish and online retailers featured ponds and a bait-
fund provider CoinShares, now. China had recently ished institution where cou- and motel rooms to shelter expanding to physical stores and-tackle shop. In 1946, the
said by phone. Despite new reiterated its call to curtail ples got married and fam- homeless people who are at Madison Reed hair care and first dining room and
regulatory scrutiny, “many Bitcoin mining and trading, ilies shared big occasions risk of contracting the novel Amazon 4-Star. kitchen were added and it
investors perceive this as but Ethan Vera of Viridi such as bar mitzvahs. coronavirus. The 5.8-acre residential reopened as Sportsmen’s
positive news and a positive Funds said that’s turned out The banquet center Midwood may reopen site would maintain a signifi- Lodge.
catalyst because it’s clearing to be a positive development where those events were Sportsmen’s Lodge during cant amount of open space The rustic dining hall be-
up a lot of the confusion or for Bitcoin. held was recently removed the city’s approval process accessible to the public for came a movie studio hang-
some of the uncertainty. “They banned it, yet the to make way for a $100-mil- for the proposed apartment dining, shopping and recre- out at a time when sheep
And I think what’s being network remained pretty lion retail center with stores development, which could ation, Usdan said. The proj- grazed hillsides later
demonstrated as well is the stable,” said the firm’s co- and restaurants called the take about two years. ect’s proposed design would claimed by Universal Stu-
crypto community is no founder and chief financial Shops at Sportsmen’s The apartments, which create a new pedestrian dios.
longer some esoteric corner officer. “That kind of shows Lodge. It is set to open in would range from studios to path from Ventura Boule- Surrounded by orange
of finance.” the resiliency of the overall September. two-bedroom units, would vard through the Shops at groves, the Ventura Boule-
The cryptocurrency is de- network and how it is bigger Midwood Investment & be in greater demand than a Sportsmen’s Lodge to a new vard restaurant quickly be-
fying criticism over its toll on than a single country.” Development will next seek hotel in the years ahead, Us- community plaza at the Los came a hot spot, a place
the environment and is ad- city permission to knock dan said. Tenants may in- Angeles River. where patrons could hook
vancing even as regulators Hajric writes for Bloomberg. down the 190-room hotel and clude young professionals, The path to redevelop- their dinner and have it fried
around the world are prom- Bloomberg writers erect the Residences at people who have short-du- ment at Sportsmen’s Lodge fresh in the kitchen. In the
ising tougher crackdowns. Francesca Maglione and Sportsmen’s Lodge, which ration jobs at nearby movie hasn’t been smooth. Some 1960s, the new meeting facili-
China, for one, has taken a Kenneth Sexton would have 520 apartments, studios, and empty nesters neighbors had argued that ties made it a social center
number of steps to clamp contributed to this report. including 78 units of subsi- ready to move out of their the retail complex would in- for Studio City.
down on crypto mining,
among other things.
In the U.S., policymakers
are focusing on digital assets
in a new way, with U.S. Secu-
rities and Exchange Com-
mission Chair Gary Gensler
last week calling the space
Popular sunscreens may contain a carcinogen
the “Wild West.” He said he
wouldn’t compromise on screens, the group said. Land and Natural Re-
protecting investors in set- By Anna Edney sources, told the committee.
ting out a regulatory frame- Missing data Narrowing the field to those
work. Researchers asked U.S. Based on animal studies, two mineral sunscreens
Strategists are tossing regulators to pull some sun- the World Health Organiza- would prevent the industry
those worries aside for now screens from the market, in- tion’s cancer research arm from making small changes
and are instead bringing out cluding brands such as Cop- classifies benzophenone as a to the banned chemicals to
soaring price targets, which pertone, Banana Boat and possible carcinogen. No get around the legislation,
have long been a part of the Neutrogena, saying they’ve data on a potential link with Landon said.
investment thesis behind found evidence of a potential cancer in humans was avail- Widely used sunscreens
getting into cryptocurren- carcinogen. able, according to the Ge- were targeted in May by a
cies. Scientists petitioned the neva-based agency. separate FDA petition after
“It’s still got plenty of Food and Drug Administra- Research shows that an analysis by Valisure, an
room to get the old high,” tion to remove from sale all benzophenone in sun- independent laboratory
Bloomberg Intelligence’s sunscreens with the active screens can interfere with that monitors product safe-
Mike McGlone said in a tele- ingredient octocrylene. estrogen, according to the ty, found benzene in a variety
vision interview. “And guess Products made with the Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times WHO. The hormone plays a of products. J&J recalled all
what? If it just follows chemical may contain PRODUCTS made with octocrylene may contain key role in the health of lots of five brands of Neutro-
Ethereum, it goes to benzophenone, a suspected benzophenone, which is a suspected carcinogen. women, and disrupting it gena and Aveeno aerosol
$100,000,” he said, referring carcinogen that also can in- can lead to early puberty sunscreens after the find-
to Bitcoin catching up, per- terfere with key hormones testing. Yet there’s no indi- spray and lotion from John- and altered functioning of ings were released.
centage-wise, to the second and reproductive organs, ac- cation companies have pro- son & Johnson. All of them reproductive organs. Immediately after J&J’s
token’s performance. cording to a group led by vided the safety data the tested positive for benzo- Downs’ study suggests recall, several class-action
Fundstrat Global Advis- Craig Downs, executive di- FDA requested two years phenone. that benzophenone was lawsuits were filed citing the
ors’ Tom Lee also sees it rector of the nonprofit ago, said David Andrews, a Downs and DiNardo’s formed by degradation of sunscreen risk. J&J is al-
reaching $100,000 — by the Haereticus Environmental senior scientist at the Envi- findings were published in octocrylene. Only sun- ready facing suits from peo-
end of 2021. The firm’s co- Laboratory, which studies ronmental Working Group, the journal Chemical Re- screens containing the UV ple claiming their cancers
founder and head of re- risks to health and the envi- an advocacy organization. search in Toxicology in blocker tested positive for were caused by the compa-
search recommends in- ronment. The FDA “takes seriously March. Later, Belgian re- the contaminant, and the ny’s talc-based powders
vestors follow a simple rule: A trade group called the any safety concerns raised searchers published similar levels increased over time. tainted with asbestos.
If Bitcoin crosses above its report misleading. about products we regulate, results after testing prod- Downs has been studying It’s not clear how ben-
average price over the last Some 2,400 sun-protec- including sunscreen,” said ucts containing octocrylene. the health and environmen- zene entered the products.
200 days — a long-term mo- tion products are made with Courtney Rhodes, a spokes- “We ensure that all tal impact of sunscreens for Some part of the manufac-
mentum measure — then it’s octocrylene and “we don’t woman. The agency “will Beiersdorf products, includ- years. His research led turing process may have led
time to buy. The coin crossed know what their safety is,” continue to monitor the sun- ing our sunscreens, are rig- Hawaii and other beach to the contaminant’s ap-
that hurdle in recent days. said Downs, who filed the screen marketplace to help orously evaluated for safety tourist destinations such as pearance in sunscreens, Val-
“With Bitcoin crossing petition Thursday. “The ensure the availability of safe and efficacy,” Robert the U.S. Virgin Islands to isure said at the time.
above its 200D, we think Bit- FDA doesn’t know what sunscreens for U.S. consum- Nishiyama, a spokesman, ban the sale of sunscreens Pressure on the industry
coin will rally strongly into” their safety is and it’s uncon- ers” while it evaluates the said in an email. J&J and containing oxybenzone, may continue into next year,
year-end, Lee wrote in a scionable that the FDA contamination concerns, Edgewell didn’t respond to which is chemically related when the U.S. National
note. would allow something that she said. requests for comment. to benzophenone and oc- Academies of Sciences, En-
The rally comes even de- we don’t know if it’s safe or Beiersdorf ’s stock fell 1% tocrylene, because of re- gineering and Medicine,
spite potential tax reporting not.” Similar results at the close in Germany. search suggesting damage which assembles experts to
requirements. A change to Concerns about sun- Working with research- Edgewell shares fell as much to coral reefs. study contentious issues, is
cryptocurrency reporting screens began growing in ers at the Paris-based Sor- as 1.1% and J&J’s stock expected to deliver a report
rules in Congress’ infra- 2019 when the FDA asked bonne University, Downs ended the trading day in Products pulled on sunscreens.
structure bill was blocked in manufacturers for safety and Joe DiNardo, a toxicolo- New York little changed. The Maui City Council’s On Thursday, a National
the Senate on Monday, leav- data on chemical ingredi- gist who formerly worked in The research “perpetu- environment committee is Academies panel heard a
ing language for broad over- ents, including octocrylene. the cosmetics industry, ates misinformation and considering even tougher presentation on research
sight of virtual currencies in In May, an independent test- tested 16 octocrylene-based needlessly misleads and laws for sunscreens. Sales linking benzophenones in
the legislation that’s set to ing lab found levels of anoth- sunscreens purchased in scares consumers about the and use of sun products sunscreens to endometri-
pass the Senate. er probable carcinogen, ben- France and the U.S. The safety of sunscreen prod- should be restricted to those osis, a painful condition in
Blockchain Assn.’s zene, in several products, brands included Beiers- ucts,” the Personal Care made with the minerals zinc which tissue that normally
Kristin Smith said she was leading to some recalls. dorf ’s Coppertone Water Products Council, a Wash- oxide and titanium dioxide, grows inside a woman’s uter-
surprised the coin advanced FDA research shows that Babies spray, Edgewell Per- ington lobby group, said in a both deemed safe by the us forms outside the organ.
during the infrastructure the body absorbs enough of sonal Care Co.’s Banana statement. The European FDA, Peter Landon, a natu-
bill debate — she thought sunscreens’ chemical ingre- Boat SPF 50 lotion and a Union has approved oc- ral reserve system specialist Edney writes for
the opposite would have dients to warrant further Neutrogena Beach Defense tocrylene for use in sun- at the Hawaii Department of Bloomberg.
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Amazon to pay School roles remain unfilled

for injuries due [Vacancies, from A1]
district had hoped to hire

to sellers’ goods the equivalent of 4,389 full-

time positions that require a
professional credential for
teaching or a related field.
This would include librari-
lated last month when the ans, principals, other ad-
Retailer will cover U.S. Consumer Product ministrators and counsel-
Safety Commission sued ors. Of these open slots,
claims of up to $1000 Amazon, seeking a court 2,000 — less than half — had
related to products opinion that the company is been filled as of July 29, the
on the hook for products most recent date for which
sold by third parties. sold by its sellers and must figures are available.
cooperate with the agency’s Several school board
bloomberg
mandatory recalls. members and leaders of lo-
In court cases, Amazon cal advocacy groups found
Amazon.com Inc. is offer- has argued that it’s not liable the number of vacancies
ing to compensate custom- for damage caused by third- worrisome.
ers for injuries caused by party products, saying the “There has never been a
goods from its third-party sellers are the retailers of more compelling need for
sellers, a guarantee that fol- record, even in cases when support services and quali-
lows numerous lawsuits Amazon stored and shipped fied teachers for our most
seeking to hold the world’s items for sellers based over- vulnerable students,” said
largest online retailer re- seas who are out of reach of Katie Braude of Speak Up.
sponsible for dangerous U.S. courts. “LAUSD must find a way to
products purchased from its As part of its new policy, meet the immediate needs of
digital shelves. which takes effect Sept. 1, students returning from a
In a blog post on Ama- Amazon could also compen- year and a half of limited in-
zon’s corporate site on Tues- sate shoppers for amounts struction.”
day, the company said it larger than $1,000 if the seller “The staffing shortage
would pay shoppers for in- “is unresponsive or rejects a should NOT be another dis-
jury or property damage claim we believe to be valid.” proportionate inequitable
claims under $1,000, which The company said the new impact on our most vulnera- Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times
Amazon says account for policy goes “far beyond our ble students,” said Ana Pon- ALAINA ORTIZ attends a video editing class on campus in April. For the new
more than 80% of cases, at legal obligations and what ce, executive director of school year, LAUSD students can choose between in-person and remote learning.
no cost to sellers. any other marketplace serv- Great Public Schools Now,
“We’re excited that these ice provider is doing today to in an email. substandard credentials, health specialists were to a separate and still-to-be-
innovations create a more protect customers.” Board member George which means we don’t have have been brought on board; settled question.
trustworthy shopping and Third-party sellers ac- McKenna wanted to see dis- qualified replacements,” none have been hired yet, ac- In the meantime, the new
selling experience for cus- count for more than half the aggregated numbers geo- said Linda Darling-Ham- cording to district informa- school year presents one
tomers and sellers in our items sold on Amazon’s re- graphically pinpointing the mond, president of the state tion. challenge after another, sev-
store,” the Seattle-based tail site. That roster includes vacancies — data that were Board of Education. The reasons are many. eral of which were brought
company said in the un- established brands, crafts not presented to the school The last year saw a fur- Legal logistics are a prob- up by board members.
signed post. makers and hundreds of board at its Tuesday meet- ther uptick of teacher retire- lem in the case of 226 math Jackie Goldberg said the
Amazon has faced doz- thousands of China-based ing. In his prior service as a ments, about 8% higher instructional aides. The po- district needed to make fam-
ens of product liability manufacturers seeking a di- district administrator, he than the previous year, ac- sition, which does not re- ilies better aware of where
claims in recent years from rect pipeline to shoppers in became familiar and frus- cording to new data from the quire a teaching credential, they could get COVID vac-
people harmed by products the world’s largest economy. trated with the high vacancy California State Teachers’ is a new one, said Personnel cines right now.
sold by sellers on its market- As part of its new policy, Am- and turnover rate at schools Retirement System. In L.A. Director Karla Gould. Be- Tanya Ortiz Franklin
place. The debate over who azon said it would work to that served large numbers of Unified about 700 teachers cause of that, the Personnel raised concerns about a cut-
is responsible for harm help sellers purchase their low-income and minority retired, not far off from nor- Commission had to write a off for some of the hiring. At a
caused by such items esca- own liability insurance. students. mal, according to Dávalos. job description and create a certain point, she said, sta-
A scramble is on to fill vi- The picture is equally pay scale, which happened bility might make more
tal positions by the Aug. 16 challenging in areas outside relatively quickly, but wasn’t sense than simply shifting
start of school, but if schools of teaching. completed until principals people around into new jobs
MARKET ROUNDUP were to open immediately, The district budget in- were on vacation. They re- or bringing on as many peo-
479 classrooms would be cluded 190 new licensed vo- turned July 30 with a new, ple as possible.

Stocks edge up as staffed with substitute

teachers. While the district
is hiring continually, the
classroom vacancy number
cational nurses — as the dis-
trict aims for a nurse at every
campus. The number of va-
cancies as of Aug. 2 was 190.
unfamiliar position to fill. So
far, none of the 226 have been
hired, according to district
documents.
Her concern was echoed
by Elmer Roldan, executive
director of Communities In
Schools of Los Angeles, a

banks, industrials has dropped by only seven

teachers in the last 12 days.
One problem is that some
teachers are leaving the
Officials also had author-
ized the hiring of an addi-
tional 770 buildings and
grounds workers and school
Nurses, on the other
hand, have been in short
supply for years. The district
would like to develop its own
nonprofit that provides sup-
port to low-income families.
“It is imperative that
LAUSD fill these vacancies

offset a tech slide classroom to fill other va-

cancies, such as for reading
specialists, administrative
positions and other out-of-
facilities attendants — who
will play a crucial role in
keeping campuses sanitized
as they reopen for full-time,
licensing program, but
that’s in the future.
The district is prioritiz-
ing filling classroom vacan-
within the first two weeks of
schools reopening, or fam-
ilies may start losing faith in
the district’s ability to keep
classroom jobs, leaving their fully packed classes for the cies, Dávalos said. children safe and effectively
The S&P 500 grew 4.40 principals with last-minute first time since March, 2020. The teacher hiring proc- learning this coming school
Modest gain gives points to 4,436.75. The Dow openings to backfill. About half of these positions ess can be lengthy. Candi- year,” Roldan said.
Jones industrial average Administrators de- are filled. dates face background Board member Nick
S&P 500 another rose 162.82 points, or 0.5%, to scribed hiring efforts that in- “We knew that this was a checks and are scrutinized Melvoin said he’d heard re-
record. Oil prices and 35,264.67. The blue-chip in- clude using job boards, so- huge and massive undertak- for skills and training. They ports that parents who
dex also notched an all-time cial media, virtual job fairs, ing when we authorized interview with central office wanted their children to re-
bond yields rise. high. workforce centers, referrals, these positions,” school staff and principals and hir- main online could not get
The slide in technology radio and print advertising board President Kelly ing committees. through to the independent
associated press
stocks weighed on the tech- and outreach through par- Gonez said. “We will never jeopardize study program, called City of
heavy Nasdaq, which fell ent groups and labor unions. Particularly painful for our hiring standards,” Dáva- Angels. He suggested more
72.09 points, or 0.5%, to “During these unprece- Gonez was a lack of progress los said. “We are not cutting staffing is needed there in
Stocks capped another 14,788.09. Small-company dented times, we are hiring in special hiring that was any corners.” the short term to field in-
wobbly day of trading on stocks rose. The Russell everywhere,” Chief Human supposed to benefit Black For once the problem has quiries.
Wall Street with modest 2000 index gained 4.55 Resources Officer Ileana M. students and others with not been money. L.A. Unified So far, 12,586 Los Angeles
gains Tuesday, as financial points, or 0.2%, to close at Dávalos said. special needs. Programs for is flush with more than students have opted for on-
and industrial companies 2,239.36. Los Angeles Unified is Black students were to have $5 billion in COVID relief line-based independent
helped lift the market, out- Wall Street is still trying not alone in facing a hiring hired 92 counselors; so far, aid, most of which is avail- study. That program should
weighing a pullback in tech- to gauge the pace of econo- crunch. Even before the pan- they’ve hired zero. District- able for the academic and be fully staffed by Friday — a
nology stocks. mic growth amid new wor- demic, teacher retirements wide, there were supposed mental health needs of task made easier by the
The Standard & Poor’s ries about the latest wave of were outpacing new teach- to have been 897 new pupil 465,000 students in kinder- number of teachers who
500 recovered from an early COVID-19 from the more ers. services and attendance garten through 12th grade. need to — or prefer to —
slip and eked out a 0.1% gain, contagious Delta variant. “About half the people counselors; so far 18% have Whether the new staffing remain online for health
enough to eclipse the record Parts of Japan, including coming in are coming in on been hired. Fifty mental can be sustained over time is reasons.
high it set Friday. The ma- Tokyo, remain under a state
jority of companies in the of emergency as surging
benchmark index made numbers of infections put
gains, but they were kept in more COVID-19 patients in
check by technology compa-
nies, which have outsized
weight on the S&P 500.
already overburdened hos-
pitals.
Analysts have said that
U.S. carbon emissions will swell this year
Banks made some of the the pace of economic growth
strongest gains as bond will probably continue to and factories closed. The Transportation was the big- increase in power consump-
yields edged higher. Banks slow as the year rolls on, but Surge could be largest Energy Department in Jan- gest source of greenhouse tion. U.S. exports are rising
benefit from higher yields, the latest surge of the virus uary predicted that emis- gases in the U.S. in 2019, as a result, and miners are
which allow them to charge has raised more concerns since 1990 as utilities sions this year would closely followed by energy ramping up production.
higher interest rates on about just how much. In- turn to coal to power rebound just 4.7%. production. Coal output in the U.S. is ex-
loans. The yield on the 10- vestors could have a better Burning coal will account Coal is getting a price pected to climb 13% in 2021 as
year Treasury rose to 1.35% sense of the virus’ effect on economic recovery. for 21% of the energy-related boost around the world be- demand grows in both do-
from 1.31% late Monday. the economy in the coming emissions this year, com- cause of the global econo- mestic and international
bloomberg
Oil prices pulled up after months as schools reopen pared with 19% last year. my’s recovery and ensuing markets.
sliding most of the last week from summer break and
and into Monday. U.S. people try to get back to nor- Greenhouse gas emis-
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It’s been 35 years since 529 college savings plans were first expenses considerably. In 2017, the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act added
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carbon emissions, the plan- even if you count yourself among the parents familiar with these younger child’s private school tuition is now eligible. One important
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Daily Daily % YTD % uses have been expanded in recent years. whereas post-secondary education expenses carry no such cap.
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Dow industrials 35,264.67 +162.82 +0.46 +15.22 education expenses, invest those savings, let them grow tax- funds to pay off student loan debt. The student loan payments can
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S&P 500 4,436.75 +4.40 +0.10 +18.12 astrophic shifts in global education expenses. however, a limit applies: only up to $10,000 of student loan debt
Nasdaq composite 14,788.09 -72.09 -0.49 +14.74 weather patterns. (per lifetime, per beneficiary) qualifies for tax- and penalty-free 529
But where notable changes have been made is in what counts as withdrawals.
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An Apple setback on privacy Justice in a Costco shooting?

government can compel private companies as such, may seek to curry favor in hopes of
By scanning devices for child porn to disclose user data. That was the gist of A new law that requires the state future appointments.
the showdown between Apple and the FBI What about the Riverside County grand
images, company risks creating a following the 2015 terrorist attack in San
attorney general to review police jury, which declined to indict Sanchez in
back door to encrypted user data. Bernardino, in which authorities wanted shootings is yielding results. 2019?
Apple to help it break into the iPhone left It is true that grand juries don’t collect
behind by Syed Rizwan Farook. campaign donations and don’t run for of-

I R
n this world of snooping and Apple refused, angering many Ameri- eports on the too-cozy ties be- fice, yet they are widely seen as tools of the
snitching, truly private conversations cans who believed it was possibly standing tween district attorneys and po- district attorney. They make their deci-
are increasingly endangered. Apple in the way of their safety by protecting the lice began piling up over the last sions based solely on the evidence and ar-
devices once provided a refuge from privacy of a deceased killer. But the com- decade, and they all generally gument the D.A. puts before it. There is an
all kinds of corporate and governmen- pany was also standing in the way of gov- found that elected prosecutors old saying that “a district attorney could
tal prying, and the Silicon Valley company ernment forcing itself into all of our devices rarely prosecute police for killing unarmed get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich if
had been studying how to block even itself and communications, and in the process it civilians. They relied too much on police de- he wanted to.”
from its users’ private communications by was standing up for privacy. The company partment cooperation during criminal in- The reverse may also be true: By leaving
expanding end-to-end encryption — from is well aware that there is no hardware, vestigations and police union money at the charging decision to the grand jury, the
the device to the cloud and back again — software or policy that safeguards only the election time to risk that relationship. D.A. escapes criticism from both those who
that ensures only the users can have access privacy of the good guys and permits sur- One answer was to turn the prosecution want him to prosecute and those who don’t.
to their own information. veillance only of criminals and terrorists. of cops accused of unlawful deadly force But surely it’s the timing, and not the at-
But Apple is now taking a deeply disap- Preventing access to anyone means over to someone else, like the state attorney torney general, that made the difference
pointing step in the opposite direction with locking out not just criminal prosecutors, general. A version of that idea took shape here, right? There was plenty of skepticism
its plan to scan photos collected on U.S. but also foreign governments on the look- last year as Assembly Bill 1506. It took effect of police in 2019, but nowhere near as much
iPhones and iPads in a puzzling search for out for dissidents and others it wants to July 1, only a few months after Rob Bonta as there is today, in the wake of last year’s
child pornography. control, criminals who want to get their was appointed attorney general. police killing of George Floyd in Minneapo-
The company that has long vowed not hands on personal information, commer- Bonta on Monday used his powers to file lis, an angry summer of sometimes-violent
to create back doors to encrypted user data cial interests who want to find out what the manslaughter charges against Salvador protests, and the murder conviction and
is now building just such a door and is mak- competition is doing, spies and miscreants Sanchez, who was an off-duty Los Angeles sentencing this year of ex-Officer Derek
ing a key. And when that key is in hand, who of all sources. police officer when he shot and killed a Chauvin. Would Sanchez be in the clear to-
else will demand to use it, or figure out how Child sex trafficking and exploitation of mentally disabled man inside a crowded day if the attorney general review had taken
to snatch it away? the innocent is a serious problem. Still, if Costco in the Riverside County city of Co- place in 2019?
Apple announced its plan on Thursday Apple is going to open a door into other- rona in 2019. Sanchez fired 10 shots, killing Perhaps. The tenor of the times plays a
to scan devices for photos that are up- wise private customer photos, why has it Kenneth French and injuring his parents. role. Besides, Becerra was attorney general
loaded to its iCloud photos service. (Many zeroed in on this issue as opposed to, say, Bonta’s action is a step in the right di- then, and he found no reason to charge Sac-
companies scan photos uploaded to the terrorist threats, murder-for-hire plots or rection, even as it raises a number of ques- ramento police officers in the killing of
cloud; Apple will scan devices for photos other serious crimes? tions about the criminal justice process Stephon Clark.
that have been uploaded to the cloud.) Perhaps because the crime is so photo- and its ability to hold police accountable Still, the differences between the French
Software will compare the scanned data oriented, and because it has long been a free from political influence. and the Clark shootings are significant. Po-
to a collection of known sexually exploitati- target of Congress. But now that there is a For example, if we can’t rely on district lice suspected Clark of committing a crime,
ive images of children. Matches will be re- door, won’t it be even easier for the govern- attorneys because they are too enmeshed they were on duty, it was nighttime and
viewed by human beings, and if confirmed ment to open it even wider and to demand in politics and reliant on union money, why outdoors, and they were following him and
they will be flagged for the National Center access to images that hint at other activ- are we better off with the attorney general? fired when they thought they saw a gun
for Missing and Exploited Children, a pri- ities, criminal or otherwise? The answer is imperfect because attor- (they were wrong; it was a phone). Sanchez
vate nonprofit child protection organiza- “Apple will refuse any such demands,” neys general are indeed somewhat behold- claimed that he, too, thought he saw a gun.
tion. From there the information could con- the company said in a statement. And the en to police. Bonta was appointed to the of- But he was off-duty and surrounded with
ceivably be referred for criminal prose- showdown over the San Bernardino iPhone fice by Gov. Gavin Newsom, filling the va- bystanders, and the circumstances can
cution. suggests that it may well mean it. cancy left by the departure of Xavier Be- leave the impression that he acted out of
Apple distinguishes its program from But this move, which may be meant to cerra for a Cabinet post in President anger rather than fear. That may now be for
others by noting that competing compa- fend off government pressure, could just as Biden’s administration. But Bonta was a trial jury to decide.
nies scan all user photos in the cloud — the easily encourage government to exert fur- likely to run for the job anyway, and in any Neither decision can be free of second-
global network of servers that collectively ther pressure — for direct access to illegal event he is now deep in election mode as he guessing, but the same can be said of any
store uploaded data. Apple claims its pro- photos in devices, and then to other com- campaigns for election next year in hopes decision to charge or not charge a crime.
gram of scanning individual devices is more munications that it argues provide evi- of landing a full term. Sanchez’s actions were found “out of pol-
secure. dence of crime. But as a statewide official, the attorney icy” by the Los Angeles Police Commission,
More secure, perhaps, but also more in- Private communication that cannot be general is not so directly tied into the local and he lost his job, but he very nearly es-
trusive and creepy. And the larger point is accessed by the prying eyes and ears of gov- political or police establishment, in Riv- caped further accountability for what ap-
that Apple has abandoned its laudable ernments, companies or crooks is an es- erside County or anywhere else. It’s tempt- pears to have been a shockingly irresponsi-
quest for user-only access. Why? sential element of freedom and Apple has ing to look for decision-makers completely ble shooting. There may now be a trial, but
It could be because of pressure from the in the past been right to promote it. The aloof from politics, like, say, U.S. attorneys, in the meantime Bonta’s decision to charge
Justice Department and Congress, who be- change in direction is a very serious set- who have no election campaigns to run. should restore a measure of confidence in
lieve we are safer and more secure when back. But they are appointed by presidents and, the criminal justice system.

LETTERS
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:: captures both the moment masks.

at hand and the very es- I will suggest one other
Articles on the IPCC sence of climate change’s reason for those who refuse
report emphasize the need dreaded wrath. vaccination. Just as some
to reduce emissions to slow I can’t help wondering if belligerent, antisocial, self-
climate change. I haven’t these questions flashed loathing individuals are
read of many concrete ex- through their minds: How known to commit “suicide
amples that describe what did this happen? Why? by cop,” the comments and
individuals can do to help. Couldn’t anyone do some- behaviors of some unvacci-
I have a battery-electric thing about it? What will nated people suggest “sui-
car that my husband drives happen to us? cide by COVID” as a motive.
to work, but if we were to William P. Bekkala Even if the disease does not
take it on longer trips we West Hollywood result in death, it offers
would have to spend an them a certain amount of
hour or more charging, notoriety and bragging
possibly in a dark and unfa-
miliar area. So what do we
Your health, rights for having survived it.
Marcia Goldstein
do? We use our gas car.
Is it better to grow my
their ambition Laguna Woods

own food and use all that Re “Why are vaccination ::

water, or go to the farmers rates so low?” Aug. 9
market? Are paper plates There are many reasons
Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times better in a drought? Which I’m not a lawyer, so it that people have given not
MUCH OF the town of Greenville, in Plumas County, has been destroyed in the is worse, using trees for isn’t clear to me if any of the to be vaccinated, but almost
Dixie fire. The remains of a truck and burned trees are seen there on Aug. 7. paper plates or using water following would apply to the all of them (except medical
to wash plates? governors of Florida, Texas contraindications) boil

Was it worth the money and power? We need concrete steps

we can take in our everyday
lives to do our part on cli-
and South Dakota: criminal
negligence, dereliction of
duty, gross incompetence,
down to the idea that get-
ting vaccinated is a “person-
al choice.”
Re “Planet on dire course, U.N. warns,” Aug. 10 mate change. violation of their oaths of For diseases like tetanus,
Christine Beirne office, and abuse and ne- HPV and rabies, vaccina-
Ojai glect of elders and children. tion is a personal health

T
he forests don’t need to be raked. But it might be best to rake up dishonest
However, I am a career intervention. For diseases
politicians and carefully recycle them.
:: public health physician with like measles, smallpox and
Many of those who impede taking action to address global climate change more than 30 years of expe- COVID-19, widespread
have a singular focus — scooping up personal power, wealth and fame. Al- It cannot be denied that rience in communicable vaccination programs
though we are experiencing fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, coastal flooding, mass all those people who fought disease epidemiology, so I are public health interven-
migrations and pandemics, imagine what the generations right behind us will face. to stop nuclear power are can say without any hesita- tions.
It’s best not to imagine, but we cannot keep our heads in the sand. complicit in the accumula- tion that these politicians Choosing not to get
Ronald Paulinski tion of greenhouse gases in are ethically challenged and vaccinated against tetanus
Santa Barbara our atmosphere. morally bankrupt. is a personal choice. The
The U.S. should have How pathetic to use the only person you put at risk is
built 50 nuclear power sta- COVID-19 pandemic to yourself.
During the 1960s, there lunging at any and all op- which brown is representa- tions 40 years ago and en- advance their political Choosing not to partici-
were televised games where portunities to reduce green- tive of our country. couraged other nations to agenda and aspirations. pate in a widespread vacci-
contestants were sealed in a house gas emissions. It’s impressive that do the same. Regrettably, David E. Dassey, MD nation program against a
glass box and told to grab as Todd Collart Canada did something emotion won over science. Los Angeles deadly contagion like
much money as possible as Ventura about the issues they face. Richard Jackson COVID-19 is a public choice,
cash swirled around them. They passed a carbon fee Arroyo Grande :: similar to choosing not to
The contestants discovered :: and dividend plan, which is follow traffic lights. Every-
that as they reached for the solution that takes the :: To borrow Tolstoy’s one nearby is put at risk.
additional bills, they often Re “Canada’s northern biggest step forward to observation on happy and Please get vaccinated.
let go of money already in forests are on fire too,” solving climate change with Re “ ‘A code red for human- unhappy families, all vacci- The life you save could be
their hands. column, Aug. 8 principles that appeal to ity,’ ” editorial, Aug. 10 nated people are alike, and somebody else’s.
The recent United Na- moderate Republicans as each unvaccinated person is Philip Rohrbacher
tions Intergovernmental I recently read about one well as Democrats. As proof that “a picture is unvaccinated in their own Los Angeles
Panel on Climate Change call to change the American I bring up the polarizing worth a thousand words,” I way. The writer is a registered
report on accelerating flag colors to red, white and issue of changing the flag so submit your photograph by Clearly, large numbers of nurse.
global warming reminded brown, the argument being Americans can summon the Robert Gauthier captioned, the unvaccinated have been
me of these games. The that our flag should be political will and patriotism “Siblings view the Bobcat “inoculated” against taking
difference is that the cur- representative of our coun- to act on climate change. I fire from their backyard in the vaccine by right-wing
rent contestants (govern- try. As I write this letter near suggest that everyone call September.” politics that define govern- HOW TO WRITE TO US
ments, corporations and Lake Tahoe under skies their senators and repre- Paired with your editori- ment as the enemy. Please send letters to
individuals) are standing darkened by wildfire smoke sentatives and tell them to al on the IPCC assessment, Those who are waiting letters@latimes.com. For
with their hands figura- and read of fires in Canada enact a carbon fee. the silhouette of a young until the vaccine is proved submission guidelines, see
tively in their pockets. causing brown skies else- Bruce Tierney brother and sister staring safe belie their position by latimes.com/letters or call
I do not see any party where, I realize one way in Irvine helplessly at a sea of fire opposing the wearing of 1-800-LA TIMES, ext. 74511.

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OP-ED

The collateral
damage from
Cuomo’s downfall
LZ GRANDERSON interviewed Andrew on CNN, was
never hidden or subtle. It may
Andrew Cuomo, have made great television, but it
the departing was not great journalism.
governor of New We were in the early stages of a
York, announced pandemic, and the governor was a
his resignation high-profile face of the govern-
Tuesday after ment response. CNN certainly
months of defiance should have interviewed him. His
in the wake of brother should not have. This was
sexual harassment allegations. A a completely avoidable, self-in-
defiance, mind you, that was still flicted wound that has come back
present in his goodbye as he to haunt all involved.
blamed “generational and cultural Since November, much has
shifts” for his political demise, as if been reported about the attempts
Tim Tadder Corbis groping women were akin to cas- of the former president — and his
THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL in Kings Canyon National Park in 2004. Hot summers and raging sette tapes and flip phones. allies — to overturn the election.
wildfire seasons have blistered mountain faces and charred forests since then. Nonetheless, in a couple of From questioning the validity of
weeks the highest seat in New the results at rallies to his role in
York State will be held by a woman the Jan. 6 terrorist attack at the

Sierra, turning to ash for the first time, which would be a

fitting end to an otherwise dis-
heartening story.
Except this is not the end.
Not for Cuomo, not for the 11
Capitol, there is no question that
the actions of the former president
threatened democracy itself.
But here’s the rub: So do the
actions of some news organiza-

Before a teen hiker’s eyes, climate takes a toll women who bravely spoke out and
not for the people trapped in the
Cuomo vortex.
tions. As much as democracy
depends on accountability and
good government, those are un-
People like Roberta Kaplan, likely to thrive without trusted
By Juliet Fang yet we’ve staved off the consequences of our actions chairwoman of the anti-harass- news outlets.
by sheltering in our air-conditioned homes and ment group Time’s Up, who I do not fault Chris for wanting

A
s a 17-year-old born and raised in the watching pretty documentaries, believing that resigned after a report from the to help his brother, and I told him
Central Valley, I grew up with the Sierra Earth’s resources remain pure and unmarked by state attorney general’s office as much. The larger problem,
Nevada as my second home — back- human touch. But what happens when we can’t found she had reviewed a letter however, arose because CNN lifted
packing through sequoia groves, drink- protect even the most hallowed lands from our ac- designed to discredit one of Cuo- the ban on the two appearing
ing alpine water and gazing at cobwebs tions? Even during my pandemic hiatus from the mo’s accusers. together on air. That decision
of stars. wilderness, the power was shifting between hu- And my friend Alphonso David, pulled more than just Chris into
But over the past year, wildfires, a viral pan- mans and the environment. Nature isn’t invincible; formerly counsel to Cuomo and the governor’s vortex; it pulled in
demic and college applications have limited my it never was. now president of the Human Chris’ colleagues as well.
outdoor excursions. When I returned to my old That week, I found devastation in the scarred Rights Campaign, who is under Journalism is not an exact
home for a backpacking trip, I was shocked at the trees and dried creeks of the Rae Lakes Loop. But I review by the organization’s board science, and objectivity doesn’t
stark difference between the current reality and my also found hope. because the report accused him of automatically come with the job.
idyllic memories. Even in just a decade, I’ve Along the trail, I let my hands run across the advising the governor — after Practitioners get close through
watched the Sierra wilt under the brute force of cli- freshly sprung grass near the riverbed and prayed David left state service — on re- checks and balances. When re-
mate change, the sanctuary of my youth burning to for the many young saplings pushing through the sponses to these scandals. porters make mistakes, editors
ashes. How will it endure two more decades? Or fertile, black ash. Deer, large and small, roamed the “I was never aware of any alle- correct them. When a commenta-
four? forests and gulped water from the rocky beds of the gations of sexual misconduct,” he tor steps out of bounds, the stand-
In July, my family drove to Kings Canyon Na- Kings River. They served as a reminder of nature’s said in a recent statement to news ards department reminds us of the
tional Park to backpack the Rae Lakes Loop, a 41.4- resiliency, that even the deepest, most sacred folds outlets, “and no one ever reported boundaries. These safeguards are
mile trail chock full of silky lakes and crumbling of the mountains are capable of fighting humani- them to me, as the report verifies.” in place to maintain public trust.
mountain passes. It was the first time we’d been in ty’s reaching impact. Nonetheless David, Kaplan and But when the industry willfully
the mountains since the devastating Creek fire a Thankfully, Generation Z — my generation — is others now find their credibility conflates news with entertain-
year and a half ago, and years since our first glimpse anything but silent on the issue of climate change. questioned because of their con- ment for ratings and clicks, we risk
of Kings Canyon. After all, our future lives depend on new policies nection to Cuomo — whether or losing the public’s trust.
An odd sense of emptiness hovered about our and cultural attitudes that will both preserve our not they intended to serve as It is the media that are called,
car as we slithered up Highway 180. The forest that natural world and ensure a safe and sustainable life enablers, whether or not they and entrusted, to hold the power-
once repressed sharp rays of sun had given away to for us and the generations after. knew about the accusations. ful accountable. This role was
stretches of black ash. The remaining pines, once The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Let’s not forget one important deemed so important that it is
capable of surviving subzero winters on 80-degree Change’s most recent report warns that we’re in piece of collateral damage in the enshrined in the 1st Amendment
granite slopes, were reduced to blackened tooth- “code red” ; our summers are only getting hotter, governor’s implosion: the reputa- of the Constitution. But modern
picks. Even the immense granite faces and magnif- smokier and longer. It’s only a matter of time before tion of his brother, Chris Cuomo, American journalism can serve
icent jagged cliffs of Kings Canyon were yellowed we’re forced to confront the cataclysmic fallout of a the CNN host — and the integrity this function only if the electorate
and left barren by the intense heat and wildfires of warming planet. of the industry in which he works. generally trusts the news. That’s
the past months. I’m a senior in high school, and I’ve already Conflicts of interest and full impossible if we cross lines with
I had known the Sierra to be unforgiving in its backpacked hundreds of miles in the Sierra and disclosure matter, so first of all: stunts like presenting the Broth-
beauty and unpredictability. Having always been in summited its tallest, 14,000-foot peaks. Still, there’s Chris Cuomo, like David, is a ers Cuomo as a news segment.
awe of nature’s terrifying power, I was pained to see so much more that I want to share with my friends friend of mine. Also, I worked for There’s no question it’s better
the Sierra vulnerable, brought to its knees by hu- and family. I want them to feel the same terrifying CNN on and off from 2009 to 2020, to have the injustices revealed and
man-induced climate change. awe of nature, to fall deeply in love with it, as I had so when I stopped appearing and the offender out of office, for the
Though drought, heat waves and wildfires are long ago. writing after a contract agreement sake of past victims and so there
all natural phenomena, climate change increases Of course, the state of the planet frightens me. could not be reached. won’t be any others. Society will
the frequency and severity of all three. They are also But when I see the blades of grass and saplings of When the report revealed that pay a price for letting the situation
mutually reinforcing. As places like Kings Canyon the Sierra, I still feel hopeful. I believe, if we show Chris participated in strategy get so out of hand, as people who
heat up, drought becomes increasingly common. enough passion and respect for each juniper pine meetings with his brother in re- have done good work are dragged
Snowpack levels drop, and clouds dissipate before and robin, that nature can still be saved from sponse to parts of this scandal, I down, and institutions that know
releasing rain. Plants, animals, backpackers and humankind. We just need people to care. was shocked, although I also better face consequences.
farmers alike thirst for water from shallow, trickling understood why Chris would have Any tally of the collateral dam-
streams. Trees and other plant life die of water loss Juliet Fang is a high school senior in Fresno. She done that. It’s his brother. But the age must include not only Cuo-
and insect epidemics, fueling the severity and dura- is a research assistant at the UC Davis Western concerns of conflicts of interest mo’s enablers, but also journalistic
tion of wildfires. Center of Health and Agricultural Safety and at predate the report’s revelation. integrity itself.
The signs of climate change are all around us, the Central Valley Health Policy Institute. Last year’s lovefest between the
two, in which Chris repeatedly @LZGranderson

Why vaccination hesitancy

runs deep among the religious
By J.M. Opal medicine. They were the experts. vastly superior to any kind of research
But in the mid-1730s, charismatic or learning.

“D
on’t come knocking preachers without college degrees sud- As Boebert says, “The wisdom of the
on my door with your denly drew huge crowds with harrow- world is foolishness in God’s sight.”
Fauci ouchi!” Rep. ing tales of a furious God and wayward Some faith communities have em-
Lauren Boebert (R- flocks. Embracing these revivals, the braced vaccinations and other medical
Colo.) yelled at last Rev. Jonathan Edwards of Massachu- breakthroughs, citing God’s benevo-
month’s Conservative Political Action setts delivered one of the most famous lence and the golden rule. Yet modern
Conference. “You leave us the hell sermons in American history, “Sinners evangelicals often see God as more
alone!” Boebert has described her in the Hands of an Angry God.” (The ti- stern than kind, encouraging a sense of
election to Congress as “a sign and a tle pretty much sums it up.) epic conflict between the pious and the
wonder, just like God promised.” The revivalists also denounced edu- profane. And over the past few decades, Jake May Associated Press
She’s a moderate in some circles. cated ministers as “unconverted” im- evangelicals’ deep-seated distrust of
One Florida pastor hears parishioners postors whose book learning led people society’s experts has merged with the AMERICAN skepticism of expertise has made the
call the vaccination the “sign of the away from real piety. One likened the increasingly nihilistic themes of the far skepticism of U.S. a nation of free-thinkers and rule-
beast,” a biblical reference to the apoc- regular clergy’s sermons to “rat poi- right, creating a toxic disdain for sci- expert knowl- breakers.
alypse. A Tennessee pastor who threat- son.” Distressed by such attacks, Ed- ence in general and public health in edge reaches On that note, public health officials
ens to expel anyone who wears a mask wards pulled back from the fires he had particular. back nearly should more directly address faith
to his church also discourages people stoked, calling for “humility and mod- Which brings us back to our trou- three centuries, communities, making clear that each
from getting the vaccination, which he esty” in the face of conflicting views. bled present. COVID-19 surges again to a rebellion church has a right to worship God ac-
falsely claims contains aborted fetal But the wounds of this religious rev- due to vaccination hesitancy and grow- against reli- cording to its traditions and to ques-
tissue. olution never healed. Unlike in crowded ing hostility to basic safety precau- gious authority. tion science when people’s lives are not
No wonder that white evangelicals European countries, where congre- tions, while the experts — and the in immediate danger.
are among the least vaccinated Ameri- gants had to coexist, Americans kept Americans who listen to them — throw By taking that vital step across the
cans. And no wonder that many in the spreading apart, moving west after up their hands. great cultural divide, the experts can
vaccinated majority, increasingly an- 1800 and forming new churches that re- How can understanding the long more effectively dispel the wild conspir-
gry with their unprotected fellow citi- produced rather than resolved the bit- history of anti-expertise help us over- acy theories swirling around the vac-
zens, conclude that anti-vaccination ter divisions that had begun back East. come this deadly impasse? cines. They might even make the case
evangelicals are just tools in the right- As moderate Protestants began to To start, those of us who are vacci- that getting vaccinated is the moral
wing war on common sense and basic stress the human capacity for progress nated must accept that the non-vacci- choice, the kind, caring and Christian
decency. with or without God’s help, wave after nated aren’t just political pawns for the thing to do.
Yet the roots of vaccination hesi- wave of revivals cast fresh doubt on Lauren Boeberts and Tucker Carlsons Many won’t listen. But some will,
tancy are much older and more inter- anyone who claimed expert knowledge of the world. Rather, they are bearers of and fewer people will die.
esting than that. Indeed, American without divine inspiration. a long and complicated history, one In the end, we can all learn some-
skepticism of expert knowledge New forms of fundamentalism that has often enlivened American cul- thing from the Rev. Edwards, who had
reaches back nearly three centuries, to emerged in the 1920s in response to ture. the wisdom to step back from his deep-
a rebellion against religious authority. Darwinian science and again in the After all, the mid-18th century reviv- est longings for spiritual revival and
During the first century of English 1970s in reaction to the women’s libera- als that tore apart so many communi- speak instead to the simpler, humbler
settlement in North America, most tion and civil rights movements. While ties also helped prepare the colonists to virtues of coming together in dark
colonists listened to college-educated many Americans and Europeans defy the Church of England, and thus times.
pastors. Whether Congregationalist in drifted away from religion, except as a the British Empire during the Ameri-
Massachusetts or Anglican in Virginia, guide to moral conduct or a source of can Revolution. The revivalism of the J.M. Opal, who is an American,
those pastors based their authority on community, religious conservatives 19th century often inspired anti-slavery teaches in the department of history
their knowledge of Latin and Greek as sustained the belief in God as an immi- activism. and classical studies at McGill
well as of theology. Many dabbled in nent presence in daily life — a power In non-pandemic times, a healthy University in Montreal.
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Radio rhetoric hits campaign trail

[Elder, from A1]
On issues like smoking,
climate change and the best
ways to treat COVID-19,
Elder has given airtime to
misinformation and to views
outside the scientific main-
stream. That has inspired
some observers, who say
he would be a maverick
leader, unafraid to air alter-
native views; it has alarmed
others, who say his brand of
libertarianism is too ex-
treme, his policy musings
too retrograde for liberal-
leaning California.
Those conflicting reali-
ties have leaped to the fore
less than a month after
Elder entered the recall race,
and as journalists and rivals
dive into his record as a talk
radio host as well as his
books, newsletters and so-
cial media pronouncements.
He has called the Roe vs.
Wade ruling, which created a
legal right to abortion, “one
of the worst decisions that
the Supreme Court ever
handed down,” described
abortion as “murder” and
said rules governing the pro-
cedure should be left to the
states.
He said he would have
voted against the law that
requires employers to offer
workers 12 weeks of unpaid
leave to bond with new chil-
dren or to care for family
members with medical
emergencies.
He has rejected the idea Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press
that women confront a A LATECOMER to the race, Larry Elder, center, raised nearly $4.5 million in less than three weeks for his campaign to replace Gov. Gavin
“glass ceiling” in attempts at Newsom. He has voiced controversial stances on everything from firing teachers to downplaying the dangers of secondhand smoke.
career advancement and
has embraced the libertari-
an mantra that citizens have
there is a clear inability [to]
comprehend why a talk ra-
by large numbers of voters as
extreme — like former Presi- ‘I can articulate cines could be a threat and
asserted that unnamed indi-
estimated in 2014 that 2.5
million people had died over
become too reliant on an dio host might want to allow dent Trump on the right and viduals “are going to specif- the previous 50 years from
overbearing government. a caller to express views dif- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sand- these issues in ically target the minority health problems caused by
A recent interview with ferent from his own, or why ers on the left — used their areas first, and lower-in- exposure to secondary
The Times suggested that
his introduction to the Cali-
anyone would consider un-
conventional assertions pre-
plain-spoken personas to
push their way into the
such a way that come areas.”
When she spun out dark
smoke; that would average
50,000 deaths a year.
fornia electorate will create
even more provocative fod-
sented by reputable re-
searchers.”
center of the political de-
bate. Joe and Joan intimations about a Gates-
organized plot to administer
Elder’s provocative mis-
sives that drew little outcry
der. Elder implied that he Ma said the central recall Elder, 69, jumped into the dangerous vaccines, Elder when he was a radio person-
might declare a state of issues should be “rampant race in mid-July, months Six-pack can go, again did not respond. In- ality may be viewed differ-
emergency in order to fire crime, rising homelessness, after some other candidates, stead, as first reported by ently now that he is the
“bad” teachers, estimating
that they make up 5% to 7%
out-of-control costs of living,
water shortages, disastrous
and immediately changed
the dynamic. He became the
“OK, now I get HuffPost, a page on his
website promoted the gyne-
front-running challenger to
Newsom.
of the state’s public school
faculty of about 300,000.
wildfires, rolling brownouts
and repressive COVID re-
front-runner in the polls and
quickly raised significant it.” ’ cologist’s pronouncements,
saying, “You’ll want to hear
In 2017, Elder posted a
picture on Twitter of three
He added that he could strictions.” The spokeswom- sums of money, with a par- this physician’s take on the women attending the Wom-
— L ARRY E LDER ,
declare another emergency an wrote in her email that ticularly strong showing vaccines.” en’s March in Washington to
conservative talk radio host
to “suspend” the California The Times was conducting among people who gave less But Elder has said he has protest the inauguration of
who is in the race to replace
Environmental Quality Act, “opposition research,” with than $100. been vaccinated (as an “old President Trump, who faced
Gov. Gavin Newsom
the law requiring environ- some topics dating back Between his July 12 entry man” with “co-morbidities,” serial accusations of sexual
mental review of building “many years,” in a way that to the race and July 31, he col- he told the McClatchy edi- assault and misconduct.
projects. He depicted the mimicked “a (French) laun- lected nearly $4.5 million, ac- get in the areas where the tors) and supports others Above the picture, Elder
law as part of a bureaucracy dry list of attacks from the cording to fundraising dis- kids need them the most.” who have done so. He added: wrote: “Ladies, I think you’re
that is “treating contractors Newsom campaign.” closures filed last week with Elder correctly notes that “A lot of people have made safe.”
and developers like they are Under the unusual rules the secretary of state. That’s California removes fewer the choice, rightly or This drew immediate
criminals.” of California recall elections more than every other GOP teachers than some other wrongly, not to get a vaccine. complaints that Elder was
Such measures would — wherein Newsom needs a candidate except John Cox, states, though its practices And I think, in America, you suggesting that the women
face monumental legal and simple majority of the vote who is largely self-funding around teacher perform- want to have that choice.” were too unattractive to be
political hurdles and would to remain in office, while, if his campaign. ance and retention are com- As with other topics, sexually assaulted. A mem-
almost certainly alienate a he falls short, Elder need A graduate of Brown Uni- plex. Tenure offers strong Elder prefers to focus the ber of the Nebraska state
large number of Califor- only defeat other would-be versity and the University of protections for teachers COVID-19 issue on Newsom, Senate retweeted Elder’s
nians. But they would be replacements, no matter Michigan Law School, Elder against removal after two saying the governor hadn’t post, then, facing a storm of
sure to thrill those who view how small the plurality — leaves little doubt that he years on the job. But a sig- followed his own mandates, condemnation, resigned his
Elder — the self-proclaimed Elder’s provocative views relishes a good debate. nificant number of teachers such as when he didn’t wear post. The original tweet was
“Sage from South-Central” could actually advance his “I can articulate these leave the profession anyway, a mask while attending a apparently deleted.
— as a blast of fresh air in a cause and Newsom’s, ex- issues in such a way that Joe sometimes under pressure party at the French Laundry In a 2000 column for Capi-
state foggy with liberal “po- perts said. and Joan Six-pack can go, because of substandard per- restaurant. Elder’s website talism Magazine, Elder as-
litical correctness.” “These kinds of state- ‘OK, now I get it,’ ” he told formance. Some experts ar- says pandemic business serted that Democrats had
But it appears that, on at ments and issues benefit The Times in the recent in- gue that the greater prob- shutdowns have gone too far an advantage over Republi-
least one topic, he wants to both Larry Elder and Gavin terview. lem is the loss of effective and “inflicted unnecessary cans because they were sup-
make clear that he has Newsom,” said Dan Schnur, He said the seed of his gu- teachers, many of whom pain on ordinary Califor- ported by women, and
moved away from a past a UC Berkeley and USC po- bernatorial candidacy was protest a lack of support nians,” adding: “I will govern “women know less than men
view. Elder last week told litical scientist and previous planted by his talk radio from their schools and com- as your governor, not as your about political issues, econ-
opinion editors for the Mc- advisor to numerous Repub- mentor, conservative Den- munities. tyrant.” omics and current events.”
Clatchy newspapers: “I do lican candidates. “Elder nis Prager. Elder initially de- “Someone told me that Elder’s views on other is- In the piece, he added that
believe in climate change. I needs only one more vote murred, because he worried between 5% and 7% of public sues, like climate change, women could be misled
do believe our climate is get- from conservative voters to that the state had become school teachers need to be have been equally provoca- because “the less one knows,
ting warmer.” prevail over other recall “ungovernable.” But further fired,” Elder said, adding tive. He recently contended the easier the manipula-
Elder would not answer challengers. And his sup- research convinced him he that an emergency declara- that he has been either tion.”
detailed questions, and a porters will love these ideas. could make dramatic tion would provide “the taken out of context or mis- In the column, Elder
campaign spokeswoman in- “Meanwhile, it’s clear changes, partly by invoking power to get rid of bad teach- interpreted. cited research conducted at
sisted that many of the past Newsom and his team have emergency powers, he said. ers faster than the system He once maintained a the University of Pennsylva-
statements and positions decided that — rather than Elder said he believes allows.” He concluded: page on his website devoted nia’s Annenberg Public Pol-
highlighted by The Times motivating progressives by that an “education emer- “Once you did that, auto- to “debunking the Gore-Bull icy Center on “gender gaps”
were not pertinent to the re- telling them good things gency” declaration would matically, education would warming myth.” (A refer- in political knowledge.
call. about this governor — they spur reform, particularly for improve overnight.” ence to Al Gore, the former Surveys have detected
“Some involve state- are better off telling them inner-city schools, and that Because Elder declined vice president who has made such gaps and offered no
ments out of context, while frightening things about the a tiny number of teachers to field follow-up questions, the battle against climate clear explanation for them,
others reflect prevailing person who might replace have been fired annually. it is impossible to know who change his life’s work.) The said Kathleen Hall
notions of political bias,” him.” “Unions are protecting bad had advised him on teacher web page contained links to Jamieson, director of the
spokeswoman Ying Ma said Schnur noted that some teachers,” he said, “to the terminations and exactly a list of stories, several re- Annenberg policy center.
in an email. “For instance, politicians who are viewed point where the worst ones how he might weed out edu- jecting the consensus of She said related research
cators he judged to be mainstream science: that has shown that women are
underperforming. the planet is warming to “factoring in other informa-
Similarly, Elder said in dangerous levels and that tion and consistently mak-
interviews with The Times humankind is responsible. ing decisions at the ballot

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CA L I F O R N I A W I L D F I R E S
LAWMEN
CHARGED
WITH
LYING IN
2018 BUST
L.A. County sheriff’s
detective says pair
tried to push him to
make a false claim.
By Alene
Tchekmedyian

The search of an East

L.A. home by Los Angeles
County sheriff ’s gang de-
tectives yielded a sizable
haul: an assault rifle and
other guns, a large amount
of meth, some black tar her-
oin, and plastic baggies and
a scale used in drug dealing.
Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times Two men were arrested
A HORSE grazes Sunday along North Valley Road in Greenville in Plumas County, as the Dixie fire continues to burn near the town. that Saturday in 2018 and, af-
ter the search, Det. Pedro

Dixie fire’s extreme behavior

Guerrero-Gonzalez, the
lead investigator, ap-
proached another detective
with a startling question:
Would he be willing to say
he’d seen one of the suspects
holding the rifle before
By Lila Seidman The blaze, which is 25% contained, sends a Thompson estimates that it
soared 300 to 400 feet above
throwing it to the floor?
“I told him no, that that’s
an area west of Antelope not what happened and that
Nearly a month after ig-
niting, the monstrous Dixie
vortex of flames and ash spinning to the sky Lake, where evacuations
were ordered this week.
I wasn’t going to say that,”
Det. Jason McGinty recalled
fire burning in Northern Cal- “It’s a sign to let people in May during secret testi-
ifornia has destroyed nearly know that this fire still has a mony before a grand jury in a
900 structures and contin- lot of potential,” Thompson downtown courtroom. De-
ues to exhibit extreme be- said. “It’s actually some- tectives had found the rifle
havior, officials said. thing that was very impres- in a case and neither of the
The fire, which has sive to watch.” suspects had touched it, he
seared 487,764 acres across A fire whirl — sometimes said.
four counties north of Sacra- likened to a tornado — is Undeterred, Guerrero-
mento, is continuing to gen- generated when hot air Gonzalez, 34, wrote in his re-
erate its own weather. surges upward and begins to port on the search that
Around midnight Mon- spin. As it spirals, it can col- McGinty had made the
day, an explosive storm lect ash, smoke and embers claim about the man throw-
cloud rose roughly 40,000 and form a tight, spinning ing the rifle, a prosecutor
feet above the eastern por- vortex, like the one observed from the L.A. district attor-
tion of the blaze. Monday night, Thompson [See Charges, B2]
The pyrocumulonimbus said. The spinning action
cloud was so intense that it can “throw those embers
sparked lightning, as well as across fire lines, so it can
spinning vortexes known cause some really significant
as fire whirls, according to
Rich Thompson, a National
Weather Service incident
control issues,” he added.
The second-largest blaze
in California history, the
Strange
twist in
meteorologist for the fire. Dixie fire has burned at least
One large whirl captured 893 homes and commercial
by an infrared camera shows David Odisho Getty Images buildings and threatens
a thin tendril snaking high A FIREFIGHTER works Monday to extinguish a controlled burn, a preven- more than 16,000 others, ac-
above the rest of the flames. tive measure to protect a home located on North Valley Road in Greenville. [See Dixie, B5]
Smart
hearing
Behind the art of
$1.1-million con Defense attorneys for
Paul Flores suggest
Scott Peterson should
lie some tall tales be a suspect in slaying.
By Richard Winton

By Kristina Davis The name of convicted

killer Scott Peterson has
SAN DIEGO — The provenance of the never-before- emerged in another high-
seen Barkley Hendricks painting — a stylish portrait of an profile case: the slaying of
African American man in a powder-blue suit, set against a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
monochromatic mustard background — was said to be- student Kristin Smart.
gin with a shared love of jazz. A week into a hearing in
“Story goes that Barkley Hendricks met my Uncle which a San Luis Obispo
Larry at a garage sale that my uncle Larry was hosting in County judge will decide
Mystic Connecticut or somewhere very close to Mystic in whether there is enough
1972,” the beginning of the provenance letter states. Francine Orr Los Angeles Times evidence to try Paul Flores in
The artist, famous for his 1970s portraits depicting the SUNSET BEER general manager Bennett Erickson, left, checks the vaccine the 1996 disappearance and
cool, fashion-forward confidence of everyday Black peo- cards of patrons Caitlin Forst, right, and Anthony Trapanese on Tuesday. killing of Smart, defense at-
ple, reportedly commented on Larry’s interesting outfit torneys are making efforts to

County votes to explore

and his jazz records visible in the garage. focus on other potential sus-
An agreement was eventually struck: The music col- pects, including Peterson.
lection for a personal portrait. But an attorney for
It would be a compelling origin story. If it were true. Peterson — now serving a
The large-scale painting, which one New York gallery life sentence in San Quentin
owner estimated would bring up to $2 million at auction,
was uncovered as a fake, according to a criminal com-
plaint filed in federal court in San Diego.
The man behind the scam is Jason Alan Harrington, a
38-year-old Escondido resident. On Monday, Harrington
indoor vaccine mandate after being found guilty in
the 2002 murders of wife Laci
Peterson and their unborn
child — said no efforts had
been made to have his client
pleaded guilty to one count of wire [See Art, B4] weeks for how the policy facts about how this would testify and called state-
By Jaclyn Cosgrove would work, including what actually work in the county ments by Flores’ defense
settings should be included of Los Angeles before we team “a publicity stunt.”
The Los Angeles County and options for enforce- make a decision,” Hahn said. Lawyers for 44-year-old
Homelessness ‘Night Court’ Board of Supervisors is con- ment. She said her primary ob- Flores, of San Pedro, and
sidering whether to man- Supervisor Janice Hahn, jective is to avoid shutting his father, Ruben — who is
on L.A. agenda actress dies at 70 date proof of vaccination in the motion’s author, cau- down businesses that des- accused as an accessory in
City endorses a goal of Markie Post, best some indoor public spaces, tioned against jumping to perately need to stay open the killing of Smart — have
25,000 new housing known as a public such as restaurants and conclusions. She and her after earlier pandemic- mentioned Peterson’s name
units even as analysts defender on the NBC gyms. colleagues want to better related closures. during the cross-examina-
advise against facilities comedy, had a four- A measure approved by understand the range of op- Supervisor Kathryn tion of prosecution wit-
at beaches, parks. B3 decade TV career. B5 the board on Tuesday asks tions for America’s most Barger, whose 5th District nesses in an effort to show
county staff to provide a populous county, she said. includes the Santa Clarita that San Luis Obispo
Lottery ......................... B2 Weather ....................... B6
comprehensive plan in two “I want to get a few more [See Mandate, B2] [See Smart, B5]

SPORTS ON THE BACK: Westbrook is certain he can play well with James and Davis. B10
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Tijuana to Texas:
A protest hike for
deported veterans
had little success.
Elected official’s There was a flurry of ex-
citement on July 2 when the
45-day trek along the Biden administration
U.S.-Mexico border pledged to take steps to
bring home U.S. veterans
is set to end today. who had been unjustly de-
ported, along with their im-
By Diane Bell mediate family members,
and ensure they received
SAN DIEGO — Ramon their rightful benefits.
Castro left Friendship Park The number who have
at the Tijuana border on been deported remains un-
June 28, beginning a long clear because there is no offi-
journey to draw national at- cial tracking system. But es-
tention to deported military timates run from hundreds
veterans. On Wednesday, he to a few thousand.
is scheduled to arrive at the With no executive order
eastern end of his destina- having been signed, though,
tion, near Brownsville, Castro views the adminis-
Texas. tration’s promise as lip serv-
For 45 days, the Brawley, ice. He points out that de-
Calif., councilman has portations of veterans have
trekked along the Mexican occurred since the presi-
border, averaging five to six dent’s announcement more
hours of walking a day, but than a month ago.
sometimes as many as 15 Plus, Castro maintains
Francine Orr Los Angeles Times hours. that executive orders are se-
ALICIA PRECIADO wears a face mask as she works at Freshco Community Market on Tuesday. City and In Yuma, Ariz., he en- cure only during the current
county officials in L.A. are considering rules that would require proof of vaccination to enter some businesses. dured 120-degree tempera- president’s term. The real
tures with stifling humidity. solution lies in new laws:

Shot mandates are considered

He hiked through sand- “We’re asking for legislation
storms, lightning and mon- that provides permanent re-
soon-like downpours, then lief for deported vets.”
trudged across the muck Several bills have been in-
and mud left behind. Castro troduced to address the is-
nursed blisters and a foot in- sues but remain held up in
[Mandate, from B1] earliest the supervisors could prove their vaccina- motion that would have jury from thorns that pene- committees. “The Demo-
and Antelope valleys, said could consider the report tion status and how busi- mandated vaccination for trated the thick rubber soles
she’s heard some concerns and make their next move. nesses would verify that healthcare workers and giv- of his shoes.
from restaurants about a
possible indoor vaccination
Questions to be ad-
dressed by the report in-
status using existing digital
or paper records.
en other employees a choice
of vaccination or regular
Toward the end of his
journey, ankle bone stress
‘We’re asking for
mandate “but none of them clude whether whether one Also Tuesday, the board testing for COVID-19, but So- fractures were so painful, he legislation that
insurmountable.” or two doses should be re- unanimously ratified an exe- lis’ executive order super- had to wrap his ankles each
Some restaurant owners quired and which indoor cutive order that Hilda Solis, seded that. morning before continuing. provides
want the county to consider
a mandate because it would
public spaces would be cov-
ered by a vaccination man-
its chair, issued Wednesday
evening requiring the coun-
Because Solis’ order
makes vaccination the only
Castro nearly stepped on
a snake, was threatened by
permanent relief
be easier to explain to cus- date. For example, “should ty’s 110,000 employees to pro- option, it remains unclear dogs intent on protecting for deported vets.’
tomers than one they im- grocery stores be exempt?” vide proof of vaccination whether employees with ex- their territory, and had close
pose themselves. Hahn wrote in her motion against COVID-19 by Oct. 1. emptions would be tested encounters with a tarantula, — Ramon Castro,
“Some of them are even asking for the report. Exemptions are allowed for weekly. spiders and other wildlife. Brawley city councilman
concerned about the push- The report will also in- medical or religious reasons. An estimated 35% of the Having served in the
back they may get if they clude a recommendation on Supervisors Hahn and county workforce is not vac- Marine Corps for eight
mandate vaccinations and the process for how people Sheila Kuehl had proposed a cinated, Hahn said. years, participating in Oper- cratic majority has done
the restaurant down the ation Iraqi Freedom, the nothing to advance the
street doesn’t,” Barger said. electrical contractor is no bills,” Castro says. “Politi-
In the city of Los Angeles, stranger to adversity. cians are very hesitant to
the council will consider an “My suffering is tempo- touch this right now.”
indoor vaccine mandate on
Wednesday that would re-
quire proof of at least one
dose to visit indoor places
2 detectives charged with rary,” he reasons, contrast-
ing it to the hardships of
non-U.S. citizen veterans de-
ported for committing what
While active-duty mili-
tary members are eligible to
apply for citizenship, the
process needs to be stream-
such as restaurants, bars,
retail stores, gyms, spas,
movie theaters, stadiums
and concert venues.
lying in 2018 gun-drug case often were minor crimes in-
volving drugs and alcohol or
linked to emotional trauma
related to their military
lined so they become citi-
zens upon completion of
their service, he says.
Castro admits there was
L.A. City Atty. Mike [Charges, from B1] sidered his mentor, raised Days later, prosecutors service. one point after reaching
Feuer, who is running for ney’s office told the grand ju- the same question, accord- moved to drop the criminal Castro recently founded Texas when he thought of
mayor, has been vocal about rors. Another detective, No- ing to McGinty’s testimony. charges against the two men the American Veterans quitting his arduous walk.
wanting city and county el Lopez, 41, also included Was there an issue, Lopez before the preliminary hear- Homefront Initiative, a “But my integrity was on the
elected officials to establish the allegedly bogus detail in asked, with him saying one ing was held. group that has three pri- line.”
an indoor vaccine mandate. a sworn declaration, the of the arrested men had Nearly two years passed mary goals: stopping depor- His journey sidekick,
“L.A. County now reports prosecutor said. thrown the gun down? before prosecutors sought tation of American veterans; Oscar Suarez, who handles
3,000 or more new confirmed Both detectives now face Again, McGinty pro- charges against the two de- letting those who have been the trip’s logistics, decided
cases per day of COVID-19 — criminal charges alleging tested, saying it was not tectives. Guerrero-Gonzalez deported return to the to drive him back home to
primarily from the highly that they lied in the drug and what happened. faces one felony count of fil- United States; and stream- Brawley for a brief visit
contagious and dangerous gun investigation. They Lopez didn’t say any- ing a false report, and Lopez lining the process that al- with his wife and children,
Delta variant,” Feuer said in have pleaded not guilty. thing, but McGinty testified faces a count of perjury. The lows immigrants serving in then immediately back
a statement. “Why? Because McGinty’s account of the that he felt the mood shift detectives were suspended the military to become U.S. again to pick up where he left
millions of eligible L.A. confrontation with Guer- between them, leaving him without pay in June, a Sher- citizens. off.
County residents simply rero-Gonzalez and other de- uncomfortable. iff ’s Department spokes- Has his trek accom- “Seeing my family
refuse to get their shots. We tails about what led to the “It went against my cul- man said. plished its purpose? Yes and recharged me,” Castro says.
must not let this go on.” detectives’ indictment in ture. It went against my val- Neither the Sheriff ’s De- no, Castro says. The walk is set to con-
The county board’s next May were laid out in a tran- ues. It just went against partment nor the district at- “We’ve been able to focus clude Wednesday in Boca
public meeting is Aug. 31, the script of the grand jury pro- everything,” he said. torney’s office have ex- a lot of attention on this situ- Chica, Texas, followed by a 6
ceedings that Superior McGinty recalled for the plained the delay. The D.A.’s ation,” Castro said by phone p.m. media conference at
Court Judge Michael Garcia grand jury that he told his office also declined to say when he took a brief break Veterans Memorial Park in
made public last week. In a wife what happened when whether prosecutors are re- Sunday near Zapata, Texas. nearby Brownsville.
hearing, attorneys repre- he returned home after the viewing other criminal cases Plus, throughout his It happens to be Castro’s
Lottery results senting the detectives ob- drug bust. In talking it over, in which Guerrero-Gonzalez multiple border stops and 43rd birthday.
Tonight’s SuperLotto Plus jected to a request from The he decided to resign from and Lopez were involved for five forays into Mexico to How will he celebrate?
Jackpot: $7 million Times to release the tran- the Sheriff ’s Department. signs of dishonesty. visit with deported veterans, “By hugging my family,” Cas-
Sales close at 7:45 p.m. script, asking the judge to He gave his captain his resig- Guerrero-Gonzalez’s at- he and members of his or- tro said. His wife and three
Tonight’s Powerball Jackpot: keep it sealed until they nation letter, saying he was torney Vicki Podberesky ganization have reached out youngest children, ages 15, 12
$241 million could challenge the allega- dealing with a family issue. said the grand jury did not to those in need, helping and 7, plan to meet him
Sales close at 7 p.m. tions against their clients. A lieutenant convinced hear testimony from other with paperwork for VA there.
In seeking the indict- him to stay. deputies involved in the benefit claims and requests What’s next for him?
For Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 ment, Deputy Dist. Atty. A year went by and drug bust that would have to return to the United “This is now my life’s work,
Mega Millions Christopher Baker told the McGinty was working an undermined the case States. and I will continue to do as
Mega number is bold grand jury that the case overtime shift when he re- against the detectives. They even aided a veter- much as I can,” he said,
29-45-50-59-62—Mega 12 boils down to two detectives ceived a subpoena to testify Lopez’s attorney Joshua an in dire need of medical at- ticking off several crucial is-
Jackpot: $208 million pressuring a third to lie. at a preliminary hearing in Ritter said he believes the tention, who received an sues affecting veterans —
“When a deputy, when a the drug and gun case. At case is part of a “politically emergency humanitarian homelessness, medical care,
Fantasy Five: 25-33-36-37-38
detective, when a peace offi- the hearing, a judge would motivated” effort by Dist. visa so he could be admitted mental health, suicide
Daily Four: 4-1-1-7 cer is testifying under oath ... decide whether there was Atty. George Gascón to show to a hospital in El Paso. and support for families
Daily Three (midday): 9-9-8 we need to trust them,” sufficient evidence against he’s fulfilling a campaign “He was all alone in Mexi- of veterans who commit
Baker said. “We need to trust the men to continue with the promise to hold police offi- co. He had no money, and he suicide.
Daily Three (evening): 9-0-7 that they’re telling the case. cers accountable. couldn’t work,” Castro says. Even after he returns to
Daily Derby: truth.” Expecting to testify, Baker, the prosecutor, Now in his 70s, the veteran work, Castro plans to spend
(1) Gold Rush The charges against the McGinty looked up the re- said during the court hear- was living on a paltry $100-a- his evenings and weekends
(2) Lucky Star detectives stem from a drug port submitted in the case to ing over whether to release month benefit from the U.S. trying to address these
(8) Gorgeous George raid in September 2018. jog his memory. the transcripts that the government and charitable concerns: “This is going to
Race time: 1:41.18 Sheriff ’s investigators from “I saw a bunch of lies,” grand jury process had been handouts. continue for the rest of my
Results on the internet: the department’s Operation McGinty testified. fair. According to the tran- From a political stand- life.”
www.latimes.com/lottery Safe Streets bureau tar- Guerrero-Gonzalez’s re- scripts, he summarized to point, Castro is quick to ad-
General information: geted the home on Rowan port indicated that McGinty grand jurors the statements mit his march to bring de- Bell writes for the San Diego
(800) 568-8379 Avenue in East L.A. after re- said he had seen one of the that Lopez and other depu- ported veterans home has Union-Tribune.
(Results not available at this number) ceiving a tip from a confiden- men throw the case with the ties had given about the
tial informant, McGinty tes- rifle inside on the floor. The raid.
tified. prosecutor who filed the In his statement, Lopez
When the team entered case against the men testi- claimed he overheard
the house, McGinty was the fied at the grand jury pro- McGinty tell someone that
first to reach the bedroom ceedings that she had relied he saw one of the suspects
where the two men, rifle and on McGinty’s statement to holding or throwing a gun,
drugs were found. file gun charges against the but couldn’t remember who
Guerrero-Gonzalez man. McGinty was speaking to,
quickly caught up to him, “That was evidence that the prosecutor told the
and they searched the men he possessed” the gun, the grand jury.
and the room. Afterward, prosecutor told the grand Lopez also said he didn’t
when McGinty told Guer- jury. recall writing the declara-
rero-Gonzalez he wouldn’t The accused man also tion that had included the
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CITY & STATE

Report rejects
possible sites
for homeless
wanted to make sure he had
City analysts in L.A. left “no stone unturned.” He
said he would not pursue the
advise against putting six sites that Szabo had
facilities at some identified as infeasible.
“One of my big takeaways
beaches and parks. of this report is that it under-
scores the drawbacks of
By David Zahniser emergency shelters and bol-
sters the argument that we
Los Angeles should not need actual housing, with
pursue plans for overnight appropriate services,” he
camping or other homeless said in the email.
facilities at Westchester In his report, Szabo
Park, Mar Vista Park and a called for officials to contin-
parking lot next to Will Rog- ue assessing a few of Bonin’s
ers State Beach, city policy suggested locations — an RV
analysts said Tuesday. parking lot next to Dock-
In a four-page report, weiler State Beach, a park-
City Administrative Officer ing lot near a Marina del Rey
Matt Szabo said six loca- boat ramp and property
tions floated by City Coun- owned by LAX.
cilman Mike Bonin as pos- The LAX site would be re-
sible sites for homeless fa- viewed for possible tiny
cilities would be be too ex- homes, overnight camping
Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times pensive or otherwise or “safe” parking. Szabo cau-
THE CITY OF L.A. has an estimated homeless population of 41,000 people, with about 29,000 living on the unsuitable — and should be tioned that any use of LAX
streets. On Tuesday, the City Council adopted a goal of building 25,000 new housing units for homeless people. disregarded. property would require sign-
The findings could help off from the Federal Aviation

L.A. hopes to build 25,000

Bonin quell an uproar in Administration.
parts of his district, which The Marina del Rey site
stretches from Los Angeles would be studied as a pos-
International Airport north sible location for tiny homes
to Pacific Palisades. Several or overnight camping, while
neighborhood groups had the RV lot would be consid-

new housing units by 2025 come out against Bonin’s de-

cision to consider Will Rog-
ers and other recreation
areas as possible sites for
temporary shelter.
ered for overnight parking.
In addition, Culver City offi-
cials are working on devel-
oping a homeless facility on
property that is on L.A.’s

City Council sets goal to aid the unhoused, but specifics are few In his report, Szabo con-
cluded that one parking lot
Westside but owned by Cul-
ver City, Szabo said.
at Will Rogers and another Bonin said he would urge
the city would expand hous- heads of our unhoused renters don’t have access to at Dockweiler Beach in Pla- the city to continue explor-
By Benjamin Oreskes ing production to hit the neighbors, and give them an affordable housing in Los ya del Rey lack proper sewer ing those four locations
goal — or what the cost opportunity to regain their Angeles County. Its report access, fire hydrants and while also pushing for other
Facing an acute housing would be. lives and restore the pride of didn’t break out how many electrical service to accom- options, including the pur-
crisis and rising public anger He said it was important a great city.” people lack affordable hous- modate 24/7 residential liv- chase of motels and faster
over tents in public spaces, to create a benchmark for The City Council asked ing in Los Angeles but it ing. He also reported that construction of long-term
the Los Angeles City Council elected officials and the pub- for reports back detailing underscores the profound Westchester Park and Mar housing with services.
on Tuesday approved a goal lic to assess success and fail- how the goal could be need in the region. Vista Park are already heavi- The report comes about
of building 25,000 units of ure. He also said that having achieved and what housing Councilman Mark Rid- ly used, attracting thou- a month after critics began
new housing for homeless a goal would help local gov- finance policies need to be ley-Thomas, who chairs the sands of children and gener- gathering signatures for a
people by 2025. ernment organize itself as it changed to make it happen. Homelessness and Poverty ating $500,000 per year for possible recall of the council-
The hope is that the new asks the state and federal Politicians and voters Committee, applauded De the Department of Recre- man, saying they were un-
construction will help the governments for more help. have been frustrated by the Leon’s setting of a goal but ation and Parks. happy with his handling of
city relocate many of the The 25,000 units would be slow opening of housing had a word of a caution and a Szabo recommended the homelessness and other is-
people who live on side- made up of a mix of perma- projects funded by Pro- new task for elected officials. city pursue outreach pro- sues. Bonin is also running
walks, freeway embank- nent housing and interim position HHH — the $1.2-bil- He said the success of clear- grams to help bring home- for reelection next year.
ments and parks. non-congregate shelter op- lion bond for homeless hous- ing Venice Beach of tents less people living in those Venice attorney Traci
The last count, which tions — though he didn’t ing that Los Angeles voters and getting people into ho- parks indoors. Park, who recently launched
took place before the specify the exact break- approved more than four tels recently occurred be- Szabo also advised a campaign to unseat Bonin,
COVID-19 pandemic, found down. (Congregate shelters years ago. Seven HHH proj- cause there was money and against putting a temporary described Szabo’s report as
about 41,000 homeless peo- are typical, bunkhouse-style ects have opened in 2021, a detailed plan to make it shelter at the city’s West Los a waste of time and money.
ple within the L.A. city lim- homeless shelters.) De bringing the total to 804 happen. Angeles municipal building, “The community and
its. Of them, the Los Angeles León, the former leader of units, of which 663 are tar- “I believe, and I think it’s saying that location is too other city agencies certainly
Homeless Services Author- the state Senate who is geted for homeless people. the intent of the author [De small. And he opposed the could have told Mr. Bonin
ity estimates about 29,000 weighing a run for mayor, The pace is picking up from León] to say precisely this: idea of overnight camping at from the outset that the
live on the streets or in cars. said purchasing old hotels, one project with 46 units for that the best solution is to a site near Beethoven Street parks were not in fact under-
The rest are in shelters or building modular units and homeless people in 2019 to create more housing, and a in the Del Rey neighbor- utilized, and that those
other forms of temporary master leasing apartments six projects and 315 units last lot of it,” Ridley-Thomas hood, saying that location beach locations were not
housing. could be some of the ways year. said. would require extensive suitable or appropriate in
Councilman Kevin de the city hits the number. It remains to be seen if “A goal in and of itself is grading and soil removal. the first place,” she said.
León introduced the pro- “The time for studying the new goal will ease the af- simply insufficient. We need Bonin, in an email to his She is also concerned
posal after spending months the crisis and hearing from fordable housing crisis to have a plan with substan- constituents, said he had about the idea of converting
saying the city needs a goal experts, I believe, is over,” De plaguing the region and tial resources tied to it.” asked the city’s policy ana- the Dockweiler and Marina
— a “North Star” — in its León said. “Now is the time state. A recent report from lysts to study those loca- del Rey lots into homeless fa-
quest to solve the homeless- for action and delivering the California Housing Times staff writer Doug tions because the city faced cilities. That would reduce
ness crisis. His proposal tangible results. Now is the Partnership found that Smith contributed to this “an urgent and growing” access to coastal and recre-
lacks much detail for how time to get a roof over the about 500,000 low-income report. homelessness crisis — and ation areas, she said.

Surf school owner L.A. County eases citizenship rule

held in killing of Move by supervisors
should reflect the people
they serve, and nowhere is
this more important than at

his kids in Mexico opens door to many

government positions
that had been closed.
the public defender’s office,”
he said.
Public Defender Ricardo
García, the son of immi-
about the discovery of the grants and the county’s first
By Wendy Fry bodies of two children in dia- By Andrea Castillo Latino public defender, said
pers who had been repeat- and Jaclyn Cosgrove in a tweet that the crucial
ROSARITO, Mexico — edly stabbed with a wooden role of his office in the lives of
U.S. border authorities ar- stake. U.S. citizenship will no indigent residents “makes it
rested the founder of a Santa Their bodies were dis- longer be a requirement for essential that the hiring
Barbara surfing school on covered by a farmworker many Los Angeles County process allows for
suspicion of killing his two near El Descanso ranch, lo- government jobs, including onboarding the best and
young children in Mexico, cated on the scenic road be- department heads. most diverse candidates.”
the Baja California state at- tween Tijuana and Ense- On Tuesday, the L.A. The board’s decision was
torney general said Tuesday. nada. County Board of Supervi- celebrated by other advo-
Border agents arrested a Sánchez said the girl had sors unanimously approved cates for immigrants.
40-year-old U.S. citizen, been stabbed about 12 times a motion allowing the Victor Narro, a project di-
identified as Matthew Tay- in the chest, and the boy had county, with a few excep- rector focused on immigrant
lor, as he tried to cross from 17 stab wounds in the same tions, to hire noncitizens to workers at the UCLA Labor
Tijuana into the U.S. at the area. lead county agencies — ex- Center, said that waiving the
San Ysidro Port of Entry Sánchez said agents with cluding the chief probation Francine Orr Los Angeles Times citizenship requirement was
Monday, according to Baja Baja California’s State Secu- officer — and for any other OFFICIALS unanimously approved the motion from a long time coming.
California officials. Author- rity and Investigation Guard county jobs where state or Supervisors Hilda Solis, above, and Sheila Kuehl. “The citizenship require-
ities said he runs the Love- alerted U.S. authorities that federal law doesn’t mandate ment is really from another
water Surf Co., a surfing the man would probably be citizenship. with varied life experiences lic. The county chief execu- time period, but it takes
school based in Santa Bar- trying to make his way to the Immigrants who lack le- that can help enhance cur- tive office and Solis’ and awhile for local governments
bara. border and back to the gal status remain ineligible rent services,” Solis, the Kuehl’s offices declined to to realize that those require-
According to his Face- United States. to work for the county. board chair, said in a state- share a June report with The ments no longer reflect the
book and Instagram ac- U.S. border officers Tuesday’s motion, by Su- ment. “This decision is Times, stating it was pro- diversity of the society we
counts, the school founder’s stopped and arrested him as pervisors Hilda Solis and rooted in a larger vision to tected by attorney-client have,” he said. “There are so
full name is Matthew Taylor he approached the San Sheila Kuehl, extends eligi- bring diversity, equity and privilege because it was many noncitizens that re-
Coleman. Ysidro Port of Entry, bility for county jobs to law- inclusion at the forefront of drafted by county attorneys. side in L.A. County who are
Baja California prose- Sánchez said. ful permanent residents and everything that we do at the At a prior Board of Su- qualified or more than quali-
cutor Hiram Sánchez Zamo- Customs and Border those with work permits. county.” pervisors meeting, Andrés fied for those jobs.”
ra said the man traveled to Protection officials did not The motion directs staff Solis had hoped the Dae Keun Kwon, policy Narro, who teaches a
Rosarito, which is about a immediately respond to a to remove citizenship as a re- county could waive citi- counsel and senior organizer public interest law seminar,
30-minute drive south of Ti- request to comment. quirement for county posi- zenship requirements for di- for the American Civil Liber- said many law students who
juana, and checked into a According to the surfing tions, unless otherwise man- saster service workers, but ties Union, told the board come from immigrant fam-
City Express hotel on Sat- school’s website, Coleman dated by state or federal law. state law governs those posi- that when he graduated ilies aspire to be public de-
urday with his 1-year-old son earned a master’s degree in Department heads will tions and excludes lawfully from UCLA School of Law, fenders. He said the decision
and his 3-year-old daughter. Spanish from UC Santa be allowed to appoint immi- employed immigrants. his dream was to work at the provides an opportunity for
Sánchez said the man left Barbara. He completed his grants without citizenship Immigrants make up L.A. County public defend- the county workforce to bet-
the hotel Monday at 2:54 undergraduate studies at as their deputies when not 35% of the population in L.A. er’s office. ter reflect the community it
a.m. with both children, Point Loma Nazarene Uni- barred by state or federal County. With about 110,000 “But I was not a U.S. citi- serves.
then returned to the hotel at versity in San Diego, where law. employees, the county gov- zen, and so I was shut out,” “L.A. County can lead the
6:33 a.m. without the chil- he was on the surf team. “By removing citizenship ernment is one of the largest he said. way,” he said. “My hope is
dren. requirements, the county employers in the region. He went on to work in im- that other counties will get
At 7:27 a.m., Baja Califor- Fry writes for the San Diego will gain access to a larger Some details of the coun- migrant rights at the ACLU. rid of those citizenship re-
nia police received a 911 call Union-Tribune. pool of qualified applicants ty’s plan weren’t made pub- “The county workforce quirements.”
B4 W E D N E S DAY , AU G U S T 11, 2 0 21 L AT I M E S . C O M

Back stories exposed works as fakes

[Art, from B1] Shainman Gallery in New an online obituary for a
fraud. He also admitted to York and the liaison to Hen- Larry Curry.
hoodwinking 15 prominent dricks’ estate.
art galleries and collectors Living artists can easily Shadowy art
out of more than $1.1 million refute the authenticity of Around the same time
through other forgeries, ac- paintings, and the recently Harrington was trying to sell
cording to the plea. deceased often have family the Hendricks piece, he
Harrington’s scheme in- and associates who are fa- reached out to a private art
volved creating paintings in miliar with the artists’ cata- dealer in New York about
the styles of famous artists logs and quirks, she said. two Hambleton works, ac-
and selling them as newly “I think this is something cording to the complaint.
discovered pieces rather a lot of the contemporary art Hambleton, a Canadian
than known works. The 15 world isn’t used to,” she said. artist, first drew attention in
victims involved were not Both Hendricks and the late 1970s for his public
identified. Hambleton died in 2017. “crime scene” art in which he
In addition to the Hen- Confirming an artwork’s would make chalk outlines
dricks fake, Harrington spe- authenticity is often a multi- depicting homicide victims
cialized in passing off forger- pronged endeavor, some- and splash them with red
ies of Richard Hambleton, a times producing results that paint on New York side-
street artist who gained are far from a sure thing. The walks. He then turned to his
fame with his “Shadowman” process involves establish- “Shadowman” figures on the
figures in the 1980s. ing a history of ownership, sides of buildings and to
Court documents don’t inviting scholarly review of gallery work, alongside con-
specify who is suspected of style and technique and ex- temporaries Keith Haring
creating the faux paintings, amining the materials foren- and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
or where. sically. His works are held in sev-
How Harrington, a native When it comes to antique eral prominent collections,
San Diegan with a graphic and modern art, forensic evi- including the Andy Warhol
art design background, be- dence can include identify- Museum in Pittsburgh and
came involved in art forgery ing the pigments historically the Museum of Modern Art
is not entirely clear. used by an artist in a certain in New York.
Harrington had racked region or era, the age of the Harrington was offering
up a low-level criminal canvas or even patterns of fly one supposed Hambleton
record of drug possession droppings. Forensic exams for $15,000, a 72-by-62-inch
convictions, failures to ap- prove more challenging with work on unstretched canvas
pear for court hearings newer art. showing two black mirror-
and probation revocations. But science wasn’t image silhouettes in a midair
When he was arrested at needed to unravel this con. pose. He said the work was
the Mexico border in March, signed by the artist and
agents found two credit Wikipedia photo dated ’09.
cards in the names of others In September 2019, Har- The second depicted a
in his wallet and a photo of a rington emailed a gallery head-and-shoulders silhou-
fake Nevada driver’s license that specialized in works by ette on a stop sign. It was of-
in his Google account, As- African American artists, fered for $20,000.
sistant U.S. Atty. Andrew asking whether it was inter- Harrington shipped the
Galvin said at Harrington’s Photographs from U.S. attorney’s office ested in a Hendricks paint- stop sign painting to allow
detention hearing, accord- ESCONDIDO resident Jason Alan Harrington passed off this painting as a newly ing for an upcoming auction, the dealer to examine it, and
ing to a court recording. discovered work by Barkley Hendricks. But the artist’s widow had her doubts. according to the complaint. she ended up purchasing it,
“He went through a The gallery’s owner was in- splitting the cost with an-
rough patch in his life, and terested and, in correspond- other collector and museum
he was taught how to do this ence with Harrington, esti- curator.
by others,” his defense attor- mated the piece could fetch The letter of provenance
ney, Jeremy Warren, said in up to $2 million. claimed Harrington’s pur-
an interview. “He feels bad Hendricks, who was born ported wife, Rachel, bought
for everybody involved and in Philadelphia and at- the art at a discounted price
recognizes it was wrong.” tended Yale University, is from Hambleton in 2011. She
Forgery is a centuries-old featured in prominent mu- and the artist had become
crime plaguing art collec- seums, including the Whit- friends while living in Man-
tors and galleries worldwide. ney Museum of American hattan, so the story went.
Countless art aficionados, Art in New York, the Na- After buying the piece,
both expert and amateur, tional Gallery of Art in the dealer hung it in a New
have succumbed to the spell Washington and the Tate York contemporary art
of obtaining works that end Modern in London. gallery and listed the paint-
up too good to be true. But In an email, Harrington ing for sale on a website.
criminal prosecutions in the told the gallery owner that But an employee of the
U.S. are rare, especially in the portrait was of his uncle, website became suspicious
San Diego. Larry Curry, and that Har- upon learning where and
“In all my years practic- rington inherited the paint- how the painting had been
ing here, I’ve never seen an ing years earlier. obtained, saying he had seen
art forgery case,” Warren He then went into the some strange Hambleton
told a judge in March. back story: the garage sale, work coming from Southern
Forgery of contemporary the jazz collection and the California, the complaint
art — or works created by liv- trade. states. The dealer scruti-
ing or recently deceased art- But when it came time for nized the piece more closely
ists — is a fairly new devel- Hendricks’ widow to and determined it was coun-
opment in the art world, authenticate the painting, terfeit.
mainly because it is a much there was a problem. About the same time,
riskier gambit, said Elisa- HARRINGTON offered a dealer this supposed work by Richard Hambleton for In an email, according to Harrington contacted an-
beth Sann, a director at Jack $15,000. He said the 72-by-62-inch work was signed by the artist and dated ’09. court records, the gallery other potential buyer, de-
owner said the widow scribed in court records as “a
“doubted the materials, the prominent art dealer, ad-
technique, the handwriting viser and collector based in
Name Change on the verso and the signa- New York City” who “has
ture on the painting. She been involved in the art in-

MARKETPLACE latimes.com/placead file a written objection

To place an ad call 1.800.234.4444 that includes the reasons said Hendricks began docu- dustry for over 35 years.”
for the objection at least menting all his painting in Harrington was hawking
two days before the
JOBS · REAL ESTATE · MORE matter is scheduled to be the late 1960s and took me- two more Hambleton pieces,
heard and must appear ticulous notes concerning one of a horse and another of
at the hearing to show each work. There is no men- three heads — both report-
cause why the petition
should not be granted. tion of this work in any of his edly obtained at a low price
Collectibles and If no written objection notes.” through his wife’s relation-
Memorabilia is timely filed, the court She concluded it was a ship with the famous artist.
may grant the petition
STAMPS Buy-Sell-Appraise without a hearing. forgery. He accepted an offer of
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NOTICE! Petitioner or Attorney Nuys CA 91401 A copy easy for us to draw the lines When Harrington didn’t
of this Order to Show and connect the dots.” send the documents con-
MISSING (name, state, bar, and
address): Cause shall be published Harrington’s Google ac- firming the painting’s prov-
at least once each week
PERSON: Timothy
Rosenbaum
William
for four successive weeks count revealed the paint- enance, the dealer called
Nina Ann BUTLER 23290 Mobile St. West prior to the date set for ing’s real provenance. him and asked to speak to
hearing on the petition in Photos taken in 2019 show Harrington’s wife. The wom-
Born in or around 1979 in HOW TO PLACE AN AD Hills CA 91307-3431
TO ALL PERSONS the following newspaper
California.
of general circulation, the painting in stages of an on the phone introduced
Daughter of Joanne Yan INTERESTED:
(formerly known as Yuet Petitioner Timothy printed in this county. progress. An unidentified herself as “Jay’s girlfriend”
Ming Butler). William Rosenbaum filed Dated: 26 Jul 2021 man appears in one of the and mispronounced “Green-
Self-service 24/7: a petition with this court Sherry R. Carter
photos; it is unclear whether wich Village” during the con-
Please contact HSBC for a decree changing Executive Officer/Clerk
Trustee (Hong Kong) latimes.com/placead names as follows: Published in the Los he painted the portrait. versation, according to the
Limited of Hong Kong, Present Name Angeles Times 08/11/21, The subject of the por- complaint.
Tel. No.: +852 2533 Timothy William 08/18/21, 08/25/21,
6248 (Ms. Chan), Email:
Rosenbaum 09/01/21 trait appears to be gleaned Suspicion mounting, the
charmion.c.w.chan@ Contact us by phone 24/7:
hsbcpb.com. Proposed Name from a 1975 photograph of an dealer reached out to one of
Matters to be discussed. Hao Mei unidentified man in a blue the other Hambleton buy-
800-234-4444 THE COURT ORDERS
suit that was posted to a ers, who took the paintings
Published in the Los that all persons
Angeles Times interested in this matter Wikipedia article about to a Hambleton expert who
appear before this court 1970s fashion, the FBI deemed the works fake, the
ADVERTISING POLICIES at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, learned. The painting cap- complaint states.
For Los Angeles Times advertising terms if any, why the petition tures the man’s likeness Harrington has agreed to
and conditions go to: for change of name down to his Afro, bracelet pay more than $1.1 million in
should not be granted.
www.latimes.com/about/la-ads-terms-20181105-htmlstory.html Any person objecting and pose. restitution.
to the name changes The photo was also found
described above must on Harrington’s Google ac- Davis writes for the San
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MARKIE POST, 1950 - 2021

Public defender on ‘Night Court’

as Judge Harry T. Stone. played the clerk Mac, died at 1985.
associated press
Post became a full-time 75. NBC is currently devel- Post’s other credits in-
cast member of “Night oping a sequel to the series. clude playing Cameron
arkie Post, Court” in Season 3 as Chris- Post had two daughters Diaz’s mother in “There’s

M who played
the public de-
fender in the
1980s sitcom
“Night Court” and was a
regular presence on televi-
sion for four decades, has
tine Sullivan, a sincere and
strong-willed woman who
served as a constant foil to
Dan Fielding, John Larro-
quette’s womanizing, nar-
cissistic prosecutor. With
comic rebuttal, Post’s Chris-
with her second husband,
TV producer and writer
Michael A. Ross. In a state-
ment, the family said, “Our
pride is in who she was in ad-
dition to acting; a person
who made elaborate cakes
Something About Mary,”
Elliot Reid’s mother on
“Scrubs,” and appearances
in the shows “The Love
Boat,” “The A-Team” and
“Fantasy Island.”
While receiving chemo-
died. She was 70. tine deflected Fielding’s for friends, sewed curtains therapy treatments, Post
Post’s manager, Ellen Lu- lechery throughout the se- for first apartments and acted in the Lifetime movie Richard Shotwell Invision/AP
bin Sanitsky, said Post died ries’ run. showed us how to be kind, “Christmas Reservations”
Saturday in Los Angeles af- Though an unrealized ro- loving and forgiving in an and guest starred on the FOUR DECADES ON TV
ter battling cancer for years. mance between Christine often harsh world.” ABC series “The Kids Are Markie Post attends the March 2018 premiere for
Post was a longtime tele- and Harry was often teased, Post started in television Alright.” Season 2 of “Santa Clarita Diet” in Los Angeles.
vision regular who appeared “Night Court” ended with behind the camera, working
in shows that included Fielding realizing the public on the production crew of
“Cheers” and “Scrubs.” But defender was the love of his the game shows “Double
she was best known for her life. Dare” and “Card Sharks.”
seven-season run on NBC’s
“Night Court,” the Manhat-
Several of Post’s “Night
Court” costars have died in
Her first series regular role
was in the Lee Majors action
OBITUARY NOTICES
tan municipal court sitcom recent years. Anderson died adventure series “The Fall Place a paid notice latimes.com/placeobituary
that ran from 1984 to 1992 at age 65 in 2018. In July, Guy,” in which she played Search obituary notice archives: legacy.com/obituaries/latimes
and starred Harry Anderson Charles Robinson, who Terri Michaels from 1982 to

BLOOM, Ruth B.
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076
www.mountsinaiparks.org
GREEN, Richard
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Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076
www.mountsinaiparks.org
GREEN, Richard
Mount Sinai Memorial Parks - MIEHLS, John A. NARDONI, Marcie
Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 March 11, 1930 - July 30, 2021
www.mountsinaiparks.org September 10, 1937 - August 1, 2021
Jack Miehls 83, passed away in Marcie Nardoni, age 91, of Los
his Redondo Beach home in the late Angeles, passed away on July 30, 2021.
hours of August 1,2021 by the side of Marcie was born in Los Angeles, CA,
Barbara, his loving wife of 37 years. the second eldest of three daughters
Jack loved living near the ocean. (Estelle, Marcie, and Billie) of Mario
He grew up in Santa Monica and and Ethel Prado lately of Los Angeles,
graduated from Saint Monicas High CA, and has a step-sister Patricia. A
School then onto Santa Monica City loving mother of George and Daniel (d.
College before getting his degree 2019) Parker, and daughters Lisa and
from UCLA. He played on the baseball, Laurie Nardoni. Marcie had longtime
basketball, football and swim teams careers as a Los Angeles Bail Bond
for Saint Monicas and later was on the agent as well as an accountant in the
LIPSON, Lillian Fay SMCC swim team. During the summers tax preparation industry. Throughout
he was a Santa Monica Life Guard. He her life Marcie was a longtime lover
Sarasota FL - Lillian Fay Lipson, of cats with several feline friends
former resident of Granada Hills and also served in the Army Reserves.
After college he found work as a including “Boo Boo” who she raised
Studio City, Cailf., died peacefully from from an abandoned kitten. She
Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times cancer at her Sarasota, Florida, home model and actor in print and television
commercials. During that period he is deeply missed by her surviving
AMANDA PERI, an inspector with Cal Fire, searches through debris Monday in with her husband, retired Los Angeles children, family and friends.
Daily News restaurant critic and wine briefly lived in Manhattan, NY before
Greenville, Calif. Heat and winds could complicate firefighting efforts this week. returning to the beaches of Southern
writer Larry Lipson, at her bedside on
July 1, 2021. California (Manhattan, Redondo, Playa

Dixie fire continues to rage

Del Rey) and the beginnings of a career
Born February 2, 1941, in the Bronx, in real estate with Dart Industries, then
New York, to Aaron and Frieda Forman, on to a career in commercial real estate
she later moved to Los Angeles with with The Bruce Hanes Company. From
her mother after her father died when there he kept his Broker’s License with
she was 13 years old. Her mother, a long time friend and business partner
[Dixie, from B1] might have sparked the fire, day, there’s a chance of iso- film editor, in later years, married Los Eldon Griffis at the E.R. Griffis Company
cording to the latest incident which broke out July 13 near lated thunderstorms that Angeles businessman Henry Davis. in Torrance.
report. the utility’s power station in bring the possibility of dry Those years brought a successful
Lillian, a onetime model, married marriage to his wife Barbara in 1983
Crews made progress on Feather River Canyon, as lightning and erratic winds. followed by the birth of their daughter OWEN, John Steven
the blaze over the last sev- well as another fire that later “Firefighters are still very Larry in 1962, was a 49 year-mother
of two sons, Jeffrey and Matthew, Jackie and son Christian. Those happy Beloved brother, uncle and friend,
eral days, and containment merged with the Dixie. much on heightened alert,” when she decided to go back to school parenting years expanded Jack’s John died peacefully on August 6, 2021
has reached 25%. Just as firefighters are Thompson said. following a varied job career as a bank resume to include volunteering at his home in Valley Village, California
The fire, which is burning beginning to make headway Much of the southern office, wine salesperson, real estate as an AYSO soccer coach for both after a long illness.
across Plumas, Butte, Te- on the blaze, conditions this and southwestern portions manager, even a nanny. She graduated children’s teams and coaching Riviera Born on November 1, 1949 to
from nursing college, eventually Little League teams. He was also an Barbara and John Owen, John served
hama and Lassen counties, week are expected to change of the fire are “buttoned up,” enthusiastic member of the South two years with the Navy in Viet Nam,
last week leveled the Sierra for the worse. Heavy smoke but there’s room for signifi- becoming a senior clinical research
associate (CRA). In 2001, she was grief- High Baseball team Boosters Club and followed by a successful writing career
town of Greenville and de- that had converged over the cant growth on the north stricken when her oldest son Jeffrey their Christmas tree fundraisers. in television.
stroyed homes in Can- fire moderated tempera- and northeast, he said. died suddenly from a heart attack. Jack Loved sports. Fall weekends John will be remembered for his
yondam, Indian Falls Can- tures and fire behavior, offi- Some areas along the revolved around tailgating to UCLA kindness, his wit, his dry sense of
She retired and moved to the football games or watching the away humor, charm, generosity and his
yon, Chester and elsewhere, cials said; the cover gave fire- eastern edge of the fire are games with friends at home. He was huge smile and dimpled cheeks.
Plumas County Sheriff Todd fighting crews time to make located in burn scar areas, Lipson’s vacation residence in Costa
Rica in 2008 with her husband and a fan of the Angels, the Dodgers, John’s true love was writing and film.
Johns said Monday evening. some progress. But the which offer some natural resided there predominately until the Lakers and the LA Kings. Every He is survived by his sister Linda, his
Many people are unable to smoke began clearing Mon- protection because the vege- 2014 when the couple returned summer it was off to Manhattan or brothers Scott and Kirk, his cousin
return to their communities day, paving the way for tem- tation there has been permanently to the U.S. choosing Hermosa Beach for the Taplan Life Michael and his two nieces Nikki and
Sarasota as their new home. Guard Competitions. He liked to watch Brittany. In lieu of a service, please
amid continued fire threats peratures to again soar and thinned out by previous swim meets on TV and occasionally donate to the charity of your choice.
and evacuation orders. humidity levels to plunge. fires, Thompson added. visit the Southern California campuses
Known for her gregarious REINER, Lillian Z.
“Many of our friends and The weather is part of the Dixie is one of 96 blazes personality and firm opinions, she is for a live competition. Olympic swim
neighbors have lost every- drought and heat, fueled by raging across the West, said survived by her husband Larry Lipson, competitions were never missed. As Mount Sinai Memorial Parks -
thing, and I know for those climate change, that have Rocky Opliger, an incident son Matthew Lipson (and wife Tammy) long as he was able he swam laps in Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076
and grandchildren Olen, Adrian and his backyard pool. www.mountsinaiparks.org
folks, the healing and recov- dried out the western U.S. commander for California Besides sports Jack adored live
ery process will begin when and spurred rapid fire Interagency Incident Team Ava LIpson.
theater, whether at the Ahmanson,
they are able to see the dam- growth. Temperatures in 4. More than 25,000 firefight- or more intimate venues. He enjoyed
age that has been done to the fire area hovered in the ers are working on the fires, picnicking at the Hollywood Bowl
their property,” Johns said. 90s on Tuesday and are ex- with nearly 6,000 assigned to and attending and exploring the wide
range of cultural events that living
Authorities have issued pected to reach the 100s on Dixie alone, he said. in Los Angeles afforded. Like Randy
evacuation orders for the Wednesday and Thursday. To the west of the Dixie Newman He Loved LA!
Antelope Lake area and Humidity could drop into fire, the lightning-sparked His passion for travel reawakened
warnings for Janesville to the low teens during the day- Monument fire continues to once the children were old enough
the north, and firefighters time this week, with poten- spread, with little contain- to appreciate the experience. Both
children grew up to be enthusiastic
are conducting proactive tially little to no recovery at ment, in Trinity County. The travelers. YAMAMOTO, Gerald
structure-protection opera- night, forecasters said. blaze, which ignited July 30 A stroke in the spring of 2015 led to
tions in those areas, said Also complicating fire- near Monument Peak, had
MAGIDOW, Tanya Hisayoshi (Jerry)
Jack’s semi-retirement. However, after
Tim Jones, a spokesperson fighting efforts: Afternoon grown to nearly 58,000 acres
Belladonna a heroic rehab effort, Jack’s suitcases
Jerry Yamamoto, longtime President
Tanya Belladonna Magidow (née of the Vietnam Veterans of America
for the Dixie fire. winds are expected, with and was 3% contained on were packed and he and Barbara South Bay Chapter 53, multi-term
Titus), age 51, passed away on traveled extensively until mobility
Pacific Gas & Electric southwest gusts up to 20 Tuesday, according to the Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Emory member of the VVA National Board of
issues and the later stages of dementia Directors, and Grandpaw, succumbed
has said its equipment mph. And beginning Thurs- latest incident report. University Hospital in Atlanta, GA due ended that leg of the journey. To the
to complications from brain aneurysm to a long illness on July 19, 2021. He
end Jack was a sweet, loving man with was 77.
surgery. an affectionate and playful nature and
Tanya was born in Essaouira, He is survived by his daughter Jamie;
always an optimistic outlook. He is sister Lynnie Tabata; and many loving
Morocco on June 6, 1970, the survived by his wife Barbara, daughter
daughter of Calvin Edward Titus and relatives. He was predeceased by his

Familiar name tied to Smart case Ellen Christine Jordan. She grew up
in Sebastopol, CA the oldest of five,
including three brothers and a sister.
Tanya received her BA in Film at UC
Jacqueline (David) Opel, son Christian,
grandson Jack Opel, his sister Marilyn
(Lucky) Cole, nephew Chris Cole and
nieces, Lauren, Michelle and Monique.
beloved wife, May (Nishimoto); sister
Jean Kuniyoshi; and Kitty Sunshine,
the family cat.
A brief burial service will be held
An outdoor memorial service will at Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo
Santa Barbara in 1992, then began be held on Saturday, August 21. For
[Smart, from B1] death sentence. His murder having had any role in her career in the film industry. It was Beach, August 19, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.
details, email JackMiehlsMemorial@ Masks required. Celebration of Life to
County sheriff ’s detectives case remains one of the high- Smart’s disappearance or there that she met the love of her gmail.com, or go to www.LAfuneral.
have singularly focused on est-profile cases in Califor- any knowledge of her where- life, Grg Magidow. She and Grg were come at a later date.
com . www.fukuimortuary.com
Flores and ignored other po- nia. abouts. married on September 26, 1999, in
Palos Verdes, CA and spent the first 10 (213) 626-0441
tential suspects. Having Peterson’s name Later in the week, attor- years of their marriage in Los Angeles,
Smart was a 19-year-old mentioned in the Smart neys for the defense said working in the film industry, he as a
freshman when she van- case showed the “despera- they were seeking to arrange cameraman and she as a set decorator
ished on Memorial Day tion” of Flores’ defense team, for Peterson to testify. On and assistant prop master.
weekend of 1996. She had said Pat Harris, Peterson’s Monday, the attorneys ques- In 2008, they moved to Wilmington, MOHR, Marilyn
gone to an off-campus party longtime lawyer. tioned the lead detective
NC to continue their work in the film
industry and enjoy a more relaxed
Marilyn Mohr, 90, passed away
Saturday August 7th at 4:29 pm.
To place
and was making the roughly “I think it was more of a about possible other sus- pace of life.
10-minute walk back to her publicity stunt to take the pects, including Smart’s for- In 2018, Tanya and Grg moved to
She will be dearly missed by her
daughter Jane Mohr, her son Jeff
an obituary ad
dormitory with two other attention away from the de- mer boyfriend, who burned Atlanta, GA, where Tanya started her Mohr, her daughter-in-law Linda
students when, the students fendant,” Harris said. “I her shoes in the weeks before second career as a certified KonMari
consultant. She launched her business
Mohr, her granddaughter Jacquelyn please go
later told police, Flores ap- spoke to San Quentin and to her disappearance, and Mohr, her grandson Robby Mohr, her
peared and promised to see Scott, and there has been no Peterson.
Peace Joy Tidy in March of 2020.
Tanya was a Master Gardener, a
granddaughter Natasha Eklove, and
her great-grandson Hayden Mohr.
online to:
her back to her room. subpoena or any arrange- Peterson is mentioned in voracious reader, talented writer, In tribute of Marilyn Mohr, please
Smart’s body has never ments made for his testi- the Smart investigation be- creator of beautiful spaces, and lover donate to the Parkinson’s foundation,
been found. mony. cause a Modesto Police de- of animals. at parkinson.org.
latimes.com/placeobituary
She will be remembered always for
After decades of investi- “The whole thing is ridic- tective questioned Peter- her tremendous heart, generous and
gation and several recent ulous but just shows you the son’s brother, who told him
searches of their homes, extent of the demonization he once discussed her disap-
creative spirit, devotion to her pig and
dog children, and unwavering loyalty Share a
the father and son were
arrested and charged this
of Scott. If they are desper-
ate enough to think they
pearance with Scott Peter-
son before Peterson was
to her family and friends.
Tanya is survived by her husband
Gregory Allen Magidow, her mother
memory or call
year. Since then, their law- need to use his name, it does charged with his wife’s mur- Ellen Jordan, her father Calvin Titus, To sign a guest book
yers have accused author- not bode well for his de- der. sister Shani Titus Obedoza (Francis), please go to 1-800-234-4444
ities of ignoring other pos- fense.” Another man the defense brothers Robin Titus (Katy), Dylan latimes.com/guestbooks
sible suspects. During cross-examina- mentioned as a possible sus- Titus, and Cole Titus, nephews Maceo,
Peterson also was a stu- tion last week, Flores’ attor- pect was a dropout of the Xylo, James and Luke, and her three
dog children, Ndugu, Lilith and Brielle,
dent at the university in 1996. ney Robert Sanger asked university who was later as well as friends and other family
In Peterson’s case, the Stan Smart, Kristin Smart’s convicted of murder in San members all over the country who
state Supreme Court last father, whether he was Diego, a conviction that was loved her immensely.
year ordered the trial judge aware that Peterson was at a overturned. Memorial and Celebration of Life
to consider whether he house party that the student Because of a strict gag or- services are planned Sunday, August
should be granted a new trial was at in the hours before der in the case, attorneys 15th in Sebastopol, CA and in Atlanta,
GA on the weekend of August 28th.
due to “prejudicial miscon- she disappeared. and the Sheriff ’s Depart- In lieu of flowers, donations may
duct” by one juror, with the Paul and Ruben Flores ment cannot answer ques- be made to the Brain Aneurysm
state’s highest court having have pleaded not guilty and tions about potential wit- Fund (give.bafound.org/goto/tanya),
already overturned his consistently have denied nesses. Boston Terrier Rescue of North
Carolina (btrnc.org), Every Last One
(everylastone.org).
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Today in Southern California Today in North America

Monsoonal moisture lingers: Monsoonal moisture will remain in place today into Thursday, resulting in Storms in the Midwest: Thunderstorms will develop in parts of the
spotty showers and thunderstorms, mainly across the mountains and deserts. The chance of any shower Midwest. Some storms may turn severe, with flooding downpours and
making it west to the coast is small. Thunderstorms in the mountains may be heavy, with the risk for flash damaging gusts. The mid-Atlantic and Northeast states will be hot and
flooding and debris flows. Temperatures will trend upward into the weekend. humid. Thunderstorms will continue in the Desert Southwest.
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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.
Temps –0 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100+ Rain T-storm Snow Ice
L.A. Basin Valleys Beaches Mountains Deserts
Today 89/69 94/69 77/66 76/47 104/84
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Patchy fog, then sun A storm in spots A stray thundershower
Thursday Sunny 88/70 Sunny; hot 94/70 Sunny 78/66 Partly sunny 76/49 Mostly sunny 106/84
Friday Mostly sunny 87/68 Seasonable 93/69 Mostly sunny 78/68 Sunny 78/50 Hot 110/86
Saturday Sunny 88/70 Sunny and hot 97/74 Sunny 80/68 Mostly sunny 80/51 Very warm 110/86
Sunday Sunny 88/70 Sunny and hot 99/70 Mostly sunny 80/68 Thunderstorm 81/50 Thunderstorm108/83

Air quality Good Moderate Unhealthful for: Sensitive people All Not Available
SANTA VENTURA CO. Santa Clarita South Coast Air Quality Management District forecasts air quality
BARBARA CO. Santa Paula 97/66 Hesperia
Santa Ojai 88/62 LOS ANGELES CO. 98/67
Barbara 92/65 Simi Valley
Chatsworth SAN BERNARDINO CO.
73/61 92/66 Burbank Monrovia
Ventura Camarillo 94/69
93/68 96/70
73/63 82/65 Pomona/ Yucca Valley
UCLA 93/75
Oxnard
Westlake 83/67 L.A. Downtown Fairplex Ontario San Bernardino
72/62 Woodland 89/69 99/70 100/72
Village 99/71
Hills Whittier
89/65 Chino
94/68
Santa Monica Hills 100/67 Riverside RIVERSIDE CO.
77/66 92/69 Fullerton 99/68
Surf and sea Torrance 90/68
POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO 79/64 Santa Ana U.S. cities
Inner waters: Wind variable, becom- Long 84/70 ORANGE CO. Hemet Palm
ing west 6-12 knots. Wind waves 2 Beach Newport Irvine 100/70 Springs High 120 in Death Valley, Calif.
feet or less. Swells mixed south and 85/67 Beach 87/68 104/84 Low 26 in Yellowstone N.P., Wyo.
west at 1-4 feet. Mission Viejo
78/68 Temecula Tuesday Today Tuesday Today
Surf zone: The risk for strong and Laguna 89/68 City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Sky City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Sky
dangerous rip currents will be mod- 96/65
Beach San Albany 83 67 -- 90 71 Cy Seattle 85 62 -- 88 66 Pc
erate at Los Angeles, Ventura and 79/68 Clemente Albuquerque 88 73 -- 91 68 Cy Tampa 92 78 .01 92 77 Ts
O.C. beaches and low at S.B. and
80/65 SAN DIEGO CO. Anchorage 62 52 .27 60 53 Cy Tucson 93 73 .03 89 73 Pc
S.D. county beaches. Aspen 84 47 -- 85 50 Su Tulsa 98 81 -- 99 79 Cy
Oceanside
Atlanta 91 74 Tr 89 74 Ts Washington, D.C. 94 76 .67 96 79 Ts
County Height Period Direction Temp Sun and moon 85/63 Austin 94 73 -- 95 76 Su Wichita 100 78 -- 99 73 Pc
Santa Barbara 1-3’ 9 sec W 63 Baltimore 95 74 .34 97 77 Ts
Today’s rise/set
Ventura 2-4’ 12 sec SW 65 Escondido Ramona Boise 93 58 -- 96 69 Su World
Los Angeles 2-4’ 12 sec SW 68 Los Angeles Co. Orange Co. Ventura Co. 90/64 94/62 Boston 74 67 .59 89 77 Pc Acapulco 86 75 .59 88 76 Ts
Orange 2-4’ 12 sec SW 68 Sun 6:12a/7:44p 6:11a/7:43p 6:15a/7:49p Buffalo 88 77 Tr 87 77 Pc Amsterdam 70 59 .63 73 56 Pc
Moon 9:18a/10:00p 9:16a/9:59p 9:22a/10:05p Poway
San Diego 1-3’ 12 sec WSW 70 Burlington, Vt. 88 71 .04 91 76 Pc Athens 97 77 -- 97 80 Ts
83/64 Charleston, S.C. 92 73 -- 90 74 Ts Bangkok 97 82 .04 94 80 Ts
Charlotte 94 73 -- 93 73 Ts Barcelona 86 70 -- 83 72 Ts
Tides San Diego Chicago 93 73 .52 92 74 Ts Berlin 75 55 .12 75 55 Pc
L.A. Outer Harbor, in feet. 80/69 Cincinnati 87 72 .36 91 76 Ts Cabo San Lucas 82 79 .74 87 78 Ts
Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 6
Today 12:20p 4.6 Hi 5:53a -0.1 Lo Cleveland 86 71 1.07 88 76 Ts Cairo 98 77 -- 100 79 Su
11:46p 5.3 Hi 5:50p 1.8 Lo Columbia, S.C. 92 75 .42 92 75 Cy Dubai 110 95 -- 108 91 Su
Thu. 12:57p 4.8 Hi 6:25a 0.3 Lo
Almanac Columbus 86 70 .02 89 76 Ts Dublin 66 54 -- 66 50 R
Tuesday Downtown readings Dallas/Ft.Worth 97 78 -- 98 78 Su Havana 90 75 .01 91 74 Ts
------ Hi 6:49p 1.7 Lo Denver 97 62 Tr 97 64 Pc Ho Chi Minh City 95 82 .28 91 79 Ts
Temperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Detroit 90 72 .02 89 75 Ts Hong Kong 88 82 .54 89 81 Ts
UV index High/low 84/64 90/67 70/59 24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 El Paso 94 73 Tr 90 70 Ts Istanbul 85 70 -- 88 73 Pc
Minutes to burn for sensitive people Normal high/low 84/65 86/66 76/59 Season total (since Oct. 1) 6.04 4.92 3.16 Eugene 95 54 -- 102 64 Pc Jerusalem 85 69 -- 85 72 Su
High/low a year ago 78/62 86/62 64/56 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 14.83 12.43 12.17 Fort Myers 94 78 1.23 91 75 Ts Johannesburg 58 44 -- 63 48 Cy
Las Vegas, 25 Phoenix, 25
Record high/date 99/1882 100/2012 90/1971 Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 14.15 11.74 16.01 Hartford 80 68 -- 93 76 Ts Kuala Lumpur 88 77 .40 86 76 Ts
Los Angeles, 25 San Francisco, 25 Record low/date 54/1897 58/2010 49/1950 Humidity (high/low) 86/17 84/37 100/70 Honolulu 89 75 -- 89 76 Pc Lima 64 60 -- 65 61 Pc
Houston 98 81 -- 96 78 Cy London 73 55 -- 74 59 Pc
California cities Indianapolis 92 75 .03 92 76 Ts Madrid 97 70 -- 102 71 Su
Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Thursday Jacksonville, Fla. 91 74 -- 91 74 Ts Mecca 110 89 -- 109 80 Su
Kansas City 92 73 .07 97 75 Pc Mexico City 73 58 .09 71 56 Ts
City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo Knoxville 92 69 .03 92 73 Ts Milan 87 65 -- 91 69 Su
Anaheim 92 65 -- 92 68 92 68 L.A. D’ntown/USC 84 64 -- 89 69 88 70 San Diego 79 70 -- 80 69 81 69 Las Vegas 105 85 -- 103 83 Pc Montreal 88 72 .04 88 74 Pc
Avalon/Catalina 74 62 -- 80 69 81 66 L.A. Int’l. Airport 73 62 -- 75 66 76 66 San Francisco 75 58 -- 75 59 74 59 Louisville 96 75 .01 95 79 Ts Moscow 82 67 .01 72 62 Cy
Bakersfield 104 75 -- 104 79 103 78 Laguna Beach 80 63 -- 79 68 80 70 San Gabriel xx xx -- 94 70 94 70 Medford 100 61 -- 107 71 Hz Mumbai 88 82 .06 87 80 Ts
Barstow 107 77 -- 103 77 105 79 Lancaster 104 68 -- 103 75 102 75 San Jose 86 58 -- 86 63 84 63 Memphis 96 79 -- 97 78 Pc New Delhi 95 79 -- 96 81 Hz
Big Bear Lake 79 54 .10 76 47 76 49 Long Beach 86 63 -- 85 67 84 67 San Luis Obispo 82 56 -- 82 58 82 59 Miami 92 79 .04 91 80 Ts Paris 76 61 .14 81 61 Su
Bishop 101 54 -- 102 61 102 62 Mammoth Lakes 86 52 -- 85 49 86 50 Santa Ana 83 67 -- 84 70 84 70 Milwaukee 91 64 .42 92 70 Ts Prague 79 57 -- 75 56 Pc
Burbank 93 66 -- 93 68 91 68 Mission Viejo 93 61 -- 89 68 90 70 Santa Barbara 71 58 -- 73 61 74 60 Minneapolis 88 73 Tr 84 68 Su Rome 90 72 -- 91 71 Hz
Camarillo 81 63 -- 82 65 82 65 Monrovia 92 61 -- 96 70 95 71 Santa Clarita 98 66 -- 97 66 96 66 Nashville 96 76 -- 97 76 Pc Seoul 88 72 .07 90 73 Sh
Chatsworth 100 66 -- 94 69 94 69 Monterey 78 59 -- 73 60 74 61 Santa Monica Pier 74 62 -- 77 66 78 66 New Orleans 93 79 .04 91 78 Ts Singapore 90 81 .07 87 78 Ts
Chino 100 65 -- 100 67 99 67 Mt. Wilson 87 71 -- 83 64 84 64 Santa Paula 90 54 -- 88 62 88 63 New York 84 71 .94 91 78 Pc Taipei City 90 79 .30 97 80 Ts
Compton 85 63 -- 86 67 86 66 Needles 107 91 -- 104 85 107 88 Santa Rosa 89 53 -- 87 54 82 55 Norfolk 91 72 -- 93 77 Pc Tokyo 95 78 -- 89 77 Pc
Dana Point 72 62 -- 78 66 79 68 Newport Beach 71 65 -- 78 68 79 69 Simi Valley 90 61 -- 92 66 92 64 Oklahoma City 94 77 -- 95 75 Su Vancouver 75 61 -- 77 64 Pc
Death Valley 120 93 -- 115 93 116 89 Northridge 99 65 -- 95 69 95 69 Tahoe Valley 86 46 -- 87 48 87 51 Omaha 92 78 -- 93 71 Su Vienna 84 64 -- 84 61 Pc
Del Mar 79 66 -- 74 66 75 67 Oakland 78 58 -- 75 60 74 61 Temecula 96 65 -- 96 65 95 65 Orlando 92 77 -- 92 76 Ts
Escondido 92 66 -- 90 64 91 64 Oceanside 81 65 -- 85 63 85 64 Thousand Oaks 84 61 -- 86 64 86 64 Philadelphia 93 73 .24 95 78 Pc Key: Su sunny; Pc partly cloudy; Cy cloudy; Fg
Eureka 64 52 -- 63 55 65 56 Ojai 91 58 -- 92 65 91 64 Torrance 79 64 -- 79 64 81 64 Phoenix 94 77 .11 95 82 Ts foggy; Prcp precipitation; Dr drizzle; Hz;hazy Sh
Fallbrook 92 64 -- 89 62 89 64 Ontario 100 68 -- 99 71 99 71 UCLA 81 62 -- 83 67 83 67 Pittsburgh 81 69 .60 86 74 Ts showers; Ts thunderstorms; R rain; Sn snow; Sf
snow flurries; I ice; Rs rain/snow; W windy; Tr
Fresno 105 72 -- 106 78 106 76 Palm Springs 105 84 -- 104 84 106 84 Van Nuys 98 67 -- 97 69 96 69 Portland, Ore. 93 66 -- 97 70 Pc trace. Notes: National extremes exclude Alaska
Fullerton 90 67 -- 90 68 89 68 Pasadena 93 66 -- 93 69 92 69 Ventura 70 59 -- 73 63 73 63 Providence 80 68 .01 88 75 Pc and Hawaii. Missing data indicated by “xx”.
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Kings put out the welcome wagon for Danault

[Kings, from B10]
That was the role in which the
Canadiens played him. When
the Kings called him, right as
free agency hit on July 28, part
of the appeal to Danault was
being used as an offensive
weapon.
“I still think I have lots and
lots to give and L.A. was see-
ing that in myself as well,”
Danault said. “That’s what I
liked too. They were seeing me
the way I see me.”
Danault’s agent, Don Mee-
han, told him and Marie to
have someone watch their
child during the early hours of
free agency. Indeed, the phone
started to ring. The Kings
called him first and were ag-
gressive in their pursuit. Soon
enough, a Zoom meeting was
set up with Danault, team
President Luc Robitaille, gen-
eral manager Rob Blake,
coach Todd McLellan and
Jake Goldberg, senior direc-
tor of hockey operations .
“Not about gaining a more
offensive game, it’s just they
were seeing the offense that I
didn’t have the chance to use
in Montreal as much, I think,”
Danault said. “ ’Cause they
were putting me in that cer-
tain role — which was OK, we
went to the Cup. But I feel like Photographs by Al Seib Los Angeles Times
I had another gear.” KINGS player Phillip Danault and his wife, Marie, visit Los Angeles, including the Manhattan Beach Pier.
It’s easy to draw a parallel
between the situation in Los organization, shaking hands is filled with kids, the next Los Angeles is new, differ-
Angeles, where Quinton and exchanging introduc- with a handful of pros — new ent. Danault is used to the bit-
Byfield and Alex Turcotte are tions with everyone. It is a lot, teammates and otherwise — ter cold and snow of the
waiting in the wings as highly but, it’s pointed out, not quite here to get work in over the Northeast. “It’s also weird to
touted young centers, and as much as when Danault was summer. Toffoli is about to get live beside the beach all the
Montreal, where Jesperi traded from Chicago to Mon- on the ice and another brief time,” he says. He may take up
Kotkaniemi and Nick Suzuki treal, when a throng of media conversation ensues. surfing — he’s already learned
took strides under Danault’s met Danault getting off the The tour is almost over. wakesurfing, so that feels like
tutelage. When Danault plane. The Danaults are shown the a logical next step.
toured the Kings’ practice fa- “Everyone knows you, so Ontario Reign’s gym — which The conversation vacil-
cility in El Segundo, his locker it’s a different pressure,” doubled as a COVID-testing lates between living arrange-
was next to Turcotte’s. Danault said of Montreal. room for the last year — meet ments and hockey. They’ll
The atmosphere here, “You do a mistake, you’ll hear one last person, then are given look at four or five houses on
where Danault can be a leader about it. ... It’s either a real the keys to their rental car. Tuesday, hopefully finding
without the world falling on high or a real low.” This process is not wholly one they like, with space for
his shoulders, seems to fit Last season, when the Ca- unfamiliar to the Danaults. their dog. The plan is to go
him. nadiens made their first Stan- Though Phillip spent the last back to Canada this week, en-
“I don’t think I can have ley Cup Final since 1993, was six years in Montreal, Marie joy Quebec for the rest of the
more pressure than I had in the high. The team had to wait estimates they’ve moved 14 month and get back to Cali-
Montreal,” Danault said. “… inside the Bell Centre for times in his career. This one, fornia in September.
Montreal is pressure, which I PHILLIP DANAULT is greeted by former Montreal crowds to clear before it could though, is bigger — they’re Jon Gomez, the Kings’ sen-
love, but it’s gonna be a differ- teammate Tyler Toffoli, who also played on the Kings. leave after clinching a series. crossing the continent. Every- ior communications manager,
ent pressure [in Los Angeles]. It’s a different vibe in El Se- thing from the weather to the mentions that Arvidsson will
I put enough pressure on my- Danault’s day starts are working out in the gym. gundo. Here, he’s dealing with language will be different. be in town next week. Around
self.” around 9 a.m. in a gated park- Danault says a quick hello, a reporter, a photographer Both Phillip and Marie are that time, Edler will be in Van-
The time for all of that, ing lot at the Toyota Sports then it’s a walk down another and a content person for the fluent in English, but they hail couver to get his stuff and fig-
though, will be once training Performance Center. Some- hallway for an introductory team. He tries on a jersey, from Quebec. In the house, ure out how to get it down In-
camp starts in September. one makes a joke about the meeting with Blake. meets Brendan Lemieux in they speak French. Their terstate 5.
Right now, there is a slight weather and he’s shown the That is how the next hour the locker room, then goes up 21⁄2-year-old child does too. It’s a good reminder. As
preoccupation. The house. parking lot, then frisked in- will go — walking through the another hallway and to the “It’s like wearing slippers Danault slows down and set-
The move. Meeting everyone side. Tyler Toffoli and Jeff facility, sitting down with a few right, walking into the prac- in Montreal,” Danault says. tles in, the whirlwind will
in the organization. Carter — two former Kings — more senior members of the tice area. The main sheet of ice “Everyone speaks French.” move on to someone else.
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COMICS

SUDOKU BRIDGE
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By Frank Stewart fore encouraged the suit we Partner may have five
had bid. He says I lost my spades; he did not respond
“My partner and I mind.” in a red suit.
pushed our opponents to When West has clearly led North dealer
five hearts in a team match,” a singleton and is seeking a N-S vulnerable
a club player told me, “but ruff, East’s play should be
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we slopped up the defense. “suit preference,” telling ♠Q63
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king, and since I had the ace ♦ 6 ♣ A Q J 7 4. You open one SOUTH
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took dummy’s ace, and my Answer: A rebid of two ♦K9
partner played the deuce. clubs would suggest a six- ♣ 10 8 6 3
“Dummy led a trump card suit, and a bid of two NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
next, and I won and led a hearts would be a strength- 1♣ Pass 1♥ 1♠
spade. We’d bid and raised showing “reverse,” so you 2♥ 2♠ 4♥ 4♠
Pass 5♥ All Pass
spades, after all. South won, must reject both. Bid two
drew trumps and lost a dia- spades. To raise a major-suit Opening lead — ♣ K
mond at the end. I thought response with three-card
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Loyal friend is conflicted

Dear Amy: I have been gregarious, but this is out of also taught us that really
good friends with “James” character. nice, happily married and
and “Dennis” for over 30 I don’t know what, if any- well-liked people can do ter-
years, since we were all in thing, I should do with this rible things.
grad school. We shared information. As a woman, I I think you should con-
many laughs. should stand with other tact “Dennis” and confront
James and Dennis re- women who speak the him with this public accusa-
main best friends today; we names of those who sexually tion.
don’t see each other very assaulted (Lori’s word) And then, go with your
often but we do stay in them, but as a longer-time gut.
touch. friend of the accused, I feel
Dennis has been happily loyalty to Dennis too. Dear Amy: Yesterday, my
8/11/21 married for about 10 years. I haven’t responded to husband and I ordered new
James has been in a commit- her post, nor have I talked to chairs for our living room.
ted relationship with “Lori” any of the three of them Once we got home, we real-
for over 20 years. I’ve only about it. What’s the right ized that the weight limit is
HOROSCOPE met her a few times, but I like thing for me to do? What, if 250 pounds for each chair.
her, and we’re connected on anything, is my responsibil- We have two dear friends
figure out the next right Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. Facebook. ity? who definitely weigh over
By Holiday Mathis move. You’ll draw a straight 18): As salespeople know, Lori has been through a Not Me Too that amount, one of whom
line to the goal, then walk it. however valuable an item is, lot during the pandemic, in- visits quite often.
Aries (March 21-April 19): Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): it’s not worth much if no one cluding the loss of her Dear Not Me Too: As a How can I ask friends not
Your energy revs high and Some situations are black buys it. You have an extra mother. She has used Face- woman or a human being, it to sit in my new chairs? I
dips low. While it’s high, try holes of need. Recognize the sense of what people want. book to reach out for sup- is right to stand up for and wouldn’t hurt these friends’
new things. The lows allow signs. Avoid at all costs. Pisces (Feb. 19-March port. support assault victims. feelings for anything. How
your subconscious to inte- Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): 20): You may not be trying to Lori recently shared on This doesn’t mean that should I handle this situa-
grate all you’ve learned. What’s ordinary to one is win someone’s affection, but Facebook that when she you must reflexively and im- tion?
Taurus (April 20-May mind-blowing to someone your genuine interest in first met Dennis, in James’ mediately respond to an ac- Chaired
20): You are someone’s fa- not of that world. Tap new vi- what they do makes them presence, Dennis grabbed cusation leveled on social
vorite. You don’t have to tality by sharing a part of feel important; it’s the sort of her behind. And that many media against someone you Dear Chaired: I assume
work to maintain your posi- your life with one who would feeling that motivates plan- times since then when the know well. If you do choose that overweight people are
tion; that’s precisely why you not normally encounter it. ning for future togetherness. three have gotten together, to respond, you could say, extremely aware of where
should put forth effort. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Today’s birthday (Aug. he grabbed/groped her. “I’m so sorry.” they sit.
Gemini (May 21-June 21): A relationship has become 11): It’s a year of daring. You’ll This made her very un- The #metoo movement Rather than ask people
You start with a vague idea. cumbersome. New social move outside your pattern comfortable, but her hus- inspired many women to not to sit in chairs, you
Your clever mind whirs to tactics will serve it well. Lev- and attract both scrutiny band told her it was her come forward and detail should be proactive and —
build a case for it. Emotions ity and brevity are needed — and extraordinary good for- problem. In her posting on their experiences with un- before they sit down — di-
kick in with intensity. Sud- or maybe just space. tune. You’ll get serious Facebook, she tagged it wanted sexual aggression rectly offer them a chair that
denly, this vague idea seems Sagittarius (Nov. 22- about fun and put some #metoo. and abuse. It is a well-known will be most comfortable.
like a do-or-die quest. Dec. 21): Remember when money into it. Reunions are I was shocked to read fact that women do not re-
Cancer (June 22-July 22): you misunderstood who was featured. A life-changing this. I have never experi- port incidents like this to law Send questions to Amy
Information is only as useful in charge? Power is often meeting will go down at the enced or witnessed such be- enforcement. Dickinson by email to ask
as it is accurate. Check facts wielded from lower ranks. turn of the year. Aquarius havior by Dennis. He is very The #metoo movement amy@amydickinson.com.
before you act. Also, sources Now, you’ll tune your senses and Aries adore you. Your
have sources; that’s more to more subtle cues. lucky numbers: 20, 3, 19, 44, 8.
important to investigate. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 19): The sacredness of doors Mathis writes her column
Though many parts of your will be a theme. Things for Creators Syndicate Inc.
life seem uncertain now, you change with the opening and The horoscope should be
can trust in your ability to closing of doors. read for entertainment.

CROSSWORD
Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
By Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Steve Mossberg © 2021 Tribune Content Agency

ACROSS
1 Overnight portmanteau
6 Virtual video game
characters
10 Earn
14 Northeast speedster
15 Cookie with a Red
Velvet limited edition
16 Gobi location
17 *Popular display after
Thanksgiving
20 Word that can be
possessive or objective
21 __ moment ARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul Anderson
22 Easiest to kick back in
23 Sci-fi zappers
26 “You’ve got mail” ISP
27 *Jewelry-themed treat
32 5-Down attribute
34 Have
35 Common quote
“source”: Abbr.
36 Dirt road feature
37 Sty guys
39 Ecstatic shout
40 Negative start
42 Torah holder
43 Cabbage or cheddar
45 *Fortuneteller’s
entrance item
49 Walgreens rival 11 Queens stadium 48 Joint puff
50 Highly intelligent namesake 51 One of the senses
dogs 12 Hobbyists’ purchases 52 Whispered call
52 Vacuum challenge 13 Right on the map 53 James with soul
56 Strummed strings 18 Floor-hitting sound 54 2010 sci-fi sequel
57 Petting zoo bird 19 Reassurance heard after subtitled
59 Chamber groups ... and a crash from another “Legacy”
the answers to starred room 55 Collect,
clues? 24 November tuber as rewards
BLISS By Harry Bliss SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly
62 “That’s enough!” 25 Prepare to surprise, 58 Trades on
63 Cub pickup spot with “on” 60 D.C.-based airwaves
64 Market path 28 Shape of orecchiette org.
65 They may be fake pasta 61 Twitter profile info
66 Agile 29 “Last chance to speak ANSWER TO
67 Caroler’s selections up!” PREVIOUS PUZZLE
30 Out-of-favor power
DOWN source
1 Eponymous physicist 31 “Orinoco Flow” singer
Ernst __ 32 Speedy steed
2 Autumn tone 33 Mystical video game
3 Color that literally symbol
means “baked earth” 37 Dark clouds, say
4 He’s “coming,” in a 38 Tolkien villain
Laura Nyro song 41 Implanted tracking
5 Layered entrée devices, briefly
6 Quite a lot of 43 Guy who’s set for life
7 Golden yrs. fund 44 Olive extract
8 Netting 46 “Dear __ Hansen”: Tony
9 One-person shows Award-winning musical
10 Gorilla of ’60s cartoons 47 Wrestler Ronda 8/11/21