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REPORT: POLICE AGENCIES EXCEED OT BUDGETS Staffing woes, other issues cause $35.4M cost overrun

BY DAVID HERNANDEZ Every police department in San Diego County and the Sheriff ’s Department ex­ ceeded their overtime budgets last fiscal year, at least in part because of staffing challenges, a new report says.

The region spent $2.6 billion on public safety, with about half spent on law en­ forcement and the rest spent on courts, prosecutors, public defenders, jails and probation, according to the San Diego Association of Governments report. The $1.3 billion in law enforcement spending represented a 2 percent decrease from fis­ cal year 2021.

Cities that operate their own police departments spent an average of 32 per­ cent of their budgets on law enforcement, from 22 percent in Carlsbad and Chula Vista to 48 percent in El Cajon.

The amount spent on law enforce­ ment per capita ranged from $213 per res­ ident in Chula Vista to $662 in Coronado.

The regional average was $384.

There were 5,955 positions in law en­ forcement countywide, including 4,350 of­ ficers. Five agencies saw small increases in their sworn staff positions, and six agencies saw no change from the previous fiscal year.

The ratio of officers to population re­ mained well below the national average, with 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents com­ pared to 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents SEE POLICE • A6

HIGH COURT TEMPORARILY STAYS RULING IN ABORTION PILL CASE

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DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, with Attorney General Merrick Garland behind her, speaks during a news conference Friday at the Justice Department in Washington to announce charges against members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.

FEDS INDICT 2 DOZEN IN HUGE FENTANYL PROBE Sons of Sinaloa cartel’s ‘El Chapo’ among those charged in S.D.­linked investigation

BY ALEX RIGGINS The Justice Department on Friday announced a sprawling fentanyl­trafficking investiga­ tion targeting Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and unsealed five indict­ ments charging more than two dozen people, including “Los Chapitos,” the sons of the car­ tel’s imprisoned former leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges alongside the head of the Drug

Enforcement Administration and several top federal prose­ cutors, including San Diego U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman.

Those charged include the car­ tel’s leaders, money launderers and enforcers, as well as Chinese citizens accused of providing fentanyl precursor chemicals.

“In the Southern District of California, we know the Sinaloa cartel is not an abstract organi­ zation operating in a far off place,” Grossman said at the news conference in Washington,

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BY MICHAEL CROWLEY The Justice Department on Friday filed criminal charges against Jack Teix­ eira, a 21­year­old member of the Massa­ chusetts Air National Guard, accusing him of leaking U.S. classified documents that detailed everything from Ukraine battlefield assessments to covert surveil­ lance of American allies.

A day after his arrest by federal agents, Airman 1st Class Teixeira ap­ peared in a Boston courtroom Friday, handcuffed and wearing a beige prison uniform. He was charged with two sepa­ rate counts related to the unauthorized handling of classified materials and faces a maximum sentence of 15 years if con­ victed.

Judge Paul Levenson ordered Teix­ eira, who did not enter a plea, to remain in custody and scheduled a follow­up hear­ ing on Wednesday.

In an 11­page complaint unsealed after the hearing, an FBI special agent with the bureau’s counterintelligence division in Washington detailed much of what has been reported publicly: that Teixeira SEE LEAK • A6

THREE PURPLE HEARTS BUT ‘HE WAS KIND OF FORGOTTEN’ County official makes sure Vietnam vet gets military funeral When Army Sgt. William Wilson died in an Oceanside senior home late last year, the 72­year­old left no known family and little record of his life.

But as Tiffany Tsai, a county depu­ ty public administrator, made his buri­ al plans, she discovered an extraordi­ nary military record. The Vietnam vet­ eran had earned three Purple Hearts and returned to combat three times af­ ter injuries, entitling him to a funeral with full military honors.

Tsai planned his funeral at Mira­ mar National Cemetery, working with

a local mortuary to provide an Army­ themed casket and enlisting Patriot Guard Riders volunteers to carry his casket and perform a flag ceremony.

“He was kind of forgotten while he was living, but we try to remember him in death,” Tsai said.

After Wilson died of natural causes at Brookdale Senior Living on Oct. 22 without any family members listed, his funeral arrangements were referred to the county Public Administrator’s Of­ fice, deputy administrator Beatriz Blevins said.

“We collaborate with the medical ex­ SEE VETERAN • A7

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fentanyl trafficking operation in the world” fueled by “Chinese precursor chemical and phar­ maceutical companies.”

The attorney general, citing portions of the indictments, ac­ cused the Guzmán brothers of torturing and killing their ene­ mies, including Mexican law en­ forcement officials, rival traffick­ ers and those who were loyal to other factions of their own or­ ganization. Garland said that vi­ olence has included feeding vic­ SEE CARTEL • A6

AIRMAN CHARGED IN LEAK OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

The flag­ covered casket of Vietnam War veteran Army Sgt. William Wilson is transported to his burial plot at Mir­ amar Na­ tional Cem­ etery on Feb. 27.

Wilson died in October.

Broad access to mifepristone OK’d pending further review The Supreme Court on Friday tempo­ rarily restored full access to a key abor­ tion medication, giving itself more time to review a lower court decision that sus­ pended approval of a pill used in more than half of all abortions in the United States.

Justice Samuel Alito granted the gov­ ernment’s request for a stay, but only un­ til Wednesday, and asked for additional briefing from antiabortion groups by Tuesday.

The administrative stay does not fore­ cast the court’s ultimate disposition of the case, which returned the issue to the high court less than a year after a land­ mark decision overturning the guarantee of abortion rights provided in Roe v.

Wade.

The government and Danco Labora­ tories, manufacturer of the drug mifepris­ tone, urged the court not to second­guess the expertise of the Food and Drug Ad­ ministration, which relied on data from dozens of clinical trials when it approved the drug more than 20 years ago. Leaving the ruling in place, they said, will create confusion and uncertainty for abortion providers and have devastating conse­ quences for the pharmaceutical indus­ try’s ability to bring new drugs to market.

“If allowed to take effect, the lower courts’ orders would thwart FDA’s scien­ tific judgment and undermine wide­ SEE ABORTION • A5

D.C. “It’s responsible for funnel­ ing tons of drugs across our bor­ der with Mexico and directly into our streets.”

Grossman said drug­seizure statistics show the San Diego re­ gion “has become an epicenter for fentanyl trafficking into the United States.” He said the deadly drug “has become a focus for the Chapitos and Sinaloa cartel.”

Garland said the Sinaloa car­ tel was running “the largest, most violent, and most prolific

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MONTANA LAWMAKERS PASS TIKTOK APP BAN

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Montana’s House gave fi­ nal passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal chal­ lenges but also serve as a testing ground for the Tik­ Tok­free America many na­ tional lawmakers envision due to concerns over poten­ tial Chinese spying.

The state House voted 54­43 to pass the measure, which would make Montana the first state with a total ban on the app. It goes fur­ ther than prohibitions in place in nearly half the states — including Montana — and the U.S. federal gov­ ernment that prohibit Tik­ Tok on government­owned devices.

The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Greg Gian­ forte, who declined to say Friday if he plans to sign it into law.

Gianforte banned Tik­ Tok on state government de­ vices last year, saying at the time that the app posed a “significant risk” to sensitive state data.

Montana’s bill would pro­ hibit downloads of TikTok in the state and would fine any “entity” — an app store or TikTok — $10,000 per day for each time someone “is of­ fered the ability” to access or download the app. There would not be penalties for users.

TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter promis­ ed a legal challenge over the measure’s constitutionality, saying the bill’s supporters “have admitted that they have no feasible plan” to en­ force “this attempt to censor American voices.”

TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech com­ pany ByteDance, has been under intense scrutiny over worries it could hand over user data to the Chinese gov­ ernment or push pro­Beijing propaganda and misinfor­ mation on the platform.

Leaders at the FBI, the CIA and numerous lawmakers of both parties have raised such concerns but have not presented any evidence that it has happened.

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The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee planned the attack, drove the victim to a secluded spot and stabbed him over an apparent dispute related to the sus­ pect’s sister, prosecutors said in a court document released Friday.

The motion to detain Nima Momeni, 38, without bail is the first official ac­ counting of what may have led to the stabbing death of Lee in a deserted part of downtown San Francisco early on April 4.

Momeni was arrested Thurs­ day and appeared in a San Francisco courtroom Friday

but did not enter a plea.

He is scheduled to be ar­ raigned April 25.

The judge in Friday’s brief hearing agreed to detain Mo­ meni in jail without bail. If convicted, he faces 26 years to life in prison, said the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.

Momeni appeared in court wearing an orange sweatshirt and pants. He did not speak except to say, “Yes your hon­ or,” when the judge asked if he agreed to decline his right to a speedy trial.

Momeni was represented in court Friday by attorney Robert Canny, who told re­ porters after the hearing,

“The facts of what occurred, or didn’t occur, will come out over time.”

On Thursday, San Fran­ cisco Police Chief Bill Scott announced Momeni’s arrest and said that the two men knew each other but declined to elaborate on their connec­ tion. He also refused to dis­ close a possible motive.

The motion to detain Mo­ meni relies on surveillance vi­ deo and testimony from a friend who was with Lee the afternoon and evening before he died. The events that un­ folded started the day before, when the friend, along with Lee and Momeni’s sister Khazar Elyassnia, were drink­

ing together at another per­ son’s apartment, according to the document.

That night, the friend said he and Lee left the apartment.

Afterward, they went to Lee’s hotel room, without Elyass­ nia, and noticed a conversa­ tion in which Momeni was questioning Lee over whether his younger sister “was doing drugs or anything inappropri­ ate,” according to the docu­ ment. Lee reassured Momeni that nothing inappropriate had happened. It is unclear whether the conversation took place in person or by phone.

The friend and Lee parted ways around 12:30 a.m. Min­

A man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police of­ ficer in a door frame during the U.S. Capitol insurrection was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in pris­ on for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Federal prosecutors had recommended a prison sen­ tence of 15 years and eight months for Patrick Mc­ Caughey III, which would have been the longest sen­ tence for a Capitol riot case by more than five years.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced Mc­

P EO P L E Seacrest and Ripa trade tearful goodbyes Ryan Seacrest gave an emotional farewell speech Friday on his final episode of ABC’s “Live With Kelly and Ryan” — his morning­ TV home since 2017.

Kelly Ripa and Seacrest,

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Muslims attend prayers at the Abubakar As­Saddique Islamic Center in Minneapolis.

MINN. CITY TO ALLOW MUSLIM PRAYER CALL AT ALL HOURS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becom­ ing the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year­round.

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented dawn and late eve­ ning calls at certain times of

the year due to noise restric­ tions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The vote came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

“The Constitution doesn’t sleep at night,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American­Islamic Relations, after the vote. He said the action in Minneapo­ lis shows the world that a “na­ tion founded on freedom of religion makes good on its

Caughey to seven years and six months in prison followed by two years of supervised re­ lease. The judge described McCaughey, 25, as a “poster child of all that was dangerous and appalling about” the riot.

“Your actions are some of the most egregious crimes that were committed on that dark day,” the judge told Mc­ Caughey.

McCaughey, of Ridgefield, Conn., expressed shame for joining the mob of then­Presi­ dent Donald Trump’s sup­ porters who “violated” the Capitol.

“I’m sorry that I con­ ducted myself less like a citi­

zen and more like an animal that day,” he said.

McCaughey, a carpenter, drove from his Connecticut home to Washington, D.C., to attend Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6. After lis­ tening to speeches, Mc­ Caughey went to the Capitol and joined other rioters in confronting police officers guarding the West Plaza.

The judge in McCaughey’s case convicted him of nine counts, including felony as­ sault charges and obstructing an official proceeding, after hearing trial testimony with­ out a jury in September.

joining his co­host for the last time on the show’s soundstage, said their tearful goodbyes and en­ gaged in a complimentary love­fest.

“I’m a very lucky guy. I want you all to know it’s not lost on me how fortunate I am,” Seacrest said. “Fortu­ nate to have had this seat next to you, Kell, for six years. You’re incomparable.

There’s no one like you.” “(I’m) fortunate to have this job where I get to talk and laugh and screw things up. Do all those things you just saw,” he said, referring to an earlier video covering his tenure. “Fortunate to connect with viewers from across America, and Cana­ da as well.”

The longtime “American Idol” host and radio person­

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Mayor Jacob Frey is ex­ pected to sign the measure next week.

Three years ago, city offi­ cials worked with the Dar Al­ Hijrah mosque to allow the adhan to be broadcast out­ doors five times daily during Ramadan. Prayers are said when light appears at dawn, at noon, at mid­ to late after­ noon, at sunset and when the night sky appears. In Minne­ sota, dawn arrives as early as

before 5:30 a.m. in summer, while sunset at the solstice happens after 9 p.m.

The city allowed year­ round broadcasts last year, but only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. — typically excluding early morning prayer and sometimes night prayer.

At a recent public hearing, Christian and Jewish leaders expressed support for ex­ tending the hours for the ad­ han.

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CAPITOL RIOTER GETS 7 YEARS IN PRISON WASHINGTON

utes later, Lee can be seen on video surveillance entering the Millennium Tower, where public records show Elyassnia and her husband own a unit.

The video also shows Lee and Momeni leaving the building shortly after 2 a.m. and driv­ ing off in Momeni’s BMW. Prosecutors say that Mo­ meni drove to a dark and se­ cluded spot, and attacked Lee with a kitchen knife, stabbing him three times, including once in the heart. He then sped away “and left victim to slowly die,” according to the motion. Police recovered a knife with a 4­inch blade at the scene.

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This image from U.S. Capitol Police video shows Patrick McCaughey III, outlined in red, on police body camera footage at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. ality announced his depar­ ture from the Daytime Emmy Award­winning show in February. Seacrest said at the time that when he signed on to “Live,” he was only meant to be there for three years but loved the job so much that he ex­ tended his contract. He plans to focus on his many other jobs, including host­ ing “American Idol” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” as well as his KIIS­FM radio show, “On Air With Ryan Seacrest,” and opening three more of his charities, Ryan Seacrest Foundation Studios, in pediatric hospitals.

Seacrest thanked Ripa for welcoming an “L.A. stranger” into the “well­ oiled machine” that the show has become. He joined “Live” in 2017 after Ripa’s “Live With Kelly and Michael” co­host Michael Strahan departed in 2016.

Before that, Ripa co­hosted “Live With Regis and Kelly” opposite Regis Philbin.

Seacrest will be replaced

by Ripa’s husband, actor Mark Consuelos.

Ripa shared her own heartfelt tribute to her decadeslong friend before he spoke. Ripa, 52, de­ scribed their joint hosting gig as the “fastest six years” of her life and told Seacrest, 48, that she gained “a

younger brother/oldest son” during their time working together.

“It’s the weirdest feeling, it’s very complicated,” she said. “I’m so grateful that our success together on this show has led to us devel­ oping an even closer yet co­dependent relation­ ship.”

Davidson to return to ‘SNL’ as guest host Pete Davidson is reunit­ ing with an ex. No, not of the romantic variety.

The comedian will re­ turn to his stomping grounds at “Saturday Night Live,” a year after he left the sketch series. Davidson will return to Studio 8H to host the show on May 6, accord­ ing to multiple reports.

NBC did not immedi­ ately respond to a request for confirmation. The ac­ companying musical guest has not been revealed.

Davidson left “SNL” after its Season 47 finale in May 2022. When he joined “SNL” as a featured player in 2014 at age 20, Davidson became one of the long­ running series’ youngest cast members ever.

The “King of Staten Island” star will take the “SNL” stage just days after his new Peacock comedy “Bupkis” premieres on May

A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Col­ orado to abortion and gen­ der­affirming procedures and medications became law Friday as the Democrat­ led state tries to make itself a safe haven for its neighbors, whose Republican leaders are restricting care.

The main goal of the leg­ islation signed by Demo­ cratic Gov. Jared Polis is to ensure people in surround­ ing states and beyond can go to Colorado to have an abor­ tion, begin puberty blockers or receive gender­affirming surgery without fear of pros­ ecution.

Many states with abor­ tion or transgender care bans are also criminalizing traveling to states for the purpose of accessing legal health care.

Polis added the first layer of abortion protection a year ago, signing an executive or­ der that bars state agencies from cooperating with out­of­ state investigations regard­ ing reproductive healthcare.

One of the bills he signed Fri­ day codifies that order into law. It blocks court summons, subpoenas and search war­ rants from states that decide to prosecute someone for having an abortion, and ex­ tends the protections to transgender patients dodg­ ing restrictions on gender­af­ firming care in their own states.

Also on Friday, Polis signed a measure that out­ laws “deceptive practices” by anti­abortion centers, which are known to market them­ selves as abortion clinics but don’t actually offer the pro­ cedure. The bill also prohibits sites from offering what’s called an abortion pill rever­ sal — and unproven practice to reverse a medical abortion.

A third bill signed Friday requires large employers to offer coverage for the total cost of an abortion, with an exception for those who ob­ ject on religious grounds. It exempts public employees because Colorado’s consti­ tution forbids the use of pub­ lic funds for abortions.

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4. He stars alongside Edie Falco and Joe Pesci. “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels serves as an executive pro­ ducer on “Bupkis.”

During his eight­year tenure on “SNL,” Davidson took on a variety of roles, including spacey skater boy Chad. He also appeared as disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Os­ car winner Rami Malek and rapper Machine Gun Kelly.

Davidson’s time on “Saturday Night Live” was also defined by several high­profile romances with singer Ariana Grande, “Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor, model Kaia Ger­ ber and Kim Kardashian (in fact, their romance began when Kardashian hosted “SNL” in October 2021).

On a recent podcast, Davidson said he doesn’t get the buzz around his dating life. He also said he wasn’t a fan when “SNL” poked fun at his relation­ ships.

“I’d be sitting in the back watching the cold open and — the cold open (is) topical, political humor, whatever’s in the culture. And then, making fun of you,” he said.

“Then you’ve gotta walk out and do a sketch next and hit your mark and the show just made fun of you.”

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MEXICO’S PRESIDENT TO ELIMINATE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY MEXICO CITY

holy month of Ramadan. In his speech, Raisi struck a hard line against the Palestin­ ian Authority’s recent bilat­ eral meetings with Israel in Jordan and Egypt.

A surge of violence in Isra­ el and the West Bank after an Israeli police raid on the holy Al­Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem last week has served to undermine the summits, which sought to de­ escalate soaring Israeli­Pal­ estinian tensions.

“The initiative to self­de­ termination is today in the hands of the Palestinian fighters,” Raisi said, dismiss­ ing the Palestinian Authority that rules parts of the West Bank not controlled by Israel.

Although Hamas is a Sunni Muslim group, it has a militant wing that has long nurtured close ties with Iran, a source of funding and a Shi­ ite powerhouse. Hamas and Iran are brought together by a shared enmity of Israel.

Mexico’s president said Friday that he will shut down Notimex, a national news agency that has been locked in a yearslong strike against the woman he appointed to run it.

Founded in 1968, Notimex was generally a nonpolitical service that mainly sent news reports from Mexico’s 32 states, many of which wer­ en’t covered much by Mexi­ co’s national newspapers, which are almost all based in Mexico City.

Analysts said it is the lat­ est chapter in an effort by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to control or quash independent govern­ ment media, scientific or cul­ tural bodies.

López Obrador said Fri­ day that there is no longer a need for Notimex, saying his carefully orchestrated morn­ ing news briefings are enough to keep the country informed.

“We do not need a govern­ ment news agency anymore.

That was from the era of press statements,” López Obrador said. “It is not something that we need as a government. We have the mañanera” — his daily news briefing.

The unionized workers at Notimex went on strike in 2020, arguing that some members had been unfairly fired or harassed by San­ juana Martínez, who was ap­ pointed by López Obrador to run the agency in 2019, soon after he took office. The two sides have made no progress in resolving the strike.

López Obrador said the agency will be closed after an agreement is reached to pay the striking workers sever­ ance payments.

Martínez said she com­ pletely agreed with the deci­ sion to shut down the 55­ year­old news agency, which she claimed was ridden with corruption when she took over.

“I am totally in agree­ ment” with the decision, Martínez said.

She said she agreed that the president’s morning news briefings — where pre­ selected bloggers and re­ porters usually ask softball questions, and sometimes openly state their loyalty to López Obrador — is enough to keep Mexicans informed.

“It is a successful phe­ nomenon with high audience share that has allowed (the government) to respond to the press, which in general has opted for campaigns of slander and lies,” Martínez said.

López Obrador routinely lashes out at mainstream re­ porters.

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Protesters gather outside the Paris town hall on Friday to protest after France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopu­ lar plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in a victory for French President Emmanuel Macron.

FRANCE’S RETIREMENT AGE INCREASE UPHELD PARIS

President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to in­ crease the legal retirement age in France was approved by the country’s Constitu­ tional Council on Friday, clearing the way for the mea­ sure to be gradually intro­ duced in the fall but doing little to quell the seething popular anger against it.

In a highly anticipated ruling, the council, which re­ views legislation to ensure it

conforms to the constitu­ tion, struck down parts of Macron’s pension overhaul, but upheld its core — raising the age when workers can start collecting a govern­ ment pension, albeit not a full one, to 64, from 62.

“The text has reached the end of its democratic process,” Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said on Twitter after the ruling.

“Tonight, there is no winner and no loser.”

Most opponents of the law had not argued that raising the pension age was itself unconstitutional; in­ stead, they accused the gov­ ernment of misusing legal tools to cut debates short and ram the changes through Parliament, mainly by putting the pension changes into a social securi­ ty budget bill.

But the council disa­ greed, saying in a statement that while “the combined

use” of those tools was “un­ usual,” it was not unconsti­ tutional.

But few expect the coun­ cil’s decision to put a defini­ tive end to the intense politi­ cal and social turmoil that the pension overhaul kin­ dled, especially since Mac­ ron decided to bypass a full vote to get it through Parlia­ ment, triggering a no­confi­ dence vote that his Cabinet barely survived.

For labor unions, most

opposition parties and many French people, the re­ tirement age increase — constitutional or not — is simply unacceptable, and many have vowed to contin­ ue challenging it.

Marine Le Pen, of the far­ right National Rally, said in a statement that enacting the pension changes would “mark the definitive break between the French people and Emmanuel Macron.”

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PUTIN SIGNS BILL UPDATING DRAFT RULES

IRAN LEADER ADDRESSES in­person delivery of notices closes that loophole in an ap­ PALESTINIANS IN GAZA to conscripts and reservists parent effort to create a tool Russian President Vladi­

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mir Putin on Friday signed a bill allowing authorities to is­ sue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine, sparking fears of a new wave of mobilization.

The bill signed into law by Putin was published on the official register of govern­ ment documents.

Russia’s military service rules previously required the

who are called up for duty.

Under the new law, the notic­ es issued by local military conscription offices will con­ tinue to be sent by mail but they would be considered val­ id from the moment they are put on a state portal for elec­ tronic services.

In the past, many Rus­ sians avoided the draft by staying away from their ad­ dress of record. The new law

for quickly beefing up the mil­ itary ahead of a widely antici­ pated Ukrainian counterof­ fensive in the coming weeks.

Recipients who fail to show up for service would be prohibited from leaving Rus­ sia, would have their driver’s licenses suspended and would be barred from selling their apartments and other assets.

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IN BRIEF

Mexico arrests 3 more in migrant center fire Mexican prosecutors said Friday they have ar­ rested three more officials of the country’s immigration agency for a fire at a deten­ tion center last month that killed 40 migrants.

Among those arrested were the local head of sup­ plies for the immigration agency and an official of the Grupo Beta migrant protec­ tion service, the Attorney General’s Office said.

The agency’s director for the northern border state of Chihuahua has been or­ dered to appear in court but has not been arrested. The fire occurred March 27 in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, after a migrant allegedly set fire to foam mattresses to protest a supposed transfer.

The immigration agen­ cy’s top national official, Francisco Garduño, is scheduled to make a court appearance April 21. At that point prosecutors will make their formal accusations and present evidence.

Three Mexican immigra­ tion officials, a guard and a Venezuelan migrant ac­ cused of starting the blaze are already in custody facing homicide charges.

Populist Iraqi cleric suspends movement Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al­Sadr an­ nounced Friday that he would suspend the move­ ment he leads for one year, citing “corruption” among some of his followers.

A group within the Sadrists, dubbing itself the “Owners of the Cause,” be­ lieves that al­Sadr is Imam Mahdi, a Shiite religious leader said to have vanished more than 1,000 years ago, who is expected to return leading an army of the faith­ ful to defeat evil in the world.

On Friday, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced that an inves­ tigative court had ordered the arrest of 65 alleged mem­

bers of the Owners of the Cause, which it described as a disruptive “gang.”

In a statement posted on his Twitter account, al­Sadr said, “I want to be a reformer for Iraq, and I cannot reform the Sadrist movement.” He added that he will freeze all activities of the movement — except for religious activ­ ities such as Friday prayers.

Al­Sadr resigned from politics last August follow­

ing a nearly yearlong dead­ lock in cabinet formation.

His party won the largest share of seats in the October 2021 parliamentary elec­ tions, but not enough to se­ cure a majority government.

After al­Sadr announced his resignation from politics, hundreds of his angry fol­ lowers stormed the govern­ ment palace and clashed with security forces.

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Iran’s president on Friday delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro­Pal­ estinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a rare display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas militant group that rules the territory.

Speaking virtually to hun­ dreds of supporters of Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group gathered at a soccer stadium in Gaza City, Iran’s conservative President Ebrahim Raisi urged Pal­ estinians to press on with their struggle against Israel.

His speech — the first of its kind to Palestinians — ap­ peared to culminate years of quiet diplomacy aimed at mending a rift between Hamas and its long­time pa­ tron, Iran, over the devastat­ ing civil war in Syria.

Raisi addressed the crowds of Palestinians on the occasion of “Jerusalem Day,” or al­Quds Day after the city’s Arabic name, which falls on the final Friday of the Islamic

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DEMS URGE INVESTIGATION OF JUSTICE News of real estate deals with donor spark new outcry

BY AMY B WANG Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investiga­ tion of Supreme Court Jus­ tice Clarence Thomas after ProPublica revealed Thurs­ day that he did not report real estate deals made with Har­ lan Crow, a Dallas business executive and influential Re­ publican donor to causes re­ lated to the law and judiciary.

According to ProPublica, Crow purchased three prop­ erties in Savannah, Ga., from Thomas in 2014, including the single­story house where Thomas’ mother was living and two vacant lots nearby.

Thomas did not disclose the $133,363 real estate trans­ action on his financial disclo­ sure forms, as federal law would have required. Crow told the outlet that he wanted to preserve the first property as a future museum dedi­ cated to Thomas, and said he had spent tens of thousands of dollars on improvements to the house “to preserve its long­term viability.”

Thomas has not publicly commented on the latest ProPublica report, and nei­ ther Thomas nor repre­ sentatives for the Supreme Court responded to re­ quests for comment.

The report came on the heels of another ProPublica investigation that revealed that Thomas had accepted trips around the globe from Crow for more than two dec­ ades, including travel on a superyacht and private jet, without disclosing them.

Thomas said last week that he had been advised “by col­ leagues and others in the ju­ diciary” that those luxury trips counted as “personal hospitality” that did not have to be disclosed.

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly sold three properties to conservative megadonor Har­ lan Crow in 2014, but did not report the transaction in financial disclosures.

The first report prompted Senate Democrats to pub­ licly urge Chief Justice John Roberts to start his own in­ vestigation into gifts to Thomas from Crow, and rein­ vigorated calls for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics. The revelation of Thomas’ addi­ tional, unreported real estate deals with Crow further out­ raged Democrats and led to new calls for Thomas to step down.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D­R.I., and Rep. Hank John­ son, D­Ga., called on the Judi­ cial Conference, the federal court system’s policymaking body, to refer Thomas to the

U.S. attorney general for po­ tential ethics violations. In addition to the justice’s unre­ ported gifts and real estate deals, the lawmakers noted that Thomas admitted in 2011 he had failed to report $680,000 of his wife’s income from a conservative think tank.

“Given this history, there is at least reasonable cause to believe that Justice Thomas intentionally disregarded the disclosure requirement to re­ port the sale of his interest in the Savannah properties in an attempt to hide the extent of his financial relationship with Crow,” wrote White­ house and Johnson, mem­

bers of the Senate and House judiciary committees, respec­ tively.

In a statement, White­ house scoffed at the idea that Crow would have bought Thomas’ properties “and deck them out for your family members to continue living in” as simply a friend.

“And if all of this was on the up and up, why didn’t Justice Thomas disclose it to the American people as the law clearly requires?”

Whitehouse said.

“The Supreme Court justices are so deeply ensconced in a co­ coon of special interest mon­ ey that they can no longer be trusted to police themselves

without proper process.”

Rep. Don Beyer, D­Va., called on Thomas to resign, and Rep. Alexandria Oca­ sio­Cortez, D­N.Y., said last week that the House should impeach the justice. Rep. Ja­ maal Bowman, D­N.Y., said Thomas “must resign or be impeached.” Other lawmak­ ers vented their frustration at a lack of accountability.

“For a society to hold to­ gether, there have to be SOME shared norms,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D­Conn., tweeted Thursday night. “If we can’t agree that it’s wrong for a Supreme Court justice to secretly take free trips and gifts and money from a bil­

lionaire who regularly funds efforts to influence the court, then, man, I just don’t know.”

On Friday, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsi­ bility and Ethics in Washing­ ton (CREW) filed a civil and criminal complaint against Thomas, saying that his ac­ ceptance and failure to dis­ close “repeated, lavish gifts” undermined confidence in the Supreme Court as an in­ stitution.

“Justice Thomas has ac­ cepted consistent and luxuri­ ous gifts to such an extent that they have subsidized his lifestyle in a way unimagin­ able for most judges, suggest­ ing a use of his position for personal gain and a compro­ mise of his objectivity,” CREW President Noah Book­ binder said in a statement.

Thomas has confirmed he befriended Crow after he joined the Supreme Court in 1991, and said Crow and his wife are among his “dearest friends.”

Thomas has reported re­ ceiving only two gifts since 2004, the year the Los Angeles Times revealed that he had received far more lavish gifts compared to his fellow jus­ tices. Federal law mandates that top officials from the three branches of govern­ ment, including the Supreme Court, file annual forms de­ tailing their finances, outside income and spouses’ sources of income, with each branch determining its own report­ ing standards.

Judges are prohibited from accepting gifts from anyone with business before the court. Until recently, however, the judicial branch had not clearly defined an exemption for gifts consid­ ered “personal hospitality.”

Last month, a committee of the Judicial Conference re­ vised those rules to be more specific.

Wang writes for The Washington Post.

TRUMP DISCLOSURE DETAILS BUSINESS HOLDINGS Filing’s broad nature leaves his precise earnings uncertain

BY ISAAC STANLEY­BECKER Former President Donald Trump on Friday filed his first personal financial dis­ closure since leaving the White House, offering insight into his post­presidency earnings.

The disclosure, required because Trump is again a candidate for president, was made just in time to avoid a $200 fee from the Federal Election Commission, levied if the disclosure is made more than 30 days late.

The 100­page filing enu­

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nesota Law School and the chief White House ethics law­ yer in the George W. Bush ad­ ministration. It may also open him up to criticism from his Republican rivals, Painter added.

For example, the filing shows that Trump owns stock in Pfizer as well as Johnson & Johnson, phar­ maceutical giants that have come under criticism from parts of the GOP base for producing and marketing two of the coronavirus vac­ cines.

The financial disclosure is mandated under an anticor­ ruption law that dates back to the Watergate era.

Trump’s previous disclo­ sures, dating back to 2015, have detailed his earnings on

everything from real estate projects to branded products to book royalties.

Candidates for president are required to file the disclo­ sures with the FEC within 30 days of launching their cam­ paigns. An attorney for Trump sought and received two 45­day extensions to that deadline.

Last month, the Trump lawyer, Derek Ross, sought an additional 30­day exten­ sion, citing the “complexities of his financial holdings.”

But the acting general counsel of the FEC denied the request. An additional personal financial disclosure is due May 15.

digital images of him in the form of non­fungible tokens.

Trump Media, which had been expected to merge with an investment vehicle that would provide an infusion of financing, was estimated to have value between $5 million and $25 million. Trump dis­ closed having a 90 percent stake in the company but tak­ ing income of no more than $200.

Friday’s filing also offers a window into Trump’s pro­ ceeds from his company’s new overseas dealings.

Last year, a Saudi real es­ tate developer, Dar Al Arkan, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Trump Organization for a $4 billion project in Oman that will bring a Trump­branded

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golf course, hotel and villas to the Persian Gulf state. But the statement did not divulge the financial details of the agreement.

Trump’s new disclosure suggests that he is making more than $5 million from the deal, via a firm called DT Marks Oman. The LLC is al­ most entirely owned by an­ other corporation that Trump has traditionally used for his business trademarks.

A Trump campaign spokesperson did not re­ spond to a request for com­ ment about the filing.

The disclosure offers valu­ able insight to voters as they decide whether to put Trump back in the White House, said Richard W. Painter, a profes­ sor at the University of Min­

merates the former presi­ dent’s management posi­ tions at a pair of businesses involved in marketing digital trading cards of him and pro­ moting his speaking engage­ ments, as well as at Trump Media and Technology Group, the company that made his social networking site, Truth Social.

Because the value of those companies, and the income Trump is deriving from them, is disclosed in broad ranges, it is not possible to know pre­ cisely his earnings from the ventures. He disclosed mak­ ing more than $5 million from a company called CIC Ven­ tures that manages his speaking engagements and as much as $1 million from CIC Digital, which has sold

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Possible presidential contenders vow 2nd Amendment defense ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS

Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race vowed Friday at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to defend the Second Amendment at all costs, suggesting that new firearms restrictions in the wake of mass shootings around the country would only hurt law­abiding gun owners.

The three­day gathering with thousands of the organi­ zation’s most active mem­ bers at Indianapolis’ conven­ tion center came mere days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville and a bank in Louisville, Ky. Last year’s NRA convention fol­ lowed the massacre at a school in Uvalde, Texas.

That illustrated the stark reality that such shootings have become enough of the fabric of American life that the NRA can no longer schedule around them. Nor does it really want to: The convention also fell on the second anniversary of the mass shooting at a FedEx fa­ cility in Indianapolis that killed nine people.

None of that stopped top Republicans from flocking to the event, underscoring the political power of the NRA. “Gun­hating politicians

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The crowd attending the National Rifle Association Convention reacts while listening to a speech Friday. should never go to bed un­ afraid of what this associ­ ation, and all of our millions of members, can do to their political careers,” said NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, sug­ gesting that his group could play a dominant role in the 2024 election after turmoil in recent years over a failed bankruptcy effort, a class­ac­ tion lawsuit and a fraud in­ vestigation.

Instead of fewer guns, for­ mer Vice President Mike Pence called for federal fund­ ing for armed school officers and more institutions for the mentally ill, though mental illness is not the main driver of mass shootings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he had resisted implementing any gun restrictions in his state despite that stance be­ ing unpopular.

Former President Donald Trump crowned himself as

“the most pro­gun, pro­Sec­ ond Amendment president” in the nation’s history. “I will be your loyal friend and fear­ less champion once again as the 47th president of the United States,” he told the crowd, pledging to create a new tax credit to reimburse teachers “for the full cost of a concealed­carry firearm,” as well as gun training “from highly­qualified experts.”

Some of the Republican politicians speaking at the event said they were sad­ dened by the recent shoot­ ings, but most spent more time criticizing Democrats, slamming COVID­19 restric­ tions and vaccines, and dis­ cussing security along the U.S.­Mexico border. That was fine with many attend­ ees, who don’t think gun re­ strictions are the answer to mass shootings.

“No one wants to see the

Stanley­Becker writes for The Washington Post.

violence you see in schools and stuff today,” said Randy Conner, a pistol and rifle in­ structor for the NRA from Waynesburg, Pa. “But I don’t think taking the guns away from ordinary citizens is go­ ing to change any of that at all.”

Trump’s appearance was his first public event since be­ ing arrested and arraigned in New York last week on felony charges stemming from a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign.

His Secret Service protec­ tion meant attendees couldn’t carry guns at the convention.

The former president made a few references to the numerous investigations he’s facing. Instead of the government going after hardened criminals, he com­ plained, “The only one they want to prosecute is Donald Trump.”

Friday’s appearance was the first time he and Pence have addressed the same campaign event on the same day since their estrangement following the Jan. 6, 2021, in­ surrection at the U.S. Capi­ tol. Pence is considering his own 2024 bid.

A former Indiana gover­ nor, Pence drew scattered boos as he started speaking, despite it being his home turf.

The former vice president had skipped a number of con­ servative gatherings in re­ cent years after he was booed and heckled during their pre­ vious meetings.

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HEPATITIS CASES LINKED TO S.D. FROZEN­FRUIT IMPORTER Eighth infection confirmed, despite frozen berries’ recall

BY JEFF MCDONALD

ABORTION FROM A1 spread reliance in a health­ care system that assumes the availability of mifepris­ tone as an alternative to more burdensome and inva­ sive surgical abortions,” So­ licitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar told the court in the government’s filing. “Those harms would be felt throughout the Nation be­ cause mifepristone has law­ ful uses in every State — even those with restrictive abortion laws.”

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas last week suspended approval of the drug. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday refused to completely undo FDA approval of mifepris­ tone for now, but reinstated limits on how patients ob­ tain the drug and how late into pregnancy it can be used.

Those restrictions would have taken effect today, the government said, if the court had not intervened.

Prelogar said the Supreme Court should ex­ tend a stay while the appeals court reviewed the merits of Kacsmaryk’s decision, but could also quickly schedule full briefing and oral argu­ ment to review the case be­ fore the court’s summer re­ cess.

Erin Hawley, senior coun­ sel with Alliance Defending Freedom, the conservative group behind the lawsuit, said in a statement Friday that the FDA “illegally ap­ proved chemical abortion drugs and has evaded its le­ gal responsibility to answer the American people’s ques­ tions for two decades. The 5th Circuit rightly required the agency to prioritize women’s health by restoring critical safeguards, and we’ll urge the Supreme Court to keep that accountability in place.”

Alito, the justice desig­ nated to consider emer­ gency petitions arising from the 5th Circuit, said Haw­ ley’s group should file its re­ sponse to the government by Tuesday. The full court will almost surely decide the outcome.

The 5th Circuit’s order is directly at odds with a sepa­ rate ruling from a federal judge in Washington state who directed the FDA not to make any changes to the availability of mifepristone in 17 states and the District of Columbia, whose officials filed suit there.

By contrast, the 5th Cir­ cuit panel reinstated restric­ tions prohibiting mailing of the drug directly to patients and rolls back the period of time in which it can be used from 10 weeks of pregnancy to seven weeks.

Prelogar’s petition said both the Texas judge and the 5th Circuit counter­ manded FDA’s scientific judgment and would un­ leash “regulatory chaos.”

“In 2000, FDA approved mifepristone for termina­ tion of early pregnancy based on the agency’s expert judgment that the drug is safe and effective,” she wrote. “FDA has maintained that scientific judgment across five presidential ad­ ministrations, and it has modified the original condi­ tions of mifepristone’s ap­ proval as decades of experi­ ence have conclusively dem­ onstrated the drug’s safety.”

She noted: “Public health authorities around the world have likewise ap­ proved mifepristone, and the World Health Organiza­ tion has included it on a list of ‘Essential Medicines.’”

She said the court of ap­ peals judges “badly mis­ read” documents about its safety and said the number of patients who might re­ quire emergency care after a medication abortion is “ex­ tremely low.”

Moreover, Prelogar wrote, “As of June 2022, only 28 deaths had been reported among the more than 5 mil­ lion women who have taken mifepristone, and some of them had obvious alterna­ tive causes — including ho­ micide, drug overdose, and other factors entirely unre­ lated to mifepristone.”

She said the group of antiabortion doctors who challenged the FDA’s ap­ proval of mifepristone in Kacsmaryk’s court should never have been granted le­ gal standing, because their interests are not implicated.

“They neither take nor prescribe mifepristone, and FDA’s approval of the drug does not require them to do or refrain from doing any­ thing,” Prelogar wrote. “Yet the Fifth Circuit held that the associations have stand­ ing because some of their members might be asked to treat women who are pre­ scribed mifepristone by other providers and who then suffer an exceedingly rare adverse event. This Court has squarely rejected that statistical approach.”

Last June, the court ma­ jority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organiza­ tion said it was attempting to “heed the Constitution and return the issue of abor­ tion to the people’s elected representatives.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that the goal was to re­ move the courts from the is­ sue.

“After today’s decision, the nine Members of this Court will no longer decide the basic legality of pre­via­ bility abortion for all 330 mil­ lion Americans,” Ka­ vanaugh wrote in a concur­

ring opinion. “That issue will be resolved by the people and their representatives in the democratic process in the States or Congress.”

But the new challenge calls into question just that — the availability of abortion nationwide, as well as the authority of a government agency to decide on the safe­ ty and use of certain drugs.

In its filing Friday, mife­ pristone’s manufacturer said affirming the 5th Cir­ cuit would abandon the as­ surance of the court in Dobbs. “Allowing the Fifth Circuit’s opinion to stand eviscerates the sovereign authority of States that wish to expand and protect ac­ cess to medication abortion in their jurisdictions,” wrote Jessica Ellsworth, the lead attorney for Danco.

The company was sup­ ported by amicus briefs from other companies.

GenBioPro, the only ge­ neric manufacturer of mife­ pristone, told the court it would be forced to halt oper­ ations under the 5th Cir­ cuit’s ruling, which over­ turned FDA regulatory ac­ tions beginning in 2016. Gen­ BioPro received FDA approval for its generic ap­ plication in 2019.

In a separate brief, the trade group Biotechnology Innovation Organization, industry executives and companies including the global giant Pfizer said the lower­court rulings would upend the FDA’s regulatory authority with repercus­ sions far beyond abortion pills.

“Both courts . . . substi­ tuted their own idiosyncrat­ ic views of clinical benefit and safety for the legisla­ tively required, gold­stand­ ard benefit­risk analysis performed by FDA’s medical and scientific profession­ als,” the industry argued.

Kavanaugh could be key to the court’s deliberations, as could Chief Justice John Roberts.

Roberts was not among the court’s conservatives who voted to overturn Roe. In the Dobbs decision, he wrote that he was reluctant to deny a woman a “reason­ able opportunity to choose” whether to end her preg­ nancy. Colleagues to his left and right, he wrote, “display a relentless freedom from doubt on the legal issue that I cannot share.”

The Dobbs decision con­ cerned the U.S. Constitu­ tion, while Kacsmaryk’s rul­ ing mostly turned on princi­ ples of administrative law.

But the new case demon­ strated that legal disputes over abortion will continue to engage the justices.

The New York Times contributed to this report.

Barnes and Marimow write for The Washington Post.

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people experiencing home­ lessness — a population that is especially vulnerable to hepatitis A infections due to a lack of public bathroom access, among other things.

“We’re watching very carefully to see if there’s anything that we can find that’s in common, like loca­ tion or foods,” Dr. Seema Shah, medical director of the county’s epidemiology and immunization unit, told The San Diego Union­Trib­ une last month.

“But as it stands now, it’s just a slow number of cases and not yet a significant in­ crease,” she said.

Mayor Todd Gloria has recently had more hand­ washing stations placed in and around San Diego’s downtown core but has not installed new public bath­ rooms.

In 2017, 20 people died and hundreds of others were sickened in San Diego County by hepatitis A infec­ tions, one of the biggest out­ breaks in the country over many years.

That outbreak largely af­ fected homeless people liv­ ing in downtown San Diego.

A subsequent report from the California State Auditor found that numer­ ous missteps by San Diego city and county officials had exacerbated the crisis.

“By applying lessons learned from the outbreak, the state, county and city can ensure they are better positioned to respond effec­ tively to similar situations in the future,” the audit said.

In most cases, hepatitis A symptoms include fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. Patients may also exhibit jaundice and experience dark­col­ ored urine.

The symptoms can last two months or longer, pub­ lic health officials said. They also said there is no specific antiviral therapy, although vaccination is the best way to prevent infections.

Patients are generally vulnerable to the disease for two weeks after exposure.

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Justice Samuel Alito granted the government’s request for a stay, but only until Wednesday, and asked for additional briefings by Tuesday.

Public health officials in Los Angeles County singled out a San Diego company on Friday as one of two firms behind the latest con­ firmed case of hepatitis A, pushing to at least eight the number of infections in an outbreak that has so far af­ fected two states.

California Splendor Inc. of Otay Mesa last month voluntarily recalled 4­ pound bags of frozen straw­ berries imported from Baja California.

The other company was identified as the Scenic Fruit Co. of Gresham, Ore., which similarly was in­ volved in importing the tainted fruit pinpointed as a cause of the outbreak. Sce­ nic Fruit also initiated a re­ call of specific products in March.

“If consumers purchased the recalled frozen organic strawberries and ate those berries in the last two weeks, and have not been vaccinated against hepati­ tis A, they should immedi­ ately consult with their healthcare professional,” the Los Angeles County De­ partment of Public Health said in a Friday news re­ lease.

The berries distributed

by California Splendor were marketed under the Kirk­ land Signature brand of frozen organic whole straw­ berries and sold at Costco stores in Los Angeles and Hawaii, as well as two San Diego business centers.

Costco operates two busi­ ness centers in San Diego County — one in Kearny Mesa and one in San Mar­ cos.

Specific lot numbers linked to the outbreak are available on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website at www.fda.gov.

California Splendor offi­ cials did not immediately respond to a request for comment or an update on

the recall they initiated last month. A statement on the company website advises customers to seek out more information about the pub­ lic health threat.

“We care deeply about consumer health and well­ ness,” the statement said before directing readers to FDA websites for additional details about the recall and when to contact a health care professional.

Frozen strawberries dis­ tributed by Scenic Fruit were sold at Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood and in tropical berry blends marketed by Trader Joe’s, the Los Angeles County De­ partment of Public Health said.

Officials directed con­ cerned customers of those stores to check with the FDA for further information about specific lots.

To date, the hepatitis A outbreak has been tracked to sites in California and Washington state. As of April 7, a total of seven cases had been identified, accord­ ing to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre­ vention.

The Los Angeles County case identified Friday would be the eighth infec­ tion recorded as a result of eating the contaminated fruit.

Hepatitis A is an infec­ tion of the liver caused by a highly contagious virus. It is generally transmitted from person to person through fecal­oral contact or the in­ gestion of contaminated food or water.

Apparently unrelated to the federally recognized outbreak, public health offi­ cials in San Diego County have seen at least 11 cases of hepatitis A in recent weeks.

In February, local public health leaders identified five cases and warned about a potential larger outbreak.

But the warnings have not yet resulted in a broader outbreak.

By last month, local offi­ cials had identified a total of 11 cases in San Diego County.

At least seven of those cases were recorded from

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CARTEL • Many suspects named in indictments remain at large two Chinese companies and five Chinese citizens for al­ legedly supplying precursor chemicals for illicit fentanyl to the Sinaloa cartel. The State Department also an­ nounced millions of dollars worth of reward money for information leading to the arrests of the outstanding defendants.

The joint announce­ ments from the federal agen­ cies came a day after top Mexican officials met with Biden administration offi­ cials for a security summit to discuss stemming the north­ ward flow of fentanyl and southward flow of firearms.

The indictments un­ sealed Friday were filed in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., and charge four of Guzman’s sons — Ovidio Guzmán López, Joaquin Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar. Collectively, they’re known as the Chapitos, or lit­ tle Chapos, and have earned a reputation as the more vi­ olent and aggressive faction of the cartel as they’ve bat­

tled for control of the organi­ zation with their father’s for­ mer partner, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García.

Ovidio Guzmán López, who is jailed in Mexico, is the only brother in custody. Mex­ ican authorities arrested him in January in Sinaloa.

That arrest came more than three years after authorities arrested him in October 2019 in Culiacán, then quickly re­ leased him the same day af­ ter cartel gunmen shut down the city.

Weeks later, it was re­ ported that U.S. officials were investigating his ties to fentanyl trafficking at that time.

Laura Calderón, pro­ gram director for the Uni­ versity of San Diego’s Justice in Mexico project, said the Chapitos appeal to the younger, more urban popula­ tion of Culiacán while Zam­ bada García generally holds more power in rural farming areas of Sinaloa. The Chapi­ tos were also the ones who grew the Sinaloa cartel’s fen­ tanyl operation after seeing the success that the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

had by pioneering the traf­ ficking of synthetic drugs.

Calderón said enforce­ ment actions like those an­ nounced Friday could send the Chapitos into hiding for a short period, but likely only until the initial news cycle blows over. It may also in­ crease their notoriety, turn­ ing them into household names beyond Mexico, where some “narco juniors” — the children of original cartel leaders — had already become famous by flaunting their playboy lifestyles on so­ cial media with flashy jew­ elry, exotic pets and extrava­ gant sports cars.

“It helps create an image that they’re famous despite that they’re criminals,” Calderón said. “It kind of bol­ sters this sense of ultimate reality where they dominate the scene and are admired by some.”

Though none of the new charges were filed in San Di­ ego, local prosecutors, DEA investigators and FBI agents are heavily involved, particu­ larly in the Chicago case.

Calderón said the Tijuana­ San Diego area is “histori­

FROM A1 tims to tigers owned by two of the brothers, sometimes while the victims were still alive.

Their henchmen also al­ legedly tested the potency of the cartel’s fentanyl on their victims, on one occasion ad­ ministering it to people who were tied down, Garland said. On another occasion, cartel members allegedly killed a woman by repeatedly injecting her with fentanyl instead of shooting her as they’d been ordered.

According to the un­ sealed indictments, more than 107,730 Americans died of drug overdoses between August 2021 and August of last year, with the large ma­ jority of those deaths linked to synthetic opioids, includ­ ing fentanyl. Garland said that’s why it was important to go after the largest suppli­ er of the drug, because “fam­ ilies and communities across our country are being devas­ tated by the fentanyl epi­ demic.”

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up to 50 times strong­ er than heroin. The first ma­

jor wave of illicit fentanyl­ laced heroin hit the U.S. around 2005 and 2006, and since then fentanyl has grown to dominate the illegal drug market, with Mexican cartels able to cheaply man­ ufacture it.

Some users seek out and desire to use fentanyl, which can be deadly in very small doses. Others believe they’re using a different drug, often because the fentanyl has been pressed into a pill and marked to look like a phar­ maceutical, such as oxyco­ done. Batches of pills with more potency than expected caused by poor mixing meth­ ods during manufacturing can cause waves of overdoses in an area as the pills spread among users.

Many of the suspects named in the newly unsealed indictments remain at large, while those in custody were arrested in recent weeks in Mexico, Guatemala, Colom­ bia, Greece and the U.S. In conjunction with the criminal charges, the Treas­ ury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control an­ nounced sanctions against

POLICE

Region’s sworn staffing levels

Law enforcement overtime

The region’s officer-to-population ratio continues to lag behind the national average of 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents.

Citing staffing challenges, every agency exceeded their overtime budgets during fiscal year 2021-22.

2.06

Budgeted overtime

1.37 1.44

1.30

1.17 1.22 1.23 1.05 1.05 1.12 1.14

$40.26M $59.56M

Sheriff

$30.68M $40.91M

Regionwide

Coronado

San Diego

National City

Oceanside

El Cajon

La Mesa

Carlsbad

Sheriff

Escondido

San Diego

Source: SANDAG

Oceanside

$4.28M $4.56M

Chula Vista

$2.98M $4.39M

Harbor Police

$2.69M $3.44M

Escondido

$1.78M $3.12M

Carlsbad

$2.49M $3.01M

El Cajon

$1.63M $1.96M

La Mesa

$1.06M $1.68M

DAVID HERNANDEZ & KARTHIKA NAMBOOTHIRI U-T

taken to reallocate funds, ac­ cording to the report. El Ca­ jon froze three sworn posi­ tions, Chula Vista froze six sworn positions, Escondido froze seven non­sworn posi­ tions and the Sheriff ’s De­ partment froze 15 sworn po­ sitions, including 14 in its Detention Services Bureau and one in its Human Re­ sources Bureau.

The staffing issues also caused departments to ex­ ceed their overtime budgets by $35.4 million combined, according to the report.

SANDAG said the Sheriff ’s Department surpassed its overtime budget by $19.3 million and the San Diego Police Department went over by $10.2 million.

The expenses are ex­ pected to continue. In late February, San Diego police Chief David Nisleit reported to the City Council that his department anticipates it will exceed its $40.2 million overtime budget by $9.2 mil­ lion in the current fiscal year.

The chief, in a memo, cited a

shortage of patrol officers as the main reason. Other fac­ tors were busy holidays and special events, including the Padres playoff run.

The San Diego Police De­ partment lost 241 officers last fiscal year, including 77 who retired and 66 who got jobs at other law enforce­ ment agencies, according to department records. The departures also included 98 officers who left the depart­ ment because of the city’s vaccine mandate, which was later lifted.

As of last week, the de­ partment had 194 vacancies: 1,842 of 2,036 sworn posi­ tions were filled.

To manage, the depart­ ment has reassigned officers in several assignments, such as traffic enforcement and full­time SWAT, to patrol duties so they’re available to respond to calls.

“Everybody is being asked to chip in from various specialized units to make sure we have enough officers in the field,” Capt. Jeff Jor­

National City

$786.12K $1.36M

Coronado

$877K $896.95K

Source: SANDAG DAVID HERNANDEZ & KARTHIKA NAMBOOTHIRI U-T

don said in an interview.

Aside from patrol offi­ cers, the department faces a shortage of detectives, with 109 positions vacant as of last week, according to de­ partment records.

In response, the depart­ ment intends to ask the city to add 20 non­sworn police

LEAK FROM A1 used his access to sensitive information as a computer network specialist to post documents bearing top se­ cret markings to an online gaming chat group.

Even with legal proceed­ ings under way in a leak case that blindsided the Biden administration and may have jeopardized its sensi­ tive intelligence activities, the hard work for U.S. offi­ cials was just beginning as they reviewed security pro­ tocols across the govern­ ment to figure out how to prevent yet another mass disclosure of federal secrets.

President Joe Biden al­ luded to that difficult task in a statement issued later Fri­ day, in which he commended the fast work of law enforce­ ment in identifying and ar­ resting Teixeira.

“While we are still deter­ mining the validity of those documents, I have directed our military and intelligence community to take steps to further secure and limit dis­ tribution of sensitive infor­ mation,” the president said.

Biden added that his na­ tional security team “is closely coordinating with our partners and allies.” The leaks have prompted con­ cern in foreign capitals that intelligence shared with Washington might be sub­ ject to exposure, and has caused embarrassment over the reminder that the United States spies on even its close allies, including South Korea and Israel.

In later remarks to re­ porters, Biden added that he had instructed officials to get “to the root of why he had

Actual overtime

Data from fiscal year 2021-22

Chula Vista

FROM A1 nationally. Escondido and Chula Vista had the fewest, at 1.05 per 1,000 residents.

Coronado had the most at 2.06 officers per 1,000 resi­ dents. San Diego was at 1.43 per 1,000 residents.

The figures do not reflect job vacancies. However, all local agencies, except Co­ ronado, said they found it difficult to fill positions and maintain staffing levels, cit­ ing high attrition and retire­ ment rates and recruitment challenges, the report said.

Staffing was presumably affected by the COVID­19 pandemic, calls for police re­ form and demonstrations in recent years that lowered the public’s perception of law enforcement, a factor that has resulted in fewer applicants for departments, the report said.

Cynthia Burke, SANDAG’s senior director of data science, said in an in­ terview that she believes several aspects of the job raise a question for many: Why be a police officer? She noted that officers deal with complex issues, such as homelessness. Burke also said some officers feel it’s harder to crack down on crime because of state law changes such as Proposition 47, which reclassified certain types of low­level drug and property crimes as misde­ meanors instead of felonies.

In response to the staffing issues, departments explored new recruitment strategies, such as social media campaigns, awarded employees pay raises and of­ fered incentives to new hires, according to the re­ port.

As a result of vacancies, four agencies reported hir­ ing freezes, a step usually

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Thomas Dufault, stepfather of Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arraigned on Friday, exits federal court in Boston. access in the first place.”

The Pentagon has pro­ vided little information about what security reviews might be under way. In a statement issued after the arrest Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he had directed a review of intelligence access, account­ ability and control pro­ cedures to “prevent this kind of incident from hap­ pening again.”

One key question will be whether a security lapse might have allowed the documents to be taken off the base where he worked, or whether the disclosures point to a systemic problem, such as the sheer number of people with access to classi­ fied information. That reali­ ty has allowed other young government employees, in­ cluding former National Se­ curity Agency contractor

Edward Snowden and for­ mer Army intelligence ana­ lyst Chelsea Manning, to ob­ tain and distribute large numbers of highly sensitive documents with no direct re­ lation to their job duties.

While Biden’s remarks were directed widely to the military and intelligence agencies, officials said that based on what is known so far, the Defense Department will make the initial moves to tighten security. Officials de­ scribed a reluctance to limit intelligence shared with the Pentagon and said it is more likely that the first steps of any security review will focus on improving how the mili­ tary gives access to the ma­ terial.

Top Republicans on Fri­ day praised the arrest of the airman even as Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused the Biden administration of

having been “asleep at the switch” on protecting the nation’s secrets. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia went further, call­ ing Teixeira a “hero” who had exposed government se­ crets the administration has tried to conceal and who was being unfairly targeted for his right­wing views.

Teixeira was assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Sup­ port Squadron, a compo­ nent of the 102nd Intelli­ gence Wing, headquartered on Otis Air National Guard Base on Joint Base Cape Cod in eastern Massachu­ setts. He was trained as what the military calls a “Cy­ ber Transport Systems Journeyman,” or a specialist responsible for helping to maintain the force’s commu­ nication networks.

According to an Air Force career website, all “cyber

investigative service officer positions to its budget to support patrol and inves­ tigative personnel. The ad­ ditional non­sworn employ­ ees would process and re­ view arrest and crime re­ ports, among other tasks, Jordon said.

“These are (tasks) that

transport system” airmen must pass the kind of back­ ground investigation re­ quired for a top­secret clear­ ance, which allows them to work on computer networks carrying the most sensitive data.

Airmen assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing and the 102nd Intelligence Sup­ port Squadron produce in­ telligence reports from data collected by a variety of sen­ sors on the U­2, RQ­4 Global Hawk, MQ­1 Predator, MQ­9 Reaper and other intelli­ gence and reconnaissance aircraft and systems, U.S. military officials said Friday.

Teixeira was a computer systems technician support­ ing the analysts compiling those reports, one official said. Unlike many reservists who deploy overseas when mobilized to active duty, Teixeira and other members of his unit could do all as­ signed work at their home base on Cape Cod. A Justice Department charging document filed Fri­ day said an online associate of Teixeira told FBI agents that the young guardsman had begun sharing classified information in an online chat room in December, first as “paragraphs of text.” Be­ ginning in January, it said, the airman began posting images of raw intelligence documents that he printed out in his workplace, fur­ tively brought home and photographed for up­ loading.

Those details match ac­ counts of law enforcement officials and of Teixeira’s on­ line associates who were in­ terviewed by The New York Times, although they said his leaking began no later than October. They said he

cally the most important” trafficking corridor for Mexi­ can cartels. As recently as last year the California bor­ der remained the top fen­ tanyl trafficking gateway into the U.S., largely through ports of entry.

Calderón said it’s unclear whether Sinaloa or the CJNG has the upper hand in the Tijuana area at the mo­ ment, though she hypoth­ esized that the two groups may have some sort of op­ erating agreement because there has “not been a big public confrontation” in some time.

The State Department, through its Narcotics Re­ wards Program, is offering rewards of up to $10 million for Iván and Alfredo Guzmán Sálazar and up to $5 million for Joaquin Guzmán López. It is also of­ fering rewards up to $1 mil­ lion for other cartel associ­ ates, including the group’s enforcers and chemical sup­ pliers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. alex.riggins@sduniontribune.com

we think civilians can do to free up officers to do other things,” Jordon said.

In the Sheriff ’s Depart­ ment, most of the overtime occurs in detention facili­ ties, although there’s also overtime needs in courts and patrol, Undersheriff Rich Williams said in an in­ terview.

The department requires deputies and sergeants to work overtime each pay pe­ riod in detention facilities, courts and patrol.

“The challenge for us is to not let staffing shortages im­ pact service,” Williams said.

The department lost 339 deputies last fiscal year, in­ cluding 192 who retired and 122 who resigned, according to the department. As of last week the department was 324 deputies short of the 2,759 positions budgeted, al­ though 141 of the unfilled po­ sitions were budgeted for a not­yet­completed deten­ tion facility in Otay Mesa.

“The encouraging news is that we’ve been hiring at a very accelerated pace,” the undersheriff said, adding that the department has asked staff to work “less and less” overtime.

The department has par­ ticipated in recruiting events more frequently, vis­ ited other states more than before and considered younger applicants, Williams said.

“We’re casting a much wider net,” he said.

Among the new hires are three former New York City Police Department officers, he said.

Law enforcement leaders will discuss staffing chal­ lenges and the report during SANDAG’s Public Safety Committee meeting on April 21.

david.hernandez @sduniontribune.com

initially confided in a small group of like­minded people who discussed shared inter­ ests, including military hardware and gaming, in an invitation­only chat group on Discord.

Hundreds of classified documents were shared, group members and law en­ forcement officials said, in­ cluding detailed battlefield maps from Ukraine and con­ fidential assessments of Russia’s war machine.

His goal, group members said, was both to educate and impress.

Some of the uploaded documents, the Justice De­ partment said, contained in­ formation “used to inform senior military and civilian government officials” during briefings at the Pentagon.

The complaint said the FBI was able to identify Teix­ eira after learning his user­ name on what it called “So­ cial Media Platform 1” from an associate and obtaining records from the company showing that it was tied to an account he created using his real name and address in North Dighton, Mass.

The federal charging documents indicate that Teixeira was granted a top­ secret security clearance in 2021, which was required for his job as a computer net­ work technician.

While that may sound like an exceptional degree of access for a junior­ranking service member, having top secret clearance in that job is perfunctory. Pentagon offi­ cials say the number of peo­ ple with such access is in the thousands, if not tens of thousands.

Crowley writes for The New York Times.

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S.C. CEREMONIES TO HONOR 12 REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS Remains found at battlefield studied, to be reburied

BY JEFFREY COLLINS COLUMBIA, S.C.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

A member of the military honor guard that participated in the funeral of former Army Sgt. William Wilson presents the flag to the county’s Tiffany Tsai.

VETERAN FROM A1 aminer and mortuaries so that we can highlight this in­ dividual’s life and get the backstory of who this person is, who their family may be, which includes veterans stat­ us,” Blevins said.

Through extensive searches, Tsai found that Wilson’s parents had died, he wasn’t married, and he had no known siblings or chil­ dren.

A friend he had listed as an emergency contact told her Wilson had received mul­ tiple Purple Hearts, which are awarded to service mem­ bers wounded or killed while serving in the military.

Tsai confirmed that with the National Archives — Wil­ son had received two of the medals in 1969 and one in 1971, records showed.

Beyond the dates and awards, however, there was nothing on where or how he had earned them. Nor was there much information on his life since, she said.

That kind of anonymity is common among Vietnam

veterans, who returned from war without the celebrations or support extended to serv­ ice members from other eras, the county officials said.

“I can only imagine the devastation they saw, what it cost them, the sacrifices they made, and also the impact it had on their physical and mental health,” Blevins said.

“Many of these people be­ come isolated, secluded, and we don’t know what hap­ pened in between.”

Without much record of Wilson’s earlier life, Tsai planned to recognize his con­ tributions through his funer­ al, and worked with Partridge Creek Mortuary in Santee to organize that.

“We’re a veteran­owned and operated funeral home so it’s important to us to serve our community and es­ pecially our veteran commu­ nity,” the mortuary’s director of operations, Popeh Zeinali, said.

Although honoring acts of valor is common for those services, Wilson’s multiple Purple Heart decorations were exceptional, Zeinali said.

“How do you get one, not

to mention three?” she asked.

“That is really someone who has put everyone else ahead of himself, and who is caring and fights for our freedom.”

On the day of the funeral Feb. 27, the mortuary coordi­ nated with Final Honor, an organization that offers horse­drawn carriage trans­ port for military services at Miramar National Cemetery.

Volunteer pallbearers carried the casket — green, with trim to reflect Wilson’s Army service — to the burial site and encircled it.

Musicians with Bugles Across America played taps, and a volunteer read a poem honoring Wilson’s service. A military honor guard pre­ sented and folded the Ameri­ can flag.

Tsai keeps that flag in her office in Wilson’s memory.

County officials hope the cer­ emony will serve as testa­ ment to his largely unknown life.

“We try to close the chap­ ter, and make sure that their story leaves a footprint in this world,” Blevins said.

deborah.brennan@ sduniontribune.com

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The 12 U.S. soldiers died in a pine forest in South Car­ olina in 1780, their bodies hastily buried beneath a thin layer of soil as their comrades fled from the British who ap­ peared ready to put a quick and brutal end to the Ameri­ can Experiment.

But later this month, the carefully gathered and stud­ ied remains of the dozen un­ known soldiers are getting a proper memorial and burial where they fell on the Camden battlefield. It’s part of the on­ going 250th anniversary com­ memorations of the Revolu­ tionary War, which historians hope will highlight history that unites instead of divides.

“Our democracy is the old­ est in the world — we don’t al­ ways get it right, and we have fought amongst ourselves more than I care to think about. But today, we are the most powerful country in the world. This is what you paid for with your life,” reads a let­ ter from Air Force veteran Stacey Ferguson that was placed in the soldiers’ coffins in late March as she helped prepare the remains for re­ burial.

But the soldiers’ excava­ tion and reburial is not only a memorial. It’s also illustrative of what modern science can do. Several of the fallen were teenagers, and one had a musket ball in his spine. Their names may soon be discov­ ered through DNA testing and genealogy.

However, there are limits to what can be discovered.

Time took its toll on the bod­ ies. Bones that didn’t decom­ pose to dust were scattered by wild animals, souvenir hunt­ ers and a mid­1900s farmer growing watermelons. Some of the remains showed scars from plows or other equip­ ment. Consequentially, a gap in a bone might be a wound from a musket ball or a bayo­ net — or it might not be.

“For a lot of these people,

JEFFREY COLLINS AP

Anthropologist Bill Stevens (left) and archaeologist James Legg move coffins to be used in the burial of 12 unidentified Revolutionary War soldiers. we were not able to ascertain their exact cause of death.

The skeletons are very frag­ mented,” said Madeline Atwell, a deputy coroner and forensic anthropologist with the Richland County Coro­ ner’s Office.

Atwell’s office has spent several months helping other archaeologists carefully dig up the soil at the site. When re­ mains were found, they were draped in a U.S. flag and a vet­ eran escorted them to a truck.

The remains have been X­ rayed, tested and meticu­ lously cataloged. They are now being prepared for a re­ burial ceremony worthy of what historians are calling America’s first heroes.

“They are truly America’s first veterans. We have a re­ sponsibility to honor their sacrifice,” said Doug Bostick, the CEO of the South Car­ olina Battleground Preserva­ tion Trust.

A huge ceremony is planned in South Carolina from April 20­22. The soldiers will be honored at the na­ tional cemetery at Columbia’s Fort Jackson Army basic training base before heading on a 20­mile procession to Camden. They will lie in state for two days before horse­ drawn caissons carry them back to their resting places.

A similar project is under way in New Jersey, where the bodies of as many as 12 Ger­ man soldiers, called Hes­ sians, who fought for the British were found in a mass grave at the Red Bank battle­ field. In­depth tests, includ­

ing DNA, are taking place there as well.

“History is an ongoing process. It’s not like we’ve written the Battle of Red Bank and we know every­ thing that happened,” said Jennifer Janofsky, a public historian at Rowan Uni­ versity and director of Red Bank Battlefield Park. “We have a better opportunity to tell a more complete story of these individuals. Who were they? Why were they here?

What was their fate?”

These soldiers are the lucky ones — they can be re­ membered.

Many of the 900 killed in Camden — one of the most disastrous battles for the U.S. — were left above ground, where wild animals and South Carolina’s heat and hu­ midity removed any trace of them within a few years.

Nearly every American sol­ dier in the Battle of Camden on Aug., 16, 1780, either desert­ ed or was killed, wounded or captured, historians have said.

But it was a turning point.

The Continental Congress followed George Washing­ ton’s recommendation and appointed Nathanael Greene to take over the Southern armies. In a little more than a year, Greene’s forces pushed the British north into Virgin­ ia, eventually trapping them with French help at York­ town, effectively winning the Revolutionary War.

Collins writes for The Associated Press.

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W E AT H E R San Diego AccuWeather forecast

COAST

INLAND

Today: Sunny to partly cloudy.

Coastal areas can have patchy fog and low clouds to start today; otherwise, expect a mostly sunny sky across the county today. Conditions will be a bit milder than yesterday. More low clouds and fog will develop tonight.

Today: Sunny and milder.

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Sunday: 62/54 Sunshine and some clouds.

Sunday: 74/52 More sun than clouds.

Low

Sunday: 89/61 Mostly sunny.

Monday: 63/40 Some sun.

Monday: 86/54 Partly sunny; breezy in the p.m.

Tuesday: 62/52 Some sun; fog early in the day.

Tuesday: 67/49 Tuesday: 56/36 Cool with times of clouds and sun. Cool with partial sunshine.

Tuesday: 79/52 Sunshine; breezy in the afternoon.

Wednesday: 62/52 Mostly cloudy.

Wednesday: 67/48 Cool with clouds and sun.

Wednesday: 78/50 Sunshine and patchy clouds.

AIR QUALITY INDEX High index levels impair breathing.

Temecula 74/47/s 63/49/0.00

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Wednesday: 57/37 Cool with clouds and sunshine.

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60/53/pc 59/51/0.00

Mission Bay 62/53/s na/na

3:54 am 8:20 am 10:50 am 6:16 am 4:07 am

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2:43 pm 10:33 pm 1:16 am 7:03 pm 3:14 pm

Today Sun. Mon.

High 6:04am 7:39pm 7:05am 8:06pm 7:57am 8:35pm

Ht. Low Ht. 5.3’ 12:14am 2.3’ 4.7’ 1:02pm -0.7’ 5.5’ 1:11am 1.5’ 5.3’ 1:42pm -0.7’ 5.6’ 1:59am 0.7’ 5.8’ 2:17pm -0.5’

65/55/pc 64/56/Tr

61/53/s na/na

64/53/s 62/52/0.01

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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI

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Northern Mostly sunny today, but some clouds at the coast.

Partly cloudy tonight.

Sierra Plenty of sunshine today.

Valley Mostly sunny and pleasant today. Mainly clear tonight. Partly sunny Sunday.

Bay Area Areas of low clouds, then sun today. Partly cloudy tonight.

Crescent City Eureka Redding Santa Rosa Ukiah

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Alturas Bishop Lake Tahoe Mammoth Susanville Yosemite

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72/46 70/43 72/47 69/46 70/41 71/41 70/44

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Napa Oakland San Jose

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 San Francisco

Coast Mostly sunny today; pleasant in the inland valleys. Clear to partly cloudy tonight.

Desert Plenty of sunshine today.

Clear tonight. Mostly sunny Sunday.

Southern Sunshine today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight.

Partly sunny Sunday.

Yesterday’s extremes 83°

14° Mammoth Lakes

Death Valley

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MEXICO Acapulco Cancun Ensenada Guadalajara La Paz Mazatlan

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Average 0.39” 9.01”

60° 50°

Barrett Lake

3/30

4/14 Actual high/low

Beach report

66/42/s 61/41/0.00

Polluted waters to avoid.

Ocean Beach - Dog Beach: San Diego River outlet to 300 feet south Imperial Beach Shoreline: The ocean shoreline from the south end of Seacoast Drive to Carnation Ave.

M E X IC O

Tecate

Mission Bay: North Cove - Vacation Isle, 150 feet each side of the southern drain

71/46/s 53/53/0.00

Tijuana

Coronado Shoreline: The ocean shoreline from Avenida Lunar to North Beach

65/50/pc 61/50/0.00

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Albany NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS Forecast for noon today Albuquerque Amarillo Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2023 Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Winnipeg  Austin Seattle  Baltimore Montreal Billings Billings Birmingham Bismarck Toronto Detroit Boise Minneapolis Boston  Buffalo New York Burlington Chicago San Francisco Denver Charles., WV Charlotte Washington Kansas City Cheyenne  Chicago Los Angeles Cincinnati Cleveland Atlanta El Paso Columbia, SC Colum., OH Concord, NH  Dallas Houston Denver Chihuahua Miami  Des Moines Monterrey Detroit Dover El Paso -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Eugene Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Fairbanks  Fargo Flagstaff A storm will track northeastward across the mid-Atlantic today, triggering showers Grand Rapids and thunderstorms across Pennsylvania, Maryland and northern Virginia. Some of Great Falls these storms can contain heavy rain. Temperatures will be 6-12 degrees lower than  Hartford Honolulu at the end of the week as a result of increased clouds and wet weather. Meanwhile,  Houston a potent cold front will sweep through the central United States and bring a risk of Indianapolis severe thunderstorms from Illinois to the central Gulf Coast. In addition to damaging  Jackson, MS winds and hail, isolated tornadoes can also occur in this corridor. Snow will move in  Juneau  Kansas City late in the day and at night across part of the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Las Vegas Valley. Most of the West will be dry with seasonable temperatures.  Little Rock Louisville  Madison  Memphis Yesterday’s Miami 96° -4° U.S. extremes  Milwaukee Windsor Locks, Conn.

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pc partly cloudy

Record 1.06” (2003)

Actual 0.10” 13.73” 6.07”

Average high/low

70/49/s 58/48/0.00

Otay Mesa

2022 0.00”

70°

3/16

Across the nation and world

High pressure will promote a nice weekend with sun. Low clouds will clear each morning around the Bay Area and the southern coast.

Average 0.02”

40°

Jamul

51% (10 am)

80°

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Lower Otay Reservoir

Chula Vista

Imperial Beach

Water visibility . . . . . . . . . 10 ft.

Notes: Fair conditions with a moderate surge.

Mount Laguna

Campo

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62% (6 pm)

RECENT DAILY TEMPERATURES

National City

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Skywatch: Before sunrise, the conjunction of the waning crescent moon and Saturn.

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La Mesa

High Low 30.00” (11 am) 29.91” (2 am)

Actual and average highs/lows

Alpine

El Cajon

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San Diego

Point Loma

72/51/s 65/48/0.00

Yesterday

Cuyamaca 67/38/s 51/31/0.00

El Capitan Lake

Santee

66/51/s 62/45/0.00

High 64° Noon 6pm

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Yesterday trace

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Barona

San Vicente Reservoir

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PRECIPITATION

65/44/s 47/34/0.01

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Record 91° (1964) 42° (1883)

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64/51/s 61/51/0.00

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Encinitas 62/51/s 64/49/0.00

Average 69° 57°

Low 56°

50°

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Warner Springs

69/49/s 62/51/0.00

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San Diego Bay

Set

Yesterday High: 64° Low: 56°

Borrego Springs

70/47/s 57/47/0.00

Vista

Data as of 4 p.m. yesterday, courtesy Del Mar lifeguards. More info: San Diego Lifeguard Service, (619) 221-8824

Apr 19

TEMPERATURES For 24 hours ending 6 pm yesterday.

60°

Valley Center

More info online: http://cdip.ucsd.edu

Sunrise Sunday: 6:19 am

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Yesterday

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67/50/s 65/52/s Regional 60/49/0.00 63/50/0.00 forecasts San Marcos 67/50/s and reports Carlsbad 61/51/0.00 Escondido

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Sunrise: 6:20 am Sunset: 7:19 pm Daylight: 12 hr. 59 min.

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Oceanside

Minutes a fair-skinned person can stay in the sun from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. before unprotected skin is damaged.

60

Today’s high/low/sky Yesterday’s high/low/precipitation

80°

69/49/s 64/50/0.01

Camp Pendleton

SKIN PROTECTION

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San Diego County Air Pollution Control District More info (858) 586-2800

Low

Sunday: 67/43 Partly sunny.

Sun and air

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Today: Sunny.

High

Monday: 63/56 Monday: 70/53 Low clouds breaking for some sun. Low clouds, then some sun; cool.

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MOUNTAINS

Today: Mostly sunny.

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION­TRIBUNE

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SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

e N E W S PA P E R E X T R A : O B I T U A R I E S CRAIG BREEDLOVE • 1937­2023

Daredevil was once the fastest man on Earth

BY ALEX TRAUB

C

raig Breedlove, the first person to set land­speed records at 400, 500 and 600 mph, died April 4 at his home in Rio Vista. He was 86.

The cause was cancer, his wife, Yadira Breedlove, said.

Breedlove was something of a cross between Neil Armstrong and Evel Knievel — an American folk hero of the 1960s known as both an explorer and a daredevil.

He made the land­speed record a major cultural phenomenon in 1963, and when challengers ap­ peared, he beat them back, setting records again in 1964 and 1965.

He was a former firefighter whose boyhood love of cars in­ spired him to make a break­ through in land racing. He took the lead designing a vehicle whose three wheels, jet engine, missile shape and rear fin made it resem­ ble not a car so much as a wingless fighter plane.

His record­breaking vehicles all had the same name: Spirit of America.

That became the title of a 1963 pop music ode to Breedlove by the Beach Boys, who mythologized him as a “daring young man” playing a “dangerous game.”

Breedlove seemed destined for the part. He was born in Los Ange­ les to a Hollywood studio execu­ tive and a showgirl, and he was often pictured with a crew cut and an earnest smile. He was both the impresario of a new show and its star performer.

He first won the national spot­ light Aug. 5, 1963, in Bonneville, Utah, whose miles of salt flats provide a natural track for high­ speed driving. Breedlove’s first jet­powered vehicle weighed 3 tons and cost $250,000 to build, yet it was essentially handmade, with tools such as files and screw­ drivers. He aimed to beat the record of 394 mph set by John Cobb of Britain in 1947.

At 6:25 a.m., he took a final sip of his ice water breakfast, stuffed cotton in his ears, donned a hel­ met and wraparound glasses and climbed into his cockpit.

“The Spirit of America inched forward, its jet engine shrieking,” Sports Illustrated reported that month. “Soon it was a speck,

seemingly headed straight through the orange sun to the southeast. Then it disappeared.”

Abiding by a rule to perform two runs in opposite directions to avoid a wind advantage, Breedlove went 388 mph in one direction and 428 mph heading back, achieving an average of 407.45.

He grinned for the first time that day. “I don’t think the limit has been reached yet,” he told Sports Illustrated. “I think I can go faster.”

Breedlove was not the only one with that idea. The next year, Bonneville became the scene of a showdown between Breedlove and brothers Walt and Art Arfons, all of them driving jet cars. The trio traded the record among them­ selves, with Breedlove the first to crack an average of 500 mph. On his return run, Spirit of America jumped an embankment and ran into a brine lake, with Breedlove barely escaping the vehicle.

The next year, he was back with a new four­wheeled rocket car: Spirit of America Sonic I. It used parachutes similar to those found on a spacecraft. On Nov. 15, he clocked a speed of 600.601 mph.

It was not just the world record. It was, for years, the end of the sport itself.

Craig Norman Breedlove was born March 23, 1937, to Norman and Portia (Champion) Breedlove. He grew up in Los Angeles.

At 13, he convinced his parents to buy him a 1934 Ford coupe for $75. He fixed it up at a body shop.

In his teenage years, Breedlove married Margaret Kastler, and the couple quickly had three children.

He graduated from Venice High School and found work as a welder and firefighter.

By the age of 21, he had already begun towing tricked­out cars to the Bonneville Salt Flats. He worked on the first Spirit of America in his father’s garage. He and Margaret divorced in their early 20s, which he attributed to his obsessive quest to break land­ speed records. He filled his front yard with afterburners, power tools and spare car parts.

His ambitions came to seem more realistic when he approached Goodyear and Shell in 1961 and convinced them to back him.

MIKE BRENNER THE ENTHUSIAST NETWORK VIA GETTY IMAGES

Craig Breedlove poses with his Spirit of America rocket­powered dragster at the Orange County International Raceway in Irvine. Breedlove set several land­speed records.

At the height of his fame, he made $100,000 annually from sponsorships and speaking en­ gagements. But he experienced a downfall just as quickly as he had experienced his rise.

A number of business ventures failed. A flood ruined about $100,000 of auto parts and machin­ ery. He fought with prospective sponsors, insisting that he retain control over the designs of his cars. Even worse, for a while he had no one to compete against, sapping drama from the race for the land­speed record.

By 1970, Sports Illustrated reported, Breedlove was living above his garage and driving a battered 1956 Buick he had bought for $100. He felt it was

unsafe to drive it more than 50 mph.

“That Buick doesn’t do much for a guy’s morale, let me tell you,” he said.

Gary Gabelich broke Breedlove’s record with a land speed of 627 mph in 1970.

Breedlove pursued a career in real estate, but he periodically got back into racing as a driver or as the organizer of a team. One of his goals, to break the sound barrier, was finally achieved by British driver Andy Green in 1997.

Breedlove was married six times, but his final marriage lasted 20 years.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children from his first marriage, Norman and Dawn

Breedlove; a half sister, Cindy Bowman; five grandchildren; and seven great­grandchildren. An­ other child from his first marriage, Christine Breedlove, died of can­ cer about 10 years ago, Yadira Breedlove said.

Breedlove often spoke about being inspired by John F. Ken­ nedy’s 1961 inauguration address and the president’s exhortation that citizens ask what they could do for the United States.

“In a way it was sort of a naive time for the country as well, but a very optimistic time,” he said in “The Spirit of America,” a 2004 documentary. “We kind of thought we could do anything.”

Traub writes for The New York Times.

BENJAMIN FERENCZ • 1920­2023

Last surviving prosecutor of Nuremberg war criminal trials

BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN

B

enjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, who convicted Nazi war criminals of organizing the murder of 1 million people and German industrialists of using slave labor from concen­ tration camps to build Adolf Hitler’s war machine, died April 7 at an assisted living facility in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was 103.

His son, Don, confirmed the death.

A Harvard­educated New York lawyer whose concept of evil was formed when he was a Jewish soldier in Europe and a war­ crimes investigator at Buchen­ wald, Mauthausen and Dachau, Ferencz campaigned after World War II for restitution of property seized by the Nazis. For much of his life he crusaded for an interna­ tional criminal court, and for laws to end wars of aggression.

The author of nine books and scores of articles, he was fluent in French, Spanish, German, Hun­ garian and Yiddish and spoke at world peace conferences. He was also widely quoted in interviews and wrote countless letters to editors.

His dream of a tribunal to prosecute war crimes was partly realized in 2002 with the establish­ ment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

But its effectiveness has been limited, and many nations, includ­ ing the United States, do not rec­ ognize its authority.

Born to illiterate parents in Transylvania, raised in the Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan and plucked from obscurity as an Army corporal because he had researched war crimes for a pro­ fessor, Ferencz was sent to newly liberated concentration camps by Gen. George Patton in the closing stages of the war and rose to prom­ inence as the youngest prosecutor at the postwar Nuremberg trials.

Fulfilling an Allied pledge to bring war criminals to justice, 13

trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, where Nazi rallies had celebrated Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s. In the first and most important trial, held in 1945 and 1946, the International Military Tribunal convicted 24 of the Third Reich’s senior leaders, including Hermann Göring, Hitler’s desig­ nated successor, who died by suicide on the eve of his execution, and military commander Wilhelm Keitel, who was hanged. The chief prosecutor was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson.

A dozen subsequent trials at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg put German judges, doctors, industrialists, diplomats and less senior military leaders in the dock in cases supervised by Jackson’s successor, Gen. Telford Taylor.

Ferencz was assigned to prose­ cute the notorious Einsatzgrup­ pen case, which for its staggering volume of victims has been called the biggest murder trial in history.

It was the case against 22 Nazis, including six generals, who organ­ ized, directed and often joined roaming SS extermination squads — 3,000 killers, aided by the police and other authorities, who rounded up and slaughtered 1 million tar­ geted people, or groups, in Nazi­ occupied lands: the intelligentsia of every nation, political and cultural leaders, members of the nobility, clergy, teachers, Jews, Gypsies and other “undesirables.” Most were shot, others gassed in mobile vans.

They were crimes that beggar the imagination — 33,771 men, women and children shot or bur­ ied alive in a ravine near Kyiv, Ukraine, called Babi Yar; the two­day liquidation of 25,000 Lat­ vian Jews from Riga’s ghetto, forced to lie down in pits and shot; the spectacle of a barbarian in Lithuania who killed Jews with a crowbar while crowds cheered and an accordion played marches and anthems.

Unfolding in 1947 and 1948, the Einsatzgruppen trial was Fer­ encz’s first court case. But the evidence — mostly detailed re­

ROBIN UTRECHT VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT VIA NYT

Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz appeared in “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz,” a 2019 documentary. cords of killings kept by the Nazis themselves — was overwhelming and irrefutable.

“In this case, the defendants are not charged with sitting in an office hundreds of miles away from the slaughter,” the court said in a unanimous judgment. “These men were in the field actively superin­ tending, controlling, directing and taking an active part in the bloody harvest.”

All the defendants were con­ victed of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fourteen were sentenced to death and two to life in prison. Only four executions were ultimately carried out, how­ ever, which was typical of the Nuremberg trials: convictions, heavy sentences and later commu­ tations. Analysts said leniency arose because the new realities of the Cold War with the Soviet Union meant that the Western powers needed Germany politi­ cally.

After the Nuremberg trials ended, in 1949, Ferencz remained in West Germany and helped Jewish groups negotiate a repara­ tions settlement in 1952 under

which West Germany agreed to pay $822 million to Israel and to groups representing survivors of Nazi persecution as what Ferencz and other critics called token compensation for suffering and for assets seized illegally. Only $125 million of the compensation went to victims.

In 1956, he returned to New York and became Taylor’s law partner. But in the late 1960s and early ’70s, as the United States became more involved in the Viet­ nam War, Ferencz gradually with­ drew from private law practice to write books and to promote world peace and a permanent interna­ tional criminal court.

“Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task,” he said on his web­ site. “And I also learned that if we did not devote ourselves to devel­ oping effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible might one day destroy the entire human race.”

Benjamin Berell Ferencz was born in a thatched house in the Transylvanian village of Somcuta

Mare, Romania, on March 11, 1920, to Joseph and Sarah Legman (Schwartz) Ferencz. In the shift­ ing borders of the era, his sister had been born a Hungarian in the same house a year and a half earli­ er.

When Ferencz was an infant, the family fled to the United States to escape a pogrom of Jews after Transylvania was ceded by Hun­ gary to Romania under the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.

“We came here as poor immi­ grants,” Ferencz told The New York Times in 2000. “I was raised in New York, Hell’s Kitchen, a high­ density crime area. I recognized early that I wanted to do crime prevention. I was interested in juvenile delinquency primarily because I was surrounded by juvenile delinquents.”

He attended Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan, but he got into a spat with a dean over his refusal to attend gym classes and did not receive a diploma.

He graduated with high honors from City College in 1940 and received a scholarship to Harvard Law School, where he studied under legal scholar Roscoe Pound.

After earning his law degree in 1943, he enlisted in the Army and became a private in an anti­aircraft artillery unit. He joined the Nor­ mandy invasion in 1944 and fought across France and Germany.

In 1945, his legal training and war­crimes expertise were recog­ nized by the Army, and he was assigned to Patton’s 3rd Army headquarters and then to investi­ gate newly liberated concentration camps for evidence of war crimes.

In 1946, he married Gertrude Fried in New York. The couple soon returned to Germany, and their four children were all born in Nuremberg.

His wife died in 2019. In addition to his son, he is survived by three daughters, Nina Dale, Robin Fer­ encz­Kotfica and Keri Ferencz, and three grandchildren.

McFadden writes for The New York Times.

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SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

e N E W S PA P E R E X T R A : O B I T U A R I E S JULIE ANNE PETERS • 1952­2023

YA author pushed boundaries exploring gay, transgender life

BY EMILY LANGER

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Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in the aerospace field who NASA dubbed the “mother of Landsat,” died March 27. She invented the scanner used in the Landsat satellite program.

VIRGINIA NORWOOD • 1927­2023

Physicist dubbed ‘mother of Landsat’

BY DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

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irginia Norwood, an aero­ space pioneer who in­ vented the scanner that has been used to map and study Earth from space for more than 50 years, has died at her home in Topanga. She was 96.

Her death was announced by the U.S. Geological Survey, whose Landsat satellite program relies on her invention. Her daughter, Naomi Norwood, said that her mother died on March 27.

The Landsat satellites, speed­ ing 438 miles above the surface, orbit Earth every 99 minutes and have captured a complete image of the planet every 16 days since 1972.

These images have provided pow­ erful visual evidence of climate change, deforestation and other shifts affecting the planet’s well­ being.

Norwood, a physicist, was the person primarily responsible for designing and championing the scanner that made the program possible. NASA has called her “the mother of Landsat.”

At the dawn of the era of space exploration in the 1950s and ’60s, she was working at Hughes Air­ craft Co., developing instruments.

One of a small group of women in a male­dominated industry, she stood out more for her acumen.

“She said, ‘I was kind of known as the person who could solve impossible problems,’” Naomi Norwood told NASA for a video on its website. “So people would bring things to her, even pieces of other projects.”

In the late 1960s, after NASA’s lunar missions sent back spectacu­ lar pictures of Earth, the director of the Geological Survey thought that photographs of the planet from space could help the agency manage land resources. The agency would partner with NASA, which would send satellites into space to take the pictures.

Norwood, who was part of an advanced design group in the space and communications divi­ sion at Hughes, canvassed scien­ tists who specialized in agricul­ ture, meteorology, pollution and geology. She concluded that a scanner that recorded multiple spectra of light and energy, like one that had been used for local agricultural observations, could be modified for the planetary project that the Geological Sur­ vey and NASA had in mind.

The Geological Survey and NASA planned to use a giant three­camera system designed by RCA, based on television tube technology, that had been used to map the moon. The bulk of the 4,000­pound payload on NASA’s first Landsat satellite was re­ served for the RCA equipment.

Norwood and Hughes were told that their multispectral scanner system, or MSS, could be included if it weighed no more than 100 pounds.

Norwood had to scale back her scanner to record just four bands of energy in the electromagnetic spectrum instead of seven, as she had planned. The scanner also had to be high­precision. In her first design, each pixel repre­

sented 80 meters.

The device had a 9­by­13­inch mirror that banged back and forth noisily in the scanner 13 times a second. The scientists at the Geological Survey and NASA were skeptical.

A senior engineer from Hughes took the device out on a truck and drove around California to test it and convince the doubters that it would work. It did — spectacu­ larly. Norwood hung one of the images, of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome, on the wall of her house for the rest of her life.

The first Landsat blasted into space on July 23, 1972. Two days later, the scanner sent back the first images, of the Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma; they were astounding. According to a 2021 article in MIT Technology Review, one geologist teared up.

Another, who had been skeptical about the scanner, said, “I was so wrong about this. I’m not going to eat crow. Not big enough. I’m going to eat raven.”

The RCA system was sup­ posed to be the primary recording instrument aboard the satellite, and the MSS a secondary experi­ ment.

“But once we looked at the data, the roles switched,” Stan Freden, the Landsat 1 project scientist, said in a NASA report.

The MSS proved not only better, but also more reliable. Two weeks after liftoff, power surges in the RCA camera­based system endangered the satellite and the camera had to be shut down.

Over the next 50 years, new Landsat satellites replaced earli­ er ones. Norwood oversaw the development of Landsat 2, 3, 4 and 5. Currently, Landsat 8 and 9 are orbiting the Earth, and NASA plans to launch Landsat 10 in 2030. Each generation satellite has added more imaging capa­ bilities but always based on Nor­ wood’s original concept.

The Landsat program has mapped changes in the planet brought on by climate change and by human actions. They include the near disappearance of the Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the shrinking of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, the evolving shape of the Mississippi Delta and the deforestation and increasing agricultural use of land in Turkey and Brazil.

Virginia Tower was born on Jan. 8, 1927, in Fort Totten, N.Y., to John Vogler and Eleanore (Mon­ roe) Tower. Eleanore Tower was a homemaker and also a linguist who spoke nine languages. John Tower was a decorated Army colonel with a master’s degree in physics who eventually taught at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University).

He encouraged Virginia to study math and physics and made her first slide rule with her when she was 9. As a military family, they moved frequently, living in Panama, Oklahoma, and Bermuda, among other places.

Virginia attended five different high schools before graduating as the salutatorian of Germantown High School in Philadelphia.

Her school guidance counselor

suggested that she become a li­ brarian, advice that she ignored, instead applying to the Massachu­ setts Institute of Technology, where she was one of about a dozen women in her entering class.

A day after graduating in 1947, she married Lawrence Norwood, a graduate student who had been her calculus instructor during her third semester. They had three children: Naomi, David and Peter.

The marriage ended in divorce, and Norwood married Maurice Schaeffer, who died in 2010. She is survived by Naomi and Peter; a sister, Barbara; five grandchildren and three great­grandchildren.

After graduating, Norwood ran into the prejudices then per­ meating society, according to the MIT and NASA articles. When interviewing at Sikorsky Aircraft, she asked for a salary commensu­ rate with the lowest rank in the civil service, but was told the company would never pay a wom­ an that much.

She had three interviews at Remington, the gun manufactur­ er, in which she outlined how a staff mathematician could im­ prove the company’s operations.

The hiring manager called to say that her idea was brilliant, but that the company was going to hire a man instead.

Desperate, she took a job selling blouses at a department store in New Haven, Conn.

Finally she and her husband were hired by the U.S. Army Sig­ nal Corps Laboratories in Fort Monmouth, N.J. She worked in the weather radar division, where she designed a radar reflector for weather balloons that could detect previously untraceable winds at 100,000 feet.

She later moved to an antenna group, working on antennas that used microwaves, and designed one that remains classified. In 1953, she and her husband moved to California and she went to work at Sylvania Electronic Defense Labs in Mountain View, where she set up the company’s first an­ tenna lab.

A year later, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where she was hired by Hughes Aircraft’s re­ search and development division, becoming the only woman among the division’s 2,700 employees. In 1957, promoted to lead the micro­ wave group in the company’s missile lab, she became the first woman at Hughes to join the technical staff.

In her new role, Norwood designed the transmitter and receiver for the world’s first com­ munications satellite. A couple of years later, NASA sent a lander called Surveyor to the moon to scout possible landing locations for astronauts. Norwood’s team designed the equipment the lander used to communicate with ground control.

In the 2020 article on NASA’s website calling her the “mother” of Landsat, Norwood said she was comfortable with the moniker.

“Yes, I like it, and it’s apt,” she said. “I created it, I birthed it, and I fought for it.”

McClain writes for The New York Times.

ulie Anne Peters, a writer who pushed the bounda­ ries of young­adult litera­ ture with novels that contained some of the genre’s first sensitive portrayals of gay love and trans­ gender identity, died March 21 at her home in Wheat Ridge, Colo.

She was 71.

Her wife, Sherri Leggett, con­ firmed her death but did not cite a cause.

Peters was already an estab­ lished author more than two decades ago when her editor suggested that she write a lesbian love story for young adults.

“I may have fainted,” she re­ counted years later to the online magazine Write or Die. “Long, long pause while I hyperventi­ lated.”

Peters had spent the early years of her literary career writing amusing books for young readers.

Her first title was “The Stinky Sneakers Contest,” a book with illustrations by Cat Bowman Smith and published in 1992.

The author addressed bullying and cliques in subsequent books but largely avoided more mature topics until she wrote “Define ‘Normal’ ” (2000), a novel geared toward adolescents about the friendship between two outwardly opposite girls, one a “punk” and the other a “priss.”

With that book, “I felt she had found her real voice in writing for this older age group,” her editor, Megan Tingley, now the president and publisher of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, wrote in an email.

“It had the sensitivity and accessibility of Judy Blume bal­ anced with a sharp wit and page­ turning pacing,” Tingley contin­ ued. “There were very few books for young adults featuring LGBTQ+ characters at the time so I asked her if she had ever thought of trying to write one.”

Peters had lived openly as a lesbian since the 1970s but feared what she described as the “global outing” that a book about gay characters might bring. She an­ swered her editor with a categor­ ical no.

But in private, over a year and a half, Peters began working on a manuscript about a high­achiev­ ing, highly conventional teenage girl who falls in love with a lesbian student who transfers to her school. In what Peters described as a “moment of lunacy,” she shipped the manuscript off to her agent.

“While I waited to hear from her, fear consumed me,” she told Write or Die. “Physically and emotionally I was a wreck. But then I thought, Chill. She’ll reject it. Too controversial. Too explo­ sive. Of course, my editor wouldn’t spend money producing a book with two girls having sex.

Who’d buy it? Who’d read it?

There was no market for queer literature.”

The book was published in 2003 as “Keeping You a Secret” — and the reaction was not nearly what Peters feared. After avoiding her email for days, she opened the inbox to find hundreds of missives — not the hate mail for which she had steeled herself, but letters of thanks.

“Love letters. Coming out stories. Horrible stories. Wonder­ ful stories,” she recalled. “They kept coming and coming,” she said, and left her wishing that she had written the book earlier.

Peters’ next volume, “Luna” (2004), centered on the narrator, Regan, and her brother Liam, who at nighttime uses his sister’s makeup and clothes to transform himself into the girl he knows himself to be.

“A sigh of resignation escaped my lips,” Regan remarks at one point. “Yeah, I loved her. I couldn’t help it. She was my brother.”

The New York Times de­ scribed “Luna” — a finalist for a National Book Award — as “the

first young­adult novel with a transgender character to be re­ leased by a mainstream pub­ lisher.” Dozens of books about the transgender experience followed from other writers.

Peters went on to write books including “Far From Xanadu” (2005), about a butch lesbian teen called Mike, and “Between Mom and Jo” (2006), about a boy torn between his two mothers.

“While Nick and his mothers do deal with discrimination (his third­grade teacher does not hang up the family picture he drew, for example), they have all too normal troubles as well, such as Jo’s alcoholism, Erin’s breast cancer, and eventually Erin’s budding relationship with anoth­ er woman,” read a review in Pub­ lishers Weekly. “The author draws the protagonists as full­blooded characters, and readers will likely find it easy to relate to them.”

Julie Anne Peters was born in Jamestown, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1952.

She was about 5 years old when she moved to Denver, where her father was a middle school teacher and her mother was a university ad­ ministrative assistant.

Peters graduated from Col­ orado Women’s College before starting a job as a fifth­grade teacher.

The classroom did not suit her, she said, and she embarked on a second career in computer pro­ gramming. She studied computer science at what is now the Met­ ropolitan State University of Denver, where she received a bachelor’s degree in 1985, and at the University of Colorado at Denver, where she received a master’s degree in 1989.

“After discovering a surprising aptitude for technical writing, I began work on a young adult novel,” Publishers Weekly quoted her as saying. “It never saw the light of publication, but it did illuminate hopes for a career in writing.”

Peters had been writing for children’s magazines when Ting­ ley pulled her first manuscript — “The Stinky Sneakers Contest” — from the slush pile of unsolicited submissions at Little, Brown.

Peters was the author of “grl2grl” (2007), a collection of short stories about queer teen girls. Her later books included “Rage” (2009), “She Loves You, She Loves You Not” (2011) and “Lies My Girlfriend Told Me” (2014), all about teenage lesbian relationships. She broached the topic of suicide in the volume “By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead” (2010).

The taboo nature of Peters’ subject matter made her a fre­ quent target of criticism by con­ servatives, among them Matt Krause, a Texas state legislator who in 2021 called upon school districts in the state to account for any books or other materials available to students that “might make [them] feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress” over mat­ ters of race or sex. He compiled a list of 850 books, and Peters, ac­ cording to the website Book Riot, was the author with the most titles on the list — nine in all.

“This is so sad to me,” Tingley wrote in her email, “because I know what a lifeline her novels have been for young readers struggling with sexual orienta­ tion, gender identity, and depres­ sion. These stories are needed now more than ever.”

Peters and Leggett were part­ ners for nearly five decades and married in 2014. Besides her wife, of Wheat Ridge, survivors include a brother and two sisters.

According to Publishers Weekly, Peters’ books have sold more than 1 million copies. She wrote them, she told the LGBTQ magazine the Advocate, because “so many stories aren’t being told that need to be told.”

Langer writes for The Washington Post.

CRAIG F. WALKER DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGES

Julie Anne Peters’ young­adult novels contained some of the genre’s first sensitive portrayals of gay love.

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SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

B2 Lederer on Language B4-5 Editorial & Opinion B6 Obituaries

NATIONAL CITY EYES VOTING CHANGE DIANE BELL

Columnist

San Diegan one away from visiting every nation in world Randy Williams has slept in a yurt in the Mongolian desert, spent the night in a safe house in Afghanistan and bedded down in a float­ ing village in Brunei. He has gone sightseeing in a bullet­ proof armored car in Soma­ lia and declined an invita­ tion to sit on a crocodile in Burkina Faso, Africa.

Those are just a few of the adventures experienced by someone on a mission to visit all the countries in the world. He also witnessed everyday life in places like Libya — squares populated by popcorn stands, kids with balloons, families having fun and lots of smiles.

Next month, he’ll check off his to­do list the last of the U.N.­recognized 193 nations when he steps off a plane in Turkmenistan, completing his multiyear journey.

The trip was on hold because Turkmenistan, one of the most isolated and mysterious countries in Central Asia, only recently reopened to visitors after being closed for more than four years.

This follows last month’s stay in Syria, his 192nd country, where Williams was informed on arrival he was only the second tourist granted entry since the pandemic broke out.

The DJ and program manager of local radio sta­ tions Z90.3 and Magic 92.5 is known in the industry as “R Dub!” Now 46, it wasn’t until a decade ago that he made traversing the globe his mission and passion.

His first goal was visiting all Central and South American countries (with the exception of all Caribbe­ an nations) by the time he was 40. He did.

Williams is turned off by the usual tourist itineraries.

He avoids large crowds of visitors flocking to the top sights in tourist destination travel guides. He prefers to explore the back streets and push himself out of his comfort zone.

Out­of­the­way places with strange­sounding names appeal to Williams.

He has been to countries SEE DIANE BELL • B3

Council to hire outside counsel to determine if city could have primaries

BY TAMMY MURGA NATIONAL CITY

National City is exploring if a general law city like itself can imple­ ment a primary voting system.

In a 4­1 vote last week, the City Council agreed to spend $4,000 to hire outside counsel to investigate the topic.

Officials were divided on whether an additional legal opinion was necessary after City Attorney Barry Schultz had already told council members that a general law city could not have primary elec­ tions.

“The city’s authority, their elec­ tion law, is governed by state law and there is no specific provision under the election law that allows for general law cities to do prima­ ries,” said Schultz.

Municipal elections are con­ ducted in accordance with the Cali­ fornia elections code, which states

that general law cities must use plu­ rality voting and not hold runoff elections. The only exception is to determine a winner if a tie occurs.

In 2016, Senate Bill 1288 would have allowed these cities to adopt runoffs for their local offices, but Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the pro­ posal.

Charter municipalities, howev­ er, can use runoffs because they are not entirely bound by state law.

They can establish their own elec­ tion dates, rules and procedures.

Chula Vista, as well as the city and county of San Diego, are the only

NELVIN C. CEPEDA U-T

At the newly opened Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center, there are nursing and clinical simulation suites where health care professionals can train in different scenarios. A control room is used for adjusting the simulation or recording it.

SHARP OPENS TRAINING CENTER New facility in Kearny Mesa to support and accelerate the transformation of region’s largest health system

BY PAUL SISSON The biggest trend in medicine in the past 20 years has been evidence­ based practice, the idea that medi­ cal providers of all types should stick to what the data shows when making decisions about which treatments to pursue.

The problem is, that evidence keeps changing as researchers gradually expand the circle of knowledge in every discipline.

Health care providers, then, must commit themselves to endless change.

That is the idea behind the new

$70 million Sharp Prebys Innova­ tion and Education Center, a four­ story, state­of­the­art training ven­ ue dedicated Friday in Kearny Mesa.

“It’s going to be a place where the people of Sharp forge, foster and de­ velop solutions to some of the larg­ est challenges we have today, how to make the patient experience more seamless, more pleasing and, in do­ ing so, how to reduce cost of care for the patient,” said Chris Howard, Sharp HealthCare’s chief executive officer. “This is a place where we can generate those ideas and concepts and bring them to fruition.”

Though there’s a large, new audi­ torium, cafeteria and meeting rooms located on the center’s ground and top floors, the real ac­ tion’s on the second. That’s where both nursing and clinical simula­ tion suites reside, providing a series of realistic patient rooms where medical professionals of all types can gather to drill on everything from uncommon birth presenta­ tions to delivering difficult news to patients.

There are a wide range of medi­ cal simulators connected to a long corridor control room with a broad expanse of windows allowing those

LGBT YOUTH CENTER GAINS PERMANENT HOME Hillcrest facility offers safe place, support for adolescents, adults

BY EMILY ALVARENGA Oceania Collazo — a 24­year­ old transgender, neurodivergent woman — moved to San Diego last year in search of a more welcom­ ing community.

“Growing up, I would feel very alienated and unrepresented,” she said.

At first, Collazo struggled. Liv­ ing in a big city for the first time, she was shy and nervous — and homeless.

But with the help of the San Di­ ego LGBT Community Center, Collazo says she was able to get back on her feet and feel comfort­ able being herself at the Hillcrest Youth Center.

“When I got to the (youth) cen­ ter, it was unbelievable how there were so many people like me,” she said. “Here, I could be my true and best self without judgment.”

The Center has also helped Collazo connect with a shelter and temporary housing, provided her with personal hygiene items, meals and gender­affirming cloth­ ing, and encouraged her to break out of her shell.

“I’m really shy ... so of course I was hesitant at first and nervous,” she said. “But the staff was really

charter governments that have pri­ maries. They are among the 3 per­ cent of California cities that use some form of city council runoffs, according to a California Common Cause report by its policy and legis­ lative counsel Nicolas Heidorn.

The main advantage of runoffs “is that they ensure a candidate re­ ceives the support of a majority of the electorate,” Heidorn said in his report, adding that charter cities often adopt primary systems to “ad­ dress the problem of candidates be­ ing elected with low voter support.”

SEE VOTING • B3

running exercises to see what’s hap­ pening without getting in the way.

Video cameras and microphones are also plumbed throughout, al­ lowing simulations to be recorded, then played back in debriefing rooms, where teams can go over what worked, what didn’t and why.

Patients might wonder what they’re getting out of this space, giv­ en that they will never visit. The pa­ tients here are either animatronic or actors trained to exhibit symp­ toms of diseases that they don’t ac­ tually have.

Carmen Spalding, Sharp’s direc­ SEE SHARP • B3

STUDENT AWARDED SDSU’S FIRST TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP Sandrien Mekany works to help others facing adversity in America CITY NEWS SERVICE SAN DIEGO

KRISTIAN CARREON FOR THE U-T

The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s new Hillcrest Youth Center on Pennsylvania Avenue includes a lounge, community closet, sexual awareness and HIV testing room and more. welcoming and nurturing. ... I’m really grateful to them.”

Fewer than one in three trans­ gender and nonbinary youths last year found their home to be gender­ affirming, according to a survey by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth mental health nonprofit.

That’s why The Center is hop­ ing to help thousands more youths like Collazo have a safe space where they can be their au­ thentic selves with the opening of the new Hillcrest Youth Center, which offers services for adoles­ cents and young adults.

“Growing up a queer youth in El Centro, a place like this is just beyond my wildest dreams,” CEO Cara Dessert said. “I think it’s our duty to build for the next genera­ tion what we wish we had, and this place is a symbol of our commit­ SEE CENTER • B6

Sandrien “Sandy” Mekany has become San Diego State Un­ iversity’s first recipient of the Harry S. Truman graduate schol­ arship, one of 62 in the nation.

Mekany, a San Diego native, is just the fourth California State University student Sandrien to receive the “Sandy” scholarship and Mekany the first since 2006. A total of 199 finalists were winnowed down to the 62 offi­ cially announced Wednesday.

She is the daughter of Arabic­ speaking Chaldean refugees who fled Iraq during Saddam Hus­ sein’s regime. She said she strug­ SEE TRUMAN • B3

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION­TRIBUNE

ONE-ON-ONE WITH AMEEN BEYDOUN U­T profiles of notable local people

Graphic novelist making inroads Q: A:

What are your “Habibti Pada” books about?

The series follows a 10­year­ old African immigrant as she navigates her scary, fantastical new home. Set in the Levant [East­ ern Mediterranean region], the bulk of each issue is without dia­ logue: We hear Arabic, but (like Pada) we don’t have the luxury of subtitles. To make things worse, a single magical event breaks the realism in each episode — giant birds, ogre chefs, and ugly djinns threaten Pada and her new friends.

Fear not! Across each episode, Pada hears a new Arabic word that will eventually help fight the mon­ ster in the story. Together, we build our vocabulary and understanding of this magical new world. “Habibti Pada” will appeal most to children interested in learning new lan­ guages, new cultures and new mythologies.

sends her way.

BY LISA DEADERICK • PHOTO BY BRITTANY CRUZ-FEJERAN It was a bit frustrating for Ameen Beydoun when his first book about a young, African girl who immigrates to a new place wasn’t generating much interest in the form of book sales. He’d already course corrected from his original idea of pitching it as a children’s television show. He persevered, though, and it paid off. The second book in his self­published “Habibti Pada” series was named as a finalist in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year awards, where it competed against more established independent publishers.

“Ultimately, I feel vindicated. I mean, I submitted the book to all of these established players — Fanatagraphics, Storm Kings Comics — you name it. I got rejected from them all, but I didn’t let that deter me,” he says. “Now, thanks to the INDIES awards, I’m competing against the very same publishers for Graphic Novel of the Year. Look out, y’all, I’m coming for the throne!”

Beydoun, 34, is a writer and creator living in North Park. As a full­time author, he’s also working on getting his teaching certificate with a goal of teaching fifth­graders, while continuing to work on his series. He took some time to talk about wanting to tell a story about feeling like an outsider, the ways that his own experiences as a child of parents who immigrated from Lebanon both aligned and diverged with his protagonist, and soaking up all that San Diego has offered him since he’s arrived.

Q:

You’re the first­born of Lebanese­American par­ ents who immigrated to New York City, where you grew up, but spent summers back in Lebanon with your extended family. After college at Wesleyan University, you joined the Peace Corps, working in Libe­ ria and Comoros, and then work­ ing at businesses in Kenya and Senegal. What compelled you to first begin writing this series, especially coming from a back­ ground teaching and working in marketing and business devel­ opment?

I remember sitting down and brainstorming what a project looked like. First, I wanted it to be engaging. I’ve seen a lot of rote memorization and lessons that put kids to sleep. I would rather have my readers engaged and learn next to nothing than bored and being force­fed “knowl­ edge.” All of my creative work is driven by that philosophy, really: Is it engaging? Anyhow, once the “Sesame Street” writer’s gig prompted me to write a pilot, I decided I had to do something with my Lebanese background, my lived­experience in East and West Africa, and something educa­ tional, as well. From that brain­ storm, “Habibti Pada” was born.

A:

A:

Why was it important to you to focus on conveying what it feels like to be an outsider, particularly an immigrant?

I’ll be the first to say that I have a very different experi­ ence from Pada. I am an outsider, but an outsider in a position of power. For example, when I was living in Liberia, I was a different color than everyone around me, just like Pada in Lebanon. Unlike Pada, I was a white person in Libe­ ria, which afford me many more privileges than other foreigners and even more than some Libe­ rians. In fact, I remember getting on a bus once and an old Liberian woman getting out of the coveted front seat so that I, a White man by Liberian standards, could take her place. Of course, I refused, but the story illustrates that being an outsider is not a singular experi­ ence. Pada’s experience of being an outsider in Lebanon is particularly difficult because being a Black person in Lebanon is especially difficult. Racism is a major issue in the country and while there are Lebanese people addressing these issues, it’s still not talked about nearly enough. In the first three books of the series, I don’t touch much on race in particular, but it’s the primary theme in the fourth and fifth books. Things are about to get a lot more complicated for Pada.

A:

Q: A:

What is the best advice you’ve ever received?

It’s a little cliché, but my brother recently sent me an article about a hospital chaplain who provides end­of­life care. In the article the chaplain said that at the end of people’s lives they talk almost exclusively about the re­ lationships in their lives. Not mon­ ey, not traveling, not being free or independent, but the human relationships in their lives. I took that to mean that we are defined by the relationships we create more than anything else. It’s been helpful to keep that in mind.

Q: A:

What is one thing people would be surprised to find out about you?

I am very active. I surf, rock climb, spearfish, skate­ board. My mom calls it CSS — Can’t Sit Still. I remind her that I got it from her.

Q:

There are a couple of issues I think I’m picking up on in your books, but can you talk about what you wanted to address in each of your first two books, and the message you want to convey in this series, overall?

If you really want to under­ stand any piece of entertain­ ment, look at the villains, look at the monsters. They oftentimes tell us a lot more than heroes do, and they’re always more interesting anyway. I would say “Habibti Pada” is not too different. That’s not to disparage Pada; I love her, too, but if you want to understand what’s going on inside Pada, look at the monsters she’s projected onto her fantastic world.

In the first book, Pada is really out of her element. It’s the first day of school and for the new kids without friends, it’s scary enough.

Now imagine being an immigrant and not understanding anyone around you. Pure terror. That’s what the monster in the first book is supposed to represent. In Arab

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What I love about North Park...

I just keep finding new ways of falling in love with this city. Last spring, I lived on a boat on Harbor Island for a few months, which was incredible. I fished every day and learned to live small. Then, I moved to Solana Beach and surfed and spearfished all summer long. Now, I live in North Park and have been enjoying skateboarding and biking around my immediate neigh­ borhood. There’s just so much going on and the access to the outdoors — the sea, the desert — cannot be matched. Oh, and Mexico is right there so whenever you need a change of pace, it’s 20 minutes away! mythology, the giant Anqa bird is said to be the most beautiful and most terrible creature in all of God’s creation. I took that mon­ ster and combined it with teachers I’d had, to make a giant school disciplinarian, but one that stomps and eats children. When you see the Anqa, you do not try to understand it, you do not try to

engage with it — you just run. You do your best to survive and that’s what Pada has to do with Anqa and with her first day of school in a country where she does not under­ stand anyone.

In the second book, Pada’s starting to understand this world.

She now knows the games, she knows some of the kids, and it’s a

much happier book in many ways.

The monster in this book, al­ ghouleh (which is where we get the word “ghoul” from) is scary for sure, but she speaks, she can com­ municate. Once Pada speaks to her, we find out she’s not actually all that scary. She’s mostly misun­ derstood, just like Pada. The mes­ sage here is that in order to make the world less scary, you have to try and engage with it, you have to try and understand it.

The third book, which is coming soon, centers around the theme of environmental degradation, Syr­ ian refugees, and how unchecked capitalism works to exacerbate both these crises. As such, the monster in the upcoming book is the most intelligent, the most complicated monster of all. Pada will really have to use her brain to overcome the many obstacles he

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Describe your ideal San Diego weekend.

First, a dawn patrol surf session at Sunset Cliffs, scallop tacos at Mike’s Taco Club in Ocean Beach. Later, I’ll skate­ board the entirety of Balboa Park (from north to south, of course!) and then take the bus home. Have dinner at Abay Ethiopian Market and Restaurant, followed by danc­ ing all night at Whistlestop Bar. The next day, it’s spearfishing and snorkeling at Boomer Beach in La Jolla, bouldering in Santee, and dinner at Alforon Mediterranean/ Lebanese restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard. Because every week­ end should be a three­day week­ end, I’d have street tacos in Ti­ juana, wine in Valle de Guadalupe, camping at Salsipuedes. All in Baja Norte, of course.

R I C H A R D L E D E R E R Lederer on Language

C RIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

Golden opportunities to brush up your Shakespeare

Reports of gun locks down medical center

Brush up your Shakespeare.

Start quoting him now.

Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow.

— Cole Porter, “Kiss Me, Kate” Name a play written by Bartley Campbell. Of course you can’t, nor can just about anyone else alive today. Yet Camp­ bell (1843­1888) was a popular American playwright whose giant ego towered above his talent. His professional statio­ nery depicted two portraits on the letterhead — Bartley Campbell on one side and William Shakespeare on the other — linked by the words “A friendly rivalry.”

Today Campbell, a legend in his own mind, is forgotten, while Shakespeare endures and prevails as the one big gun in the canon of English literature who has no rival. As his contemporary, Ben Jonson, wrote of the Bard, “He was not of an age, but for all time!”

Shakespeare is the darling of readers, playgoers and critics alike. The critical work about him could constitute a library, and in fact does: the 300,000­volume Folger Library in Washington. Even if you somehow devoured that collec­ tion, you would still have to read 3,000 discussions of Shake­ speare each year to keep up with the new scholarship.

Joined by actor and director John Tessmer, I’ll be per­ forming “Living Will: The Legacy of William Shakespeare” on Friday, April 21, starting at 7 p.m. at the Sunshine Brooks Theater, 217 North Coast Highway in Oceanside; box office (760) 433­8900.

On Sunday, April 23, 7 p.m., and Monday, April 24, 7 p.m., the show will travel to Lamplighters Theatre in La Mesa, 5915 Severin Drive; box office (619) 303­5092. Come out and support your local playhouses. I’d love to meet you at one of these performances.

As the Huntsman in King Henry VI says, “This way, my lord, for this way lies the game.” I’ll raise the Bard with this untrivial quiz on a far­from­trivial author. Supply the facts about Shakespeare’s life posed by the following questions: 1. In what town and country did Shakespeare enter the earthly stage?

2. What are the dates of William Shakespeare’s birth and death?

3. Name the monarchs who reigned in England during Shakespeare’s lifetime.

4. Name Shakespeare’s wife. “Mrs. Shakespeare” is not

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5. With what theater was Shakespeare most connected?

6. Some scholars believe that Shakespeare didn’t write Shakespeare. Name three people who, some claim, penned the plays that we attribute to the Stratford man.

7. What is the importance of the following lines (in the original spelling)?: Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare!

Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones, And curst be he yt moves my bones.

8. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

9. What are the three categories by which the plays are generally classified?

10. Into how many acts is each play traditionally divided?

11. In what meter did Shakespeare write his plays?

12. What do we call the first edition of Shakespeare’s collected works?

As Belarius exclaims in Cymbeline, “The game is up!”

It’s now time to consult the answers.

Answers 1. and 2. Shakespeare was baptized in Holy Trinity Church in the English village of Stratford­upon­Avon on April 26, 1564, and was probably born three days earlier, on April 23. He died in Stratford on April 23, 1616, at the exact age of 52. 3. Elizabeth I and James I. 4. Anne Hathaway (but not the woman who sang and wept in Les Misérables) 5.

The Globe. 6. Candidates include Sir Walter Raleigh; Ed­ ward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford; Francis Bacon; Christo­ pher Marlowe; Mary Sidney Herbert; and the Earl of Essex.

7. These words are the epitaph on Shakespeare’s grave in Holy Trinity Church. 8. thirty­seven, plus a few collabora­ tions 9. tragedies, comedies, and histories. 10. five 11. blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter 12. the First Folio *** Puns are all around us, even if we don’t perceive them. Our scrappy San Diego State men’s basketball team recently ascended to the final and fell to a team from the University of Connecticut. Why are teams from there called the Huskies?

Because they represent the University of Connecticut = UConn = Yukon, where huskies pull sleds. That’s a pun!

Please send your questions and comments about language to richardhlederer@gmail.com website: www.verbivore.com.

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Reports of a suspicious man with a weapon prompted an hourslong lockdown at Naval Medical Center San Diego Friday morning, but a multi­agency search turned up no such threat, military officials said.

The security scare was reported shortly before 10:30 a.m. at the hospital on Bob Wilson Drive in Bal­ boa Park.

The facility gates were closed and staffers and pa­ tients in some parts of the hospital were told to shelter in place while law enforcement agencies searched the premises, Navy spokesperson Brian O’Rourke said. A man was found and taken into custody during the in­ vestigation, but he did not have a weapon.

A gun was not located.

It is unclear where the man was spotted or why he was deemed a threat.

“We don’t anticipate that there are any other sus­ pects,” O’Rourke said.

A shelter­in­place order was lifted about 12:30 p.m.

People who have appointments at the hospital were asked to contact their providers before making their way to the facility.

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A 22­year­old man was injured when he was hit by a car in a Logan Heights alley, and the driver took off, San Diego police said Friday.

The collision happened about 9:30 p.m. Thursday in alley south of National Avenue near 29th Street, San Diego police Officer John Buttle said.

The victim was walking in the alley when he heard a vehicle coming up behind him, Buttle said.

The vehicle struck the victim then fled, leaving the victim with a broken leg and fractured pelvis.

He was unable to identify the vehicle.

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Slow Jams,” broadcast on more than 200 stations in the United States and 17 other countries.

Williams is one of an elite group of adventurers who have traveled the world and belong to exclusive clubs, such as The Travelers’ Century Club for those who have visited 100 or more nations and Nomad Mania.

World wanderer Henrik Jeppesen even created a website catering to hard­ core travelers: everycoun­ tryintheworld.com When popular vlogger Drew Binsky completed his 193 country visits in late 2021, he was reported to have joined a micro group of about 250 people who had done so.

American Taylor De­ monbreun set a 2018 Guin­ ness World Record for trav­ eling to every sovereign country in the world in the fastest time — one year and 189 days.

Jim Kitchen not only

spent time in all 193 coun­ tries, he flew into suborbital space on a Blue Origin flight.

Country counts differ.

While the U.N. recognizes 193, plus two observer states (the Holy See, including Vatican City, and Palestine), the National Olympics Committee count is 206 and FIFA (Fédération Interna­ tionale de Football Associ­ ation) nations number 211.

There are several disputed territories.

When Williams gets to Turkmenistan, he actually will have visited 198 destina­ tions, including the two observer states and dis­ puted territories of Kosovo, Western Sahara and Tai­ wan.

“That’s what’s fun about travel,” he says. “What makes a country a country?

It’s not necessarily black and white.”

Some of Williams’ world travel tips: • After a passport, mon­ ey and phone, the most important item to pack is sleeping medication, closely followed by a power adapter and phone charger.

• Kidnapping, robbery and hijacking, common subjects in U.S. news, are actually less of a threat than cavernous sidewalk pot­ holes and crazy drivers in foreign countries.

• Useful app: Maps.me provides downloadable maps from anywhere in the world for use when off­line.

• If you don’t speak the language, don’t worry, someone nearby will, and you can always draw a pic­ ture of a hotel or point to a photo of food on your smart­ phone.

• Williams, who is single, encourages solo travel because it takes you out of your bubble, prompting you to interact more with oth­ ers.

“One reason I love trav­ eling are the surprises and the smashing of misconcep­ tions.” As a kid, his impres­ sion of Algeria was one of terrorist camps, hijackers and scary happenings, but he traveled there to find beautiful old cities and a young, hip culture with people relaxing at outdoor cafés and birds chirping.

“The world is not what you see in the news every day,” he says.

Williams’ rule for visiting countries was to go into communities and do some­ thing authentic and real. He jogged through neighbor­ hoods, browsed markets, ate in local cafés and stopped to smell the roses or, in some cases, dead fish — the local catch of the day.

What’s next for the trav­ elholic? Returning to some of the countries he loved but wasn’t able to spend enough time in and visiting the elephant on the world map — Antarctica — which is a continent, not a country.

out six other candidates to win his City Council seat with just 27 percent of the vote. Last year, he lost the mayoral election. The race ended with Mayor Ron Mor­ rison, a longtime city official and independent, winning with 37 percent. The Demo­ crats lost, with Rodriguez at 36 percent and former May­ or Alejandra Sotelo­Solis at 27 percent.

In a runoff, Rodriguez could have had a stronger chance of winning as the Democratic option against Morrison.

Rodriguez proposed the city hire an elections attor­ ney to provide the city with a legal opinion. Morrison cast the lone vote in opposition.

“For us to go out and pay someone to tell (us) some­ thing we already know and everybody knows is just a

nice political stunt,” said Morrison.

Rodriguez said the move was not political. “We need to have primaries to assure that the majority of the peo­ ple who vote select who their representatives are, whether it’s their council members or mayor, but I be­ lieve it’s a very basic tenet of democracy,” he said.

National City’s options may be limited to consider­ ing becoming a charter city, which would require the city to write its charter and place it on a ballot for voters to consider.

“The other option is state legislation,” said Coun­ cilmember Marcus Bush, who voiced support for hold­ ing primaries.

Exploring the possibility of primaries was met with a tepid response from other

council members.

Vice Mayor Luz Molina called Rodriguez’s reasons for pursuing primaries a “false argument” on the basis that “primary elections actu­ ally draw a fewer amount of people than a November elec­ tion.” She also said she would not support a charter system of government.

Councilmember Ditas Yamane said she voted to approve the search for a le­ gal opinion “so that we can put it to rest.” Molina agreed with Yamane.

Rodriguez said that “$4,000 is not nothing. But $4,000 to find out, I think, something important for our democracy is important.”

The City Council is ex­ pected to receive the legal opinion at a future meeting.

DIANE BELL FROM B1 most Americans have never heard of: Burkina Faso, Comoros, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Kiribati, Lesotho, Nauru, Transnis­ tria and Tuvalu, to mention a few.

To pursue his passion, he cobbles together vacations, personal days and holidays to schedule his complicated trips, which he maps out on Excel spreadsheets. In one 21­day period, Williams visited 14 countries in Afri­ ca.

He admits to having a love affair with countries.

He spent his longest time in Brazil (moving there for two years) and his shortest time in French Guiana, where he had to fly in and out the same day.

In his spare time, he even created his own country, the Republic of Slowjamastan, on 11 acres of Imperial County desert he purchased along Highway 78 between Octillo Wells and Westmor­ land.

Williams is the self­ap­ pointed sultan of Slowja­ mastan, which has its own currency, crest, flag, visas, official police car, off­beat tourist attractions and occasional events. “I’m having fun with it,” he says.

It may not attract a lot of tourists, but it’s good pub­ licity for his syndicated radio show, “Sunday Night

VOTING FROM B1 “The runoff provides a second election for the ma­ jority to consolidate its vote on the more representative of the two remaining candi­ dates,” added the report.

“Runoff elections can also provide an opportunity for voters to take a second look at the most viable candi­ dates and focus in on their different visions for where the city should go.”

In past elections, Na­ tional City voters have elected officials via plurality voting, where candidates who receive the most votes are elected even if they re­ ceive less than 50 percent.

Councilmember Jose Rodriguez was among them.

In November 2020, he beat

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FROM B1 tor of simulation and innova­ tive learning, explained that as teams prove every day on the field, practice is every­ thing. It’s better to get things just right before the game’s on the line. Something like a breech birth does not hap­ pen every day, so bringing a team in to practice the skills they will need can pay divi­ dends, especially when the best results are obtained when a whole team of people is able to work seamlessly to­ gether with little warning.

“Learning does not end when you graduate,” Spal­ ding said. “We have seen sev­ eral studies that have shown that the use of simulation

TRUMAN FROM B1 gled to pick up the English language and faced dis­ crimination due to her back­ ground in the years follow­ ing 9/11 and the War on Ter­ ror.

“I was too scared to speak up, because who’s go­ ing to defend me? I’m a little kid,” Mekany said. “I wanted to meet the idea of what was considered ‘American enough’ in the eyes of my peers and my community.”

She credits that experi­ ence with her drive to im­ prove situations for others who “were once in my shoes,” she said in her schol­ arship application.

Mekany is a senior and an Associated Students offi­ cer whose extracurricular activities include mentoring and tutoring younger stu­ dents for the International Rescue Committee, a non­ profit focused on refugees, migrants and asylum seek­ ers.

“The biggest thing that I want to do is work in a ca­ reer where I’m able to advo­ cate for minority students to ensure that they have equi­ table educational opportu­ nities,” she said.

Mekany received the award in an unannounced visit to her political science

can improve patient out­ comes, and that’s what this is about, providing the best care.”

Medical simulation is far from a new concept in San Diego. Spalding came from Naval Medical Center San Diego, where she was in­ volved in that organization’s training efforts using similar methods. The UC San Diego School of Medicine has also been heavily involved in us­ ing simulation to train medi­ cal students and also to do training for high­tech medi­ cal devices such as surgical robots.

The Sharp center, though, illustrates a growing trend in medicine toward large health systems invest­ ing heavily in bolstering their training capacities.

The current competition for health care workers makes in­house training capacity a competitive advantage.

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class last Thursday from SDSU President Adela de la Torre, Provost Salvador Hector Ochoa and other school officials, according to the university.

“Sandy’s an incredibly hard­working scholar,” de la Torre said. “She is clearly passionate about the issue of educational access and equity, particularly for those whose voices are seldom heard.

“Her capacity for hard work, for strategy and self­ lessness of service energizes those around her,” de la Tor­ re continued. “She has made history representing SDSU as our first Truman Scholar. We are so fortunate to share in her bright light and accomplishments.”

The federally funded scholarship comes with an award of up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school studies.

“We have confidence that these 62 new Trumans will meet their generation’s challenges together,” said Terry Babcock­Lumish, the Harry S. Truman Founda­ tion’s executive secretary and a 1996 Truman Scholar from Pennsylvania. “Se­ lected from across America, the 2023 Truman Scholars reflect our country as inno­ vative, purposeful, patriotic problem­solvers, never shy­ ing away from a challenge.”

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HOLLOW GESTURE ON HOMELESSNESS IS NO HELP The whole point of legislative committees, whether at the local, state or federal level, is to fine­ tune and improve policy measures — or reject them as ill­conceived or inadequate. It’s not to swipe right on half­baked ideas, sending them closer to final votes while sending vague statements to the public that this time you’re really serious about a tough issue. At Thursday’s meeting of the San Diego City Council’s Land Use and Housing Committee, Kent Lee alone showed he understood this when he alone opposed a problematic proposal from Councilmem­ ber Stephen Whitburn and Mayor Todd Gloria to ban camping on public property when shelter beds are available and to ban camping entirely at Balboa Park and shoreline parks and near schools, shelters, trolley stations, transit hubs and waterways.

Joe LaCava and Vivian Moreno joined Whitburn in the 3­1 vote to forward the proposed ordinance the full City Council without a recommendation.

LaCava did so even after wondering why the mea­ sure was necessary given that camping on sidewalks is already illegal under existing laws. Moreno did so

even after faulting the proposal on several grounds, including its lack of written enforcement and opera­ tions plans. None of the members who voted to ad­ vance the ordinance had a cogent response to Lee’s point that the scarcity of available shelter beds would make enforcing the measure difficult — and that “rushing” it through might only make home­ lessness even more of a problem. Alliance San Diego drew a map showing the policy would almost en­ tirely ban unhoused people from the city of San Diego. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness likewise said it makes matters worse.

Those who testified in favor of the proposal cited public health concerns at squalid homeless camps and violent, menacing behavior by some in the camps. These are huge problems. But as other speakers noted, without adequate shelter, the pro­ posal’s main effect would be to move homeless peo­ ple from one neighborhood to another.

Gloria, Whitburn, LaCava and Moreno are wrong to rush this. The committee should have demanded a workable policy and made a real recommendation.

THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID­19 IS FAR FROM OVER On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a con­ gressional resolution ending the national emer­ gency declared at the start of the COVID­19 pan­ demic three years ago, halting a series of federal measures that targeted a scourge that has killed more than 1.1 million Americans. Biden also sig­ naled the fight against COVID­19 is far from over.

First, his administration announced it had begun “Project Next Gen” — the follow­up to “Operation Warp Speed,” the Trump administration program that accomplished a historic feat, helping pharma­ ceutical companies create safe, effective and free COVID­19 vaccines less than a year after the virus enveloped the globe. The $5 billion­plus program’s goal is to develop new COVID­19 vaccines and treat­ ments and prepare for the potential emergence of other deadly coronaviruses, as long endorsed by

L E T T E R S TO T H E E D I TO R We don’t need more bayfront amusements Re “Operators of Star of India proposing $28M mar­ itime museum to be built over San Diego Bay” (April 11): Another bad bayfront idea. Did the public want to see a Ferris wheel instead of Seaport Village? No, be­ cause that space is really a pleasant park area in a booming, bustling city.

Farther north is the Star of India, which was built in 1863. It’s another parklike space that brings on a feel­ ing of relaxation. The area where it is moored had tuna boats tied up alongside, even in the 1980s. It was real.

You knew because the guard dogs on board would bark at you. The fishing had to go, but developers didn’t jump on the space to make a buck.

I’m afraid the maritime museum is just another concept intended to rake in tourist dollars while replac­ ing calm with an amuse­ ment park frenzy of com­ mercial activity. What is the next step planned for the vacated space where the boats were? A Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and a wax museum? Watch out for that as planners have said their

first priority is to generate more income from the area.

Then will another park be developed to “get away from it all?” Doubt it.

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Let’s change who serves on state’s PUC Re “‘I’m just fed up,’ some consumers tell regulators who will decide SDG&E’s proposed rate hike” (March 23): It was a short time ago that San Diego Gas & Elec­ tric persuaded the Cali­ fornia Public Utilities Com­ mission to buy its ideas of change for net metering, arguing that only “rich” people could take advan­ tage of solar power and that the “poor” were bearing the cost of electricity. Now it wants to raise prices for everyone. Maybe the CEOs with their millions think a rate hike is not much, but it hurts many people.

SDG&E can now build huge solar plants in the backcountry, which is envi­ ronmentally destructive to the ecosystem rather than rooftop or parking lot solar, which is good for the envi­ ronment. All this at ratepay­ er expense rather than

many public health experts like Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute.

Second, the administration requested $260 mil­ lion in funding to boost the public health response in hard­hit communities to “long COVID,” which af­ flicts an estimated 10 million to 35 million working­ age adults with symptoms like brain fog, fatigue and heart palpitations. Stanford University’s Post­ Acute COVID­19 Syndrome Clinic says no effective treatment for the condition exists, and the Mayo Clinic says it can emerge years after initial infec­ tions, even among those who had only mild cases.

Given that context, all lawmakers should see the wisdom of acting now, even ones concerned about the federal debt. Ending the national emergency doesn’t mean everyday emergencies end for millions of Americans, and we shouldn’t pretend that it does. investor expense. Then, after a gigantic rise in gas prices, supposedly because of a shortage, Sempra is building huge facilities to export liquid natural gas.

It seems to me that the five members of the CPUC need to be replaced by peo­ ple who have the interests of the public and the environ­ ment at heart instead of those of SDG&E and Sem­ pra and its investors.

Linda Oster Escondido

We still need gas during the green transition Re “San Diego wants to slash 90% of natural gas from all buildings by 2035 — but what’s the price tag?”

(April 6): Natural gas is the cleanest and most abun­ dant combustible fuel source in the U.S. right now.

Reduce its consumption last. First increase renew­ able energy sources to re­ duce SDG&E electric rates, while increasing the tax on all carbon dioxide­generat­ ing fuels, if you want to reduce their use. Then let private enterprise that made this country great take over and move to the least expensive solution to meet its needs.

The “city officials” who said all electric homes could

lower utility bills are just plain incorrect. As usual our City Council is trying to solve a “problem” by making a bigger one. We almost ran out of electrical power this summer, and the council wants to add a large amount of new demand to the grid?

That is backward thinking.

Increase our electrical re­ serve first.

Craig Clark College Area

There is no excuse for forgiving student debts Re “Loan relief will send a negative message” (April 7): I absolutely agree with the letter writer. Both of my children finished four years of college with no debts.

They went to community colleges and state colleges.

When one of them decided to go to graduate school, she had a small scholarship but had to borrow money to complete her studies. She worked hard and repaid her loan.

To completely excuse the massive amounts of money students have borrowed is just wrong. Why should I pay the loan I had to take out to purchase my car? Why should I pay my mortgage?

Credit cards? Anything?

This sends an incredibly wrong message: “Borrow

The Federal Trade Com­ mission’s proposed ban on noncompete clauses is a worthy effort. Noncompetes restrict workers from switching jobs or starting their own businesses and affect as many as 60 million Americans in the private sector today. Unfortunately, the FTC’s proposal as drafted falls short, leaving employers options for un­ fairly impeding the mobility of workers.

The focus on noncom­ petes is understandable. In recent years, the use of noncompetes has become much more widespread.

Employers say they help prevent workers from de­ camping to a competitor and taking proprietary knowledge with them. But there are other ways for firms to achieve this out­ come: Copyright, patent and trade­secret laws all provide targeted protection.

In reality, many firms use noncompetes as a substi­ tute for better means of retaining workers, such as good working conditions and higher wages. The FTC calculates that outlawing these contracts could raise workers’ pay by as much as $300 billion per year in the United States.

Restricting workers from leaving their jobs might be especially harmful to work­ ing people during periods of full employment. By all accounts, there are jobs to be filled. But workers can’t necessarily move to fill them. And, while in theory they could have said no to a noncompete or attempted to bargain over its terms, most workers do not try to negotiate such restrictions, likely because they believe negotiation is not an option, don’t want to create tension with their employer or fear losing a job offer altogether.

In other cases, employers introduce restrictions after a worker has joined.

The FTC’s proposal to ban noncompetes follows years of state­level reform.

Many states have curtailed their use. For instance, Washington state and D.C. prohibit noncompete clauses for employees mak­ ing below $100,000 and $150,000 per year, respec­ tively.

The problem is that as legislators and regulators have curtailed noncom­ petes, employers have found alternative means to re­ strict the movement of their staff.

For instance, many firms now use training repayment agreement provisions, also known as TRAPs, to lock workers in place. TRAPs require workers to reim­ burse their employer for the costs of mandatory training (sometimes of little or no value) if they leave within a set time. These TRAPs are common in three sectors that employ tens of millions of often low­paid workers — health care, retail and trans­ portation — according to the Student Borrower Pro­ tection Center.

Another way employers hang on to their staff is

through liquidated dam­ ages provisions. These clauses compel workers to pay their employers signifi­ cant sums of money if they leave within a stated time frame or ever.

Workers subject to such contracts face the choice of staying at their job, even if they’re underpaid or endur­ ing abuse, or leaving and assuming thousands of dollars in debt to their old employer. Many under­ standably stay put. While noncompete clauses pre­ vent employees from work­ ing for a competitor or in the same occupation, TRAPs and liquidated damages provisions can stop workers from leaving their employer entirely.

Instead of completely banning these noncompete­ like contracts, the FTC has proposed a case­by­case approach. This is deeply problematic. A legal stand­ ard that requires case­ specific evaluation by a

money. You don’t have to pay it back.”

Kathleen McCord Encinitas

and spiritually.

We can be better than this.

Karen Binder University City

Trump’s indiscretions should spark outrage Re “Calls grow for Na­ than Fletcher to resign from Board of Supervisors im­ mediately, not next month” (April 7): I’m reading Jeff McDonald’s article after Nathan Fletcher’s admis­ sion of what he did wrong, heartfelt regrets and ex­ pressed intention to do the right things, while under yet unproven accusations.

Where was all this rage and pressure from the right when Donald Trump held the nation hostage to his presidency, denying any evident truth and putting out shameless baldfaced lies? We are still trying to chase down justice there, after he ran our country into the ground globally and domestically, economically

Nearly 30 percent of California workplaces impose abusive restrictions on the movement of workers. court or an administrative agency inherently favors employers — workers are unlikely to challenge their employer given the cost and stress of legal proceedings and the risk of losing the case.

California’s experience is revealing. For more than 150 years, California law has barred the enforcement of noncompete clauses in court against workers.

These contracts, however, are not illegal. As a result, nearly 30 percent of Cali­ fornia workplaces impose noncompete clauses on all employees and approxi­ mately 45 percent use these contracts with at least some of their employees. Give employers an inch, and many take a mile.

What makes the FTC think employers will behave any differently when it comes to similar clauses that restrict the movement of workers?

The period for public comment on the FTC pro­ posal closes Wednesday. In the final rule, the FTC should categorically ban conventional noncompete clauses and similar con­ tracts. Recent history has shown that employers switch to functionally equiv­ alent restraints when spe­ cific restrictions on labor mobility are banned. A failure to prohibit TRAPs and other noncompete­like contracts would render the FTC’s admirable initiative all for naught.

Vaheesan is the legal director at the Open Markets Institute. This piece first appeared in The Washington Post.

What if we repurpose our military budget?

Some food for thought.

The world’s 10 largest na­ tional defense budgets add up to nearly $1.6 trillion, with the United States’ greater than the next nine added together. If the world could have peace and come to an agreement over reli­ gion and politics, to name a couple things, that money could cure a lot of diseases and poverty and much more.

But alas, we are a species of war, and that is the prob­ lem. I’m guessing that if there were two people left on this beautiful planet that we are destroying, they would probably be fighting.

Steve Saint-Martin Loma Portal

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OPINION

YOUR SAY: LA JOLLA CITYHOOD Time to incorporate La Jolla has passed My professor at San Diego State Uni­ versity, who served on a city of San Diego advisory committee, said he would routinely refer to “Northwest San Diego” until one day when the representative from La Jolla asked him if he meant La Jolla, and if so, why didn’t he say La Jolla?

His response was “You call my area Southeast San Diego, not Ocean View, so I call your area Northwest San Diego.”

La Jolla is reputedly the only community in the city that has its own U.S. Postal Serv­ ice designation, mainly because of the wealth of its residents. That’s not enough reason to let it secede, now that the city has built its infrastructure.

The time for incorporation was 100 years ago, when La Jolla was a truly separate community.

The notion that La Jolla should become its own city has been around for many decades and is back in the news with a push by the group Incorporate La Jolla. Would you support or oppose that and why?

Responses from social media Steven Alan Dowlatabadi: Definitely La Jolla should become its own city. That way we can have local law enforcement patrol the village without relying on SDPD, which is understaffed.

Property taxes and business taxes in the area can fund a rather robust police department.

Matt Bryant: Too good for SD? Ray H Ramage: Secession would restore local control of our beaches. Even 30 years ago I could not imagine that anyone would have the audacity to close popular swimming and surf­ ing beaches during the summer. This has to stop before more beaches are colonized by reha­ bilitated pinnipeds.

Jerome Torres: Ridiculous. Financially and politically.

Allen Edwards, Lakeside

La Jolla has avoided pulling its own weight The issue really is snob appeal.

After all, there is a city of Del Mar. Del Mar has four main things: a beach, a race track, a fair and over­the­top­expensive homes.

La Jolla already has a city: It’s part of San Diego.

The only big issue in La Jolla is that some sea lions have decided to make La Jolla home. Humans, people who live in La Jolla, made the beach a little more comfortable for a family of sea lions. The problem is some La Jolla residents, the ones residing in the old La Jolla, find it beneath their dignity to allow sea lions to reside on their beach.

But is the beach the property of the residents of La Jolla? No. We all know that the beach belongs to people of California and to the natural habitat of plants and animals. Yes, of course, there is the issue of whether the city of San Diego, the real city of La Jolla, is doing its job as a city.

In many ways, the city of San Diego is doing its job to keep San Diego as glamor­ ous as possible. In some ways, the city of San Diego continues to fail many named communities that do not have the auto­

matic snob appeal of La Jolla. La Jolla and other communities north of Interstate 8 have had their way for more than 50 years.

Those communities north of Interstate 8 did not have to deal with poverty. The city of San Diego decided that the people of the community of San Ysidro should take an uneven load of Section 8 housing around the late 1970s. The people of La Jolla just could not be bothered by low­income people. The community of Barrio Logan was split in half to make way for Interstate 5.

But the people of La Jolla can’t be con­ cerned about those people when sea lions are bothering them. It is amazing how the communities of Nestor, Palm City, Otay Mesa and Egger Highlands have their own beauty. And yet the San Diego City Council has continually pulled the plug on helping to beautify further these communities.

For all of its snob appeal, Del Mar does have a problem. It is choking environmental progress against our common carbon foot­ print. Del Mar is attempting to kill a single golden egg: our passenger and freight trains. The cliffs of Del Mar are crumbling.

The trains now will have to go around the fancy homes, costing all of us a lot of money.

Isn’t it enough that La Jolla has a famous public golf course? La Jolla has now a very well­endowed public university. La Jolla has a new trolley. And, best of all, La Jolla can retain its image from the glitz and glory of

the Bing Crosby days. La Jolla, can you just leave the birds and the bees and the sea lions alone?

John H. Borja, Chula Vista

Some think La Jolla already its own city I am a retired San Diego officer. Years ago, I stopped an older woman for running a stop sign in La Jolla. When I contacted her, she exclaimed, “You are a San Diego police officer. You can’t stop me because we are in La Jolla!”

While the idea of having that beautiful village being separate from San Diego is in the forefront of their minds today, the dream has lived in their hearts for decades.

A.W. DuBois, San Carlos

All communities feel the way La Jolla does The problem here is that our leaders are not listening to the needs and wants of each

community throughout the county.

So the city decided to set up a device called “Get it Done” app to appease us. But it is nothing more than a screening tool to give us the impression that the city is listen­ ing. The locals refer to it as the “Don’t Get it Done” app.

The city ignores the fact that La Jolla is a jewel in our county and acts as if there is nothing special or unique about it and it requires no repairs.

The city just wants to be homogeneous, all the communities as one big happy family, and doesn’t want to repair anything that needs to be fixed. It’s called fairness. The city is scared to fix anything because it might offend someone’s feelings.

That is the problem that all of our com­ munities are facing today and it’s called fairness. So let everything fall apart.

Jeff Steinberg, Del Mar Heights

Debate is about as old as San Diego itself During study for the 1905 General Plan for San Diego, John Nolan, author of the plan, suggested that San Diego eliminate (de­annex) all city land north of the San Diego River. In his opinion, “it has little relationship to the city.”

And over the years since, many people on both sides of the San Diego River have agreed.

Joe Flynn, Talmadge

Next: Earth Day 2023 For Earth Day 2023 on April 22, the theme is Invest In Our Planet, a directive to busi­ nesses, governments and citizens to play constructive roles in responding to the climate emergency. What if anything have you done to reduce your carbon footprint and to encourage others to do so? If you would like to weigh in, please email us your 500­word essay at yoursay@sduniontri­ bune.com by 10 a.m. Wednesday and we may publish it in the newspaper and online.

Include your name, community and a phone number that we may use to contact you.

K.C. ALFRED U­T

Beachgoers congregate on the cliffs of Point La Jolla to watch large waves roiling toward the community’s beaches and La Jolla Cove on Jan. 17, 2021, in San Diego.

E D U A R D O P O R T E R Bloomberg Opinion

INDIFFERENCE TO MIGRANT DEATHS EXTENDS FAR BEYOND U.S. 7,697 dead or missing.

That’s just the number tracked by the Missing Migrants Project, launched by the International Organization for Migration, from its inception in 2014 until March 2023. There are sure to be many more — stuck in the mud of the Darien Gap, dead somewhere in Mexico along the tracks of “The Beast,” under the waters of the Caribbean or baking in the Arizona desert, at the end of a journey that began thousands of miles south, in Tegucigalpa or Caracas.

The number will only grow as more people flee hunger and vi­ olence, authoritarianism and re­ pression. Migrants are flocking out of Haiti and Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. From 2015 to 2020 the share of Venezue­ lans living outside Venezuela jumped from 2.5 percent to 19 per­ cent. A quarter of Salvadoreans live outside El Salvador.

Last month, about 1,200 people crossed the treacherous Darien — the isthmus connecting the North and South American continents — per day. Every departure is a roll of the dice. The Missing Migrants Project counted 1,434 dead or dis­ appeared in 2022, up from 1,249 in 2021 and 798 in 2020.

The death of dozens of migrants in a blaze at a detention facility in Ciudad Juárez last month has triggered rightful outrage over the

Mexican authorities’ dismal treat­ ment of powerless asylum seekers.

But the tragedy was not born merely of local xenophobia or bu­ reaucratic incompetence. It is the inevitable outcome of a political strategy north of the border that offers little but hostility or, at best, indifference to migrants fleeing across the hemisphere for their lives and dignity. Strong as the political imperatives driving Presi­ dent Biden’s border policies may be, he cannot continue to accept death as a perhaps sad but ulti­ mately affordable consequence.

To be clear, any country should be able to control who enters it.

This is not easy to achieve across a border that experiences the impact of every foreign crisis, near or far — the ultimate objective of people fleeing every time something goes wrong anywhere in the hemisphere.

The carrot­and­stick approach to take pressure off the border is not crazy. Offering expanded legal paths for asylum seekers who apply online from afar while making it much more difficult to enter the U.S. for people who show up to make their case at the border could be an effective deterrent.

And the administration is not wrong to fear the political ramifica­ tions of its border decisions. Immi­ grant advocates impatient with the political constraints in Congress should ponder what policy would

be like in the hands of hard­line Republicans campaigning on the back of a slogan about a border “out of control.”

Ultimately, the U.S. cannot stop migrants from fleeing north from their homes in Nicaragua, Haiti or Honduras. If deployed properly, however, its new policy would re­ duce the incentive for people to launch upon such a dangerous journey with such long odds of success. It has already yielded a drop in migrant run­ins with U.S. border agents.

Yet despite all of this, the White House cannot simply let the dead pile up while the rejiggered incen­ tives work to deter new arrivals and eventually perhaps fix the thing.

They may well not. The Biden administration’s approach relies on Mexico accepting Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians summarily expelled from the U.S. under the Title 42 public health emergency provision enacted during the COVID­19 pandemic.

But no deal has been announced between the U.S. and Mexico on whether and how these expulsions will continue after the provision ends in May. The Mexican government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proven just as indifferent to mi­ grant deaths as its peers in the Biden administration — willing to let Mexico play the role of border

wall in exchange for a pass from Washington on other issues, rang­ ing from a nationalistic energy policy that may violate trade agree­ ments to an increasingly authori­ tarian governance. But its stance rests, in part, on the understanding that Washington’s new immigra­ tion strategy will curb migrant flows across Mexico too. That may not hold for long. The U.S. is expel­ ling some 70,000 migrants per month. López Obrador’s political calculations will change if voters’ opinion of migrants continue to harden.

Attitudes against immigration have been hardening throughout Latin America, as waves of migra­ tion from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua have brought a once­ distant topic into hard focus from Santo Domingo to Santiago. Mi­ gration policies are hardening too.

The Dominican Republic is busy building a wall along its border with Haiti. Chile has deployed the mili­ tary along its border with Peru and Bolivia. Mexico has deployed the national guard against migrants trying to cross its territory. Costa Rica made asylum harder to get.

And countries in the region have imposed visa requirements on citizens from Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador and others.

Andrew Selee of the Migration Policy Institute recently warned the Biden administration that its

more restrictive approach to asy­ lum seekers will reverberate across the hemisphere, opening political space for governments in Latin America to further stiffen their approaches to reestablish control over their own burgeoning immi­ gration. This path is likely to lead to more illegal immigration. It also leads to more dead migrants.

Dara Lind from the American Immigration Council observes that Washington’s immigration policy has been caught in Groundhog Day for decades, cycling between panic and self­congratulation depending on whether border apprehensions are up or down. To be fair, whatever the administration’s critics say, this problem is not easy to solve. Still, President Biden and his advisers must confront the real world.

Reality imposes several con­ straints: One, there is no such thing as an impregnable border. Two, migrants will keep coming — more than 740 a day. And three, keeping migrants out cannot be the only priority. Keeping them alive must rank pretty high too.

This is immediately relevant to the Biden administration’s new strategy: Proper deterrence re­ quires convincing prospective immigrants that they will not re­ main in the U.S. unless they are granted asylum. But convincing them cannot come at the cost of their lives.

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EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS TAKING PLACE ACROSS COUNTY

BY LAURA GROCH & LINDA MCINTOSH

of proceeds from sales benefits the Changing Tides Foundation. Visit shoptheozone.com.

San Diego County communities will be celebrating Earth Day and/or Arbor Day this month with the following events:

RAMONA Earth Day Festival: Sustainable Ramona and the Ramona Community Garden host an Ramona Earth Day Festival from noon to 6 p.m. April 22 at the garden, 11th Street and San Vicente Road. Family celebration with live music, guest speakers, children’s activities (don’t miss the Parade of Vegetables) and lots of vendors. Visit sustainableramona.com.

BONSALL Creek to Bay Cleanup: Volunteers are needed to join the Old River Road Street Sweep cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at Bonsall Community Church, 31552 Old River Road. Visit cleansd.samaritan.com/custom/501/ opp_details/2621.

RANCHO BERNARDO

CARLSBAD Earth Month Celebration: The city will hold an Earth Month Celebration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today featuring family­friendly booths, activities and demonstrations planned along with a compost/mulch giveaway in the senior center parking lot adjacent to Pine Avenue Community Park. Highlights include a clothing swap, a DIY home­ made cleaning products workshop, vegetable pickling, children’s crafts, single­use plastic utensils and plastic bag donation/drop­off, beeswax candle­making and honeybee observa­ tion, veggie seed planting and sewing circle, along with Carlsbad City Library “Books to Go” Bike, wetsuit, bike and shoe repair demonstrations, planter upcycling, kids’ bike rodeo and live music. Visit carlsbadca.gov/depart­ ments/environmental­sustainability/ reduce­reuse­recycle/earth­month.

CHULA VISTA South Bay Earth Day: Chula Vista kicks things off a week early with its free South Bay Earth Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Bayfront Park, 980 Marina Way, off J Street. The event will showcase hands­on green activities and show how to lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle. Exhibits will range from green energy conservation to how to compost food waste. The Fix­it Clinic will be on hand to help diagnose and repair items that need fixing — electronics, mechani­ cal or otherwise — and keep them out of the landfill. Those arriving on bikes can use the designated bike­only valet. There will be vendors, live and interactive entertainment, organic food and more.

Visit chulavistaca.gov/southbayearthday.

Sweetwater Marsh cleanup: The Living Coast Discovery Center hosts a cleanup on the Sweetwater Marsh with I Love A Clean San Diego as part of the Creek to Bay Cleanup. Sign up at bit.ly/3MoxDua. Volunteers can come any time between 9:30 a.m. and noon April 22 to the center, 1000 Gunpowder Point Drive. Park in the Living Coast Parking Lot and take the shuttle. This program is part of the center’s Trail to Bay Challenge, consisting of three guided hikes and one cleanup. Visit thelivingcoast.org/programs­events/ upcoming­events/trail­to­bay.

Spirit of Earth Day: Otay Ranch Town Center, 2015 Birch Road, hosts a number of free events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22 to encourage recycling and reuse in the spirit of Earth Day. The center is partnering with the city of Chula Vista to host activities including: • Free compost giveaway in the unpaved dirt lot at the far west edge of the center, near Planet Fitness.

Chula Vista residents can receive free, quality compost — bring shovels, buckets and tarps to load up. For Chula Vista residents only; proof of

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Community cleanups are being held throughout the county for Earth Day. residency required.

• Prescription drug drop­off at the center’s southern parking lot (near Macy’s). Bring any unneeded prescrip­ tion meds for proper disposal, which diverts harmful drugs from the regional trash and water supply.

• E­waste recycling at the center’s southern parking lot (near Macy’s).

Here’s an option for broken or obsolete electronic waste that can’t go into trash/recycling carts or dumpsters.

Accepted items include computers, monitors, keyboards, laptops, gaming systems, printers, copiers, tablets, cellphones, telephones, TVs, VCRs, DVRs, miscellaneous cables and chargers, microwaves, vacuums, radios, stereo equipment, speakers (no wooden speakers) and mini­fridges (no large appliances). Call (619) 691­5161.

DEL MAR Keep Del Mar Green: The Del Mar Village Association is teaming up with Monarch Ocean Pub and Kove Brewing on an Earth Week “Keep Del Mar Green” community cleanup for all ages from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Del Mar. Volunteers meet on the Ocean View Deck of Del Mar Plaza and spread out throughout the Del Mar Village downtown and beach areas to pick up trash that would otherwise end up in waterways. After the cleanup, happy hour with Kove will be on the Monarch Ocean Pub outdoor patio from 5 to 6 p.m., with prizes from Del Mar Village businesses for some volunteers. Some donated equipment will be available, but volunteers are encouraged to bring supplies, including gloves, buckets or reusable bags for collecting trash, and trash claw grabbers. Visit visitdelmarvillage.com/ communitycleanup.

ENCINITAS Arbor Day celebration: The city hosts an Arbor Day event from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 to celebrate the city’s urban forest and the benefits it provides to the community. Volunteers are needed to help at the event, which also cele­ brates the city’s status as a Tree City USA community. The city will plant 50 trees at Leucadia Oaks Park, 1511 N. Vulcan Ave., and the surrounding neighborhood. Visit encinitasca.gov.

ESCONDIDO Green Transpo Expo: The Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce holds the second Green Transpo Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 at North County Mall, 272 E. Via Rancho Park­ way, with an educational forum, exhibits, robotics demonstrations and vendors. Attendees will learn about electric cars, bikes and school buses, EV trends, alternative fuels, and home solar and battery storage. The event starts with the “Cars & Coffee” meet­up at 9 a.m. with car enthusiasts and car clubs attending. Escondido’s mayor and other dignitaries are scheduled to appear. Visit escondidochamber.org/ green­transpo­expo.

Tree planting: The city of Escondido hosts an Arbor Day event to plant 100 trees throughout Escondido’s “flower streets” at 9 a.m. April 29 as part of its Request A Free Tree Program, which aims to plant street trees in neighbor­ hoods within the community that lack tree cover. Meet at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 795 N. Rose St. Bring water, hat, shovel, gloves and brightly colored shirt. Visit escondido.org/ arbor­day.

Cleanup at Dixon Lake: Volunteers are sought to clean up from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at Dixon Lake as part of the Creek to Bay Cleanup at Dixon Lake.

Visit escondido.org/recycling­waste.

Nature Knight: Become a Nature Knight and advocate for the planet by going on a quest to save the Earth with the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum, 320 N. Broadway. Through hands­on activity booths from 5 to 7 p.m. April 22, children will learn about bats with Project Wildlife, San Diego native animals with Critter Encounters, Composting with Hidden Valley Community Farm, identifying animal tracks with the Escondido Creek Conservancy and more. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers at bit.ly/43kWxRz.

FALLBROOK Creek to Bay Cleanups: Volunteers are sought for cleanups from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at: • Live Oak County Park, 2746 Reche Road. Visit cleansd.samaritan.com/ custom/501/opp_details/2667.

• Rainbow County Park, 5157 Fifth St.

Visit cleansd.samaritan.com/cus­ tom/501/opp_details/2545.

• Santa Margarita County Preserve, 37329 De Luz Road. Visit cleansd.sa­ maritan.com/custom/501/opp_details/ 2651.

LA MESA Free festivities: A free Earth Day Festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 at MacArthur Park, 4900 Memorial Drive. All ages can enjoy activities as they learn to better care for and sustain our planet. Bring your bicycles, as the festival will feature bicycle activities and helmet giveaways, as well as a Fix­It Clinic, Kids Zone, bounce house, eco­friendly vendors and more. Attendees can also paint tiles to be installed later near the playground at Collier Park. Those who would like to be vendors can email friends@lamesaparks.org.

LEMON GROVE Arbor Day/Earth Day: The community celebrates Earth Day with an Arbor Day event from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at Treganza Park, 3200 Main St. Enjoy free family fun with games, information booths, and children’s activities.

For details, contact mgonzalez@ lemongrove.ca.gov.

OCEANSIDE Earth Day Fun Zone Market: The Green Oceanside team will celebrate Earth Day at the Sunset Market Fun Zone from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at 401 Pier View Way. There will be family­ friendly games, and crafts centered on conserving water, protecting the local watershed, and recycling and compost­ ing. Stop by the Green Oceanside booth at the market. Visit greenoceanside.org and mainstreetoceanside.com.

Beach cleanup: A beach cleanup is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. April 22 at the Oceanside Municipal Pier by the Outerknown tent, hosted by Outer­ known (a sustainable clothing com­ pany) and the Encinitas­based Chang­ ing Tides Foundation. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., stop by The Ozone store, 102 Mission Ave., for refreshments, snacks, gifts with purchase, a drawing to win Outerknown gear, and a make­and­take craft activation by the Changing Tides Foundation. Open to all ages. A portion

EDWARD ‘KIDD’ JORDAN • 1935­2023

SAXOPHONIST WORKED WITH MUSIC LEGENDS ASSOCIATED PRESS Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep April 7, surrounded by family at his New Orleans home, family publicist Vin­ cent Sylvain said.

He was 87.

During his 50­year ca­ reer, Jordan showcased his musical talents across New Orleans while also collabo­ rating with music legends like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and more.

Born in 1935 in Crowley, La., Jordan moved to New Orleans at 20 years old and created “The Improvisation Arts Quintet” in 1975. The group produced a diverse catalogue of avant­garde music described as “an evo­ lution of complimentary im­ agery moving together and apart, each artist becoming an ear, an eye and most of all a heart for the sake of the creative spiritual soul.”

He was a music profes­

TO DAY I N H I STO RY Today is Saturday, April 15, the 105th day of 2023. There are 260 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight On April 15, 1912, the Titanic foundered in the North At­ lantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1 ⁄ 2 hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while less than half as many survived.

On this date In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington; An­ drew Johnson became the nation’s 17th president.

In 1892, General Electric Co., formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms, was incorporated

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Edward “Kidd” Jordan died April 7. sor at Southern University of New Orleans, later be­ coming chairman of the uni­ versity’s Jazz Studies Pro­ gram.

During his 34 years at SUNO, “he shared his vision of improvisation and en­ couraged students to find their authentic creative voices,” Sylvain said. “Mr. Jordan’s legacy is solidified by his insistence that his students’ music contain one critical element — origi­

in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1945, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi con­ centration camp Bergen­Belsen.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died on April 12, was buried at the Roosevelt family home in Hyde Park, N.Y. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player of the modern era, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field.

(The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5­3.)

In 1955, Ray Kroc opened the first franchised McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill. In 1974, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army held up a branch of the Hiber­ nia Bank in San Francisco; a member of the group was kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, who was going by the name “Tania” (Hearst later said she’d been forced to participate).

nality. And he practices what he preaches.”

Jordan also was an in­ structor at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Founda­ tion’s School of Music for 25 years and served as Artistic Director for the Louis Arm­ strong Satchmo Jazz Camp.

He retired in 2006.

“Kidd dedicated his life to teaching youngsters of all ages. His passing is the end of an era of music education in New Orleans,” said Jackie Harris, executive director of the Louis “Satchmo” Arm­ strong Educational Foun­ dation.

“His spirit and determi­ nation was a shining exam­ ple that gave musicians the confidence to express them­ selves with ‘No Compro­ mise,’” said Harris, refer­ encing Jordan’s first record “No Compromise.”

Prominent former stu­ dents include Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Donald Harrison Jr., Tony Dagradi, Troy “Trombone Shorty” An­

In 1989, 96 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hills­ borough Stadium in Sheffield, England. Students in Beijing launched a series of pro­ democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square.

In 1998, Pol Pot, the notorious leader of the Khmer Rouge, died at age 72, evading prose­ cution for the deaths of 2 million Cambodians.

In 2009, whipped up by con­ servative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged “tea parties” around the country to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, govern­ ment spending and bailouts.

In 2013, two bombs made from pressure cookers exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8­ year­old boy and injuring more than 260. (Suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a

drews and “Big” Sam Williams.

Jordan also taught his seven children Edward Jr., Kent, Christie, Paul, Steph­ anie, Rachel and Marlon.

Four of them became pro­ fessional musicians: Kent on flute, Stephanie as a singer, Rachel as a classical violinist and Marlon on trumpet.

The French Ministry of Culture in 1985 anointed him a knight, or chevalier, of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a prestigious award given to those who have produced exceptional work in arts or literature. Jordan also received a Lifetime Achievement Honoree rec­ ognition at the Vision Festi­ val XIII in New York in 2008, and was named a “jazz hero” by the Jazz Journalist Association in 2013.

In addition to his chil­ dren, Jordan is survived by his wife, Edvidge Chatters Jordan.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

shootout with police; his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.)

In 2019, fire swept across the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral as the soaring Paris landmark underwent renovations; the blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of its landmark rectangular towers, but fire officials said the church’s structure had been saved.

Today’s birthdays Actor Claudia Cardinale is 85.

Singer­musician Dave Ed­ munds is 80. Writer­producer Linda Bloodworth­Thomason is 76. Actor Emma Thompson is 64. Singer Samantha Fox is 57. Swimmer Dara Torres is 56.

Singer Chris Stapleton is 45.

Actor Luke Evans is 44. Actor Seth Rogen is 41. Actor Alice Braga is 40. Actor Emma Watson is 33. Actor Maisie Williams is 26.

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Earth Day fair: The annual Earth Day Fair will take the form of a scavenger hunt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Rancho Bernardo Community Park, 18448 W. Bernardo Drive. Participants will use QR codes to reveal clues to hidden items and win a prize of a seed starter kit. Recycling services will also be available for household batteries and lightbulbs, including fluorescent tubes. No vehicle batteries will be accepted.

SAN DIEGO Tree planting: The city invites everyone to celebrate trees at its 2023 Arbor Day Event from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 at Vacation Isle in Mission Bay Park, Hibiscus Lane. Enjoy a day of tree planting, beautification activities and more. Besides tree planting, there will be a vendor fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free to the public. To volunteer to plant trees at the park, register at bit.ly/415Qo9M. Creek to Bay Cleanup: Join I Love A Clean San Diego for the 21st annual countywide Creek to Bay Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon April 22. Volunteers can choose from roughly 100 locations, inland and coastal. Each location is hosted by a site captain who will be in charge of managing the volunteers on­site, properly disposing of the trash and reporting totals. Register at cleansd.org/creek­to­bay to see details and the map of locations to choose from.

San Diego EarthFest: Vegan Food Popup hosts a San Diego EarthFest from noon to 4 p.m. April 22 in Balboa Park. This free family­friendly (and dog­friendly) celebration features more than 100 eco­friendly food, product and service vendors as well as environ­ mental, conservation and animal rescue groups. International food court, live music and DJs, speakers and demos, and kid­friendly activities. The event will be held on the lawn at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way. Free parking available. This is a zero­waste event, and a portion of profits will be donated to local nonprofits. Register at bit.ly/3GlL7Dn. Multi­Cultural Earth Day: WorldBeat Cultural Center hosts its 31st annual Multi­Cultural Earth Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 23 at 2100 Park Blvd. with the theme of Climate Resilience and Food Sovereignty. The free event is for all families and all cultures. Guest speakers, live music and multicultural classes including Japanese Taiko, Middle­Eastern drumming and belly dance, West African drum and dance, Angola capoeira, Afrobeat dance and Brazilian samba.

Swap seeds in the Healing Garden, go bird­watching and more. Visit worldbeatcenter.org/event/31st­annual­ multi­cultural­earth­day.

Party for the Planet: Scripps Birch

CENTER FROM B1 ment to these youth and our commitment to growing the next generation of LGBTQ leaders.”

After 22 years of renting space at its former location on Robinson Avenue, the youth center now has a per­ manent home less than a mile west. It will officially open its doors Monday.

Located on Pennsylvania Avenue, the new, 2,500­ square foot center is more than twice the size of its predecessor and packed with resources for youths, including a computer lab, game and music room, li­ brary, snack pantry, meeting rooms, lounge areas and outdoor activity space.

Tucked in a private area, the sexual wellness lounge — complete with an accessible bathroom and shower area — will provide HIV testing and prevention.

The HYC’s community closet — popular among youths who feel comfortable

Aquarium kicks off Party for the Planet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22­23 and April 29­30. This new family­friendly event features live music, recycled crafts, a scavenger hunt and the opportunity to contribute to an art installation. Birch Aquarium educators and Scripps scientists will host interac­ tive stations that discuss how to tackle some of our planet’s greatest chal­ lenges. Included with aquarium admission. Reserve tickets at aquarium.ucsd.edu/experiences/ events/party­planet.

Ocean Beach cleanup: The Ocean Beach MainStreet Association hosts a community cleanup focusing on the downtown O.B. business district.

Meet at 10 a.m. April 22 at Veterans Plaza Park, 1900 Ocean Front St. Buckets, trash bags and gloves will be provided; bring a picker if you have one. For details or to sign up, visit bit.ly/3Kve2Wy or email kristen@oceanbeachsandiego.com.

Orchid show for Earth Day Weekend: The San Diego County Orchid Society international spring show and sale, themed “Orchids of the Earth,” will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 22 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 23 at Casa del Prado, across the street from the San Diego Natural History Museum. Entry is free for the three­day celebration. Free walk­up classes offered on April 22 and 23.

Topics include how to repot an orchid, how to rebloom an orchid, and how to grow orchids outdoors in Southern California. Visit sdorchids.com/ SpringShow_2023.html.

VALLEY CENTER E­waste, document shredding: Valley Center Elementary School hosts an e­waste and document shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon April 23 at 28751 Cole Grade Road. E­waste proceeds will benefit the Valley Center Elementary Agricultural Program. A coffee truck will be on­site. Accepted electronics include audio, visual, computer cords and cables. No appliances, alkaline batteries, bulbs, furniture, refrigerators, treadmills, air conditioners or ceiling fans. Email Krista Hubbard at krista@kristahubbard.com.

VISTA Earth Day Festival: Alta Vista Botanical Gardens will holds its Earth Day Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 at 1270 Vale Terrace Drive. The free family event includes children’s activities, plants and food for sale, vendor booths and a chance to explore the gardens. Vendor booths include crafts, arts, jewelry, sweets and other fare. For questions, email farmerjonesavbg@gmail.com.

Creek to Bay Cleanups: Volunteers are sought for cleanups from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at: • Rancho Guajome Adobe, 2210 N. Santa Fe Ave. Visit cleansd.samari­ tan.com/custom/501/opp_de­ tails/2643.

• Buena Vista Creek Trail, hosted by the city of Vista — Buena Vista Creek volunteers meet at the intersection of the three trails off Hacienda Drive, but the closest trail to get there is across the street from Bella Terra apartments (Evelyn Lane) through the gate. Visit cleansd.org/creek­to­bay.

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trying out clothes in a safe space — now has a room and lounge area of its own.

Dessert says the new space will allow The Center to expand its youth services.

Along with discussion and support groups, the HYC of­ fers mental health support, including drop­in, in­person visits with a therapist once a week and educational re­ sources such as job and school assistant and leader­ ship development.

The youth center first opened in 2000 and quickly became a critical resource for San Diego’s LGBTQ youths from ages 10 to 24.

Since then, thousands of youths have built a commu­ nity where they can learn, ask questions and receive vi­ tal services and resources.

That community doesn’t stop when they turn 25, Des­ sert added, explaining that youths can then turn to The Center, located just up the road in Hillcrest, for contin­ ued support.

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on Wall Street dipped Friday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent but still squeezed out a fourth winning week in the last five. Story, C2.

B RIEFLY CONGLOMERATE BUYS PARLER: The digital

media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conserva­ tive social media site Parler and will temporar­ ily take down the app as it undergoes a “strategic assessment.” The deal came months after an­ other acquisition agree­ ment with rapper Kanye West, legally known as Ye, collapsed in Novem­ ber. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed by either com­ pany. Parler said the deal was concluded on April 7.

Parler caters to right­ wing, far right and liber­ tarian voices and fash­ ions itself as a platform with fewer rules in sup­ port of free speech. It was briefly booted off the Internet in 2021 due to its connections to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capi­ tol. And its user base remains small. Star­ board, formerly known as Olympic Media, was founded in 2018. Parler called it “the perfect home” for its brand and loyal users.

SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

VOTE GIVES INITIAL OK TO SOLICIT BIDS S.D. panel approves first step in city’s plan to revitalize 5 blocks downtown, including Civic Theatre, City Hall

BY JENNIFER VAN GROVE San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has cleared an important first hur­ dle ahead of a planned real estate competition for five city­owned blocks downtown.

Thursday, San Diego City Coun­ cil’s Land Use and Housing Com­ mittee voted 3­1 in favor of several actions that pave the way for the city to solicit bids for the sale or lease of five blocks under Califor­ nia’s Surplus Land Act. The ac­ tions, if approved by the full council on April 24, will also allow the city to undertake a separate process to build a new City Hall on a sixth, ad­ jacent block.

Also included in the requests was an ask for $2 million from the

general fund to pay for consultants to help evaluate proposals and con­ duct due diligence on the city devel­ opment.

The vote is a small win for Gloria, who last year publicized his desire to replace the six­block, 8­acre City Hall complex with all­new facilities for city workers and a substantial amount of residential units re­ served for low­income families. The effort, which is being called the Civic Center Revitalization project, has coalesced over the past several months — with help from local lead­ ers and stakeholders — into the two­pronged approach.

“This is really an exciting oppor­ tunity to take an area that many have viewed as having served its SEE VOTE • C4

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In the current plan, renovation or replacement of the 3,000­seat Civic Theatre is encouraged, but not mandated.

“The cumulative effect of historically high inf lation, rising interest rates, and reduced access to credit is already taking a toll on consumers’ ability and willingness to spend.”

Lydia Boussour • senior economist, EY Parthenon

UNITEDHEALTH BEATS FORECASTS: United­

Health beat first­quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its Optum care segment.

The health care giant said Friday that revenue jumped 25 percent from its Optum segment, which provides care and manages prescription drug benefits. Operating earnings from that part of the business also grew 19 percent to $3.7 billion.

The Optum business runs clinics, urgent care and surgery centers.

UnitedHealth says it served 103 million people in the quarter. Health insurance is still United­ Health’s biggest revenue generator. The company collected nearly $73 billion in premiums in the first quarter.

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Clothes are displayed at the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J. Retail sales have dropped in the past two months.

RETAIL SALES FALL 1% AMID INFLATION U.S. consumers in March were more cautious for a second month after a burst of spending in January

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Americans cut their spending at retail stores in March for the second straight month, a sign consumers are becoming more cautious after a burst of spending in January.

Retail sales dropped 1 percent in March from February, a sharper de­ cline than the 0.2 percent fall in the previous month. Sales jumped 3.1 percent in January, as unusually

warm weather and a big jump in So­ cial Security benefits likely spurred more spending.

Sales fell among most retailers, including at auto dealers, gas sta­ tions, electronics stores, and home and garden stores. Gas­station sales plunged 5.5 percent in March, though the data isn’t adjusted for price changes, and gas prices fell last month.

Excluding car dealers and gas

stations, retail sales fell a less­ dramatic 0.3 percent. Spending jumped 1.9 percent at online retail­ ers and ticked up 0.1 percent at restaurants and bars.

The decline in sales adds to other recent evidence that the econ­ omy is cooling as consumers grap­ ple with higher interest rates and the impact of a year­long bout of ele­ vated inflation. Companies are posting fewer open jobs, hiring has

slowed even as it remains solid, and layoffs have ticked up.

The slowdown in spending has fueled fears that the economy could be nearing a recession. Growth likely reached about 2 percent at an annual rate in the first three months of this year, but falling retail sales suggest that consumers, who power about two­thirds of econo­ mic activity, are losing momentum.

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LYFT INVESTORS SEEK SAFETY: A group of Lyft

shareholders is calling on the company to establish stronger safety protec­ tions for drivers, change its shareholder voting structure and subject directors to annual elec­ tions. SOC Investment Group — which repre­ sents pension funds that hold shares in the ride­ hailing company — urged the company to publish an annual report on the safety of drivers, whom the group said are subject to significant “verbal abuse, physical assault, and robbery.” In a March 31 letter to Sean Aggarwal, recently ap­ pointed as Lyft’s lead independent director after serving as chair­ man, SOC said the com­ pany needs pay practices that encourage safe rides and to establish a due process in which drivers feel entitled to turn down unsafe rides.

COMING NEXT WEEK:

Earnings reports from Bank of America, Netflix and United Airlines.

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WALMART OFFLOADS BONOBOS UNIT, TAKES $235M HIT

BIGGEST U.S. BANKS REPORT BUMPER PROFITS AMID TURMOIL IN THE INDUSTRY JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells unveiled banner earnings

Retailer paid $310M for line in 2017, is selling it off to two entities for $75M

BY BRENDAN CASE Walmart agreed to sell its Bono­ bos menswear line to WHP Global and Express for $75 million — $235 million less than what the retail gi­ ant paid for the business in 2017.

WHP, owner of such brands as Anne Klein and Joseph Abboud, will pay $50 million for the Bonobos brand, according to a statement Thursday. Express, which is partly owned by WHP, will acquire the Bonobos operating assets and re­ lated liabilities for $25 million.

The deal adds to a list of fashion flops for Walmart, which has a record of acquiring apparel busi­ nesses only to offload or shutter them later. In 2020, the company an­ nounced the sale of its footwear website, Shoes.com, and its lingerie brand, Bare Necessities. The previ­ ous year, it announced the sale of ModCloth, a women’s fashion ap­ SEE BONOBOS • C4

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Vice President Kamala Harris announced Community De­ velopment Financial Institutions will receive $1.73 billion.

S.D. LENDERS TO GET OVER $10M IN FEDERAL FUNDS Financial institutions to invest in low­income areas and businesses

BY NATALLIE ROCHA The U.S. Treasury Depart­ ment awarded more than $10 million to three San Diego County Community Devel­ opment Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to bolster pandemic re­ covery and small business lend­ ing in low­income regions.

Vice President Kamala Har­

ris announced on Monday that more than $1.73 billion would go to 603 CDFIs across the country.

These are specialized financial institutions such as loan funds, credit unions, banks and ven­ ture capital funds that commit to serving “underbanked” com­ munities — those that may not have the credit or collateral to get financial backing from other traditional banks or lenders.

California received $152.3 million in awards for 57 CDFIs. The awards are through the CDFI Equitable Recovery Pro­ SEE FUNDS • C4

BY ROB COPELAND & STACY COWLEY The country’s largest banks es­ caped the crisis that just weeks ago brought down two midsize U.S. lenders, unnerving regulators and depositors. If anything, the tumult helped those giants rake in bumper profits.

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo on Friday unveiled ban­ ner earnings for the first three months of the year, making billions more than they and analysts had projected. Even as the banks warned that the economy was on tenterhooks and that credit could become scarce, they said they would keep making loans and ex­ pected stronger profits if interest rates continued to rise.

The dynamic reflects that, in general, rising interest rates — which the Federal Reserve has been using to combat high inflation — al­ low banks to charge borrowers SEE BANKS • C4

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STOCKS SLIP ON WORRIES ABOUT INTEREST RATES S&P 500 squeezed out fourth winning week in the last five ASSOCIATED PRESS Stocks on Wall Street dipped Friday as worries about interest rates over­ shadowed an encouraging start to earnings reporting season for big U.S. compa­ nies.

The S&P 500 fell 8.58 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,137.64 after giving up an early gain. The Dow lost 143.22, or 0.4 percent, to 33,886.47, while the Nasdaq composite sank 42.81, or 0.4 percent, to 12,123.46.

The S&P 500 still squeezed out a fourth win­ ning week in the last five, built in part on hopes the Federal Reserve may soon end its barrage of rate hikes as inflation cools. High inter­

est rates can stifle inflation but only by slowing the econ­ omy, raising the risk of a re­ cession and dragging on prices for investments.

A top Fed official damp­ ened those hopes Friday af­ ter saying inflation remains far too high and more tight­ ening may be needed. Chris­ topher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board, also said that even after hikes to rates end, they will likely need to stay high for longer than markets expect.

After his comments, tra­ ders built bets that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting in May, instead of taking its first pause in more than a year. Some also began betting the Fed may hike rates again in June, accord­ ing to data from CME Group.

High­growth stocks tend to be among the most hurt by high rates, and Big Tech stocks were among the heav­

iest weights on the S&P 500.

Microsoft fell 1.3 percent.

Swaths of the economy have already begun slowing under the weight of higher interest rates, raising wor­ ries that a recession may be likely.

A report on Friday showed U.S. shoppers cut their spending at retailers by more last month than ex­ pected. Much of that was due to falling gasoline prices, and the drop for what econo­ mists call “core retail sales” wasn't as bad as forecast.

“The Fed’s challenge has been to cool inflation with­ out putting the economy into a deep freeze in the process,” said Mike Loewen­ gart, head of model portfolio construction at Morgan Stanley Global Investment Office. “The dynamic is still playing out in the markets, and we could see more choppy price action as a re­ sult.”

Potentially making things more difficult for the Fed was another report Fri­ day that said U.S. house­ holds are girding for higher inflation. Consumers are ex­ pecting inflation over the next year of 4.6 percent, up from expectations for 3.6 percent a month earlier, ac­ cording to a preliminary sur­ vey by the University of Michigan.

That could be trouble­ some, as the Fed has long feared entrenched expecta­ tions of high inflation could lead to a vicious cycle that keeps it high. Longer­term expectations for inflation, though, remain stable and clocked in at 2.9 percent for a fifth straight month, accord­ ing to the survey.

All the worries helped push Treasury yields higher.

The 10­year Treasury yield rose to 3.52 percent from 3.45 percent late Thursday. It helps set rates for mortgag­

es and other important loans.

The two­year Treasury yield moves more on expec­ tations for the Fed, and its gain was sharper, up to 4.10 percent from 3.97 percent.

Helping to offset some of the worries about rates were big gains by several of the na­ tion's biggest banks. They reported profits for the first three months of the year that blew past expectations.

They helped kick off the reporting season for big U.S. companies, where expecta­ tions are mostly dismal. De­ spite such worries, JPMor­ gan Chase jumped 7.6 per­ cent after its profit surged by more than half from a year earlier.

It benefited from the strains unearthed in the banking system last month that shook global markets.

Those worries pushed some customers to pull cash from smaller banks and move it to

bigger ones.

Citigroup rose 4.8 per­ cent after it also reported stronger profit than ex­ pected. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset man­ ager, rose 3.1 percent after its earnings likewise topped forecasts.

Boeing was one of the heaviest weights on the S&P 500. Its stock slid 5.6 percent after the aircraft maker said Thursday that production and delivery of a “significant number” of its 737 Max planes could be delayed be­ cause of questions about a supplier’s work on the fuse­ lages.

Boeing said the supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, used a “non­standard manufactur­ ing process” during installa­ tion of fittings near the rear of some 737s. Boeing said the situation is not an immedi­ ate safety issue and planes already flying “can continue operating safely.”

‘IRS IS FINALLY ANSWERING THE PHONES’ BUT STRUGGLING WITH TECH Agency planning to use $79.6 billion to improve service DAVID LIGHTMAN It’s been easier this year to get in touch with someone at the Internal Revenue Service.

“IRS is finally answering the phones,” said Claudia Stanley, a certified public ac­ countant in Fresno.

In Washington, the find­ ing was the same — thanks to improved staffing and training, IRS service is get­ ting better and there’s new optimism it can get stronger in the years ahead.

“For the first time in my 40 years as a tax professional, the tax administration stars seem to be aligning,” said Er­ in Collins, the National Tax­ payer Advocate.

The IRS this month re­ leased a 150­page report on how it plans to use the $79.6 billion Congress and Presi­ dent Joe Biden approved for agency improvements.

Collins did have some reservations. She said only about 10 percent of the mon­ ey will be used for taxpayer

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The IRS this year has hired more than 5,000 “phone assisters” to manage tax season calls. services and systems mod­ ernization. The rest is for en­ forcement and operations.

She suggested more should be dedicated to im­ proving the service prob­ lems that have plagued the IRS for years. If not, Collins predicted, the new money for improved consumer service would be depleted in four years.

She also questioned whether there was enough funding allocated to mod­ ernize what she called “the agency’s antiquated IT (tech) systems.”

The promising news is that the much­maligned

IRS phone system is work­ ing better.

Collins found that in re­ cent years, “trying to reach the IRS by phone was next to impossible.”

She said IRS employees answered 11 percent of tax­ payer calls in fiscal 2021, the 12 month period that ended on Sept. 30, 2021, and 13 per­ cent in the next 12 months.

This year, she said, phone service has “improved sub­ stantially” as the IRS has hired thousands more cus­ tomer service representa­ tives.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel tended to

agree with Collins’ analysis.

Because of poor phone serv­ ice, he said, “Millions of peo­ ple could not get the help they needed as they tried meeting their tax obliga­ tions.”

Recently, the agency has hired more than 5,000 “phone assisters,” and Wer­ fel said that’s made an im­ mediate difference.

Tax preparers and con­ sumers have seen that change.

“I’ve only had to interact with them (IRS) a few times this season and it was a very short wait time on the phone. It’s so nice to be able to help clients timely resolve their issues,” Stanley said.

Then again, one reason tax preparers have an easier time is that they’ve learned how to use the IRS system.

“The IRS is starting to re­ spond a little more quickly.

Most of us have stepped away trying to get anything in writing. We know the backlog is still an issue,” said Tom O’Saben, director of tax content and government relations for the National Association of Tax Profes­ sionals.

Lee Reams, chief techni­ cal officer for TaxBuzz and

CountingWorks Inc., a New­ port Beach­based company that provides services for tax professionals, said that in the recent past, “getting through to the IRS was vir­ tually impossible.”

As a result, he said, “it was impossible for practitio­ ners to resolve issues result­ ing in the IRS computer spit­ ting out ever menacing no­ tices to practitioner’s cli­ ents, compounding the problems.”

Serious service problems persist. Collins found tech­ nology tends to be outdated and many preparers have found it can take months to get paper returns processed — and months to get the IRS to resolve problems it finds in any filings.

“I tell people not to file a paper return if at all pos­ sible,” O’Saben said.

As of March 31, the IRS this tax season has proc­ essed 89.6 million individual income tax returns, about the same number as this time last year.

As the IRS tries to im­ prove, it still can be prone to stumble, particularly when technology is involved.

“They are understaffed, underfunded, and have anti­

quated computer systems,” said Alma Guenther, an enrolled agent, and TaxBuzz community mem­ ber from Fairfield, Va. “Not to say all employees are trou­ ble. Some are very good and helpful.

But many are under­ trained and have people skills lacking.” TaxBuzz is an online community for taxpayers and tax profes­ sionals who can offer tax guidance In its strategic plan, the IRS lists as a priority updat­ ing “various outdated sys­ tems in IRS core operations to help ensure the agency has the most modern and ro­ bust security in technology to protect taxpayer data.”

Collins was cautiously optimistic.

“The IRS has developed an ambitious, albeit general plan to transform tax ad­ ministration, and a new commissioner with signifi­ cant management experi­ ence has just taken office with a mandate to imple­ ment the plan and trans­ form the taxpayer experi­ ence,” she said.

Lightman writes for the McClatchy Washington Bureau.

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HOW DOES ONE BECOME AN HOA MANAGER?

BY KELLY G. RICHARDSON

Q:

What are the legal qualifi­ cations and California requirements to be a property management company or man­ ager for homeowners associa­ tions?

If an association changes its management company, does it have an obligation to advise all residents prior to the hiring of a new company, without a vote from its membership? Our old management went belly up, one manager started her own man­ agement company and was now contracted by the board to over­ see our properties. Should we have been advised prior to the board’s decision to hire this newly created property management company?

J. H., FULLERTON

A:

Under most HOA bylaws, hiring and firing of vendors is usually a board decision, not a membership vote decision. That includes the vendor who provides management services. Vendor hiring and firing should be in

open board session. Many boards and some lawyers incorrectly argue that hiring of vendors is “formation of contracts,” a per­ mitted closed session topic, and that anything regarding vendors is in closed session. However, “FORMATION of contracts” is the term from the Open Meeting Act, NOT “everything to do with vendors.” “Formation” means creation of the legal contract, and also negotiating strategy, which of course should be confidential.

Therefore, the change of compa­ nies should have occurred in an open board meeting after an­ nouncement in the agenda four days prior.

Amazingly, there are no re­ quirements in California in order to manage HOAs. No state law or regulation requires licensing or any particular training of HOA managers. I have several times seen a homeowner in their HOA convince the board to fire the existing management and hire them as the HOA’s new manager (of course at a lower rate).

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Code 11502 does not allow some­ one to call themselves a “Certified Common Interest Development Manager” unless they meet spe­ cific prescribed requirements, but “certification” is not manda­ tory. A manager who correctly is called “certified” is one indication of qualification.

Another indication of qualifica­ tions to manage HOAs comes from the three main organizations in California who issue manager credentials — The Community Association Institute (CAI), the California Association of Commu­ nity Managers (CACM), and the Community Association Manager International Certification Board (CAMICB). Each organization has extensive educational offerings for professional managers and issues a number of credentials or desig­ nations. Such achievements do not necessarily mean someone is a good manager, but it certainly shows a commitment to advancing oneself in the management profes­ sion and also may increase the probability that your manager is more qualified and committed to

management excellence than a manager who is not “certified” or otherwise holds credentials from CAI, CACM, or CAMICB. HOAs often hire management on the basis of the lowest quoted fee — that is very often a mistake.

When hiring new manage­ ment, even though the board and not the members is the decision­ maker, the management is such an important vendor that a board may wish to consider having a “meet the new manager” event or set aside a part of a board meeting at which time HOA members can hear the manager talk about their back­ ground and experience and ask the manager general questions.

It may get the manager off to a strong start relationally with the community members.

Richardson is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Partner of Richardson Ober LLP, a California law firm known for community association expertise. Submit column questions to Kelly@roattorneys.com. Past columns at www.HOAHomefront.com.

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FACING A TAX BOMB IN RETIREMENT? You could face high payments and inflated Medicare premiums

BY LIZ WESTON

Good savers, beware. The money you’re stuffing into your 401(k) and other retirement accounts has to be withdrawn someday. If you’re not strategic about how you save, you could face unnecessarily high tax bills and inflated Medicare premiums in retirement — plus, you could be saddling your heirs with higher taxes.

The earlier you start defusing this potential tax bomb, the better. But even people in their 60s or early 70s may have oppor­ tunities to lessen the potential damage — as long as they act swiftly.

“You do not want to be in the position as some clients are that all of their funds are inside of a tax­deferred account,” says Pam Ladd, senior manager of person­ al financial planning at the Asso­ ciation of International Certified Professional Accountants.

Tax breaks now could cause tax pain later Most retirement accounts offer a tax break when you put money in. Eventually, though, Uncle Sam wants to get paid.

Required minimum distribu­ tions, or RMDs, typically must start at a certain age — currently 73 and rising to 75 for people born in 1960 and later. Retirement fund withdrawals usually are subject to regular income tax rates.

That’s still a good deal for most retirees because their tax bracket will be lower in retire­ ment than when they were work­ ing. But people who don’t need to spend down their savings early in retirement may find that re­ quired minimum distributions push them into higher tax brack­ ets.

“People are working longer, saving longer and accruing more within their retirement account, and as a result, their RMDs in many cases can be more than they earned while they were still working,” says Colleen Carcone, director of wealth planning strat­ egies at financial services firm TIAA. Delaying the start of required minimum distributions can make matters worse because you’re required to take out larger percentages of your balances as you age, Carcone says. Mean­ while, your accounts have more time to grow.

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Savers could pay more for Medicare — and cost their kids Higher incomes can mean higher Medicare premiums as well, thanks to the income­re­ lated monthly adjustment amount, or IRMAA , which is based on your income from two years ago.

Most people will pay $164.90 per month this year for Medicare Part B , which pays for doctor visits. But Medicare recipients whose 2021 modified adjusted gross income exceeded $97,000 (for single filers) or $194,000 (for married couples) pay $230.80 to $560.50 monthly, depending on their income. The IRMAA sur­ charge for Medicare Part D cov­ erage, which pays for prescrip­ tions, can add $12.20 to $76.40 per month, depending on income. A couple with a $250,000 income in 2021 could end up paying sur­ charges totaling $4,711.20 for their Medicare coverage in 2023.

The tax toll may not stop there.

If you leave retirement money to your kids or anyone other than your spouse, they’re typically required to empty the accounts by the end of the 10th year following the year of your death . Required minimum distributions from inherited retirement accounts

could push your heirs into higher tax brackets or cause other finan­ cial complications.

How to defuse the tax bomb Predicting who will face a future tax bomb can be tough, particularly if you’re decades away from retirement. But most people would be smart to have at least some money in accounts that aren’t subject to taxes or required minimum distributions — such as Roth IRAs , Roth 401(k) plans and Roth 403(b) plans — to better control their tax bills in retirement, Ladd says.

With Roths, contributions aren’t deductible, but withdraw­ als in retirement are tax­free. You aren’t required to tap a Roth IRA during your lifetime, and legisla­ tion passed at the end of last year removes required minimum distributions from workplace Roths starting in 2024. Non­ spouse heirs are required to drain the account within 10 years, just as with regular retirement plans , but the withdrawals aren’t taxable.

The ability to contribute to a Roth IRA phases out at modified adjusted gross incomes from $138,000 to $153,000 for singles and from $218,000 to $228,000 for

married couples. But many 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans now offer Roth options, and these workplace plans don’t have income limits, Carcone notes.

Another option is to convert existing pretax retirement mon­ ey into a Roth account, which typically requires paying income taxes on the conversion.

Paying taxes now versus later can make sense when you’re young and expect to be in a higher tax bracket in retirement, tax pros say. But some older people may find a conversion can help lessen the tax impact of future required minimum distri­ butions, Carcone says. Late­in­ life conversions should be han­ dled carefully because like re­ quired minimum distributions, they can end up inflating your tax bracket and Medicare premi­ ums, she says.

Given the financial stakes, Carcone recommends consulting a tax pro or financial planner who can provide individualized advice.

“It’s never too early to start working with a financial adviser and start getting that road map planned out,” Carcone says.

Weston writes for NerdWallet.

U.K. BOSSES TRY TO LURE GEN Z WORKERS WITH ‘EARLY FINISH FRIDAYS’ BLOOMBERG NEWS U.K. employers desperate to recruit and retain Gen Z workers are increasingly offering “early fin­ ish Fridays” in a bid to fill vacant roles amid an ongoing staff short­ age crisis.

Online jobs portal Adzuna has seen a sharp increase in postings offering shorter days on Friday, ef­ fectively meaning workers can start their weekends a few hours earlier. There were 1,426 job ads on the site citing “early finish Friday” this March, compared to only 583 in the same month five years earli­ er — before the COVID­19 pan­ demic upended working life.

The perk appears to be tar­ geted at junior staff, in roles with salaries below $50,000, according to Adzuna data provided to Bloomberg. It’s more prominent in certain industries, with Adzu­ na’s live ads showing 348 early fin­ ish Friday jobs in engineering as of April 3. There were 207 similar perks offered for sales jobs, 156 in information technology roles and

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U.K. employers are desperate to recruit and retain Gen Z workers amid an ongoing staff shortage crisis.

90 for graduate positions.

Andrew Hunter, co­founder of Adzuna, said the shift reflects the fact that employees are “demand­ ing more” from employers after the pandemic.

“For jobseekers, a company of­ fering early­finish Fridays signals

that they are flexible in their atti­ tude to working hours and care about their employees’ well­being — two factors of utmost impor­ tance in today’s jobs market,” Hunter said in an emailed state­ ment.

Employers offering the perk in­

clude several mid­ to large­scale companies. Fashion supplier DCK includes an early start to the weekend in its list of benefits for a merchandising graduate posi­ tion. Aerospace firm Raytheon Technologies is offering the perk in a job ad for a contracts man­ ager.

Companies have been trying a variety of measures, including a four­day workweek, to attract staff in the face of record vacan­ cies.

Emma, a 21­year­old staffer at a music publishing firm in London, whose employer is planning to re­ lax its working hours on Friday during July and August, said she is excited about the idea of finishing early and taking advantage of the better weather.

A formal — if temporary — re­ duction in working hours also means staff can take an extra day off work when booking holidays and it will only count for half a day, said Emma, who didn’t want to use her full name when discussing her employer.

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FROM C1 more for loans than what they pay depositors. The ro­ bust earnings reports Friday also signaled that the crisis caused by the collapse of Sili­ con Valley Bank and Signa­ ture Bank last month has strengthened the biggest U.S. banks.

Most smaller, regional banks, some of which face perilous futures, will not re­ port results until later this month. The good times for their largest rivals, however, are an ominous reminder that many bank customers have suddenly developed a strong preference for larger institutions that they believe to be safer and more stable.

JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, reported strong revenue in most parts of its businesses, helping it post a profit of $12.6 billion in the first quarter, 52 percent more than a year earlier.

The bank said its loans had been steady in the quar­ ter and that customer depos­ its had risen slightly from the last three months of 2022, with inflows picking up in particular after smaller de­ positors pulled their money out of smaller banks.

JPMorgan’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, who has taken a leading role in bailing out smaller lenders, said the banking crisis was distinct, but that financial conditions were likely to tighten as lend­ ers, including his own com­ pany, became more conser­ vative.

“We are going to eventu­ ally have a recession, but that may be pushed off a bit,” he said.

JPMorgan set aside roughly $2.3 billion to protect against borrowers’ falling be­ hind on their loans. That was up from $1.5 billion in the same quarter last year, large­ ly because of a somewhat worse economic outlook, the bank said.

Dimon’s view was under­ scored by economic data re­

into the bank as part of a $30 billion deal engineered by Di­ mon.

“The banking system is very sound — it’s stable,” Lael Brainard, director of President Joe Biden’s Na­ tional Economic Council, said this week at an event in Washington.

But some smaller banks could still struggle as cus­ tomers rethink where they keep their money.

Another larger financial institution that reported its first­quarter earnings, the in­ vestment management giant BlackRock, said it had been on the receiving end of $40 bil­ lion from clients looking to better manage their cash.

“We expect to shift from deposits to money market funds to be a longer­term trend,” Laurence D. Fink, the company’s CEO, said during a conference call with ana­ lysts, “and are actively work­ ing with clients to help them diversify and enhance the yield they’re earning on their cash.”

FROM C1 If consumers remain weak, the economy could even con­ tract in the April­June quar­ ter, economists said.

“The cumulative effect of historically high inflation, rising interest rates, and re­ duced access to credit is al­ ready taking a toll on con­ sumers’ ability and willing­ ness to spend,” said Lydia Boussour, senior economist at EY Parthenon. “The con­ sumer engine lost signifi­ cant momentum as the (first) quarter progressed, setting the stage for weak consumption growth in the second quarter.

In addition, economists are closely watching to see if banks pull back on lending in the wake of the collapse of two large banks last month.

Many smaller banks have lost deposits to larger com­ petitors, which could force them to offer fewer loans to consumers and businesses.

That could further weaken growth.

On Wednesday, minutes of the Federal Reserve’s March 21­22 meeting re­ vealed that the central bank’s staff economists are now forecasting a “mild re­ cession” later this year, in large part because the po­ tential for a reduction in lending to weigh on growth.

Still, consumers could re­ bound in coming months as businesses are adding jobs and wages have been rising at a historically rapid pace.

Economists at Bank of America have calculated that smaller tax refunds in March likely held back spending last month.

In an analysis of card spending by its customers, Bank of America found that spending in many areas re­ bounded in late March, in­ cluding for airline tickets, entertainment, dining out, and groceries.

Copeland and Cowley write for The New York Times.

Rugaber writes for The Associated Press.

FUNDS FROM C1 gram, which provided grants during the economic turmoil of the COVID­19 pandemic. Harris said these grants represent the largest CDFI grant program in his­ tory.

“These grant funds will be transformative for grant­ ees that are building a more equitable, resilient econo­ my, along with helping sus­ tain our strong economic re­ covery,” said Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen in

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JPMorgan Chase said profit had jumped 52 percent in the first quarter, to $12.6 billion. Citigroup and Wells also reported strong results on Friday. Smaller regional banks will report results later this month. leased Friday: Retail sales fell 1 percent in March from the month before, the Com­ merce Department said, a weaker showing than ana­ lysts had expected.

Staff at the Federal Re­ serve project that general banking turmoil will spur a “mild” recession later this year.

Still, executives mostly expressed optimism Friday about their banks’ prospects in conference calls to discuss their quarterly results.

Citigroup, the country’s third­largest lender, re­ ported a profit of $4.6 billion in the first quarter, up 7 per­ cent from a year earlier and well above the expectations of Wall Street analysts. Reve­ nue jumped 12 percent. As for the regional bank tumult, Jane Fraser, Citigroup’s CEO, said she did not see those issues as “pervasive throughout the broader banking industry.”

The bank’s loan book was roughly unchanged, and de­ posits fell 3 percent from the previous quarter, though credit card lending was up 7 percent from a year earlier.

UBS analysts said Citigroup, which has been slimming its international operations, still had “more wood to chop.”

At Wells Fargo, “the ma­ jority of our businesses re­ main strong,” Charles Scharf, its CEO, told ana­ lysts. Rising interest rates lifted the bank’s earnings as its loan portfolio grew, led by gains in personal lending and higher credit card balances.

There was little sign that nervous depositors were fleeing to the safety of the lender, the nation’s fourth­ largest bank. Deposits at Wells Fargo dropped $24 bil­ lion, or 2 percent, from the previous quarter. Loans were little changed.

Delinquencies and write­ offs of bad loans edged up, and the bank increased its reserve for future losses, cit­ ing commercial real estate — especially loans backed by office buildings — as well as credit cards and auto loans as areas of potential weak­ ness. Consumer spending began to soften late in the quarter, Scharf said.

Analysts are closely

watching for signs of tighten­ ing lending that could lead to a credit crunch. Scharf said Wells Fargo was “taking in­ cremental actions to tighten credit on higher­risk seg­ ments,” but that he did not anticipate a broad pullback.

Fraser of Citigroup said she was worried that regula­ tory changes in the wake of the smaller banks’ turmoil, which are likely to include de­ mands that banks keep more cash on hand, “would exacer­ bate any credit tightening.”

PNC Financial, the coun­ try’s sixth­largest bank, said Friday that the industry vol­ atility had ended up playing to its strengths. Its deposits grew slightly last quarter, and profit rose to $1.7 billion, up more than 18 percent from a year earlier.

Although it has been swept up in the turmoil sur­ rounding midsize banks, PNC, a so­called super re­ gional lender, is bigger and more diversified than most regional financial institu­ tions. PNC played a part in last month’s rescue plan for the ailing First Republic Bank, depositing $1 billion

“There’s a number of pro­ grams through the CDFI fund that the bank partici­ pates in — they aren’t to this extent,” Andrews said in a phone interview. “This dol­ lar amount is extraordi­ nary.”

Many of the federally backed loans Neighborhood National Bank provides go to businesses hit hard by the pandemic. Their clients in­ clude minority­owned busi­ nesses like restaurants, gas stations and markets in Southeastern San Diego and Imperial County.

Accessity, a San Diego­

the organization grow its op­ erational capacity to sup­ port borrowers and equita­ ble recovery activities in the community.

Andrew Phillips, presi­ dent and CEO of Civic Com­ munities, said the nonprofit lender received $500,000, which will go toward small businesses and promote af­ fordable housing. The award will help the organization grow its small business lend­ ing program.

Phillips said funds may also go toward loans to hous­ ing developers tackling San Diego’s housing needs by building low­income and middle­income homes.

“We are excited by the op­ portunities these new funds provide us and our neighbor­ hoods,” Phillips said in an email.

CDFI investment is aimed at regions meeting the following criteria: a population poverty rate of at least 20 percent; an unem­ ployment rate 1.5 times the national average; a median family income (MFI) at or below 80 percent of the greater of either the met­ ropolitan or national met­ ropolitan MFI, or which is wholly located within an Empowerment Zone or En­ terprise Community.

To see what regions in San Diego County are eligi­ ble for CDFI funding through these specialized institutions, check out an interactive map at https:// cimsprodprep.cdfifund.gov/ CIMS4/apps/pn­cdfi/in­ dex.aspx.

BONOBOS

“We are excited by the opportunities these new funds provide us and our neighborhoods.”

Andrew Phillips • President and CEO of Civic Communities the announcement. “These critical resources will allow mission­driven lenders to expand access to capital in financially underserved communities, which will help increase contributions to long­term economic growth.”

Scott Andrews, presi­ dent and CEO of Neighbor­ hood National Bank, which received $3,718,258 from the fund, said this award “is a big deal.”

He added that this mon­ ey will help the National City­based bank — the only CDFI bank in the county — increase loan activity to small businesses.

based nonprofit lender, re­ ceived $5,887,242 — the sec­ ond largest award in Califor­ nia. Suzanne Carlson, direc­ tor of marketing and com­ munication for Accessity said in an email that most of the funds will provide direct access to capital for eligible minority­owned or con­ trolled businesses in South­ ern California.

In addition to lending, Accessity connects entre­ preneurs of color, women, immigrant, and low­to­mod­ erate income entrepreneurs to free business and finan­ cial coaching services. Carl­ son added that a portion of the award money will help

VOTE

3,000­seat Civic Theatre.

The Surplus Land Act mandates that local agency land must be offloaded in a prescribed manner. The law requires the city to distrib­ ute a notice of availability to affordable housing builders registered with the state who then have 60 days to re­ spond with interest. The city must then engage in a 90­day negotiation period with re­ spondents and give “first priority” to the entity proposing the highest num­ ber of affordable housing units, meaning those deed­ restricted for families mak­ ing 80 percent or less of the area median income. At a minimum, development teams are required to set aside at least 25 percent of proposed residential units for low­income families.

The plan, pending full council approval, is to pub­ lish the solicitation in May. The notice of availability, as currently drafted, encour­ ages bidders to “preserve a theatre presence” on­site “if practical,” but does not mandate renovation or re­ placement of the Civic Thea­ tre. A requirement to do so could limit developer inter­

FROM C1 useful purpose already, and to create a Civic Center for San Diego that will be a point of pride for our entire city,” said Councilmember Stephen Whitburn.

Specifically, Gloria and his deputy, Jay Goldstone, who is now working as a spe­ cial adviser to the mayor, are recommending that the City Council declare five blocks of downtown property as sur­ plus land, meaning no longer required for municipal pur­ pose and thus subject to the Surplus Land Act. The sug­ gested surplus blocks in­ clude the four blocks bounded by A Street and C Street to the north and south, and First Avenue and Third Avenue to the east and west. The fifth block is the empty, asbestos­laden office tower across the street at 101 Ash St. The real estate is cur­ rently home to the City Ad­ ministration Building (aka City Hall) at 202 C St., the re­ cently acquired Civic Center Plaza office tower, Golden Hall, a public plaza and the

its efforts to sell apparel be­ yond essential items such as socks and underwear. In 2010, the company vowed it was “going back to basics” by focusing on customers’ “ev­ eryday needs” after a push to go more upscale failed to gain traction.

A year later, Walmart closed its New York apparel office as part of its retrench­ ing. “We don’t need to be on Broadway to sell socks and underwear and T­shirts,” a spokesman said at the time.

The pendulum swung back as e­commerce boomed.

Walmart pur­ chased Jet.com for $3.3 bil­ lion and brought in its found­ er, Marc Lore, to take on Am­ azon. Lore pledged “to ele­ vate the Walmart.com brand” and oversaw the pur­ chase of Bonobos and other businesses.

Lore has since departed the company, but he helped to build out Walmart’s web operations. Recent data shows that Walmart+, an on­

line subscription service that competes with Ama­ zon’s Prime service, is help­ ing the retailer chip away at the Seattle­based e­com­ merce giant’s lead among wealthier shoppers. Wal­ mart has also started a third­party marketplace on its website, dramatically ex­ panding its selection of avail­ able goods.

Despite missteps in fash­ ion, Walmart hasn’t aban­ doned its apparel aspira­ tions, and the category re­ mains an important part of the business. The retailer hired fashion designer Bran­ don Maxwell two years ago in a bid to entice shoppers with more stylish clothes.

Last year, Walmart un­ veiled a new sleepwear and underwear line called Joyspun. Some brands it has acquired, such as plus­size label Eloquii, remain avail­ able on the company’s web­ site.

natallie.rocha@sduniontribune.com

FROM C1 parel business.

“Bonobos joined the Wal­ mart family to expand our assortment and expertise in menswear,” Walmart said in an email. “Since acquiring Bonobos, Walmart.com has grown from 70 million to hun­ dreds of millions of items. Af­ ter nearly six years, we’ve de­ cided it’s the right time to sell Bonobos.”

Andy Dunn, who founded Bonobos in 2007 as a website, initially oversaw the brand following Walmart’s pur­ chase of it, but left the retail giant in 2019.

Walmart has pruned away other businesses with online origins like Bonobos.

In February, the Bentonville, Ark.­based company agreed to sell Moosejaw, a retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, to Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. Walmart had purchased Moosejaw in 2017 for about $51 million. Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.

The Bonobos deal is ex­ pected to close this summer.

John Hutchison, the head of Bonobos, will stay on as brand president and report to Tim Baxter, chief execu­ tive of Express.

“Bonobos is delivering double­digit sales growth and we plan to continue that momentum,” Baxter said in the statement, adding he ex­ pects the transaction to con­ tribute to operating income and generate cash in fiscal 2023.

Over the years, Walmart has frequently stumbled in

est in the parcels or obligate the city to chip in public funds, Goldstone has said.

That’s because the operator has said that it would cost $150 million for an interior renovation and $500 million for a replacement.

Some, however, bristled at the open­ended language.

“The current language ... is alarmingly vague,” said Fernanda Flores, who is the political director of the In­ ternational Alliance of The­ atrical Stagehand Employ­ ees, Local 122, or IATSE. “San Diego workers come before you today and ask that the (notice of availabili­ ty) include stronger lan­ guage that requires, at a minimum, a theater of the same caliber as a 3,000­seat Civic Theatre.”

The notice also states a desire for proposals to in­ clude housing reserved for middle­income families, meaning residential units deed­restricted for families making between 80 percent and 150 percent of the area median income.

The median income for a family of four in San Diego is $106,900.

The second part of the

Civic Center Revitalization effort calls for the city to re­ serve the block that cur­ rently houses the public­fac­ ing City Operations Build­ ing at 1222 First Ave. for a skyscraper that could house the city’s entire downtown workforce. The city will de­ termine at a later date whether the capital im­ provement project would be completed as a public­works project or in partnership with a fee developer that would likely be paid a per­ centage of total project costs.

“Anyone from the public who has frequently stepped in (the City Administration Building), or employees who work in this building, know that there is a dire need for a new City Administration Building. This building as well as other downtown, city­owned buildings cannot accommodate the current workforce,” Goldstone told the committee. “The city spends over $7.3 million each year on downtown lease space, and an additional $2 (million) to $3 million each year putting Band­Aids on the City Administration Building, Golden Hall, the

concourse building and the City Operations Building.”

The financial logistics of both plans were not dis­ cussed in detail, although the high­level idea is to fund construction of an esti­ mated $250 million City Hall building using revenue gen­ erated from the lease or the sale of the other blocks.

However, some real es­ tate experts question the logic. Five city blocks, at $400 per square foot of land, has a market value of $120 million, said Nathan Moeder, real estate analyst with London Moeder Advis­ ors. The potential price tag doesn’t factor in subsidies that might have to be granted to allow for ample affordable housing.

Committee Chair Vivian Moreno dislikes the propos­ al for other reasons. She be­ lieves the city can build more deed­restricted units and homeless shelters faster and cheaper if it doesn’t involve private developers.

“I do not believe that this is the right approach to this project. As I’ve said before, the main focus of any large­ scale revitalization of these blocks should be housing for

San Diegans — primarily af­ fordable homes and shelters aimed at assisting individu­ als and families experienc­ ing homelessness. The pri­ mary goal should not be building a new City Hall,” Moreno said. “The city, in partnership with the (San Diego) Housing Commis­ sion, can do this without handing over the process to a private developer. A pri­ vate developer’s main inter­ est is to make a profit.”

The council member also objected to the proposed $2 million expenditure because the money, she said, could be better spent elsewhere.

Moreno was outnum­ bered by fellow committee members, Councilmembers Whitburn, Joe LaCava and Kent Lee. “I commend the mayor for being bold enough with this vision to assemble a working group and actually move this forward,” Lee said.

Goldstone expects to re­ turn to the full council on April 24 for approval of the Civic Center Redevelop­ ment actions.

VICTOR J. BLUE BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE

Retail giant Walmart bought the menswear maker Bonobos in 2017 for $310 million.

Case writes for Bloomberg News.

jennifer.vangrove @sduniontribune.com

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OLD FAVORITES

OFF THE WALL Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis

Classic Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

B.C. by Mastroianni & Hart The Fusco Brothers by J.C. Duffy

Pardon My Planet by Vic Lee

Beetle Bailey by Greg, Brian & Neal Walker

Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Blondie by Dean Young

Rhymes with Orange by Hilary Price

Hagar the Horrible by Chris Browne

Curtis by Ray Billingsley

Fred Basset by Michael Martin

Frazz by Jef Mallett

Garfield by Jim Davis

Bliss by Harry Bliss

Bizarro by Wayno and Piraro

The Wizard of Id by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

POLITICALLY MINDED Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau Marmaduke by Brad & Paul Anderson Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace

La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz

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THROUGH THE YEARS Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

ETCETERA Mutts by Patrick McDonnell

Adam@Home by Brian Basset Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan

For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston

Mary Worth by Karen Moy and June Brigman

Zits by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman Rex Morgan M.D. by Terry Beatty

Jump Start by Robb Armstrong Sherman’s Lagoon by J.P. Toomey

Luann by Greg Evans Marvin by Tom Armstrong

Drabble by Kevin Fagan Duplex by Glenn McCoy

Sally Forth by Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe Mother Goose & Grimm by Mike Peters

Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers Pluggers by Rick McKee

Pickles by Brian Crane

Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

SECTION D

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SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

D5 Rays and pitcher Drew Rasmussen will have to settle for 13­game streak after losing to Toronto.

Calling faster games took quick adjustment

ABOUT TIME: FANS LIKING LIVELY PACE

As Padres radio broadcaster Jesse Agler scrolled through a collection of files on his laptop at Petco Park, the ridiculous volume of information con­ tained within astounded.

It’s every team the club has played, every season, since Agler began chroni­ cling things in 2015. It’s the ultimate electronic deep dive, with stats, trends, BRYCE trivia and a treasure­trove of broad­ MILLER cast­filling whatnot.

Columnist When Agler read something tanta­ lizing in December about Andrew McCutchen wearing No. 22 again with the Pirates, a morsel that would be unusable until at least late June, it landed in a file.

Even in the recent era of plodding and tortuous pace of play, there was zero chance of getting all that research into a game. Even as the sluggishness of games grew, plenty of baseball brain candy found its way to the cut­ ting­room floor.

Now, in the debut season of the pitch clock, at­bats SEE MILLER • D3

BY KIRK KENNEY

MEG MCLAUGHLIN U-T

Padres starter Michael Wacha pauses with 19 seconds on the pitch clock in rough first inning Friday night.

For years, the game’s pur­ ists pointed with pride to the fact that there was no clock in baseball.

This was before batters jumped in and out of the box, adjusted equipment from head to toe and contem­ plated life between pitches.

And it preceded pitchers stepping on and off the rub­ ber, throwing endlessly over to first base, shaking off countless catcher’s signs and conducting conferences on the mound to discuss everything from people in the stands to what makes an appropriate gift for a team­ mate’s wedding (candle­ sticks or a place setting?).

The pitch clock intro­ duced to the major leagues this season is the most nota­ ble of several changes de­ signed to speed up and oth­ erwise improve the game.

The clock counts down from 15 seconds each pitch; it’s 20 seconds when a run­ ner is on base.

The reaction from fans: It’s about time.

“The pitch clock is one of the very best rule changes implemented by baseball in decades,” said La Jolla’s Howard Frank, who has been a Padres season ticket holder since 1972. “While the shorter (in duration) game is great, what really is tremendous is the pace.

SEE CLOCK • D3

PADRES PUNISHED EARLY Brewers knock out Friars starter Wacha in the fifth inning

BY JEFF SANDERS Yes, the Padres are await­ ing Fernando Tatis Jr.’s re­ turn.

But the offense can’t af­ ford to wait around for Tatis.

Shoot, given the addition of Xander Bogaerts alone to a team that advanced to the NLCS last it Brewers year, should be plenty good without him.

Should.

Which Padres made Friday night all that much more exasperat­ ing as the Brewers jumped on Padres starter Michael Wacha early and often and another famil­ iar face flustered a top­heavy lineup in an 11­2 loss in front of a sellout crowd of 43,822 on Friday night at Petco Park.

The loss was the Padres’ third in a row, their fourth in their last five games and again dropped them a game under .500.

The Brewers pounced on Wacha from the start, their four extra­base hits in the first — a first for the 31­year­ old veteran — both well­ placed and scorched.

“Just some balls in the middle of the plate, getting behind a little bit,” said Pa­ SEE PADRES • D5

11 2

Brewers at Padres

Today: 1:05 p.m., Petco Park Pitchers: Brewers RHP Freddy Peralta (2­0, 0.75 ERA) vs, Padres RHP Seth Lugo (201, 1.38) MEG MCLAUGHLIN U-T

Padres catcher Luis Campusano can only watch as Brewers’ Christian Yelich and Willy Adames celebrate Yelich’s second­inning homer.

SHAW BRINGS WAVE SIZZLE, SCORING

LOCAL HOOP PHENOM WILLIAMS ARRESTED San Ysidro product facing gun charges in alleged shooting

BY MARK ZEIGLER San Ysidro High School basketball star Mikey Williams was arrested Thursday on multiple alle­ gations of assault with a firearm in connection with a shooting last month in Jamul, sheriff ’s officials said.

Williams, 18, was re­ leased from San Diego Cen­ tral Jail shortly after mid­ night on $50,000 bail. He is due in Superior Court in El Cajon for arraignment on

April 20 at 8 a.m.

The San Diego County Sheriff ’s Department said Friday that the shooting occurred just before mid­ night March 27 at a house on Bratton Valley Road in Jamul, an unincorporated area in the eastern part of the county. Williams pur­ chased a 3,700­square­foot home there last summer for $1.2 million and was living in it with a teammate.

“There was a verbal ar­ gument about guests in the house being asked to leave,” the sheriff ’s news re­ lease said. “Five people got into a car and as they were driving away, shots were fired. The car was hit, but no one was hurt.”

On the air: BSSD, FS1; 97.3­FM, 860­AM (Spanish)

Budding star already impacting team with even more expected

BY TOM KRASOVIC

DENIS POROY FOR THE U-T

San Ysidro’s Mikey Williams is alleged to have fired a gun at a car leaving his house.

Three of the passengers in the car were minors, the release added.

The incident was re­ ported to authorities the next day, and an investiga­ tion was launched.

“As part of the investiga­ tion,” sheriff ’s Lt. Jeff Ford said in the news release, “a SEE WILLIAMS • D2

The Women’s World Cup returns this summer, and its millions of viewers will be for­ tunate to see goals prettier than the wicked line drive in the San Diego Wave’s season opener last month.

Jaedyn Shaw’s quick gather­and­strike from 21 yards knuckled a few feet above the ground toward the frame’s lower right corner. A diving try by Alyssa Naeher, the goalkeeper of the World Cup­champion United States team four years ago, was futile. The Saturday night crowd of 30,854

Wave at OL Reign Today: 7 p.m., Lumen Field, Seattle Streaming: Paramount+ erupted at Snapdragon Sta­ dium.

The Wave mobbed Shaw, the youngest player on the field. Fans knew what would come next: The smiling 18­ year­old would lead col­ leagues on a surfing­themed celebration.

Wave star Alex Morgan had suggested the choreo­ graphy before the team’s first match in the new sta­ dium last September. The first to score and surf? Shaw, in front of a capacity crowd of 32,000.

So the 5­foot­6 forward

indeed ran to the nearest corner March 25. She sprawled onto the grass, “paddling out” for a set, and popped upright onto the imaginary board, belying her Texas upbringing and reluc­ tance to venture more than a few yards into ocean waters.

The crowd loved it.

Problem: Wave team­ mates, distracted and catch­ ing their breath, left the young celebrant high and dry.

“She was all alone … I was like, ‘Where is everybody?’ ” said teammate Mia Gyau, laughing at the opening­ night glitch.

The second­year Wave (2­0) have sharpened their offense. They’ve scored three goals in each match.

There’s more variety in style.

SEE WAVE • D2

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What to watch Baseball Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 10 a.m. ....................MLB Milwaukee at Padres, 1:10 p.m..................FS1, BSSD Texas at Houston, 4 p.m....................................MLB Chi. Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 7 p.m. (join in prog.).MLB Bowling (PBA) W.S. of Bowling, U.S. vs. The World, 11:30 a.m. ..5/69 College baseball Mississippi at Mississippi St., 1 p.m....................SEC Indiana at Illinois, 3 p.m. ...................................BTN USC at Oregon St., 3 p.m. ..............................PAC12 Florida St. at NC State, 4 p.m. ...........................ACC Georgia at Florida, 4 p.m. ..................................SEC College bowling NCAA Championship, 6 p.m..........................ESPNU College football Ohio St. Spring game, 9 a.m..............................BTN Virginia Spring game, 11 a.m. ............................ACC Penn St. Spring game, 11 a.m. ...........................BTN USC Spring game, noon .................................PAC12 Michigan St. Spring game, 1 p.m........................BTN Georgia Spring game, 1 p.m. .........................ESPN2 California Spring game, 2 p.m. .......................PAC12 Arizona Spring game, 3:30 p.m. .....................PAC12 College gymnastics (Women) NCAA Championships, 1 p.m................................10 College lacrosse (Men) Virginia at Duke, 9 a.m......................................ACC Colgate at Lehigh, 9 a.m. ..............................CBSSN Ohio St. at Johns Hopkins, 11 a.m..................ESPNU Syracuse vs. North Carolina, 1 p.m. ...............ESPNU College lacrosse (Women) Syracuse at North Carolina, 9 a.m.................ESPNU Northwestern at Ohio St., 3 p.m. ...................ESPNU College softball Tennessee at Kentucky, 9 a.m. ...........................SEC Texas A&M at South Carolina, 11 a.m..................SEC Virginia Tech at Notre Dame, 2 p.m....................ACC College volleyball (Men) Pepperdine at UCLA, 7 p.m. ...........................PAC12 Football XFL, Vegas at Houston, 9:30 a.m. .........................10 USFL, Philadelphia at Memphis, 1:30 p.m. ........5/69 XFL, Orlando at San Antonio, 4 p.m. ..............ESPN2 USFL, New Jersey at Birmingham, 4:30 p.m. ....5/69 Golf PGA, The RBC Heritage, 10 a.m. ......................GOLF PGA, The RBC Heritage, noon ................................8 LPGA, The LOTTE Championship, 4 p.m...........GOLF Horse racing Coast­to­Coast, 9 a.m. ....................................FDTV America’s Day at the Races, 10 a.m. ...................FS1 America’s Day at the Races, 1 & 3:30 p.m...........FS2 Men’s soccer La Liga, Valladolid at Villareal, 5 a.m. ............ESPND EPL, Bournemouth at Tot. Hotspur, 7 a.m...........USA La Liga, Real Sociedad at Atl. Club, 7:15 a.m. .ESPND La Liga, Espanyol at Betis, 9:15 a.m...............ESPND EPL, Leicester City at Man. City, 9:30 a.m..........7/39 Series A, Monza at Inter­Milan, 11:45 a.m. .....CBSSN La Liga, Real Madrid at Cadiz, noon...............ESPND Liga MX, Pachuca at Atlas, 4 p.m...........TUDN, Univ.

Liga MX, Guadalajara at Leon, 6 p.m. ....TUDN, Univ.

Liga MX, America at Cruz Azul, 8 p.m. ...TUDN, Univ.

Mixed martial arts UFC, Holloway vs. Allen, f’weights, 5:30 p.m. ...ESPN Motocross AMA Supercross Championship, noon ..............7/39 Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series,qualifying, 1:30 p.m.............FS1 The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, 2 p.m. ......USA Xfinity, The Before You Dig 250, 4:30 p.m. ...........FS1 NBA Playoffs (First round) East, Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Gm 1, 10 a.m....ESPN East, Atlanta at Boston, Gm 1, 12:30 p.m. ........ESPN East, New York at Cleveland, Gm 1, 3 p.m.........ESPN West, Golden St. at Sacramento, Gm 1, 5:30 p.m. .10 Rugby MLR, ATL Rugby at NOLA Gold, 5 p.m.................FS2 Tennis ATP, Monte Carlo, 4:30 a.m. ..............................TEN Whip­around coverage, 9 a.m. ...........................TEN Billie Jean King Cup, 11 a.m. ..............................TEN Women’s soccer Serie A, Roma at Inter Milan, 5:30 a.m. .........CBSSN NWSL, Racing Louisville at Angel City, 7 p.m..CBSSN

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OFF THE WALL We just couldn’t let this stuff go … requests for comment.

Long Island man Judge hit an American League tries to pull fast record 62 home runs last year, breaking Roger Maris’ previous one but is denied mark of 61 that had stood since Aaron Judge won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger, The Associated Press reported.

The U.S. Patent and Trade­ mark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against a Long Island man who attempted to register “All Rise” and “Here Comes the Judge,” claiming it would cause confusion with slogans used by the record­ setting home run hitter.

Michael P. Chisena, who lives in Nassau County in New York, attempted to register “All Rise” and “Here Comes the Judge” on July 14, 2017, four days after Judge won the All­Star Home Run Derby. Chisena filed that Oct. 12 to register a design mark for apparel.

The registration was opposed

by Judge and the Major League Baseball Players Association.

In a 61­page opinion released Wednesday, Administrative Trademark Judge David K.

1961. Judge agreed during the offseason to a $360 million, nine­year contract with the Yan­ kees.

Trivia question Heasley wrote “we conclude that applicant’s marks, as used on or in connection with the apparel goods identified in his applica­ tions, so resembles opposers’ previously­used common law marks as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake, or to de­ ceive” under the Trademark Act. Chisena claimed in court papers he conceived of the marks between 2012 and 2015 and “had no knowledge of Aaron Judge. I became aware of Aaron Judge at some point in 2017, but do not recall the exact circum­ stances.”

Charles R. Hoffmann, Chise­ na’s lawyer, and Lori J. Shyavitz, the attorney for Judge and the players’ union, did not respond to

On this date in 1972, the Padres opened the season with a 6­5 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Who started at third base that day for the Padres?

He gone Dallas Eakins was the Ana­ heim Ducks’ coach during the worst four­year stretch in fran­ chise history. Although Pat Ver­ beek knows Eakins is far from solely responsible, the general manager is ready to continue his rebuilding project with a new voice behind the bench.

Eakins will not return to the Ducks after four consecutive losing seasons, the team an­ nounced Friday. One day after

WILLIAMS FROM D1 search warrant was served (Thursday) at the house in Jamul where the incident oc­ curred.”

Williams was arrested on sus­ picion of assault with a deadly weapon, then booked into the downtown San Diego jail at 3:24 p.m. The Sheriff ’s Department declined to release booking photographs, which are not pub­ lic record in California.

Troy P. Owens Jr., a criminal defense attorney in San Diego, posted an open letter on his In­ stagram page late Friday after­ noon saying he is representing Williams.

Owens provided their version of events referenced in the sher­ iff ’s news release: “This altercation was initiat­ ed by several uninvited individu­ als entering the home and caus­ ing a disturbance. During the aftermath of this disturbance, there were reports of shots being fired. Mr. Williams is alleged to match the description of the shooter. As a result, a search warrant was executed at the home and Mr. Williams was ar­ rested.”

Owens added: “While this case has received significant at­ tention in the last 24 hours, we ask that people appreciate the fact that Mr. Williams is an 18­ year­old high school student.

Harassment, threats, or any other behavior of the sort is un­ warranted. We are aware of sev­ eral narratives being advanced online that are not factual and are designed to humiliate Mr. Williams. We are confident that the truth will come to light.”

Pat McCain, Williams’ busi­ ness adviser, declined comment when contacted via text mes­ sage.

Williams is among the na­ tion’s most recognizable prep basketball players, a social me­ dia sensation who turned that popularity into a multimillion­ dollar endorsement empire that includes a sneaker deal with Puma. On TikTok, his videos have generated a combined 321 million views. His Instagram ac­ count has 3.8 million followers, with posts showing him at his

DENIS POROY FOR THE U-T

Mikey Williams spent two seasons in North Carolina before returning to San Ysidro in 2022 to play as a senior. house or posing in front of exotic cars. It was deactivated early Friday morning.

In November, Williams and San Ysidro teammate J.J. Taylor both committed to play at the University of Memphis next sea­ son. The university issued a statement Friday morning, say­ ing: “We are aware of the situa­ tion and are gathering more in­ formation.”

The 6­foot­3 Williams is the son of Mahlon Williams, a leg­ endary high school player from Sweetwater High School in the 1980s who once scored 51 points in a game. Mikey was born in 2004, and by age 12 he was al­ ready dunking. By eighth grade, he was a national phenomenon for video posts of his athletic feats on the court.

“I remember when he started his Instagram account,” McCain told the Charlotte Observer in 2021. “He was in my house. He said, ‘Unc, you gotta get IG. I have 743 followers. I’m trying to get to a thousand.’ ” Williams spent his freshman

year at San Ysidro, scoring 41 points in his high school debut and 77 points in a game later that season. The Cougars would win the CIF­San Diego Section Divi­ sion III title, and Williams was named the MaxPreps national freshman of the year.

Williams and his father moved to North Carolina for his sophomore and junior years at the suggestion of McCain, who is Mahlon’s cousin.

Williams first played for Lake Norman Christian High School, a growing basketball power­ house in Huntersville, N.C., that had nine members of the roster recruited by colleges. The follow­ ing year, Mahlon Williams and McCain set up Vertical Acade­ my, a glorified club program that didn’t play in sanctioned high school leagues, had no home gym and had players take classes online at Lake Norman Christian.

Vertical Academy fell apart, and Mikey Williams and McCain returned to San Diego last spring while Mahlon Williams re­

WAVE FROM D1 Tonight in Seattle brings a better test, against the de­ fensively adept OL Reign (1­1).

Shaw certainly won’t be alone. On the field or off.

Ten months into her pro­ fessional journey, the teen­ ager is thriving with others’ help.

For example: thanks to an adroitly headed pass from 6­foot­1 Taylor Ko­ rnieck that she finished with her left foot, Shaw was able to lead a surf celebration in the second game. This time, Kornieck and forward Ami­ rah Ali joined in.

Expect more surfing safa­ ris. Shaw’s career total of regular­season games: sev­ en. Her goal total: five.

The blistering pace jibes with the soaring scouting re­ ports of Wave leaders.

Shaw will play in World Cups, team General Man­ ager Molly Downtain fore­ cast in August, days after the 17­year­old became the youngest to score in her NWSL debut in a 1­0 victory at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Downtain had obtained Shaw’s negotiating rights a month earlier by exploiting the Wave’s expansion status that gave the team first dibs.

Wave coach Casey Stoney was asked ahead of this sea­ son about her youngest starter. The lofty reply con­

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San Diego Wave’s Jaedyn Shaw celebrates a goal against the Chicago Red Stars during the season opener by pretending to paddle out on a surfboard. jured the Sistine Chapel.

“Her ceiling is very, very, very high,” said the coach, under whom Morgan scored a career­high 15 goals last season.

Gyau has been around soccer prodigies. She’s one herself, having played for several U.S. junior national teams and Duke. Shaw nevertheless surprises the 24­year­old.

“I literally always forget that she’s 18,” she exclaimed.

“Not just because of how she plays, but the type of person she is off the field, also. She’s just so mature for her age.”

In many instances, young players who join an older

team can become with­ drawn. “They kind of turtle and be a little more shy,” Gyau said.

Not Shaw.

“She’s not afraid to be herself and do her things, and it’s really commendable at age 18,” said Gyau.

Shaw said she’s grateful for the familial support that spans her years. Her best friend and biggest fan is her mom, Ann, who coached her in her earlier days of youth soccer.

And it wasn’t only Shaw who put down roots in San Diego last summer after the cross­country move from Frisco, Texas, near Dallas.

Relocating west was her whole immediate family: Ann, dad Lance, sister Liz and brother Landon.

“They’ve made my move here a lot smoother and eas­ ier than if I were to go by my­ self,” said Shaw, who lauded the Wave’s “super helpful” assistance to her and her family. “They’re my biggest support system. My mom and dad, they’re great.”

The athletes Shaw en­ joyed watching while grow­ ing up were notable for their consistent excellence. One was tennis champion Serena Williams. Another was gym­ nast Gabby Douglas, who won Olympic gold. She men­

Anaheim finished in last place in the overall NHL standings at 23­47­12, Verbeek said the Ducks won’t renew Eakins’ contract, which expired at the end of this season.

“There’s a lot of good things about Dallas,” Verbeek said at the Ducks’ training complex.

“He’s a good person. He was in a difficult situation. I think he handled himself with the utmost professionalism, great dedication to the organization and work ethic. ... Today was not a fun day for anybody. It’s never fun to have to do this.”

Eakins went 100­147­44 with the Ducks, who promoted him in 2019 after four years as the head coach of their AHL affiliate in San Diego.

Trivia answer Dave “Soup” Campbell, a future Padres and ESPN broad­ caster, started at third. He was 1­for­3 with a run scored that day.

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mained in North Carolina tend­ ing to business interests there.

In August, a few weeks after his 18th birthday, Williams moved into the $1.2 million Jamul home on five acres of land with an infin­ ity­edged pool and a tennis court.

He played for San Ysidro as a senior, even though it is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District and his Jamul address is technically in the Grossmont district. Taylor, a 6­7 forward and also a highly rated prep prospect, transferred to San Ysidro in October to create what many projected as one of the state’s top teams.

Williams averaged 23.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, and Taylor averaged 25.5 points and 7.3 rebounds. But the Cougars finished only 18­13, didn’t win their South Bay league and lost in the semifinals of the CIF Open Division playoffs to eventual champion St. Augustine.

While Williams’ basketball ca­ reer sputtered after a record­ breaking freshman season, his business ventures soared. He helped rapper Drake launch an international clothing line in 2020. He received a red Corvette as a 16th birthday present. In July 2021, he signed with Excel Sports Management, a market­ ing agency that represents doz­ ens of pro athletes and celebri­ ties.

“Thanks to a combination of hoops, hustle and swag,” an Ex­ cel press release said, “Mikey is one of the most engaging elite youth athletes with a reputation and skillset that is off the charts.

He represents today’s zeitgeist, with a community of followers he has developed through creative, coveted and compelling con­ tent.”

Soon, Williams was in a com­ mercial for the NBA 2K22 video game with Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum. He signed a mul­ tiyear contract to endorse Puma.

He launched his own channel on WEIV, a premium social media platform, at a poolside party in a swank Atlanta hotel during the BET Hip Hop Awards Week.

“I feel like I’m in a simulation sometimes,” Williams told the Charlotte Observer.

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tioned LeBron James.

Any opportunity to watch Neymar, the Brazilian soccer forward, was one she wel­ comed. And still does.

“He brought so much en­ tertainment to the game and just made it like super excit­ ing and fun to watch,” she said. “You kind of held your breath when he was on the ball. And, that’s something that I want to grow into be­ ing.”

Though new to San Di­ ego, the Texas transplant can commiserate with a cer­ tain breed of local sports en­ thusiasts: The Chargers fans who feel stymied by the owner of their favorite NFL team. Take her response to being asked if she’s a fan of the Dallas Cowboys.

“Yes, unfortunately,” she said.

“Because we always suck,” she said, explaining her misfortune. “Jerry Jones is terrible at picking players.

And Jerry Jones also fum­ bled the bag because we were supposed to get Odell Beckham Jr. and now the Ravens have Odell Beckham Jr.” Fortunately for Shaw, the owner of the soccer club that signed her to a three­year contract takes a different ap­ proach.

Los Angeles business­ man Ron Burkle hired World Cup­winning coach Jill Ellis to build and oversee the Wave’s soccer operation. He stays out of her way and

gives a wide berth to Stoney and Downtain. The reward was the first playoff berth for an NWSL expansion team, followed by a homefield vic­ tory.

If there was a ceiling on what the 2022 Wave could ac­ complish, it was their offen­ sive limitations. Simply, it takes time to develop the nu­ ances that produce champi­ onship soccer.

An example came in this year’s first game, enabling Shaw to lace the 21­yard shot. Wave tactics on a cor­ ner kick contributed to Chi­ cago stationing all but one player deep in the box. When a defender headed the ball to atop the box, it went to Shaw.

Unguarded, she stayed calm, created an angle and picked a corner in one quick, flowing effort.

“We put in a lot of work during the offseason and preseason to just refine and just to be clinical in our fin­ ishing,” said Shaw, who has scored twice with each foot to go with a well­aimed header in the stadium’s soc­ cer opener. “I feel like it’s all coming together now, and I feel like the season’s going to be even better than last sea­ son, and we can win the whole thing. Our team is definitely more than capable of pulling it off. We’re all very driven to get it done and to bring it home.”

Surf ’s up.

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E D D I E B R O W N On the NFL Draft

Deep pool of athletic, talented tight ends on draft board Welcome to draft sea­ son! This is the third of 11 positional breakdowns leading up to the NFL Draft (April 27­29). Here are my top 10 tight ends: 1. Michael Mayer (Jr., Notre Dame, 6­foot­4, 249 pounds) The Irish pipeline at tight end to the NFL con­ tinues to flourish. Notre Dame has had 14 players drafted at the position this century. This former five­ star recruit isn’t as explo­ sive as Kyle Pitts, but May­ er’s receiving acumen, size and toughness put him just a tier below Pitts as a prospect. Projected: Round 1 2. Dalton Kincaid (Sr., Utah, 6­3, 246) Kincaid has been highly productive at two levels (he previously played at the University of San Diego), with at least eight touch­ downs in each of his four full seasons of play between two schools. He’s a liability as a

blocker, but he’s a fluid athlete, smooth route run­ ner (something he’s worked on) with great hands and is a clear and present danger in the red zone. Doctors recently cleared him to return from a back injury he suffered last November.

Questions surrounding that injury could cause him to slip into the second round depending on teams’ draft boards. Something similar happened with Rob Gronkowski in 2010. Proj­ ected: Rounds 1­2 3. Tucker Kraft (Jr., South Dakota St., 6­4, 254) Kraft is a well­rounded prospect who features prototypical size, elite ball skills and is capable of making something happen after the catch. He also can be trusted as a blocker in the run game. He’ll likely be the third Jackrabbits player drafted in the top 100 since 1976 — the other two were also tight ends (Dallas Goedert in 2018 and Steve

NBA REPORT

WARRIORS, JAMES ON DRIVE FOR FIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS For the Golden State War­ riors, it’s a drive for five, as in five championships in nine years. It’s a similar thought for LeBron James, as the NBA’s all­time points leader is set to resume his quest for a fifth ring.

And for a bunch of other teams, just one ring would satisfy.

The NBA playoffs start to­ day, with Milwaukee as the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference and holder of home­court advantage throughout the postseason, and Denver as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the first time.

“Every year, I mean, it’s tough,” said James, who helped the Los Angeles Lak­ ers get back to the playoffs de­ spite a topsy­turvy year marred by injuries and slumps. “There’s too many great teams, too many great players. Every year is tough.

No matter if you’re the 1 seed or the 8 seed, every single year is tough.”

The defending champion Warriors open on the road, al­ beit not far from home, as they take on Sacramento — one of the feel­good stories in the NBA this season, back in the playoffs for the first time since 2006. Kings first­year coach Mike Brown was part of the Warriors’ staff under Steve Kerr for years, and brought that championship culture to Sacramento.

They’ve been talking play­ offs all year. But Brown knows that words only go so far.

“At the end of the day, the best teacher is going to be the actually going through it and seeing how you hold up to things that come your way, es­ pecially the adversity,” Brown said.

The Warriors know what that means. They opened the season with a ring ceremony, and that was about the last thing that went according to plan. They didn’t get over the .500 mark for good until late February.

But if there’s another title, the Warriors know all the struggles will be forgotten.

“When you’re coming off a championship and lacing ’em back up, you’re celebrating what you accomplished,” Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. “But every time you step foot on the floor and practice and get ready for the games and everything that we’ve been through this year, it’s all about the goal at the end of the year of having an opportunity to go chase an­ other one.”

Lock in, as Curry says. It’s ring time.

“It’s extremely hard to do what we’ve done,” Curry said, “and what we’re going to try to do.”

Friday’s results Heat 102, Bulls 91: Max Strus and Jimmy Butler scored 31 points apiece, and Miami got into the playoffs by rallying in the final minutes to beat Chicago in an Eastern Conference play­in game Fri­ day night.

The win gives Miami the No. 8 seed in the East, and a first­round matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA’s top overall seed, starting Sun­ day.

Timberwolves 120, Thun­ der 95: Karl­Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota into the playoffs, as the Timberwolves muscled their way past Okla­ homa City to finish the play­in tournament.

Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 10 rebounds in his return after swinging at team­ mate Kyle Anderson, and the Wolves seized the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.

They will face No. 1 Denver.

Notable Nikola Jokic is a finalist to win a third straight NBA MVP award, with Joel Em­ biid and Giannis Antetok­ ounmpo the players who can stop him.

The three leading vote­ getters for the league’s indi­ vidual awards were an­ nounced Friday.

The Nuggets center could now become the first player to win three straight MVP awards since Hall of Famer Larry Bird from 1984­86.

NHL SCOREBOARD WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Pacific

W L OL Pts GF GA

Metropolitan

W L OL Pts GF GA

z­Vegas x­Edmonton x­Los Angeles x­Seattle Calgary Vancouver San Jose Anaheim

51 50 47 46 38 38 22 23

y­Carolina x­New Jersey x­N.Y. Rangers x­N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Columbus

52 52 47 42 40 35 31 25

Central

W L OL Pts GF GA

Atlantic

W L OL Pts GF GA

22 23 25 28 27 37 44 47

9 9 10 8 17 7 16 12

111 272 229 109 325 261 104 280 257 100 289 256 93 263 253 83 277 301 60 234 321 58 209 338

y­Colorado 51 24 7 109 280 226 x­Dallas 47 21 14 108 285 218 x­Minnesota 46 25 11 103 246 225 x­Winnipeg 46 33 3 95 248 225 Nashville 42 32 8 92 229 238 St. Louis 37 38 7 81 263 301 Arizona 28 40 14 70 228 299 Chicago 26 49 7 59 204 301 • Two points for a victory, one point for overtime loss; x­playoff berth; y­division; z­conference.

21 22 22 31 31 37 38 48

9 8 13 9 11 10 13 9

113 266 213 112 291 226 107 277 219 93 243 222 91 262 264 80 255 265 75 222 277 59 214 330

z­Boston 65 12 5 135 305 177 x­Toronto 50 21 11 111 279 222 x­Tampa Bay 46 30 6 98 283 254 x­Florida 42 32 8 92 290 273 Buffalo 42 33 7 91 296 300 Ottawa 39 35 8 86 261 271 Detroit 35 37 10 80 240 279 Montreal 31 45 6 68 232 307 • Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

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Avalanche 4, Predators 3: Nathan MacKinnon had three goals and an assist as Colorado beat host Nashville to win the Central Division title.

Sabres 5, Blue Jackets 2: Jeff Skinner had a goal and two as­ sists, lifting visiting Buffalo to a win.

Thursday’s Late Results Kings 5, Ducks 3: Adrian Kempe had three goals and an assist and Los Angeles beat host Anaheim, who will have the best odds in the draft lottery after finishing with the NHL’s worst record.

Canucks 5, Coyotes 4 (OT): Conor Garland capped his first career hat trick 1:19 into overtime for visiting Vancouver.

Golden Knights 3, Kraken 1: Alec Martinez broke a tie midway through the second period and visiting Vegas won its fourth Pacific Division title in its regular­season finale.

TO DAY ’S GA M E S No games scheduled

Heiden in 1999). Projected: Rounds 2­3 4. Darnell Washington (Jr., Georgia, 6­6, 264) Washington put on a show at the combine, run­ ning the 40 in 4.64 seconds — an impressive time for a person his size — and abso­ lutely abused the blocking sled. He’s essentially an extra lineman who can create mismatches in the passing game. There’s not a lot of those running around.

Projected: Rounds 1­2 5. Luke Musgrave (Sr., Oregon St., 6­5, 253) Musgrave is a work­in­ progress as a blocker and he only played two games last season (knee injury), although we caught a glimpse of his potential with him making 11 recep­ tions for 169 yards (15.4 yards per catch) and a TD. He’s an elite athlete, with soft hands and can create separation with his speed.

Medical evaluations will be a factor in where he ends

up. Projected: Rounds 1­2 6. Sam LaPorta (Sr., Iowa, 6­3, 245) The Hawkeyes continue to churn out great tight end prospects who are well­ versed in all aspects of the game — George Kittle, TJ Hockenson and Noah Fant are all doing well in the NFL. LaPorta was a team captain last season and his measurables are almost identical to Kittle, but his ball skills and elusiveness fall a little short. Projected: Rounds 2­3 7. Will Mallory (Sr., Miami, 6­4, 239) Mallory was a four­star recruit who was the No. 8 tight end in the 2018 recruit­ ing class (three spots be­ hind Kyle Pitts, one ahead of Pat Freiermuth). His athleticism and speed will threaten safeties in the NFL. His 4.54 40­yard dash was first among tight ends at the combine. He’s a modern move tight end, not a smash­mouth football

player, but his father has coached special teams in college and the pros, so he won’t be surprised with what is expected of him at the next level. Projected: Rounds 4­7 8. Luke Schoonmaker (Sr., Michigan, 6­5, 251) Schoonmaker is a two­ year starter who has im­ proved every season in Ann Arbor. There’s still devel­ opment needed as a blocker, but the former high school quarterback is an efficient route runner with plenty of athleticism and speed for the position.

Projected: Round 3 9. Zack Kuntz (Sr., Old Dominion, 6­7, 255) A four­star recruit, Kuntz was the No. 4 tight end in the 2018 recruiting class and ended up going to Penn State. He led the Monarchs in receiving and was first team All­CUSA after transferring in 2021, becoming a team captain last season. He missed the

final seven games of his senior season with a knee injury but looked healthy and explosive at the com­ bine. He’s the ideal devel­ opmental home­run swing based on rare athletic traits (size and speed) for the position. Developing his technique in all aspects of his game and building up his play strength could unlock a cheat code. Proj­ ected: Rounds 4­7 10. Davis Allen (Sr., Clemson, 6­5, 245) Allen is a reliable re­ ceiver with only three drops in his four years with the Tigers, while playing in all 54 games. He was voted a team captain his senior season. He’s played over 500 snaps on special teams and made seven tackles in his collegiate career. Allen isn’t particularly exciting or overly dynamic, but there’s a lot to work with here.

Projected: Rounds 4­7

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MILLER FROM D1 are faster. Innings are faster.

Games are faster. The change has trimmed a full 30 minutes from games to this point, down to 2 hours, 37 minutes, according to MLB. “Now, people won’t have to listen to my tired stories,” Padres TV analyst Mark Grant said.

Though joking, Grant hints at a mostly undis­ cussed ripple of a game sped up from the jump in 2023.

Those behind microphones find themselves on the clock, too. The unrushed bat­and­ ball yarns of generations — fueled in large part by a game that sometimes moved glacially — might have to show a bit of hustle.

Is it, in some ways, the death of the Vin Scully story.

“I don’t think so,” Agler said. “On TV, there’s going to be more than enough time to tell all your stories be­ cause you don’t have to interrupt yourself to call every pitch. Radio, is it tighter? Absolutely. Did we have to make an adjust­ ment? Definitely.

“But it might have taken us, what, two spring training games to sort of get the rhythm of it.”

Trepidation dug into the batter’s box early in spring training, however.

“I remember after the first or second game in spring training I thought to myself, I might be able to do anything but call balls and strikes,” Agler said. “But after a couple days, we fig­ ured out the rhythm. We tripped over ourselves a bit at first, but that happens. It feels very comfortable right now.”

Very, very, very comfort­ able, Padres TV voice Don Orsillo said.

“We were trending so far in the wrong direction,” Orsillo said. “Hitters were taking longer. Pitchers were taking longer. It was all

CLOCK FROM D1 “No more watching the pitcher lull fans and team­ mates to sleep while walking around the mound, kicking dirt, grabbing the rosin bag, waiting for divine interven­ tion — on every pitch.”

Nearly a half hour has been trimmed from the aver­ age time of MLB games, from 3 hours, 6 minutes last season to 2 hours, 39 min­ utes this season. The 2:39 matches the fastest game time since the 1984 season, according to baseball­refer­ ence.com.

Interestingly enough, Pa­ dres games (2:46) are the second­slowest in the ma­ jors, quicker only than Ori­ oles (2:47), though still 27 minutes faster than last year when the Padres and Yan­ kees played MLB’s slowest games (both 3:13).

Frank was among a handful of Padres fans inter­ viewed Thursday — all of whom have watched the game for several decades — as the team returned for the second homestand of the young season.

All of them applauded changes to speed up the game, with several of bring­ ing the name Randy Jones into the conversation.

The curly­haired left­ hander who starred in San Diego during the mid­1970s was notable for working rap­ idly, famously outdueling the Phillies’ Jim Kaat in a 1977 Padres victory that re­ quired only 89 minutes to complete.

To challenge that team

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Don Orsillo (left), with partner Mark Grant, says the new rules are “wonderful.” taking too long. The amount of dead time in my job when I was left to either be repeti­ tive, or thinking of some­ thing to say when nothing is going on, or randomly giving the count, or talking too much because I couldn’t stand the silence or non­ action was difficult.

“The new rules are won­ derful. You’ve got action all the time. There’s always something going on. It’s become a pleasure to do baseball again.”

Shorter games offered clear benefits to players.

They stand around on de­ fense less. Quicker games mean more time for treat­ ment and family. It already is doing the same for broad­ casters.

Orsillo noticed in spring training.

“It’s only been a couple of weeks, but I feel 10 times better at this stage,” said Orsillo, who recently fin­ ished his 23rd MLB spring­ training lap. “The wear and tear on my voice the first couple weeks, I generally become hoarse. I have to build up a certain level, voice wise, much like a (pitcher) gearing up for the season.

“There was never a point

this spring where I was hurting or straining. I built up much faster, not doing 3½­hour games.”

The new pitch­clock rules, quickly, in the spirit of this thing: The batter must be ready and the pitcher must throw in 15 seconds, which becomes 20 seconds if a runner is on base.

Ready. Set. Talk.

“Getting into details on things, everything’s happen­ ing so much faster,” Agler booth­mate Tony Gwynn Jr. said. “You have to start earlier in the inning with a story. At first, it was kind of choppy as we got used to it.

It feels like riding a bike now.

You kind of get the cadence and how it’s going to roll.”

Does the time shaved off games mean Agler can slow his research roll? Try telling him that.

“My brother­in­law asked me a couple weeks ago, ‘Are you doing less prep?’ ” he said. “I said, I don’t trust (the faster times) that much. I’m a prep freak. I enjoy the prep almost as much as I enjoy doing the game.

“If I was getting to 80 percent of what I had in before and now it’s 65 per­

cent, that’s fine. And a lot of it is evergreen enough to use another time.”

Grant insisted broad­ casters can be creative.

“I think that’s totally going away,” Grant said of the half­inning Scully story, referencing the legendary Dodgers voice. “Vin was the best at doing that and keep­ ing people engaged. It doesn’t look like there’s going to be a chance to get into a long, drawn­out story.

If it is long, throw in a stay­ tuned, more­to­come teaser.

“Pull the Paul Harvey, wait until the next inning for the rest of the story.”

That McCutchen nugget? Agler can wait until June. Or longer.

There’s plenty of memory left on his laptop’s hard drive.

“It happens all the time,” Agler said of jettisoning info during a broadcast. “But I’m really good about keeping my notes organized. So if we see a guy the next year, I’m like ‘Aaaah, I can get that in.

I have stuff from multiple seasons ago I’ll dust off and bring back.”

There’s no clock on that.

record is absurd, though the Padres did beat the Rockies 3­1 the first weekend at Petco Park in a game timed at 2:03.

Frank was sitting in his field­level seat along the first­base line at that game, and it was a glorious remind­ er of what once was, and what could be again.

“I anticipate better de­ fense as fielders will remain alert and focused,” he said.

“Two­ to 21⁄ 2­hour games take many fans back to a time when that was the norm and baseball was truly our national pastime.

“Getting kids and work­ ing folks home a half hour earlier is an added bonus.

Many fans will finally get to see a complete game.”

Jones had a Padres team­ mate in 1979 named Mike Hargrove. The first base­ man took so much time at the plate — stepping out of the batter’s box to adjust his helmet and batting glove, pulling on the sleeves of his jersey, wiping his hands against his pants — that he was nicknamed “The Hu­ man Rain Delay.”

As it turns out, Hargrove was just ahead of his time.

Getting back to 21⁄ 2­hour games depends on one’s per­ spective, however.

Walking through the field­level stands at Thurs­ day night’s game was Michael Kirkham, who was wary of the changes.

Kirkham has been a Petco Park vendor the past 12 years and thought shorter games would take money out of his pocket.

“I thought I was going to be selling less,” Kirkham

said as he peddled cotton candy, peanuts and Cracker Jack. “But the with the (higher) attendance this year, we’re making more money than ever. ...

“We used to sell until about the seventh inning.

You can sell the whole game and they’re still buying. Last game, I was selling ice cream in the ninth inning and they were still buying.”

Riverside’s Chris Gregori grew up in Clairemont, fondly recalling attending games in Mission Valley in his youth (he still has a signed PCL Padres ball to prove it).

“The last couple of years, games were starting to get long, but I think the clock is a little bit too short,” said Gre­ gori, wearing a Joe Musgrove jersey behind the Padres dugout in seats his kids got him for his 60th birthday.

“Tweak it a little bit. I think if they should add about 10­15 more seconds to it.

“I don’t think it gives the guys enough time to settle in. The pitcher especially be­ cause he can’t shake off any pitches because there’s not enough time.

“You’ve seen a lot of wild pitches. I have a feeling be­ cause they’re in a rush, they’re losing grip on the ball. If they had another 10 seconds, I think it would ac­ complish the same goal.”

Chula Vista’s Jose Valdez is happy to see some players taken out of their comfort zone.

“I like the fast pace,” Valdez said. “I think it makes it more exciting because they make more mistakes.

“The pitchers don’t really

have time to think about what they’re going to do. The hitters are on their heels the whole time.

“It makes the game more fun. It’s a faster pace, but there’s always things going on there that you don’t ex­ pect to see.”

He watched Thursday night’s game along the third­ base line with his father, Robert Valdez, who had more empathy for those at­ tempting to do what many consider the most difficult task in sports.

“They shouldn’t get as much time as they used to because it was ridiculous the way they’d step out every pitch,” he said. “But they’ve got to have time to think about what they’re going to do.”

His comments came mo­ ments before Padres third baseman Manny Machado launched his first home run of the season.

In the season’s opening week, Machado became the first player ejected after ar­ guing a pitch clock violation, a strike three call that came after the slugger had called time too late in the sequence.

The fans were convinced this all will get dialed in as the season unfolds.

It is, after all, a game of adjustments.

“I’ve always liked base­ ball no matter what,” said Robert Valdez, adding, “What I don’t like is the DH.” That’s a discussion for another time.

Maybe the first week of July, when the Angels and Shohei Ohtani are in town.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Standings and statistics

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Hoerner 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .340 Swanson ss 5 0 0 0 0 5 .356 Happ lf 4 1 4 3 1 0 .349 Suzuki rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .200 Bellinger cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .239 Wisdom 3b 5 1 1 1 0 2 .231 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .270 Ros dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Gomes c 4 3 3 2 0 0 .233 Totals 39 8 12 8 3 11 Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Betts rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Freeman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .259 Muncy 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .239 T.Thompson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Vargas 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Rojas ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Taylor lf 2 1 1 1 0 1 .114 a­Outman ph­lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Barnes c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Totals 30 2 3 2 1 10 Chicago 001 110 032—8 12 1 Los Angeles 001 000 100—2 3 0 a­grounded out for Taylor in the 8th.

E—Wisdom (1). LOB—Chicago 7, Los Angeles 2.

2B—Happ 2 (6), Bellinger (2). HR—Gomes (2), off Syndergaard; Happ (2), off Jackson; Suzuki (1), off Jackson; Wisdom (4), off Jackson; Gomes (3), off Jackson; Taylor (3), off Steele; Muncy (6), off Steele. RBIs—Happ 3 (9), Hosmer (9), Gomes 2 (6), Suzuki (1), Wisdom (7), Taylor (6), Muncy (14). SB—Gomes (1), Happ (2), Hoerner 2 (7).

Runners left in scoring position—Chicago 4 (Wisdom, Suzuki, Bellinger 2); Los Angeles 0.

RISP—Chicago 2 for 11; Los Angeles 0 for 0.

Runners moved up—Wisdom, Hosmer. GIDP— Betts.

DP—Chicago 1 (Wisdom, Hoerner, Hosmer).

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Steele, W, 2­0 7 3 2 2 1 8 101 1.42 Boxberger 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1.69 Rucker 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 4.05 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Syndergaard, L, 0­2 6 6 3 3 2 9 92 5.62 Graterol 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.06 Jackson 2 6 5 5 1 1 55 8.64 Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf; First, Mike Muchlin­ ski; Second, Sean Barber; Third, Alan Porter.

T—2:20. A—52,298 (56,000).

West Arizona

W 8

L 6

GB —

Pct .571

Cubs 8, Dodgers 2

L10 6­4

Str L­1

Home 5­2

Away 3­4

Los Angeles

7

7

.500

1

5­5

L­1

4­3

3­4

PADRES

7

8

.467

1½

4­6

L­3

3­5

4­3

San Francisco

5

8

.385

2½

4­6

L­2

2­4

3­4

Colorado Central Milwaukee

5 W 10

9 L 4

.357 Pct .714

3 GB —

3­7 L10 7­3

L­3 Str W­2

3­4 Home 5­1

2­5 Away 5­3

Chicago

7

5

.583

2

6­4

W­1

5­4

2­1

Pittsburgh

8

6

.571

2

6­4

L­1

3­3

5­3

St. Louis

6

8

.429

4

4­6

W­1

3­5

3­3

Cincinnati East Atlanta

5 W 10

8 L 4

.385 Pct .714

4½ GB —

3­7 L10 7­3

L­1 Str W­4

4­3 Home 4­3

1­5 Away 6­1

New York

7

6

.538

2½

5­5

W­1

4­2

3­4

Miami

7

7

.500

3

6­4

W­3

4­4

3­3

Philadelphia

5

9

.357

5

5­5

W­1

3­3

2­6

Washington

4

10

.286

6

3­7

L­3

1­6

3­4

F R I DAY ’S R E S U LTS

Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 1: Trevor Rogers (1­2) allowed one run in six­plus innings for host Miami and Madison Bumgarner (0­2) was hit hard again. Bumgarner gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings as his ERA rose to 7.90, and batters are hitting .321 against him.

Phillies 8, Reds 3: Taijuan Walker (1­1) alowed one run and four hits in six innings as the NL champions scored five runs in the first three innings and stopped a three­game losing streak at Cincinnati. Edmundo Sosa hit his second homer of the season and Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos drove in runs with doubles.

Cardinals 3, Pirates 0: John Woodford and three relievers scat­ tered eight hits, Nolan Gorman drove in two runs, and host St. Louis beat Pittsburgh. Woodford gave up seven hits in 51 ⁄ 3 in­ nings but only one for extra bases, a double by Austin Hedges leading off the fifth. He retired the next three batters to escape that jam.

Cubs 8, Dodgers 2: Yan Gomes homered twice, Ian Happ had four hits and three RBIs and Chicago beat host Los Angeles.

(IL) Guardians 4, Nationals 3: Josh Bell hit his first home run since signing with Cleveland, and the Guardians rallied at Wash­ ington for a victory.

TO DAY ’S GA M E S Milwaukee (Peralta 2­0) at PADRES (Lugo 2­0), 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Contreras 1­1) at St. Louis (Matz 0­2), 11:15 a.m.

Cleveland (Plesac 0­0) at Washington (Kuhl 0­0), 1:05 p.m.

Arizona (Nelson 1­0) at Miami (Garrett 0­0), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Strahm 1­0) at Cincinnati (Ashcraft 1­0), 1:10 p.m.

Chi. Cubs (Taillon 0­2) at L.A. Dodgers (Grove 0­1), 6:10 p.m.

SU N DAY ’S GA M E S Milwaukee at PADRES, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 10:35 a.m.

Arizona at Miami, 10:40 a.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 10:40 a.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m.

Chi. Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

American League Standings and statistics Home 6­3

Away 2­2

L­1

3­3

4­3

L­1

3­5

3­3

W­2

3­5

3­3

2­8 L10 6­4

L­1 Str W­4

2­4 Home 4­2

1­6 Away 6­2

2

5­5

W­1

2­4

6­2

5

3­7

L­3

1­3

4­6

.308

5½

4­6

W­2

1­3

3­6

.286 Pct .929

6 GB —

3­7 L10 9­1

L­1 Str L­1

1­7 Home 10­0

3­3 Away 3­1

W­1

3­1

6­4

W­2

4­3

4­3

L­2

4­4

4­2

W­1

3­4

3­4

GB —

L10 5­5

W 8

L 5

Pct .615

Los Angeles

7

6

.538

1

5­5

Houston

6

8

.429

2½

4­6

Seattle

6

8

.429

2½

5­5

Oakland Central Minnesota

3 W 10

10 L 4

.231 Pct .714

5 GB —

Cleveland

8

6

.571

Chicago

5

9

.357

Detroit

4

9

Kansas City East Tampa Bay

4 W 13

10 L 1

Toronto

9

5

.643

4

8­2

Baltimore

8

6

.571

5

6­4

New York

8

6

.571

5

5­5

Boston

6

8

.429

7

4­6

West Texas

Str W­1

F R I DAY ’S R E S U LTS

Blue Jays 6, Rays 3: Tampa Bay lost its first game following a record­tying 13­0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases­loaded walks and second baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four­run fifth inning that lifted host Toronto to a win. Jose Berríos (1­2) gave up one run and four hits in five innings and Jordan Romano got three outs for his fifth save.

Twins 4, Yankees 3: Carlos Correa homered for the second straight game and hit a go­ahead, two­run double in the eighth inning off Clay Holmes (0­1) for visiting Minnesota. Anthony Volpe led off the game with his first big­league homer and Aaron Judge hit his fifth of the season on the next pitch for New York.

Orioles 6, White Sox 3: Adley Rutschmann hit a go­ahead, three­ run double off Reynaldo Lppez (0­1) in a four­run seventh inning after Cedric Mullins drews a bases­loaded walk from Jake Diek­ man as Baltimore overcame a 3­0 deficit at Chicago.

Red Sox 5, Angels 3: Rafael Devers homered off Jimmy Herget (0­2) in the fifth, breaking a 2­2 tie with his sixth home run this season for host Boston. The Red Sox were helped by three errors, two on throws by Los Angeles third baseman Anthony Rendon.

Rangers 6, Astros 2: Adolis García hit a two­run homer and Nathaniel Lowe had three RBIs in Texas’ victory at Houston.

(IL) Tigers 7, Giants 5 (11): Nick Maton hit a three­run homer in the 11th inning to give host Detroit a victory over San Francisco.

Lamonte Wade Jr. gave the Giants a 5­4 lead in the top of the inning with an RBI single.

(IL) Braves 10, Royals 3: Matt Olson and Austin Riley hit con­ secutive home runs in a four­run first inning and Atlanta went deep five times in a rout at Kansas City.

(IL) Mariners 5, Rockies 3: Jarred Kelenic homered for the fourth consecutive game and Ty France extended his hitting streak to 11 games for host Seattle.

(IL) Mets at Athletics: Late TO DAY ’S GA M E S Minnesota (Mahle 1­1) San Francisco (DeSclafani 1­0) at N.Y. Yankees (German 0­1), 10:05 a.m. at Detroit (TBD), 10:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay (Fleming 0­0) at Toronto (Kikuchi 1­0), 12:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Carrasco 0­2) at Oakland (Fujinami 0­2), 1:07 p.m.

Atlanta (Elder 1­0) at Kansas City (Bubic 0­1), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Anderson 1­0) at Boston (Pivetta 0­1), 1:10 p.m.

Texas (Gray 1­1) at Houston (Brown 1­0), 4:10 p.m.

Colorado (Feltner 0­1) at Seattle (Kirby 0­1), 6:40 p.m.

S U N DAY ’S GA M E S

Phillies 8, Reds 3 Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Stott 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .383 Turner ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .323 Schwarber dh 3 2 2 1 2 0 .222 Castellanos rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .308 Marsh cf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .361 Realmuto c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .229 Bohm 1b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .327 Cave lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .172 Sosa 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .300 Totals 38 8 13 8 4 6 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. India 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .300 Friedl lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Fraley rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .314 Stephenson c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292 Myers dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .213 Vosler 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .154 a­Fairchild ph­cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Steer 3b­1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .326 Senzel cf­3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Barrero ss 3 1 1 0 1 2 .226 Totals 33 3 6 3 4 8 Philadelphia 113 000 003—8 13 1 Cincinnati 001 000 101—3 6 0 a­struck out for Vosler in the 8th.

E—Sosa (3). LOB—Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 8.

2B—Schwarber (3), Castellanos (9), Stott (5), Realmuto (3), Friedl (3). 3B—Marsh (3). HR— Sosa (2), off Overton. RBIs—Schwarber (8), Sosa (5), Castellanos (8), Marsh (9), Realmuto 2 (5), Bohm 2 (13), Fraley (10), India 2 (5). SB—Myers (1), Steer (1). CS—Bohm (1). SF—Realmuto, India.

Runners left in scoring position—Philadelphia 4 (Turner, Stott, Realmuto 2); Cincinnati 3 (Friedl, Senzel, Stephenson). RISP—Philadelphia 3 for 13; Cincinnati 2 for 9.

Runners moved up—Marsh, Fraley, Friedl.

Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Walker, W, 1­1 6 4 1 1 2 4 98 4.20 Domnguez 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 12.71 Alvarado, H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 18 1.42 Brogdon 1 0 1 0 1 0 21 3.68 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Overton, L, 0­1 3 5 5 5 3 0 55 11.45 Herget 22⁄ 3 2 0 0 0 1 44 1.59 Sanmartin 12⁄ 3 2 0 0 1 1 38 4.76 Cruz 12⁄ 3 4 3 3 0 4 34 5.62 Inherited runners­scored—Sanmartin 2­0, Cruz 1­0. HBP—Herget (Bohm). WP—Brogdon.

Umpires—Home, Edwin Moscoso; First, Jeremy Riggs; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, David Rack­ ley. T—2:42. A—17,610 (43,891).

Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 1 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Marte 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Rojas dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .395 Gurriel Jr. lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Walker 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Longoria 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Carroll rf­cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .275 Ahmed ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .407 a­Smith ph­rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Moreno c 3 0 0 1 0 2 .229 Thomas cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .184 Perdomo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .409 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 8 Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Berti ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .256 Cooper dh 4 0 3 1 0 0 .370 Soler rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .208 b­Snchez ph­lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 De La Cruz cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .308 Garca lf­rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .121 Gurriel 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Segura 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Stallings c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .143 Hampson 2b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .100 Totals 34 5 11 5 1 2 Arizona 000 000 100— 1 6 1 Miami 000 500 00x—5 11 0 a­grounded out for Ahmed in the 7th. b­flied out for Soler in the 7th.

E—Longoria (1). LOB—Arizona 6, Miami 7. 2B— Hampson (1), Berti (1). RBIs—Moreno (4), Stallings (1), Hampson (1), Berti 2 (4), Cooper (9).

SB—Berti (4), Carroll (6).

Runners left in scoring position—Arizona 1 (Smith); Miami 2 (Garca, Gurriel). RISP—Arizona 0 for 3; Miami 4 for 10.

Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bumgarner, L, 0­2 5 9 5 5 1 1 82 7.90 Solomon 3 2 0 0 0 1 34 5.40 Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rogers, W, 1­2 6 5 1 1 1 7 96 4.20 Brazoban 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.82 Floro 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.00 Puk 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 1.50 Inherited runners­scored—Brazoban 2­1.

HBP—Solomon (Hampson). Umpires—Home, Jeremie Rehak; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Nic Lentz. T—2:11. A—10,961 (37,446).

Cardinals 3, Pirates 0 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Bae ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Reynolds lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 McCutchen dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Joe 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Suwinski cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .148 Castro 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .296 Smith­Njigba rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .182 Mathias 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .077 Hedges c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .100 Totals 32 0 8 0 2 8 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Donovan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Burleson rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 1­Walker pr­rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294 Goldschmidt 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Arenado 3b 3 2 3 0 1 0 .357 W.Contreras c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .178 Gorman dh 4 0 3 2 0 1 .333 O’Neill lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Carlson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Edman ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Totals 33 3 9 3 2 12 Pittsburgh 000 000 000—0 8 0 St. Louis 000 001 02x—3 9 0 1­ran for Burleson in the 8th.

LOB—Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 8. 2B—Hedges (1), Donovan (2). RBIs—Gorman 2 (12), W.Contreras (3). SB—Smith­Njigba (1), Bae (4).

Runners left in scoring position—Pittsburgh 2 (McCutchen, Reynolds); St. Louis 5 (Carlson 2, O’Neill 2, Burleson). RISP—Pittsburgh 1 for 7; St. Louis 3 for 12.

Runners moved up—Reynolds, W.Contreras.

GIDP—Hedges, Reynolds.

DP—St. Louis 2 (Donovan, Edman, Gold­ schmidt; Arenado, Goldschmidt).

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Oviedo, L, 1­1 7 6 1 1 1 10 93 2.45 1 Underwood Jr. ⁄ 3 3 2 2 1 1 17 5.68 2 Stephenson ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.00 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Woodford 51 ⁄ 3 7 0 0 1 3 81 5.65 Thompson, W, 1­0 12⁄ 3 1 0 0 1 4 31 0.00 VerHagen, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.70 Gallegos, S, 1­1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 Inherited runners­scored—Stephenson 2­0.

HBP—Woodford (Bae). Umpires—Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Will Little; Second, Ryan Additon; Third, Dan Merzel. T—2:17. A—40,637 (44,494).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

San Francisco at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 10:35 a.m.

Red Sox 5, Angels 3

L.A. Angels at Boston, 10:35 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:37 a.m.

Baltimore at Chi. White Sox, 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Oakland, 1:07 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Ward lf Trout cf Ohtani dh Rendon 3b Renfroe rf Lamb 1b Drury 2b

Texas at Houston, 4 p.m.

AB 5 4 4 4 5 3 3

R H BI BB SO Avg. 1 1 0 0 1 .283 0 1 0 1 1 .261 1 1 0 1 2 .295 1 3 1 1 0 .286 0 1 2 0 1 .286 0 2 0 1 1 .172 0 1 0 0 2 .200

Rengifo ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .182 O’Hoppe c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Totals 35 3 11 3 5 11 Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Verdugo rf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .309 Turner dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Refsnyder lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .148 Devers 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 .283 Hernndez cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .146 Arroyo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .171 Casas 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .122 Wong c 1 1 0 0 2 1 .115 Chang ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 31 5 5 2 6 9 Los Angeles 200 000 100—3 11 3 Boston 000 212 00x—5 5 0 E—Rengifo (3), Rendon 2 (3). LOB—Los Ange­ les 11, Boston 10. 2B—Renfroe (4), Trout (3), Hern­ ndez (3). HR—Devers (6), off Herget. RBIs—Ren­ froe 2 (11), Rendon (6), Hernndez (7), Devers (13).

CS—Rengifo (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Los Angeles 6 (Lamb, Renfroe 2, O’Hoppe, Ward 2); Boston 7 (Refsnyder 2, Turner 2, Hernndez 2, Devers).

RISP—Los Angeles 1 for 14; Boston 1 for 12.

Runners moved up—Rengifo, Rendon, Refsny­ der, Verdugo. GIDP—Rengifo, Renfroe, Chang.

DP—Los Angeles 1 (Rendon, Lamb); Boston 2 (Chang, Arroyo, Casas; Chang, Casas).

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sandoval 32⁄ 3 3 2 0 3 6 90 1.23 Herget, L, 0­2 1 2 1 1 0 1 18 6.35 Loup 11 ⁄ 3 0 2 0 1 1 36 4.91 Barra 2 0 0 0 2 1 23 4.15 Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Houck 4 4 2 2 4 6 90 4.50 Winckowski, W, 1­0 3 4 1 1 1 0 45 1.50 Schreiber, H, 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 20 1.29 Jansen, S, 3­3 1 1 0 0 0 3 13 0.00 Inherited runners­scored—Herget 3­0, Loup 1­0. HBP—Winckowski (Drury), Loup 2 (Wong,Chang). WP—Sandoval. PB—O’Hoppe (1).

Umpires—Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Cory Blaser; Second, Carlos Torres; Third, Jansen Visconti.

T—2:57. A—36,680 (37,755).

Blue Jays 6, Rays 3 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Daz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 B.Lowe 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .324 Arozarena dh 3 0 1 0 1 2 .315 Franco ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Raley lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .233 Paredes 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Margot cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 J.Lowe rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Bethancourt c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .231 Totals 35 3 8 3 1 10 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Springer rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .267 Bichette ss 5 1 5 1 0 0 .391 Guerrero Jr. 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .393 Varsho lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .286 Chapman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .460 Belt dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .152 a­Kirk ph­dh 1 1 0 1 1 0 .219 Espinal 2b 2 0 0 1 2 0 .074 Jansen c 3 0 0 1 1 0 .040 Kiermaier cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .366 Totals 33 6 10 5 7 6 Tampa Bay 000 100 200—3 8 2 Toronto 110 040 00x—6 10 0 a­walked for Belt in the 5th.

E—Bethancourt (1), B.Lowe (2). LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 10. 2B—Bichette 2 (4). HR—J.Lowe (3), off Garca; Bethancourt (2), off Garca; Spring­ er (3), off Rasmussen. RBIs—Raley (7), J.Lowe (7), Bethancourt (3), Springer (7), Bichette (10), Kirk (8), Espinal (2), Jansen (3). SB—Varsho (3), B.Lowe (1). CS—Espinal (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Tampa Bay 1 (Paredes); Toronto 4 (Varsho, Springer, Guerrero Jr. 2). RISP—Tampa Bay 1 for 4; Toronto 2 for 10.

Runners moved up—Franco. GIDP—Belt.

DP—Tampa Bay 1 (B.Lowe, Franco, Daz).

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rasmussen, L, 2­141 ⁄ 3 8 5 5 4 4 93 2.60 Poche 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 2.08 Chirinos 32⁄ 3 2 0 0 1 2 41 0.00 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Berros, W, 1­2 5 4 1 1 0 6 77 7.98 2 Richards ⁄ 3 2 0 0 0 1 12 5.06 1 Pop ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.29 Garca 1 2 2 2 0 1 19 5.14 Swanson, H, 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.45 Romano, S, 5­6 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 3.86 Poche pitched to 3 batters in the 5th Inherited runners­scored—Poche 3­3, Chiri­ nos 2­0, Pop 2­0. WP—Rasmussen. Umpires— Home, Lance Barrett; First, Ramon De Jesus; Sec­ ond, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Doug Eddings.

T—2:37. A—34,822 (49,282).

Twins 4, Yankees 3 Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Buxton dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .271 Correa ss 4 1 2 3 0 1 .250 Solano 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .341 a­Gordon ph­lf­2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Miranda 3b­1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .232 Jeffers c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .353 Garlick rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Larnach rf­lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Castro lf­3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Julien 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 b­Vzquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .367 Wallner rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Totals 31 4 7 4 2 9 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Volpe ss 3 1 1 1 1 2 .171 Judge cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .294 Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .319 Stanton dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .271 1­Hicks pr­dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Torres 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .302 F.Cordero rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Cabrera lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Trevino c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 c­Calhoun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Kiner­Falefa 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 11 Minnesota 000 001 120—4 7 0 New York 200 001 000—3 8 0 a­pinch hit for Solano in the 8th. b­grounded out for Julien in the 9th. c­popped out for Trevino in the 9th. 1­ran for Stanton in the 8th.

LOB—Minnesota 4, New York 5. 2B—Solano (4), Correa (3). HR—Correa (2), off Cortes; Garlick (1), off Cortes; Volpe (1), off Varland; Judge (5), off Varland; Stanton (4), off Varland. RBIs—Correa 3 (6), Garlick (1), Volpe (1), Judge (8), Stanton (9).

SB—Cabrera (2).

Runners left in scoring position—Minnesota 1 (Garlick); New York 1 (Trevino). RISP—Minnesota 2 for 7; New York 0 for 1. GIDP—Miranda, Castro, Julien, Cabrera.

DP—Minnesota 1 (Correa, Miranda); New York 3 (Kiner­Falefa, Torres, Rizzo; Kiner­Falefa, Torres, Rizzo; Kiner­Falefa, Torres, Rizzo).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Varland 6 6 3 3 1 8 83 4.50 Pagn, W, 1­0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 1.69 J.Lpez, H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 0.00 Duran, S, 4­5 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.38 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Cortes 7 5 2 2 0 7 93 2.60 Holmes, L, 0­1 1 2 2 2 1 0 17 5.40 Peralta 1 0 0 0 1 2 18 0.00 HBP—Cortes 2 (Jeffers,Castro). Umpires— Home, John Libka; First, Nate Tomlinson; Second, James Hoye; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T—2:11.

A—41,039 (47,309).

Orioles 6, White Sox 3 Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Mullins cf 3 1 1 1 2 1 .192 Rutschman c 2 0 1 3 3 0 .377 Mountcastle 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Santander dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Henderson ss­3b 3 1 0 0 2 3 .150 Hays lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .333 Frazier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .256 b­Mateo ph­ss 1 2 1 1 1 0 .306 Uras 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231 c­O’Hearn ph­rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .600 1­McKenna pr­rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Vavra rf­2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .250 Totals 32 6 7 6 9 10 Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Benintendi lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .264 Robert Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Jimnez dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .217 Burger 3b 2 1 1 1 0 1 .308 a­Sheets ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Alberto 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Grandal c 4 0 1 0 0 3 .262 Sosa 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Cols rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Andrus ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .173 Totals 32 3 6 3 4 9 Baltimore 000 000 420—6 7 0 Chicago 010 002 000—3 6 1 a­walked for Burger in the 6th. b­walked for Frazier in the 7th. c­flied out for Uras in the 7th.

1­ran for O’Hearn in the 8th.

E—Lambert (1). LOB—Baltimore 8, Chicago 6.

2B—Rutschman (2), Hays (6), Mateo (2), O’Hearn (1), Andrus 2 (3). HR—Burger (2), off Wells. RBIs— Mullins (10), Rutschman 3 (12), Mateo (9), O’Hearn (4), Burger (3), Benintendi (3), Jimnez (4). SB—Mullins (7), Mountcastle (2).

Runners left in scoring position—Baltimore 6 (Henderson 3, Vavra, Mountcastle, Santander); Chicago 2 (Sosa 2). RISP—Baltimore 4 for 15; Chi­ cago 2 for 5.

Runners moved up—Rutschman. GIDP—Vavra, Mountcastle, Robert Jr..

DP—Baltimore 1 (Vavra, Mountcastle); Chicago 2 (Andrus, Sosa, Vaughn; Sosa, Andrus, Vaughn).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wells 51 ⁄ 3 5 3 3 1 3 85 3.86 Baumann, W, 1­0 2⁄ 3 0 0 0 1 2 15 1.23 1 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 1 0 13 5.14 Prez, H, 3 Cano, H, 1 12⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 1 25 0.00 Bautista, S, 4­5 1 0 0 0 1 3 15 1.35 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Clevinger 6 1 0 0 5 5 92 2.20 1 Diekman, H, 2 ⁄ 3 0 2 2 2 1 13 10.50 2 Lpez, L, 0­1 ⁄ 3 2 2 2 1 0 19 8.53 Lambert 1 3 2 2 0 3 17 2.57 Santos 1 1 0 0 1 1 23 5.40 Inherited runners­scored—Baumann 2­0, Cano 2­0, Lpez 2­2. WP—Baumann. PB—Grandal

(1). Umpires—Home, Alex MacKay; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Brian Knight; Third, Alex Tosi.

T—2:58. A—18,941 (40,241).

Rangers 6, Astros 2 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Semien 2b 3 3 2 0 2 1 .236 J.Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .130 Lowe 1b 4 1 2 3 1 0 .278 Garca rf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .216 Jung 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .277 Heim c 5 0 2 0 0 2 .294 Miller dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Jankowski lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Taveras cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .143 Totals 37 6 11 6 4 11 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. McCormick cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 a­Meyers ph­cf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .158 Bregman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Alvarez lf 4 1 1 1 0 3 .295 J.Abreu 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Tucker rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Hensley dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .194 Pea ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .203 Dubn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Maldonado c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .219 Totals 32 2 6 2 4 8 Texas 102 020 001—6 11 0 Houston 001 010 000—2 6 0 a­struck out for McCormick in the 3rd.

LOB—Texas 9, Houston 7. 2B—Lowe (6), Garca (1), Semien (4), Maldonado (1). 3B—Jankowski (1). HR—Garca (3), off Garcia; Alvarez (4), off Prez; Maldonado (1), off Prez. RBIs—Lowe 3 (13), Garca 2 (13), Jung (6), Alvarez (17), Maldonado (3). S—J.Smith.

Runners left in scoring position—Texas 5 (Taveras 3, Jung, Heim); Houston 4 (Dubn, Maldo­ nado, J.Abreu, Alvarez). RISP—Texas 4 for 14; Houston 0 for 8.

Runners moved up—J.Smith, Miller, Hensley, Bregman.

DP—Texas 1 (Garca, J.Smith, Garca).

Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Perez, W, 2­1 5 5 2 2 4 4 90 2.87 Dunning, H, 2 12⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 1 25 0.00 W.Smith, H, 3 11 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 3 16 1.50 Leclerc 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Garcia, L, 0­2 5 6 5 5 2 7 91 7.71 Maton 1 1 0 0 0 1 18 0.00 Stanek 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 4.50 Martinez 1 2 0 0 0 1 24 6.43 Blanco 1 2 1 1 1 1 25 7.50 Inherited runners­scored—Dunning 1­0, W.Smith 1­0. Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz; First, Erich Bacchus; Second, Ryan Wills; Third, Mike Estabrook. T—2:46. A—39,343 (41,000).

INTERLEAGUE

Tigers 7, Giants 5 (11) San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Estrada lf 5 2 3 1 1 0 .370 Flores 1b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Yastrzemski cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .260 Davis 3b 3 1 2 3 1 1 .324 Ruf dh 5 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Villar 2b 5 1 0 0 0 1 .186 Crawford ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .205 Bart c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .364 c­Wade Jr. ph­rf 2 0 1 1 0 1 .267 Ramos rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 d­Conforto ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225 1­Sabol pr­c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Totals 43 5 11 5 3 13 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Vierling rf 6 2 2 0 0 3 .256 Nevin 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a­Maton ph­3b 3 1 1 3 1 0 .194 Greene cf 4 1 1 1 1 2 .231 Bez ss 3 1 2 2 2 0 .159 Haase lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .182 e­Baddoo ph­lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Torkelson 1b 4 0 0 1 0 3 .216 Cabrera dh 5 0 1 0 0 3 .207 2­Kreidler pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111 Schoop 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 b­McKinstry ph­2b 2 1 0 0 0 1 .174 J.Rogers c 4 0 1 0 1 2 .231 Totals 40 7 10 7 5 15 San Francisco 100 000 030 01 —5 11 0 Detroit 011 020 000 03 —7 10 1 Two outs when winning run scored. a­popped out for Nevin in the 5th. b­pinch hit for Schoop in the 8th. c­struck out for Bart in the 9th. d­walked for Ramos in the 9th. e­sacrificed for Haase in the 10th. 1­ran for Conforto in the 9th. 2­ran for Ca­ brera in the 11th.

E—Haase (3). LOB—San Francisco 11, Detroit 10. 2B—Estrada (3), Haase (2), Vierling (2), Bez (2), J.Rogers (2). 3B—Greene (2). HR—Estrada (3), off Wentz; Davis (3), off Englert; Maton (3), off Doval. RBIs—Estrada (6), Davis 3 (10), Wade Jr. (3), Torkelson (7), Greene (4), Bez 2 (3), Maton 3 (9). SB—Vierling (2), McKinstry (2). SF—Torkel­ son. S—Baddoo.

Runners left in scoring position—San Fran­ cisco 6 (Flores 4, Villar, Crawford); Detroit 6 (Ca­ brera, Torkelson 2, Vierling, Haase, Schoop).

RISP—San Francisco 4 for 15; Detroit 4 for 17.

Runners moved up—Greene. GIDP—Villar, Ramos, Schoop.

DP—San Francisco 1 (Davis, Villar, Flores); De­ troit 2 (Nevin, Schoop, Torkelson; Schoop, Torkel­ son).

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Manaea 31 ⁄ 3 4 2 2 1 4 82 4.76 Junis 3 5 2 2 3 4 69 2.70 2 Hjelle ⁄ 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 8.10 Ty.Rogers 1 0 0 0 1 3 18 0.00 S.Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 1.80 Doval, L, 0­2 12⁄ 3 1 3 2 0 3 21 6.35 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wentz 52⁄ 3 6 1 1 1 7 94 6.39 T.Alexander, H, 1 11 ⁄ 3 1 0 0 0 0 13 7.45 1 Hill, H, 1 ⁄ 3 1 2 2 1 0 19 10.29 Englert, BS, 0­1 22⁄ 3 1 1 1 1 5 46 6.30 Cisnero, W, 1­0 1 2 1 0 0 1 18 5.40 Inherited runners­scored—Hjelle 2­0, T.Alexander 1­0, Englert 2­2. HBP—Englert (Davis). WP—Hill. PB—Bart (1). Umpires—Home, Malachi Moore; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Stu Scheuwater. T—3:50.

A—15,289 (41,083).

Braves 10, Royals 3 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Acua Jr. rf 5 3 3 2 0 1 .390 Olson 1b 5 2 2 2 0 2 .304 Riley 3b 5 1 1 1 0 3 .327 Murphy c 4 1 2 3 1 2 .250 Rosario dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 .225 Albies 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Grissom ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Pillar lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Hilliard cf 2 2 1 1 2 1 .348 Totals 38 10 11 10 3 13 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Melendez rf 4 2 1 0 1 2 .196 Witt Jr. ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .269 Pasquantino 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Isbel cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .222 Olivares lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Massey 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .128 Reyes dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188 Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .185 a­Duffy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .389 Totals 33 3 7 2 2 9 Atlanta 430 012 000—10 11 2 Kansas City 100 110 000— 3 7 0 a­flied out for Lopez in the 9th.

E—Morton (1), Grissom (1). LOB—Atlanta 4, Kansas City 7. 2B—Rosario (3), Grissom (1), Mur­ phy (5), Melendez (4), Isbel (3). 3B—Olivares (1).

HR—Olson (5), off Singer; Riley (3), off Singer; Hilliard (1), off Singer; Murphy (2), off Singer; Acua Jr. (3), off Cuas. RBIs—Olson 2 (14), Riley (8), Grissom (1), Hilliard (2), Murphy 3 (9), Acua Jr. 2 (11), Massey (4), Isbel (2). SF—Massey.

Runners left in scoring position—Atlanta 2 (Al­ bies, Pillar); Kansas City 4 (Isbel 3, Massey).

RISP—Atlanta 2 for 7; Kansas City 2 for 11.

Runners moved up—Perez. GIDP—Olivares.

DP—Atlanta 1 (Riley, Olson).

Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Morton, W, 2­1 6 6 3 2 2 5 89 3.86 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0.00 Jimnez 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 3.60 Young 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 2.70 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Singer, L, 1­1 5 10 8 8 0 8 85 7.88 Cuas 1 1 2 2 1 2 25 6.14 Staumont 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0.00 Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 2 14 3.18 Hernndez 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 1.59 HBP—Morton (Isbel). Umpires—Home, Quinn Wolcott; First, Junior Valentine; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Manny Gonzalez. T—2:22.

A—20,186 (38,427).

Guardians 4, Nationals 3 Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kwan lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Rosario ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .207 J.Ramrez 3b 3 0 2 1 2 0 .315 Naylor 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Gimnez 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .291 Bell dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .140 1­Gonzalez pr­dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 Brennan rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Zunino c 2 0 0 0 2 2 .286 Straw cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Totals 33 4 7 3 6 6 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Call lf 5 0 1 2 0 2 .233 Smith 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Meneses dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Candelario 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .241 2­Chavis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Garca 2b 3 1 2 1 2 1 .226 Ruiz c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Thomas rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .315 Abrams ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .205 Robles cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .326 Totals 37 3 8 3 3 7 Cleveland 000 001 210—4 7 1 Washington 000 300 000—3 8 1 1­ran for Bell in the 8th. 2­ran for Candelario in the 9th.

E—J.Ramrez (2), Edwards Jr. (1). LOB—Cleve­ land 9, Nationals 11. 2B—Brennan (3), Rosario (2), Bell (2), Candelario (2). HR—Bell (1), off Harvey;

Garca (1), off Quantrill. RBIs—Bell (5), J.Ramrez (7), Brennan (6), Garca (4), Call 2 (9). SB—Thom­ as (2), Gimnez (4), Abrams 2 (3), Brennan (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Cleveland 5 (Brennan, Straw, Kwan, Naylor 2); Washington 6 (Smith, Ruiz, Garca, Robles 2, Call). RISP—Cleve­ land 1 for 10; Washington 2 for 11.

Runners moved up—Naylor, Brennan, Ruiz.

GIDP—Naylor.

DP—Washington 1 (Abrams, Smith).

Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Quantrill 6 6 3 3 2 3 104 5.74 Stephan, W, 1­0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16 1.12 Karinchak, H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 23 5.14 Clase, S, 4­5 1 1 0 0 0 1 18 3.38 Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Williams 5 4 1 1 2 2 95 3.52 Harvey, H, 4 12⁄ 3 2 2 2 2 3 31 3.52 Edwards Jr., L, 0­1 11 ⁄ 3 1 1 0 2 1 26 1.23 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Inherited runners­scored—Harvey 2­1, Ed­ wards Jr. 3­1. HBP—Williams (Gimnez), Karinchak (Abrams).

WP—Clase. Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendel­ stedt; First, John Tumpane; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, Marvin Hudson. T—2:41.

A—21,367 (41,376).

Mariners 5, Rockies 3 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Profar lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .195 Bryant rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .321 Blackmon dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .340 Cron 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Daz c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .357 McMahon 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Daza cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .288 Trejo 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .313 a­Moustakas ph­3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .136 Tovar ss 2 0 0 1 2 2 .200 Totals 33 3 7 3 4 8 Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Rodrguez cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .258 France 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .356 Surez 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .298 Hernndez rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .236 Pollock dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Kelenic lf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .366 Murphy c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .050 Haggerty 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .118 Wong 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Crawford ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .217 Totals 30 5 7 5 5 9 Colorado 100 002 000—3 7 0 Seattle 020 300 00x—5 7 0 a­pinch hit for Trejo in the 6th.

LOB—Colorado 7, Seattle 7. 2B—Kelenic (5), Rodrguez (5), France (7). HR—Bryant (1), off Milone; Kelenic (4), off Gomber. RBIs—Bryant (4), Daza (5), Tovar (4), Kelenic 2 (7), Rodrguez (5), France 2 (11). SB—Haggerty (3).

Runners left in scoring position—Colorado 3 (Daz, Profar 2); Seattle 3 (Hernndez, Surez, Rodr­ guez). RISP—Colorado 1 for 5; Seattle 3 for 8.

Runners moved up—Cron, Murphy. GIDP— Daza, Pollock.

DP—Colorado 1 (Tovar, McMahon, Cron); Seat­ tle 1 (Surez, Haggerty, France).

Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gomber, L, 0­3 32⁄ 3 6 5 5 4 2 86 8.16 Bird 21 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 1 5 45 7.27 Lamet 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 5.68 Hand 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 1.93 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Milone 42⁄ 3 3 1 1 2 3 82 1.93 2 Gott ⁄ 3 3 2 2 1 0 24 3.12 2 ⁄ 3 0 0 0 1 2 13 4.05 Brash, W, 1­1 Topa, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 Speier, H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Sewald, S, 3­3 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 3.38 Inherited runners­scored—Bird 2­0, Gott 1­0, Brash 3­1, Speier 1­0. HBP—Bird (France). Um­ pires—Home, Nick Mahrley; First, Adam Hamari; Second, Brock Ballou; Third, Jerry Layne. T—2:34.

A—32,698 (47,929).

MLB LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Arraez, Miami, .500; J.Rojas, Arizo­ na, .395; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, .390; Stott, Philadel­ phia, .383; Cooper, Miami, .370; Estrada, San Francisco, .370; Arenado, St. Louis, .357; E.Díaz, Colorado, .357; Swanson, Chicago, .356; Willi.Con­ treras, Milwaukee, .350.

RUNS—Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 13; Hoerner, Chi­ cago, 13; India, Cincinnati, 13; Yelich, Milwaukee, 13; Adames, Milwaukee, 12; Betts, Los Angeles, 12; Castellanos, Philadelphia, 12; Freeman, Los Ange­ les, 12; Alonso, New York, 11; B.Anderson, Milwau­ kee, 11; Muncy, Los Angeles, 11; Olson, Atlanta, 11.

RBI—Muncy, Los Angeles, 14; Reynolds, Pitts­ burgh, 14; Olson, Atlanta, 14; Bohm, Philadelphia, 13; Arenado, St. Louis, 13; Gorman, St. Louis, 12; W.Smith, Los Angeles, 12; Tellez, Milwaukee, 12; B.Anderson, Milwaukee, 12; Alonso, New York, 12.

HITS—Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 23; Arraez, Miami, 23; Stott, Philadelphia, 23; Arenado, St. Louis, 20; Turner, Philadelphia, 20; Bogaerts, San Diego, 19; Hoerner, Chicago, 18; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, 18; 9 tied at 17.

DOUBLES—Castellanos, Philadelphia, 9; J.Martinez, Los Angeles, 7; Happ, Chicago, 6; K.Marte, Arizona, 6; Betts, Los Angeles, 5; Gold­ schmidt, St. Louis, 5; Murphy, Atlanta, 5; Olson, Atlanta, 5; J.Rojas, Arizona, 5; C.Santana, Pitts­ burgh, 5; Soler, Miami, 5; Stott, Philadelphia, 5.

TRIPLES—Marsh, Philadelphia, 3; Outman, Los Angeles, 3; Abrams, Washington, 2; J.Martinez, Los Angeles, 2; Turner, Philadelphia, 2; 16 tied at 1.

HOME RUNS—Muncy, Los Angeles, 6; Alonso, New York, 6; Tellez, Milwaukee, 5; Reynolds, Pitts­ burgh, 5; Olson, Atlanta, 5; T.Thompson, Los Ange­ les, 4; Gorman, St. Louis, 4; Wisdom, Chicago, 4; Cron, Colorado, 4; Soler, Miami, 4; Grisham, San Diego, 4; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 4; Bogaerts, San Diego, 4.

STOLEN BASES—Hoerner, Chicago, 7; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 6; Carroll, Arizona, 6; Bae, Pittsburgh, 4; Berti, Miami, 4; S.Marte, New York, 4; 9 tied at 3.

PITCHING—J.Urías, Los Angeles, 3­0; Megill, New York, 3­0; 12 tied at 2­0.

ERA—DeSclafani, San Francisco, 0.73; Free­ land, Colorado, 0.96; Stroman, Chicago, 1.00; Steele, Chicago, 1.42; May, Los Angeles, 1.47; J.U­ rías, Los Angeles, 1.50; Flaherty, St. Louis, 1.76; Luzardo, Miami, 1.93; Ashcraft, Cincinnati, 2.08; Lodolo, Cincinnati, 2.12.

STRIKEOUTS—Lodolo, Cincinnati, 27; Strider, Atlanta, 27; Greene, Cincinnati, 23; Keller, Pitts­ burgh, 22; Webb, San Francisco, 22; Gallen, Arizo­ na, 21; Luzardo, Miami, 20; Stroman, Chicago, 20; J.Urías, Los Angeles, 20; Oviedo, Pittsburgh, 19; Steele, Chicago, 19.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—M.Chapman, Toronto, .460; Guer­ rero Jr., Toronto, .393; Bichette, Toronto, .391; Rutschman, Baltimore, .377; Kelenic, Seattle, .366; Seager, Texas, .359; France, Seattle, .356; Solano, Minnesota, .341; Urshela, Los Angeles, .341; Hays, Baltimore, .333.

RUNS—Giménez, Cleveland, 15; Devers, Bos­ ton, 13; Y.Díaz, Tampa Bay, 13; France, Seattle, 13; Hays, Baltimore, 13; B.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 13; Guer­ rero Jr., Toronto, 12; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 12; 7 tied at 11.

RBI—Mountcastle, Baltimore, 19; Alvarez, Houston, 17; Arozarena, Tampa Bay, 16; M.Chap­ man, Toronto, 15; Duvall, Boston, 14; Tucker, Hous­ ton, 13; A.García, Texas, 13; Devers, Boston, 13; N.Lowe, Texas, 13; B.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 12; Rutschman, Baltimore, 12; Franco, Tampa Bay, 12.

HITS—Bichette, Toronto, 25; M.Chapman, To­ ronto, 23; Guerrero Jr., Toronto, 22; France, Seat­ tle, 21; Rutschman, Baltimore, 20; Franco, Tampa Bay, 18; Robert Jr., Chicago, 18; Arozarena, Tampa Bay, 17; Hays, Baltimore, 17; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 17; Suárez, Seattle, 17; Verdugo, Boston, 17.

DOUBLES—M.Chapman, Toronto, 8; France, Seattle, 7; Franco, Tampa Bay, 7; Hays, Baltimore, 6; N.Lowe, Texas, 6; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 6; Vaughn, Chicago, 6; 8 tied at 5.

TRIPLES—Greene, Detroit, 2; 18 tied at 1.

HOME RUNS—Devers, Boston, 6; Mountcastle, Baltimore, 6; B.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 5; Judge, New York, 5; Robert Jr., Chicago, 5; 11 tied at 4.

STOLEN BASES—Mateo, Baltimore, 7; Mullins, Baltimore, 7; Straw, Cleveland, 6; Ti.Anderson, Chicago, 5; Torres, New York, 5; Witt Jr., Kansas City, 5; Giménez, Cleveland, 4; McCormick, Hous­ ton, 4; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 4; Ju.Rodríguez, Se­ attle, 4.

PITCHING—Cole, New York, 3­0; Ryan, Minne­ sota, 3­0; Gibson, Baltimore, 3­0; McClanahan, Tampa Bay, 3­0; 10 tied at 2­0.

ERA—Ohtani, Los Angeles, 0.47; S.Gray, Minne­ sota, 0.53; Springs, Tampa Bay, 0.56; L.Castillo, Seattle, 1.02; Sandoval, Los Angeles, 1.23; Gaus­ man, Toronto, 1.35; P.López, Minnesota, 1.35; Cole, New York, 1.40; McClanahan, Tampa Bay, 1.59; Cease, Chicago, 1.65.

STRIKEOUTS—deGrom, Texas, 27; P.López, Minnesota, 26; Ryan, Minnesota, 26; Gausman, Toronto, 25; Cease, Chicago, 24; Ohtani, Los Ange­ les, 24; Springs, Tampa Bay, 24; Cole, New York, 22; Lynn, Chicago, 21; McClanahan, Tampa Bay, 21.

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL April 15 1909 — Leon Ames of the New York Giants pitched a no­hitter for 91 ⁄ 3 innings on opening day, but lost 3­0 to Brooklyn in 13 innings.

1915 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no­hit the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning 2­0.

1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game, for the Dodgers. He went 0­for­3, but scored the deciding run in a 5­3 victory over the Boston Braves in Brooklyn. He was the first black to appear in the majors since 1884.

1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.

1958 — Major league baseball came to Cali­ fornia as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers played the first game on the Pacific Coast. Playing in Seals Stadium in San Francisco, Ruben Gomez blanked Los Angeles 8­0.

1968 — Houston and the New York Mets played 24 innings in a night game in the Astrodome be­ fore the Astros won 1­0. The game lasted more than six hours.

1976 — New York opened the refurbished Yan­ kee Stadium with an 11­4 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

1977 — Hank Aaron becomes the first player to have his uniform number retired by two teams.

The Atlanta Braves retire his No. 44 during a pre­ game ceremony. The Milwaukee Brewers had pre­ viously retired Aaron’s number.

SS

THE SAN DIEGO UNION­TRIBUNE

D5

BASEBALL

THE SERIES Brewers at Padres

GAME 3 of 4 1:05 p.m. today Brewers RHP Freddy Peralta 2­0, 0.75 ERA His only experience against the Padres was striking out nine over three relief appearances (52⁄ 3 IP) in 2019.

Padres RHP Seth Lugo 2­0, 1.38 ERA He has allowed one run in 13 innings against the Brewers, striking out 16 — all as a reliever with the Mets.

Brewers 11, Padres 2

PADRES REPORT

MUSGROVE EDGES CLOSER TO RETURN

BY JEFF SANDERS Before throwing 30 or so pitches in the bullpen before Friday’s game, Joe Mus­ grove cycled through pitch­ ers’ fielding practice, staged in lieu of on­field batting practice. Throw­overs to first and second base were an early focus — the Padres led the majors with 19 steals allowed entering the week­ end — but all of their pitch­ ers eventually rotated into fielding balls in front of the mound.

Musgrove’s actions were as conservative as you’d ex­ pect: We talking about prac­ tice. Not a game.

His manager, of course, wouldn’t mind at all if he was a bit more conservative dur­ ing his next rehab start than he was while attempting to field that comebacker last week with Triple­A El Paso.

To recap, the ball rico­ cheted off the 6­foot­5 Mus­ grove, back toward the first­ base line. Upon locating the ball, Musgrove darted toward it, barehanded it and

Sunday: Brewers LHP Wade Miley (1­1, 2.45 ERA) at Padres RHP Yu Darvish (0­1, 4.76), 1:10 p.m.

in one motion hurled it well over the first baseman as his momen­ tum carried him to the Joe ground and Musgrove onto his right shoulder.

Again, this was a rehab start.

“I told him that day: don’t be afraid to let that one go,” Bob Melvin said with a smile.

“But that’s just not who he is.

He plays a certain way and that’s how he’s going to play.

And your instincts take over and if you don’t play instinc­ tively, who knows, some­ thing else could happen.

That’s just kind of who he is.

“But trust me, it has come up.”

More than a week later, Musgrove — who’s certainly made it a goal to win a Gold Glove — was smiling while explaining how “close it was to being a great play.”

“I’ve made plays like that in my career before,” he said.

“I’m very confident in my

ability to field my position. I don’t feel I was being outra­ geous by the play I tried to make. It was a little reckless with the style, with how I fin­ ished, but that’s just kind of the style I play. I wasn’t going out there trying to avoid in­ jury.”

No, he was building up toward returning to the rota­ tion after his fractured toe set him back this spring. The ensuing shoulder discom­ fort, though, has at least complicated his return.

Musgrove required a corti­ sone shot three days after the play. An MRI did not re­ veal any structural damage to his shoulder capsule.

“I didn’t feel the same as the next day,” Musgrove said. “When it happened ... I thought I pinched my pec.

My pec felt super tight. I was able to finish the outing and throw, but the next day was significantly different.”

Musgrove threw Friday’s bullpen in the same­size shoes, too, because the toe is no longer an issue, he said.

The team’s decision­makers

will huddle with him today before determining if he’ll be able to get into another re­ hab game, perhaps as soon as Sunday or Tuesday. That would seemingly push his re­ turn to the Diamondbacks series April 20­23 in Phoenix at the earliest.

Triple­A El Paso will fin­ ish its homestand on Sun­ day, while low Single­A Lake Elsinore begins a home­ stand on Tuesday.

“I feel pretty good,” Mus­ grove said after Friday’s bullpen. “We’re going day by day, so we’ll see how I re­ spond (Saturday).”

Notable Perhaps Musgrove has company if his next rehab start is Tuesday in Lake El­ sinore. Fernando Tatis Jr. is expected to return to San Di­ ego on Monday, to be in and around the team ahead of his expected activation from the suspended list on Thurs­ day in Phoenix. No decision has been made, but the Pa­ dres could put together a simulated game on Tuesday

or Wednesday or they could send Tatis to Lake Elsinore to give him at­bats to make sure he stays on time at the plate. It would be Tatis’ first appearance with the Storm, as he jumped from low Sin­ gle­A To Double­A while on the fast track to San Diego.

Tatis had the day off on Fri­ day in El Paso.

• Friday was Jake Cro­ nenworth’s first day off of the season. He’s hitting .196 and went 0­for­4 with two strikeouts on Thursday, an inning­ending, double­play ball in the seventh and a tap­ per to shortstop in the 10th inning. With a left­hander on the mound in former Padre Eric Lauer, Brandon Dixon started at first base, Ha­ Seong Kim at second, Jose Azocar in right and Nelson Cruz at DH. “He didn’t get one on the trip, not even half of a day (off),” Melvin said.

“We’re also trying to get a couple more righties today and the timing of it is prob­ ably good.”

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Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Yelich lf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .241 Adames ss 3 3 2 1 2 0 .280 Contreras c 3 1 1 0 2 0 .350 Tellez dh 5 2 2 4 0 1 .214 Anderson rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .295 Voit 1b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .276 Brosseau 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .280 Miller 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .286 Wiemer cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .195 Totals 40 11 15 11 5 4 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Machado 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .259 Odor 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .143 Soto lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .189 Cruz dh­1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .303 Kim 2b­3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Campusano c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .238 Dixon 1b­p 4 0 0 0 0 4 .100 Grisham cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Azocar rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .292 Totals 34 2 9 2 2 7 Milwaukee 410 023 010—11 15 0 San Diego 000 010 010— 2 9 1 E—Machado (1). LOB—Milwaukee 7, San Diego 7. 2B—Yelich (2), Adames (2), Anderson 2 (3), Brosseau (2), Miller (1), Azocar (2), Grisham (3), Cruz (3). HR—Yelich (2), off Wacha; Tellez (4), off Wacha; Tellez (5), off Crismatt; Campusano (1), off Lauer. RBIs—Adames (9), Anderson 2 (12), Voit 2 (2), Brosseau (6), Yelich (5), Tellez 4 (12), Campu­ sano (2), Odor (2). SB—Miller (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Milwaukee 5 (Voit, Miller, Yelich 2, Adames); San Diego 4 (Bo­ gaerts 2, Kim 2). RISP—Milwaukee 5 for 15; San Diego 1 for 10. Runners moved up—Tellez, Ander­ son. LIDP—Kim. GIDP—Brosseau, Soto. DP—Mil­ waukee 2 (Miller, Adames, Miller; Adames, Voit, Miller, Voit); San Diego 1 (Machado, Kim, Dixon).

Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Lauer, W, 2­1 6 5 1 1 2 5 94 5.28 B.Wilson, S, 2­2 3 4 1 1 0 2 50 1.00 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wacha, L, 2­1 41 ⁄ 3 11 7 7 1 3 93 6.06 Crismatt 22⁄ 3 4 3 3 2 1 60 10.12 Tapia 1 0 1 1 2 0 26 4.91 Dixon 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Inherited runners­scored—Crismatt 1­1. WP— Wacha. Umpires—Home, Shane Livensparger; First, Dan Bellino; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Mark Ripperger. T—2:42. A—43,822 (40,222).

How they scored Brewers first. Christian Yelich doubles to left field. Willy Adames doubles to deep right center field. Christian Yelich scores. William Contreras grounds out to third base, Manny Machado to Brandon Dixon. Rowdy Tellez flies out to left field to Juan Soto. Brian Anderson doubles to left field.

Willy Adames scores. Luke Voit singles to right center field. Brian Anderson scores. Mike Brosseau doubles to deep left field. Luke Voit scores. Owen Miller strikes out swinging. Brewers 4, Padres 0.

Brewers second. Joey Wiemer grounds out to third base, Manny Machado to Brandon Dixon.

Christian Yelich homers to right field. Willy Ad­ ames singles to left center field, tagged out at sec­ ond, Juan Soto to Ha­Seong Kim. William Contr­ eras walks. Rowdy Tellez strikes out swinging.

Brewers 5, Padres 0.

Brewers fifth. William Contreras flies out to shallow right field to Jose Azocar. Rowdy Tellez ho­ mers to right field. Brian Anderson doubles to deep center field. Luke Voit singles to center field.

Brian Anderson scores. Mike Brosseau reaches on a fielder’s choice to shallow infield. Luke Voit out at second. Owen Miller singles to shallow infield.

Mike Brosseau to third. Throwing error by Manny Machado. Joey Wiemer walks. Christian Yelich grounds out to first base, Brandon Dixon to Nabil Crismatt. Brewers 7, Padres 0.

Padres fifth. Luis Campusano homers to left field. Brandon Dixon called out on strikes. Trent Grisham doubles to left field. Jose Azocar flies out to right field to Brian Anderson. Xander Bogaerts grounds out to shortstop, Mike Brosseau to Luke Voit. Brewers 7, Padres 1.

Brewers sixth. Willy Adames walks. William Contreras singles to shallow infield. Willy Adames to second. Rowdy Tellez homers to right field.

William Contreras scores. Willy Adames scores.

Brian Anderson lines out to right field to Jose Azo­ car. Luke Voit called out on strikes. Mike Brosseau grounds out to shallow infield, Ha­Seong Kim to Brandon Dixon. Brewers 10, Padres 1.

Brewers eighth. Willy Adames walks. William Contreras walks. Willy Adames to second. Rowdy Tellez grounds out to first base, Rougned Odor to Brandon Dixon. William Contreras to second. Willy Adames to third. Brian Anderson grounds out to shortstop, Ha­Seong Kim to Brandon Dixon. Willy Adames scores. Luke Voit flies out to right field to Jose Azocar. Brewers 11, Padres 1.

Padres eighth. Jose Azocar singles to c. field.

Xander Bogaerts singles to right field. Jose Azocar to second. Rougned Odor singles to center field.

Xander Bogaerts to second. Jose Azocar scores.

Juan Soto flies out to deep center field to Joey Wiemer. Nelson Cruz lines out to left field to Chris­ tian Yelich. Ha­Seong Kim pops out to shallow left field to Willy Adames. Brewers 11, Padres 2.

THURSDAY’S LATE SUMMARY

Brewers 4, Padres 3 (10)

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Padres’ Manny Machado (13) chases Brewers’ Owen Miller in a fourth inning rundown. Miller was later tagged out by Brandon Dixon.

PADRES FROM D1 dres manager Bob Melvin.

“It’s a hot team, a really hot team. They’re swinging good, they’re pitching good.

They’re doing everything right and the balls he threw over the plate, they made him for for it. ... It gets you on the run a little bit.”

Christian Yelich began the ambush with a 103­mph dou­ ble into the left­field corner.

Willy Adames followed with a 101­mph double to right­cen­ ter and Brian Anderson yanked a 106­mph double back into the left field corner.

Luke Voit’s broken­bat single to right was much, much softer, at 84 mph, but he scored from first when Mike

Brosseau pulled a 93­mph ball again in the left­field cor­ ner for a 4­0 lead.

By then, pitching coach Ruben Niebla had already visited and Nabil Crismatt was warming in a hurry in quite the scene shift.

“Whenever I did make my pitch, they were able to take good swings on them,” Wacha said. “Whenever I did leave a mistake over the middle, they hit those as well. I don’t know if it’s predictability or just tip­ ping or just too many balls over the plate. I have some stuff to work on.”

Wacha had tied a career high with 10 punchouts over six shutout innings in his last start and was hunting a third straight win to begin his Pa­ dres tenure.

But the Brewers weren’t

done, as Yelich’s 103­mph ho­ mer with one out in the sec­ ond extended the lead to 5­0 before left­hander Eric Lauer surrendered his first hit. In fact, the Brewers had eight hits before Jose Aozcar’s two­ out double in the third, a run­ ner immediately stranded as Bogaerts’ punchout.

At least there was a moral victory that should save the bullpen a bit: Crismatt did not have to enter the game until the fifth, after Rowdy Tellez’s 104 mph homer to right and Brian Anderson’s double off Trent Grisham’s glove in center finally prompted Melvin to pull Wacha against the backdrop of mild booing.

Voit’s third hit of the game scored Anderson and closed the book on Wacha’s line: sev­

en runs on 11 hits and a walk in 41⁄ 3 innings.

The eight extra­base hits set a new career­high, one­ upping a start last year against the Orioles.

The Brewers loaded the bases off Crismatt before he got out of the fifth, but the boos were full­throated by the time Tellez’s second homer landed in the sixth, a three­ run shot that opened up a 10­1 lead.

By then, the Brewers had amassed 15 hits.

The Padres’ star­studded lineup?

Just three, a double from one of their one of their fill­in right fielders while awaiting Tatis’ return, Luis Campu­ sano’s first homer of the sea­ son and a double from Grish­ am.

Like Thursday starter Colin Rea, Lauer had been dealt out of San Diego as A.J. Preller built this team.

Traded with Luis Urias to the Brewers in the deal that netted Grisham and Zach Davies before the 2020 sea­ son, Lauer had allowed two earned runs over his first two starts (12 IP) against his for­ mer team, evening homering off old friend Chris Paddack in 2021.

Lauer retired the first eight hitters he faced, stranded Azocar’s double with a punchout and escaped his biggest threat with a punchout of Nelson Cruz and a double­play on a lineout from Ha­Seong Kim in the fourth inning.

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MLB REPORT

Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Yelich lf 4 2 0 0 1 0 .226 Adames ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 .255 Tellez 1b 3 1 2 3 1 0 .189 Contreras c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .351 Mitchell cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Anderson rf­3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Voit dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Turang 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 b­Miller ph­2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Brosseau 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Wiemer rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Totals 35 4 6 4 5 5 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Grisham cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .200 Machado 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .250 Soto lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Bogaerts ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .340 Cruz dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .310 1­Dixon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Cronenworth 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .196 Kim 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Odor rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Azocar rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Nola c 1 0 0 0 1 1 .100 a­Carpenter ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 Campusano c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Totals 34 3 6 3 2 13 Milwaukee 200 010 000 1 —4 6 0 San Diego 100 000 020 0 —3 6 0 a­walked for Nola in the 8th. b­flied out for Tu­ rang in the 9th. 1­ran for Cruz in the 10th.

LOB—Milwaukee 8, Padres 4. HR—Tellez (3), off Martinez; Brosseau (2), off Martinez; Machado (1), off Rea; Grisham (4), off Bush. RBIs—Tellez 3 (8), Brosseau (5), Machado (6), Grisham 2 (5).

SB—Adames 2 (2), Yelich (2). SF—Tellez.

Runners left in scoring position—Milwaukee 4 (Mitchell 3, Voit); San Diego 1 (Campusano).

RISP—Milwaukee 0 for 6; San Diego 0 for 3.

GIDP—Machado, Cronenworth. DP—Milwaukee 2 (Adames, Turang, Tellez; Turang, Adames, Tellez).

Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rea 52⁄ 3 2 1 1 1 6 83 1.59 Strzelecki, H, 2 11 ⁄ 3 2 0 0 0 1 22 0.00 Bush, BS, 0­1 1 1 2 2 1 2 27 3.86 Williams, W, 2­0 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 0.00 Payamps, S, 1­1 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 3.38 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Martinez 6 5 3 3 3 2 92 5.60 S.Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.08 Hill 1 1 0 0 1 1 30 2.70 Hader 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.50 Garca, L, 0­2 1 0 1 0 1 1 16 6.75 Umpires—Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Shane Livensparger; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Phil Cuzzi. T—2:51. A—43,296 (40,222).

RAYS’ REMARKABLE START FINALLY DEALT A LOSS How they scored ASSOCIATED PRESS Waiting two weeks to ex­ perience their first loss of the season didn’t make defeat any easier for the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays lost their first game following a record­ty­ ing 13­0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases­loaded walks and sec­ ond baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four­run fifth inning that lifted the Blue Jays to a 6­3 win on Friday night in To­ ronto.

“Losing always sucks,” Lowe said. “There’s no loss that feels any worse or any better than any other ones.

Blue Jays 6, Rays 3 You kind of put them all in the same kind of category, you know? Every win is great. Every loss is terrible.”

George Springer hit a leadoff home run and Bo Bichette had five hits and an RBI as the Blue Jays denied Tampa Bay’s bid to estab­ lish Major League Baseball’s post­1900 record for con­ secutive wins at a season’s start.

“Not much went our way tonight,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.

Tampa Bay’s 13­0 record matched the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee

Brewers, trailing only the 20­0 start by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association.

The Rays went unbeaten in 13 games against Detroit, Washington, Oakland, and Boston. Those four teams are currently in last place in their divisions.

Toronto, the first Rays opponent this season with a winning record, has won eight of 10.

Tampa Bay trailed at the end of an inning just six times entering Friday.

Against the Blue Jays they trailed after all nine.

Springer homered on the night’s second pitch from Drew Rasmussen (2­1), who

pitched 13 innings in his first two starts. Springer’s 53rd leadoff homer tied Craig Big­ gio for third, behind Rickey Henderson’s 81 and Alfonso Soriano’s 54.

Bichette had an RBI dou­ ble in the second for a 2­0 lead and his 500th hit. He reached the mark in his 407th game, 25 games quicker than the previous Blue Jays mark shared by Vernon Wells and Shannon Stewart.

Notable Umpire Larry Vanover was released from the hospi­ tal Friday, two days after be­ ing hit in the head with a re­ lay throw.

Vanover was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic af­ ter being under care for two nights and will remain off the field until he’s cleared by MLB’s medical personnel.

The 67­year­old was struck on the left side of his head in the fifth inning Wednesday by a throw from Guardians All­Star second baseman Andres Gimenez, who was firing toward home plate on the play. Gimenez was less than 50 feet away.

• The White Sox placed third baseman Yoan Mon­ cada on the 10­day injured list with lower back soreness on Friday and reinstated outfielder Eloy Jimenez from the IL.

Brewers first. Christian Yelich walks. Willy Ad­ ames pops out to Jake Cronenworth. Rowdy Tellez homers to right field. Christian Yelich scores.

William Contreras flies out to deep right center field to Trent Grisham. Garrett Mitchell strikes out swinging. Brewers 2, Padres 0.

Padres first. Trent Grisham grounds out to sec­ ond base, Rowdy Tellez to Colin Rea. Manny Machado homers to right field. Juan Soto grounds out to shallow infield to Colin Rea. Xander Bo­ gaerts singles to right field. Nelson Cruz flies out to center field to Garrett Mitchell. Brewers 2, Pa­ dres 1.

Brewers fifth. Mike Brosseau homers to center field. Christian Yelich grounds out to shallow in­ field, Nick Martinez to Jake Cronenworth. Willy Adames lines out to center field to Trent Grisham.

Rowdy Tellez singles to center field. William Contr­ eras singles to center field. Rowdy Tellez to sec­ ond. Garrett Mitchell grounds out to second base, Ha­Seong Kim to Jake Cronenworth. Brewers 3, Padres 1.

Padres eighth. Ha­Seong Kim grounds out to third base, Brian Anderson to Rowdy Tellez.

Rougned Odor strikes out swinging. Matt Car­ penter pinch­hitting for Austin Nola. Matt Car­ penter walks. Trent Grisham homers to right field.

Matt Carpenter scores. Manny Machado strikes out swinging. Brewers 3, Padres 3.

Brewers tenth. Willy Adames walks. Rowdy Tellez out on a sacrifice fly to right field to Jose Azocar. Willy Adames to third. Christian Yelich scores. William Contreras strikes out swinging.

Garrett Mitchell grounds out to second base, Ha­ Seong Kim to Jake Cronenworth. Brewers 4, Pa­ dres 3.

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GOLF REPORT

DIGEST

SONICS STAR KEMP BACK FROM HEALTH ISSUES, FORMER CHARGED IN SHOOTING WALKER LEADS AT HERITAGE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jimmy Walker was feeling like his old self after his second straight 6­under 65 on Friday — and so was Masters champion Jon Rahm half­ way through the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island, S.C. Walker had his third straight round in the 60s overall to post a two­day total of 12­under 130 at Harbour Town, three shots better than Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele.

Rahm, who won at Augusta Na­ tional last week — his second career major championship and his fourth PGA Tour win this season — recovered from his opening 1­over 72 on Thursday with a 64 to move to 6­under.

Walker will try to maintain his strong play, something he’s strug­ gled with since stepping away from the game amid a lengthy battle with Lyme disease.

“I haven’t put two really good rounds together back­to­back out here,” said Walker, who has missed eight cuts in his past 12 events.

He’ll need to do it against a ma­ jor­quality field with seven of the world’s top 10 players competing for their share of a $20 million purse at the tour’s sixth designated event of the season.

Scheffler, No. 2 in the world, shot 65, Schauffele 66 and Rose 67 to reach 9­under. The trio all reached milestones in this event with Rose making his 400th tour start, Schauffele his 150th and Scheffler his 100th.

Patrick Cantlay, who lost in a playoff to Jordan Spieth a year ago at Harbour Town, was in a group of four another shot back. Cantlay’s round of 65 included a hole­in­one (his third career ace on tour) on the par­3 seventh.

Walker has won six times on tour, the last in 2016 at the PGA Championship, his only major championship and the culmination of a rise to become one of the top Americans in golf. In the fall of that year, he went on a hunting trip in

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Tournament leader Jimmy Walker hits a tee shot during second round of RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Friday. south Texas and fell ill afterward.

He was diagnosed with Lyme dis­ ease the following spring and bat­ tled its effects for years. When he stepped away from the tour last year, he wasn’t sure he would ever return.

But the start of the LIV Golf cir­ cuit, and those PGA Tour players who gave up membership, moved Walker into the top 50 all­time mon­ ey winners. That meant a one­time exemption to play on tour this year.

Walker wasn’t sure it was the right move, but supported by his family, he decided to come back.

His return hasn’t been easy, but so far, it’s been a different story at Hilton Head.

Never the straightest driver, Walker has so far kept his ball in play at tight, tree­lined Harbour Town and made enough putts to move in front.

That was the case Friday as he made seven birdies, none from shorter than 7 feet. His most un­ likely one came at the par­3 14th when he holed a putt of roughly 50 feet from off the green.

Walker hopes he can call on what’s worked so far on the week­ end. The most difficult part, he said, is the inconsistency of how he

feels.

“Since getting sick, mentally and physically feel different damn near every day, and that’s been the hardest part,” he said. “The things that work on one day, I can’t feel it the next day.”

Sung leads in Honolulu Yu Jin Sung shot a 1­under 71 at windy Hoakalei Country Club in Honolulu to take a one­stroke lead into the final round of the LOTTE Championship.

Playing on a sponsor invite after winning the 2022 LOTTE Open on the Korean LPGA, the South Kore­ an is competing in her third LPGA Tour event.

Georgia Hall, Linnea Strom and tour rookie Grace Kim were tied for second, with 13 players within three strokes of each other at the top of the leaderboard.

McIlroy gives up $3M Rory McIlroy withdrawing from the RBC Heritage this week means he will forfeit $3 million from his Player Impact Program bonus.

The PGA Tour confirmed McIlroy, who received $9 million of his po­ tential $12 million bonus in Janu­ ary, will not be getting the balance.

Prosecutors in Washington state charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp on Friday with first­degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cellphone, say­ ing that in a text message just before the shooting, Kemp wrote, “I’m about to shoot this (expletive).”

Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma Mall on March 8. No one was injured, and Kemp’s lawyers have insisted he re­ turned fire in self defense after track­ ing and trying to retrieve a cellphone that had been stolen from him earli­ er that day.

In a written statement sent by defense attorney Tim Leary on Fri­ day, Kemp’s legal team said he would plead not guilty: “He is confi­ dent that once the jury hears from the witnesses and sees the evidence at trial, they will conclude that he was justified in defending himself that afternoon.”

A probable cause statement by Tacoma police, filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, did not indicate Kemp was shot at. It said some of his statements were not corroborated by surveillance video, and that the text message sent just 13 minutes before he arrived at the mall showed his intent.

The document said Kemp told police that after being shot at he went back to his own vehicle, parked several spots away, to get his own gun. But the video showed that he was armed with the weapon when he approached the parked Toyota 4Runner where he had tracked his phone.

According to the statement, Kemp tracked his phone to a Toyota 4Runner sport­utility vehicle that was parked near a JCPenney de­ partment store. He parked his own car, a Porsche, several spots away, grabbed a handgun out of a back­ pack and approached the 4Runner, the statement said.

The statement said he fired three times into the Toyota and then threw his gun into some bushes. The driver of the 4Runner appeared to duck one of the shots and eventually drove off, it said. Only about five minutes elapsed from the time

Kemp arrived until the time the 4Runner left.

Kemp is due to be arraigned May 4.

Kemp, who has two licensed can­ nabis stores in Seattle, was a six­ time NBA all­star and played for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1989 to 1997. He also played for Cleveland, Portland and Orlando.

Tennis San Diegan Taylor Fritz upset two­time defending champion Stef­ anos Tsitsipas 6­2, 6­4 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals.

The second­seeded Tsitsipas was followed out of the tournament by third­seeded Daniil Medvedev, who lost 6­3, 6­4 to sixth­seeded Holger Rune of Denmark.

• Coco Gauff enjoyed playing in front of family and friends in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in her home­ town of Daytona Beach, Fla., team­ ing with Jessica Pegula — who also lives nearby — to give the United States a 2­0 lead over Austria.

NHL The Pittsburgh Penguins fired General Manager Ron Hextall, Di­ rector of Hockey Operations Brian Burke and Assistant General Man­ ager Chris Pryorafter the club failed to reach the playoffs for the first time in 17 years.

• The Washington Capitals and coach Peter Laviolette have de­ cided to part ways after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade.

Locally The Colorado Eagles jumped out to an early lead and defeated the visiting San Diego Gulls 4­1 in AHL action Friday. Bryce Kindoff scored the only goal for the Gulls.

Local colleges T.J. Fondtain struck out six in 72⁄ 3 innings, and his San Diego State (13­17, 8­3 MW) teammates pounded out 12 hits in a 4­3, 10­inning Moun­ tain West victory at Fresno State (15­ 17, 7­8). Charlie Rhee singled in Cole Carrigg for the winning run.

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S CO R E BOA R D BASKETBALL NBA Play­In Glance Second Round Friday’s Results Eastern Conference Miami 102, Chicago 91 Western Conference Minnesota 120, Oklahoma City 95 NBA Playoff Glance First Round (Best­of­7; x­if necessary) Eastern Conference Milwaukee vs. Miami Sunday: Miami at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Miami at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Sat., April 22: Milwaukee at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Mon., April 24: Milwaukee at Miami, TBA x­Wed., April 26: Miami at Milwaukee, TBA x­Fri., April 28: Milwaukee at Miami, TBA x­Sun., April 30: Miami at Milwaukee, TBA Boston vs. Atlanta Today: at Boston, 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday: at Boston, 4 p.m.

Friday: at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Sun., April 23: at Atlanta, 4 p.m. x­Tue., April 25: at Boston, TBA x­Thu., April 27: at Atlanta, TBA x­Sat., April 29: at Boston, TBA Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Today: at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Monday: at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday: at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Sat., April 22: at Brooklyn, 10 a.m. x­Mon., April 24: at Philadelphia, TBA x­Thu., April 27: at Brooklyn, TBA x­Sat., April 29: at Philadelphia, TBA Cleveland vs. New York Today: at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Tuesday: at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Friday: at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Sun., April 23: at New York, 10 a.m. x­Wed., April 26: at Cleveland, TBA x­Fri., April 28: at New York, TBA x­Sun., April 30: at Cleveland, TBA Western Conference Sacramento vs. Golden State Today: at Sacramento, 5:30 p.m.

Monday: Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Thursday: Sacramento at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Sun., April 23: Sacramento at Golden State, 12:30 p.m. x­Wed., April 26: Golden State at Sacramento, TBA x­Fri., April 28: Sacramento at Golden State, TBA x­Sun., April 30: Golden State at Sacramento, TBA Denver vs. Minnesota Sunday: at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Minnesota at Denver, 7 p.m.

Friday: Denver at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Sun., April 23: Denver at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. x­Tue., April 25: Minnesota at Denver, TBA x­Thu., April 27: Denver at Minnesota, TBA x­Sat., April 29: Minnesota at Denver, TBA Phoenix vs. L.A. Clippers Sunday: at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

Tuesday: at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Thursday: at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., April 22: at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. x­Tue., April 25: at Phoenix, TBA x­Thu., April 27: at L.A. Clippers, TBA x­Sat., April 29: at Phoenix, TBA Memphis vs. L.A. Lakers Sunday: at Memphis, noon Wednesday: at Memphis, 4:30 p.m.

Sat., April 22: at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.

Mon., April 24: at L.A. Lakers, TBA x­Wed., April 26: at Memphis, TBA x­Fri., April 28: at L.A. Lakers, TBA x­Sun., April 30: at Memphis, TBA HOCKEY AHL Standings Western Conference Pacific Division

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x­Calgary 50 17 4 104 253 172 x­Coachella Valley 48 16 7 103 255 190 x­Colorado 39 22 10 88 207 186 x­Abbotsford 40 24 7 87 227 200 Bakersfield 36 31 4 76 208 210 Ontario 34 31 6 74 205 207 Tucson 30 32 9 69 217 241 San Jose 30 34 7 67 201 247 Henderson 28 38 5 61 197 220 GULLS 20 48 3 43 179 278 Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Top four teams in each division advance to playoffs. x­clinched playoff spot Friday’s Results Bridgeport 5, Hershey 1 Hartford 4, WB/Scranton 0 Laval 4, Syracuse 3 Rockford 2, Grand Rapids 1 Utica 2, Cleveland 1 Belleville 7, Rochester 4 Charlotte 5, Lehigh Valley 2 Springfield 7, Providence 2 Chicago 5, Milwaukee 4, OT Colorado 4, GULLS 1 San Jose 4, Tucson 3 Abbotsford 4, Calgary 1 Bakersfield 3, Coachella Valley 0 Henderson 5, Ontario 2 Today’s Games Belleville at Toronto, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Rochester, 2:05 p.m.

Charlotte at WB/Scranton, 3:05 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at Hershey, 4 p.m.

Utica at Syracuse, 4 p.m.

Bridgeport at Providence, 4:05 p.m.

Hartford at Springfield, 4:05 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Iowa at Texas, 5 p.m.

Manitoba at Rockford, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Tucson, 6 p.m.

GULLS at Colorado, 6:05 p.m.

Calgary at Abbotsford, 7 p.m.

Coachella Valley at Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

Ontario at Henderson, 7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL Baseball Friday’s Results La Jolla Country Day 5, Santa Fe Christian 1 Tri­City Christian 8, Rock Academy 6 Bonita Vista 10, Olympian 3 El Camino 6, Mission Vista 1 Poway 10, San Marcos 4 Borrego Springs 18, Julian 1 Mar Vista 6, SD Southwest 1 Montgomery 8, Otay Ranch 4 Steele Canyon 2, Granite Hills 1 Santana 3, Helix 1 Coastal Academy 11, Escondido Charter 8 Monte Vista 12, Mount Miguel 4 El Capitan 1, Valhalla 0

SOCCER International Results (Home teams listed first) France Ligue 1 Toulouse 1, Lyon 2 Spain La Liga Rayo Vallecano 2, Osasuna 1 Italy Serie A Cremonese 1, Empoli 0 Spezia 0, Lazio 3 Germany Bundesliga Schalke 5, Hertha Berlin 2 MLS Standings

Western

W

L

T Pts GF GA

Seattle Saint Louis City Los Angeles FC FC Dallas Minnesota United San Jose Vancouver Houston Austin FC Real Salt Lake Colorado Portland LA Galaxy Sporting K.C.

5 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0

1 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4

1 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 3 2 3 3

Eastern

W

L

T Pts GF GA

15 15 12 9 7 7 11 8 6 6 3 6 3 2

3 8 3 7 5 8 7 7 10 14 8 12 9 8

Cincinnati 5 0 2 17 9 4 New England 5 1 1 16 12 6 Atlanta 4 1 2 14 14 10 Columbus 4 2 1 13 17 8 Nashville 3 2 2 11 6 2 Chicago 2 1 3 9 9 8 New York City FC 2 2 3 9 7 8 Orlando City 2 2 2 8 5 6 Toronto FC 1 1 5 8 8 7 Philadelphia 2 4 1 7 8 9 New York 1 2 4 7 5 6 Inter Miami CF 2 5 0 6 6 8 D.C. United 1 4 2 5 7 12 Charlotte FC 1 4 2 5 7 14 CF Montréal 1 5 0 3 3 16 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today’s Matches Colorado at Charlotte FC, 4:30 p.m.

New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at CF Montréal, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Nashville at New York City FC, 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Austin FC, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando City at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at Saint Louis City SC, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Match Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy, 1:30 p.m.

USL Championship East W Charleston 3 Birmingham 3 Louisville 3 Pittsburgh 1 Tulsa 1 Tampa Bay 1 Indy 1 Loudoun 1 Detroit City 1 Miami 0 Hartford 0

L 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 2 3

T 2 1 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 3 2

Pts 11 10 9 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2

GF 10 8 5 5 9 5 2 4 3 3 7

NWSL

W L T Pts GF GA Portland 2 0 1 7 9 2 WAVE 2 0 0 6 6 3 Houston 1 0 2 5 3 2 Washington 1 0 1 4 3 2 Angel City 1 1 0 3 3 3 OL Reign 1 1 0 3 2 1 Gotham FC 1 1 0 3 2 3 N. Carolina 1 1 0 3 2 3 Louisville 0 0 2 2 2 2 Chicago 0 2 0 0 3 5 Kansas City 0 2 0 0 1 5 Orlando 0 2 0 0 1 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday’s Result Houston 1, Portland 1, tie Today’s Matches Washington at North Carolina, 4 p.m.

Gotham FC at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Louisville at Angel City, 7 p.m.

WAVE at OL Reign, 7 p.m.

Softball Friday’s Results Coastal Academy 14, St. Joseph 4 San Marcos 10, El Capitan 5 Poway 5, La Costa Canyon 0 Bonsall 1, Borrego Springs 0 Holtville 5, Mira Mesa 2 Fallbrook 7, Vista 5 Foothills Christian 13, Classical Academy 3 San Diego 7, High Tech SD 0 Morse 8, La Jolla 7 Mission Vista 13, Canyon Crest 3 Santana 15, West Hills 2

16 15 14 11 11 11 9 9 7 6 6 5 3 3

Memphis 0 2 1 1 3 7 West W L T Pts GF GA San Antonio 3 0 2 11 7 3 Sacramento 3 0 2 11 8 1 Colo. Springs 3 1 1 10 5 3 LOYAL 3 1 1 10 8 4 Oakland 2 1 1 7 6 4 Mont. Bay 2 2 1 7 11 9 El Paso 2 3 1 7 8 8 R.G. Valley 1 0 3 6 4 3 Phoenix 1 1 2 5 5 7 New Mexico 1 2 0 3 3 5 Las Vegas 0 0 3 3 3 3 O.C. 0 2 3 3 5 8 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today’s Matches Charleston at Tulsa, 3 p.m.

Birmingham at Loudoun, 3 p.m.

Rio Grande Valley at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Detroit City FC at Miami, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Louisville, 4:30 p.m.

Las Vegas at Memphis, 5 p.m.

LOYAL at New Mexico, 6 p.m.

Hartford at Oakland, 7 p.m.

Indy at Orange County, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Monterey Bay FC at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.

GA 5 5 9 4 8 9 4 6 5 6 11

TENNIS ATP Monte­Carlo Rolex Masters At Monte Carlo, Monaco Purse: $5,779,335 Singles Quarterfinals Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Jan­Lennard Struff, Germany, 6­1, 7­6 (5).

Taylor Fritz (8), United States, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, 6­2, 6­4.

Holger Rune (6), Denmark, def. Daniil Medve­ dev (3), Russia, 6­3, 6­4.

Jannik Sinner (7), Italy, def. Lorenzo Musetti (16), Italy, 6­2, 6­2.

Doubles Quarterfinals Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, Germany, def.

Jean­Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Marcelo Arevalo­Gonzalez (3), El Salvador, 6­2, 6­4.

Romain Arneodo, Monaco, and Tristan­Samuel Weissborn, Austria, def. Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Lloyd Glasspool (6), Britain, 6­2, 7­6 (3).

Fabrice Martin, France, and Andreas Mies, Ger­ many, def. Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Neal Skupski (1), Britain, 5­7, 6­3, 10­7.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (5), United States, def. Taylor Fritz, United States, and Holger Rune, Denmark, walkover.

GOLF PGA RBC Heritage At Hilton Head Island, S.C. Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,213; Par: 71 Second Round Jimmy Walker ...........................65­65—130 ­12 Justin Rose................................66­67—133 ­9 Xander Schauffele......................67­66—133 ­9 Scottie Scheffler........................68­65—133 ­9 Patrick Cantlay..........................69­65—134 ­8 Tommy Fleetwood .....................69­65—134 ­8 Viktor Hovland...........................64­70—134 ­8 Mark Hubbard...........................68­66—134 ­8 Aaron Rai...................................63­71—134 ­8 Rickie Fowler .............................67­68—135 ­7 Ben Griffin.................................70­65—135 ­7 Emiliano Grillo ...........................68­67—135 ­7 Brian Harman............................65­70—135 ­7 Patton Kizzire ............................70­65—135 ­7 Matt Kuchar...............................68­67—135 ­7 Taylor Moore..............................68­67—135 ­7 Jordan Spieth ............................68­67—135 ­7 Matt Fitzpatrick .........................66­70—136 ­6 Doug Ghim................................68­68—136 ­6 Nate Lashley..............................69­67—136 ­6 Jon Rahm..................................72­64—136 ­6 Carson Young............................68­68—136 ­6 Hayden Buckley.........................69­68—137 ­5 Cameron Davis...........................70­67—137 ­5 Lee Hodges................................70­67—137 ­5 Beau Hossler.............................69­68—137 ­5 Zach Johnson.............................66­71—137 ­5 Denny McCarthy ........................71­66—137 ­5 Adam Scott ...............................69­68—137 ­5 Justin Thomas...........................69­68—137 ­5 Davis Thompson ........................72­65—137 ­5 Brendon Todd ............................70­67—137 ­5 Gary Woodland..........................69­68—137 ­5 Corey Conners ..........................70­68—138 ­4 Ernie Els....................................68­70—138 ­4

Tony Finau.................................70­68—138 Tyrrell Hatton.............................68­70—138 Russell Henley ...........................72­66—138 Sungjae Im ................................66­72—138 Chris Kirk..................................69­69—138 Chez Reavie...............................72­66—138 Scott Stallings............................66­72—138 Adam Svensson..........................71­67—138 Sahith Theegala ........................70­68—138 Danny Willett.............................70­68—138 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ............71­68—139 Sam Burns ................................69­70—139 James Hahn..............................70­69—139 Lucas Herbert ............................72­67—139 Kramer Hickok ...........................68­71—139 Garrick Higgo ............................73­66—139 Shane Lowry .............................70­69—139 Ben Martin.................................71­68—139 Andrew Putnam..........................67­72—139 Patrick Rodgers..........................68­71—139 Austin Smotherman...................69­70—139 Kevin Streelman ........................70­69—139 Michael Thompson.....................71­68—139 Cameron Young..........................71­68—139 Keegan Bradley..........................73­67—140 Wyndham Clark..........................67­73—140 Luke Donald ..............................70­70—140 Harris English............................70­70—140 Jim Herman...............................69­71—140 Kyoung­Hoon Lee .......................71­69—140 Adam Long ................................68­72—140 Justin Lower ..............................70­70—140 Max McGreevy...........................70­70—140 Collin Morikawa .........................72­68—140 Matthew NeSmith ......................71­69—140 Adam Schenk ............................71­69—140 Justin Suh .................................73­67—140 Nick Taylor ................................70­70—140

­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­4 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2

LPGA LOTTE Championship At Ewa Beach, Hawaii Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,573; Par: 72 Second Round Yu Jin Sung ...............................68­68—136 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap ..........66­70—136 Georgia Hall...............................71­66—137 Linnea Strom .............................70­67—137 Nasa Hataoka............................68­70—138 Christina Kim .............................71­67—138 Grace Kim ..................................71­67—138 Lauren Hartlage.........................69­70—139 Pernilla Lindberg .......................70­70—140 Siyun Liu ...................................71­69—140 Peiyun Chien ..............................72­69—141 Amanda Doherty.........................70­71—141 Brooke Henderson ......................71­70—141 You Min Hwang ...........................70­71—141 Caroline Inglis.............................71­70—141 Yu Liu .........................................69­72—141 Emily Pedersen ..........................72­69—141 Celine Borge ...............................71­71—142 Frida Kinhult ..............................66­76—142 Pauline Roussin..........................72­70—142 Hinako Shibuno .........................69­73—142 Gabriella Then ...........................74­68—142 Charlotte Thomas .......................71­71—142 Dewi Weber.................................71­71—142 Xiaowen Yin ...............................72­70—142 Arpichaya Yubol .........................72­70—142 Brittany Altomare.......................73­70—143 Celine Boutier............................74­69—143 Perrine Delacour ........................73­70—143 Ayaka Furue...............................75­68—143 Erika Hara ..................................72­71—143 Sarah Kemp...............................74­69—143 Stephanie Kyriacou ....................70­73—143 Mi Hyang Lee.............................74­69—143 Stacy Lewis ................................71­72—143 Lucy Li .......................................72­71—143 Valery Plata ...............................70­73—143 Lauren Stephenson .....................72­71—143 Emma Talley ...............................72­71—143 Marina Alex ................................71­73—144 Hye Jin Choi...............................72­72—144 Esther Henseleit .........................72­72—144 Ilhee Lee ....................................73­71—144 Su­Hyun Oh ...............................74­70—144 Amy Olson ................................75­69—144 Dana Fall ....................................72­73—145 Wei­Ling Hsu ..............................73­72—145 Aline Krauter..............................75­70—145 Jeong Eun Lee5..........................73­72—145 Stephanie Meadow.....................75­70—145 Yuna Nishimura..........................75­70—145 Ryann O’Toole ............................72­73—145 Riley Rennell ...............................71­74—145 Luna Sobron Galmes ..................73­72—145 Jennifer Song.............................70­75—145 Bailey Tardy ...............................68­77—145 Jaravee Boonchant ....................76­70—146 Karis Davidson ...........................75­71—146 Yaeeun Hong ..............................74­72—146 Soo Bin Joo ...............................77­69—146 Cristie Kerr .................................75­71—146 Hyo Joo Kim ..............................68­78—146 Gina Kim ....................................71­75—146 Ines Laklalech ............................74­72—146 Yan Liu .......................................75­71—146 Polly Mack..................................75­71—146 Yealimi Noh ...............................76­70—146 Hae­Ran Ryu .............................70­76—146 Sarah Schmelzel.........................75­71—146 Magdalena Simmermacher.........73­73—146 Maria Torres ...............................72­74—146 Jing Yan.....................................70­76—146 Pavarisa Yoktuan ........................75­71—146 Allisen Corpuz ............................71­76—147

­8 ­8 ­7 ­7 ­6 ­6 ­6 ­5 ­4 ­4 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­3 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­2 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 ­1 E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3

Lauren Coughlin .........................76­71—147 +3 Haylee Harford...........................69­78—147 +3 Muni He .....................................74­73—147 +3 Dani Holmqvist...........................72­75—147 +3 Nanna Koerstz Madsen ...............73­74—147 +3 Bianca Pagdanganan ..................74­73—147 +3 Alena Sharp................................76­71—147 +3 Marissa Steen.............................73­74—147 +3 Maddie Szeryk............................74­73—147 +3 Laura Wearn ...............................74­73—147 +3 Ana Belac ..................................72­76—148 +4 Jennifer Chang...........................73­75—148 +4 Paula Creamer ...........................76­72—148 +4 Lindy Duncan .............................74­74—148 +4 Allison Emrey.............................78­70—148 +4 In­Kyung Kim..............................74­74—148 +4 Maude­Aimee Leblanc.................71­77—148 +4 Morgane Metraux.......................78­70—148 +4 Azahara Munoz ..........................73­75—148 +4 Sarah Jane Smith .......................77­71—148 +4 Mariah Stackhouse.....................75­73—148 +4 Kelly Tan ....................................75­73—148 +4 Mariajo Uribe ............................79­69—148 +4 Anne Van Dam ...........................76­72—148 +4 Aditi Ashok.................................74­75—149 +5 Karen Chung ..............................73­76—149 +5 Janie Jackson.............................77­72—149 +5 Haeji Kang .................................73­76—149 +5 Min Lee......................................73­76—149 +5 Roberta Liti ................................76­73—149 +5 Sanna Nuutinen .........................74­75—149 +5 Sung Hyun Park..........................71­78—149 +5 Pornanong Phatlum ....................72­77—149 +5 Kiira Riihijarvi.............................76­73—149 +5 Lizette Salas...............................72­77—149 +5 Gigi Stoll ....................................76­73—149 +5 Samantha Wagner ......................75­74—149 +5 Dottie Ardina..............................79­71—150 +6 Annie Park .................................73­77—150 +6 Kum Kang Park .........................70­80—150 +6 Chanettee Wannasaen ................77­73—150 +6 Weiwei Zhang.............................77­73—150 +6 In Gee Chun ...............................76­75—151 +7 Isi Gabsa ....................................72­79—151 +7 Mariel Galdiano ..........................76­75—151 +7 Hyo Joon Jang............................75­76—151 +7 Bronte Law .................................73­78—151 +7 Paula Reto..................................76­75—151 +7 Sophia Schubert .........................77­74—151 +7 Ellinor Sudow .............................71­80—151 +7 Minami Katsu ............................72­80—152 +8 Alexa Pano .................................78­74—152 +8 Ayako Uehara .............................75­77—152 +8 Sofia Garcia ...............................77­76—153 +9 Yu­Sang Hou ..............................78­75—153 +9 Mel Reid.....................................75­78—153 +9 Rachel Rohanna Virgili................78­75—153 +9 Jenny Coleman..........................74­80—154 +10 Brianna Do ................................78­76—154 +10 Linnea Johansson ......................80­74—154 +10 Jasmine Suwannapura ...............73­81—154 +10 Manon De Roey ..........................81­74—155 +11 Kim Kaufman.............................79­76—155 +11 Tiffany Chan ..............................75­81—156 +12 Louise Ridderstrom ....................78­79—157 +13 MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Xfinity Series Call811.com Before You Dig. 250 Lineup for today’s race At Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: 0.53 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (00) Cole Custer, Ford, 94.411 mph. 2. (20) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 94.331. 3. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 94.237. 4. (31) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 94.041. 5. (1) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 93.808. 6. (8) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 93.784. 7.

(18) Sammy Smith, Toyota, 93.756. 8. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 93.752. 9. (98) Riley Herbst, Ford, 93.710. 10. (9) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 93.692.

11. (16) Chandler Smith, Chevrolet, 93.636. 12.

(10) Derek Kraus, Chevrolet, 93.410. 13. (11) Dan­ iel Hemric, Chevrolet, 93.368. 14. (19) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 93.327. 15. (21) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 93.299. 16. (25) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 93.239. 17. (39) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 93.129. 18. (24) Connor Mosack, Toyota, 92.965. 19. (26) Kaz Grala, Toyota, 92.814.

20. (92) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 92.646.

21. (48) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 92.588.

22. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 92.285. 23.

(02) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 92.222. 24. (91) Al­ ex Labbe, Chevrolet, 92.106. 25. (44) Jeffrey Earn­ hardt, Chevrolet, 92.025. 26. (53) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 92.021. 27. (96) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 91.936. 28. (28) Kyle Sieg, Ford, 91.922.

29. (07) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 91.647. 30. (45) Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 91.633.

31. (27) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 91.629. 32. (6) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 91.540. 33. (74) Kaden Honeycutt, Chevrolet, 91.536. 34. (38) Joe Graf Jr, Ford, 91.421. 35. (43) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 91.390. 36. (35) Patrick Emerling, Ford, 90.659.

37. (08) Gray Gaulding, Ford, 89.279. 38. (78) An­ thony Alfredo, Chevrolet, .000.

Failed to Qualify 39. (4) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 91.223. 40.

(66) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 91.205.

Arizona ......................­105 Pittsburgh..................+175 Milwaukee .................+105 Chi. Cubs...................+135 Minnesota .................+120 Tampa Bay..................­110 Baltimore....................­110 L.A. Angels .................­110 Texas .........................+170 DETROIT.....................­110 WASHINGTON ............+135 KANSAS CITY ............+120 OAKLAND..................+145 Colorado ...................+160

NBA Playoffs Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Today PHILADELPHIA .........8½ (214½)...................Brooklyn BOSTON ................... 9 (230½) ..................... Atlanta CLEVELAND ............. 5 (216½) .................. New York SACRAMENTO .......... 1 (237) ............ Golden State

For the latest odds, go to http://calientecasino.us TRANSACTIONS BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 for conduct detrimental to the league in a April 7 game against Chicago. Suspended F Miles Bridges for 30 games without pay as a result of a domestic violence incident.

NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS — Approved the ownership share purchase of the Milwaukee Bucks by investors Dee and Jimmy Haslam from team co­owner Marc Lasry.

Women’s National Basketball Association MINNESOTA LYNX — Signed Gs Diamond Miller and Brea Beal and Fs Dorka Juhasz and Tay­ lor Soule.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Fired head coach Dallas Eakins. Returned C Benoit­Olivier Groulx and D Drew Helleson to San Diego (AHL).

ARIZONA COYOTES — Returned Fs Jan Jenik and Milos Kelemen, Ds Michael Kesselring and Victor Soderstrom and G Ian Prosvetov to Tucson (AHL).

BOSTON BRUINS — Returned G Brandon Bussi to Providence (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Returned RWs Jo­ ey Anderson and Buddy Robinson to Rockford (AHL) from loan.

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled C Alex Galchenyuk from Colorado (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Placed LW Nicolas Petan on waivers. Reassigned Cs Damien Giroux, Samu­ el Walker, Marco Rossi and RW Nick Swaney to Iowa (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Returned D Fred­ eric Allard and LW Joel Teasdale to Laval (AHL).

Reassigned LW Lucas Condotta to Laval.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned C Reece Newkirk from Bridgeport (AHL) to Worcester (ECHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUNS — Fired general man­ ager Ron Hextall, director of hockey operations Brian Burke and assistant general manager Chris Pryor.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned D Tyler Tucker and G Vadim Zherenko to Springfield (AHL). Fired assistant coaches Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Returned RW Tristen Robins and C Thomas Bordeleau to San Jose (AHL) from loan. Signed C Ethan Cardwell and D Artem Guryev to three­year, entry­level contracts.

SEATTLE KRAKEN — Sent G Joey Daccord to Coachella Valley (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Reassigned C Braeden Kressler from Flint (OHL) to Toronto (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Placed D Christian Wolanin on waivers. Returned D Noah Juulsen to Abbotsford (AHL) from loan.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Returned C Alexei Protas and LW Beck Malenstyn to Hershey (AHL).

Reassigned LW Joe Snively to Hershey. Reas­ signed LW Alexander Suzdalev from Regina (WHL) to Hershey (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned C Dominic Ton­ inato to Manitoba (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Calgary F Alex Gallant three games for a charging incident during an April 12 game against Abbotsford.

CALGARY WRANGLERS — Returned LW Calder Brooks to Rapid City (ECHL).

ECHL ALLEN AMERICANS — Activated F Chad Butcher from injured reserve. Placed F Spencer Asuchak on injured reserve.

Underdog

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined LA Galaxy D Martin Caceres an undisclosed amount for failure to leave the field in a timely manner during an April 8 game against Houston.

INTER MIAMI CF— Acquired D Kamal Miller and $1,300,000 in 2023 General Allocation Mon­ ey (GAM) from CF Montreal in exchange for M Bryce Duke and F Ariel Lassiter. Signed M Dixon Arroyo.

CINCINNATI...............+105

COLLEGE SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Winston Grady assistant women’s basketball coach.

ODDSBOARD SPORTS BETTING LINE (Home team listed in CAPS)

MLB Favorite Today National League Philadelphia...........­120

MIAMI ....................­110 ST. LOUIS ...............­210 PADRES.................­120 L.A. DODGERS .......­155 American League N.Y. YANKEES..........­135 TORONTO ..............­105 CHI. WHITE SOX.....­105 BOSTON.................­105 HOUSTON .............­200 Interleague San Francisco .........­110 Cleveland ...............­155 Atlanta ...................­135 N.Y. Mets ................­165 SEATTLE................­180

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION­TRIBUNE

e N E W S PA P E R E X T R A : S P O R T S

BOSTON SURVIVAL DIARIES A decade on, marathon bombing echoes still resonate for many, some of whom turned into runners

BY JIMMY GOLEN

STEVEN SENNE AP

Dave Fortier, of Newburyport, Mass., president of One World Strong Foundation, trains for the 2023 Boston Marathon along a path to a beach earlier this month.

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he didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along Boylston Street. Nor could she understand why someone would run 26.2 miles for “a statement necklace and a banana.” ■ Then, Adrianne Haslet says, “My life changed.” ■ The ballroom dancer was standing next to the second of two pressure­cooker bombs that exploded among the spectators watching the finish of the 2013 race. Three people were killed and nearly 300 others wounded. Seventeen people lost limbs in the blast. Haslet was one of them.

She relearned to walk with a prosthetic left leg and vowed to return to dancing. She also set a goal that surprised friends and family who knew her as someone who didn’t like to sweat in public: She would return to the course, this time as a runner.

Haslet completed the race for the first time in 2016, and she is back in the field for Monday’s 127th Boston Marathon as the city, the country and fans of the cherished sporting event mark 10 years since the fin­ ish­line attacks. In the decade since, the streets and sidewalks have been repaired, and memorials at the sites of the explosions remember those who died: Krystle Camp­ bell, Lu Lingzi, Martin Richard.

But the healing continues. And, for many, the race itself is an important part.

Henry Richard, whose brother was 8 when he was killed, ran the marathon in 2022 and plans to do so again this year. Bombing survivors with no previous interest in dis­ tance running make it a bucket­list goal; for others, friends and family enter on their be­ half. Doctors and first responders and oth­ ers affected by the attacks are also drawn back to the race on the Massachusetts holi­ day of Patriots’ Day that commemorates the start of the Revolutionary War. “We would say in the Navy, ‘Like a fire in the gut,’ ” says Eric Goralnick, an emergency medicine physician who helped treat the wounded in 2013 and ran the following year.

“I just felt it in my gut. It was something I had to do,” he says. “I wanted to feel like this is our city, and this is our event, and it’s the people’s marathon. And I wanted to partici­ pate in it and demonstrate that we’re not go­ ing to live in fear of terrorists.”

The race The Boston Marathon isn’t just a race.

Or, at least, not just one race.

Up front with the television cameras and trophies, the world’s fittest athletes compete for a prize purse approaching $1 million and the right to claim one of sports’ most treas­ ured titles.

But following them from Hopkinton to Boston’s Back Bay on the third Monday in April are 30,000 others who are not in it to win it, or maybe not even to achieve a personal best. They are happy simply to endure, to raise some money for charity, to check a box on some emotional or athletic to­do list.

“The course is the same,” says Jack Flem­ ing, who runs the organization that runs the marathon. “The journeys are very different.”

Since the bombing, the field also includes many who were not marathoners — or even runners — but were drawn to the race as part of the healing process. The Boston Athletic Association waives qualifying for those who were “personally and profoundly impacted” by the attack, including the wounded, their families, and the charities associated with the victims and survivors. This year, 264 One Fund participants will participate.

“It became a ‘take back the finish line’ kind of a piece,” says Dave Fortier, who was hit by shrapnel from one of the bombs and has returned to run the race every year since.

“You’re here to say: ‘Not me. Not us.’ ”

“It was definitely a personal accomplish­ ment that I thought about for a very long time,” he says. “It was a very special day for myself and for my family to finally watch me cross the finish line. I waited years to do it, and I’m glad that it happened and I can con­ tinue to do it.”

The survivor Fortier was in the hospital, recovering from a shrapnel wound on his right foot, when he got the email from Boston Mara­ thon organizers congratulating him on com­ pleting the race.

“I don’t remember finishing,” he says. “I remember the flash. I remember the heat of it. I remember having my bell rung. … I was helped across the finish line.”

A non­runner, Fortier entered the 2013 race in support of a friend with leukemia. In his training, he never went longer than 20 miles; when he passed that marker on the Boston Marathon course for the first time, he says, “I felt like Magellan sailing off the edge of the earth.”

His plan was to be “one and done.” But af­ ter the bombs deprived him of the chance to celebrate — or even remember — crossing the finish, he changed his mind. He was in a meeting with about 30 other survivors when they all got an email from the BAA offering a chance to run the race the following year.

Twenty­eight signed up.

Fortier considers himself lucky. He needed about a dozen stitches in his foot and was out of the hospital that night; he also has hearing loss in both ears. But he would lay awake at night searching for ways to help people still struggling with the aftermath.

He founded the One World Strong Founda­ tion, which connects survivors of traumatic events with their peers.

And he kept running.

“The first time I did it, I remember board­ ing the bus down here, like, ‘What the hell am I doing?’ ” he says. “And then the following year it was just completely different. It was just happy, seeing the progress that every­ body had made.”

The doctors David Crandell, who runs the amputee program at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, sometimes calls himself a “last re­ sponder.” But he knows that’s not really true.

Even after Crandell has fitted a patient with a new limb, there is still much physical and psychological therapy to come.

Spaulding treated 32 people with blast wounds; the bombs, set on the ground, did much of their damage to feet and legs. The hospital housed the marathon survivors to­ gether and brought in war veterans to talk to them — all so they would know they were not alone.

“I had never really taken care of blast in­ juries before,” Crandell says. “This is a type of injury that you could see in a military con­ flict.”

The military connection goes both ways, with expertise from the Boston attacks in­ forming care for war wounded.

This spring, Crandell consulted via Zoom with a Ukrainian doctor and his patient.

“The soldier from Ukraine is waiting for final adjustments to his left, below­elbow pros­ thesis so he can return to the fight,” Crandell says.

Goralnick, the emergency medicine spe­ cialist, is bringing the lessons learned in the bombing to Ukraine and other conflicts through Stop the Bleed, a program born out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. The goal: Teach laypeople the ef­ fective use of tourniquets and packing wounds to improve the chances of survival while waiting for professionals.

Ensuing studies have helped identify the best ways to train non­doctors, including battlefield soldiers, to apply pressure to wounds that might otherwise bleed out. A vi­ deo on the proper techniques has been translated into Ukrainian and posted on YouTube.

The bombers Many survivors refuse to speak their at­ tackers’ names. Chris Tarpey makes sure to acknowledge them each time he runs past the shoe store where he was injured.

“When I go by, I always throw the finger at Marathon Sports, because I say, ‘Screw you, Tsarnaev brothers,’ ” says Tarpey, who was hit by shrapnel and needed 14 stitches to close up the wound in his right knee. “Be­ cause I’m here, and you’re not.”

Ethnic Chechens who lived in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsar­ naev became radicalized after moving to the United States as teenagers.

They built a pair of pressure­cooker bombs. They filled them with nails and ball bearings to cause maximum injury. Then they dropped them among the spectators on Boylston Street, steps from the marathon finish line.

The brothers were identified as suspects three days after the bombing. While on the run, they killed MIT policeman Sean Collier and carjacked an SUV, leading to a shootout in which Tamerlan Tsarnaev was wounded.

Police say his younger brother ran over him while trying to escape and dragged him 20 feet; he did not survive.

The next evening, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found, bleeding, hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard. In 2015, he was con­ victed on 30 counts, including using weap­ ons of mass destruction; he has been sen­ tenced to death.

“I could never understand. What was their point?” Tarpey says. “What was their message? What was their cause? What were they trying to prove?”

The cop Like a lot of locals, Bill Evans grew up with the Boston Marathon — watching his brothers run the race or otherwise enjoying the day off from school on the Patriots’ Day holiday. He wasn’t tempted.

“At the time, I’m thinking they needed their head examined,” he says. “Like, who in their right mind would do it?”

Evans didn’t start running at all until his

The family The sign is what people remember, show­ ing the youngest Boston Marathon bombing victim expressing a hope that would go un­ fulfilled: “No more hurting people. Peace.”

The words were repeated by President Barack Obama when he visited Boston three days after the attacks. And when Henry Richard ran the race in 2022, his singlet said “Peace” in his brother’s youthful scrawl.

Bill and Denise Richard had always gone to the Back Bay to watch the marathon, even before they had kids. It became a family tra­ dition. “It was always a great experience, and then an event that my family attended together,” Henry says.

The Richards were steps away from one of the backpack bombs when it exploded.

Martin, 8, died. Jane, his sister, lost her left leg. Denise Richard was blinded in one eye.

Bill Richard’s eardrums were blown out and he was hit by shrapnel in his legs.

Henry Richard returned to Boylston Street to run the race in 2022, raising his arms in triumph as he crossed the finish line and then collapsing into the arms of his fam­ ily. He is now 21 and running again this year.

20s, to deal with the stress of his job as a po­ lice officer. Early morning 6­ or 7­milers was plenty long enough. Then: “I got the bug.”

He ran Boston for the first time in 1988, and returned every year — one of the “streak­ ers” who complete the race at least 10 and as many as 54 years in a row. In 2013, when Ev­ ans was the city’s chief of patrol, he crossed the finish line at 1:39 p.m., a net time of 3 hours, 34 minutes, 6 seconds, and went to the gym to soak in a hot tub.

He was back at the course a half hour lat­ er. On duty.

“I just can’t fathom what I’d seen, when I had just run down that street an hour earli­ er,” Evans says.

“Boston Strong” became the city’s rally­ ing cry, and it spilled into the city’s other sports. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz told the crowd at Fenway Park to “stay strong” and declared, “This is our (expletive) city.” The Boston Bruins went to the Stanley Cup Fi­ nal. The Red Sox won the World Series and brought the trophy to the finish line.

But the return of the marathon in 2014 was tense. Fears of another attack loomed.

Recently promoted to commissioner, Evans struggled to find the middle ground between making everyone feel safe and turning the event into an “armed camp.”

And he knew he would not be able to run in the race.

“It’s tough to watch. But I knew I had to,” he says in his memorabilia­filled office at Boston College, where he is now the police chief. “I knew my responsibility was putting that race back together.”

Evans was patrolling near Kenmore Square, the 1 Mile to Go marker; he says he felt goosebumps when American Meb Ke­ flezighi ran past on his way to victory. A few hours later, at the time of the bombing, Ev­ ans was overcome with relief.

“I remember 2:48 passing that after­ noon,” Evans says. “The bells were ringing and everybody was sort of on edge.

“I was just sort of overwhelmed that nothing bad happened after the year be­ fore,” he says. “I think we’re all still living with those tragic days 10 years ago.”

The champions When Keflezighi meets people from Bos­ ton, they don’t say “Congratulations.” They say, “Thank you.”

“That affirms that I was a small piece of that healing process,” he says.

A four­time Olympian and San Diego High School product, Keflezighi was a spec­ tator in Boston in 2013. He left the finish line about five minutes before the bombs ex­ ploded.

“I remember vividly saying, ‘I hope to be healthy enough to win it for the people next year,’ ” he says.

It was an unlikely goal.

It had been three decades since an American man had won in Boston — before the addition of prize money in 1986 began drawing the top international professionals.

Keflezighi was about to turn 39, five years re­ moved from his victory in the New York Mar­ athon and 10 since he won silver at the Athens Games. There were 16 faster runners in the field.

But it was Keflezighi who came down Boylston Street in the lead, the names of the bombing victims written on his race bib and chants of “USA!” ringing out from the crowd.

He posted a personal best of 2:08:37. The American drought was over.

“It’s not how fit you are. Sometimes (it’s) to just be in the right place at the right time,” Keflezighi says. “My heart was in the right place.”

Keflezighi has grown close with the Rich­ ard family. He returned to Boylston Street last year to hang the finisher’s medal around Henry Richards’ neck.

“That’s the cool thing about these races, that everybody on the start line has a story,” 2018 women’s winner Des Linden says.

“That’s so inspirational. And I think so many of those stories came out of that, the bomb­ ing year.

“It’s very moving,” she says. “And I think it is to the point: We’re going to get up, and keep pressing forward.”

CHARLES KRUPA AP

Meb Keflezighi, who went to San Diego High, celebrates victory in the 118th Boston Marathon, April 21, 2014, in Boston. He was not expected to win.

AP Sports Writer Jimmy Golen has covered the Boston Marathon since 1995.

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HAYNE PALMOUR IV FOR THE U-T

AFTER: Keith Umbreit stands in his succulent­focused front yard that earned him the Oceanside Water Utilities’ 2022 award for its WaterSmart Landscape Contest.

K

eith Umbreit is no stranger to garden­ ing. Back when he was living in Riv­

erside, he was a devoted rose grower and member of the local rosarian society.

“I had 69 rosebushes in my yard,” he recalled. “Every kind of tea roses, and vining roses, and hybrid roses. I had them all.”

But when Umbreit bought his current home in an Oceanside suburb in 2013, he gave up roses.

He basically had a triangular front lawn in between the driveway up to his garage and another driveway that led into his gated backyard.

On the other side of his garage driveway was a single large palm, surrounded by a circle of bricks and a pad filled with large gravel.

But then, in 2017, an elderly friend of his who could no longer care for her plants — and knew he enjoyed gardening — asked him to come over and pick them up. He loaded up his pickup truck with pots of succulents, a group of plants he knew nothing about.

The retired electrical engineer started looking for books on them.

“The local library had two very old books,” he said with a laugh. “I then found the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society had a large library with hundreds of books free to members, so I joined.

“What I found was not only the books, but a lot of very knowledge­ able people, eager to help me.

From them I could get as many cuttings as I wanted for free. All

WATERSMART MAKEOVER

Painting with nature’s palette Former rosarian gets back into gardening after a decade with a new medium — succulents — creating a low-water yard in Oceanside bursting with color and texture

BY CARON GOLDEN

you need is the cuttings, and you have a plant.”

Since that time, Umbreit pulled out the lawn along with two soar­ ing Queen Anne palms (one in his backyard), gradually replacing them with a formidable collection of both familiar and unusual suc­ culents. They’ve grown in to create an explosion of textures and colors ranging from light greens, blues and grays to vibrant oranges, pinks, purples, dark greens and magenta. Caring for them has turned into a hobby he makes time for, alongside his passions for square dancing, off­roading and sailboat racing.

This past year, his dedication to succulents earned him the city of Oceanside Water Utilities’ 2022 award for its WaterSmart Land­ scape Contest, for which he re­ ceived a $250 gift card to Moon Valley Nurseries.

THE INSPIRATION

KEITH UMBREIT

BEFORE: Umbreit’s yard started as a triangular front lawn between two driveways and a gravel­and­brick side area with a large palm.

When Umbreit amassed his new succulent collection and joined the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society, he discovered a cadre of people eager to help him.

What he wanted to focus on was color and texture — not just the flower colors, but those of the leaves.

“With succulents, there is whole palette of colors. And all kinds of shapes and sizes. They are just fun to play with,” he said.

One of his new society col­ leagues spent time with him help­ ing with placement of all these foreign objects. She understood which ones would be spreaders, which would grow tall and could be SEE PALETTE • E4

“I have found, many times, people taking pictures of the yard.

And if they are out walking their dog, they will probably be walking home with a potted plant I gave them in hand.”

Keith Umbreit • city of Oceanside WaterSmart Landscape Contest winner

TAP GARDENING HELP IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

THE CASE FOR KEEPING A MESSIER HOME Therapist says functionality should be a higher goal than cleanliness

Five smartphone apps identify species and put plant problem solving at your fingertips

BY JESSICA DAMIANO You’re in your garden and notice a beautiful, new­ to­you flower that has popped up somewhere unexpected — pull it or leave it?

Or perhaps an unfamil­ iar garden pest has ravaged your tomato plants.

Or you experienced the deflating discovery of a gray­white crust on the soil in your seed­starting tray.

Where do you turn for help when you’re on the go?

Technology, of course.

The latest crop of gar­ dening apps and cellphone features may surprise you with their expert garden­ planning and planting advice, pest and disease troubleshooting, instant plant and insect identifica­ tion, and even integrated artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

Free, reliable apps such as the ones below will place an abundant harvest of valuable information at SEE APPS • E2

BY JANDRA SUTTON

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Chores are never really done. As soon as you cross the last item off your to­do list, a new task inevitably emerges. Dishes accumulate. Floors get dirty. The hamper fills up. While the Inter­ net is full of hacks and shortcuts designed to make keeping a home easier and faster, what about a solution for the fatigue that sets in with endless household care?

This is the niche that KC Davis, licensed professional therapist and best­selling author of “How to Keep House While Drowning,” aims to fill — and she has clearly hit a nerve. On TikTok, her compassionate and practical tips about chores and mental health have attracted 1.5 million followers. One of her most popular SEE MESSIER • E2

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From Seed to Spoon

APPS FROM E1 your (green) fingertips.

Seek by iNaturalist Created by a joint initiative of the California Academy of Scien­ ces and the National Geographic Society, this crowd­sourced, image­recognition app is as straightforward as can be. Snap a photo of a plant, insect, animal or mushroom — or even just point your camera at it — and get its taxonomic classification (from kingdom to species), common name, seasonality, a count of how many observations of it have been recorded on the app, and a short description, typically pulled in from Wikipedia.

Results are based on visually similar images provided by users from around the world, and if the app can’t identify your photo, it solicits IDs from other users.

You can also find lists of plants, insects and animals in your area, add your observations and connect with experts.

And if you’re up for a game, you can earn badges for ob­ serving different types of species and participating in challenges. Find it in the Ap­ ple App Store and on Google Play. Free.

MESSIER FROM E1 videos, “Why you don’t have to change who you are to have a functional home,” has 11.6 million views.

The Houston mom started divulging her own struggles balanc­ ing mental health and home care on social media a few years ago. It was early in the pandemic and her second child had just been born — it was an exhausting time. Today, she runs the mental health platform Struggle Care. She says she wants her followers to understand that a messy or cluttered home is nothing to be ashamed of. “I want people to stop taking care of their home and start trying to create a home that takes care of them,” she says, of her mission to change the conversation around cleaning.

We asked her how to get started.

Q: A:

Why should people focus on creating a functional home, instead of a super clean one?

Davis defines a functional home as one that allows you and your family to live and operate comfortably within it, not one that fits someone else’s definition of “clean.”

Scroll through the illustrated menu of fruits and vegetables, and add what you’d like to plant to your virtual “Grow Box.” Then get seed­starting, transplanting and harvesting dates for those plants, customized for your location as assessed via GPS. The free version of the app also provides information on each crop’s frost tolerance and sun, water and fertilizer requirements, plus seed­saving instructions, companion planting advice, com­ mon pests (including organic treatment suggestions), recipes and links to video tips.

Each plant­profile screen also includes links to recommended products sold by Park Seed, which owns the app. The premium up­ grade ($4.99/month or $46.99/year) provides real­time answers to your questions from an AI “Growbot,” a personalized planting calendar and more. Find it in the Apple App Store, on Google Play and at app.seedtospoon.net. Free, with an optional paid premium upgrade.

PictureThis Snap a photo, and the app will ID your plant and provide a pletho­ ra of information about it. You’ll instantly see its health assessment, scientific classification, worldwide distribution, common uses, har­ vesting time (if applicable), propa­

“Most of us see how we keep house as sort of a reflection of our worthiness as a person,” Davis says, which can make maintaining your home even more difficult.

Whether you’re dealing with men­ tal health issues, busy with work, taking care of kids or all of the above, Davis explains that not being able to “stay on top” of chores can create a feedback loop.

Once you fall behind, it often makes you feel like you’re not good enough — which can make it hard­ er for you to get started again.

Instead, Davis recommends shifting your perspective. “Space is just space,” she says. “I want to get out of the ‘performance’ of housekeeping.”

Q: A:

What should you do if you feel like you can’t keep up with the bare minimum?

If everything feels over­ whelming, — if the kitchen sink and counters are constantly piled with dishes, or your kids’ toys have become tripping hazards all over the house — Davis recom­ mends identifying “closing du­ ties.” Pick one to five things — such as loading the dishwasher, wiping the counters or making the bed — that you can do every day, whether first thing in the morning or right before you go to sleep, that

Search bar in your mobile browser on Android and Apple devices.

Then tap the camera icon to the right of the search field, take a photo with your phone’s camera or select an image from your photo library. Lens can also be used to identify other objects, places and even products for online compari­ son shopping. Free.

Apple Visual Look Up

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From left, the Seed to Spoon mobile gardening app by Park Seed, the Google Lens app and Apple’s Visual Look Up app. gation methods, and sunlight, soil, water and fertilizer requirements.

You’ll also get answers to frequently asked questions about the plant, and can seamlessly share your photo and plant description with friends via text.

After exhausting an initial allotment of free IDs, you’ll be prompted to watch ads or share the app to earn more unless you upgrade to the premium version ($29.99/year). Concerned about an ailing plant? Take a picture, and the free version will tell you what’s wrong. You’ll need premium to see recommended treatments. The

upgrade also provides comprehen­ sive plant­care guides, 24/7 access to a team of botanists and unlim­ ited plant IDs. Find it in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.

Free, with an optional paid pre­ mium upgrade.

will help you function better to­ morrow. “And don’t worry about anything else.”

Starting simple, she explains, is the key to not giving up. “We’re starting at a very different place than, like, most organizers or cleaners or whatever ... because half of this is that mental, emo­ tional battle,” she says. “You de­ serve to walk to the bathroom without tripping and falling. And that is enough for today.”

A:

Q: A:

What if you’re maintaining a relatively clean house but you’re struggling with clutter?

“I always recommend my five things tidying [method] as a great starting point because that is the tool for me that gets spaces livable the quickest,” Davis says. The approach involves focus­ ing on five broad categories of items that end up in a messy room: trash, dishes, laundry, things with a place and things without a place.

By reducing the task of tidying up to these categories, Davis says you’ll feel less overwhelmed and more capable of tackling messes as they arise — no daunting, long­ term commitment necessary.

Q:

What if you’ve been keeping a very clean house, but you’re exhausted by it?

Google Lens This tool uses image recog­ nition technology to quickly and seamlessly identify plants, trees, shrubs, animals and insects on the go. It also pulls up Google search results about the subject.

Access it directly from the Google app or via the Google

If you’re maintaining an organized home and feeling drained by the pressure to keep up, Davis encourages “throwing out the rule book,” and re­evaluating tasks that don’t serve a functional pur­ pose for you — such as vacuuming daily, keeping appliances off the countertop or folding laundry before putting it in drawers.

While that last one in particular might sound controversial, Davis discovered that the traditional method of folding clean clothes didn’t work for her family. She devised a “no­fold” laundry sys­ tem, which involves sorting cloth­ ing into bins for each family mem­ ber, then hanging the rest in a shared family closet. It now takes her only a few minutes to put away an entire load of laundry.

Q: A:

What’s the biggest mistake people make when making these lifestyle changes?

“We go way too big, too quick,” Davis says. Instead, “we want to make the smallest functional change that we can.” A great way to do this? Focus on solving problems where they exist.

If your family members leave their shoes in a large pile by the front door, don’t mandate that everyone puts their shoes on a rack inside the closet, says Davis.

This AI­powered feature for iPhone and iPad will ID plants, flowers, weeds, insects, birds and other animals depicted in any photo. Using an Apple device running iOS16 or iPadOS16, you can access the feature by tapping an image in your Photos library, then tapping the “info” button beneath it (the letter “i” in a circle with stars above it).

The tool also works directly from the Mail, Messages and Notes apps (lightly tap an image to expand it, then tap the starred “i”) and in the Safari browser (tap and hold any photo). The app will display details about the image, including a “Look Up” option alongside a leaf, paw print or bug icon, depending on what the tool has detected (other categories include art, landmarks and books).

Damiano, a master gardener and educator, writes about gardening for The Associated Press.

Instead, choose a strategy that will feel more intuitive, such as putting a basket to hold shoes where the pile usually forms. Simi­ larly, if you or someone in your household has a habit of leaving dirty laundry on a particular spot on the floor, move the hamper there.

Q: A:

What if someone in my household is reluctant to contribute?

Remember that there’s a difference between having a conversation and dictating a new system to someone — especially a domestic partner, advises Davis.

“People should not be making your life harder,” Davis acknowl­ edges, “but it’s also not fair to ... walk around and dictate to every­ body else how they have to live in their homes.”

Have a conversation with your partner about the division of household labor, but remember that one person’s version of func­ tionality is never going to be pre­ cisely the same as somebody else’s. “We have to have a conversa­ tion, sitting down, where both of us have agreed to come to the table and talk about this.”

Sutton is a freelance writer. This article appeared in The Washington Post.

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OASIS AWAITS YOUR INSPIRATION Outdoor furnishings, lush plants turn backyards into cozy extensions of home

BY KIM COOK

CRISELDA YEE

Poway Valley Garden Club’s Flower Show includes plant sales.

CA L E N DA R TODAY Poway Valley Garden Club Flower Show and Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 44th annual Flower Show and Plant Sale, a National Garden Club Standard Flower Show presented by the Poway Valley Garden Club, will be held at Old Poway Park. This year’s theme is “Blooms & Tunes” and features horticulture, floral design, education and botanical arts in the form of miniature gardens. The plant sale in the gazebo next door to the show will include items for spring planting needs, garden art and garden gifts, including succulent dish gardens and handcrafted birdhouses. Also on site will be San Diego Master Gardeners, members of the PVGC Youth Garden Club and the PVGC Pollinator Project. Admission is free; ADA accessible.

Porter House at Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road, Poway. Flower show schedule at powayval­ leygardenclub.org.

TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY Coronado Flower Show: 1 to 5 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Presented by the Co­ ronado Floral Association and the city of Coronado, the two­day Coronado Flower Show at Spreckels Park is one of the largest tented flower shows in the U.S. and is the city’s longest­ running tradition. The 101st annual show, themed “Hollywood in Bloom,” includes land­ scape displays, floral competitions, educational lectures and demonstrations, live bandstand entertainment, food, a beer and wine garden with locally crafted beers, and shopping. A Home Front Competition in the days before the show recognizes community landscapes, honoring outstanding gardens, home fronts, schools, churches and store fronts. Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave., Coronado. Tickets will be available at the door: $10 per day, free for children under 12 and for association members. coronadoflowershow.com

APRIL 21­23 San Diego County Orchid Society International Spring Show and Sale: 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23. Themed “Orchids of the Earth,” the annual spring show and sale will fill Room 101 and patios at the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. Plant sales will be on the large patio north of Room 101. Vendors include Casa de las Orquideas, El Jardin Tropical, Everything Orchids!, Mundiflora Orchids, Orchid Design, Orchid Source, Rancho del Castillo, Sorella Orchids and Sunset Valley Orchids. Learn about orchid conservation and browse member sales and orchid supplies. Casa del Prado Room 101 and adjacent patios in Balboa Park. Free admission. sdorchids.com

APRIL 22 Kensington/Talmadge Earth Day Celebration: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22, kicked off by pre­ school storytime at 10:30 a.m. by head librarian Ernie Barrios. After the success of the commu­ nity’s first Earth Day celebration in 2022, the event returns with new activities for kids, free trees, ice cream and plenty of knowledgeable people to talk to about garden pests, organic gardening, backyard composting, container gardening, beekeeping and climate­friendly alternatives. In keeping with the mantra of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” Earthwell will host a children’s clothing swap booth. Kensington Library Park, 4121 Adams Ave. treeskental.org Palomar Cactus & Succulent Society Spring Festival Show & Sale: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The festival includes a nonjudged member show, plants and pots for sale, and workshops on various succulent and cactus subjects. The annual event is ideal for those starting out with cactus and succulents. Free admission and parking. Park Avenue Community Center, 210 E. Park Ave (off N. Broadway), Escondido. pa­ lomarcactus.org

APRIL 22­23 San Diego Rose Society Show: The society’s 95th annual Rose Show takes place in conjunc­ tion with the Pacific Southwest District Rose Convention and a silent rose auction at the Ronald Reagan Community Center, 195 E. Douglas Ave., El Cajon. A live rose auction of rare and unusual varieties of roses will be held on day two of the event. Rose show and silent auction from 1 to 5 p.m. April 22 and 1 to 3 p.m.

April 23. Live auction begins at 2 p.m. April 23.

Admission and parking are free; donations are accepted. sandiegorosesociety.com

APRIL 23 California Native Plant Garden Tour: See over 18 native plant gardens in the historic Seaside neighborhood of downtown Oceanside in the 19th annual California Native Plant Garden Tour, presented by the Oceanside Coastal Neighbor­ hood Association and Buena Vista Audubon Society. Plant experts and neighborhood locals will lead a 1.5­mile walking tour to see the standout front­yard gardens. Tour will depart from the St. Mary School parking lot at 515 Wisconsin Ave. Kids will be selling lemonade and cookies along the route. Meet at 2 p.m. in the St. Mary School parking lot, 515 Wisconsin Ave., one block east of the 101 Cafe near Coast Highway and Wisconsin Street. Admission is free. (760) 439­2473, bvaudubon.org or ocna101.org

APRIL 29 Bernardo Gardeners Club Spring Garden Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29, held rain or shine.

Explore six local standout gardens in Rancho Bernardo and Poway on April 29 as part of the annual Spring Garden Tour, presented by the Bernardo Gardeners Club. The self­guided tour will include vendors, complimentary refresh­ ments and Master Gardeners available to answer gardening questions. Tourgoers can browse unique handmade crafts, jewelry, garden art, fine art, plants and plant arrangements.

Children over age 12 welcome. Tickets $30, available at Walter Andersen Nursery, 12755 Danielson Court, Poway; El Plantio Nursery, 1322 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido; and at BrownPaperTickets.com. Tickets may also be ordered by mail; order must be received by April 15. Send check payable to Bernardo Gardeners Club, c/o Renee Garza, 11686 Jocatal Court, San Diego, Calif. 92127; include return address for mailing. Day­of tickets may be purchased at any of the tour homes with cash or check. No disabled access and no pets. bernardogardener­ s.org or call (858) 449­4240.

Point Loma Garden Walk: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

April 29. The walking tour of home gardens in Point Loma Wooded Area is known as “San Diego’s most beautiful way to support Rady Children’s Hospital,” presented by hospital auxiliary volunteers from the Point Loma/Dana unit. Tour net proceeds benefit the San Diego

hospital’s Division of Plastic Surgery Craniofa­ cial Services. The event ties in to an art sale by the Point Loma Artists’ Association and a boutique with local artisans, crafters, clothing, jewelry and food trucks at nearby All Souls’ Episcopal Church. Tickets: $35, or $30 each for 10 or more. Pick up the day of the event at 605 Gage Drive in Point Loma or at the boutique at All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 1475 Catalina Blvd. pointlomagardenwalk.com Kitchen and Bath Tour from ASID and NKBA: 10 a.m. April 29. Love an open house? The San Diego chapters of the American Society of Interior Designers and the National Kitchen and Bath Association are teaming up for the first time for a joint self­guided Kitchen and Bath tour of 12 newly remodeled properties. These projects will feature the latest trends in flooring, surfaces, appliances, color, lighting, sustainabil­ ity, materials, technology and universal design.

Tickets: $15 for ASID/NKBA student members, $20 for ASID/NKBA members, $30 for general admission in advance and $35 if purchased the day of the event. Purchase at Eventbrite linked from the ASID website: casd.asid.org/events.

MAY 6 Clairemont Outdoor Living and Garden Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 26th annual Clairemont Outdoor Living and Garden Tour will showcase 13 garden landscapes across the community, including Bay Park and Bay Ho neighborhoods.

The self­guided event includes gardens with canyon views, waterwise landscaping, natives, succulents, bromeliads, vegetable planting, and gazebos, play areas, koi ponds and sculptures.

Educators will offer free advice on tool sharp­ ening, composting, food dehydration and vector control. Find inspiration to make your outdoor living space more sustainable, productive and inviting. $20 early­bird tickets are available online only; free for kids under 12. Purchase in person May 5 and 6 at Clairemont Town Square for an additional $5. Online ticket purchasers pick up wristbands and programs at the same location. clairemontonline.com

MAY 13 Mission Hills Garden Walk: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

May 13 and 14. Presented by the Mission Hills Garden Club, this year’s 25th annual walk will be the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend and include spectacular gardens from past years and some new ones. The approximately 2­mile route winds through Mission Hills, known for its variety of home and garden styles. Start times will be staggered, with a limited number of people in any one garden at a time. There will be a scavenger hunt with a prize for all youths finding the treasures in the gardens. Purchase tickets in advance and pick up the map at Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton Drive, on the day of the walk at your selected start time. Tickets are $35, purchased in advance.

Admission free for children 10 or younger; no strollers in the gardens. missionhillsgarden­ club.org

MAY 13­14 San Dieguito Art Guild Mother’s Day Weekend Art, Garden and Studio Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

May 13 and 14. The nonprofit San Dieguito Art Guild will highlight eight North San Diego County homes during its 25th annual Mother’s Day Weekend Art, Garden & Studio Tour. Partici­ pants on the self­guided driving tour can peek into artists’ studios, browse locally made art and relax in each unique garden, including outdoor spaces designed by Debora Carl and Nan Sterman. See the art studio of a watercolor artist/instructor, a stained­glass gate salvaged from a nearby property, an outdoor kitchen, a succulent maze, a large metal sculpture by Ricardo Breceda, vegetable garden beds, a vineyard and native plantings. Artists will sell paintings, ceramics, glass, gourd art, fiber arts, photography, jewelry and more. Free refresh­ ments will be served at every stop; tickets are good both days, and homes may be revisited.

Tickets: $35, free for ages 17 or younger; available in early April at the Off Track Gallery, 937 S. Coast Highway 101, Suite C­103, Encini­ tas; online at offtrackgallery.com; or at each home both days. sandieguitoartguild.com/ mothers­day­tour San Diego Epiphyllum Society Mother’s Day Weekend Show and Sale: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 13 (plant sale) and May 14 (flower show). Get an up­close look at the “ultimate Epi flower show” at the San Diego Epiphyllum Society Mother’s Day Weekend Show and Sale. This year’s theme is “Circus Memories and Epies,” with an early plant and cutting sale Saturday and flower show Sunday. The event will showcase the latest Epiphyllum hybrids as well as many species and epicacti. Free admission. sdepis.org

MAY 20 San Diego Floral Association Garden Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit a variety of gardens in a distinctive neighborhood rich with history, towering trees and architectural gems in the San Diego Floral Association Garden Tour, themed “Hidden Riches: Gardens of Historic Bankers Hill.” The annual event is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit San Diego Floral Association, based in the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park.

“This event is very special for SDFA, and dear to the city of San Diego,” says Robyn Dahlson, association co­president and garden tour chair.

“The garden tour will highlight the art of land­ scape design surrounded by extraordinary architecture and, of course, a wide variety of plants.” The association has a horticulture library and produces a bimonthly magazine, California Garden. It offers classes, lectures, garden tours and its annual eco fair, “Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees” and an annual holiday celebration, “Festival of Trees,” both in Balboa Park. Tickets: $30, with discount for association members. sdfloral.org Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla and Secret Garden Boutique: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This key fundraiser for the La Jolla Historical Society’s education and public programs provides a rare opportunity to stroll behind the garden gates in a self­guided tour of some of La Jolla’s loveliest secluded gardens, often concealed from view by mature trees, vines or foliage. The Secret Garden Boutique at Wisteria Cottage will be open free to the public, with gardening acces­ sories, plants and gifts available for purchase.

Also planned: a silent auction and food truck fare. Tickets: $50 through March 17 ($40 for La Jolla Historical Society members), $55 from March 19 to May 19 ($45 members); $65 day of ($55 members). Platinum Tour tickets, which include complimentary lunch and tour bus shuttles, are $140/$130 through March 17, $150/$140 from March 18 to May 19. A Friday night “Secret Garden Party” from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 19 is an intimate garden gathering with hors d’oeuvres, wine and music from the Gand Band, for $75. lajollahistory.org/events

A relaxing retreat just steps from the back door?

Count us all in.

Outdoor home spaces serve a lot of functions, but “soothing refuge” is one that designers say is in high demand. Aromatic plantings. Romantic arbors. A meandering path. A yoga platform. Pergola daybeds.

Prefab saunas. Plunge Pools. An outdoor shower. And comfortable furniture that can stand up to the weather.

“The outdoor living trend has been building for the last decade, but it got a major bump during the pan­ demic, “ said Dan DiClerico, home improvement and outdoor director for the Good Housekeeping Insti­ tute.

In response, manufacturers have made “huge investments in products and materials geared towards outdoor living” year­round, he said.

Seamless transition There can be comfort and ease in keeping a flow between indoors and outdoors. DiClerico calls spaces that straddle that line “transition rooms.”

He spent much of the pandemic renovating his back terrace in Brooklyn, N.Y. Deck tiles laid on the diagonal echo the home’s parquet floors inside, and a folding door system (his is from NanaWall ) creates a seamless flow.

“When the doors are open wide,” DiClerico says, “the two spaces become one.”

Interior designer Anna Popov is also using folding glass walls in a client’s home, for a double­sided fire­ place surrounded by indoor and outdoor seating.

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Weather-friendly style And outdoor seating can be cozy. Durable materi­ als and new tech have made for weather­hardy furni­ ture that looks just like interior stuff.

A few examples: Room & Board’s Rayo outdoor sofas are made of sturdy, recycled, high­density poly­ propylene, with cushions covered in performance fabrics. Their modern silhouette takes them about as far from a folding aluminum lawn chair as you can get.

Article and Homary have sectionals with built­in side tables and convertible lounge features.

Annie Selke’s new collection of fade­resistant, scrubbable PVC rugs features snappy geometrics and bright plaids. Southwestern, vintage traditional and midmod motifs can be found in Ruggable’s washable outdoor collection. There are jute­look rugs that wouldn’t wear out as fast as the real deal.

A permanent roof over an outdoor living area increases the number of months it can be used, and might merit the investment.

As for more temporary shade, pergolas and ga­ zebos in kits can be assembled by a proficient DIYer. A retractable, weatherproof fabric awning in a pat­ tern that complements your outdoor furnishings adds an aesthetic and practical element. Or maybe you just prefer a patio umbrella.

Heaters and fireplaces can extend the outdoor living season. Consider something beyond the stand­ ard pit style; Le Feu’s ovoid­shaped, steel fire vessels have a sexy ’70s vibe. Interiors maven Lauren Rottet has designed a dramatic firepit out of a pillar of bas­ alt, and there’s a calming, bubbly water fountain in the same collection.

Zen amenities Yoga platforms, hot tubs, Japanese soaking tubs and daybeds are more commonly found at resorts, but people are bringing the idea home.

“These experiences aren’t just reserved for high­ end clients,” says Popov. “There’s a distillation of these elements happening throughout the design world, as the value of home and comfort increases.”

Don’t have the room or cash for a full­size pool?

“One of the things we’re seeing more and more of,” says Apartment Therapy editor Danielle Blundell, is

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The Fontaine Water Feature, designed by Lau­ ren Rottet, is handcrafted from basalt. the addition of an outdoor tub or shower.

“This feels a little more doable in a small space than maybe even a plunge pool,” she says.

Cold plunge pools in particular have become popular with fitness fans, who find the water restora­ tive. Among other examples, Redwood Outdoors makes a lozenge­shaped version, while The Pod Com­ pany makes a barrel­shaped one; both are portable, easy to assemble and off­grid — just bring the water and a few bags of ice.

And there are portable saunas that require just a hookup to electricity.

Greenspaces Romantic arbors, meandering paths and plant­ ings can create a relaxing backyard retreat.

“An outdoor sauna combined with the soothing nature of a sensory garden is a big favorite of ours,” says Popov, describing gardens “designed specifically to provide a tactile experience with scent and color, for adults and children.”

Blundell cites interesting ways to create privacy, including salvaged shutters, wooden slats or greenery walls. With a tall planter of evergreens, microgreens, herbs or succulents, you’ve got privacy and added gardening possibilities.

Plant lavender, herbs, jasmine and mock orange for a fragrant oasis; ornamental grasses, ferns and lambs’ ears add texture; wind chimes, a birdbath and feeder, a tabletop fountain and a gravel path will introduce gentle sound to your garden.

“These little corners of calm are perfect spots for stargazing or starting your day off with a dose of nature,” says Blundell.

Cook is a freelance writer who covers design and decor topics for The Associated Press.

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VIA CAPRI HOUSE IN LA JOLLA IS DESIGNATED HISTORIC Swortwood ‘spec house’ is noted for its ‘characteristics of Contemporary style’

BY ASHLEY MACKIN-SOLOMON The San Diego Historical Re­ sources Board voted to designate a house on Via Capri in La Jolla as a historical resource during its March 23 meeting.

The Lloyd and Raymona Swortwood Speculation House (or “spec house”) at 7390 Via Capri was deemed historic with a period of significance of 1961­62 under HRB Criterion C as a property that “embodies distinctive charac­ teristics of a style, type, period or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of natural materials or craftsman­ ship.” The property includes a 1962 addition designed by master architect Russell Forester. A spec house is a new move­in­ready home built on the speculation that it will sell easily.

City planner Alvin Lin said the Swortwood house’s floor­to­ceil­ ing glass design “creates a strong indoor/outdoor connection” and that the property “retains good integrity and continues to embody the distinctive characteristics of the Contemporary style.”

According to a report associ­ ated with the nomination, “unlike earlier styles, which are generally defined by exterior decorative

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The Lloyd and Raymona Swortwood Speculation House at 7390 Via Capri includes a 1962 addition designed by master architect Russell Forester. details, the Contemporary style focused on interior spaces and their relation to the outdoors.

Emphasis was placed on integrat­ ing the indoors with the outdoors by utilizing windows and exterior living areas such as balconies and courtyards. The style was popular in San Diego in the 1950s and 1960s largely because it could be easily adapted to hillside lots.”

The report says the Via Capri property has “strong roof forms with deep overhangs and exposed beams; large, aluminum­framed windows; non­traditional exterior

finishes including vertical wood siding, concrete block, stucco and flagstone; sun shades, screen or shadow block accents; broad masonry chimneys; and distinc­ tive triangular, parabolic or arched forms.”

Historic designation opens up use of the Mills Act program for reduced property tax for owners to help maintain, restore and reha­ bilitate such properties, among other regulatory flexibility.

Mackin­Solomon writes for the U­T Community Press.

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Torch plant

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PALETTE • Project ongoing as owner changes plants for new ones FROM E1 focal points, and which ones might not be visually or physiologically compatible with each another. She placed them on the ground. It was up to Umbreit to do the labor of getting them in the ground. While the front yard gets full, direct sun throughout the day, the house does provide enough shade that the plants don’t burn. Those that need full shade have taken up residence on the front porch.

Umbreit hasn’t installed any special lighting, and what little hardscape he added has been taken over by the succulents, but he did go through various iterations of irri­ gation — from sprinklers to bubblers to drip tubing. He uses it all occasionally, but a lot of the irrigation is covered by the plants.

What little watering is needed, he often just does with a hose.

He’s been impressed by the impact these low­water plants are capable of.

“They’re much more interesting to look at with all the colors and textures. And then they get flowers, which brings in the hummingbirds,” he said.

A CLOSER LOOK: KEITH UMBREIT

THE DETAILS Umbreit started his landscaping project in May 2017 with the side yard, and in Sep­ tember 2017, he moved into phase two with the lower front yard. The upper part he originally planted in ice plant. Sometime in 2019, he planted both canna and calla lilies, as well as some Lily of the Nile and fortnight lily plants at the front of his house. They’ve spread and give him flowers year­round — the cannas in the summer and the callas in the winter. In July 2020, he launched his phase three, removing most of the ice plants and replacing them with other succulents, although some remain as groundcover.

Along with the succulents, Ubreit also planted a decorative purple plum tree in the center of the central triangle plot. The gar­ den remains an ongoing project as he changes out some plants for new ones.

In many ways, the succulents have come to dictate the look of the garden. Umbreit pointed out places where he had initially put down a boulder or colored gravel or pavers while the succulents were young and small. They’re now no longer easily seen because succulents have grown over them.

He does prune or even remove them, but the “more is more” effect of a light gray silver dollar plant cozying up to a red and pink paddle plant has its charms, as does the petite, ever­creeping ‘Ocean Sunset’ ice plant. Umbreit joked about the straight line trim of another ice plant on his driveway being the effect of his truck backing over it.

One less task to take care of.

Umbreit is worried about the effect the barrage of rain over the winter has had on the succulents, which don’t thrive in wet conditions, but most don’t seem any the worse for the soakings, and several have the beginnings of flowers setting. One agave in the side plot, a large spineless jade agave, has grown a flower stock that since Decem­ ber has soared to about 12 feet tall.

The colorful, lush garden has been a hit in the neighborhood, Umbreit said.

“Everyone likes it. I have found, many times, people taking pictures of the yard. And if they are out walking their dog, they will probably be walking home with a potted plant I gave them in hand,” he said. “A sales­ man came by recently to give me a bid on reroofing my house. He gave me the bid and I gave him a plant of his choice, which he took home. I give these plants away all the time.”

COSTS Umbreit’s landscaping project has been labor intensive but very low­cost. He’s done the labor on his own. When he ripped out the grass, he put it in his city green can for recycling instead of having to drive it to a landfill. The plants came mostly from his friend, originally, but the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society has events in which members can exchange plants. And he does

KEITH UMBREIT

After removing the grass, Umbreit began replacing it with succulents.

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Hen and chicks plants (center) nestle among other succulents.

Plants used (in addition to those mentioned): black beauty (Aeonium arboreum), pinwheel plant (Aeonium haworthii), Aeonium ‘Kiwi,’ copper pinwheel (Aeonium ‘Sunburst’), fox tail agave (Agave attenuate), quadricolor (Agave lophantha), Queen Victoria (Agave victoriareginae), pregnant onion (Albuca bracteata), torch aloe candelabra (Aloe arborescens), torch plant (Aloe aristata), tiger tooth aloe (Aloe juvenna), rubble aloe (Aloe perfoliata), speck­ led aloe (Aloe pictifolia), mother of thousands (Bryophyllum delagoensis), Hottentot­fig ice plant, (Carpobrotus edulis), pig’s ear (Cotyledon orbiculata), bear’s paw (Cotyledon tomentosa), ripple jade (Crassula arborescens), campfire (Crassula capitella), propeller plant (Crassula falcata), Crassula hystrix/Crassula hirtipes, zipper plant (Crassula muscosa), Gollum jade (Crassula ovata), miniature pine tree (Crassula tetragona), pickle plant (Delosperma echinatum), mother­in­law’s tongue (Dracaena trifasciata), Echeveria agavoides ‘Lipstick,’ Mexican hen and chicks (Echeveria ‘Blue Curls’), painted lady (Echeveria derenbergii), hen and chicks (Echeveria ‘Golden Glow’), Mauna Loa (Echeveria gibbiflora), morn­ ing beauty (Echeveria subsessilis), copper rose (Echeveria multicaulis), Echeveria ‘Paul Bun­ yan,’ red velvet (Echeveria pulvinata), Epiphyllum hybrid ‘Camp Robber,’ giant Gasteria (Gasteria acinacifolia), lawyer’s tongue (Gasteria baylissiana), Acevedo­Rosas (Graptopetalum pentandrum superbum), Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives,’ Duval (Haworthia retusa), felt plant (Kalanchoe beharensis), red lips (Kalanchoe luciae), choco­ late soldier (Kalanchoe tomentosa), pink vygie (Oscularia deltoides), Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei), elephant food (Portulacaria afra), mini jade (Portulacaria afra ‘Varie­ gata’), ‘Orange Delight’ (Sedum nussbaumerianum), jelly bean plant (Sedum rubrotinctum), ‘Rosenteller’ (Sedum spectabile), swizzle sticks (Senecio anteuphorbium), blue chalksticks (Senecio mandraliscae), woolly Senecio (Senecio scaposus), string of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus), Echeveria ‘Party Dress’

Where are the plants from? Ninety­five per­ cent came from the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society.

Estimated costs: Umbreit estimated that, at most, he’s spent $300. He got most of the plants free; every so often he would buy some­ thing that looks interesting. He gets his com­ post free from Oceanside.

Occasionally, he needs to get an insecticide.

He didn’t apply for a lawn removal rebate but did receive a $250 gift certificate to Moon Valley Nurseries for winning the contest.

Who did the work? Homeowner Keith Umbreit did all the work.

How long did it take? It’s ongoing but started in 2017. Succulents need to be reset after about four years. They just get too big, so you pull them out, take cuttings and start over.

That’s also a good time to add more compost to the soil.

Water savings: When he’s not watering, Um­ breit estimates that he uses less than one unit of water per month.

Advice: • Join a club. They are everywhere. There you will get to know the nursery owners and get firsthand advice from them and from the other members of the club.

• You do have to get out of the habit of water­ ing. The easiest way to kill these plants is giving them too much water. With these plants, it is almost impossible to under­water them. They may die back some with no water, but as soon as they get water they come back.

• Don’t be afraid to make changes as the plants grow. Some get too big and need to be moved. You can then put something different in its place.

• Don’t neglect weeding. A succulent garden still needs maintenance. As with any kind of gardening, there will always be weeds.

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Tiger tooth aloe flares out in a spiky rosette. make the occasional foray to a nursery.

A peek in his closed side yard and back­ yard reveal how dedicated he is to not toss­ ing anything he prunes. There are rows upon rows of young succulents that he gives away or takes to plant sales or exchanges.

All in all, he thinks he’s spent, at most, about $300.

WATER SAVED It’s hard for Umbreit to pinpoint how much water he’s saved since transitioning from a lawn to succulents, but he explained that he was watering the lawn four times a week for 15 minutes, year­round.

“Now I do not water at all for about six months of the year,” he calculated. “Twice a month for the spring and fall (two months each). And three times a month in the sum­ mer (two months).”

Golden is a San Diego freelance writer and blogger.

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A sign indicates the yard is the winner of the Oceanside WaterSmart Landscape Contest. Umbreit received a $250 gift card to Moon Valley Nurseries as a prize.

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Umbreit tries to make use of the clippings after pruning his plants; he has rows of young succulents that he gives away or takes to plant sales or exchanges.

About the series This is the sixth in an occasional series on winners of the annual WaterSmart Landscape Contest, conducted in partnership with the San Diego County Water Authority. To learn about entering the next contest, visit landscapecontest.com.

For details on classes and resources through the WaterSmart Landscape Makeover Program, visit sdcwa.org/your­water/conservation. Landscape rebates are available through the Socal WaterSmart Turf Replacement Program at socalwatersmart.com.

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Umbreit says for the little watering that’s needed, he usually just uses a hose. He said he’s impressed at the visual impact of plants that need so little water.

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(3:15) (PG-13) (CC) FAM Venga la alegría (4:00) 100 latinos dijeron 24 horas (N) 24 horas (N) Al extremo A 15 15 20 33 7 a.m.

Fuera del aire Fin de emisión.

Pretty Woman ››› I 15 15 15 15 Fuera del aire Fin de emisión.

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First 48 A man is killed 41 33 45 132 The outside a liquor store. (CC)

The First 48 A man is shot in The First 48 A drug deal turns The First 48 Shooting deaths The First 48 (10:01) A mother The First 48 (11:04) A deadly his apartment. (CC) deadly. (CC) in Dallas and Cleveland. (CC) of five is bound and executed. crime involves guns and meth.

ANIM

Vet Life “Yogi Goat” Dr. 54 54 64 253 The Lavigne has his hands full.

The Vet Life French bulldog with a breathing problem.

BET

Movie: “Think Like a Man” (4:32) ›› (2012) Michael Ealy.

40 40 70 156 Men use an advice book to turn the tables on their gals. (CC)

Pets & Pickers “Animal Crackers”

Pets & Pickers Dino the dog is The Vet Life A pig with a mean The Vet Life A giant schnauzer anxious. (N) bite. might lose his ear.

Movie: “Tyler Perry’s the Family That Preys” ›› (2008, Drama) Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard. Greed and scandal test the mettle of two family matriarchs. (PG-13) (CC)

Below Deck Guests arrive with Below Deck Trevor angers the Below Deck A new crew captain. (CC) member joins Valor. (CC)

BRAVO 42 42 40 181 a pampered poodle. (CC)

Movie: “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” ›› (2008)

Below Deck A boating accident Below Deck Kate says goodbye Below Deck Kelley becomes jeopardizes lives. (CC) to her girlfriend. (CC) angry with Sierra. (CC)

CMT

Movie: “Varsity Blues” (5:30) ›› (1999, Comedy-Drama) 61 65 66 526 James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight. (R) (CC)

Movie: “Top Gun” ››› (1986, Action) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis. A hot-shot Movie: “Twister” ››› (1996, Action) Helen Navy jet pilot downs MiGs and loves an astrophysicist. (PG) (CC) Hunt, Bill Paxton. (PG-13) (CC)

COM

Office The Office The Office 48 45 60 141 The “New Leads” “Happy Hour” (CC)

The Office (CC)

CTN

Board of Supervisors

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Down To Earth

The Office The Office “The Chump” (CC)

The Office “Nepotism”

The Office Movie: “Wedding Crashers” ››› (2005, “Counseling” Comedy) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. (R) (CC)

Board of Supervisors

24 99 Planning Commission Meeting

Classic Arts Showcase

CTV

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DISC

Unknown Josh Expedition Unknown “Mahog- Expedition Unknown “Great 35 24 44 121 Expedition explores Ecuador’s Tayos Cave. any Ship” (CC) Women Of Ancient Egypt”

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Movie: “The Matrix” ››› (1999, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. A 49 49 48 135 computer hacker learns his world is a computer simulation. (R) (CC)

FOOD

Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive- Diners, Drive62 62 51 453 Diners, Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives Ins and Dives

FX

Movie: “Spider-Man 3” (5:00) ›› (2007) Tobey Maguire.

Movie: “The Amazing Spider-Man” ››› (2012, Action) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. Peter Atlanta (CC) 43 48 52 129 Peter Parker falls under the influence of his dark side. (PG-13) Parker investigates his parents’ disappearance. (PG-13) (Adult situations, violence) (CC)

Atlanta (11:36) “Tarrare”

HGTV

to Fabulous Transform- Fixer to Fabulous “California Houses With History The team Houses With History The team The Renovator Marcus Lemo- House 53 53 53 451 Fixer ing a cabin into a retreat. (CC) Couple Gets Dream Home” restores an 1800s home. (N) bids on a schoolhouse. (N) nis takes on a couple. (N) Hunters

House Hunters

HIST

Aliens “The UFO Conspiracy” Secret government UFO Ancient Aliens Exoplanets 55 55 56 256 Ancient projects. (CC) may be home to others.

ION

& Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims Law & Order: Special Victims 96 96 71 195 Law Unit “Rape Interrupted” Unit “Broken Rhymes” Unit “Next Chapter” Unit “Chasing Theo” Unit “Decline and Fall” Unit “Motherly Love”

ITV

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& Molly Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Two and a 59 59 65 139 Mike “Goin’ Fishin”’ (CC) (CC) (CC) Half Men

LIFE

“Sleeping With My Student” (2019) Gina Holden.

38 38 32 361 Movie: Kathy discovers her fling with Ian was no accident. (NR) (CC)

Movie: “Drunk, Driving, and 17” (2023) Savannah Lee Smith. Movie: “Imperfect High” (10:03) (2021) Nia Sioux. A teen A 17-year-old girl gets into a drunken driving accident. (NR) finds herself in grave danger at her new high school. (NR) (CC)

MTV

30 30 36 503 Ridiculousness (CC)

Movie: “The Blind Side” ››› (2009, Drama) Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw. A well-to-do white Movie: “The Devil Wears couple adopts a homeless black teen. (PG-13) (Adult situations, violence) (CC) Prada” ››› (2006) (PG-13)

NATG

Catch a Smuggler: Peru 70 70 129 265 To “Senior Smuggler” (CC)

Airport Security Peru “Strange Brew” (CC)

To Catch a Smuggler: Peru “Cocaine Carrier” (CC)

To Catch a Smuggler

180 NewsNation Prime (N) (CC)

NewsNation Prime (CC)

NewsNation Prime (CC)

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Love & Marriage: Huntsville “A Holt and a Prayer”

Love & Marriage: Huntsville “You’ve Scotts to Chill” (N)

Love & Marriage: Huntsville

Love & Marriage: Huntsville “A Holt and a Prayer”

Love & Marriage: Huntsville “You’ve Scotts to Chill”

Cold Justice (N) (CC)

Accident, Suicide, or Murder Blood & Money A murder is “Shattered Glass” (N) (CC) linked to Robert Durst. (CC)

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OWN

106 106 173 170 House Hunters

House Hunters

OXY

338 338 171 368 Cold Justice (CC)

Your Health

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Su Vida

Global 3000 (CC)

Ridiculousness (CC)

Main Street Living

To the Point

Expedition Unknown “Egypt’s Expedition Unknown “Viking Expedition Unknown “Vikings Lost Queens” (CC) Secrets” (CC) In America” (CC) Alive and Well America’s Black Forum

Creative Living

The Perfect Game

Extreme Smile Ask Dr. Makeover Chasan

Movie: “The Matrix Reloaded” ››› (2003, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. Premiere. Freedom fighters revolt against machines. (R) (Adult situations, violence) (CC)

Ancient Aliens (9:02) Tower- Ancient Aliens (10:05) Strange Ancient Aliens (11:05) Seeking ing figures stand watch. sightings in Italy. (CC) proof of extraterrestrials.

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To Catch a Smuggler

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Two and a Half Men

Ukraine War From the Air The To Catch a Smuggler: Peru story of Ukranian efforts. (N) Two suspicious travelers.

Cold Justice DNA testing may Cold Justice The disappearprovide answers. (CC) ance of a mother. (CC)

Movie: “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” ››› (2002, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen. Members of a fellowship Movie: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” ››› (2003, Fantasy) Elijah Wood. (PG-13) (CC)

PARMT 45 26 38 146 battle evil Sauron and his pawns. (PG-13) (Adult situations, violence) (CC) SYFY

Movie: “2012” (3:32) ›› 63 63 57 152 (2009) John Cusack. (PG-13)

TBS

Mar- Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang All Elite Wrestling: All Access 33 25 2 113 “Captain vel” (4:00) (CC) (CC) (CC) (CC) “Uncle Teddy” Theory Theory Theory Theory (CC)

TLC

Pimple Popper Jacque36 47 55 251 Dr. line’s impaired fire spinning.

TNT

Movie: “Aquaman” (5:00) ›› (2018, Action) Jason Momoa.

34 34 27 109 Aquaman must save Atlantis from his power-hungry brother.

TRAV

Haunting A woman experi- A Haunting A couple’s antique A Haunting Newlyweds 60 41 69 255 A ences supernatural events. cabinet is haunted. (CC) become targets. (CC) Impractical

TRUTV 44 44 39 165 Jokers

Impractical Jokers

Movie: “Rambo: Last Blood” (7:04) › (2019, Action) Sylves- Movie: “The Wolverine” (9:04) ›› (2013, Action) Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada. Wolverine ter Stallone, Paz Vega. (R) (CC) confronts the prospect of real mortality. (PG-13) (CC)

Seeking Brother Husband “It’s Raining Men”

Impractical Jokers

Impractical Jokers

Seeking Brother Husband Seeking Brother Husband Kim Darcey & Stacey “Lies & Furious Brides” Stacey’s rehearsal Dustin gives advice to Vinson. invites Vinson to a party. dinner turns ugly.

Movie: “The Suicide Squad” ››› (2021, Action) Margot Robbie. Premiere.

Armed supervillains embark on a dangerous island mission. (R) (CC)

Impractical Jokers

Impractical Jokers

Movie: “The Suicide Squad” (10:45) ››› (2021, Action) Margot Robbie. (R) (CC)

A Haunting A man proves that A Haunting Multiple entities a doll is possessed. (CC) antagonize a family. (CC)

A Haunting A woman experiences paranormal activity.

Impractical Jokers

Impractical Jokers

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USA

to Survive: Alaska Rac- Race to Survive: Alaska 2 35 34 125 Race ers must live off the land.

Alaska takes her first victim.

Race to Survive: Alaska (8:08) Race to Survive: Alaska (9:09) “Meet the Racers must live off the land. Monster” Alaska takes her first victim.

VH1

Movie: “Are We Done Yet?” › (2007) Ice Cube. A bizarre 46 39 42 519 contractor complicates a family’s move to the suburbs. (PG)

Movie: “Fist Fight” ›› (2017, Comedy) Charlie Day. A fired teacher challenges a snitch to a fight after school. (R) (CC)

Movie: “Keanu” ›› (2016) Keegan-Michael Key. Two cousins pose as gangsters to recover a stolen kitten. (R) (CC)

WE

“Knockout” Vance inves- NCIS A military family comes NCIS “Dead Reckoning” Gibbs NCIS “Toxic” A government 337 337 54 373 NCIS tigates a boxer’s death. (CC) under suspicion. (CC) works with Kort. (CC) scientist goes missing. (CC)

NCIS “Legend” Tony looks into NCIS “Legend” Tony questions Ziva’s personal life. (CC) Ziva’s loyalty to NCIS.

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City 52 52 63 303 Big Greens (CC)

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FREE

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (5:05) ›› (2011) 19 50 67 179 Movie: Johnny Depp. Capt. Jack Sparrow searches for the Fountain of Youth. (PG-13)

HALL

“The 27-Hour Day” (2021) Autumn Reeser. An entre- Movie: “The Wedding Cottage” (2023) Erin Krakow. A woman Movie: “My Favorite Wedding” (10:01) (2017, Romance-Come74 74 123 365 Movie: preneur develops a budding romance at a retreat. (NR) tries to convince an artist to renovate a cottage. (NR) (CC) dy) Maggie Lawson, Paul Greene. (NR) (CC)

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The Patrick 47 43 33 314 SpongeBob SquarePants Star Show

Movie: “Hotel Transylvania” ›› (2012, Children’s) Voices of Friends (CC) Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. (PG) (Adult situations) (CC)

Friends (CC)

Friends (CC)

TOON

Movie: “The Smurfs 2” › (2013) Neil Patrick Harris. Live Futurama “I, Futurama (CC) Rick and 50 61 62 326 action/animated.

Evil wizard Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette. (PG) Roommate” Morty (CC)

Rick and Morty (CC)

Royal Crack- American ers “Stebe” Dad!

AMC

“The Shawshank Redemption” (5:00) ›››› (1994, Movie: “The Fugitive” ››› (1993, Action) Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones. An innocent man Movie: “The Shawshank 57 57 43 119 Movie: Drama) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman. (R) (CC) must evade the law as he pursues a killer. (PG-13) (Adult situations, violence) (CC) Redemption” ›››› (1994)

IFC

Movie: “My Cousin Vinny” (6:15) ››› (1992, Comedy) Joe Pesci, Marisa 300 300 627 797 Tomei.

An inept lawyer tries to free his cousin from a Dixie jail. (R) (CC)

C N S U

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Movie: “Zootopia” ››› (2016, Children’s) Voices of Ginnifer Marvel’s Moon Kiff “Hat; Lost Molly McGee Goodwin, Jason Bateman. (PG) (Adult situations) (CC) Girl and and Found”

Miraculous: Ladybug

Movie: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” (8:20) ›› (2017, Adventure) Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush. Deadly ghost sailors pursue Capt. Jack Sparrow. (PG-13) (CC)

Friends (CC)

Movie: “My Cousin Vinny” (8:45) ››› (1992, Comedy) Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei. An inept lawyer tries to free his cousin from a Dixie jail. (R) (CC)

Movie: “Bumblebee” (2018)

Friends (CC)

Friends (CC)

American Dad!

American Dad!

Lucky Hank (11:15) “Pilot” Hank is almost fired. (CC)

LMN

“Dying for a Family” (2022, Suspense) Maddy Hillis. A Movie: “Abduction Runs in the Family” (2021) Jessica Mor- Movie: “Who Kidnapped My Mom?” (2022) Lucie Guest. Au68 362 Movie: teen tries to solve the disappearance of her sister. (NR) (CC) ris. A woman’s former captor tries to save her kidnapped child. thorities do not belive that a single mother was abducted. (NR)

TCM

Movie: “My Fair Lady” (5:00) ›››› (1964, Musical) Audrey Movie: “The Music Man” ››› (1962, Musical Comedy) Robert Preston. A glib Movie: “Gypsy” (10:45) ››› (1962, Musical) 58 58 59 790 Hepburn, Rex Harrison. (G) (CC) traveling salesman works his charm on an Iowa town. (G) (CC) Rosalind Russell. (NR) (CC)

ESPN

Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen (5:30) Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen, 3 27 29 602 UFC featherweight. From T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. (N) (CC) XFL Football: Guardians at

ESPN2 28 28 30 606 Brahmas

SportsCenter (N) (CC)

SportsCenter (N) (CC)

SportsCenter (N) (CC)

On the Clock On the Clock Player 54: (CC) (CC) XFL Dream

NHRA Drag Racing NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, NASCAR Cup Series NOCO 400, Qualifying. (CC) Qualifying 2. (N) (CC)

93 652 NASCAR Xfinity

Player 54: XFL Dream

SportsCenter (N) (CC) Player 54: XFL Dream

SportsCenter (N) (CC)

NBA Basketball Brooklyn Nets at Philadelphia 76ers. (CC)

USFL Football New Jersey Generals vs Birmingham Stallions.

From Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. (CC)

FS1

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Pro Beach Volleyball 29 29 31 772 AVP Tour (5:00)

BSSD

56 56 61 776 MLB Baseball Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres. From PETCO Park in San Diego.

NBA

331 331 308 632 Playoff Central (5:30)

TGC

Tour Golf (4:00) LOTTE Championship, Final Round. (N) PGA Tour Golf RBC Heritage, Third Round. (CC) 51 51 73 641 LPGA (CC)

HBO

Movie: “The Batman” (4:55) ››› (2022) Robert Pattinson. Movie: “Black Adam” ›› (2022) Dwayne Johnson. Modern Succession (10:10) Logan doles Perry Mason (11:15) “Chapter 200 200 511 803 Batman ventures into Gotham’s underworld to find a killer. heroes challenge Black Adam’s unique form of justice. (PG-13) out an unsavory task.

Fourteen” (CC)

MAX

Movie: “Focus” (6:14) ›› (2015) Will Smith. A con man’s 220 220 531 833 former protege/lover throws him off his game. (R) (CC)

Movie: “Frank Miller’s Sin City” ››› (2005, Action) Jessica Movie: “District 9” (10:04) ››› (2009, Science Fiction) Alba. Sordid characters run amok in a crime-ridden metropolis. Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope. (R) (CC)

SHO

Movie: “Uncut Gems” (5:45) ››› (2019) Adam Sandler. A 240 240 551 853 jeweler faces adversaries after making a high-stakes bet. (R)

Movie: “Gladiator” ››› (2000, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix. A fugitive general becomes a gladiator in ancient Rome. (R) (CC)

Icons Horrow Sports Stars Epic Trails of Tomorrow

Destination Polaris

World Poker Padres Live Postgame

World Poker

World Poker

Padres Top 5 Fight Sports: Boxing

Playoff Central

Playoff Central LPGA Tour Golf LOTTE Championship, Final Round. (CC)

Movie: “Bad Boys for Life” (5:53) ›› (2020) Will Smith. Old- Blindspotting Blindspotting Power Book II: Ghost (9:03) (CC) “No More Second Chances”

STARZ 260 260 581 903 school cops and a new tactical unit battle a drug lord. (R) (CC) (CC)

Catching Lightning (10:35) “Part 1” (CC)

Movie: “The Wedding Ringer” (10:08) ›› (2015) Kevin Hart.

A groom must hire a best man for his upcoming nuptials. (R)

CNBC

Boss Mayor Karen Undercover Boss An employee Undercover Boss “Utah Jazz” Undercover Boss An employee Undercover Boss Retro Fit66 46 49 216 Undercover Freeman-Wilson. (CC) is terminated. (CC) (CC) is too flirtatious. (CC) ness CEO Eric Casaburi. (CC)

CNN

Longoria: Searching for Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of 31 31 26 202 Eva Mexico “Yucatan” (CC) Cults “The Awakening” (CC)

FNC

Unfiltered With Dan Bongino Lawrence Jones Cross Coun- One Nation With Brian 37 37 37 210 (N) (CC) try (N) (CC) Kilmeade (CC)

HLN

“Safe” A robbery 32 32 28 203 Fringe suspect is trapped. (CC)

MSNBC 39 23 50 215

Ayman (N) (CC)

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S = Spectrum U = AT&T U-verse

Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults “The Chrysalis” (CC)

Yellowjackets (11:35) (CC)

Paid Program Coin Collect(CC) ing with Mike

How It Really Happened (CC) How It Really Happened (CC) CNN Newsroom Live (N) (CC) Unfiltered With Dan Bongino Lawrence Jones Cross Country (CC) (CC)

Fringe (7:15) “Bound” Murder of an esteemed Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files epidemiologist. (CC) “Micro-Clues” (CC) (CC) (CC) (CC) (CC) (CC) American Voices With Alicia Ayman (CC) Menendez (CC)

(CC) = Closed captioned (PG) = Parental guidance (N) = New/original program

Ayman (CC)

(G) = General audiences (PG-13) = Parents cautioned (R) = Restricted

Dateline A criminal defense attorney is murdered. (CC)

Dateline A death tears a prominent family apart. (CC)

Because of FCC regulations, some programs listed on L.A. stations may be blacked out and substituted on cable.

hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills. (2:30) (R) (CC) FX 7 a.m.

The Bad Seed ››› (1956, Horror) Nancy Kelly. Odd fatal accidents lead a woman to realize that her 8-year-old daughter was born to kill. (2:30) (NR) (CC) TCM 8 a.m.

Kong: Skull Island ››› (2017, Adventure) Tom Hiddleston. Scientists, soldiers and adventurers encounter the mighty Kong and other monstrous creatures after traveling to an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. (2:15) (PG13) (CC) TNT 10 a.m.

Dead Ringer ››› (1964, Mystery) Bette Davis. Edith kills Margaret, her twin, and takes her identity, fooling Edith’s boyfriend but not Margaret’s lover.

(2:00) (NR) (CC) TCM 10:30 a.m.

In the Line of Fire ››› (1993, Suspense) Clint Eastwood. An assassin toys with a White House Secret Service agent haunted for 30 years by his failure in 1963 Dallas.

(2:45) (R) (CC) AMC 11:15 a.m.

Spider-Man ››› (2002, Action) Tobey Maguire.

Peter Parker uses his superhuman powers to battle his archenemy, the Green Goblin. (2:30) (PG13) (CC) FX 11:30 a.m.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ››› (1962, Horror) Bette Davis. A Hollywood child-star hasbeen torments her famous sister, now in a wheelchair.

(2:30) (NR) (CC) TCM 12:30 p.m.

Air Force One ››› (1997, Suspense) Harrison Ford.

Demanding the release of a political prisoner, a terrorist and his gang hijack the U.S. president’s plane. (3:00) (R) (CC) AMC 2 p.m.

Spider-Man 2 ››› (2004, Action) Tobey Maguire.

Tormented Peter Parker battles a sinister scientist who uses mechanical tentacles for destructive purposes. (3:00) (PG-13) (CC) FX 2 p.m.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ››› (2001, Fantasy) Elijah Wood. A chosen hobbit and his loyal friends join a wizard, humans, a dwarf and an elf on a quest to destroy a powerful ring and defeat an evil lord. (4:00) (PG-13) (CC) PARMT 2 p.m.

Margot at the Wedding ››› (2007, ComedyDrama) Nicole Kidman.

Conflict between two sisters arises when one expresses her disapproval of the other’s fiance during a weekend visit. (2:00) (R) ` 3 p.m.

Wait Until Dark ››› (1967, Suspense) Audrey Hepburn. Intruders search a blind woman’s Greenwich Village apartment for a heroinfilled doll. (2:00) (NR) (CC) TCM 3 p.m.

The Shawshank Redemption ›››› (1994, Drama) Tim Robbins. Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentiary. (3:00) (R) (CC) AMC 5 p.m.

My Fair Lady ›››› (1964, Musical) Audrey Hepburn. Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway hit about an English professor who teaches a cockney merchant to be a lady.

(3:00) (G) (CC) TCM 5 p.m.

Camelot ››› (1967, Musical) Richard Harris.

King Arthur loses Guinevere to trusted Sir Lancelot in the colorful court of Camelot. (3:45) (G) (CC) TCM 1:15 a.m.

Rush Hour ››› (1998, Action) Jackie Chan. A Hong Kong detective and a wisecracking L.A.P.D. detective choose to work together to find the missing daughter of a Chinese diplomat. (2:00) (PG-13) (CC) TBS 4 a.m.

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Rock Star 180° Sweeping San Diego Bay Pacific Ocean Views. Gorgeous 20th Floor NW Facing 1,684 Sq Ft Single Story Indoor Outdoor Living Luxury Condo, Open Floor Plan.

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92106 Classic 4 bd. 3 ba. Spanish home w/tiled entry, beamed ceilings, custom wrought iron, Catalina decorative tiles on staircase, hardwood floors, gated brick entry courtyard w/fountain, covered brick patio w/ BBQ, workshop/gardening room, detached guest house & expansive canyon views, plus large lot. This home has French doors leading to the patio, includes a large eat-in kitchen, second floor view decks, central air, large living room w/FP & built-ins display cases. Needs some updating. Close to Liberty Station & the bay. $1,595,000 Marie Huff 619-838-9400 | DRE # 01110179 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices CA Properties

1216 East Cove Place 92024 Brand new move-in ready contemporary cottage-style 1.2 miles from the water. ~2,068 sq. ft. /4BR/2.5BA. Filled with upgrades, premium Bertazzoni appliances, wood floors, smart automation, solar & more.

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3851 Curtis St 92110 Turnkey 1,672 Sq Ft Single Story Living On a 8,300 Sq Ft (104X75) Flat Level Corner Usable Lot Loc On A Cul-De-Sac. Large Fenced Yard. 2 Car Gar. Just Appraised At $1,600,000. Currently Tenant Occupied. 4BR 2BA. $1,475,000 Robert Realty 619-852-8827 RobertRealtySD.com DRE #01727428

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16740 Calle Montana 92127 Brand new custom estate completed in February 2023, move-in ready! A bold and modern 6,945 sf. single level home with 4 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, and a 4-car garage, including multiple bonus rooms and a 1,200-sf. flex space. Monumental panoramic sliding glass doors frame the breezeway between indoor-outdoor living.

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4351 Monaco St. 92107 180° Unobstructed Ocean Views on an Oversized Lot on a Cul-de-sac.

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SUNSET AT MELROSE HEIGHTS | TRUMARK 1635 Fig Tree Way Oceanside, CA 92056 HARBOR AT MELROSE HEIGHTS | TRUMARK 1714 Crabapple Way, Oceanside, 92056 CADENCE | KB HOME Frazee Rd. and Old Grove Rd. Oceanside, 92057 LIBERTY | KB HOME 301 Liberty Way Oceanside Ca 92057 SKYLARK | LENNAR 901 Lindberg Drive, San Marcos, 92069 | 760-313-0581 PARKSIDE AT MISSION CIRCLE| LENNAR 312 Parkview DR. San Marcos, 92078 | 760-313-0571 JADE AND AMBER AT SUNRISE | LENNAR E. Barham Dr & Meyers Ave, San Marcos, 92078 | 760-313-0604

EAST COUNTY PARKRIDGE LA MESA | CITY VENTURES 7691 University Ave., La Mesa, 919421 CRESTLINE | KB HOME 2715 Jujube St., Spring Valley, 91977

ATWOOD AT 3 ROOTS | SHEA HOMES Camino Santa Fe & Carroll Canyon Rd. San Diego, 92121 PALMER AT 3 ROOTS | SHEA HOMES Camino Santa Fe & Carroll Canyon Rd. San Diego, 92121 JUNIPERS | LENNAR HOMES Coming Soon to San Diego 858-465-6055

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PATRIA | SHEA HOMES Coming Soon! Chula Vista, 91913 WHITMORE AT COTA VERA | LENNAR 1606 Whitmore Loop, Chula Vista, 91913 | 619-684-2678

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Registrant Name /s/ Casey Hunter, Managing Member 04/15/23, 04/22/23, 04/29/23, 05/06/23 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2023-9008319 Filed with Jordan Z. Marks Recorder/ County Clerk County of San Diego: 04/13/2023 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Keypoint TC Located at: 1630 Waterlily Way, San Marcos, CA 92078, San Diego County.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2023-9007144 Filed with Jordan Z. Marks Recorder/ County Clerk County of San Diego: 03/30/2023 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. AMICUS KOREAN SCHOOL Located at: 10960 VIA FRONTERA, SAN DIEGO, CA 92127, SAN DIEGO County.

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Registrant Name /s/ SAMDOO KIM 04/01/23, 04/08/23, 04/15/23, 04/22/23 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2023-9007689 Filed with Jordan Z. Marks Recorder/ County Clerk County of San Diego: April 6, 2023 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. OOH MOMMY FOODS Located at: 22171 LONG TROT DRIVE, ESCONDIDO, CA 92029, SAN DIEGO County.

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The series continues Tuesday, April 18, at 10:00 a.m., as Kevin Burke, JD, presents a session on the steps for using leasing forms to better serve and protect the agent and the client.

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WOMEN OF REAL ESTATE: 2022 TOP PRODUCERS Jecka StJohn: Congratulations Jecka on your amazing success in 2022! You lead your team & obtained the 2022 International Diamond Society Award representing the top 22% of Coldwell Banker Small Teams Worldwide! What an amazing accomplishment! We are so proud and can’t wait to see what you do in 2023.

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Anna Chiles went above and beyond for her clients in 2022. Her hard work helped her achieve both the RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE: Gold Status Award and the PSAR R.E.A.L TOP 1% award. These are both top honors awarded to less than 1% of all real estate professionals in San Diego County!

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Marcia Chiles: Congratulations, Marcia! We are so proud of you & your success last year. Your team was recognized among the top 22% of Small Teams Worldwide & received the 2022 International Diamond Society Award. 2023 will be an amazing year for you!

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INTRODUCTION TO RPA CONTRACT IN CARLSBAD LUNCH & LEARN BY SDAR Stay up-to-date with the most widely used and trusted purchase agreement in California. Learn the essential concepts, principles and facts about this form that all Realtors should know.

On Tuesday, April 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., join UCSD professor Mike Shenkman as he covers detailed instructions on how to use the RPA form during this in-person training at the Carlsbad Service Center of the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR).

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SDAR COURSE COVERS REVIEWS, PRESENTATIONS OF HOME OFFERS Market value is what a willing seller will sell and a willing buyer will buy, but it’s how an agent presents an offer that will make or break the deal.

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REELS & VIDEOS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA: TOPIC OF SDAR WEBINAR CLASS Agents who want to make short videos to grab people’s attention for their real estate business can take an online training on “reels,” which are short videos that you see on TikTok and Instagram.

In a one-hour webinar on Thursday, April 20, at 12:00 p.m., “Marketing Melodie” Tao shows real estate agents how to create marketing reels that are short, fun and straight to the point.

The Greater San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR) is hosting the online course. Contact education@sdar.com for registration assistance. Find this and other SDAR courses being offered in-person and online at sdar.com/education or call (858) 715-8000.

SDAR COMMERCIAL GROUP SPONSORS TOUR OF PREVIOUS HORTON PLAZA SITE Take a tour of The Campus at Horton in downtown San Diego on Tuesday, April 25. Don’t miss this hard hat tour of the largest adaptive reuse project in the United States, spanning seven city blocks, comprising nine buildings and totaling 1 million square feet of office and retail space.

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SPRING NETWORKING EVENT ON APRIL 27 HOSTED BY SDAR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

The Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors (PSAR) will provide free paper shredding and electronic recycling from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, April 27, at PSAR’s South County Service Center, 880 Canarios Court, Chula Vista. The drive-up and drop-off event is open to the public and clients of PSAR members. Accepted items (10-box maximum) include paper products, file folders, hanging files, checkbooks, magazines, notebooks and envelopes. Accepted electronics include computers, laptops, notebooks, gaming systems, monitors, tablets, keyboards, copiers, fax machines, scanners, TVs, radios and stereos, speakers, VCRs, DVDs, ink and toner cartridges, cords and wires. For more event information, contact PSAR by calling (619) 421-7811 or visit psar.org.

Join the Young Professionals Network of the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR) for its Spring Kickoff on April 27, at SDAR’s Kearny Mesa headquarters, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The casual networking event is a chance to meet colleagues who want to become more engaged in their industry and share tips on expanding business opportunities.

Enjoy appetizers and refreshments and get to know SDAR’s Committee Chairs, who will be on hand to encourage members to get involved in your association’s many and varied committees, including Education, Government Affairs, Housing Opportunities, Political Affairs, International and Commercial.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 37-2023-00013056-CU-PT-NC Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 325 South Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081 Petition of Lara Marie Fast FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all Interested Persons: Petitioner: Lara Marie Fast filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Lara Marie Fast to Lara Allan The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 16, 2023.

Time: 8:30AM. Dept: 25.

The address of the court is the same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Diego Union Tribune.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; SEE ATTACHMENT Dated: 3/30/23 Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court.

ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120). If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner. To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certificate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identification, a certified copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certified copy is required. A certified copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business Office for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certified copies. If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions. A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date. Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

Published: 04/01/23, 04/08/23, 04/15/23, 04/22/23

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 37-2023-00012134-CU-PT-CTL Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 330 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Petition of Sarah Maneck Bhagat FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all Interested Persons: Petitioner: Sarah Maneck Bhagat filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sarah Maneck Bhagat to Sarah Maneck Bhagat-Matthews The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 05/09/2023.

Time: 8:30am. Dept: C-61.

The address of the court is the same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Diego Union Tribune.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; SEE ATTACHMENT Dated: 03/24/2023 Michael T. Smyth Judge of the Superior Court.

ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120). If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner. To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certificate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identification, a certified copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certified copy is required. A certified copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business Office for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certified copies. If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions. A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date. Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

Published: 04/01/23, 04/08/23, 04/15/23, 04/22/23

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CITY OF LA MESA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE CITY COUNCIL PLACE OF MEETING: Council Chambers, City Hall 8130 Allison Avenue La Mesa, CA 91942 The La Mesa City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, 2023, may be viewed in-person or live on Cox Cable Channel 24 (within La Mesa City limits), AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 (in the San Diego Region), the City’s website (www.cityoflamesa.us), Facebook Live (www. facebook.com/lamesaca). The meeting agenda will be published not less than 72 hours before the time of the meeting and will be posted to the City’s Agendas webpage: https://www.cityoflamesa.us/1683/25171/Agendas-and-MeetingseSCRIBE Once the agenda has been published, written comments may be provided by eComment on the Agendas webpage by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. You may also provide oral public comments during the meeting in person or by Zoom video conference on a computer or mobile phone, or by telephone. The agenda for the meeting will contain more detailed information regarding how to participate in the meeting.

It is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, the 25th day of April, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, by the La Mesa City Council to discuss the following hearing item of the City of La Mesa: PROJECT NUMBER(S): 2020-52 APPLICANT: City of La Mesa LOCATION: Citywide ZONING/OVERLAY: Various DESCRIPTION: Revisions to the Housing Element of the General Plan for the 6th Cycle Update ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project does not have the potential to create a significant adverse effect on the environment. The revisions are consistent with the conclusions of the Negative Declaration adopted on July 27, 2021.

STAFF CONTACT: Allyson Kinnard, (619) 667-1196 or akinnard@cityoflamesa.us Under California Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only the issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or before the time and date of the determination.

THE CITY OF LA MESA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY’S ADA COORDINATOR, RIDA FREEMAN, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT (619) 667-1175, FAX (619) 667-1163, OR EMAIL RFREEMAN@CI.LA-MESA.CA.US. Hearing assisted devices are available for the hearing impaired. A City staff member is available to provide these devices upon entry to public hearings and meetings held in the City Council Chambers. A photo ID or signature will be required to secure a device for the meeting.

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email: legals@sduniontribune.com | email: legalsnorth@sduniontribune.com | email: legalswr@sduniontribune.com Fictitious Business Names FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202301810 02/08/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NOPALES RESTAURANT at 82530 CA-111, INDIO, CA 92201 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. RAVE AMERICA LLC 82076 SOLANO AVENUE, INDIO, CA 92201 CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ ROGER GABRIEL VILLA, VICE PRESIDENT NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202304415 03/23/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FLOOR TO CEILING REMODELING AND STONE at 39825 ALTA MURRIETA DR SUITE B-4, MURRIETA, CA 92563 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. WALL TO WALL BUILDERS INC 35350 TWIN WILLOW RD, MURRIETA, CA 92563 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ MICHAEL WALL, PRESIDENT NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202300859 01/23/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FACTORY LOT SWEEPING SERVICE at 43980 MAHLON VAIL RD 2802, TEMECULA, CA 92592 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. CROWN POINT DEVELOPERS INC 43980 MAHLON VAIL RD 2802, TEMECULA, CA 92592 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/14/2004 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ PHILIP LAWRENCE, CEO NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Directors of the Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. at the District office located at 1920 North Iris Lane, Escondido CA, 92026 to consider Resolution No. 23-851.31, “Participate in the County of San Diego Fire Mitigation Fee Program for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and Adopt a Capital Improvement Plan for the Use of Fire Mitigation Fee Revenue for Improvement District E (ID E).” A copy of this resolution is available for public inspection.

At the time, date, and place stated in this notice, the Board of Directors shall hear and consider all oral and written comments, if any, in connection with the adoption of the proposed resolution. The Board of Director shall consider approval of Resolution No. 23-851.31 at the April 25, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting.

Wanda Cassidy Board Secretary Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202301973 02/10/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NOPALITOS TACOS at 82530 CA-111, INDIO, CA 92201 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. RAVE AMERICA 82076 SOLANO AVENUE INDIO, CA 92201 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ ADALBERTO ORTIZ NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

03/25/23, 04/01/23, 04/08/23, 04/15/23 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202304835 03/29/23 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REVIVAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at 29220 SCOTT ROAD MENIFEE, CA 92584 Riverside MAILING ADDRESS: 29220 SCOTT ROAD MENIFEE, CA 92584 Registrant Information: 2a. CALVARY CHAPEL OF MENIFEE 29220 SCOTT ROAD MENIFEE, CA 92584 This business is

MENIFEE, CA 92584 This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/21/2005 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ DENNIS DAVENPORT BOARD SECRETARY NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202304749 03/29/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUZIE’S SCRUNCHIES at 42295 CIRCULO CAVINARA, MURRIETA, CA 92562 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. SUSAN GAIL KENNEDY 42295 CIRCULO CAVINARA MURRIETA, CA 92562 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/1994 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of

matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ SUSAN GAIL KENNEDY NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

04/01/23, 04/08/23, 04/15/23, 04/22/23 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202304896 03/30/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BEAR CREEK HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. at 24069 CHATENAY LN, MURRIETA, CA 92562 Riverside Registrant Information: 2a. BEAR CREEK HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 24069 CHATENAY LN, MURRIETA, CA 92562 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on December 2003 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ BARRY DUNGAN, PRESIDENT NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of

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on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202305287 04/06/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HANNA ESTHETICS LLC (1) HANNA ESTHETICS at 40820 WINCHESTER RD. #2505 SUITE 15, TEMECULA, CA 92591 Riverside MAILING ADDRESS: 25031 QUINCE HILL ST UNIT 2, MURRIETA, CA 92562 Registrant Information: 2a. HANNA ESTHETICS LLC 25031 QUINCE HILL ST UNIT 2, MURRIETA, CA 92562, CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /s/ HANNA ADAMSON, CEO NOTICE In Accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, A Fictitious Business Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in this statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this State of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another Federal, State or Common Law (See Section 14411 Et Seq., Business and Professional Code).

I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Peter Aldana Riverside County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed County of Riverside Peter Aldana Assessor –County Clerk – Recorder R-202305775 04/13/2023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A NOODLE STORY at 43810 BUTTERFIELD STAGE RD. STE 102, TEMECULA, CA 92592 Riverside FICTITIOUS Registrant BUSINESS NAME Information: STATEMENT 2a. A NOODLE Filed County of STORY, INC Riverside Peter 43810 Aldana Assessor BUTTERFIELD –County Clerk – STAGE RD STE 102, Recorder TEMECULA, CA R-202303848 92592 CA 03/15/2023 This business is The following conducted by: person(s) is (are) Corporation doing business as: Registrant has HA-SATAN not yet begun to at 30365 transact business STARGAZER WAY, under the fictitious MURRIETA, CA name(s) listed 92563 Riverside above.

Registrant I declare that all the Information: 2a. JAMES VINCENT information in this BANUELOS BENTON statement is true and 30365 STARGAZER correct. (A registrant who declares as WAY, MURRIETA, true any material CA, 92563 matter pursuant to This business is Section 17913 of conducted by: the Business and Individual Professions Code, that Registrant has the registrant knows not yet begun to to be false is guilty transact business under the fictitious of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine name(s) listed not to exceed one above. dollars I declare that all the thousand information in this ($1,000).) statement is true and /s/ MICHELLE correct. (A registrant PHUONG CHAU, who declares as CEO In true any material NOTICE with matter pursuant to Accordance Section 17913 of Subdivision (a) of 17920, A the Business and Section Business Professions Code, that Fictitious Statement the registrant knows Name expires to be false is guilty generally of a misdemeanor at the end of five punishable by a fine years from the date not to exceed one on which it was thousand dollars filed in the Office of the County Clerk, ($1,000).) except, as provided /s/ JAMES VINCENT BANUELOS BENTON in Subdivision (b) of NOTICE In Section 17920, where Accordance with it expires 40 days after Subdivision (a) of any change in the Section 17920, A facts set forth in this Fictitious Business statement pursuant Section 17913 Name Statement to generally expires other than a change in at the end of five the residence address years from the date of a registered owner. new Fictitious on which it was A Name filed in the Office of Business must the County Clerk, Statement except, as provided be filed before the in Subdivision (b) of expiration. The filing Section 17920, where of this statement does it expires 40 days after not of itself authorize any change in the the use in this State of facts set forth in this a Fictitious Business statement pursuant Name in violation of to Section 17913 the rights of another State or other than a change in Federal, the residence address Common Law (See 14411 Et of a registered owner. Section A new Fictitious Seq., Business and Business Name Professional Code).

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Fight for independence is exhausting for reader Dear Abby: I am 20 years old and dating a Marine. I work at a hospital, and I also have a part-time job. I recently rented an apartment near where my boyfriend is staying, and I’m busting my butt to be independent. My boyfriend struggles because he’s got a lot going on as well and doesn’t earn that much money. I’m the breadwinner right now and, honestly, I’m just tired. I work way too hard, and I’m really stressed.

Life is hard, and I genuinely feel like I can’t catch a break.

Any advice?

Overwhelmed In Virginia Dear Overwhelmed: This is the life you have chosen, and you are doing all you can. Carrying so much stress is bad for your emotional and physical health. Your boyfriend may not be making much money now, but he isn’t broke. It may be time to step back and review your finances and his, and whether you should continue to be the breadwinner. Things may get easier as your boyfriend gains rank and more seniority in the military.

Dear Abby: A couple moved next door several years ago. My wife and I were welcoming and did some socializing with them (dinners, festivals, parties).

We soon realized that we have little in common with them. When we’re together, the conversation is so difficult it is exhausting. They are nice people, but we no longer enjoy doing things with them. The problem is, how do we make this clear to them? We have declined numerous invitations and offers to spend time together, but they are persistent. They have many other friends and contacts, so loneliness isn’t the issue. How can we get the message across without being rude? We are running out of excuses.

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Dear Out Of Excuses: There is no polite way to tell people you don’t enjoy being with them. However, folks today have compelling obligations, full schedules; they develop new interests and juggle busy social lives. This is a fact of life. Because these neighbors have many other friends and contacts, they will find a way to fill their time if you continue being “busy.”

Dear Abby: Whenever I see strangers, especially my age — in their 30s — toss gum wrappers and food and beverage containers on the ground, I have conflicted feelings. I want to approach them and say something like, “Did you just throw that on the ground? Is that how you were raised — to expect others to pick up after you?”

Then I imagine the dirty looks I would get, or worse, and it escalating into an argument. I care about the environment and the community I live in. It saddens me that people don’t have similar respect or concern about the future of the environment. Do you have any ideas on how to succinctly tell people to stop littering without it appearing as if I am telling them off?

Caring Citizen In New Jersey Dear Caring Citizen: That some individuals have so little respect for the environment and their neighbors is disappointing. If you carry out your fantasy, it will almost certainly spark an angry and defensive reaction. If it would give you some sense of satisfaction, consider picking up the litter yourself.

DearAbby is written byAbigail Van Buren,also known as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips.Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440,LosAngeles,CA90069. © 2016 Universal Uclick

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Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid shopping or important decisions from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. EDT today (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT).After that, the Moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, April 15, 2023: You are intelligent and have many interests.

You are also charming and easygoing. Nevertheless, you’re hardworking and focused.This year you can expect acknowledgement for your hard effort.A promotion or an award will be yours.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Although this is a poor day to shop or make important decisions (see Moon Alert), it’s an excellent day to socialize and have fun. Enjoy the company of friends, groups and organizations. People are upbeat and in a positive mood.Tonight: Solitude.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ Because you make an excellent impression on others today, you’re in a position to be the center of attention or catch the eyes of bosses, parents and people in authority. People are attracted to your friendly nature today.Tonight: Get advice.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Grab every opportunity to do something different today.

You want adventure and a change of scenery! Talk to people from other cultures or different countries. Explore ideas. Enjoy discussions about philosophy and cultural topics. It’s a good day. (Check the Moon Alert.) Tonight: Show respect.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★ Do be careful today, because a large part of this day is a Moon Alert, which means it’s a poor time for financial decisions or spending money.And you’re in the mood to give away the farm! You will certainly be generous to others, especially with the resources of a third party. Caution.Tonight: Study.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ This is a great day to schmooze and enjoy the company of others. Partners, close friends, as well as members of the general public, will be friendly.You might be involved with a group, especially a group related to religion, politics or higher education.Tonight: Check your finances.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★ Workrelated travel will appeal to you today. Co-workers will be supportive.All kinds of group activities will feel upbeat and positive! Nevertheless, check the Moon Alert so that you can avoid important decisions during that time, especially shopping.

Tonight: Cooperate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ This is a great day to kick back and relax.Accept invitations to party. Enjoy happy hour. Sports events, playful times with kids and social outings of any kind will be a positive experience. In particular, you will enjoy group endeavors.Tonight: Work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★ Many of you will entertain at home today, despite the fact that you want to hide a bit and relax. Nevertheless, it’s hard to avoid gatherings and group situations.

Stock the fridge and go with the flow; you won’t regret it. People are upbeat today.Tonight: Responsibilities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ Short trips and opportunities to schmooze with others, especially in groups, will please you today.

You will like to learn new things and meet new faces! Be careful, because you’re full of ambitious ideas and are thinking big! Meanwhile, there’s a Moon Alert today.Tonight: Serious discussions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★ This is a tricky day.You feel flush.You’re in the mood to shop and spend money.You also might have excellent moneymaking ideas. Nevertheless, there’s a Moon Alert. Be smart and save your money.

Tonight: Listen.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ For most of this day, the Moon is in your sign dancing with Jupiter, which makes you feel happy and eager to socialize.You might be interested in business transactions. However, avoid important decisions and shopping (except for food and gas) during the Moon Alert.Tonight: Save money.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Although you want to keep a low profile today, you might be hatching some financial plans. It’s fine to do your homework, but wait until the Moon Alert is over before you initiate anything or spend money on anything other than food or gas. Forewarned is forearmed.Tonight: Serious conversations. © 2016 King Features Syndicate

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle TOM PEPPER

ACROSS Trick-taking card game 7 Monastery head’s jurisdiction 13 “Sweet!”

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“Why ___?”

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NEW ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDER TO RUN COUNTY FACILITY Board OKs contract after previous managers’ license was revoked CITY NEWS SERVICE RIVERSIDE

The Board of Supervisors on April 4 approved a $3.64 million contract with a substance abuse treatment provider to take over a facility managed by Riverside County officials that was slapped with state penalties last year over deficient services.

The board, without comment, signed off on the compact between Bloomington­based Cedar House Life Change Center and the county

Department of Behavioral Health, which applies to the current fiscal year. An automatic renewal is set for fiscal year 2023­24 at a cost of $6.32 million, and additional renew­ als will be permitted in 2024­25 and 2025­26 at the same cost, as long as there’s no breach of the contract terms.

Cedar House will assume oper­ ational control of the Arlington Recovery Center on County Farm Road in Riverside. The 54­bed drug rehabilitation and alcohol sobering treatment center, which opened in 2021, had been managed

by MFI Recovery Center Inc., but MFI was the target of an investiga­ tion by the California Department of Health Care Services, culmi­ nating in an on­site license revo­

cation action last December.

State inspectors uncovered “de­ ficiencies” tied to staffing and other factors, after which the recovery center was shuttered, according to officials.

MFI and the county have since been sued by the mother of a 24­ year­old woman, Melissa Monique Bauman of Riverside, who died at the facility last July, shortly after she checked in to receive help with drug addiction. Bauman died from a drug overdose.

Her family’s attorney, Elan Zek­ ster, alleged in court papers that staff members failed to conduct routine surveillance of the patient, as required by their protocols, and that she was unconscious for an ex­ tended period before employees

came to her aid and attempted in vain to resuscitate her.

MFI CEO Jonathan Delgado told City News Service in February that the company went through a shake­up afterward, with firings and other changes intended to im­ prove standards. MFI continues to operate private treatment facilities in Banning, Hemet and Murrieta.

According to the Department of Behavioral Health, Cedar House was selected after a vetting process that involved three competitors.

Under the new contract, the treatment provider will render services to those struggling with addiction for up to 60 days at a time, though the goal will be to promote recovery in 30 days.

“Matching treatment settings,

interventions and services with strengths, needs and preferences of the individual consumer and his or her family is imperative,” accord­ ing to the terms. “Treatment out­ comes will be assessed over time, and individualized treatment and recovery service plans will be modi­ fied to ensure they meet the con­ sumer’s changing needs and re­ sources.”

Medi­Cal recipients with no other means to pay will be eligible to receive the full range of treat­ ment options.

The contract costs will be cov­ ered by state and federal appro­ priations, with no county General Fund revenue expended, according to the Riverside University Health System.

CO M M U N I T Y CA L E N DA R April 15 MENIFEE Spring Shred Fest Menifee residents are invited to bring their old paperwork to be safely and securely shredded at the city’s free Spring Shred fest event from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at City Hall, 29844 Haun Road. City residents may bring up to three banker boxes of materials to shred; proof of residency required.

April 16 TEMECULA Sunday Funday at Vail HQ Vail Headquarters will host its weekly Sunday Funday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with local vendors, train and stagecoach rides, family activities and a DJ on the Vail Headquarters Stage. Vail Head­ quarters is at 32115 Temecula Park­ way. For information, visit www­ .vailhq.com.

April 16 LAKE ELSINORE Mornings on Main The city of Lake Elsinore and Made Local Market hold their weekly Mornings on Main Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun­ days at City Park, 184 Main St. Shop for locally sourced produce and handmade treasures at the farmers market, and stroll down Historic Downtown Main Street to take in the antique shops, novelty stores, museum and fine dining.

Visit https://tinyurl.com/ wdymz34x for information.

April 17 MURRIETA Dog Tales

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SPRING COLORS Wildflowers cover the hills in southern Perris near its border with Menifee’s Sun City area on April 4.

April 19 WILDOMAR Coffee talks

The Murrieta Public Library holds its Dog Tales program at 4:30 p.m. Mondays, except holidays.

The program, in partnership with Love on a Leash, provides trained reading­education assistance dogs for children ages 3 to 12 to read to.

Arrive early to sign up for a 10­min­ ute slot. The library is at 8 Town Square.

The monthly Wildomar Coffee with the City series returns at 8:30 a.m. April 19. Held the third Wednesday of the month at the Hive Bar & Grill, 32475 Clinton Keith Road, the free events hosted by the city and the Murrieta/Wildo­ mar Chamber of Commerce pro­ vide an opportunity for residents to connect with city officials. Email Kimberly Niebla at kim@mw­ coc.org for more information.

April 18 TEMECULA Farmers market

April 19 TEMECULA Evening Mixer

The Vail Headquarters Certi­ fied Farmers Market is held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays at 32115 Te­ mecula Parkway. Vendors offer fresh produce, cut flowers, local honey, specialty foods and more, and there are activities for chil­ dren. For information, visit https:// www.vailhq.com/farmers­market.

The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold its April Evening Mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. The event is free for chamber members, $30 for guests. Register at https:// members.temecula.org/events.

April 19­26 SOUTHWEST COUNTY Blood drives The San Diego Blood Bank will hold several blood drives hosted by local businesses in Southwest Riv­ erside County through the end of April. Donors must be 17 or older, weigh at least 114 pounds and be in good health. Photo ID is required.

For information or to make an ap­ pointment, call (800) 469­7322 or visit sandiegobloodbank.org.

April 19: Murrieta Mesa High School practice gym, 24801 Monroe Ave., Murrieta, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

April 25: Baron’s Market Te­ mecula, 31939 Rancho California Road, Temecula, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

April 26: Kohl’s, 24661 Madison Ave., Murrieta, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

April 21 MENIFEE Night Market Made Local will hold its Menifee Trading Post night market featur­ ing local artists and makers, food and live entertainment from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Mercato Del Sole, 30141 Antelope Road. The markets will be held the third Fri­ day of the month. Admission and parking are free. Visit madelocal­ market.org.

April 22­23 RIVERSIDE Air show March Air Reserve Base will hold its inaugural Southern Cali­ fornia Air Show the weekend of April 22­23 at the base. In addition to static displays of military and ci­

vilian aircraft, the event will fea­ ture the U.S. Air Force Thunder­ birds in the their F­16 Fighting Fal­ cons, the Patriots Jet Team flying L­39 single­seat trainers, the U.S. Navy’s F/A­18 Super Hornet West Coast Demo Team, the Air Force’s C­17 Globemaster West Coast Demo Team, the Canadian Sky­ Hawks Parachute Team and the A­10 Thunderbolt Demo Team.

The show will be at the base, east of Interstate 15, at Ellsworth Street and Cactus Avenue. For more in­ formation, visit socalairshow.com.

April 22 MENIFEE Better Together & Earth Day The city of Menifee invites the community to help make “Menifee Better Together” and to mark Earth Day in several ways on April 22. Volunteers are invited to partic­ ipate in a city beautification proj­ ect or partner with Habitat for Hu­ manity to assist a neighbor in need.

Residents are also invited to clear out their homes of oversized items and take them to the Bulky Item Drop­off Event from 8 a.m. to noon at Kabian Park, 28001 Kabian Park. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/menifee­bet­ ter­together.

April 25 MURRIETA Coffee talks The Coffee with the City of Mur­ rieta series continues at 8:30 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Murrieta Innovation Center, 26442 Beckman Court. The free events hosted by the city and the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce provide an opportu­ nity for residents to connect with city officials. For more information, visit www.murrietachamber.org.

April 29 TEMECULA Run Through the Vineyard Temecula Sunrise Rotary will host its 35th annual Run Through the Vineyard 10K, 5K and 2K run­ walks at the Maurice Car’rie Vine­ yard on Saturday, April 29. The event raises money for the club’s community service projects. Reg­ istration is limited to 800 entrants and costs $50 for the 10K, $48 for the 5K and $18 for the 2K. Online registration will close at 11:59 p.m.

April 26, or whenever the race sells out, whichever is first. Race­day registration will be from 6 to 7 a.m. if spots are still available. Partici­ pants will receive a T­shirt and fin­ isher medal, and prizes will be awarded for the top finishers in each age group in the 5K and 10K. For more information or to regis­ ter, visit temeculasunrisero­ tary.com.

May 5 TEMECULA Coffee Connection The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce holds its next Coffee Connection networking event from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 5, at The Coffee Shop at the chamber, 26790 Ynez Court, Suite A. Registration is encouraged at https://mem­ bers.temecula.org/events.

May 6 LAKE ELSINORE Waste collection The city of Lake Elsinore will hold its next household hazardous waste drop­off event for city resi­ dents from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat­ urday, May 6, at 512 N. Langstaff St., next to the Public Works Yard.

Items accepted include automo­ tive chemicals, batteries, electron­ ics, household chemicals and

cleaners and paint. For more infor­ mation, visit https://tinyurl.com/le­ waste­collection­2023.

May 11 MURRIETA/WILDOMAR Networking breakfast The Murrieta/Wildomar Cham­ ber of Commerce holds its monthly networking breakfast on May 11.

Held the second Thursday of the month, the meeting includes net­ working from 7:30 to 8 a.m. followed by the regular program at 8 a.m.

For more information or to regis­ ter, visit https://tinyurl.com/murr­ chamber­events.

May 12 TEMECULA Art Nights The city of Temecula holds its free monthly Art Nights program at The Merc and The Lot on Main, 42051 Main St. There will be an art­ ist reception for featured artists in The Merc with live music and re­ freshments. The May event will feature Daniel Santos. The event runs 5 to 8 p.m. Call (951) 694­6480 or visit temeculaca.gov/741/Art­ Nights for more information.

Ongoing VALLEYWIDE Blood donations Donations of blood and plasma are needed for patients through­ out the region. LifeStream hosts mobile blood drives at various lo­ cations as well as collections at its regular locations. The Murrieta donation center is at 40365 Murri­ eta Hot Springs Road, and is open seven days a week; hours vary. In­ formation: www.lstream.org.

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GRATIS UNA CUOTA FIJA MENSUAL LLEGARÁ A LA FACTURA DE LUZ Variará en función a los ingresos familiares, aún faltan detalles ALEXANDRA MENDOZA U-T

El conductor del vehículo se distrajo revisando su celular.

CAMPAÑA ADVIERTE DE PELIGROS AL MANEJAR DISTRAÍDO

ROB NIKOLEWSKI En un intento de hacer más accesibles las crecientes facturas de electricidad, California insti­ tuirá en los próximos dos años un cargo fijo mensual a los contribu­ yentes que variará en función de los ingresos familiares.

La Comisión de Servicios Pú­

blicos de California determinará el importe exacto y otros deta­ lles. La decisión final se aprobará a mediados de 2024 y se aplicará plenamente en 2025.

La medida afectará a todos los contribuyentes del estado que reciben electricidad de las tres grandes empresas inversio­ nistas: San Diego Gas & Electric, Pacific Gas & Electric y Sout­ hern California Edison.

El nuevo cargo fijo basado en los ingresos no afectará a la parte de gas natural de las facturas de los clientes —solo a la electrici­

dad— y es un mandato del esta­ do como parte de un amplio pro­ yecto de ley de energía que la Le­ gislatura aprobó el verano pasa­ do.

El viernes finalizó el plazo pa­ ra que las compañías eléctricas y otras partes interesadas (como las asociaciones de consumido­ res) presentaran propuestas a la comisión, conocida abreviada­ mente como CPUC, sobre el fun­ cionamiento del nuevo sistema de cuota fija.

Según las instrucciones de la VER CUOTA • 2

No estar atento al volante puede causar accidentes e incluso la muerte ALEXANDRA MENDOZA De 2021 a la fecha, se han regis­ trado casi 28 mil accidentes auto­ movilísticos debido a que un con­ ductor estaba distraído, lo que ha dejado un saldo de 185 muertes y casi 20 mil personas heridas, se­ gún datos de la Patrulla de Cami­ nos de California (CHP).

Con motivo del Mes para crear conciencia sobre conductores distraídos, autoridades locales ex­ hortaron a la comunidad a evitar estar al tanto del teléfono mien­ tras se maneja.

“A algunas personas se le hace fácil voltear a ver el celular o con­ testar un mensaje de texto, pero solo se necesitan unos segundos para que ocurra una tragedia”, di­ jo Anlleyn Venegas, portavoz con el Club de Automovilistas del Sur de California (AAA). “No solamen­ te ponen su vida en riesgo, sino también la de otras personas”.

Al evento para difusión de la campaña acudió Jim Jones, resi­ dente de Los Ángeles, caminando con un bastón. Lo primero que dijo al llegar al micrófono, es que antes de haber sido víctima de un acci­ dente, no necesitaba de ese bas­ tón.

Jones fue atropellado y recibió un fuerte golpe en la cabeza en 2013 en Napa Valley. El conductor era un joven de 19 años que aceptó que estaba utilizando el teléfono celular para hablar con su novia.

Jones dijo que tuvo que aprender de nuevo a caminar y a comer . Sin embargo, salió adelante ya que di­ jo, anhelaba entregar a su hija en el altar, ella estaba próxima a casar­ se.

Por tal motivo, se unió a la VER MANEJAR • 4

ANA RAMÍREZ ARCHIVO U-T

Estudiantes se dirigen al primer día de clases en el Logan Memorial Education Campus.

LAS ESCUELAS SIGUEN PERDIENDO ALUMNOS Matrícula cayó alrededor del 1 % en comparación con el año pasado KRISTEN TAKETA Las escuelas públicas del condado de San Diego conti­ núan una racha de cinco años de disminución de la matrícula es­ tudiantil, pero las bajas de este año no fueron tan pronunciadas como las que se enfrentaron du­ rante los dos primeros años del COVID­19.

La matrícula en las escuelas públicas del condado se redujo en alrededor de 4300 estudian­

tes, o poco menos del 1 por cien­ to, desde el año escolar pasado, las nuevas cifras estatales publi­ cadas el martes por la tarde muestran. Eso es más o menos a la par con la disminución de la matrícula en todo el estado, que también se redujo en menos del 1 por ciento, o alrededor de 40 mil estudiantes desde el año pasado.

Las disminuciones en las ins­ cripciones se están estabilizan­ do en comparación con los pri­ meros años de la pandemia. En

el otoño de 2020, la matrícula del condado de San Diego se redujo en 12 700 estudiantes, o un 2.5 por ciento, y luego en otros 9 mil es­ tudiantes, o un 1.8 por ciento, al año siguiente.

Pero las cifras del martes también muestran que Califor­ nia está lejos de recuperar los ni­ veles de estudiantes que tenía antes de la COVID­19.

La matrícula escolar en el condado de San Diego ha dismi­ VER ESCUELAS • 2

¿LAS PALABRAS IMPORTAN? ESTA EXPERTA DICE QUE SÍ La profesora Ana Zentella investiga el poder sociopolítico del lenguaje LISA DEADERICK Ana Celia Zentella es conocida y respetada en el ámbito de la lin­ güística por su extensa obra de in­ vestigación sobre el lenguaje, sus variedades (especialmente en el español de las comunidades lati­ nas de Estados Unidos) y las for­ mas en que el poder social y políti­ co se otorga o se anula en función de la forma en que una persona ha­ bla. Sus libros han sido galardona­ dos por organizaciones de antro­ pología y lingüística, se le ha hon­ rado con un Día de la Doctora Ana Celia Zentella en su ciudad natal de Nueva York, y anteriormente fue nombrada intelectual pública del año por la sección de estudios lati­ nos de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos. Un logro re­ ciente que añade a esa lista es su in­ greso en la Academia Estadouni­ dense de las Artes y las Ciencias.

“Me enteré del honor cuando es­ taba junto a la cama de mi querida hermana, Nolda, en un hospicio de Nueva York, dos meses antes de que muriera, y las dos lloramos de alegría porque se reconocieran el duro trabajo, las lenguas y las cul­ turas de nuestros padres inmi­ grantes”, dice. “También le debo a ella gran parte de lo que he conse­ guido. Estoy agradecida de que la Academia reconozca mi trabajo sobre las contribuciones lingüísti­ cas y las tribulaciones de los inmi­ grantes. Ese trabajo fue inspirado por mi familia y mis vecinos del sur del Bronx”.

Zentella, de 83 años, es profeso­ ra emérita del departamento de es­ tudios étnicos de la Universidad de California en San Diego y vive en Del Mar (su marido, Robert Cabot, falleció hace cinco años). Nos habla VER ESPAÑOL • 4

ADRIANA HELDIZ U-T

Ana Zentella, profesora eméri­ ta de UCSD en marzo de 2023.

YA ESTÁ ABIERTO EL NUEVO PUENTE DE MISSION BAY Recibió más de la mitad de su financiamiento de la ley de infraestructuras JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH

NELVIN C. CEPEDA U-T

El lugar propuesto está en el Distrito de Otay según el Plan Maestro de la Bahía de Chula Vista y al sur del Gaylord Pacific Resort and Convention Center, ambos en construcción.

GRUPO PROPONE ESTADIO DE LA MLS Y COMPLEJO DEPORTIVO AL SUR DE LA BAHÍA

Los líderes electos celebraron el martes 4 la sustitución de un puente de 70 años que cruza el río San Diego entre Ocean Beach y Mission Bay, el mayor proyecto de este tipo en la historia de la ciu­ dad. La extensión de doble estruc­ tura tiene ahora tres carriles en cada dirección e incluye carriles para bicicletas y peatones.

El recién terminado puente de 148 millones de dólares de Mission Bay Drive, cerca de SeaWorld, ha tardado más de cuatro años en construirse y ha contado con 80 millones de dólares procedentes de la ley bipartidista de infraes­ tructuras del Presidente Joe Bi­

den. “Este puente proporciona una conexión mejorada entre nuestras comunidades de playa y la ciudad, y cuando llegue el vera­ no, nuestra economía local cose­ chará realmente los frutos de esta inversión”, dijo el alcalde Todd Gloria en la ceremonia de inaugu­ ración el martes.

“Gracias a la ley bipartidista de infraestructuras del presidente Biden, ahora tenemos dos estruc­ turas paralelas, una en dirección norte y otra en dirección sur, que alivian la congestión del tráfico y llevan a la gente a sus destinos de forma segura”, añadió.

Varios funcionarios federales volaron a San Diego para el acto de prensa como parte de una gira nacional de promoción de la ley de presupuesto de 1200 millones de dólares aprobada por el Congreso hace año y medio. Unos 400 millo­ nes de dólares, por ejemplo, se han VER PUENTE • 2

Petra Development Group afirma que financiarían el proyecto de forma privada JENNIFER VAN GROVE Un grupo de inversionistas que, según se dice, lleva mucho tiempo buscando la propiedad de una franquicia de la Major League Soccer, está llevando a cabo un proyecto de largo alcance para construir el estadio de futbol más grande del país, con hasta 50 mil asientos y dos hoteles anexos, en una zona de 136 acres frente a la bahía de Chula Vista, anterior­ mente ocupada por una planta de energía.

La propuesta ha sido presenta­ da por Petra Development Group, una sociedad de responsabilidad limitada constituida con el único fin de conseguir que un equipo de la Major League Soccer juegue en una futura instalación en el terre­ no actualmente desocupado de la bahía sur de San Diego.

Por primera vez, el grupo habla públicamente de su intención de financiar de forma privada un am­ plio complejo deportivo y de en­ tretenimiento de 2500 millones de dólares en el frente de la bahía de

Chula Vista, con el estadio de la MLS y hoteles complementados por un centro de entrenamiento atlético, tiendas y restaurantes, una sede de deportes electróni­ cos, campos de entrenamiento pa­ ra ligas juveniles y edificios de ofi­ cinas especializados.

“Este proyecto transformaría el antiguo sitio de la planta de energía, que está al sur del hotel resort y centro de convenciones Gaylord Pacific, y establecería un nuevo estándar para los lugares VER ESTADIO • 4

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CUOTA VIENE DE 1 CPUC, todas las propuestas deben incluir al menos tres niveles de ingresos.

SDG&E, PG&E y Edison han presentado una pro­ puesta conjunta. Así es co­ mo su propuesta afectaría a los clientes de SDG&E: • Los hogares con ingre­ sos inferiores a 28 mil dóla­ res al año pagarían un cargo fijo de 24 dólares al mes en sus facturas de electricidad.

• Los hogares con ingre­ sos anuales entre 28 mil y 69 mil dólares pagarían 34 dóla­ res al mes.

• Los hogares con ingre­ sos entre 69 mil y 180 mil dó­ lares pagarían 73 dólares al mes, y • Las personas con ingre­ sos superiores a 180 mil dóla­ res pagarían 128 dólares.

Según la propuesta de las empresas, la creación de una tarifa fija basada en los in­ gresos reduciría la tarifa eléctrica media de SDG&E de unos 47 centavos por kilo­ vatio­hora a unos 27 centa­ vos, lo que supone una re­ ducción del 42.6 por ciento.

Si las cifras se mantienen, la factura total de electrici­ dad de un cliente residencial de renta media se reduciría en 7 dólares al mes, pasando de los 188 dólares de los ho­ gares que consumen actual­ mente 400 kilovatios­hora de electricidad al mes a 181 dólares.

Según la propuesta, el ahorro aumentaría a medi­ da que se consumiera más electricidad. SDG&E calcu­ la que si el mismo hogar de renta media consumiera 600 kilovatios­hora en un mes, la factura ascendería a 235 dó­ lares en lugar de 282 (una di­ ferencia de 47 dólares).

“El status quo no va a fun­ cionar”, dijo el vicepresiden­ te senior de SDG&E, Scott Crider. “A medida que empe­ zamos a ver un mayor uso de la electricidad y una mayor dependencia de la misma, tenemos que hacer una re­ forma fundamental de las tarifas eléctricas y creemos que ésta es la mejor manera de hacerlo”.

Cambiar la estructura de las tarifas no hace desapare­ cer los precios de la energía, sino que los reorganiza de una forma que los partida­ rios de la AB 205 esperan que

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La Comisión de Servicios Públicos de California instituirá tarifas mensuales fijas para 2024. alivie a los clientes económi­ camente vulnerables y ayu­ de a California a cumplir sus obligaciones de descarboni­ zación.

La propuesta de las em­ presas de servicios públicos prevé un ahorro de 300 dóla­ res al año para los clientes con rentas más bajas en el te­ rritorio de servicio de SDG&E, al tiempo que re­ duce las tarifas eléctricas medias para todos los clien­ tes, añadiendo más predicti­ bilidad a las facturas y ha­ ciendo más atractiva la adopción de electrodomés­ ticos y vehículos totalmente eléctricos.

“No se trata de un au­ mento de tarifas”, dijo Cri­ der. “No estamos pidiendo recaudar más dinero de nuestros clientes residencia­ les y SDG&E no obtendrá ni un centavo de beneficio adi­ cional como resultado de es­ to”.

¿Cómo surgió todo esto?

La propuesta es el resul­ tado de la Ley 205 de la Asamblea, un extenso texto legislativo aprobado el vera­ no pasado en Sacramento y promulgado por el goberna­ dor Gavin Newsom.

La mayor parte de la atención de la AB 205, cono­ cida como la “ley remolque de la energía”, se centró en la creación de una “reserva es­ tratégica de seguridad” su­ pervisada por el Departa­ mento de Recursos del Agua de California.

Pero entre las disposicio­ nes del proyecto de ley se in­ cluía el requisito de que la CPUC adoptara una tarifa mensual fija basada en los ingresos de los hogares para ayudar a pagar la infraes­

tructura de suministro de electricidad, como postes, medidores y servicio al clien­ te.

El establecimiento de la nueva tasa se produce en un momento en que las facturas mensuales siguen subiendo en California, lo que alimen­ ta la preocupación por la ac­ cesibilidad de la energía.

Además de los costos de la energía, las tarifas eléctri­ cas incluyen gastos de varios otros elementos —tales co­ mo “programas de utilidad pública” que ayudan a los ca­ lifornianos de bajos ingresos a pagar sus facturas de servi­ cios públicos, el gasto para reducir el riesgo de incen­ dios forestales, y los esfuer­ zos en múltiples frentes para frenar el uso de combusti­ bles fósiles para que Califor­ nia pueda cumplir su objeti­ vo de obtener el 100 por cien­ to de la electricidad del esta­ do a partir de fuentes libres de carbono para el año 2045.

Un informe de 131 pági­ nas elaborado por la CPUC en mayo de 2022 preveía un aumento de la factura eléc­ trica para los clientes de las tres grandes empresas de servicios públicos propie­ dad de inversores. Preveía que entre el primer trimes­ tre de 2022 y finales de 2025, las tarifas de PG&E subirían un 26 por ciento, las de SDG&E un 24 por ciento y las de Southern California Edison un 16 por ciento.

Una propuesta con diferentes precios

TURN, The Utility Re­ form Network, un grupo de consumidores con sede en San Francisco, presentó su propia propuesta el viernes junto con el Natural Resour­

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ces Defense Council, un gru­ po de defensa del medio am­ biente conocido en todo el país.

Su propuesta contempla que los hogares con rentas más bajas acogidos a los programas California Alter­ native Rates for Energy (CA­ RE) y Family Electric Rates Assistance (FERA) paguen una cuota fija de tan solo 5 dólares al mes.

Los hogares con ingresos de hasta 150 mil dólares pa­ garían un cargo fijo de unos 40 dólares al mes y los que ganan más de 150 mil dólares pagarían unos 60 dólares al mes.

Matthew Freedman, abo­ gado de TURN, dijo que la propuesta está destinada a ayudar a los clientes de bajos ingresos y espera que no ten­ ga “ningún impacto mate­ rial” en las facturas mensua­ les de los clientes de ingresos medios en el territorio de servicio de SDG&E. Los clientes con rentas más bajas “están luchando por llegar a fin de mes y se en­ frentan realmente a una cri­ sis de accesibilidad de pro­ porciones épicas”, dijo Fre­ edman. “Así que estamos re­ almente centrados en utilizar esto como una forma de promover la accesibilidad y la equidad”.

La idea de establecer una tarifa fija basada en el nivel de ingresos lleva años circu­ lando por los círculos políti­ cos de California.

El pasado otoño, el Insti­ tuto de Energía de la Escuela de Negocios Haas de la Uni­ versidad de Berkeley se unió a Next 10, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de la zona de la bahía, para publicar un informe de 35 páginas cen­ trado en el rediseño de las ta­ rifas residenciales. Entre las sugerencias del informe fi­ guraba la adopción de una tarifa fija mensual basada en los ingresos familiares.

James Sallee, profesor asociado de la Universidad de Berkeley y uno de los au­ tores del informe, afirma que, dado que la tarifa fija es­ tá diseñada para que los clientes ahorren más dinero a medida que aumentan su consumo de electricidad, animará a los contribuyen­ tes a adoptar tecnologías más limpias que se ajusten a los mandatos estatales en materia de energía limpia.

“Supongamos que quiere

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“No estamos en una cere­ monia de echar tierra. Esta­ mos en un corte de cinta”, dijo Mitch Landrieu, coordi­ nador de infraestructuras de la Casa Blanca y ex alcal­ de de Nueva Orleans. “Este es un proyecto que está ter­ minado. Es una promesa he­ cha y una promesa cumpli­ da”.

Shailen Bhatt, adminis­ trador federal de carreteras del Departamento de Transportes, ha declarado que su próximo viaje será a Los Ángeles, pero no sin an­ tes comprobar las repara­ ciones financiadas por el go­ bierno federal en la carrete­ ra estatal 78, donde un

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conectar su coche eléctrico y que quiere electrificar la ca­ lefacción de su casa o su ca­ lentador de agua”, dijo Sa­ llee. “Esta estructura tarifa­ ria le recompensará porque consumirá, en términos ne­ tos, más electricidad de la red”.

El informe Next 10 tam­ bién pedía que algunos de los costos de la red que ahora se incluyen en las tarifas —como la financiación de los incendios forestales, los pro­ gramas de utilidad pública, etc.— se trasladaran a los presupuestos del estado. Pe­ ro esa sugerencia no forma parte del mandato de la AB 205.

Posibles problemas

Un posible obstáculo a la implantación de una cuota fija mensual será la recopila­ ción y verificación de los da­ tos de ingresos anuales de cada hogar. Sin duda, esto planteará problemas de pri­ vacidad a algunos clientes.

Los responsables de SDG&E afirman que tam­ poco quieren asumir esa res­ ponsabilidad.

“No queremos recopilar información financiera de los clientes”, afirma Crider.

“Los clientes no quieren que tengamos su información fi­ nanciera”.

Sallee también reconoció el problema.

“Las empresas de servi­ cios públicos no recogen ya sistemáticamente esa infor­ mación y creemos firme­ mente que no se puede con­ fiar simplemente en que la gente se autodeclare, levan­ te la mano y diga: ‘Sí, gano 400 mil dólares al año, por fa­ vor, denme la tarifa más alta posible’”, dijo Sallee.

La forma más eficaz de hacerlo, dijo, es trabajar con organismos existentes como la Franchise Tax Board y otras agencias “que ya dis­ ponen de información verifi­ cada y encontrar una forma de comunicación entre las empresas (de servicios pú­ blicos propiedad de inverso­ res) y esos sistemas que pue­ da preservar la privacidad del cliente, pero que tampo­ co requiera que las empresas de servicios públicos pongan en marcha el equivalente de una instalación del IRS”.

La disposición de la AB 205 que creaba el cargo fijo basado en los ingresos cogió por sorpresa a Bill Powers,

aguacero provocó un enor­ me socavón bajo la autopis­ ta en Oceanside.

A mediados de marzo, Caltrans se comprometió a trabajar las 24 horas del día

para sustituir un tramo de 230 pies de alcantarilla que se rompió durante un fuerte

aguacero. Sin embargo, las obras han continuado esta semana y los equipos han descubierto recientemente otras tuberías dañadas.

“Estamos muy centrados en los nuevos proyectos y también en proporcionar fondos de ayuda de emer­ gencia para que la infraes­ tructura existente pueda ser reconstruida después de ha­ ber sido golpeada por estas tormentas”, dijo Bhatt.

Los trabajos en el puente de Mission Bay comenzaron en 2018, recibiendo un total de 138 millones de dólares de la Administración Fede­ ral de Carreteras, incluido el dinero de la ley de infraes­ tructura.

Los trabajadores de la ciudad reemplazaron el puente original de cuatro carriles con dos extensiones de tres carriles, cada una con senderos separados pa­ ra peatones y ciclistas. El ac­

mayoría asistiendo a escue­ las de distrito; alrededor del 17 por ciento asiste a char­ ters, que se administran in­ dependientemente de los distritos.

La matrícula de San Die­ go Unified, el distrito más grande del condado y el se­ gundo más grande del esta­ do, disminuyó en 1350 estu­ diantes con respecto al año pasado, o alrededor del 1 por ciento.

Desde que comenzó la pandemia, la matrícula del distrito se ha reducido en 8370 estudiantes, o el 8 por ciento. Ahora el distrito solo tiene unos 93 900 alumnos, frente a los 102 270 de hace tres años.

Los datos estatales pu­ blicados el martes represen­ tan la matrícula a partir de la primera semana de octu­ bre de 2022, que es cuando las escuelas registraron un recuento anual del día del censo de estudiantes.

San Diego Unified y otros distritos han seguido per­ diendo la matrícula a pesar de que han añadido un nue­ vo nivel de grado, kindergar­ ten de transición. San Diego Unified tiene actualmente alrededor de 4200 estudian­ tes de TK, frente a unos 1500 el año pasado, según datos del distrito.

En comparación con los niveles prepandémicos, las escuelas del condado de San Diego han inscrito a un nú­ mero significativamente mayor de estudiantes sin te­ cho y estudiantes con disca­ pacidades. Este año, hay al­ rededor de 16 700 estudian­ tes sin techo en el condado, un 4 por ciento más que en

2019, y hay 72 mil estudiantes con discapacidades, un 14 por ciento más que en 2019.

Mientras tanto, hay mu­ chos menos estudiantes ma­ triculados que aprenden in­ glés como segundo idioma en el condado que antes de COVID: Hay alrededor de 87 mil estudiantes de inglés, un 7 por ciento menos que en 2019.

El número de estudian­ tes de familias de bajos in­ gresos ha disminuido, pero no tanto como lo ha hecho la inscripción general de estu­ diantes: Hay un 3 por ciento menos de estudiantes de ba­ jos ingresos en el condado que antes de COVID. Para las escuelas públi­ cas, una menor matrícula significa menos fondos.

Cuando su matrícula dis­ minuye, los maestros y el personal a menudo son re­ ducidos en las escuelas. Pe­ ro las reducciones en la ma­ trícula a menudo no coinci­ den exactamente con las pérdidas de personal. Por ejemplo, una pérdida de 30 alumnos puede costar a un centro un profesor a tiempo completo, pero como no to­ dos los 30 alumnos son de un mismo curso, el resultado puede ser que las clases sean más numerosas o que se combinen alumnos de dis­ tintos cursos. La disminu­ ción de la matrícula también podría significar que las es­ cuelas reciben menos dinero para cosas como días adicio­ nales de consejero o sumi­ nistros de aula.

Los padres, los educado­ res y los expertos han sugeri­ do muchas razones para la disminución de la matrícula,

y el grado en que cada uno desempeña un papel es in­ cierto.

Algunos padres han di­ cho que abandonaron los distritos escolares debido a la forma en que manejaron el aprendizaje a distancia y el cierre de escuelas al prin­ cipio de la pandemia, o debi­ do a lo que consideran la orientación política de lo que se enseña en las escue­ las.

Un informe reciente su­ giere que miles de estudian­ tes se han desconectado por completo de la educación en medio del aislamiento y las interrupciones que se pro­ dujeron con la pandemia y el cierre de escuelas.

Un informe de febrero elaborado por expertos de la Universidad de Stanford y Associated Press reveló que más de 150 mil estudiantes californianos desaparecie­ ron durante la pandemia, lo que significa que su desapa­ rición de las escuelas públi­ cas no podía atribuirse a que se mudaran fuera del estado o se cambiaran a escuelas privadas o a la educación en casa.

En algunos casos, según los educadores, la pandemia exacerbó los problemas rela­ cionados con la pobreza que ya impedían a muchos estu­ diantes asistir a la escuela con regularidad, como la ne­ cesidad de cuidar a miem­ bros de la familia, la falta de necesidades físicas básicas como vivienda o ropa limpia, o la necesidad de trabajar para ayudar a sus familias a llegar a fin de mes.

La primera razón que muchos distritos escolares

señalan para explicar el des­ censo de matriculaciones es el elevado nivel de vida en el condado de San Diego, en concreto, la falta de vivien­ das accesibles.

“Hemos visto que los pre­ cios de la vivienda simple­ mente se han disparado”, di­ jo el superintendente José Espinoza de South Bay Union, cuya matrícula ha disminuido en 900 estudian­ tes, o 18 por ciento, desde 2019.

Poway Unified, el tercer distrito más grande del con­ dado, ha visto caer la matrí­ cula en un 5 por ciento desde 2019 y ha rastreado a dónde van las familias después de dejar sus escuelas. La mayo­ ría de las veces, el distrito descubrió que se mudaron fuera del estado, mientras que menos se fueron a otros distritos de California, es­ cuelas chárter u otro país, dijo Carol Osborne, superin­ tendente asociada de Poway para servicios de apoyo al aprendizaje.

Los distritos dijeron que están tratando de mantener a los estudiantes mediante la conversión de los campus en lo que se conoce como es­ cuelas de la comunidad —escuelas que ofrecen ser­ vicios integrales de salud y sociales para los estudiantes y las familias.

South Bay Union, por ejemplo, contrató reciente­ mente a un nuevo miembro del personal que se centrará exclusivamente en el apoyo a las familias, el aumento de las tasas de asistencia y la construcción de escuelas co­ munitarias, dijo Espinoza.

Oceanside Unified ha colo­

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El puente West Mission Bay Drive, recién terminado. Sustituye a la antigua es­ tructura de 70 años de antigüedad.

miembro del consejo de la Protect Our Communities Foundation, un grupo ecolo­ gista con sede en San Diego que suele participar en los procedimientos de la CPUC. “Así que estaba en el pro­ yecto de ley que nadie vio, nadie leyó, se aprobó y aquí estamos”, dijo Powers, que duda de que la creación del cargo fijo produzca los bene­ ficios que espera conseguir.

“Este sistema es obvia­ mente injusto”, dijo Powers.

“Va a hacer que una persona adinerada pague mucho más por kilovatio­hora de electricidad que una perso­ na de clase media o pobre. ¿Dónde está la equidad? ...

Es un pleito inminente”.

Las tarifas fijas no son un concepto nuevo.

Los organismos munici­ pales locales de agua y al­ cantarillado ya tienen com­ ponentes de precios fijos mensuales.

El Sacramento Munici­ pal Utility District, una em­ presa pública de suministro eléctrico, cobra cada mes 23.50 dólares en concepto de “cargo fijo por infraestructu­ ra del sistema” y entre 11 y 33 centavos por kilovatio­hora en función de la hora del día en que se utilice la electrici­ dad.

Pero la versión de la CPUC de los cargos fijos ba­ sados en los niveles de ingre­ sos es una primicia para los clientes de las empresas de servicios públicos propie­ dad de inversores de Califor­ nia.

“Si se hacen bien”, dijo el Consejo de Defensa de los Recursos Naturales, “estos cambios harían que la elec­ tricidad fuera más económi­ ca para los que menos pue­ den pagar, y capacitarían a todos los residentes para la transición a vehículos y elec­ trodomésticos eléctricos limpios”.

El mandato AB 205 solo se aplica a los clientes resi­ denciales de servicios públi­ cos, no a las cuentas comer­ ciales o industriales. Dado que el cargo fijo se refiere a los costos de transmisión y distribución de electricidad, se aplicará a las facturas de los clientes de los programas de energía de elección comu­ nitaria de California, como San Diego Community Po­ wer y Clean Energy Alliance.

Nikolewski es reportero del U­T. ceso de vehículos nunca se cerró del todo, ya que la es­ tructura original no se de­ molió hasta que se terminó el primero de los dos nuevos cruces.

El proyecto también in­ cluía 12 acres de restaura­ ción de humedales a lo largo de la desembocadura del río San Diego, entre la interes­ tatal 5 y la autopista del Pa­ cífico, así como cerca de Robb Field en Ocean Beach.

Se espera que el proyecto proteja a las aves, los mamí­ feros marinos y otras espe­ cies.

“Estamos muy orgullo­ sos de nuestro hábitat aquí en San Diego”, dijo en el ac­ to el representante Scott Peters, demócrata de San Diego. “Lo atesoramos, y hoy hemos ayudado a mejo­ rarlo”.

Emerson Smith es reportero del U­T. cado un consejero perma­ nente en cada una de sus es­ cuelas primarias desde que comenzó COVID­19, según el portavoz del distrito Donald Bendz.

Los distritos locales tam­ bién están tratando de com­ batir la disminución de la matrícula mediante la pro­ moción y ampliación de pro­ gramas especializados y ofertas de cursos, incluyen­ do opciones de escolariza­ ción no tradicionales que se hicieron más prominentes durante los primeros años de COVID­19.

Por ejemplo, Vista Uni­ fied, que planea considerar la consolidación de las es­ cuelas debido a la disminu­ ción de la matrícula, está ampliando sus programas de escuelas magnet y servi­ cios académicos y sociales para mitigar la disminución de la matrícula, dijo el Supe­ rintendente Matt Doyle.

Poway Unified ha promo­ vido sus diversas opciones de escolarización, que inclu­ yen una escuela híbrida que combina el aprendizaje en lí­ nea y en persona, una escue­ la virtual, un programa de educación en el hogar y pro­ gramas de doble idioma, di­ jo Osborne.

Y Oceanside Unified está promoviendo sus progra­ mas de educación técnica profesional, el programa de inmersión bilingüe y el pro­ grama de doble inscripción, donde los estudiantes pue­ den tomar cursos universi­ tarios en un colegio comuni­ tario o community college, dijo Bendz.

Taketa es reportera del U­T.

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NC ELIMINA LA PROHIBICIÓN DE LOS PASEOS EN LOWRIDER El voto llega tras años de activismo de esa comunidad PAUL SISSON Uniéndose a otras co­ munidades de todo el esta­ do que recientemente han abrazado la cultura y el pa­ trimonio lowrider, los líde­ res de National City revoca­ ron por unanimidad una prohibición de larga dura­ ción del cruising el martes por la noche.

Tomando nota de que la revocación de la prohibi­ ción fue fundamental para la elección más reciente de la ciudad, el concejal José Rodríguez dijo a los que se reunieron para exigir el cambio que eran responsa­ bles de revocar la ley pro­ mulgada en 1992.

“En última instancia, eso es la democracia”, dijo Rodríguez. “Se trata de que la gente se reúna y diga ‘es­ ta es una ley que nos gusta, o esta es una ley que debe­ ría derogarse’”.

El alcalde de National City, Ron Morrison, añadió que el ayuntamiento pudo avanzar rápidamente hacia la derogación, después de muchos años sin avances, cuando los clubes locales de lowrider se unieron, crean­ do la National City United

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La San Diego Lowrider Association ha sido intregral en la lucha para poner fin a la prohibición.

Lowrider Coalition.

“Sin tener una organiza­ ción que dijera: ‘queremos estar al mando, queremos hacer estas cosas’, esto no habría sido posible”, dijo Morrison.

El voto unánime del martes, explicó Jovita Are­ llano, presidenta de la coa­ lición lowrider, fue la valida­ ción final de un esfuerzo de dos años para ayudar a los líderes electos a entender

que la perdurable cultura automovilística de la ciu­ dad era algo que celebrar, algo que no solo no era peli­ groso, sino que en realidad podía ayudar a situar a la comunidad en el mapa.

“Anoche sentimos el res­ peto”, dijo Arellano. “No po­ día creer que estaba suce­ diendo, pero sucedió, se siente tan bien tener este abrazo de nuestra cultura”.

El concejal Marcus Bush

dijo que la derogación de la prohibición del cruising no solo consistía en tener li­ bertad para dar un paseo perfecto por una calle de la ciudad. A pesar de la prohi­ bición, señaló, él y muchos otros lo harían ocasional­ mente a pesar de las restric­ ciones, especialmente des­ pués de los partidos de los Chargers.

“En cierto modo se trata de los carros, pero (tam­

bién) es una cuestión de de­ rechos civiles”, dijo Bush.

“Se trata de la circulación de personas y de la restric­ ción de la misma”.

Por supuesto, como la mayoría de los cambios en las normas gubernamenta­ les, éste no es inmediato. El abogado de la ciudad, Barry Schultz, dijo que la ley estatal exige que cual­ quier cambio de ordenanza tenga una “segunda lectu­

ra” tras la aprobación ini­ cial, por lo que se progra­ mará una segunda votación para la derogación en la próxima reunión ordinaria del consejo, el 18 de abril.

Dado el apoyo incondicio­ nal de todos los miembros del consejo el martes, una segunda votación parece ser una mera formalidad.

Schultz dijo que los cam­ bios de ordenanza, por ley estatal, entran en vigor 30 días después de su aproba­ ción, lo que significa que la prohibición de los paseos en lowrider en la Avenida Highland no terminará re­ almente hasta mediados de mayo.

Arellano dijo que los car­ teles colocados a lo largo de la principal vía de la ciudad ya han sido retirados por­ que algunos habían empe­ zado a desaparecer con la noticia de que la derogación era probable. Algunos, al parecer, querían asegurar­ se un recuerdo antes de que cayeran todos.

“Una vez que entre en vi­ gor, después del 18 de abril, tendremos una celebración en Highland Avenue”, dijo Schultz. “La ciudad volverá a colocar una señal para no­ sotros, y entonces tendre­ mos la celebración oficial de la eliminación de la se­ ñal”.

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SALE EL DIRECTOR EJECUTIVO DE SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE Demanda en su contra alega discriminación NATALLIE ROCHA Peter Callstrom, direc­ tor general de San Diego Workforce Partnership, de­ jará de dirigir la organiza­ ción después de que el con­ sejo que rige la organización sin ánimo de lucro votara a favor de no renovar su con­ trato en medio de una de­ manda por presunta discri­ minación, racismo y acoso en el lugar de trabajo.

San Diego Workforce Partnership es una organi­ zación que colabora estre­ chamente con agencias gu­ bernamentales para admi­ nistrar la formación laboral y apoyar la movilidad eco­ nómica de las personas en toda la región. Cuenta con

subvenciones y financiación estatal y federal.

La organización se rige en parte por la Junta de Po­ lítica del Consorcio de San Diego sin fines de lucro, que incluye miembro del Conse­ jo Mónica Montgomery­ Steppe como presidente; el concejal Sean Elo­Rivera; el supervisor de la Junta del Condado Terra­Lawson Re­ mer; y la directora ejecutiva de United Way, Nancy Sasa­ ki.

“La Junta de Políticas eligió no renovar el contrato de Peter Callstrom, que ex­ pira el 30 de junio de 2023”, dijo Ariel Gibbs, portavoz de Monica Montgomery­ Steppe. En la reunión más reciente de la junta de polí­ tica el 23 de marzo, el último punto de la agenda discuti­ do en sesión cerrada fue una discusión “para consi­ derar la disciplina, el despi­ do o la liberación de un em­

pleado público”.

La firma de abogados que representa a Callstrom confirmó en un correo elec­ trónico que no se le renova­ ría el contrato y que sigue de baja remunerada. Adam Rosenthal, abogado de Sheppard Mullin, propor­ cionó la siguiente declara­ ción en nombre de Calls­ trom: “La Junta de Políticas notificó al Sr. Callstrom el 27 de marzo de 2023 que su contrato con (San Diego Workforce Partnership) SDWP no se renovará y ex­ pirará el 30 de junio. El Sr. Callstrom permanece en la nómina de SDWP. Las acu­ saciones hechas contra el Sr. Callstrom son demos­ trablemente falsas, lo que será confirmado por el pro­ ceso legal. Los informes de los medios de comunicación publicados hasta la fecha en relación con este asunto no

están plenamente informa­ dos, ya que no disponen de todos los hechos relativos a este asunto que no tenemos la libertad de revelar en este momento. El Sr. Callstrom está muy orgulloso de todo lo que él y SDWP han logra­ do en los últimos once años.

No tenemos más comenta­ rios en este momento”.

San Diego Workforce Partnership no respondió a una solicitud de comenta­ rios.

La noticia de que el con­ trato de Callstrom no sería renovado —que fue reporta­ do por primera vez por KPBS— se produce en me­ dio de una demanda pen­ diente.

En diciembre, Tabatha Gaines presentó una de­ manda civil contra Calls­ trom y San Diego Workforce Partnership alegando dis­ criminación basada en la raza y el sexo. Gaines, una

mujer negra y ex empleada de recursos humanos en San Diego Workforce Par­ tnership, alega en su de­ manda que Callstrom, un hombre blanco, creó un “ambiente de trabajo hos­ til” para ella y otros emplea­ dos que se identifican como mujeres o personas de co­ lor.

“Callstrom podía contra­ tar a mujeres o a personas de color, pero más tarde se centraba en ellas y daba un trato preferente a los hom­ bres blancos que no perte­ necían a ninguna diversi­ dad”, afirma la demanda.

Un mes antes de que Gaines presentara su de­ manda, se envió una carta anónima a la junta directiva de la organización sin áni­ mo de lucro, en la que se ale­ gaba que Callstrom “fomen­ taba un ambiente de traba­ jo tóxico y se aventuraba a discriminar a los empleados

por motivos de raza y sexo”.

Callstrom, máximo eje­ cutivo de la organización desde 2012, fue suspendido de sus funciones el 22 de no­ viembre, según la demanda de Gaines. Callstrom ha ne­ gado las acusaciones.

A raíz de la demanda ci­ vil y las acusaciones formu­ ladas en la carta anónima, la Junta de Política del Con­ sorcio de San Diego inició una investigación y el con­ dado contrató al Adams Law Group para investigar las afirmaciones hechas en la carta. Michael Workman, un portavoz del condado de San Diego, dijo en un correo electrónico que a partir del 28 de marzo “la investiga­ ción está en curso”.

La demanda de Gaines está programada para una audiencia preliminar el 19 de mayo.

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ESTADIO VIENE DE 1 de entretenimiento con be­ neficio para la comunidad”, dijo Frederick McDonald, quien es el CEO de Petra De­ velopment y afirma tener ex­ periencia en grandes adqui­ siciones corporativas. “Esta propuesta es mucho más que un estadio: es un proyec­ to dinámico de uso mixto que honrará la rica diversi­ dad cultural de South Bay, apoyará el deporte juvenil y fomentará las artes escéni­ cas, la investigación blue tech y el orgullo cívico”.

Petra Development está respaldada por inversionis­ tas privados en su mayoría anónimos. Se dice que McDonald intentó sin éxito en 2006 adquirir el club de futbol profesional D.C. Uni­ ted, y desde entonces ha es­ tado buscando oportunida­ des en otros mercados, in­ cluido el de San Diego.

La última oferta es consi­ derable. Podría estar ya con­ denada al fracaso.

“La Major League Soccer cree que San Diego podría ser un mercado magnífico para un futuro equipo de ex­ pansión. No estamos discu­ tiendo la posibilidad de un estadio en Chula Vista”, de­ claró Dan Courtemanche, vicepresidente ejecutivo de comunicaciones de la orga­ nización.

Esta declaración inequí­ voca no parece haber disua­ dido al equipo de desarrollo de seguir adelante.

“Estamos dispuestos a invertir el tiempo y los recur­ sos necesarios para hacer realidad esta visión”, declaró McDonald. “Nuestra pro­ puesta está diseñada con­ forme a los más altos están­

MANEJAR VIENE DE 1 campaña para instar a otros a ser responsables al momento de conducir.

Representantes de la AAA, dijeron que reciente­ mente hicieron un recorri­ do en las autopistas del sur de California y detectaron cientos de personas utili­ zando el celular al volante.

En algunas ocasiones, di­ chos automovilistas condu­ cían a velocidad de la auto­ pista y en otras, retiraron los ojos del camino por has­

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Se contaría con estadio de la MLS, hoteles, centro de entrenamiento atlético, tiendas y restaurantes, campos de entrenamiento y edificios de oficinas. dares para instalaciones de­ portivas y ya ha atraído el in­ terés de equipos de Estados Unidos y México. Aunque nuestro socio ideal sería la MLS, continuaremos nues­ tras conversaciones con lí­ deres de organizaciones de­ portivas mientras determi­ namos nuestros próximos pasos”.

En primer lugar, el equipo debe centrar su atención en conseguir los terrenos, con­ trolados por el Puerto de San Diego.

El lugar del proyecto, co­ nocido como el Distrito de Otay dentro del Plan Maes­ tro del Frente de la Bahía de Chula Vista, está al sur del multimillonario Gaylord Pa­ cific Resort y del Centro de Convenciones, actualmente en construcción. El terreno deseado se extiende desde el sur de la calle J hasta el norte de la intersección con la calle Naples, y está al oeste de Bay Boulevard y la interestatal 5.

En su día se consideró un po­ sible estadio para los anti­ guos San Diego Chargers. La propiedad, que albergaba la Central Eléctrica de South

Bay antes de ser demolida en 2013, no está siendo anuncia­ da actualmente por el puer­ to para su arrendamiento o reurbanización.

El Puerto de San Diego tiene autoridad para conce­ der permisos, sujetos a la re­ visión y aprobación de la Co­ misión Costera de Califor­ nia. La junta del organismo aún no ha estudiado la pro­ puesta.

En enero, Petra Develop­ ment presentó al puerto una propuesta no solicitada. En un principio, la agencia tenía previsto convocar una reu­ nión extraordinaria del con­ sejo el 31 de enero para estu­ diar la propuesta no solicita­ da, pero en lugar de ello de­ volvió el plan al equipo promotor. La puerta, sin em­ bargo, parece seguir abierta.

“Petra nos ha dicho que nos va a facilitar más infor­ mación. Cuando la reciba­ mos, la estudiaremos y de­ terminaremos los posibles pasos a seguir”, declaró un portavoz del puerto.

Para que el plan de la MLS fuera viable, Petra ten­ dría que obtener en breve un

compromiso contractual del puerto.

La Major League Soccer ha comunicado su intención de seleccionar su 30a franqui­ cia antes de finales de año. El Comisionado de la Liga, Don Garber, dijo en febrero que San Diego era uno de los principales candidatos para la franquicia de expansión.

El comisionado no reveló su preferencia por trabajar con un grupo de propietarios es­ pecífico.

El año pasado, el Union­ Tribune, citando fuentes anónimas, informó de que la tribu local Sycuan se había asociado con Mansour Group, con sede en Londres, y estaba tratando de conse­ guir un equipo para jugar en el Snapdragon Stadium. El grupo mantiene negociacio­ nes activas con la San Diego State University para jugar en el recién inaugurado esta­ dio, con capacidad para 35 mil espectadores.

Sin embargo, Petra cree que puede seducir a los di­ rectivos de la liga con un es­ tadio y un complejo que, se­ gún el equipo, no tienen

ta cinco segundos, de acuerdo con la organiza­ ción.

Un problema causado por la tecnología puede ali­ viarse con la propia tecno­ logía, dijeron autoridades.

La organización hizo una encuesta a nivel nacional en ala que encontró que un 81 por ciento de los automovi­ listas están al tanto de que existe una función en el te­ léfono celular para mante­ nerlos enfocados en el ca­ mino, pero un 54 por ciento de ellos dijo que nunca ha­ bían utilizado una driving app.

Quienes dijeron no utili­ zar la función explicaron que se debía a que: no po­ dían ignorar su teléfono ce­ lular, necesitaban ser locali­ zables en caso de una emer­ gencia o no se les ocurrió ac­ tivar la función.

Autoridades recomen­ daron utilizar esta función, y orillarse si necesita hacer una llamada o mandar un mensaje. También, se pide a las personas que van en el vehículo a hacerle saber al conductor que debe estar atento del camino.

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¡Se ha reservado un número limitado de casas en La Brisa para el Programa de Affordable Home Ownership!

Anticipamos que el precio más bajo de este programa comience por los $400 mil.

Ubicados en South San Diego, los condominios modernos de La Brisa cuentan con un concepto abierto que hace que la movilidad por la casa sea fácil y accesible. Los planos, flexibles y con precios a la altura, han ajustado su diseño a una variedad de necesidades, desdae los que apenas comienzan hasta los siempre activos.

Para obtener más información e ingresar en la lista de interesados, visite

tripointehomes.com/labrisa-affordable Los precios de nuestras casas, incluyendo sus características, los planos, las especificaciones, las promociones/incentivos, la construcción del vecindario y las ubicaciones disponibles están sujetos a cambios sin previo aviso. Las dimensiones, los pies cuadrados y la superficie en acres indicados son aproximados y no deben usarse como una representación del tamaño,la ubicación o la orientación precisos o reales de cualquier hogar o terreno.No hay garantía de que algún terreno o casa en particular esté disponible. Ninguna información o material incluido en este documento debe interpretarse como una oferta o solicitud de venta. No todas las características y opciones están disponibles en todos los hogares.A menos que se indique expresamente lo contrario, las casas no vienen con elementos de jardín, paisaje u otros elementos decorativos.Todas las fotografías o representaciones utilizadas en este documento son creaciones de los artistas y solo tienen fines ilustrativos. Los mapas, ilustraciones, planos y/o servicios de la comunidad reflejan nuestra visión actualyestán sujetos a cambios sin previo aviso.Mapas no a escala.Es posible que aún no se hayan construido algunas instalaciones.El constructor se reserva el derecho de cambiar el tamaño, el diseño, la configuración y la ubicación de los servicios aún no construidos y no garantiza la idoneidad de los mismos para ningún uso ni para ninguna persona. No se otorga ninguna garantía con respecto a ninguna escuela pública/distrito escolar de un área en particular o que alguna escuela pública/distrito escolar en particular brindará servicios a una comunidad determinada. Las escuelas/distritos escolares pueden cambiar con el tiempo. Nuestro nombre y los logotipos contenidos en este documento son marcas registradas de Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. y/o sus subsidiarias. ©2022 Tri Pointe Homes IE-SD, Inc. Licencia de contratista de California n.No. 251810. La firma inmobiliaria exclusiva de Tri Pointe Homes IE-SD, Inc. es Tri Pointe Homes Holdings, Inc.- Licencia de California DRE No. 02025660. Todos Derechos reservados. © 2007-2021 Servicios de consultoría de software, LLC. Reservados todos los derechos. Créditos de código abierto.

VIENE DE 1 de su trabajo como “lingüis­ ta antropolítica”, de lo que le gustaría hacer como nuevo miembro de la Academia y de cómo lo que hablamos (y la forma en que lo hacemos) afecta a nuestras realidades materiales.

P: Háblenos de su traba­ jo como, lo que usted ha de­ nominado, “lingüista antro­ política”. ¿Qué significa esto exactamente?

La antropología lingüís­ tica es un subcampo de la antropología; quería subra­ yar el papel que desempeña el poder a la hora de deter­ minar el estatus y la supervi­ vencia de diversas formas de hablar en cada comunidad, y el impacto que tiene en los hablantes. Cada vez que ha­ blas con alguien, tu vocabu­ lario, pronunciación y gra­ mática envían mensajes so­ bre tu identidad, y si perte­ neces a un grupo desfavorecido, esos mensa­ jes se consideran negativos.

Si tu forma de hablar se con­ sidera inferior, entonces te consideran inferior, y eso de­ terminará muchas prácticas y políticas injustas que afec­ tan a tus oportunidades en la vida.

P: He leído que creció en el sur del Bronx, en Nueva York, y sobre sus experien­ cias con el lenguaje cuando era niña. ¿Puede hablarnos de lo que le llevó a dedicarse a este campo de estudio y a desarrollar una carrera es­ tudiando idiomas?

Mi padre mexicano y mi madre puertorriqueña se co­ nocieron y se casaron en Nueva York y nos criaron a mi hermana y a mí en el sur del Bronx. Como sus “com­ padres” eran de Cuba, Espa­ ña y Venezuela, además de México y Puerto Rico, apren­ dí muy pronto que las pala­ bras como pasteles, papaya, bichos, tacos, etc., significa­ ban cosas diferentes en los distintos países, y que era importante saber qué era qué. También se expresaban fuertes actitudes negativas y positivas sobre las distintas variedades del español, del mismo modo que abunda­ ban las opiniones negativas y positivas sobre el inglés de mis vecinos y compañeros de juego judíos, italianos, ir­ landeses y afroamericanos.

Pero aprendimos expresio­ nes unos de otros, y oy ge­ valt, scusi, homegirls y algu­ nas obscenidades siguen formando parte de mi forma de hablar cotidiana.

Como estudiante de es­ pañol en la universidad, me sorprendió la escasez de profesores mexicanos o puertorriqueños, y que el es­ pañol de España se conside­ rara superior. Como estu­ diante practicante en un prestigioso instituto, la pro­ fesora americana me pidió que pronunciara mi nombre al estilo castellano, Ana The­ lia, Thentelya, pero cuando se lo dije a mami, me advir­ tió: “Esa no vive aquí”. Y mi profesora de inglés me llevó aparte para que trabajara en pronunciar “LEY­nth” y “STREY­nth” en vez de “lenth” y “strenth”.

Por último, mis años co­

comparación. El grupo tam­ bién ha ampliado su lista en las últimas semanas para demostrar que puede con­ vertir su visión en realidad.

“Creemos que el frente de la bahía de Chula Vista es un lugar ideal para una instala­ ción deportiva. Petra Deve­ lopment Group se ha pro­ puesto construir un estadio y un complejo de entreteni­ miento, y nuestra empresa ha invertido mucho tiempo y esfuerzo en diseñar un pro­ yecto para este espectacular emplazamiento”, declaró Greg Mueller, director gene­ ral de Tucker Sadler Archi­ tects y creador del plan di­ rector del complejo deporti­ vo y de entretenimiento de Petra en Chula Vista. “En­ tendimos que nuestra pro­ puesta había recibido seña­ les de interés por parte de la MLS, pero nuestro equipo también está hablando con otros posibles equipos de­ portivos que expresaron su interés por las instalacio­ nes”.

El estadio, según Mueller, sería el primero de su clase en Estados Unidos, y no solo por su tamaño.

El plan prevé un estadio de futbol con capacidad pa­ ra entre 40 mil y 50 mil espec­ tadores, es decir, casi el do­ ble que un estadio estándar de la MLS. Esto se debe a que Petra apuesta por atraer a un público que cruza a Méxi­ co.

El estadio también es único en el sentido de que se construirán dos hoteles de 250 habitaciones dentro de las instalaciones. La cone­ xión entre el hotel y el esta­ dio está pensada para man­ tener la actividad en el recin­ to durante todo el año. Las habitaciones que dan al es­ tadio, e incluso las azoteas

de los hoteles, tendrían vis­ tas al campo; algunas plan­ tas ofrecerían acceso directo pero controlado a la expla­ nada durante los eventos; y los vestíbulos con restauran­ tes y tiendas compartirían la planta baja del estadio, ex­ plicó Mueller. El diseño, dijo, es el resultado de viajes a re­ giones internacionales co­ nocidas por el futbol, como Brasil, Argentina, Italia, Francia, España y Asia.

Más allá del estadio, Mueller diseñó un ambiente multicultural que espera re­ sulte atractivo para la gente independientemente de la actividad del estadio. Un “festival comercial” con res­ taurantes y tiendas, inspira­ do en el distrito comercial mexicano de Tlaquepaque, atravesará la zona norte del proyecto. La calle comercial desemboca en una cuenca hidrográfica que el proyecto pretende ampliar con un pa­ seo fluvial educativo. Al este del estadio, la propuesta prevé edificios de oficinas destinados a empresas de in­ vestigación medioambien­ tal y oceánica. En total, el plan prevé 1.1 millones de pies cuadrados de espacio comercial y de oficinas.

Otras características in­ cluyen un edificio de artes escénicas adaptado a los tor­ neos de deportes electróni­ cos, campos de futbol para jóvenes de distintas edades y un centro de entrenamiento con piscina para atletas y miembros de la comunidad.

En cuanto al diseño, todo, dijo Mueller, pretende refle­ jar las cualidades del paseo marítimo y las culturas de Chula Vista.

mo voluntaria del Cuerpo de Paz en Costa Rica me expu­ sieron a variedades del espa­ ñol centroamericano y me introdujeron a temas lin­ güísticos relacionados con la enseñanza de segundas len­ guas, así que hice un docto­ rado en antropología lin­ güística y lingüística educa­ tiva.

cuela hablando una lengua distinta del inglés deberían recibir una enseñanza bilin­ güe, al igual que los que en­ tran como monolingües. Los niños que pierden su lengua materna sufren rupturas psicológicas, familiares y culturales que afectan a su adquisición del inglés y a su futuro educativo.

P: En su opinión, ¿qué pa­ pel desempeña el cambio de códigos (la forma en que los grupos menos representa­ dos adaptan su forma de ha­ blar en función del público al que se dirigen) en esta forma de entender la lengua y el po­ der social?

R: Dado que la ideología monolingüe de control san­ ciona la mezcla de lenguas (como en su día se prohibie­ ron los matrimonios interra­ ciales), los hablantes que manejan ambas porque son ambas —reflejando su cone­ xión con diversas culturas mediante el cambio de códi­ gos entre ellas— son vistos como indignos corruptores de ambas lenguas. De he­ cho, nuestra capacidad para manejar dos gramáticas con fluidez es una de las razones por las que estamos más protegidos contra la demen­ cia.

P: En la página web de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias se dice que sus miembros “se unen a otros expertos para explorar los retos a los que se enfrenta la sociedad, identi­ ficar soluciones y promover recomendaciones no parti­ distas que promuevan el bien público”. ¿Cuáles son sus planes para participar de este modo como nuevo miembro?

R: Instaré a promover la educación bilingüe para to­ dos y a celebrar cada 21 de fe­ brero, Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna de la UNESCO, en todo el país, y denunciaré todos los casos de intolerancia lingüística.

P: ¿Qué le ha enseñado este trabajo sobre sí misma?

R: Pensaba que había un largo camino desde el sur del Bronx hasta un doctorado, una cátedra y la incorpora­ ción a la AAAS, pero entien­ do que aprendí de mi familia y mi comunidad el trabajo duro necesario, mis conoci­ mientos lingüísticos y mi compromiso con la justicia social.

P: ¿Cuál es el mejor con­ sejo que ha recibido?

R: Aplícate el cuento era la forma que tenía mi madre de insistir en que me mirara en el espejo cada vez que cri­ ticaba a algo o a alguien.

P: ¿Qué le sorprendería a la gente saber de usted?

R: Me encanta nadar, y bailar salsa aún más. ¿Al­ guien está interesado en una clase?

P: Describa su fin de se­ mana ideal en San Diego.

R: Ir de compras al mer­ cado de Del Mar los sábados y volver caminando por la playa; luego, un nado tardío en la piscina. El domingo por la mañana voy a misa a San Leo en Solana Beach y des­ pués almuerzo con mis com­ padres. Luego, un museo, un concierto o una obra de tea­ tro por la tarde.

Lo que amo de Del Mar ...

Caminando a la playa o al pueblo de Del Mar ­¡su bi­ blioteca y clases de yoga! ­ y las actividades para mayo­ res de Del Mar Community Connections.

P: Usted es una investiga­ dora respetada en el estudio de las variedades de español e inglés en las comunidades latinas de Estados Unidos; la socialización lingüística de las familias latinas; y por sus críticas a las leyes de solo inglés que conducen a la ela­ boración de perfiles, y a la política educativa antibilin­ güe. ¿Puede hablarnos del tipo de perfil lingüístico que resulta de estas leyes de “so­ lo inglés” y de los efectos de este tipo de perfil?

R: La historia de Estados Unidos tiene muchos ejem­ plos de violencia contra los hablantes de lenguas distin­ tas del inglés, como la repre­ sión/exterminio de las len­ guas nativoamericanas y africanas, las leyes que pro­ híben hablar en público cualquier cosa que no sea in­ glés y el linchamiento de un hablante de alemán. Hoy en día, el inglés es la única len­ gua oficial en 31 estados y so­ lo tres de ellos permiten más de una lengua. La elabora­ ción de perfiles perjudiciales es endémica: Los agentes in­ mobiliarios cuelgan el teléfo­ no a posibles inquilinos/ compradores por su acento ­o les cobran más­ y algunos educadores regañan o pegan a un niño por hablar otra len­ gua. Los jueces deniegan los derechos de paternidad a quienes no hablan inglés; los empresarios contratan a trabajadores para que ha­ blen con los clientes en espa­ ñol, pero los despiden por hablarlo con sus compañe­ ros; los niños deben traducir los síntomas de sus padres a los médicos; los operadores del 911 rechazan llamadas por el idioma/acento; y en to­ do Estados Unidos se ataca violentamente a personas por hablar otro idioma.

P: En 2016, fue coautora de un artículo en el Huffin­ gton Post en apoyo de la Pro­ posición 58, que fue aproba­ da por los votantes y revocó el requisito de que los estu­ diantes de inglés recibieran clases en aulas solo en in­ glés. Desde el punto de vista de su trabajo, ¿por qué este tipo de enfoque educativo basado exclusivamente en el inglés es erróneo?

R: Solo (alrededor del 20 por ciento) de los estadouni­ denses declara hablar un idioma distinto del inglés en casa, mientras que en Euro­ pa, alrededor del 53 por cien­ to de la población (y un nú­ mero cada vez mayor en to­ do el mundo) puede conver­ sar en una segunda lengua.

Dado que tanto los indivi­ duos como las naciones se benefician del bilingüismo, los niños que entran en la es­

Van Grove es reportera del U­T. La reportera Tammy Murga contribuyó a este artículo.

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¿CUÁNTO COSTARÁ QUITAR EL GAS NATURAL PARA 2035?

La ciudad está analizando los edificios y viviendas ROB NIKOLEWSKI La ciudad de San Diego se ha marcado ambiciosos objetivos para reducir drás­ ticamente en los próximos años el consumo de gas na­ tural en los edificios de la ciudad, incluso en las vivien­ das existentes.

Aún no se ha determina­ do cuánto costará, pero ya se han dado los primeros pa­ sos para conseguirlo.

En los próximos meses está previsto terminar un análisis de todos los edificios de la ciudad de San Diego. El inventario desglosará los porcentajes respectivos de estructuras comerciales, in­ dustriales y residenciales.

“Lo primero que estamos haciendo es averiguar y con­ firmar algunas de nuestras hipótesis que generalmente conocemos, pero que quere­ mos asegurarnos de que se confirman... y luego partire­ mos de ahí”, declaró Shelby Busó, responsable de soste­ nibilidad del ayuntamiento.

Los responsables muni­ cipales también están elabo­ rando una guía para ver “cuáles son las políticas y los programas más rentables y realmente aplicables por la industria y los ciudadanos”, explicó Randy Wilde, asesor político de la oficina del al­ calde Todd Gloria.

La reducción del consu­ mo de gas natural en los edi­ ficios es solo una parte del Plan de Acción Climática de la ciudad, que pretende al­ canzar el objetivo de emisio­ nes netas cero para 2035 por diversos medios, como polí­ ticas que fomenten la densi­ dad urbana y reduzcan el número de millas recorridas por vehículos y camiones.

El Ayuntamiento de San Diego votó 8­0 el verano pa­ sado no solo para eliminar las conexiones de gas natu­ ral en todas las nuevas cons­ trucciones, sino también pa­ ra reducir el gas natural en los edificios existentes en un 45 por ciento para 2030, y luego eliminar gradualmen­ te el 90 por ciento del gas na­ tural en todos los edificios de la ciudad para 2035.

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El Plan de Acción Climática de la ciudad de San Diego pretende modernizar el 90 por ciento de los edificios, incluidas las viviendas, para 2035. Pero aún no se ha publicado una estimación de gastos.

“Requerirá un enorme esfuerzo por parte de la ciu­ dad y sus ciudadanos, y de­ bería seguir siendo uno de los principales objetivos de la planificación de la aplica­ ción en el futuro”, señaló la Oficina del Analista Presu­ puestario Independiente de la ciudad en un informe pu­ blicado en julio de 2022. La oficina no dio una estima­ ción en dólares.

Los funcionarios de la ciudad están estudiando los edificios municipales pro­ piedad de San Diego, tales como bibliotecas, centros de recreación y edificios de la ciudad para tener una idea de los costos potenciales de la eliminación gradual del gas natural.

“Estamos realizando un análisis eléctrico completo de todos nuestros edificios con un contratista externo para ver qué gas natural uti­ lizamos en ellos”, explicó Alyssa Muto, directora del

Departamento de Sosteni­ bilidad y Movilidad de la ciu­ dad. “¿Qué puede eliminar­ se progresivamente y cuán­ to costaría aproximada­ mente?”.

La idea es aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas en la transición de los edificios de propiedad municipal, apli­ carlas al “código de alcance” que prohíbe el gas natural en todas las nuevas construc­ ciones y, a continuación, aprovechar todas esas lec­ ciones antes de abordar có­ mo adaptar las empresas y residencias existentes.

“Creo que el cálculo del presupuesto se hará con el tiempo, a medida que vaya­ mos desarrollando esta guía”, declaró Muto.

Los responsables muni­ cipales señalaron algunas de las ventajas económicas del plan, citando estudios que afirman que las vivien­ das totalmente eléctricas pueden reducir la factura to­

tal de los servicios públicos.

Según un informe, el ahorro a lo largo de la vida de una vi­ vienda de nueva construc­ ción puede oscilar entre 130 y 540 dólares al año.

Alrededor de 905 mil clientes en el territorio de servicio de San Diego Gas & Electric tienen conexiones de gas natural. Esta cifra in­ cluye las comunidades si­ tuadas fuera de los límites de la ciudad de San Diego, pero da una idea del alcance de la conversión de los hoga­ res de gas a electricidad.

Los responsables muni­ cipales afirman que busca­ rán financiación, subvencio­ nes e incentivos de progra­ mas federales, locales y esta­ tales que ayuden a sufragar los gastos. También busca­ rán dinero en fuentes priva­ das.

“En teoría, adaptar un edificio puede costar una cantidad X”, dijo Wilde, “pe­ ro dependiendo de cómo

apliquemos nuestra estrate­ gia, podría correr a cargo de otro organismo público, de un proveedor de fondos, de una asociación público­pri­ vada o de algún otro acuer­ do”.

El Plan de Acción Climá­ tica 2022 de la ciudad, de 238 páginas, hace referencia a un plan de electrificación de edificios llevado a cabo en San José, ciudad similar a San Diego en cuanto a po­ blación y composición resi­ dencial/comercial. Se calcu­ laba que la electrificación to­ tal de una vivienda en San José costaría entre 26 mil y 31 mil dólares para una vi­ vienda unifamiliar y entre 21 mil y 25 mil dólares para una vivienda plurifamiliar, sin in­ centivos ni descuentos.

El pasado octubre, la ciu­ dad de Nueva York anunció que gastará unos 4 mil millo­ nes de dólares a lo largo de siete años en un plan que in­ cluye la modernización de

100 edificios escolares para que dejen de quemar com­ bustibles fósiles para la cale­ facción.

El año pasado, después de que el Ayuntamiento de San Diego aprobara el plan de modernización, Haney Hong, Director General de la Asociación de Contribu­ yentes del Condado de San Diego, expresó su preocupa­ ción por los costos. “¿Llama la atención? Por supuesto”, dijo Hong. “Uno no quiere tomar decisiones grandes y audaces sin en­ tender lo que le va a costar”.

Pero la Campaña de Ac­ ción por el Clima, un grupo ecologista local, afirma que la ciudad debe actuar con rapidez para que la cons­ trucción de nuevos edificios y la modernización de los existentes sean totalmente eléctricas y utilicen gas na­ tural.

“Hay muchas fuentes de financiación estatales y fe­ derales disponibles para ha­ cer este trabajo y asegurarse de que las comunidades de interés son prioritarias”, dijo Serena Pelka, defensora de la política del grupo. La ciu­ dad no puede retrasarlo más o no podrá aprovechar estas fuentes de financiación para llevarlo a cabo... Se trata de un problema de salud públi­ ca”.

El gas natural es un com­ bustible fósil y el metano puede filtrarse por tuberías, pozos y otras infraestructu­ ras. Algunos estudios han señalado una relación entre las estufas de gas natural y el asma infantil, aunque la in­ dustria del gas natural afir­ ma que no hay riesgos docu­ mentados para la salud res­ piratoria, sobre todo si las casas están bien ventiladas.

“Algunos dirán que lo es­ tamos haciendo demasiado deprisa y hay una contin­ gencia de sostenibilidad cli­ mática bastante importante que dice que no lo estamos haciendo lo suficientemente deprisa”, dijo Muto.

El Ayuntamiento de San Diego aprobó por unanimi­ dad la versión original del Plan de Acción Climática en diciembre de 2015. Se ha considerado un documento jurídicamente vinculante.

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COLAPSA SEGUNDO EDIFICIO EN FRACCIONAMIENTO DE TIJUANA Abren el boulevard Cuauhtémoc Sur en ambas direcciones ALEXANDRA MENDOZA Un segundo edificio en el fraccionamiento La Sierra de Tijuana colapsó la mañana de este domingo 9 de abril, in­ formaron autoridades. El de­ rrumbe se registra una sema­ na después de que ocurriera lo propio con un primer in­ mueble en el área debido a un deslizamiento de terreno en la ladera.

El gobierno municipal de­ talló que a las 8:10 de la maña­ na se comenzó a desprender la parte inferior del edificio de departamentos que había si­ do evacuado desde el 27 de marzo.

La estructura cayó en su totalidad hacia un predio ubi­ cado debajo de la ladera sobre el boulevard Cuauhtémoc Sur, según se observa en un video compartido en la cuen­ ta de Facebook de la alcalde­ sa de Tijuana, Montserrat Ca­ ballero.

Elementos de Bomberos que resguardaban el área procedieron a suspender el tránsito vehicular en la zona desde que se reportó la caída de material.

“Nos dio tiempo para ce­ rrar la vialidad para evitar cualquier afectación a los au­ tomovilistas”, dijo el director de Bomberos de Tijuana, Ra­ fael Carrillo.

No hubo personas lesiona­ das a consecuencia del colap­ so.

Por el momento se man­

tienen abiertos dos carriles sobre el tramo del boulevard Cuauhtémoc Sur, uno en ca­ da dirección.

El secretario de Gobierno, Miguel Ángel Bujanda infor­ mó en un comunicado que personal de la ciudad trabaja en la remoción de escombros que cayeron sobre los dos ca­ rriles de la vialidad que se en­ contraban cerrados al paso como medida de precaución.

Se estima que dichos tra­ bajos de limpieza concluirán en tres días.

Desde el colapso del pri­ mer edificio el pasado 1 de abril, las autoridades busca­ ron el dialogo con la propieta­ ria de ambas estructuras pa­ ra analizar la posibilidad de demoler de forma controlada el segundo edificio que estaba en riesgo inminente de de­ rrumbe.

El pasado martes, el en­ cargado de despacho de Pro­ tección Civil de Tijuana, Ber­ nardo Villegas adelantó la po­ sibilidad de que el edificio ca­ yera antes de una eventual demolición. “Hubo actividad de movimiento, posiblemen­ te se cae antes de que pueda llegar esa parte de demoli­ ción”, dijo.

A finales de marzo la ciu­ dad de Tijuana emitió una de­ claratoria de emergencia por riesgos geológicos e hidrome­ tereológicos, para “acelerar acciones de prevención, miti­ gación y solución relaciona­ dos con la inestabilidad de la­ deras registradas en seis pun­ tos de la ciudad”.

En los primeros tres me­ ses del año se registraron llu­ vias atípicas de entre 9 y 10 pulgadas de acumulación, en

comparación con el año pasa­ do, cuando apenas se registró una pulgada, de acuerdo con información de Protección Civil de Tijuana.

Esta situación agravó el riesgo de deslizamiento de te­ rreno en por lo menos seis puntos de Tijuana, dijeron autoridades. Estas zonas son: Aguaje de la Tuna Primera Sección, Herradura Sur, Urbi Villa del Prado, Terrazas del Rubí, Cañón del Matadero y el fraccionamiento La Sierra.

Aunado a ello, el pasado viernes se registró el colapso de un muro de contención en el fraccionamiento Colinas de Chapultepec, por lo que se procedió a evacuar a 22 vi­ viendas de forma preventiva.

El muro de contención de 60 metros de largo por 15 de altura, cayó sobre un terreno baldío a espaldas de la calle Pelícanos en la colonia Herra­ dura Sur, informaron autori­ dades.

La gobernadora de Baja California, Marina del Pilar Ávila dijo a finales de marzo que se revisarán los permisos de construcción emitidos pa­ ra fraccionamientos de Tijua­ na, principalmente aquellos ubicados en zonas considera­ das de riesgo.

“Vamos a aplicar todas las sanciones que nos permita el código penal, y hasta las últi­ mas consecuencias”, dijo du­ rante su conferencia de pren­ sa semanal el 29 de marzo.

“De eso depende el patrimo­ nio de muchas familias”.

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PRENSA AYUNTAMIENTO DE TIJUANA

Escombros del edificio colapsado en el fraccionamiento La Sierra de Tijuana.

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DIMITE FUNCIONARIO TRAS CONFLICTO DE INTERESES Jesús Cárdenas renunció como jefe de gabinete JEFF MCDONALD El jefe de gabinete del concejal de San Diego Step­ hen Whitburn anunció el martes 4 de abril que dejaba su trabajo en la ciudad, tras las preguntas sobre los posi­ bles conflictos entre su tra­ bajo en el sector público y una empresa de consultoría política que ha estado diri­ giendo durante años.

Jesús Cárdenas confirmó que se apartaba del Ayunta­ miento de San Diego para volver a sus raíces: conse­ guir que los candidatos pre­ feridos sean elegidos.

Lleva dirigiendo la con­ sultora política Grassroots Resources desde que asu­ mió el cargo de jefe de gabi­ nete de Whitburn tras ges­ tionar la campaña ganado­ ra. Grassroots Resources lleva más de un año suspen­ dida por las autoridades fis­ cales del Estado.

“He tomado la decisión de dejar mi cargo para bus­ car nuevas oportunidades”, dijo Cárdenas en un mensaje de texto a última hora del martes. “Dado el reciente cli­ ma político, quiero poner to­ da mi energía y esfuerzo en elegir demócratas”.

La decisión de dimitir co­ mo jefe de gabinete de Whit­ burn se produce días des­

pués de que el concejal asu­ miera la presidencia interi­ na de la junta del Metropolitan Transit System.

Whitburn asumió esa res­ ponsabilidad la semana pa­ sada después de que el su­ pervisor del condado Nat­ han Fletcher dimitiera en medio de acusaciones de conducta sexual inapropia­ da presentadas por un anti­ guo especialista en relacio­ nes públicas de la agencia de transporte regional.

Tal vez lo más importan­ te es que Cárdenas dimitió semanas después de que el diario The San Diego Union­ Tribune informara de que seguía dirigiendo su empre­ sa de consultoría política a pesar de haber sido suspen­ dido por la California Fran­ chise Tax Board.

El periódico informó en febrero de que el Partido De­ mócrata del Condado de San Diego declaró haber gastado más de 200 mil dóla­ res con la empresa de Cárde­ nas a pesar de que la empre­ sa no está legalmente autori­ zada a realizar transaccio­ nes comerciales.

La empresa fue suspen­ dida a principios del año pa­ sado, al parecer por no pagar impuestos. Los funcionarios de impuestos del estado no discuten públicamente las razones de acciones regula­ doras como las suspensio­ nes.

Cárdenas reconoció te­ ner dificultades para cum­

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Jesús Cárdenas asiste a la fiesta electoral de los de­ mócratas a ver los resultados en junio de 2022. plir con las muchas regula­ ciones que vienen con la ges­ tión de un negocio personal, tanto en febrero como en agosto pasado, cuando el Union­Tribune informó por primera vez que estaba ope­ rando una empresa de con­ sultoría política mientras ganaba un sueldo de seis ci­ fras de los contribuyentes de San Diego.

Whitburn dijo que estaba agradecido por el servicio de Cárdenas a él y a su oficina de distrito.

“Jesús compartió conmi­ go recientemente que tenía la intención de buscar otra oportunidad en el sector pri­ vado”, dijo el concejal la no­ che del martes. “Aunque desde entonces ha dejado mi oficina, agradezco sus dos años de servicio a nuestra ciudad y le deseo todo lo me­

jor”.

Cárdenas dijo que su di­ misión se hizo efectiva el lu­ nes, aunque no reveló públi­ camente su marcha hasta el martes. Había cobrado algo más de 120 mil dólares al año por su trabajo en nombre de la ciudad de San Diego.

Según la información fi­ nanciera exigida por el esta­ do, Cárdenas ganó hasta 100 mil dólares en 2021 por su trabajo en Grassroots Re­ sources. Dijo el verano pasa­ do y de nuevo a principios de este año que delegó la ges­ tión diaria de la empresa a otros para que pudiera cen­ trarse en su servicio público.

“Aunque tengo intereses en Grassroots Resources, ya no gestiono operaciones, no busco clientes ni participo en actividades cotidianas”, dijo el verano pasado. “No he

recibido ninguna compen­ sación económica de ningu­ na entidad municipal que haga negocios frente a la ciu­ dad”.

El asesor principal de Whitburn dijo que ha estado trabajando para cerrar Grassroots Resources, pero que se ha retrasado mien­ tras resuelve los detalles de sus problemas fiscales. El concejal dijo en febrero que había ordenado a Cárdenas que cerrara el negocio o abandonara el Ayuntamien­ to.

La dimisión de Cárdenas también se produce después de que el Union­Tribune y otros medios de comunica­ ción locales informaran de que el jefe de personal de Whitburn cobró un présta­ mo federal de 176 mil dólares del Programa de Protección de Cheques de Pago basán­ dose en la afirmación de que tenía hasta 34 empleados.

La Prensa San Diego in­ formó en febrero que Cárde­ nas dijo a la organización de noticias que contaba con los empleados de una tienda de marihuana de San Diego lla­ mada Harbor Collective en su aplicación a pesar de que las empresas de cannabis es­ taban específicamente exentos de la financiación fe­ deral de socorro COVID­19.

Cárdenas reveló Harbor Collective como uno de los numerosos clientes en su re­ ciente Formulario 700, la de­ claración financiera anual requerida de los funciona­

rios públicos. Los clientes que pagan más de 10 mil dó­ lares al año están obligados a figurar en la lista.

Grassroots Resources también emplea a la herma­ na de Cárdenas, Andrea Cárdenas, quien ganó las elecciones al Concejo Muni­ cipal de Chula Vista en 2020.

Además de los proble­ mas fiscales de Grassroots Resources, la compañía ha sido declarada deficiente por la Oficina del Secretario de Estado de California por no cumplir con varios requi­ sitos de revelación.

Cárdenas dijo el verano pasado que estaba cerrando el negocio, pero una presen­ tación electoral presentada por los demócratas del con­ dado a finales de enero mos­ tró que la empresa compró 205 mil dólares en anuncios digitales de Meta, la matriz corporativa de Facebook.

Becca Taylor, presidenta del Partido Demócrata del condado, dijo que la organi­ zación no pagó directamen­ te a Grassroots Resources, pero que revisaría el histo­ rial de la empresa con el par­ tido político a la luz de su si­ tuación con los funcionarios fiscales del estado.

“Los pagos directos se hi­ cieron a Margin Victories”, dijo Taylor, refiriéndose a una nueva empresa abierta por el ex empleado de Grass­ roots Resources Jehoan Es­ pinoza.

McDonald es reportero del U­T.

INSTITUTO SALK RECIBE 50 MDD PARA FRENAR EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO La iniciativa busca eliminar el dióxido de carbono GARY ROBBINS El Instituto Salk de La Jolla ha recibido una dona­ ción de 50 millones de dóla­ res para apoyar sus esfuer­ zos por encontrar formas de conseguir que las plantas capturen y almacenen más eficazmente el carbono at­ mosférico, una estrategia considerada esencial para luchar contra el cambio cli­ mático.

La donación procede de Hess Corporation, una em­ presa energética con sede en

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En esta foto de archivo del 27 de julio de 2018, la cen­ tral eléctrica de carbón Dave Johnson en Wyoming.

Nueva York que se dedica a encontrar y procesar petró­ leo y gas natural para los mercados mundiales.

La donación se produce tres años después de que Hess donara al Salk 12.5 mi­ llones de dólares para ayu­

dar a establecer su Harnes­ sing Plants Initiative, cen­ trada en la eliminación del dióxido de carbono de la at­ mósfera a escala mundial. El fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos, dio al Salk 30 millo­ nes de dólares ese mismo año para apoyar el progra­ ma.

Un año antes, en 2019, el Salk obtuvo casi 35 millones de dólares del Audacious Project, que forma parte de la Fundación TED, para ayudar a poner en marcha el programa.

El último regalo “llega en el momento ideal, ya que el cambio climático es uno de los problemas más significa­ tivos y urgentes que enfren­ ta la salud de la humanidad

y nuestro planeta”, dijo el presidente de Salk, Rusty Gage, en un comunicado.

La donación también añade impulso al esfuerzo del Salk por recaudar 750 millones de dólares en dona­ ciones durante un periodo de siete años que concluirá en 2028. El dinero se utiliza­ rá para ampliar y diversifi­ car los programas científi­ cos del instituto privado, fundado por el difunto Jo­ nas Salk, que desarrolló la primera vacuna amplia­ mente eficaz contra la polio­ mielitis.

El Salk dice que utilizará los 50 millones de dólares para contratar profesores y apoyar su investigación, que actualmente se centra en

encontrar mejores formas de almacenar más carbono en seis plantas de cultivo esenciales: maíz, soja, cano­ la, arroz, trigo y sorgo.

Wolfgang Busch, investi­ gador de Salk, declaró al Union­Tribune en 2020: “Te­ nemos que hacer que las raí­ ces de las plantas sean más grandes para que puedan almacenar más carbono, ha­ cer que las raíces crezcan más profundamente en el suelo y conseguir que esas raíces retengan el carbono durante más tiempo”.

“Creemos que estos cam­ bios pueden hacerse me­ diante la mejora y la ingenie­ ría genética”.

Robbins es reportero del U­T.

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8 PROYECTOS LOCALES RECIBEN APOYO PARA LA CULTURA LAURA GROCH Educación al aire libre, clases de fotografía y arte son algunos de los ocho pro­ yectos financiados reciente­ mente en el condado de San Diego por la Agencia de Re­ cursos Naturales de Califor­ nia.

Los proyectos, presenta­ dos por museos locales y or­ ganizaciones sin ánimo de lucro, se encuentran entre los 63 programas de Califor­ nia que han recibido finan­ ciación por un valor supe­ rior a 19.7 millones de dóla­ res.

El dinero procede de la Dotación Cultural e Históri­ ca de California, un organis­ mo de la Agencia de Recur­ sos Naturales de California cuyo objetivo es preservar y proteger los recursos cultu­ rales de California. Los fon­ dos apoyarán pequeños pro­ yectos y programas en mu­ seos y organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro que se hayan visto afectados por la CO­ VID­19 y que atiendan a po­ blaciones históricamente

desatendidas, o a estudian­ tes en el marco de progra­ mas del Título 1.

Se han concedido unos 1.85 millones de dólares a los ocho proyectos elegidos en el condado de San Diego.

Estos son: • San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park, 444 912 dólares, Pro­ yecto de desarrollo de un plan de estudios de educa­ ción al aire libre para alum­ nos de quinto grado alinea­ do con los Estándares Cien­ tíficos de la Próxima Gene­ ración, que incluirá una guía de excursiones al museo, una herramienta de com­ promiso científico con la co­ munidad y materiales para explorar espacios verdes.

Los alumnos recibirán un plan de estudios y forma­ ción gratuitos, así como pa­ ses gratuitos para volver al museo con sus familias.

• San Diego History Center, 500 mil dólares, Proyecto de archivo de la historia de la comunidad All­IN San Diego. El progra­ ma instalará un mural digi­

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En la imagen, el Museo Timken el jueves 26 de mayo de 2022. tal “Welcoming Our Diver­ sity” en el espacio del atrio y un mapa virtual interactivo permanente centrado en las diversas experiencias de los habitantes de San Diego. El proyecto también propone crear un Consejo de Histo­ ria, un equipo de divulga­ ción pública formado por 30­ 50 miembros.

• Timken Museum of Art/Putnam Foundation, 91 900 dólares, El programa gratuito ARTS on Tour se amplía a unos 300 alumnos

más de los cursos K­12 de las poblaciones de Viejas, Sycuan y Barona, así como a las escuelas del Título 1 de San Diego. El programa in­ cluirá planes didácticos y actividades para los alum­ nos, como clases de arte gra­ tuitas de 90 minutos y excur­ siones a Timken.

• Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Die­ go, 50 mil dólares El Progra­ ma de Enriquecimiento Genki ofrece a los alumnos del San Diego Unified Scho­

ol District un programa de bienestar para fomentar la salud y el bienestar, que in­ cluye tres campamentos de cinco días en el jardín, ade­ más de dos exposiciones temporales de tres meses que incluyen talleres prácti­ cos, un jardín zen temporal y conferencias sobre salud mental.

• Museum of Photograp­ hic Arts, 50 mil dólares, fPrograma gratuito de expo­ sición fotográfica para jóve­ nes, dirigido a estudiantes desfavorecidos de cuarto a octavo grado de escuelas del Título 1 de todo San Diego.

Incluye educación artística práctica, excursiones opcio­ nales al museo y exposicio­ nes comunitarias de los tra­ bajos de los alumnos.

• Friends of The Water Conservation Garden, 266 mil dólares, Exposición Oak Grove. Este proyecto proporcionará 11 625 pies cuadrados de nuevo espacio de exposición permanente, incluyendo nuevos senderos naturales ADA, un elemento cultural nativo Kumeyaay,

paisajismo nativo, un ele­ mento cultural y señaliza­ ción educativa.

• San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum, 52 500 dólares, Talleres educativos para niños de escuelas de bajos ingresos. Programa para impartir talleres del Museo Móvil con activida­ des educativas prácticas e instrucción en vivo a los gra­ dos K­2 en el Escondido Uni­ fied School District.

• Zoological Society of San Diego and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, 395 240 dólares, Biodiversity Hotspot Exploration. Pro­ grama para impartir talle­ res de ciencias de la conser­ vación a 100 profesores de centros de enseñanza media y secundaria del sur de Cali­ fornia que reúnan los requi­ sitos del Título 1. Proyecto para incluir excursiones prácticas al Safari Park con 3500 de sus alumnos (y 500 profesores/acompañantes asociados) para explorar la ciencia de la conservación.

Groch es reportero del U­T.

FERN STREET CIRCUS: FAMILIAR, BILINGÜE, GRATIS FIESTA DE LIBROS PARA NIÑOS ES EL SÁBADO Fern Street Circus LUCÍA SERRANO

¿Buscas algo divertido, gratis y para toda la familia?

El circo Fern Street Circus estará de gira por San Diego y podría estar muy cerca de ti.

El espectáculo bilingüe y gratuito, titulado Hoy por ti, mañana por mí, viajará por varios vecindarios de San Diego en su gira del sábado 8 de abril al domingo 14 de mayo. Visitarán parques co­ munitarios desde City Heights hasta San Ysidro.

Hoy por tí, mañana por mí explora la cooperación gentil hacia un objetivo en común por medio del circo y la música. El tema de este año es intencional, dice FSC en un comunicado. “Hemos visto mucha división en los últimos años, entre el CO­ VID y el tenso ambiente po­ lítico”, comenta el director ejecutivo John Highkin.

“Queríamos que este espec­ táculo tuviera un enfoque más gentil, que girara en torno a la bondad, generosi­ dad y cooperación. Que cele­ brara todas las cosas que puede unir a las comunida­ des, en lugar de dividirnos”.

Fundado en 1991 en San Diego, Fern Street Circus tiene como enfoque crear es­ pectáculos con temas de justicia social y llevarlos a comunidades marginadas además de ofrecer clases gratuitas de circo.

Las funciones empiezan a las 2 p.m., pero también contarán con una feria de salud gratuita con vacunas y otros recursos proporciona­ dos por Live Well San Diego; habrá conciertos por estu­ diantes de Mariachi Victoria

Hoy por ti, mañana por mí

Cuando: Cada fin de semana hasta el domin­ go 14 de mayo a las 2 p.m.

Entrada: Gratuita y para todas las edades Calendario

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Parte del elenco de Fern Street Circus. de San Diego antes de la función; y clínicas veterina­ rias móbiles con vacunas, exámenes y otros servicios del San Diego Humane So­ ciety (solo en funciones del 8 y 29 de abril).

El elenco del circo está compuesto por el maestro de ceremonias Memo Mén­ dez, música en vivo, y cir­ queros profesionales de to­ das partes del mundo con sus varios actos como mala­ bares, payasos y contorsio­ nistas, incluyendo a aque­ llos que estudian con FSC en su programa gratuito de City Heights.

Proveniente de Chile “pe­ ro nómada del mundo”, la artista Catalina Paz prota­ goniza en Hoy por ti, maña­ na por mí a un payaso lla­ mado Abuelita.

Antes de unirse a Fern Street Circus en 2022, cola­ boró con Emergency Circus en Tijuana donde llevó el cir­ co a la comunidad migrante que esperaba el asilo para entrar a Estados Unidos.

Se unió a FSC por su compromiso social usando las artes de circo, pero ade­ más de sus actuaciones co­ mo Abuelita, también es parte de los programas edu­ cacionales que ofrecen en diferentes escuelas y cen­ tros recreativos de San Die­ go.

Además de “pasársela bien y reírse un montón”, Paz disfruta del tour comu­ nitario por su particular uso de los espacios públicos cer­ ca de comunidades “a me­ nudo ignoradas, lo que con­ lleva a más visibilidad y a un sentimiento de comunidad e identidad”.

También es una oportu­ nidad para que los estudian­ tes del programa vivan un espectáculo en vivo con au­ diencia, como El Pollo, uno de sus estudantes, que con tan solo 8 años estará ha­ ciendo su debut este año.

“El tour es un evento en­ riquecedor para todos los que formamos parte de una u otra manera”, comparte

• Sábado 15 de abril en Park de la Cruz, 3603 38th Street • Domingo 16 en Azalea Park, 2596 Vio­ let Street • Sábado 29 en Offi­ cer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, 4455 Wightman St. • Domingo 30 en Colina del Sol Park, 5319 Orange Ave. • Sábado 6 de mayo en Cesar Chavez Re­ creation Center, 455 Sycamore Rd.

LILIA O’HARA Todos son bienvenidos.

La Fiesta de Libros para Niños 2023 tendrá lugar el sá­ bado 29 de abril de 8:30 a 10:30 de la mañana en el Organ Pa­ vilion de Balboa Park.

Como cada año, durante este evento se regalan miles de libros nuevos que son do­ nados por organizaciones y por voluntarios.

Roosevelt Brown, de 80 años y organizador del even­ to, dijo que la idea es fomen­ tar la lectura en niños desde kínder a duodécimo grado.

En una llamada telefónica, recordó que empezó hace 49 años regalando libros en las esquinas donde veía a jóve­ nes en grupo. En ese enton­ ces llevaba libros usados en su camioneta. Sin embargo, desde hace 39 años, se rega­ lan libros nuevos, primero lo hacía en su patio de Emerald Hills y luego movió la fiesta a Balboa Park.

Los libros estarán organi­

zadas por grados. El evento es llevado a cabo por la orga­ nización sin ánimo de lucro de Brown, Reading Literacy Learning Inc. que también organiza pequeños regalos de libros a lo largo del año.

Asimismo, en el evento habrá refrigerios, junto con las actuaciones del Ballet Folklórico en Aztlán, así co­ mo de los alumnos de la Aca­ demia de Artes Escénicas Dance Speaks.

Cientos de niños reciben libros cada año en este even­ to, que solo se ha suspendido en 2020, debido a la pande­ mia. Esta vez, niños de dife­ rentes escuelas en vecinda­ rios menos privilegiados se­ rán llevados en autobuses pa­ ra que puedan participar en la fiesta.

Libros de ciencia, literatu­ ra, historia, ficción y más es­ tarán al alcance de la mano de los niños. La entrada y los libros son totalmente gratis.

O’Hara escribe para el U­T.

• Domingo 7 en Park Recreation Center • Sábado 13 en Teral­ ta Park • Domingo 14 en Gompers Park, 4926 Hilltop Drive Sitio web: fernstreet­ circus.com Paz sobre su experiencia en la gira.

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FILME DE PIXAR SE INSPIRA EN INMIGRANTES ASSOCIATED PRESS Una ceremonia a la que invitó a sus padres encendió la chispa para el director Pe­ ter Sohn de la película ani­ mada Elemental de Disney y Pixar que se estrena este ve­ rano boreal. Los padres de Sohn son originarios de Co­ rea del Sur y verlos desde el escenario le hizo sentir un profundo agradecimiento por todo lo que habían hecho para sacar adelante a su fa­ milia.

“Los vi y me sentí muy conmovido al agradecerles todos los sacrificios”, dijo Sohn en una entrevista re­ ciente por videollamada so­ bre el próximo estreno del fil­ me acerca de una familia de seres de fuego que emigra a Element City, una urbe don­ de también hay seres de agua, aire y tierra. Todos conviven entre rascacielos, trenes y transbordadores alucinantes propios para ca­ da elemento.

El filme se centra en Em­ ber, una chica de fuego que adora trabajar en la tienda de su padre, pero que tiene problemas para controlar su carácter explosivo, especial­ mente, con los clientes incó­ modos. La vida de Ember en Firetown, un suburbio con muchos habitantes de fuego, se ve trastocada cuando por un accidente de plomería lle­ ga hasta el sótano de la tien­ da Wade, un joven de agua que trabaja como inspector y se escandaliza al ver tantas irregularidades en el estable­ cimiento, por lo cual procede a levantarles un reporte ante las autoridades.

Dos seres tan diferentes podrían parecer una mala combinación, pero Ember y Wade empiezan a conocerse más y a notar que esas dife­ rencias no son un impedi­ mento para que cada uno muestre su lado más genial y

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Ember, con la voz de Leah Lewis, en una escena de la película animada. comiencen a ser amigos, e in­ cluso algo más que amigos.

El equipo de producción cuenta con animadores his­ panoamericanos, para quie­ nes fue todo un desafío aprender a darle vida a estos seres de elementos.

“Fue un reto, hemos he­ cho todo tipo de personajes, juguetes, autos... Y ese era un reto diferente”, dijo el anima­ dor español Jordi Onate.

“Teníamos que romper to­ das las reglas que conocía­ mos sobre la mecánica de los cuerpos y cómo hacer ciertos tipos de movimientos. Inves­ tigamos mucho cómo se comporta el agua y cómo se comporta el fuego en ciertas situaciones y, además de eso, tratar de hacerlos hablar”.

Pero el hecho de que sean personajes de elementos también les daba la posibili­ dad de usarlos a su favor.

Ember, por ejemplo, rehace un vidrio roto con su fuego y también puede soldar meta­ les.

“Este es uno de los pro­ yectos más complejos que creo que hemos trabajado en Pixar, simplemente por eso; estamos acostumbrados a animar humanos o animales y tenemos referencias para eso, pero en este caso estába­ mos tratando de entender cómo un personaje de fuego o

de agua se movería”, señaló el animador colombiano Luis Uribe Córdoba. “Los animadores pasamos unas tres o cuatro semanas sim­ plemente probando cosas y viendo videos en cámara len­ ta del comportamiento del fuego o del agua”.

El proyecto comenzó a de­ sarrollarse hace siete años y la artista mexicana Paula Assadourian fue una de las primeras en ayudar a Sohn a encontrar la esencia de los personajes y la historia. As­ sadourian, quien comenzó a trabajar en la película en 2019, fue la encargada de ha­ cer el story board (o guion vi­ sual) antes de que el proyec­ to comenzara su producción.

“Creo que Elemental es una película muy especial, porque se trata de Ember descubriendo quién es ella y lo que quiere hacer, si ella quiere seguir su propio cami­ no o si quiere quedarse cerca de sus raíces y su familia y lo que la gente puede esperar de ella”, dijo Assadourian.

“Creo que Wade de alguna manera cambia a Ember, en cierta forma, la despierta pa­ ra decir ‘puedes hacer mu­ chas más cosas con tu vida’...

La cuestiona y la abre al exte­ rior”.

Sohn, quien además de director es animador, actor

de voz y artista, había dirigi­ do previamente The Good Dinosaur (El viaje de Arlo) y también ha colaborado en múltiples películas de Pixar como Incredibles 2 (Los In­ creíbles 2), Ratatouille, Fin­ ding Nemo (Buscando a Ne­ mo), Up, Toy Story 3 y WA­ LL·E. Definitivamente, Ele­ mental es la historia más personal en la que se ha invo­ lucrado, pues el amor por su esposa, quien es de origen italiano, fue otra de sus inspi­ raciones.

El filme, como en la reali­ dad, muestra que la toleran­ cia y la empatía son la vía pa­ ra combatir males como la xenofobia, algo que su fami­ lia y la comunidad asiática en general han enfrentado fuer­ temente a raíz de la pande­ mia de COVID­19.

“Lo que es duro es que la idea de la xenofobia estaba en la historia desde el co­ mienzo (antes de la pande­ mia)”, dijo. “Porque mi padre y mi madre experimentaron la misma xenofobia, no era algo nuevo... Pero cuando la idea del odio contra los asiá­ ticos comenzó a ocurrir de una manera tan descarada, todos estábamos aterroriza­ dos; recuerdo a mi mamá lla­ marme para decirme que no saliera en San Francisco.

Ella estaba aterrada, y nunca había estado así cuando cre­ cíamos, era un miedo real”.

La productora Denise Ream destacó la oportuni­ dad de colaborar con Sohn desde el origen del filme.

“La historia tiene varias capas que realmente aprecié, simplemente me conecté con la idea de agradecer a tus pa­ dres, eso resonó mucho con­ migo”, señaló. “Me emocio­ naron mucho los retos visua­ les y técnicos, eso realmente me despertó. Sabía que iba a ser complicado y resultó ser más difícil de lo que yo pensé, pero me gusta todo de ella”.

Cientos de niños reciben libros cada año en este evento.

BANDAS EN ESPAÑOL TOCARÁN EN LA FERIA Se celebrará del 7 de junio al 14 de julio en Del Mar GEORGE VARGA La feria del condado de San Diego ha anunciado los 11 primeros artistas princi­ pales de su serie de concier­ tos de verano Toyota de 2023. La lista incluye actua­ ciones tan diversas como el pilar del reggae Stephen Marley, los norteños favori­ tos Los Tigres del Norte, el dínamo vocal de la música country Randy Houser y la banda de pop­rock Train, que inaugurará la serie el 7 de junio.

También actuarán Swit­ chfoot, banda de San Diego ganadora de un Grammy, el 3 de julio, y Lynyrd Skynyrd, miembro del Salón de la Fa­ ma del Rock and Roll, el 17 de junio. El veterano grupo de rock sureño actuará aquí como parte de su primera gi­ ra desde la muerte, el 5 de marzo, del guitarrista Gary Rossington, último miem­ bro original de la banda.

Todas las entradas para los conciertos incluyen la en­ trada el mismo día a la San Diego County Fair, que se ce­ lebrará del 7 de junio al 4 de julio y permanecerá cerrada los lunes y martes de junio.

El tema de la feria de este año es Get Out There.

Las entradas para el con­ cierto se pondrán a la venta en línea el sábado 8 de abril a las 10 de la mañana en sdfair­ .com. Una preventa en línea en el mismo sitio web funcio­ nará desde las 10 a.m. del

Serie de conciertos Toyota 2023 Todos los conciertos em­ piezan a las 7:30 p.m. a menos que se indique lo contrario.

Miércoles 7 de junio: Train; $40–$95.

Domingo 11 de junio: La Adictiva; $25–$50.

Sábado 17 de junio: Lynyrd Skynrd; $51–$106.

Domingo 18 de junio: Grupo Bronco; $30–$60.

Jueves 22 de junio: Boyz II Men; $35–$75.

Sábado 24 de junio: Stephen Marley, con Hirie; $30–$65.

Domingo 25 de junio: Los Tigres del Norte; $35– $80.

Jueves 29 de junio: Randy Houser (con otro artista especial por anun­ ciarse en mayo); $35–$65; 7 p.m.

Sábado 1 de julio: Alabama; $45–$110.

Lunes 3 de julio: Swit­ chfoot; $25–$50.

Martes 4 de julio: Espectáculo de fuegos artificiales; $20­$25. jueves 6 de abril hasta las 11:59 p.m. del viernes. La contraseña para la preventa es CAMP23.

Varga escribe para el U­T.

THE SAN DIEGO UNION­TRIBUNE EN ESPAÑOL

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DEL SÁBADO 15 AL VIERNES 21 DE ABRIL DE 2023

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Astronauta mexicana Katya Echazarreta se vuelve activista espacial A sus 27 años, Katya Echaza­ rreta ya ha aparecido en la portada de Vogue México, fue mujer del año para la edición mexi­ cana de la revista Glamour, copresentó la serie de You­ Tube Netflix IRL y tiene una muñeca Barbie a su seme­ janza.

Tiene varias distincio­ nes: primera mujer nacida en México en el espacio, una de las mujeres más jóvenes en el espacio y una exposi­ ción que muestra sus logros en un planetario de Guada­ lajara, su ciudad natal.

La imagen de Echazarre­ ta aparece en murales de Guadalajara, Los Ángeles, Ciudad de México y Tijuana.

El 15 de abril será la home­ najeada en la gala del 50 aniversario del Fleet Science Center de Balboa Park. ¿Qué ha generado tanto alboroto? Echazarreta voló al espacio suborbital como astronauta ciudadana el 4 de junio a bordo del quinto cohete tripulado lanzado por Blue Origin, fundada por Jeff Bezos.

Pero ese es solo un paso de gigante en su misión espacial en curso.

What generated much of this hoopla? Echazarreta flew into suborbital space as a citizen astronaut on June 4 aboard the fifth crewed rocket launched by Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos.

But that is just one giant step in her ongoing space mission.

Echazarreta se trasladó con sus padres de su México natal a Chula Vista cuando tenía 8 años. Está animando a otros jóvenes nativos mexicanos a aspirar a las estrellas como hizo ella, ya que estudió ingeniería eléc­ trica en la universidad, hizo prácticas en la NASA y trabajó en el apoyo en tierra

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La astronauta ciudadana Katya Echazaretta junto a un pozo gravitatorio en el Fleet Science Center. de misiones espaciales.

También está decidida a impulsar el incipiente pro­ grama espacial mexicano luchando por una enmienda constitucional en México que convierta las activida­ des espaciales en una priori­ dad para el desarrollo nacio­ nal y otorgue poderes a la Agencia Espacial Mexicana.

Para ello, el gobierno debe utilizar su presupuesto espacial para construir su propio desarrollo aeronáuti­ co en lugar de comprar a otros países comunicacio­ nes por satélite y servicios y tecnología relacionados con el espacio, afirma.

Echazarreta se define a sí misma como una “activista espacial”.

También se dedica a revolucionar la mentalidad machista. “Creo que hay muchos conceptos erróneos sobre las niñas y las mujeres que empiezan desde el nacimiento”, afirma. Los niños juegan con juegos de

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ciencia e ingeniería, Legos y autos de juguete, mientras que las niñas juegan con juegos de cocina y muñecas.

Una Barbie de pelo oscu­ ro y piel morena llamada Katya con un traje espacial es una forma de empezar a hacer hincapié en una carre­ ra STEM (ciencia, tecnolo­ gía, ingeniería y matemáti­ cas) a una edad temprana para las niñas mexicanas.

Echazarreta, egresada de la Eastlake High School de Chula Vista, estudió en el San Diego City College y luego se trasladó a la UCLA para licenciarse en ingenie­ ría eléctrica. Allí hizo prácti­ cas en el Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro de la NASA, lo que la llevó más tarde a trabajar en el JPL de Pasadena.

Anteriormente trabajó en el grupo de equipos de apoyo en tierra para misio­ nes de la NASA, como el explorador Perseverance de Marte y la próxima explora­

ción Europa Clipper de la luna de Júpiter.

Hace cuatro años, se presentó al Programa de Astronautas Ciudadanos de la organización sin ánimo de lucro Space for Humanity para conseguir un asiento en un vuelo de Blue Origin.

Su solicitud fue una de las más de 7000 que competían por un viaje gratuito en el cohete espacial.

Echazarreta está con­ vencida de que fue su pasión por los viajes espaciales y su amor por el trabajo que hace lo que la hizo destacar. El combustible para cohetes corre por sus venas. “El espacio fue algo que siempre me atrajo y me encantó”, dice.

Cuando tenía 8 o 9 años, recuerda que le dijo a su madre que quería volar al espacio. Nunca se apartó de esa visión.

Cuando llegó el momen­ to, dice que su mente se congeló durante el breve

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“Estaba completamente hipnotizada. Lo observaba, lo asimilaba todo y experi­ mentaba una serie de emo­ ciones incomprensibles”, dice.

El vuelo reforzó su deter­ minación de traer el espacio a la Tierra.

“Después del vuelo, todo cambió. Creó una nueva perspectiva y me dio fuerzas para ser más audaz y am­ pliar mi sueño a niveles monumentales”.

Se llevó consigo una bandera mexicana, que donó al planetario de Gua­ dalajara.

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ARTISTA GRISELDA ROSAS EXPLORA SU CULTURA Y FAMILIA Yo te cuido toca los temas de clase, raza y poscolonialismo

Exposición individual del artista binacional en el MCASD de La Jolla

SETH COMBS Hay un momento duran­ te la contemplación de Yo te cuido, la recién inaugurada exposición individual de obra nueva de la artista local Griselda Rosas, en el que la artista reconoce el hecho de que parte de su familia no entiende realmente su tra­ bajo.

“La forma en que mi fami­ lia emigró a Estados Unidos fue a través de la producción de ropa, trabajando como costureras y utilizando má­ quinas de coser en el distrito de la moda de Los Ángeles”, dice Rosas, señalando una serie de piezas bordadas y pintadas. “Así es como la mayoría de las mujeres de mi familia emigraron a Estados Unidos”.

“Todas son muy hábiles”, añade. “Y esa es mi herencia, pero, por supuesto, mi tra­ bajo no es bello para mi fami­ lia. Es solo una locura”.

Hay un tono jocoso en la valoración que hace Rosas de cómo ve su familia su tra­ bajo. Aclara más tarde, mientras recorremos su ex­ posición en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Die­ go, en La Jolla, que son prin­ cipalmente dos tías las que ven su obra de esta manera.

No deja de ser una confesión interesante, aunque no del todo sorprendente. Una ar­ tista cuya familia, por la ra­ zón que sea, no comprende del todo su práctica, no es una historia novedosa. En el caso de Rosas, creció en una familia de hábiles costureras en Tijuana y en el sur de Cali­ fornia.

“Todas las mujeres de mi familia, por ambos lados, han sido tremendas borda­ doras”, dice Rosas. “Mis her­ manas y yo, ninguna lo hace­ mos por trabajo, pero aún así lo tenemos. Se nos dio por defecto, no por elección.

Es algo que solo aprendi­ mos”.

Aún así, el trabajo de Ro­ sas dentro de la práctica es, de hecho, decididamente hábil y profundamente bello.

Las piezas textiles expues­ tas en Yo te cuido —con su trabajo de punto irregular, casi explosivo— están reali­ zadas sobre pinturas y pig­ mentos naturales, debida­ mente superpuestos para darles un aspecto casi este­ reoscópico. Con sus elemen­ tos dispares, combinados para crear narraciones de otro mundo que exploran el colonialismo y la cultura fronteriza, es comprensible que pueda resultar descon­ certante para alguien cuyo trabajo consiste en coser de manera muy formal, rara vez apartándose de las líneas rectas y las curvaturas preci­ sas.

“Estaba conectando his­ torias, pero nunca hago esto para crear una historia, me inclino por los materiales

Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido Cuándo: de 10 a.m. a 4 p.m., de jueves a domingo.

Hasta el 13 de agosto Dónde: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla Entrada: $25, adultos; $20, residentes del conda­ do de San Diego y Tijuana; $15, estudiantes y adultos mayores; gratis, menores de 17 años Teléfono: (858) 454­3541 En internet: mcasd.org

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El punto es que lo intrincado organiza sus fronteras una obra de bordado y acuarela sobre papel de Griselda Rosas en su exposición individual en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Diego, en La Jolla. porque crean una historia en mi mente”, dice Rosas, que enseña arte en la San Diego State University. “Cuando me piden que lo explique, es difícil porque no lo hago, en cierto sentido, para crear una narración. Solo me incli­ no por los materiales y, en mi mente, sí crean una histo­ ria”.

Yo te cuido

Hay muchas historias dentro de las obras de Yo te cuido, cada una única, pro­ vocativa y vibrante a su ma­ nera.

Un tema aparentemente común dentro de la obra es la exploración de Rosas de lo que ella llama “memoria an­ cestral”: la idea de que las historias colonialistas de las Américas es algo que toda­ vía informa nuestras vidas cotidianas, tanto genética como sociológicamente. Es decir, para utilizar una cita muy utilizada de William Faulkner, que “el pasado nunca está muerto. Ni si­ quiera es pasado”.

“Creo que los niños dibu­ jan la memoria ancestral”, dice Rosas, refiriéndose a una serie de obras expuestas que creó utilizando como plantilla las obras de arte de su hijo pequeño, la mayoría de las cuales eran represen­ taciones de armas con las que nunca se había topado antes. Añade que no preten­ de parecer “demasiado eso­ térica”, pero que le pareció fascinante que su hijo, como la mayoría de los niños de su edad, dibujara cosas desti­ nadas a causar daño.

“Muchas veces, existe esa sensación de que estás vol­ viendo a algo que no has vis­ to visualmente, pero que puedes sentir”, explica.

Rosas ha explorado te­ mas similares de traumas pre y postcoloniales en su

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Griselda Rosas es originaria de Tijuana, y denomina a su obra como transfronteriza. anterior obra escultórica, textil y de técnica mixta, pe­ ro se centró sobre todo en la iconografía y el vestuario.

Estas nuevas piezas adop­ tan un enfoque más directo, pero no por ello menos bello, de cuestiones como el milita­ rismo y el imperialismo cul­ tural.

La exposición del MCASD, que podrá verse hasta el 13 de agosto, se pla­ nificó antes de la pandemia y, aunque Rosas había pre­ visto originalmente mostrar obras que exploraran la “re­ galia poscolonial”, afirma que el trabajo se desvió ha­ cia los objetos y el subcons­ ciente.

“Empecé a anotar las prácticas artísticas de mi hi­ jo y cómo cambiarían, y aca­ bó cambiando mi práctica y mis intereses”, dice Rosas.

Por aquel entonces, Ro­ sas leía mucho sobre Charles Darwin y sobre cómo el fa­

moso científico estudiaba a menudo a sus propios hijos como medio para compren­ der algunos de los matices de la evolución y la adapta­ ción. Rosas quería probar un enfoque similar, más artísti­ co, examinando cómo cam­ biaba el arte de su hijo a me­ dida que crecía, pasando de garabatos juguetones a re­ presentaciones más conci­ sas y menos interpretativas de cosas como pistolas, pa­ los y cuchillos.

“Es curioso, ¿verdad?

Porque nunca le he compra­ do una pistola (de juguete), pero cuando ve un palo, con­ vierte un palo en una pisto­ la”, dice Rosas. “No se trata de género. Solo es interesan­ te cómo se hereda la violen­ cia. ¿Enseñamos la violen­ cia? ¿Lo hacemos? No lo sé”.

Los caballos y la guerra

Este tipo de preguntas la llevaron a reexaminar más a

fondo su propio pasado cre­ ciendo principalmente en Tijuana. Una de las piezas más llamativas de la exposi­ ción, Caballito de monedas de a peso, se inspiró en un in­ cidente en el que su hijo qui­ so montar en un caballo me­ cánico que funcionaba con monedas a la salida de una lavandería.

Le evocó sus propios re­ cuerdos infantiles de los mismos caballos mecánicos que ella montaba de niña. A primera vista, es un recuer­ do encantador, y uno que es­ tá debidamente plasmado en los bordados, pinturas y collage que componen la pie­ za. Sin embargo, con su bri­ llante y dorado ídolo de ins­ piración católica cabalgan­ do sobre el caballo, el espec­ tador puede inferir los significados pre y poscolo­ niales subyacentes.

“Los caballos forman parte de nuestra historia bé­ lica”, dice Rosas, que creó las piezas bordadas doblando las piezas y con una vieja má­ quina de coser para crear un efecto de hilvanar, que se traduce como coser sin apre­ tar con puntadas grandes.

“Los caballos se utilizaron para colonizar las Américas, así que también quise hacer esa referencia a la historia colonial. Que fueron traídos por los europeos y adopta­ dos por los nativos para combatirlos también”.

Estos complejos matices históricos se manifiestan de forma más concreta, tanto literal como figurativamen­ te, en las dos instalaciones escultóricas de la exposi­ ción: Un camello en el ojo de una aguja y Cabeza de Vaca.

Hábilmente elaboradas con un enfoque experimen­ tal de terracota y hechas de madera encontrada, cemen­ to, caucho y otros materia­ les, las grandes piezas pre­

tenden parecerse a hondas.

El resultado es ominoso y premonitorio en su exposi­ ción, un examen descarnado de las delgadas filas que se­ paran el juego de la violen­ cia, el arma del juguete.

“Antes veía a los niños ju­ gando con hondas, pero aho­ ra veo más allá”, añade Ro­ sas más tarde. “Puedo ver que se trata de un objeto de guerra que se hace pasar por un juguete para niños. Como soy madre, puedo ver esa re­ ferencia y hacer esas relacio­ nes”.

Esto es algo que Rosas ha perfeccionado en su obra, que le valió el Premio de Arte de San Diego en 2020 y le ha valido exposiciones en espa­ cios como Bread & Salt y el Museo de Arte de Oceansi­ de.

Aún así, considera que las esculturas dependen de la interpretación, lo que ella llama “la poética del objeto”.

Las obras de Yo te cuido son, de hecho, algo parecido a la poesía visual, con estrofas sustituidas por filas de hor­ migón y palabras plasmadas en miles de puntadas.

“Creo que sienta muy bien tener todo este trabajo expuesto en un espacio co­ mo éste. Aún no sé cuál es la palabra adecuada para des­ cribirlo”, dice Rosas. “Me siento muy agradecida de poder seguir haciendo obras y que no vayan a parar a la basura”.

Quién

Nombre: Griselda Rosas Edad: 45 años Nació en: Tijuana, Méxi­

co Dato curioso: La mayo­ ría de las piezas textiles de Yo te cuido se construyeron en la cocina de Rosas, en su departamento de Chula Vis­ ta, utilizando una máquina de coser que le legó su abue­ la. Hace poco se compró una máquina de coser más gran­ de y cara, pero dice que “no sirve para nada”, y rápida­ mente volvió a su más “hu­ milde” máquina heredada.

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CENTRO DE ARTES DE CALIFORNIA TIENE NUEVA DIRECTORA Gina López pretende ampliar la oferta y unir al público JOE TASH Gina López, la nueva má­ xima ejecutiva del centro de artes de Escondido, trata de establecer conexiones, ya sea con la comunidad local, con funcionarios municipa­ les o con otras organizacio­ nes sin ánimo de lucro de la ciudad.

“Siempre he pensado que la clave del éxito son las aso­ ciaciones”, dijo López, quien asumió en enero el cargo de directora general del Centro de las Artes de California, Escondido. “Cuando cons­ truyes un público, constru­ yes un público para todos. Es importante que lo cultive­ mos juntos. Nunca se tiene demasiado arte”.

El emblemático centro de artes de Escondido se cons­ truyó en 1994 y es propiedad de la ciudad. Una fundación sin ánimo de lucro dirigida ahora por López gestiona el centro en virtud de un con­ trato con la ciudad. En mar­ zo, la junta del centro de ar­ tes y el Ayuntamiento de Es­ condido aprobaron un nue­ vo contrato de gestión para el funcionamiento del cen­ tro, que incluye una sala de conciertos con 1500 localida­ des, un teatro con 400 locali­ dades, un museo, estudios de arte y danza y un centro de conferencias. El centro está situado en el bulevar N. Escondido, junto al ayunta­ miento y al parque Grape Day. Entre sus primeras ini­ ciativas, dijo López, de 51

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Gina López llegó a Escondido tras dirigir un centro artístico comunitario en Carson City, Nevada. años, que llegó a Escondido tras dirigir un centro artísti­ co comunitario en Carson City, Nevada, está una en­ cuesta comunitaria para de­ terminar qué quiere ver la gente entre las ofertas del Centro.

“Es el primer paso para ver qué podemos hacer me­ jor y aprovechar lo que esta­ mos haciendo bien”, dijo Ló­ pez. “Quiero llegar a todo el mundo, mayores, jóvenes, de todos los orígenes étni­ cos, para que estemos pro­ gramando lo que nuestra co­ munidad quiere ver. Quere­ mos asegurarnos de que re­ presentamos a todos los miembros de nuestra comu­ nidad a través de las artes”.

Como ejemplo de lo que podría ser la ampliación de la oferta del centro, este año se va a añadir por primera vez al calendario de eventos una celebración del Junete­ enth. Este acto se unirá a ce­ lebraciones anuales como el 4 de julio, el Día de los Muer­ tos y el Winter Wonderland (País de las Maravillas In­

vernal).

El año que viene, dijo Ló­ pez, quiere organizar un ac­ to del orgullo para celebrar la población LGBTQ de la comunidad.

El centro también sigue desarrollando su programa­ ción teatral original. El año pasado, el centro estrenó un musical llamado Witnesses, que se llevó varios premios del Círculo de Críticos de Teatro de San Diego. Este año, el departamento tea­ tral interno del centro pon­ drá en escena otro estreno, un musical basado en la pelí­ cula Bottle Shock, sobre los primeros tiempos de la ela­ boración del vino en Califor­ nia, cuando los vinos del Va­ lle de Napa competían en una cata a ciegas con sus ho­ mólogos parisinos.

López ha construido su carrera en torno a las artes, trabajando como artista, educadora, mánager de eventos y, desde 2014 hasta su llegada a Escondido, co­ mo directora ejecutiva del Brewery Arts Center de Car­

son City. El Brewery Arts Center es una organización artística sin fines lucrativos, independiente y multidisci­ plinar, que ocupa dos edifi­ cios históricos en dos man­ zanas del centro de Carson City.

Cuando llegó al Brewery Center, dijo López, éste se enfrentaba a una ejecución hipotecaria y a la quiebra.

Pero ella había crecido en Carson City cuando la orga­ nización había sido un vi­ brante centro artístico co­ munitario y “pensé que me­ recía la pena salvarlo”, dijo.

Ella y otros simpatizan­ tes pusieron en marcha una popular serie de conciertos que resultó ser la pieza clave para dar la vuelta al centro artístico, que se encontraba en dificultades económicas.

Aquí en Escondido, dijo, ve la oportunidad de tender puentes artísticos a una es­ cala aún mayor.

También se sintió atraí­ da por el atractivo del estilo de vida del sur de California y la disponibilidad de una mayor gama de servicios pa­ ra su hijo discapacitado, dijo López.

Entre sus tareas para el futuro, dijo López, está dar a conocer las aportaciones del centro artístico, como lugar de creación y disfrute de las artes, pero también como motor económico de la ciu­ dad.

“Tenemos que contar esa historia”, dijo López. Señaló que, según el grupo de de­ fensa Americans for the Arts, el asistente medio a un evento artístico gasta 31.47 dólares en servicios auxilia­ res, como comida, estacio­ namiento o compras. El año pasado se vendieron 85 mil

boletos para eventos artísti­ cos, lo que supone un gasto adicional de 2.6 millones de dólares en Escondido.

Mientras asume su nuevo papel de directora general del centro de artes, López es consciente de las controver­ sias pasadas, como una ins­ talación artística del año pa­ sado que pilló despreveni­ dos a los dirigentes munici­ pales y ofendió a algunos miembros de la comunidad.

La obra incluía una gran fo­ tografía de agentes de poli­ cía con equipo antidistur­ bios, y en primer plano había tres cerdos de dibujos ani­ mados con uniforme de poli­ cía, bailando sobre un mon­ tón de donas.

La instalación formaba parte de una exposición más amplia de arte callejero que incluía graffiti, monopatín y cultura lowrider.

“Queremos ser buenos administradores”, dijo Ló­ pez. “Queremos tener bue­ nas líneas de comunicación (con los funcionarios muni­ cipales) para evitar polémi­ cas como las del verano pa­ sado. No queremos ofender a nadie, ése no es el objetivo.

El objetivo es unir a la gen­ te”.

En una reunión celebra­ da el 22 de marzo, el Ayunta­ miento aprobó, por 5 votos a favor y 0 en contra, un nuevo acuerdo de gestión con la fundación sin ánimo de lucro del centro de artes para ad­ ministrarlo hasta junio de 2024, con opción a renovar el contrato un año más. La ciu­ dad pagará una cuota de ad­ ministración de 660 mil dóla­ res al año, más primas de se­ guro de unos 100 mil dólares, según un informe del perso­ nal municipal.

La ciudad paga también los servicios públicos, el mantenimiento y el soporte informático del centro de ar­ tes, con un desembolso total presupuestado para este año fiscal de 2.3 millones de dólares. El presupuesto anual del centro de artes pa­ ra este año es de 8.8 millones de dólares, y la mayor parte del dinero se recauda me­ diante la venta de boletos, el alquiler de instalaciones, subvenciones y donaciones privadas, dijo López. Histó­ ricamente, la ciudad ha sub­ vencionado el centro con en­ tre 2 y 2.5 millones de dóla­ res.

A pesar del voto unánime del Ayuntamiento a favor del acuerdo, el regidor Mike Mo­ rasco dijo que cree que debe­ ría reducirse la ayuda econó­ mica del Ayuntamiento al centro, y que la fundación debería recaudar más dine­ ro para cubrir sus gastos.

Se opuso en particular a que la ciudad pague las fac­ turas de servicios públicos del centro —este año esti­ madas en 810 mil dólares— y el apoyo informático de unos 100 mil dólares.

“Tenemos que encontrar la manera de contener esto”, dijo Morasco. “Es algo que creo que hay que abordar de­ sesperadamente”.

Una opción para ahorrar dinero en costos de servicios públicos, dijo López, sería convertir el centro a ilumi­ nación LED, lo que requeri­ ría una inversión por parte de la ciudad.

“Queremos ser buenos socios y gestionarlo todo de la forma más económica po­ sible”, dijo.

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SATURDAY • APRIL 15, 2023

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Celebrating Our Planet

During the 1960s, there were many protests against the Vietnam War. On college campuses, these were called “teach-ins.” Sen. Gaylord Nelson thought people could have a teach-in for the whole country at once. This rally would teach people about the environment.

He recruited Denis Hayes to organize the first Earth Day. Denis was enrolled at Harvard University. He asked thousands of volunteers, mostly students, to plan events to be held all over the country.

Organizers picked April 22 because in 1970, most colleges were on spring break on that date. This meant college kids would be able to work at the Earth Day events.

Hayes and student volunteers got the word out by mailings and phone calls. (There was no internet to spread the message to a lot of people at once.)

More than 20 million Americans took part in that first Earth Day. Fifty-three years later, we still celebrate Earth Day in many ways!

The Earth’s surface is mainly water.

made people think. For the first time, everyone could see how fragile our home was.

photo courtesy NASA

Do you do special things to help our planet? Perhaps you have helped plant trees or pick up trash. The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, helped change the world for the better. The Mini Page celebrates this special day by showing how the world’s people started to care for our planet.

Growing concerns

People wake up

photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

For hundreds of years, some people have been concerned about the environment.

They called this concern conservation. They were worried about conserving, or saving, our resources. But until Earth Day, these conservationists were in the minority.

Most people didn’t start to think much about the environment until the 1960s.

In 1962, a scientist, Rachel Carson, published a book called “Silent Spring.” She caught everyone’s attention with her accounts of birds Rachel Carson dying from pesticides. She warned that people were in danger too.

Fragile planet

Kids lead the way

Mini Fact:

During the 1960s, people were fighting for change. Many were fighting for civil rights for women and minorities, and against the war in Vietnam.

A series of events came together to change this view. In the 1960s, astronauts took pictures of the Earth from space. The sight of our blue planet alone in the darkness of space

In 1969, there was a huge oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. It killed thousands of birds, animals, fish and plants.

That same year, a river in Ohio was so polluted that it caught on fire. Concern about the Earth grew. President Richard Nixon and Congress passed an important act to help figure out how to fix the environment.

Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson visited Santa Barbara and saw how people had organized to clean up the oil spill. He thought it was possible to organize the nation to clean up our planet.

Being part of the change

One of the best things we can do to understand the environment is to go outside. Many students across the country are helping turn their schools green. They are doing everything from raising money for solar panels for their schools to changing the lightbulbs to energy-saving bulbs.

Resources On the Web:

• pbs.org/parents/ thrive/15-ways-to-celebrateearth-day-with-kids

At the library:

• “I Am Earth: An Earth Day Book for Kids” by Rebecca and James McDonald

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Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of Earth Day are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward and diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: ANIMALS, BIRDS, CALIFORNIA, CARSON, CHANGE, CONCERN, CONGRESS, COUNTRY, EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, FISH, OHIO, OIL, PESTICIDES, PLANET, PLANTS, RALLY, SPACE, STUDENTS.

Earl: What do you get when you cross the Little Dipper with a zebra?

Elle: Stars and stripes!

U N U E O I S T U D E N T S P N R E C N O C B E B S L O S L P E S T I C I D E S P U H E A B T N E M N O R I V N E I R N Y R T N U O C E A R T H O G E S S T N A L P C H A N G E N T P P H L R A L L Y J U C O O B A S I B A I N R O F I L A C A C O O S L A M I N A E H S I F E S D R I B C A R S O N U K Y

Eco Note The flow of South America’s Paraguay River is nearing its third consecutive all-time low, threatening to cut off all river shipping from the Atlantic near Buenos Aires to Bolivia. Three consecutive seasons of La Niña in the Pacific are blamed for ongoing low flows in the waterway. The Paraguay is the only major river in South America that has not been dammed for hydroelectric power, meaning it can be used for shipping over long distances to provide an important trade corridor to the otherwise landlocked nations of Paraguay and Bolivia.

You’ll need: • 1 medium apple • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 2 tablespoons whipped cream cheese • honey to drizzle

• 24 to 32 raisins

What to do: 1. Core apple and cut into 8 wedges.

2. Brush lemon juice on cut surfaces of apple wedges to keep them from turning brown.

3. Spread cream cheese evenly on tops of apple wedges.

4. Lightly drizzle honey on cream cheese. Arrange 3 to 4 raisin “ants” on top of each. Serves 2.

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Ants in a Boat

* You’ll need an adult’s help with this recipe.

Cook’s Corner

adapted with permission from Earthweek.com

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