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Redistricting
as diversity
is trending
“Our analysis of the 2020
U.S. Census Bureau census results [shows] that
the U.S. population is much
releases detailed more multiracial and more
population data for racially and ethnically div-
erse than what we have mea-
redrawing political sured in the past,” said
maps for next decade. Nicholas Jones, director of
race and ethnic research
and outreach for the Census
By Melanie Mason Bureau’s population divi-
and Seema Mehta sion.
Although diversity in-
The United States is creased throughout the
more diverse than ever, with country, the trend was espe-
Al Seib Los Angeles Times growing numbers of Latino, cially pronounced in states
Asian and multiracial resi- where battles over redis-
FIRST-DAY JITTERS dents, while the white popu- tricting are expected to be
lation saw a historic decline, bruising. In Texas, for exam-
Kindergartner August Russell clings to his mother outside Jackson Elementary in Altadena as Pasadena
a census report revealed ple, the white population
Unified students return to campus after more than a year of pandemic shutdowns and virtual learning. Thursday, kicking off a fren- outpaced the number of
zied push to redraw the na- Latinos by more than 7% in
tion’s political map. 2010; now the two groups are
The changing demo- practically equal in size. And
graphics provide the blue- white residents now make

Amid Taliban’s surge, Biden print for carving the country

into updated congressional
and legislative districts.
While the process has always
been an exercise in consoli-
up narrow majorities in
Georgia, Florida and Arizo-
na, all states that have
passed restrictive voting
laws this year that have

moves to pull embassy staff dating power, it promises to

be especially contentious
because of the hyperpolar-
ized political climate and
compressed time frame be-
come under criticism for dis-
proportionately affecting
people of color.
White people remained
[See Census, A7]
pulling most U.S. Embassy Taliban group, in its quest to its “civilian footprint” in Af- fore next year’s midterm
U.S. troops will be personnel out of Kabul and topple the U.S.-backed gov- ghanistan to a “core diplo- election.
urged American citizens — ernment, reportedly con- matic presence” in face of The results will lock in
sent to help evacuate for the second time in a week quered Afghanistan’s third- the grave violence spreading the political map until the
as militants conquer
more of Afghanistan.
— to leave the country im-
mediately.
Several thousand U.S.
largest city and pushed its
second city, Kandahar, to
the brink. Afghan refugees
across the country, and that
many employees would be
relocated to the fortified
2030 census and, more im-
mediately, set the stage for
next year’s battle for control
Police
without
troops will be dispatched to have flooded the capital city Kabul airport for safety. of the U.S. House of Repre-
By Tracy Wilkinson Afghanistan, mainly the of Kabul, many sleeping in The moves are also likely sentatives. With Democrats
Kabul airport, to help with the streets, and talks to to dismay an already desper- holding a narrow margin in
WASHINGTON — The what is shaping up as a mili- reach a political solution are ate Afghan population. the House, some analysts
Biden administration,
struggling to contain the
rapid collapse of much of Af-
ghanistan to Taliban forces,
tary-run partial evacuation.
It was a significant esca-
lation in a violently deterio-
rating situation. The urgent
going nowhere.
State Department
spokesman Ned Price said
that the administration
Many say they fear impris-
onment, torture, repression
and execution at the hands
of the Taliban, who ruled
expect that Republicans
could pick up enough seats
just through partisan gerry-
mandering to win the major-
masks?
announced Thursday it was moves came as the Islamist would substantially reduce [See Afghanistan, A4] ity in 2022.
Busted
COLUMN ONE
At crime scenes and
inside stations, LAPD
Mexico revisits officers often aren’t
wearing the coverings.
Spain’s conquest By Kevin Rector

With coronavirus cases

once again rising across Los
Aztecs’ defeat stirs disquiet in Angeles and within the
ranks of the city’s police,
national psyche 500 years later LAPD officers have been or-
dered to wear face masks
“whenever in public or in the
By Patrick J. McDonnell workplace.”
reporting from mexico city More than a few cops,
however, are ignoring the di-
n a country that takes great pride in its museums rective — and getting

I and monuments, the final resting place of one of

Mexico’s signature historical figures is easy to miss.
A simple red plaque — just a name and the years
he lived — marks the spot where his tomb is embed-
ded in a wall to the side of the altar in a dilapidated down-
town church. Few worshipers take notice.
The name alone, however, recalls centuries of conflict
RYAN RHOADES, superintendent of the Mendocino City Community Services
Jay L. Clendenin Los Angeles Times

District, said he receives daily reports of dry wells. “People are scared,” he said.
caught.
At crime scenes and traf-
fic stops, on patrol and even
inside police stations, offi-
cers have been seen and
filmed without face cov-
erings. At times, they have

On the water, but out of it

and a never-ending debate about the essential identity of been recorded scoffing at
Mexico: HERNAN CORTES 1485-1547. the notion they should wear
The legendary Spanish military commander may be a mask or offering vague rea-
hidden away in death, but a few blocks away, authorities sons why the rule doesn’t ap-
are readying a remembrance of his momentous triumph ply to them.
— the conquest of the Aztec Empire. “You guys have nothing
[See Mexico, A5] Wayne Jones refills water scant. Underwater aquifers else better to do than to be
Mendocino residents tanks for residents and busi- are depleting. Wells are run- on our butts about that?” an
nesses whose wells have ning dry. officer responded recently
must limit use as wells gone dry. A bespectacled “We need water. We don’t when William Gude, an ac-

Asian Americans Biden to fight on

run dry. Tourists are bald man with a majestic have it,” Mendocino County tivist critical of the LAPD,
white goatee, he moves Supervisor Ted Williams filmed a second officer mak-
often targeted Newsom’s behalf asked to do their part. quickly and speaks spar- said. ing an arrest without a mask
Despite a social media The president will rally ingly. Far from the dusty, fallow on and asked why he wasn’t
By Hailey Amid Mendocino’s worst fields, the record-breaking complying with the depart-
push and a COVID hate Democratic voters Branson-Potts
crimes act, incidents against California’s drought on record, people wildfires and the shrinking ment’s order.
from taunts to assaults recall. PERSPECTIVES, A2 are desperate for the private reservoirs that have symbol- “I’m inside the Holly-
persist. NATION, A6 MENDOCINO, Calif. — water hauler’s help. ized extreme drought far- wood LAPD station. The
The Santa Claus of water Mendocino has no mu- ther inland, towns along the cops are maskless while
Weather rolls through this foggy nicipal water system. All Mendocino Coast are grap- helping civilians,” Gude
Mostly sunny. coastal hamlet in a silver businesses and homes rely pling with a more invisible wrote in another tweet
L.A. Basin: 87/66. B6 and white truck, bringing joy on wells — some hand-dug in crisis. Tuesday, which quickly
and relief. the 1800s. But rain has been [See Mendocino, A12] [See Police, A7]

BUSINESS INSIDE: Three U.S. airlines require workers be vaccinated; will fliers care? A8
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PERSPECTIVES

Biden enlists in California’s recall battle

President aims to help
energize Democrats
to save Newsom’s job.

MARK Z. BARABAK

President
Biden has
plenty of chal-
lenges. Push-
ing two gar-
gantuan infra-
structure bills
through a
balky Con-
gress. Dealing with a ram-
paging COVID-19 resur-
gence. Monitoring the in-
creasingly dire military
situation in Afghanistan.
But that won’t prevent
the president — maybe in
his spare time — from tak-
ing an active role in oppos-
ing the effort to recall Cali-
fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom.
On Thursday, the White
House upped its engage-
ment and sent a strong
signal of its intention to
fight on Newsom’s behalf,
with Biden for the first time
directly urging California
voters to reject the attempt
to throw his fellow Demo-
crat out of office.
“He knows how to get the
job done because he’s been
doing it,” the president said
in a statement, citing New-
som’s efforts to fight the Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
pandemic and address the PRESIDENT BIDEN, with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, said in a Thursday statement announcing his plans that Gov. Gavin
damage caused by climate Newsom “knows how to get the job done because he’s been doing it.” Harris also plans to pitch in on the campaign for the Sept. 14 vote.
change, among other ac-
tions. “To keep him on the Newsom’s firing. Democratic presidential Newsom going back to their Schwarzenegger. Republi- bid, which the president did
job, registered California That enthusiasm gap primary last year, has also start decades ago in San cans weren’t eager to cast by a comfortable margin.
voters should vote no on the poses a serious threat to the voiced his opposition and Francisco’s politics — has the recall in a partisan light, Biden and Harris don’t
recall election by Septem- governor and has spurred sent campaign emails on also criticized the recall given the GOP’s huge disad- have the same concerns.
ber 14 and keep California efforts by Newsom and his Newsom’s behalf. effort and stated her inten- vantage in the state, and Newsom is eager to turn the
moving forward.” allies to ensure that Demo- No personality, however, tion to campaign on the Bush strategists believed recall into a partisan, red-
Beyond Biden’s state- crats and other recall oppo- can match the political heft governor’s behalf. the president had a better versus-blue referendum,
ment, the White House and nents view his attempted of the president, or generate The plans outlined chance of winning California given Democrats’ huge
Democratic National Com- removal with greater ur- nearly as much attention; Thursday go well beyond in 2004 if Davis, not the voter registration edge. And
mittee are working on po- gency. the active support of Biden these previous remarks by Republican Schwarzeneg- California seems virtually
tential campaign appear- “Those that think this has long been atop New- putting Biden’s imprimatur ger, was burdened with the certain to vote Democratic
ances by Biden and Vice thing is not close, I’d hate to som’s wish list. on the anti-recall effort just state’s massive budget in 2024, as it has in the last
President Kamala Harris, disabuse you,” Newsom said White House officials as ballots begin arriving in deficit and other problems. eight presidential elections.
get-out-the-vote assistance during a get-out-the-vote have repeatedly expressed mailboxes throughout the (Bush was reelected, but A more immediate worry
and efforts on social media event this week. “It is.” their opposition to the state. lost California by double is the 2022 midterm elec-
to thwart the recall attempt. A number of national recall, including again on Biden’s eager involve- digits.) tion, when a number of
The word from Washing- Democrats have weighed in Wednesday, when Press ment in opposing a recall In 2012, President California congressional
ton is sure to gladden the on Newsom’s behalf, includ- Secretary Jen Psaki cited effort is a contrast with the Obama kept his distance seats will be up for grabs,
Newsom campaign. ing Massachusetts Sen. the Biden administration’s stances of previous presi- from Wisconsin and a failed and with them, potentially,
While polls have consis- Elizabeth Warren, a favorite work with the governor “on dents. attempt to recall the Repub- control of the House.
tently shown a majority of among liberal and female a range of key issues,” in- Republican George W. lican governor, Scott Walker, Having Newsom as gov-
Californians oppose the voters, who appears in a TV cluding the pandemic and Bush stayed conspicuously to the dismay of many fellow ernor, as opposed to a hos-
recall, surveys also suggest spot denouncing the recall wildfires. She said the ad- silent during the 2003 Democrats in the state. tile Republican in Sacra-
that voters favoring New- as a power grab by “Trump ministration was looking campaign that resulted in Obama and his campaign mento, would mean one less
som’s ouster are more Republicans.” Sen. Bernie forward to continuing the the ouster of California’s team wanted to avoid alien- political headache in what
politically activated and Sanders (I-Vt.), another partnership. Democratic Gov. Gray ating the independent already promises to be a
attuned to the Sept. 14 elec- hero of the left and the Harris — a sometimes Davis and his replacement voters he needed to carry difficult year for Biden and
tion than those against winner of California’s friend, sometimes foe of by Hollywood star Arnold Wisconsin in his reelection his administration.

Survivors of Guatemala mudslide face stark dilemma

said Esma Cal, “the govern- third as much land as they
By Alberto Arce ment of Guatemala has been did before the storms. And a
and Rodrigo Abd absent. Period.” lot of the soil has been de-
The townspeople have re- graded — torrential rains
NUEVO QUEJÁ, Guate- ceived some help from non- wash away the topsoil, black
mala — The day before he governmental organizations and fertile, and leave behind
left for the United States was that drew funding from the orange clay.
a busy one for Victor Cal. He U.S. Agency for Interna- “Our community is under
went from relative to rela- tional Development. UNI- collapse and we need a per-
tive, collecting money to buy CEF donated a new school to manent solution. This place
food during the journey the community, but it has is not fit to live in, and for the
north. been closed for five months moment we have no way
His mother was incon- because no one could find out,” Cal said. “Our real
solable. “I begged him not to the key to open it. It turns problem is that we have no
go, that we could live here,” out that UNICEF gave the land and we are dependent.
she said, again and again, key to a teacher who then re- We, as a farming community,
“but the decision had al- signed and left with it. A sec- need land.”
ready been made.” ond copy was given to a com- In the meantime, people
He and his parents munity member who denied are dying in the squalor of
shared a small lunch in si- having it. the settlement. In July, 17-
lence. His mother’s gloom So instead, school was year-old Flor Maribel Cal lay
weighed upon him; he an- held in the shack next door, in bed with a tumor on her
nounced he had to find in chairs donated by the Eu- right leg the size of a soccer
somewhere to charge his ropean Union. But like every ball. She was in intense pain,
phone “to receive calls so the Rodrigo Abd Associated Press other shack, it leaks, and the vomiting, malnourished.
coyote can tell me where and A GIRL hauls wood for cooking July 5 at Nuevo Quejá, a makeshift settlement for floor is often flooded and She died July 22.
when we will finally meet.” about 1,000 survivors of the Nov. 5 mudslide that buried their Guatemalan town. muddy. Death is one of only two
He set off on a bumpy dirt The school serves 250 ways out of Nuevo Quejá.
road, looking to hitch a ride He was wrong. time to flee could only carry ment on a third of their agri- children. Of the 12 teachers The other is immigration to
to any place with electricity. In his worst nightmare, our children on our backs,” cultural land, close to their who worked there before the the U.S.
A motorbike pulled over and he could not imagine that a says one of the survivors, buried homes. Perhaps it storms, four remain to teach Víctor Cal contacted a
drove him to the nearest out- hurricane’s rains could bring Esma Cal, 28, an energetic was not safe from another despite a lack of a permit distant cousin who has been
let, miles away. a mountain down and de- woman who would assume a landslide, but it was acces- from the Education Min- in Miami for years. He
At age 26, Cal felt he had stroy it all — house, land, role as a community leader sible. Thus was born Nuevo istry. Their materials are in agreed to advance the
to leave. The makeshift town town. He and his parents in the aftermath. (Many of Quejá, home to about 1,000 Spanish; the students speak $13,000 to buy a coyote pack-
where he lived, born of disas- were left destitute by Hurri- the people of Quejá share survivors. only Poqomchí, said a age that offers two attempts
ter, offered only hunger and cane Eta, displaced and de- the same last name, Cal, “We know how to work,” teacher who spoke on condi- to enter the U.S.
death. It seemed the U.S. pendent on relief from inter- though it is not always clear said Ti, 36. He lost his preg- tion of anonymity, for fear of Optimistic, Cal was con-
was the only way out. national organizations in a how they might be related.) nant wife, his 2- and 6-year- consequences. vinced that he will be able to
Eleven men from his desperately shabby settle- Fifty-eight people disap- old sons and his mother in “None of them will go to earn enough to repay his
town have gone north in 2021. ment called Nuevo Quejá. peared in seconds. Most of the mudslide; his surviving high school. They already cousin.
American authorities say Cal lost pretty much the bodies will never be re- daughters, 11 and 14, cling to lost years. School failure is It was 4 a.m. when Victor
they have stopped more everything else when a land- covered. Forty homes were his side. total,” the teacher said. Cal took a scrap of paper and
than 150,000 Guatemalans slide buried his house. It had buried, and dozens of others The toil is constant and Before the hurricane, the wrote his number and the
at the border this year, four been raining for 25 days. The were left inaccessible. backbreaking. All day long, children were healthier. “To- number of the coyote who
times the number in 2020. people of Quejá had been Crossing torrents of wa- men, women and children day, it is rare for a child to would take him to the Arizo-
Many were like Cal, fam- cooped up in their homes for ter on ropes, the survivors cut and transport wood and have the correct weight and na desert.
ished and impoverished. He 10 days; access roads had walked to the nearest town. clear land with machetes. height,” said César Chiquin, He left it on the table, one
served in the army, muster- been cut off by flooding. Residents shared with them The shacks are con- 39, the nurse in charge of the of the few pieces of furniture
ing out as a corporal. An In- Without electricity, all their remaining food and put structed with zinc sheets do- area. “Virtually all are at in the dirt-floored shack.
digenous Maya who speaks the telephones were dead. them up in schools and at nated by a priest and wood- risk.” “My objective,” he repeated,
Poqomchí, he failed to find Nobody told the villagers the market. Because of the en planks made from pine This is the central plight as if to convince himself, “is
work in Guatemala City. that the rain that fell over isolation, no trucks could ar- trees the villagers cut down. of the people of Nuevo to be able to send money so
When the COVID-19 pan- the previous 24 hours had rive with supplies. When Holes in the roofs allow rain- Quejá. Struggle as they my parents have a real house
demic hit, he joined thou- been five times the average helicopters finally arrived, water to pour inside; holes might, they can’t raise again and some land.”
sands who returned to their monthly amount; no one “some of us had been with- between the wall planks are enough food to sustain He added: “If I had a
agricultural hometowns in told them they were at risk, out food for almost two patched with rags. themselves. Part of the choice, I wouldn’t go. I will be
the mountains. and they should leave. days,” said Esma Cal. The government has ne- problem is timing. Having back as soon as possible.”
His father’s land in It was lunchtime Nov. 5 By January, she, Erwin ver been much help. After lost last year’s crops to the He said goodbye without
Quejá, with its coffee, car- when the first trees fell and Cal, childhood friend Gre- the mudslide, it declared the hurricanes, “we arrived in looking back at Nuevo
damom, corn and beans, the hillside began to melt. gorio Ti and others organ- new settlement uninhabit- Nuevo Quejá too late for Quejá.
sounded like a safe place. At The townspeople left their ized a development council. able. planting properly,” Esma
least there would be food, he food on the fire and ran. By February, they had “Apart from declaring Cal says. Arce and Abd write for the
thought. “Those of us who had founded a temporary settle- the place uninhabitable,” They also have just a Associated Press.
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THE WORLD

City’s fall augurs return to dark times

Taliban takeover in Herat, an Afghan jewel with resistance bona fides, bodes ill for the nation
By Laura King

Over the years, despite

everything, Herat had the
feel of a sanctuary.
Now, with the Taliban
claiming its capture, Af-
ghanistan’s third-largest
city is among the insurgents’
biggest prizes in a cataclys-
mic weeklong onslaught —
one that has seen the fall or
near-fall of more than a doz-
en provincial capitals, in-
cluding Kandahar, the mili-
tant group’s birthplace.
Through both location
and history, Herat offers a
crucial window into the
long arc of Afghanistan’s
struggle. Situated at an an-
cient Silk Road crossroads
near the border with what
is now Iran, it is western
Afghanistan’s commercial
capital, home to more than
half a million people.
In its ancient incarna-
tions, the city saw centuries
of conquest and upheaval.
Modern-day Herat suffered
in the Soviet era, endured
the lash of Taliban rule
and was not immune to
bloodletting during the two-
decade American-led mili-
tary presence, triggered
by the terrorist attacks of
Sept. 11, 2001, that is now in
its final weeks.
Yet nearly alone among
Afghan provincial cities, He- Hamed Sarfarazi Associated Press
rat in recent years had often AFGHAN security forces during fighting with Taliban militants in Herat province. The city of Herat, a center of learning with a rich
seemed poised on the cusp heritage and a haven for women and girls in terms of work and education, had often seemed poised on the cusp of modernity and success.
of modernity and success.
A center of medieval though, the militant group’s city. between Iran and Af- gents rang out in city streets, sands of military personnel
learning in mathematics victory appeared sealed. When the Taliban move- ghanistan and appeared un- and reports said Khan’s per- to Afghanistan — not to aid
and astronomy, the city is A Taliban spokesman, ment came to power in 1995, deterred by airstrikes. sonal residence had been in any offensive, but to pro-
home to a university and an Qari Yousef Ahmadi, Herat-based militia leader “We will soon go to the seized. The warlord’s where- vide security as U.S. civilians
educated middle class. Once claimed the Herat gover- Ismail Khan, a veteran of the front lines, and with the help abouts were not immedi- were airlifted from the em-
a saffron-scented cultural nor’s office was in the anti-Soviet fight, harried the of God change the situa- ately known, but the city’s bassy.
treasure house, present-day insurgents’ hands, and the new rulers, sometimes in- tion,” Khan told reporters in fate offered proof that even a For some, the presumed
Herat still looks proudly to group disseminated a video flicting painful blows. But af- Herat in July. The situation powerful, well-armed pa- fall of Herat was a bitter re-
its rich heritage of Persian showing fighters inside ter a key ally went to the Tali- did change — but not to his tron, whose involvement minder of a hopeful moment
poetry, miniaturist painting what it said was the city po- ban side, Khan and his fight- or the city’s advantage. had been decisive in previ- in the conflict — when re-
and resplendent archi- lice headquarters. Ahmadi ers were forced to find sanc- Afghan journalist Bilal ous battles, could provide lit- storers a decade ago un-
tecture. boasted that government tuary in Iran. Sarwary wrote Thursday on tle protection. veiled a painstaking and
And for a generation of forces had largely fled or sur- Captured by the Taliban Twitter that he had been The Taliban’s swift over- partially U.S.-funded recon-
Afghan women and girls, the rendered. after returning to lead an un- in frequent communica- running of much of Af- struction of the city’s his-
onetime desert garden was That was in itself a stark successful uprising, Khan tion with terrified city resi- ghanistan — by Thursday its toric citadel, an imposing as-
an oasis. The capital, Kabul, departure. Long before the spent two years in prison in dents, including a shop- fighters had seized or men- sortment of towers and
is 400 miles to the east, too onslaught, Herat had again Kandahar before escaping, keeper called Haji Abdul aced more than a dozen battlements originally built
far away to wield much and again proved its resist- while his home city chafed Hamid. provincial capitals, includ- between the 13th and 15th
gravitational pull, but Herat ance bona fides. under the militant group’s “People are scared. There ing Ghazni, on the main centuries.
was far more progressive In 1979, the city was the harsh rule. In 2001, he fought is fear. There is chaos in the road linking Kabul to the Then-U.S. Ambassador
than other remote provin- staging ground for an upris- alongside U.S.-led forces to city,” Abdul Hamid told him. country’s south — spurred Ryan Crockett was on hand
cial hubs. ing against Afghanistan’s help rout the Taliban. The shopkeeper said he the U.S. administration to for the occasion and hailed it
With girls’ education and Moscow-backed communist As Herat came under managed to get his family action. as a symbol of what could be
women’s work outside the government. In response to Taliban siege weeks ago, the out, but left behind his home President Biden, who has better times to come.
home an accepted mainstay the killing of scores of Soviet grizzled warlord, now 75, and business, fleeing only said repeatedly in recent “As this citadel repre-
of so many Heratis’ lives, a advisors, Soviet warplanes vowed to prevent it from be- with some cash and cloth- days that Afghans must sents, Afghanistan stood as
Taliban takeover means be- carried out reprisal bomb- ing overrun — although by ing. fight their own battles, an- a great nation,” the Ameri-
ing nightmarishly dragged ing runs that killed up to then, the Taliban had al- With nightfall, celebra- nounced that the United can envoy said that day in
back in time. By day’s end, 20,000 people in and near the ready seized a key crossing tory gunfire from the insur- States would deploy thou- 2011. “It will so stand again.”

Afghans with U.S. ties face hurdles leaving country

Under the new program, States for this group of peo-
By Celina Tebor it would take 12 to 14 months ple possible.” He also said
for refugees to be processed the U.S. would dedicate hu-
As U.S. and NATO troops and arrive in the U.S., a sen- manitarian assistance to Af-
withdraw from war-torn Af- ior administration official, ghanistan and neighboring
ghanistan, the Taliban is ad- who briefed reporters on countries.
vancing and claiming more condition of anonymity in
territory. keeping with government Here’s a little more
The radical Islamist protocols, said in a recent background on the Taliban
group controlled about news briefing. and the U.S. withdrawal.
two-thirds of the country as It calls for eligible people The Taliban grew from
of Wednesday — including a to leave Afghanistan as soon resistance to a Soviet inva-
number of provincial capi- as possible for safety rea- sion in the early 1990s and
tals seized in recent days — sons and other factors and eventually overthrew the
and it appeared that at some to go to a third country be- government, taking control
point its fighters would go fore processing of their ap- of most of the country.
for control of the national plications begins. But ob- The group controlled Af-
capital, Kabul. taining visas to surrounding ghanistan until 2001, when
Many Afghans who countries can be challeng- the United States led an in-
worked for or alongside the ing. vasion after the country pro-
U.S. government during 20 European consulates in vided sanctuary for Osama
years of war face the danger Afghanistan have been bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
of reprisal attacks in the na- closed for years. Those who The Taliban and its affili-
tion of more than 39 million leave through neighboring ate groups have launched
people. And the urgency for Rahmat Gul Associated Press Iran take the risk of being more than 5,500 attacks in 31
finding safety is increasingly AFGHANS WHO fled fighting in the north take refuge in Kabul. The U.S. has deported or shot by border of Afghanistan’s 34 provin-
evident as the U.S. plans for expanded a refugee program, but it still won’t be easy for Afghans to leave. guards, and then would have ces since mid-April, and
the troop withdrawal to be to venture through the Zag- more than 400 Afghans have
complete by the end of Au- Ordinary Afghans with U.S. government or assisted those who are eligible to get ros Mountains to reach the been slain in targeted
gust, sooner than the former no connection to the U.S. the military, commonly as out of Afghanistan before eastern border of Turkey, killings this year, the U.N.
deadline of Sept. 11, the 20th military or American-based interpreters or translators, their cases are processed, a from which they would also said.
anniversary of the terrorist media or aid organizations for at least two years. condition that may be im- risk being sent back. Dozens President Biden an-
attacks on the United have small prospects of But many Afghans who possible for many. of bodies of Afghans who nounced formal plans to
States. making it out of the country. helped U.S. organizations Also, under the new pro- didn’t survive the journey withdraw U.S. troops, about
“Millions of Afghans are Here are some things to and whose lives were at risk gram, a U.S. employer must are found in the mountains 3,000 service members, from
living in terror to see what know about the new Afghan did not qualify for the exist- contact the U.S. Refugee Ad- every year. Afghanistan almost four
comes next,” Shaharzad refugee visa program, ing special immigrant visa missions Program to refer Despite the hurdles, months ago.
Akbar, the chair of the Afghan refugees in general program, Secretary of State an Afghan to the program. many Afghans still try to The U.N. Assistance Mis-
Afghanistan Independent and the Taliban. Antony J. Blinken said re- Usually, individuals apply leave the country. Some hire sion in Afghanistan
Human Rights Commis- cently. for refugee status by con- smugglers to attempt the documented 1,659 civilian
sion, said in a recent U.N. Se- Why was the refugee visas In response, the State tacting the U.N. refugee daunting journey. An esti- deaths and 3,254 injuries in
curity Council meeting. program expanded for Department created a path agency themselves. mated 270,000 Afghans have the first six months of 2021, a
The State Department Afghans and how is it for Afghans who assisted been displaced since Janu- 47% increase in civilian
announced last week that different now? U.S.-based organizations What’s likely to happen to ary, the U.N. reported. It’s deaths and injuries com-
the U.S. was expanding its Before the U.S. expan- during the war but didn’t refugees as they make their unclear how many have fled pared with the same period
refugee program to include sion of the refugee program, work directly under the gov- way through the process? the country — the depar- in 2020.
Afghans who worked for many Afghans seeking to ernment or military for at Refugees often spend tures of those who escape Afghan President Ashraf
U.S.-based nongovernmen- flee to the United States had least two years. Under the years, or even decades, in with smugglers are not well Ghani has pointed to the
tal organizations, aid pro- a couple of possible options. new program, Afghans who refugee camps, the largest of documented, Bill Frelick, di- U.S. withdrawal for the
grams and news outlets dur- Some could apply for ref- worked for U.S. nongovern- which are in Africa and rector of the refugee and mi- worsening violence, but the
ing the war. Members of ugee status as an individual mental organizations, aid Southeast Asia, while wait- grant rights division at the U.S. has challenged that.
Congress, human rights and show proof of a well- programs and media are ing for their cases to pro- nonprofit Human Rights “Well, there’s one party
groups and news organiza- founded fear of persecution among those eligible for this ceed. And although special Watch, said in a phone inter- that is in most cases respon-
tions had pressed for the based on race, religion, na- refugee status, designated immigrant visas are sup- view. sible for the outrageous and
protection of tens of thou- tionality, membership in a as “special groups of con- posed to be processed Blinken said in a recent atrocious acts of violence
sands of Afghans, though particular social group, or cern.” within nine months, the av- briefing that the govern- that have been perpetrated
Biden administration offi- political opinion. And some But even the new pro- erage processing time is al- ment “will do everything we against the Afghan people,”
cials could not estimate how could apply for the special gram does not mean it’ll be most two years, according to can to help them, including State Department spokes-
many would qualify for ref- immigrant visa program for easy for Afghans to reach the the think tank Migration making these different ave- man Ned Price said, “and
ugee visas. Afghans who worked for the United States. It requires Policy Institute. nues of arrival to the United that’s the Taliban.”
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Taliban surges; U.S. troops to aid embassy

[Afghanistan, from A1]
brutally in the 1990s. The
group says it has modern-
ized, but there is little evi-
dence to support that. U.S.
officials and human rights
groups say they are already
receiving numerous reports
of atrocities by Taliban
forces, including executions
of surrendering soldiers.
“The embassy remains
open,” Price said — though
he would not say if that
meant in its current loca-
tion. “We will complete our
priority work.” But it clearly
will become a skeleton oper-
ation.
Already, the State De-
partment had reduced the
number of its “nonessential”
personnel in Kabul, once the
site of one of the largest U.S.
diplomatic missions in the
world, and is constantly re-
viewing broader evacuation
plans, officials said.
Officials hope to reduce
the number of U.S. citizens
in Afghanistan to avoid the
need to mount large rescue
operations if Kabul falls,
which some analysts now Gulabuddin Amiri Associated Press
believe could happen within TALIBAN fighters in Ghazni, Afghanistan. With militants seizing more cities, the U.S. has urged American citizens to exit the country.
weeks as the United States
winds down its longest war debilitating divisions within sisted it was not a combat most strategic province in He acknowledged the months in Doha, Qatar, be-
and withdraws nearly all the Afghan leadership, in- mission, which U.S. forces the western part of the coun- stunning speed of the Tali- tween representatives of the
military forces. It especially sists it will not change have not been involved in for try, was also conquered,” ban’s movements and the Afghan government and the
does not want a Saigon-rem- course in its withdrawal of months, because Kabul was Taliban spokesman Zabi- terrible levels of violence. He Taliban. Special envoy Zal-
iniscent, last-minute rescue U.S. military forces by not yet a combat zone. hullah Mujahid boasted on added: “But at the same may Khalilzad was dis-
of Americans at the embassy Sept. 1, and has placed the In Afghanistan, the Tali- Twitter. “The provincial time, this is not a foregone patched urgently this week
if Taliban forces march into responsibility for security ban claimed to have cap- building, police head- conclusion, as many people to the talks, but thus far the
the capital. squarely on the shoulders of tured Herat, the country’s quarters and many other fa- seem to think, that this will Taliban has shown little in-
Yet the sight of helicop- the weak Afghan govern- third-largest city, and has cilities came under the con- be an inexorable march for- terest in declaring peace
ters airlifting American di- ment and its army. taken 11 of 34 provinces, trol of Mujahideen. The sol- ward for the Taliban or any with the Ghani government.
plomats out of the Kabul “They’ve got to fight for roughly two-thirds of the diers laid down their weap- other force.” “There is no realistic pos-
embassy, and U.S. transport themselves, fight for their country. ons and joined the The administration re- sibility that the Taliban will
carriers ferrying Americans nation,” President Biden With Herat in the hands Mujahideen. The surrender peatedly asserts that the engage in deal-making until
out of the country, would said earlier this week. “But of Taliban, all eyes have of the troops is ongoing.” Afghan security forces enjoy they have achieved more on
probably conjure up those they’ve got to want to fight.” turned to Mazar-i-Sharif Taliban fighters often refer numerical superiority over the battleground — either as
images — and sow panic. Pentagon spokesman and Kandahar, the fourth- to themselves as mujahedin. the Taliban because it fields far as they can go or need to
The administration will John Kirby said Thursday and second-largest cities, re- U.S. officials say they re- 300,000 members, while the go to dominate the negotiat-
also speed up the processing that the removal of Ameri- spectively. With much of the main prepared to assist enemy only has 100,000 or ing table,” said Laurel Miller,
of special visas for Afghan in- can officials from the Kabul north already under its con- Afghan security forces with fewer. a former acting special rep-
terpreters and others who embassy and from the air- trol, the Taliban militants any tools except ground But former diplomats resentative for Afghanistan
worked for U.S. military and port will probably include are set to begin a ferocious troops. But at the same who worked extensively in now at the International Cri-
diplomatic missions, part of airlifts. fight for Mazar-i-Sharif even time, they are openly blam- Afghanistan said the num- sis Group.
a program Washington cre- About 3,000 soldiers and as government-allied mili- ing a lack of united leader- bers are disingenuous. The With the talks found-
ated to attempt to provide a Marines will join 650 U.S. tias — now rallied by and en- ship in the Afghan govern- 300,000 is diminished by tens ering, and U.S. disappoint-
haven for the former em- service members already de- joying the support of Ghani ment and the erosion in of thousands of “ghost sol- ment in Ghani’s manage-
ployees. But the process has ployed in Kabul, Kirby said. — pledge they’ll claw back fighting forces from years of diers” who don’t exist but ment of the conflict fading,
moved slowly, and many Another 3,000 troops, in- their traditionally anti-Tali- corruption for the dramatic are used to pad payrolls and the Afghan president is com-
Afghans say they cannot cluding members of the ban territories. failures that have allowed by thousands of members ing under growing pressure
reach Kabul nor cross Tali- 82nd Airborne out of Ft. The battle for Kandahar, the Taliban to advance. who aren’t actually fighters, to resign. The president of
ban-controlled borders to Bragg, N.C., will be deployed meanwhile, seems increas- “There are other tools at they said. All taken, the gov- Afghan rival Pakistan, Im-
avail themselves of the visas. as backup in nearby Qatar. ingly hopeless, according to our disposal that fall short of ernment offensive army ran Khan, said Thursday the
Senior national security “This is a temporary mis- Afghan military personnel reintroducing U.S. forces,” numbers are probably closer Taliban will not agree to fur-
officials launched a round of sion ... a very narrowly fo- fighting there. Reports from Price, of the State Depart- to those of the Taliban, ex- ther talks while Ghani re-
urgent consultations in the cused mission of safeguard- the ground Thursday said ment, said earlier. “We have perts say. mains in office.
last 24 hours with Afghan ing the orderly reduction of Taliban fighters were carry- not ruled any of those out, On the diplomatic front,
President Ashraf Ghani. civilian personnel out of Af- ing out guerrilla attacks and and so if it’s appropriate for the Biden administration Times staff writer Nabih
The Biden administration, ghanistan,” Kirby said. controlled most of the city. us to use them, we won’t regularly points to talks that Bulos in Beirut contributed
which privately complains of Pressed repeatedly, he in- “Herat, the largest and hesitate to do so.” have been taking place for to this report.

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not opening an investigation cuses the prince of sexually drew, the third of Queen counters with the prince in
of — Britain’s Prince An- assaulting her with the aid of Elizabeth II’s four children, London, New York and the
drew, who faces sexual as- late imprisoned financier has denied the allegations. U.S. Virgin Islands, and that
sault allegations in a U.S. Jeffrey Epstein and his asso- “We are, of course, open he knew she had been traf-
lawsuit. ciate Ghislaine Maxwell. to working with authorities ficked by Epstein, who killed
Cressida Dick, the chief “As a result of what’s go- from overseas,” Dick said himself while jailed and
of London’s Metropolitan ing on, I’ve asked my team to Thursday. “We will give them awaiting trial in 2019. Ahn Young-joon Associated Press
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Uncomfortable truths in Spain conquest

[Mexico, from A1] That’s also false.”
Friday marks the 500th
anniversary of the fall in 1521
of the Aztec capital, b
Tenochtitlán, now the site of
Mexico City. The bloody Cortés soon regrouped
siege culminating in its and, with reinforcements
surrender launched three from Spain and additional
centuries of Spanish domin- Indigenous recruits,
ion in Mexico. launched his siege of
The conquest still stirs Tenochtitlán.
profound disquiet in the By then, a smallpox
national psyche. outbreak — the native peo-
Politicians and activists ple of the Americas had no
have put their own spin on immunity to the virus — had
history, casting Cortés as ravaged the Aztec capital.
the coldblooded archetype Nonetheless, its warriors
of European imperialism. mounted a spirited defense,
But regardless of the denun- using hundreds of canoes to
ciations, his military cam- transport forces between
paign is what led to Mexico’s the city and the lake shore
modern identity as a mixed- and to thwart enemy ad-
race nation. vances on the causeways.
“We were all born from Cortés deployed newly built
the conquest, no longer brigantines with sails, oars-
Aztecs, no longer Spanish, men and cannon while
but Indian-Hispanic- blockading supplies of food
Americans, mestizos,” and fresh water to the city.
wrote Carlos Fuentes, the In what is surely one of
late Mexican author. “We the epic battles in the his-
are what we are because tory of the Americas, tens of
Hernán Cortés, for good or Claudio Cruz AFP/Getty Images thousands were killed in
for bad, did what he did.” INDIGENOUS PEOPLE take part in events in Mexico City on Thursday, the eve of the 500th anniversary months of cavalry and in-
This week in Mexico of the fall of the Aztec Empire. The defeat in 1521 launched three centuries of Spanish dominion in Mexico. fantry charges, door-to-
City’s central plaza, or zó- door urban warfare and
calo, workers have been naval engagements. In his
erecting a more than 50- Americas. firsthand account, Díaz del
foot-tall replica of the em- “We want him to do it in Castillo describes on-
blematic Templo Mayor, the Mexico too,” López Obrador slaughts of arrows, darts
main sanctuary of the Mexi- shot back. and stones and the doleful
cas, as the Aztecs called No one disputes the sight of Spanish prisoners
themselves. A multi-colored culpability of Cortés and his being placed on sacrificial
light show will flash images captains in massacres, altars as captors cut open
Quetzalcoatl, the plumed torture, forced religious their chests and “drew out
serpent, and other Aztec conversion and enslave- their palpitating hearts
motifs. ment in a quest for glory and which they offered to the
“A society needs to know gold. However, many histo- idols before them.”
where it comes from to know rians also dismiss López But the battered, starv-
where it is going,” Claudia Obrador’s good-versus-evil ing Aztecs finally surren-
Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s template as one-dimen- dered on Aug. 13, 1521, their
mayor, said at a forum last sional. last emperor, Cuauhtémoc,
month detailing plans for “It’s a simple vision of captured and tortured.
the occasion. “How can we history in which one sees Cortés ordered Cuauh-
resolve some of our great everything as black and témoc executed four years
problems if we don’t know white,” said Alfredo Ávila, a later for alleged treason.
where they began?” historian at the National “We could not walk with-
By any measure, Spain’s Autonomous University of out treading on the bodies
arrival in the New World was Mexico. “The historic reality Eduardo Verdugo Associated Press and heads of dead Indians,”
a global milestone, a meet- is never that simple.” WORKERS ready a replica of the Templo Mayor, the Aztecs’ main sanctuary, wrote Díaz del Castillo.
ing of civilizations that had with an image of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent, adorning nearby buildings. “The stench was so bad that
evolved distinctly through no one could endure it.”
the millenniums. b Cortés eventually re-
“It was a turning point in clash among the diverse an Indigenous woman now they fled the city. Killed turned to Spain. He died
human history, and we will Mexican officials have Indigenous populations of known as La Malinche, who during the tumult was the there in 1547.
never go back,” said dubbed the remembrance the day. An alliance of con- remains an incendiary captive Montezuma. The Convinced that his
Matthew Restall, a profes- “500 Years of Indigenous venience with the bearded figure in Mexico — de- Spaniards pinned his death achievements had been
sor at Penn State University Resistance.” outsiders brought the bene- nounced in popular culture on a native mob, but many underappreciated in Spain,
and author of “When Monte- The “resistance” tag fit of horse-bound cavalry, as a traitor, but celebrated historians believe that the he had wanted his body
zuma Met Cortés: The True overlooks an uncomfortable sophisticated military tac- by some as an extraordinary enraged conquistadors returned to [Link] 1566
Story of the Meeting That fact: More than 90% of tics and technologically woman who overcame executed Montezuma. his remains were shipped
Changed History,” chroni- Cortés’ troops in the siege of advanced weaponry, includ- slavery, prejudice and mi- Mexican schoolchildren across the Atlantic.
cling the encounter between Tenochtitlán were Indige- ing cannons, muskets and sogyny. have long learned about the As anti-Spanish inde-
the Aztec ruler and the nous rivals of the Aztecs, crossbows. The Spaniards were Noche Triste — the Night of pendence fervor gripped
Spanish conquistador. notably warriors from the As historical interpreta- awed at first sight of the Sadness — as the Span- Mexico in the early 19th
“These were human beings Tlaxcalan and Totonac tions have evolved, the wondrous island-city of iards’ nocturnal retreat century, some feared that
who had been on the planet cultures. Post-conquest, Spanish usurpation and Tenochtitlán, with its broad from the Aztec uprising is independistas would dese-
for tens of thousands of historians say, other Indige- how it is construed remain a causeways across a series of known. crate the remains. So in the
years and never knew about nous peoples bowed to tinderbox in Mexico. lakes. This year, in another 1820s, one of Cortés’ sympa-
each other.” Spanish hegemony, while Sheinbaum, the Mexico “These great towns ... revisionist touch, Mexico thizers reportedly collected
Portraying the Span- Cortés rewarded allies in City mayor and a protege of and buildings rising from City renamed the plaza the remains for safekeeping,
iards’ arrival as a nationalist the war against the Aztecs the president, recalled her the water, all made of stone, where a grief-stricken hiding them in a hospital.
parable of good versus evil with favored treatment, youthful miseducation seemed like an enchanted Cortés supposedly Years later, he secretly
— a glorious native culture including exemption from about Mexico’s origins. vision,” Bernal Díaz del mourned his losses as hollowed out a space at the
devastated by European some royal taxes. “They made us see — or Castillo, a member of the Noche Victoriosa, or Night Jesus of Nazareth Church,
marauders — Mexican “Many Indigenous at least, that was the history expedition, wrote in “The of Victory. deposited a lead, wood and
President Andrés Manuel groups collaborated with that I learned in school — Conquest of New Spain.” “It’s time to give a voice glass container holding the
López Obrador has called the Spanish,” said historian that the conquest of Mexico “Indeed, some of our sol- to the original peoples of our bones — including a skull
for historic “reconciliation.” Miguel Pastrana Flores, had been almost romantic, diers asked if it was not all a land,” Sheinbaum tweeted wrapped in lace — and then
“The so-called conquest also at the National Autono- and that there had simply dream.” last month, heralding the repaired the wall, according
was accomplished with the mous University of Mexico. been an ‘encounter of two Montezuma, both wary rebranding of the plaza. “It’s to accounts in the Spanish
sword and the cross,” he “It was an alliance that not worlds,’ ” she said. “And, in and curious, had sent emis- time to revise the past in and Mexican press. The
declared a few months after only fought with the Span- reality, history wasn’t like saries in a bid to dissuade order to transform the church is said to be around
taking office. “Thousands of ish, but provided the Span- that.” the strangers from ventur- present.” the corner from the spot
people were murdered ish with food, shelter, helped ing to his capital. When One problem: Historians where Cortés and Monte-
during this period. A culture fabricate their arms and Cortés insisted, the emper- say casualties among the zuma first met, though
was imposed, one civiliza- build their boats.” b or extended a welcome to Indigenous rank and file contemporary Mexico City
tion on top of another, to the The Aztecs ruled a vast the newcomers, providing aiding Cortés far outnum- is unrecognizable from the
point where Catholic realm, from present-day Cortés, an ambitious and luxurious lodgings, wrote bered Spaniards who per- island Aztec capital.
churches were constructed Central America to central ruthless adventurer with a Díaz del Castillo. ished in the chaotic with- The whereabouts of
on top of the temples of Mexico. But divisions roiled penchant for defying his The Spaniards, fearing a drawal. Cortés’ remains were a
pre-Hispanic peoples.” their domain. Resentment superiors, arrived on Mexi- gilded trap, hatched an Scholars also dispute the mystery until 1946, when the
Both Spain and the seethed among vassal com- co’s gulf coast in 1519 and set audacious plot: They mayor’s comments that discovery of a document
Vatican have rebuffed the munities fed up with their his sights on the treasures of grabbed Montezuma at his contemporary racism in revealed the secret and
president’s demands for overlords’ demands for the Aztec Empire, based palace and forced him back Mexico can be traced to the officials authorized a team
apologies. Events from five tribute, including victims hundreds of miles away in a to their quarters and held Spanish. to extract them. The bones
centuries ago cannot be for human sacrifice. high-altitude valley flanked him hostage. The great “This government makes were returned to the church
judged by “contemporary Cortés skillfully played by volcanoes. He and his 500 monarch whose many political use of history and wall the following year with
considerations,” the Span- on these deep fissures, or so initial troops pro- underlords could not even thinks that changing the the simple red plaque.
ish government said. recruiting personnel to ceeded north, convincing look him in the eyes would name of a plaza changes Amid Friday’s memorial
The Catholic Church bolster the thin Spanish legions of Indigenous adver- never be a free man again. history,” said Alejandro events, none are planned for
pointed out that during a ranks. saries of the Aztecs to join The Aztecs revolted in Rosas, an independent Cortés.
2015 trip to Bolivia, Pope Today, some view the them as warriors, porters 1520 after a Spanish massa- historian.
Francis already apologized events of 1521 less as a Span- and laborers. cre of their noblemen at the “The typical idea is that Special correspondent
for colonial-era abuses ish-versus-Aztec struggle Accompanying Cortés Templo Mayor. The con- [Mexico] was practically an Cecilia Sánchez in Mexico
committed against Indige- than as a tipping point in an was his interpreter and quistadors and their allies earthly paradise until the City contributed to this
nous populations in the internal Mesoamerican trusted consort, Malintzin, suffered heavy casualties as Spanish brought all the bad. report.

Mexico is deporting Central Americans flown in by U.S.

denied a chance to seek asy- to southern Mexico. law. ombudsman office in Peten, ernment has intermittently
associated press
lum under a pandemic-re- The U.S. Homeland Se- “Individuals or families said that on Wednesday the flown deported Mexican mi-
lated ban. curity Department con- aboard those flights who migrant shelter in El Ceibo grants back home to make it
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala is not partici- firmed last week that it had may have urgent protection was packed and she saw at more difficult to try to cross
Central American migrants pating in the joint cam- begun expelling migrants by needs risk being sent back to least 15 Hondurans walking the border again, but this
being expelled by the United paign, said the official, who air to Mexico under a pan- the very dangers they have after being dropped off by appears to be the first time it
States and flown deep into was not authorized to dis- demic-related authority fled in their countries of ori- Mexican officials at the bor- has flown Central Ameri-
Mexico for deportation to cuss the matter publicly and that prevents migrants from gin in Central America with- der. “The people are walking cans to Mexico instead of
their homelands drew con- spoke on condition of ano- seeking asylum at the bor- out any opportunity to have along the highway because their home countries.
cerns from U.N. agencies nymity. der. Officials speaking on those needs assessed and they say they don’t have The move comes after
Wednesday about the treat- A spokesperson for Mexi- condition of anonymity told addressed,” Reynolds said money to return to their President Biden jettisoned
ment of vulnerable migrants co’s immigration agency the Associated Press the in a statement. country by bus,” Lorenzo many of his predecessor’s
needing humanitarian pro- said it had no information. flights include Central The flights to southern said. “It’s abusive how they hard-line immigration poli-
tection. Guatemala’s immigra- American families who are Mexico also strain limited are just leaving them at the cies, describing them as cru-
Details of the highly un- tion agency confirmed in a to be deported by Mexico to humanitarian resources border.” el or unwise, including one
usual bilateral effort also be- statement later that groups their homelands. there and raise the risk of co- The U.S. Homeland Se- that made asylum seekers
gan trickling out, with a of migrants had arrived at Matthew Reynolds, the ronavirus infection, he said. curity Department, which wait in Mexican border cities
Guatemalan official saying the border posts of El Ceibo United Nations High Com- The refugee agency was has not responded to ques- for hearings in U.S. immigra-
that Mexico is busing Guate- and El Carmen. The agency missioner for Refugees rep- one of five U.N. agencies that tions about the flights, said tion court.
malans, Hondurans and said it always tries to main- resentative to the United expressed concern for the the frequency of repeat Repeated efforts by Bid-
Salvadorans to remote bor- tain a process of migratory States and Caribbean, said U.S. government’s contin- crossers and the transmissi- en, Vice President Kamala
der crossings with Guate- control and emphasized the returning asylum seekers to ued use of the public health bility of the Delta variant of Harris and other top U.S. of-
mala after they arrive on need to follow such controls their countries without justification for not allowing the coronavirus necessi- ficials to discourage Central
U.S. government flights. as well as pandemic-related proper screening for the the normal asylum process. tated resumption of flights Americans from making the
The migrants were ex- health requirements. It did dangers they are fleeing Natalia Lorenzo, from to Mexico. journey to the U.S. border
pelled by the U.S. after being not mention the U.S. flights would violate international Guatemala’s Human Rights For years, the U.S. gov- have been unsuccessful.
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THE NATION

An escalation
in Texas over
GOP-backed
voting measure
did not “discuss operational
Republicans enlist aid specifics” and referred fur-
ther questions to Phelan’s
of law enforcement office.
to force the return of The NAACP had stepped
in on behalf of the Texas
holdout Democrats. Democrats, urging the Jus-
tice Department to investi-
By Paul J. Weber gate whether a federal crime
and Acacia Coronado was being committed when
Republicans threatened to
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas have them arrested.
Republicans enlisted the The heightened potential
help of law enforcement for of law enforcement seeking
the first time Thursday to out missing lawmakers
Francine Orr Los Angeles Times force the return of Demo- came hours after the latest
LINDA SHEN, center, of Alhambra participates in a Youth Against Hate rally in Los Angeles in May. The cratic legislators who left the high-profile act of protest by
recent rise in hateful incidents may partly reflect a greater willingness to report them, one activist said. state a month ago to Democrats over GOP efforts
block new voting restric- to limit voting options in
tions. Texas — a 15-hour filibuster

Asians still being targeted The move, a significant

escalation in the standoff,
came a day after officers of
the Texas House of Repre-
sentatives served civil ar-
by a state senator who was
not allowed to sit or take
bathroom breaks.
Democrat Carol Alva-
rado’s filibuster only delayed
rests warrants to the offices Senate Republicans, who
“When you encourage eting up the danger by talk- hatred drove them to be of more than 50 Democrats went on to approve a version
Despite social media hate, it’s not like a genie in a ing about the coronavirus in stuck in their house even who have not returned to the of the sweeping elections bill
bottle where you can pull it racist terms. While Biden worse than the pandemic,” Capitol since leaving for just minutes after she
efforts and a COVID out and push it back in has demonstrated “ally- Chung said. Washington, D.C., on July 12. ended.
hate crimes act, the whenever you want,” said ship,” there is concern that a For them, the fear is more Some have returned to But because Democrats
Manjusha Kulkarni, co- U.S. investigation into the than a headline, but some- Texas but remain absent in the House are still not
incidents persist. founder of Stop AAPI Hate origins of the virus could thing in their own backyard. from the state House of Rep- showing up, the bill cannot
and executive director of the lead to more hostility and “One of our clients was on resentatives. go further.
By Terry Tang Asian Pacific Policy and treatment of Asian Ameri- the bus. Right before the “Earlier today the House “What’s wrong with
Planning Council. “There’s cans as foreign enemies. man got off the bus, he just sergeant at arms deputized drive-through voting during
The frequency of anti- too much perpetuating “We understand that punched her,” Chung said. members of Texas law en- a pandemic? What’s wrong
Asian incidents — from these belief systems to make other nation-states are com- “She said no one — not the forcement to assist in the with 24-hour voting? Why
taunts to outright assaults them go away.” petitors to the United bus driver and a number of House’s efforts to compel a can’t we have expanded vot-
— reported in the United Several factors contrib- States, and a number of Chinese on the bus — went quorum. ing hours for the people who
States so far this year ap- uted to the rise in the data, them do have authoritarian to her care.” That process will begin in have to work late? Where is
pears poised to surpass last including an increase in inci- regimes,” Kulkarni said. Giving in to that fear earnest immediately,” said all the so-called fraud?” Al-
year’s despite months of po- dents and a greater willing- “But the ways in which we means seniors have missed Enrique Marquez, a spokes- varado said in the closing
litical and social activism, ness to report them, accord- talk about the people and doctor’s appointments or man for Republican moments of her filibuster.
according to a new report re- ing to Kulkarni. Also, as the the ways in which blame is exercise routines at the House Speaker Dade Phe- “Where does it end?”
leased Thursday. economy opened up more in assigned somehow looks dif- park. So in June, with some lan. The Texas Legislature
Stop AAPI Hate, a na- the last few months, it ferent for communities of funding from the city, the or- He did not say which law has entered uncommon ter-
tional coalition that has meant more public interac- color than it does for, say, the ganization expanded a vol- enforcement agencies were ritory with neither side
gathered data on racially tions and opportunities for Russian government or the unteer service to accompany involved or what measures showing any certainty over
motivated attacks related to attack, she said. And a bump German government.” seniors on errands or out- they would take, but Demo- what comes next, as Repub-
the COVID-19 pandemic, re- in reporting typically occurs Many of the headline- ings around Chinatown and crats have acknowledged licans remain determined to
ceived 9,081 incident reports after a high-profile incident making attacks over the last other neighborhoods. They the possibility of facing ar- secure a quorum of 100 pre-
between March 19, 2020, and like the March 16 Atlanta- year and a half have been had more than 200 requests rest and have spent days pe- sent lawmakers — a thresh-
June 2021. Of those, 4,548 oc- area spa shootings that left against elderly Asian people that month. titioning courts in Texas for old they were just four mem-
curred last year and 4,533 six Asian women dead. on both coasts. In most of The onslaught of verbal orders that would prevent bers shy of reaching.
this year. Since the co- The reports aggregated those cases, a senior was and physical assaults has them from being forced to Democrats acknowledge
ronavirus was first reported by Stop AAPI Hate are from beaten, kicked, shoved or drawn skepticism from return to the Capitol. they cannot permanently
in China, people of Asian the victims themselves or even stabbed. Several such some. Peter Yu, a Republi- But in another setback stop the GOP voting
and Pacific Islander descent someone reporting on their incidents have been caught can U.S. Senate candidate in for Democrats, the Texas restrictions from passing
have been scapegoated behalf, such as an adult on video. Colorado who is Chinese Supreme Court halted those because of Republicans’
solely based on their race. child. Overall, the report Anni Chung, president American, came under fire orders Thursday. Some dominance in both cham-
Lawmakers, activists found verbal harassment and CEO of the San Fran- last month for characteriz- Democrats have previously bers of the Texas Legisla-
and community groups have and shunning — interac- cisco-based Self-Help for ing anti-Asian hate crime as said they would not rule out ture.
fought back against the tions that don’t qualify le- the Elderly, says the seniors exaggerated. again leaving Texas — and Refusing to attend legis-
wave of attacks. There have gally as hate crimes — make her group helps were hit by a “I would welcome him to outside the jurisdiction of lative sessions is a violation
been social media cam- up the two largest shares of “second virus — that is, a look at the data and see state troopers — if there of House rules — a civil of-
paigns, bystander training incidents. Physical assaults hate virus.” The organiza- there has been a significant were no court protections in fense, not a criminal one.
sessions and public rallies. made up the third-largest tion provides food and pro- increase,” Kulkarni said. place. Sandra Guerra Thompson,
In May, President Biden share. But their proportion grams for more than 40,000 “This may be a situation “The Dems have filed director of the Criminal Jus-
signed the bipartisan of the incidents this year in- older adults in the Bay Area, when people refuse to see some of the most embar- tice Institute at the Uni-
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, creased from last year — most of them of Asian de- racism or misogyny. I think rassing lawsuits ever seen. versity of Houston Law Cen-
expediting Justice Depart- 16.6%, compared with 10.8%. scent. The group went from they’re just really refusing to Time for them to get to the ter, said civil arrest warrants
ment reviews of anti-Asian More than 63% of the inci- transporting a pre-pan- see reality and how, unfortu- Capitol and do the job they generally involve officers
hate crimes and making dents were submitted by demic load of 400 meals daily nately, in the U.S. we have al- were elected to do,” Republi- finding someone and getting
available federal grants. women. Roughly 31% took to more than 5,000. Last lowed those forces to pre- can Gov. Greg Abbott them to appear.
Those supporters should place on public streets, and year, it distributed 963,000 vent people from living their tweeted. “There shouldn’t be any
not feel discouraged be- 30% at businesses. meals overall, compared lives.” The Texas Department threats to the officer’s safety
cause the data haven’t Many Asian Americans with 436,000 typically. of Public Safety, the state’s or to the public that would
shifted much, Stop AAPI and others blame former “Sometimes when we Tang writes for the law enforcement division, really justify any laying of
Hate leaders said. President Trump for ratch- talk to seniors, they say this Associated Press. said in a statement that it hands on the person, much
less the use of restraints,”
she said.
“It really is just escorting
the person.”

Former DEA agent is sentenced for corruption Republicans are now in

the midst of their third at-
tempt since May to pass a
raft of changes to the state’s
election code that would
who said Scott twice lashed stealing cash and drugs and make it harder — and in
Chad A. Scott, 53, gets his mouth with the medal- testified against Scott. Both some cases legally riskier —
lion on a necklace he was were Tangipahoa Parish to cast a ballot in Texas,
13 years for causing wearing during a 1999 arrest Sheriff ’s Office deputies — which already has some of
‘far-reaching’ damage that brought no charges, detailed to the DEA — and the most restrictive election
then confiscated the chain served federal sentences af- laws in the nation.
in law enforcement. and took nearly a year to re- ter agreeing to cooperate Texas is among several
turn it. with the government. states where Republicans
By Janet “This goes against every- Domingue since has been have rushed to enact new
McConnaughey thing that the Drug Enforce- charged with new federal voting restrictions in re-
and Jim Mustian ment Administration drug trafficking charges in sponse to former President
stands for,” Anne Milgram, Texas. Trump’s false claims that
NEW ORLEANS — A the newly sworn-in DEA ad- Scott is among a growing the 2020 election was stolen.
prolific narcotics agent ministrator, said in a state- list of DEA agents who have The current bill is similar to
known as the “white devil” ment. “Scott betrayed the been accused of abusing the ones Democrats blocked
among drug traffickers was very people he was en- their authority in recent last month by going to the
sentenced Thursday to St. Charles Parish Sheriff ’s Office trusted to protect, and to- years. Another veteran nation’s capital.
more than 13 years behind CLAIMS OF misconduct had surrounded Chad A. day he is being held account- agent, Jose Irizzary, pleaded It would ban 24-hour
bars for stealing money from Scott even as he made headline-grabbing drug busts. able for his crimes.” guilty last year to conspiring polling locations, drive-
suspects, falsifying govern- Scott was convicted in with a Colombian cartel through voting and give par-
ment records and commit- decades in prison. been “convicted in the press 2019 of orchestrating false money launderer, filing false tisan poll watchers more ac-
ting perjury during a federal “He undercut law en- and public opinion.” testimony against a Hous- reports and ordering DEA cess, among other things.
trial. forcement and he disgraced He sought to underline ton-based heroin and co- staff to wire money ear- It was unclear how many
U.S. District Judge Jane the entire judicial process,” his contributions to law en- caine trafficker — perjury marked for undercover Texas Democratic lawmak-
Triche Milazzo said the federal prosecutor Timothy forcement and the DEA’s that tainted the dealer’s stings to international ac- ers remained in Washington,
longtime U.S. Drug Enforce- Duree told the first jury that mission, in which he said he conviction and allowed him counts he controlled. where they had hoped to
ment Administration agent, convicted Scott. “He was had truly believed. He was to walk free. The same fed- At least a dozen DEA push President Biden and
Chad A. Scott, caused “far sworn to uphold the law, but twice the target of murder- eral jury found Scott falsi- agents across the country fellow Democrats to pass
reaching” damage “to the instead he broke it for his for-hire plots, he told the fied paperwork for a Ford have been criminally federal legislation that
administration of justice.” own selfish purposes.” judge — “an example of the F-150 pickup — a vehicle he charged since 2015 on counts would protect voting rights
The sentencing capped a Scott, 53, was found length people will go to to re- directed another drug traf- including wire fraud, bribery in Texas and beyond.
five-year case that shook the guilty at successive trials of a move me from drug traffick- ficker to buy so the DEA and selling firearms to drug Senate Democrats
DEA and resulted in convic- long list of corruption ing investigations.” could seize it and give it to traffickers, according to pledged to make it the first
tions of three other mem- counts. Scott’s remarks — his Scott. court records. order of business when they
bers of a New Orleans-based The charges stemmed first since his 2017 arrest — This year, a separate fed- That includes a longtime return in September, even
federal drug task force. from an expansive federal in- came during an unusual sen- eral jury convicted Scott and special agent in Chicago who though they don’t have a
Prosecutors portrayed vestigation into misconduct tencing hearing this week Rodney Gemar, a former pleaded guilty to infiltrating clear strategy for overcom-
Scott as more dangerous claims that had surrounded that revealed details of member of his task force, in the DEA on behalf of drug ing steadfast Republican
than the most hardened her- Scott for much of his 17-year crimes Scott was alleged to what prosecutors described traffickers and another ac- opposition.
oin dealers he locked up, career, even as he racked up have committed but for as a long-running scheme to cused of accepting $250,000 Because of the chamber’s
saying the Louisiana law- headline-grabbing drug which he was not charged. steal money and property in bribes to protect the filibuster rule, the minority
man “broke every rule in the busts between Baton Rouge The accusers included a from suspects they arrested. Mafia. party can prevent the bill
book” to enforce his “own ap- and New Orleans. Louisiana man who said Two other former mem- from advancing.
proximation of justice.” Scott told Milazzo he was Scott planted an ounce of bers of the task force, McConnaughey and
They had asked Milazzo to “ashamed of being here,” marijuana in his truck in Johnny Domingue and Karl Mustian write for the Weber and Coronado write
sentence Scott to nearly two adding he had long since 2005 and a Houston man E. Newman, were accused of Associated Press. for the Associated Press.
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Redistricting underway ahead of data

[Census, from A1]
the largest racial or ethnic
group in the nation at 57.8%
of the total. But there were
more than 5 million fewer
white people than there had
been 10 years ago, marking
the first time on record that
their overall population
shrank. Among those under
18, just 47% were white,
auguring even more diver-
sity in coming years.
Latinos were the second-
most-prevalent group, with
18.7% of the country’s resi-
dents. In California, the na-
tion’s most populous state,
Latinos were the largest eth-
nic group, making up nearly
4 in 10 residents.
Given the unprecedent-
ed circumstances of last
year’s census — among
them, a global pandemic
and protracted legal fights
over the Trump administra-
tion’s efforts to ask about
citizenship status — some
observers had fretted about
the accuracy of the count, es-
pecially regarding Latinos.
“The concern was that it
was going to be dramatically
lower. It’s actually slightly
higher,” said Kelly Ward
Burton, executive director of
the National Democratic
Redistricting Committee, a
liberal advocacy group.
“That’s really good news,
and I think a lot of people are
pleasantly surprised by
that.” Christina House Los Angeles Times
The findings, which had CALIFORNIA’S ASIAN POPULATION grew by 25%, making Asians the state’s fastest-growing racial group, according to 2020 data.
been delayed due to the pan- An independent panel draws California’s districts, making the process less fraught. Above, crowds flock to L.A.’s Little Tokyo in March.
demic, show the national
population increasing by the GOP has the edge. Re- tails, said Michael Li, a redis- cians — may be disadvan- precedented level, noted the maps to be completed by
7.4% over the last decade — publicans essentially con- tricting expert with the taged by the new maps. The Paul Mitchell, a Sacra- fall or early winter. An addi-
the second-slowest rate of trol the map-drawing in 20 Brennan Center for Justice lost district is likely to come mento-based Democratic tional 14 are anticipated to
growth, after the Great states, overseeing 187 House at NYU Law. There have out of Los Angeles County, redistricting expert, making wrap up their work by the
Depression era, in the coun- seats, according to the Asso- been public meetings to get which grew at a slower pace it harder to simply protect end of this year, meaning
try’s history. ciated Press, versus 75 seats feedback on what changes than other parts of the state. incumbents. that all told, a large majority
The first round of census in eight states for the Demo- communities would like to California’s independent “That’s going to be a big of states will be scrambling
data, released in April, re- crats. The remaining dis- see in the districts, as well as redistricting panel may de- difference, and that’s going to finalize new districts in
vealed which states gained tricts will be determined by strategizing behind closed cide to reconfigure the 25th to affect people’s local gov- just a few months.
or lost seats in Congress independent commissions doors. Congressional District ernment,” Mitchell said. Even after the maps are
based on their populations. and states where power is “I guarantee you that in around Santa Clarita, a The state’s independent drawn, the power struggle is
The more granular informa- split between the two almost every state, partisan swing seat represented by commission should release likely to continue in the
tion released on Thursday parties. (Six states have only interests have gone ahead Republican Rep. Mike Gar- draft maps in late Novem- courts. Multiple lawsuits
showed the slowdown in one district.) and started drawing maps,” cia. Boundaries in Orange ber. The final maps for Con- have already been filed in an-
growth was particularly pro- Sophisticated mapping Li said. “They’re trying to County could also change — gress, the Legislature and ticipation of impasses over
nounced on the county level, tools will aid both parties to figure out what they can do including Democratic Rep. the Board of Equalization new lines in states where
with 52% of counties having maximize their advantage. and what they can get away Katie Porter’s district, are due to be completed control is divided between
fewer residents in 2020 than But given that districts with.” which includes Irvine, one of around Christmas. The Democrats and Republi-
they did 10 years ago. Popu- must be roughly equal in Even with all the ongoing the nation’s 10 fastest-grow- commission is asking the cans.
lation increases were con- population size, there are action, the Census Bureau’s ing cities. The swell in resi- state Supreme Court to ex- Legal challenges may be
centrated largely in metro limits to how creative line- data release on Thursday dents means the district will tend the deadline to Jan. 14. hobbled, however, by the
areas. drawers can be. In states marked an important mile- have to shrink geo- “It’s an exciting day be- U.S. Supreme Court’s 2019
“It’s clearly a favorable that gained a congressional stone, said Matt Rexroad, graphically to bring its cause we are receiving the decision that partisan gerry-
situation for Democrats,” seat this year, such as Texas, a Republican redistricting population in line with other much-awaited census data,” mandering was a political
said William Frey, a demog- Florida and North Carolina, consultant based in Wood- congressional districts. said Sara Sadhwani, an as- question, and therefore be-
rapher with the Brookings it will be “much more diffi- land, Calif. Much of the focus during sistant professor of politics yond the reach of federal
Institution, pointing to the cult,” Frey said, for Republi- “Those maps will start redistricting is on Congress. at Pomona College and one courts.
growth in urban and subur- cans to find additional sol- appearing to be more func- But the new census data of 14 members of the Califor- “The Supreme Court’s
ban areas, which tilt blue, as idly conservative territory in tional, because they have will also prompt the drawing nia Citizens Redistricting decision has opened up the
do people of color, whose light of urban and suburban real data behind them. Sud- of districts for the state Commission. door to a lot of gerrymander-
numbers are growing. Re- growth. denly, they’ll start to matter, Legislature, county boards Although the panel must ing, which fits the moment in
publicans tend to do best It could take days or so people will flip out even a of supervisors, city councils, wait for UC Berkeley to for- a lot of ways,” said Li, of the
among rural residents and weeks for states, universities little bit more,” he said. water districts and other mat the data, “we can start Brennan Center.
white voters, both of which and political operatives to With California losing a bodies that affect Califor- planning out our process a “I think people are
saw declines. process the raw data into a congressional seat for the nians’ day-to-day lives. little bit more clearly,” Sad- scared. Politics feels exist-
But political clout and user-friendly format. first time in its history, Those lines will be drawn hwani said. ential, like a zero-sum game,
representation are deter- But the process of draw- many political observers are with public input and map- Nationally, 18 states have and it’s particularly omi-
mined largely by how district ing maps got underway even watching which region — drawing tools that are acces- either redistricting or elec- nous for communities of
lines are drawn, and for now without the population de- and which incumbent politi- sible to everyone at an un- tion deadlines that require color.”

LAPD officers are caught with their masks off

[Police, from A1] was made clear to officers
racked up hundreds of likes. throughout the depart-
The failure of officers to ment, and no officer should
cover their faces as the more be confused by it.
contagious Delta variant of Moore defended the de-
the virus surges was raised partment’s response when
during the civilian Police an officer is caught mask-
Commission’s weekly meet- less, which he said has been
ing Tuesday. After LAPD to “seek voluntary compli-
Chief Michel Moore briefed ance” after initial violations
the panel on the rise of infec- and to impose “progressive
tions in the department and discipline” for repeated vio-
in the city as a whole, several lations.
people watching the remote “We have taken prog-
meeting on video made com- ressive corrective action in-
ments chastising officers for cluding written notices to
not doing their part to pre- employees advising they
vent the virus’ spread. would be subject to greater
Nearly half the LAPD re- discipline if they were found
mains unvaccinated, and not to wear a mask as re-
new cases in the department quired,” he said. “Official
— particularly among sworn Reprimands by the Chief of
officers — have spiked in re- Police placed in the employ-
cent weeks, with more than ee’s personnel record have
50 LAPD employees infected also been issued.”
in the last week, Moore said. “Ultimately,” Moore
Four LAPD personnel were wrote, “our efforts are in-
hospitalized with serious tended not to punish, but to
cases of the virus as of Tues- gain compliance on this im-
day, and two others had portant issue.”
been in the ICU this last The department last
week but were released, he week said that 55 officers
said. had received notices, coun-
Ten LAPD personnel and seling or training about
three spouses of LAPD per- Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times mask-wearing. It said nearly
sonnel have died from com- NEARLY HALF the LAPD remains unvaccinated, and new cases — particularly among sworn officers — have 100 complaints were pend-
plications of COVID-19 since spiked in recent weeks, with more than 50 employees infected in the last week, Chief Michel Moore said. ing. Moore did not answer a
the start of the pandemic; question about whether any
more than 2,800 LAPD per- ficers to get vaccinated or ing with members of the In an email to Gude, the Although Moore has as- officer had been suspended
sonnel have contracted the submit to routine testing. public. department said that doz- sured the Police Commis- or docked pay for repeatedly
virus. In part because asymp- The previous night, Gude ens of his complaints are sion repeatedly that officers failing to wear a mask.
Under questioning from tomatic and vaccinated peo- posted multiple videos of pending. Of those that had are required to wear masks, Through July 21, 47% of
Commissioner Dale Bonner ple can spread the virus, Los unmasked officers. In one, been resolved, investigators “I don’t see it out on the LAPD personnel were fully
on Tuesday, Moore acknowl- Angeles county health offi- an LAPD supervisor de- determined that the officer’s street,” Gude said in an in- vaccinated and 52.2% had at
edged that the 52 new cases cials last month reinstituted fended an unmasked officer “actions could have been dif- terview with The Times. least one vaccine dose, the
identified in the last week a requirement that all peo- involved in a traffic stop by ferent” in six. An additional In response to a question department said. Those
were almost certainly an ple wear masks in indoor set- telling Gude that the officer three complaints were de- from The Times about how rates are below the rates of
undercount, because offi- tings. might be vaccinated. Vacci- termined to be unfounded. many officers are not wear- vaccination in the general
cers aren’t regularly Gude on Tuesday posted nated officers are still re- In two cases, investigators ing masks, Moore wrote in population.
tested and could be asymp- to Twitter video and images quired to wear masks. determined that the officer’s an email Tuesday that it “is There are also nearly
tomatic. of several officers walking Gude regularly tells un- actions “did not rise to the difficult to quantify the rates 1,600 LAPD employees who
He said the department through the Hollywood sta- masked cops they are a pub- level of misconduct,” the of compliance” because of have not been vaccinated
is working with the city and tion lobby and sitting at the lic health threat, a claim he email said, and in two others the large number of officers but have had COVID-19 and
its labor union on nailing front desk without masks has repeated in dozens of they determined there was working across the sprawl- may be protected by natural
down the details of a new on. He said some without complaints filed with the de- “insufficient evidence to ad- ing city each day. He said the antibodies, the department
mandate that will require of- face coverings were interact- partment in recent months. judicate.” instruction to wear masks said.
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BUSINESS
Airlines split on vaccines; will fliers care?
cinated, and is offering an
By Hugo Martín additional day off in 2022
and $50 for those workers
As travel bounces back who get the vaccine.
from the pandemic, there’s a Alaska Airlines issued a
rift emerging in the airline statement saying, “While we
industry over employee vac- currently don’t require em-
cination mandates. ployees to be vaccinated,
Hawaiian Airlines joined we’re exploring all options to
Frontier and United Airlines keep our employees safe.”
this week in announcing a But this week, the carrier re-
policy of requiring employ- leased a new statement say-
ees to be vaccinated against ing, “Due to the highly con-
COVID-19. Delta, American, tagious COVID-19 Delta var-
Alaska and Southwest Air- iant, we are looking closely
lines have made it clear at whether we will require
through statements and in- that employees are vacci-
ternal memos that they are nated. If we do, the require-
not requiring vaccination ment would not be effective
even though they are en- until at least one vaccine is
couraging it, with some of- fully approved by the FDA
fering incentives for workers and would include appropri-
to get the shots. ate religious and medical ex-
Industry experts dis- emptions.”
agree on whether this divide Aviation employee
— which has materialized groups have announced
amid a rise in coronavirus support for vaccinations but
cases across the country — have not committed to man-
will be a deciding factor for dates.
Americans who are choos- The Air Line Pilots Assn.,
ing to fly. which represents more than
“The majority of passen- 59,000 pilots from 35 U.S. and
gers will continue to book Canadian airlines, said em-
based on price and sched- Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times ployer mandates on vac-
ule,” said Madhu Unnikrish- HAWAIIAN AIRLINES , Frontier and United are requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Ex- cines were “an issue that
nan, editor of the publica- perts are divided on whether that will sway travelers. Above, disinfectant is sprayed on a jet last year at LAX. must be bargained, and we
tion Skift Airline Weekly. strongly support our indi-
“For a majority of passen- Still, Kerby noted that the pandemic, has yet to re- employees, with guidelines Southwest have issued vidual pilot groups as they
gers, it won’t rise to their surveys had shown that bound, he said, and many of varying greatly among statements saying they are engage with their companies
awareness.” cruise passengers were the biggest corporations are companies. encouraging their employ- on this issue.”
As an example, he noted more likely to go on a cruise if locked into agreements to fly United announced last ees to be vaccinated but are In response to United
that most passengers didn’t the cruise line mandated with a specific carrier at a week that all of its roughly not planning to mandate the Airlines’ mandate an-
boycott the Boeing 737 Max that all crew and passengers discounted rate. 67,000 employees must be shots. nouncement, the Assn. of
despite two fatal accidents be vaccinated against The vaccination policy vaccinated by Oct. 25. Delta said in May that it Flight Attendants, repre-
that grounded the plane for COVID-19. A Harris Poll sur- split comes as air travel de- “The data and the evi- would require new employ- senting about 50,000 flight
nearly two years. vey found that 63% of those mand begins to climb al- dence is unequivocal that ees in the U.S. to be vacci- attendants at 20 airlines,
But UC Irvine economics questioned said they would most to pre-pandemic lev- getting vaccinated is safest nated effective May 17. The said it supported a volun-
professor Jan Brueckner prefer a cruise on which all els. Domestic air bookings for each individual and carrier is “strongly encour- tary vaccination program.
disagrees, saying virus-leery crew and passengers were reached about half of pre- safest for their co-workers,” aging” other workers to get About 80% of the group’s
fliers are likely to steer away vaccinated. pandemic levels in March United CEO Scott Kirby vaccinated but isn’t man- members are already vacci-
from those airlines that are On social media, many and has since climbed to 17% said in an NBC News dating it. More than 73% of nated.
not willing to mandate vacci- travelers applauded the below those levels in early interview. its roughly 75,000 employees “The safest thing for us to
nations for workers. United mandate announce- August, according to Air- Frontier workers have are already vaccinated, air- do is continue our layered
“There are a lot of nerv- ment, saying it will sway lines for America, a trade until Oct. 1 to be vaccinated. line representatives said. approach to this pandemic:
ous passengers out there,” them to choose the Chicago- group for the nation’s air Frontier employees who American Airlines said getting vaccinated and
he said. “If I was on the edge based carrier. Others criti- carriers. choose not to or are unable the carrier was also encour- wearing a mask!” the union
between American and cized vaccine mandates but In response to the in- to get vaccinated will be aging employees to get vac- said in a statement.
United, I would pick the didn’t voice support for creased demand, airlines asked to provide proof of a
one with the vaccine man- those airlines that were not are adding new routes, re- negative coronavirus test re-
date.” adopting such mandates. opening airport lounges and sult on a regular basis.
Zane Kerby, president The vaccine mandate expanding service to exist- Hawaiian Airlines an-
and chief executive of the
American Society of Travel
Advisors, a trade group for
travel professionals, said he
split probably won’t have an
effect on business travel,
said Joe Brancatelli, a busi-
ness travel expert and col-
ing destinations.
Airlines are not alone in
rolling out employee vaccine
mandates. Cisco, Door-
nounced the mandate in a
memo to staff Monday, with
a deadline of Nov. 1. Employ-
ees who don’t get the vaccine
Nasdaq rule may
was skeptical that vaccine
mandates would make a sig-
nificant difference in book-
umnist.
Business travel, which
generated most of the airline
Dash, Facebook, Google,
Tyson Foods, Walt Disney
Co. and Walmart have all an-
will be required to be tested
regularly.
Meanwhile, Delta,
pressure firms to
diversify boards
ing preferences. industry’s revenues before nounced vaccine rules for American, Alaska and

Disney
and racial makeup of their
Many trading on the boards within roughly one
year after the Securities &
exchange will have to Exchange Commission

swings to alter their makeup or

say why they haven’t.
gives its endorsement, does
not mandate any changes. It
does require companies that

profit in bloomberg

Hundreds of companies
don’t have women or people
of color to explain why.
Most listed companies
would have as many as four

quarter trading on the Nasdaq Inc.

stock exchange may be
forced for the first time to di-
years to meet the standard
of one woman and one per-
son of color on the board.
versify their boards or ex- Companies with fewer
plain why they haven’t, after than six directors are only
Firm’s earnings of U.S. regulators cleared the required to have either one
way for new listing require- woman or one person of col-
$923 million are up ments. or to meet the recom-
from a $4.7-billion net More than a third of com- mended level.
panies trading on Nasdaq Among about 300
loss a year earlier. lack a director who is a per- Nasdaq-listed companies
son of color, and more than 1 with fewer than six board
By Ryan Faughnder in 10 have no female direc- members, 64% lacked direc-
tors, according to an analy- tors of color and 44% had no
Walt Disney Co. swung to Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times sis by ISS Corporate Solu- female members, ISS Cor-
a profit in its fiscal third REVENUE from Disney’s parks segment was $4.34 billion, up from $1.06 billion a tions of 2,284 companies porate Solutions found. Al-
quarter, with improved re- year earlier. Above, Minerva Mendez and Ahmed El take photos in April. where data were available. most a third had neither a
sults at its key parks and About 8% had neither a woman nor a person of color.
products division helping a year-ago loss of $1.88 bil- nue and sales of “Cruella,” for the film. woman nor a person of color Even the disclosure re-
the entertainment colossus lion, the company said. which was released to Dis- Theater owners have on the board, the data quirement is a significant
beat earnings estimates on The pandemic resulted in ney+ subscribers for $30 at blasted the decision, argu- showed. change, since there are no
Wall Street on Thursday. the closure of theme parks the same time as its theat- ing that the simultaneous More than 3,000 stocks federal rules forcing compa-
Disney’s streaming busi- around the world last year. rical launch, contributed to release ate into box-office trade on the exchange, ac- nies to reveal board diver-
ness continued to grow, with Disneyland Resort in Ana- revenue growth. grosses. cording to Nasdaq. sity, and voluntary disclo-
Disney+ reaching 116 million heim reopened at the end of Bob Chapek, chief execu- But Chapek repeatedly “The data shows clear ev- sure can vary from company
subscribers during the quar- April, and attendance im- tive of Disney, attributed the noted that the box-office idence that there’s a small- to company, Kramer at ISS
ter, up from the 103.6 million proved at the park after Cali- growth to hits such as market continues to be un- cap company gap when it said.
the company reported in fornia lifted COVID-19 re- Pixar’s film “Luca” and Mar- certain because of the pan- comes to diversity on U.S. As more funds seek to in-
May. strictions on June 15, Chief vel shows “Loki” and “The demic and the Delta variant boards,” Marija Kramer, vest in companies with di-
Burbank-based Disney Financial Officer Christine Falcon & the Winter Sol- of the coronavirus, causing head of ISS Corporate Solu- versity, more voluntary
reported revenue of $17 bil- McCarthy said on a confer- dier.” audiences to hesitate before tions, said in an interview. disclosure is likely to follow.
lion during the three months ence call with analysts. The majority of new sub- returning. Disney releases “Listed companies, if they California will require
that ended July 3, up 45% Disney’s cruise business scribers came from Disney’s “Free Guy” this weekend, aren’t already, should think public companies based in
from a year ago, when the en- is also slowly returning to low-cost Disney+Hotstar and it will have an exclusive about how they’re going to the state to have at least one
tertainment industry was in life. Last month, Disney service available in India 45-day window in theaters recruit for more diverse di- director who is a person of
the throes of COVID-19 re- completed its first cruise and Indonesia. Disney- before hitting home video. rectors.” color by the end of this year
strictions on theme parks since the start of the pan- +Hotstar now accounts for a Asked why he wouldn’t A Nasdaq representative or face fines.
and movie theaters. The re- demic with the Disney Mag- little less than 40% of total switch to a same-day declined to comment on the Adding to the pressure,
sults beat analysts’ revenue ic sailing for short-term Disney+ subscribers, Mc- streaming strategy for “Free outside data. SEC Chair Gary Gensler has
estimates of $16.7 billion. staycations for United King- Carthy said. Guy,” Chapek said the Ryan Larger companies are al- said the securities regulator
The quarterly profit for dom residents. This week, a Disney’s simultaneous Reynolds movie was ac- ready showing significant is exploring separate recom-
the company was $923 mil- Disney ship set sail on its release strategy, which was quired through Disney’s changes. The percentage of mendations for company
lion, compared with a net first U.S.-based cruise from used for some movies during purchase of Fox assets and new Black directors on For- disclosures of diversity data.
loss of $4.7 billion in the pri- Florida. the pandemic, has been con- came with certain contrac- tune 500 boards almost It will take a combination
or-year quarter. Earnings of Sales from Disney’s all- troversial. “Black Widow” tual agreements, whereas tripled in 2020 compared of legal, regulatory and pri-
80 cents a share were better important direct-to-con- star Scarlett Johansson re- Disney has more freedom to with previous years as com- vate efforts to get companies
than the 55 cents predicted sumer business, composed cently sued Disney, saying change release plans for panies responded to pres- to fully embrace diversity,
by analysts polled by Fact- of services such as Disney+, the same-day video-on-de- Marvel movies. sure to add diversity in the which also improves finan-
Set. Hulu and ESPN+, increased mand release strategy Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and boardroom, recruiter Hei- cial performance, said Mee-
Parks continued to re- 57% to $4.3 billion. The divi- cheated her out of income. the Legend of the Ten Rings” drick & Struggles found. sha Rosa, vice president of
cover from pandemic dol- sion, considered the compa- Disney has said her claims will also get a 45-day theat- “I think this is another corporate board services at
drums in the quarter. Reve- ny’s top priority, narrowed are without merit. rical window in September. level of emphasis,” said J. Catalyst, which works to ad-
nue for Disney’s parks, expe- losses to $293 million, com- Chapek did not specif- Chapek said the release of Veronica Biggins, a recruiter vance women in the board-
riences and products seg- pared with about $624 mil- ically address the litigation “Shang-Chi” would be an at Diversified Search Group room. Time will tell what size
ment — which includes Walt lion a year earlier. on the call. However, he told “interesting experiment.” and a member of the South- role the Nasdaq rule will
Disney World and Disney- Disney+ has grown analysts that the “Black “The prospect of being west Airlines Co. board. have, she said.
land Resort — was $4.34 bil- quickly since its debut in No- Widow” release decision was able to take a Marvel title to “People today are specif- “The nudge will allow
lion, up from $1.06 billion a vember 2019. Its 116 million made with Executive Chair- the service after going theat- ically saying, ‘We want to see companies to proactively
year earlier. subscribers are more than man Bob Iger and other Dis- rical with 45 days will be yet a diverse talent pool.’ ” work toward board diver-
Operating income in double its count at the same ney executives “because it another data point to inform The new Nasdaq rule, sity,” Rosa said. “This sets
parks and experiences was time in 2020. Disney said in- would enable us to reach the our actions going forward on which requires companies to a template for others to
$356 million, compared with creased subscription reve- broadest possible audience” our titles,” he said. publicly disclose the gender follow.”
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FTC signals tougher stance as Lockheed seeks a deal

jor antitrust reforms in or- ing on outside monitors to
Agency should block der to protect national secu- guard against violations of
rity and cut costs for Ameri- behavioral conditions.
more mergers rather can taxpayers.” “I am skeptical that be-
than order insufficient Aerojet stock closed at havioral remedies alone are
$44.47, down 4.1%, after hav- sufficient to prevent a verti-
remedies, chief says. ing tumbled to $43.50, the cal merger from causing
lowest intraday price since harm,” she said. “This is es-
By David McLaughlin, Lockheed announced the pecially true for vertical
Julie Johnsson merger in December. Lock- mergers involving large
and Tony Capaccio heed slipped 1% to $359.75. firms with substantial mar-
Moves like the Aerojet ac- ket power at one or more lev-
The head of the Federal quisition are known as verti- els of the supply chain. The
Trade Commission said an- cal deals because they com- larger the market share, the
titrust enforcers should bine companies in the same higher the risk that a vertical
more frequently move to supply chain, rather than di- merger will result in a reduc-
block mergers that threaten rect competitors. Such deals tion of competition post-
competition rather than re- have traditionally been seen merger.”
lying on traditional reme- by antitrust officials as Lockheed executives
dies to fix deals and then ap- mostly benign and are often touted the benefits of their
prove them, a view that may approved on the condition takeover to investors earlier
weigh on a major acquisition that the companies agree to this month, vowing to bol-
by defense giant Lockheed restrictions aimed at keep- ster Aerojet with an invest-
Martin Corp. ing a market competitive, ment and an injection of its
FTC Chair Lina Khan rather than selling a busi- engineering know-how.
outlined her concerns about ness. “We are eager to prove,
common measures used by The Trump administra- and we’ve made commit-
the Justice Department and tion in 2017 signaled a change ments already to the cus-
the FTC to settle merger in- in that approach when it tomers that we will reduce
vestigations in a letter to sued to block AT&T Inc.’s their costs, we’ll speed up
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Saul Loeb Associated Press takeover of Time Warner, a our development processes
Massachusetts, who had THE FTC, led by Lina Khan, is reviewing Lockheed’s $4.4-billion deal for Aerojet case the government ulti- and timelines, and we’ll give
written to the agency about Rocketdyne, a takeover seen as an early litmus test of the Biden administration. mately lost. them better products,”
deals in the defense indus- Khan said in her letter Lockheed Chief Executive
try. dies generally have a strong- tigate and challenge their Lockheed. that behavioral fixes are dif- Jim Taiclet said, “assuming
The comments come as er track record than behav- deals even after an initial re- In a July 16 letter to the ficult to monitor and often we can achieve regulatory
the FTC is investigating ioral remedies, studies show view period expires. FTC, Warren urged regula- fail to prevent the enlarged approval of the Aerojet
Lockheed’s $4.4-billion deal that divestitures, too, may The Lockheed-Aerojet tors “to re-evaluate the best company from engaging in Rocketdyne acquisition.”
to purchase Aerojet Rocket- prove inadequate in the face deal would combine Aero- method to protect competi- anticompetitive conduct.
dyne Holdings Inc., a take- of an unlawful merger,” jet’s expertise in rocket mo- tion when analyzing vertical She said she’s considering McLaughlin, Johnsson and
over seen as an early litmus Khan wrote in the letter tors with Lockheed’s arsenal deals, including not allowing whether the FTC should Capaccio write for
test of whether President dated Aug. 6 that was re- of missile-defense batteries such transactions to pro- abandon the practice of rely- Bloomberg.
Biden will keep mergers viewed by Bloomberg News. and hypersonic vehicles. ceed in the first place.” She
among defense contractors “In light of this, I believe the Raytheon Technologies noted that the agency was
in check. antitrust agencies should Corp. has objected to the probing the competitive ef-
Khan said she’s skeptical more frequently consider pact, in part because it fects of Northrop Grumman MARKET ROUNDUP
of the practice of imposing opposing problematic deals would put one of its major Corp.’s 2018 takeover of Or-
conditions on how compa-
nies operate, known as be-
havioral remedies, but also
said asset divestitures — the
outright.”
The letter is the latest
look into Khan’s vision for
the FTC since Biden named
suppliers in the hands of ri-
val Lockheed, the world’s
largest defense contractor.
Warren, a Massachusetts
bital ATK Inc.
“Given the waves of de-
fense industry mergers that
have slashed competition
Stocks rise with
most common way that
companies win approval for
mergers — can be problem-
atic.
her chair in June. She has
taken steps to beef up en-
forcement and has warned
companies proposing merg-
Democrat, also has warned
of harm to the defense sector
if the last major U.S. rocket
propulsion manufacturer
and reduced the number of
major firms tenfold,” Warren
said in response to Khan’s
letter, “both the FTC and
help of Big Tech
“While structural reme- ers that the FTC could inves- were to be swallowed up by Congress need to make ma-
the last 12 months. That’s
associated press
the largest one-year increase
in a series going back to 2010.
Stocks capped another Much of the increase is
wobbly day of trading on coming from services, such
Wall Street with more gains as airline travel. Airline
Thursday, as strength in ticket prices are especially
technology and healthcare high as the industry tries to
companies outweighed a recover from the pandemic-
pullback elsewhere in the forced slump in travel. Other
market. areas are starting to ease up,
The Standard & Poor’s though, with food costs fall-
500 index eked out a 0.3% ing for the first time since
gain, good enough for its December.
third straight all-time high. Investors have been par-
The benchmark index man- ticularly concerned about
aged to end higher despite a inflation for several months,
majority of its companies despite assurances from the
closing lower. Federal Reserve and other
Gains for several big officials that any inflation
technology stocks, including would be temporary and a
Apple, countered weakness result of the economy recov-
in chipmakers, industrial ering. Bond yields have risen
firms and energy compa- sharply in the last week on
nies. Treasury yields rose those concerns, with the 10-
and crude oil prices fell. year Treasury note trading
Stocks wobbled between at 1.37%, up from 1.34% the
small gains and losses for day before.
much of the day in quiet The hopes for a contin-
trading as investors weighed ued recovery in the jobs mar-
a mix of new economic data ket and concerns about in-
showing jobless claims fell flation are hovering over the
last week and inflation at the market as investors try to
wholesale level jumped gauge the pace of economic
more than expected last growth after a sharp in-
month. crease earlier in the year.
“The market is a little Analysts expect the econo-
sleepy today,” said Greg my to grow at a slower pace
Bassuk, chief executive of as it moves past the pan-
Axs Investments. “Investors demic and the sharp com-
Toshifumi Kitamura AFP/Getty Images are looking to hang their hat parisons between 2021 and
SHORT-TERM rental giant Airbnb blitzed past forecasts for second-quarter bookings and gave a surprisingly on some outsized economic 2020.
positive revenue outlook for the current period, indicating the expected drop in bookings won’t hamper sales. data that can give more cer- “We don’t have a different
tainty around the extent to economy than what we had

Airbnb expects a decline in bookings which the economy is open-

ing up.”
The S&P 500 rose 13.13
points to 4,460.83. The Dow
going into the pandemic,”
said Kimberly Woody, senior
portfolio manager at Glob-
alt. “Once you get rid of the
Jones industrial average comparisons and you cross
37% increase from pre-pan- will leave “indelible marks” U.S., particularly those who also recovered from an early the anniversary of the fourth
Third-quarter demand demic levels in 2019. Analysts on Airbnb, Chesky said dur- list on Airbnb. slide to gain 14.88 points, or quarter, you’re right back at
had predicted $11.2 billion on ing a conference call. “When “There’s been some re- less than 0.1%, closing at the same economy you had
is forecast to fall short average, according to data we started Airbnb, stays of cent concern about whether 35,499.85. The blue-chip in- before.”
of pre-pandemic level compiled by Bloomberg. longer than a month wasn’t Airbnb is reaching a point of dex also set its third record Big Tech companies add-
Quarterly revenue came a major part of the busi- maturation and whether high in three days. ed to the S&P 500’s gains
because of Delta. in at $1.34 billion for the three ness,” he said. Now, long- they can continue the supply The tech-heavy Nasdaq Thursday. Apple rose 2.1%
months that ended June 30, term stays of 28 days or more growth they’ve seen,” Dan added 51.13 points, or 0.3%, and Adobe gained 1.3%,
By Olivia Carville a 10% gain from the same pe- were the fastest-growing Wasiolek, an analyst at to close at 14,816.26. Small- while chipmakers Micron
riod in 2019. category by trip length. Morningstar Investment company stocks fell, drag- Technology fell 6.4% and
Airbnb Inc. shares fell “The travel rebound is That’s “not even traveling, Service, said before the re- ging the Russell 2000 index Lam Research slid 4.1% for
4.5% in extended trading af- upon us, and Airbnb is lead- it’s living,” Chesky said. sults were published. down 6.27 points, or 0.3%, to some of the biggest declines
ter the company forecast a ing the way,” the company, The travel industry has Airbnb reported that the 2,244.07. in the index.
decline in quarterly book- which went public in Decem- been gutted by the pan- number of active listings Investors on Thursday Investors also bid up
ings compared with pre- ber, wrote in a letter to share- demic, which caused most of grew in the second quarter. worked through a mixed pic- shares in companies that re-
pandemic levels, citing the holders published with the the world’s tourism hot “We’re seeing the strongest ture of economic data. The ported better-than-ex-
spread of the Delta variant results. “In the last few spots to shut down last year. supply increases in the areas Labor Department said that pected quarterly results. Or-
of the coronavirus. weeks, we had our biggest Airbnb benefited from the with the greatest guest de- jobless claims fell to 375,000 ganon & Co. jumped 11.9%
The home rental com- night ever in the U.S. and our remote work movement, in mand,” the company said in from 387,000 the previous for the biggest gain in the
pany said the number of biggest night globally since which city dwellers aban- the statement. Earlier this week, another sign that the S&P 500 after the company’s
nights and experiences the pandemic began, with doned their apartments for year, Airbnb introduced a job market is healing from earnings and revenue
booked in the third quarter more than 4 million guests extended stays in rental digital campaign focused on the pandemic. topped Wall Street’s fore-
will fall short of the total dur- staying at an Airbnb listing.” homes near beach towns recruiting new hosts, and At the same time, infla- casts. Dillard’s also got a
ing the same period in 2019. While Airbnb has ben- and mountain villages. The the company said traffic to tion at the wholesale level boost from its latest quar-
The disclosure Thursday efited from a U.S. domestic home rental company saw its host landing page more jumped to a higher-than-ex- terly report card, rising 5.1%.
amplified fears from in- travel boom linked to rising bookings plunge 80% last than doubled in the coun- pected 1% in July, matching Walt Disney Co. rose 5.1%
vestors that the latest out- vaccination rates and easing March, but they quickly tries where the campaign the rise from the previous in after-hours trading after
break will weigh heavily on restrictions, international bounced back by the sum- was running. month and dimming hopes the media giant returned to
the travel industry. sales remain stifled, and the mer. Despite the doubts that the upward trajectory profitability in its most re-
Booking Holdings Inc. Delta variant has raised fur- Short-term rentals were raised by Delta, Airbnb saw of prices would begin to slow. cent quarter as reopened
and Expedia Group Inc. is- ther doubts for the future. the fastest-growing part of an almost 200% surge in The producer price index theme parks sent its revenue
sued similar warnings about “We anticipate that the the online travel industry nights and experiences has risen a record 7.8% over higher.
the effect of the Delta var- impact of Covid-19 and the even before COVID-19. Over booked, which includes all
iant during their financial introduction and spread of the last 18 months, they’ve stays and tourist activities
reports this month. new variants of the virus, in- largely kept the sector sold on the platform. The
All three reported other- cluding the delta variant, afloat. Almost 30 cents of ev- company reported 83.1 mil- Major stock indexes
wise outstanding quarters. will continue to affect overall ery dollar spent in hospital- lion total bookings for the Daily Daily % YTD %
Index Close change change change
Airbnb blitzed past expecta- travel behavior,” the com- ity today is going toward quarter, topping the average
tions for second-quarter pany said. However, it added short-term rentals, accord- analyst estimate of 77.5 mil- Dow industrials 35,499.85 +14.88 +0.04 +15.99
bookings and gave a surpris- a positive outlook for the ing to an analysis of data lion. S&P 500 4,460.83 +13.13 +0.30 +18.76
ingly positive revenue out- current period, predicting compiled by researchers Airbnb reported ad- Nasdaq composite 14,816.26 +51.13 +0.35 +14.96
look for the current period, the “strongest quarterly rev- AirDNA and STR Inc. justed earnings before inter- S&P 400 2,737.48 -4.43 -0.16 +18.68
indicating that the expected enue on record.” The increase in demand est, taxes and other ex-
Russell 2000 2,244.07 -6.27 -0.28 +13.63
decline in total bookings Chief Executive Brian has led to a heightened penses of $217 million, well
won’t hamper sales. Chesky said the pandemic rivalry between the world’s above analyst predictions of EuroStoxx 50 3,655.40 +5.59 +0.15 +17.60
The San Francisco- had forced the home-share biggest online travel compa- $50.4 million. The company Nikkei (Japan) 28,015.02 -55.49 -0.20 +2.08
based company reported a company to become “much nies. Booking and Expedia reported a loss of 11 cents a Hang Seng (Hong Kong) 26,517.82 -142.34 -0.53 -2.62
second-quarter gross book- more disciplined and much have been aggressively share. Analysts were expect- Associated Press
ings value of $13.4 billion, a more efficient.” COVID-19 courting landlords in the ing a wider loss of 41 cents.
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OPINION

LETTERS
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Anti-democratic The case against

GOP’s big target Gavin Newsom
Re “Newsom changes tack Re “Does it feel like 2003?”
to offense,” Aug. 7, and letters, Aug. 7
“Radio rhetoric, live on the
campaign trail,” Aug. 11 Sept. 14 is approaching.
Here are several reasons to
As more details emerge remove Newsom:
about the views held by 8 Given the Democrats’
Larry Elder and the other decisive numerical advan-
leading candidates to re- tage in voter registration,
place Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats have been hurt
one has to wonder if they more by Newsom’s errors
and the proponents of this than Republicans.
ridiculous and costly recall 8 Newsom’s unpre-
election know the difference dictable and destructive
between state and federal flip-flopping on COVID-19
government operations. mandates has created a
The statement by recall huge problem for the busi-
supporters in the state’s ness community.
voter information guide 8 Newsom has placed the
says Newsom has favored desires of the teachers
undocumented immigrants unions above the needs of
at the expense of U.S. citi- our schoolchildren, possibly
zens. causing a permanent learn-
Of course, immigration is ing deficit.
a federal responsibility. 8 He ignored the clear
No, these Republicans will of the people of Cali-
do not deal in facts, which is fornia when he suspended
why a Republican hasn’t use of the death penalty.
been elected to statewide 8 He has failed to provide
office since 2006. They can’t any productive measures to
win at the ballot box be- reduce homelessness in our
cause they are simply out of state.
touch with reality (as any- 8 He has expanded
one who heard the debate healthcare programs to
among the other leading cover undocumented immi-
candidates recently can grants, promoting illegal
attest), so they are now immigration into our state.
ginning up a phony crisis to 8 Rolling blackouts are
thwart the will of the people our new normal.
who elected Newsom by a
Jeff Chiu Associated Press 8 Remember his hypocri-
wide margin in 2018. GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM could lose his job if a majority of California voters decide to recall him Sept. 14. sy in attending a dinner at
Newsom’s term in office the ritzy French Laundry
ends in early 2023. Before restaurant with lobbyists
then, voters will have the unmasked after command-

ONE MONTH OUT

chance to reelect him or ing all of us to wear masks
replace him with someone indoors.
else. And, frankly, given the We need a governor with
views of some of those vying clear, unmovable principles
to replace him, Californians who takes effective actions
will be far better off with that serve the people of
Newsom than any of them. California.
S.R. Allen ment in California, mirror- If nothing else, we But there is not one tals due to COVID-19 and Jay Bayman
San Diego ing our status at the na- shouldn’t allow a crafty ploy person on the list of replace- the Delta variant, I can’t Camarillo
tional level. Success in this intended to circumvent the ments that I would be will- help but wonder why there
:: venture will have national results of a legitimate elec- ing to vote for. So, I’m plan- is an election to be held ::
implications in terms of tion to win. This has nothing ning to follow the reasoning Sept. 14 to recall Newsom,
So your candidate lost facilitating the relentless to do with Newsom’s per- of a recent letter writer and yet no one seems to want to The recall (a democratic
the election and you don’t trend toward autocracy that sonality. It’s about the sur- write in Lt. Gov. Eleni recall the governor of Flor- process laid out in our state
like the winner’s policies. has been underway in the vival of the democratic Kounalakis. ida or Texas. Constitution) is under-
Well, work like hell to win Republican Party since process and the rule of law. Catherine Crook Could the recall be politi- mining Newsom? Nope, he
the office next time, or just Watergate. Betty Rome Camarillo cally motivated? did that to himself with his
use any excuse to launch a The stakes could hardly Culver City Arlene Markman feckless COVID-19 restric-
recall election where the be higher. It’s not about :: Indian Wells tions.
winning candidate doesn’t Newsom. Democratic gov- :: Larry Elder will restrict
need a majority to win. ernance is being stymied at I think your articles :: abortion rights and end the
That’s democracy? every turn. Democracy is Sensible voters who get confuse a lot of voters with minimum wage, as some
Nope. being undermined at every mailed recall ballots will the implication that we Some of your recent recall opponents are claim-
The criteria for holding a opportunity. wisely vote no on the first should vote for someone reports show why it is so ing? These are the sounds of
recall election need to be Recall elections are question of whether to even if we vote against the important to vote against a wounded animal in its
revamped. Let’s require a meant to be used by a disaf- remove Newsom and ignore recall. Also, I do not think recalling Newsom on death throes. No governor
felony conviction for an fected electorate, not for the the hollow option to pick a it’s rocket science to explain Sept. 14. has the authority to do
officeholder to be subject to machinations of power replacement from among how to vote on this two-part Newsom isn’t perfect. either unilaterally.
a recall; make it a ballot brokers. the motley crew of 46 un- ballot. He’s made mistakes. But I don’t care who a candi-
measure. Now that would be How does an electorate qualified gubernatorial In my mind, the vote is imagine how much worse off date supported in the past. I
a petition worth signing. disaffected by the recall wannabes. no on the recall, and no California would be today if only care that he or she can
And don’t even get me itself take back control of Sensible voters will vote second part. There are no our governor were a slavish fix the problems in Cali-
started on how much tax- the process? We make New- to keep California’s govern- people running for whom I follower of the “former guy” fornia that have long fes-
payer money is spent on som a write-in candidate on ment intact until our next would ever vote to be gover- blaming immigrants for his tered and have grown dur-
holding these recalls. the the ballot. regular general election in nor. own failure to protect the ing Newsom’s tenure. I want
Michael Sachs Is there a judge in the 2022. Newsom then will run If the recall succeeds, people from the pandemic a governor who will not
Santa Monica country who would invali- on his record and likely face we’ll just run Newsom again, and then not even allowing impose restrictions just
date a plurality of voters a vetted, GOP-endorsed and none of these candi- local school districts to because he can.
:: who expressed a preference opponent rather than the dates could beat him in a protect their students and Newsom has shown by
for Newsom in such a tan- nonentities being offered on general election. teachers from COVID-19 example that he cannot fix
Newsom was sworn in as gible fashion? I would hope this confusing ballot. Jay Coffman Rational, evidence- our problems, and he will
governor in January 2019. not. Sensible voters will rec- San Diego based leadership is part of not even follow his own
When I went to the Walmart Siegfried Othmer ognize this recall as an good governance. It’s the mandates.
in Temecula the following Woodland Hills expensive, exploitive end American way, not stubborn Arnie Sklar
March, there was a big table
set up outside with two
run around transparent
electoral process in an un-
‘Don’t DeSantize adherence to an irrational
party line, reminiscent of
Beverly Hills

people working it. They

were asking shoppers to The recall ballot’s settled pandemic time.
Sensible voters will vote
California’ fascist dictatorships of the
recent past.
::

Re “Emulate Florida virus

sign a petition to recall
Newsom. second question no, put their ballot in the
postage-paid envelope, sign policy? Really?” column,
Daniel Fink
Beverly Hills
As a Republican, I voted
for Newsom in 2018 because
The governor had been the envelope and mail it Aug. 11 I thought he would do a
in office about two months Re “ ‘Leave it blank’ is fool- back to their county regis- good job for all Californians.
and barely had time to take
off his coat before efforts to
ish advice,” column, Aug. 12,
and “Newsom’s focus on top
trar. A simple majority
made up of sensible voters is
You have published
important articles for voters
Accountability One of his first actions
was to effectively cancel the
recall him began. This was a
full year before COVID-19
half of ballot is risky for
Democrats,” Aug. 10
needed to end this charade.
Frances O’Neill
to consider when they vote
on whether to recall Gov.
on homelessness death penalty, which the
voters had recently upheld.
began seriously impacting Zimmerman Gavin Newsom. Re “Newsom decries home- It was obvious that he was
the state. Expecting voters to La Jolla One was columnist less camps,” Aug. 6 not for the people.
On subsequent visits to ignore the recall ballot’s Michael Hiltzik’s excellent I signed the first recall
that Walmart over the second question is Gov. :: comparison of California’s I do not want to recall petition I could find.
months following March Gavin Newsom’s third mis- pandemic response to those Newsom, but I do want him Robert Stover
2019, I continued to see take. As one of those voters of Texas and Florida. The held accountable for not Huntington Beach
people working the table The first was failing to who actually reads the situation could not be more enough being done for
outside collecting signa- get his Democratic Party sample ballot, I was sur- stark: Texas’ infection rate homeless people in Cali-
tures.
California law requires
identification on the ballot
when he was entitled to do
prised that there was no
obvious indication that one
is more than twice that of
California, and Florida’s is
fornia.
Newsom states that the
He could resign
only 12% of the number of
voters in the previous elec-
so. The second was allowing
ego and personal ambition
could vote against the recall
and still vote for a replace-
twice as bad as Texas’.
Another was your report
federal government needs to
help California with more
before Sept. 14
tion to sign a petition for a to override his professional ment. This is not self-evi- on the Republican debate, funds to tackle the problem. Re “Cuomo agrees to step
recall to take place. Wiscon- obligation to California and dent; it is in fact counterin- with all but one of the pos- The question I and surely down,” Aug. 11
sin, which had a failed recall its residents. It was arro- tuitive. sible front-runners to re- millions of other Califor-
election for then-Gov. Scott gant and strategically In his recent column, place Newsom participa- nians have is what has hap- New York Gov. Andrew
Walker in 2012, requires 25%, stupid not to welcome a George Skelton explained ting. To a man, they support pened with the money from Coumo resigned and will be
a much heavier burden. viable Democratic candi- that not only could I vote an approach to the pan- the ballot measures and replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy
The flaw is our recall law date on the ballot. “no,” but also that I should demic similar to Gov. Ron taxes we have passed? Hochul. I hope Newsom is
itself. It allows a small mi- The ballot’s second vote for a least disastrous DeSantis’ in Florida and Newsom says, “The taking notes.
nority of voters unhappy question is actually the replacement. At the very Gov. Greg Abbott’s in Texas. resources we provided cities If it looks like this GOP-
with the last election to more important of the two. least, shouldn’t we siphon That is the last thing we in the last couple of years, I fueled recall might succeed
trigger a vote. Regardless of There are many voters, not votes from Larry Elder, the need. haven’t seen the commensu- and bless us with a Republi-
the outcome, this is costing just Republicans, who most disastrous replace- Voters should realize rate results.” Well, why not? can governor, Newsom
taxpayers hundreds of might prefer to see if some- ment? that voting to recall New- Shouldn’t he be held ac- should resign days before
millions of dollars. one could do a better job The Democratic Party som will get us one of these countable for where the the election. That would put
With external influences than Newsom. They might made a mistake by not candidates. The governor’s money has gone? Why isn’t Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in
directly impacting our state vote yes on the recall’s first having a “just-in-case” campaign slogan should be there more permanent his place and remove all
elections, there will contin- question without realizing alternative. simple: “Don’t DeSantize housing, not just temporary reason for the election.
ue to be many groups look- that, if Newsom is recalled, Mark Olmsted California.” hotel rooms or shelters? Gregg B. White
ing to exploit this low California will most likely Los Angeles James Bailey Why aren’t there more “tiny Los Osos
threshold, making it more end up with a Republican Banning homes”?
likely they will succeed. governor. :: Californians are rightly
Tom Fisher Unless Newsom’s cam- :: angry about the homeless-
HOW TO WRITE TO US
Temecula paign does something to I agree with Skelton that ness crisis. Newsom should
match the Republicans’ that those who vote no on Looking at the latest have been more involved in Please send letters to
:: energy and creativity, it’s the recall should not leave figures regarding vaccina- how our taxpayer money letters@[Link]. For
the “real residents of Cali- blank the question of who tions, attitudes on mask was spent. submission guidelines, see
The recall is an attempt fornia” who will end up should replace him if the mandates and the rising Renee Klang [Link]/letters or call
to install minority govern- paying for these mistakes. recall should succeed. number of patients in hospi- La Cañada Flintridge 1-800-LA TIMES, ext. 74511.

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OP-ED

How Big Tech can save

money and help the planet
By Richard Gokrun burned 7 million to 8 million barrels of proved it.
oil per day. Bill Gates has predicted that busi-
ast year, Microsoft an- In May 2020, research in the journal ness travel will decline by half after the

L nounced that it would be car-

bon-negative by 2030. “If we
don’t curb emissions, and
temperatures continue to
climb, science tells us that the results
Nature Climate Change found that the
pause to aviation accounted for 10% of
the decrease in global emissions during
COVID-19 lockdowns. Half of all avia-
tion emissions come from just 1% of the
pandemic. If that’s the baseline, then
what would a company truly commit-
ted to urgent climate action do?
With that question in mind, a coali-
tion of nongovernmental organiza-
Gabriella Demczuk Associated Press
BRETT M. KAVANAUGH at his confirmation hear-
ing in the Senate on Sept. 27, 2018.

will be catastrophic,” the company

said. Microsoft deserves credit for pub-
licly discussing the climate crisis, being
transparent about its own greenhouse
global population, and according to the
International Air Transport Assn.,
most of the frequent fliers are
businesspeople.
tions, activists and Microsoft custom-
ers launched [Link], call-
ing on Microsoft to take the lead and
announce that it will permanently lock
#MeToo hasn’t
gas emissions and at least having some
sort of plan to reduce them.
But the fact is, Microsoft is one of
the top 10 corporate buyers of commer-
Tech firms are some of
in all of its 2020 reduction in business
flights. Once Microsoft shows some
leadership on this issue, the campaign
will expand to other tech firms. On the
changed political
cial flights in the United States. In 2019,
its business travel alone accounted for
392,557 metric tons of greenhouse gas
emissions.
the largest buyers of
corporate air travel.
Before the pandemic,
road to net-zero emissions, any step
that advances that goal while saving a
company millions of dollars a year
should be considered low-hanging
culture yet
That’s far more than my entire fruit. JACKIE CALMES
country emits in a year. Tuvalu, a low- airlines burned 7 million Tech firms will very likely claim that
lying island nation in the South Pacific, they have been trying to reduce emis- his is the way such things are supposed to work.
is well known for its vulnerability to the
effects of climate change and sea level
rise. We contribute almost nothing to
global emissions, but their conse-
quences affect us even daily.
Microsoft’s high level of corporate
air travel is not a good look for a com-
to 8 million barrels of oil
per day.

The wealthiest pollute the most,

while those who emit the least — pre-
sions, but their actions are inadequate
to the climate crisis. Microsoft, for ex-
ample, is part of an initiative to pro-
mote sustainable fuels. But the airline
industry has consistently failed to meet
its own targets for scaling up such fuels,
which still account for less than 0.1% of
T In late February, New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo asked the state’s attorney general to
name an independent panel to investigate multi-
ple allegations of sexual harassment that had
been made against him. The lawyers went to work — for
more than five months.
They issued 70 subpoenas, reviewed 74,000 documents
pany that talks big on climate, sustain- dominantly people of color, the socially the sector’s use. and interviewed 179 people, including Cuomo, all of his
ability and racial justice, especially one vulnerable, and inhabitants of the Meanwhile, many Big Tech firms accusers and other individuals they believed could have
that has its own videoconferencing Global South, including the Pacific — buy “carbon credits” and maintain that relevant information. They created a tip line that received
platform. Surely an advanced tech firm bear the costs. Comparatively wealthy doing so erases or “offsets” their own 280 tips, and reviewed each one.
that claims to be “reimagining virtual fliers need to recognize their responsi- flight emissions. But this claim is losing On Aug. 3, Atty. Gen. Letitia James, a Democrat, made
collaboration for the future of work” bility to climate-vulnerable people, whatever scientific credibility it once public a 165-page report, which found that Cuomo had
should practice what it preaches, crank who want to maintain their homes and may have had. A recent investigation harassed 11 women, including a state trooper whose allega-
up Microsoft Teams and fly less. identities as citizens of their country, revealed that the most popular carbon- tion had been unknown.
But Microsoft is hardly an outlier rather than being forced to migrate offset scheme used by airlines is based A week later, on Tuesday, Cuomo announced his resigna-
among tech firms. Five of the 10 largest elsewhere. on a flawed system, in which so-called tion.
buyers of corporate air travel in the U.S. If concern for equality and climate phantom credits are sold based on the Contrast the Cuomo case with the last such “investiga-
are technology companies: Amazon, justice won’t cure Big Tech’s corporate protection of forest areas that were ne- tion” in Washington: the FBI’s examination of sexual as-
IBM, Google, Apple and Microsoft. flying addiction, maybe money will. ver at risk of being cut down. Under this sault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett M.
These digital giants, along with the big The profits of Amazon and other large kind of scheme, neither airlines nor Kavanaugh nearly three years ago.
consulting firms, are also among the technology firms soared during last their biggest corporate customers can President Trump asked the FBI to investigate because
top buyers of flights globally. year’s lockdowns, even when commer- really claim that their flights are “car- he had little choice. Republicans who controlled the Senate
Although one might expect these cial flights were reduced to zero for bon neutral.” stood to lose several votes, and with them Kavanaugh’s
big, growing companies’ large number many months. Microsoft and other big technology confirmation, if the party wasn’t seen to be taking the alle-
of employees to fly to many meetings, Chief financial officers and accoun- companies must commit to remain gations seriously.
there are plenty of even bigger employ- tants are, therefore, now wondering permanently at their 2020 flight levels. But Republicans gave the FBI one week and it finished in
ers that fly less. Companies that tout whether the expense of business flights This is possible and necessary — and it days. The White House first gave the agents a list of just four
technological innovation as the key to makes any sense. Employees can hold is also good business. individuals to interview, then six more, but did not include
tackling climate change should know more meetings in a day via videocon- Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, his chief accuser, or
enough to use video calls, rather than ference, and business fliers say the Richard Gokrun, a former dozens of other individuals seeking to provide information.
shuttle employees around the planet pause in air travel either had no impact meteorologist, is executive director of All the while, Trump lied to the media, saying that FBI
on airlines that before the pandemic on their productivity, or actually im- Tuvalu Climate Action Network. agents “have free rein.”
The bureau created a tip line that got more than 4,500
tips. It deemed an unknown number “relevant” and for-
warded them to the White House. They were never heard of
again.
The final FBI report to the Senate was nothing more
than a compilation of agents’ notes that drew no conclu-
sions. It never was made public, which allowed some Repub-
licans to falsely claim that the FBI had exonerated Ka-
vanaugh.
Days later, he was confirmed to a lifetime seat on the
Supreme Court. Among the Senate Republicans, only
Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski opposed Kavanaugh. The vote, 50
to 48, was the closest for a justice since 1881.
Unlike the Cuomo probe, the point of the Kavanaugh
investigation had never been to seek the facts. It was to
appear to do so, while giving the Republicans political cover.
A few weeks ago, an official at the Biden Justice Depart-
ment finally responded to a letter that Senate Democrats
first sent two years ago to the Trump administration with 18
questions about the FBI’s performance. The response of-
fered little in terms of information, except to confirm that
the FBI tip line essentially was nothing more than “a tip
dump,” as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island has
called it.
In the reply letter, a Justice Department official, Jill C.
Tyson, echoed the FBI’s long-standing explanation that the
Kavanaugh investigation was not a criminal investigation.
But even accepting a lower standard for a background
investigation, it was a farce, laughably limited both in time
and scope.
The FBI wouldn’t tell Ford’s lawyers who was leading its
investigation or even the simple fact that she would not be
interviewed, that she wasn’t on the White House-approved
list of interviewees. Debbie Ramirez, the Yale classmate who
also alleged that Kavanaugh assaulted her, was on the list —
but only so Senate Republicans could avoid giving her a
public hearing, which might sway public opinion. Even
Noah Berger Associated Press Trump had been moved to call Ford’s testimony at her
A FIREFIGHTER burned vegetation last month in Lassen National Forest while trying to stop the Dixie fire. Senate hearing “compelling” and “very credible.” He’s called
her a liar ever since.
The FBI ignored the two dozen potential witnesses

To turn back the Dixie fire, Ramirez and her lawyers had named. Among them were two
Yale classmates who hadn’t known Ramirez but tried to
interest the FBI in a story identical to hers just after Ka-
vanaugh’s nomination in July 2018 — more than two months
before Ramirez went public. Nor did the FBI or the Senate

raise pay for federal firefighters ever contact another Yale classmate, Max Stier, a respected
nonpartisan figure in Washington, who sought to privately
tell them that he’d seen Kavanaugh drunkenly assault an-
other classmate.
Why does it matter?
By Dianne Feinstein $66,336 entry-level salary Cal Fire pays. crease to $42,117, narrowing but not Exactly 30 years after the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas
It’s clear why federal agencies have eliminating the pay gap. hearing, the Senate and the executive branch still have not
ast year, wildfires burned a trouble attracting and retaining skilled The only way to permanently fix this settled on a fair, nonpartisan way to handle such allegations

L record 4.4 million acres in Cal-

ifornia. Thirty-three people
were killed and 10,000 struc-
tures were destroyed, includ-
ing 5,500 homes.
As bad as last year was, this year’s
severe drought conditions and early
firefighters.
Last August, at the height of a his-
toric fire year, the Forest Service’s Pa-
cific Southwest region had 600 unfilled
firefighting positions, far below its goal
of approximately 5,000 total firefight-
ers. This year there are about 730 un-
problem and close the pay gap is by cre-
ating a new federal job classification
and higher pay series, specifically for
federal wildland firefighters.
Earlier this year I partnered with
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on a bill to
begin this job reclassification process.
against presidential nominees or anyone else in public
office.
Since the #MeToo movement emerged, seemingly invul-
nerable figures in entertainment, business, media and
culture have been felled by accusations of sexual miscon-
duct. Yet in politics, it seems only Democrats — their party
indebted to female voters — need to fear a reckoning.
wildfire activity mean 2021 could be filled positions. Once that’s accomplished — and I be- Republicans have become a cult of Trump, a man cred-
even worse. Already we’ve seen the By contrast, Cal Fire hired nearly lieve it will be — the federal government ibly accused of sexual assault by nearly two dozen women,
Dixie fire scorch more than half a mil- 3,000 additional temporary firefighters should seek to hire more wildland fire- all of whom he calls liars. Not surprising that he is quick to
lion acres in Northern California, a last year to support more than 5,000 fighters as soon as possible. The Forest defend other Republicans similarly accused, from Ka-
huge fire for so early in the season. permanent firefighters and expects to Service’s current goal of hiring approxi- vanaugh to Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.
While California has made an effort hire even more this year. mately 5,000 firefighters in the Pacific No movement will end sexual predation in the work-
to hire more firefighters and provide President Biden recently took the Southwest region may be far fewer place, on campuses and elsewhere — as Cuomo, the hypo-
sufficient resources to fight fires on first step to address what he called “ri- than needed — but at least filling exist- critical #MeToo cheerleader, showed. Hill, in a memoir,
state land, the federal government has diculously low” salaries by raising the ing vacancies would be a good start. predicted there would be other accusers moved to call out
fallen behind. This is particularly dan- minimum firefighter wage to $15 per The federal government must live sexual misconduct and implored the Senate to devise a
gerous considering 58% of California’s hour and providing recruitment and re- up to its responsibility to protect the system to fairly handle accusations against political players.
forests are on federal land. tention bonuses to most of the work- land it manages. Major fires endanger It did not, of course, and 27 years after her ordeal, Ford and
The only long-term solution to re- force. lives, property, natural resources and Ramirez paid a similar price in lost privacy, threats and a
duce wildfires is to confront climate However, even that move left sala- wildlife, so we must do all that we can to sense of justice denied.
change head-on. Unless we take strong ries woefully out of sync with the job address the worsening scourge of wild- And that was a year after the #MeToo movement took
action, conditions that cause wildfires market and the cost of living. Moreover, fire. off. It’s past time for Washington to act.
will continue to worsen. low federal firefighter salaries fail to ac- It is vital for Congress and the Biden
However, there are near-term ac- count for the critical importance and administration to invest more re- @jackiekcalmes
tions we can take that would make a dangerous nature of the work. sources in dealing with the magnitude
real difference in confronting the wild- The infrastructure bill passed by of these increasingly deadly and devas-
fire risk. One of those actions is elimi- the Senate this week includes $600 mil- tating wildfires, and that needs to start
nating the extreme pay gap between lion to help address the pay gap. It with fair salaries for the firefighters FOR THE RECORD
federal and state wildland firefighters. would increase federal firefighter sala- who protect us.
The starting salary for many federal ries by 50%, up to a maximum increase Jean Guerrero column: A column on Aug. 12 incorrectly
U.S. Forest Service firefighters in Cali- of $20,000 per individual. An entry-level Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, is the stated that Lou Dobbs told CNN viewers about the "recon-
fornia is $28,078, barely 40% of the firefighter’s $28,078 salary would in- senior U.S. senator from California. quista" threat in April 2006. It was in March 2006.
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Wells run dry in a coastal haven

[Mendocino, from A1]
In this paradise where
the redwoods meet the sea,
mornings are still foggy and
damp. Summertime tem-
peratures dip into the 50s.
Trees are green.
But homes are losing wa-
ter. Businesses are closing
public restrooms and direct-
ing customers to portable
toilets in parking lots. Inn
owners beg tourists to not
take baths. Sheriff ’s depu-
ties check on water hydrants
amid reports of water theft.
“Fire, pandemic and now
drought — my term, it’s been
one emergency to the next,”
said Williams, who took of-
fice in 2019. “It highlights
what climate scientists have
been telling us for quite
some time about abrupt
changes being on the hori-
zon.”
Eric Hillesland, whose
Alegría Oceanfront Inn &
Cottages stand on a bluff
near where Big River spills
into the Pacific Ocean, ob-
sesses over floats that mea-
sure water levels in two big
tanks in front of his busi-
ness. Together, the tanks
hold around 4,000 gallons.
By the end of each week,
they are nearly empty.
Hillesland’s well is dry, so
he pays Jones, of the Mendo-
cino Water Company, to
come every Sunday.
“I look at those tanks a lot
because if it’s not going to
make it to Wayne Day, then
I’ve got to do something
more drastic. ... If we don’t
have water, we’ll shut off
rooms and not take as many Photographs by Jay L. Clendenin Los Angeles Times
guests,” he said. WAYNE JONES delivers 3,500 gallons of water to a hotel Tuesday in Mendocino, Calif. Eric Hillesland, who runs Alegría Oceanfront Inn
Gov. Gavin Newsom has & Cottages, pays Jones to refill his supply each Sunday. If reserves can’t make it to “Wayne Day,” Hillesland says, he may turn away guests.
declared a drought
emergency in 50 of Califor- do sponge baths for a few
nia’s 58 counties, which
make up about 42% of the
‘It’s kind of like days. Lopez, who has been
sold out every night lately,
state’s population. In April, the COVID toilet buys water from Jones twice
Mendocino and Sonoma a week.
counties became the first to paper hoarding. “If the water truck stops
get emergency declarations.
Ryan Rhoades, superin-
People are afraid; delivering ... there’s no clean
dishes, no clean pans.
tendent of the Mendocino they’re unsure of There’s no possibility of sur-
City Community Services viving,” he said. “We’d just
District, which manages the what the future have to close the restaurant,
town’s water, said he re-
ceives daily reports of homes
holds.’ put people on unemploy-
ment, and wait until it
with dry wells. “People are — Ryan Rhoades, rains.”
scared,” he said. superintendent of the Sandy Triplett has had
A typical water year, Mendocino City Community hourlong lines outside her
which begins Oct. 1, brings Services District Mendocino Market, where
around 40 inches of rain to she converted the front door
Mendocino. So far this year, into a takeout window. She
the town has received just Ed O’Brien, the retired couldn’t afford to close
18.42 inches, Rhoades said. chief of the Mendocino Vol- down, even when the pan-
Last year, the town got unteer Fire Department, demic brought out the worst
about 20 inches. said that when he moved to in customers — including a
In this town filled with town in 1970, it was still rely- death threat from a man en-
19th century wooden water ing upon its original sewer raged they ran out of vegan
towers that have been con- system — which included meatballs.
verted to gift shops, inns and redwood pipes wrapped in Triplett has a good well
homes, Rhoades is trying to A POOL at the Seabird Lodge in Fort Bragg, Calif. The city has declared a Stage 3 metal, buried about a foot but worries about going over
figure out how to get enough water emergency, which discourages the use of hot tubs at hotels and motels. underground — that poured her allotment.
water to last through winter, waste right onto the beach. “I can’t afford to go over,”
when rain usually comes. A new sewer system built she said. “But I need to make
There was a proposal to in the mid-1970s allowed for sure that my dishes are
haul water for coastal towns major commercial expan- clean and my floors are
from Willits, 35 miles east, on sion. Many old homes were mopped because I’m a
the Skunk Train, which has turned into inns, without frickin’ restaurant.”
been chugging through the much questioning of Water haulers in Mendo-
redwoods since the 1880s. whether they had enough cino have long bought water
But Willits needs its own wa- water to do so, said O’Brien, from Fort Bragg, which has a
ter, and officials there nixed a former member of the municipal system. But on
the idea, Rhoades said. Mendocino City Community July 18, with little warning,
“It’s kind of like the Services District board. the city shut off the tap be-
COVID toilet paper hoard- In the 1990s, there was a cause of its own drought
ing,” he said. “People are movement to build a munici- emergency.
afraid; they’re unsure of pal water system. People Flows in the Noyo River,
what the future holds. Any- who had good wells and the city’s main summer wa-
body who has a little bit in re- those who didn’t want more ter source, hit record lows
serves is not really willing to development opposed it. this year, just as outside wa-
give it up.” O’Brien owns the Com- ter sales hit an all-time high,
Bringing water by barge pass Rose leather shop four times what they were
was discussed. But there downtown. The concrete last summer, said Fort
was nowhere to offload it building, which he has occu- Bragg City Manager
along the cliffs of Mendocino pied since 1983, was built two Tabatha Miller.
Bay, and the vessels were too decades earlier as a laundro- In addition, she said,
big for the harbor in nearby mat. The 1977 drought there has been more salt-
Fort Bragg. forced its closure, O’Brien water intrusion in the low
Mendocino officials are said. river because of king tides,
even trying to persuade the “The guy who owned it which will become more fre-
California Department of PADDLEBOARDERS drift along the Noyo River this week in Fort Bragg. The bought himself a little crum- quent as the sea level rises.
Forestry and Fire Protection water shortage is a surprise to many visitors, who are urged to limit their use. bly old water truck and went The city just bought desali-
to do training exercises with and got water from Big nation equipment, expected
water-dropping aircraft, River. It didn’t have to be to be installed next month,
scooping water from ponds drinkable,” he said. “And he so it can keep using water
or lakes and bringing it to realized after doing it for a from the Noyo during high
Fort Bragg. month or two that he was tides.
The most likely, albeit ex- losing money every time he On a recent Sunday —
pensive, fix for now is truck- dropped water off. It wasn’t Wayne Day at the Alegría
ing water from Ukiah — a 90- as much as the quarters Inn — Hillesland nervously
minute drive along hairpin were paying.” checked his tanks. They
turns in the forest. When O’Brien spots his were down to about 150 gal-
Many are currently rely- friend Jones delivering wa- lons in each, and it was a big
ing almost entirely on small ter now, he teases him about checkout day, which meant
private haulers like Jones, if how popular he must be. lots of showers and laundry.
they can afford deliveries. “I saw him one time on At 9:38 a.m., Jones’ truck
“Wayne is — he’s the Christmas Eve delivering,” rolled up with its 3,500-gal-
man,” Rhoades said, un- he said, marveling. “He just lon load. Jones flashed
equivocally. He added with a couldn’t say no to people Hillesland a thumbs up,
laugh that Jones is a little when they called.” rolled out a blue hose, and
elusive, especially with na- The water shortage is co- got to work.
tional media crawling all inciding with a booming When he could get water
over town reporting on the summer tourism season from Fort Bragg, a 15-minute
drought, and “will respond welcomed by businesses af- drive north, Jones was deliv-
on occasion” to text mes- ter a year of pandemic re- ering 14 loads a day. Now, he
sages. strictions. has to go as far as Irish
As Rhoades spoke out- “It’s stressful beyond be- Beach, a 45-minute drive
side his office, Massimo Mel- lief,” said Hank McCusker, south, and can get only four
ani, the owner and chef at who owns Sweetwater Inn & loads a day. He figures he’ll
Luna Trattoria, pulled up, Spa, which has rooms in re- have to drive farther as the
frantic. furbished water towers and drought gets worse.
“I received a warning be- DRIVERS wash their vehicles Tuesday in Fort Bragg. One business owner says a spa full of redwood hot “I went five months with-
cause they said —” the water shortage, combined with the pandemic, is “stressful beyond belief.” tubs. out taking a day off,” he said
“— overextraction,” Still, McCusker said, of his last year. “It got to
Rhoades cut in. “Since May, I’ve been was measuring purchased The old water infrastruc- “we’re packed.” He’s asking Christmas, and I said, ‘I’m
A water meter had shown buying water,” he explained. water added to the tank, not ture in Mendocino, which guests to not fill the jacuzzi taking it off.’ ”
that the restaurant had “I’ve not been extracting wa- groundwater. That was an has about 855 full-time resi- baths in their rooms and cut It took 14 minutes to fill
used more than its allotted ter from the ground because easy fix. Good news for Mela- dents, was never built to spa capacity to 75%. Hillesland’s tanks and save
amount of groundwater. there is no water. I can show ni. Bad news for Rhoades, keep up with tourism, the At Café Beaujolais, the inn for another week.
Melani, at risk of being fined, you my invoices!” because that was yet anoth- town’s main industry, which owner Julian Lopez said a Then Jones dashed away.
was perplexed. His well is It was an issue with the er dry well he’d been un- brings about 2,000 visitors a few employees have run out “I’ll rest,” he said, “when
dry. meter, then, Rhoades said. It aware of. day. of water at home and had to the water runs out.”
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CORONAVIRUS IN CALIFORNIA

S.F. will Much

require worse
vaccine
proof for for one
indoors group
By Maura Dolan Coronavirus case rate
among unvaccinated
SAN FRANCISCO —
San Francisco will soon re-
Californians rises to
quire patrons to show proof six times that of
of complete vaccination
against COVID-19 to enter
vaccinated residents.
gyms, restaurants, bars and
other indoor venues, a step By Luke Money
that puts the city at the fore- and Rong-Gong Lin II
front of municipal efforts to
try to end the pandemic. The chasm in corona-
Other cities have an- virus case rates between un-
nounced requirements to vaccinated and vaccinated
limit indoor activities to peo- Californians is continuing to
ple who have at least one widen, state data show, as
dose of the vaccine or nega- some officials move more ag-
tive test results. San Fran- Al Seib Los Angeles Times gressively to require the
cisco will require full vacci- IVAN PLANCARTE opens his newly assigned locker at Lincoln High School in Los Angeles after seniors shots as a precondition of
nation, and negative tests were allowed on campus to get ready for a new school year. L.A. Unified will fully reopen starting Monday. both work and play.
will not suffice. For the week that ended
“San Francisco is really on Saturday, the average

Delta decision: Back to caution or not?

leading the way in public case rate among uninocu-
health interventions to keep lated residents was 51 per
people safe from COVID,” 100,000 people per day.
Dr. John Swartzberg, a UC That’s more than six times
Berkeley infectious disease surges, Savas is still going to to indoor restaurants and some semblance of normal- the rate for those already
expert, said after the city Variant’s surge leads the gym — the Peloton bike bars. ity. vaccinated against COVID-
made its announcement at home doesn’t quite cut it. “If we did contract the Now, some are exercising 19 — 8.2 per 100,000 people
Thursday. some Angelenos to He is also planning to fly virus, the whole point of get- a familiar caution, reverting per day — according to fig-
Swartzberg predicted reassess their habits. to Greece soon with his wife, ting vaccinated is it’s not go- to habits they formed earlier ures from the California De-
that more cities and coun- Amy. ing to kill us,” said Savas, 64, in the pandemic. partment of Public Health.
ties will establish vaccine re- He believes the vaccine who owns a digital commu- Others, vaccinated and While both those num-
[See San Francisco, B4] By Robin Estrin protects him against serious nications company. “But fatigued by social isolation bers increased from the
illness and death from right now, we’re under the and restrictions, are reluc- week before, the slope was
After getting his second COVID-19. He just doesn’t added pressure that we tant to put their lives back far steeper for those who
dose of the Pfizer vaccine in want to get a so-called don’t want anything to kill on hold, packing airports, have yet to get their doses.
April, Jim Savas resumed breakthrough infection and our trip.” indoor bars and music ven- For the week of July 31,

Re-finding working out at his Santa

Monica gym.
Now, as the Delta variant
jeopardize his overseas va-
cation.
So he has stopped going
Delta arrived in South-
ern California just as life ap-
peared to be returning to
ues.
And for some, including
[See Delta, B2]
the average unvaccinated
case rate was 33 per 100,000
[See Cases, B5]
home on a
search for CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

hot chicken Lightning and wind

FRANK SHYONG

Growing up in
a bad combination as
Nashville, I
spent most of
my time trying
giant Dixie fire rages
very hard to Winds of that ferocity not
leave. By Lila Seidman only can drive the fire’s for-
None of my ward march but also can
teachers would Thunderstorms converg- hurl embers over contain-
have called me ing Thursday over the burn ment lines and spark new
studious, but I crammed zone of the Dixie fire added fires. Lightning strikes in
furiously for the SATs be- another dangerous element historically dry vegetation
cause I knew college was my of instability into already can similarly ignite new
ticket out. When the time treacherous conditions and flames.
came, I applied primarily to fueled further growth of the With the region engulfed
universities on the coasts: massive fire, officials said. in a drought, “everything is
UCLA, NYU and Tulane. I Wind gusts of 35 to 45 ready to burn,” said Dion-
didn’t care where exactly — mph Thursday evening pro- dray Wiley, a fire behavior
I just wanted to be as far pelled the fire across con- analyst for the Dixie fire.
away from Tennessee as I tainment lines in some areas After igniting a month
could. and grounded water-drop- ago, the Dixie fire has now Maxar Technologies

Someone has probably ping helicopters. There were seared 510,227 acres. It is the A SATELLITE image shows the Dixie fire in Northern California. The blaze has
[See Shyong, B4] reports of spotty lightning. [See Dixie, B3] closed roads and spurred evacuation orders and warnings across several counties.

SPORTS ON THE BACK: Dodgers running out of time to catch Giants in division. B10
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Angelenos reassess risks as Delta surges

[Delta, from B1] mer and Kevin McCormick
essential workers on the played a game of Jenga.
front lines, the pandemic They said they would
never felt like it was in the continue masking and fol-
rearview mirror. lowing public health guid-
Amid shifting guidance ance but didn’t feel the need
from public health officials, to adopt additional precau-
risk assessments are ex- tions because of Delta.
tremely personal. How im- They aren’t big on bars
portant is it to use the spe- anyway and feel comfortable
cialized equipment at an in- eating indoors at restau-
door gym, get on a plane to rants.
see an older relative or meet Farmer, 27, who works at
up for a first date with some- Whole Foods, got his second
one of unknown vaccination vaccine dose last week. His
status? brother recently had to be
At TriFit gym, where intubated after contracting
Savas spent a recent after- COVID-19. Fear of Delta and
noon jogging outdoors on an encouragement from his
elliptical machine, dozens brother moved him to get
have canceled their mem- vaccinated.
berships in the last few “We try our very best to
weeks, citing concerns over distance ourselves from peo-
Delta, said co-owner Gina ple,” he said.
Baski. McCormick said he
About 70% had canceled thinks the media is
earlier in the pandemic, opt- overblowing the dangers of
ing to work out at home or in COVID-19.
gyms more lax about mask- “Having us mask up and
ing requirements. avoid people who are unvac-
Like many small-busi- cinated is sort of like saying,
ness owners, Baski feels bat- well, ‘Drunk drivers can
tered by the latest reversal. drive, and we’ll stay home,’ ”
“It’s like post-traumatic McCormick said. “It doesn’t
stress disorder,” she said, make any sense.”
standing beneath the white, In densely populated,
wedding-sized canopy she working-class neighbor-
paid $30,000 to install over hoods such as Lincoln
an outdoor gym that was Heights, the pandemic has
nearly empty. “We thought Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times struck harder than in
we were on the other side of PEOPLE attend an outdoor exercise class at TriFit in Santa Monica last week. Dozens at the fitness center wealthier, whiter areas.
it.” have canceled their memberships recently, citing concerns over the Delta variant, co-owner Gina Baski said. The COVID-19 case rate
Spurred by the highly in Lincoln Heights, where
contagious Delta variant, said. almost all residents are Lat-
case rates and deaths are “It might get better, but it ino or Asian, is nearly three
rising in Los Angeles County might not. I was mentally times that of Santa Monica.
and the nation. Indoor prepared for it, and now I’m “How rosy the world
masking in public spaces is kind of accepting it.” looked several months ago
back, and companies are de- Some people with family depended on perspective,”
laying returns to the office. members who are elderly, said Vickie M. Mays, a pro-
In L.A. County, unvacci- immunocompromised or fessor of health policy and
nated people are 19 times too young to get vaccinated management at the UCLA
more likely to be hospital- are curbing their behavior. Fielding School of Public
ized with COVID-19 than Travon Rasberry bought Health. “I don’t know that
those who are fully vacci- tickets to a music festival in the opening up necessarily
nated, Public Health Direc- Chicago after receiving his held for everybody the same
tor Barbara Ferrer said last first dose of the vaccine in experience.”
week. February. Natalie Dinh, 18, works
But breakthrough infec- It had been a year since three days a week at Titop
tions, even mild ones, can his last vacation. But con- Nails in Lincoln Heights,
cause lingering health prob- cerns about the Delta var- where her mother is a nail
lems, and fully vaccinated iant pushed the hotel man- technician. The business,
people can spread the Delta ager to cancel his upcoming owned by family friends, was
variant to others. flight. shut during the height of the
Dr. Robert Wachter, chair “Risking getting Delta pandemic.
of the Department of Medi- isn’t worth it,” Rasberry, 36, Now, Dinh said, custom-
cine at UC San Francisco, is wrote in an email, adding ers are back, even with Delta
back to double masking in- that his mother can’t take on the scene. These days,
doors. the vaccine for medical rea- Dinh worries far more about
He has given up indoor sons and that his three her family’s finances than
dining and poker nights with nieces are too young. about the coronavirus.
vaccinated friends. He will Plenty of other Ameri- “Even though we’re not
still get on a plane, protected Al Seib Los Angeles Times cans are still getting on air- comfortable with this pan-
by an N95 mask, but only for JETHRO REYES , visiting from Chicago, waits at LAX last week. “Knowing what planes. demic, or we’re scared, we
necessary travel. I know now ... I probably would have second-guessed it,” he later said of his trip. Jethro Reyes, 27, was still have to get out there and
If case rates fall, he will standing outside Los Ange- make money,” she said.
ratchet down the precau- les International Airport A homebody, Dinh has
tions, particularly if he gets a
booster shot, he said.
‘It feels like a marathon. You just want to last week after his flight and
hundreds of others were
been cautious around others
since the beginning.
“It’s unsettling and con-
fusing and disappointing,” take a break and for it to be over, and you canceled. He had flown from
Chicago to L.A. for a friend’s
She rarely eats out at
restaurants and always
said Wachter, 63. “Two wedding. wears a mask. She is vacci-
months ago, most of us
thought we would be in a
can’t see the finish line.’ “I just came here to have
fun,” he said. “We’re still fol-
nated, as are her parents.
“It doesn’t really concern
better place now, and had it — N ATALIE M URPHY, lowing the guidelines of so- me,” Dinh said of the Delta
not been for Delta, we would psychiatry fellow at UCLA cial distancing and wearing variant.
be.” a mask.” “We’re going through an-
Earlier this summer, at quired. atry fellow at UCLA, moved “It feels like a marathon,” Later, back in Chicago, other pandemic. Been there,
Providence Saint John’s “It’s kind of scary again,” from Canada to L.A. with her said Murphy, 29, who was Reyes said he was beginning done that.”
Health Center in Santa said Jeffers, a technician partner in June, excited to vaccinated in February. to regret the trip.
Monica, Barrett Jeffers and who transports discharged live in a place where vaccines “You just want to take a The registered nurse has
his colleagues had been and deceased patients, re- were abundant and spirits break and for it to be over, been wearing a mask at
allowed to take off their face calling the winter surge. “It’s were high. and you can’t see the finish home, where he lives with his
shields, while maintaining almost like you’re reliving She had planned to join a line.” parents and brother.
masking and other precau- it.” gym and attend concerts. Murphy’s background in “Knowing what I know Lottery results
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Southland faces calls to reduce water use

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winners of prize(s)
5 + Mega 0 —
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drought conditions are,” minutes at each watering som called on all Califor- said. 3 + Mega 406 $55
MWD considers MWD spokeswoman Re- station. nians to voluntarily reduce Metropolitan last issued 3 11,341 $9
becca Kimitch said. Residents will also see a water usage by 15%, and 50 of a water supply alert in 2014, 2 + Mega 5,961 $9
issuing an alert, and The agency provides wa- drought charge of 30 cents the state’s 58 counties are before moving into an even 1 + Mega 29,033 $1
Glendale slaps a limit ter to 19 million people per hundred cubic feet, or now under a state of drought more restrictive phase in Mega only 42,115 $1
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For Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021
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CITY & STATE

1 count Storms could boost Dixie fire danger

against [Dixie, from B1]
second-largest wildfire in

ex-film California history and the

15th most destructive, burn-
ing more than 550 homes.
It has scorched parts of

mogul is Plumas, Lassen, Butte and

Tehama counties, north of
Sacramento, and was 30%
contained as of Thursday.

dropped Pacific Gas & Electric

has said its equipment may
have sparked the Dixie fire,
which broke out July 13 near
the utility’s power station in
Feather River Canyon, as
By James Queally well as another blaze that
later merged with the Dixie
A Los Angeles County fire.
Superior Court judge dis- The blaze grew overnight
missed a count of sexual bat- by about 10,000 acres, pri-
tery against Harvey Wein- marily in the Diamond
stein on Thursday morning, Mountain area on the east-
agreeing with a defense mo- ern side, said Capt. Daniel
tion that the statute of limi- Bertucelli, a public informa-
tations had expired. tion officer for the Dixie fire.
Defense attorneys for The fire has spurred mul-
Weinstein, who was indicted tiple evacuation orders and
on 11 counts of rape and forc- warnings across several
ible oral copulation in April, counties.
filed court papers last Many roads are closed, as
month claiming that three of well as nearby national
the charges alleging sexual forests.
battery and rape were be- Roughly 32% of the
yond the statute of limita- Plumas County population
tions. Judge Lisa Lench dis- was under evacuation or- Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times
regarded their arguments ders or warnings Wednes- SEEN THROUGH the window of a charred vehicle, inspector Amanda Peri of Cal Fire Shasta Trinity Unit
relating to two assaults that day, according to the county searches the debris of Greenville homes burned by the Dixie fire to determine what the roofs were made of.
allegedly took place between Sheriff ’s Office. Directives
2004 and 2005 but granted are frequently changing, fire, in Trinity and Shasta blaze could spread rapidly
their motion to dismiss a
2010 allegation of sexual bat-
tery.
and up-to-date information
can be found at the Plumas
County Sheriff ’s Office Face-
‘If we do bust through this counties, a pair of wildfires
sparked by lightning in late
July when thunderstorms
amid parched conditions, of-
ficials said.
Evacuation warnings re-
Although prosecutors
initially filed the charge
book page.
Evacuation orders for the
smoke, we are going to see passed through the area
have seared roughly 100,000
main in place for the com-
munities of Wildwood; Post
within the statute of limita- Lassen County communi-
tions, which is 10 years, Wein-
stein’s defense team argued
ties of Westwood, Clear
Creek and Pine Town re-
some plumes. No doubt in acres between them.
The Monument fire had
ballooned to 67,190 acres by
Mountain, near the junction
of State Routes 36 and 3;
Trinity Pines; and Platina.
the April 2021 indictment
was beyond that deadline.
main in place. More details
can be found at the Lassen
my mind; the atmosphere is Thursday and was only 3%
contained. The blaze has
For more details, check the
U.S. Forest Service’s latest
Lench had initially given County Sheriff ’s Office Face- consumed at least 31 build- incident report.
prosecutors permission to
amend their complaint, be-
book page.
Firefighters are worried
ripe for it.’ ings, according to local me-
dia reports, and firefighters
Last week, a former col-
lege instructor linked to a
fore spiking the sexual bat- the blaze could spread far- — J OSEPH G OUDSWARD, are actively defending sev- rash of arson fires was
tery charge Thursday morn- ther and faster when storms meteorologist eral communities. charged with igniting a blaze
ing. roll into the area. Evacuation orders are in on federal forest land, not far
“We are pleased that the Thunderstorms could to 40 mph. fire. place for the communities of from the Dixie fire.
judge agreed that one of the continue through Thursday Temperatures will re- “If we do bust through Junction City, Red Hill, Can- Gary Stephen Maynard,
charges alleged was barred evening, said Joseph main high — around 90 de- this smoke, we are going yon Creek, Coopers Bar, Big 47, was charged with willfully
by the [statute] of limita- Goudsward, an incident me- grees — and humidity low to see some plumes,” Bar, Del Loma, Big Flat, starting the Ranch fire,
tions. It remains dismissed teorologist for the Dixie fire. during the day. Goudsward said Thursday. Helena, Cedar Flat and which started Saturday in
and it never should have The area over Lake Al- “We’re warm. We’re dry. “No doubt in my mind; the Burnt Ranch. Lassen National Forest and
been brought in the first manor and to the north, We’re unstable,” Goudsward atmosphere is ripe for it.” A portion of Highway 299 burned about an acre, ac-
place,” Weinstein’s spokes- toward Lassen National For- said. The storms were ex- is closed. More detailed cording to documents filed
man, Juda Engelmayer, said est, is the “sweet spot” for Smoke has hung heavy pected to die down some- evacuation information can in federal court this week.
in an email. “We consider the storms to develop, over the fire, moderating time late Thursday, and be found on the Trinity Maynard is also sus-
this a partial victory, but Goudsward said during a temperatures and fire be- could return Friday. County Sheriff ’s Office Face- pected in at least six other
know there is quite the road briefing Thursday morning. havior in recent days. But a Meanwhile, drought con- book page. fires that ignited in the
ahead.” He said outflow winds would slight clearing can send air ditions are fueling other de- About 20 miles to the Lassen and Shasta-Trinity
The count dismissed plague the entire fire area, hurtling upward, said Blad- structive fires throughout south, the McFarland fire National Forests in the last
Thursday was initially and depending on topo- en Breitreiter, another inci- the state. has swelled to 37,779 acres. month, court documents
brought in October 2020, graphy, winds could reach 30 dent meteorologist for the To the west of the Dixie Though 51% contained, the show.
part of an amended criminal
complaint after former Dist.
Atty. Jackie Lacey filed four

Army veteran convicted in terrorist plot

counts of rape, forcible oral
copulation and other as-
sault charges against the
mogul in January 2020. Ear-
lier this year, several law en-
forcement sources told The geting Jews, churches and said Domingo wanted to use saw Domingo’s extremist “hundreds and maybe thou-
Times that prosecutors By Richard Winton police officers” before he de- components that “would comments online, an in- sands of U.S. citizens in-
sought a grand jury indict- cided “to detonate an IED” make the bombs even more formant made contact with jured.”
ment of Weinstein in order to A U.S. Army veteran who at a rally scheduled to take deadly to the victims he tar- him. During a drive on According to the affi-
bypass the need for a prelim- wanted revenge for attacks place in Long Beach in 2019. geted.” March 18, Domingo pointed davit, on April 19, the Army
inary hearing and pre-empt on Muslims around the As part of the plot, Do- Prosecutors said Domin- out possible targets, includ- veteran’s talk escalated, and
potential speedy trial issues globe and was alleged to mingo asked his confederate go sought retribution for the ing “police cars, churches he arrived at a meeting with
in the Los Angeles case. have planned to detonate a — who was cooperating with March 15, 2019, attacks on and a National Guard Ar- the informant wearing cam-
Weinstein still faces 10 bomb at a Long Beach rally the FBI as part of the inves- New Zealand mosques and mory,” to the person he be- ouflage pants and holding a
other counts of rape and sex- was convicted this week of tigation — to find a bomb was willing to die a martyr. lieved to be his co-conspira- backpack with an AK-47-
ual assault involving attacks the attempted mass casu- maker, and Domingo then “There must be retribu- tor, FBI Special Agent style rifle. He said he was
on five women in L.A. and alty attack. purchased several hundred tion,” he said in an online Tasha Coolidge said. prepared to commit jihad.
Beverly Hills. Mark Steven Domingo, nails to be used as shrapnel post. The veteran said he After discussing carrying
“Mr. Weinstein faces very 28, of Reseda was found inside the explosive device, In a series of posts, Do- didn’t plan on getting away: out a drive-by shooting us-
serious charges. Ten of the 11 guilty Wednesday by a fed- according to officials. mingo also said he hoped an- “Martyrdom, bro.” ing the assault rifle, officials
counts stand. We are taking eral jury of providing materi- Federal prosecutors said other event similar to the Domingo talked about said, Domingo ended up
appropriate steps so that al support to terrorism and he referenced the 2013 Bos- 2017 slaughter at the Route using guns for an attack, ac- planning to target rallies.
justice prevails in this case,” attempting to use a weapon ton Marathon bombing 91 Harvest festival in Las cording to officials, but the When the informant told
said Alex Bastian, a special of mass destruction. He while asking the FBI inform- Vegas might “kick off civil confidential informant sug- Domingo the Long Beach
advisor to L.A. County Dist. faces a potential life sen- ant to help him get access to unrest” in the U.S. gested he knew someone rally would happen, he pro-
Atty. George Gascón. tence in federal prison at his similar pressure-cooker “It’s not about winning who could make explosives. ceeded with a plan to plant
Mark Werksman, Wein- Nov. 1 sentencing. He has bombs that he hoped would the civil war; it’s about weak- “That is even better,” Do- bombs there, authorities
stein’s lead defense counsel been in federal custody since kill and maim dozens. ening America and giving mingo said, according to said.
in Los Angeles, said prose- his arrest in April 2019. “Domingo said he specif- them a taste of the terror court records. On April 26, Domingo re-
cutors could try to revive the Domingo was arrested ically bought 3-inch nails be- they gladly spread all over Court records went on to ceived what he thought were
count by initiating another after he took delivery of what cause they would be long the world,” he wrote. detail an April 3 meeting, two live bombs but were ac-
grand jury proceeding, but he thought was an impro- enough to penetrate the hu- The rally that Domingo during which Domingo pro- tually inert explosive devic-
he believes that attempt vised explosive device from man body and puncture in- targeted was planned by the posed killing police officers es delivered by an under-
would fail. an undercover law enforce- ternal organs,” an agent United Patriots National and military service person- cover law enforcement offi-
“It’s effectively dead,” ment officer posing as a swore under oath in seeking Front — which local activists nel in Los Angeles. Accord- cer. He was arrested that
Werksman said. bomb maker, officials said. his arrest. have described as affiliated ing to the complaint, he said day holding a bomb.
Weinstein has pleaded According to the evi- John Demers, the then- with white nationalism — he wanted to carry out a
not guilty to all charges in dence presented in his case, assistant attorney general and was set to take place in large-scale attack, possibly Times staff writer James
Los Angeles and is expected Domingo considered “vari- for the Justice Department’s Bluff Park. involving an explosion on a Queally contributed to this
to stand trial by November. ous attacks — including tar- national security division, After federal authorities freeway that would leave report.

Former San Diego TV exec to plead guilty in admissions scandal

of community service. How- administrative officials and recruit, even though she was a phone call with Singer say- to her medical needs.
By Kristina Davis ever, a judge will ultimately athletic coaches at presti- a field hockey player, the ing they were concerned the “Although the Court is
determine the sentence and gious universities around complaint states. The effort teen might find out, the com- sympathetic to defendant’s
A former La Jolla televi- could depart from the joint the country and paid them cost $275,000. plaint states. medical condition, any risk
sion executive whose prose- recommendation. to ensure admission for the Again in 2017, Kimmel The plea comes about to Kimmel’s health posed by
cution in the sweeping col- Kimmel, who once owned children of certain wealthy asked Singer to get her son two months after a judge de- trial is speculative,” he
lege admissions bribery KFMB stations as part of clients, prosecutors said. into USC, the complaint nied Kimmel’s motion to dis- wrote.
scandal was barreling her family-owned Midwest The FBI investigation, states. The teen was re- miss the charges against her. Kimmel will be the 32nd
toward trial has agreed to Television Inc., now lives in dubbed “Operation Varsity cruited as “one of the top Kimmel had argued in parent to plead guilty in the
plead guilty, according to a Las Vegas. She is accused of Blues,” sparked outrage and pole vaulters in the state of May that the paramilitary- case, including two others
letter filed in Boston federal paying $475,000 in bribes to led to calls for admissions re- California,” according to his style arrest at her La Jolla from San Diego County, as
court Thursday. get her two children into form, particularly at upper- application, despite no home in March 2019 had trig- well as actor Lori Laughlin,
Elisabeth Kimmel, 57, has Georgetown University and crust schools. record of participating in the gered a life-threatening car- her fashion designer hus-
agreed to plead guilty to one USC through a “side door” According to the com- sport in high school. That diac injury that landed her in band, J. Mossimo Giannulli,
count of conspiracy to com- as athletic recruits for plaint, Kimmel funneled the cost $250,000, including a the hospital. That condition and actor Felicity Huffman.
mit mail and wire fraud via sports they didn’t play, ac- bribes through her family’s $50,000 check allegedly put her “at mortal risk” if she Several others, including
videoconference at a hear- cording to the charging charitable foundation to signed by Kimmel’s hus- testified in her own defense coaches and college officials,
ing set for Monday. document. Singer’s foundation and band. at trial, which had been set have also been charged.
According to the deal, The mastermind of the USC’s Women’s Athletics At one point, the son for September, the motion Ernst, the Georgetown
prosecutors and Kimmel’s scheme is William “Rick” Board. voiced confusion after being said. coach, has pleaded not
defense have agreed to rec- Singer, who operated a for- In 2012, she worked with asked at school about being In late June, a judge de- guilty and is set to stand trial
ommend a sentence of six profit college counseling and Singer and Georgetown’s a track athlete. Kimmel and nied the motion, saying the in November.
weeks in prison and a year of preparation business in tennis coach, Gordon Ernst, her husband — the latter of FBI’s arrest seemed to fol-
home confinement, plus a Newport Beach. Singer had to get her daughter into the whom was not charged in low standard protocol and Davis writes for the San
$250,000 fine and 500 hours curated relationships with elite school as a tennis the case — were recorded on that agents were responsive Diego Union-Tribune.
B4 FR I DAY , AU G U S T 13 , 2 0 21 S L AT I M E S . C O M

Looking for hot chicken, finding home S.F. will

[Shyong, from B1]
written a country song
standing Nashville’s rise.
From Steve’s book, I
I felt overwhelmed with
deja vu. If you look at a
require
vaccine
about this. I could cite it for learned that the statue I Google Maps image of
you if I hadn’t felt so alien- had driven by nearly every Nolensville Pike, the only
ated by that culture: maybe day on I-65 was not just way I’d be able to tell it
something about a ramblin’ some dusty Civil War figure, wasn’t Los Angeles is be-

proof
man and a one-way ticket but in fact depicted Nathan cause east of the Missis-
on a westbound plane with a Bedford Forrest, the found- sippi, the Carl’s Jr.’s are
one-horse town in my er of the Ku Klux Klan. Also called Hardee’s.
rearview mirror. that floods and tornadoes That night, I tried Hattie

for
So it was with some have accelerated Nashville’s B’s hot chicken sandwich,
chagrin that, in 2010, four gentrification through the and found that I preferred
years after achieving escape process of disaster capi- the version at Howlin’ Ray’s.
velocity and settling in Los talism. The reasons I left Nashville

indoor
Angeles, I read in the New And I learned that much began to feel very trivial.
York Times that Nashville of Nashville found out about If you go to enough
was one of “39 places to visit hot chicken around the places and you look hard
before you die.” Mark Humphrey Associated Press same time as I did. Until enough, eventually you

venues
Seemingly as soon as I NASHVILLE , seen in 2014, is columnist Frank Shy- about 2012, there were only realize that everything is
left, Nashville had become ong’s hometown and an epicenter for hot chicken. two restaurants, patronized everywhere, for better or for
the place to be. My home- primarily by Black Nashvil- worse.
town had a new, hip moni- other day a friend even to see it with new eyes. The lians, that served hot Everything is everywhere
ker: “Itville.” My friends asked me for my hot chicken greater metropolitan area chicken. because educated young
would visit and come back recipe. has grown by half a million, We talked about skyrock- people in hip neighbor- [San Francisco, from B1]
with fantastic stories of a It was around that time with dramatic increases in eting home prices and how hoods want the same things quirements once the Food
wondrous land where every- that I decided I needed to go Black, Latino and foreign- we tend to have a blind spot and signal the same prefer- and Drug Administration
one grows up eating hot back to Nashville and get to born populations. A tidal for the places we grow up. It ences to the same algo- formally approves the Pfizer
chicken and life is one long know this new, hip place wave of investment has turned out that Steve had rithms. Because developers vaccine in the next few
bachelorette party. that I had grown up in with poured into the city, gentri- left the suburbs of Chicago take that data and respond weeks.
These friends would no knowledge of. So last fying multiple neighbor- for Nashville for many of the with a repetitive pastiche of “Right now we are seeing
invariably ask me for recom- week, I flew back to Nash- hoods and attracting mi- same reasons I left Nashville midcentury modern furni- a crack in the dike, but I
mendations and my re- ville to try to see my erst- grants from across the for L.A. ture, reclaimed barn wood think the dike is going to
sponses were always disap- while hometown with new country and world. The next day, I went on a and industrial chic decor. completely open after FDA
pointing. The touchstones eyes. I began my journey in strip mall crawl of Everything is everywhere approval,” he said.
of a wasted childhood in the It’s been 15 years since I East Nashville, where many Nolensville Pike, a road because immigrants try to San Francisco Mayor
suburbs don’t make for lived in Nashville, most of have placed the origins of where Nashville’s many re-create our homes no London Breed, who an-
great vacation fun. Perhaps which I’ve spent falling in Nashville’s hipness renais- immigrant communities matter where we settle. We nounced the new require-
a cherry limeade at Sonic? love with Los Angeles and sance. make their homes. all need venues to get mar- ment at a news conference,
Captain D’s hush puppies? making this city into my East Nashville reminded I ate a fantastic tlayuda ried in, tastes of home, said the city’s business com-
The Cool Springs Mall? home. me of any gentrifying neigh- at Frida’s, a Oaxacan shop grocery stores and places to munity has been supportive.
How about one of the five or I wear a Yasiel Puig borhood in a large city. Here, in the back of a paletería buy quinceañera dresses, “We know that for our city
six Chinese restaurants my jersey most weekends. I get a bar with an ironic Patrick neighboring a Kurdish jasmine rice and khacha- to bounce back from the
parents ate at on a rotation? homesick for burritos when Swayze mural. There, a dive banquet hall, and found puri. pandemic and thrive, we
And so I felt a little con- I go abroad. I’ve become a bar that serves an unex- myself wondering how they Everything is everywhere need to use the best method
sternation when I saw that semi-regular at a few dim pectedly good burger. Ev- sourced the stringy Oaxa- because every city falls in we have to fight COVID-19,
Howlin’ Ray’s in L.A.’s Chi- sum places in the San Ga- erywhere, coffee places that can cheese quesillo all the love with the story of its own and that’s vaccines,” she
natown had the longest briel Valley. I have a tattoo of make that one drink, where way in Tennessee. They sold relevance, true or not. said.
lines for food in the city. I a map of Los Angeles on my coffee is slowly dripped tostilocos there, a snack I Everything is everywhere The city’s new health or-
refused to go, unable to right bicep, a Langer’s base- through a device that looks first tried in Tijuana from a because places are not just der requires both employees
stomach the irony of waiting ball cap and a Tito’s Tacos like a hip hourglass, full of vendor on the long wait to places any more, they are and customers of various in-
in a three-hour line for T-shirt. people with more tattoos cross the border back into also products. History door venues to show proof of
Nashville hot chicken after Fitting in was always than average. In one food the U.S. becomes the next genera- vaccination — starting Aug.
spending most of my life easier in Los Angeles be- hall there was even a taco I tried Turkish coffee for tion’s vibes. East Holly- 20 for patrons and Oct. 13 for
trying to leave Nashville cause everybody here place selling California- and the first time at the Kurdish wood’s beloved Cha Cha employees. Customers will
behind. seemed to come from some- Mission-style burritos. restaurant Edessa’s. Chicken becomes Cha Cha not have to show vaccination
But the new Nashville where else. In Tennessee, it At Hugh Baby’s, a burger I wandered through the Lofts. East Nashville’s his- proof if they are merely pick-
was inescapable, and so was always felt like we were just place that serves burgers four loosely connected toric Hunter Station be- ing up to-go orders.
its chicken. Its legend had pressing our noses up with pulled pork as a condi- Kurdish grocery stores and comes Hunter Station food New York City later this
grown and found me in Los against the glass. We were ment (unsurprisingly deli- strip malls that formed hall. month will require at least
Angeles. It was at the gro- not white nor Christian in a cious), I met Steve Haruch, Little Kurdistan. I found When you grow up in an one dose of the vaccine to en-
cery store, in the frozen place where most people a Korean American journal- Southeast Asian-style craw- immigrant family, one of the ter indoor locations, and the
aisle. It was a potato chip were. ist and editor of the book fish boils, taco places called first things you learn is that Los Angeles City Council on
flavor. There’s a hot chicken But Nashville has “Greetings from New Nash- La Michoacana and El home is not something Wednesday called for an
place two miles down the changed so much since I’ve ville,” which has been an Tapatio, and even a strip you’re born with. It’s some- ordinance that would simi-
street from my house. The been there, and I was ready invaluable text for under- mall called Plaza Mariachi. thing you go looking for. [See San Francisco, B5]

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L AT I M E S . C O M S F R I DAY , AU G U S T 13 , 2 0 21 B5

Case rate soars for the unvaccinated

[San Francisco, from B4]
larly require at least one
dose to enter restaurants,
bars, gyms, movie theaters
and other venues. L.A. city
lawyers are drafting a pro-
posed ordinance that will [Cases, from B1] erage of 37 Californians have
eventually be voted on by the people per day, compared died from COVID-19 per day.
council. with a rate of 7 per 100,000 Given the dangers posed
San Francisco’s move people per day for those who by the current surge, contin-
comes after many restau- had been vaccinated. ued circulation of the
rants and bars in the city be- “The vast majority of new highly contagious Delta var-
gan voluntarily asking pa- cases are among the unvac- iant of the coronavirus and
trons for proof of vaccina- cinated,” California health the available evidence of the
tion and reported a largely officials wrote in a news re- protection afforded by the
positive response from resi- lease Thursday. vaccines, state officials
dents. The new mandate will The latest data illustrate and private businesses are
affect people 12 and older — a point health officials have showing greater willingness
those now eligible to be vac- long stressed: Though it is to request proof of COVID-19
cinated. possible for those who have vaccination as a precondi-
Nearly 80% of San Fran- been fully vaccinated to get tion of employment or
ciscans are fully vaccinated, infected, the chance of that entry.
but the new, highly conta- happening is significantly That includes Los Ange-
gious Delta variant is still lower than for those who les, where city officials this
causing havoc. The seven- have yet to roll up their week advanced a concept to
day average of daily cases is sleeves. require people to have at
246, and the test positivity “If everyone eligible were least one dose of a COVID-19
rate is 5.6%. During the win- to get vaccinated, we would vaccine before venturing
ter peak of infection, daily end up avoiding so much of into indoor restaurants,
cases averaged 373 and the the anxiety and distress that bars, gyms, shops, movie
positivity rate was 5.2%. comes with having a loved theaters and other venues.
Vaccines have made a dif- one hospitalized with Leaders in Los Angeles Francine Orr Los Angeles Times
ference, however. On Aug. 8, COVID, and almost no one County are also mulling over CHARLES TOOTS enjoys a drink at Sunset Beer in Echo Park. The bar is among
109 San Franciscans were would pass away from this the possibility of instituting a growing number of businesses requiring proof of COVID vaccination for entry.
hospitalized for COVID-19. infection,” Los Angeles their own public vaccine ver-
During the winter surge, County Public Health Direc- ification rules. have an underlying health
that number reached 265.
The city’s new health or-
tor Barbara Ferrer said this
week. “This is an achievable
Critics have character-
ized vaccine verification as
condition or responsibilities
at work or home that have so California coronavirus case rates
der will require vaccination reality for us.” an unwarranted and dis- far kept them from getting
Daily cases per 100,000 residents
for indoor events, both pri- Despite the headline- criminatory act that would inoculated.
vate and public, with 1,000 or grabbing examples of so- widen the divide between There are also immuno- July 25-31 Aug. 1-7
more people. Exceptions will called breakthrough cases vaccinated and unvacci- compromised people who
be made for people who pur- — when someone is infected nated residents and force may have gotten their Vaccinated
chased tickets before Aug. 12 with the coronavirus even af- people to disclose private doses but not experienced
for events occurring by Sept. ter being vaccinated — data medical decisions. the same degree of protec- 7
15. In those cases, people continue to show those have But proponents have re- tion.
8.2
may show proof of a negative been an exceedingly rare oc- sponded that someone’s “I remember my dad said
COVID-19 test instead of currence. personal choice to not get that, ‘Your ability to swing
Unvaccinated
vaccination. As of Sunday, 57,491 post- vaccinated can ripple far be- your fist ends where my nose
The order also extends vaccination cases had been yond them — especially in an begins.’ And that’s exactly 33
vaccination requirements to identified statewide, a total environment where not ev- the problem that we’re fac-
workers at adult day cen- that represents only about eryone can make that deci- ing with the selfishness of 51
ters, residential care facili- 0.3% of the more than 21.6 sion. people who are not getting
ties and dental offices and to million Californians who are Children younger than 12 vaccinated” by choice, L.A. California Department of Public Health
home health aides and phar- fully inoculated, state fig- are not yet eligible to be vac- County Supervisor Sheila
Los Angeles Times
macists. ures show. cinated, and others may Kuehl said.
Breed said she under- The story is much the
stood that the city’s health same in L.A. County, which
orders have created some in- is home to a quarter of the
convenience. state’s population.
“But think about those
people who have died, and
Out of the nearly 5.1 mil-
lion Angelenos who had OBITUARY Place a paid notice [Link]/placeobituary
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count your blessings,” she
said.
Dr. Grant Colfax, San
Francisco’s health director,
been fully vaccinated as of
Tuesday, 21,532, or 0.42%,
ended up later testing pos-
itive for the coronavirus; 549,
NOTICES
noted that COVID-19 “will be or 0.01%, eventually wound PALMER MANNING,
with us for the foreseeable up in a hospital with Phoebe A.
future” and vaccinations will COVID-19; and 55, or 0.001%, February 20, 1925 - July 12, 2021
be key to keeping the city ultimately died. Phoebe Ann Palmer Manning passed
open. “The vaccines are our “While it is true that these away on July 12, 2021 of natural causes
at Mount San Antonio Gardens at the
armor,” he said. “They are vaccines are not 100% per- age of 96. Phoebe was born in Pomona,
our life jackets, our para- fect, no vaccines are and, you the daughter of Fred and Hazel Palmer.
chutes. They are our way out know, no medications are,” She attended college in Santa Barbara
before marrying Clifford Paul Manning
of his pandemic.” Ferrer told the L.A. County
Many bars in the city Board of Supervisors on KING, Emma Louise LIPSON, Lillian Fay Jr. They were married for over 50
SWICK, James Alonzo THOMSON, Bruce Kinloch
years. She is survived by her three
August 11, 1922 - June 5, 2021 Sarasota FL - Lillian Fay Lipson, September 1936 - April 2020 February 2, 1960 - July 6, 2021
started demanding proof of Tuesday. “And if you look at former resident of Granada Hills and
children Robin, Chris and Brian, and
vaccination from customers sort of the risks and the ben- her grandchildren Jonathan, Garrett, James Alonzo Swick—an ardent Bruce was born in Los Angeles,
EMMA LOUISE KING Studio City, Cailf., died peacefully from Danielle and Stephen. She has three athlete who built his own successful where he lived his whole life. He grew
after some vaccinated em- efits, I think it’s so clear that 8-11-1922 6-5-2021 cancer at her Sarasota, Florida, home great grandchildren, Lea, Lexi, and health insurance agency—passed up in Cheviot Hills, with his parents,
ployees contracted getting vaccinated not only with her husband, retired Los Angeles Logan. Phoebe was an accomplished away from pneumonia and cardiac Ronald Stirling Thomson (1929-2007)
Emma passed away at the Age of 98 Daily News restaurant critic and wine hostess. She enjoyed golf and was a arrest, on April 16, 2020, at West Hills and Patricia Ann (Brown) Thomson
COVID-19. Though the vac- protects you, it protects our writer Larry Lipson, at her bedside on
at her home in Manhattan Beach on member of Glendora Country Club. Hospital, in West Hills, CA. He was 83. (1931-2014), and older brother, Doug.
cines protected the workers community, and it’s really June 5, 2021. July 1, 2021. She played bridge most of her life In the early 1980’s, Jim made a Bruce attended Berkeley Hall
from serious illness, they the most efficient way for us both with her lady friends and in more major bet on himself and ventured out School, then in Beverly Hills, from
still had to take off several to end this pandemic at this Born in Framingham, Massachusetts Born February 2, 1941, in the Bronx, serious games with her husband. She on his own to start California Health kindergarten through ninth grade,
August 11, 1922. Third child of Walter New York, to Aaron and Frieda Forman, learned to ski in her fifties and even Insurance. It continued to prosper graduating in 1975; Alexander
days from work. point.” she later moved to Los Angeles with
Claflin Morse and Annie Amero Morse. attempted scuba diving. She was and grow for 25 years. All that paled Hamilton High School (class of 1978);
“The bars did this a cou- Though vaccine coverage her mother after her father died when President of the Assistance League in alongside his love for his wife of 47 and UCLA (graduating in 1983, on the
ple of weeks ago, and the city varies from region to region, Emma enlisted in the United States she was 13 years old. Her mother, a Pomona, was part of a sewing group years, Karen, whom he called his best five-year plan, with a B.A. in History).
Coast Guard (Women’s Reserve) film editor, in later years, married Los that met monthly for over fifty years. friend. He participated in sports throughout
is following their lead,” unvaccinated residents are, Angeles businessman Henry Davis.
Breed said. on the whole, a shrinking mi- June, 1943. She was stationed at the Phoebe will be missed by her family The first of four children, James his school years. At Hami, he played
[Link] Guard Patrol Base, San Diego, and friends. She lived a long and Alonzo was born September 9, 1936, basketball (not quite at varsity level)
Enforcement will not be nority in California. California. Lillian, a onetime model, married fulfilling life. In lieu of flowers please to Ronald Swick and Jennifer Donop, and ran track and cross-country. At
heavy-handed, she said, and To date, 63% of Califor- Larry in 1962, was a 49 year-mother feel free to make a donation to the in Wilson, NY. Growing up, Jim kept UCLA, he ran on his own and almost
Upon her discharge from the service of two sons, Jeffrey and Matthew, Claremont Botanical Gardens 1500 N. busy on his grandfather Alonzo Swick’s immediately met several other runners
she anticipated businesses nians have gotten at least when she decided to go back to school
in November, 1945, Emma and Bob College Ave. Claremont Ca. 91711. farm, where they grew apples, cherries who became life-long friends. This led
would comply with the new one dose, and nearly 55% settled in Manhattan Beach, California following a varied job career as a bank and peaches and sold them at the to the formation of Club Hack. Also,
requirement. have been fully vaccinated, where they built their home. office, wine salesperson, real estate Buffalo Market at UCLA, Bruce was a Pauley Pavilion
manager, even a nanny. She graduated President of his 1954 graduating Overnighter.
“Many of the businesses according to data compiled from nursing college, eventually
welcome this,” she said. by The Times. Emma and Bob had one son, Thomas, class at Wilson Central High School, After graduating from UCLA, Bruce
daughter in law Tina, granddaughter becoming a senior clinical research Jim excelled at academics and worked as a bookkeeper at Anawalt
She noted that some Despite that, uninocu- Julie, grandson Ryan and several associate (CRA). In 2001, she was grief- sports, including football, basketball, Lumber Company (where Dad was the
restaurants in San Fran- lated individuals are taking nieces and nephews. Emma was stricken when her oldest son Jeffrey baseball, tennis and track. He attended highest-ranking person not named
involved with her grandchildren, also died suddenly from a heart attack. Niagara University before joining the Anawalt) for several years.
cisco were even asking for up a disproportionate share
her nieces and nephews through Air Force. Stationed at Lackland Air He began his teaching career at
vaccine verification for out- of hospital beds in some of the years taking them to the beach, She retired and moved to the Force Base, in San Antonio, TX, he Daniel Webster Junior High School,
door dining, which the city the state’s most populous museums, camping. Lipson’s vacation residence in Costa served honorably for four years. which soon became Daniel Webster
Rica in 2008 with her husband and Jim settled in Southern California Middle School. At the same time
will not require. areas. resided there predominately until
Breed acknowledged About 90% of COVID-19 In lieu of flowers please make your in the early 1960s, first working in he was coaching cross-country and
donations to: 2014 when the couple returned insurance for Metropolitan Life, and distance (during track season) at his
that federal law exempts patients in Orange County’s permanently to the U.S. choosing SCHANCHE, Arthur “Art” then transitioning to an executive sales alma mater, Hamilton High School.
workers from vaccine re- hospitals, for instance, are The St Cross Church Memorial Fund Sarasota as their new home. February 9, 1932 - August 8, 2021 role with an office products company. In the fall of 1998, he began
quirements if they have a not vaccinated, according to 1818 Monterey Blvd. The world is a dimmer place without But his extensive knowledge of teaching and coaching at San Pedro
Hermosa Beach Ca. 90254 Known for her gregarious insurance and love of servicing clients High School. Bruce retired in June of
medical reason for not get- Supervisor Katrina Foley. personality and firm opinions, she is Arthur who was a kind, generous man
full of humor and sharp intellect. won out, motivating him to launch his 2020 but stayed involved in cross-
ting vaccinated or if they And out of 117 people ad- survived by her husband Larry Lipson, own company. country and track at San Pedro during
son Matthew Lipson (and wife Tammy) His last days were at Cedar’s Sinai,
have a bona fide religious ob- mitted to L.A. County’s pub- KLEINBERG, Marvin Joseph and grandchildren Olen, Adrian and where he passed at 89, surrounded Jim’s eight children by his first the 2020-21 academic year. (He didn’t
jection. Human resource de- lic hospitals primarily for by his daughter Cara Bradley and her marriage to Nancy House were grown coach just for the stipend.) From
April 17, 1931 - July 19, 2021 Ava LIpson. by the time he met the love of his life, 2004 through the 2020/spring 2021
partments will have to re- COVID-19 between June 15 husband Mike Yackey, along with
Marvin J. Kleinberg, D.D.S of Vista, his partner Wenqing Zhou. His son Karen Brown, mother of two sons. season, with a single home game for
solve such cases, she said. and Aug. 5, 112 were not fully California, 90 years, passed on 19 MITCHELL, Lawrence Derek played jazz during his last visits Married on May 27, 1972, they made the Pirates, Bruce was the PA voice for
Other California cities vaccinated, according to Dr. July 2021. Born 17 April 1931 in Los together as Art was a lifelong fan of annual trips to Hawaii to play golf and San Pedro High home football games,
Angeles, CA. He served in the USAF Mount Sinai Memorial Parks - to Santa Barbara to celebrate their taking the seat occupied for more than
with vaccine requirements Christina Ghaly, the coun- Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 music. He is also survived by Mary Lou
during Korea. Marvin graduated Schanche, mother of Cara and Derek, wedding anniversary. 50 years by the legendary Tiger Reese.
include Palm Springs and ty’s director of health serv- from USC Dental School in 1959. First [Link] A devoted Catholic and parishioner During his coaching career Bruce
and his sweet Cavalier, Paris.
Cathedral City. Both will re- ices. employed by the County of Los Angeles at St. Mel’s Catholic Church in received several honors and the
as a Dentist, then opening his own MITCHELL, Lawrence Art loved travel with his friends and Woodland Hills, Jim watched golf and teams and individuals he coached
quire proof of vaccination or While experts and offi- practice in Burbank, CA in 1967 until family and carried a tremendously Jeopardy every weekend and could won numerous championships. He
a negative COVID-19 test re- cials have long pointed to retirement in 1996. Lawrence Mitchell, 92, passed
beat anyone at ping pong. He and appreciated the recognition, but
away on 8-10-2021 in Tarzana, CA good attitude when exploring the
sult later this month to enter widespread vaccination as world. He was curious about politics Karen attended 20 Dodger games there were other important memories
Marvin was predeceased by parents surrounded by his loved ones. He was
restaurants and bars. the surest way to end the President of Lawrence Mitchell, Inc. and the news, making sure to take in a year, enjoyed weekly movies, and from his 30-plus years of teaching
Jacob and Gertrude, brother Burt, and information from multiple sources. He traveled extensively. and coaching. Bruce made many
California has done much pandemic, the calls to get in- ex-wife Judy Shea. Marvin is survived Consulting firm, a past president of the
Society of Actuaries, president of the enjoyed movies and books as well as Unfortunately, Karen suffered a friends among his colleagues from
better than many states in oculated have become more by sons Gregg (Janet) and Jeffry, the wealth of information and human stroke in March 2020 and is currently Webster, Hami, Pedro, in addition to
keeping the Delta variant in urgent in light of a sharp in- granddaughters Melissa (Brayden Conference of Consulting Actuaries,
member of L.A. Live Steamers and contact found online. He was fashion residing in a rehabilitation facility in more friends among other coaches in
check and is now ahead crease in how many Califor- Grey) and Suzanne, great-grandson and image averse, and a devotee of the Pasadena. L.A. City and a few from beyond the
Axel, Sister-in-Law Jude Kleinberg, Burnt Toastmasters and a world class
“toes exposed club.” You would always Predeceased by his parents, son boundaries of LAUSD. Bruce served on
of others on vaccine man- nians are being infected and and niece Jennifer Kleinberg. At joke-teller. He was a world traveler
James Swick, Jr. and daughter Susan two committees for L.A. City Athletics
who never lost his zest for life. find him sporting his favorite sandals
dates. falling seriously ill. Marvin’s request no services are especially when enjoying beautiful Birawer, James Alonzo Swick is and made friends there.
The state has ordered Over the last week, Cali- planned, if inclined please make a gardens, a favorite pastime. And survived by his wife Karen Swick, Above all, Bruce cherished the
charitable donation of your preference. He will always be with his wife of 66
that healthcare workers fornia has reported an aver- years, Judy Penn Mitchell, his children he was a great fan of contemporary sons Todd, Jeffrey and Yeric Swick; friendships he had with the athletes he
Debra Polan (Mark) and Scott Mitchell architecture and modern style, which daughters Tammy Baker, Kimberly coached and with their families.
statewide must be fully vac- age of 11,814 new coronavirus permeated his houses. Calleja, and Bridget Sullivan, stepsons Bruce is survived by his brother,
cinated against COVID-19 cases per day — a roughly (Julia Xiaping) and his grandsons
Richard (Lauren Hutton) and Bryan Michael James and Shawn James, and Doug, of West Los Angeles; and by
come early fall, with limited fourfold increase from four Polan, whom he loved beyond words, So, when you treat strangers with 16 grandchildren. his uncle, Brad Brown, of Marina del
kindness and humor, you shine some A funeral service is planned for 2pm Rey. In their sadness, they have been
exemptions allowed for weeks ago, The Times’ data as well as other family members and a
medical or religious reasons. show. To place multitude of friends. of Art’s energy on the world. We hold
him dearly in our hearts. May peace
on Saturday, August 28th, at St Mel’s
Catholic Church, 20870 Ventura Blvd.,
heartened by the outpouring of love
from so many of Bruce’s friends.
State and school employees That’s a level of infection Woodland Hills, CA 91364. In lieu of “I have fought a good fight, I have
will have to show proof higher than what the state an obituary ad Memorial Service will be held at Mt.
Sinai Hollywood Hills on 8/13/2021 at
and blessings be with him.
flowers, donations to The Make-A- finished my course, I have kept the
3pm. In lieu of lowers, donations may Wish Foundation are appreciated. faith:” (II Timothy 4:7)
they’ve been inoculated, saw at any point during last
with those who remain un- summer’s surge.
please go be made to KCRW & World Wildlife
Fund.
In Memoriam In Memoriam In Memoriam
vaccinated subject to a regu-
lar testing regimen.
There were 6,629 corona-
virus-positive patients hos-
online to:
SULPRIZIO, Lisa I.
Swartzberg said vaccines pitalized statewide Wednes-
Lisa I. Sulprizio, 91 of Studio City
were being mandated both day, more than quadruple [Link]/placeobituary passed away peacefully on Friday, July
to encourage people to get the number a month ago. 23rd. She will be dearly missed by her
vaccinated and to protect Hospitalizations and in- daughter, Maria Sulprizio and her two
grandchildren, Dominic & Benjamin
public safety. fections remain well below Sulprizio. A 10:00 am funeral mass will
San Francisco’s require- the chilling crest of Califor- be held on Monday, 8/16 at St Charles
ment that patrons be fully nia’s fall and winter wave — Borromeo Church in North Hollywood.
vaccinated instead of having when the state, at times, was or call
at least a single dose reporting an average of more 1-800-234-4444
“makes a lot of sense,” he than 40,000 daily cases,
said.
“I would feel much safer
nearly 22,000 COVID-19 pa-
tients were hospitalized and Share a
in a restaurant knowing that
everybody is fully vacci-
daily death tolls were regu-
larly in the hundreds.
memory
nated,” he said. While COVID-19 fatalities
have also increased, they To sign a guest book
please go to ELAINE LYNN LOPEZ
Times staff writers Emily have not jumped to the same
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Alpert Reyes and Luke degree as cases and hospi- August 20, 1948 - August 13, 2013
Money contributed to this talizations. In Memoriam
report. Over the last week, an av- It has been eight years since God called you to Heaven. Your smile lights up
Heaven even more. We miss you, we love you and you are in our hearts forever.
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By Frank Stewart something in hearts (and if “equal-level conversion.”
not, East’s play is moot), Decide with your partner
A recently married club East must take the ace of what your style will be.
member — he and his wife spades at Trick One and North dealer
play in our duplicate games lead the jack of hearts. The N-S vulnerable
— came to me in the lounge. defense gets three hearts, a
NORTH
“Before I got married,” he spade and a diamond. ♠K532
told me, “I didn’t even know East can’t beat 3NT with ♥5
there was a proper way to spade tricks, and if he lets ♦ A Q J 10 6 3
place a milk carton back in South win the first spade, ♣AJ
the refrigerator. But I’m South will surely have nine WEST EAST
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East, and his wife led the You hold: ♠ K 5 3 2 ♥ 5 ♣6532 ♣9874
nine of spades against 3NT: ♦ A Q J 10 6 3 ♣ A J. The SOUTH
deuce, 10, queen. dealer, at your right, opens ♠Q64
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shifted to the jack of hearts. two diamonds. Then, if you ♣ K Q 10
My wife took South’s king hear two hearts at your left NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
and led another spade, but and two passes, reopen with 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass
after I took the jack and ace, a double. An option is to 1♠ Pass 2 NT Pass
3 NT All Pass
South claimed, making double first. If partner re-
three. My wife said I’d sponds two clubs, you bid Opening lead — ♠ 9
goofed. At least she was less two diamonds, not promis-
KENKEN assertive than usual.” ing great strength if your Tribune Content Agency
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Not OK for this boomer

Dear Amy: I am a woman I have taught women’s elders who they believe deny
in my 70s. I do not under- classes on assertiveness in the realities of climate
stand why women in their my profession, but this is not change, racism or a pan-
30s think they can treat their assertiveness. It is aggres- demic.
elders with disrespect. sion. I’d appreciate your So yes, they are fed up.
I had two unkind moth- thoughts. And yes, they are mistaking
ers-in-law but I wouldn’t Disrespected rudeness and aggression for
have dreamed of being rude assertion.
to them or “telling them off ” Dear Disrespected: I do However, as women who
because they were my elders think you’re onto something have fought to have their
— the mothers of my hus- regarding tension between voices heard, sometimes
bands, and the grandmoth- millennials and boomers. It their voices are louder than
8/13/21 ers of my children and certainly surfaced during necessary, or louder than
grandchildren. the pandemic, when (by my you would like.
I was taught to show re- observation) millennials My recommendation for
spect to elders and, unless sought to control their par- you is to try to engage in hon-
HOROSCOPE someone was abusive to me ents, who — in their opinion est dialogue and continue to
or others, to allow other — were not taking risks to behave respectfully because
though slightly absurd lenged to fulfill them. elders to correct the chil- themselves and others seri- that is who you are.
By Holiday Mathis choice to assert free will. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. dren, if needed. ously enough.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 18): Not everyone is happy Is this a generational I have been surprised by Dear Amy: “In a Quanda-
Aries (March 21-April 19): You’re looking out for you when you act on your own thing, that young family the selfishness displayed by ry” described putting off his
Be judicious with your gen- and everyone around you as behalf. Some will think your members can be rude to us, the elders, as well as the con- and his wife’s planned sepa-
erosity. Give more than ex- you strive to bring the higher move is an affront to them. take offense about petty is- trolling and rude reactions ration because of his daugh-
pected but not so much that energies of grace, courtesy You can be for yourself with- sues and ignore or refuse to of the youngers. ter’s mental illness.
your recipient feels unwor- and wit to the scene. out being against them. speak to us even after we Both sides justify their Her mental problems
thy or overly indebted. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Pisces (Feb. 19-March have apologized for the behavior, and neither ad- seemed to come up just as
Taurus (April 20-May Your politeness knows no 20): Take a relationship out smallest “offense”? mits that they should per- they were having trouble in
20): You’re brave. Give your- bounds, so it takes a minute of context and it changes en- I have several friends who haps behave differently. the marriage. Seems too
self credit, and let the confi- to realize you’re bored with a tirely. Move things to a differ- are experiencing the same However, both of your much of a coincidence to me.
dence spill over to other situation. A slight shift ent environment, tackle a issues with their daughters- mothers-in-law were un- Happily Divorced
areas of life. makes a big difference and task together or introduce in-law. kind. You consider it a badge
Gemini (May 21-June 21): bring backs the excitement. unusual motivations. We are kind and compas- of honor that you tolerated Dear Divorced: Tension
Is it possible to be extremely Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Today’s birthday (Aug. sionate elders who are not their mistreatment. Where between parents could be a
moderate? Just because it’s Your emotional IQ is soaring 13): A spiritual growth spurt unreasonable, demanding is the glory in that? triggering event, but if you
an oxymoron doesn’t mean high. Emotions enter the will blossom in the realm of or mean. We are not difficult Your female relatives in are implying that this
it’s a bad idea. Good fortune realm, and you respond. creativity and wisdom. Big people, having lived long their 30s feel personal pres- daughter was manipulating
follows your embrace of life’s You’ll savor the positive ones goals get more achievable, lives of being respectful to sure to be all things to all her parents, I didn’t get that
contradictions. and mitigate the negative. life more enjoyable. You’ll co-workers, family mem- people (their children, par- impression from the letter.
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Sagittarius (Nov. 22- knock out five projects, then bers, friends, neighbors and ents, partners, supervisors).
Gatherings highlight differ- Dec. 21): Before you jump find yourself in a position to strangers. We are the first to Their worries and anxieties Send questions to Amy
ent personality facets. into the next thing, you’ll show others how to net simi- acknowledge our flaws and are often global in nature, re- Dickinson by email to ask
Around a table, you’ll learn think about what the people lar results. Libra and Gemi- apologize. flecting frustration with amy@[Link].
new things about people you around you need and how ni adore you. Lucky num-
thought you already knew you might fulfill it. bers: 39, 2, 20, 11, 15.
everything about. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Are 19): Because you aim to ex- Mathis writes her column
you making choices or being ceed expectations, you’ll for Creators Syndicate Inc.
manipulated. Follow make sure not to set them so The horoscope should be
through with a conscious high that you’d be chal- read for entertainment.

CROSSWORD
Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
By Bryant White © 2021 Tribune Content Agency
ACROSS
1 Suitable for growing
crops
7 Rain unit
11 4x4, for short
14 Song with a story
15 Ephesus’ region
17 Hamburger Hill setting,
briefly
18 L
20 Long order
21 Teacher’s note
22 Sparkling flapper
accessory ARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul Anderson
24 Cobblers’ tools
27 M
31 Dumbledore and Snape,
in brief
33 Range rover
34 Military meal
35 __ rasa
37 Clarinet, e.g.
39 F
45 Somewhat, to Salieri
46 “Circus Sideshow”
pointillist
48 General vibe
52 Traditional doings
55 Skylit lobbies
56 R
59 George Harrison’s “__ It 12 Alphabetically 51 Bolted down
a Pity” penultimate zodiac sign 53 Tip for fixing mistakes?
60 Kit Kat component 13 Places in a cell 54 Highway behemoth
61 Capital served by 16 Alaskan site of the only 57 Camera part
the Queen Alia WWII battle on U.S. soil 58 Gamut
International Airport 19 Layers of big eggs 62 Daughter in “The Time
63 Ballpark fig. 23 School of thought Traveler’s Wife”
64 Secret message 24 Quick 65 Spoonbill’s bill
technique ... and a hint 25 Stop shooting 66 Angled formation
BLISS By Harry Bliss SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly
to four puzzle clues 26 Timber wolf 67 “__ gotta run!”
71 Pulitzer novelist Harper 28 Fork-tailed flier 68 Collection agcy.
72 Strainer 29 Coral habitat 69 Peeples seen in People
73 Madrid-based airline 30 Some Blizzard 70 Actor Penn
74 Vehicle for some trips ingredients ANSWER TO
75 It has a head and hops 32 Place to park a clipper PREVIOUS PUZZLE
76 Ankle-related 36 Scrat’s obsession in “Ice
Age” films
DOWN 38 De Matteo of “The
1 Simple comparison Sopranos”
2 Fan noise 40 Juul product, briefly
3 Like 41 Ninth Greek letter
4 Like ignorance, at times 42 Fletcher Christian, for
5 “Stay in your __!” one
6 Ranger or Corsair 43 Does as humans do?
7 Compilation 44 Sprinkle, perhaps
8 Bulg. neighbor 47 Skin pic
9 Half of eleven? 48 In addition to that
10 Wall map insert 49 Czar’s decrees
11 Nader’s “__ at Any 50 Traveled like Huck and
Speed” Jim 8/13/21