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Newsom has
questions on
UCLA move
rich our communities.”
Governor wants to Newsom made an un-
usual appearance Wednes-
know impact of leap day at the San Francisco
to Big Ten on athletes, meeting of the UC Board of
Regents, where he serves as
UC Berkeley finances. an ex-officio member, to join
the board’s closed-door dis-
By Teresa Watanabe, cussion on the issue.
Ben Bolch and The decision by UCLA —
Hamed Aleaziz along with USC — to leave
the Pac-12 Conference in Au-
Gov. Gavin Newsom on gust 2024 has left Cal and
Wednesday demanded that other remaining conference
UCLA explain how its Pac-12 teams reeling over the threat
exit for the Big Ten will bene- of losing millions in media
fit all of its student-athletes rights revenue, not to men-
and honor its relationship tion the holdovers’ viability
with UC Berkeley — the only as a major player in the
Fermin Ricardo Soto Munoz For The Times UC campus that will be left rapidly shifting college
MEDICAL STUDENTS Mar Nevarez, center left, and Itzel Olimpia Acevedo Luna embrace above the behind and will likely take a sports landscape.
casket of classmate Eric Andrade Ramirez in Durango, Mexico, Sunday. He was killed in a rural hospital. big financial hit in a confer- UCLA and UC Berkeley
ence weakened by big-name have declined to comment

Mexican medical students

defections. on the issue.
“The first duty of every Last month, when UCLA
public university is to the announced its migration to
people — especially stu- the Big Ten, university
dents,” Newsom said in a Chancellor Gene Block and

sent to rural areas, danger

statement. “UCLA must athletic director Martin Jar-
clearly explain to the public mond touted the move’s
how this deal will improve ability to secure the financial
the experience for all its stu- future of an athletic depart-
dent-athletes, will honor its ment facing an unprece-
century-old partnership dented $102.8-million deficit.

During a year of mandatory community service, future doctors in with UC Berkeley, and will
preserve the histories, rival-
The expected windfall
from a new Big Ten media
ries, and traditions that en- [See UCLA, A11]
isolated towns face violence from cartels. A death ignites protests.
BY LEILA MILLER
DURANGO, Mexico — When Alfredo Cortes arrived at The patient needed surgery, but the clinic lacked basic
a tiny clinic for his year of community service required of supplies, so all Cortes could do was bandage the wound
all medical students in Mexico, he found that he had no and warn that if the man didn’t receive treatment else-
cellphone or internet access — only a radio. where he would die.
He lived alone at the clinic, a simple dwelling in a rural “They’re pointing their guns, they’re shouting, there
community of Michoacan state where police were a rare are people communicating by radio, and you don’t know
sight. In the early hours of a spring morning in 2020, he was with whom,” recalled Cortes, now 26, who learned later
roused from sleep by growling trucks and pounding on the that the man had lived. “It’s a very tense situation.”
front door. Such stories are common among Mexico’s medical stu-
Several armed men ordered Cortes to leave with them. dents these days.
When he refused, one truck sped away and quickly re- Mandatory service has long been part of the govern-
turned with a man bleeding heavily from his belly. He had ment’s effort to improve healthcare in isolated communi-
been shot. ties. But as drug cartels and other criminal groups have Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times
As Cortes got to work, one of the men trained a gun on increased their footprint across the country, it has be- UCLA’S Dorian Thompson-Robinson scores against
him and shouted, “Save him!” come an increasingly dangerous [See Mexico, A4] USC in 2021. Both schools are leaving the Pac-12.

Cases are up, mask mandate

looms — and many shrug
‘Fear of the unknown’
fades for Angelenos,
while ultra-infectious
subvariants spread.
By Rebecca Schneid,
Heidi Pérez-Moreno
and Hailey
Branson-Potts

There was a time during

Christina House Los Angeles Times the pandemic when the
FROM LEFT, Dean Logan of the county registrar’s office, Supervisors Janice scene at Westfield Valencia
Hahn and Holly Mitchell, Anthony Bruce, wife Sandra Bruce and Kavon Ward. Town Center in Santa
Clarita would have evoked

Justice gets a seaside start:

gasps and much scolding. Gary Coronado Los Angeles Times
As summertime temper- VISITORS relax at the expanded Wild Rivers water
atures flirted with 100 park in Irvine, which reopened earlier this month.
degrees this week, families

Bruce’s Beach is returned

and teenagers crowded into

Study provides clues

the indoor mall, soothed by
its air conditioning. But
there was nary a mask in
sight, even though corona-

L.A. County hands

the deed to rightful
first time the government
ever returned land that had
been wrongfully taken from
islative and legal process to
transfer the property. “We
have set the precedent, and
virus infections are sky-
rocketing because of the
ultra-infectious Omicron
on long COVID
a Black family — the tri- it is the pursuit of justice.” subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. those in robust health; in pa-
Black heirs, perhaps umphant coda to a call for Turning to Anthony and Amid the carefree atmos- About 1 in 4 infected tients hospitalized with
justice that has captivated Derrick Bruce, Hahn told phere, few seemed con- COVID-19 and those who ex-
setting a precedent. the country for the last two the rightful heirs to the land, cerned. people have lingering perienced only mild symp-
By Rosanna Xia
years. “we can’t change the past, “People are just exasper- symptoms. Obesity toms during their initial in-
“Today, we’re sending a and we will never be able to ated and over it,” said Hailey fection.
message to every govern- make up for the injustice Jimenez, 21, who was work- may heighten risk. A new study from re-
It’s official: The Bruces ment in this nation con- that was done to your great- ing at a jewelry kiosk, un- searchers at USC offers
own Bruce’s Beach again. fronted with the same chal- great-grandparents and masked. “I know I’m over it. By Corinne Purtill some insights into the
In a heartfelt ceremony lenge: This work is no longer great-grandparents Willa “I haven’t really been pay- prevalence of long COVID
Wednesday, dozens of peo- unprecedented,” said Los and Charles nearly a century ing attention too much to From the start of the and suggests some early
ple gathered on the ocean- Angeles County Supervisor ago. But this is a start.” the numbers and all that, pandemic, patients and doc- clues for who might be more
front property known as Janice Hahn, who had The crowd erupted with because I feel like it’s just tors alike have been frus- likely to develop long-term
Bruce’s Beach to mark the launched the complex leg- [See Beach, A8] happening every couple of trated by the sizable minor- symptoms.
months: down, up, up, down, ity of coronavirus infections The study, published this
down.” that turn into long COVID, a month in Scientific Reports,
Currently, the numbers perplexing collection of lin- found that 23% of people
are undoubtedly going up. gering and often disabling who had coronavirus infec-
Gay marriage bill What didn’t Weather Officially, Los Angeles symptoms that persist tions between March 2020
Partly sunny.
has a chance happen on Jan. 6 L.A. Basin: 85/64. B6
County has averaged 6,319 weeks, months or years after and March 2021 were still re-
new coronavirus cases over the initial infection sub- porting symptoms up to 12
After end of Roe, some A look at then-Presi-
the last week — nearly dou- sides. weeks later.
GOP senators may dent Trump’s 187
ble the peak rate from last The condition has been Researchers recruited
support legislation minutes of inaction as
summer’s Delta surge — reported in both children roughly 8,000 people, some
enshrining same-sex the Capitol insurrection
though health officials cau- and adults; in those who had infected and some not, to an-
unions. NATION, A6 unfolded. NATION, A7
[See Coronavirus, A9] preexisting conditions and [See Long COVID, A9]

BUSINESS INSIDE: The Fed may be driving up rents by raising rates to tame inflation. A10
A2 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 S L AT I M E S . C O M

PERSPECTIVES

2 left standing
in U.K. race for
prime minister
tives at his last Prime Minis-
Former Treasury chief ter’s Questions session in
the House of Commons. It
will face the current was a downbeat departure,
foreign secretary. with supportive Conserva-
tive lawmakers lobbing
praise and opposition politi-
associated press
cians offering variations on
“good riddance.”
LONDON — Britain’s Johnson extolled what he
Conservative Party lawmak- called his accomplishments
ers chose former Treasury — leading Britain out of the
chief Rishi Sunak and cur- European Union and
rent Foreign Secretary Liz through COVID-19, and sup-
Truss as the two finalists porting Ukraine against
Wednesday in the race to re- Russia’s invasion — and de-
place departing Prime Min- clared: “Mission largely ac-
ister Boris Johnson, who complished, for now,” before
capped his final appearance departing with Arnold
in Parliament as premier Schwarzenegger’s catch-
with the words “Hasta la phrase from “Terminator 2.”
vista, baby.” Johnson clung to office
Sunak and Truss came through months of scandals
first and second, respec- over his finances and his
tively, in the vote by Tory judgment, refusing to resign
lawmakers. Trade Minister when he was fined by police
Penny Mordaunt came in over government parties
third and was eliminated. that broke COVID-19 lock- Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
The race pits the man down rules. He finally quit HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi, in white, walks with Olena Zelenska after the Ukrainian first lady ad-
who steered Britain’s econ- after a new scandal — his ap- dressed Congress. Zelenska’s rare public entreaty echoed her husband’s emotional appeals for U.S. assistance.
omy through the COVID-19 pointment of a politician ac-
pandemic against the cused of sexual misconduct

Ukraine’s first lady steps

woman who has led Britain’s — drove his ministers to re-
response to Russia’s inva- sign en masse, Sunak
sion of Ukraine. among the first of them.
The two contenders will Despite remaining prime
spend the next few weeks minister, Johnson has

into spotlight in U.S. visit

campaigning for the votes of largely disappeared from
about 180,000 Conservative the scene, even as Britain
Party members around the faces a summer cost-of-liv-
country, who will vote by ing crisis and labor discon-
mail or online. The winner of tent as inflation hits 9.4%.
the party leadership vote Johnson did not attend
will be announced Sept. 5 any government emergency
and will automatically be- meetings about the heat airstrikes. No more missile Another photo showed a
come Britain’s next prime
minister.
wave that brought record
temperatures of 104 degrees
Olena Zelenska strikes,” Zelenska told the
American lawmakers on
‘We want no more girl in a pink headband, shot
by Russian soldiers with her
Sunak won every round to Britain this week. Last highlights the war’s Wednesday, as an overhead airstrikes. No family as they tried to flee,
of voting by lawmakers but is week he took a ride in a youngest victims as screen displayed some of the
more missile and who screamed and cried
less popular with the party’s Royal Air Force Typhoon war’s youngest victims. “Is for two hours in their car be-
she asks Congress for
rank and file. Truss is a fa-
vorite of the party’s right
fighter jet, with “Top Gun”-
style footage released by his more military aid.
this too much to ask for?”
Zelenska, speaking to an
strikes. Is this too fore dying herself, Zelenska
said.
wing. office, then threw a weekend audience that included much to ask for?’ Another showed three
The bitter leadership party at Chequers, the coun- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi generations — grand-
campaign has exposed deep try house that comes with By Ellen Knickmeyer (D-San Francisco) and Sen- — Olena Zelenska, mother, mother, baby
divisions among Tories at the prime minister’s job. and Hanna Arhirova ate Minority Leader Mitch speaking to U.S. Congress daughter — killed by a Rus-
the end of Johnson’s scan- London Mayor Sadiq McConnell (R-Ky.), ap- sian airstrike in the port city
dal-tarnished three-year Khan accused Johnson of WASHINGTON — peared in the same congres- of Odesa, Zelenska told law-
reign. Truss has branded wanting to “become Tom Ukrainian first lady Olena sional auditorium where her But as first lady, “I found makers. Yet another showed
Sunak a “socialist” for rais- Cruise” and urged him to re- Zelenska long has made husband drew standing ova- for myself arguments in fa- a 3-year-old boy, learning
ing taxes in response to the sign immediately. clear she has no personal tions from lawmakers three vor of publicity. One of them how to use a prosthetic limb
economic damage wrought “We need a full-time craving for the spotlight. Yet weeks into Russia’s inva- is the opportunity to draw after another airstrike.
by the pandemic and the war prime minister looking after on Wednesday, she stood in sion. The Ukrainian presi- people’s attention to impor- Zelenska also noted
in Ukraine. our country rather than the U.S. Capitol and made dent had spoken by video. tant social issues,” Zelenska Wednesday the humanitar-
Sunak has hit back by ac- somebody who’s checked the case for more U.S. air de- Zelensky has won praise said then. ian needs of the war. “Maybe
cusing his rivals of peddling out,” Khan said. fense systems to block Rus- from supporters for staying A visit by Jill Biden to you expected from me to
economic “fairy tales” to sian missiles. in Kyiv since Russia at- western Ukraine in May, speak on those topics,” she
British voters as the country She showed America’s tacked, speaking nightly by when the two first ladies told lawmakers, through an
faces high inflation. most powerful lawmakers video address. Zelenska and spoke privately and sat interpreter. “But how can I
All the contenders — stark images of the toll of the couple’s two children, alongside displaced children talk on all that when an un-
there were 11 to start — Russian bombardment of meanwhile, went into hiding living at a school, marked provoked war is being waged
sought to distance them- cities on Ukraine’s children away from Zelensky for secu- the start of Zelenska’s emer- on our country?”
selves from Johnson, whose — a blood-splattered baby rity reasons over the first gence from her wartime Lawmakers and others
term in office began boldly in stroller, a small crumpled two months of the war. seclusion. Ukrainian offi- gave her a standing ovation
2019 with a vow to “get Brexit body. Zelenska worked as a cials said it was Jill Biden before her speech. Then the
done” and a resounding elec- For Zelenska, spouse of scriptwriter for her hus- who invited Zelenska to photos on the screen had
tion victory, but is now end- President Volodymyr Zelen- band, a comedian and actor come to Washington. some shaking their heads at
ing in disgrace. sky, the appearance capped before he won the The Ukrainian first lady the scenes. The unsparing
Johnson quit July 7 after a week in Washington that presidency in 2019. They in Washington has spoken — account and her direct ap-
months of ethics scandals marked some of her highest- married in 2003. largely away from reporters peal to lawmakers for more
but remains caretaker profile appearances of the Speaking to Vogue maga- — with Jill Biden, Secretary arms, especially more air-
leader until the party elects five-month war. The visit zine the same year her hus- of State Antony J. Blinken, defense systems, echoed her
his successor. Matt Dunham Associated Press was also one of the first band was elected, Zelenska U.S. Agency for Interna- husband’s calls throughout
On Wednesday, he faced BORIS JOHNSON told times most Americans have said that she herself was no tional Development Admin- the war for more weapons
derisive opposition politi- members of Parliament, laid eyes on her. teller of jokes, and “a non- istrator Samantha Power from the U.S. and other al-
cians and weary Conserva- “Hasta la vista, baby.” “We want no more public person.” and others. lies.
She received a blue and The daily reminders to
yellow bouquet of sunflow- the U.S. for more support
ers and hydrangeas from have been effective, but as
President Biden on arrival the war grinds on it could
at the White House for her risk resentment from gov-
meeting with the U.S. first ernment leaders, who as of
lady. the start of June have com-
Until Wednesday’s ap- mitted $4.6 billion in security
pearance before lawmakers, assistance for Ukraine.
accounts of Zelenska’s con- “We’ve seen from Ukrain-
versations with U.S. officials ian leadership their courage
this week focused on the but also their no-nonsense
need for mental health care direct appeal and laying out
for Ukrainians dealing with the brutal mentality of Mr.
the trauma of the war, and a Putin,” Sen. Benjamin L.
U.S. offer of rehabilitation Cardin, a Maryland Demo-
assistance for children crat, said as lawmakers
who’ve lost limbs in the war walked out.
— humanitarian causes, not Pelosi spoke before Ze-
strategic or tactical. lenska’s address, describing
But Zelenska also noted U.S. lawmakers as “strong
in a tweet she had talked supporters of the Ukrainian
with Vice President Kamala people and admirers” of Ze-
Harris’ husband, Doug lensky’s and Zelenska’s
Emhoff, at the White House leadership.
on Tuesday on how “to turn In his nightly video ad-
the ‘soft’ power of the first dress in Ukraine on the
spouses into a powerful and event of his wife’s speech, Ze-
effective tool.” lensky said she would be
Her blunt description to speaking to U.S. lawmakers
lawmakers of the deaths of “on behalf of all Ukrainian
children turned that soft mothers, all Ukrainian
power into a blunt and force- women, and it will be an im-
ful instrument. portant address.”
She showed photographs In Kyiv this week, some
of a smiling, paint-smeared Ukrainians said they had
4-year-old girl, Liza been following her U.S. visit.
Dmytrieva, whom the first “I treat her with great re-
lady had happened to meet spect,” said one, Larysa
before Christmas. Logvinova, 63, adding, “Oh,
The screen next showed I’m going to cry now.”
an overturned baby carriage “She’s the best,” Logvi-
with blood caking on the nova said. “She is fragile, in-
sidewalk beneath it, after an telligent, and says the right
airstrike killed the girl and things. As for her visit to the
badly injured her mother USA, I am very positive
last week. about it. And I hope that the
“Our family represents result of her mission will be
the whole world for us, and that Ukraine will receive ad-
we do everything to preserve ditional aid.”
it,” Zelenska said. “We cry
when we cannot save it. And Associated Press writers
we remain completely bro- Knickmeyer reported from
ken when our world is de- Washington and Arhirova
stroyed by war.” from Kyiv.
L AT I M E S . C O M T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 A3

THE WORLD

U.S. expanding Central America blacklist

panded list Wednesday case, and Biden administra- as intolerably corrupt or
Washington to ban evening. In a statement, Sec- tion officials had hoped the antidemocratic.
retary of State Antony J. new president would head a Harris attended Castro’s
more officials it deems Blinken accused those less corrupt government. inauguration, but hopes for
corrupt, complicating named of the “undermining All three presidents de- cooperation from Hon-
of democratic processes and clined an invitation from duras’ government may be
efforts to stem illegal institutions” that ultimately President Biden to attend fading.
migration from region. contributes to “irregular mi- last month’s Summit of the The updated list also
gration and destabilizing so- Americas, a major regional adds officials from
cieties.” gathering that was hosted Nicaragua, not considered
By Tracy Wilkinson The State Department by the U.S. for the first time one of the Central American
did not immediately detail in three decades and held in countries with the highest
WASHINGTON — The names on the list but said it Los Angeles. Those presi- number of people fleeing to
Biden administration is sig- included 60 additional peo- dents, along with another the U.S., but one seen as har-
nificantly expanding a list of ple, more than doubling the no-show, Mexican President boring an increasingly cor-
Central American officials original 50 named last year. Andrés Manuel López rupt and brutal government.
deemed too corrupt to work However, people familiar Obrador, were protesting Numerous members of
with or to be allowed to enter Salvador Melendez Associated Press with the list said it includes Biden’s refusal to invite the government run auto-
the United States. MEMBERS of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s several senior members of Cuba, Venezuela and cratically by President
The list, first developed administration are on the updated list, sources say. Salvadoran President Nayib Nicaragua to the summit. Daniel Ortega and his wife
last year under congres- Bukele’s administration and The list came out last and vice president, Rosario
sional mandate, will make it nied U.S. visas, barred from res (D-Pomona), one of the a number of wealthy busi- year just as Biden put Vice Murillo, as well as many of
difficult for some Central traveling to the U.S. and con- original architects of the ness figures linked to President Kamala Harris in their relatives and asso-
American governments to sidered off-limits to U.S. “Engel list,” named for for- Guatemalan President Ale- charge of efforts to stem ille- ciates, have already been
do business in Washington businesses and most gov- mer Rep. Eliot Engel, a jandro Giammattei. gal immigration from Cen- slapped with economic
and will complicate Wash- ernment programs. Democrat from New York At least one advisor to tral America. Her strategy sanctions from Washington.
ington’s efforts to fight ille- “Those sanctioned in- and frequent advocate for the new president of Hon- was to fight “root causes” of Inclusion on the Engel list is
gal immigration from the so- clude former and current international human rights. duras, Xiomara Castro, will poverty, violence and cor- an additional layer of pun-
called Northern Triangle high-ranking government Torres added that the also appear on the list. Ear- ruption that drive Central ishment.
countries — El Salvador, officials who have harmed blacklisted officials “will fi- lier this year, Castro re- Americans from their Ortega has imprisoned
Honduras and Guatemala their country’s democracy, nally face consequences” for placed President Juan Or- homes. or driven into exile several
— because numerous poten- further destabilized their their “antidemocratic, cor- lando Hernández, who has But almost immediately, hundred dissidents and po-
tial partners would be dis- communities, and chosen rupt actions.” since been extradited to the she found herself in search of litical opponents.
qualified. personal gain over public The State Department U.S. in connection with a partners because the re- Bukele has taken a decid-
People on the list are de- good,” said Rep. Norma Tor- announced release of the ex- massive drug-trafficking gion’s presidents were seen edly autocratic turn since
his election, firing judges
and the attorney general,
and engineering his party’s
takeover of El Salvador’s

Heat wave, though abating, disrupts U.K. travel for third day Legislative Assembly.
El Faro, a Salvadoran
news outlet highly regarded
erties in the city were de- everything,” he told a local in the region and regularly
associated press
stroyed, he said. Sixteen fire- newspaper. “Photographs, attacked by Bukele, re-
fighters were treated for records, everything’s gone, ported that the govern-
LONDON — Britain’s smoke inhalation and other but the only good thing is ment’s treasury minister,
record-breaking heat wave injuries. we’re all OK.” Alejandro Zelaya, is named
disrupted travel for a third Even as temperatures be- Dozens of places in on the updated list, even as
day and firefighters re- gan to cool overnight, smoke Britain saw temperatures he attempts to renegotiate
mained on alert Wednesday hung in the air across the approach 104 degrees Tues- El Salvador’s foreign debt
even as cloudy skies and city of almost 9 million peo- day, smashing the U.K.’s pre- with the International Mon-
showers brought relief after ple. vious record of 101.7, set in etary Fund, based in Wash-
two days of scorching tem- One of the biggest fires 2019. The weather walloped a ington, where Zelaya would
peratures. was in Wennington, a village country completely unpre- no longer be able to travel.
Forecasters predicted a on London’s eastern out- pared for such heat, where There was no official
high of 79 degrees Wednes- skirts, where a row of houses few homes, schools or small comment from any of the
day for London, down from was destroyed by a blaze businesses have air condi- sanctioned officials except
the record 104.4 degrees that also raced through tin- tioning. for the head of the legislative
logged Tuesday at Con- Yui Mok Press Assn. der-dry fields nearby. Despite lower tempera- delegation of Bukele’s New
ingsby in eastern England. A BLAZE in Wennington, a village on London’s Resident Tim Stock said tures Wednesday, the fire Ideas party, Christian Gue-
Still, the main train line eastern outskirts, burned a row of houses Tuesday. he and his wife fled after the danger remains high be- vara, who told Salvadoran
from London to Edinburgh, house next door caught fire cause hot, dry weather has newspapers that his U.S.
Scotland, was closed for fire Tuesday, the London firefighters received more and the blaze rapidly parched grassland around visa had been canceled but
part of the day as crews North Eastern Railway said. than 2,600 calls and at one spread. the city, Khan said. that he was proud to have
worked to repair power lines The London Fire Brigade point were fighting 12 fires si- “I didn’t pick [my] driv- “Once it catches fire it been sanctioned for doing
and signaling equipment had its busiest day since multaneously, Mayor Sadiq er’s license up, or birth cer- spreads incredibly fast,” he what he thought was right
damaged by a heat-related World War II on Tuesday as Khan said. At least 41 prop- tificates, anything, so I lost said. for his country.
A4 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M

Photographs by Fermin Ricardo Soto Munoz For The Times

MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of medical student Eric Andrade Ramirez in Durango, Mexico, on Sunday. He was killed days before completing his service.

Mexico places
future doctors
in risky areas
[Mexico, from A1] ter a doctor was shot and
rite of passage. killed this month in the mu-
The shooting death of a nicipality of Bocoyna, which
medical student last week has seen clashes between
inside the hospital where he cartels, six students set to
worked in the mountains of start work there were reas-
Durango state sparked signed.
protests by medical stu- The government defends
dents across the country. the program, which dates to
Some marched in white lab 1936 and graduates about
coats and carried signs that 18,000 students each year.
said, “We’re not your cheap Mexican Health Secretary
labor” and “No more com- Jorge Alcocer told reporters
munity service, they’re this week that officials
killing us.” would be reviewing security
It’s unclear exactly how conditions but that the com-
many students have been munity service is an “aca-
killed or suffered attacks demic requirement that, in
during their community ser- principle, cannot be can-
vice, but even university offi- celed.”
cials have started to ac- “It’s not advisable to sus- MEDICAL STUDENTS protest in Durango on Monday to demand officials better protect them during their
knowledge that the program pend that process of forma- year of mandatory community service. The program has been a crucial source of medical care in rural areas.
has become unsafe. tion that’s so important for
“This scheme is a total doctors,” he said. “We can’t centrated in cities. said that sometimes univer- come out or are you not go- El Salto, a logging town
anachronism and should be set aside the most far-away In May, President Andrés sities aren’t given enough ing to come out?” he told her. about an hour-and-a-half
changed,” said Dr. Luis Car- placements that don’t have Manuel López Obrador an- time to choose their place- López called the nurse, drive from his home in the
los Hinojos, the director of conditions that are com- nounced that the country ments carefully and that who calmed the man down city of Durango.
the medical school at the pletely safe.” would fill the gaps by con- conditions can change and persuaded him to stop After the killing, some
Autonomous University of Moreover, the program tracting Cuban doctors, rapidly, such as when a car- threatening López, who said medical students in Du-
Chihuahua. has been a crucial source of prompting criticism that the tel arrives in a community. that the scare prompted her rango deserted their place-
He said the university medical care in rural areas. real problem was security. “That’s happened many to ask health officials for ments and vowed not to re-
has tried to place more stu- For every 10,000 people, Mex- Medical school in Mexico times,” he said. “No one has more security but that noth- turn.
dents in safer urban loca- ico has 24 doctors — not far starts right after high school the intention to send them ing changed. “How is it possible that
tions and relocate those behind the U.S. figure of 26 and usually lasts six or seven to unsafe areas.” She happened to be out we’re giving a health service
deemed to be in danger. Af- — but they are heavily con- years, the last of which is In interviews, more than of town when armed men to take care of others but no
spent doing community ser- two dozen current and for- from the community sur- one protects us?” asked
vice, which can entail con- mer students described har- rounded the clinic and Daniel Ramirez, 27, a class-
ducting research or working rowing experiences that in- threatened to set it on fire af- mate who decided to leave
How to contact us in clinics. Typically, the gov-
ernment determines what
cluded navigating cartel
checkpoints to get to their
ter one of her patients died
from COVID-19. The nurse
his assignment in a Durango
town where he said drug
(800) LA TIMES slots are available and leaves clinic, delivering medical warned her not to return, traffickers colluded with the
[Link]/mediakit or call it to the schools to fill them. care at gunpoint and work- and López found a new police.
Home Delivery and
Membership Program (213) 237-6176. Students with the best ing in places where criminals placement and changed her Dr. Martin Gerardo Sori-
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THE NATION

Biden announces steps on climate change

clean energy.
Executive orders aim Gina McCarthy, Biden’s
top domestic climate advi-
to boost offshore wind sor, said the White House
energy and deal with would continue to roll out
climate-related orders over
record-setting heat. the next few weeks. Al-
though it’s “disappointing
By Courtney that Congress couldn’t get
Subramanian over the finish line,” Mc-
and Eli Stokols Carthy said, “that in no way
precludes the president
SOMERSET, Mass. — from using the full range of
President Biden announced his executive authorities to
executive orders on Wednes- get us where we need to go.”
day that are designed to bol- Biden has vowed to take
ster offshore wind energy “strong executive action” if
programs and help commu- the Senate refuses to pass
nities adapt to extreme heat legislation to tackle climate
— the first in a series of ac- change and bolster clean en-
tions he is expected to take ergy efforts. But any unilat-
to confront climate change. eral action will be limited in
The actions, which Biden scope after the Supreme
laid out during a speech at a Court sharply restricted the
closed coal-fired plant in Environmental Protection
Somerset that is in the Agency’s power to regulate
process of being converted carbon emissions last
into a facility to promote off- month.
shore wind power, include Biden spoke at the Bray-
$2.3 billion in resilience and ton Point Power Station, the
infrastructure funding former site of the largest
through the Federal Emer- Evan Vucci Associated Press coal-powered electricity
gency Management Agency CALLING RISING temperatures a “clear and present danger,” President Biden unveils executive action to plant in New England. The
to help heat-ravaged com- confront climate change at the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., a closed coal-fired plant. plant closed in 2017 and is be-
munities grapple with ing converted into a manu-
record-setting tempera- supply chains and the crippling heat waves. Such an emergency de- change. Those provisions facturing facility for under-
tures. deadly effects of heat on vul- Britain in recent days has cree would unlock federal were jettisoned this week, sea transmission cables and
The funding will help nerable populations. set a slew of heat-related funding and resources to however, after Sen. Joe other equipment used to tie
states expand cooling cen- “It is literally, not figura- records, and wildfires are strengthen renewable en- Manchin III ([Link].) re- offshore wind plants along
ters for millions of Ameri- tively, a clear and present raging across Spain, France, ergy initiatives and restrict jected including them in the the East Coast into New
cans enduring scorching danger,” he continued. “The Portugal and Greece. new federal oil drilling, advo- spending plan. Manchin, England’s electrical grid.
weather. health of our citizens and Biden is expected to an- cates say. who has repeatedly up- As a part of the first
Biden’s push for billions our communities is literally nounce additional executive Upon returning to Wash- ended Biden’s domestic tranche of climate-related
in tax incentives to boost at stake.” actions in the coming weeks ington, Biden told reporters agenda, said he would op- executive action, Biden will
new energy development Biden said he also will di- as he faces mounting pres- he was still considering tak- pose any legislative package direct his Interior Depart-
has been derailed in Con- rect the Department of sure to fulfill his pledge to cut ing that action but was un- that includes spending on ment to advance wind en-
gress for the second time in Health and Human Services U.S. greenhouse gas emis- sure of his own legal author- climate or energy provi- ergy development along the
eight months, but in New to issue guidance to help sions by half of 2005 levels by ity. sions, citing concerns over mid- and southern Atlantic
England, he vowed to con- communities access 2030 and deliver on cam- “I’m running the traps on inflation. Coast and Florida’s Gulf
tinue to use his executive au- $385 million in federal fund- paign climate promises the authority that I do have,” In his remarks, Biden Coast, according to a senior
thority to address climate ing to buy efficient air-condi- ahead of November’s Biden said, pledging that he said he wouldn’t wait on administration official. The
change. tioning equipment, set up midterm elections. “will make a decision on that Congress to reach a deal on agency is also proposing the
Declaring the crisis a community cooling centers But he has so far stopped soon.” climate provisions in a first Wind Energy Areas in
“code red for humanity,” the in schools and reduce other short of declaring a national The White House contin- Democratic budget bill, the Gulf of Mexico, the offi-
president framed the “exis- energy costs. climate emergency, a step ues to weigh using emer- which requires only 50 votes cial said.
tential threat” of rising “When it comes to fight- progressives and environ- gency powers and other ex- to pass. He noted that “not a The directive builds on
global temperatures in eco- ing climate change, I will not mental advocates have ecutive orders as congres- single Republican in Con- last month’s White House
nomic terms. “Our economy take no for an answer,” urged him to take after talks sional negotiations proceed gress stepped up to the launch of a formal partner-
is at risk, so we have to act,” Biden said. over a climate and drug- over a legislative package plate” to support his climate ship with 11 East Coast gov-
he said, noting the impact of Large portions of the U.S. pricing package stalled in that had once included plan and urged lawmakers ernors to boost the offshore
extreme weather events on and Europe are battling Congress last week. funding to combat climate not to be “a roadblock” to wind industry.

Uvalde officials Bill to protect

look to oust chief gay marriage
of schools police stands a chance
Robb, of not being transpar-
If fired, he would be ent about what happened
and of failing to hold the Senate, where Demo-
the first officer to lose Arredondo to account for his Roe’s reversal may crats will need the support of
his job in the wake of actions.
prompt more Senate 10 Republicans, assuming all
Confronted with parents’ 50 members of the Demo-
the mass shooting. vociferous demands to fire Republicans to vote cratic caucus support the
Arredondo and warnings measure. But in a nod to the
associated press
that his job would be next, Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press for same-sex rights. dramatic swing some Re-
Supt. Hal Harrell said Mon- CHIEF Pete Arredondo, third from left, has been publicans have undertaken
UVALDE, Texas — Fac- day that the police chief was criticized for his handling of the May 24 massacre. By Jennifer Haberkorn on the issue, there are signs
ing massive public pressure, a contract employee who several will cross party lines.
Uvalde’s top school official could not be fired at will. fire the chief follows the re- doors, but not the one where WASHINGTON — In an Sen. Rob Portman of
has recommended the firing The agenda for Satur- lease of a damning 80-page the massacre took place. unexpected consequence of Ohio, who was the first Re-
of the school district police day’s meeting includes the report by a Texas House The classroom door the Supreme Court’s rever- publican to support same-
chief who was central to the board discussing the poten- committee that blamed all could not be locked from the sal of the Roe vs. Wade sex marriage in 2013 after his
botched law enforcement tial firing with its lawyer. levels of law enforcement for inside, but there is no indica- decision, Congress may be son came out as gay, is ex-
response to the elementary Arredondo, who has been a slow and chaotic response. tion officers tried to open the poised to codify same-sex pected to join Sen. Susan
school shooting nearly two on leave from the district The report found that 376 door while the gunman was marriage rights. Collins (R-Maine) as a co-
months ago that killed two since June 22, has faced blis- law enforcement officers inside. Fearful that the rollback sponsor of the bill.
teachers and 19 students. tering criticism since the massed at the school, with “Our thought was: ‘If he of abortion rights is a pre- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
The south Texas city’s massacre, most notably for more than half coming from comes out, you know, you cursor to the reversal of told CNN he “probably will”
school board announced not ordering officers to im- state and federal agencies, eliminate the threat,’ cor- Supreme Court decisions support the bill, and Sen.
Wednesday that it will con- mediately breach the class- but that they “failed to ad- rect?” Arredondo told the protecting same-sex mar- Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
sider firing Chief Pete room where an 18-year-old here to their active shooter committee, according to the riage and the use of contra- has previously expressed
Arredondo at a special gunman carried out the training, and they failed to report. “And just the ception, Democrats are support for codifying same-
meeting Saturday. attack. prioritize saving innocent thought of other children be- pushing bills that would en- sex marriage.
Arredondo has been ac- If fired, Arredondo would lives over their own safety.” ing in other classrooms, my shrine both into law. Democrats are hoping
cused by state officials of become the first officer According to the commit- thought was: ‘We can’t let The House voted 267 to these glimmers of GOP sup-
making several critical mis- ousted from his job after the tee, Arredondo told lawmak- him come back out. If he 157 this week — with the sup- port will snowball. They may
takes during the May 24 deadliest Texas school ers that he didn’t consider comes back out, we take him port of 47 Republicans — to pick up a few votes from re-
mass shooting at Robb Ele- shooting in history. himself the on-scene com- out, or we eliminate the codify marriage equity. A tiring Republicans or from
mentary School. Although nearly 400 offi- mander in charge and that threat.’ ” vote on contraception is ex- those who joined bipartisan
School officials have pre- cers from various agencies his priority was to protect Arredondo, 50, grew up in pected Thursday. bill efforts earlier this year.
viously resisted calls to fire were involved in the police children in other class- Uvalde and spent much of If Congress is able to cod- “I was really impressed
Arredondo. response that took more rooms. his nearly 30-year career in ify same-sex marriage, it will by how much bipartisan
The announcement than an hour to confront and The committee report law enforcement in the city. mark a stunningly quick re- support it got in the House.
comes two days after a meet- kill the shooter, Arredondo called that decision a “terri- He took the head police versal on one of the most We’re working to get the nec-
ing where the school board is one of only two known to ble, tragic mistake.” job at the school district in controversial social issues of essary Senate Republican
members were lambasted have faced discipline. His at- Body camera footage re- 2020 and was sworn in as a the early 2000s, when most support to ensure it would
for more than three hours by torney did not immediately leased by the Uvalde officials member of the City Council Republicans campaigned pass,” Senate Majority
members of the public, who respond to requests for com- shows Arredondo in the hall- in a closed-door ceremony on banning gay marriage. Leader Charles E. Schumer
accused them of not imple- ment. way trying multiple sets of May 31. He resigned from his The same-sex marriage (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday.
menting basic security at The move to potentially keys on other classroom council seat July 2. vote faces an uphill battle in The bill would prohibit
states from discriminating
against same-sex couples
married in other states, and

Oregon voters put gun control on November ballot

would repeal the Defense of
Marriage Act, which recog-
nized only marriages be-
tween a man and a woman.
chief petitioner of the initia- prayer “for those who’ve first grade this upcoming the permit from the local po- The court struck down
Buyers would have to tive, said Tuesday. been affected by gun vio- season, and I don’t want her lice chief, county sheriff or the act in its 2015 Obergefell
Secretary of State lence in this nation, espe- to have to be scared at their designees. vs. Hodges ruling, rendering
qualify for permits in Shemia Fagan’s elections di- cially Buffalo, Uvalde and school.” The National Rifle it moot. Enshrining mar-
one of the nation’s vision determined Monday Highland Park, recently” — The measure would ban Assn.’s Institute for Legisla- riage equity into law would
that the gun-safety cam- references to mass shoot- large-capacity magazines of tive Action has denounced ensure the law would not go
strictest measures. paign had delivered enough ings in New York, Texas and more than 10 rounds — ex- the initiative, saying on its back into force if the court
verified signatures of regis- Illinois, respectively. cept for current owners, law website that “these anti-gun were to overrule Obergefell.
associated press
tered voters to put Initiative The phenomenon of enforcement and the mili- citizens are coming after The bill would also en-
17 on the ballot for the Nov. 8 mass shootings created “a tary — and require a permit YOU, the law-abiding shrine interracial marriage,
SALEM, Ore. — Oregoni- election. Election officials surge of volunteers” to to purchase any gun. To firearm owners of Oregon, a right granted in the Su-
ans will decide in November said 131,671 signatures were gather signatures, Knutson qualify for a permit, an appli- and YOUR guns.” preme Court’s Loving vs.
whether people wanting to validated, more than the said. “We didn’t go out seek- cant would need to complete Oregon appears to be the Virginia ruling in 1967.
purchase a gun will first have minimum 112,080 needed. ing more volunteers because an approved firearm-safety only state in America with a Justice Clarence Tho-
to qualify for a permit, after Knutson said he had they came to us.” course, pay a fee, provide gun-safety initiative under- mas, in a concurring opinion
one of the strictest gun con- been heading to the World After adding her name to personal information, sub- way for the 2022 election, ac- in the Dobbs vs. Jackson
trol measures in the nation Athletics Championships in the petition last month, mit to fingerprinting and cording to Sean Holihan, Women’s Health Organiza-
landed on the ballot. Eugene, Ore., when he Raevahnna Richardson photographing, and pass a state legislative director for tion abortion case, said that
“I was thrilled to hear the learned the news by phone. said, “I signed it to keep our criminal background check. Giffords, an organization led after Roe, the court should
news and thankful for the The pastor of a Lutheran kids safe, because some- The state police would by former Rep. Gabrielle reconsider its previous rul-
1,600 volunteers, of all ages,” church in Portland, Knutson thing needs to change. I have create a firearms database. Giffords dedicated to saving ings on same-sex marriage
the Rev. Mark Knutson, a said he responded with a a kid that’s going to be in Applicants would apply for lives from gun violence. and contraception.
L AT I M E S . C O M SS T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 A7

What Trump wasn’t doing on Jan. 6

As an investigation focuses on his actions, here’s how his inaction left others to save Capitol
Rosen received an email
By Sarah D. Wire at 7:10 p.m. from the Justice
Department’s National Se-
WASHINGTON — The curity Division: “Order is be-
House Jan. 6 committee’s ing restored inside the Capi-
prime-time hearing Thurs- tol Building. Senate and
day is billed as a look at what House members are shelter-
former President Trump did ing in place until they can be
in the 187 minutes between evacuated.”
the start of the insurrection At 7:10 p.m. the White
and when he urged his sup- House released a second
porters to leave the Capitol. video from Trump, this time
The panel will detail the condemning the violence
calls Trump made to law- and acknowledging a new
makers trying to convince administration would take
them to further his plan to office Jan. 20.
stay in power even as they “Like all Americans, I am
were evacuated; the tweets outraged by the violence,
he sent decrying Vice Presi- lawlessness and mayhem. I
dent Mike Pence, who was immediately deployed the
fleeing the mob; and the National Guard and federal
time a reportedly gleeful law enforcement to secure
Trump spent watching the the building and expel the
riot on television as family intruders,” the outgoing
and aides begged him to in- president said in the three-
tervene. minute video.
But just as telling are the Trump did not take part
actions the former president in a 7:20 p.m. call with Pence,
did not take in that time. Pelosi, Schumer, House
Public records, congres- GOP leader McCarthy and
sional testimony and report- McConnell (R-Ky.), who
ing provide a detailed if not were briefed by Rosen,
definitive timeline of frantic Donoghue and Miller.
interactions behind the “We briefed them all on
scenes as officials sought to this and told them that we
expel a growing crowd of cleared their chambers and
white supremacists, armed Jose Luis Magana Associated Press they could go back in and
militia members and thou- INSURRECTIONISTS loyal to then-President Trump scale a wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Records, restart their sessions,” Jus-
sands of others who were testimony and reporting provide a detailed if not definitive timeline of Trump’s inaction during the attack. tice Department spokes-
trying to stop Congress from man Marc Raimondi said in
certifying Joe Biden’s vic- Beutler (R-Wash.) later Defense Department time- an email released through a
tory based on the false claim wrote. line reported on by the Asso- records request.
that the 2020 election had Miller placed 1,100 mem- ciated Press. Pence de- Trump took or made sev-
been stolen. bers of the D.C. National manded that the Capitol be eral phone calls that eve-
Evidence shows there Guard on standby at cleared. ning, according to the Daily
were multiple remote meet- 3:04 p.m. pending his final At 4:17 p.m., Trump re- Diary. He spoke with Cipol-
ings from the White House approval of a plan for how leased a video on Twitter ad- lone and communications
Situation Room; huddles to they would be used. dressing his supporters. director Dan Scavino; with
coordinate the law enforce- Trump tweeted at “I know your pain. I know conservative lawyers Kurt
ment response; and emo- 3:13 p.m.: “I am asking for ev- you’re hurt,” Trump said, Olsen, Mark Martin and
tional phone calls and mes- eryone at the U.S. Capitol to and repeated his false claim Cleta Mitchell, who had in-
sages among national secu- remain peaceful. No vio- that Biden’s election win formally advised him on how
rity officials, a handful of se- lence! Remember, WE are was fraudulent. to overturn the election, as
nior White House aides, and the Party of Law & Order — “We have to have peace. well as his attorney Rudolph
— as they hid in safe rooms respect the Law and our We have to have law and or- W. Giuliani; and with politi-
at the Capitol — congres- great men and women in der,” he continued. “We have cal strategist Stephen K.
sional leaders and the vice Blue. Thank you!” to respect our great people Bannon and campaign man-
president. Army Secretary Mc- in law and order. We don’t ager Jason Miller.
This is the story of what Carthy told Pelosi and Sen- want anybody hurt.... So go Trump’s last recorded
happened without Trump J. Scott Applewhite Associated Press ate Majority Leader Charles home. We love you; you’re action of the day was an 18-
on Jan. 6. POLICE SHOT and killed one rioter and confronted E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) at very special. You’ve seen minute call beginning at
House Speaker Nancy others trying to break into the House chamber. 3:19 p.m. that the full mobi- what happens; you see the 11:23 p.m. with John McEn-
Pelosi (D-San Francisco) lization of the D.C. National way others are treated that tee, director of the White
had just started the joint Guard had been approved. are so bad and so evil. I know House Presidential Person-
session of Congress at
1:05 p.m. when Trump ended
‘I never spoke to the president Donoghue called the act-
ing administrator of the
how you feel, but go home
and go home in peace.”
nel Office. Several Cabinet
members and prominent
his speech at the Ellipse near that day. He was not on any Drug Enforcement Admin- Trump’s name was no- staff members had resigned
the White House by encour- istration and the acting di- ticeably absent from a news that day, including deputy
aging the crowd to go to the calls that I was on.’ rector of the ATF. At release issued by national national security advisor
Capitol. Some had already 3:30 p.m. Bowser called security officials at 4:43 p.m. Matthew Pottinger, who is
broken through the first line — Richard Donoghue, Pelosi and House leaders. to inform the public of the expected to testify at Thurs-
acting deputy attorney general, in a deposition for the Jan. 6 panel
of police barriers. Donoghue spoke for 11 full deployment of the D.C. day’s hearing.
As Trump left the stage, minutes to someone who National Guard. No major national secu-
Capitol Police Chief Steven called from a White House “[Joint Chiefs] Chairman rity official has said under
Sund asked the Senate and Rioters first entered the that meeting that local and line at 3:44 p.m. It was the Milley and I just spoke sepa- oath that they spoke with
House sergeants at arms to Capitol through windows federal law enforcement per- first White House number to rately with the Vice Presi- Trump on Jan. 6.
allow him to call in the Dis- they had broken at 2:11 p.m., sonnel were insufficient to appear in the Justice De- dent and with Speaker Miller, the Defense secre-
trict of Columbia National and Pence evacuated the address the situation and partment logs that day since Pelosi, [Senate Republican tary, told Congress in May
Guard. Sund has said in con- Senate just two minutes that the Department of the riot began. The depart- leader Mitch] McConnell, 2021 he had spoken with
gressional testimony that later as the chamber went Defense would be required ment redacted names and Senator Schumer and Trump twice in the days be-
the sergeants at arms told into recess. to play a much larger role in numbers for several calls on [House Majority Leader fore Jan. 6, but hadn’t spo-
him the decision would have A minute later, rioters reestablishing order and Jan. 6, so there may have Steny H.] Hoyer about the ken with him the day of the
to be run by congressional reached the Capitol’s second maintaining security,” been earlier calls from the situation at the U.S. Capi- riot. “I had all the authority I
leaders. The approval would floor using a staircase that Miller told a congressional White House. tol,” McCarthy, the Army needed and knew what had
not come for over an hour. led them within feet of a Sen- committee last year. At the same time, con- secretary, said in the state- to happen,” he said. Un-
As Trump walked to his ate entrance. Officer Eugene At 2:38 p.m., Trump gressional leaders implored ment. named Pentagon officials
motorcade and his car made Goodman drew the rioters tweeted again: “Please sup- Pentagon officials in a call to Milley later told the Jan. 6 told Vanity Fair on condition
the two-minute drive to the away from the unguarded port our Capitol Police and force Trump to act. committee that Meadows of anonymity that Miller had
White House, Metropolitan entrance as officers inside Law Enforcement. They are “Tell POTUS to tweet ev- appeared to be covering for tried repeatedly to speak
Police Chief Robert Contee rushed to lock the cham- truly on the side of our Coun- eryone should leave,” Schu- the president’s inaction, and with Trump on the phone
updated Washington Mayor ber’s doors. try. Stay peaceful!” mer said, according to the wanted the Pentagon to give that day, but failed to reach
Muriel Bowser about the sit- Acting Defense Secre- Capitol Police asked the Associated Press. the impression that Trump him.
uation at the Capitol. Acting tary Christopher Miller Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, National Guard officials was in charge. Rosen told the Jan. 6
Atty. Gen. Jeffrey Rosen spoke at 2:22 p.m. by phone Firearms and Explosives to began coordinating with “He said we have to kill committee in a deposition he
spoke by phone with acting with D.C. officials, Capitol assist with pipe bombs governors in surrounding the narrative that the vice did not speak with Trump
U.S. Atty. for the District of Police and National Guard found at the Republican Na- states to deploy their Guard president is making all of the between Jan. 3 and Jan. 19,
Columbia Michael Sherwin. leaders about Bowser and tional Committee head- troops. Miller, the acting De- decisions,” Milley told the but he had spoken with
Trump arrived at the Sund’s requests for National quarters as the riot began fense secretary, traveled to panel in a deposition. Meadows, Cipollone and na-
White House at 1:19 p.m. He Guard support. and at the Democratic Na- Metropolitan Police head- The National Guard ar- tional security advisor
went to the Oval office and Sund said in congres- tional Committee head- quarters to oversee prepara- rived at the Capitol by Robert O’Brien on Jan. 6.
spoke to his valet at 1:21 p.m., sional testimony that Lt. quarters a short time later. tions for how the Guard 5:40 p.m., nearly four hours “They were very much in
according to the last entries Gen. Walter Piatt, the direc- Bowser declared a state of would be used. after the first request for the same posture we were:
in the Daily Diary, the official tor of Army Staff, told him he emergency and a citywide Pelosi and Schumer re- their help. At 5:56 p.m., a call Let’s get as much help to the
log of his movements, until didn’t “like the visual of the curfew starting at 6 p.m. leased a joint statement at began from the Situation Capitol as fast as possible.
4 p.m. National Guard standing a A U.S. Capitol Police offi- 3:55 p.m., imploring Trump Room to update national se- So I think that there was at
Calls and emails flowed line with the Capitol in the cer fatally shot Trump sup- to ask his supporters to curity leaders. U.S. Capitol least the hope that some-
among the Pentagon, the background.” Ultimately, Pi- porter Ashli Babbitt at withdraw. “We are calling on Police and police dogs body in the White House
Justice Department, Bow- att took the request to his 2:44 p.m. as she climbed President Trump to de- searched each room inside could talk to the president,”
ser’s office and local law en- superiors. through a broken window mand that all protesters the Capitol. Rosen said.
forcement. While that call was taking that would give rioters ac- leave the U.S. Capitol and At 6:01 p.m., Trump sent Committee Vice Chair
At 1:49 p.m., Metropoli- place, Trump made a public cess to the House floor. Ten Capitol grounds immedi- another tweet, again falsely Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.)
tan Police declared a riot at statement for the first time minutes later, dozens of ately,” their statement said. claiming there had been pressed the point during
the Capitol. Bowser, who since the violence had be- House members and Deputy FBI Director fraud in the election, and Rosen’s deposition, asking
had already asked Army gun, tweeting at 2:24 p.m.: staffers were escorted from David Bowdich urged Don- that it was stolen from him. him: “How did you think
Secretary Ryan D. Mc- “Mike Pence didn’t have the the chamber. oghue by email at 4:01 p.m. to “These are the things and about the fact that you had
Carthy to send in the Guard, courage to do what should Bowser spoke with White call Army Secretary Mc- events that happen when a talked to everybody up to
called him a second time. have been done to protect House Chief of Staff Mark Carthy because the Guard sacred landslide election the vice president, but not
Sund called the Secret Ser- our Country and our Consti- Meadows at 2:56 p.m., and was still not helping defend victory is so unceremoni- the president?”
vice to ask for help, accord- tution, giving States a White House Counsel Pat the Capitol. “They are all ously & viciously stripped Rosen stumbled as he
ing to emails released chance to certify a corrected Cipollone called Rosen at parked,” stated the email, away from great patriots tried to answer.
through a records request. set of facts, not the fraudu- 2:57 p.m. Cipollone spoke released through the Free- who have been badly & un- “I’m really not — not re-
Around the same time, lent or inaccurate ones with Rosen or Donoghue 15 dom of Information Act. fairly treated for so long,” ally even sure how to re-
according to congressional which they were asked to times on Jan. 6, according to Entries in Trump’s Daily Trump tweeted. “Go home spond to that, because we
testimony, Sund called D.C. previously certify. USA de- Justice Department call Diary resumed at 4 p.m., with love & in peace. Re- got so focused during the
National Guard Command- mands the truth!” logs. showing that from that member this day forever!” day on what we have to do
ing Gen. William Walker to Acting Deputy Atty. Gen. Around this time, House point onward, he made no Police Chief Sund briefed and what can we do and try-
tell him a request from the Richard Donoghue received Minority Leader Kevin phone calls to check in with congressional leaders by ing to be in a posture of being
Capitol Police for assistance a call at 2:29 p.m. from the McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) Pence, national security offi- phone at 6:25 p.m., telling part of the solution, trying to
was imminent because the acting chief of the countert- spoke with Trump; he was cials or congressional lead- them that police and the Na- be helpful,” Rosen said.
security perimeter had been errorism section of the Jus- the only congressional lead- ers; did not go to the Situa- tional Guard had secured “Obviously, the situation
breached at the Capitol. tice Department’s National er to do so that day. tion Room; and had no brief- the Capitol and its perime- was terrible, but once this
“Chief Sund, his voice Security Division, according “When McCarthy finally ings from National Security ter and that election certifi- breach of the Capitol oc-
cracking with emotion, indi- to department call logs. The reached the president on Council staff. cation could resume. Trump curred there was this
cated that there was a dire two would speak 10 times January 6 and asked him to At 4:03 p.m., Trump re- went to the White House res- tremendous urgency and
emergency on Capitol Hill over the course of the day. publicly and forcefully call corded a video in the White idence at 6:27 p.m., accord- just ongoing all day long,” he
and requested the immedi- Meanwhile, Bowser’s of- off the riot, the president ini- House Rose Garden urging ing to the Daily Diary. continued, “You know —
ate assistance of as many fice contacted the White tially repeated the falsehood supporters to go home. A A second call to national what’s happening, what can
Guardsmen as I could House Executive Office of that it was antifa that had minute after Trump reen- security leaders was made we do, what else do we know
muster,” Walker said in con- the President, and staff-level breached the Capitol. Mc- tered the Oval Office at from the Situation Room at and what do we hear from
gressional testimony. conversations began, ac- Carthy refuted that and told 4:07 p.m., Pence called Miller 7 p.m., according to notes [the Homeland Security De-
Walker alerted Army cording to congressional the president that these from the underground Donoghue took that were re- partment], what do we know
leaders, and Sund activated testimony. And Miller, Mc- were Trump supporters. garage to which he’d been leased through a Freedom of — that it just gets caught up
the Metropolitan Washing- Carthy and Chairman of the That’s when, according to evacuated. Information Act request. in the moment of, ‘Let’s do
ton Council of Governments Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark McCarthy, the president Pence said the Capitol “I never spoke to the our job,’ you know — ‘We’ll
Mutual Aid Agreement to Milley met for the first time said: ‘Well, Kevin, I guess was not secure, and asked president that day. He was do our job. And let’s hope
formally request assistance to discuss deploying the D.C. these people are more upset military leaders for a dead- not on any calls that I was everybody is doing what
from nearby law enforce- National Guard. about the election than you line for securing the build- on,” Donoghue later told the they’re supposed to do.’ And
ment agencies. “It became clear during are,’” Rep. Jaime Herrera ing, according to an internal Jan. 6 panel in a deposition. that’s how I remember it.”
A8 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M

County officially returns Bruce’s Beach

[Beach, from A1]
whoops and cheers as An-
thony Bruce held up the cer-
tificate of the deed — the
document that officially re-
connects him with the land
that has long carried his
family’s name. A few people
wiped away tears as the In-
ner City Youth Orchestra of
Los Angeles, the largest ma-
jority Black orchestra in
America, played the hymn
“Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Sing a song full of the faith

that the dark past has
taught us
Sing a song full of the hope
that the present has
brought us

“We cannot change the

injustices done to our people
in the past, but we owe it to
future generations to elimi-
nate structural and sys-
temic racism that still exist
today,” said state Sen.
Steven Bradford (D-Gar-
dena), chair of the California
Legislative Black Caucus.
“This transfer of land … rep-
resents a template for other
states to follow — to fight to
repair, and ultimately sal-
vage, what was lost.”
Los Angeles County will
now rent the property from
the Bruces for $413,000 a year
and maintain a lifeguard fa- Christina House Los Angeles Times
cility there, according to a THE INNER City Youth Orchestra performs as state and county officials gather at Bruce’s Beach on Wednesday to present the deed to
plan released last month. the Bruce family. “These aren’t moments, they are movements,” said Supervisor Holly Mitchell. “This has been a marathon, not a sprint.”
The lease agreement also
includes the right for the sea. sort once stood, she joined simply pulled out a long list family navigate the media Beach demonstrates that it
county to purchase the land But the Bruces and their forces with Supervisor Holly of people who had helped spotlight; and Mitch Ward, is possible — if the political
at a later date for $20 million, guests faced increasing Mitchell, and Sen. Bradford, make this moment possible. who had sought to bring the will exists — for more cities
plus any associated transac- threats from white neigh- who rallied state lawmakers He used the rest of his time history of Bruce’s Beach to and states to atone for past
tion costs. bors. The Ku Klux Klan and and the governor to to name every single person light in 2006 when he was injustices.
Efforts to return the land local real estate agents pur- authorize transferring the — there were dozens — and mayor of Manhattan Beach. Mitchell, who emceed the
to the Bruce family began in portedly plotted to harass two parcels back to the ran out of breath a few times. “This solidifies that what ceremony as chair of the
2020, when Hahn learned them. Bruce family. But with the crowd still was once impossible is now Board of Supervisors, also
the history of Bruce’s Beach When racism failed to George Fatheree, a real cheering, he grinned and possible,” said Kavon Ward, stressed that the county’s ef-
and realized the county had drive this Black beach com- estate transaction lawyer kept on reading. who is now helping five other forts to undo past injustices
the power to right a well- munity out of town, city offi- who represented the Bruce The ceremony did feel Black California families in cannot end at Bruce’s
documented wrong. cials in 1924 condemned the family pro bono, worked like a reunion of sorts, as Santa Monica, Palm Beach.
Charles and Willa Bruce neighborhood and seized with county officials to un- lawyers, legislators and Springs, Coloma, Hayward “These aren’t moments,
had found their way to a bur- more than two dozen prop- ravel every step of this un- county staffers greeted one and Canyon with stories they are movements,” said
geoning California in 1912, erties through eminent do- charted process. They con- another, along with the similar to that of the Bruces. Mitchell, who took in all the
years after white developers main. They said there was an ducted lengthy genealogy many community leaders “It confirms that people bittersweet emotions of the
claimed the ancestral home- urgent need for a public studies, overcame a legal who helped pave the way for have a right to have this day when Sam Cooke’s “A
lands of the Tongva people park. challenge, and completed a change. much audacious hope and Change is Gonna Come”
and built what is known to- But the properties sat complicated economic There was Kavon Ward, vision. … I am looking for- started playing.
day as Manhattan Beach. empty for decades. The two analysis to determine the the force and heart behind ward to many more days “This has been a mara-
Willa purchased two lots oceanfront parcels that had value of the property. the grassroots movement where we correct the harm thon, not a sprint — and it
right by the sand and ran a been owned by the Bruces “I do thank God,” said Justice for Bruce’s Beach; that was done.” was a marathon where a
popular lodge, cafe and were transferred to the state Anthony Bruce, who flew in Alison Rose Jefferson, the There is, indeed, a lot number of people have
dance hall that extended a in 1948, then to the county in from Florida on Wednesday historian who documented more history to unwind, with taken the baton and pass it
rare welcome to Black 1995. (The other lots, still and was joined by his wife, the story of Bruce’s Beach in many pointing to the violent and pass it and pass it to get
beachgoers. A few more owned by the city of Manhat- Sandra, and his father, her book “Living the Califor- dispossession of Indigenous us here today.”
Black families, drawn to this tan Beach, were eventually brother, uncle and many nia Dream: African Ameri- people in this country and She held out her arms as
new neighborhood that be- turned into a park.) members of his extended can Leisure Sites during the the racially motivated the crowd stood and
came known as Bruce’s When Hahn realized the family. Jim Crow Era”; Duane Shep- displacement of other com- cheered.
Beach, bought and built county now owned the two When it was his turn to ard Sr., a Bruce cousin based munities of color. But the de- “Let’s welcome the
their own cottages by the parcels where the Bruce re- speak before the crowd, he in South L.A. who helped his cisive return of Bruce’s Bruces home.”

Teachers Giuliani told to

weep testify in Georgia
recalling election inquiry
Parkland Judge orders Trump’s
moned to appear in court in
New York on July 13 to
present any reasons why a
lawyer to appear as subpoena should not be is-
grand jury looks into sued for him to testify in At-
Harrowing testimony baseless 2020 claims. lanta, but he failed to show
up for the hearing, Farber
could help decide wrote in his order.
associated press
whether mass killer Mike Stocker Pool Photo In a court filing Wednes-
IVY SCHAMIS wipes her tears while testifying in the penalty trial of the Park- day, Willis informed the
gets life or death. land killer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Two students in her class died in the rampage. ATLANTA — A judge in judge overseeing the special
New York has ordered grand jury that Giuliani had
By Terry Spencer hind furniture but didn’t gunshots,” she said. “They said. “It never stopped.” Rudolph W. Giuliani to ap- been served with Farber’s fi-
panic and acted with brav- were incredibly loud. Boom Lippel said she got inside pear next month before a nal order instructing him to
FORT LAUDERDALE, ery and maturity as they boom boom boom boom! I her room and closed the special grand jury in Atlanta appear before the special
Fla. — Teachers gave heart- waited to be rescued. Three froze for a moment, and the door, but Beigel was fatally that’s investigating whether grand jury.
wrenching testimony students were wounded in students jumped out of their shot. former President Trump It’s possible that Giuliani
Wednesday in the penalty her class and two were killed: seats. Of course, they were Beigel’s student Veronica and others illegally tried to could file a motion with the
trial of Nikolas Cruz, with Dworet and Helena Ramsay, startled and scared.” Steel testified that his body interfere in the 2020 general court in Atlanta to try to
one recalling that a boy in both 17. Reoven said that she and kept the door from closing, election in Georgia. avoid testifying. Others who
her Holocaust studies class When shown their por- the students crouched on leaving the students in the New York Supreme have been subpoenaed have
correctly answered a ques- traits, she began to weep. the floor around her desk room fearful Cruz would Court Justice Thomas Far- already filed challenges
tion seconds before he be- “That’s my girl, Helena and that wounded students come inside. ber on July 13 issued an order seeking to get out of appear-
came one of 17 people mur- Ramsay,” she said. “Nich- were moaning and crying. “It was scary. We didn’t directing Giuliani, a Trump ing before the grand jury.
dered during the shooter’s olas Dworet, handsome She used a blanket that nor- know what to do,” she said. lawyer and former New York In the petition for Giulia-
rampage four years ago. boy.” mally covered her coffee ma- Rospierski’s head and City mayor, to appear before ni’s testimony, Willis identi-
Ivy Schamis, then a Dworet’s brother Alexan- chine as a tourniquet to stop hip were grazed by bullets, the special grand jury on fied him as a personal attor-
teacher at Marjory Stone- der was grazed by a bullet in the bleeding from a boy’s but he helped students flee Aug. 9 and on any other ney for Trump and a lead at-
man Douglas High School in a classroom across the hall, arm. Another boy used a down a stairwell after Cruz dates ordered by the court in torney for his campaign.
Parkland, Fla., was leading where three students were jacket to stanch the bleeding passed. Atlanta, according to docu- She wrote that he and
students through a discus- killed and several more from a girl’s chest. A girl shot The testimony came a ments filed Wednesday in others presented a Georgia
sion about the 1936 wounded. in the knee appeared to be day after jurors saw surveil- Fulton County Superior state Senate subcommittee
Olympics in Nazi Germany Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in stable. But 16-year-old Car- lance video showing victims Court. with a video recording of
when star swimmer Nick October to 17 counts of first- men Schentrup was lying being gunned down at point- Giuliani’s lawyer did not election workers that Giu-
Dworet correctly responded degree murder for the Feb. facedown in a pool of blood. blank range. Cruz also killed immediately return a call liani alleged showed them
that Adolf Dassler founded 14, 2018, massacre. The jury “I knew that she was some of the wounded by fir- and email seeking comment producing “suitcases” of un-
the Adidas shoe company. must decide whether the for- probably gone,” Reoven ing on them a second time as Wednesday. lawful ballots from unknown
He then added that mer Stoneman Douglas stu- said. they lay on the floor. Fulton County Dist. Atty. sources, outside the view of
Dassler’s brother founded dent should be sentenced to On the third floor, Stacey When jurors get the case, Fani Willis began her investi- election poll watchers.
the rival Puma brand. death or life without parole Lippel was teaching creative they will vote 17 times, once gation early last year, and a Within 24 hours of the
It was then that they for the nation’s deadliest writing and Ernest Rospier- for each of the victims, on special grand jury with sub- hearing on Dec. 3, 2020, Sec-
heard the initial gunshots in mass shooting to go before a ski was supervising study whether to recommend cap- poena power was seated in retary of State Brad Raf-
the first-floor hallway of the jury. The trial is expected to hall when Cruz’s shots on ital punishment. May at her request. In a let- fensperger’s office had de-
three-story building, and last through at least Octo- the first floor triggered the For each death sentence, ter requesting the special bunked the video and said
Cruz began firing his semi- ber. fire alarm. Not realizing a the jury must be unanimous grand jury, she said her team that it had found that no
automatic rifle through the Nine other gunmen who shooting was happening be- or the sentence for that vic- was looking into “any coordi- voter fraud had taken place
glass on her classroom door killed at least 17 people died low them, they led their stu- tim is life. The jurors are told nated attempts to unlaw- at the site. Nevertheless,
near where he entered. during or immediately after dents into the hallway to that to vote for death, the fully alter the outcome of the Giuliani continued to make
“It was really seconds their shootings, either by evacuate. prosecution’s aggravating 2020 elections in this state.” statements to the public and
later that the barrel of that suicide or police gunfire. The That’s when screaming circumstances for that vic- Earlier this month, she in legislative hearings claim-
AR-15 just ambushed our suspect in the 2019 slaying of students began coming back tim must, in their judgment, filed petitions to compel ing widespread voter fraud
classroom,” Schamis testi- 23 people at a Walmart in El up the stairwell and they outweigh the defense’s miti- seven Trump associates, in- using that debunked video,
fied, wiping her eyes with a Paso is awaiting trial. could hear gunshots. gators. A juror can also vote cluding Giuliani and U.S. Willis wrote.
tissue. “It came right Schamis’ testimony was Lippel said she and the for life out of mercy for Cruz. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- “There is evidence that
through that glass panel and followed by that of Ronit Re- teacher from the neighbor- During jury selection, the S.C.), to testify before the [Giuliani’s] appearance and
was just shooting every- oven, who was lecturing in ing room, Scott Beigel, panelists said under oath special grand jury. testimony at the hearing
where. It was very loud. Very her advanced psychology quickly reopened their that they are capable of vot- Because they don’t live in was part of a multi-state, co-
frightening. I kept thinking class about Sigmund Freud doors and started getting ing for either sentence. Georgia, she had to use a ordinated plan by the
about these kids who should when Cruz started firing students back inside. It was process that involves getting Trump campaign to influ-
not be experiencing this at into her neighboring class- then that Cruz emerged Spencer writes for the a judge in the state where ence the results of the No-
all.” room, also through the from the stairwell, “splaying Associated Press. AP writer they live to order them to ap- vember 2020 election in
She said the students door’s window. the rifle back and forth, shot Freida Frisaro in Miami pear. Georgia and elsewhere,” the
scrambled to find safety be- “There were multiple after shot after shot,” she contributed to this report. Giuliani had been sum- petition says.
L AT I M E S . C O M T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 A9

‘I’m over it’: Many in L.A. shrug off surge

[Coronavirus, from A1]
tion that number is a dra-
matic undercount because
many people either test at
home or not at all if their
symptoms are mild.
The number of corona-
virus-positive patients hos-
pitalized in L.A. County as of
Wednesday was 1,328 — up
44% from two weeks ago. But
the majority of those
patients — about 60%,
according to public health
officials — were hospitalized
for other medical issues
while testing positive for the
disease.
Earlier in the pandemic,
this kind of surge might have
elicited widespread fear and
anxiety in Los Angeles
County, which has been
more cautious with virus re-
strictions than most of the
country.
But this time around,
many are shrugging their
shoulders.
The virus — which is
widespread and overwhelm-
ingly causing mild illness
right now — simply does not
scare people like it used to.
So many people are get-
ting infected that the “fear
of the unknown” is fading,
Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an
infectious-disease expert at
UC San Francisco, said in an
interview.
“You get it yourself and
know tons of people who got Jason Armond Los Angeles Times
it, and you fear it less,” he PUBLIC HEALTH officials in Los Angeles County are likely to reinstate an indoor mask mandate by the end of this month because the
said. county is in the “high” COVID-19 community level as defined by the CDC. Above, people shop in Santee Alley in downtown L.A.
Chin-Hong said there is
a palpable disconnect be- with a mask mandate, even and taking precautions, and cially if it can flip on and off was hanging out with two but are older and more vul-
tween alarmed scientists though most counties are in that they can’t stay on high with hospitalization num- friends — a rare weekday nerable.
and health officials focused the CDC’s high community alert forever. bers like a yo-yo — because it treat for a trio that works all “If I get sick, I’m less likely
solely on the infectiousness level. Alameda County reen- The percentage of Ameri- could further erode an al- the time. to die,” he said.
and mutations of the virus, acted a mandate earlier this cans who say they are con- ready alarmingly low level of Ferguson, 26, of South In Huntington Park,
and a public that is increas- summer, only to rescind it cerned about being hospi- trust in public health offi- L.A., said the mall was not Julisa Carrillo said she has
ingly less concerned. three weeks later, with offi- talized for COVID-19 has cials. too crowded, so he did not not stopped worrying.
“If your metric is infec- cials saying case counts and fallen to its lowest level since Just because people are wear a mask inside. He’s “People don’t under-
tions, it looks hopeless,” hospitalizations had stabi- the Pew Research Center be- largely resuming their pre- comfortable going inside stand that this pandemic is
Chin-Hong said. “But if your lized. gan asking about it early in pandemic activities with less-busy public places with- not over,” she said as she
metric is people getting seri- Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, the pandemic. less fear does not mean they out one but always carries waited for a bus on Pacific
ously ill and dying, wow, an epidemiologist and infec- And COVID-19 deaths are reckless, she said. one and puts it on if there are Boulevard, wearing a mask.
that’s a huge victory. tious-diseases expert at both worldwide and in the Take Obdulia Espinoza, too many people. Carrillo got COVID-19
“Some people say, ‘This is UCLA, told The Times that United States are at some of for example. At this point, he doesn’t twice in 2020, before vac-
the worst ever!’ ” and that “we are in a much better situ- the lowest levels of the pan- The 69-year-old, who want to get COVID-19 — it’s a cines were available. Both
more variants “will come on ation today than we were at demic. owns Discoteca y Nove- disruption to have to stay times, she was hospitalized
board and this will never the beginning of the pan- Dr. Monica Gandhi, an dades Tierra Caliente, a va- away from people and miss and put on a ventilator. Her
end. But it is getting better.” demic” because vaccines are infectious-diseases expert riety store in Huntington work — but he’s not mortally lungs have never felt the
In Los Angeles County, effective at preventing at UC San Francisco, told Park, has managed to not afraid of it. same. She can’t run; she’s
public health officials are severe disease and death. The Times it’s not surprising get infected this whole time. Ferguson is not vacci- easily winded.
likely to reinstate an indoor But super-contagious — and not inappropriate — But in the summer of nated, but he said he as- Carrillo had just come
mask mandate by the end of new Omicron subvariants for the public to be more re- 2020, her husband and son sesses his risk and is sensi- from a friend’s house where
this month because the are causing more break- laxed. fell ill with COVID-19. They ble, wearing a mask in everyone wore a mask in-
county is now in the “high” through infections in vacci- “We’re in a good phase were quarantined for about crowds, testing regularly for side.
COVID-19 community level nated and boosted people with COVID, and that is a a month, and she took refuge work, staying home when She is hopeful that a new
as defined by the U.S. Cen- than did previous versions of wonderful victory with im- at her store, sleeping next to he’s sick. mandate will bring cases
ters for Disease Control and the virus, and masks are one munity,” Gandhi said. “It is the cash register and taking “It’s not over. COVID is down again.
Prevention when there are of the tried-and-true tools OK to be happy about in- showers with a bucket. still here. … But we’re as safe “This is a virus that is
more than 10 coronavirus- for reducing transmission, creasing population immu- “I felt trapped and terri- as can be,” he said. hurting so many people,”
positive hospitalizations per he said. nity. I just keep tweeting that fied” with “the two people I Ferguson works the front she said. “I myself don’t feel
100,000 people over seven It’s still important to we have low rates of severe love most” sick at home, she desk at a hotel in Santa Mon- safe.”
days. bring down case numbers, disease, and people might be said. ica and, for two years, has Back at Westfield Valen-
“While we are not seeing a he said, to protect vulnera- mad at me, but it’s just the Espinoza’s store was had to deal with hostile cus- cia Town Center, Nicki
sharp increase in severe dis- ble people such as the el- truth. It’s a good thing.” closed for months when so- tomers refusing to wear Spravka was roaming the
ease at the present time, the derly and those with com- Gandhi said the public is called nonessential busi- masks. stores without a mask with a
pandemic continues to be a promised immune systems. savvy and realizes hospitals nesses were shuttered. Since A new mandate wouldn’t friend who did wear one.
serious public health threat, “What we need to do is and intensive care units are it has reopened, she’s been bother him, he said, because “I go to school in Col-
which is why it is imperative have a mindset, or social not overburdened by frustrated by customers he still has to wear a mask at orado, and basically for the
that the public continue to norm, that we are going to COVID-19 like they once coughing and has offered work, and it’s second nature past year people have been
take precautions to protect expect somewhat of a roller- were. masks to people not wearing now. acting like it doesn’t exist
not only themselves, but coaster ride as new variants “For two years straight, them. His friend Philaton anymore,” Spravka, 20, said
their loved ones, neighbors, arise and sweep through the Californians wore masks in- And yet, the virus has be- Mooney, 22, of South L.A. of the virus. “I mean, I guess I
and the people they interact population,” Kim-Farley side. They got vaccinated at come part of everyday life. said that as a young, healthy care. But it feels like what we
with during their daily lives,” said. “We can go back to high rates. Many got Things feel so much better man, he is not afraid of get- do isn’t really going to affect
the L.A. County Depart- more business as usual, but boosted. The rates of severe now. ting severely ill. it.”
ment of Health Services said when rates are high, we disease are so decoupled “I don’t worry about it as He is not vaccinated ei- Infections, she said, are
in a statement. should all do our part in re- from hospitalizations, and much,” she said. ther, but he is careful, even if “still going to happen.”
The potential new mask ducing transmission.” that’s so obvious to the pub- At Del Amo Fashion Cen- he’s more relaxed than he
mandate is controversial. But many people say that lic,” she said. ter in Torrance, where about once was. He lives with his Times staff writer Sean
L.A. County would be the they have already done their She called the new mask half the customers were grandparents, both of whom Greene contributed to this
only county in California part, by getting vaccinated mandate a bad idea — espe- masked, Myles Ferguson are vaccinated and boosted, report.

Research helps untangle the mystery of long COVID

[Long COVID, from A1] commendable effort to iden- ous studies have placed the
swer biweekly questions tify factors associated with percentage of people report-
about their overall health long COVID,” said Dr. Alain ing enduring symptoms 12
and COVID-19 status. By the Lekoubou Looti, a neurolo- weeks after their initial in-
end of the yearlong survey gist at Penn State University fection at anywhere from 3%
period, they had a sample of who was not involved with to 50%.
308 people who had gotten the study. “However, these “We need a universal case
the disease at some point in factors may need to be con- definition before we can re-
the year. firmed in larger samples.” ally understand the preva-
After filtering out respon- The most common long lence of long COVID. Right
dents with symptoms such COVID symptoms reported now, the definition varies
as headache and fatigue were headache, nasal con- wildly across studies, lead-
prior to infection as a result gestion, abdominal pain, fa- ing to a big range in preva-
of unrelated conditions like tigue and diarrhea. But the lence estimates,” said Jana
seasonal allergies, the team study did not address many Hirschtick, an epidemiolo-
found that nearly 1 in 4 of the symptoms people liv- gist with the University of
COVID-19 sufferers were still ing with long COVID de- Michigan’s School of Public
grappling with symptoms 12 scribe as the most debilitat- Health. “After all this time,
weeks after becoming in- ing, said Hannah Davis, a co- we still don’t have a clear pic-
fected. founder of the Patient-Led ture of who is at greatest
“These people are not Research Collaborative, a risk.”
able to do necessarily all the research group that focuses The absence of strict di-
activities they would want to on the condition. agnostic criteria is also a
do, not able to fully work and “We need work like this, major issue for patients at-
take care of their families,” but this work also indicates tempting to seek treatment.
said Eileen Crimmins, a de- Jean-Francois Badias Associated Press they aren’t very familiar with At the moment, long COVID
mographer at USC’s MEDICAL WORKERS treat a COVID-19 patient in France in 2020. A study what long COVID is,” Davis is considered an “exclusion-
Leonard Davis School of offers some answers on long COVID but highlights the difficulty in defining it. said. “The list of symptoms ary diagnosis,” meaning one
Gerontology and a coauthor are predominantly acute that is given only after all
of the study. USC study found no rela- hair loss after testing posi- patients in the sample were COVID symptoms and don’t other valid possibilities have
“That’s an aspect of this tionship in its sample be- tive were more likely to have eligible for vaccines during include the most common been ruled out, said Melissa
disease that needs to be rec- tween long COVID and age, lingering symptoms months the study period, and all symptoms of post-exer- Pinto, an associate profes-
ognized, because it’s not re- gender, race or preexisting later. were infected before the Al- tional malaise, cognitive sor of nursing at UC Irvine
ally as benign as some peo- health conditions including “Our assumption is that pha variant from the U.K dysfunction, memory loss, who studies the condition.
ple think,” she said. “Even cancer, diabetes, hyperten- that hair loss reflects ex- reached U.S. shores. sensorimotor symptoms In the U.S., that can mean a
people who have relatively sion and heart disease. treme stress, potentially a Although the study’s 308 and others.” long and expensive process
few symptoms to start with It did note a higher risk in reaction to a high fever or respondents were represen- Defining long COVID of submitting to various
can end up with long patients who had obesity medications,” Crimmins tative of the population, no presents a challenge to tests and specialists.
COVID.” prior to infection. And it also said. “So it’s probably some snapshot of a few hundred those attempting to track or For many long COVID
Determining who is at spotted some associations indication of how severe the people can tell the whole treat it. COVID-19 is a patients, 12 weeks is just the
greater risk for long COVID between specific symptoms illness was.” story of the 90 million people chimerical beast — symp- beginning of a months- or
has proved a challenge to de- people experienced during Because it covered only in the U.S. who have had the toms evolve as the condition years-long ordeal.
mographers and healthcare their initial infection and the the first year of the pan- virus, according to esti- drags on, and can vary “I’ve known people that
providers. likelihood of developing long demic, the study doesn’t ac- mates from the Centers for widely among patients. have had this now for 2½
Several previous studies COVID. Patients who re- count for two major develop- Disease Control and Preven- The fluidity of long years,” Pinto said. “There’s
have identified women as ported sore throats, ments: vaccines and vari- tion. COVID makes it hard to no safety net, really, for these
being at greater risk. But the headaches and, intriguingly, ants. None of the COVID-19 “The authors made a gauge its prevalence. Vari- individuals.”
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BUSINESS
Workers strike at hotel near Comic-Con
joined by two City Council
Hilton San Diego members, spoke at a union
rally in support of the hotel
Bayfront’s 600 workers.
unionized employees “We value essential work-
ers, and we have to show we
walk off after impasse value them right now, and
in contract talks. the way to do that is to pass a
fair contract with good
wages and good benefits,”
By Lori Weisberg Gloria said at the gathering.
On Wednesday, a number
SAN DIEGO — Hilton of elected leaders showed up
San Diego Bayfront workers in support of the strike, in-
began striking early cluding at least three San
Wednesday, hours before Diego City Council members
Comic-Con was set to begin and the mayor of National
at the San Diego Convention City, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis.
Center — just steps away “It’s really important for
from the 1,190-room hotel. folks to know they are appre-
Daylong talks stalled late ciated, that at the end of the
Tuesday when negotiators day when they come to work,
for both sides were unable to they’re the ones who are
reach an agreement on pay making sure rooms are
and other work-related is- cleaned, that hot food is be-
sues. ing served,” Sotelo-Solis
The hotel’s 600 unionized said. “And today being the
employees, who have been first day of Comic-Con, the
without a contract since No- public also needs to know
vember, signaled their will- this is happening.”
ingness Friday to walk off The start of a strike just
their jobs when they voted as Comic-Con is making its
overwhelmingly to autho- long-awaited return to a full
rize union leadership to call in-person convention has
a strike if no progress was the potential to become a
made in negotiations. public relations nightmare,
Leaders of Unite Here given its proximity to the
Local 30, which represents convention center, where up
hotel workers throughout to 135,000 attendees are ex-
San Diego County, said they pected to gather through
reached an impasse with the Sunday.
hotel after 13 hours of talks Jay L. Clendenin Los Angeles Times Not only is the hotel sold
that ended at 10 p.m. Tues- THE DECISION to strike hinged on two issues: pay and the hotel’s policy of not having housekeepers clean out, but its Indigo Ballroom
day. rooms daily. Workers were seeking a raise of $4 an hour over two years, while the hotel offered a $2.50 raise. is also a venue for several
“We were prepared to go convention panels.
until this morning, but they tendees. is beneficial to both our val- The rooms are instead try,” he said. The hotel has welcomed
said, ‘We’re done,’ and they In the hotel lobby, it ap- ued Team Members and to cleaned once guests check The union represents the return of Comic-Con,
left,” Unite Here President peared to be business as our hotel.” out, unless they specifically about 450 full-time employ- posting whimsical videos on
Brigette Browning said as usual, although a sign ad- No new bargaining ses- request more frequent ees at Hilton San Diego Twitter showcasing the
workers, dressed in red vised guests that “Bell ser- sions, however, have been cleaning. Bayfront and an additional property — and some of its
union T-shirts and holding vice is currently unavail- scheduled, union leaders “We have been negotiat- 150 on-call workers. employees — as it prepared
picket signs, marched able.” And the in-house said. Browning said she be- ing for months,” said Rick Although the workers at for the big event. One video
nearby at the hotel entrance. Starbucks, normally staffed lieves that the hotel is being Bates, director of policy for the hotel earn considerably shows a “team member”
“No contract, no peace,” by hotel workers, was closed staffed by temporary work- the union. more than the minimum transforming the in-house
workers chanted in English “due to unforeseen circum- ers and a few employees Bates said workers were wage, they still struggle to Starbucks with intricate
and Spanish as union lead- stances.” from the Hilton La Jolla Tor- seeking a wage increase of $4 make ends meet in a county drawings, just for Comic-
ers urged them on with In an emailed statement rey Pines, which is not an hour over two years, while where housing costs are es- Con.
megaphones. from Hilton on Wednesday, unionized. the hotel offered a $2.50 raise pecially high. The last hotel strike in
Management at the hotel the hotel said, “We are con- The decision to strike, and no change in the room- Hourly pay for non- San Diego was in the fall of
Wednesday morning de- tinuing to welcome guests the union said, hinged on cleaning policy, which Unite tipped workers at the Hilton 2018, when workers at the
clined to comment on the and have contingency plans two key issues: pay and the Here estimates has resulted — including housekeepers, Westin San Diego Gaslamp
walkout or on how they were in place to ensure operations hotel’s policy of not having in 30% fewer hours for stewards and front desk Quarter walked off their jobs
planning to staff the sold- run as smoothly as possi- housekeepers clean rooms housekeepers. agents — ranges from $19.30 for 35 days.
out hotel during San Diego’s ble.... We are confident that daily, a practice that became “We can’t allow room at- to $20.65.
single largest convention, the hotel and the union will commonplace in many ho- tendants to continue suffer- Just a week ago, San Weisberg writes for the San
which draws some 135,000 at- reach a fair agreement that tels during the pandemic. ing in a billion-dollar indus- Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Diego Union-Tribune.

Is the Fed driving rents higher? Anaheim plan to

Rate hikes are meant tax Disneyland
to curb inflation. But
they also hinder home
sales, keeping pressure
tickets is rejected
on the leasing market. By Hugo Martín
would bolster a city budget
that he said has been
stretched thin. He sug-
By Somesh Jha A proposal to ask voters gested Tuesday night that
to impose a 2% gate tax on the funds could be used to
Britt and Danielle Disneyland and the Honda pay for a city pool, more
Vaughan have been renting Center failed Tuesday to get lighting for parks and code
an apartment in Pasadena enough votes from the Ana- enforcement programs and
since 2014. Earlier this year, heim City Council to be put senior services.
the couple decided they on the November ballot. Moreno argued that Dis-
were ready to fulfill their After more than an hour neyland and the Anaheim
American dream of owning a of public debate, the pro- Ducks raise their ticket
home. Then they found out posed gate tax failed, with prices regularly, but the city
how much a loan would cost none of the five other council doesn’t benefit from those
them. Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times members supporting the increases.
“The mortgage rates DATA FROM the rental platform Apartment List show prospective renters are measure proposed by Coun- “Disney is going to raise
went up pretty quickly and it expecting to pay more for housing. Above, a new apartment building in Mar Vista. cilman Jose Moreno. their prices. We are just say-
didn’t make sense at all to Most of the more than ing, ‘Shouldn’t the voters de-
buy a home,” said Vaughan, ply sufficient to match the down demand for mort- ating through the cracks of two dozen residents who cide on raising it a bit for the
36. rising demand. gages is straightforward, all asset classes and that’s spoke voiced support for the city?’ ” he said.
In March, two weeks after “If you raise interest but the Fed’s actions “prob- what the Fed is trying to do,” gate tax, saying the extra O’Neil said he worried
the Federal Reserve an- rates, people make do with ably aren’t affecting demand Palacios said. revenue is needed for city the gate tax could discour-
nounced its first interest their older cars, refrigera- for rent to a significant de- Any sort of economic services. The debate be- age Anaheim tourists who
rate hike in more than three tors or washing machines gree.” downturn will hasten that came so boisterous that already pay a 15% hotel occu-
years, they renewed their and postpone buying those Zandi expects accelera- process, especially a sharp Mayor Pro Tem Trevor pancy tax, one of the highest
lease. “Thankfully, the land- goods. But, when it comes to tion in the official inflation one, he said. “No landlord O’Neil had to call a five- in the state.
lord didn’t hike the rent for shelter costs, it’s a bit trick- data for rents to continue would increase rents by 10% minute recess to quell the “This can increase the al-
us and that made our deci- ier as people do need to live into 2023. in a recession.” shouts from supporters of ready high tax burden and
sion easier,” he said. somewhere and you are Data from the rental Zandi said the most fea- the gate tax. negatively impact tourism
In areas such as gas pushing them from owner- platform Apartment List sible solution is to increase Had the measure been for our city,” O’Neil said.
prices and food costs, the occupied units into the show prospective renters the housing supply. “The put on the ballot and ap- A spokesperson for Dis-
Fed appears to be gaining rental market,” said Leo are expecting to pay more number of homes under con- proved by a majority of vot- neyland Resort declined to
ground in its war on infla- Feler, a senior economist at for apartments. The bud- struction headed towards ers, the gate tax would have comment on the proposal. A
tion, according to prelimi- the UCLA Anderson School gets that users input when completion is pretty close to generated $55 million to $82 representative for the
nary indicators. But in of Management. searching for properties on a record high and we should million a year to be de- Honda Center, home of the
wielding the only weapon at Housing and rental costs the site were up 9.3% year see more multifamily units posited in the city general Anaheim Ducks, did not re-
its disposal, it may be exac- have continued to rise over year in June. That com- being completed with the fund account, according to a turn calls seeking comment.
erbating inflation on a key steadily over the last few pares with a 7.7% increase in pandemic labor problems city report. A daily ticket to Disney-
line of many household bud- months, with rents increas- June 2021 and a 3.1% jump in fading away,” Zandi said. The proposal was pushed land costs $104 to $164. A 2%
gets: rent. ing 5.8% in June from a year June 2020. But Feler disagreed, say- by Moreno, who said he gate tax would have added
Since March, the Fed has earlier, the highest year- “There are two possibili- ing builders would prefer not hoped the gate tax money $2.08 to $3.28 per ticket.
raised interest rates twice over-year jump since 1986. ties why this is happening: to build additional housing
more — by half a percentage As the consumer price in- Wealthier renters are enter- when mortgage prices are
point in May and three- dex mostly captures rents ing the market, or user in- going up.
quarters of a point in June. for existing leases rather comes are not changing, but During the pandemic, he
The rate hikes have driven than new ones, it tends to be they are adjusting their pref- said, the average size of
mortgage prices even a lagging indicator, meaning erences on our website to ac- households came down as
higher, leading people to it probably has further to count for the rising rent remote work became the
postpone buying homes and rise to reflect the current prices,” said Apartment List norm and workers sought
look for rentals instead. level of inflation. senior research associate dwellings with more privacy
In Southern California, Internal data maintained Rob Warnock. and office space.
the number of homes sold in by the Bureau of Labor Sta- Experts disagreed about That trend will reverse it-
June was down 25% year tistics and reviewed by The what it will take to bring rent self, he predicted, as an eco-
over year, according to data Times showed that the aver- inflation to heel. nomic slowdown forces laid-
from DQNews. With a short- age price of a new lease has Rick Palacios Jr., director off workers to go back to liv-
age of housing supply, that increased more than 11% ver- of research at John Burns ing with family members or
means higher inflation in sus last year, more than dou- Real Estate Consulting, pre- roommates, as occurred af-
rents. ble the rate of increase in ex- dicted that the Fed’s pro- ter the economic crisis of
From here, economists isting leases. gram of rate hikes will even- 2008-09.
say, it would take one of two “Monetary policy works tually have a moderating ef- “The Fed will only get
things to tame rent inflation: to slow inflation by hurting fect on rent, given enough shelter costs under control
the Fed raising rates even demand,” said Mark M. time. through higher unemploy- Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times
more to force a recession, or Zandi, chief economist at “Raising interest rates ment,” Feler said, “and that PINOCCHIO greets parkgoers. The gate tax would
an increase in housing sup- Moody’s Analytics. Tamping has a unique way of perme- usually means recession.” have been levied at Disneyland and the Honda Center.
L AT I M E S . C O M S T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 A11

Newsom has questions on UCLA move

[UCLA, from A1] a meeting with regents, po-
rights deal — which is ex- tentially in closed session,
pected to yield in excess of $1 where UCLA could have out-
billion — could more than lined the proposed deal, ex-
double the yearly payout the plained the direct benefit to
Bruins would have received student-athletes, and so-
by remaining in the Pac-12, licited ideas on how to miti-
while sparing the school gate the harm to UC Berke-
from a doomsday scenario ley and other conference
— the elimination of some members, Chida said.
Olympic sports teams — it Ideas raised have in-
potentially faced by stand- cluded requiring UCLA to
ing pat with diminished re- pay UC Berkeley a Pac-12
sources. “exit fee” or share the TV rev-
As part of the Big Ten, enue with its sister campus
UCLA expects to benefit — conditions that the re-
from increased media expo- gents could potentially im-
sure while playing in the na- pose.
tion’s only conference span- UC Berkeley is bracing
ning coast to coast, boosting for a multimillion-dollar hit
recruiting efforts and en- once UCLA and USC leave
hancing the ability of its ath- the Pac-12 conference in two
letes to secure lucrative years, which will probably
name, image and likeness result in a huge loss in media
deals. revenue under a new TV con-
UCLA and USC are also tract.
joining a conference that’s The campus has been
emerged as a worthy foil to struggling with a structural
the supercharged South- deficit for years. Berkeley
eastern Conference. The Big first announced a $150-mil-
Ten has placed one team in lion shortfall in 2016, which it
the College Football Playoff successfully closed, only to
in six of eight years since the face a larger hole of $340
series’ debut in 2014. The million last year due to crip-
Pac-12 had lagged far behind, pling losses in revenue from
sending only two teams to student housing, food and
the playoffs and none since other sources along with in-
Washington in 2016. creased costs during the
The Bruins and Trojans pandemic. The campus has
are also expected to please Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times balanced its budget this year
their fans with the earlier STARTING IN 2024, the annual USC-UCLA football rivalry will be part of the Big Ten schedule. UCLA’s after pausing investments in
football kickoff times neces- move is expected to negatively affect its sister campus UC Berkeley, already struggling with deficits. lab renovation, deferred
sitated by joining a confer- maintenance and other
ence with counterparts in already gone to bed. about the deal — to explain it cute their own contracts, in- obligation to be transparent needs.
the Central and Eastern As governor, Newsom has in a public meeting, for in- cluding intercollegiate ath- and accountable, according Chida noted that New-
time zones. That will elimi- no authority to squelch the stance, or to propose ways to letic agreements. to Ben Chida, the governor’s som has significantly
nate late starts that kept lo- deal because the UC system mitigate the financial fallout Newsom understands principal advisor on educa- boosted funding for UC, re-
cal viewers up until nearly is constitutionally autono- on UC Berkeley. The UC Of- the benefits to UCLA and its tion. cently fought to provide $500
midnight and limited expo- mous. As a regent, he could fice of the President dele- right to pursue the deal but “It’s about more than million to UCLA for a new
sure in other parts of the ask his board colleagues to gated authority in 1991 to is troubled by its actions as a sports and more than immunology center and said
country where viewers had consider directives to UCLA campus chancellors to exe- public university with an money,” Chida said, describ- he was perturbed to see the
ing Newsom’s views. “It’s Westwood campus behave
about public trust. It’s about like a “private media corpo-
student-athlete mental ration” in its Pac-12 dealings.
MARKET ROUNDUP health. And it’s about honor- Student Regent Marle-
ing the partnerships, histo- nee Blas Pedral, a UC Berke-

Earnings lift stocks to another gain ries and traditions that have
lasted a century.”
UC President Michael V.
Drake knew about UCLA’s
ley law student, said the
board wanted more trans-
parency and communica-
tion from UCLA. She said
three times this year, by in- conversations with Big Ten she found out about the
associated press
creasing amounts each officials. Pac-12 exit in the media.
time. When the Fed meets But regents were not con- “This one decision im-
A choppy day on Wall next week, investors say, the sulted then and only a pacts all the 10 UC cam-
Street ended with more only question is whether it “handful” were notified just puses; their decisions don’t
gains for stocks Wednesday, raises its key rate by another before the decision was an- only impact their student-
as investors welcomed an- 0.75 percentage point or opts nounced and told to keep it athletes,” she said.
other batch of encouraging for a full percentage point. confidential, said Board of “I think at the end of the
profit reports from U.S. Expectations have re- Regents Chair Richard Leib. day it impacts other sports,
companies. cently been tilting toward UCLA made the decision other athletes, other cam-
The Standard & Poor’s the less-aggressive option. “under broad-based dele- puses not just now but 10
500 rose 0.6%, tacking more That could mean less pres- gated authority which didn’t years, five years out.
onto its big gains from a day sure on stocks, particularly necessarily anticipate this “I think UCLA should
earlier, when the benchmark tech stocks, which have type of action,” Leib said. definitely do something to
index soared 2.8%, its best swung sharply with changes While any discussions help mitigate some of the po-
day in weeks. in forecasts on what the Fed would necessarily need to be tential harm that’s going to
The Dow Jones industrial hand, warnings about up- pected results. will do. closely guarded, given the come out of this,” she said,
average managed a modest coming weakness could kick Netflix climbed 7.4% after Such increases to rates sensitivity of negotiations, adding that she was not yet
0.2% gain after recovering off another downward spi- it said it lost fewer sub- make borrowing more ex- Newsom would like to have “100% sure” what that
from a midafternoon pull- ral. scribers during the spring pensive, which slows the seen a process that included should be.
back. The Nasdaq compos- For now, traders appear than expected. But it re- economy.
ite climbed 1.6%. to be encouraged by what mains the worst stock in the The hope is that the Fed-
With the latest move
higher, the major indexes
they’re hearing from compa-
nies, especially big banks.
S&P 500 for the year, down
by nearly two-thirds.
eral Reserve and other cen-
tral banks can deftly find the
‘This one decision impacts all the 10
are on pace for solid weekly “It wasn’t universal, but Beyond Netflix, several middle ground where the UC campuses; their decisions don’t
gains. the broad takeaway from the other tech-oriented compa- economy slows enough to
“It’s not exactly the most big banks earlier is the con- nies made strong gains. whip inflation but not only impact their student-athletes.’
robust day, but it’s nice to sumer is doing all right. The Amazon climbed 3.9%, and enough to cause a recession.
follow up on a day like yester- data has confirmed that,” Nvidia jumped 4.8%, which Some parts of the econ- — Marlenee Blas Pedral,
student regent, on UCLA’s move to the Big Ten
day,” said Ross Mayfield, in- Mayfield said. helped boost the tech-heavy omy are already slowing be-
vestment strategist at Companies have been Nasdaq. cause of the rate increases,
Baird. “It feels like over the mostly topping profit expec- On the losing end was particularly the housing in-
past couple of months good tations so far this reporting Baker Hughes, which tum- dustry.
days have given it all back season, as is usually the bled 8.3% after it reported A report on Wednesday
the very next day.” case, though the most re- weaker results for the spring morning showed that sales
Profit reporting season is cent reports were mixed. than analysts expected. of previously occupied
ramping up, with more types Nasdaq, the company be- Northern Trust fell 4% after homes weakened last month
of industries offering details hind its namesake trading its profit fell short of fore- by more than economists ex-
about how high inflation and exchange, jumped 6.1% after casts. pected. Higher mortgage
worries about a possible re- delivering stronger profit All told, the S&P 500 rose rates are dragging on the in-
cession are affecting their and revenue than Wall 23.21 points to 3,959.90. The dustry, along with high
customers. A lot is riding on Street expected. Dow added 47.79 points to prices for homes.
whether they can continue Omnicom Group, the ad- close at 31,874.84. The Nas- In the bond market, the
to deliver healthy earnings. vertising and public rela- daq advanced 184.50 points yield on the two-year Trea-
Stocks tumbled roughly tions company, rose 3.9% af- to 11,897.65. sury, which tends to follow
20% from their highs this ter better-than-expected Smaller-company stocks expectations for the Fed’s
year because of rising inter- earnings. also closed higher. The Rus- actions, edged up to 3.25%
est rates, and proof that Comerica, the Dallas fi- sell 2000 rose 28.62 points, or from 3.24% late Tuesday.
profits can remain strong nancial services company, 1.6%, to 1,827.95. The 10-year yield rose to
would provide a big support added 1.6% after it also re- The U.S. Federal Reserve 3.03% from 3.01% late Tues-
for markets. On the other ported stronger-than-ex- has already raised rates day.

Tesla profit falls but not its outlook

Street expectations from
Earnings in second April through June with ad-
justed earnings of $2.27 a
quarter drop 32% but share. Analysts polled by
beat forecasts. Record FactSet expected $1.81. Rev-
enue was $16.93 billion, beat-
production predicted ing estimates of $16.54 bil-
in second half of year. lion.
Wedbush analyst Dan
Ives said the company’s re-
associated press
sults were “better than
feared” for the quarter. The
Tesla’s second-quarter reiteration of the 50% annual
profit fell 32% from record sales growth will make
levels in the first quarter as bullish investors happy, he
supply chain issues and pan- wrote in an email.
demic lockdowns in China Tesla shares rose slightly
slowed production of its Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times in extended trading
electric vehicles. TESLA EARNED $2.26 billion in the second quarter, Wednesday to $745.23.
But the Austin, Texas, down sharply from $3.32 billion in the first quarter. The company said it con-
company still surprised Wall verted 75% of its bitcoin in-
Street with a $2.26-billion through June fell to 254,000 ecutive Elon Musk about vestment to government
net profit for the quarter. vehicles, their lowest quar- laying off 10% of the compa- currency during the quarter,
Tesla stuck with a predic- terly level since last fall. But ny’s workforce because of adding $936 million in cash
tion of 50% annual vehicle the company predicted fears of a recession. In an in- to its balance sheet. It spent
sales growth over the next record-breaking production terview, Musk described $1.5 billion on the invest-
few years but said that de- in the second half and said new factories in Austin and ment last year, but it was un-
pends on the supply chain, that in June it had the high- Berlin as “money furnaces” clear how much it has lost.
equipment capacity and est production month in its that were losing billions of Analysts say the figure is in
other issues. history. dollars because supply the hundreds of millions of
The company made a Industry analysts had chain breakdowns were lim- dollars.
record $3.32 billion in this been expecting lower earn- iting the number of cars they The price of bitcoin has
year’s first quarter. ings after the lower sales fig- can produce. fallen about 50% so far this
Tesla’s sales from April ures and tweets by Chief Ex- But Tesla exceeded Wall year.
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OPINION

EDITORIALS
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Hot air from mayor candidates

marches.
Rick Caruso and Karen Bass aren’t On his website, Caruso says:
“Rick will immediately make it
playing it straight on the role of mandatory for the City Attorney to prose-
criminal prosecutors. cute misdemeanors. Having an elected City
Attorney shouldn’t mean they can selec-
tively enforce some laws and not others.”
he crazy thing about Los An- No, he would not, and could not, make it

T geles city attorney candidate

Faisal Gill’s call for a 100-day
pause in the filing of some
misdemeanors isn’t the plan it-
self. In fact, taking a brief timeout from fil-
ing new charges in order to evaluate the of-
fice’s caseload, and then considering how
mandatory for the city attorney to prose-
cute anything, because as mayor he would
have no such power over another indepen-
dently elected official.
When the editorial board asked him
about that pledge before the primary, he
admitted that he couldn’t actually force the
to reallocate resources away from offenses city attorney to do anything, contrary to his
that are best handled by other parts of the campaign promise to do exactly that, but
justice and health systems, makes good he could persuade. Pat Greenhouse Boston Globe
sense. “I have a big bully pulpit,” he said. DOSES OF the smallpox and monkeypox vaccine by the company Jynneos are
No, the crazy part is the response by More to the point, though, any prosecu- prepped at the JRI Health clinic in Framingham, Mass.
other candidates. For mayor, not for city at- tor, liberal or conservative, tough or soft on
torney. crime, must selectively decide what
Mall developer Rick Caruso, who fin-
ished second in the June 7 mayoral pri-
mary, held a news conference Friday to crit-
charges to file, and it would be foolish or a
blatant lie for them to claim otherwise.
Without the ability to focus on particular
Do more to fight monkeypox
icize top vote-getter Rep. Karen Bass for offenses and the needs of particular com- n some ways, the current outbreak of 500,000 doses of a safer vaccine, made by
supporting Gill. Caruso’s implication is
that Bass is a dangerous radical for back-
ing a city attorney candidate running on
some kind of lax-on-crime, let-them-all-go
platform. Caruso brought small-business
owners with him to underscore his point,
most likely hoping to stoke voter anxiety
munities, no city attorney or district attor-
ney could ever have a large enough prose-
cutorial staff to charge every suspected law-
breaker.
All prosecutors charge selectively, of ne-
cessity. The question is what they select,
and why. Do they charge only those crimes
I monkeypox closely resembles two
other public health crises of the last
40 years — COVID-19 and AIDS.
The disease was barely even
known to the American public before this
year, when it was limited to a few cases each
year among people who traveled from
Danish company Bavarian Nordic. This
month, it ordered 2.5 million doses. But it
will take months for this one company to
fulfill that order. An additional order for
2.5 million doses, made a couple of weeks
later, is expected to be fulfilled in early 2023.
And keep in mind that this is a two-dose
over shoplifting and other property crimes that get the most headlines? Or do they Africa. Then the virus that causes monkey- vaccine, which means it will protect half as
— even though they’re not among the of- consider what will be better for public pox started behaving differently and was many people as doses delivered.
fenses Gill said he would seek to divert from safety? There are times when drug or men- showing up in clusters around the world. More than 1,900 Americans have fallen
the court system. tal health treatment results in better out- Like COVID-19, monkeypox burst into our ill, but the vaccine should be distributed
It ought to have been a perfect opportu- comes than prosecution. collective consciousness when it appeared right away to all the people who may have
nity for Bass to ridicule Caruso’s long line of Prosecutors constantly have to pick in the United States in May. come in close contact, according to Centers
brazen campaign falsehoods about crime their battles among loitering and wage In other ways, monkeypox resembles for Disease Control and Prevention
and his disingenuous plans for dealing with theft, drug possession and illegal gun sales. AIDS because it is transmitted through in- protocols. No one in the U.S. has died of the
it. Instead, Bass’ campaign said that she, The reason we elect prosecutors is to timate contact — skin to skin or through disease so far during the 2022 outbreak.
too, disagreed with Gill’s pause on new mis- choose someone who will exercise discre- sex. One recent study found large viral With the Danish company trying to pump
demeanor prosecutions, which has been on tion in accordance with their values and loads in semen, saliva and other bodily flu- out enough doses to satisfy demand here
his campaign website since March, and priorities. ids from infected people. Like AIDS, it has and in Europe, shortages were virtually
that she had already pulled her support for Signatures are currently being exam- so far disproportionately affected men who guaranteed.
him earlier in the week. ined as part of a recall attempt against L.A. have sex with men, especially those with Still, the federal government and state
She comes off looking skittish. Caruso County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, in large multiple partners. and municipal health departments could
comes off as more demagogic than ever. part because he declared bright-line rules Luckily, the monkeypox virus also is have done more to stop the initial spread of
Gill did himself no favors in presenting about what his prosecutors may charge quite different in important ways. It is far monkeypox. Authorities missed the oppor-
his plan. His wording is clumsy and allows and what sentences they may seek. Critics less transmittable than the virus that tunity to educate the LGBTQ community
voters to believe that he simply wouldn’t claim such an approach flouts the laws and causes COVID-19. You can’t be infected just about the risks during Pride Month
prosecute most crimes committed during punishments on the books, but in fact all it by attending an indoor party with infected festivities when public health messaging
the “pause.” What he meant, he told a does is eliminate much of the secrecy and people. An effective vaccine — a version of was low-key or missing altogether. The
Times editorial writer, is that he wouldn’t inequity otherwise inherent in prosecuto- smallpox vaccine — already exists and is number of cases rose dramatically in the
prosecute during that period but might rial decision-making. The public, and of- being manufactured. couple of weeks after those events. And
choose to afterward. In other words, it was fenders, ought to be able to know in ad- Unlike the early days of AIDS, this is not healthcare providers have not received the
not meant to be like the movie “The Purge,” vance how prosecutors will exercise their an almost invariably fatal disease. In kind of information on treatment protocols
in which crimes are free of any conse- discretion. Africa, monkeypox has killed 66 people this from the CDC that should have been read-
quences for a period. That kind of transparency is what has year. But in countries where it’s not en- ily available.
To be clear, The Times has endorsed Caruso so outraged and Bass so wary. It demic, the fatality rate has been near zero. Until more vaccine becomes available,
Bass for mayor and Hydee Feldstein Soto also ought to be what every savvy voter de- And one other important thing: With some prevention is the best way of keeping this
for city attorney, and neither Gill’s sensible mands from all candidates, for every office. notable exceptions, America isn’t as homo- virus from becoming a worse scourge. But
plan nor Bass’ puzzling revocation are phobic as it was in the 1980s, when the Rea- that requires easy and free access to test-
enough to make us consider changing gan administration dragged its heels re- ing. Unlike with COVID-19, it’s easy to avoid
course. sponding to what many people called the transmitting monkeypox — if people know
Still, it would be nice if all candidates in- “gay disease.” Men who have sex with men they have it. Yet the federal government
jected a bit more honesty and clarity and a are being given priority access to current used its powers to develop a more robust
lot less political calculation into their state- supplies of the vaccine. testing program only after vociferous
ments concerning the criminal justice sys- The problem is that those supplies are criticism.
tem. Some of our society’s deepest and depressingly low and not nearly enough to The U.S. Food and Drug Administra-
most intractable problems are driven by cover the most at-risk groups, which also tion should consider a short-term strategy
politicians who either fail to understand include healthcare workers, immunocom- allowing high-risk people to get a single
how the system works, or who understand promised people and young children. Yet in dose of the vaccine right away to stretch
all too well but unscrupulously play on pub- May, President Biden foolishly said the na- out the current supply, as Canada, the
lic fears in order to win power. Some tion had enough vaccine doses to combat a United Kingdom and New York City have
straight talk is desperately needed on sub- monkeypox outbreak here. The U.S. gov- done.
jects like the vital role of prosecutorial ernment does have a large supply of one Biden’s earlier “things are fine” state-
discretion. type of vaccine, but it comes with so many ment was a terrible gaffe and set an exam-
To hear Caruso, you’d think that discre- potentially dangerous side effects that it is ple of lax attention to monkeypox. Health
tion to file charges is some kind of left-wing Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times being distributed only in very limited situa- officials throughout the nation now must
manifesto dreamed up by a handful of po- LOS ANGELES city attorney candi- tions. get the lead out and show they’ve learned a
lice abolitionists on a day off between date Faisal Gill, left, on April 27. In May, the U.S. government purchased thing or two from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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climate change measures In honor of Manchin should not prioritize cars flood adjoining streets with
would be laughable if nor- blocking federal government over people. However, prior- cars, because more than one
mally temperate parts of action on global warming, I itizing people means that or two drivers per unit need
the world were not literally propose that unusual cli- mass transit will have to be a car to get to work. How will
on fire. mate change conditions be massively improved before it you change that?
The Office of Manage- named after him. serves people as it should. Ah, but you want to focus
ment and Budget has docu- Record temperatures in That means reliable, fre- on areas near transit. Have
mented that in the U.S., the United Kingdom? A quent, clean and safe. you seen the ridership sta-
estimated damages from Manchin event. One hundred For example: You want to tistics? Bus stops are plenti-
extreme climate-related million people in the U.S. face take a couple of children to ful, but people drive because
weather events have in- excessive heat warnings this the beach. There are no they can get where they
creased to about $120 billion week? A Manchin event. restrooms at Metro sta- want in less time and to
a year over the past five Wildfires in France and tions. On a drive you take avoid the stresses that are
years. Spain and a drought in Por- the children to a nearby gas constantly reported among
A recent Deloitte Eco- tugal? Manchin events. station when nature calls as transit riders.
nomic Institute analysis When the rivers supplying it does to youngsters (and If you sincerely believe
showed that an inadequate water to much of the South- the elderly too). that you can force people to
response to climate change western U.S. finally dry up, Trapped on a bus or train ride transit, put the motiva-
could cost the U.S. economy call this a Manchin event. with this problem, you’re on tion and incentives on the
$14.5 trillion in the next 50 Let’s make sure his legacy is your own. That’s just one developers and the govern-
years. Conversely, the U.S. known for generations to example. ment to make the system
economy could gain come. Until mass transit priori- work before irrevocably
Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
$3 trillion if it rapidly decar- Yes, there are 50 senators tizes people, we the people altering the urban land-
SEN. JOE MANCHIN dealt a blow to his party’s bonizes. on the other side of the aisle will continue to prefer our scape. Once those high-
efforts to enact a climate and tax package. Let’s hope Manchin who could claim naming cars. occupancy, low-parking
comes to his senses, and rights as well, but Manchin Susan Borden units are built, they will

Entire GOP and senator will vote to address

climate change.
quickly.
Lorraine Woodman
was the one who could have
made a difference on climate
Los Angeles never go away, no matter
how few people use public
one Democrat What is the matter with
Republicans? They and
Santa Barbara change, and he decided not
to do so.
:: transit.
Don’t let developers
Re “Manchin’s dangerous their descendants will bake :: Tom Irish People who use cars are profit unfairly by providing
betrayal,” editorial, July 19 right along with Democrats Rancho Palos Verdes people. Ensuring that they fewer parking spaces at the
in triple-digit heat waves. It Is the issue really cli- do not park blocks away expense of the entire com-
I couldn’t agree more is long past time that Re- mate change, or frustration from home or work is a munity, in perpetuity.
that Sen. Joe Manchin III
([Link].) cannot be trusted
publicans are held to ac-
count for their reckless
because Manchin is repre-
senting the interests of his
Better transit benefit to more people than
just the driver.
Bob Niccum
Buena Park
to vote to protect future
generations from climate
choices, which affect us all.
Sarah Tamor
state — coal-rich West
Virginia — and not Califor-
for less parking Before you decree that
reducing onsite parking
disaster. But by focusing on Santa Monica nia? Re “It’s bad housing policy to requirements will get people HOW TO WRITE TO US
Manchin, we are letting This might come as a prioritize cars over people,” out of cars, please explore Please send letters to
Republicans off the hook. :: shock, but states have editorial, July 17 some multi-family neighbor- letters@[Link]. For
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OP-ED

Yes, please,
bring back
the mask
mandate
By Nina Shapiro
t’s the summer of the subvariants.

I The summer you or at least some-

one you know got COVID. The sum-
mer masks were off all over town,
but not for much longer.
I’m a doctor and I know better than
most that there is bad news — and good
news — about the never-ending pan-
demic.
COVID-19 cases in California, and es-
pecially in Los Angeles, are increasing,
but if you get infected with BA.5, you
Amy Beth Bennett Pool Photo probably won’t get as sick as you would
NIKOLAS CRUZ pleaded guilty to the massacre of 17 people. How will our justice system punish him? have from an earlier Omicron iteration,
and definitely not as sick as from the
original virus or the nearly forgotten
Delta variant.

The Parkland shooter’s stacked jury Nonetheless, hospitalizations of

coronavirus-positive patients are rising
far enough and fast enough — 10.5 per
100,000 as of this week, with death rates
that have roughly doubled over the last
We should care that our ‘death-qualified’ sentencing process isn’t impartial month — to move L.A. County from the
moderate to high level of community
transmission. It’s a good bet that the De-
NICHOLAS GOLDBERG forward. The government has an interest those groups are much more likely to partment of Public Health will reinstate
in empaneling a jury that will enforce the oppose the death penalty and be ex- a mask mandate for indoor public spa-
Nikolas Cruz is a mass law. If prospective jurors have such strong cluded. ces at the end of July.
murderer. He killed 14 objections to the death penalty that they In February, the American Civil Liber- Not everyone agrees with the need to
students and three adults can’t impose it under any circumstances, ties Union filed a motion in Duval County, go back to a mandate. As the virus has
at Marjory Stoneman the state says they have no business being Fla., to bar the death qualification of juries changed, with the subtlest switch of a
Douglas High School in on the jury. as racially discriminatory. Included with molecule leading to drastically varying
Parkland, Fla., on Valen- I get that argument. It’s entirely logical. the motion was a countywide study infectious behavior, we humans have re-
tine’s Day in 2018, and he But death qualification brings with it a demonstrating that the death-qualifica- mained steadfast in two notable points
has confessed and host of other problems. For one thing, it tion process “whitewashes” juries by of contention: vaccines and masks.
pleaded guilty. Now it’s guarantees that juries in capital cases will excluding prospective Black jurors at a At least in Los Angeles, nearly 74% of
time to sentence him. be highly unrepresentative of the public at rate of more than twice the exclusion rate us are fully vaccinated, and all individu-
No other killer of so many people in a large. Fully 43% of Americans oppose the of white prospective jurors. According to als ages 6 months and older are eligible.
single attack has ever been brought to death penalty for murderers, according to the ACLU, that violates their client’s right Vaccines were initially shown to wholly
court in the modern U.S. The rest have Gallup. to equal protection of the laws. protect us from getting infected. Now
died by suicide or been killed during their Yet juries in capital cases are 100% Death qualification of juries goes back they seem to be acting as one layer of
attacks. So this is one of the rare cases in made up of people who support the death to cases in the early U.S. involving Quak- protection in a time where many layers
which society will decide how to punish penalty, or who are neutral enough that ers and abolitionists. But since 1992, the are needed. The number of people sick
such monstrous behavior. they would impose it. Theoretically, jurors Supreme Court has also said that jurors with COVID is still relatively low com-
Should he be put to death or sentenced who oppose the death penalty may serve if may be excluded if it is determined that pared with last summer or this past win-
to life imprisonment without parole? they can set aside their beliefs and follow they will always vote for the death penalty ter, and along with treatments and the
That’s for the 12 men and women on the the law — but in reality, defense lawyers in a capital murder case and won’t con- changing nature of virus itself, vaccina-
jury to decide. Their job during the sen- say, most end up being excluded. sider imposing a life sentence. That “life tion is what’s helping keep COVID symp-
tencing trial is to weigh potentially aggra- As a result, millions of Americans are qualification” was expected to have a toms comparatively mild. Reupping a
vating factors, such as the heinousness of denied their right to serve on juries in moderating effect on the “death qualifica- mask mandate can help hold those lines,
the crime, as well as potentially mitigating capital cases. The juries that are empan- tion.” even if only marginally.
factors, like the gunman’s background eled do not fairly reflect the views of the But legal scholars say that the rule has It was just two months ago, in May,
and mental health, in determining his fate. population. And they therefore cannot been inconsistently applied and too often that most Los Angeles schools made in-
Like all defendants — even mass mur- fulfill their role as “the conscience of the ignored, and that it has only “slightly door masking optional. I asked my
derers — Cruz is entitled to a fair trial by community,” as the Supreme Court has reduced the racially disparate impact” of school-age patients what they were go-
an impartial jury. put it, when meting out the ultimate pun- death qualification. It “escapes enforce- ing to do. Some told me it was just easier
But he won’t get that. Unfortunately, ishment. ment,” says Robert Dunham, executive to leave their masks on. They felt safer.
the jury that began hearing evidence and In 2015, for instance, 12 death-qualified director of the Death Penalty Information Most, however, ditched their masks.
testimony Monday does not represent a jurors in Massachusetts unanimously Center. And just like clockwork, I saw new cases
balanced, impartial cross-section of the sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death I know many readers will wonder why of COVID ticking up among students,
community. for the Boston Marathon bombing in a city they should waste energy worrying about teachers and many of my youngest pa-
Instead, it is biased against him. where only a quarter of the residents fairness for people like Cruz, who wan- tients, just in time for school plays,
How so? Everyone on the jury is a supported the death penalty for murder. tonly massacred 17 innocent people. proms and graduations.
death-penalty supporter — or if not an Unsurprisingly, juries tend to impose Well, fair point. Like most people facing For me, wearing a mask is a given. I
out-and-out supporter, at least someone the death penalty if they are death-quali- possible execution, Cruz is an unsympa- treat young and oftentimes critically ill
who would feel comfortable imposing it. fied. thetic character. But it is in just such cases infants, children and young people, and I
That’s not a mistake, coincidence or “If you’re eliminating people who have that our system is tested. haven’t spent a day at work without a
stroke of bad luck for Cruz. It’s just the reservations about the death penalty, who Regardless of how you feel about capi- mask in place since March 2020. At a
way we do it. In almost all capital cases do you end up with on the jury?” asks tal punishment — and I oppose it — the healthcare facility, the lion’s share of em-
around the country, before prospective Elisabeth Semel, a UC Berkeley law pro- right to a fair trial and an impartial jury ployees as well as patients couldn’t
jurors can qualify for a jury, they are asked fessor who co-directs the university’s needs to be protected, even for the most fathom the notion of ditching the masks
to make it clear that they are willing to Death Penalty Clinic. “You end up with a unsavory defendants. The death-qualifi- for more than a few minutes at a time.
impose the death penalty. If they express disproportionate number of people who cation system needs to be revamped or Mask wearing has stabilized unstable
moral opposition to capital punishment strongly support it. It’s pretty clear what abolished. times for me; it’s a pillar of my new nor-
or doubts that might “prevent or substan- that’s going to mean.” “It’s said that a society is measured by mal.
tially impair” them from imposing a sen- Studies have repeatedly shown that how we treat the worst among us, the Outside the office, my rules are a little
tence of death, they in all likelihood will be death-qualified juries are not just more most marginalized, the most despised,” looser, but not by much. I wear a mask in
excluded by the judge. partial to the death penalty, they are more says Semel. “The law applies to everybody. stores, mandate or not. I eat only at out-
That process is known as “death quali- prosecution-friendly in general and more We don’t get to pick and choose.” door restaurants, and even when gath-
fying” the jury. likely to convict defendants. They include ering with family or friends, we do so out-
The argument in favor of it is straight- fewer women and people of color because @Nick_Goldberg doors.
When the school mask mandate was
lifted, in the few days of innocence when
I thought my thrice-vaccinated

U.S. should admit the Iran nuclear deal is dead

teenagers were fully bubble wrapped
against spike proteins, my husband and
I (we’re both surgeons) left it up to them
regarding masks on or off during indoor
By John Ghazvinian It was devastatingly effective at getting what than trying to renegotiate the complex nu- activities. We adults, however, kept ours
it wanted — which was to make it almost im- clear deal (which will never hold up in the ab- on.
t is now clear that the talks aimed at possible for the U.S. to return to the nuclear sence of political goodwill), the White House Wearing a mask indoors just seems so

I reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive

Plan of Action — commonly known as
the Iran nuclear deal — are going
nowhere. After eight rounds of indirect
talks, the Biden administration and the gov-
ernment of Iran’s hard-line president,
Ebrahim Raisi, have failed to reinstate the
deal if Trump lost the 2020 election. Thanks
to the 2018 withdrawal, and the torrent of
sanctions that followed while Trump was in
office, Iran no longer believes Washington is
capable of keeping its word. In Iran, there ap-
pears to be widespread conviction that a fu-
ture Republican president will do everything
can focus on the core range of disagreements
that separate the two countries.
Yes, this might mean the U.S. would need
to make some concessions, such as loosening
secondary sanctions and making it easier for
Iran to sell its oil internationally. But Iran
would also have to recognize that recent
easy. Is it a foolproof protector? Hardly.
But it does help the wearer as well as
those around them shut out infection.
And it’s a sign of respect to others. I’ll al-
ways remember the parent of a young
patient of mine reminding their child to
keep her mask on to “protect the doctors
deal that the Trump administration re- in his power to rip up any agreement that changes in the region — including the Abra- and nurses.” It’s really that simple.
nounced in 2018. Biden might negotiate. ham Accords (normalization agreements Just last week, a friend commented to
Iran refuses to return to the Iran nuclear The second — and perhaps more uncom- with countries including the United Arab me that I must be happy that the mask
deal unless it receives an ironclad guarantee fortable — reality is that Iran also won. Emirates that integrate Israel into the re- mandate would be coming back. Yes and
that it won’t be repealed again if a Republi- Though U.S. officials do not like to admit this gion) and the weakening of Russia — have yes. I obsessively check the daily data on
can president comes to power in 2024. Iran out loud, at some point in the last four years left it more isolated than ever. Therefore, it cases, hospitalizations, deaths and posi-
also wants the foreign terrorist organization Iran finally became a nuclear-capable state. has more to gain from cooperation than con- tivity, and I expect those figures to im-
designation the Trump administration This is not to say that Iran now has an actual frontation with the U.S. prove if more people are masked more of
slapped on its Revolutionary Guard Corps — bomb, or even wants one. Rather, Iran is now An approach like this might even be eas- the time.
whose vast web of industrial and commercial “one screwdriver’s turn away” from a bomb ier to sell domestically than the idea that a re- The more we can do to stave off an in-
interests make it integral to all aspects of the — with all the enriched uranium and capabil- vived nuclear agreement is still possible. In crease in infections that could over-
country’s economy — removed before a new ity that allows it to rush to make a bomb if it 2015, Obama faced a bruising battle to over- whelm hospitals, the healthier we all will
deal, and any accompanying sanctions relief, ever felt it needed to, within a matter of come congressional opposition to the Iran be. In the early days of the pandemic,
can be put into place. Both these demands, weeks. This is precisely the outcome that nuclear deal. Today that achievement would and even during recent surges, COVID
for different political reasons, are impossible multiple U.S. administrations swore they be even harder. By declaring the death of the hospitalizations meant that non-emer-
for the U.S. to agree to. would never allow. deal, Biden would circumvent all that. He gency surgeries and non-urgent medical
The Iran nuclear negotiation, when it be- Remember that the conflict between the would give Iran hawks in Washington the tests and exams were put on hold, and
gan in 2009, was never meant to become the United States and Iran was never about nu- satisfying feeling of political victory — and people got sicker. Not just from COVID,
alpha and omega of U.S.-Iran policy. Rather, clear centrifuges and uranium enrichment. the logical conclusion of their long-standing but also from everything else. Masking is
President Obama envisaged it as an opening It has always been fundamentally political in opposition to the nuclear deal. He can then not forever. And it is just one more way to
to Iran — just one way to begin a larger con- nature, dating to Iran’s 1979 revolution, the get on with the business of pursuing his own, help dig us out of this.
versation about rapprochement and reen- fall of the pro-American shah, Mohammad more realistic policy on Iran. Another friend, a fellow physician
gagement with the Islamic Republic. Reza Pahlavi, and the taking of hostages at The world has changed since 2009. Iran who had dodged COVID until just last
But somewhere along the way the nuclear the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In the decades has become a nuclear-capable state. week, taught me a new, somewhat
deal itself became an obstacle, one more dis- since, the grievances between the two coun- Whether it goes any further down the nuclear tongue-in-cheek term for a person who’s
agreement in the pantheon of disagreements tries have only grown. To move forward, the road is a political decision Tehran will make, never been infected: “COVID virgin.”
between the two countries. Far from “pre- U.S. should return to dealing with Iran the not a technical one to be determined by more Which I remain. At least for now.
venting a nuclear Iran,” it has become a road- way it did before the nuclear negotiations be- negotiations. The Biden administration and Will wearing a mask enable me to pre-
block that every conversation about Iran gan in 2009 — on political issues, with (one its European allies should acknowledge this serve my COVID virginity? It may or it
must maneuver around — or through. hopes) political solutions. fundamental shift. The Iran nuclear deal is may not. But if you’re wearing one too,
If the Biden administration wants to The obvious benefit of a political ap- dead. Let’s bury it for good. the odds will be better for both of us.
make any serious progress in containing the proach for the Biden administration is that it
challenge posed by Iran and furthering U.S will free up the United States to pursue John Ghazvinian is an author, historian Nina Shapiro is director of pediatric
interests in the region, it needs to begin by broader, deeper and more comprehensive and executive director of the Middle East ear, nose and throat at UCLA Mattel
acknowledging two uncomfortable realities. negotiations with Iran, on such issues as bal- Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Children’s Hospital and author of “The
The first is that when it comes to U.S. pol- listic missiles, human rights and Iran’s sup- His most recent book is “America and Iran: Ultimate Kids’ Guide to Being Super
icy on Iran, the Trump administration won. port for proxy militias in the region. Rather A History, 1720 to the Present.” Healthy.”
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CALIFORNIA T H U R S D AY , J U L Y 2 1 , 2 0 2 2 :: L A T I M E S . C O M / C A L I F O R N I A

Chilling Tax
results in credits
political expand
violence but go
survey
STEVE LOPEZ
unused
When UC
Davis violence New state budget
researcher Dr.
Garen Winte- offers plenty of such
mute queried help, but many low
Americans on
political vio- earners don’t claim it.
lence, race
and threats to By Mackenzie Mays
democracy, he
didn’t know exactly how SACRAMENTO — Cali-
scary the results would be. fornia is extending the reach
“We expected the find- of its tax credits, including
ings to be concerning, but creating a first-in-the-na-
these exceed our worst tion $1,000 benefit for former
expectations,” said Winte- foster youths.
mute, a go-to source of mine But the programs — de-
for many years on gun vio- Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times signed to reduce taxes owed
lence, which he witnesses A BODY SURFER at Newport Beach’s Wedge rides a wave on Wednesday. High surf caused by a storm to the government and get
firsthand as an emergency in the South Pacific will continue along the Southern California coast through at least Thursday. cash into the pockets of
room physician in Sacra- those living in poverty — re-
mento. main underutilized, leaving
The report by Winte-
mute and his team at the
Violence Prevention Re-
search Program was re-
leased by UC Davis on
High waves lure surfers, millions of dollars on the ta-
ble each year.
The state budget signed
last month by Gov. Gavin
Newsom includes more than
Wednesday, on the eve of the
last round of congressional
hearings into the Jan. 6
takeover of the Capitol. The
findings were posted by
[Link], a health
but there’s danger lurking $100 million to expand tax
credits for low-income Cali-
fornians, as research has
shown that the no-strings-
attached benefits are among
the best ways to help those
sciences website that lists
works in progress prior to
peer review.
Swells as big as 12 feet hit beaches up and down the coast in need.
State officials, though,
grapple with a conundrum:
Wintemute told me that Not everyone who qualifies
with midterm elections Samantha Connolly with the showed many trying to ride the huge is likely to claim the credits,
coming up in a politically By Grace Toohey weather service’s San Diego office, waves, which reached as high as 12 and those who need them
divided and frenzied nation which also covers Orange County. feet Tuesday, according to lifeguards. most may not file taxes at all.
that has more firearms than Some of the highest waves of the Waves in Huntington Beach tow- By Wednesday morning, Newport That’s in part because
people, he wanted to go summer were drawing surfers to ered at 9 feet Monday, Connolly said, Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief low earners in California are
public with his findings now Southern California beaches this and remained in the 7- to 8-foot range Adam Yacenda said, the surf had not required to file taxes.
rather than wait for peer week, with swells reaching as high as Tuesday. The swells are expected calmed slightly with waves hovering The threshold requirement
review, which might not 12 feet in some places. through Thursday. around 5 feet. But he said another for single Californians with-
come until after the elec- The National Weather Service is- “This was from a storm in the swell is coming, and it too will bring out dependents is a gross
tion. sued a high surf advisory for beaches South Pacific, bringing that higher monster waves into Thursday. annual income of $19,310.
Most gun-related vio- from San Diego to Ventura counties swell up to Southern California,” Weather service officials warned A study published last
lence in the United States through Thursday morning, espe- Connolly said. “It’s the same swell that inexperienced swimmers should year by the nonpartisan Cal-
involves daily assaults that cially for south- and southwest-fac- that’s been affecting Hawaii. It’s just stay out of the ocean and recom- ifornia Policy Lab found that
don’t make headlines, but ing shorelines. Forecasters warned of a little less strong here.” mended that beachgoers swim near nearly half of households
where weaponry and poli- high waves and dangerous rip tides. The aftermath of Hurricane lifeguards. The high surf advisory is that receive CalFresh food
tics intersect, here are some San Diego and Orange County Darby brought intense swells to expected to expire at 11 a.m. Thurs- benefits were eligible for the
of the highlights — or maybe beaches were expected to see the Hawaii earlier this week, with mas- day. state’s Earned Income Tax
lowlights is the better word highest swells — from 4 to 8 feet — sive waves crashing onto homes and Yacenda said it’s important to pay Credit but did not receive it,
— of what Wintemute and while Los Angeles and Ventura resorts, news reports showed. attention to the water. totaling $76 million in un-
his research team found: County beaches were likely to get 4- Surfers in Southern California “Talk to a lifeguard about the claimed credits.
8 Slightly more than to 7-foot waves, the weather service flocked to the beaches for the high safest place to enter the water,” he “Tax filing is the most ef-
two-thirds of more than predicted. waves, especially Newport Beach’s said. “It’s still hazardous conditions fective poverty-reducing
8,600 survey respondents “It’s the highest we’ve seen this Wedge, known for its intense swells. on our southern-facing beaches in tool in our country. It’s one of
[See Lopez, B2] summer,” said meteorologist Videos from the popular surfing site Newport.” the most fair ways of getting
money out the door. But it
may not be the most effi-
cient way,” said Anna John-
son, associate director of

With monkeypox housing and health at John

Burton Advocates
Youth, a nonprofit serving
young adults who are in the
for

come fears of foster care system or un-

housed. “We’re really trying
to make it a more equitable,

AIDS-era apathy
responsive structure. If we
don’t give a significant
enough incentive to over-
come these barriers, it’s go-
ing to keep getting in the
way.”
ANITA CHABRIA action to educate and vacci- Another hurdle is cost:
nate, the response to mon- Tax preparers can charge
State Sen. keypox is appalling and upward of $300, muting the
Scott Wiener, suggests a collective indif- impact of potential credits.
who repre- ference that stems from the “That really eats into
sents San disease largely hitting people’s refunds. There isn’t
Francisco, LGBTQ communities. enough support for low-in-
was at a Wiener and others com- come and no-income people
birthday pare it to the AIDS epi- to file their taxes,” said Sab-
gathering of demic, which first popped rina De Santiago, policy and
mostly gay onto the scientific radar [See Credits, B5]
men recently when the with a paper in June 1981
conversation turned to that detailed a rare lung
monkeypox. infection in five gay men in Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times
“We are on our own as Los Angeles. For decades, ON FRIDAYS and Saturdays, juvenile visitors to Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena
always,” Weiner recalls those hit hardest by the Park must be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years old, the park says. State orders
someone saying. “We can’t then-deadly virus fought Uber, Lyft to

Knott’s clamping down

count on anyone else.” not just for care, but for
Sadly, such feelings of society to notice and help. protect riders
isolation and frustration are Although monkeypox isn’t All ride-hailing
being borne out by a so-far fatal, usually clearing up companies must adopt
sluggish and botched re- without serious side effects measures to prevent
sponse to monkeypox, in a few weeks, Wiener says sexual assaults,
mostly at the federal level, he sees similarities between days and Saturdays. rolling out a new chaperone regulators say. B2
as the disease spreads that era and now. The theme park Multiple fights among policy, requiring that visi-
among bisexual, transgen- “Once again we have a teenagers broke out at the tors younger than 18 be ac- Police say man
der and communities of public health failure for a unveils a chaperone theme park in Buena Park companied by an adult who wasn’t armed
men who have sex with men. disease affecting my com- policy for minors after over the weekend, forcing it is at least 21 to enter the
Residents want
The virus leads to a munity,” he told me. “As a to close three hours early park.
painful and seriously gross gay man, it is really terrify- a violent weekend. Saturday. Videos circulated Chaperones must
answers after LAPD
retracts statement
infection that few of us want ing.” on social media showing present a photo ID with a
By Felicia Alvarez about shooting. B3
to think about — pus-filled And wrong — ethically, teens throwing punches and date of birth and can accom-
sores similar to chicken pox morally and medically. security guards who were pany up to three guests, ac- George Skelton
— especially during the As of Tuesday, the Cen- Days after a string of caught in the fray. The vio- cording to the policy, which
ongoing exhaustion of the ters for Disease Control and fights at Knott’s Berry Farm, lence sent park visitors was posted on Knott’s Berry The Capitol Journal
COVID-19 crisis. But in the Prevention reported 267 the theme park is requiring running for safety, as seen in Farm’s “code of conduct” column does not
midst of a pandemic during cases of the virus in Califor- that all visitors 17 and video posted to Twitter. page Wednesday. appear today.
which we supposedly nia, the second-highest younger be accompanied by In light of the mayhem, “Chaperones must ac- Lottery ...................... B2
learned the value of quick [See Chabria, B4] an adult chaperone on Fri- theme park officials are [See Knott’s, B5]

SPORTS ON THE BACK: After big collapse, playoff hopes are remote for the Angels. B10
B2 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M

A drive to ensure safe Uber, Lyft rides

dents in 2019 and 2020 na- hailing firms develop a pro-
State regulators order tionally. gram in consultation with a
In its “Community Safety recognized expert to annu-
service providers to Report,” published in 2021, ally train drivers using ex-
adopt steps to prevent Lyft acknowledged 4,158 al- amples of proscribed acts. It
leged sexual assaults na- must cover harassment
sexual assaults. tionally in 2017, 2018 and 2019. based on gender identity
It also did not include state and expression, as required
By Seth Rosenfeld tallies. under California law.
Both companies said in Firms are required to
SAN FRANCISCO — emails that they supported provide a copy of their poli-
Nine years after becoming the commission’s require- cies for preventing sexual as-
the first agency in the nation ment that they use a uni- saults and harassment to
to legalize ride-hailing — form system of definitions, drivers and passengers.
and after thousands of pub- or taxonomy, in reporting They must develop an inves-
licized sexual assaults on assaults to the agency. tigation manual that re-
Uber and Lyft rides — the Under the new rules, sex- quires a timely response to
California Public Utilities ual assault is defined as the assault claims and docu-
Commission for the first touching, or attempted mentation. And they must
time is requiring the indus- touching, of sexual body consult experts to establish
try to adopt comprehensive parts of a driver or passen- investigator qualifications,
measures to prevent such at- ger against their will. This in- training and procedures for
tacks. cludes victims who are un- “trauma informed” investi-
In a previously unre- conscious at the time. Sev- gations.
ported vote last month, the eral passengers have said in The companies said they
commission issued a deci- lawsuits that they were as- had added many safety fea-
sion requiring that all ride- Carolina A. Miranda Los Angeles Times saulted after passing out in tures over the years, as well
hailing firms train drivers to THE PUBLIC Utilities Commission approved a softened but comprehensive plan the back seat. as sexual misconduct edu-
avoid sexual assault and ha- to prevent sexual assaults. Above, Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco. Sexual harassment is de- cation for drivers. But nei-
rassment, adopt procedures fined as “unwelcome visual, ther responded to emailed
for investigating complaints sign that the state is pre- lowed suit. Within months, safety issue. verbal, nonverbal, or physi- questions about whether
and use uniform terminol- pared to take these issues there were media reports of Numerous passengers cal conduct” based on sex, they should have acted ear-
ogy in their annual reports more seriously, sooner alleged assaults around the have sued Uber and Lyft al- directed at a passenger or lier in requiring more rigor-
to the agency so it can accu- rather than later.” country. leging the companies failed driver, such as inappropri- ous training for drivers and
rately monitor them. Los Angeles County Dist. But the commission did to prevent and investigate ate personal questions, re- investigators.
But the commission soft- Atty. George Gascón, who not specifically require that assaults. The firms routinely marks about appearance, The agency emphasized
ened its initial proposal by sued Uber to stop it from firms include sexual as- deny the claims, and settle- and flirting. that the new rules are in-
dropping a requirement making false safety claims in saults and harassment com- ments are usually confiden- The agency said it based terim and that firms must
that the companies inform 2014 when he was San Fran- plaints in their mandatory tial. Last week, eight women the definitions on state update their programs as
victims they could opt in to cisco’s district attorney, said annual reports to the agency and two men sued Uber in criminal and civil law and necessary after an industry-
speak with its investigators. in an email: “This is a posi- before 2017, according to doc- San Francisco Superior the 1964 Civil Rights Act. wide evaluation by experts.
Although the agency had tive step. I hope that both uments released to the San Court, alleging they were at- The commission rejected Genevieve Shiroma, the
said the measure would help the Commission and Francisco Public Press un- tacked by Uber drivers definitions that Uber and commissioner who wrote
it ensure firms properly re- rideshare companies work der the state public records within the last three years. Lyft developed after con- the decision, said before the
spond to assault claims, it collaboratively to improve act. Navideh Forghani, an Uber sulting with experts. The vote, “This is crucial work,
instead decided the cases public safety.” Moreover, it failed to re- spokesperson, declined by agency also rejected Uber’s and we will continue our
would be better handled by Terrie Prosper, the com- quire that they use consis- email to comment on the suggestion that it report work in this area.”
company investigators once mission’s director of news tent definitions of assaults two lawsuits. only incidents in which it
they receive appropriate and outreach, did not re- and harassment, which re- Meanwhile, the compa- had deactivated the driver, Rosenfeld writes for the San
training. spond to questions about sulted in unreliable data. nies have released their own saying this would obscure a Francisco Public Press, an
The commission hailed the decision. The problem was revealed studies using definitions true tally of assault claims. independent nonprofit
the new rules as “a necessary The commission is Cali- only in October 2021, after they developed with ex- Uber and Lyft told the newsroom that produces
milestone in its ongoing fornia’s primary regulator of the Public Press obtained a perts. Uber’s 2019 “U.S. commission that as of at investigative and solutions
commitment to ensuring ride-hailing firms and the partially redacted 2020 an- Safety Report” listed 5,981 least 2019 they had begun journalism. This article was
the safety” of transportation state’s only agency that col- nual report. The agency has alleged incidents of sexual training drivers on avoiding produced in partnership
network companies, as the lects comprehensive safety not released other annual assault in 2017 and 2018 na- sexual assault with assis- with the McGraw Center for
firms are known, and a sig- data on the industry. Uber reports. tionally. It did not break out tance from the Rape, Abuse Business Journalism at the
nal to assault victims that and Lyft represent 99.9% of Company representa- incidents by state, but Uber & Incest National Network, Craig Newmark Graduate
their claims will receive “the the state’s ride-hailing busi- tives have said that they sub- later said 1,243 occurred in which describes itself as “the School of Journalism at the
necessary consideration ness. mitted all required informa- California. nation’s largest anti-sexual City University of New York.
and sensitivity that respects The agency legalized tion and that safety is a top Last month, Uber pub- violence organization.” Support was also provided
their rights.” ride-hailing in California in priority. They say less than lished a second study, re- But now the commission by the Fund for
In comments before the 2013, and other states fol- 1% of their rides have any porting 3,824 alleged inci- is mandating that all ride- Investigative Journalism.
vote on June 23, commis-
sioners said they sought to
balance holding the indus-
try accountable and protect-
ing victim privacy.
“It’s important that we
have sufficient information
to understand what’s hap-
pening and how best to ex-
Most see ‘serious threat’ to democracy
plore ways to prevent these
incidents, protect victims, [Lopez, from B1]
and also ensure their confi- perceive “a serious threat to
dentiality,” Commissioner our democracy,” and 51.1%
Darcie Houck said. believe that “in the next
Commissioner Clifford several years, there will be a
Rechtschaffen said the deci- civil war in the United
sion addressed “an extraor- States.”
dinarily serious and sensi- 8 42.4% said having a
tive set of issues involving “strong leader” is more
assault. We really need to important than “having a
tread very, very carefully, democracy.”
and I think this decision 8 41.2% said they believe
does that.” “native-born white people
Local officials said the are being replaced by immi-
move was a welcome im- grants.”
provement in how the 8 18.7% said they agree
agency addresses a long- strongly or very strongly
standing risk on rides. with the idea that violence
“The CPUC’s action to or force are needed to pro-
standardize how Uber and tect democracy “when
Lyft are supposed to protect elected leaders will not.”
passengers from sexual as- Sadly, none of this is
sault and harassment is way surprising. Thanks to politi-
overdue,” Rafael Mandel- cal polarization, the culture
man, a San Francisco super- of distortion, social media
visor and chair of the San saber-rattling and right-
Francisco County Trans- wing fanning of replace-
portation Authority, said in ment-theory flames, mil-
an email. “I hope this is a lions of delusional Ameri-
cans believe that Donald
Trump is no longer presi-
dent only because Joe Biden
stole the election.
Lottery results And the fear is that many Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
For Tuesday, July 19, 2022 of them, armed to the teeth, THE REPORT on a UC Davis survey on political violence, race and threats to democracy was released
Mega Millions are prepared to storm the Wednesday, on the eve of the last round of congressional hearings into the Jan. 6 takeover of the Capitol.
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No. of Amount mute told me. “It was un- people benefit from advan- keep political power with guns make the rules. Wintemute said he
winners of prize(s) precedented and started at tages in society that Black through ‘justified’ violence Republican lawmakers hopes the Jan. 6 hearings
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L AT I M E S . C O M T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 B3

CITY & STATE

Man shot by
police was not
carrying a gun
respond to officers’ com-
He was holding a car mands, police said.
“As the suspect walked
part when confronted. away from the officers, he
Leimert Park residents turned multiple times in
their direction and pointed a
demand answers. black metallic object be-
lieved to be a firearm” before
By Libor Jany officers opened fire, accord-
ing to the LAPD release.
Days after Los Angeles After the shooting,
police shot a 39-year-old Howard said, officers gath-
man in Leimert Park, neigh- ered behind a shield with
bors and others demanded guns still drawn and inched
answers about why officers toward Petit, whom she
opened fire in a residential didn’t know by name but
neighborhood on someone recognized from having seen
who officials now say was un- him around the neighbor-
Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times armed. hood.
ELIO CRESTLES takes a photo of the restored Tail o’ the Pup in West Hollywood. Crestles repainted the Authorities have so far In the days since, she has
stand — a designated cultural landmark — and the attached restaurant, which had its reopening. released few details about tried to keep her mind off
the shooting Monday what happened but has wor-
evening of Jermaine Petit in ried about her daughters’

Bun there done that for the area of Martin Luther

King Jr. Boulevard and
South Bronson Avenue.
At a news conference the
night of the incident, an
well-being.
Both little girls were play-
ing outside their home on
King; her older daughter
was riding her scooter but

fans of iconic hot dog stand LAPD spokesman said the

man was carrying
“weapon” when police came
across him walking on King
a

but offered no further clarifi-

stopped when she heard offi-
cers yelling at Petit, Howard
said.
“The fact that police
didn’t take the [time] to look
cation. back and see that there were
stand, just down the street Hollywood sign and that hot ownership changes and relo- The department later re- kids playing,” Howard said,
Refurbished Tail o’ from the eatery’s original lo- dog stand. It’s just one of cations. But in 2005, it was tracted that statement in a frustration creeping into her
cation. But the old dog has those things that sticks with bought out by a develop- news release, saying a “black voice.
the Pup has its grand some new tricks. you.” ment company looking to metal latch actuator” was “My neighbor was out
reopening near its The new menu features The hot-dog-shaped build an apartment com- recovered from the scene. trimming her hedges.”
corn dogs; fries, with or with- stand, a classic example of plex. To the dismay of Ange- Petit, who was taken to a Taiyyeba Skomra was
original location. out chili, cheese and grilled mimetic or programmatic lenos and tourists alike, Tail hospital in serious condi- playing a word game with
onions; smash burgers and architecture, debuted on La o’ the Pup closed and the tion, is expected to survive, her husband and 8-year-old
By Nicole Kagan milkshakes. There are also Cienega Boulevard in 1946 stand was moved by crane police said. daughter when they heard
and Gregory Yee homages to the stand’s origi- under then-famous dance into a storage facility. It was the LAPD’s 20th three gunshots outside.
Nearly 80 years after it nal menu, like the 1946 Pup duo Frank Veloz and He and his partners kept shooting of the year, a quar- Her daughter immedi-
originally opened, Los Ange- — a split-and-grilled hot dog Yolanda Casazza. While tabs on Tail o’ the Pup. In ter of which have occurred ately hid under the couch,
les’ iconic 18-foot, mustard- in a toasted bun with grilled serving visitors to the Kid- 2016, the business popped up this month. while Skomra and her hus-
smeared, cement hot dog onions and housemade dieland amusement park, it under new owners in the Deshonay Howard said band peeked outside to see
stand has returned in time mustard. became an icon, serving as a form of a food truck, but the she was parked in front of Petit lying on the ground,
for National Hot Dog Day. Also on the menu are veg- backdrop for photo shoots, restaurant struggled and her house across the street surrounded by officers.
Longtime fans of Tail o’ etarian options; the Base- TV shows and movies. closed shortly thereafter. when she saw Petit walk “There was nothing in his
the Pup came prepared ball Pup, a footlong hot dog “It was like this mascot of A few years later, Green past a bus stop near King hands and they were shout-
Wednesday night for its new with sweet relish, mustard Los Angeles,” Green said. received “the magical phone and Degnan Boulevard, and ing at him to turn over,” she
grand opening in West Hol- and onions; beer, wine, hard “One of the key features that call.” It was from his friend noticed that he was being said. “There were many po-
lywood. They wore ketchup seltzer and canned cock- helped form the L.A. iden- Tommy at the Valley Relics tailed by several police vehi- lice amassing, and then fi-
and mustard costumes, and tails; and a dog menu featur- tity.” Museum where the hot dog cles with their lights and nally somebody with a
red and yellow baseball caps ing “Doggy Beer” and Jeri Williams, who fre- stand was set to be donated. sirens off. shield, they approached
and stockings. One patron “Doggy Pups.” quented the stand’s old loca- While Tommy was delighted “We all heard him say, ‘I him.”
wore red and yellow sus- The revival of this cul- tion when she was in gradu- to house the massive frank, don’t have anything,’ and he After a few minutes, offi-
penders; another brought a tural landmark, as it was of- ate school, said it’s just as he didn’t think it was meant started to run,” she said, cers turned Petit over and
Basset hound in a hot dog ficially declared in 2006, she remembers it. to collect dust in a museum. adding that she saw police handcuffed him, she said.
costume. comes at the hands of the First-time visitors such So he reached out to Green, shoot him three times when They removed a back-
A line of patrons 1933 Group, a Los Angeles as Patrick Polk, who used to who leapt at the opportunity his back was turned. pack that he was carrying,
stretched to the street cor- restaurant consortium. Tail drive by the old stand regu- to buy it. In its news release Tues- spilling its contents onto the
ner after the ribbon-cutting o’ the Pup has been on the larly but hadn’t stopped in Over the next four years, day, the Los Angeles Police street.
ceremony as stools and group’s radar since the ’80s, until Wednesday night, were Green and his partners chal- Department said patrol offi- She said she spent the
booths inside filled up with when co-owner Bobby also impressed. lenged themselves to restore cers from the Southwest Di- next few hours trying to re-
visitors young and old, dous- Green saw it for the first time “All the decorations re- the hot dog as accurately as vision and a uniformed su- main calm for her young
ing their dogs in yellow mus- as a kid on a family vacation ally take you back,” Polk possible. pervisor believed they were daughter, who was crying
tard. to L.A. said. “You can feel the his- “Everything had to be dealing with someone uncontrollably.
Patrons can expect the “From that trip I remem- tory.” perfect,” Green said. “It had armed with a handgun after “She wouldn’t even come
same beef franks at the new ber three things,” Green Tail o’ the Pup stayed to be true to my memories responding to an “assault out from under the couch,”
Santa Monica Boulevard said. “The palm trees, the alive through a number of and everyone else’s.” with a deadly weapon” call. Skomra said. “I don’t know
A man who matched the what comes from this other
suspect’s description, later than terrorizing the neigh-
identified as Petit, did not borhood.”

Betts’ T-shirt has an L.A. story Male mountain lion

Creator is the founder
of Bricks & Wood, a
the eye of Betts, a six-time
all-star, two-time World Se-
ries champion and among
the few Black American
struck, killed on 101
South-Central MLB stars today, wasn’t
Lynch’s official team gear vember, he said, to be fitted
streetwear brand. but the airbrushed T-shirt, By Melissa Hernandez with a GPS radio collar when
which was released sepa- he was still traveling with his
By Jonah Valdez rately. A mountain lion was mother, and wildlife officials
The shirt was not meant struck and killed on the 101 had been following him
Airbrushed in Dodger to make an appearance at Freeway in the Santa Mon- closely ever since.
blue and white, the paint lay the All-Star Game but in- ica Mountains early Mon- Sikich said P-89 is the
fresh on a black T-shirt as stead during the home run day, a month after another 30th mountain lion to be
clothing designer Kacey derby the night before, was killed in the same area. struck and killed by a car in
Lynch whipped out his Lynch said. A shipping delay P-89, a 2-year-old male, the 20 years that the park
phone to snap photos of his caused the shirt to be deliv- was found dead on the service has been studying
new creation. ered just hours before the shoulder of the 101, between the mortality of the big cats.
About one week later, Los All-Star Game’s opening the DeSoto and Winnetka “What we’ve learned is
Angeles outfielder Mookie Abbie Parr Associated Press pitch. exits. that these freeways are ma-
Betts would step onto the MOOKIE BETTS took batting practice in a shirt After seeing Betts wear a He’s the fourth mountain jor barriers to movement,”
Dodger Stadium field for saying: “We Need more Black People at the Stadium.” different outfit during the lion to die after being struck Sikich said. “The 101 [Free-
MLB All-Star Game batting derby, Lynch wasn’t sure the by a vehicle this year, accord- way] and the 405 [Freeway]
practice, taking swings and said. “You can still be your that you can’t really over- Dodgers superstar would ing to a social media post are so massive, right?
fielding interviews while true self in rooms that are look — the Latino culture, wear it at all. from the National Park They’re 10 lanes in many
wearing Lynch’s shirt, which unfamiliar or that don’t have the Black culture.” “I was like, ‘Well, if he Service. spots, and most animals
carried a bold message: “We the same representation as And for Lynch, Dodgers doesn’t wear it at this point, The young lion is the sec- don’t even attempt to cross,
Need more Black People at you all the time.” culture has always been then you know, I wouldn’t be ond killed in a month in the but we have documented
the Stadium.” Major League Baseball Black and Latino. surprised,’ ” Lynch said. “I Santa Monica Mountains. mortalities on these free-
Lynch, owner and officials have tried to attract In historically Black and wasn’t bothered by it. But P-54 — a 5-year-old female ways when they do attempt
founder of Bricks & Wood, a more Black Americans to Latino neighborhoods such then, my phone start flood- mountain lion — was struck [to cross].”
streetwear brand created in watch and play the sport by as South-Central L.A., East ing, and I was like, ‘Oh, there and killed by a car on Las Wildlife officials say a full
his native South-Central investing in youth baseball L.A., Echo Park and High- you go.’ ” Virgenes Road between Pi- necropsy will be performed
Los Angeles, grew up going programs over the last land Park, Dodger blue and It wasn’t the first time a uma Road and Mulholland on P-89 in the coming days.
to Dodgers games with his decade. Despite the effort, the team’s “L.A.” logo is om- public figure wore Lynch’s Highway on June 17. The site Tiffany Yap, a senior sci-
grandfather. Lynch’s col- this season 7.2% of players nipresent, Lynch said, from apparel. In 2018, musical is not far from where her entist for the nonprofit Cen-
league, Malik Coney, who at on opening-day rosters were murals to fashion to the artist Tyler the Creator mother and brother, P-23 ter for Biological Diversity,
one point interned for the Black Americans, a drop branding of local businesses. sported several of Lynch’s and P-97, were killed. said in a statement that she
Dodgers, also grew up a from 7.6% last year. “The L.A. logo itself is big- beanies during a GQ photo The Santa Monica Moun- hopes the death of P-89 will
baseball fan in L.A. Lynch said such dispari- ger than the Dodgers,” shoot. In the months after, tains National Recreation encourage California law-
The pair wanted to call ties in representation are re- Lynch said. Bricks & Wood took off in Area, a unit of the National makers to enact more pro-
out what they saw as a lack flected in L.A. as a whole, For the airbrush art on popularity. Park Service, said P-89 had tections for mountain lions.
of Black fans at Dodger Sta- who gets recognition and the T-shirt, painted by Los But before Tuesday’s been struck by a vehicle “When state senators
dium, but also a lack of Black whose voices are included. Angeles-based Guava LA, game, as Lynch watched the around 2 a.m. consider the Safe Roads and
representation in a sport When Bricks & Wood and Lynch drew inspiration from messages, tweets and Insta- Jeff Sikich, mountain lion Wildlife Protection Act next
that remains overwhelm- the Dodgers agreed to a childhood visits to the Slau- gram posts about the shirt field biologist for the Na- month, I hope they see the
ingly white. partnership last year to de- son Super Mall, also known sprout throughout social tional Park Service, said the gravity of the situation and
“We really want to high- sign a new line of team as the Slauson swap meet, media, he knew this moment young cat had been collared pass the bill,” Yap said.
light and create comfortabil- apparel, Lynch wanted to where he would see local with Betts was different. as part of the park service’s The Safe Roads and
ity for the people who feel make sure his South-Cen- shops airbrushing script “I was very happy Mookie cougar study area — which Wildlife Protection Act, AB
like, ‘You know what? I can’t tral roots showed through. and designs onto T-shirts felt inclined to stand on this includes the Santa Monica 2344, would require Caltrans
play that sport, or I can’t go “I think it’s just us not and trucker hats. message on such a big plat- Mountains, Simi Hills, Grif- to identify potential wildlife
in this area, or I can’t be this getting lost in what really In the days leading up to form,” Lynch said. “The idea fith Park and the Santa Su- barriers on all future trans-
type of person, because of builds a huge part of the cul- the All-Star Game, Lynch wasn’t to go viral, but the sana and Verdugo moun- portation projects and im-
the fact that there’s no rep- ture here,” Lynch said. “The tried to get his new line of idea was to get reaction … tains — in 2020. plement at least 10 projects
resentation of people that Black and brown conversa- caps in front of Dodgers and to get the conversation The cub was eventually that improve wildlife cross-
look like myself in it,’ ” Lynch tion, it’s an undeniable thing players. But what caught going.” recaptured by Sikich in No- ings.
B4 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M

Don’t spread the virus of indifference

[Chabria, from B1] order. That supply will run hard to foresee a school
number after New York, out quickly. outbreak at some point, or a
where 581 people have Rendon pointed out that superspreader event.
tested positive. Los Angeles monkeypox testing isn’t Others want to focus on
reported 132 cases as of covered by Medi-Cal, the its spread through commu-
Wednesday, a number that state insurance plan for nities of transgender people
is steadily climbing — it was low-income people — creat- and men having sex with
120 on Tuesday. ing a huge barrier for the men. Since those are cur-
But these aren’t isolated most vulnerable. And those rently people at the highest
outbreaks in cities with with confirmed cases are risk, it makes sense to target
diverse populations. Geor- being required to isolate for education and vaccinations
gia has 132 cases. Illinois has weeks. In Los Angeles, the to these groups. Pride
200. Texas has 81. health orders come with the Month, with its many cele-
Monkeypox is nearly threat of a misdemeanor brations, just ended — likely
everywhere, in at least 45 charge for disobeying, portending more cases in
states, with more than 2,100 according to one person coming weeks. Other cele-
cases across the U.S. so far. who received the notice brations, such as San Fran-
For years, infectious- from authorities (the De- cisco’s Folsom Street Fair,
disease experts have partment of Public Health are coming up — providing a
warned that this could said similar orders were great way to reach vulnera-
happen. Unlike COVID-19, issued for COVID-19). But so ble communities with on-
this isn’t an unknown virus far, there is no financial aid the-spot vaccinations.
that dropped like a bomb for those forced to isolate, a But some fear messaging
from nowhere, though a problem both Wiener and focusing only on LGBTQ
recent study alarmingly Jessica Christian San Francisco Chronicle Rendon said they hope to fix communities will lead to
found that the strain of the IN SAN FRANCISCO, above, hundreds are waiting in hours-long lines for a when the Legislature recon- further stigma and attacks,
virus currently circulating is chance at the monkeypox vaccine — only to be turned away when doses run out. venes next month. feeding into that far-right
mutating far more quickly All of that chaos is play- fear mongering and fueling
than expected. We’ve known enough to protect everyone vaccines to cover healthcare criteria until more doses ing out against a backdrop prejudice. That could have
about monkeypox since the who wants and needs pro- workers and everyone in arrive — though those of attacks by the far right on the effect of dissuading
1950s and have vaccines and tection. At a press confer- affected communities. guidelines were widened LGBTQ communities some from seeking care if
tests — just not enough of ence in Los Angeles on That is common sense, this week. Some places across the country. The they do contract monkey-
them. We also lack a clear Wednesday, Anthony Ren- but already the holes in the don’t have enough of the MAGA types, too many of pox, and give the general
plan for getting the available don, the leader of the state safety net are growing wider. vaccine to even count as a whom are white suprema- public the false sense that
ones to the people who need Assembly, called on U.S. In San Francisco, hun- public health response. cists and Christian this virus isn’t a problem for
them most. Health and Human Ser- dreds are waiting in hours- Fresno announced its first nationalists, are on the us all.
California is expecting vices Secretary Xavier long lines for a chance at the confirmed case this week, offensive against LGBTQ Thankfully, this isn’t the
thousands more doses of Becerra to declare a public vaccine — only to be turned and a spokesman for its communities as the next 1980s, Kate Bush’s resur-
the leading vaccine from the emergency to mobilize away when doses run out. In health department told me target in their effort to dis- gence aside. Those most
federal government in com- resources, and others called L.A., vaccine recipients are the county has 20 doses of mantle human and civil affected by monkeypox
ing days, but it still won’t be for sufficient supplies of being prioritized by strict the vaccine, and 20 more on rights. aren’t afraid to speak out
The right to same-sex and to demand better.
marriage is in jeopardy. Matt Ford, an actor,
Far-right media including writer and producer who
Fox News regularly make splits his time between West

GPS tracking of sex offenders false claims that anyone

who is not heterosexual is
somehow “grooming” chil-
dren, thinly veiled accusa-
tions of pedophilia based on
Hollywood and New York
City, made a TikTok about
his bout of the pox that went
viral.
On June 17, Ford, who
sexual orientation. Here in had not thought much
ecutive director of California California, Proud Boys have about monkeypox until
New law’s critics Attorneys for Criminal Jus- twice in recent months then, received a call from a
tice, adding that placing a disrupted LGBTQ events friend whom he’d spent time
oppose allowing the tracking device on individu- with hate-filled rhetoric, with the week before — and
state to monitor als who have gone through a including barging into a who now had monkeypox.
rehabilitation system cre- drag queen story time at a Within minutes, Ford real-
certain ‘predators.’ ates psychological pressure Northern California library. ized he had sores too. By the
and the sense that they are It doesn’t take much time he was able to secure a
By Anabel Sosa being watched. imagination to figure out test result a week later, the
In a statement in support how the far right is framing lesions, about 25 total, had
SACRAMENTO — Law of the bill, the Peace Officers monkeypox. I won’t give spread to his face and lots of
enforcement groups and Research Assn. of California that ugliness any more air, other places, putting him in
criminal justice reformers said it would “clarify some but the disease and our so much distress he couldn’t
are at odds over a bill signed ambiguities in the law and hesitancy around it “plays sleep without painkillers.
Tuesday by Gov. Gavin New- ensure the public’s safety.” into the hands of the far Ford had the good sense
som that will allow the state Similarly, the California right, which is always seek- to isolate himself as soon as
to keep tabs on certain “sex- State Sheriffs’ Assn. sup- ing to manipulate any cri- he saw the spots, but after
ually violent predators” ported the bill, saying it is in sis,” Rendon said when I the confirmed diagnosis, he
through the Global Posi- Elizabeth Marie Himchak CNG the “best interest” of the spoke with him prior to the received a health order
tioning System. RESIDENTS OF Rancho Bernardo in San Diego public. press conference. requiring him to stay home
Lawmakers passed AB oppose a sex offender’s placement in their area. “Sexually violent preda- That reality is already — which he did for three
1641 with an overwhelming tors have proven themselves affecting the public health weeks and three days, until
majority in both the Assem- pose a danger to the public,” rehabilitating and releasing to be among some of the response. Behind the cleared by a medical visit.
bly and Senate. Written by the ACLU wrote in a state- former inmates, but few opt most dangerous criminals,” scenes, there is debate and When I spoke with him
Assemblymember Brian ment. for the therapy, which has Maienschein said. division on what the mes- this week, he was back in
Maienschein (D-San Diego), The group called the raised questions about its “When Rancho Bernardo saging should be. Some New York and happy to be
the bill will require such GPS tracking approach a $250-million budget. was selected as the pro- want to focus on the fact free. And despite the trolls,
predators to be monitored “questionable practice,” ar- The state undertakes an- posed placement location of that monkeypox can affect happy he spoke out.
while on a conditional re- guing that convicted sexual nual assessments of these an SVP [sexually violent anyone and can be trans- “I think a lot of people
lease from rehabilitation offenders who are granted individuals to determine predator] last year, I imme- mitted without sexual con- weren’t taking it seriously
programs. conditional release have al- whether they can be placed diately began researching tact — making it a risk to us before, myself included,” he
The American Civil Lib- ready served time in prison in a step-down program to the conditional release all. said. He hopes “being can-
erties Union California Ac- and receive treatment at transition back to their com- process. ... My bill will ensure Close skin-to-skin con- did about it and reiterating
tion and California Attor- Coalinga State Hospital. munities. that law enforcement are tact with someone with there is no reason for shame
neys for Criminal Justice op- Built in 2005, the hospital Critics say a blanket re- provided with an additional sores can spread it, as can and stigma” helps change
posed the legislation. treats sexually violent quirement for GPS monitor- tool to help protect our com- contact with items like the conversation.
“Persons who are predators who suffer from ing is arbitrary and an inva- munities from these crimi- infected bedding. It can also It’s an alarming time, he
granted conditional release mental disorders that pre- sion of privacy. nals.” be spread by respiratory said of all that far-right
under the Sexually Violent vent them from being re- “It’s a one-size-fits-all ap- Newsom on Tuesday droplets, though it requires furor, and he hopes “people
Predator Act have been de- leased into society until they proach to a wide range of signed 36 other bills and ve- much more exposure than show up for us in this mo-
termined by the court, based undergo a therapy program. people and situations,” toed two, according to a the coronavirus — more ment,” for the health of a
upon expert opinion, not to The hospital has a goal of wrote Stephen Munkelt, ex- news release from his office. along the lines of kissing or vulnerable community and
caring for an ill person in the health of a democracy
close quarters. And the that is being purposefully
CDC is warning it can be divided by hate.
transmitted through ani- I do too, because indiffer-
mals, such as pets living ence is its own virus — one
with an infected person. we should be ashamed to
With fall coming, it’s not spread.

Accident claims
2 Marine vehicles
based 1st Marine Division
By Andrew Dyer did not immediately reply to
questions about how many
CAMP PENDLETON — Marines were on board the
Two Marine amphibious vehicles or whether the vehi-
troop carriers were involved cles are attached to the 13th
in a training accident on Ma- Marine Expeditionary Unit,
rine Corps Base Camp which is currently training
Pendleton on Tuesday for deployment.
morning, the Marines said in Marine officials have pre-
a statement. viously said ACVs will deploy
One Amphibious Com- for the first time with the
bat Vehicle, or ACV, rolled 13th MEU this year. The unit
onto its side in the surf and has been training off the San
another became disabled, Diego coast this month
the statement said. Marines ahead of that deployment,
in both vehicles immediately Pentagon photos show.
evacuated and made it Marine ACVs are the ser-
safely to shore. vice’s replacement for its be-
No one was injured, the leaguered Vietnam War-era
statement said. Assault Amphibious Vehi-
The service is still cles, one of which sank off
attempting to recover the the San Diego coast in 2020,
vehicle that rolled over. The killing eight Marines and a
other was towed to shore. sailor. AAVs were pulled
The incident is under in- from waterborne operations
vestigation. last year.
A video published ACVs are larger and
Wednesday by USNI News heavier than the AAVs
shows the ACVs struggling they’re replacing and ride on
in high surf just off a Camp eight wheels instead of the
Pendleton beach. At one tracks used on AAVs. ACVs
point, a wave crashes over are also faster in the water
the top of one. Marines are and are equipped with mod-
seen leaping from the vehicle ern computers and commu-
and another appears over- nications.
turned in the surf.
A Marine spokesperson Dyer writes for the San
from the Camp Pendleton- Diego Union-Tribune.
L AT I M E S . C O M T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 B5

Low earners often don’t claim tax credits

[Credits, from B1] filers’ annual income, on av- 4.3 million tax filers received Former foster youth es- conducted research on tax
research director at Golden ‘Tax filing is ... one of erage, by 17%, and, for those California’s Earned Income pecially could be at risk of credits for the California
State Opportunity, an an- who are parents, by 42%, ac- Tax Credit in 2020, the latest missing out on a tax credit, Policy Lab, said the problem
tipoverty organization that the most fair ways of cording to a report by John data available, up from said Jane Schroeder, chief calls into question the effi-
operates CalEITC4me, a getting money out Burton Advocates for 3.9 million in 2019. The num- policy officer at advocacy cacy of the country’s tax sys-
tool that helps people deter- Youth. ber of California filers who group First Place for Youth. tem altogether. “I think if
mine tax credit eligibility. the door. But it may “We’re trying to find ways received the Young Child Many foster youth have we’re serious about repeat-
Advocacy groups have not be the most to make it as easy as possible Tax Credit declined to spent the majority of their edly using the tax system to
launched information cam- for people to file their taxes,” 420,000 in 2020 from 430,000 lives in institutional or non- try to distribute aid, we
paigns about tax credits and
efficient way.’ De Santiago said. “It’s really in 2019. traditional settings and are ought to be working hard on
coordinated free tax prepa- — Anna Johnson, important, because a tax re- Those credits are for Cal- entering adulthood without creating simpler processes
ration and filing centers John Burton Advocates for
fund is often one of the big- ifornians who earn less than financial literacy and other for people,” he said.
across the state since Cali- Youth
gest lump sums they’ll get in $30,000 a year and have chil- life skills, she said. “I think many people
fornia created programs a year and can be used for dren under 6 years old. “We have young people don’t appreciate just how
mirroring the federal bene- fixing a car or paying off tu- California’s newest tax who come into our program complicated our social
fits starting in 2015. volved young adults with ition — all of those things credit, which will give $1,000 at age 18, and they’ve never safety net system is and how
The full universe of peo- their taxes and collectively that are harder to save up to former foster youth ages been inside of a grocery store hard it is to qualify and fig-
ple potentially eligible for yielded returns totaling for.” 18 through 25, is estimated to before,” Schroeder said. ure out if you qualify. It can
tax credits who do not claim more than $135,000. The According to the state benefit 20,000 residents be- Jesse Rothstein, a UC be a full-time job just man-
them is unknown, as the project increased first-time Department of Finance, ginning in the 2022 tax year. Berkeley professor who has aging all of it.”
state lacks substantial data,
according to the California
Policy Lab.
Some of the state’s out-
reach efforts have proved in-
sufficient. Over the course of
two years, text messages
and letters reached more
Knott’s unveils
than 1 million eligible Cali-
fornians, urging them to
claim the credits, but none of
the efforts “had demonstra-
chaperone policy
ble impacts” on tax filings or
claims of the Earned Income [Knott’s, from B1] counted on us for their daily
Tax Credit, according to a company their party during dose of wholesome family
California Policy Lab report entry, remain with their fun, and we’re committed to
in 2020. party at all times during keeping that promise going
Instead, advocates say, their visit to the park, and be forward,” the statement
the emphasis should be on available by phone through- said.
affordable, community- out their stay,” the policy The violence on Saturday
based tax help. Filing for a states. was captured on videos, in-
tax credit has a multiplying Younger guests who are cluding one in which a visitor
effect, they said, and can found without a chaperone described being caught in a
open filers up to other bene- could be ejected from the stampede and hiding out in
fits they did not realize they park, according to the policy. the park’s Build-A-Bear
are eligible for and stream- The chaperone rules will Workshop store.
line processes for other gov- go into effect Friday and will The fights brought a re-
ernment programs. remain the rule on Fridays sponse from the Buena Park
A pilot project launched and Saturdays “until further Police Department. Two
last year in Santa Clara Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times notice,” Knott’s officials said people who were injured in
County reported that it as- UNDER KNOTT’S chaperone policy, an adult can accompany up to three mi- in a statement. the fracas were taken to a
sisted 45 foster-care-in- nors. Juveniles who are found without a chaperone could be ejected from the park. “Millions of guests have hospital by paramedics.
E4 T H U R S DAY , J U LY 21, 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M / CA L E N DA R

COMICS

BRIDGE
Down one. Your partner will bid a minor
By Frank Stewart Louie is so broke he can’t suit or belatedly support
even pay attention. He your spades. Rarely, he will
In the club lounge, Cy the should draw trumps ending pass for penalty.
Cynic was musing about this in dummy and next let the
and that. jack of diamonds ride. If South dealer
“I read somewhere,” Cy West wins and shifts to a N-S vulnerable
told us, “that a man is a bit club, Louie plays dummy’s
NORTH
taller in the morning than at queen. East wins, but Louie ♠J9862
night.” later forces out West’s ace of ♥ 10 6
“Don’t know about that,” diamonds and discards two ♦J4
Unlucky Louie sighed, “but I clubs from dummy on the ♣ A Q 10 6
know I’m always short at the K-10 of diamonds, assuring WEST EAST
♠ None ♠743
end of the month.” the contract. ♥KQJ985 ♥7432
Louie loses consistently You hold: ♠ A K Q 10 5 ♥ A ♦AQ73 ♦652
in our penny game. When he ♦ K 10 9 8 ♣ 8 5 4. The dealer, ♣732 ♣KJ9
was declarer at today’s four at your right, opens one SOUTH
spades, he took the ace of heart. You overcall one ♠ A K Q 10 5
hearts, drew trumps and led spade, the next player bids ♥A
a club, finessing with dum- two hearts and two passes ♦ K 10 9 8
my’s 10. East took the jack follow. What do you say? ♣854
and returned a heart. Answer: Some players — SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
Louie ruffed and led a quite reasonably — would 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ Pass
second club to the queen. have doubled one heart, in- 4♠ All Pass
East produced the king and tending to bid spades next. Opening lead — ♥ K
led a diamond, and West You certainly should not sell
took the queen and ace. out to two hearts. Double. Tribune Content Agency

ASK AMY

It all sounds good to baby

Dear Amy: I’m a new par- “Nonsense sounds” We are already so tired of
ent of a 5-month-old baby. mimic the music of lan- hearing about this wedding.
My partner and I love our guage, and your baby will We understand we
baby, but we have different hear these and start to imi- should pay for the rehearsal
approaches. I’m concerned tate them. Verbal or babble, dinner and we have offered
that my partner’s parenting the connection is the thing. to pay for the musicians at
approach won’t be good for One way to help your the cocktail reception.
our baby in the long term. partner with parenting is to It’s going to be a giant
We’re both introverts, so encourage them to join and very traditional (Italian
making “conversation” to neighborhood groups of par- Catholic) event.
promote language develop- ents and children. This We would rather give
ment doesn’t come easily to might be challenging for an them a down payment for a
either of us. introvert, but being around house than pay for this.
I try as much as possible others will expose both par- I am trying to focus on
to talk with baby, narrate ent and baby to stimulating connecting, so I have asked
what I’m doing, sing, etc. experiences and lots of op- about us going to look at the
HOROSCOPE My partner mostly portunities for learning. rehearsal dinner locations.
makes nonsense sounds or I recommend the com- The wedding is a six-hour
is a bit of outside pressure. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. says “hi” to the baby. passionate, common-sense drive. I hate long car rides
By Holiday Mathis It’s on today! 18): You will expertly man- Soon I’ll be going back to advice of T. Berry Brazelton. but I will be a good sport.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): age your emotions, curb work and my partner will be Check him out on YouTube, Mother of the Groom
Aries (March 21-April 19): Your self-doubts are normal your cravings and shine in watching the baby a few and read his book “Touch-
You realize it’s not so much but unhelpful, so you may as the social arena. days a week. I’m worried the points — Birth to Three.” Dear MOG: The way to be
about good and evil as it is well stop. If you don’t feel Pisces (Feb. 19-March baby will be delayed because a good mother-in-law is to be
about power and how a your hopes are within your 20): You’ll notice something of not enough stimulation. Dear Amy: I want advice understanding, nonjudg-
game is played. Rules will be grasp, you haven’t sur- about yourself. To you it’s I can’t figure out how to on how to be an awesome mental and open-minded.
broken by all sides. rounded yourself with the subtle, but not to them. It’s bring this up without it just mother-in-law! Try to be available when
Taurus (April 20-May right people. an advantage to see from dif- sounding like criticism. Our 30-year-old son has asked but not interfere.
20): Only untrustworthy Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): ferent perspectives. Am I overreacting and/or been dating a lovely woman Every choice this woman
people constantly talk about While it’s wonderful to get Today’s birthday (July overthinking this? for three years and they are makes is followed by your
how good they are. Actions what you want, it does come 21): Your confidence is high, Concerned Co-parent engaged to be married. opinion that it is not your
speak even when the actor is with a downside. Wish care- and for good reason. Your We are a close-knit family. taste. Your son has chosen
unaware of what they are fully. talent, plus inspired action, Dear Concerned: You are I have trouble feeling con- her. You don’t have to be her
saying. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): will equal explosive success. right to understand how im- nected to her. I want to love best friend, or a mother sub-
Gemini (May 21-June 21): You’ll be mightily productive Quite by accident you’ll portant it is to connect ver- her but I’m not there yet. stitute. You don’t even need
A case of arrested develop- working with those whose make your way into a stellar bally with babies. Narrating She is easy to be around, to be awesome. But you
ment will be featured, with gifts are complementary to team. More highlights: A your activities will acquaint but I feel like we have very should enter this relation-
people trapped at a point of yours but not identical. They hobby becomes work, a mo- your child with human different interests. ship by accepting her as she
growth they do not know share your values, not your ment of closure or comeup- speech and language. I worry that she’s only is, and choosing to trust her.
how to move beyond. Com- strengths. pance, and trading in “old Your partner is also nar- making the effort to get to
passion is called for. Sagittarius (Nov. 22- baggage” for new luggage rating the day to your baby know me now, before they’re Email questions to Amy
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Dec. 21): Sometimes rela- and celebratory trips. Aries — just using different lan- married, so she can prove to Dickinson at askamy@
You’ll take on tasks you are tionships require work, but and Pisces adore you. Your guage patterns. our son that she is worthy. [Link].
not yet equipped to handle. you shouldn’t have to work lucky numbers: 8, 19, 3, 33
You’ll start without guid- at them all the time. and 14.
ance but keep seeking help Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
and along the way you’ll pick 19): Don’t condemn your ego, Mathis writes her column
up the mentor you need. but don’t cater too closely to for Creators Syndicate Inc.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): it either, or believe it as the The horoscope should be
What brings about your best absolute truth. read for entertainment.