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President Trump and challenger Joe Biden battled into Tuesday night with no clear winner, as major contests remained too close to call and prospects grew that a decision in the presidential race would await an ongoing count of votes cast before election day. The president asserted without evidence that Democrats were trying to steal the election and tweeted, “We will never let them do it.” “Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!” he said, misrepresenting the tallying of votes cast before election day. (He subsequently corrected the spelling of “polls.”) Twitter immediately ANALYSIS flagged Trump’s statement with a disclaimer saying it was “disputed and might be misleading” about the No blue election. Both candidates staked a series of victories where they were expected to prevail, as wave Biden claimed a lead in the popular vote. Indeed, the political map was shaping up to look a good deal as it did four as tally years ago. In perhaps the least sur- prising development of the night, the contest appeared goes on to narrow to the three Great Lakes states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — that delivered the presi- By David Lauter dency to Trump in 2016. But this time, it could take days to know the outcome. WASHINGTON — As Biden easily won Califor- the country settles in for a nia as part of a West Coast prolonged count to deter- sweep and carried other mine the winner of the 2020 Democratic strongholds, in- election, this much is clear: cluding Minnesota — which Democratic hopes for a wave Trump narrowly lost in 2016 of votes that would sweep — as well as Biden’s home away barriers to progressive state of Delaware. policy changes have suffered Trump once again won a significant setback. Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times Florida — the campaign’s Joe Biden continues to FORMER VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden, with his wife, Jill, speaks to a drive-in rally overnight in his home- biggest battleground — and have a strong chance of win- town of Wilmington, Del. “I’m here to tell you tonight we believe we’re on track to win this election,” he said. prevailed throughout most ning the presidency by car- of the GOP-leaning Deep rying the big industrial ■■■ INSIDE ■■■ South and other Republican states of Pennsylvania, bastions. He also won the Michigan and Wisconsin, as A yearning for Republican-leaning states well as Arizona, where he calm amid clamor of Ohio and Texas, where holds a strong lead. The Biden made a late play. party will also retain control Their duty fulfilled, vot- That left just a handful of of the House and probably ers across the nation sit states that will decide who add to its majority by at least back and wait. A4 claims the 270 electoral col- a few seats. lege votes needed to win the But in the final weeks of No mail ballots White House. the campaign, favorable to be left behind Biden was ahead in Ari- polls and a flood of cam- A federal judge orders zona. Trump was leading in paign money had raised USPS to check for unde- the rest: Georgia, North Car- Democratic hopes of a sig- livered envelopes. A10 olina, Michigan, Pennsylva- nificantly larger victory, one nia and Wisconsin. that would decisively repu- Gascón has early But millions of early diate the Trump-era Repub- lead in D.A. race votes — which are likely to fa- lican Party, expand Demo- vor Biden — remained to be crats’ House majority, give Incumbent Jackie Lacey tabulated. them clear control of the trails ex-prosecutor who That was precisely the Senate and open the way to has touted reform. B1 nightmare scenario many passage of long-stalled legis- Challenger ahead Democrats feared. lation on voting rights, cli- Biden addressed sup- mate change, immigration in council contest porters shortly before mid- reform and other Demo- If Nithya Raman defeats Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times night in his hometown of cratic priorities. incumbent, she’d be first A TRUMP supporter stands in front of a line of Beverly Hills police in Beverly Wilmington, Del., express- Instead, the election re- in 17 years to do so. B1 Gardens Park. Despite fears of election violence, Tuesday was mostly peaceful. [See Presidential, A6] [See Analysis, A5]

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Prop. 22 passing but 270 electoral votes needed to win Control of Senate BIDEN TRUMP UNDECIDED rent control sputters 225 213 100 remains up for grabs legacy of the iconic tax-cut- out a win, Democrats’ path By John Myers By Janet Hook and ting law, Proposition 13. 117TH CONGRESS to a majority would narrow Jennifer Haberkorn In all, political action HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES significantly. SACRAMENTO — Cali- committees spent more 218 seats to control the House Democrats had headed fornia’s most expensive bal- than $785 million to support DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS UNDECIDED WASHINGTON — into election day favored to lot measure campaign sea- or oppose the 12 Democrats’ hopes of sweep- win a slight majority in the son ended Tuesday with a propositions on the Novem- ing to a Senate majority be- Senate, but returns were split decision on the year’s ber ballot, according to an gan to fade as marquee con- mixed early on. most high-profile proposals, analysis by The Times. Four 174 169 92 tests stretched into over- Sen. Cory Gardner of Col- with voters appearing to of the 10 most costly ballot SENATE time and some of the most orado was beaten by Demo- grant companies such as measure campaigns in Cali- vulnerable Republican in- cratic former Gov. John Uber and Lyft the right to fornia history were weighed 51 seats to control the Senate cumbents remained in con- Hickenlooper, whose candi- keep their drivers as inde- by voters in this election, led DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS INDEPENDENT tention as the vote counts dacy was boosted by Presi- pendent contractors but re- by the $226 million in con- dragged on. dent Trump’s unpopularity jecting a plan to expand rent tributions either for or Sens. Thom Tillis of in the state. But Gardner control to more homes and against Proposition 22, the 44 47 2* North Carolina and Susan had been Democrats’ eas- communities. effort led by Uber and Lyft to Collins of Maine, whose de- iest target, and their gain of Election night returns of- ensure the companies’ driv- * Previously caucused with Democrats. feats had been considered [See Senate, A8] fered no clear sign for a fierce ers aren’t classified as com- 7 Senate races undecided. Results as of 11:15 p.m. Pacific time essential building blocks of a battle to raise business pany employees. new Democratic majority, property taxes, a bitter cam- Proposition 22 main- held narrow leads over their paign that surfaced long- tained a steady lead in Tues- MORE ONLINE opponents in nearly com- simmering tensions over the [See Propositions, A14] Visit latimes.com for up-to-the-minute coverage. plete results. If either eked A2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM

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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Legitimacy for our democracy was on ballot

DOYLE McMANUS tions that the voting process is “rigged” and his refus- America is al to promise a peaceful a divided transition of power if he nation — loses. and the A president who wins by presidential underhanded means will campaign rightly appear illegitimate. only made He may claim a mandate, the condi- but he won’t have one. tion worse. The runner-up needs to Partisan- acknowledge reality and ship has spiked. Armed give a concession speech — militias showed up at cam- the more graceful, the bet- paign rallies. Gun sales ter. That’s how the losing soared. side acknowledges that the In New York, Los Ange- winner is legitimate. If the les, Washington and other losing candidate refuses to cities, shop owners nailed do it, other leaders in his plywood over their windows. party should do it for him. In a Gallup poll last month, Step two is working to a record 64% of people said bring the country together, they were “afraid of what as earlier presidents did will happen” if their favored after divisive campaigns. candidate didn’t win. That means a serious “You just don’t want to attempt to revive bipartisan talk to people anymore,” deal making in Congress, Mary Jo Dalrymple, a 56- starting where the two year-old retiree in Greens- parties share similar goals burg, Pa., told me. “You’re — another economic relief Alex Brandon Associated Press afraid it will be unpleasant.” bill to help the country SEEMA VERMA, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has taken every step imaginable This isn’t normal — not through the pandemic, for to hamper the nation’s premier public health programs, such as promoting work requirements for Medicaid. in decades, perhaps not example. since the Civil War. It also requires granting Even with nearly a quar- your opponents the pre- ter-million deaths, and sumption of legitimacy, no 100,000 infections a day, our matter how much you dis- most durable problem isn’t like their policies. the COVID-19 pandemic; a Biden, who spent 36 The brazen harm inflicted vaccine can solve that. Nor years in the Senate, has is it the recession; the econ- already said he would try to omy probably will recover work with Republicans in once the virus is quelled. Congress if he’s elected. Our biggest challenge is Progressive Democrats by appointees of Trump the political polarization have sniffed that his nostal- that has made the country gia for a long-ago era of increasingly ungovernable, comity is naive. no matter who wins. But Biden knows how Many have hobbled agencies they were supposed to lead Polarization has been the modern Senate op- part of our politics for dec- erates. He was vice presi- ades. But under President dent when Obama tried and MICHAEL HILTZIK the ACA. good at all. The most telling Trump, it has turned into failed to win GOP support Just this week, Verma EPA chief Andrew examples come from the something worse: delegiti- for an economic stimulus Donald approved a waiver allowing healthcare sphere, specif- mization — the practice of bill in 2009 and for an immi- Trump Georgia to withdraw from Wheeler and ically the battle against condemning your oppo- gration reform package in hasn’t con- Healthcare.gov, the federal COVID-19. nents as un-American, 2013. ducted his exchange for ACA insurance Transportation Perhaps the saddest undemocratic and unwor- His talk of bipartisan- campaign to plans, without establishing story is that of Deborah thy of respect. ship may have been a cam- vandalize its own state exchange. Secretary Elaine Birx, who was known for Trump entered politics paign gambit; swing voters and stupefy The waiver narrows the Chao are leading having dedicated her medi- by questioning President like the idea of the two the federal options for Georgians seek- cal career to fighting HIV Obama’s legitimacy, sug- parties working together. It government ing ACA health plans start- efforts to roll back when she was appointed in gesting falsely that he might may even be aimed at split- single-han- ing in 2023 by forcing them mid-March, to great praise, not be a U.S. citizen. This ting moderate Republicans dedly. to turn to private brokers auto emissions to Trump’s coronavirus task year, he charged — again from Trump loyalists. Even At every step he has been and agents, commercial standards force. without evidence — that so, it’s worth a try. assisted by appointees put websites or insurance com- Within days, Birx was Democratic nominee Joe It’s now almost forgot- in place to undermine their panies, none of which have nationwide. describing Trump in terms Biden was mentally and ten, but Trump was elected agencies and dismantle an incentive to steer con- that made him sound like physically infirm and the in 2016 in part because he policies and programs that sumers to the plans best for the second coming of Isaac puppet of “radical social- promised, as a business- in some cases have operated them. Newton: “He’s been so at- ists” who “hate our coun- man, to work with both for decades. As Verma herself ob- Acosta’s successor, Eugene tentive to the scientific try.” parties. Whether Trump will be served in her approval let- Scalia, and Trump appoint- literature and the details On the other side, In his first year in office, turned out of office by Tues- ter, Georgia insurance ees on the National Labor and the data,” Birx told the plenty of Democrats believe he tried to cut deals with day’s vote isn’t clear as we brokers and agents will earn Relations Board have re- Christian Broadcasting Trump is a would-be auth- Democrats on immigration write. But the ending of his commissions higher by 22% versed or stymied initiatives Network on March 27, well oritarian who would gladly reform and infrastructure approach is at least visible, if they steer consumers aimed at expanding work- after Trump had started destroy the Constitution. spending. As recently as last whether it occurs on Inau- toward short-term health place rights for gig workers touting chloroquine, which At their first debate, week, he was negotiating guration Day, less than plans that lack the con- and minimum wage employ- is useless against COVID-19, Biden called Trump “one of with House Speaker Nancy three months from now, or sumer protections — includ- ees. and predicting that the the most racist presidents Pelosi — at arm’s length, to lasts 51 months more. ing protections for those Acosta opposed raising pandemic would vanish like we’ve ever had,” overlooking be sure — over a possible If Democrat Joe Biden with preexisting health the federal minimum wage “a miracle” — assertions the fact that 12 of the first 18 stimulus bill. wins the election, he’ll have conditions — of the ACA. from $7.25 an hour, where it that both swore at scientific presidents owned slaves. Even if the results are the power to reverse Trump appointees’ has been stuck for 11 years. understanding. Many Democrats and modest, a bipartisan effort Trump’s practices, though assault on environmental Since Scalia, son of the late On Monday, Birx finally Republicans see the other would be an encouraging putting devastated federal protection has taken many Supreme Court Justice issued an internal report side not merely as political departure from gridlock. A agencies back together may forms. He installed Interior Antonin Scalia, took office for White House aides rivals, but as an existential president who gets things not be too easy. Yet it’s Secretary David Bernhardt, only in July 2019, he hasn’t warning, “We are entering threat. That creates a pre- done — as opposed to worthwhile to identify the a corporate lobbyist who had much time to make his the most concerning and dicament: If you think your merely insulting his critics vandals and examine their made a career of attacking mark on the department. most deadly phase of this opponents don’t share a — could see his legitimacy methodology for a better the Endangered Species Act But his legal work before pandemic … leading to basic commitment to con- and his popularity grow. sense of the ordeal we’ve for his clients, an effort he then involved fighting work- increasing mortality.” By stitutional government, why It’s been done before: been going through since has continued as a Cabinet place regulations for corpo- then, her words looked would you work with them? Ronald Reagan did it in the Jan. 20, 2017. member. rate clients such as Wal- wretchedly belated, for That problem won’t 1980s; Bill Clinton did it in Trump’s assault on Bernhardt has also been mart. about 800 Americans have disappear once the election the 1990s; George W. Bush governmental norms has accused of involving himself Scalia’s targets included been dying from COVID-19 is over. Unless one party did it in the early 2000s after been focused on three gen- in efforts to loosen environ- regulations promulgated by every day. captures both houses of a disputed election that was eral areas: healthcare, the mental restrictions on water the Occupational Safety Birx didn’t have a gov- Congress and the White decided in the Supreme environment and labor. flows for California farmers, and Health Administration, ernment agency to under- House, it will stand in the Court. We’ve written before including those served by an agency of his current mine. That wasn’t the case way of the next president If the next president about the threat to public the giant Westlands Water department. with Stephen Hahn or accomplishing anything. hopes to leave a substantive health personified by District, a client of Bern- Since the pandemic, he Robert Redfield, physicians In my view, here’s what legacy, he should follow Seema Verma. As director of hardt’s during his years as a hasn’t shown himself to be a directing, respectively, the needs to happen. those presidents, work to the Centers for Medicare corporate lawyer. vocal supporter of protec- Food and Drug Adminis- Step one is making sure stem the tide of polarization and Medicaid Services, On another front, Envi- tions against infectious tration and the Centers for the election is seen as legiti- that has poisoned our poli- Verma is responsible for ronmental Protection diseases in the workplace. Disease Control and Pre- mate. Partisans on both tics, and make America’s making those programs, as Agency Administrator Under Acosta and Scalia, vention. These agencies’ sides think their opponents government work again. well as the Affordable Care Andrew Wheeler and Trans- the number of OSHA in- once gold-plated profes- are trying to cheat — a senti- Act, work better for their portation Secretary Elaine spectors has fallen to its sional standings plum- ment stoked, of course, by McManus’ column appears enrollees. Chao (the wife of Republi- lowest level since 1975 — meted precipitously be- Trump’s constant declara- Sunday and Wednesday. Instead she has taken can Senate Majority Leader only 862 inspectors to cover cause of their leaders’ will- every step imaginable to Mitch McConnell of Ken- millions of worksites. As the ingness to toady to Trump hobble the government’s tucky) are leading efforts to National Employment Law and his anti-science poli- premier public health pro- roll back auto emissions Project observed in April, at cies. grams. standards nationwide and that staffing level it would Those are federal ap- Verma has assiduously revoke California’s author- take OSHA 165 years to pointees who arguably were promoted work require- ity to set its own rules — inspect every workplace trying to do good but were ments for Medicaid recipi- steps that would reverse under its jurisdiction just simply overmatched by the ents, despite reams of evi- policies drafted by their once. mendacity and amorality of dence that those require- agencies, in some cases Not every Trump ap- the White House they ments force enrollees off decades ago. pointee has come to work served. They’re outranked Medicaid and do nothing to Trump’s appointees intent on wrecking his or by the appointees to high improve their health or help have turned the Depart- her own department. Some government posts, includ- them find jobs — and de- ment of Labor — the only may have remained in place ing Cabinet positions, who spite the consistent rejec- Cabinet agency devoted despite the hostility of the deliberately served up poli- tion of these rules by federal exclusively to the concerns Trump White House toward cies that stood against the judges. of working Americans — good government, either public interest and showed Verma has continually into a Department of Em- out of desperation to hold themselves eager to dis- denigrated the ACA as ployer Rights. on to a government sinecure mantle their own agencies ineffective at bringing Trump’s first Labor or a misguided notion that to do so. health coverage to working- secretary, Alex Acosta (who they could still do some class and low-income lost his post after he was good by working from the Keep up to date with Americans, despite stat- identified as the federal inside. Michael Hiltzik. Follow istics from her own shop prosecutor who offered In too many cases, these @hiltzikm on Twitter, see Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times demonstrating that 20 Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart poor souls ended up de- his Facebook page or email STORES IN several cities were boarded up before million Americans have plea deal on federal sex stroying their own reputa- michael.hiltzik the election as a precaution against potential unrest. gained coverage through abuse charges in 2008), tions without doing any @latimes.com. LATIMES.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 A3

THE WORLD China rallies nation’s spirit of resistance

image of Xi shows him in tory at the University of Chi- Its war narratives camouflage fatigues while cago. addressing troops in 2018. He Chinese and U.S. narra- convey the message is quoted calling for a resur- tives of the Korean War often that the people need gence of that same ideolog- ignore one aspect: the 21,000 ical fervor: “Our military has Chinese prisoners of war, not fear confrontation historically fought by spirit. 14,000 of whom chose to go to with United States. In the past, we had little steel Taiwan rather than return but lots of spirit. Now that to China at the end of the we have much steel, we conflict. By Alice Su should have even more spir- These POWs and the ne- it, even tougher bones.” gotiation over their fate were BEIJING — A soldier Despite the rhetoric, the “at the core of the second lifted his head as he entered party’s message is less jingo- half of the war,” said David the military museum, rais- ism than it is a call to Cheng Chang, a professor of ing his cellphone to snap a strengthen China’s de- humanities at the Hong photo of the glowing ham- fenses, said John Delury, Kong University of Science mer and sickle on the ceiling. professor of Chinese studies and Technology who has Five portraits of Chinese at Yonsei University Gradu- written a book about the leaders from Mao Zedong to ate School of International Chinese prisoners. Xi Jinping hung beneath it, Studies in Seoul. Captured by U.S.-led each praising the spirit of re- “It is still cast as ‘for United Nations forces, they sisting “U.S. aggression” peace,’ ” he said. “It’s not a were subjected to anti-com- during the Korean War. call to arms, but the implica- munist “reorientation” pro- A sprawling exhibit told Fred Dufour AFP/Getty Images tions are pretty clear: ‘We grams in prison camps that the tale of an underdog CHINA has used the 70th anniversary of its entry into the Korean War to rouse were able to stop them way involved beatings and other China heroically “shattering support for resisting “U.S. aggression.” Above, a military museum exhibit in 2017. back when we were poor and violent coercion to sing the myth” of U.S. invincibil- weak 70 years ago, and now songs, shout slogans and ity by fighting on the side of stand on the opposite side of matter which U.S. president snow, glass cases filled with we’ve got wealth and make confessions against its neighbor North Korea global development trends, wins, whether it’s Trump or gifts from thankful North power.... We can win.’ ” communism. Many were against the world’s super- bullying the weak, going Biden, it will be hard for Koreans, and paraphernalia For all the propaganda forcibly tattooed with im- power, which had aligned it- against the flow and aggres- them to change the attitude collected from felled Ameri- around China’s commemo- ages of the Republic of China self with the South. sively expanding, they will of competition or pressure can soldiers: banners, ration of the Korean War, flag as part of the pressure The Chinese Communist inevitably have their heads with China,” said Wang badges, binoculars and American commemorations on them to “choose” going to Party’s narrative brushes smashed and blood flow- Yong, a professor at Peking clothes. One glass case dis- are “just as guilty of selective Taiwan over China. over North Korea’s invasion ing,” Xi said in his speech. University’s School of Inter- played a pickax that a Chi- storytelling,” Delury said. Later, many of the pris- of the South and focuses in- “The Chinese people neither national Studies. “They’re nese soldier used to “contin- American narratives tend to oners who chose return to stead on American interven- make trouble nor fear trou- American and they repre- uously hack three American skip over how the U.S. China were attacked as sus- tion and Chinese resistance. ble ... their legs will not sent American interests. As soldiers to death.” changed its original man- pected traitors during the This theme has been ampli- shake, their waists will not for their future intrusion on Other displays high- date from protecting South Cultural Revolution. Those fied across state propagan- bend, the Chinese nation China’s national interests, lighted the party’s mobili- Korea to invading North Ko- who went to Taiwan were da for the last month, cannot be frightened or we must make prepara- zation drives — raising do- rea, “just like the North in- also surveilled and con- with nightly documentary crushed!” tions.” nations, singing songs about vaded the South,” he said. scripted into the army. screenings, a patriotic movie The message is aimed The 1950-53 Korean War, defeating the “wolf-hearted American officials also “Government officials release, special museum ex- largely at a domestic audi- which killed nearly 5 million U.S. imperialists,” and hold- tend to rationalize the war tell history in a certain way,” hibits and a highly publi- ence. It has reverberated people — including hun- ing grass-roots ideological as a “defense of this great li- Delury said. “It’s rare that in cized speech by President Xi through a month of tight dreds of thousands of Chi- education sessions. Such beral democracy in South commemorations, you get commemorating the 70th media control as the Com- nese soldiers and more than political work was the Chi- Korea,” Delury said. The all the complexity and con- anniversary of China’s entry munist Party’s leadership 36,000 Americans — grew nese military’s “greatest government the U.S. sup- tradiction of the actual his- into the war. held high-level, closed-door into a conflict of attrition specialty and greatest ad- ported in South Korea, how- tory. You tend to get selec- The message, coming meetings in Beijing. that ended with an armi- vantage,” a sign said. ever, was a dictatorship that tive narratives that fit a amid an American presi- Last week, officials re- stice. But China celebrates At least three graphs massacred more than prism.” dential election in which leased a communique out- its participation in pushing chart the gap between the 100,000 civilians, according That applies to Ameri- heightened tensions with lining party goals that U.S.-led troops out of North U.S. and China’s armed to findings from South Kore- cans and Chinese alike. But China became a key cam- sought to strengthen self-re- Korea as a “great victory.” forces, asserting that dean truth and reconciliation while the Korean War re- paign issue, is clear: China liance through domestic The party’s commemora- spite America’s superior commissions. mains a “forgotten war” in fought the U.S. in the past consumption and techno- tion of the war aims to rouse hardware and its advanced The U.S. knew of and did the United States, where and should not be afraid of logical innovation — regard- public support for China to industrialization, China, at not stop the mass killings, news coverage of it was cen- fresh animosities — includ- less of who becomes the U.S. “become a stronger country least in its own eyes, man- while also committing its sored and memories of it ing over trade, spying accu- president or how American with true power to resist aged to win. One sign has Xi own human rights viola- overshadowed by the Viet- sations and the future of foreign and trade policies American influence,” Wang quoting Mao: “The enemy tions, razing cities and nam War, it has become a Hong Kong — that could change. Beijing set several said. has much steel but little spir- bombing civilians across trumpeted part of China’s lead to outright confronta- development goals for 2035, Inside the museum, a it; we have little steel but North Korea. “It had noth- national consciousness, a tion with Washington. reaching beyond the next soundtrack of howling wind much spirit.” ing to do with defending summons to stand up to “Any nation or military, three U.S. administrations. played amid dioramas of sol- That history is fast-for- democracy,” said Bruce the U.S. and make China no matter how strong, if they “Many people feel that no diers crawling through the warded to present day. An Cumings, a professor of his- great.

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response for a Seattle-area By Kate Linthicum, hospital system, had been Jaweed Kaleem tasked with monitoring a and Kurtis Lee ballot drop box, directing traffic and watching for vot- EL PASO — As a pan- er intimidation. Not even a demic raged, gun sales soaking rainstorm could soared and buildings were stop her. sheathed in protective ply- The Seattle area was one wood, Americans slipped on of the first regions in the face masks, wrestled with country to be hit by the co- their anxieties and went to ronavirus, and Hutchison vote on the last day of the couldn’t shake memories of most bitter and surreal elec- that early chaos: doctors tion in generations. who stripped down to their Amid the clamor — and underwear in the garage in regardless of political per- order to protect their fam- suasion — many voters ilies; a medical worker who sought to settle frayed fell seriously ill for three nerves and find peace. weeks; colleagues layering In Florida, a warehouse cloth masks over paper ones worker asked whether he because there weren’t could come in on his day off enough N95 respirators. to avoid nervously watching “The administration’s reelection coverage at home. sponse to physicians and In Utah, an emergency room scientists is abhorrent,” she doctor from California who said. “It lacks insight.... It de- has treated dozens of means them.” COVID-19 patients cast his Hutchison and her hus- ballot early and escaped into band voted for Biden several the majestic canyons of Zion weeks ago via a ballot drop National Park. box near their Bellevue “The stress is at a differ- home. But on Tuesday, her ent level,” said Aarrie Black- role was to help thousands of man, a 27-year-old first-time last-minute voters “follow voter who was up at 3 a.m. through.” Tuesday wondering As the winds picked up, whether she might en- the rain came down and the counter violence when she sky began to darken with went to her polling place night, Hutchison said she south of downtown Atlanta. would stand guard until the She sought comfort by eat- Jae C. Hong Associated Press last ballot was cast. ing an English muffin and ARTIST SHANE GRAMMER paints a portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on plywood outside a Not everybody had been binge-watching a favorite boarded-up jewelry shop in Los Angeles on Monday. Many voters were worried about postelection violence. so rattled by the election. sitcom, “Living Single.” For Joel Clark, a tanned, It was as if a great storm their bills. prika-seasoned pork. winter — no matter their pol- ican border, one of the worst bearded 72-year-old with had nearly passed. After As a Black woman with “We will just wait and see itics. coronavirus outbreaks in long, gray hair poking out months of protests, fresh sickle cell anemia, which put how this meat and this elec- “We all just want what is the nation left many scared from a “Vietnam veteran” graves and warnings about her at higher risk if she be- tion turn out,” Barthold said best for this country,” he to leave their homes. cap, 2020 hasn’t been a par- possible civil unrest, there came infected with the co- with a grin as his chocolate said. As the midday sun beat ticularly unsettling year. was a yearning for calm even ronavirus, she had spent Labrador, Rocky, sniffed at More than a thousand down on the jagged moun- A former construction before the outcome was much of the last eight the wood smoker. miles south, in the upscale tain range that cuts through worker and prison guard, he known. months locked inside her Barthold, 58, says Trump Houston suburb of Sug- town, officials announced a said he wasn’t worried about The nation did its duty, apartment, stewing about is a candidate who “under- arland, Louis Carballo also record number of active co- the pandemic, although he took a breath and waited. President Trump’s handling stands guys like me.” cast a vote for Trump. ronavirus cases (19,201) and doesn’t like being told to As the sun rose in Or- of the pandemic. “He’s not the most politi- “A lot of pollsters make a record number of patients wear a mask. (“It’s against lando, Fla., 24-year-old Kim Candelario had tried to cally correct, and that’s fine, the statement that minor- in intensive care units (293). the Constitution.”) Candelario found herself ly- vote early, but her schedule you don’t have to play by the ities vote Democrat,” said Things had gotten so bad He also wasn’t worried ing in bed wide awake. made it nearly impossible. rules,” said Barthold, who Carballo, 74, a retired archi- that patients were being air- about postelection violence It was two hours earlier She opted against an absen- particularly likes Trump’s tect who was born in Cuba lifted to other Texas cities, hitting his town of Prineville, than she had planned to rise. tee ballot because she didn’t opposition to gun restric- and has always voted Re- and there were rumblings in a rural swath of central But she saw no reason to trust the U.S. Postal Service. tions. publican. “We have our own about how the virus was on Oregon, because there are wait. She skipped breakfast It turned out to be for the A field technician for minds.” track to kill more people in “way too many people walk- and walked 20 minutes to best. AT&T, Barthold voted for He doesn’t buy com- El Paso this year than cancer ing around with pistols and Shiloh Baptist Church, ar- “I’m glad I didn’t come in President Obama in 2008 plaints from Democrats and heart disease. AR-15s.” riving shortly after polling before,” she said after plac- but was turned off by parti- about systemic racism. The Margaret Cataldi, a 20- He long regarded Wash- opened. Clad in a blue surgi- ing an “I voted” sticker on san divides between Con- father of a Houston police year-old junior at the Uni- ington, D.C., politicians and cal mask and gray pajamas, her chest. “To vote today gress and the White House. lieutenant, he chafes at calls versity of Texas at El Paso, bureaucrats as clueless, an she voted for Joe Biden. feels patriotic.” “They would just bicker,” for defunding law enforce- was determined to keep vot- impression confirmed years Candelario, who was Nearly 100 million ballots he said, adding that he ment. ers safe. She volunteered as ago by a highway inspector born in New York and whose had already been cast thinks former Vice Presi- As for the pandemic, he’s a poll worker at an elementa- who reviewed an asphalt family is from the Domini- nationwide — almost 75% of dent Biden was part of the tired of lockdowns. Carballo ry school near her home, paving project that Clark can Republic, registered to the total votes in 2016 — be- problem. wore a mask to vote but says scrubbing voting booths ev- was directing as foreman. vote six years ago but had fore the polls opened Tues- On Barthold’s suburban he refuses to live in fear of the ery few minutes with alcohol The inspector described never before cast a ballot. day. street — one with manicured virus — still going out to eat wipes. a phone call from an official It was different this time. Kevin Barthold, a union lawns and high wooden with his wife and visiting Cataldi, who wore a long in Washington who wanted She was angry. A call center member in a suburb of De- fences — both Trump and friends in other cities. skirt, boots and a gingham to know why a highway proj- worker who handled com- troit, voted in person several Biden flags dot yards that on But the pandemic — and mask, said she had been po- ect called for so many cattle plaints from Visa and Mas- weeks ago for Trump. But he recent mornings have been the 232,000 American lives it litically aware since at least guards, the grills placed in tercard customers, she still took off work to carry ghosted by a light frost. has claimed — casts a long 2016, when she and her high roadways to impede live- spent her 12-hour shifts talk- out what has become his rit- After cooking his pork, he shadow on the election. school friends were inspired stock. ing to Americans who were ual on election day: slow- planned to freeze it and give In El Paso, a West Texas by candidate Bernie Sand- “ ‘How many guards, and out of work and couldn’t pay cooking 100 pounds of pa- some to his neighbors for city of 680,000 along the Mex- ers. what sort of equipment do But her real awakening they need?’ the guy asked,” came in August of last year, Clark said. “He thought they when a 21-year-old white were [human] guards who What clogs your drain is your man drove 650 miles to an El stood there watching for cat- Senior, How to contact us Paso Walmart and used a tle.” business. 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[Analysis, from A1] dent Trump but of the country’s deeply entrenched partisan divide. Democratic hopes of a Senate majority dwindled through the night, raising the likelihood that even if he’s elected, Biden will face a divided Congress as well as a Supreme Court with a conservative majority strengthened last month with the confirmation of Jus- tice Amy Coney Barrett. Biden publicly expressed confidence Tuesday night while Trump accused Democrats and the media of trying to “disenfranchise” his supporters. Trump, in a statement from the White House, said he would go to the Supreme Court to try to stop the vote count. “Frankly, we did win this election,” he said. “We want all voting to stop.” Biden, in a briefing in Wilmington, Del., said, “We believe we’re on track to win,” reflecting the belief of his campaign officials that he will carry the three big industrial states, which are not likely to complete their vote counts until Thursday or perhaps later. Georgia, too, will not be resolved until Matt Slocum Associated Press Wednesday at the earliest. PHILADELPHIA election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots Tuesday in the industrial battleground state of Pennsylvania. Other closely divided states could take even longer dent in 28 years.” Those defeats are certain Democratic weakness cantly behind in the heavily road to socialism — an at- — North Carolina, for exam- While that may yet prove to prompt major debates among Cuban American Latino precincts of the Rio tack that clearly hit a chord ple, accepts mailed-in bal- true, the prospect of contin- among Democrats in the and other Latin American Grande Valley. with Cuban American voters lots up to nine days after the ued legislative gridlock and months to come, whether voters in south Florida not “Obviously the mantra in particular. For Demo- election so long as they are the failure to achieve clear Biden wins or not. only powered Trump’s vic- that Latinos are not a mono- crats, especially on the par- postmarked by election day. breakthroughs in the South “I think we’re all going to tory in the state but also cost lith came to bear,” Parra ty’s energetic left, that was a How many such ballots re- were sobering for Demo- be reflecting quite a bit over Democrats two Miami-area said. “The results in Florida dispiriting result. main in the mail is not crats. the next few months — even congressional districts. show that you have to make If Biden wins, the power known. “I still think Biden wins, if we manage to win at the Party strategists might an effort to micro-target the of those attacks will almost Democratic strategists but it’s through the blue wall top of the ticket,” said Jose be tempted to write the different nationalities, dif- surely strengthen the argu- warned against over-inter- and Arizona, and not much Parra, a Democratic strate- losses off as a one-time prob- ferent national origins.” ments of those within his preting the partial returns of else. Not the repudiation I gist who was a senior advisor lem tied to Trump’s success- At the same time, Biden’s camp who have argued for an election that’s not yet was hoping for,” said Jim to former Senate Majority ful courtship of Cuban apparent win in Arizona moderation in the policies complete. Kessler, executive vice presi- Leader Harry Reid. American voters, but Re- stemmed in large part from he advocates. In the 2018 midterm elec- dent of Third Way, a centrist The exit poll conducted publican strength with Lat- Democratic gains among A Biden administration tion, they noted, Democrats Democratic group. for a consortium of televi- ino voters also played a ma- Latinos. was always likely to feature lost major races in Florida The returns so far high- sion networks indicated that jor role in their victories in All of that “shows you the tension between the party’s and Georgia only to end up light weaknesses in the Trump was winning about 2018 in the state’s elections stark contrast between left and center. Now, if the fi- winning 40 seats in the Democratic coalition. one-third of Latino voters for governor and the Senate. south Florida Hispanics and nal vote count does make House, one of the largest The problem drawing the nationwide, an improve- Moreover, though Cuban Arizona Hispanics, or His- Biden president, the nature gains in the modern era. most attention as Tuesday’s ment over his showing with Americans have long been a panics in other parts of the of the victory will mean the “It’s premature to say results poured in was a defi- the group in 2016. Republican-voting group, country,” Parra said. “Again, progressives start out with a anything,” cautioned Demo- cit among Latino voters, Exit polls are far from a Democrats also came up it just shows you the vote is weakened hand. cratic pollster Anna Green- which played a major role in perfect measure, but the re- short with Latino voters in not homogeneous.” berg. “It is entirely possible Trump’s victory in Florida sults indicate Democrats Texas. 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Kerem Yucel AFP/Getty Images TYRONE CARTER, a former Minnesota Vikings player, takes a knee with a group of children in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. The state was called for Joe Biden. Key battlegrounds remain undecided

[Presidential, from A1] way. cluding Minnesota, which Despite widespread fears Trump targeted after a nar- 2020 presidential election results of election-related violence, row loss four years ago. the voting Tuesday was The president once again mostly peaceful. Electoral votes to win carried Florida — the cam- Scattered reports turned Biden 270 Trump paign’s biggest battle- 238 213 up some incidents of tar- ground — and prevailed in geted misinformation and most of the GOP-leaning other mischief aimed at Deep South and other Re- keeping voters from the publican bastions. He also polls, but those did nothing won the Republican-tilting Popular vote count Popular vote count to dampen enthusiasm on a states of Ohio and Texas, 67,001,901 65,322,802 day many had circled in red where Biden made a late ink. play. Results by state Total voter turnout is ex- That left just a handful of pected to surpass records in states to decide the cliff- Biden wins Trump wins Too early to call many states and perhaps hanging election. nationwide. Even before the Biden was declared the polls opened Tuesday, more winner in Arizona, a state ME than 100 million Americans Trump narrowly carried WA had cast their ballots in per- four years ago that was a MT ND son or by mail, a measure of prime target of both sides. VT the enthusiasm on both Trump, who once more MN NH sides and precautions some OR outperformed his showing in WI NY took to avoid the risk of most opinion polls, was lead- ID SD MI COVID-19. ing in the rest of the unde- To ensure every one of WY PA cided states: Georgia, North IA those votes is counted, a fed- Carolina, Michigan, Penn- eral judge ordered the U.S. NE OH sylvania and Wisconsin. NV IL IN Postal Service to sweep its But millions of early facilities for outstanding UT WV votes — which are likely to fa- CO VA ballots and rush the delivery vor Biden — remained to be CA KS MO KY of any that were found. Post- tabulated. NC al Service officials said they That was precisely what TN lacked the personnel to fully many Democrats feared, DE comply. OK SC even as they pushed sup- AZ NM AR DC Voters were waiting out- porters of Biden and his run- GA CT side polling places nation- ning mate, California Sen. MS AL wide even before the sun MD Kamala Harris, to flood the rose; the lines they formed polls ahead of election day. TX MA could be measured in terms (Trump, who cast doubts on LA NJ of football fields or city early voting with unsubstan- FL RI blocks. tiated allegations of fraud, AK Sisters Rubria Toscano, encouraged his supporters 74, and Martha Melcher, 67, to turn out en masse Tues- waited three hours at a com- day.) munity center in Hender- Biden, who led in the son, Nev., just outside Las popular vote, addressed HI Vegas, to cast their ballots supporters in his hometown (Election results as of 12:20 a.m. PST) for Trump. of Wilmington, Del., express- “We voted, we used our ing confidence he would ulti- Associated Press, Times reporting Lorena Iñiguez Elebee Los Angeles Times voices,” said Melcher, who mately prevail. wore a bright red fedora, on “Look, we feel good about surveyed cited the economy which she proudly placed an where we are,” Biden said, as as the most important issue “I Voted” sticker. his wife, Jill, clapped next to in deciding their vote for Kamaria Brooks, 40, him and the crowd honked president, and they over- waited months until she felt their car horns in a riverfront whelmingly backed Trump. it was safe to fly home from parking lot. “We really do. Just about 2 in 10 cited racial Houston, where she has I’m here to tell you tonight inequality, and they heavily sheltered during the we believe we’re on track to supported Biden. COVID-19 pandemic. win this election. Slightly fewer, just under The Biden voter went “We’re going to have to be 20% of those surveyed, said straight from John Wayne patient until the hard work the pandemic directed their Airport to her polling place of tallying the votes is fin- choice, and they, too, backed in Irvine. ished,” he went on. “And it Biden by a lopsided margin. “I refused to miss today. I ain’t over until every vote is Opinions regarding the need my voice to be heard,” counted — every ballot is COVID-19 pandemic, which said Brooks, who was clad counted. But we’re feeling hung like a sickle over the head to toe in Black Lives good.” campaign, served as a kind Matter regalia. “There’s a lot Even so, for some Demo- of Rorschach test that re- of stuff that impacts me and crats election night had a flected the country’s deep my community.” stomach-churning famil- polarization. While the vote count was iarity. At the least, Biden Trump minimized the creating drama, the ballot- was denied the electoral col- virus and scoffed at safety ing proved far more peace- lege landslide that some of measures, such as wearing a able than some had feared. his supporters had hoped Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times face covering in public, even Misdirection and misin- for. A TRUMP supporter stands in front of a line of Beverly Hills police in Beverly after being hospitalized last formation occur every elec- On Tuesday night, dem- Gardens Park. Despite fears of election violence, Tuesday was mostly peaceful. month with COVID. He said tion. There was heightened onstrators wandered list- it was far more important to concern this time, but for all lessly outside the White seat in Colorado, where for- As expected, Majority maintained their control of rally the economy, even if it the worries over armed in- House as it became clear the mer Gov. John Hickenlooper Leader Mitch McConnell the House and were poised mean a greater spread of the timidation, marauding mili- preliminary counting would defeated freshman Republi- was reelected in Kentucky, to add seats. virus. tias and other threats of not deliver the thumping re- can Cory Gardner. But that and in South Carolina, Re- Turnout nationwide was Biden modeled caution election day violence, law en- pudiation of Trump they gain was offset by the defeat publican Lindsey Graham robust, reflecting the sense — he pulled off a mask before forcement officers and vote had hoped for. of Democratic Sen. Doug withstood a tidal wave of of urgency attending a presi- speaking to the drive-in monitors reported nothing India Travis, 32, a hair- Jones in Alabama, who lost Democratic cash to win his dential election conducted crowd Tuesday night — and extreme or out of the ordi- dresser, sat on the sidewalk to former Auburn University fourth term. under an extraordinary followed health guidelines nary. with a friend anxiously football coach Tommy Tu- Control of the chamber shadow — a deadly pan- as he traveled the country, watching CNN on her phone. berville. was still up for grabs, howev- demic, economic collapse turning Trump’s attitude Times staff writers “If Biden won, I wanted to be In Iowa, GOP Sen. Joni er, with several other com- and an emotional debate into a central focus of his Stephanie Lai in Irvine, here and around people,” Ernst beat back a strong petitive races undecided. over racial justice. campaign. Melanie Mason in she said. challenge to win a second Democrats need a gain of Not surprisingly, those is- The divisions were stark: Wilmington, Chris Megerian Now she wasn’t so sure. “I term while freshman Mon- three seats if Biden is elected sues surfaced as the main More than 4 in 5 Biden voters in Washington, Brittny felt more confident in the be- tana Sen. Steve Daines de- and four if Trump wins. (The guide to voter preferences, said efforts to fight the pan- Mejia in Las Vegas, Michael ginning than I do now,” feated the state’s Demo- vice president casts the according to exit polls con- demic, which has killed more Finnegan in Philadelphia Travis said. cratic governor, Steve Bull- tie-breaking vote in the Sen- ducted for a consortium of than 232,000 Americans, and Matt Pearce in Los In the fight for the Sen- ock, to hold onto his seat for ate.) television networks. were going badly. Only 1 in 10 Angeles contributed to this ate, Democrats picked up a Republicans. 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ballots, pointed to early Mood is upbeat as leads he has in some states to make his false claims. aides gather together, “This is an embarrass- then Trump holds a ment to our country. We were getting ready to win news conference. this election. Frankly, we did win this election,” he said. By Noah Bierman, Trump and his aides Eli Stokols were initially buoyed Tues- and Chris Megerian day night as he watched early election returns at the WASHINGTON — As White House that showed Americans waited to resolve him with a potential path to an election still up for grabs victory against Joe Biden, early Wednesday, a defiant defying polls that suggested President Trump falsely a runaway. claimed he had insurmount- Although most battle- able leads over Joe Biden ground states were still too and that he would ask the close to call at midnight, Supreme Court to stop the Trump appeared to have counting of ballots. held most if not all of the Appearing in the White South, putting him in con- House East Room at 2:20 tention for another possible a.m., Trump claimed — upset victory when all the falsely — that his opponents votes are tallied. were “trying to disenfran- Trump’s risky strategy, chise” millions of his voters. holding dozens of large ral- Trump offered no evi- lies in the midst of a pan- dence for his claims of “fraud demic, appeared to help him on the American people,” drive up turnout among his and it wasn’t immediately supporters, even if it defied clear if he had grounds to ap- public health guidelines and peal to the Supreme Court sickened many of them. to stop the counting of legal Trump made a brief ap- ballots in numerous states. pearance in the East Room “We were winning every- earlier in the night but re- thing, and all the sudden it mained mostly in the White was just called off,” Trump Alex Brandon Associated Press House residence, watching said. “As far as I’m con- PRESIDENT TRUMP, at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., acknowledged that he could lose. Lat- returns come in with mem- cerned, I already have won er, he seemed to have survived an early knockout in the South. Most battleground states were too close to call. bers of his family, campaign it,” he said. aides and Chief of Staff Mark Trump’s claims were ex- vided over his leadership. Michigan, Wisconsin and The conspiratorial re- electoral votes. Meadows. actly the scenario many had Trump was not leading in Pennsylvania, on which the marks seemed geared at gal- It routinely takes days — In the East Room, a gath- feared, a president who some of the states he listed, election appeared to hinge. vanizing his supporters — and sometimes weeks — to ering of administration loy- often ignores democratic and ballot counts have yet to All three states have yet to after suggesting recently count all the ballots in presi- alists and Cabinet members norms and facts seeking to be completed in some he count millions of early votes, that they might become vi- dential elections. Trump, alternately cheered and undermine the election in a claimed were his — includ- which are expected to tilt olent — in what turned into railing against Democratic booed at Fox News coverage country that is sharply di- ing the “blue wall” states of heavily toward Biden. an extremely tight race for attempts to accept mail-in and lingered around the White House campus. An aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described the campaign’s mood as “upbeat” after taking the lead in three hotly Democrats face the cold facts in Idaho contested states — Florida, North Carolina and Georgia — made clear “it wasn’t a ho’s economic center and wave election” for Demo- Party activists fight home to Boise State Uni- crats. versity. It’s an even lonelier “But there’s still a lot of on, despite long odds, place for a Republican who nail-biting,” the aide said, and, in some places, voted for Biden this election since Biden could recapture season. the Democratic blue-wall long lines to vote. Idaho Women for Biden- states that fueled Trump’s Harris aims to cure some of victory in 2016. By Maria L. La Ganga that isolation. It also reflects Combined with a win in the reality for those who do Arizona, that offered Biden NAMPA, Idaho — Voters not hew the conservative a path to the presidency. lined up in the early morning line. During a midday visit to cold at the Hispanic Cultur- The private Facebook his election headquarters in al Center of Idaho here to page was kicked off in July. Arlington, Va., Trump make sure they could cast a In its first 48 hours it had 400 sounded hoarse and ex- ballot in one of the state’s members. In the first week, hausted from a grueling most populous counties, there were 1,000. Today there marathon of rallies in the where the number of polling are more than 10,500. The last week. He acknowledged places was cut from 55 to just rules are strict. No Trump that he might lose. 21, and long lines were ex- supporters. No incivility. No “I’m not thinking about pected. name calling. No trolls. [a] concession speech or ac- “Anyone need water? The posts are filled with ceptance speech yet,” he Granola bar? Hand sani- tales of relationships shat- said. “Hopefully, we’ll be only tizer?” volunteers called out. tered because of politics, of doing one of those two. And They wore “Voter Experi- Biden-Harris signs stolen, of you know, winning is easy, ence Team” buttons and fears of coming out as a Bid- losing is never easy — not for bright yellow vests and also en supporter, especially in me, it’s not.” offered handwarmers in the least populous corners of Trump otherwise stayed hopes of making a long wait Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press this rural state, of relief at in the White House and is- in the 37-degree morning IN BOISE, voters visit a balloting site in September. Idaho is a solidly red state, finding a community of like- sued more unfounded accu- less painful. but Democratic activists worked a national get-out-the vote phone center there. minded people. sations of voter fraud in Twenty or so miles west “I sometimes feel like Pennsylvania. The state was and five hours later, the Mother Superior or a coun- not expected to count its “State Street Demon- selor,” said Betty Rich- mail-in ballots, which are ex- stration for American Val- ardson, co-founder of the pected to favor Democrats, ues” wrapped up its 145th group and its co-adminis- until at least Wednesday. and apparently final day trator. “This is a place where Trump’s complaints calling for equality and jus- women can say how isolated about Pennsylvania, and a tice in the shadow of the they feel.... We’ve had people lawsuit filed by his cam- state Capitol. Around 100 tell us it’s been a lifesaver. paign aimed at stopping bal- strong, the group lined the “It’s kind of cool when we lot counting in Nevada, sig- busy Boise roadway, as pass- have someone from a small naled his determination to ing motorists honked and a community come across an- litigate his way to victory in boombox blasted “I believe other person from the same court if he is behind and elec- in miracles.... You sexy place and find out that tion returns appears close. thing!” they’re both Biden support- The strategy fits Trump’s The demonstration be- ers,” said Richardson, who longtime credo to fight to gan, shortly after George worked for the late U.S. Sen. the bitter end and claim Floyd was killed in Minneap- Frank Church, a Demo- the system is rigged if he olis, as a bright blue gesture cratic icon in Idaho, and was loses. in this very red state. Signs appointed U.S. attorney for Trump has signaled his urged drivers to “honk for the District of Idaho by Pres- nervousness about the vot- equality,” “to respect scien- ident Clinton. “They’ve ne- ing in Pennsylvania for sev- ce, respect nature, respect ver talked about it before.” eral days, repeatedly criti- each other” and vote. By the time the polls cizing a recent Supreme Not long after the dem- closed across the country, Court decision to allow onstrators departed for the Boise was battened down counting of properly post- last time, two shiny pickups for the night. Two days earli- marked mail-in ballots that drove by, big “Trump 2020” er, the state Republican arrive after Tuesday. flags flapping from the truck Party canceled its election In a tweet Monday, he beds. night event at the Riverside argued that counting ballots By late afternoon on elec- Maria L. La Ganga Los Angeles Times Inn. past Tuesday night would tion day, Idaho Secretary of ESTEBAN GALAN, field director for Democratic congressional candidate Rudy The Victory 2020 office, “induce violence in the State Lawerence Denney Soto, stands outside in the early-morning chill in Nampa, Idaho, on election day. Biden-Harris headquarters, streets.” Calling it mislead- warned voters to beware of was under heavy security. ing, Twitter slapped a warn- “suspicious robocalls” advis- unteers working to ease the American flag neck gaiter poll workers,” Decker said Because of the pandemic, ing on the president’s tweet ing voters to “stay home, uncomfortable wait to cast a pulled up just below his eyes Tuesday morning at county only 50 staffers, volunteers and prevented his followers stay safe” on election day. ballot. Galan is the field di- to keep out the virus. election headquarters here. and local candidates could from liking or retweeting it. “The calls are not from any rector for congressional The 51-year-old Nampa “It was really the thought of gather to watch returns roll Courts have so far al- official office and should be hopeful Rudy Soto. And he resident works in the oil in- opening a voting location in. lowed Pennsylvania to count ignored.” views the paucity of polling dustry. He wanted to vote with all new poll workers Terri Pickens, a member ballots postmarked on time Election day 2020 is a places in this fast-growing early in the day so he could that was scary to us.... It’s of Idaho Women for Biden- if they arrive up to three days stark reminder of political region — and heart of Ida- get back to his computer. not voter suppression at all. Harris, had trained 70 wom- after election day, which is life in the Gem State. This is ho’s Latino population — as The lengthy line did not sur- We’re trying to make it as en and 10 men to make get- in line with many other a place where former Vice blatant voter suppression. prise him. Nor would the easy as possible for people to out-the-vote calls — to states. President Joe Biden literally “I try really hard not to winner of ruby red Idaho’s vote.” battleground states, not Trump’s campaign also had zero chance against equate inadequate re- four electoral votes, a fait ac- The virus is no abstract Idaho itself. filed an emergency motion President Trump in Canyon sources to evil,” the 27-year- compli even at this early threat here. The county has Biden didn’t have a in Nevada state court Tues- County or anywhere else. old Democrat said. “I don’t hour. seen a serious spike in cases. chance here, so on Tuesday day, demanding a halt to the Idaho tied for the No. 10 assume voter suppression is “Of course, I’m a Republi- And less than two weeks be- the group focused on Wis- processing of mail ballots in spot with Nebraska in 2016 intentional. Nevertheless, can,” he said. “I like every- fore election day, five poll consin, Pennsylvania and the state’s most populous for how fervently its voters it’s the same impact.... Our body on the Republican workers at an early voting lo- Michigan. county, home to Las Vegas embraced Trump in his first goal is making sure every- ticket, as of right now.” cation in Caldwell, Idaho, By 9:15 p.m. the tense and Democratic-leaning run for the Oval Office. In body who wants to vote gets Canyon County spokes- contracted COVID-19. Six if Boise attorney decided to unions. both states, the Republican to vote.” man Joe Decker said the de- you count Chris Yamamoto, head home. It claimed the Clark got 59% of the vote, while J.D. Driskell was in line crease in polling places was a who is clerk of Canyon “They’ve stopped count- County registrar was alleg- Hillary Clinton limped away before the center’s voting result of the pandemic. Most County and the area’s chief ing in Michigan and Penn- edly prohibiting observers with 27.5% of the vote in booths opened for business poll workers are older resi- elections officer. sylvania,” she said. “Wiscon- from watching and using a Idaho and 34% in Nebraska. at 8 a.m. He wore a knit dents, and they’re at greater Idaho can be a lonely sin’s not looking good.... I machine to verify signatures At the Hispanic Cultural Harley-Davidson cap pulled risk for the virus because of place for a Democrat, espe- don’t understand how a man in the county, and argued Center, Esteban Galan man- down just above his eyes to their age. cially when you get out of with a 43% approval rating that the process is “ripe for aged the team of young vol- keep out the chill and an “We have very few veteran Boise, the state capital, Ida- could get another term.” error or abuse.” A8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 S LATIMES.COM

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Mail ballot rejection rates are mixed

Overall levels lower than past years. Black, Latino voters more likely to be flagged.

By Matt Stiles, Maya Lau and Laura J. Nelson

In Nevada, about 4,000 votes cast by mail so far won’t be counted unless voters can explain discrepan- cies between their ballot signatures and registration forms. In Florida, the same is true for nearly 4,000 votes in three populous counties. And in North Carolina, nearly 8,000 mail-in ballots have been flagged for rejection, many because they lack a witness signature. As electoral workers began processing votes across the country this election day, more than 60 million were expected to be mail-in ballots that can be rejected if they have not been properly submitted. The rejection rate reached 1.4% in the 2018 general election and 1% in 2016, which proved decisive in some close races. An early snapshot of rejection rates reported thus far in Nevada, Florida, North Carolina and other battleground states shows a mixed picture: Although overall rejection rates are generally lower than in past John Locher Associated Press elections, the votes of ERRORS THAT can invalidate mail-in ballots include missing or mismatched signatures. Poll workers often make the call in just seconds. Black people and Latinos are being rejected at higher could change as voters cor- ers are roughly three times election, mismatched signa- problems with their signa- That opportunity to cor- rates than those of white rect, or “cure,” ballots slated as likely to have their ballots tures were the leading cause tures until Dec. 1, the latest rect ballots doesn’t exist in Americans. for rejection. In six of the rejected as white voters, ac- of rejection for mail-in bal- deadline in the country. many states, including a The mail-in voting eight swing states analyzed cording to data from the U.S. lots, according to the U.S. Palms resident Sydney handful of battleground system has never been by The Times, the law re- Elections Project. Election Assistance Com- Ganon, 31, and her husband states where President tested on such a massive quires election officials to That aligns with a dis- mission, which surveys vot- put their ballots in an official Trump narrowly eked out scale, leaving open the pos- notify voters of perceived er- turbing pattern from past ing municipalities to docu- drop box almost a month victories in 2016. They in- sibility that some mail-in rors and give them a chance elections in which Black and ment elections. ago. Then she checked the clude Pennsylvania and Wis- voters could be disenfran- to cure their ballots. There is Latino voters’ mail-in votes Rejection rates vary status of the ballots online consin, where the bulk of the chised because of mistakes one positive sign in the early were disqualified at higher widely by state, with New and saw that his had been ballot processing cannot be- on their ballots. Those er- ballot data: The rate of bal- rates. A study of the 2018 gen- York, Arkansas and Ken- accepted, but hers had not. gin until election day, and rors can include failing to lots that have been chal- eral election in Florida found tucky leading the nation in An election official told where officials are not re- sign the ballot, or signing in lenged or disqualified by ballots cast by Black, Latino 2018. California was in the her that the ballot had been quired to provide a cure a style that doesn’t match election officials so far this and other nonwhite voters middle of the pack. About flagged for a perceived process. what’s on the voter’s regis- year is lower — in some were discarded at more than 161,000 of its 8.2 million mail signature mismatch. It was Rejection rates have tration forms or driver’s li- places, significantly — than twice the rate of their white ballots were rejected in 2018, the first time she had voted been far higher than the na- cense. In some competitive in the 2018 midterms or the peers. or 2%. by mail, she said, and she tional average in large coun- races, those challenged 2016 presidential election, The screening of mail-in Until recently, voters in didn’t know that they would ties in swing states North votes could play a deciding according to The Times’ ballots in many states can be many states didn’t have the check her ballot envelope Carolina and Pennsylvania. role. analysis. prone to human error. That’s opportunity to cure ballots. signature against her driv- In the Philadelphia suburb More than 21,000 mail-in “By and large, voting is because election officials But a wave of new laws and er’s license. of Montgomery County, for ballots thus far have been proceeding smoothly,” said have to verify that the signa- legal settlements over the “I did a very careful, leg- example, some 8% of mail slated for disqualification in Bob Bauer, a legal advisor ture on a ballot envelope last two years have created ible signature, which must ballots have been rejected so battleground states that for former Vice President matches the one on a voter’s new processes in a dozen have set off a red flag some- far. Wake County, N.C., home have begun processing and Joe Biden’s presidential driver license or voter regis- states, including Florida, where,” Ganon said. “My to the capital, Raleigh, has a reporting ballots, according campaign. “The rejection tration card. In some juris- Virginia, Michigan and normal writing is pretty 4% rejection rate. Miami- to a Los Angeles Times anal- rates of ballots are falling dictions, workers with little North Dakota, to notify vot- scribbly.” Dade County, the biggest ysis of data from election of- well below what many be- to no training in handwriting ers of problems and give Thankfully, she said, the county in Florida, has re- ficials and the U.S. Elections lieved would be the case.” analysis use their own eyes them a chance to correct process to correct the prob- ceived nearly 490,000 mail-in Project. Early numbers from to verify a signature in as lit- them. lem was simple: She filled ballots and has put aside al- The data on disqualified North Carolina and Georgia tle as five seconds. In California, voters have out a one-page affidavit and most 2,600 with missing sig- ballots are incomplete and show Black and Latino vot- In the 2016 presidential the chance to correct returned it by email. natures, mismatched signatures and other issues, said Roberto Rodriguez, spokesman for the county supervisor of elections. More than 2,500 voters have also corrected issues with their ballots, Democratic Senate control looks in doubt meaning their votes will be counted, he said. [Senate, from A1] had Republican Sen. David In Hillsborough County, win a slight majority in the Perdue leading Democratic the fourth-biggest county in Senate, but returns were rival Jon Ossoff, but their Florida and home to Tampa, mixed early on as polls race also would go to a runoff a team of election workers is closed across the country. if Perdue’s vote share drops attempting to contact the Sen. Cory Gardner of Col- below 50%. 1,009 voters whose mail-in orado was beaten by Demo- Results could also be de- ballots have already been cratic former Gov. John layed in Maine. If neither flagged for a perceived sig- Hickenlooper, whose candi- Collins nor Democrat chal- nature mismatch, said Gerri dacy was boosted by Presi- lenger Sara Gideon win a Kramer, a spokeswoman for dent Trump’s unpopularity majority, the race will be set- the supervisor of elections. in the state. But Gardner tled through the state’s rela- A little more than half of had been Democrats’ eas- tively new system of ranked- the flagged signatures have iest target, and their gain of choice voting, which could been cured and will be that seat was offset by their take a week or more to com- counted, Kramer said. The loss of a seat in Alabama plete. Voters cast ballots in remaining 463 voters whose held by Sen. Doug Jones, which they also list their sec- ballots were flagged have un- whose defeat by Republican ond choice, and those pref- til 5 p.m. Thursday to fix the Tommy Tuberville, a former erences are tabulated if no issue, she said. head football coach at one reaches 50% in the first Each voter will receive a Auburn University, had been round. That is potentially letter notifying them of a widely expected. In 2017, problematic for Collins be- problem with their ballot, Jones won a fluke victory in cause a dark-horse candi- Kramer said. Election work- the deep-red, pro-Trump date, a progressive running ers are calling and emailing state against a Republican as an independent, had voters if they have provided rival hit by a sex scandal. urged her supporters to list that contact information, Other Republicans fac- Gideon second. she said. ing surprisingly stiff chal- Collins is at risk in a In Washoe County, Nev., lenges — Sens. Joni Ernst of Chris Carlson Associated Press Democrat-leaning state the elections office is “bust- Iowa, Steve Daines of Mon- SEN. Thom Tillis of North Carolina was considered one of the most vulnerable against Gideon, the speaker ing at the seams,” with one of tana and Lindsey Graham of Republicans, but he held a narrow lead over his challenger, Cal Cunningham. of the state House. Demo- its conference rooms stuffed South Carolina — all pulled crats have been portraying with 300 boxes of voting ma- out victories. Democrats were considered strong but were dragged large number of mail-in bal- Collins as a Trump enabler, terials, said Heather Car- Sen. Mitch McConnell of vulnerable, according to the down by President Trump’s lots to be counted — an un- particularly because of her men, the assistant registrar Kentucky easily beat Demo- nonpartisan Cook Political sagging fortunes, like Ernst. precedented share reflect- support for Supreme Court of voters. crat Amy McGrath, a veter- Report. “I’ve got a little bit of a ing many voters’ desire to Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, But Carmen said she was an whose campaign drew In Arizona, incomplete scratchy voice today but it’s avoid polling places amid a challenging her reputation confident that the 650 or so national attention and mon- returns showed Republican all good, election day is pandemic. And in at least as an independent voice. voters whose ballots had sig- ey from Democrats who Sen. Martha McSally signifi- here,” Ernst said in a Tues- one state — Georgia, which In North Carolina, Tillis’ nature mismatches in her wanted to end his reign as cantly behind Democrat day radio interview with had two Senate seats up for fate hinged heavily on how county would get a chance to Senate majority leader. And Mark Kelly, a former astro- conservative pundit Hugh grabs — final results will be Trump did in a state he won prove their identities. In ad- McConnell’s lieutenant, naut who has been one of Hewitt. Tillis, also speaking delayed because election in 2016. In incomplete re- dition to alerting voters by Senate Majority Whip John Democrats’ strongest fund- to Hewitt, described the laws require candidates to turns, he was slightly ahead mail, election workers are Cornyn of Texas, beat raisers. home stretch: “I’ve eaten win by a majority vote. of Democrat Cal Cunning- calling and sending emails Democrat MJ Hegar, again Democrats were looking about 30 pounds of barbecue Georgia Republican Sen. ham, a businessman and to voters to notify them of dashing Democrats’ hopes to regain the Senate major- over the last seven days and Kelly Loeffler heads to a Jan. veteran who was recently set any problems with their bal- that the Lone Star State had ity for the first time since talked to a lot of people.” 5 runoff with Democrat Ra- back by news that he’d had lots. Voters are then returned blue. 2014. They had swamped The fate of candidates of phael Warnock, a pastor at an inappropriate extramar- quired to send in a photo- Republicans now hold a their GOP rivals in fundrais- both parties was closely tied Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist ital relationship. copy of a government-issued 53-47 edge in the Senate. ing. The nonpartisan Center to the outcome of the presi- Church, where civil rights Republicans had one ID by Nov. 12. Democrats needed a net for Responsive Politics dential race because ticket- leader Martin Luther King other Democratic target in The county, home to gain of four seats to achieve a found that Democratic Sen- splitting voters are increas- Jr. preached. No one hit 50% sight: first-term Sen. Gary Reno, has received 118,000 majority — or three if Biden ate candidates raised $726 ingly rare. In 2016, for the first in the all-party, multi-candi- Peters of Michigan, chal- mail-in ballots, with 84,000 won. million through the end of time ever, there was no state date election to oust Loef- lenged by Republican John already tabulated. The Senate contest this September to Republicans’ that voted for a Senate can- fler, who’d been appointed to James, who would become “We are definitely work- year has been fought on a po- $423 million. didate of one party and the the seat in January to re- the second Black Republi- ing long hours to get them all litical map that favored That made for a tough presidential nominee of the place Sen. Johnny Isakson can in the Senate if he won. processed,” she said. Democrats: There were 12 slog for Republican senators other party. after he retired because of ill competitive races in states who were seen as vulnerable The makeup of the Sen- health. Times staff writer Jennifer Times staff writer Evan with Republican-held seats from the outset, like Tillis, as ate will not be settled for In Georgia’s other Senate Haberkorn contributed to Halper contributed to this while only two Senate well as others who started some time because of the race, incomplete returns this report. report. LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 A9 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF BURBANK REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS

This Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is issued by the City of Burbank (“City”) to, solicit Proposals for a Design-Build Team, led by a qualified and properly licensed contractor, construction manager or joint venture, to design, manage and construct the PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR ROBERT E. GROSS, GEORGE IZAY AND MILLER PARKS, with Gross Park located at 2800 Empire Ave., Izay Park located at 1111 W. Olive Ave., and Miller Park located at 720 E. Providencia Ave., all in the City of Burbank, and as more specifically described in the City’s Request for Proposal No. 1486 Park Playground Equipment Replacement Project for Robert E. Gross, George Izay and Miller Parks. The Work primarily consists of design, engineering, material procurement, construction, and construction management to remove and replace aging play equipment and related play equipment area improvements as more particularly described in the Design and Performance Criteria and Technical Specifications. All Work must be completed within the time frame established for each play equipment project and in the sequence as agreed to with the successful proposer, but in no case, no more than Two Hundred Seventy (270) consecutive calendar days from and including the date for the Notice to Proceed. 1. Procurement Method: City will use a competitive sealed Proposal process for procurement of professional services to determine the most qualified Design-Build Team whose Proposal is determined to be the best value to the City, as more particularly described in the Instructions to Proposers and other RFP Documents. The Lead Design-Build Team member, with overall management responsibility for the Project, whether an individual firm or joint venture, shall be considered the Proposer and shall sign the Proposal Letter. Following evaluation of the Proposals, the City may negotiate the Contract with the Proposer offering the best value to the City or may enter into the Contract with any such Proposer without negotiations as more specifically described in the Instructions to Proposers. The contract will be awarded without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. 2. Submissions of Proposals: Sealed competitive proposals for the Project shall be in compliance with this RFP No. 1486 and will be received by Paul Herman, Purchasing Manager, at the City of Burbank, Purchasing Division, 301 E. Olive Ave., Suite 305, Burbank, California, 91502, not later than 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 15, 2020 (“Proposal Date”) at which time said Proposals will be opened in confidence. All written Proposal Documents must be submitted no later than 2:00 P.M. on the Proposal Date. Proposal Documents submitted after 2:00 P.M. on the Proposal Date will not be accepted. Sealed Proposals shall be plainly marked in the upper left-hand corner with the Proposer’s name and address and bear the words “PROPOSAL FOR PLAY EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES PROJECT FOR ROBERT E. GROSS PARK, GEORGE IZAY PARK AND MILLER PARK – RFP No. 1486” followed by the date and hour for submission of Proposals. Obtaining RFP Documents: Complete sets of the Contract Documents must be obtained from the City via download from the City of Burbank online bid website https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=14210#. Failure of the Contractor to download the Contract Documents from the City of Burbank shall render their bid non-responsive. 3. The RFP Documents will be available on or after November 4, 2020. 4. Proposal Security: The Proposal shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check, or by a corporate surety bond which must be in the form furnished by the City in Section 00300, or approved by the City Attorney. Any corporate surety bond not on the City form must be submitted to the Purchasing Division no less than five (5) working days prior to the bid opening to allow for City Attorney review and approval. Any proposal bond not on a City form, and not approved for use by the City Attorney’s Office, will cause the Proposal to be deemed non-responsive. All proposal bonds will be in an amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the bid/proposal. Said proposal bond shall be a guarantee that the selected Proposer will, if selected for award of Contract, within fifteen (15) City working days after notice of award, execute the Contract in the required form and furnish satisfactory Faithful Performance and Payment Bonds on forms provided by the City or approved by the City Attorney, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the proposal price, Insurance Certificates and endorsements in a form acceptable to the City. Said bonds must be satisfactory to the City and must be secured through an authorized agent in the State of California. 5. Acceptance and Rejection of Proposals: The City reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, or any item or items of the Proposal, and to waive any informalities or technical defects as the interests of the City may require. Such right of waiver shall be exercised for the City by their Purchasing Manager at their discretion. 6. Contract Documents: The Contract Documents shall consist of all documents contained in this Request for Proposal, including but not limited to the Instructions to Proposers, the Proposal including the accompanying forms of Affidavit and Subcontractors Sheet as well as the Contractor IIPP Certification, Faithful Performance and Payment Bonds, Insurance, Statement of Qualifications, Executed Design and Construction Service Agreement and related attachments, General Conditions and any final Design Documents, all on file in the office of the Purchasing Division. All of said Contract Documents are hereby referred to and made a part of this Request for Proposal. 7. Prevailing Wages: In accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code of the State of California, the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics, establishes the general prevailing rates of per diem wages and the general prevailing rates of pay for holiday and overtime work for each craft, classification and type of worker needed to execute the City’s contracts for public works and improvements. Copies of the Prevailing Rate of Per Diem Wages are on file in the office of the Purchasing Manager for the City of Burbank, at 301 E. Olive Ave. – Suite 305, Burbank, California 91502, and such copies will be made available to any interested party upon request and are also available online at www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/pwd. The Proposer to whom the Contract is awarded, and its Subcontractors, are required to pay not less than the prevailing rates of wages as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations to all covered workers employed in the performance of the Work, and the Proposer shall comply with all other requirements as specified in the Labor Code and in conformity with the requirements of Sections 1773 et seq., of the Labor Code. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

8. License and Registration: 8.1 The Proposer/Lead Design-Build Team member, whether a general contractor, construction manager or joint venture, shall hold a valid California CLASS “A – General Engineering Contractor” license on the Proposal Date or, in the case of a joint venture, provide reasonable assurances that it will be properly licensed prior to award of the Contract, which is tentatively scheduled for January 26, 2021. 8.2 Failure of a single entity Proposer to possess the required license on the Proposal Date shall render the Proposal non- responsive and shall act as a bar to award of the Contract to such Proposer not possessing said license at the time of award. Failure of Subcontractors to possess the required licenses on the Proposal Date shall require Proposer to substitute licensed design professionals and licensed specialty trade contractors prior to award of the Contract without additional cost to the City. 8.3 No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)]. 8.4 No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.

9. Substitution of Securities: Pursuant to Public Contracts Code 22300, the Proposer who receives award of the Contract may, at its sole cost and expense, substitute approved securities equivalent to any retained funds withheld by the City to ensure performance of the Work or, in the alternative, request that the City make payment of retention to an escrow agent. 10. Performance and Payment Bond: The selected Proposer will furnish to the City “Faithful Performance” [Section 00403] and “Payment” [Section 00404] corporate surety bonds on forms furnished by the City or approved by the City Attorney, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total Summary Price Proposal. Said bonds must be satisfactory to the City and must be secured through an authorized agent in the State of California. 11. Codes: Except as provided for in this RFP or pursuant to agreement approved by the City Council, the City of Burbank, as a Charter City, is exempt from the provisions of the Public Contract Code. 12. Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference: There will be a mandatory pre-proposal conference held at in the playground area at Robert Gross Park, located at 2800 Empire Avenue in Burbank, CA 91504 on November 17, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Proposers are encouraged to visit (on their own) the play equipment areas at each of the three parks, prior to the pre-proposal meeting, to gather sufﬁcient information to assist in proposal preparation. Failure to attend the pre-proposal conference will disqualify your Proposal. 13. Questions: Questions concerning this RFP must be submitted via Planet Bids Q & A, electronically, no later than December 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm. A10 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Despite anxiety, voting goes normally

room challenges cast a shad- Law enforcement had ow over the voting process. In the county surround- braced for armed poll ing Houston, the third-larg- watchers and militias est in the country and a Democratic stronghold, that didn’t show up. nine of 10 drive-through voting locations were closed By Evan Halper, by the county clerk late Chris Megerian Monday. and Seema Mehta Galen Pineda, 27, of Houston, has been working DETROIT — In an elec- two jobs during the pan- tion unlike any other, the demic to make ends meet most remarkable thing may and had never voted before have been how unremark- Tuesday. Her father, a legal able voting was. resident from Mexico who Fears that militias would isn’t a citizen, and the wom- block entrances to polling an she babysits for, also an places or that armed, self- immigrant, urged her to deputized poll watchers head to the polls. would intimidate voters did “I feel like my vote counts not materialize. The disrup- as their vote,” she said after- tions that did emerge were ward. She voted for Biden, routine for a major election: she said, because “I’m just glitches with election mach- tired of everything Trump ines, activist skirmishes and has to say.” a spate of misleading robo- Even as U.S. election sys- calls and texts. tems proved surprisingly re- It was welcome news as silient against the chal- the president continued to lenges of the pandemic and make unsubstantiated Trump’s efforts to discredit claims of a conspiracy to them, voters worried about steal the election and put what will happen next. the nation on edge with his Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times Lensa Jeudy, 30, a Florida suggestion that he may try DANIEL BILLINGSLEA, 27, outside a Detroit polling station Tuesday. Voting across the United States pro- State University graduate to declare victory before mil- ceeded as usual for the most part; there were a few machine glitches and skirmishes at some places. student who voted for lions of votes are counted. Biden, said her biggest fear Even though voting ran through polling places with to confront the Biden sup- house where the march are not unique to this elec- is that Trump supporters smoothly in many places, only a few minutes’ wait in porters. Police escorted him ended, the multiracial coalition. would not accept a Biden nerves remained frayed Georgia and bundled up for back to the Trump side as tion chanted, sang and Mail voting also pre- win. throughout the day. Busi- warmth in line in Philadel- Biden supporters chanted, prayed. The mood was exu- sented some hurdles. Lisa “I’m more nervous about nesses from Beverly Hills to phia. Poll workers in El Paso, “Send him back!” berant, but there was an Random, 50, went to the city how people will react to that Washington, D.C., braced for which is suffering from one Casares described him- edge of unease to the pro- clerk’s office in Detroit when more than anything,” she protests, boarding their win- of the country’s worst co- self as a Christian and for- ceedings, as Trump sup- she learned that she had for- said. “They’re very unpre- dows with plywood. ronavirus outbreaks, mer Democrat who was in- porters drove past, some gotten to sign her ballot be- dictable, and I think that’s The U.S. Postal Service squirted antibacterial gel spired by Trump’s defiance yelling out of car windows. fore sending it in. She ulti- scary.” was ordered by a federal into people’s hands. of COVID-19 lockdowns that “It was just a water bot- mately was able to vote. judge to sweep facilities in More than 101 million peo- closed churches. tle!” one march leader yelled In Wisconsin, officials in Times staff writers Janet several states for outstand- ple voted before Tuesday, At a church in Philadel- to the crowd in relief after a the Milwaukee suburb of Hook, Molly O’Toole and ing ballots in response to the said the United States Elec- phia’s Germantown neigh- car ran over the bottle, set- Franklin said they had re- Noah Bierman in revelation that 300,000 mail- tion Project, reflecting an in- borhood, Anthony Thomas, ting off a gunshot-like bang. ceived 16,000 mail ballots by Washington; Kurtis Lee in in ballots had been sent by tense focus on this year’s 51, cast his ballot for Biden. In North Carolina, Geor- Tuesday morning, and only Detroit; Molly Hennessy- voters but had not been re- campaign and the expanded “We need somebody in gia and Nevada, glitches at a six were in danger of not be- Fiske in Houston; Jim corded as received in elec- use of mail ballots to avoid power to take this [virus] few polling stations resulted ing counted. Three hundred Rainey in Milwaukee; tion offices. It was unclear crowded polling places. seriously, because the num- in extended voting hours. ballots had arrived without Michael Finnegan in whether the ballots were Amid peaceful voting, bers are going up,” said Meanwhile, misinforma- signatures or other required Philadelphia; Kate found. there were patches of ten- Thomas, adding that he has tion about voting appeared information, but the prob- Linthicum in El Paso; Battered by the deadly sion. Police officers respond- lost close friends to to be an ongoing issue. lems were fixed after work- Brittny Mejia in Las Vegas; coronavirus crisis, strug- ed to the Metropolitan COVID-19. Anonymous phone calls and ers called the voters and Jenny Jarvie in Atlanta; gling with an economic re- Multi-Service Center polling Graham, N.C., where vot- texts aimed to mislead — in- gave them an opportunity to Tyrone Beason in Phoenix; cession and facing the pos- place in Houston, where ers marching to the polls cluding calls telling voters to “cure” their ballots. Melissa Gomez in sibility of a contested elec- supporters of President Saturday were met with “stay home and stay safe” — “People go through a lot Tallahassee, Fla.; Arit John tion result, voters were on Trump and those of Joe Bid- pepper spray and multiple were reported in Nebraska, to vote and to make sure in Miami; Johana Bhuiyan track to turn out in unprece- en repeatedly clashed. arrests by police, was again Iowa, Kansas, North Car- their votes count,” said in New York; Jaweed dented numbers. At dusk, Jose Casares, a the scene of a march on olina, Virginia and Michi- Sandi Wesolowski, the city Kaleem in Orlando, Fla.; They were serenaded by 32-year-old Amazon ware- Tuesday. gan. Law enforcement clerk. “We want to make sure and Brian Contreras in a bluegrass band outside a house worker, brought his As night fell in the town officials said such low-tech all their votes count.” Raleigh, N.C., contributed library in Phoenix, breezed Trump flag across the street square around the court- efforts at voter suppression The potential for court- to this report.

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■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Judge blocks Trump immigration rule

systems, argued that when Key policy denying people lack healthcare coverage, they’re less likely to green cards to those seek preventive care and rely who use food stamps on more expensive emergency care. That also would or other benefits is increase the risk of commu- struck down. nicable diseases. “As we all continue to be impacted by COVID-19, it is associated press vital that no one is fearful of accessing healthcare. The CHICAGO — A federal court’s decision to block en- judge in Chicago has struck forcement of the Public down a key Trump adminis- Charge Rule reopens doors tration rule that allows au- for immigrants to access vi- thorities to deny green cards tal services like healthcare,” to immigrants who use food Cook County Board Presi- stamps or other public ben- dent Toni Preckwinkle said efits, a blow to the president in a statement. on the eve of the election. The Supreme Court In a decision issued Mon- voted 5-4 in January to allow day that applies nationwide, the rule to take effect, but U.S. District Judge Gary enforcement was halted by a Feinerman rejected the rule, federal judge in New York which had taken effect re- because of the pandemic. cently after the Supreme But by September, the 2nd Court reversed a hold on the U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- policy. Among other things, peals had reversed that Feinerman said the rule vio- hold, and the rule went into lates the Administrative effect nationwide. Procedure Act, which makes The Trump administra- federal agencies account- tion has touted the rule as a able to the public by outlin- way to ensure that only ing a detailed process for en- Eric Risberg Associated Press those who are self-sufficient acting regulations. PRESIDENT Trump’s “public charge” rule has seen multiple legal challenges by immigrant rights advocates. come to the U.S., one of The decision marked the many steps to try to move latest turn in a complex legal Immigrant rights advo- the country toward a system battle over one of President cates deemed it a “wealth that focuses on immigrants’ Trump’s most aggressive test,” while public health ex- skills instead of emphasiz- steps in overhauling the na- perts said it would mean ing the reunification of fam- tion’s immigration system. poorer health outcomes and ilies. The Chicago lawsuit, filed by rising costs as low-income U.S. Citizenship and Im- Cook County and the Illinois migrants chose between migration Services ceased Coalition of Immigrant and needed services and their applying the rule to pending Refugee Rights, was among bid to stay in the country le- applications and petitions numerous legal challenges gally. Several cities said such after the ruling in Chicago, to the rule. a chilling effect was already agency spokesman Dan Under the policy, immi- evident. Hetlage said in a statement gration officials can deny Fred Tsao, senior policy issued Monday evening. permanent residency to le- counsel for ICIRR, called the “USCIS will fully comply gal immigrants over their rule an “attack” on legal with the decision and issue use of food stamps, Medi- immigration and criticized additional forthcoming caid, housing vouchers or the way the Trump adminis- guidance while the agency other public benefits. Green tration had instituted poli- reviews the decision,” he card applicants had to show cies. said. they wouldn’t be burdens to “We may or may not get a If there are further ap- the country or “public new administration,” he peals, there could be anoth- charges.” said. “If we do, we’d like to er legal twist in the case. Federal law already re- see a lot of this damage un- In June, the 7th U.S. Cir- quires those seeking perma- done and hopefully some cuit Court of Appeals upheld nent residency or legal stat- legislative changes that will Feinerman’s decision block- us to prove they won’t be a actually benefit immigrants ing enforcement of the rule “public charge.” But the instead of scaring them in Illinois while the merits of Trump administration rule away.” the case could be decided. It included a wider range of Robert F. Bukaty Associated Press Officials in Cook County, was a 2-1 decision, with then- programs that could dis- A FEDERAL judge rejected a Trump administration rule that denied green-card which runs one of the na- Circuit Judge Amy Coney qualify them. holders permanent residency over the use of public benefits, such as food stamps. tion’s largest public health Barrett dissenting. Don’t delay the care you need.

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■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Prop. 22 rules for Uber, Lyft passing

[Propositions, from A1] new lifeline for the research measures winning support programs overseen by a from voters in urban and ru- quasi-government agency ral regions of California. created by voters in 2004, A consortium of other which has spent almost all of app-based companies its initial state bond funding. joined Uber and Lyft in sup- Proposition 19, a gener- port of the proposed law, ous new property tax break which would establish a for older California home- unique employment classifi- owners, partly paid for by re- cation for the companies’ moving a low-tax guarantee drivers. The workers would for those who inherit a home be considered independent from a parent or grandpar- contractors but provided ent, also seemed poised to wage guarantees for time pass. Supporters high- spent behind the wheel and lighted that the property tax eligibility for healthcare sub- benefit also would be given sidies. Those benefits would to those who lose a home in a not, however, be as generous wildfire. as the ones guaranteed In all, Californians under state law to company weighed the merits or pit- employees. falls of a dozen statewide The initial returns sug- propositions, a mixture of gested a clear rebuke of criti- ideas placed on the Nov. 3 cisms leveled against the ballot either through the companies by liberal Demo- backing of well-funded polit- crats and organized labor, ical action committees or who had balked at giving the submitted to voters by the industry’s drivers an exemp- Legislature. Most of the 12 tion from employee rules. ballot measures failed to Democratic lawmakers break through the cacopho- also saw their interests cast ny of the presidential elec- aside in the likely defeat of tion. Proposition 16, an attempt to Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times Unlike prior elections, reinstate affirmative action DOWNTOWN L.A. lights shine behind Quick Bail Bonds building on Vignes Street near Men’s Central Jail. most of the state’s ballots policies, allowing race and were counted on election gender preferences in col- business property tax reve- almost two years, left in former Gov. Jerry Brown, championed Proposition 23, night. More than 11 million lege admissions and govern- nues for public schools and limbo after groups funded who said the proposal would the second attempt to re- ballots had been received by ment employment. local governments. by the bail bonds industry have unraveled portions of write the regulations gov- elections officials before in- Voters banned those pro- Opponents of Pro- gathered enough voter sig- the 2016 ballot measure he erning the kidney dialysis person voting began Tues- grams in 1996 and civil rights position 15 may have been natures to place the issue on persuaded voters to enact as centers. The $114-million day, representing roughly groups have long argued dealt an especially lucky po- the ballot. a major step toward focusing slugfest followed a similar half of all registered voters. that the ban stands as a bar- litical hand, pointing to Cali- Still, it is unlikely to be on prisoner rehabilitation. unsuccessful effort two The volume of ballot count- rier to racial equity and fornia’s pandemic-induced the end of the debate. While The only criminal justice years ago by Service Em- ing stretched the capacity of equality. Election night re- recession as the wrong time a diverse coalition of groups measure to win Tuesday was ployees International county elections offices, turns were in line with a to raise taxes on businesses. supported the effort at the Proposition 17, an effort to of- Union-Healthcare Workers operating in many cases spate of recent polls showing While the measure trailed state Capitol to abolish cash fer voting rights to adults on West and the measure failed under special rules in re- a majority of voters opposed for most of Tuesday night, bail, there was sharp dis- parole. to win a majority of votes. sponse to the COVID-19 pan- Proposition 16, choosing in- the margin was very close agreement over the law in Voters were less thrilled Voters faced a different demic. stead to keep the ban on with ballots still left un- question and its use of with extending new voting kind of do-over in Pro- No change in response to preferential policies en- counted. judge-approved formulas rights to some 17-year olds in position 24, a ballot measure the public health crisis was shrined in the California Two of three criminal jus- designed to assess the risk California, sharply rejecting designed to add rules gov- more pronounced than the Constitution. tice measures on the state- that a person would flee or Proposition 18, which would erning the privacy of con- push toward remote voting. Few ballot measures wide ballot came up short in commit another crime while have allowed those teens to sumer data. Supporters of a With every registered voter could claim to have sparked election night returns. Pro- back in the community. vote in primary elections if 2018 law that launched the receiving a ballot in the mail a more historic political bat- position 25, which would State lawmakers could try their 18th birthday falls be- effort, the California Con- last month, the state’s most tle than Proposition 15, the outlaw the use of cash pay- again to craft a plan for end- fore the general election. sumer Privacy Act, were populous counties estab- most far-reaching effort in ments for release from jail ing cash bail once they re- Two expensive ballot split on whether this year’s lished a network of drop more than four decades to while awaiting a court hear- convene in Sacramento for measure campaigns, both ballot measure was the right boxes at government build- rewrite the rules governing ing, was behind in late-night the new two-year legislative appearing to end in defeat, call. 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said Black women were tired Disinformation of white women stealing and dating Black men. researchers offer a Activists revealed the quiz to teach people campaign was orchestrated by bigoted 4chan users pos- how to detect online ing as angry Black women bots and trolls. on Twitter. Activists outlined the types of tactics used by the fake accounts By Suhauna Hussain and tweeted them out with the hashtag #YourSlipIs- In June, the hashtag Showing. #DCblackout erupted on Groups such as Win Twitter. A series of tweets Black/Pa’lante have been claimed authorities had working in recent months blocked protesters from ahead of the election to mon- communicating on their itor disinformation targeted smartphones in order to at Black and Latino voters. tamp down on unrest Activists with the group around police brutality and have launched educational the killing of George Floyd. campaigns aimed at arming Images circulated of an Black and Latino voters inferno raging beside the with tools to detect and Washington Monument, il- avoid online manipulation. luminating the landmark “These foreign agents dramatically in the night- pretend to be Black activists time. online, using Black cultural It was all false. The im- tones and norms most rele- ages were doctored. Local vant to Black audiences, and officials rushed to correct ultimately depressing those the misinformation. Twitter votes by pretending or im- said it was investigating the personating voices of Black situation and had already activists and then turning suspended hundreds of on the candidates,” said spammy accounts using the Ashley Bryant, a co-founder hashtag. Jon Elswick Associated Press of the group. It turned out the decep- IN THE QUIZ, “Spot the Troll,” users must determine whether eight social media profiles are authentic or Bryant said the group is tion was the result of a so- fake. Above, a 2017 photo of Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the U.S political process. closely watching efforts to phisticated campaign that amplify false claims of voter employed a combination of cooker. swer. what’s real and what’s fake. tion,” Linvill said. fraud — even from the hacked accounts and fake But Linvill has a tool he The site notes some ques- Trolls often pretend to be In March, Linvill and Trump administration. The accounts, including some hopes will help people sort tions that users should ask members of online commu- Warren unearthed a Rus- president, through tweets as that typically tweeted about through chaos. Linvill themselves about any given nities, from K-pop fans to sian troll campaign — out- well as news conferences Korean pop music. A day or worked with Patrick Warren, account. Does the account LGBTQ activists, research- sourced to and run out of and interviews, was the two before, the K-pop bots who also studies disinforma- mention personal informa- ers say. Ghana and Nigeria — that main source of falsehoods had converted into Black tion at Clemson, to create a tion such as identifying Fake accounts frequently focused almost exclusively spreading about mail-in vot- Lives Matter themed ac- quiz called “Spot the Troll” points about family or use images of conventionally on racial issues in the U.S. er fraud, according to a re- counts. The message was that aims to train people to friends, or is it only focused attractive white women in The operation was detailed cent working paper by Har- amplified by real users who look for red flags online. on extreme politics? Does their 20s. Analysis presented in a CNN investigation. vard’s Berkman Klein Cen- didn’t know it was a hoax. The quiz presents users the account present itself as in the quiz also points out Black feminist activists ter for Internet & Society. This is the type of coordi- with eight social media pro- an affinity group but with- that the trope of an angry, brought attention to how so- “We are seeing a ton of nated disinformation attack files. The quiz taker is asked out a clear mention of a per- left-leaning Black woman is cial media could be manipu- disinformation spread Darren Linvill, a researcher to decide whether the ac- son or organization running one commonly exploited by lated this way as early as around the ability to vote, at Clemson University, is count and the content it gen- the group? If the answer is disinformation campaigns. 2014. even fake instructions start- worried might occur around erates is authentic or fake. yes, the account might be “Oftentimes they’re The hashtag #EndFa- ing to pop up in the space,” election day and explode a After each question, the site fake. stealing language from gen- thersDay gained momen- Bryant said. “These narra- nation that for months has provides explanation and It can get extremely uine voices, stealing people’s tum one week, tweeted pro- tives need to be countered felt like a massive pressure context for the correct an- messy trying to determine genuine anger and frustra- lifically by accounts that and addressed.” $143.1 billion in pre-election mergers sets record

bankers scrambling to get M&A ecosystem going into a the matter. bloomberg things done before Ameri- bit of an overdrive since La- Nielsen Holdings also cans headed to the polls. bor Day,” said Neil Dhar, vice surprised the market by sell- Deal-makers joined in a Their haste reflected con- chairman at Pricewater- ing its unit measuring con- record-breaking rush to get cern that further volatility in houseCoopers. “We had sumer insights to private eq- transactions done before the days after the election deals go into lockdown for uity firm Advent Interna- what threatened to be one of could scuttle carefully laid several months because of tional for $2.7 billion. Nielsen the most contentious U.S. plans for the next blockbust- COVID, and folks came back said it opted to sell the busi- presidential elections ever. er merger. post Labor Day with far ness, instead of an earlier Companies have an- Nerves have already been more optimism and focus on plan to spin it off into a sepa- nounced $143.1 billion of frayed by the COVID-19 pan- the future.” rate listed company in early mergers and acquisitions demic, with private equity Some deals were acceler- 2021, as the deal with Advent globally in the last seven billionaire Henry Kravis ated in recent days. Stone- offered greater certainty for days, the highest for any warning he’s seeing more peak Infrastructure Part- shareholders. week preceding a U.S. presi- turmoil in the markets than ners agreed to buy Astound, Deal-making volumes dential vote since at any time in his half-cen- the sixth-largest U.S. cable have also been buoyed by li- Bloomberg started collect- tury career. Mark Lennihan Associated Press and broadband provider, quidity injections from the ing data. It’s more than dou- The flurry of deals has AMD IS buying processing platform maker Xilinx for from private equity firm U.S. and European central ble the tally for the run-up to been across industries. Ad- $35 billion. Above, AMD executives at Nasdaq in 2019. TPG for $8.1 billion including banks that have helped the 2016 election. vanced Micro Devices Inc. debt. It preempted a com- boost stock valuations and Deals have ranged from announced a $35-billion tor transactions. Then In- purchase of Dunkin’ Brands petitive auction that was kept interest rates low, Citi- one of the chip industry’s takeover of Xilinx Inc., help- spire Brands Inc., the owner Group Inc. that will turn it supposed to conclude later group Inc.’s Luigi de Vecchi biggest-ever transactions to ing make this year one of the of Arby’s and Buffalo Wild into a fast-food giant. this month, according to said. a fast-food mega deal, with busiest ever for semiconduc- Wings, sealed an $11.3-billion “We have seen the whole people with knowledge of “This is the perfect combination to do a trans- action,” said De Vecchi, chairman of Citigroup’s MARKET ROUNDUP banking, capital markets and advisory business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “We will continue to Stocks rise again as presidential race ends see a very sizable amount of transactions, very high volumes across all sectors.” gress. drops in profit for the sum- A Joe Biden victory could associated press Ultimately, many profes- mer that weren’t as bad as have a sweeping effect on Majorstock indexes sional investors say which Wall Street feared. mergers and acquisitions. Stocks powered higher Daily Daily % YTD % party controls Washington Hanging above it all is the The Democratic politician Tuesday as a bruising U.S. Index Close change change change matters much less to the continuing COVID-19 pan- has set his sights on a higher presidential campaign — Dow industrials 27,480.03 +554.98 +2.06 -3.71 economy and markets than demic. Several European corporate tax rate, new which had sent markets S&P 500 3,369.16 +58.92 +1.78 +4.28 what happens with the pan- governments are bringing regulation and increased spinning because of the un- Nasdaq composite 11,160.57 +202.96 +1.85 +24.39 demic and whether a vac- back restrictions on busi- antitrust scrutiny. certainty it sowed — finally S&P 400 1,980.51 +43.40 +2.24 -4.00 cine can arrive soon to help nesses in hopes of stemming The biggest loser could reached its end. the economy heal. worsening virus counts. In be private equity. If firms Russell 2000 1,614.30 +45.71 +2.91 -3.25 The Standard & Poor’s The last two days of gains the United States, where in- don’t sell portfolio compa- 500 index rose 58.92 points, EuroStoxx50 2,820.82 +66.79 +2.43 -17.11 for Wall Street have helped fections are also rising at a nies before the end of the or 1.8%, to 3,369.16 for its sec- Nikkei (Japan) 23,295.48 — — -1.53 the S&P 500 recover roughly troubling rate, the worry is year, they could have to pay ond straight healthy gain. Hang Seng (Hong Kong) 24,939.73 +479.72 +1.96 -11.53 half its 5.6% loss from last that fear alone of the virus almost double the current The rally was widespread Associated Press week, which was its worst could depress sales for com- rate of capital gains tax on and global, with Treasury since the market was plung- panies. any profits. Some buyout yields, oil prices and stocks Investors have been fear- fort and spending on infra- ing in March. So far this earnings re- funds have been rushing to around the world all ing the prospect of a con- structure rose more than the While the election is porting season, companies offload certain assets before strengthening. tested election, one that rest of the market Tuesday, dominating investors’ atten- are saying their profits fell then to avoid the higher levy, The Dow Jones industrial drags on and injects even including stocks of smaller tion, plenty of other market- during the summer, but not deal-makers say. average climbed 554.98 more uncertainty into mar- companies and industrial moving events are looming by as much as Wall Street Large-cap technology points, or 2.1%, to 27,480.03, kets. The future political businesses. this week. The Federal Re- feared. and healthcare companies and the Nasdaq composite makeup of the Senate has A Trump victory and a serve is meeting on interest Arista Networks jumped will face heightened scrutiny added 202.96 points, or 1.9%, been another unknown Republican-controlled Sen- rate policy and will an- 15.4% for the biggest gain in whoever ends up in the to 11,160.57. throwing uncertainty into ate would probably lead to nounce its decision Thurs- the S&P 500 after the cloud- White House in January. More than anything, in- the markets, along with the less stimulus than a Demo- day. Its earlier moves to networking company re- Democrats have been con- vestors were hoping for a timing of a possible cratic sweep, said Chris Zac- slash interest rates to record ported a 19% drop in net in- sidering several new laws clear winner to emerge. COVID-19 vaccine. carelli, chief investment offi- lows and to step forcefully come that nevertheless that would increase the Whether that’s President “There’s a sense that we cer for Independent Advisor into bond markets to push topped analysts’ forecasts. number of deals facing regu- Trump or former Vice Presi- might get some clarity on Alliance. A Biden win and prices higher have helped Stock indexes across Eu- latory challenges and would dent Joe Biden is less impor- the outcome of the direction Republican Senate would be Wall Street soar since rope and Asia rose 2% or also lower the bar for com- tant because history shows of one or two wild cards that least beneficial to stocks be- March. more, while the yield on the plaints against monopolies. stocks tend to rise regard- have been moving the mar- cause it would mean the low- The Labor Department 10-year Treasury climbed to For now, the recent run of less of which party controls ket,” Von Lipsey said. est chance for stimulus. is also releasing its jobs re- 0.88% from 0.84% late Mon- acquisitions is helping ex- the White House. A Biden victory has been Investors and econo- port for October on Friday, day. tend a nascent recovery in “The markets are neither seen as opening the door to a mists have been clamoring and economists expect to A gauge of fear in the U.S. global deal-making, with ac- red nor blue, and today big support package for the for a renewal of stimulus see another slowdown in stock market, which mea- tivity starting to pick up af- they’re decidedly green,” economy, particularly if the since the expiration of the growth. sures expected volatility for ter volumes plunged in the Rod von Lipsey, managing Democrats also take control last round of supplemental Meanwhile, it’s another the S&P 500, fell 6.4% and second quarter. The year-to- director at UBS Private of the Senate. Some areas of benefits for laid-off workers heavy week for corporate continued its decline after date tally is now down just Wealth Management, said the market that would bene- and other support approved earnings reports as compa- last week’s jump to its high- 16% to $2.6 trillion, Tuesday. fit from a large stimulus ef- earlier this year by Con- nies continue to report est level since June. Bloomberg data show. LATIMES.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 A17 China abruptly halts massive fintech IPO

The company’s debut The move two days was expected for Thursday. Alibaba, which owns about a before Ant Group’s third of Ant and is listed in $35-billion debut casts the U.S., tumbled 8.1% in trading Tuesday. a shadow on the firm The IPO was on pace to and founder Jack Ma. break records. It had at- tracted at least $3 trillion of orders from individual in- By Lulu Yilun Chen vestors for its dual listing in and Richard Frost Hong Kong and Shanghai, and in the preliminary price It was heralded as Chi- consultation of its Shanghai na’s answer to JPMorgan — IPO, institutional investors a homegrown financial giant subscribed for more than on the cusp of the biggest 76 billion shares, more than stock market debut the 284 times the initial offering world has ever seen. tranche. Instead, with billions on The fintech company’s the line and an initial public IPO would have given it a offering all but sealed, Chi- market value of about nese authorities have $315 billion, bigger than JP- abruptly thrown into doubt Morgan Chase & Co. and the future of Ant Group Co. four times larger than Gold- and its celebrated founder, man Sachs Group Inc. billionaire Jack Ma. But Ant has faced scru- Only days before the fi- tiny in Chinese state media nancial technology jugger- in recent days after Ma criti- naut was to go public in cized local and global regu- Shanghai and Hong Kong — lators, accusing them of sti- a coup for China’s financial fling innovation and not markets that once would paying heed to development have been unimaginable — and opportunities for the the $35-billion IPO was young. At a Shanghai con- halted Tuesday after Ma, ference late last month, he China’s richest man, was compared the Basel Ac- summoned by regulators. cords, which set out capital In an extraordinary turn Kin Cheung Associated Press requirements for banks, to a of events, authorities an- ANT GROUP’S IPO, which had been expected Thursday, would have valued the financial technology giant, an club for the elderly. nounced that they had be- affiliate of Alibaba, at $315 billion. Chinese officials cited “significant change” in the regulatory environment. And over the weekend, at latedly discovered an array a meeting of the Financial of shortcomings that, by ploded into the world’s larg- didn’t give much detail na’s economy and an exam- There were warning signs Stability and Development some accounts, might re- est financial technology about the issues behind the ple of how the Communist Monday, when Ma was sum- Committee led by Vice Pre- quire the sprawling Ant to be company, reshaping the suspension beyond saying Party has allowed entrepre- moned to a rare joint meet- mier Liu He, officials em- overhauled. lives of many ordinary Chi- that the much-anticipated neurs — especially in the ing with the People’s Bank of phasized the need for fintech The move upends what nese. But its ascendance — debut couldn’t go ahead be- technology sector — to flour- China and three other top fi- firms to be regulated. had been one of China’s big- and Ma’s growing global cause there had been “sig- ish within its top-down polit- nancial regulators and was Ant dominates China’s gest business success sto- reputation — has also raised nificant change” in the regu- ical system. Tuesday’s set- told his firm would face in- payments market via the ries, as well as what was to be a threat to China’s state-run latory environment. back may cast a pall over the creased scrutiny and be sub- Alipay app. It also runs the a pivotal step in the devel- lenders and their political The company will have to country’s financial markets, ject to the same restrictions giant Yu’ebao money mar- opment of the nation’s fast- benefactors. make changes that include even as President Xi Jinping on capital and leverage simi- ket fund and the country’s growing capital markets. Tuesday’s developments capital increases at its lucra- tries to create stock ex- lar to banks. largest online consumer “It’s definitely surpris- left bankers and global in- tive micro-lending units, ac- changes that can rival those “This further reinforces lending platform. Other ing,” said Mike Bailey, direc- vestors groping for answers. cording to people familiar in the U.S. the regulatory pressures businesses include a credit- tor of research at FBB Capi- The immediate fate of the with the matter. It will also “Ant Group sincerely building on tech giants,” scoring unit and an insur- tal Partners. “If there is many billions already tied have to reapply for licenses apologizes to you for any in- said Nader Naeimi, head of ance marketplace. something strange going on up in the IPO is for now unfor the units to operate convenience caused by this dynamic markets at AMP on the macro side for China’s certain. Reaction in the fi- nationwide, the people add- development,” the company Capital Investors Ltd. in Chen and Frost write for financial markets or in the nancial market was swift, ed, asking not to be identi- said in a message to in- Sydney, Australia. “It’s good Bloomberg. Bloomberg company, that would be wor- with Alibaba’s U.S.-listed fied discussing a private vestors. “We will properly news for banks, bad news for writers Claire Ballentine, risome.” shares falling and futures on matter. handle the follow-up mat- Jack Ma,” he said, referring Peter Eichenbaum, In just a decade, Ant, an Hong Kong’s benchmark Ant, which spun out of Al- ters in accordance with ap- to the competitive threat Abhishek Vishnoi and Sofia affiliate of Ma’s Alibaba also declining. ibaba in 2010, has long been plicable regulations of the Ant poses for traditional Horta e Costa contributed Group Holding Ltd., has ex- Chinese authorities seen as a champion of Chi- two stock exchanges.” lenders. to this report. In a pandemic, this is how to avoid getting evicted

these declarations as long as leases,” Lanctot said. illegal evictions, where land- Tenants have gained they don’t include agreeing “A landlord can never ob- lords are trying to forcibly re- to a payment plan. tain possession without go- move tenants from the unit negotiating power “If you get a 15-day paying to court,” said Campbell, because they could not do so amid a case backlog. or-quit notice that includes the housing rights attorney. through the courts, because a declaration to sign, we en- Because of this, tenants of the increase in tenant pro- courage you to reach out to a shouldn’t move out unless tections.” By Rachel Schnalzer local tenancy organization they want to. If a landlord tries to il- just to double-check it,” Furthermore, she said, legally enter your home or As the COVID-19 pan- Lanctot said. “tenants shouldn’t be afraid move your possessions out- demic continues to drag on In Los Angeles, rules just because you get an evic- side, Campbell said, you the economy, many people shielding tenants are tion lawsuit ... but they should “call the police, same and businesses struggle to stronger than the statewide should get lawyers.” as if he comes at you with a pay rent — crimping land- laws, and the city has cre- If you can’t hire a lawyer, gun. That’s a crime.” lords’ cash flow and raising ated a guide to protections Campbell advises visiting worries about eviction. for residential tenants. the courthouse and going to Get help But an eviction notice Commercial tenants in the self-help center for as- If you have questions isn’t the end of the line. Gen- Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County are also sistance. about your rights as a ten- erally speaking, there are IN L.A., rules shielding tenants are stronger than protected: For now, land- Because of the pan- ant, there are groups that many ways for tenants to statewide laws, Above, a tenant rally is held last year. lords are banned from evic- demic, it will take quite a can help. Campbell suggests fight it. ting them for pandemic-re- while for courts to process reaching out to the City of “If you’re in a rent-control Assn. “Rent rates are col- once Jan. 1. But the national lated nonpayment of rent. eviction cases. Los Angeles Housing + jurisdiction, there’s at least lapsing.... A housing pro- law is just a baseline, over- This moratorium, due to ex- “The tsunami of evictions Community Investment 20 defenses buried in … local vider is going to do every- ridden by state and local pire Nov. 30, can be extended still has to flow through the Department hotline. She ordinances,” housing rights thing they can to keep you laws that are more generous by the county on a month-to- very narrow garden hose of also recommends the Coali- attorney Frances Campbell there.” to renters. month basis. the Superior Court system,” tion for Economic Survival, said. And the pandemic has If that doesn’t resolve the California law gives ten- Campbell said. through which she offers given rise to new rules that situation, band together ants more breathing room. Don’t self-evict This delay, Lanctot said, Zoom counseling meetings mean that even if an eviction with your landlord’s other Under AB 3088, a state law Even if your landlord is creates a lot of negotiating for those with questions notice appears on your door, renters, says Paul Lanctot, enacted at the end of Au- threatening eviction, you do leverage for the tenant: “If about rent. it might be illegal to kick you an organizer with the Los gust, residential renters not need to take the initia- your landlord is trying to The L.A. Tenants Union out. Angeles Tenants Union. can’t be evicted for nonpay- tive to move out. Although evict you ... that’s going to is available to answer evic- This doesn’t mean all Speak with your roommates ment through the end of threats of eviction and fear take a very long time.” tion-related questions and evictions are off the table. and neighbors and educate January as long as they file a of rent debt piling up “are During the pandemic, provide support for those California courts resumed them about their rights, declaration with their land- scary things, we encourage Lanctot said, the L.A. Ten- who receive pay-or-quit no- eviction hearings two Lanctot advises. He sug- lord that says they have everyone to not give up their ants Union has seen “a lot of tices. months ago, and landlords gests forming a tenancy as- undergone a financial hard- are now allowed to oust ten- sociation, which can enable ship as a result of the pan- ants for property damage, you to push back against demic. 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ELECTION 2020 ened the planet and all its inhabitants. Fossil fuels, in addition to causing climate change, A lot of votes still to count have contributed to extensive pollution of our air, would have more legitimacy than one tallied land and water. Clean President Trump’s fate rests with a at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, or even at 3 p.m. energy is a boon to human Friday. Allowing ballots mailed on or before health and the environ- handful of swing states. Be patient Nov. 3 a few extra days to be delivered to ment. It is the wave of the and let every ballot be tallied. election headquarters doesn’t undermine future. China is determined to democracy, but supports it — especially this be at the forefront of this year, given how the administration has hob- technology. We will aban- t’s almost 10 p.m. Tuesday on the West bled the U.S. Postal Service, which seems to don our world leadership Coast as we write this, and there’s still have misplaced more than 300,000 mail bal- role if we drag our feet. Evan Vucci Associated Press no clear winner in the 2020 presidential lots and defied a court order on Tuesday to Grace Bertalot PRESIDENT TRUMP race. Americans most likely went to find and deliver them before polls closed. speaks at a campaign rally Anaheim I in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Monday. sleep on election day without knowing Some states have set overly tight deadlines whether President Trump would be re- for when mailed ballots must be received, elected to a second term or if former Vice and that’s to their discredit, particularly in Complaint about President Joe Biden would take over the this pandemic-tainted election. Every ballot ‘A bad human’ White House in 2021. that’s legally cast and received should be COVID news There have been a few concrete results. counted, and both parties should be cham- Re “I oppose Trump. But if he loses, I won’t be Re “Travel with the Trump Fox News called Arizona for Biden, the AP pioning that. celebrating,” Opinion, Nov. 3 called Florida for Trump. But other key Despite not knowing who won, there was carnival,” Column One, Nov. 2 states are still too close to call, and there’s something worth celebrating Tuesday. Not Jonah Goldberg is wrong if he thinks that those of us no way to predict whether voting patterns since 2008 has there been such energy who supported President Obama were cult-like in the At one of his campaign from recent elections will hold this year. around a presidential election. True, it’s manner of President Trump’s acolytes, or that when stops, President Trump Now the waiting begins. For hours or been largely negative energy. But although liberals were unhappy with President George W. Bush, days? That’s unknown as well. It may all Trump may have been bad for the country, complained about the we were concerned he would try to usurp power illegally. media’s focus on COVID-19, come down to the results from Pennsylvania his disastrous tenure has inspired millions This Trump worship is so different, so inexplicable. mockingly repeating the and Wisconsin, the two swing states that of Americans to engage in the electoral For me, it comes down to this: Trump is a bad human, word. He speculated that a don’t process ballots early; officials there ex- process. So many people turned out to vote and our president should be a good human. plane crash with 500 peo- pect to still be tallying votes through the that records fell around the country. In sev- To answer Goldberg’s question, I am a liberal, but I ple on board does not get week. eral states, early voting was so heavy that it will never support a demagogue of any stripe. as much coverage as the Here’s what we do know. Trump and his surpassed the complete turnout in the 2016 Isabel Rigney pandemic. Republican Party allies haven’t been con- presidential election, likely a big reason that Upland In the United States, we tent to sit and wait to hear the outcome. Tuesday was a mostly peaceful and orderly are now having about the They began their assault on the democratic election day. equivalent of two of these process before election day by using dubi- It wasn’t perfect, of course. There were Goldberg raises the gogue, but it’s too late. planes crash daily, for the ous legal challenges to stop lawfully cast bal- hourlong lines in many places and a handful legitimate question of After the mainstream last 230 days, with no end lots from being counted in key states, such of snags here and there — for example, vot- whether liberals are capa- media unleashed four in sight. as Texas, Michigan and Nevada. You can ex- ing machines not working in a couple of ble of slavishly following a years of hell on the Ameri- Would he let the airlines pect that their attempts to disqualify late- Georgia counties and a few North Carolina demagogue the way can people for electing continue to fly if this was arriving ballots on technical grounds will precincts — and the occasional burst of ugli- Trump followers do, and Trump, the media has lost how Americans were dy- grow bolder as the counting progresses over ness — such as a deranged man leaving for an example from the its credibility. ing? Would he encourage the coming days. threatening letters at homes with Biden/ left he chooses (wait for it), The media’s ability to us to buy tickets because it Judges have largely rejected the spurious Harris lawn signs. And in several states, Barack Obama. report the news fairly has is good for the economy? claims from Republican lawyers so far, election officials reported that voters had Goldberg writes, “I’m been damaged for at least a Yet he continues to ignore not trying to equate generation. the scientists, and he has which is heartening. State election officials received robocalls urging them to avoid Obama and Trump,” but Mark Walker not provided a plan to too must not be intimidated by Trump’s ab- lines and wait until Wednesday to vote in then he proceeds to do Yorba Linda address this pandemic. surd and laughably ignorant assertion that person. Who would do such a thing? Could it precisely that. He writes Perhaps if these 230,000 ballots counted after election day aren’t le- be foreign meddling? The FBI is on the case. about Obama’s “cult of :: bodies were piled up on the gitimate. No election has ever been certified Regrettably, efforts to sow confusion among personality” and suggests ground for all to see, he on election day. It is the national media voters, as well as intimidation, equipment his followers were subject In a democracy, Gold- would show more concern. companies that call elections shortly after snafus and dirty tricks, are not unique to to “hysteria, groupthink berg’s question is always Patricia Jordan the final votes are cast, based on compli- this election. and political worship.” worth asking ourselves. Van Nuys cated statistical analysis, exit polls and Now, it’s on us as Americans to take a col- Let me explain why The rest of his opinion other data. And they are usually, though not lective deep breath and wait as the duly cast people like me love Obama. gratuitously ignores reali- :: always, correct when they do. Election offi- ballots are counted and democracy trundles He’s a model husband ty. cials, on the other hand, don’t certify elec- along. Until then, step away from the ideo- and father. He keeps re- There is a term, “right- After reading the arti- tions for weeks after an election, ensuring logical cliff and recognize the world will not minding us that our messy, wing authoritarianism,” cle, I don’t know how you that the process is not rushed and that ev- end if your candidate doesn’t win. Elections contentious politics moves that reflects many years of can call Eli Stokols a news ery ballot is counted. are just one part of the process of governing. toward justice in the long social science research into reporter. He could be an Furthermore, it simply makes no sense Figure out a way to stay involved and keep run. He brought affordable current and past societies. opinion writer or maybe a that a ballot tallied at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday pushing for the changes you seek. healthcare to more than It’s what it sounds like, but pundit, but anyone who is 20 million Americans. He also includes understand- so biased against the presi- gave science a prominent ing the particular psychol- dent he is supposed to be role in his administration ogy of those who support covering is not a reporter. and led the way on the authoritarian govern- Tom Blood Paris climate agreement. ments and demagogues. Huntington Beach Schools that close for too long This is not what dema- While Goldberg’s sce- gogues do. Goldberg needs nario is theoretically pos- ov. Gavin Newsom must have less chance attending a four-year college. to come up with a better sible, it amounts to a false The right of been wincing inside last week The remote-learning problem is obvious example. equivalency to posit a as he said his kids were back in from information released this week by the Peter Coonradt liberal authoritarian police to record their private school classrooms Los Angeles Unified School District: The Redlands demagogue. It sounds a lot G like “voter fraud” to me. Re “Police to store aerial — part time at first, but full number of D and F grades among middle time later this month. and high school students has increased, :: Peter Poole footage of protests,” Nov. 2 “They’re phasing back into school, and along with absenteeism. That’s especially Temecula we are phasing out of our very challenging true in low-income areas, where parents are Democrats had their It is completely legal for distance learning that we’ve been doing,” often less able to help or kids have trouble own Trump-like dema- me, for a reporter or for Newsom said, acknowledging that many finding an appropriate, quiet space to set up gogue in the form of Sen. anyone present at a protest Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Nevertheless, to take pictures outdoors other California parents have been going the computer and focus on lessons for Subtract “Mexican rapists” in public. There is no ex- through that same challenge. hours. Other districts have seen similar voters persisted and “the New York Times” pectation of privacy once I But many of those parents can only problems with grades and attendance. from a Trump speech, add Re “The path forward,” leave my house. dream of a scenario like the governor’s. L.A. Unified cannot reopen campuses at “millionaires and billion- Opinion, Nov. 1 Likewise, it is legal for They’ve been overseeing lessons while trying this point because COVID-19 infection rates aires,” and you’ll get a the police to take photo- to do their jobs from home. Those are the are too high and rising. But in many areas of Sanders speech: Here are An inmate is on death graphs of what is happen- lucky ones. Other parents, whose jobs can’t California, schools that have been given the the villains standing be- row for years. Finally, just ing around them. Indeed, be performed remotely, cannot go back to green light to bring students back to the tween us and the kind of before the date of execu- there is a demand by the work until the kids go back to school. classroom aren’t planning to do so before country we want. tion, a judge orders a republic that they take body- Kids are frustrated, too. Lessons are January, at the earliest. Primary voters ulti- trial. The inmate is exoner- camera footage. Taking typically harder to follow on a small screen San Juan Unified School District, in the mately rejected Sanders. ated and released from videos out in public and than live. They miss their friends and the Sacramento area, is one of those school dis- Whether a genuine distaste prison. Rather than say, “I storing them is key to personal contact with teachers. tricts. It’s also where Newsom’s children for demagoguery motivat- am sorry for the loss and proving that police tactics Parental pressure and downright would be learning remotely right now if they ed them more than calcula- pain your unjust false do not violate department despair are growing. It’s not an exaggera- were in the public school system. tions of electability re- conviction caused you,” regulations. tion to say that right now, the debate about San Francisco schools also haven’t mains to be seen. prosecutors like to say, Do those objecting to whether and when to reopen public schools opened, though the city has lower COVID-19 The picture will grow “See, the release proves our the storage wish to have is second only to the question about how rates than New York City, where students clearer as we watch the criminal justice system body-camera footage and when we can quell the COVID-19 pan- have returned to campus part time. career trajectory of Rep. works.” destroyed if there is sus- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez The same absurd logic pected police brutality? demic itself. California legislators and may- Granted, many parents would not send (D-N.Y.). is applied by Republican Using drones to take ors also have been pressing for more specific their kids back to school if their local ones Michael Smith strategist Scott Jennings pictures of people on pri- rules to get schools to open. reopened tomorrow. Infection rates might Georgetown, Ky. when he says, “God bless vate property is another Newsom has created public health rise to the point where reopening simply everyone who has proved matter. There is an expec- standards for when schools are allowed to isn’t feasible. No one can guarantee that re- :: the voter suppression tation of privacy there. bring students back, and he provided fund- opening schools won’t lead to some cases of narrative to be completely But demonstrations, ing for COVID-19 testing, safety equipment COVID-19 transmission; they almost cer- I agree with Goldberg. farcical.” The fact that so especially if there are two and other pandemic-related expenses, such tainly will lead to at least a few. We Democrats can be blind many voters overcame so opposing groups present, as additional aides for smaller group learn- But so far, in schools that have taken to our flaws. many obstacles put in their demand not only the pres- ing. But beyond that, he has left school dis- strong precautions, the danger seems min- For example, while we way by Republican law- ence of police, but also the tricts to decide when to reopen classrooms. imal. The risk also has to be balanced were feeling empowered by makers does not prove the use of video in case vi- And with teachers unions vehemently op- against the dangers posed by keeping Obama and his shiny suppression allegation a olence ensues. posed in most cases, those aren’t happening schools closed: Mortality rates are higher speeches and focused on myth. Murray S. Levine even when public health officials have among the unemployed. Life expectancy is national issues, the Repub- The voter turnout by Encino deemed them safe. This has to change. shorter among high school dropouts than licans took power in state- Democrats only proves There are no readily available figures on those who complete their public school edu- houses and governorships. they are angry and will act :: how many schools in the state have begun cation. The calculus is complicated. This led directly to recent in defiance of Republican reopening for in-person learning. What is Newsom and the Legislature need to de- battles over gerrymander- politicians who impose Jim Of course it is legal for known is that reopenings tend to be concen- sign a set of standards for when schools must ing and voter suppression. Crow-like suppression police to record so-called So, when we Democrats tactics on them. peaceful protests and keep trated among private schools and more af- reopen, just as they did for when schools cry foul over stolen Elliot Fein the footage. Consider all fluent areas, and that low-income students have to stay closed. Once it’s considered safe Supreme Court seats, we Trabuco Canyon the property damage from of color are less likely to be able to attend from a public health standard, schools should remember that all the last riots. Businesses school on campus or adapt well to remote should be required to open for at least some Senate votes can be traced :: were looted and even learning than white, middle-income stu- in-person learning. State intervention is the back, ultimately, to who burned, which harmed dents. The result is a quickly widening gap only way to overcome resistance from reluc- gets elected in the states. Jennings states, “You innocent civilians. between the two groups and justified fears tant unions. Then, a lot more students in May we Democrats rise might not care if a Pennsyl- The public has the right that an entire cohort of low-income stu- public schools could enjoy some of the perks to the challenge of govern- vania energy worker is laid to feel safe, and with the dents will have lower graduation rates and that the governor’s children already have. ing well when we are in off, but I am sure that help of aerial drones and power. person’s spouse and kids helicopters, the police will Evelyn Baran do.” see who is committing Beverly Hills Being laid off is scary. criminal acts and make But it wouldn’t have to be if arrests. We do not want to EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong :: we ensured support for end up like Portland. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Norman Pearlstine laid-off workers and pro- Neil Snow MANAGING EDITORS Scott Kraft, Kimi Yoshino The liberal media are vided them with job train- Manhattan Beach DEPUTY MANAGING EDITORS going to have a reckoning. ing, possibly in the renew- Shelby Grad, Shani O. Hilton, Their hatred for the presi- able energy industry. Julia Turner dent was pathological, and Some conservatives, EXECUTIVE SPORTS EDITOR HOW TO WRITE TO US Christian Stone they know it. like Jennings, see support- ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS Columnists like Gold- ing clean energy as a threat Please send letters to John Canalis, Angel Jennings, Amy King, Loree Matsui berg may try to walk back to the economy. This is like [email protected]. 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OP-ED Day-after advice: You could move to Canada

By Steven Lewis

write on behalf of Canada. I am not officially its ambassador or spokes- person, although many, many people I think I should be. While I currently live in Melbourne (Australia, not Florida), I remain a practicing member of, and cov- enanted to, the People of Praise of the Maple Leaf. I pay north of $750 annually in Canadian taxes. I’m legit. I’m also no expert on American politics, but I get the impression that there is way more pluribus than unum these days. One presidential election outcome was clear well before last night: At least 40% of Ameri- cans are probably mad as hell today, con- vinced the country is disfigured beyond all recognition, morally bankrupt and doomed. Many will seriously think about moving to Canada, because a solid majority David Goldman Associated Press of you know where it is (hint: go north) and VOTERS LINED up before polls opened on election day at a precinct in Warren, Mich. you can get by in English (except in rural Quebec). Here are some tips to help you through the immigration process. Canada welcomes refugees, but you can’t claim refugee status. That’s reserved for people fleeing countries where the rule What are you thinking, America? of law has collapsed, there are gun-toting vigilantes in the streets, the electoral process is corrupt, and strongmen use state ROBIN ABCARIAN Coast polls are closing, I have been riding a “The Republican Party needs to stop power to pardon their felonious friends and roller coaster of emotion. talking to itself,” the authors wrote. “We punish their enemies. Oh, I see ... Four years ago, on elec- Despite weeks of warnings from political have become expert in how to provide ideo- You might like your health insurance, tion night, I was happily analysts that the race may not be decided logical reinforcement to like-minded people, but you can’t move it here. Sorry, the public working in San Francisco at for days, every switch on the leaderboard but devastatingly we have lost the ability to option is the only option for hospital and a victory party for Pro- has me practically jumping out of my skin. be persuasive with, or welcoming to, those physician care. From time to time people go position 64, which legalized Trump is up, Trump is down; Biden is up, who do not agree with us on every issue. to court to claim that government-run recreational cannabis in Biden is down. Instead of driving around in circles on an healthcare violates their individual rights. California. I had to turn off the television at least 20 ideological cul-de-sac, we need a party Fifteen years ago Canada’s Supreme Court It was also supposed to times, and it’s clear that the election out- whose brand of conservatism invites and ruled that the prohibition of private insur- be the night of Hillary Clin- come won’t be certain before my deadline inspires new people to visit us.” ance was indeed a violation. Since then, no ton’s historic victory. Those of us in the tonight. The rise of Trump and Trumpism blot- one has sold and no one has bought private crowd stood with our mouths agape as an Donald Trump did not invent the ugli- ted out that moment of clarity, and Priebus insurance for the services covered by the election needle moved dramatically from ness and toxicity that has inflamed the went on to become, briefly, Trump’s chief of government plan. There’s just no market the blue “Hillary Clinton wins” side to the country since his election, but he unleashed staff. for it. Yes, we’re that weird. red “Donald Trump wins.” it, encouraged it and thrived on it. Trump What the GOP has become in the last Only one part of our country — coastal I will never forget that sinking feeling, voters are by no means all racists, but they four years is a party of white grievance and British Columbia — has half-decent and like a lot of Americans, I have never have all voted for someone who is. isolation with so little respect for reality and weather. If you think Seattle does not have really recovered from the shock of his win. I hardly think it’s mere coincidence that science that its leader has effectively behalf-decent weather, make that zero parts. It wasn’t just that the intellectual equiva- the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo move- come the head of a death cult. I’m not jok- Americans move to Seattle in spite of the lent of a carnival barker trailing bankrupt- ing; Stanford University economists con- weather; Canadians move to Vancouver be- cies and lawsuits like Charles Schultz’s cluded last week that Trump’s rallies re- cause of it. It’s the same weather. Pigpen trailed dirt had prevailed. It was his President Trump did sulted in more than 30,000 confirmed cases Please don’t move en masse to Vancou- vulgarity, his disrespect for anyone and of COVID-19, and likely caused more than ver. It is beautiful and has a booming tech- everything. not invent the ugliness 700 deaths among people who attended and nology-based and filmmaking economy. It’s How could Trump’s message of hatred their contacts. really green, has two excellent universities and division, and his fantastical lies about and toxicity that has “The communities in which Trump and incredibly scenic running and cycling reviving the industrial Midwest — including rallies took place paid a high price in terms routes. Terrific sushi. Sarah McLachlan the coal industry — have resonated deeply inflamed the country since of disease and death,” the economists wrote. lives there! But it’s already too big and hous- enough with the electorate to send this his election, but he All because people insisted on ignoring the ing costs are terrifying to those of us honest unqualified, intellectually incurious reality advice of doctors to wear masks, social enough to admit we want to move there. star to the White House? unleashed it, encouraged distance and avoid large gatherings. They’re not terrifying to you Angelenos and I blame a racial backlash that dates back And the pandemic rages on. The death Bay Area migrants who can cash out your to our first Black president, Barack Obama, it and thrived on it. toll stands at 232,000, and counting. Our more obscenely priced real estate and but I also blame the arrogance of the tech- children can’t go to school, we can’t work in dump all those fancy-schmancy American nocratic ideology embraced by Democrats our offices. The economy continues to suffer, dollars ($1.30 Canadian) into a market al- like the Clintons and Obama: We know your ments took flight during his first, and I hope millions remain out of work and most ready inflated by Hong Kong arrivals. factory is closing, but just believe us — with only, term. If the presidency is a bully pulpit, Americans say that efforts to contain the You will get extra points on your applica- a little retraining, you’ll be building elec- Trump has used it to shout his unsubtle virus are going badly. Our public health tion to immigrate for picking Calgary, our tricity-generating windmills in no time! racism, sexism and xenophobia to an all- officials — the most prominent of whom erstwhile Houston, now fallen on hard Trump’s 2016 victory taught us so much too-willing congregation. Trump has threatened to fire if he wins — times as the Alberta oil and gas juggernaut about ourselves; about the corroded soul of It’s a strategy that has a built-in expira- warn that the worst spike is yet to come. gasps in disbelief at its own imminent col- this country, about how easy it is for an tion date. It’s just not clear exactly at this Given such negligence, that Trump lapse. You can buy a downtown skyscraper ideologue to summon and exploit the worst moment when that will be. would be rewarded with a second term for about $30. You’ll find the transition less angels of our nature. Eight years ago, after Republicans were seems inconceivable to me right now. jarring — the province is now run by a right- It showed us how easy it is to pit Ameri- stung by Mitt Romney’s loss to President I’m not yet willing to concede that wing party that worships fossil fuels and can against American, and America against Obama, it seemed that a reckoning for the Trump has won a second term, but even if delights in tearing up public-sector con- the world. It showed us that the changing GOP was nigh. In a postmortem coordi- Biden wins, the Democrats better be pre- tracts and spewing bile at environmental- demographic of this country — white people nated by then-GOP national Chairman pared to face a reckoning of their own. In an ists. I’m not suggesting you share these have long known they will be in the minority Reince Priebus, the party acknowledged the America that lives up to its ideals, the 2020 views, but like the golden arches, they will by around the middle of this century — has country’s shifting demographics, and vowed presidential race could never have been this remind you a little of home. created a toxic kind of anxiety that will be to do better to attract people of color, gay close. All of us would be delighted to welcome with us for some time to come. voters and others disenfranchised by con- you to Toronto. No sprawl or traffic con- As I write, on Tuesday night as the West servative policies. @AbcarianLAT gestion, housing is practically free, and there’s not a hint of smugness. Best subway system in the world — no, the galaxy. And its namesake university is way, way better than Harvard, according to itself. If you move there from California, you will boost Toronto’s self-esteem. Litigation is eroding our political culture You will further endear yourself to the immigration czars if you declare that it is just plain wrong that this year’s Stanley courts with lawsuits. doesn’t seem to register with trict of Columbia count appro- Cup finalists (ice hockey, you really need to Americans are starting to In the recent months, hun- him that a variation on Bush vs. priately postmarked ballots know this) were Tampa Bay and Dallas. dreds of election-related law- Gore in 2020 could be the big- after election day, or that there How would you feel if three-quarters of the accept shadow elections suits have been filed in almost gest crisis for the court and the is no evidence that mail-in vot- teams in your National Football League in the courts before and every state. These include cases country since the Civil War. ing procedures aren’t robust were in a foreign country, say, Canada? challenging voter ID laws, voter Election-by-litigation is rife enough to prevent election Nothing can or will be done about this, but if after the real ones at the signatures, absentee or mail-in with dangers. It sets up the stealing. you want to be a Canadian, you have to tilt ballot box. ballot receipt deadlines, collec- courts, the least accountable of What Trump hopes for with at our windmills. tion of ballots by third parties, the three branches of govern- litigation fits a discreditable But — I’m talking to you, California — drop-box use and what poll ment, as the arbiter of demo- GOP playbook. The motive you might want to do all of this more effi- HARRY LITMAN watchers can and can’t do. cratic will. In a subtle but perni- behind most Republican efforts ciently, and simply secede and apply to be Several factors have made cious way, when an election is in court is the party’s desire to Canada’s 11th province, saving you the has- resident Trump this election season particularly seen as preliminary to a suppress the number of lawful sle of moving. We are intrigued. Our promised over the litigious. First, operating an Supreme Court decision, it votes overall, while the Demo- weather options would improve. We could weekend that once election in a pandemic has led alters the relationship of the crats battle to increase them. inflate the Fresno housing market. It would P polls closed in Pennsyl- many states to increase flexibil- electorate and the elected, It’s one thing to pursue get-out- be great to have the Dodgers and make vania on Tuesday, ity for voters, and those changes muddling the source of the the-vote strategies that favor Google and Apple pay more taxes than is “we’re going in with our law- have drawn lawsuits. government’s power. one side or another. But conniv- their habit. yers.” Second, since 2018, the Re- It also risks converting the ing to pull the courts into a But it’s a lot to bite off. You have more Kathy Barnette, Republican publican National Committee is nation’s verdict from a determi- campaign of voter suppression people than we do. So we couldn’t let you candidate for Pennsylvania’s no longer bound by a consent nation of democratic preference by law is just wrong. vote, at least not for the first few decades. 4th Congressional District, decree dating from a 1981 lawsuit to an adjudication of legal Don’t misunderstand me: You’d need to get Oregon and Washington didn’t wait that long. She alleging that a Republican rights. When normal political The electorate and the candi- to come with you to make it practical. East stormed into federal court as group had engaged in illegal hand-to-hand combat is recast dates have every right to count and West Pakistan tried to make a go of it soon as the polls opened Tues- harassment and intimidation of in terms of the law, it leaves on legal compliance with rules with India in between, and look how that day, challenging Montgomery minority voters. Less constraint those on the losing side feeling that govern elections and to turned out. County’s mail-in ballot pro- translates into more lawsuits. not that their candidate was the fight for that compliance in And if California did sign on, the North- cedures. And then there’s President less preferred but that he or she court. But it is an erosion of our eastern states would probably come knock- The outcome of the 2020 Trump, who made it clear all was robbed. political culture that instead of ing at the door, and then what would we do? election is unknown as this goes along that he would not neces- Pennsylvania has been using the courts as a last resort Could we keep the queen? (Trick question: to press. But we do know that a sarily accept the voters’ verdict ground zero in the election-as- in choosing representatives, we don’t care.) The carbon tax? Smaller food profound change has occurred before rushing into court to litigation model this year, not increasingly expect shadow portions? Would Quebec leave as you came in the country’s election process push the outcome toward the because of any special legal elections in the courts rather in, its stranglehold on our politics steam- in the last 20 years, triggered by five conservative Supreme feature but because it has fig- than the real ones at the polls. rolled by tens of millions of newbies — vive the U.S. Supreme Court’s im- Court justices, three of whom he ured as the quintessential swing Writing in the mid-19th cen- l’español? I’m pretty sure we’d get cold feet. prudent decision in 2000 halting appointed. As he told us, his state for 2020. Data show that tury, Alexis de Tocqueville noted Which could be warmed up by, shall we say, the close-vote recount in Florida latest court addition, Amy more Democrats than Republi- that “there is hardly any politi- a very generous entrance fee. and giving the presidency to Coney Barrett, was rushed cans make use of absentee/mail- cal question in the United It’s a tough decision — uprooting is George W. Bush by judicial fiat. through confirmation so she in ballots, so Trump went on the States that is not sooner or later hard. Every four years since, elec- could be there for election- warpath, alleging that Pennsyl- turned into a judicial question.” If you really must leave, come on up, but tion litigation has spiked anew. related lawsuits. vania’s decision to count ballots His famous observation has caveat emptor: Even our reddest provinces As bad as 2016 was, it’s nothing For Trump, a court win postmarked by Tuesday but never seemed more prescient, or are blue, and not just because of the cold. relative to the bedlam and teem- would be just how things are received as late as Friday was a problematic, as it does on elec- ing fields of battle this year, as supposed to operate: As presi- “blatant attempt to steal” the tion day 2020. Steven Lewis is a Canadian health policy hordes of lawyers for the candi- dent, you install cronies and election for Joe Biden. No mat- analyst and researcher currently living in dates and parties clog the then they scratch your back. 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she moved to vacate tens of The reform-minded thousands of marijuana convictions and expressed challenger was ahead an openness to letting out- of incumbent Jackie side agencies, such as the California attorney general’s Lacey in closely office, review controversial watched race. officer-involved shootings. But of the two, Lacey, the first woman and first Afri- By James Queally can American to head the district attorney’s office, is Former San Francisco considered the more tradi- Dist. Atty. George Gascón tional tough-on-crime pros- surged to an early lead over ecutor and has remained a incumbent Los Angeles favorite of law enforcement. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Shortly after he spoke to Lacey Tuesday in the pivotal supporters at a drive-in Dania Maxwell Los Angeles Times race to lead the nation’s larg- event at the Los Angeles Zoo MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS speaks to reporters before casting his vote at Hot & Cool Cafe in Leimert Park on est local prosecutor’s office. sponsored by the L.A. Tuesday. The Los Angeles County supervisor is looking to return to the City Council after an 18-year absence. The contest between County Democratic Party, Lacey and Gascón has been Gascón expressed optimism considered a litmus test of and praised his campaign as Southern California’s ap- colleagues alerted him to petite for criminal justice re- early returns, which initially form. had him up by a wide mar- Ridley-Thomas, Raman Gascón, 66, who served gin. as San Francisco’s top pros- “Regardless of what the ecutor from 2011 to 2019, rep- outcome is I feel very, very resents a wave of prog- good about the work that we ressive prosecutors focused did. I think we’ve moved the on reducing the criminal jus- needle regardless,” he said. leading in council races tice system’s footprint while “Obviously if I get elected, maintaining public safety. we’ll roll up our sleeves, and I The movement has achieved really hope that L.A. Coun- ban planner Nithya Raman election victories in Chicago, ty’s criminal justice system If Raman wins, she held a smaller but signifi- Philadelphia and St. Louis will be the shining house on cant lead over City Council- in recent years, and a public the hill, if you will, that we would be the first man David Ryu, in a contest defender was elected to re- will be the example for other candidate to oust an that has drawn nationwide place Gascón last year in communities, that we will attention from progressives San Francisco. show that we can have both incumbent in 17 years. looking to pull City Hall fur- While Gascón has taken safety and humanity.” ther to the left. flak for surging property Lacey, who was watching By David Zahniser The candidates were crime rates in San Francisco [See D.A., B4] competing for the two seats during his tenure and his in- Los Angeles County Su- just as L.A.’s political lead- volvement in the drafting of pervisor Mark Ridley- ers confront a massive Proposition 47 — which low- Thomas pulled far ahead of budget shortfall, a lingering ered several felonies to mis- attorney Grace Yoo in his pandemic and frustrating demeanors under California Here’s race to represent a Korea- homelessness crisis. law — his use of diversion town-to-Crenshaw district Ridley-Thomas, 65, said programs and ability to on the Los Angeles City he was “tremendously manage violent crime while Council, setting the stage for heartened” by the results, lowering the city’s jail popu- another a return to City Hall after an saying voters showed that lation has drawn praise. 18-year absence, partial re- they want someone in a “po- A career prosecutor, Lac- turns showed Tuesday. Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times sition of responsibility who ey, 63, showed some defer- reason In L.A.’s Silver Lake-to- GRACE YOO, an attorney running against Ridley- knows what he’s doing and ence to the reform move- Sherman Oaks district, ur- Thomas, talks with Michael Turner on Tuesday. [See City Council, B4] ment earlier this year when to cover Early tallies in our faces

L.A. school board STEVE LOPEZ We were walking toward fights appear split each other on a narrow sidewalk in Los Angeles. Early results Boyle Heights Charter candidate showed the tax measure on election with a majority well above eve, when the leads in one contest as the needed margin. young woman union-backed hopeful The school board stopped, contests are probably the stepped out of the way and surges in another. most expensive board elec- waited for me to pass. tions ever, with combined re- Well that was awfully By Howard Blume ported spending nearing polite of her, I thought. She $17.5 million so far. Support- must be showing deference The early returns in two ers of charters, backed by a to a gray-bearded pensioner crucial Los Angeles Board of relatively small number of on his way to a medical Education contests showed wealthy donors, vastly out- appointment. a charter-school backed spent the other side. CNG Then I realized it was candidate leading in one At stake is whether a DEMOCRATIC Rep. Harley Rouda was leading Republican rival Michelle Steel something else. She was race and a teachers union- board majority would con- in Congressional District 48. masked, and I’d gotten out backed candidate leading in sist of trustees helped into of my car with mask in hand another. office by one faction or the but forgot to put it on. She If those results were to other, something that will stepped away because she hold, school board members matter as privately operated was steering clear of me and supported by charter advo- charters compete with dis- GOP House bids falter playing it safe, which put cates would hold a 4-3 ma- trict-operated schools for a her squarely on one side of jority in the nation’s second- declining number of public the national divide. largest school system. school students. Moreover, filled Central Valley, the Rouda, an attorney and Consider the mask: a In the first posted re- under recently passed state Republicans trail in GOP sought to recapture former real estate investor, simply constructed, cheap turns for District 3, which laws, local school boards onetime Republican foot- won his first term by unseat- piece of fabric with ear covers most of the western have more authority to re- California races for holds in an election year ing 30-year Republican in- loops. Who could have San Fernando Valley, union- ject applications for new three of four seats when such issues as the cumbent Dana Rohra- dreamed it would play a roll backed incumbent Scott charters and to deny renew- government’s response to bacher in 2018. in the outcome of a presi- Schmerelson had a lead over al of existing ones. they sought to regain. the pandemic, President Steel, an Orange County dential election? charter-backed Marilyn Close to 1 in 5 district stu- Trump’s policies and the supervisor, has won praise “You have to wear a mask Koziatek. In District 7, which dents attends one of these By Dakota Smith wildfires that have devas- from Republicans for advo- here or they don’t let you in,” stretches from South L.A. to independent charters, tated swaths of California cating to reopen local busi- said Irma, a medical assist- the Harbor area, charter- which are authorized and Republicans on election are shaping local races. nesses amid the pandemic ant who drew my blood, ran backed Tanya Ortiz Frank- monitored — but not con- day appeared to be falling Democratic Rep. Harley as other counties have an EKG test and checked lin was in front of union- trolled or managed — by short of their goal of winning Rouda was leading Republi- moved more cautiously. my blood pressure at USC backed Patricia Castellanos. L.A. Unified. The school sys- four key California congres- can challenger Michelle In the tri-county 39th Keck Medical Center. Voters also had another tem has more than 200 char- sional seats lost to Demo- Steel in Congressional Dis- Congressional District, Lately I’ve been taking issue to settle related to the ters, more than any other crats in 2018. trict 48. The district includes former Assemblywoman care of long-delayed medi- L.A. school district — district in the nation. Most From Orange County’s Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa Young Kim, a Republican, cal visits, trying to get my whether to support Measure charters are nonunion. moneyed coast to the dust- and Huntington Beach. [See House, B5] health in check before hos- RR, which would provide $7 The current, pre-election pitals and clinics are over- billion for building, repairing day board majority, by a 4-3 whelmed, as some predict MORE COVERAGE and modernizing local pub- margin, leans toward the they will be, by surging lic schools. view of United Teachers Los Mitchell ahead in Report of phony Casting ballots at cases of COVID-19. The measure surged to a Angeles, which wants strict- Irma told me she re- strong start in early vote tal- er oversight on charters and supervisor race voting site in O.C. Chavez Ravine quires her two kids to wear lies Tuesday night. To pass, to limit their growth. Both State Sen. Holly Mitchell Officials investigate a Columnist Nita Lelyveld masks outdoors and said it the measure needs 55% of seats on the ballot are cur- took a strong lead over Westminster site that finds voters upbeat at bothers her that some peo- the votes cast within L.A. rently held by board mem- Los Angeles City Coun- allegedly accepted ballots Dodger Stadium site. B3 ple defiantly resist face Unified boundaries, which bers considered to be part of cilman Herb Wesson for and gave out ‘I voted’ coverings, even if it means extend beyond the city of [See LAUSD, B7] the L.A. County board. B2 stickers. B3 Lottery ...... B2 [See Lopez, B5] B2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 S LATIMES.COM

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Mitchell leads Board of Supervisors race

his “best friend” on the 15- Measure J. State senator holds an member council. Some believed the mea- Wesson has not faced al- sure was rushed, including early advantage over legations. In January 2019, the League of Women Voters Wesson; Measure J his chief of staff was included of L.A. County, which was in an FBI search warrant neutral on the measure. is drawing support. seeking evidence for its in- Opponents of Measure J vestigation but has not been include the Assn. for Los An- By Jaclyn Cosgrove publicly accused of any geles Deputy Sheriffs, which wrongdoing. spent more than $3.5 million State Sen. Holly Mitchell Mitchell has highlighted on campaign advertising on took a strong lead Tuesday the corruption scandal in TV and social media. evening in a race against Los her TV ads. While Measure J doesn’t Angeles City Councilman “When he continues to call directly for police Herb Wesson for a seat on talk about and remind us budget cuts, opponents say the powerful L.A. County that he was the leader of the money would inevitably be Board of Supervisors. council and all that power af- slashed from law enforce- Mitchell’s lead was 62% to forded him to do, one has to ment, with L.A. County 38%, with a majority of mail- wonder,” Mitchell said in an Sheriff Alex Villanueva, in a in ballots and 18% of in-per- interview. tweet, going so far as to raise son ballots counted, accord- Wesson has pushed back the specter of a “Mad Max” ing to the L.A. County regis- and said he was shocked to future in the region if the trar-recorder’s election re- find out what Huizar was ac- measure passes. sults. cused of doing. Political experts agreed it In another closely “I am disgusted by what was hard to discern how vot- watched county race, 58% of occurred, and no matter ers would swing on Mea- voters were favoring the pas- what we do, it is virtually im- sure J. sage of Measure J, a propos- possible to legislate integri- Former Supervisor Zev al that would direct more ty,” he said. Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times Yaroslavsky, who authored county money to social serv- Another decision for vot- HOLLY MITCHELL, right, and her campaign manager, Lenee Richards, watch several ballot initiatives ices and jail diversion pro- ers in L.A. County is Mea- for election updates. In early returns, Mitchell led 62% to 38% over Herb Wesson. during his 20 years on the grams. sure J. board, said it’s usually im- The race for the board If it passes, Measure J tionally harmed by racism. George Floyd in Minneapo- County and to fight just for portant for the supervisors seat was influenced by would require that 10% of lo- The county would be prohib- lis. some crumbs in the budget, to make the case for a fund- months of civil unrest, with cally generated, unre- ited from using the money Supporters said the pub- and what we continue to ing measure over a period of both candidates focused on stricted county money — es- on prisons, jails or law en- lic outrage over the shoot- be told is, ‘There’s no money time. highlighting their records on timated between $360 mil- forcement agencies. ings gave momentum to for alternatives to incarcera- “In this particular in- criminal justice reform. lion and $900 million — be The measure was placed long-standing efforts to in- tion, there’s no money to ex- stance, the case was being “Both Mitchell and Wes- spent on a variety of social on the ballot by the Board of crease non-law-enforce- pand mental health’ ” and made on national television son will try to make the case services, including housing, Supervisors amid growing ment investments in com- addiction treatment, said every day from the murder of that they are better at con- mental health treatment calls for criminal justice re- munities of color. Eunisses Hernandez, co- George Floyd forward,” said tinuing the fight for reform and jail diversion programs, forms after a spate of local “We have tried building chair of the Re-Imagine L.A. Yaroslavsky, who repre- on the board,” said Earl and used for investments law enforcement shootings political movements out of County campaign, which led sented the 3rd District until Ofari Hutchinson, a political in communities dispropor- and the police killing of the loss of life in Los Angeles the charge on supporting 2014. analyst and longtime L.A. community activist. “How well each make that case will be huge with how voters view their candidacy.” Political analysts and community activists also anticipate that the contest could come down to which candidate voters believed was more invested in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness and affordable housing. “How are we going to take care of our fellow neighbors? That’s what this particular election is about in 2020, is electing somebody you, for sure, have the confidence will make sure we can all live in L.A. County during and after this pandemic. Pe- riod,” said Tina McKinnor, a longtime political strategist and civic engagement director from LA Voice Action, which supported Mitchell in the race. “We have to get through COVID or nothing can be done.” The candidates’ profiles cut across gender and generational lines. Mitchell, 56, came to politics in 2010 after leading a large L.A. child and family care organization, and she is known among her peers in the Legislature as an astute anti-poverty policymaker. A mother of an adult son, Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times Mitchell had a big break in VOTERS cast their ballots at a polling site in L.A.’s Union Station. A voter in La Mirada said, “I was expecting a little more chaos” at polls. the Senate five years ago when she stood up to her fellow Democrats, arguing that their budget failed to appro- priately serve poor Califor- Voting in state is generally trouble-free nians. Wesson, 68, has held public office for 22 years, most problems had begun to but hours later many were who voted with her But quick … request — recently on the Los Angeles Despite some glitches, emerge. In the city of West- still reporting lengthy waits. mother and grandmother please vote.” City Council. minster in Orange County, “People are waiting on at St. Bernadette Catholic His mother’s pleading A father of four, including the election process in activists found what ap- average between an hour Church. “This is a pivotal worked. one son experiencing home- California appears to peared to be a fake voting and a half and two hours to time. Not just the president “I’d be lying if I didn’t lessness, Wesson is known as center at City Council candi- cast their ballot,” said but the D.A., the proposi- say that societal pressure” a savvy negotiator who have run smoothly. date Dr. Kimberly Ho’s cam- Michael Gomez Daly, execu- tions. It can make a signifi- wasn’t a factor in why he pushed for multiple in- paign headquarters. A cam- tive director of Inland Em- cant change.” voted, Thomas said. “But creases in the city’s min- By Sonja Sharp paign advisor said the cam- pire United. “Most of the Poll worker Brian Sonia- the main reason I voted is … imum wage but has been paign was collecting com- folks I spoke to in line were Wallace said the Huntington to say that I at least tried to dogged by accusations that Despite a few hiccups, pleted ballots. But Orange there because they had lost Park Public Library site make an impact.” he gives in easily to special California largely breezed County Dist. Atty. Todd their ballots or the ballot where he worked saw an Even regular voters like interests, including real es- through election day with Spitzer said there was con- had misspellings in their early morning rush on Tues- Crystal Frost of Mid-City tate developers. brisk lines, peppy poll work- cern that some people had name. They were there to day, followed by a steady said election workers made While Wesson was serv- ers and rave reviews from arrived with blank ballots, register and vote at the same flow of voters — among them a concerted effort to wel- ing as council president, the voters, many of whom are and that signs in English time.” many first-time voters with come those who might be FBI launched a corruption calling it “the best voting ex- and Vietnamese may have Even those who were reg- birth dates after the George new to the polls. Frost said investigation into City Hall, perience” of their lives. misled some voters. istered found themselves W. Bush-Al Gore election. she’d heard worries about which focused largely on “Voting is going smoothly Elsewhere across the delayed by other problems, “A lot of folks I’m check- Super Tuesday-style lines, Councilman Jose Huizar, across California,” Sam Ma- state, officials saw scattered including an “antiquated” ing in, this is their first elec- which stretched on for hours who faces charges of bribery hood, a spokesman for the reports of electioneering check-in process to ensure tion,” the poll worker said. during the primary election and money laundering and secretary of state, said early and “partisan poll watchers” they hadn’t voted twice — “There’s a huge amount of in March. whom Wesson once called in the day. “We have been intimidating voters. A wom- something every county folks who were born in 2000 But for much of Tuesday, urging Californians to vote an in Sacramento County must do this year, but that and after.” the average wait time to vote early this year, and they re- marched up and down a line only Riverside did by hand, Such voters got a hushed in L.A. County was less than sponded in record num- of voters in Citrus Heights, said Jonathan Mehta Stein welcome at the library, but 10 minutes. bers.” trying to stoke pro-Trump of California Common at many other sites around “I definitely saw a lot of Lottery results A few glitches emerged chants and telling people to Cause. the Southland, they were younger people who were Tonight’s SuperLotto Plus later in the day, but they take off their masks. Men “They are having every greeted with cheers and ap- working the polls — it was a Jackpot: $23 million were isolated cases. draped in Trump flags were voter fill out a reissue form, plause — and in the case of very encouraging environ- Sales close at 7:45 p.m. Indeed, more than spotted at a polling place in and then they have to type those who cast their first ment for first-time voters,” Tonight’s Powerball Jackpot: 12.8 million Californians had Orange County. “We had a the person’s full name and votes at Dodger Stadium, a she said. “There were people $137 million already cast their votes couple of people try to vote address into a laptop, and serenade from the band Ma- walking around while people Sales close at 7 p.m. ahead of Tuesday, including with Trump material on, but that enables them to con- riachi Ausente. were voting and asking you almost 3 million Angelenos we negotiated with the vot- firm that voter has not “I was watching the news needed anything. It was For Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 — an extraordinary show of ers, and we were able to get voted,” he said. “Other coun- this morning and they said great experience.” Mega Millions enthusiasm in an election them to take them off or turn ties have modernized tech- there was a band,” said Poll workers got heaps of Mega number is bold expected to shatter voter them inside out,” said Neal nology, you walk in and your Robert Flores, 26, who drove praise from other local vot- 7-31-44-45-55—Mega 19 turnout records across the Kelley, the Orange County check-in process takes 15 with with his neighbor, 23- ers, who said they were more Jackpot: $129 million country. But many still registrar of voters. “We did seconds.” year-old Alexander Angui- helpful, more informed and Fantasy Five: 4-8-11-15-30 flocked to the polls on Tues- quite a bit of [poll worker] Mehta Stein said be- ano, from the city of Bell to more energized than in pre- day, if only for the classic training on that — we tween 5:30 and 6 p.m. that at the iconic ballpark to cast vious elections. Daily Four: 0-4-3-7 election day experience. worked on de-escalation least five sites in Riverside the first ballots of their “Normally the poll work- Daily Three (midday): 4-9-5 “I like going in there and techniques, we did role were reporting waits of more young lives. “I said let’s see ers are a bunch of old people being in that environment playing. I’m just not seeing than 45 minutes. what’s up.” who are just sour,” said Alan Daily Three (evening): 1-2-5 where I’m with other people those being widespread is- But things were “still Dominque Thomas, a Renshaw, who voted early in Daily Derby: voting — it just makes me sues, which, to be honest, I moving smoothly state- first-time voter from Santa Venice. “But it just seemed (7) Eureka feel very inspired,” said was expecting a little more.” wide,” he said. Ana, had planned to skip like everyone was really (6) Whirl Win Mark Yoshida, who cast his By early afternoon, there Despite the relative calm this election. But when the friendly this time. They did a (9) Winning Spirit ballot at the La Mirada Pub- were reports of long lines in at the polls, Tuesday was 18-year-old college sopho- good job of training and Race time: 1:43.17 lic Library. “I was expecting Riverside County. Spokes- still a dramatic introduction more stepped out of his building the enthusiasm.” Results on the internet: a little more chaos, just be- woman Brooke Federico to the franchise for those chemistry lab class at Santa www.latimes.com/lottery cause it is election day. I was said more electronic ballot who had never voted before. Ana College on Tuesday Times staff writers Cindy General information: kind of hoping to see a little marking machines had been “I’m definitely glad this morning, he got a text from Carcamo, Adam Elmahrek, (800) 568-8379 more drama.” sent to those locations to was my first time voting,” his mom: “Happy Tuesday. I Gale Holland and Julia Wick (Results not available at this number) By early afternoon, a few help speed up the process, said AuDrya Clayton, 19, know you are busy at school. contributed to this report. LATIMES.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 B3

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Report of fake poll site in O.C.

Officials investigate Westminster site that allegedly accepted ballots and gave out ‘I voted’ stickers.

By Adam Elmahrek

Orange County officials said Tuesday that they were investigating reports that someone established a fake voting center at the headquarters of a City Council candidate in Westminster and accepted ballots and handed out “I Voted” stickers. Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley said the incident was under investigation by his Al Seib Los Angeles Times office and the district attor- ADAM TAPIA, 23, came from Whittier to vote Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Mariachi bands played, and volunteers handed out snacks. ney’s office, but wouldn’t comment further. At about 3 CITY BEAT p.m., he said officials were “on scene and active right now.” Video purporting to show the phony voting center was posted on Twitter by Ty Bai- Hoping for that World Series luck ley, an organizer with OC- ForBlackLives, an Insta- gram account supporting At Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles voters step up to the plate, ballots in hand the Black Lives Matter movement. He said activists were patrolling neighbor- NITA LELYVELD background. quo in my time at the sta- think talking and debating hoods looking for voter Tai wore a shirt tie-dyed dium. I didn’t — and I know, ‘People can be is the only way you can fraud — “The orange man It was so foggy blue, white and a sort of much of L.A. doesn’t exactly actually come out with said to watch the polls, so early on pinkish red. It had numbers lean his party’s way. But voting for things better ideas oftentimes.” that’s what we’re doing” — election day on the back: “11 03 2020.” On what I heard from those “Like, hear each other’s when an activist spotted a when I drove a big label on the front who criticized the president that you don’t viewpoints,” his wife said. “Vote Here” sign written in to Dodger printed with “WHY I AM didn’t sound partisan. It believe in, but “I would like to see more black marker. Stadium, but VOTING:” Olivia had writ- was about unity and remov- of it,” he said. “Whoever you Shortly after the video the sun be- ten in black marker “Be- ing barriers that divided they’re still vote for, I think talking is a was posted, a Times report- gan to break cause this is — for real — the people. It sounded patriotic. really, really good thing, and er saw the sign discarded be- through just most important election of It also sounded like the people. They’re I’ve seen less and less of it hind the building. as I arrived, which seemed our lifetime.” future, whatever happens still like you.’ over the last few years.” Bailey said he saw people to match the hopeful mood I An EMT who freelances this time around. Just as I was leaving the walking in with their ballots found in the vote center on for events and on sets, she Nancy Moz, 28, told me — Olivia Tai, stadium, I ran into Lisa and then walking out with “I the top deck. told me she cares deeply she has had it hard during EMT and voter Burnley, 58, who drives Voted” stickers, which he de- People were openly about civil rights and cli- the pandemic. She has two Metro trains for a living and scribed as fake. He called the expressing joy, which felt mate change and wants a jobs — working for Norms had made the trip from Registrar of Voters office, wonderful and novel in a government that protects Restaurants and at a nurs- Young nodded along. “I Lynwood. She did so in which confirmed it’s not an twitchy time so heavy with and supports people. ing home near Westwood want to see people come memory of her late father, official vote center. anxiety, stress and dread. “I would love to be able to that has lost residents and together, how it should be,” who took voting very seri- The purported voting Joy about exercising have a kid and actually have workers to COVID-19. She he said. “People to treat ously and had loved the center was at an address their rights as citizens. Joy work policies that support lives with her family in West- people nice and be kind to Dodgers since Brooklyn. He that is listed as the head- about doing so in a place that. I want to make sure lake — eight people in four everyone.” would have loved to see the quarters of Apogee Interna- they love and are longing to that I can be taken care of as bedrooms. Six of her rela- Mike and Lynn Gott- World Series victory, she tional, a skincare company celebrate in and have I’m aging,” she said. tives have gotten the virus, schalk told me they’d given said. He would have loathed owned by Kimberly Ho, the missed. Joy about the But she also made clear though everyone has made up their Mid-City apart- our president. vice mayor of Westminster, chance to be out in the that the election, for her, it through. ment and moved out to Big “He was such a humble who is up for reelection to company of others — if only was equally about world- She said she was voting Bear after the pandemic hit, man. He would have said, the City Council. A man who briefly and masked. view, which working the for a new president “be- since they could now work ‘Watch out, he’s slick.’ He answered a phone number Joy, too, to be away from polls had brought home. cause I feel he cares a little anywhere remotely. But wouldn’t have gone for none for Apogee said that the ad- the rage they told me they She was opting for “hu- more about the people,” but they’d driven back to town of the negative,” she said. dress was Ho’s campaign keep encountering on social manism,” she told me, for a is also very much voting to make a day of voting with She told me she hoped headquarters. The man de- media and the news, and to focus not on what divides us against the current presi- friends. And also to mark the election would bring clined to give his name or an- be a part of a harmonious but on how most of us are dent. the moment, which they “reunification and stability.” swer questions about the diversity of Americans — of more like each other than “I want my voice to be hoped would be all about “Just look at everything site’s alleged use as a fake so many different ages and different. heard. I believe this is a time change. we didn’t get a chance to do voting center. backgrounds. “People can be voting for to make change. I do believe Lynn is from Germany this year,” Burnley said. She Van Tran, a former state There was no line to get things that you don’t believe that the United States can and not yet able to vote said she laid the blame for assemblyman who is the at- in, but people kept coming in, but they’re still people. become united,” she told here. Mike, 31, comes from that “150%” at the presi- torney for the Ho campaign, and coming — many after They’re still like you. You me. She said she hoped for a Wisconsin. His grandmoth- dent’s feet. acknowledged that people driving long distances. can still relate to them. You future of “acceptance.” er, he said, still lives there As I drove home along were coming there to drop Parents brought their can still look them in the “As a lesbian Hispanic and just voted for the first Sunset Boulevard, I took in off ballots. Tran, a Republi- kids. Big families proudly eyes and see them,” she told person, I want to be more time at age 78. She’d always this year’s world. I passed a can, also said the office was performed their civic duty me. accepted,” she said. “I want been so moderate that she line in front of a sidewalk helping to “advise” voters on together. First-time voter Jazzlyn more acceptance for every- found good on all sides and coronavirus testing site, a how to vote and to help Mariachi bands played. Herrera, 19, a student at Rio one, for everyday life.” so never cared passionately man unloading big sheets of bridge a cultural barrier Cheerful volunteers handed Hondo College, said she had Giovanna Montgomery, enough about who would be plywood to board up his within the local Vietnamese out free sandwiches and come with her parents to 23, said she and her hus- the winner of an election. storefront, other shops community. coffee and water and make a similar statement in band, Jamal Young, 37, But the current president’s already boarded up and The video showed two snacks. And huge cheers her vote for a new president. drove to the stadium from behavior changed that. She blank-faced, the message campaign volunteers with went up every time poll “His words cause a lot of Pomona, maybe hoping told her grandson, “We’ve “To be continued...” on a boxes of what the narrator workers learned that some- anger and hatred,” she said that a little World Series got to get him out of the theater marquee. said appeared to be dis- one had come to vote for the of our current leader. “We luck would rub off on their White House.” And on a concrete em- carded ballots. But Tran first time. need someone more com- ballots. He said he felt the same bankment, a word in silver said the boxes contained “This is amazing. This is posed.” “It’s been a very scary way, especially because of duct tape caught the sun- empty ballot envelopes, not the Los Angeles that I want The president’s words time. Very scary,” she said. how much one man had light: “BREATHE.” ballots, and Kimberly Edds, to represent us,” said Olivia trigger people, she said. “I just feel a lot of racism.” divided the country. That summed up to me Orange County district at- Tai, 34, on a brief break from “They turn against each She said she was hoping “I would like less polar- what I’d just heard from torney’s communications her stint as a Cantonese- other so quickly. And then it that her vote and others ization, more discussion,” voters. director, seemed to confirm speaking poll worker in goes to racism. And it just would lead “to some peace, he told me. “I feel like one of So many of us hope to that. She said Tuesday eve- Chinatown, as she took in expands from there.” some equality. Hopefully the things that’s really un- move past this moment and ning that the office’s investi- the vote center and posed I tried to find a supporter 2021 will bring some pos- fortunate is that there’s less be able to breathe freely gators “have found no evi- with the ball field in the of the presidential status itivity.” talking and debating. And I again, in harmony, together. dence of ballots being discarded at the location. What is being thrown away is the envelopes ballots come in.” “It’s a false controversy that the opponents are cre- Union-backed college board slate leads early ating,” Tran said, gesturing to several activists milling about in the parking lot. contest this year, with 33 Justice Squad” — Karen ise. More candidates were has had to contend with slip- “There is absolutely no evi- The three incumbents candidates vying for the at- Hernandez, Ruffin Patter- able to get on the ballot this ping enrollment, low rates dence whatsoever that any large seats. son, Cory Butler and year because of a change in of degree completion and illegality is happening.” and one challenger Incumbents Andra Hoff- Michelle Manos — raised rules that didn’t require transfer, and the fact that Activists in the parking had faculty support in man, David Vela and Mike barely any money but had them to submit filing fees or most of its students need lot, which was lined with Fong were endorsed by the the support and dedication a certain number of signa- many non-academic sup- Trump campaign flags, said pivotal races for L.A. Los Angeles College Faculty of a small group of students tures, Field said. ports in order to remain they had no relationship community campuses. Guild, the union that repre- and faculty members who The outcome of the elec- enrolled and complete their with Ho’s campaign oppo- sents community college hoped their election would tion will determine the tone academic goals. nents. teachers and wields sub- bring a focus on the board to on the board and whether its The board is responsible “I don’t even know who By Nina Agrawal stantial influence over elec- student priorities. Among members can conduct their for appointing and oversee- her opponent is,” said Justin tion outcomes. For the this camp, Manos, a home- business civilly. In recent ing the chancellor and set- Frazier, an activist with The outcome of an elec- fourth seat, the guild en- less services provider who years monthly board meet- ting policy for the nine-col- Clarity O.C., which de- tion that will determine a dorsed a newcomer, Nichelle was endorsed by the liberal ings have been punctuated lege system: East Los Ange- scribes itself as a grass-roots majority of seats on the gov- Henderson, who is a teacher group Americans for Demo- by acrimony and infighting. les College, Los Angeles City voter engagement organiza- erning board of the nation’s at Cal State L.A. and active cratic Action, is perhaps the “Your No. 1 goal to get College, Los Angeles Harbor tion. largest community college in that university system’s best known. things done is to be a good College, Los Angeles Mis- Ho, who survived a recall district, which serves some union, over incumbent Scott Mona Field, a former colleague,” Field said. sion College, Los Angeles campaign in April, was run- of the most vulnerable stu- Svonkin. longtime board member, de- The new board will Southwest College, Los ning against Tai Do, a police dents in the state, remained The guild spent at least scribed the remaining can- quickly be faced with the im- Angeles Trade-Technical officer who is also on the City uncertain Tuesday night, $1.66 million, mostly on polit- didates as a mix of promis- mediate challenges related College, Los Angeles Valley Council. Because of redis- with three incumbents and ical mailers and phone banking contenders, students to COVID-19 and distance College, Los Angeles Pierce tricting, the two were vying one newcomer holding a ing, to support its preferred and student advocates, un- learning, which have hit low- College and West Los Ange- for the same seat on the non- preliminary edge in early slate of candidates. In early deremployed “consultants” income, Black and Latino les College. partisan council. returns. counts of ballots Tuesday or “freelancers” with little fa- students — who make up the A shift among the mem- Four seats on the seven- night, these were the candi- miliarity with the district, majority of the district’s bers could mean a shift in Times staff writers Richard member Los Angeles Com- dates leading the pack. and “perennials” — individ- roughly 230,000 students — support for Chancellor Winton, Kiera Feldman and munity College District Another camp of candi- uals who repeatedly run for particularly hard. Francisco Rodriguez, who Anh Do contributed to this Board of Trustees were in dates, self-branded the “L.A. election, despite little prom- In addition, the LACCD was named in 2014. report. B4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 SSSS LATIMES.COM

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ Gascón leads in county D.A. contest

[D.A., from B1] the results with her family at their Granada Hills home, ‘I would be said earlier in the night that surprised if the she felt confident that her record on public safety and majority of wealth of experience as a prosecutor would resonate people in L.A. with voters, especially when County were compared to Gascón’s lack of trial experience. willing to say “I would be surprised if the majority of people in L.A. we’re safe enough. County were willing to say Let’s just go for we’re safe enough. Let’s just go for reform. Let’s be bold reform.’ about it. There’s no reason to really pay attention to — Jackie Lacey, these details,” she said. L.A. County district attorney There are 5.8 million registered voters in L.A. County though, and Lacey’s cam- with Gascón and Lacey paign coordinator, Walter trading barbs across digital Koch, cautioned against ads and during a slate of four overreacting to early tallies debates between the pri- that had yet to include elec- mary and general elections. tion day voters. Gascón’s surrogates had be- Lacey, elected in 2012 and gun comparing Lacey’s rhet- seeking a third term, nearly oric on fears of crime spikes ended the race in March. under Gascón to some of Early returns showed her President Trump’s attacks hovering above the 50%- on his political opponents in plus-one vote share needed the late stages of the cam- to win reelection outright in paign, while Lacey repeat- the primary, but Gascón and edly tried to paint her oppo- former public defender nent as an opportunist who Rachel Rossi picked up didn’t care about crime vic- enough ballots to hold her tims. under that threshold. Still, Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times Local activists dogged with Gascón finishing GEORGE GASCÓN, former San Francisco D.A., left, spoke at an election night party at the L.A. Zoo on Tues- Lacey during the campaign, roughly 20 percentage day, saying, “I really hope that L.A. County’s criminal justice system will be the shining house on the hill.” protesting outside her points behind Lacey, many house and office throughout political observers began to the summer. Lacey has said question if he entered the she received numerous race too late or failed to death threats during the broaden his appeal beyond campaign, at least one activists. sparking a Long Beach po- But the dynamics of the lice investigation. A clash race shifted dramatically with Black Lives Matter or- following the police killings ganizers outside her home in of George Floyd in Minneap- March ended with her hus- olis and Breonna Taylor in band, David, pointing a gun Louisville, Ky., which at three unarmed demon- sparked massive protests strators. David Lacey was against police brutality in charged with three counts of Los Angeles and across the misdemeanor assault by the U.S. Lacey has often faced attorney general’s office. criticism for declining to As interest increased, charge Los Angeles police of- more than $19 million ficers and sheriff’s deputies poured into the race. Lacey in a number of controversial collected roughly $7 million shootings of unarmed men in her reelection bid, much of during her eight years in of- it coming in a flood of law en- fice. forcement union contrib- Gascón did not charge an utions from organizations officer in a fatal use of force representing rank-and-file case during his eight -year L.A. police officers and tenure in office in San Fran- county sheriff’s deputies. cisco either, but champi- Gascón’s coffers surged oned legislation last year above $12 million by the end that lowered the threshold of the race, with much of his for officers to be charged in funding coming from Bay such cases. He has also Area mega-donors who have promised, if elected, to re- backed reforms such as Pro- open investigations into a position 47, which reclassi- number of officer-involved fied some nonviolent of- shootings in which Lacey defenses from felonies to mis- clined to file charges. demeanors, and measures Nationwide calls for to abolish the death penalty. criminal justice reform drew Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times Liberal philanthropist more attention to the race, INCUMBENT JACKIE LACEY, the first woman and first African American to head the D.A.’s office, is George Soros also gave more and Gascón picked up en- considered the more traditional tough-on-crime prosecutor and has remained a favorite of law enforcement. than $2 million to Gascón, dorsements from vice presi- and the political action com- dential candidate Kamala Mass.). Prominent Califor- Eric Garcetti, dropped their Lacey, meanwhile, was County Board of Supervi- mittee Color Of Change Harris and U.S. Sens. Bernie nia politicians, including endorsements of Lacey and backed by Sen. Dianne Fein- sors and San Francisco raised more than $3 million Sanders (D-Vermont) and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D- chose to back Gascón in- stein (D-Calif.), several Mayor London Breed. The for Gascon in the final two Elizabeth Warren (D- Burbank) and L.A. Mayor stead. members of the Los Angeles race was deeply contentious, months of the race. Ridley-Thomas, Raman leading in council races

[City Council, from B1] “Both of those were issues ams and Leimert Park. contained too many loop- has demonstrated it over near to my heart.” In the latter contest, Rid- holes. And in the wake of the and over again.” While Raman ran with ley-Thomas ran on his dec- George Floyd protests, Ra- “I think it’s time to go to the backing of Bernie Sand- ades of experience and his man called on Ryu to disa- work and deliver on the com- ers, Ryu drew support from list of accomplishments, in- vow the nearly $45,000 spent mitments that I’ve made to city employee unions, the cluding the reopening of on his behalf by the Police work on my priority issue, county’s Democratic Party Martin Luther King Jr. Com- Protective League, which namely homelessness, and and high-profile but fre- munity Hospital and the represents LAPD officers. to not allow it to take a back quently more establishment passage of ballot measures Raman campaigned on a seat to any other policy Democrats, including to pay for public transporta- promise to fight laws “crimi- agenda,” he said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tion and homeless services. nalizing” homelessness and Because he has been on and former Secretary of An outspoken critic of Sher- argued for making the the council previously, Rid- State Hillary Clinton. iff Alex Villanueva, he also LAPD a much smaller ley-Thomas, an elected offi- This was the first time in touted his work as a police armed force, saying many of cial for nearly three decades, more than a century that reformer. the department’s duties is permitted to serve only a Los Angeles conducted its Yoo, 49, worked to por- should be reassigned to single four-year term. regular municipal election tray Ridley-Thomas as a ca- other workers. A member of Yoo, an activist who has in an even-numbered year, reer politician, someone who the L.A. chapter of Demo- challenged City Hall over part of a push by the council would immediately use the cratic Socialists for Ameri- real estate development and Francine Orr Los Angeles Times to boost voter turnout and council office as a stepping- ca, Raman spread her mes- other issues, was mounting NITHYA RAMAN, an urban planner seeking to oust bring a greater share of stone for a mayoral bid. With sage nationally, landing fa- her second run for the seat incumbent Councilman David Ryu, on election night. younger, nonwhite and the city buffeted both by a vorable profiles in Vogue but had been heavily out- lower-income voters. Al- homeless crisis and an FBI and the Daily Beast and in- spent. though turnout grew dra- investigation, one that has terviews on bonus segments Raman, 39, waged an ag- matically this year, the resulted in the arrest of two of the “Chapo Trap House” gressive challenge against change did not upend the council members, Yoo ar- podcast. Ryu, propelled by an array of status quo at City Hall. gued that it was time for a Ryu sought to make her grass-roots activists on the A majority of this year’s fresh face in the council’s leftist supporters a cam- left — Democratic Socialists contests were decided in the 10th District. paign issue, highlighting so- of America-Los Angeles and March primary election, “My opponent has been cial media posts from Demo- Ground Game L.A., among with four incumbents — in office for three decades,” cratic Socialists for Ameri- others — combined with the council members Nury Mar- Yoo said Tuesday night. ca-L.A. calling police “pigs” financial might of writers, tinez, Paul Krekorian, John “And the quintessential who work in tandem with actors, directors and others Lee and Marqueece Harris- question is, are we better the Ku Klux Klan. He also in the entertainment indus- Dawson — winning their re- off? And the answer is, no, criticized Raman for signing try. election bids. Former state we are not.” a pledge supporting the Peo- If Raman retains her Sen. Kevin de León, now a In the wealthier 4th Dis- ple’s Budget, which called lead, she will be the first can- councilman, easily van- trict, which includes Han- for the city to allocate less didate to unseat a sitting quished his poorly financed cock Park, Windsor Square than 2% of its general fund to council member since 2003, opponents in his bid to rep- and the Hollywood Hills, law enforcement. when former Assembly Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times resent part of the Eastside. Ryu had run as a reformer Raman called Ryu’s as- Speaker Antonio Villarai- COUNCILMAN David Ryu acknowledged that he Two contests went on to a who succeeded in securing sertion false, saying she did gosa ousted Councilman was lagging in the partial returns Tuesday. second round: the battle be- passage of new limits on not support any specific size Nick Pacheco. In a state- tween Ryu and Raman, campaign donations from cut — and would need more ment, she credited her cam- les no matter what,” she ruption measures and on waged in a district with real estate developers. Ryu, information on LAPD paign’s 2,000 volunteers for said. homelessness, including the wealthy neighborhoods 45, said he had achieved that spending before she could making the council bid “a Ryu, 45, acknowledged construction of new shelter such as Hancock Park and goal despite years of resist- determine how much of a re- special collective effort.” that he was lagging in the beds and affordable housing Hollywood Hills, and the ance from inside City Hall — duction is warranted. “Win or lose, we’re going partial returns. He said he units. contest between Yoo and and would work to make to carry this community en- had tried over the course of “I wanted to make sure I Ridley-Thomas, which has more progress during a sec- Times staff writer Benjamin ergy into building a more the campaign to tell voters had the opportunity to fin- been playing out in parts of ond term. Oreskes contributed to this just, sustainable Los Ange- about his work on anti-cor- ish what I started,” Ryu said. South L.A. such as West Ad- Critics said his measure report. LATIMES.COM S WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 B5

■■■ ELECTION 2020 ■■■ GOP trailing in three crucial House races

[House, from B1] trailed Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros. Cisneros narrowly beat Kim in 2018 in an election prompted by the resignation of longtime Republican Rep. Ed Royce. Kim worked as a longtime aide to Royce before running for the state Assem- bly. The 39th district reaches into Los Angeles County, including Diamond Bar and Hacienda Heights, San Ber- nardino County’s Chino Hills, and northern Orange County cities from Anaheim Hills to Buena Park. Cisneros sought to tie his opponent to Trump by pointing out that Kim backs the president for a second term. Likewise, supporters of Democratic Assemblywom- an Christy Smith hoped that voter anger at Trump would propel her to victory over Republican Rep. Mike Gar- cia in the race for Congres- sional District 25. The district includes parts of L.A.’s Porter Ranch, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Palmdale and Lancaster. Election results showed her leading Garcia. Garcia, a former Navy pi- lot and defense industry executive, won a May special election for the seat, which was left vacant after Rep. Katie Hill resigned in 2019 amid a House Ethics Com- mittee probe into allegations that she had an affair with one of her aides. The two candidates have clashed over climate change, with Smith linking rising temperatures to the forest fires that have ravaged the Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times district. IN THE TRI-COUNTY 39th Congressional District, former Assemblywoman Young Kim, a Republican, trailed Democratic Rep. Gil Cis- Garcia agrees that the neros, above in 2019. Cisneros narrowly beat Kim in 2018 in an election prompted by the resignation of longtime Republican Rep. Ed Royce. Earth is warming but argues that better forest manage- in a close rematch Tuesday inos in the country, with Lat- resentatives. that though the group does district that Hillary Clinton ment also is needed. night. inos constituting three- The national Republican not reveal its internal won by 15 points, being up by Another closely watched The heavily rural district quarters of the population campaign arm last year polling, there was evidence 10, or [California Rep.] Mike race is Congressional Dis- includes Kings County and and about 57% of registered hired a state director to lead that some of its candidates Garcia winning again in a trict 21 in the Central Valley, portions of Fresno, Tulare voters. its operation and launched were doing well leading up to Hillary district,” he said. where Democratic Rep. T.J. and Kern counties, and has a In all, the Republican an aggressive effort at a the election. Cox is being challenged by reputation as a blue-collar, Party lost seven California comeback. “There’s enough data out Times staff writers the politician he narrowly tight-knit community. congressional districts amid Justin Richards, political there to show how strong Hailey Branson-Potts, unseated in 2018, former Re- It is also one of the con- a 2018 anti-Trump blue wave director of the National Re- some of our candidates are Stephanie Lai, Anh Do and publican Rep. David Val- gressional districts with the that helped Democrats republican Congressional doing, whether it’s David Sarah D. Wire contributed adao. Valadao and Cox were highest percentage of Lat- take the U.S. House of Rep- Committee, said last month Valadao in California 21, a to this report. Face of a country divided LEGAL NOTICE If you paid the City of Los Angeles’ [Lopez, from B1] Natural Gas Utility User Tax on front-line medical workers like her are at greater risk because of it. 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The City message is that so many at a voting center inside The Wiltern on Tuesday. denies the allegations; the Court did not issue a final decision, and the parties have attended large gatherings without masks — in- better wall four years ago I buy my masks in boxes agreed to a Settlement to avoid the expense and risk of continued litigation. cluding rallies for President and he’s finally delivered; we of 50, and they run about Who is included? You are a “Class Member” if you are a Southern California Trump — and later gotten just didn’t know it would be three for a dollar. I know sick or died. 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After deducting might soon give Dr. An- throw open the doors of venience to wear them. And administrative expenses, service awards of up to $40,000, $500,000 in thony Fauci the ax. commerce, even as bodies of course I also social dis- “I’m pretty sure Dr. Fauci piled up. tance and avoid gatherings. payments to non-profit charitable organizations, and attorneys’ fees of up has more knowledge about And in Redding, the It’s alarming to me that to 25% of the Settlement Fund (e.g., up to $8,125,000 if the Settlement the virus than the presi- resistance to sound medical the race between Trump Fund is $32,500,000) and reimbursement of expenses up to $200,000, the dent,” Sherry said. advice endures, led by the and Joe Biden was such a No doubt, but as Irma Bethel Church, whose pas- cliffhanger right up to the balance of the Settlement Fund will be distributed by reducing the GUT put it, the world has gone tors are fans of Trump. But end, but I don’t think it rate for SCGC customers between 90 days after the Settlement becomes mad, or at least the United as my colleagues Hailey would have been nearly as final and 6 years thereafter (the “Abatement Period”). If you are not subject States has. We’ve gone from Branson-Potts and Anita close if Trump had been big superpower to backwater, Chabria reported, the enough to quit the tough- to the GUT during all or a portion of the Abatement Period, you will not with medical advice dis- church was such a virus guy act for a while and be- directly receive the full benefits of the Settlement. missed and scientific re- spreader, businesses in have like any competent search mocked, and that’s town were forced to scale leader and decent grownup Your options. If you do nothing, you stay in the Settlement, your rights are just for starters. back operations to stem the would have. affected, and, if you remain a Class Member during the Abatement Period, We teach our youngsters surge of new infections. All he had to do was say you will receive the benefits described above. If you wish to preserve your not to call people names, “In recent weeks,” the that the virus was too seri- not to mock, not to be self- story said, “more than 300 ous to be taken lightly, and right to sue the City for any legal claim resolved by this Settlement, you ish and not to lie. And then COVID-19 cases have been that if we acted collectively must request exclusion by December 29, 2020 or by January 18, 2021 if we elect a president who not reported by the church to distance ourselves and you received a re-mailed notice. If you do not exclude yourself, you may only models all of those and its Bethel School of wear masks, we’d likely be things and makes bigots feel Supernatural Ministry (or able to accelerate a smartly object by December 29, 2020, or by January 18, 2021 if you received a pretty good about them- BSSM), an unaccredited planned, phased reopening re-mailed notice. selves, but is admired by school focused on prophecy of schools and businesses. roughly half the nation’s and miracles. It has been So much suffering could The hearing. The Court will hold a hearing (Engquist v. City of Los voters because of it. Are we the largest cluster of cases have been avoided, and the Angeles, No. BC591331) at 10:30 a.m. on March 17, 2021 in Department idiotic enough to elect him in Shasta County.” economy wouldn’t have again? As I write on Tues- Shasta officials blamed taken such a beating. And SS1 of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 312 North day, that’s not clear, and it the surge on “crowded living Trump likely would have Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012 to decide whether to approve may not be by the time conditions for students and sealed his victory. the Settlement. You or your lawyer may appear at your own expense. you’re reading this, either. leadership publicly ques- If Trump loses, his blus- I never thought I’d see an tioning the effectiveness of ter and stubbornness finally More information. A detailed notice, the settlement agreement electorate so sharply di- masks.” will have done him in. 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10,000 who are living in cam- UCSD compares with the Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices By Gary Robbins pus housing. They’re staying nine other undergraduate SUMMONS SUMMONS in La Jolla to get a sem- campuses in the University CITACION JUDICIAL CITACION JUDICIAL UC San Diego’s fall blance of college life, even of California system, which enrollment unexpectedly though everyone must wear has yet to release compre- Case Number (Numerodel Caso): Case Number (Numero del Caso): 20STCV03875 19CHCV00891 jumped by 840, pushing the masks and practice social hensive data or to report NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: campus past the 40,000 distancing to fight the virus. whether there’s been a ma- NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): mark for the first time and Many students also need jor decline in foreign stu- (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Mary Hou close to the school’s proj- housing because they’re far dents, who pay twice the tu- GREGORYMAYNE,and DOES 1through 25, inclusive, YOUARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ected capacity. from home. UCSD has one of ition of California residents. YOUARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LOESTADEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Campus officials thought the largest international stu- The Cal State system has (LOESTADEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Thomas Yeh enrollment might drop by dent populations in the U.S. broken out enrollment infor- CITYOFSAN FERNANDO,amunicipal corporation NOTICE! Youhavebeen sued.The courtmay decide 800 or so due to the impact of The latest surge in mation for its 23 campuses, NOTICE! Youhavebeen sued.The courtmay decide against youwithout your being heardunless you the novel coronavirus, which growth means UCSD is less and the picture is mixed. against youwithout your being heardunless you respondwithin 30 days.Read the informationbelow. has helped cut undergradu- than 1,000 students away San Diego State’s en- respond within 30 days.Read the information below. Youhave30CALENDARDAYSafter this summons Youhave30CALENDAR DAYS afterthis summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written ate numbers across the from hitting its capacity of rollment jumped nearly 500, and legal papers areservedonyou to file awritten response at this courtand have acopyservedonthe country by 4%, according to 42,400, as laid out in a long- to 35,578, one of its highest response at this courtand have acopyservedonthe plaintiff.Aletter or phone call will not protectyou. plaintiff.Aletter or phone call will not protectyou. Your written response mustbeinproper legal form if the National Student Clear- range plan adopted only two counts in years. Cal State Your written response must be in proper legal form if youwantthe courttohear your case.Theremay be inghouse Research Center. years ago. The school wasn’t Fullerton added 1,540, reach- youwantthe courttohear your case.Theremay be acourt form thatyou can use foryour response.You But UCSD — which just expected to reach that num- ing 41,408. And Cal State acourt form thatyou canuse foryour response.You can find these courtforms andmoreinformation at can find these courtforms and moreinformation at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. began its 60th year — hit the ber until 2035. Long Beach grew by 1,286, the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county lawlibrary, or 40,473 mark, school officials The capacity number will hitting 39,360. But San Fran- courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county lawlibrary, or the courthouse nearest you. If youcannot paythe fil- say. The campus enrolled a likely be adjusted upward. cisco State lost 1,808 stu- the courthouse nearest you. If youcannot paythe filing fee, askthe courtclerk forafee waiver form.Ifyou ing fee, askthe courtclerk forafee waiver form.Ifyou do not file your response on time,you maylose the record 31,842 undergradu- Even amid a pandemic, dents, falling to 27,072, and do not file your response on time,you maylose the case by default, and your wages,money,and property ates — 1,048 more than it had UCSD is in a construction Cal State San Bernardino case by default, and your wages,money,and property maybetaken without further warning from the court. in fall 2019. And graduate stu- boom that will add about lost 907, dropping to 19,404. maybetaken without further warning from the court. Thereare other legal requirements.You may Thereare other legal requirements.You may want to call an attorney rightaway. If youdonot dent enrollment came in at 5,000 beds to campus hous- At many schools, want to call an attorney rightaway. If youdonot know an attorney,you maywanttocall an attorney 8,631, a small dip over last ing, which already can han- enrollment was largely un- know an attorney,you maywanttocall an attorney referral service. If youcannot affordanattorney,you year. dle more than 17,000 stu- changed. referral service. If youcannot affordanattorney, you maybeeligible forfreelegal services from anonprofit maybeeligible forfreelegal services from anonprofit legal services program. Youcan locate these nonprofit Most students are taking dents. legal services program. Youcan locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services WebSite(www. the majority of their classes It is unclear how the Robbins writes for the San groups at theCalifornia Legal Services WebSite(www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Diego Union-Tribune. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or online, including the roughly enrollment situation at Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local courtorcounty bar associa- by contacting your local courtorcounty bar association. NOTE: Thecourt has astatutorylien forwaived tion. 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mein and egg rolls,” he restaurant called the For- This was directly counter By Lucas Kwan wrote. bidden City. to the quick-and-easy ste- Peterson The primary language of But it was a 1960 trip to reotype that many Ameri- Chinese immigrants in the visit her sister Sophie in San cans held about the cuisine. he’s been called U.S. when Chiang arrived Francisco that set Chiang The restaurant wasn’t nearly every superla- was Cantonese — not Man- on her inadvertent path to immediately successful, but tive: a trailblazer, an darin, which she spoke — culinary immortality. The about a year after opening, S icon, the grand dame and the cuisine of immi- story of how the Mandarin the Mandarin received a of Chinese cuisine, grants from Hong Kong and came to be, now nearly apoc- mention from the San Fran- the mother of modern Chi- Southern China dominated ryphal, goes like this: Chiang cisco Chronicle’s Herb Cain. Eric Risberg Associated Press nese cooking, the Julia Child Chinatowns nationwide. fronted a couple of acquaint- The effect of the powerful ‘AN INSPIRATION’ of Chinese food. Chiang is credited with be- ances $10,000 on a restau- columnist’s write-up was in- Chiang’s San Francisco hot spot, the Mandarin, Cecilia Chiang, the per- ing the first to popularize re- rant lease. They backed out stant. Soon there was a line became an indispensable Bay Area institution. son largely credited for in- gional Chinese favorites that on the deal and the landlord out the door. troducing regional Chinese she grew up loving. wouldn’t return the money. The success caused Chi- dishes to the United States In Food & Wine, Museum Rather than rue the lost ang to relocate the 65-seat and out of the food commu- should punish you.’ ” and transforming the way of Food and Drink director funds, Chiang made a deci- restaurant to a larger space nity: James Beard, Alice Wa- She remained active af- Americans think about Chi- Peter Kim called Chiang sion: She would open a in Ghirardelli Square in 1968, ters, Jackie Kennedy and ter her official retirement, nese cooking, was all of those “paradigm-shifting.” restaurant herself. but racist tropes nearly pre- John Lennon all flocked to consulting and supporting things but still, somehow, “She introduced Ameri- Chiang was not a chef, vented the move. The leas- enjoy Chiang’s food. After her son, Philip, as he co- underappreciated. cans to an entirely new set of nor had she ever opened a ing company originally three decades, Chiang sold founded the successful P.F. Chiang, who opened the flavors from Northern restaurant on her own. But didn’t want a Chinese the restaurant in 1991. It Chang’s restaurant chain. high-end restaurant the China, Sichuan, and Hu- she had drive, an excellent restaurant in its commercial closed permanently in 2006. Chiang went out on the Mandarin in 1961 and op- nan,” he said. Her influence palate and a determination complex. After an inspec- Chiang was appreciative town and attended parties erated it for the next three continues to inspire contem- to make the business work. tion to make sure the facility of opportunities moving to and restaurant openings decades, died Oct. 28 of na- porary chefs. Amazed by the lack of va- was sufficiently clean, Chi- the U.S. afforded her. well into her late 90s, her tural causes at her San Fran- “Cecilia Chiang was truly riety in Chinatown, Chiang ang was offered a lease. “Here in America we are granddaughter Siena said. cisco home, the Associated an inspiration to me as a sought to create a space in The Mandarin became so lucky,” Chiang said in She remained, as ever, pas- Press reported. She was 100. young cook,” said chef Mei the image of the food she an indispensable Bay Area 2008. “When I hear people sionate and taking advan- The Mandarin opened on Lin of Nightshade via text grew up with: elegant, re- institution, and a must-visit complain in this country, I tage of every moment she Polk Street before moving to message. “There might not fined, and technique-driven. for celebrities from both in think to myself, ‘Oh, God had. larger digs in Ghirardelli be a person who did more to Square in 1968 to accommo- progress the discourse on date its growing clientele. Chinese food in America At the Mandarin, visitors away from cheap takeout RANCE ALLEN could enjoy dishes fairly and onto the menus at some commonplace to diners to- of the finest restaurants in day but that many Ameri- the world.” cans had never tried before Born near Shanghai to a — pot stickers, Peking duck wealthy family on Sept. 18, Gospel superstar found crossover fame and hot and sour soup. 1920, Chiang, the seventh of Back then, the majority 12 children, grew up in luxury of Americans’ experience in the imperial city of Beijing associated press ment that Allen died early who formed his group with gospel sounds for secular with Chinese food came in and came of age during the Saturday while recovering his brothers Tom and Steve. themes. On “Just My Salva- the form of dishes that long conflict between Chi- from a procedure at Heart- Another sibling, Esau, occa- tion,” the Allen Group re- catered heavily to the ang Kai-shek’s Nationalists ospel star Rance land at ProMedica in Sylva- sionally joined them. A pro- worked the Temptations’ American palate. and China’s fledgling Com- Allen, whose nia, Ohio. Allen was a long- motion man for Stax Re- “Just My Imagination” into “Cecilia single-handedly munist Party. Rance Allen time Toledo, Ohio, resident cords heard them at a De- an uptempo hymn. brought traditional regional Following the Japanese G Group drew up- and most recently bishop for troit talent contest, and they The Allens were inducted Chinese cuisine to the invasion of China in 1939, the on contempo- Church of God in Christ in signed with the label’s into the Gospel Music Hall of American table with imagi- family’s luck took a down- rary sounds for such 1970s Michigan. Gospel Truth imprint. Fame in 1998. Rance Allen nation and diversity,” said turn. In her memoir “The hits as “Ain’t No Need of Cry- “I am so sorry to hear of Like the Winans and oth- was nominated for a Martin Yan, chef and long- Seventh Daughter: My Culi- ing” and “I Belong to You” the passing of Gospel Great, ers, the Allens inverted the Grammy in 2009 for best time host of the PBS cooking nary Journey from Beijing to and anticipated such cross- Bishop Rance Allen,” singer formula of soul performers gospel performance for “I program “Yan Can Cook” via San Francisco,” Chiang over gospel artists as the Gloria Gaynor tweeted. “He like Ray Charles who used Understand.” email. wrote that her family took Winans and Amy Grant, has will surely enrich the heav- “She elevated the Ameri- the last plane out of Shang- died at age 71. enly choir now.” can public’s understanding hai in 1949 before the Com- Allen’s wife, Ellen Allen, A native of Monroe, of Chinese food above and munist takeover and settled and manager Toby Jackson Mich., Allen was a singer, beyond chop suey, chow in Tokyo, investing in a announced in a joint state- songwriter and musician OBITUARY NOTICES

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[LAUSD, from B1] the narrow union-leaning majority — although no board members have voted BERGAN, Helge DIETZEL, Karl F. lockstep with their support- May19, 1944 -October 22, 2020 January17, 1918 -October 28, 2020 ers on every issue. Helge Kristian Bergan of Rancho Karl F. Dietzelpassed away As with everything else in Palos Verdes,California, passed away unexpectedly October28, 2020 at the 2020, the COVID-19 pan- on Thursday, October22, 2020 at ageof102. Born onJanuary17, 1918 demic affected both the the age of 76. Helge wasbornin in TheDalles,Oregonyoungest son campaign and campaign is- Sandefjord, Norway on May19, 1944 of Ferdinand and Eleanore(Hillgen) Dietzel. sues. L.A. Unified campuses to Erling and Kristine Bergan. After graduating from Gymnasium in his shut down on March 13 and hometownhemovedtoVienna,Austria In1927,at the age ofnine,his family remained entirely closed for to studybusiness at Vienna university movedfromOregontoPasadena. Karl in-person instruction until of Economics and Business (WU) and attended St.Phillips Catholic School Oct. 5, when teachers began then transferred to California and through 8th grade and then went onto John Marshall Jr.High fortwo limited one-on-one tutoring. graduatedfromFresnoState College, California in 1969 with an MBA. While yrs.Then attended Pasadena Junior So far, about 1,000 of the in Fresno,hemet his wife Toshie who College (PCC) lowerdivision for 2yrs., district’s 460,000 K-12 stu- also attended college there. They were and upper division Junior College for dents have been able to take married in November 1970 and have 2yrs.wherehegraduatedwith an AA advantage of this tutoring, sincemade their home in Rancho Palos degree. according to district figures, Verdes.Helge’scareer hasbeen inthe health insurancebusiness.Hewas a He servedinthe military(US ARMY leading to increasing frus- member of WilshireCountryClub in Medical Administration Corps) from tration among students and LosAngeles and wasanavid golfer. December 2, 1941 until February1946. parents who already are be- He also,enjoyedplaying bridge and He applied for, wasacceptedbyand set with the challenges of learned much from his wife.Helge was graduatedfromOfficers Candidate very proudofhis Norwegian roots and School (OCS). He served2yrs.in learning from home. the European TheaterofOperations Several thousand more an activepersoninthe Norwegian/ Scandinavian communities in Los (ETO).His unit, the30th Medical students could soon benefit Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times Angeles.Hewas former Presidentof Depot Companywas awarded the from extra help — because THE L.A. school board could lean toward a charter school view, if early vote tal- the famous Norwegian Fish Club at Meritorious ServiceUnit plaque for the district and union lies hold. Above, UCLA students rally for a measure on the state ballot. Nansen Field in PalosVerdes.Hewill be superior performances.Atthe time of remembered as apositive, social and his discharge he had reached the rank agreed this week on pro- of Captain. Karl wasalwaysagreat cedures to allow up to three sending teachers and allies being spent against him — A possible parallel would outgoing Viking who lovedbeing with his family and friends.Onhis annual patriot and supporterofour country students per teacher at a door to door in residential and the possibility that dis- be Measure Q, which the tripstoNorway he alwaysreserved and its Military. time. neighborhoods. This ap- satisfied voters would unite school district put on the time to see his old childhood friends Only students with spe- proach was abandoned be- behind the one remaining ballot in 2008. That earlier and schoolmates. With saddened In 1946, Karl wasemployedby heart–hereisourfarewelltoastto you Pacific Bell as a“YellowPages” cial needs are eligible for cause of the pandemic. In- challenger in the Tuesday $7-billion bond measure salesman, worked for 30 years and these services. Campuses stead, the union has empha- runoff. passed easily during the No- Helge,“SKÅL”!!! SinceHelge wasabig supporterofthe Norwegian Seamen’s retired in 1976. At retirement, he will not reopen for all stu- sized calling voters, which The District 7 winner will vember election that Church and also Nansen Field,inlieu wasthe General DirectoryProduction dents until January at the the pro-charter side has replace longtime incumbent brought Barack Obama to of flowers,please consider making a Manager,incharge of all of Pacific earliest. done as well. and current board President office. donation in Helge’s name to the Nordic Bell’stelephone directories from VenturatoSan Diego. One question hanging Another election wild- Richard Vladovic, who is Then as now, liberal- CupGolf in which all proceeds aresplit over the campaign is how card is a change in the timing barred from seeking reelec- leaning Democrats were es- evenly between both organizations. Youcan donate on line https://www. Karl married BarbaraWimmer on the coronavirus would affect of elections. In the past, tion by term limits. pecially inspired to vote. nordiccup.org/ or by check, made out April 17, 1941 and they celebrated voters. The one incumbent, school board elections were On policy matters, Some of the Measure Q mon- to Nordic CupGold,and send to P. OBox 50 yrs.ofmarriage in 1992. Barbara Schmerelson, defended the settled in low-turnout mu- Vladovic moved toward or ey remains, but all of it is 1621, SanPedroCA90733 passed in 1997. Four years later(2001) district’s response. The nicipal elections. This elec- away from charters or committed to projects, and Karl married artist Carmela Marchese who broughtarenewed joytohis life. other three candidates were tion, however, marks a unions at various times. Re- there’s a substantial addi- She passed way December 27, 2017. more critical, saying more switch of the board races to cently, the unions have been tional need for repairs and students should have been the general election. more pleased with his posi- upgrades across the largest Karl enjoyedcards,playing games, helped sooner in receiving The campaign dynamic tions. school district in California. camping,photography, tennis,golf, computers and internet — charters versus unions — The two candidates — The long list includes traveling (he’d visited60countries), gardening,writing,his family and access to do schoolwork en- oversimplifies existential Franklin and Castellanos — work on ceilings, bus pur- friends. tirely from home. questions facing L.A. Uni- staked out similar policy po- chases, new air conditioners Campaign forums took fied. sitions, including in re- and seismic retrofits. Also Karl is preceded in death by his two place online, and the issues Long-standing problems sponse to the pandemic. But on the list are mobile com- To place sisters Louise D. Allen and Eleanore included the district’s re- include serious financial they presented different puters and other technol- D. Rogers and brother LaurenceA. Dietzel.Karl is survived by 6nieces sponse to the pandemic. strains and ongoing con- strengths to voters. The ogy. an obituary ad and nephews and 25 grand nieces It was not a new devel- tention over how best to union-backed Castellanos, Money also could be used and nephews.Hemade an indelible opment for charter support- serve low-income Black and 50, brought the experience of to pay for a portion of the please go positiveimpactonall their lives. ers to outspend unions, but Latino students who are lag- a current district parent and district’s response to the that differential reached ging academically and will political savvy. Charter- COVID-19 pandemic — al- online to: Ourworld is sadder without him but oh so much richer because of him. new levels in this campaign, have additional academic backed Franklin, 36, count- though officials hope that according to figures com- ground to make up when ers with education experi- funding for this purpose will latimes.com/placeobituary At his request,asmall private piled by the City Ethics campuses ultimately re- ence as a former classroom come from elsewhere. memorial will be held.Ashes scattered Commission, which collects open. teacher and as an adminis- To make the bond tax at sea. campaign spending infor- The District 3 race pitted trator within a group of L.A. more appealing — and less In lieu of flowers,those so inclined mation. Schmerelson, 69, a longtime schools. noticeable — L.A. Unified of- maywish to consider making a An independent cam- and well-liked principal, In the March primary, ficials structured the overall donation in Karl F. Dietzel’smemoryto: paign in support of Koziatek against Koziatek, 39, who Castellanos received 27% of tax rate for schools to re- or call spent more than five times manages community out- the vote and Franklin 24%. main about where it is now, 1-800-234-4444 Missionaries of Charity as much as did one on behalf reach for Granada Hills Three other candidates split through 2034, before the tax (MotherTeresa) 335 East 145th Street of Schmerelson. The spend- Charter High School. Her the remainder of the vote. rate begins to taper off over TheBronx, NewYork10451 ing differential in the other two children attend a tradi- Hopes were high among the following 20 years. race favored Franklin by tional neighborhood public supporters for Measure RR The Howard Jarvis Tax- FRIEDMAN, Ray J. more than 3 to 1. elementary school. because there was no signifi- payers Assn. opposed the Mount Sinai Memorial Parks - The teachers union has Schmerelson finished cant opposition campaign measure as an unfair addi- Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076 compensated for this differ- first in the March primary, and the November elector- tional burden, asserting www.mountsinaiparks.org ence in the past with a well- with 42% of the vote, but was ate was expected to be more that past bond funds have developed ground game — at risk because of the money tax friendly. not been spent efficiently. latimes.com/placeobituary B8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM SPORTS

NFL WEEK 9 :: CHARGERS VS. LAS VEGAS SUNDAY AT SOFI STADIUM, 1:05 P.M. | TV: CHANNEL 11 No defending Chargers’ lapses

Pass rush, secondary have struggled late in games, leading to huge blown leads.

By Emmanuel Morgan

A frustrated Drue Tran- quill took to Twitter on Sun- day night to express his dis- appointment. Watching the Chargers Jeff Bottari Associated Press lose 31-30 to the Denver Broncos by relinquishing a double-digit lead for the ‘They have an fourth time this season, the injured linebacker posted a outstanding widely used quote to his 21,000 followers: pass rush when “Insanity is doing the everybody’s same thing over and over again and expecting differ- available.’ ent results.” His teammates and — JON GRUDEN, coaches agree. After playing Las Vegas Raiders coach, who solid defense for much of said he’s not overlooking the their games, the Chargers Chargers ahead of Sunday’s have repeatedly collapsed, game between the teams allowing opposing offenses to mount comebacks in the second half. Now, the players and staff are dissecting the and the Saints, because of a problem. knee injury. “As a whole, each player Las Vegas Raiders coach needs to hold a little bit more Jon Gruden said those in- accountability and go out juries, along with the ab- there and make these plays,” sence of safety Derwin cornerback Casey Hayward James, have contributed to said. the Chargers’ struggles. He A Times review of film said Bradley’s scheme is found that opposing of- “proven to go a long way in fenses regularly attack the the playoffs” because the Chargers’ zone defensive Chargers used it in the 2018 secondary, gashing it for season when they reached yards in the middle of the the AFC divisional round of field or along the sideline en the playoffs. Ahead of the route to winning games. teams’ matchup Sunday, The Chargers’ continued Gruden said he won’t over- use of four-man rushes, Justin Edmonds Associated Press look the Chargers. which is considered the SAFETY RAYSHAWN JENKINS tackles Broncos tight end Noah Fant on Sunday, when the Chargers “They have an outstand- team’s strength, fizzles late continued an alarming trend by blowing a 21-point second-half lead in a 31-30 loss that dropped them to 2-5. ing pass rush when every- in games, allowing quarter- body’s available,” Gruden backs time to find open re- The Chargers have at- minute warning. But then, safeties. One of the defend- fore halftime. said. “They’re still capable of ceivers in the zone’s soft tributed their late-game Brees orchestrated a surgi- ers slipped, and Hamilton “That team did not do making big plays and col- spots. meltdowns to mistakes such cal drive, completing five raced to the end zone for a anything different in the lapsing the pocket and get- Against the Broncos, as blown assignments and consecutive passes under 40-yard touchdown, cutting first half than in the second ting after your quarter- New Orleans Saints and missed tackles. the Chargers’ zone coverage Denver’s deficit to 27-24. half,” Lynn said. “That’s back.” Tampa Bay Buccaneers — in After the 38-31 loss to the for 50 yards, setting the On the game’s final drive, what makes that so frustrat- Lynn said things might games the Chargers lost af- Buccaneers, defensive coor- Saints up at the one-yard Lock connected with run- ing. In the first half, you look “speed up” for younger play- ter leading by 17 points or dinator Gus Bradley bluntly line. ning backs Melvin Gordon like the 1985 Bears. In the ers late in games, causing more — the Chargers rushed assessed his group’s capa- He then scored on a and Phillip Lindsay on three second half, you give up [28] miscommunications. He’s more than four players on bilities if it doesn’t play quarterback sneak, igniting consecutive short passes points.” confident the team can cor- about 9% of pass plays when soundly. New Orleans’ come-from- near the right sideline The Chargers boast one rect its shortcomings but they were in the lead, ac- “When we’re not very pre- behind victory. The Char- underneath the Chargers’ of the most feared pass- suggested he and the staff cording to film review. cise, if we’re not on it, we can gers rushed four on every zone, including a pitch-and- rushing duos in the NFL in could “dial back” some of the During those sequences, become very, very average,” play that sequence. catch with Gordon that con- defensive ends Joey Bosa defense’s most intricate con- the Chargers produced only he said. Halfway through the verted a first down. and Melvin Ingram. cepts. three sacks. Hayward be- Teams have capitalized fourth quarter Sunday, Den- Five plays later, the Bron- Bosa has been fighting “There’s not a whole lot lieves the secondary can cor- on the schematic choices as ver quarterback Drew Lock cos scored a final-play through nagging injuries to change, but these guys do rect the coverages if it cleans well as those lapses. faced a four-man rush, then touchdown and won on the and was being evaluated for a heck of a job of getting up its execution. For nearly two quarters, found wide receiver Dae- extra point. Coach Anthony a concussion during the final these young men ready to be “Everybody every week is the Chargers held quarter- Sean Hamilton on a post Lynn said Sunday’s per- drive against the Broncos. in these positions where trying to beat us the same back Drew Brees to 43 yards route in the middle of the formance might be the most He remains in the concus- they’re playing good ball,” way, and we know that,” passing and forced an inter- field. Hamilton was open in discouraging, especially af- sion protocol. Ingram Lynn said. “But to finish Hayward said. “We just have ception, and the Saints the zone behind the line- ter the Chargers limited the missed three games, includ- games like this, we have to to try and be on our stuff.” trailed 20-3 after the two- backers and in front of the Broncos to 60 total yards being against the Buccaneers communicate better.”

MIDSEASON REPORT Rams must mature to handle second-half schedule

were second in 2018 at hand injuries, respectively, By Gary Klein 32.9 points a game. Last sea- also will benefit. son, they were 11th, averag- Offensive lineman Joe Multiple cross-country ing 24.6 points. Noteboom returned from a trips for games did not seem They also have not knee injury last week, and to bother them. A steady proved they can consistently Fuller is expected to be back diet of weak NFC East oppo- defeat good teams. See from a shoulder injury when nents gave them confidence. losses to the Buffalo Bills, the Rams play Seattle. And they appeared primed San Francisco 49ers and Mi- The Rams have non-divi- to finish the first half of their ami Dolphins. sion games remaining season with momentum. Though Goff did com- against the struggling New Then the Rams traveled plete one long touchdown England Patriots (2-5), win- to Miami. pass to wide receiver Robert less New York Jets (0-8) and An embarrassing loss to Woods against Washington, Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay the Dolphins left coach Sean the Rams do not have a prov- Buccaneers (6-2). They play McVay’s team limping en deep threat. That was ex- the Seahawks (6-1) and Ari- psychologically into their posed again by a Dolphins zona Cardinals (5-2) twice week off. defensive plan that dared and the 49ers (4-4) once in The Rams are 5-3 and the Rams to beat them deep. NFC West games. still regarded as playoff con- Tight end Tyler Higbee tenders. caught three touchdown What about Yet a team that began the passes in a Week 2 win at season with the one of the Philadelphia. Goff has not the division? NFL’s youngest rosters connected with him in the Every team is .500 or bet- must now mature in the final John Cordes Associated Press end zone since then. ter. eight games — and not only AARON DONALD, here tackling the Bears’ David Montgomery, is playing at his The decision to part ways Seattle quarterback Rus- the rookies. The Rams, who usual all-pro level for the young Rams (5-3), whose remaining slate is difficult. with longtime kicker Greg sell Wilson is making a run beat only one team with a Zuerlein is haunting the for his first most valuable winning record in the first defense (197.1 yards a game), linebackers Micah Kiser, and Malcolm Brown, who Rams. Rookie Samuel Slo- player award. He has passed half of the season, play five fourth in rushing defense Kenny Young and Troy have shared most of the man was released and re- for 26 touchdowns, with six games against tough (94.8 yards a game) and tied Reeder have not been weak workload in a rushing attack placed by veteran Kai For- interceptions, for a team NFC West opponents in the for third in scoring defense links. Cornerback Jalen that ranks seventh in the bath, but Forbath’s near- that averages a league-best second half. (19 points a game). Ramsey and safety John NFL. Will rookie running whiff on a 48-yard field-goal 34.3 points. Coach Pete Car- Unlike the previous two Defensive lineman Aaron Johnson are leading a sec- back Cam Akers and rookie attempt against the Dol- roll is known for defense, but seasons, which featured Donald has nine of the ondary that received big wide receiver Van Jefferson phins will leave him in a com- the Seahawks rank last in headline-grabbing deals at Rams’ 25 sacks and appears plays from cornerbacks have larger roles in the sec- petition with practice- the league in yards allowed. the trade deadline, the on pace for a run at a third Troy Hill and Darious ond half? squad kicker Austin Cardinals quarterback Rams stood pat and let NFL defensive player of the Williams and safeties Jordan Punter Johnny Hekker is MacGinnis. Kyler Murray has accounted Tuesday’s deadline pass year award. The front should Fuller and Taylor Rapp. performing at an all-pro for 20 touchdowns (13 pass- without making a move. get stronger with the addi- The Rams rank eighth in level. What’s next ing) in his second season A look at where the Rams tion of tackle A’Shawn Rob- total offense, averaging The Rams have the week under coach Kliff Kingsbury. stand heading into the sec- inson, who is expected to be 396.4 yards a game. Before a What’s not off to rest, reflect and then The injury-ravaged 49ers ond half of the season: active for a Nov. 15 game four-turnover meltdown at The Rams are amassing regroup. defeated the visiting Rams against the Seattle Sea- Miami, quarterback Jared yardage, but in a season in The time away from the 24-16 on Oct. 18. Now What’s working hawks at SoFi Stadium. Goff performed efficiently as which scoring is up league- field should help Ramsey. quarterback Jimmy Garop- First-year defensive co- Outside linebacker Leonard McVay kept him on the move wide, they are lagging. The He did not play against the polo and tight end George ordinator Brandon Staley Floyd has played well, and with play-action passes and Rams average 24.1 points a Dolphins because of an un- Kittle could be out for ex- oversees a unit that ranks rookie Terrell Lewis could be rollouts. The offensive line game, which ranks 21st in specified illness but was at tended periods because of first in the NFL, giving up a factor in the second half. has mostly played well while the NFL. In 2017, the Rams the team’s facility this week. injuries. That’s not bad news only 291.9 yards a game. The Though young and rela- leading the way for running led the league in scoring at Henderson and Higbee, for the Rams. They host San Rams are second in passing tively inexperienced, inside backs Darrell Henderson 29.9 points a game. They nursing quadriceps and Francisco on Nov. 29. LATIMES.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 B9

UCLA REPORT Bruins THEY GROW UP SO FAST score in Best quarterbacks in Pac-12 are sophomores squaring off in USC’s season opener classes By Ryan Kartje SEASON OPENER By Ben Bolch Fourteen months ago, the Pac-12’s top returning Chip Kelly said he harps quarterback in 2020 was a on just two things with his complete unknown. A three- UCLA players: “books and star recruit, Kedon Slovis 20 USC vs. ball.” surprised many people just While the Bruins have by becoming the USC Tro- Arizona State failed to master the second jans’ top backup. AT THE COLISEUM part of their coach’s mantra, Graham Harrell wasn’t Saturday, 9 a.m. going 7-17 in Kelly’s first two one of those people. Before TV: Channel 11 seasons, they have taken a Slovis took a meaningful winning approach with their snap, USC’s offensive coor- academics. dinator declared his talent have an outsized impact. The football team has to be “as good as I’ve ever Neither had the benefit of a posted program bests for seen.” When the freshman normal offseason. But while the number of Director’s proved him right, throwing Daniels is breaking in a new Honor Roll recipients three for 3,502 yards and 30 touch- offense, led by coordinator times since Kelly’s arrival in downs, Harrell promised Zack Hill, Slovis is entering November 2017. more would be in store for his second season under The team placed 57 play- Slovis in Year 2. Harrell, and their rapport ers on the honor roll that re- That sequel finally will only grew over the offseason. quires at least a 3.0 grade- debut Saturday morning at The quarterback and co- point average while taking a the Coliseum with Slovis, ordinator spent hours on minimum of 12 units in win- one of just four returning Zoom during their quaran- ter quarter 2020, 71 players starting quarterbacks in the tined summer, analyzing dif- on the honor roll in fall quar- conference, set to duel with ferent film cut-ups from ter 2019 and 79 players on the fellow sophomore Jayden Slovis’ freshman season. honor roll in spring quarter Daniels of Arizona State in a “That’s going to help 2020, all topping the previ- matchup of the Pac-12’s con- Thearon W. Henderson Getty Images him,” Harrell said. “So you’ll ous known record of 43 play- sensus top signal callers. see improvements just from ers on the honor roll in fall Neither team is likely to USC’S KEDON SLOVIS decision making and being quarter 2016. face a better quarterback in more and more comfortable. d “We’re really proud of the shortened season — and If you looked down the where our academic trajec- neither can afford an early Height, weight, year: 6-2, 200, sophomore stretch last season, he was tory is headed,” Kelly said, slip-up, if they have any hope 2019: 12 games, 282 completions in 392 passes, 3,502 yards, 30 TDs, 9 INTs playing at a really high level. “and we hope our athletic of contending for the College … I think that’s where his Recruiting ranking by 247Sports.com while at Desert Mountain High success is going to follow Football Playoff. biggest advantage is, having in Scottsdale, Ariz.: that.” For USC, those hopes No. 47 among quarterbacks, No. 705 overall. a year under his belt. He feels UCLA’s team GPA of hang largely on Slovis and Notable: Finished third nationally in completion percentage (71.9%) more comfortable checking 2.989 in winter quarter 2020 the promise of his sopho- and seventh in passing efficiency (167.6). routes and checking plays and 2.977 in the fall quarter more leap. Completion percentage set a USC and NCAA freshman season record. than he did last year, and if 2019 were the best in those He’ll be tasked with out- he sees something, he feels respective quarters in at doing a historic first season more comfortable attacking least five years. Seventeen at the helm. No freshman it.” players logged 4.0 GPAs in quarterback in NCAA his- A strong start from Slovis the spring quarter 2020. tory ever registered a higher should put USC in a much Kelly has said he pri- completion percentage than more comfortable spot. The oritizes high school prospec- Slovis did (71.9%) last year. Trojans won’t face another ts who can succeed both aca- But that precision didn’t familiar face at quarterback demically and in football be- preclude him from first-year until the final game of their cause being disciplined as a mistakes. In two of USC’s regular season, when they student leads to being disci- four regular-season losses, take on Dorian Thompson- plined on the field. he had three passes inter- Robinson and UCLA at the “Just going back to being cepted. Against Brigham Rose Bowl. a recruit, you come to a Young, in Slovis’ first road But they’ll have to first school like this to have high game, those interceptions get past Daniels, who didn’t grades, to be an academic proved especially back- play in last year’s USC-Ari- scholar,” said quarterback breaking. zona State game because of Dorian Thompson-Rob- “You look at the games a leg injury. Joey Yellen re- inson, who has made the we lost,” Slovis said, “it was placed Daniels and had two honor roll twice. “That because probably I turned passes intercepted in USC’s comes with part of being a the ball over too much. So 31-26 win in Tempe. Slovis UCLA Bruin, and coach cleaning that up and giving had 297 yards and four Kelly knows that. That’s why our guys the chance to make touchdown passes in the he chose a place like this.” plays, that’s really the most I first quarter and finished The surge in academic can do to help us win.” with 432 yards — a personal success could bolster recent Daniels wasn’t as effi- best until he shattered that Academic Progress Rate cient as Slovis — his 60.7% two weeks later against the scores that have teetered on completion rate Bruins. the edge of potential sanc- rankedeighth in the confer- Arizona State will be tions because of a flood of ence — but the former San without Daniels’ top receiv- transfers. The most recent Bernardino Cajon High ing target from last year, multiple-year APR of 944 quarterback had only two of Brandon Aiyuk, and leading was slightly above the 930 his passes intercepted. That rusher, Eno Benjamin, both needed to avoid penalties. 0.6% interception rate over Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press of whom are in the NFL. But “It’s always a little bit of 338 passes was the lowest in as the Trojans hope for a time behind,” Kelly said of college football. ARIZONA STATE’S JAYDEN DANIELS leap from their star sopho- the lag in APR scores post- “I was extremely im- more, they’re expecting one d ing, “but I know in future pressed with Jayden last from the Sun Devils’ years our APR will certainly year and his production as a Height, weight, year: 6-3, 185, sophomore quarterback too. go up because our academic true freshman,” Trojans 2019: 12 games, 205 completions in 338 passes, 2,943 yards, 17 TDs, 2 INTs Regardless, the matchup success rate has gone up.” coach Clay Helton said. “He should make for plenty of Recruiting ranking by 247Sports.com protects the football, makes early morning fireworks for while at San Bernardino Cajon High: Voting matters good decisions.” the Pac-12. No. 3 among quarterbacks, No. 35 overall. The Bruins did not prac- With Slovis and Daniels “You’re going to see two of tice Tuesday as part of new each making his season de- Notable: Became the first freshman quarterback in Arizona State history the best quarterbacks in the NCAA rules prohibiting but after a lengthy layoff, to start the opener. Had five games with at least 300 yards passing. country right off the bat on a team activities on election any early missteps could Has thrown 157 consecutive passes without an interception. national stage,” Helton said. day. The school announced Monday that 98% of its eligible athletes had registered to vote, with 17 of 25 teams posting 100% registration and 19 teams — including football — posting at least 90% registration. Season is getting closer — but not clearer Sunny outlook The weather should be opening tournament during NBA and NHL did. sheet of paper last month, ideal for UCLA’s season As college basketball’s Thanksgiving week at Viejas The key is finding a way and the Illini have since add- opener against Colorado on Arena in San Diego that to get there. ed a Dec. 8 game against Saturday, especially consid- start nears, coaches would include San Diego Even with meticulous Duke in the ACC/Big Ten ering it’s being held in Boul- try to fill up schedules State, Pepperdine and UC planning before the NCAA’s Challenge. der in November. Irvine. Teams would play announcement, teams had a Krzyzewski believes the The forecast calls for scrambled by COVID. two games in as many days. tough time finding oppo- Blue Devils have a 27-game sunny skies with a high of 57 staff and wire reports Cronin said he didn’t nents. schedule in place, but that’s degrees, the afternoon game have any other holes in a The season was pushed obviously subject to change. probably completed well be- nonconference schedule back, so games set for early Duke will host a multiteam fore temperatures approach Scheduling games is just that’s also expected to in- November had to be post- event at Cameron Indoor the overnight low of 30. part of the challenge conclude home games against poned or dropped from the Stadium in early December, fronting Mick Cronin as he San Diego, Marquette and schedule. Lost games had to but it has announced no Like being there? tries to salvage the noncon- Long Beach State in addi- be replaced with new oppo- other games outside of UCLA announced a vir- ference portion of UCLA’s tion to a game against Ken- nents, with a premium playing Illinois. tual game-day experience basketball season. tucky in Cleveland as part of placed on regional schools Gonzaga, projected to be for fans who cannot attend The Bruins coach must the CBS Sports Classic. since most teams don’t want a top-five team, has games the home opener against also prepare to add makeup Cronin is hardly the only John Bazemore Associated Press to fly during a pandemic. against Baylor and Iowa Utah on Nov. 13 at the Rose games. college coach scrambling as DUKE COACH Mike Several multiteam scheduled for December Bowl because of restrictions “I anticipate holes, unfor- schools try to fill out sched- Krzyzewski knows his events moved locations — and a full home-and-away related to COVID-19. tunately, meaning replace- ules altered by the pan- schedule could change. the Maui Invitational from slate of West Coast Confer- “Bruin Gameday Live” ment games,” Cronin said demic. Hawaii to North Carolina, ence games. The WCC re- will provide live statistics, this week while discussing Instead of getting easier The coronavirus ran col- the Cancun Challenge from portedly is looking into social media interactions the additional ways in which with time, the task of build- lege basketball, like every Mexico to Florida — leading playing in a Las Vegas bub- and trivia contests, among the COVID-19 pandemic ing schedules has become other sport and aspect of to teams dropping out. ble for conference games, so other content, including a might disrupt his team’s more difficult as the season’s life, off the rails in March. ESPN last week an- that could change. live pregame show from the season. “Obviously if we get start date nears. The NCAA tournament was nounced the cancellation of The Big 12, Pac-12 and Rose Bowl hosted by Jessica shut down, we’re going to Travel is an issue. So is wiped out and so was part of a planned NBA-like bubble Southeastern Conference Rosales and former UCLA need replacement games.” finding common testing pro- the payout to member in Orlando, Fla., because of have announced conference quarterback Wayne Cook. Cronin said he would tocols. Restrictions in every schools, a whopping $375- schools’ concerns about schedules, but the Atlantic Fans can find the virtual keep tabs on other West state are different and con- million shortfall. health and safety protocols. Coast Conference and Big experience at bruingame Coast teams, realizing they stantly changing with virus Following the lead of The elimination of those Ten have not. daylive.com. might need to make up cases on the rise. The cancel- sports leagues like the NFL eight events left two dozen “We thought we had it games as well if a novel co- lation of several multiteam and Major League Baseball, teams scrambling to find re- down a couple times, but it’s ronavirus outbreak wiped events left huge holes. Figur- the NCAA opted to start col- placement games. changed,” Tennessee coach SEASON OPENER out part of their nonconfer- ing out officiating has pre- lege basketball’s regular sea- “There’s been nothing Rick Barnes said of sched- ence schedule. sented challenges. son on Nov. 25. The NCAA like it,” Illinois coach Brad uling. “I think now we’re still “You may have to call “We don’t know a lot of reduced the maximum num- Underwood said. “It’s truly going to wait.” somebody and say, ‘Hey, do things,” Duke coach Mike ber of games from 31 to 27 for COVID 2020, unprecedent- While adjustments con- you want to play? We lost a Krzyzewski. “But we know teams playing in multiteam ed as so many things are. We tinue, the clock is ticking: game and you lost a game,’ ” we’re going to have March events, 25 for those that don’t have a lot of answers. The season starts three UCLA at Colorado Cronin said. “That’s pretty Madness. We know we’re go- don’t. We have a ton of questions weeks from Wednesday. much going to be a reality, I ing to have a regular season. The plan is to play the that all have to be an- AT FOLSOM FIELD think, at some point.” We just don’t know much NCAA tournament in swered.” Times staff writer Ben Saturday, 4 p.m. PST UCLA is on the verge of fi- about both — and it’s a hell March, possibly in a “bub- Underwood described Bolch contributed to this TV: ESPN2 nalizing plans for a season- of a way to run a railroad.” ble” environment like the Illinois’ schedule as a blank report. B10 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 S LATIMES.COM Analytics not top priority in GM search

outfielders Michael Brantley, surround Trout with talent the Royals teams that went to and helped develop minor Angels’ candidate George Springer and Josh The Angels feel a “to be able to perform on the back-to-back World Series league systems that consis- Reddick. The Oakland Ath- game’s greatest stage.” and won the championship in tently produce top-tier talent. pool focusing more on letics had 10 players declare responsibility to So the Angels could pull 2015. Jared Porter, Ruben Dave Dombrowski, part of player development for free agency. Among them ahead of their division rivals if Amaro Jr., Bobby Evans, a group trying to bring major were 2019 MVP finalist Mar- surround Trout owner Arte Moreno gives his Michael Hill, Sawdaye, league baseball to Nashville, and scouting. cus Semien, All-Star closer new general manager some fi- McLeod and Jennings also was speculated to be a leading Liam Hendriks, relievers Jo- with talent ‘to be nancial wiggle room. won World Series titles as candidate even before the By Maria Torres akim Soria and Yusmeiro Pet- able to perform on Of course, it will take more members of the front offices Angels fired general manager it, and starters Mike Fiers than a spending spree to posi- in Boston (Porter and Saw- Billy Eppler during the final As the Angels pare a list of and Mike Minor. the game’s greatest tion the Angels for long-term daye), Philadelphia (Amaro weekend of the 2020 season. at least 14 baseball executives Neither the A’s nor the success. That’s where the cre- Jr.), San Francisco (Evans), But it seems as though Dom- who have interviewed for the Astros, who spent the last stage.’ dentials of the new head of the Miami (Hill and Jennings), browski, who won the World opening of general manager, a three seasons jockeying with — Bill Stoneman, baseball operations depart- Chicago Cubs (McLeod and Series as the GM of the Mar- few things are clear about each other for the top spot in Angels senior advisor ment will come into play. Porter) and Washington lins in 1997 and the president their candidate pool. the American League West, Most of the candidates, (Jennings). of baseball operations of the Experience as a former are known for handing out whose interviews were con- Justin Hollander, a vice Red Sox in 2018, might not be general manager is not a pre- pricey free-agent contracts. the Angels have previously firmed by several people president and assistant gen- in the running. requisite. And a focus on Neither team has a strong furloughed and laid off em- with knowledge of the search, eral manager of baseball op- The veteran has always scouting and player devel- farm system. Baseball Ameri- ployees because of the decline have decades of experience in erations in Seattle who previ- preferred to operate with au- opment appears preferred to ca’s latest organizational tal- in revenue and consolidation scouting. Dan Jennings and ously worked for the Angels’ tonomy, which might be diffi- a reliance on analytics. ent rankings had the Athlet- in the minor leagues. Billy Owens have long been front office, and Matt Arnold, cult to arrange in Anaheim, The goal of the new gen- ics 15th and the Astros sec- But the Angels, known for considered among the game’s a senior vice president and as- where Moreno wields heavy eral manager, who is expected ond-worst. The Angels also splurging, have $428.2 million best talent evaluators. Logan sistant GM in Milwaukee, influence on baseball deci- to be hired by Thanksgiving received poor ratings on the tied up in contracts for peren- White, Jason McLeod and also have dabbled in scouting sions. And, according to the after one or two more rounds minor league side, coming in nial MVP candidate Mike Amiel Sawdaye were the and gained experience in Philadelphia Inquirer, Dom- of interviews, won’t just be to 17th following the 2020 ama- Trout and elite third base- architects of drafts that player development and ros- browski is more interested in deliver the Angels their first teur draft. man Anthony Rendon brought in Clayton Kershaw ter construction. the Philadelphia Phillies’ GM playoff berth since 2014. It will It is not yet clear how the through 2026. They cannot (White with the Dodgers), Amaro Jr., Jennings, Ev- vacancy. be to build a sustainable team COVID-19 pandemic will af- tear down the organization Kris Bryant (McLeod, ans and Hill are the only can- Whoever gets the Angels’ heading into a 2021 season fect the Angels’ 2021 payroll. and rebuild. Team President Chicago Cubs) and Mookie didates who have previously job will build out the baseball that figures to present the Major League Baseball ex- John Carpino, who is leading Betts (Sawdaye, Boston served as general managers. operations staff as he sees fit. best opportunity in years for a perienced operational losses the GM search with the help Red Sox), among many The rest have attained at Eppler’s assistant general shift in divisional power. of about $3 billion, Commis- of senior advisor and former others. least vice president status. managers, Jonathan Stran- The Houston Astros had sioner Rob Manfred said last Angels GM Bill Stoneman, Kansas City executives The candidates have two gio and Steve Martone, left four players become free week in an interview with said in September the organi- Scott Sharp, JJ Picollo and commonalities: All have put the organization once their agents last week, including Sportico. Like other teams, zation feels a responsibility to Gene Watson helped build together winning MLB teams contracts expired last week. U.S. soccer conducts Euro youth movement

players. The only man on the roster currently playing out- All but one player on side of Europe is midfielder men’s roster for games Johnny Cardoso of Brazil’s In- ternacional. against Wales, Panama “We felt that we have are based in Europe. enough depth in Europe to field a good roster,” Berhalter By Kevin Baxter said. So much depth, in fact, Gregg Berhalter, coach of World Cup veterans De Andre the men’s national soccer Yedlin, Julian Green and Aron team, called up a young, tal- Johannsson didn’t make the ented roster of mostly Euro- cut. pean-based players Tuesday Nineteen players are age- for November friendlies with eligible for the 2021 Tokyo Wales and Panama, the Olympics, a U-23 tournament. team’s first games in nine Among them is midfielder months. Yunus Musah, a dual national “It’s been a long time. And who has played for England at since then, our world the youth level and is also eli- has changed considerably,” gible to play for Italy and Berhalter said in a teleconfer- Ghana. ence call with reporters. “I’m “He has a connection with just really looking forward to the United States,” Berhalter getting this group together.” said. “He loves the direction The 24-man roster in- the team is going in. He loves cludes a U.S.-record nine play- the young talent that he can ers off Champions League be alongside. And we see him clubs, including Chelsea’s as having a ton of potential. Christian Pulisic, Barcelona’s “All we can do is hope that

John Raoux Associated Press Sergiño Dest and Konrad de in the end he chooses us.” JIMMIE JOHNSON, pictured after winning a non-points race last year, earned seven Cup Series titles. la Fuente, Weston McKennie Musah, who plays in Spain of Juventus, and Gio Reyna of for Valencia, was born to Gha- Borussia Dortmund. naian parents in New York Pulisic, 22, is nursing a City but grew up in Italy and hamstring injury, so his par- England, where he played in ticipation in the two exhib- Arsenal’s academy. Johnson leaving a legacy itions is uncertain. Reyna, 17, The nine-month break be- is one of seven teenagers on tween games brought about the team and one of 10 looking by the COVID-19 pandemic is for their first senior national the longest for a men’s na- Set for final race, NASCAR star has made big impact off the track too team cap. tional team since 1986-87, “It is a young group with a when the U.S. went 16 months aided 131 charities and com- unprecedented moment of tremendous amount of tal- between matches. That was By Jenna Fryer pleted nine technology make- unity when the entire industry ent,” Berhalter said. “This also the last time the U.S. Classic career overs. pushed Wallace’s car to the group gives you a lot of opti- played fewer than four times NASCAR’s nicest guy will Lori Kiesser of Inside the front of the grid. mism when you see how in a calendar year. run his final race this weekend Outdoors, a science educa- When President Trump they’re performing at such a Only two players called up and close a remarkable career Jimmie Johnson’s tion field-trip program, said tweeted a broadside at Wal- young age. It will be great for Tuesday also played in the na- that ranks among the best in 20 years in NASCAR, with an award her group received lace over the noose, Johnson us to get to work with them.” tional team’s first game this history. The mark Jimmie race victories, top-five in 2016 transformed the pro- was one of the few drivers to The team will train in year. finishes and standings Johnson has made off the gram’s social media presence defend his peer with a social Cardiff starting Sunday, four Defender Reggie Cannon, rank; his final race will be track deserves equal celebra- and created a partnership media post extending his sup- days ahead of the Nov. 12 who recently left FC Dallas of Sunday at Phoenix: tion. with the Fontana Unified port to NASCAR’s only Black game with Wales in Swansea. MLS for Portugal’s Boavista, Johnson is widely recog- Year W T5 Rank School District. driver at the elite level. He has The U.S. will face Panama on played 90 minutes in that nized for his record-tying 2001 0 0 52 Kiesser noted her grand- taken a more prolific role than Nov. 16 in Wiener Neustadt, Feb. 1 game, while forward Uly seven Cup Series titles and son, Brennan, attends a Title I ever before in matters of social Austria. Both matches will be Llanez, a former Galaxy acad- 2002 3 6 5 83 victories. That on-track school in Southern California justice and hoped his own played without fans. emy player now with Dutch success gave him a platform to 2003 3 14 2 where children struggle to en- positive coronavirus test in With MLS finishing its club Heerenveen, made his make an immeasurable im- 2004 8 20 2 vision future opportunities. June could be a learning expe- regular season Sunday and senior national debut and pact on communities dear to 2005 4 13 5 The award from Johnson has rience for others. beginning the playoffs scored the only goal in a 1-0 his family. made it so her grandson “has As he heads to his final Nov. 20, Berhalter did not call win over Costa Rica at Dignity 2006 5 13 1 The Jimmie Johnson no trouble imagining himself race Sunday as a full-time up any domestically based Health Sports Park. Foundation to date has do- 2007 10 20 1 as part of NASCAR, whether NASCAR driver, the 45-year- nated more than $12 million 2008 7 15 1 it is working for a team or be- old Johnson is still raising through a variety of programs 2009 7 16 1 ing part of the next generation funds for his causes. Fans can and grants, many aimed of fans. currently win Johnson’s 2021 2010 6 17 1 toward K-12 public education. “We saw the [award] and Chevy Camaro through a raf- USMNT roster The generosity of Johnson 2011 2 14 6 the partnership with the Jim- fle, and Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, has 2012 5 18 3 mie Johnson Foundation as a Foundation visors several Players who will compete for the U.S. men’s national soccer purchased technology, built 2013 6 16 1 pathway to ensuring that the drivers wore last month at team during November friendlies against Wales and Panama: playgrounds and outdoor young people Inside the Out- Kansas will be auctioned off 2014 4 11 11 learning centers, created well- doors serves — no matter this week. Player Club C/G ness programs and much 2015 5 14 10 where they were from — could Johnson set new stand- GOALKEEPERS more. 2016 5 11 1 imagine any future that they ards on the race track but ulti- Ethan Horvath Club Brugge (BEL) 4/0 A $52,000 grant given to 2017 3 4 10 dared to dream,” Kiesser said. mately deserves equal recog- Chituru Odunze Leicester City (ENG) 0/0 Jay M. Robinson High School “Education is essential, and nition for the person he was Zack Steffen Manchester City (ENG) 17/0 in Concord, N.C., in 2017 was 2018 0 2 14 the fact that Jimmie, his fam- outside of his No. 48 Chevro- DEFENDERS used to purchase 3D printers. 2019 0 3 18 ily, and his foundation invest let. His motto, he said, is being John Brooks Wolfsburg (Germany) 38/3 When the pandemic began, 2020 0 4 18 in it speaks to the measure of himself and letting the chips the students used the printers the person that Jimmie is.” fall where they may. Reggie Cannon Boavista (POR) 10/0 to make 400 PPE face shields Johnson, the father of two “The way you treat people Sergiño Dest Barcelona (ESP) 3/0 and mask extenders for mountain biking and a Spar- young daughters, is commit- and handle things not only im- Matt Miazga Anderlecht (BEL) 18/1 healthcare workers. The tan Kids Race. ted to setting a good example pacts your life specifically, but Tim Ream Fulham (ENG) 40/1 school later received an order “We knew in the beginning and has been encouraging his it also attracts like-minded Chris Richards Bayern Munich (GER) 0/0 from Atrium Health for 2,000 that children would be our fo- children to find their own vol- people to be around you and Antonee Robinson Fulham (ENG) 7/0 more. cus, but we wanted to keep it unteering causes. But his the teams that you drive for Loch Lomond Elementary broad enough to help commu- commitment to kindness goes and the sponsors that you MIDFIELDERS School in Virginia in late 2019 nities in need as well,” John- far beyond monetary dona- have,” Johnson said. “When I Tyler Adams RB Leipzig (GER) 10/1 won a $48,000 grant from son told the Associated Press. tions. look at the big picture, you see Johnny Cardoso International (BRA) 0/0 Johnson for increased STEM “Chani has a love of the arts When fellow driver Ty Dil- all these other variables Richared Ledezma PSV Eindhoven (NED) 0/0 activities. Among the items and has always had a watchful lon’s wife went into labor where like-minded people Weston McKennie Juventus (ITA) 19/6 purchased were iPads and eye on arts-related programs. shortly before last week’s have assembled together and Yunus Musah Valencia (ESP) 0/0 Chromebooks, technology it I have a watchful eye on the rain-delayed race at Texas re- we’re able to do what we do. Owen Otasowte Wolverhampton (ENG) 0/0 was able to lend to 150 stu- physical fitness projects. sumed Wednesday night, “Competition is fierce and dents who could not access There are things that we look Johnson gave Dillon a ride on you have to be cutthroat at FORWARDS virtual learning during the for, but we really try to give his plane to make it to North times, but I think I’m one of Konrad de la Fuente Barcelona (ESP) 0/0 pandemic. help where it is most needed.” Carolina in time for the deliv- quite a few examples that if Nicholas Gioacchini Caen (FRA) 0/0 Johnson has partnered It started as a small ges- ery. you just be yourself, and do Christian Pulisic Chelsea (ENG) 34/15 with Habitat for Humanity, ture to help schools in Califor- It was Johnson who your thing, you can be re- Uly Llanez Heerenveen (NED) 1/1 the Make-A-Wish Foundation nia and Oklahoma, where started the driver initiative to spectful and kind to others Gio Reyna Borussia Dortmund (GER) 0/0 and created the Jimmie John- Johnson and his wife grew up, support Bubba Wallace when and still succeed in a competi- son Foundation Fit Fest, a and in North Carolina, their a noose was found in Wallace’s tive sport.” Josh Sargent Werder Bremen (GER) 12/5 community event designed to current home. It has evolved garage at Talladega (Ala.) Su- Sebastian Soto Telstar (NED) 0/0 encourage outdoor activities into a multilayered program perspeedway in June. The ini- Fryer covers motor sports Tim Weah Lille (FRA) 8/1 for children via trail runs, that has awarded 134 grants, tial conversations led to an for the Associated Press. LATIMES.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 B11

BASEBALL At one with Dodgers’ community VP Rodriguez tells a backstory of loss and heartbreak that sprouted her career of selflessness and service

But Rodriguez and her By Jack Harris mother remember something else too. In the weeks Naomi Rodriguez calls before his death, a “60 Min- them “aha” moments, re- utes” segment inspired Luigi minders of why a job of to become an organ donor, supreme difficulty also feels just in case. What seemed like supremely fulfilling. a small decision turned out to As the Dodgers’ vice presi- have a massive impact. dent of external affairs and Twelve people received community relations, they transplants. Cynthia went on usually come in the most try- to be a long-serving advocate ing of circumstances — when in the organ donor communi- some part of the city around ty as well. her is broken, and only the Rodriguez was only in iconic shade of Dodger blue sixth grade then. But she can help fix it. knew what path she wanted There was the time she her life to take. and Matt Kemp met a boy in “It’s what drives me,” she Los Angeles County Hospi- said. “It’s what started my tal, the victim of a car crash role in public service. It’s that killed his father and two there every day. I don’t know siblings. They both got how many people you know choked up when the boy, who have lost their father and hardly able to move because their brother in the same of severe burns, softly smiled family. I don’t wish that on when the popular Dodgers anybody. But I know that outfielder entered the room. they’re with me. I often say, There was the visit Rodri- ‘Why did that happen?’ But guez organized of 21 Dodgers then I flip it, and I say, ‘I’m in players to Saugus High in this amazing position to help January, weeks after a stu- others, to show compas- dent shooting had rocked the sion.’ ” campus. Raw emotions :: turned to raucous cheers when the team entered a pep That internal drive led rally in the gym. The reeling Rodriguez right into public student body cheered on the service after finishing college Dodgers. The Dodgers at Long Beach State. She be- cheered them right back. gan as a front desk assistant, And then there was this worked for the Los Angeles summer, when Rodriguez consulate general of Israel, helped coordinate Dodger and eventually became an as- Stadium’s pandemic-relief sistant deputy mayor under transformations: a Salvation Jim Hahn from 2002 to 2005. Army food distribution drive- Courtesy of the family of Naomi Rodriguez After that, she went into through in front of the box of- NAOMI RODRIGUEZ helped coordinate important events at Dodger Stadium during a chaotic summer. the private sector, working in fice; a drive-up COVID-19 DirecTV’s marketing and testing site with a line that his troubled beginnings, how public relations depart- often stretched along the sur- he struggled with drug addic- ments, then became a senior rounding streets; a socially tion as a teenager and spent ‘My parents director for a nonprofit or- distanced voting center on many of his early years in ju- ganization, Los Angeles Uni- the stadium’s top deck this venile centers, county jails dedicated their versal Preschool. But she ne- week. and, for a stretch, San ver envisioned herself work- “Those are life-changing Quentin State Prison. life to giving ing in sports — not until the moments, and I’m a part of She can recite his midlife Dodgers’ opportunity arose that,” Rodriguez said, pinch- redemption, a transforma- back to our in 2014. ing herself after six years in a tion that her mother, Cyn- “I was a little bit nervous dream job. “I’m helping lead thia, can still only describe as about the baseball side,” she that.” a literal come-to-Jesus reck- community. recalled when she went to in- The Dodgers estimate oning resulting from counsel- terview. “If you’re going to ask that hundreds of thousands ing sessions with a Christian That’s always me statistics, I can’t answer of children and families have addiction group that helped that. But I can tell you what been affected by initiatives him get clean. been in my it’s like to walk up those stairs spearheaded by Rodriguez, She knows the painful de- at Dodger Stadium, that hill, whose wavy blond hair and tails of her father’s death too, spirits.’ as a little girl and smell the wide bright smile have be- when he was run over by a hot dogs and the cracking of come a symbol of goodness motorcycle on Feb. 2, 1977, Jon SooHoo Dodgers —NAOMI RODRIGUEZ the bat and looking at my around Chavez Ravine. while crossing a street out- brother and enjoying a ball- “It really has been an awe- side his Victorville church. He game. some relationship that we’ve was dead by the time he mating that about 80 chil- family back to East Los Ange- wanted to follow in their par- “I can tell you what it’s like had,” Justin Turner, the Dod- reached the hospital. His rus- dren passed through the les to be closer to relatives, re- ents’ footsteps. to have your family from East gers’ nominee for Major tic tan dress shoes had been ranch during their years of luctantly leaving their sanc- Her eldest brother, Luigi, Los Angeles and what the city League Baseball’s Roberto blown right off his feet. running it together. “Every- tuary behind. was 24 when he announced means to your family, what Clemente Award recognizing Rodriguez wasn’t even 2 thing just happened so fast.” The dozens of foster kids, he wanted to enroll in a Bible the Dodgers mean to your community involvement, years old that day. Yet, more Eugene and Cynthia pro- however, didn’t disappear college after getting an asso- family. That is who I am.” said in September of Rodri- than four decades later, she vided much more than food from her life. Even today, ciate of arts degree at Citrus With every “aha” moment guez, who in August was speaks of her father as if she’d and a bed. They brought in Cynthia keeps in touch with College. He had dreams of be- since, she’s felt a little more named to Sport Business known him all his life. The tutors and psychologists to many of them. They still call ing a missionary in Africa. His connected to the community, Journal’s 2020 class of Game stories of how he rededicated work with the foster kids. She her Mom. They still thank her fiancee supported it all. So to her family. Changers: Women in Sports himself in service of others said they plowed every penny for everything she and Eu- did his mother. She cherished a Saugus Business. continue to resonate the they earned into improving gene gave them. “Well, son,” Cynthia re- High yearbook page com- L.A. City Councilman Gil most. their modest plot of land. On “My parents dedicated members telling him, “you memorating the Dodgers’ Cedillo, a longtime friend and “We’re going to start our weekends they loaded up their life to giving back to our did what your father wanted trip and believes this sum- collaborator with Rodriguez new life together,” Eugene their vans and took their left- community,” Rodriguez said. you to do.” mer’s coronavirus testing site on initiatives that involve the once told Cynthia, dialogue over meals, clothes and blan- “That’s always been in my But then one night, he at Dodger Stadium, which team and city, echoed: “It’s their daughter can describe kets to give away to people spirits. It’s how I grew up. It’s didn’t come home. was capable of performing as just a joy to work with some- by heart. “But the only way I living in poverty along the who I am. It’s part of what After working a graveyard many as 6,000 tests per day, body who’s very professional, can get through this is if we Mexican border. drives me.” shift at UPS, Luigi got into a was “probably the most im- very conscientious, very cou- help other young men and Most of all, they took chil- :: car crash. Because he was portant thing we ever do, is rageous.... I love her, because women like me, other people dren from fractured homes placed in a coma, it took the have this COVID testing site she knows the community.” that need help in our commu- and gave them one that was Rodriguez had that mes- California Highway Patrol a on our campus.” Perhaps that is because nity. whole again. sage reinforced by her day to identify him. And she knows there are the East L.A. native is from “This is going to be our “My parents did not have mother over the course of her They finally connected his no limits on ways to help oth- the community, shaped by a life’s mission.” a lot of money,” Naomi Rodri- childhood. car to Cynthia and asked her ers, no bounds — especially family that dedicated itself to And so it was. guez said. “But they made it A former nurse, Cynthia to confirm their John Doe with the Dodgers — on her giving back. There is a per- In 1973, Eugene and Cyn- happen. They made it work.” remained philanthropically was her son. Luigi died a few ability to give back. Her fam- sonal purpose behind her ev- thia moved to a rundown Eugene had bigger plans engaged after the family re- days later, on June 1, 1986. It ily taught her that. ery action — roots planted dude ranch in rural Apple too. He wanted to expand turned to East L.A. She vol- was the eve of his wedding “I remember the stories, deep in a backstory of loss Valley in San Bernardino and care for more displaced unteered through their day. and I think about my work and heartbreak that have County and started a foster children. When the San Ber- church. She helped care for “I remember the limo and how you change lives, af- sprouted a career of selfless- home for children. At first, nardino Sun wrote a story victims of sexual abuse and came to our house to pick us fect lives,” she said. “That is ness and service. they watched over only three about the ranch in 1975, he de- rape. She worked with the up,” Rodriguez said. “I re- what I carry with me in my :: boys. Within two years, they clared his intention to open a elderly. Her kids nicknamed member looking out the win- work. Sometimes I have to had 16 teenage kids living in full-time school. her “The Advocate.” dow and our mom was down- take a step back. We’re Rodriguez can recount al- their care. Eugene’s death kept those “That’s the spirit of my stairs telling the limo driver. I playing baseball. We bring en- most all the stories she’s ever “It was like all of heaven dreams from coming true. mother,” Rodriguez said. remember him saying, ‘No, tertainment to families. heard about her dad, Eugene. opened up for us,” Cynthia Suddenly a single mother of Rodriguez wasn’t the only no, no. No way this hap- But it’s bigger than baseball. She’s been told the tales of said by phone recently, esti- three, Cynthia moved the sibling in her family who pened.’ ” It’s more powerful than that.” Shawn Green helps Dodgers celebrate Series win

ogy to collect, organize and the Greenfly president: and share thousands of el- He has a ring, though: going to get a shot? It’s easy Company founded by share fan photos and videos “What the Dodgers really ements efficiently and rap- The Toronto Blue Jays called to take that for granted.” for that virtual celebration. wanted to be able to do was to idly. The Dodgers’ owners, him up in September 1993 Yet the Dodgers per- former slugger works In the first 24 hours after tell those stories, feature through their Elysian Park and afforded him six at-bats. severed, even after losing the with team, fans for the Dodgers invited fans to those fan moments, get that Ventures arm, took an own- He did not make the postsea- 2017 World Series to a Hous- share photos and videos of kind of reaction and energy, ership stake in Greenfly by son roster. The Blue Jays won ton Astros team later found championship video. their reaction to the final out to be able to capture those providing funding that the World Series, but neither to have cheated during the of the World Series, the team celebrations around the helped the company blossom he nor the Jays have gotten postseason and after losing By Bill Shaikin received more than 3,500 World Series.” from its startup days. there since then. the 2018 World Series to a submissions, said Caroline Greenfly works with “They’ve been helpful The Dodgers have gotten Boston Red Sox team later No fans in the stands at Morgan, the Dodgers’ vice teams and leagues around with relationships and con- there three times in four found to have cheated during Dodger Stadium. No fans president of digital strategy. the world, including Major necting us with different or- years, and they have not the regular season, if not the crowded into sports bars. No The deadline is Friday, after League Baseball, the NBA, ganizations,” Green said. missed the playoffs since postseason. fans lining the streets of Los which the Dodgers will post a the Premier Lacrosse “But our software sells itself 2012. Green said he is delighted Angeles for a parade. montage of fan reaction on League and the World Surf independently. It’s not like “The players know that, for manager Dave Roberts, A pandemic champi- their social media channels. League. Morgan said about you’re going to go into a large each season, they’re going to his former Dodgers team- onship calls for a virtual cele- “It gives us an opportuni- half the Dodgers players media company and sell it have a really good shot at the mate. bration. For help, the Dod- ty to acknowledge and thank have the Greenfly app on because the Dodgers are in- World Series and almost a “Dave Roberts has always gers turned to one of their and celebrate our fans,” Mor- their phones, enabling them vestors, or because you have guarantee of getting to the been a good friend of mine,” former All-Stars. gan said, “and gives all of us a to instantly browse and find a relationship there.” postseason,” Green said. “I Green said. “I was super In the second act of his chance to relive that amazing images and videos, and post Green hit 49 home runs in think players who play in an happy to see him get past professional life, Shawn moment that was the last them directly onto social me- 2001, which stands as the organization that is strug- that final step, especially in Green is founder and chair- out. dia. Dodgers’ franchise record. gling or play in a really tough light of all the things that man of Greenfly, a company “There are so many The Dodgers could collect He played 1,951 games in the division — like, we were al- happened the past few years that connects fans to players, touching stories of genera- fan photos and videos on major leagues without an ap- ways behind the Yankees — with the Astros and maybe teams and leagues through tions of Dodger fans who their own, but Morgan said pearance in the World Series, that’s how the other teams in the Red Sox. So it was nice to social media. The Dodgers were watching at home.” the Greenfly technology en- ranking 50th on that unlucky the NL West feel about the see the Dodgers finally close are using Greenfly technol- Said Daniel Kirschner, ables the team to save, sort all-time list. Dodgers: jeez, when are we it out.” B12 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM

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PRO CALENDAR WED THU FRI SAT SUN Betts, Canning win Gold Gloves 4 5 6 7 8 award went to San Diego’s showed off his elite defensive ceed it,” said Andrew Fried- Dodgers right fielder Trent Grisham. Bellinger won skills in the postseason with man, Dodgers president of the Gold Glove award last sea- highlight after highlight at baseball operations, after the NEXT: NOV. 15 VS. SEATTLE, 1:25 P.M., CHANNEL 11 and Angels pitcher son as a right fielder. Globe Life Field. Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay are honored for their Angels starter Griffin Can- His defense took center Rays to win the World Series. RAMS ning, a Mission Viejo native, stage in the final three games It’s also not the first time defensive prowess. won the Gold Glove for pitch- of the NL Championship Se- Canning has won an award for LAS VEGAS ers in the American League. ries against the Atlanta his defense. He earned a Gold 1:05 By Jorge Castillo The right-hander, 24, led AL Braves. In Game 5, Betts Glove as a junior at UCLA in Ch. 11 pitchers with three defensive made a shoestring catch that 2017. CHARGERS Mookie Betts’ impact on runs saved and committed resulted in a game-changing, Canning is the first Angel the Dodgers’ first title-win- one error in 16 chances. He inning-ending double play. to win the defensive award SEATTLE at ning season since 1988 was felt tied for second in assists with The Dodgers were trailing since shortstop Andrelton 8 Vancouver in every department, from eight and third for putouts three-games-to-one in the se- Simmons earned the fourth of UniMas, TUDN 3:30 July through October, in the with seven. ries. After they won that his career in 2018, and he’s the GALAXY batter’s box, on the basepaths Betts, 28, was named one game, the Dodgers said that first Angels pitcher to win and in right field. of three finalists for the NL play was the turning point. since Mark Langston won five PORTLAND at San Jose On Tuesday, he was recog- most valuable player award The next day, Betts straight from 1991 to 1995. 3:30 8 nized for his defensive prow- Monday, a candidacy buoyed snatched away what would “I think it’s kind of just FS1 ess, winning his fifth Gold by his effective defense. Betts have been an extra-base hit something that I’ve always LAFC Glove award. led NL right fielders in major with a leaping grab at the wall really tried to excel at, start- Shade denotes home game Betts beat out Colorado’s advanced defense metric cat- in Game 6. He concluded his ing in high school, just be- Charlie Blackmon and the egories, including ultimate three-day highlight reel by cause I played a position on Chicago Cubs’ Jason Hey- zone rating, range runs and robbing a home run off Fred- top of pitching,” Canning said ward in the National League defensive runs in the regular die Freeman’s bat in Game 7. in a videoconference Tuesday after taking the award in the season. The eye test sup- The Dodgers won by a run to night. “ ... It’s just kind of TODAY ON THE AIR American League as a mem- ported the numbers. advance to the World Series. something I’ve always taken TIME EVENT ON THE AIR ber of the Boston Red Sox the “He’s, like, the best right “Coming in when we ac- pretty seriously.” BOXING previous four seasons. fielder I’ve ever seen,” Dod- quired him, my expectations 5 p.m. PBC Fight Night: welterweights, Eimantas Stanionis TV: FS1 Dodgers center fielder gers pitcher Clayton Kershaw were sky-high, and somehow Times staff writer Maria vs. Justin DeLoach Cody Bellinger also was an NL said in September. he managed to find some Torres contributed to this COLLEGE FOOTBALL finalist at his position, but the That was before Betts headroom above that and ex- report. 4 p.m. Ohio at Central Michigan TV: ESPN 4 p.m. Buffalo at Northern Illinois TV: ESPN2 4 p.m. Ball State at Miami (Ohio) TV: CBSSN THE DAY IN SPORTS 5 p.m. Bowling Green at Toledo TV: ESPNU COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL 3 p.m. Women, Arkansas at Missouri TV: ESPNU GOLF Wisconsin cancels second straight game 7 a.m. Women’s Dubai Moonlight Classic, first round TV: Golf 1:30 a.m. PGA European Tour, Cyprus Showdown, first round TV: Golf played Wednesday, the ers to the reserve/COVID-19 (Thu.) staff and wire reports HORSE RACING ETC. league confirmed. list including linebackers — Kevin Baxter Matthew Judon, Patrick 9 a.m. Trackside Live! TV: TVG Wisconsin canceled Sat- Queen and L.J. Fort. Other TV: Maradona has Noon America’s Day at the Races Prime urday’s home game against The NFL is expanding players added to the list: PRO FOOTBALL Purdue, the second straight surgery on brain the sideline area to give Dallas quarterback Andy 2 p.m. The Spring League, Blues vs. Aviators TV: FS1 game the 10th-ranked Badg- teams more space to dis- Dalton, Green Bay running 7 p.m. The Spring League, Alphas vs. Conquerors TV: FS1 ers have called off as Diego Maradona had tance. Also mask usage is back Jamaal Williams and SOCCER COVID-19 cases within their surgery in Buenos Aires for now mandatory before and linebacker Kamal Martin, 9:45 a.m. UEFA Champions League, Basaksehir vs. Manchester TV: KFTR, TUDN, team continue to rise. possible bleeding on his after games, and at halftime. Chicago right guard Ger- United UniMas School officials an- brain less than a week after ... Denver said general man- main Ifedi and Detroit line- 9:45 a.m. UEFA Champions League, Zenit vs. Lazio TV: Gala nounced Tuesday that three his 60th birthday. ager John Elway and team backer Jarrad Davis. 11 a.m. Africa, CAF Champions League, Zamalek vs. Raja TV: beIN1 more players and two addi- “It was all successful,” President Joe Ellis tested Casablanca tional staffers tested pos- Maradona’s public relations positive for the coronavirus. Alexander Povetkin’s re- Noon UEFA Champions League, Barcelona vs. Dynamo Kyiv TV: KFTR, TUDN, itive since Saturday, bring- team said in a statement. ... Miami traded receiver Isa- match with Dillian Whyte UniMas R: 1330 ing the program’s number of Maradona had a subdu- iah Ford to New England for for the World Boxing Council Noon UEFA Champions League, Ferencvaros vs. Juventus TV: Gala active cases to 27. ral hematoma, which is an a sixth-round draft pick in interim heavyweight title 2:15 p.m. South America Cup, Sao Paulo vs. Lanus TV: beINes All team-related activ- accumulation of blood be- 2022. ... Wide receiver Anto- was postponed because the 2:15 p.m. South America Cup, Defensa y Justicia vs. Luqueno TV: beIN1 ities for Wisconsin remain tween a membrane and his nio Brown was activated Russian boxer tested pos- 4:30 p.m. Brazilian Cup, Flamengo vs. Athletico PR TV: FS2 paused indefinitely. brain, said his personal doc- from the reserve/suspended itive for the coronavirus. ... 4:30 p.m. South America Cup, Caracas FC vs. CR Vasco da TV: beIN1 The Badgers also had tor, Leopoldo Luque. list and is set to practice with Nancy Darsch, who led the Gama been scheduled to visit Ne- Maradona was admitted Tampa Bay for the first time. Ohio State women’s basket- 4:30 p.m. South America Cup, Penarol vs. Velez TV: beINes braska on Oct. 31. Neither to the Ipensa Clinic with ... Seattle added defensive ball team to the 1993 title 5:15 p.m. CONCACAF League, Saprissa vs. Municipal R: 1330 game will be rescheduled. signs of depression Monday. end Carlos Dunlap, re- game and coached in the 6:30 p.m. Mexican Cup, Monterrey vs. Tijuana TV: FS2, FOXD leased tight end Luke Will- WNBA, died at 68. She had 8 p.m. MLS, Seattle FC at Galaxy TV: TUDN, Washington State fresh- LAFC’s final road game son and cut linebacker My- Parkinson’s disease. ... Ed- UniMas. R: man Jayden de Laura was of the MLS season, origi- chal Kendricks from the die Johnson, a two-time All- 1330 named its quarterback. ... nally scheduled for Sunday practice squad. ... Tennessee Star for the Atlanta Hawks TENNIS Running back Kylin Hill is in San Jose then postponed is releasing outside line- who received a lifetime NBA 3 a.m. ATP Paris Masters, early-round play TV: Tennis leaving Mississippi State to after three players tested backer Vic Beasley Jr. ... suspension in 1987 for co- (Thu.) prepare for the draft. positive for COVID-19, will be Baltimore added seven play- caine use, died at 65. CALENDAR E

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MOVIE REVIEW Rise, fall of ‘Donut King’

See how immigrant Ted Ngoy founded a pastry dynasty, only to watch it crumble.

By Kevin Crust

War. Romance. Family. Immigration. Entrepre- neurship. Politics. Gam- bling. Betrayal. Tragedy. Doughnuts. Wait, what? Yes, lots and lots of doughnuts. The story behind the documentary “The Donut King” is large and it Fred Rogers Company contains multitudes. Directed by Alice Gu, the movie details how one man, Bun Tek “Ted” Ngoy, built a sugary, deep-fried dynasty, revealing both the promise and the pitfalls of the Ameri- can dream. Gu wraps Ngoy’s immigrant tale in that of Califor- nia doughnut culture, though the stories eventually prove to be inseparable. The filmmaker deftly moves backward and forward in time to chronicle Ngoy’s remarkable journey from war- torn Cambodia to the strip malls of Orange County while becoming a multimil- lionaire. Simple animation and eclectic music provide a con- fectionery dusting to the interviews with Ngoy, his family and doughnut industry executives (it’s a thing!). The visually satisfying preparation and display of the sumptuous pastries deliver an inviting illustration of the WGBH Educational Foundation work involved in running a “DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD,” top, and “Arthur” are carrying on Mr. Rogers’ legacy and tackling topical issues. neighborhood doughnut shop. Emerging from the post- war economic boom and the rise of the automobile, the two-doughnuts-and-a-coffee breakfast became a staple of the fast food landscape and Southern California was a natural locale for a high Kids’ TV grows up concentration of these em- [See ‘Donut King,’ E2] How 2020 rocked the gentle world of children’s programming Finding unity in dentally spread germs,” Dad Tiger tells a Mrs. MacGrady, the school lunch lady and a By Meredith Blake Golijov’s ‘Ayre’ teary-eyed Daniel in “Daniel Tiger’s Neigh- former civil rights activist, for guidance. borhood: Won’t You Sing Along with Me?,” a “Racism is like a disease,” she tells them. “If Song cycle presents a Since he arrived in the world eight years special created to help families cope with you don’t treat it, it will get worse.” hopeful intersection of ago, Daniel Tiger has overcome many an ob- the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretty heavy stuff for “Arthur’s” 4-to-8- Jewish, Christian and stacle. Daniel isn’t the only anthropomorphic year-old target audience, but the seismic Muslim cultures. E2 There was the whole potty-training or- character feeling the strain of multiple cri- events of this year, including the spread of a deal and a rocky adjustment becoming a big ses. In a short episode of “Arthur” released deadly virus that has upended daily life and ‘Over the Moon’ brother. And who could forget the peach al- this summer, the bespectacled aardvark a societal reckoning over systemic racism star revisits tale lergy? and his friend Buster call each other on and police violence, have rocked the gentle How a Chinese myth But like most Americans — furry and Zoom to talk about a troubling video they world of children’s television like never be- inspired Phillipa Soo’s otherwise — Daniel has never endured any- watched. fore. While the medium — especially the Chang’e in Netflix’s thing like 2020. This summer, he was devas- “I can’t believe someone would be hurt educational programming on PBS — has a animated feature. E3 tated to learn he wouldn’t be going to the like that, just because they’re Black,” says long history of tackling thorny social issues annual carnival. Buster, a bunny. No further details are re- and has been responsive to changing social Comics ...... E4-5 “We’re staying far apart so we don’t acci- quired, but none are necessary. They call mores, the makers [See Kids’ TV, E6] What’s on TV ...... E6

THEATER REVIEW Party safety on A yes vote for ‘Kristina Wong’ Halloween scene The comedy warrior ets on the retail site shares her electoral Two L.A. events offer Eventbrite. Some fans min- journey in her earnest gled in the backyard, but divergent snapshots of many piled indoors, jubilant solo digital show. the risks revelers are and carefree, to mosh and sing and watch the rappers CHARLES McNULTY willing to take. perform with few masks in THEATER CRITIC sight throughout the crowd. By August Brown It’s not news to anyone No one has to explain to that large indoor parties or Kristina Wong the theatrical To judge from the shaky mask-less gatherings defy nature of American politics. cellphone footage posted to local regulations and public A performance artist and Instagram, Wav3Pop’s Hal- health advice. An L.A. comedy warrior for social loween party looked like a County public health order justice, she started cam- night that will stick with L.A. on Oct. 15 allowed “private paigning for public office as rap fans for a long time. gatherings of three or fewer part of her act before run- At the party, called Veri- households, as long as the ning in earnest and now fied, hundreds of young private gathering is out- serves as an elected repre- clubbers, OnlyFans cam- doors, everyone wears a sentative for the Wilshire girls, TikTok clout-chasers cloth face covering and Center Koreatown Neigh- and shutdown-bedraggled keeps at least six feet of borhood Council. Gen Zers climbed over an or- physical distance, food is in It’s a volunteer position ange car custom-painted single-serve disposable con- that before the COVID-19 with the logo of the L.A. hip- tainers, and the duration of pandemic met monthly at hop duo and streetwear the gathering is two hours or the Pio Pico-Koreatown Center Theatre Group designers on their way into a less.” COVID-19 is on the rise Branch Library. Wong is KRISTINA WONG offers her take on entry into local politics in the one-woman rented Hollywood Hills in California, where cases [See ‘Wong,’ E3] digital show “Kristina Wong for Public Office” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. mansion. The pair sold tick- [See Parties, E6] E2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR

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here are few cor- hanced by an angelic harp. ners in the history “And a mother roasted,” the or geography of lullaby begins, “and ate her music — high- cherished son.” Adapted from brow, lowbrow, the “Lamentations of Jeremiah,” any-ol’-brow — in this is the horror of political which folk songs terror made manifest, a starving T haven’t insinuat- mother having lost her reason. ed themselves. Elsewhere all it takes is a They remind us of who we are. snap of a finger in a traditional They tell our stories. They pur- Arab Easter song that Golijov pose the times of our lives. In learned from a recording by the love, they are for wooing and Lebanese singer Fairouz to weeping. They can incite battle switch epochs. One second “Wa as well as warn us of war’s futil- Habibi” (My Love) gracefully ity, celebrate victory and mourn inhabits rarefied Gregorian defeat. chant, the next, it thrillingly In the wake of a distracting rockets to an urban Arab funk election, as we find ourselves a that might be blaring from nation impossibly divided, motorbikes. placing identity — be it racial, Throughout this often theat- religious, regional, generational, rical 40-minute, 11-part cycle, a political or gender-based — startling political context above unity, folk songs have a doesn’t go out of date. No. 3 is a singular lesson to impart. raucous Sardinian song, “Walls This is what Osvaldo Golijov Are Encircling the Land,” in has to say about his 2004 song which Golijov instructs the cycle, “Ayre,” which focuses on instrumental ensemble at the folk songs from Andalusian end to embrace chaos and anar- Middle Ages. Jews, Christians chy. For No. 8, a soprano reads a and Muslims lived in reasonable, Micah Fluellen Los Angeles Times magnificently moving text by if imperfect, harmony, culturally the famed late Palestinian poet influencing one another. “With a Mahmoud Darwish that begins, little bend, a melody goes from “Be a string, water, to my gui- Jewish to Arab to Christian,” tar.” That text continues over a Golijov is quoted in the CD song Golijov wrote to words by a booklet for soprano Dawn Up- 12th century Yiddish poet, cre- shaw’s premiere recording of the Where unity ating a kind of eternal counter- cycle. point between medieval Juda- To hear that in a lullaby, to ism and contemporary Pal- hear it in anger or rapture, is an estine. aha moment. “How little you With the final and longest have to change to go from one song, words no longer can say culture to another,” Golijov once is achieved what needs to be said. The so- exclaimed at a performance of prano vocalizes over a mesmer- “Ayre,” “maybe even nothing.” A izing bolero, part Ravel, part singer’s accents can be enough. Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain,” “Ayre” is not folk music, but Osvaldo Golijov’s song cycle ‘Ayre’ brings together Jewish, ever reminding of the cycles of it’s infused by it. Its model and history, hope and elation within companion piece is Luciano Christian and Muslim cultures, championing coexistence reach, if only we’d try. Berio’s “Folk Songs,” written 40 Golijov went through the years earlier for Berio’s wife, the MARK SWED next 15 years after “Ayre” unable remarkably imaginative Arme- MUSIC CRITIC to make that reach. Though he nian American soprano Cathy turned out a number of small Berberian. In no work is the pieces — including the exceed- power of folk song more appar- cross centuries and continents. Golijov’s first sensation was ingly lovely “Azul,” written for ent. By making arrangements of You often don’t know where you the Kronos Quartet’s 1997 re- Yo-Yo Ma — his larger vision songs from various countries, are or even who wrote what. Starting points lease of his Kabbalistic “The became blocked. He failed to the Italian avant-gardist didn’t Golijov adapts ancient music There are three commercial Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the fulfill such major commissions so much break ranks with the with all the tools of Postmoder- recordings of “Ayre.” Each is Blind,” which featured the rhap- as a violin concerto for the Los progressive radicalism that had nity. He sometimes writes his different. Each is special. sodic clarinetist David Angeles Philharmonic and an transformed music as he did own music or writes music to go Krakauer. It so happens that opera for the Metropolitan open it. This then made possible along with other music that Dawn Upshaw’s recording, Kronos, for whom Golijov served Opera. Berio’s next major work, makes everything sound like which also features Berio’s as a house arranger madly mix- But last year, he returned “Sinfonia,” an earlier subject of him. He shares Berio’s deadline “Folk Songs,” is a classic that ing styles on several of the quar- with an elaborate evening- this “How to Listen” series. issues. Berio was finishing “Folk Deutsche Grammophon has tet’s CDs, has just released its length song cycle, “Falling Out of Any and all songs were Songs” right up to the moment unconscionably allowed to slip own timely and revelatory take Time,” for Silkroad Ensemble adaptable for Berio. The third in of its premiere at Mills College in out of print. on folk music from the vantage that so encapsulates the searing his “Folk Songs” is one of Berbe- Oakland. Golijov didn’t begin point of Pete Seeger and the civil intensity of “Ayre” that the Canadian singer Miriam rian’s favorite Armenian ser- “Ayre” until the month of its rights movements. meaning of life itself becomes Khalil’s more recent recording, enades, a hymn to the moon. premiere. Not having time to In 2000, with his “La Pasión out of reach. Told through the which has a dynamic Middle The final piece in Berio’s song finish, he asked his friend Gus- Según San Marcos” (St. Mark’s inconsolable emotions of a Eastern sensibility, is available cycle is a wild Azerbaijan love tavo Santaolalla for two num- Passion), Golijov became the father having lost a son, this epic only as a download. But she can song that Berberian discovered bers. international voice of a multicul- of sadness from every musical be seen in a complete perform- on an old 78 rpm recording and, The heat of the moment is tural new millennium that tri- vantage point becomes like a ance on YouTube. without understanding a single part of what electrifies “Ayre,” umphantly mixed types of music never-ending folk song from the word, sang as though it were the which means air or melody but Nora Fischer, who is quickly and traditions, what with its beyond. The great cultural sexiest thing in the world. Now, here implies the musical air we becoming the hip Cathy Berbe- spellbinding Afro-Cuban Jesus conflicts of “Ayre” are not re- of course, these are warring breathe. Golijov happened to be rian of the 21st century, has a and Kaddish ending. solved but accepted. Consola- nations. at the time the most talked new release also only as a down- “Ayre” goes further and tion is irrelevant. Words once Golijov used Berio’s chamber about composer in America for load, though you can watch a deeper, taking daring advantage more disappear; they’re too ensemble with some 21st cen- his exhilarating musical multi- brief live excerpt on YouTube. of how folk songs can make painful. Music, like the universe, tury updates, such as a laptop culturalism. Born in 1960, he manifest humanity’s uncomfort- simply exists. Having fallen out and a hyper-accordion, the grew up in Argentina in a family Streamers, beware: None of the able contradictions. of time and through a painfully instrument rigged to employ of Eastern European immi- digital releases come with the The second song, for in- slow folk-music healing, Golijov digital signal processing. Texts grants and was enamored texts, which are essential. For stance, is a traditional lullaby is back. are in Arabic, Hebrew, Ladino, equally with Astor Piazzolla’s that, Cal Performances comes sung by Sephardic Jews, its Spanish and Sardinian. They New Tango and New Klezmer. to the rescue. melody one of arresting appeal With live concerts largely on and the songs don’t necessarily He went on to study music in and purity. The lyrics are in hold, critic Mark Swed is come from Andalusia; rather Israel and then in America with Ladino, the Old Spanish spoken suggesting a different recorded they take up the theme of cultur- the mystical avant-gardist by Jews at the time of their music by a different composer al and political coexistence, George Crumb, who also has expulsion from Spain in 1492. every Wednesday. You can find holding up our era to history. taken to arranging folk songs Ignore them, and this is the the series archive at Vocal and musical styles lately. most lulling song of songs, en- latimes.com/howtolisten. The American rise and fall of ‘The Donut King’

[‘Donut King,’ from E1] poriums of glazed and pow- dered pleasure. While Dunk- ‘The Donut For your safety in’ Donuts ruled the North- King’ east United States, Winch- The Times is committed ell’s initially dominated the to reviewing theatrical In English, Mandarin and West. film releases during the Cambodian with English But in 1975, Cambodian COVID-19 pandemic. subtitles army major Ngoy, his wife, Because moviegoing Not rated Suganthini (soon to be carries risks during this Christy), their three chil- Running time: 1 hour, time, we remind readers dren, a nephew and two 39 minutes to follow health and safety cousins landed at Camp Playing: Regency South guidelines as outlined by Pendleton with 50,000 oth- Coast Village, Santa Ana, the CDC and local health ers as part of a refugee pro- and in limited release officials. gram. (In archival footage, where theaters are open; it’s interesting to see Presi- available via virtual low gourmet trends, discuss cinemas, including dent Gerald Ford, a Repub- branding and use social me- Laemmle Theatres lican, expound upon the im- dia to tout their wares. portance of immigrants The documentary even- while California Gov. Jerry pendent doughnut shops in tually circles back, connect- Brown, a Democrat, ques- California, with up to 80% ing Ngoy to this legacy. tions the wisdom of taking owned by Cambodians. Proud of his achievements, in refugees when the state That one man’s success be- humbled by his failings, at was already saddled with Greenwich Entertainment got so much opportunity for 77, he is a man with regrets 1 million unemployed work- BUN TEK “TED” NGOY with the inventory in the film “The Donut King.” so many others is an amaz- but seemingly content to live ers.) ing saga. out his days in peace. In a A church in Tustin spon- er and the kids helping out, doughnuts and how he and refugees came to the U.S., And unknown to most, way, Ngoy was gambling all sored Ngoy and his family, the Ngoys soon saved Christy learned washing and and Ngoy sponsored more that saga had a dark side. A along, the difference being and one night while working enough to buy their own reusing wooden stir sticks than 100 families, allowing fateful trip to Las Vegas in that in the doughnut game as a gas station attendant, shop for $45,000 in 1976. Ngoy was frowned upon. dozens to own their own 1977 planted the seed that his hard work and ingenuity he smelled something deli- proved to be a shrewd In the meantime, those shops through an inventive led to a Shakespearean re- allowed him to beat the cious. He followed the scent businessman — he’d been a left behind in Cambodia, in- leasing program. versal of fortune in which odds; in the casinos, he was to a nearby doughnut shop payroll specialist in the army cluding Ngoy family mem- The system benefited Ngoy lost everything. playing against a stacked and it was love at first bite. — and by 1979 he owned 25 bers, endured the “Killing both the new immigrants “The Donut King” glides deck. He was soon training as a shops and was on his way to Fields” of the Khmer Rouge, and Ngoy as his wealth in- past certain details of Ngoy’s And despite the film’s baker at a Winchell’s in La becoming a legend. with more than a million creased to a reported $20 downfall, preferring to focus cautionary nature, you will Mirada before being given a Fascinating details people slaughtered and oth- million and cut into on the current generation of crave doughnuts. Lots and store to manage on Balboa emerge, such as how those ers forced into labor camps. Winchell’s market share. At Cambodian doughnut mak- lots of doughnuts. Although Peninsula. With Ted baking, pink boxes became the ubiq- Following the invasion by Vi- one time, there were reporters who, despite many oth- the king has fallen, the king- Christy handling the count- uitous regional symbol of etnam, more Cambodian edly more than 5,000 inde- ers leaving the business, fol- dom still stands. LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 E3 A pop star is born in ‘Over the Moon’

By Ashley Lee

Phillipa Soo first heard of Chang’e, the famed goddess of Chinese mythology who lives forever on the moon, from a children’s book read to her by her parents. “I’d look up at the moon and imagine that I could see her there with her jade rabbit,” she re- Photographs by Kimberley French Focus Features called. “LET HIM GO” features Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as a couple on a mission. It wasn’t until the “Hamil- ton” actress was cast as the legend in the Netflix ani- MOVIE REVIEW mated feature “Over the Moon” that she researched the myth’s many versions Netflix across Asian cultures. In CHANG’E performs dance moves by a Blackpink some, her lover Houyi set choreographer and sings a hip-hop-driven song. A western noir with aside immortality pills for them to be together forever, language for the first time, I but Chang’e nobly ingested really wanted to do that mo- them both to stop an enemy ment justice.” from stealing them. Others Chang’e and Houyi are re- blood feud trappings say she selfishly took the two united only briefly. And she’s for herself and fled to the left to learn — amid sudden moon with a rabbit in tow, heartbreak and disappoint- to the toxic Blanche is the leaving her lover alone on ment — that though they By Katie Walsh equally determined Mar- Earth. won’t ever be together again, garet. She’s the type of wom- Most of the narratives end their love remains eternal. Thomas Bezucha’s an who whispers kind words there. “She’s very beautiful This is the lesson and leg- adaptation of Larry Wat- into the ear of a beloved and revered, and she’s a big acy of the film’s late screen- son’s 2013 novel, “Let Him horse about to be put down, part of the Moon Festival,” writer Audrey Wells, who also Go,” is at once spare and syr- who sees everyone as family, said producer Peilin Chou. Rick Loomis Los Angeles Times wrote “Under the Tuscan upy. Set in 1951, it’s a western though she’s no pushover. “But what has she been do- PHILLIPA SOO, who Sun” and “The Hate U Give” family noir, a “real blood Although they are brutal- ing up there all this time? voices Chang’e, was in and intended for this fantas- feud,” as one of the charac- ized by the Weboys’ intimi- How has she been impacted Broadway’s “Hamilton.” tical journey to have immedi- ters puts it, dampening the dation tactics, the Black- by this eternal separation ate, real-world applications. North Dakota soil upon ledges won’t stand down. from her true love? We took “She left this movie be- which this war is fought. One wonders what sacrifices some liberties and really let hind as a gift for her daughter Diane Lane and Kevin are required of a soul to meet our imaginations run wild.” ‘Over the and her husband, to let them Costner star as Margaret BRIT Lesley Manville is such evil with equal force, So when a grief-stricken Moon’ know that, while she has left and George Blackledge, a memorable in the drama. even if it is in the service of teen named Fei Fei (Cathy the earth, their love will last grieving Montana couple. A good. Ang) builds a rocket to the forever,” Chou explained. “So few short scenes set up their As Bill, Blanche’s moon, the curtain falls to re- Rated: PG we had to get this right, be- dilemma: George singing to brother-in-law, Jeffrey Don- veal Chang’e, an unfath- Running time: 1 hour, cause it’s the message of the their baby grandson Jimmy ‘Let Him Go’ ovan brings his signature omably fabulous pop star. 40 minutes movie.” with their son and daughter- brand of grinning menace to She wears couture creations Playing: Netflix That’s why the last song is in-law. Then, a riderless Rated: R, for violence the role. And the cast is by Guo Pei, and performs “Love Someone New,” a bal- horse; a body by the creek. Running time: 1 hour, 58 rounded out with a new gen- moves by Blackpink choreo- lad in which Chang’e and Fei Black clothing for a funeral, minutes. eration of promising per- grapher Kyle Hanagami. tegrating the traditional Chi- Fei face the grief they’ve each followed by an uncomfort- Playing: Starts Nov. 6 in formers in Brittain, the ex- And she introduces herself to nese stand-up collar and been carrying. “The song able wedding. Their grand- general release where cellent Carter, and Booboo this teen — and the audience wide-sleeved design, and uses that yearning melody son’s new stepfather, Donny theaters are open Stewart as Peter, a young — with “Ultraluminary,” an some traditional Chinese from the song from the be- (Will Brittain), publicly Native American man who irreverent and catchy song cloud patterns,” said Pei — ginning, ‘Rocket to the backhanding the boy’s the Blackledges encounter. that had Soo dancing non- for a pingpong match that Moon,’ ” said Park. mother, Lorna (Kayli Cart- The matriarch is Blanche His personal story of being stop inside a tiny recording goes awry. “But this time, it feels er). A hastily vacated apart- Weboy, an apt moniker for taken as a child to an abusive booth. “It’s clear she’s got a lot of more transparent or as if it ment. English actress Lesley “Indian school” is part his- “It shows how undeniably personal feelings she has to were cracked open because That’s all we need to Manville’s performance, tory lesson, part a look into powerful she is because it de- work through,” said Soo. she’s not just singing it up to know to understand the which skews toward Jimmy’s potential future mands people to dance, like “She’s so desperate to be re- the sky, she’s singing it to an- quest on which Margaret Blanche DuBois-style op- should he stay with the sa- you seriously just can’t help united with her loved one, other person. It’s a new sets, determined to go with eratics. Chain-smoking, distic Weboys. it,” said Helen Park, who and it comes out sideways, at friendship formed between or without her husband, to sporting a bleached blond Bezucha’s style is un- wrote the film’s songs with the expense of having a little these two hurting people.” find Jimmy and bring him hairdo and Midwestern (?) showy, using the beauty of Christopher Curtis and Mar- bit more kindness. That rage It’s a sentiment that’s all back. George joins her, of accent, Manville is having the natural landscape. A jorie Duffield. and frustration comes out of too familiar, as countless course. some fun as the ultimate score by Michael Giacchino “And it has this delicate, just being so ready but feel- have experienced losses of all In North Dakota, the scary mommy, hardened by lends the melodrama, while vulnerable bridge because, ing so helpless really.” kinds due to COVID-19. Blackledges search for their the punishing lifestyle of Manville, unleashed, shows like everyone, she has pain. Chang’e finally finds her- “These two characters feel grandson and his new step- mid-20th century Great a new, campier side. In many But that doesn’t get in the self face-to-face with Houyi like they’re very different family, the Weboys, following Plains living. She rules her ways, it feels like the mid- way of her rising up and being (Conrad Ricamora) for the from each other, but they a trail of clues and small- gang of violent, poorly man- century pulp thrillers it emu- this magnetic force. I think movie’s emotional climax, in come together and realize town gossip that grows more nered boys with an iron fist, lates: well-plotted and grisly, it’s a great message for girls which the couple sing a few they actually need each other and more ominous. The and she has no intention of but almost ephemeral. It is around the world to own lines in Mandarin. in order to move forward,” sunny yet steely Margaret giving up her newest family Lane’s performance that their confidence.” “It was so meaningful to said Soo. leads with a forceful kind- member, Jimmy. The Black- lingers, one that dares to be Like the changing phases connect to my heritage in “It’s such a great lesson in ness, asserting “We’re fam- ledges’ journey takes them uniquely hopeful about the of the moon, Chang’e has that way, especially since I’m how love can be found in un- ily” as a means of accessing down a path to a particularly future, and letting the old many sides, mirrored by the the only grandchild in my expected places, even her grandson. But at the end virulent kind of evil, en- ways die. tempos and themes of her family who doesn’t speak the though it’s hard to reach out of a long rural road, she finds trenched, trained and beat- songs. In the hip-hop-driven language,” said Soo, whose and ask for help. I think we’re a group of people to whom en into men with fear and ha- Katie Walsh is a Tribune “Hey Boy,” Chang’e dons a pronunciations were guided all feeling like we’re in need of she’d never want to be kin. tred. Standing in opposition News Service film critic. modern sports outfit — “in- by Chou. “Singing in a foreign healing right now.” CULTURE MONSTER A yes vote for ‘Kristina Wong’ All the arts, all the time

[‘Wong,’ from E1] ence of being a target of Alex aware that this isn’t the big Jones, the notorious conspir- latimes.com/culturemonster time. As political stages go, acy theorist and far-right ex- To advertise here go to www.latimes.com/placead she’s playing the outer fringe. tremist, who discovered her But she has gained entry to web series for children called an illustrious venue — the “Radical Cram School,” in BLACK ART AUCTION Kirk Douglas Theatre — to which she delivers “tongue- share her unusual electoral in-cheek” lessons to young- November 14, 2020 12 PM EST journey in the streaming solo sters on revolution and social show “Kristina Wong for justice. The volcanic hate Public Office.” that spewed her way Dressed in a suffragist prompted her (with help white suit à la Hillary Clinton, from a marijuana edible and Wong bounces around the politically active reality TV Douglas with the giddy joy of producer friend) to run for a person who has found an Center Theatre Group electoral office. open back window after lock- DRESSED in suffragist white, Kristina Wong per- The show turns more ing herself out of her home forms her one-woman show at Kirk Douglas Theatre. serious after Wong joins while taking out the garbage. the neighborhood council The stage is bedecked in iefilm” ensnared Rudolph W. and wants to address the American flags in an over- Giuliani in its satiric web, rise in homelessness and done manner suitable for a ‘Kristina Bill Maher’s monologues the federal government’s es- Mike Pence keynote at the Wong for provoke President Trump calating war on immigrants Conservative Political Action into Twitter tirades, Randy who’ve overstayed their Conference. Public Office’ Rainbow has founded a re- visas or entered the country A lectern awaits Wong, sistant movement of musical illegally. But humor keeps but why not make an en- parodies, and Sarah Cooper this political novice’s senses Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, trance worthy of Elvis? When: Streaming on and J-L Cauvin have infused sharp and her values Draped in a Vegas-style cape demand through Nov. 29 the art of impersonation with straight. 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This dig- ing that “is still fully intact” af- stage will whet your appetite bidding please email into rally mode: ital production, produced by ter the 2016 election threatens for the local theater we’ve Friends! I could have Center Theatre Group in to give her a concussion. Be- been missing. [email protected] brought tonight’s rally to partnership with the Broad ing “likable,” she riffs with de- Let’s hope that this is or call 317.986.6048. Madison Square Garden, the Stage, champions inclusion lightful amiability, may not be the start of a robust series Phoenix Convention Center, through ironic commentary her strong suit. But why is it of digital productions from the ballroom at the Radisson that captures our national that only women have to Center Theatre Group. The hotel in Anaheim. But I said, muddles in the squabbles of a worry about this “mysteri- Culver City venue was a sight “No thanks. Give me an audi- neighborhood bureaucracy. ous, un-embodiable thing” for sore eyes. I hate to sound ence willing to crawl out The line between politics when men can get away with, greedy, but could we have a from bed and sit upright at and comedy has blurred. well, just being creepy men? glimpse of the Mark Taper their computers, watch thea- “Borat Subsequent Mov- Wong relates her experi- Forum soon? www.BLACKARTAUCTION.com E4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR

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Your partner ♣ K 8 ♣ 9 7 6 5 4 3 the ace of clubs and returned opens one diamond, you re- SOUTH the queen. spond one heart and he bids ♠ A 9 6 When East played low, two clubs. The opponents ♥ A Q J 10 6 3 South threw a spade. He pass. What do you say? ♦ K J 5 would have made overtricks Answer: Your hand has ♣ 2 on a lucky day, but as it was, slam potential; indeed, had SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST West took the king and led it been a bit stronger, you 1 ♥ Pass 3 ♥ Pass another spade. East won might have jumped to two 4 ♥ All Pass and led the 10 of diamonds, hearts at your first turn. A Opening lead — ♠ Q and West took the A-Q. bid of three hearts now KENKEN Down one. would be invitational to Tribune Content Agency Every box will contain a number; numbers depend on the size of the grid. For a 6x6 puzzle, use Nos. 1-6. Do not repeat a number in any row or column. The numbers in each heavily outlined set of squares must combine to produce the target number found in the top left corner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated. A number can be ASK AMY repeated within a cage as long as it is not in the same row or column. He won’t say ‘I love you’ Dear Amy: My 28-year-old I’ve advised her poorly. What bringing attention to our ef- daughter has been in a rela- do you think? forts to encourage people to tionship for over a year with Hoping for seek out and share with us a single father, “Randall.” Happily Ever After war letters from every con- Randall is everything I flict in America’s history. ever wanted for my kind, in- Dear Hoping: My instincts After your column, we telligent, beautiful daughter. and advice are around the were inundated with queries He is thoughtful, polite, in- same as yours, but I differ in from your readers wanting telligent, has a good job and that I don’t see a couple ex- to send us war-related corre- — most important — is a pa- ploring this “I love you” issue spondences, and the re- tient, remarkable parent. as a confrontation but a con- sponses are still pouring in. I am 59 and have rarely versation. She should not Our mission is to human- 11/4/20 seen a father display such demand that he say, “I love ize our nation’s troops, vet- common sense and loving, you,” but ask why he believes erans, and their loved ones, patient parenting skills those words have no mean- and the letters (and now HOROSCOPE toward his young, kinder- ing. And she should ask her- emails) these individuals garten-age child. I’ve never self: “If he never verbally tells have written in times of war seen my daughter so happy me he loves me, would I want remind us all that their sac- Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): does pay off in other ways. or so well-matched. to stay in this relationship? rifices extend beyond the By Holiday Mathis You’ll be reminded of the im- Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. One concern: My daugh- Am I so focused on this that battlefield. portance of attitude. If not 18): Endings sometimes ter confided to me that Ran- I’m missing other nonverbal Thank you for helping us Aries (March 21-April 19): everything, it’s certainly come first, beginnings last. dall has never said, “I love ‘I love you’ statements?” to preserve the stories and To keep in mind the imper- something. With a slight ad- The time to title things is you.” She says it to him and “Randall” sounds like a voices of our servicemem- manence of things can be a justment, you’ll become per- generally at the end, when his son (who tells her, “I love guy who has been through a bers and their families. kind of spiritual practice; fectly suited for the job you you know what it actually is. you too”) but Randall lot. A counselor could help Andrew Carroll the benefits include fully in- most need to do. Pisces (Feb. 19-March doesn’t say it back. He has these two to talk about this habiting this moment. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): 20): The boundaries always told her that he would rather topic, and in doing so, they Dear Andrew: As we ap- Taurus (April 20-May Glue needs hours to dry; ce- exist somewhere. Better for show her how he feels, than could each learn new ways to proach Veterans Day, it’s a 20): Something that is easy ment needs a day to set up; you to bring them tighter say words with no meaning. communicate and to read great time to recall and cele- to you is laborious to some- and people do not become than for the world to do it. She said he frequently each other’s cues, both ver- brate the sacrifice made by one dear to you, and the real- tight overnight. The chemi- Today’s birthday (Nov. tells his son he loves him. His bal and nonverbal. servicemembers and their ization has you wanting to cal reactions that make a 4): This year, you’ll live by relationship with his past You are a concerned families. Readers with let- extend help. bond cannot be rushed. your word confidently. You’ll partner ended badly, and I mother. But it’s OK to say, “I ters and emails sent home Gemini (May 21-June 21): Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): share your opinions with don’t believe he is close to ei- don’t know what you should from family members in the You’ve taken the time to You set out to lift people, not people who adore you and ther of his parents, who di- do; I only know what I would military can check your web- think about the right words to lean on them. And yet, you need your input; it’s more of vorced when he was young. do. I would try to be patient.” site for instructions on how to describe what you offer to wouldn’t want to rob anyone a rarity than you may realize. Randall treats our to donate these missives. the world, and today people of the chance to help you. Enjoy the status. Lifestyle daughter beautifully and is Dear Amy: On behalf of I thank you for this im- will want to listen and re- You need it, and they need to upgrades happen in the next extremely kind to us. myself and everyone at the portant work. ward you. give it. three months. You’ll con- My advice to her has been Center for American War Cancer (June 22-July 22): Sagittarius (Nov. 22- quer a habit and favorably to be patient and not push Letters (warletters.us) at Send questions to Amy Politeness is the main ingre- Dec. 21): You bond with peo- impact your health. Cancer him, but as the days and Chapman University, I can- Dickinson by email to ask dient of a decent society. ple for reasons neither you and Virgo adore you. Your weeks roll by, I worry that not thank you enough for [email protected]. Culture problems within a nor they understand. Such is lucky numbers are: 2, 20, 1, 18 team can be solved with the pleasure and privilege of and 50. good manners. human connection. Enjoy. FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. Mathis writes her column Even the impenetrably cool 19): The effort that goes into for Creators Syndicate Inc. are no match for your dis- impressing a person hardly The horoscope should be arming charm. ever pays off directly, but it read for entertainment.

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Facing issues of 2020 head on During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some tem- [Kids’ TV, from E1] porary changes to our print of kids’ TV have approached sections. The prime-time the dire news this year with TV grid is on hiatus in print unprecedented immediacy but an expanded version is and candor. available in your daily Times “We knew that these were eNewspaper. You can find a issues that needed atten- printable PDF online at: tion,” says Linda Simensky, latimes.com/whats-on-tv. head of content for PBS SERIES Kids. “We look at these situations and think, ‘OK, how The Amazing Race The can we help? What is it that first of two new episodes is we can do that other people in Paraguay. The second is might not be able to do?’ And in Paris. 9 p.m. CBS what we can do is put on Devils Dominic’s (Patrick shows where trusted charac- Dempsey) wife (Kasia ters and trusted voices are Smutniak) disappears. able to be role models for 8 p.m. CW kids.” Mere weeks into the pan- The Goldbergs Beverly and demic, “Sesame Street” re- Jane (Wendi McLendon- leased a special called Covey, Erinn Hayes) have “Elmo’s Playdate,” following only 24 hours to plan a wed- the beloved red Muppet as ding ceremony for Bill Lewis he spent socially distanced (guest star David Koech- time with friends (new epi- ner). 8 p.m. ABC sodes of the children’s TV The Masked Singer (N) 8 staple first air on HBO Max p.m. Fox but are also available on Nature “Primates: Secrets PBS). “The Power of We: A WarnerMedia of Survival.” 8 p.m. KOCE Sesame Street Special” IN “ELMO’S PLAYDATE,” the beloved red Muppet spends socially distanced time with friends over Zoom. helped kids understand the Martha Knows Best (N) 8 importance of fighting intol- tacks of 9/11 with an episode Child development experts now, felt new to us, but we felt ful role in the lives of chil- p.m. HGTV erance, while “Sesame in which Elmo is trauma- review each draft to ensure very strongly that we should dren. “It’s the idea that if you American Housewife Street"-themed town halls tized by a fire at Hooper’s the show is developmentally do this. And we were very don’t see it, you can’t become Franklin (Evan O’Toole) on CNN discussed racism Store. It has since aired regu- appropriate and, in the case careful. We didn’t just jump it. TV is often the first signifi- challenges an older boy to a and the basics of COVID-19. larly on PBS stations after of the “Won’t You Sing Along in. We talked to a lot of advis- er to children that their duel in an effort to win back A timely half-hour spe- natural disasters or other with Me?” special, identified ors.” dreams are possible and Anna-Kat (Julia Butters). cial, “PBS Kids Talk About: emergencies. questions that 2-to-4-year- One of those advisors was their truths are something 8:30 p.m. ABC Race and Racism,” released Simensky has pushed to olds — the target audience of Aisha White, director of the not to be ignored.” American Ninja Warrior last month, is designed to create more topical kids’ the show — might have these P.R.I.D.E. (Positive Racial “Bookmarks,” on Netflix, (season finale) (N) 9 p.m. foster candid discussions programming that directly days, like why they can’t see Identity Development in is hosted and executive pro- NBC about diversity between par- confronts issues in the news, friends and family like they Early Education) program. duced by 15-year-old Marley ents and their children. such as an episode of used to. In one scene, Daniel The message she wanted the Dias. As the founder of the Coroner A mass shooting in The discussion has also “Arthur” about a hurricane. gets frustrated when his dad, special to impart was that #1000BlackGirlBooks cam- the community lands Jenny spread beyond the earnest “Everyone at PBS Kids is who’s working from home, “parents need to be talking paign, which aims to collect and McAvoy (Serinda Swan, realm of public television. In thinking, ‘What can we do to won’t play with him. to their children about race and donate books with Black Roger Cross) in one of the September, Netflix intro- be helpful?’ There will be “We really wanted to fo- at a very young age. The first female protagonists to li- biggest cases of their ca- duced “Bookmarks: Cele- people who disagree with cus on the social and emo- thing they need to do is help braries, she helped select the reers. 9 p.m. CW brating Black Voices,” in this approach and disagree tional aspects” of the pan- their children understand books featured in “Book- The Conners Darlene (Sara which celebrities including that this is an appropriate demic, Loggins says. “They that it’s OK to wonder about marks.” (Viewers without a Gilbert) isolates herself Lupita Nyong’o and Com- topic for kids. And my advice hear people are getting sick, these things, to talk about Netflix subscription can from her co-workers in this mon read children’s books to those people is, ‘Don’t but we didn’t want to cause these things and to question watch the series for free on new episode of the family about the Black experience. watch it.’ And that’s the too many fears about getting these things. Our message is the Netflix Jr. YouTube comedy. 9 p.m. ABC Ever since Fred Rogers beauty of television. You can sick. We felt that if we could to make this conversation channel, which includes I Can See Your Voice (N) 9 first zipped up his cardigan, turn it off.” show Daniel going through about race as ordinary and timely episodes of the educa- p.m. Fox children’s television has ac- some of the things that they everyday and consistent as tional series “Storybots.”) tively engaged with social is- A Mr. Rogers model might be experiencing right any other conversation that The selections explore Tyler Perry’s Sistas Andi sues. The minister and pup- “We continue to draw now it might make things a you would have.” Black history and promote (KJ Smith) finds success at peteer became a national from Mr. Rogers’ legacy on little easier for them.” positive imagery. In one epi- work but new problems treasure by imparting everything that we do,” says Typically it takes 40 Talking about race sode, actress Tiffany arise with Gary (Chido lessons about divorce, Christopher Loggins, super- weeks from script comple- The special features real Haddish shares “I Love My Nwokocha). 9 p.m. BET death, racism and violence vising producer for “Daniel tion to deliver a completed families talking about the Hair,” in which a young girl black-ish Andre and Junior to young viewers of “Mister Tiger’s Neighborhood,” an episode of “Daniel Tiger’s concept of race, how it can be muses about the range of (Anthony Anderson, Mar- Rogers’ Neighborhood.” In a animated spinoff of “Mister Neighborhood,” but the used to treat people unfairly ways she can wear her cus Scribner) disagree over moment celebrated in the Rogers” following the chil- team at Fred Rogers Produc- and what they can do to fight tresses. Haddish ends the the most effective way to documentary, “Won’t You Be dren of characters from the tions started writing the discrimination. Clips from episode by removing her wig protest in the age of social My Neighbor ?,” Rogers sent Neighborhood of Make-Be- script in April, and the epi- PBS shows, such as Rep. and revealing a shorn scalp. media. 9:30 p.m. ABC a powerful message about lieve. “One thing that he said sode first aired in August. John Lewis’ visit to “Arthur,” “Love who you are!” she says. The Con (N) 10 p.m. ABC tolerance and integration by is, ‘What’s mentionable is Both “Won’t You Sing help underscore the mes- “All the people on the sharing a wading pool with manageable.’ If you can talk Along With Me?” and “PBS sage. Several of the families show were once children, sit- Full Frontal With Saman- Officer Clemmons, played by about things, it might make Kids Talk About Race and discuss their experiences at ting in a classroom, not see- tha Bee The comedian François Clemmons, in 1969. them easier to understand, Racism” are “very specific Black Lives Matter protests, ing themselves,” Dias says, reacts to the 2020 election in Over five decades on the and that’s the approach we and very timely,” says and one father, quoting the and the goal of the show is to this new episode. 10:30 p.m. air, “Sesame Street” has took” in making the Simensky. “If both of them late civil rights leader, urges break that cycle. And while TBS helped kids deal with adver- COVID-19 singalong special, went out of date very quickly, his daughter to get into “Bookmarks” might speak to The A Word The drama sity and championed inclu- Loggins says. I’d be fine with that.” Putting “good trouble.” the moment, its message is about a British extended sion through such charac- Each episode of “Daniel out a special about race, “These children are ac- anything but fleeting. “We family living with the special ters as Julia, a Muppet with Tiger’s Neighborhood” goes though essential, required tively involved in demanding care about addressing cur- challenges of caring for an autism, and story lines about through a rigorous research additional care. the change they want to see rent issues. But racism is not autistic child returns for a racism, disability, adoption, process. Storybook versions “Even just the idea of in the world,” says poet and just a current issue or event, third season. Joe (Max divorce and incarceration. of the script are read to chil- leaning in and saying words activist Amanda Gorman, it is part of the system that Vento) is now 10 and living in “Sesame Street” sensitively dren in a childcare setting to like ‘race’ and ‘racism,’ which who hosts the special and be- Black people experience ev- two places at once. 11 p.m. addressed the terrorist at- gauge their effectiveness. we’ve shied away from until lieves that TV plays a power- ery day.” Sundance TALK SHOWS Today (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America Alex Elle. (N) 7 a.m. KABC Live With Kelly and Ryan L.A. parties can’t mask differences Chris O’Donnell; Darius Rucker. (N) 9 a.m. KABC [Parties, from E1] “It may seem harmless to moter took a much more Home & Family Katrina now top 938,000 with more bring a group of people to- measured approach. For the Law and Carlo Marks. (N) 10 than 17,000 deaths. gether for a celebration,” last five years, Jahmal a.m. Hallmark But a few promoters have L.A. County’s public health Walker, 35, has thrown The Talk Patrick J. Adams; tried to throw illicit concerts director, Barbara Ferrer, “silent” parties in L.A. with Annaleigh Ashford; mid-pandemic; L.A. DWP told The Times last week. beamed-in music on wire- Amanda Kloots. (N) 1 p.m. has cut the power to similar “However, if not done appro- less headphones. The con- KCBS TikTok-influencer house priately, this type of gather- cept was a hit for his com- parties. Local nightlife and ing — even if only one person pany Millennium Age, which The Drew Barrymore music industries are at the was infected — has the po- he said threw around 360 Show David Dobrik; For- edge of collapsing perma- tential to result in hundreds events in 40 cities in 2019. tune Feimster. (N) 2 p.m. nently, taking with them of cases of COVID-19. And He’d sold more than 300 KCBS countless dreams and liveli- unfortunately, even worse, it tickets to an outdoor Hal- The Kelly Clarkson Show hoods. Halloween affirmed can lead to the deaths of peo- loween gig outside of Re- Kristin Chenoweth; Ledisi that young music lovers’ re- ple who had no connection gency West, an event space performs. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC solve to stay home is slip- to the event at all.” in Leimert Park. But last- Amanpour (N) 11 p.m. ping. Before their Hollywood minute complications sent KCET; midnight KVCR Two parties that night — Hills party, Wav3Pop was him instead to the parking one from Wav3Pop, another torn about the prospect of lots of Club Bahia in Echo The Daily Show (N) 11 p.m. in Echo Park from the R&B contributing to that. They Park, a permitted music Comedy Central and hip-hop promoter Mil- made their reputation in venue with a full kitchen. Conan Al Franken. (N) 11 lennium Age — showed very L.A. throwing wild house Live music or DJs outside p.m. TBS Wav3Pop different approaches to shows, and during the shut- would have instantly made The Tonight Show Sarah managing risk in the age of LOS ANGELES hip-hop duo Wav3Pop threw a gath- down they had sobered up the gig illegal. But with Silverman; Dua Lipa; Steve COVID-19. One promoter ering inside a Hollywood Hills mansion on Halloween. and focused on growing guests served food at sepa- Kornacki. (N) 11:34 p.m. found workarounds to abide their fashion line. They ad- rated tables and DJ sets KNBC by health codes with about mitted that the pandemic livestreamed from inside the the same risk as dining out- had broken them down a bit: otherwise empty venue, it The Late Show Shepard doors. Another went rene- “This has created a lot of de- was a far cry from a sweaty Smith. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS gade, with all the glee and pression. We had to find a nightclub, but up to code Jimmy Kimmel Live! vulnerability that entails. way around this business,” and just enough to feel al- Kanye West. (N) 11:35 p.m. “With COVID-19, we’re Lanta Wav3, 24, said. most-sort-of normal. KABC put in this situation where Despite the unanimous “Police did come by Late Night Leslie Jones. (N) we had to make one of two guidance of every public around 11:30 p.m., and I was 12:36 a.m. KNBC choices,” said Gr3y Wav3s, health official and local poli- scared,” Walker said. “But 23, half of Wav3Pop (the rap- ticians, and the laments of when they shined their The Late Late Show Henry pers asked to go by their their long-suffering peers in lights and we showed them Winkler. (N) 12:37 a.m. stage names during a Face- the music community, they the headphones, they said, KCBS Time interview before their went for it anyway. They ‘This is really cool’ and drove Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. party). “We made a decision swore up and down before- off.” KABC to figure it out. We don’t be- hand that their party would During COVID-19, Walker lieve in losing. It doesn’t have security, free masks, shifted his company away matter if you back us into a temperature checks and from music to smaller film corner; we’ll build a door or outdoor space for fans who screenings. But since Hal- blow the [whole thing] up.” wanted the option to stay in loween’s event went off with Wav3Pop was far from Reggie Green Reggie Green Photos fresh air. (Video of the party few hitches, he thinks his alone in shrugging off GUESTS enjoy the music at Millennium Age’s Hal- did show ample outdoor company’s noiseless, indi- COVID-19 risks for a clan- loween event outside Club Bahia in Echo Park. areas, but masks didn’t look vidual-listening format can destine Halloween gig. like the top priority for fans.) open up some options dur- Kendall Jenner threw her- Travis Scott. If you weren’t had already sent thousands “Think about N.W.A: The ing the pandemic. self a 25th birthday party on on the list, gathering else- of fans into the streets police said if they performed “We’re not trying to run the rooftop of WeHo’s where was tougher: West across the Southland — and ‘F— tha Police’ they’d get ar- away from COVID, but we hotspot Harriet’s. The 100 Hollywood had banned large such gatherings risked being rested,” Gr3y Wav3s said. still want a place to have largely mask-free guests in- public gatherings like the superspreader events. On “But they did it anyway. fun,” said Walker. “People cluded the far-off-the-cam- popular Halloween Carni- Sunday, county health offi- Sometimes people say you told me, ‘This is the funnest paign-trail presidential can- val. cials reported 1,590 new can’t do [something], but we party I’ve ever been to all didate Kanye West, Jenner’s But the Dodgers’ World cases, up from a 940 seven- have a bigger purpose.” year,’ and I’m like ‘Yeah, be- Matt Squire Sundance sister Kim Kardashian, the Series win and the Lakers’ day average of new cases the A few miles southeast, cause there aren’t any MAX VENTO in “The A Weeknd, Doja Cat and earlier NBA championship week before. another hip-hop-savvy pro- parties this year.’ ” Word” on Sundance. LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 EE1

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For the second episode they land Decisión nocturna in Paris, where they prepare some treats and make enough KOCE Nature Nature (TVPG) Primates, NOVA (TVPG) Archaeolo- Secrets of the Dead (TVPG) Eastland: The Shipwreck That Chantilly cream for four pies. 9 p.m. CBS (TVPG) Aus- often referred to as the high- gists and engineers build a Investigators search for the Shook America (TVPG) The tralian Bush- est order of animal on the 25-foot lifting machine and identity of the captain of a tragedy involving the Great Devils When Dominic’s (Patrick Dempsey) wife (Kasia fire Rescue. planet, include chimpanzees, trap-door system to release mystery ship that turned Lakes excursion steamer SS (N) (7) Å gorillas and the snub-nosed a wolf into the Colosseum’s away from Titanic the night Eastland, which claimed 844 Smutniak) disappears, he turns to Massimo (Alessandro monkey. (N) Å arena. Å it sank in 1912. (N) Å lives. Å Borghi) for help finding her. Laia Costa and Lars Mikkelsen KDOC News (N) Dateline (TVPG) Å Dateline Å Family Guy Family Guy Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å also star. 8 p.m. CW KLCS Professor T (7) Flesh and Blood (TV14) Å Modus (TV14) Å Sustaining Us Everybody Royal Palace Secrets (TVPG) The Goldbergs Beverly and Jane (Wendi McLendon-Cov- Wednesday, November 4, Prime-time: Premium Cable Channels ey, Erinn Hayes) have only 24 hours to plan a wedding cere- 7:30 pm 8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm mony for Bill Lewis (guest star David Koechner). On the big Cinemax King Arthur: The Recruit ›› (2003) Al Pacino, Colin Farrell. A veteran Hellboy › (2019) David Harbour, Milla Jovovich. Legendary day, a fortune teller working at the wedding reception may Legend of the CIA agent assigns his young protégé to find a mole within half-demon Hellboy encounters an ancient resurrected sor- change the course of Adam’s, Erica’s and Barry’s (Sean Gi- Sword (2017) the organization. (PG-13) Å ceress who’s out to avenge a past betrayal. (R) (9:55) Å ambrone, Hayley Orrantia, Troy Gentile) love lives. Cedric (5:50) Å Yarbrough, Carrie Wampler, Sadie Stanley, Jennifer Irwin Encore Borat ››› (2006) Sacha Baron Cohen, Spaceballs ›› (1987) Mel Brooks, John 21 Jump Street ››› (2012) Jonah Hill, and Stephnie Weir also guest star. 8 p.m. ABC Pamela Anderson. Outrageous situations Candy. President Skroob pits evil Dark Hel- Channing Tatum. Two cops must confront occur when a popular reporter from Ka- met against Lone Starr and the half-man, their teenage angst all over again when they Nature The new episode “Primates: Secrets of Survival” zakhstan comes to the United States to film half-dog Barf. (PG) Å go under cover as high school students. (R) a documentary. (R) Å (10:40) Å profiles various species of primates including chimpanzees, EPIX Gemini Man ›› (2019) Will Smith, Mary NFL: The Grind NFL: The Grind (TVMA) Rich The Patriot ››› (2000) Mel Gibson, Heath gorillas and the snub-nosed monkey. 8 p.m. KOCE Elizabeth Winstead. Henry Brogan is an elite (TVMA) (N) Eisen hosts game highlights, Ledger. A pacifist farmer of South Carolina American Housewife Katie (Katy Mixon) becomes over- assassin who becomes the target of a mys- Å provides access and shares reluctantly joins the Revolutionary War and terious operative who can seemingly predict in-depth field reports. (9:45) fights alongside his son. (R) Å bearing and controlling in this new episode of the family his every move. (PG-13) (7) Å Å comedy. Also, Franklin (Evan O’Toole) challenges an older HBO The Undoing The Undoing (TVMA) After Black Christmas ›› (2019) Imogen Poots, David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) David boy to a duel in an effort to win back Anna-Kat (Julia But- (TVMA) finding safety at her father’s Aleyse Shannon. As sorority sisters prepare Byrne. Singer David Byrne and a group of ters). 8:30 p.m. ABC Grace Fraser house, Grace finds herself on for holiday parties, a mysterious cloaked international musicians perform songs from becomes the receiving end of detec- figure starts to leave a bloody trail through- the hit Broadway musical American Utopia. Coroner A mass shooting in the community lands Jenny intrigued by a tives’ personal questions. Å out their campus. Refusing to become vic- (10:35) Å and McAvoy (Serinda Swan, Roger Cross) in one of the big- young mother tims, the girls decide to band together and gest cases of their careers. Tamara Podemski and Éric at her son’s fight back against the psychotic Christmas school. (7) Å killer. (PG-13) Å Bruneau also star. 9 p.m. CW Showtime The Last Castle Stephen Colbert’s Election Red ›› (2010) Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman. Retired Shaft ›› (2000) Samuel The Conners Darlene (Sara Gilbert) isolates herself from ›› (2001) Night 2020: Democracy’s Last CIA agents reassemble for survival after the agency sends L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Wil- her co-workers in this new episode of the family comedy. Robert Stand: Building Back Amer- assassins to silence them and the secrets they carry. (PG- liams. (R) Å Redford. (R) ica Great Again Better 2020 13) Å John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Emma Kenney also star (5:45) Å (TVMA) Å with guest star Katey Sagal. 9 p.m. ABC Starz Driven (2018) Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace. Jim Good Will Hunting ››› (1997) Matt Damon, Robin Williams. Intolerable Cruelty ››› Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate A therapist, a mathematician and working-class roughs vie (2003) George Clooney, Tyler Perry’s Sistas Andi (KJ Smith) finds success at John DeLorean to an undercover sting for for the soul of a janitor with a genius IQ. (R) Å Catherine Zeta-Jones. (PG- work but new problems arise on the personal front with Gary cocaine trafficking. (R) (7) Å 13) (11:10) Å (Chido Nwokocha). Also, Maurice (Brian Jordan Jr.) returns TMC The Bridges The Deer Hunter ›››› (1978) Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken. The horrors of Viet- Forsaken ›› (2015) Kiefer to work when he starts to suspect he’s about to be replaced. of Madison nam affect three Pennsylvania steelworkers, lifelong friends who serve together. (R) Å Sutherland, Donald Suther- Mignon Von, Trinity Whiteside, Ebony Obsidian and Novi County (1995) land. (R) (11:05) Å Brown also star. 9 p.m. BET (5:45) Å Wednesday, November 4, Prime-time: Cable News Channels black-ish Andre and Junior (Anthony Anderson, Marcus 7:30 pm 8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Scribner) disagree over the most effective way to protest in Bloomberg Markets: Asia Daybreak: Middle East (N) Å Paid Program Paid Program Daybreak: Europe (TVG) (N) Markets: European Open (TVG) the age of social media. Tracee Ellis Ross also stars in this (6:30) Å Å Å Å (N) Å new episode of the family comedy. 9:30 p.m. ABC CNBC Shark Tank Shark Tank (TVPG) Boneless The News With Shepard Smith Deal or No Deal (TVG) Å Dateline Å The Con New episode “The Royal Con” recalls a man’s at- (TVPG) (7) baby back ribs. Å tempt to steal millions from unsuspecting investors by pre- CNN Election Night in America (N) (5) Å Election Night in America (N) Å tending to be a member of the Saudi royal family. 10 p.m. ABC CSPAN Politics and Public Policy Today (6) Å Politics and Public Policy Today Å Secrets of the Dead Investigators search for the identity CSPAN2 Miles Harvey, King of Confidence (7:45) After Words (9:13) National Book Festival Larry Tye, Demagogue of the captain of a ship that turned away from Titanic the Fox B Lou Dobbs (7) Kennedy Å InheritanceInheritance Paid ProgramPaid ProgramPaid ProgramPaid Program night it sank in 1912.10 p.m. KOCE Fox News Ingraham (7) News Å Tucker Carlson Å Hannity Å Ingraham Å MSNBC The Last Word The 11th Hour (N) Å The Rachel Maddow ShowThe Last Word Å The 11th Hour Å Full Frontal With Samantha Bee The comedian reacts to SN-1 News News News News News News the 2020 election in this new episode. 10:30 p.m. TBS Wednesday, November 4, Prime-time: Cable The A Word The drama about a British extended family 7:30 pm 8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm living with the special challenges of caring for an autistic A&E Back to the Future ››› (1985) Michael J. Fox. (PG) (7) Å Back to the Future Part II ››› (1989) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd. Å child returns for a third season. Joe (Max Vento) is now 10 AMC Footloose Pretty Woman ››› (1990) Richard Gere. A corporate raider pays a gor- The Devil Wears Prada ››› (2006) Meryl and living in two places at once. Christopher Eccleston, Mor- (5:30) Å geous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills. (R) Å Streep, Anne Hathaway. (PG-13) Å ven Christie, Lee Ingleby, Molly Wright and Pooky Quesnel Animal P Lone Star Law North Woods Law: Uncuffed (TV14) A claim that an illegal North Woods Law: Still Hunting North Woods Law (TVPG) Cir- also return. 11 p.m. Sundance (TV14) (7) deer kill was an accident; a snowmobile accident. (N) (TV14) Hit and Run. (N) cle of Life. SPECIALS BBC A Hancock The Wolf of Wall Street ››› (2013) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill. New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who founded (2008) (6) Å brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont while still in his early 20s, develops habits of wretched excess and corruption. (R) Å Election results and updates CNN is offering continuous BET Madea’s Big House of Payne Assisted Living Tyler Perry’s Sistas (TV14) Games People Play (TV14) Tyler Perry’s Sistas (TV14) coverage throughout the day. Results will be reported as Happy Family (TVPG) (N) (TVPG) Cora Andi finds success at work, Marcus lies to give Vanessa Andi finds success at work, breaking news on various cable news and broadcast chan- ›› (2011) Å calls the but new problems arise with with an alibi, but he wants but new problems arise with nels. (5:30) Å sheriff. (N) Å Gary. (N) Å something in return. Å Gary. Å Bravo Real House- The Real Housewives of Orange The Real Housewives of Orange Watch What The Real Housewives of Orange The Real Mur- SPORTS wives: OC (7) County (TV14) (N) Å County (TV14) (N) Å Happens County (TV14) Å ders of OC College Football Ohio visits Central Michigan, 4 p.m. CMT Last Standing Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) Mom (TV14) Reba (TVPG) Reba (TVPG) ESPN; Buffalo visits Northern Illinois, 4 p.m. ESPN2 Comedy South Park (TVMA) (7:45) Å South Park Å South Park Å South Park (TVMA) Animated. Å Daily Show: Trevor Noah Å Discovery Expedition Un- Expedition Unknown: Rediscovered (TVPG) Sub-Zero Mystery. Expedition Unknown: Rediscovered (TVPG) History’s Most TALK SHOWS known (7) (N) Å Powerful Women. 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(R) (9:15) Å The Italian Job The Doctors Five ways to improve health; making one’s Sundance Minds… (7) Å Criminal Minds (TV14) Å Criminal Minds (TV14) Å Criminal Minds (TV14) Å The A Word (TV14) (N) Å actions match one’s values; music as medicine. (N) 2 p.m. ›› ›› KCOP Syfy The Mortal Instruments: City of The Last Witch Hunter (2015) Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood. Tomb Raider (2018) Alicia Vikander, Bones (5:30) Å (PG-13) Å Dominic West. (PG-13) Å Dr. Phil A 21-year-old man wants to control his anger. (N) TBS Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Samantha Bee Conan (TV14) Seinfeld 3 p.m. KCBS (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (N) Å (N) Å (TVPG) Å TCM Dead Reckoning ›› (1947) (7) Å Pitfall ›› (1948) Dick Powell. Å The Racket ›› (1951) (10:45) Å The Ellen DeGeneres Show Favorite moments. 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Å The Real (N) 3 p.m. KCOP Travel Paranormal Paranormal Caught on Camera (TVPG) An eerie sight in the Paranormal: Captured (TVPG) World’s Most Unexplained (TVPG) (7) twilight skies over Milwaukee; a creature washes up on the A pub where a where a (TVPG) Paranormal activity Amanpour and Company (N) 11 p.m. KCET; midnight Å beach in the Philippines. (N) Å woman died. (N) Å at the White House. (N) Å KVCR TruTV Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Jokers (TV14) Secret VideosJokers (TV14) The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (N) 11 p.m. Comedy TV Land Andy Griffith Raymond Å Raymond (TVPG) (8:45) Å Raymond Å Raymond Å Raymond Å King of Queens King of Queens Central USA The Proposal WWE NXT (TVPG) WWE’s next generation of superstars bat- X-Men III: The Last Stand ›› (2006) Hugh Jackman, Patrick (5:30) Å tle to make an impact on their rise to fame. (N) Å Stewart. (PG-13) (10:08) Å Conan Al Franken. 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