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REPORT POINTS TO PUTIN U.S. intelligence findings say Russia targeted presidential election to ‘harm’ Clinton’s chances. By Brian Bennett

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CATHERINE HOWARD, 42, grieves at the Covina gravesite of son Kevin Jones, 27, who was killed March 9. His case has not been solved.

SEEKING ANSWERS AFTER DEADLY YEAR

San Bernardino families search for closure as the city records 62 killings in 2016, the highest number in decades. Many of the cases remain unsolved. By Paloma Esquivel They were teenagers in love. Ariel Bojorquez, 19, had graduated from high school and was talking about joining the Army. His girlfriend, Rosa Isela Chavez, 17, was months away from finishing her senior year. They were driving on a sunny April afternoon through a tidy west San Bernardino neighborhood when a white sedan pulled up next to them and someone inside began shooting, hitting them both and sending Bojorquez’s Honda crashing into a yard. Bojorquez died there. Chavez died at a hospital. Unlike many shootings in San Bernardino, which in 2016 had one of its most violent years in decades, the deaths of Bojorquez and Chavez didn’t appear to be

ARIEL BOJORQUEZ, 19, right, and girlfriend Rosa Isela Chavez, 17, were fatally shot April 20.

44%

Slayings in San Percentage of Full-time Bernardino in 2016 homicides detectives in San 2016, a 41% in which arrests Bernardino, a increase from were made or 39% decrease 2015. warrants issued. from 2012.

gang-related, police said. Nor did they appear to be connected to any other recent slayings. The two were “just gone, out of nowhere,” said Evelyn Bojorquez, Ariel’s sister. Police asked the community for help, releasing surveillance video that showed the white car driving alongside Bojorquez’s Honda and speeding away. But more than eight months later, what happened to the couple is still a mystery. There were 62 slayings in San Bernardino in 2016 — a 41% increase from the year before. It was the deadliest year in the city since 1995. The violence is an open wound for a city trying to recover from a prolonged bankruptcy and the 2015 terror attack. And it didn’t abate for the holidays — five peo[See Unsolved, A10]

The young Iraq war veteran suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding eight others in Fort Lauderdale’s international airport Friday had become mentally agitated in recent weeks, family mem-

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bers said, despite his happiness over the birth of a son less than four months ago. Esteban Santiago, 26, was in custody following the attack, being questioned by local and federal law enforcement. Eyewitnesses described an eerily calm assailant who fired bursts of bullets at fellow airline passengers as they clustered around a baggage carousel — and then just as calmly tossed his weapon away and positioned himself spreadeagle on the ground, waiting for police to arrest him. The country’s largest mass shooting of the new year threw the busy Florida airport into chaos, with travelers and airport staff fleeing onto walkways and the tarmac as emergency responders and law enforcement officers, many heavily armed and in tactical gear, rushed to the scene. The Federal Aviation Administration said it had grounded flights around the country destined for Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport, but some flights that were [See Shooting, A9]

Evan Vucci Associated Press

DONALD TRUMP says

hacking had “absolutely no effect” on the election.

Who will pay for Trump’s wall?

5 die in Florida airport shooting; suspect is held By Laura King, Nina Agrawal and Del Quentin Wilber

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an intelligence operation against the U.S. presidential campaign and ultimately sought to help Donald Trump win the White House, according to a new U.S. intelligence report released Friday, shortly after the president-elect appeared to dismiss its key findings. Putin both “aspired to help” Trump in November and to “harm” Trump’s rival, Democratic nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with leaks of pilfered emails and other covert activities, the report concludes in a dramatic expansion of official U.S. accusations against the Kremlin. The report depicts the operation as unprecedented, saying that an aggressive mix of digital thefts and leaks, fake news and propaganda represented “a significant escalation in directness, level of activity, and scope of effort” against a U.S. election campaign. Moscow’s goals “were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency,” the report states. “We further assess Putin and the Russian government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump.” They “aspired to help ... Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton,” the report adds. U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies found no evidence that hackers tampered with voting or ballot-counting. [See Intelligence, A9]

By Lisa Mascaro, Brian Bennett and Noah Bierman

Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times

A SHOPPER stocks up Friday at a market in Mammoth Lakes. Forecasters

are warning of flooding and mudslides in the Sierra Nevada this weekend.

Sierra on storm watch

Heavy rain could spur snowmelt and flooding By Tony Barboza, Joseph Serna and Hailey Branson-Potts

MAMMOTH LAKES — It was a postcard-perfect kind of day in Mammoth Lakes on Friday: The sky was clear. The sun shone brightly. And the snow-covered mountains beckoned to the skiers who have flocked here in recent days. “It’s a bluebird pow day, people!” the Mammoth Mountain resort tweeted, saying in gleeful skier lingo that it was gorgeous out on the mounds of fresh powder. But it truly was the calm before the powerful, wet storm that’s on tap for Northern California this weekend. The epic system — known as an at-

mospheric river — could dump so much rain and snow that some ski runs and roads will be declared off-limits, with forecasters warning of significant flooding, mudslides and avalanches in the Sierra Nevada. Up to 12 inches of rain is expected to fall on areas below 8,500 feet beginning Saturday morning, and up to 7 feet of snow could bury higher elevations, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters said the storm was packing the same wallop as one that hit Northern California in 2005, causing $300 million in damage. This weekend’s system could bring [See Storm, A10]

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are beginning to grapple with how to help President-elect Donald Trump fulfill one of his biggest campaign promises: to build a wall along the Mexican border to slow illegal immigration. Trump is expected to ask Congress to provide the initial funding for the massive project, estimated to cost between $12 billion and $38 billion. Once construction gets underway, Trump has said he will demand reimbursement from the Mexican government, even though Mexican officials have said they will refuse to cooperate. Amid concerns American taxpayers would shoulder the burden, Trump promised Friday that he would force the U.S. neighbor to pony up the money. “The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of [See Wall, A8]

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hings can go downhill fast on the Strip. No, not that horrible roll that elicited icy stares and mournful groans from the craps table. Real downhill speed on a real snowy slope in Las Vegas. Vinny Coccia had heard rumors of such a place — mostly whispers and loose talk among colleagues in the land of excess and exaggeration. He had just moved a few months ago from the East Coast and got sucked in by the promise of a powdery paradise away from the shimmery glitz. “I really had no idea if it really existed,” Coccia said. “I decided to come up and see what it was all about.” Lee Canyon has 30 trails and four lifts — including a handle tow in a tubing area — and the base sits at 8,510 feet, on the flank of 11,289foot Lee Peak near Mt. Charleston. It’s about 50 minutes from the Strip, but the resort, which operates on U.S. Forest Service land with a permit, has its mailing address as Las Vegas. Jim Seely, marketing director for Lee Canyon, admitted it’s not the first, second or even third thing people connect with Las Vegas. “It’s an unusual place to have a snow resort an hour from Vegas,” Seely said. “It does have its quirks. Our apres-ski — out on the Strip — is the best in the world.” The ski area isn’t new. It’s been around since the 1960s, when it had a single lift and just a few runs. It’s expanded slowly over the years, and was renamed Lee Canyon last year after formally being known as the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort. It was bought by Utah-based Powdr Corp. more than a decade ago. That company has more than a dozen ski areas in its portfolio, including Copper Mountain in Colorado and Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. But Lee Canyon hangs onto a lot of its Las Vegas identity — even if it feels about as far removed from the Strip as one could imagine. The run names include Keno, Blackjack, Slot Alley, Jacks, Kings, Queens and, yes, the Strip. It held an Elvis costume contest a couple of years ago to celebrate the King’s birthday in January. Prizes included a $100 voucher to use at the resort. It has, at the base of the Strip, a replica of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign that is seen on the south end of the real Strip. It also looks and feels like a regular mountain resort. Tall pine trees mark the edges of the runs, and tem-

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THE LEE CANYON ski area has been around since the 1960s, but many people

are surprised to learn about it. There are four lifts and 30 trails.

ERNIE LUCERO says he sometimes keeps the re-

sort’s casual bar open for hours after the runs close. peratures can plummet with the wind. There’s the crunching sound of snowboard edges carving turns in the groomed, packed trails. Some snowboarders make high-flying jumps off ramps set up on the Strip. The resort gets about 100,000 visitors a year and about 40% are local, Seely said. He said Lee Canyon is carving out its niche by being more “experiential” — a place where some visitors can see snow for the first time. “We have tourists from Brazil come up here, and many of them have never been on snow,” Seely said. “We offer complimentary coaching to enhance the experience. It’s not a lesson, but it helps them out.” The resort is also offering, for the first time in January, a chance for people to snowshoe on a 3-mile circuit. This is part of the resort’s other expansions that have included the tubing area and summer activities — including hiking, Frisbee golf and moun-

tain biking. Lee Canyon also offers a grill and bar. Bartender Ernie Lucero has been there for about a decade and delivers wry one-liners often dripping with sarcasm. He said he’d never been told it before, but smiled when he was told he sounded like actor Kevin Spacey. “That’ll be $27.50,” he said, deadpan, to a startled skier who had ordered a Blue Moon beer. “$27.50?” the man asked, making sure he heard correctly. “It’s a really good beer,” Lucero said. He paused for a moment before telling him it was, in fact, $6. The man laughed and later came back to order “a $20 coffee.” Lucero laughed and said he could probably make a $20 coffee. Lucero’s easy rapport with the first-timers and regulars gives the bar a casual vibe. It is casual enough that sometimes he said he’s kept the bar open hours after the runs close at 4 p.m.

“Or I just close it when I get tired of people,” he said. Sarah Wooten, 24, was making her first visit to ski at Lee Canyon on a Friday when the clouds were starting to spit out light flakes of snow and adding to the 41-inch base. Lee Canyon averages 161 inches of snowfall a year and also makes snow to cover 35% of its terrain. Wooten said she’d lived in Las Vegas since 2008 without ever making it up to Lee Canyon or Mt. Charleston. Like many, she’d heard it existed but didn’t know what it was like. She sat drinking beer with her boyfriend, Kirk Stein, and Stein’s mother, Anna. His mother had lived in Vegas for about a decade and hadn’t known about Lee Canyon. Anna Stein looked out the window at the mountain, with gray clouds clinging to the peak, and laughed. “I was like ... this is here?” she said. Seely smiles when he hears how surprised people are about a ski resort in Las Vegas. He said as marketing director, “it’s not what you really want to hear,” but said Lee Canyon is looking into working with Strip-based casinos or travel groups to ferry tourists up for a day, as they do for Grand Canyon or Hoover Dam tours. But as T.J. Ropelato, a spokesman for Lee Canyon, noted, “The casinos do like to keep people in the casinos.” That could make it a slow, uphill climb. david.montero @latimes.com Twitter: @davemontero

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Russia draws down its Syria forces Some see a move to pressure President Bashar Assad ahead of upcoming peace talks. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Mansur Mirovalev MOSCOW — After more than a year of conducting airstrikes that helped prevent a collapse of the Syrian government, Russia has started to reduce its forces there, a senior Russian military commander announced. The drawdown will start with the departure of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and a small flotilla of other vessels, Gen. Valery Gerasimov said Friday in televised remarks. Experts expressed skepticism that the announcement meant Russian was withdrawing from Syria, noting that Russia had temporarily reduced its support in the past and was continuing to upgrade its air base near the Mediterranean city of Latakia or a naval facility in the city of Tartus. “People should not assume that this drawdown means that they are going to leave the battlefield,” said Robert S. Ford, a Middle East expert at Yale and a former U.S. ambassador to Syria. Some analysts suggested that Russia’s move was aimed at putting pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad ahead of peace talks that Russia plans to convene

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THE RUSSIAN aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and a small flotilla of vessels will depart from the Syria battlefield, Russian author-

ities announced. Experts were skeptical, noting that the country was continuing to upgrade military facilities elsewhere in the region.

this month in Kazakhstan. “They know that Assad’s manpower is very limited,” said Andrew J. Tabler, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “They want the regime to make concessions.” The message to Syria is that it can no longer rely on unlimited air cover for its ground forces, he said. Throughout the six-year civil war, which has claimed

more than 40,000 lives and turned more than half the Syrian population into refugees, Russia has stood diplomatically and militarily behind Assad. Last month, the Russian air force helped Assad’s troops retake parts of the northern city of Aleppo that had been under rebel control for almost four years, a key turning point in the war. It was a brutal assault that hu-

man rights groups said included indiscriminate bombing of civilians. On Dec. 30, Putin announced a cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey, which has long called for Assad’s removal from power. Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, a top official in the Syrian military, appeared in the televised announcement of the Russian drawdown to praise Russia for its backing.

Hollywood producer tied to Israeli corruption inquiry Arnon Milchan’s gifts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are being investigated. By Joshua Mitnick TEL AVIV — Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, long connected to Israel’s political elite, has emerged as among the wealthy individuals whose gift-giving to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under review as part of a corruption investigation. The prime minister is under criminal investigation on suspicion of improperly accepting gifts. Police are looking into whether Milchan provided Netanyahu with a steady supply of expensive Cuban cigars going back several years, according to reports this week in Haaretz newspaper and Israel’s Channel 2 News Television. The cumulative value of Milchan’s cigar gifts to Netanyahu was estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of Israeli shekels, according to the reports. Milchan also reportedly provided bottles of Champagne for Netanyahu’s wife, Sara. Israeli police have declined to discuss Milchan’s involvement in the ongoing criminal investigation, the details of which have not been made public. Netanyahu was interrogated by Israeli police Thursday evening for several hours in regard to two separate criminal cases. It was the second time in three days that the prime minister was questioned by police in the graft investigation. Details regarding the second case are unknown to the public. The prime minister’s personal lawyer Friday did not deny that Netanyahu had accepted cigars from Milchan, but said there was nothing criminal in doing so. “Any reasonable person knows that there is nothing remotely criminal involved when a close friend gives his friend a gift of cigars,” Jacob Weinroth told reporters. Earlier in the week, the

“The support that the Russian air force offered was crucial for our victories, which paved the way for a cease-fire and created the conditions for launching a political settlement of the Syrian crisis,” he told Gerasimov. Its 55,000-ton aircraft carrier has for years been plagued by malfunctions and was ridiculed in Western media for the clouds of black smoke it belched on the way to Syria. The current cease-fire, which does not include Islamic State and other jihadist groups, has been violated dozens of times. If the peace talks scheduled for this month fail to occur or wind up collapsing — as previous talks have — it’s unclear whether Russian forces would continue to back the regime as it fights to recover rebel-held areas. The Assad regime announced Thursday it was prepared to take on opposition forces in Idlib province, where rebels were sent after losing Aleppo. Washington, which has called for Assad to be removed from power, has accused Russia and Assad’s forces of targeting so-called moderate rebels. Russia has insisted that thousands of its sorties that began in September 2014 were targeting Islamic State and other “terrorist groups.” Maxim Shapovalenko, a Moscow-based defense ex-

pert, said the partial military withdrawal should come as little surprise. “From the very start, Russia tried to achieve a goal of having all the forces in the Syrian conflict, both the ruling regime and the opposition, sit down for peace talks,” he said. In eastern Syria this week, Kurdish-led forces claimed to have seized a hilltop castle overlooking a key territory held by Islamic State less than 20 miles from the group’s self-declared capital, Raqqa. The Syrian army is also battling Islamic State militants to the south in Deir elZor province and Palmyra, which the jihadis recaptured last month. There’s also fighting between the Syrian government and opposition groups in the Barada valley north of Damascus that has disrupted the water supply to millions in the capital. The United Nation’s humanitarian advisor for Syria, Jan Egeland, said this week that it was impossible to tell if water supplies had been disrupted by Syrian government or rebel forces but warned that sabotaging them would be a war crime. molly.hennessy-fiske @latimes.com Special correspondent Mirovalev reported from Moscow and Times staff writer Hennessy-Fiske from Cairo.

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MILCHAN, a Tel Aviv-born tycoon who has worked with Martin Scorsese and

Oliver Stone, is suspected of providing Netanyahu with valuable Cuban cigars. prime minister dismissed the police investigation. “There won’t be anything because there isn’t anything,” he said. Still, the investigation has directed a spotlight on Milchan, 72, a Tel Aviv-born tycoon whose business interests at one point reportedly included 30 companies in 17 countries. He has long wielded influence in politics in the country and abroad, and worked in industries including agribusiness, plastics and weapons. He is considered one of the movie business’ most influential producers, yet has remained an elusive figure in Hollywood, and though he’s a jet-setting entrepreneur known for his charm, he rarely gives interviews to news outlets. Nonetheless, he has earned respect and admiration from Hollywood A-listers and studio chiefs. Over his long career, he has made movies with Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone. Milchan’s movie credits include “Pretty Woman” and “JFK,” as well as recent Oscar winners “The Revenant” and “12 Years a Slave.” “Look in the dictionary under Renaissance man,” said then-20th Century Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos in a documentary for Israeli

Channel 2 TV. “You’ll see a picture of Arnon — or you should.” Milchan’s ties to Israeli elite predate his Hollywood successes. As an Israeli businessmen in the 1960s, he befriended Shimon Peres, at the time an up-and-coming politician who played a central role in building Israel’s military-industrial complex. Peres eventually served as prime minister and president of Israel. Milchan worked with Israel’s defense establishment to help in weapons procurement and assisted in building up the country’s secret nuclear program. In a 2013 interview with Israel’s Channel 2 investigation show “Uvda,” he spoke about his past career as a weapons dealer and a participant in covert operations for Israel. During the program he described himself as a “James Bond” for Israel. In addition to Netanyahu and Peres, Milchan counted former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert among his friends. A spokesperson for Milchan’s entertainment company, New Regency Productions, declined to comment on the reports of his gift giving. Milchan supplied cigars based on the specifications

given by Netanyahu, according to a report on Israel’s Channel 2 news Thursday. The cigars cost up to $55 each, and the prime minister might smoke as much as $5,000 worth of cigars a month, according to the report. A statement this week from the office of Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, said a sixmonth corruption probe into the prime minister’s dealings had been recently upgraded to a criminal investigation. During the course of the probe, Israeli investigators ruled out allegations about improprieties with election financing and funding of the prime minister’s trips abroad. Netanyahu is the second consecutive Israeli prime minister to face a criminal investigation while in office. Olmert was forced to resign from the Israeli premiership in 2008 amid corruption charges, paving the way for the parliamentary elections that led to Netanyahu’s return to power in 2009. Mitnick is a special correspondent. Times staff writer Jeffrey Fleishman in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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In Patagonia, a beaver invasion

The Canadian imports are threatening Chile’s primeval forests and fragile ecosystem. By Jorge Poblete KARUKINKA NATURAL PARK, Chile — It seemed like a good idea at the time. Transplanting 25 pairs of Canadian beavers to Tierra del Fuego would provide raw material for a fur industry, bring jobs to a sparsely populated region and — as an advertisement in 1946 suggested — possibly attract tourists to this remote part of the hemisphere by “enriching the local fauna.” Seventy years later, the placement of the nonnative, wood-chewing mammals in Fagnano Lake along the Chile-Argentina border is viewed as a colossal mistake. On the Chilean side of Tierra fel Fuego alone, the beaver population has swelled to about 200,000, and the giant, semiaquatic rodents can be found near the wind-swept city of Punta Arenas, some 200 miles northwest from the lake. Probably with human help, they have even crossed the Magellan Strait to inhabit several islands. The problem is that the beavers, being beavers, have built hundreds of dams, and though beaver dams can invigorate some ecosystems, in Patagonia they are creating harmful floods that threaten the primeval forest of lenga trees and nearby lakes. According to Wildlife Conservation Society figures, 25% of the forest and 95% of the archipelago basins have been affected by beaver dams, and thousands of old-growth trees are dead or dying, as well as bountiful peat bogs. “Patagonian ecosystems are not prepared to the kind of changes that beavers bring,” said Chilean biologist Giorgia Graells, who is part of a multidisciplinary team studying the local beaver population. “Magellanic forest regenerates from seed banks kept on the ground, so when an area is flooded, the seeds get covered by mud and water and die, and the forest won’t recover.” To preserve the forests, the Chilean government this month is launching a $7.8million population control project, funded in part with $2.1 million from the Global Environment Facility, an international aid-giving agency for developing countries. Part of the money will go to placing traps — think bear traps, but smaller — described as a means of providing a quick, humane kill. “It would be too optimistic to think of extinguishing this invasive species in

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A BEAVER swims in a stream at Karukinka Natural Park in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The introduc-

tion of the nonnative, wood-chewing mammals into Chile is now considered a colossal mistake.

A HUNTER measures a trapped beaver. “We set

MELISSA CARMODY , Karukinka Natural Park manager, surveys beavers’ damage. The government is launching a $7.8-million population-control project.

the short term, but we can expect a better control of it,” Chilean Environment Minister Pablo Badenier said. World history is full of examples of nonnative species that defy efforts to control them. In the United States, Africanized bees have reached California, Burmese pythons eat just about anything — including alligators — in Florida, and starlings, since their introduction in the U.S. in 1890, have spread to every state. Chile has been trying to contain its beaver population since 2003 and, for many years, offered rewards for furs and tails. But the beavers, which have no natural predators in Chile like the wolves and bears that kill them in North America, have proved difficult to catch. “Beavers are highly intelligent creatures. We set traps and sometimes they have activated them by placing branches” on them, said Mauricio Chacon, chief park ranger at Karukinka Natural Park, who makes his

gnaw them off to avoid capture, he said. Scharon Zegarra, a female ranger at this park lo-

traps and sometimes they have activated them by placing branches” on them, a park ranger says.

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rounds with his .22-caliber Mauser rifle on his back. Beavers that do get their legs caught in a trap will

cated more than 1,600 miles south of the Chilean capital of Santiago, said that nowadays “we took one out of its

lodge and, soon after, a younger one takes its place. We haven’t seen this before.” Beavers are also wildly reproducing on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego. Argentina has been working with the Chilean government on the problem since 2005. Argentina has its own eradication project and aims to kill 100,000 beavers in the years to come — an initiative that has already received criticism from animal rights groups, which wish beavers could be returned to Canada. This is a worrisome idea for Chilean biologists, who consider it not only expensive but impractical. And beavers aren’t the only case of failed efforts to transplant animals in nonnative habitats. German wild boars and American minks have also been transplanted here and are considered threats to Chile’s biodiversity because they kill native species. “Invasive alien species are among the main issues against biodiversity in the planet, and the world is just waking up to it,” said Barbara Saavedra, head of Chile’s Wildlife Conservation Society, which owns the 1,160-square-mile private Karukinka Natural Park. Located 161 miles from the nearest city, Porvenir in Chile, the park has little infrastructure but lush virgin forests and peat bogs. The government is trying to promote tourism to the region, but sees the out-of-control beaver population as more a nuisance than an attraction. “Beavers won’t devour Patagonia, but they will destroy large amounts of forests and contaminate vast water sources,” said Saavedra, looking at the Karukinka landscape. “So we want to stop them before they reach the Panama Canal. It’s a sad but true joke.” Poblete is a special correspondent.

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The death toll in protests and looting fueled by anger over gasoline price hikes in Mexico rose to six when authorities confirmed that two men died in a confrontation between protesters and police in the central state of Hidalgo. There were four previous deaths in looting-related incidents and over the course of the week, at least 300 stores were looted and more 1,000 people were detained, officials said. The country’s business chambers said the combination of highway, port and terminal blockades and looting this week forced many stores and businesses to close and threatened supplies of basic goods and fuel. The scenes of mass lootings came as parents were trying to buy presents for the Three Kings Day holiday. BRAZIL

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over gasoline price hikes continues. The death toll rose to six Friday. ities said. The bloodshed comes just days after 60 inmates were killed during rioting at two prisons in a neighboring state. It increases fears that violence could spread, including to the streets of major cities, as gangs vie for influence and territory both inside prisons and in slums where trafficking operations are often based. It’s also becoming a flashpoint for the government of President Michel Temer, whose administration is already struggling with an economic crisis and mounting corruption allegations.

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Germany may make payments to Namibia for the killing of 65,000 tribe members during colonial occupation, an episode that is seen by some as the first genocide of the 20th century, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Spokesman Martin Schaefer said the two-year talks with Namibia’s government have entered a phase in which both sides are talking “in very concrete terms” about how to treat the events in the future. “This may include further payments,” Schaefer told reporters in Berlin. Germany already provides Namibia with significant development aid. TURKEY

18 detained in Izmir attack Police detained 18 people in connection with an attack near a courthouse in the western city of Izmir that killed a policeman and a courthouse employee. The two assailants were killed in a shootout with police in Thursday’s incident in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, after they detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a roadblock. Justice Minister Bekir

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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is shutting six of his 42 Jamie’s Italian restaurants in Britain amid tough trading conditions and a lower pound following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The company has been stung by the slide in the pound, which has increased the cost of buying ingredients from Italy. VATICAN CITY

Pope serves homeless lunch Pope Francis treated a few hundred homeless people and refugees to a simple sandwich lunch, and urged the faithful to find God in the peripheries of society, not its palaces. Francis celebrated Mass marking Epiphany, the biblical tale of the three wise men who set out to find the infant Jesus and offer precious gifts. He then offered some 300 needy people a lunch of a sandwich and drink, the Vatican said. —times wire reports

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A new chance to drill in Alaska Under Trump, the long-protected Arctic refuge may be vulnerable again. By William Yardley SEATTLE — Much of the news out of the Arctic of late has been about efforts to protect the fragile region from new oil and gas development — but that may be about to change. Less than a month after the Obama administration announced that it was banning offshore oil and gas production in most of the Arctic, there are new signs that a place many conservationists regard as the crown jewel of the Arctic — the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — could one day be open for drilling. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to oil beneath the pristine coastal lowlands, Alaska’s Republican congressional delegation this week began yet another effort to open a region experts say may hold one of the nation’s largest reserves of oil and natural gas. This time, however, there may be reason to expect a bill to actually pass and be signed into law. “On a practical level, this might be the best opportunity we’ve had in a couple of decades to do what many people in Alaska thought should have happened years ago,” Andy Mack, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, said in an interview Friday. “Politically, in Washington, D.C., we have all the right folks in place.” One of those folks, of course, is President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to roll back regula-

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parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling that are not federally declared wilderness. tions and expand oil and gas production on public lands. Another is U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is now chairwoman of the powerful Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. On Thursday, Murkowski and Alaska’s junior senator, Daniel Sullivan, introduced Senate Bill 49, the Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, which Murkowski’s office said “would allow limited oil and natural gas development” in areas of the coastal plain that are not federally declared wilderness. Her office emphasized that the bill calls for a very small oil and gas footprint in a vast region, and said the

legislation would only allow development on 2,000 “surface acres” within the 1.5million-acre coastal plain, an area known as the “1002 area.” The plan would rely heavily on horizontal drilling from a limited number of platforms. The entire refuge, which is the largest in the nation and extends inland to the Brooks Range, is about 19 million acres, larger than many states, Murkowski’s office noted. According to a report by the United States Geological Survey from the late 1990s, beneath the coastal plain area lies between 5 billion and 16 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. It

may also include more than 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Yet the refuge is also home to small Alaska Native villages and an abundance of wildlife, including several rare and endangered species. Polar bears, musk oxen, scores of migratory bird species and more than 170,000 caribou roam the refuge. In 2015, President Obama recommended that Congress declare the area as protected wilderness, something lawmakers have not done. Over time, the fate of the refuge has become one of the most divisive environment issues in the nation, though attention to it has waxed

and waned depending on who is in the White House and whether there is industry pressure to develop it. The new effort comes as Alaska, which relies heavily on oil production to fund state spending, has faced a $3-billion budget deficit amid declines in the older oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, which is to the west of the refuge on the North Slope. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which delivers oil from the slope, has only been about one-fourth full in recent years. Mack and others said opening the refuge could help reverse the production slide, though it could take a decade for the area to begin

consistent production — and there is no assurance the existing surveys are accurate about the level of reserves there. Even if a bill passes, there are questions about whether energy companies will want to invest in a challenging region at a time when oil and gas prices are low, conservation groups are galvanized to fight and concerns about climate change are increasing. “It’s still high cost, and I think people would expect a lot of legal delays,” said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, an industry consulting group. “That would become the next poster child of the climate change ‘keep it in the ground’ group that fought the Dakota Access pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline.” While the oil industry in Alaska has been generally supportive of opening the refuge, individual companies have focused on squeezing as much as they can out of Prudhoe Bay. One thing the industry would be sure to find is opposition. Environmental groups in Alaska and beyond, almost uniformly opposed to drilling in the refuge, can be expected to put up a fierce fight in Congress. And while some Alaska Native groups support drilling because it could mean jobs and revenue for their communities, others oppose it, citing concerns about record Arctic heat linked to climate change and threats drilling could pose to their subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering traditions. william.yardley @latimes.com Twitter: @yardleyLAT

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a women’s restroom, a little girl’s restroom, and stay there, and he cannot be removed because he simply says at that moment he feels like a woman, you’re opening the door for predators.” But opponents of the laws contend that there is scant evidence of such attacks. “These bills are unnecessary,” said Cathryn Oakley, senior legislative counsel for the Human Rights Campaign, based in Washington. “They are not addressing any problem. They are based simply on fear.” She said it was “bizarre” and “perplexing” as to why Texas lawmakers would put forward this bill, especially given the fallout in North Carolina. Terri Burke, executive director of the ACLU of Texas, noted that Dallas, San Antonio and Austin have local ordinances protecting gay or transgender rights. “This bill preempts local authority,” Burke said. “It’s an attack on the transgender community.” Kimberly Shappley, who lives in suburban Houston and has a 6-year-old transgender daughter, said transgender people have more to fear than anybody else. An ordained minister and once a staunch conservative, Shappley said she was often confused and angry at her daughter’s behavior — such as the time she cried hysterically during her third birthday party when she received a cake with Mickey Mouse and not Minnie Mouse as requested. “I had a child who was clearly telling me that they identified as a girl, not a boy,” Shappley said. “Now, I just want her to have safety and be safe in this community and state. “This bill would cause harm, because it leads to discrimination.”

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[Wall, from A1] speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!” he tweeted. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox responded on Twitter, “Trump may ask whoever he wants, but still neither myself nor Mexico are going to pay for his racist monument. Another promise he can’t keep.” Meanwhile Republicans were scrambling Friday to figure out how to provide initial support for the wall, despite opposition from Democrats and resistance from budget conservatives in their own party. “I’m not sure anyone believed the government of Mexico was going to write a giant check to the federal registry, but there are other ways to ensure Mexico does pay for the border buildout,” said Rep. Luke Messer (RInd.), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. An aide to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (RWis.) said no new talks are underway with the Trump transition team on the border issue. But transition officials acknowledged that they would seek help from lawmakers. “Obviously, a centerpiece of Donald Trump’s successful campaign was, ‘I’m going to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it,’ ” said advisor Kellyanne Conway on “Fox and Friends.” “That hasn’t changed, but Congress is examining ways to have the wall paid for through their auspices, and Mr. Trump is making the point that he will have Mexico pay it back.” During the campaign, Trump suggested that if Mexico did not agree to pay for the wall, the U.S. might impose a fee on financial remittances sent home by Mexicans working in the U.S. illegally. Such a move would surely provoke oppo-

sition from the financial services industry. Messer said another possibility would be raising some of the money, about $4 billion, by cutting a child tax break for immigrants here illegally. The president-elect has also suggested the U.S. could try to pressure Mexico by reducing or slowing down the process by which Mexicans get travel cards and visitors’ visas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, has already budgeted $175 million for “procurement, construction and improvements.” But even if that money is diverted to the wall, it wouldn’t be nearly enough. On Capitol Hill, Republicans noted that President George W. Bush signed a 2006 law that authorizes construction of a wall along the nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. It was passed by a Republican-led Congress, with support from now-Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and other Democrats. But it did not provide the needed funding. Trump has estimated a wall would cost up to $12 billion to build. But it could be more than triple that, $38 billion, according to an analysis published by MIT Technology Review. That’s equal to the entire annual budget for the Department of Homeland Security. The difference depends on the type of the fencing — double versus single layer, for example — and how much of the border the wall covers. Republicans said one scenario would be to link new border funds to a mustpass bill to keep the government running past April 28. Such a maneuver would force Democrats, who

mostly oppose border funding absent broader immigration law changes, to join the vote or run the risk of a government shutdown. “They would have a hard time going home and explaining why they voted against it,” said one Republican leadership aide, granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations. But the strategy could backfire if GOP deficit hawks raise concerns about adding to the debt load. It is unclear whether Trump will propose offsetting any wall construction costs with spending cuts elsewhere. A spokeswoman for the House Appropriations Committee said the Trump team has not submitted a funding request for the wall. “The chairman and the committee have no interest in threatening a shutdown,” the spokeswoman said. “The committee has not received any request from the Trump team or leadership on this issue. If and when a proposal is received, we will take a careful look at it.” This is not the first time Trump has indicated that U.S. taxpayers would front the costs. During an October speech in Gettysburg, Pa., in which he outlined promises for his first 100 days in office, Trump said he would ask Congress to approve legislation that fully funds a wall. “Don’t worry about it,” he said at the time. “Remember, I said Mexico is paying for the wall, with the full understand[ing] that the country of Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such a wall, OK?” lisa.mascaro @latimes.com brian.bennett @latimes.com noah.bierman @latimes.com

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Law enforcement officials said the gunman was taken into custody without any additional shots being fired, and no other suspects had been identified. Authorities said the motive was unknown. But worrying details of the suspect’s life in Alaska were beginning to emerge.

In the fall, Santiago visited an FBI office in Anchorage and complained of being forced to fight for the militant group Islamic State, a federal law enforcement official said. He reported that his mind was being controlled by a U.S. spy agency. Because he seemed unstable,

FBI officials there called local police, and he was admitted to a psychiatric facility, the official said. In January, he was arrested and charged with assault in an incident involving his girlfriend, after he tried to strangle her and attempted to break down a bathroom door, the official said. The prosecutor dismissed the case when Santiago entered into a deferred prosecution agreement. Santiago was formerly a member of the Alaska Army National Guard, which he left for “unsatisfactory performance” in August 2016, a National Guard spokeswoman confirmed to the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Florida. His rank at the time was private first class. “He is no longer a member of our organization,” said Lt. Col. Candis A. Olmstead, who said she could not elaborate on the reason for his discharge.

A combat engineer, Santiago joined the Puerto Rico National Guard in December 2007. He was deployed to Iraq from April 2010 to February 2011, according to the Alaska Guard. In Union City, N.J., an aunt, Maria Luisa Ruiz, told reporters that Santiago had been happy upon the birth of his son, but that she and family members had feared his mental state was deteriorating. She showed reporters a photo of him wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Disturbed.” “Like a month ago, it was like he lost his mind,” she said, according to the website NorthJersey.com. “He said he saw things.” Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters the incident appeared to have been limited to the lower-level baggage claim area of Terminal 2, and there was no evidence to support unconfirmed reports of gun-

shots in another terminal. The FBI joined the investigation but said the inquiry was in its early stages. “We have a lot of very preliminary information that we’re going through before we make a determination on the nature and motive of this incident,” George L. Piro, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami division, said at a news conference. Mark Lea, a 53-year-old financial advisor, had just arrived on a flight from Minnesota with his wife to catch a cruise to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. The couple collected their luggage and were about to leave the terminal when they heard three quick bursts of what they thought were firecrackers. They quickly realized, however, that a gunman had opened fire about 100 yards away. “At that point, people started frantically screaming and yelling and running for the exits,” Lea said by telephone from the airport. “People were kind of tripping over each other.” He helped his wife to safety, then went back to aid others. Other travelers described huddling inside a restaurant in Terminal 2, using tables for cover, after the gunfire erupted or ducking behind parked cars when they saw people running out the doors. laura.king@latimes.com nina.agrawal@latimes.com del.wilber@latimes.com King reported from Washington and Agrawal reported from Los Angeles. Times staff writers Alexandra Zavis and Melissa Etehad in Los Angeles, William J. Hennigan in Washington and Sun-Sentinel staff contributed to this report.

Intelligence says Putin targeted Clinton [Intelligence, from A1] But in a startling new assertion, it says Russian intelligence “obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple US state or local electoral boards,” adding that Russia began collecting information on U.S. election equipment in early 2014. The 14 pages released offer a largely circumstantial case rather than hard evidence of Putin’s direct involvement, and mostly focus on Russian propaganda efforts. But the full report remains classified, and the public portion does not include specific intelligence. Still, the release of a major intelligence assessment marks a sharp escalation in what has become a bareknuckle fight between Trump and the U.S. intelligence community, backed by President Obama, over the president-elect’s repeated derision of their assertions of Russia’s role. Intelligence officials had planned to declassify key findings next week after briefing members of Congress. But the declassified summary was rushed out Friday afternoon after Trump was briefed on the full report — and made clear he was not convinced. In a statement, Trump conflated the Russian cyberattacks with those of other

countries and individuals, and said the hacking had “absolutely no effect” on the election. “While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations including the [Democratic] National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election, including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines,” Trump said after he was briefed at his office in New York. Earlier Friday, in an interview with the New York Times, Trump called the focus on election-related hacking a “political witch hunt” by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss in November. The dispute has become a sore point for Trump’s transition team and a worry for Republicans on Capitol Hill who are convinced Moscow had a malign role and fear Trump’s presidency will get off to a shaky start. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) acknowledged the predicament Friday, noting that Russia “clearly tried to meddle in our political system.” But he warned that Democrats might try to use

the intelligence report to undermine Trump’s mandate. “We cannot allow partisans to exploit this report in an attempt to delegitimize the president-elect’s victory,” Ryan said. Democrats were quick to respond. “I’m appalled the Russian government took the extreme step of interfering with our presidential election, particularly with the goal of tilting the playing field to increase one candidate’s chance of winning,” said California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. “The President-Elect’s statement that the Russian hacking had ‘absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election’ is not supported by the briefing, report, or common sense,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, the House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, said in a statement. The report, requested by Obama, is a joint product of the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency. The agencies said they had “high confidence” in the findings except for the assessment that Putin had aspired to help Trump’s chances. The NSA said it had “moderate confidence” in that finding. In addition to stealing and dumping embarrassing

emails from the DNC and Clinton’s campaign, Russian intelligence officials also used state-funded broadcasts and third-party intermediaries, and paid social media “trolls” to spread false information and disparage Clinton, the report says. When it appeared that Clinton was likely to win, according to the report, Moscow “focused more on undercutting [her] legitimacy and crippling her presidency from the start.” Putin “holds a grudge” against Clinton, the report noted, saying, “He has publicly blamed her since 2011 for inciting mass protests against his regime in late 2011 and early 2012.” Officials working for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, reportedly used an online persona known as Guccifer 2.0 and the website DCLeaks.com to release emails, as well as to relay them to WikiLeaks. Earlier this week, Trump retweeted denials by Julian Assange, the fugitive founder of WikiLeaks, that the organization got the emails from the Russian government or its operatives. Trump was briefed on the evidence for more than an hour in a face-to-face meeting with Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, CIA Director

John Brennan, FBI Director James B. Comey and Adm. Michael S. Rogers, head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command. Trump later issued a statement that called the meeting “constructive” and said he had “tremendous respect” for those serving in the intelligence agencies. That marked a shift from the mocking tweets he had issued in recent weeks, using language so demoralizing that Clapper noted at a Senate hearing Thursday that there was a difference between healthy skepticism and “disparagement.” Trump said the U.S. needed to “aggressively combat and stop” cyberattacks, and said he would order a team to create a plan within the first three months of taking office. In addition, Trump said hackers tried but failed to infiltrate Republican National Committee computers. The RNC had “strong hacking defenses and the hackers were unsuccessful,” he said. He was joined at the briefing by members of his national security team: Rep. Mike Pompeo (RKan.), Trump’s pick for CIA director; Reince Priebus, who will be White House chief of staff; Michael T. Flynn, who will be national security advisor; K.T. McFarland, his pick for deputy

national security advisor; and Tom Bossert, whom Trump has chosen for his homeland security advisor. A week ago Friday, the White House cited the intelligence in expelling 35 suspected Russian intelligence operatives, closing two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland, and expanding sanctions on Moscow. Intelligence officials also briefed eight congressional leaders Friday morning on the completed classified report, which was given to Obama on Thursday. “It was really quite a stunning disclosure,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said after the briefing. Clapper, Brennan, Rogers and Comey will testify Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to committee Chairman Richard M. Burr (RN.C.). In a statement Friday, Burr said Russia had conducted a “direct and aggressive covert influence campaign” during the election. “This is a troubling chapter in an ongoing story,” he added, “and I expect that our nation’s leaders will counter these activities appropriately.” brian.bennett@latimes.com Twitter: @ByBrianBennett

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SNOW BLANKETS the Sierra Nevada crest along U.S. Highway 395 in Round Valley. Coming rain could melt already-standing snow, feeding swollen watersheds.

‘It’s going to be a busy weekend’

[Storm, from A1] 36 straight hours of heavy rain from Mammoth Mountain to Susanville, in Lassen County. Though that is good news for California, which is entering its sixth year of drought, the coming rain could melt already-standing snow — feeding watersheds swollen from storms this week, forecasters said. “It’s going to be a busy weekend,” said Edan Weishahn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, sighing. On Friday, with the wintry blast on its way, a nervous energy gripped Mammoth Lakes. Plows scraped icy roadways. Excavators hummed as they cleared huge piles of snow. Cars sat abandoned on roadsides and at gas stations, covered with thick blankets of snow from the recent wallopings. “If the storm comes in as wet as they’re talking about, it’ll make for a big mess, with some really heavy snow,” Terry Lucian, the manager of Kittredge Sports, said as he scraped icy snow off the

entrance to the ski shop’s Aframe building. The storms that brought several feet of snow this week helped boost business, as visitors flocked to Mammoth to ski and snowboard on fresh powder, Lucian said. But he worried some traveling to the area this weekend could be in for disappointment if the storm gets so bad that parts of Mammoth Mountain are shut down. “Everybody wants the snow; they just don’t want it while they’re here,” the 39year Mammoth resident said. Also known as a “Pineapple Express,” an atmospheric river is a long band of warm, tropical air moving in from the Pacific. Such systems can carry as much water as 15 Mississippi Rivers, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In Mammoth Lakes, residents agreed the coming storm might not be the best for skiing, because much of its precipitation is expected to fall as rain at all but the

highest elevations. Weekend snow levels in the Sierra are expected to fluctuate from between 7,000 and 8,000 feet early Saturday to as high as 10,000 feet Sunday, the National Weather Service said. “I cannot recall a season that had so much lower elevation rain like we are having,” weather blogger Steve Taylor wrote Friday on MammothSnowman.com. Flooding is a major concern in Northern California and western Nevada, as the Carson, Truckee and Susan rivers all are expected to become overwhelmed; flash flood warnings have been issued throughout the region, forecasters said. In Yosemite National Park, authorities have warned visitors to check the accessibility before heading in and to prepare for icy, debris-covered roads and rockfalls. With roads shored up and lessons learned from the 1997 Merced River flooding — which closed the park for two months — officials announced Friday that the

popular Yosemite Valley would be off-limits as a precaution this weekend. The portion of the Merced River that flows through Yosemite, which usually has a depth of a few feet, was forecast to rise above flood stage — 10 feet — by early Saturday at Pohono Bridge, said Christine Riley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. It is expected to peak at 16.2 feet Sunday, she said. The last time the river reached flood stage in that area was in 2011. “There are quite a few issues that are going to come from all this rain,” Riley said. “December was a really wet month for the Sierra Nevada, so already the ground is really saturated. Any additional rain is going to create problems.” Riley said forecasters were particularly concerned about mudslides and flooding in recent wildfire burn areas, including those left by the Erskine fire in Kern County last summer and the 2015 Rough fire in Fresno County.

In the eastern Sierra Nevada on Friday, highway maintenance crews were taking advantage of the clear conditions to prepare for the deluge. “We have snowplows out, we’re running graders, snowblowers, monitoring the roads and sanding the roads,” said Florene Trainor, a California Department of Transportation spokeswoman based in Bishop. Caltrans has been using explosive devices to clear snow from key corridors at risk for avalanches — including near Lee Vining in Mono County and on State Route 158 near June Lake, Trainor said. After the weekend system, another rain-making storm is expected to hit Northern California on Tuesday. “We’re kind of advertising ‘unsettled weather’ next week, because we’re so focused on this storm,” Riley said. “We’re hitting this one hard.” Sgt. Todd Hammitt of the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office said officials on

both sides of the CaliforniaNevada border met Friday morning with the National Weather Service to prepare for the expected onslaught. “Any time it’s Mother Nature, you have to be ready,” he said. Two sinkholes emerged on El Dorado County roads on Thursday, and residents already have filled 12,000 sandbags in preparation for the storm, Hammitt said. Another 20,000 sandbags were on the way Friday. “People are definitely in a state of panic right now,” he said. “We’re getting a lot of calls asking if we’re going to be able to deal with everything. It’s the general pandemonium of not knowing what’s coming.” tony.barboza@latimes.com Twitter: @tonybarboza hailey.branson @latimes.com Twitter: @haileybranson joseph.serna@latimes.com Twitter: @josephserna Barboza reported from Mammoth Lakes and Branson-Potts and Serna from Los Angeles.

Families search for answers after slayings [Unsolved, from A1] ple were shot and wounded on Christmas Day. One was killed the morning after. Amid this violent surge, San Bernardino police have at times struggled to find the killers, leaving mothers, fathers, siblings and children grappling with unanswered questions. The case of 12-year-old Jason Spears, who was killed walking to buy chips at a convenience store in March, remains unsolved. So does that of Kevin Jones, 27, the father of a 4year-old boy, who was shot to death while standing outside an apartment complex with friends four days before Jason died. The case of Jose De La Torre, 24, who was found in his car trunk in August, also is unsolved, as is that of John Black, 37, who died on Jan. 2, 2016, marking the city’s first homicide of last year. Arrests have been made or warrants have been issued in about 44% of 2016’s homicides, police say. While that rate is better than some places — the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department solved about 32% of homicides in its jurisdiction last year — it is lower than many others. Nationally, nearly two-thirds of all homicides are solved, while the most successful departments solve about 80% to 90% of slayings, experts say. The rate at which murder cases are solved is affected by numerous factors, particularly how departments prioritize and allocate resources. But San Bernardino’s detective bureau, like much of the bankrupt city, has been

cut back significantly. In 2012, the bureau had 44 full-time detectives. It now has 27, said Lt. Mike Madden, a department spokesman. Ten of those detectives investigate homicides, though they also investigate non-fatal shootings and other assaults with a deadly weapon, of which there were hundreds this year. The city, which should emerge soon from bankruptcy, plans to increase police staffing and recently was awarded a federal grant to help with that, but the hiring process is slow. Like police in other cities with many gang- and drugrelated crimes, San Bernardino detectives struggle with mistrust in the community, which can hamper investigations. Often people fear retaliation for talking to the police, officers say. Others, who live by a street code, expect to take justice into their own hands. Madden said police also are challenged by a broader sense of “distrust and discontent with law enforcement,” which he linked to the national debate on policing in the wake of high-profile officer-involved shootings. “We have experienced cases where profanities will be shouted at our officers and our detectives who are trying to secure that scene and investigate that scene,” Madden said. “We’ve even had incidents where rocks and bottles have been thrown at our detectives.” Charles F. Wellford, a criminology professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, said police must

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CATHERINE HOWARD of San Bernardino holds a picture of her son Kevin

Jones. “I feel like I’m dying a little bit more every day without him,” she said.

work to build trust with their community in order for people to cooperate with investigations — but that can be challenging when crimes aren’t being solved. “Most people, regardless of where they live in a community, think homicide is a pretty bad thing,” Wellford said. “If they’re not cooperating, part of the reason may well be because you’re not solving a lot of your homicides. It’s kind of a chicken and egg thing. … Some of that is marketing, for the police to say, ‘We care.’ The bigger part of it is solving those crimes.” Families who live with unsolved cases say they are haunted by the unknown. Catherine Howard, 42, has heard numerous irrec-

oncilable stories about how her oldest son, Kevin Jones, was shot to death in front of a San Bernardino apartment complex on a Wednesday night in March. Jones wasn’t alone when he was killed, and there were several witnesses, his family said. But Howard, and Jones’ fiancee, Latoya Ware, believe those witnesses haven’t been forthcoming. In one story they were told, Jones went to the store and got into an argument with two men. The men followed him to his cousin’s apartment complex, where the argument escalated into a fight. Then one man pulled out a gun and shot him. In another, Jones confronted some men he thought looked suspicious

outside his cousin’s apartment. Again, the argument escalated into a fight, and one man pulled out a gun and fired. In yet another, Jones was gambling, lost money and began arguing with the men he had been playing with. The men left, then returned and shot up the block where Jones and his friends were gathered. His family says they don’t know what to believe. “There was what, four, five guys with him?” Ware said. “Those four guys should know exactly what happened. Why don’t we have a story?” Howard was a teenager when Jones was born. He was taken from her at a young age and raised for

some years by his father’s family. But they reunited when he was a teenager and became close. Now, she says, she can’t sleep thinking about what happened to her son. She takes sedatives to keep from feeling overwhelmed, she said. When she does manage to sleep for a couple of hours, she has nightmares in which she sees a man, whose face she can’t decipher, shooting at her son. “I feel like I’m dying a little bit more every day without him,” she said. “We don’t have nothing but memories and pictures and the thought of ‘When is somebody going to pay for his murder?’ ” Ariel Bojorquez’s family doesn’t have any versions of what led to his death. All they know is that he and his girlfriend were driving, someone opened fire and they were gone. “They were not in gangs or anything. That’s why it’s so difficult for us to think, why or who?” Evelyn Bojorquez said. Someone knows what happened to her brother and his girlfriend, she said. She urged them to come forward, even if it means breaking a code of silence. “I know it’s hard. I know people are scared,” Bojorquez said. “But is there any way in your heart you could come forward? “It’s not fair,” she added. “The way they were just killed, cold-blooded. It’s not fair.” paloma.esquivel @latimes.com Twitter: @palomaesquivel

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Disagreeing: We ‘Milk’: What’s need to practice in the carton? Re “I don’t know what you think, and I really don’t care,” Opinion, Jan. 4

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MERRICK GARLAND, nominated to the Supreme Court in March, has not received a Senate hearing.

Crisis in the courts Re “GOP stalls Obama’s judges,” editorial, Jan. 3

he Times editorial board accurately describes the severely deteriorated state of federal judicial selection and suggests that Republican obstruction during President Obama’s two terms in office is substantially responsible for the 100-plus current vacancies. Indeed, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals currently has four openings, all of which have been declared judicial emergencies. The editorial astutely states that Democrats could retaliate by similarly obstructing President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees. It also correctly observes that Trump could and should “make a significant gesture toward restoring a measure of normality” to the selection process by renominating the Obama nominees left stranded by GOP obstruction to be confirmed with bipartisan approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee. However, Obama can and should re-submit those nominees now, and the Senate should confirm them immediately.

Carl Tobias, Richmond, Va.

The writer is a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. Your article is so true. Sadly, the lack of action on judicial appointments is only one example of the harm the GOP has inflicted on our judicial system, behavior which I believe contributes to the cynicism that seems to permeate our country. But taking your advice one step further: Trump should nominate Garland Merrick to the Supreme Court. He has already been approved by a strong bipartisan group of senators for his current position on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. His prior appointment makes it difficult to argue he isn’t eminently

qualified for the Supreme Court. Trump would send a clear message he is not an ideologue, thus giving the country a reason to hope for a real change in the war in Congress. Right-wing lawmakers would scream, but so what? They could not legitimately question Garland’s qualifications. The country would win by having a full Supreme Court and an appointment that is not ideological. We would also have renewed hope that Trump will really be an independent and refreshing change for the entire country. Jeffrey Wade San Diego

The Times wastes editorial space with a virtual rehash of similar piece late last year that covered the same ground but specifically urged Trump to end partisan judicial nominee conflict by re-nominating Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. Let me use poor but powerful English to sum up the possibility of Trump re-nominating Garland and other judges selected by Obama: He ain’t gonna. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has played and won a brilliant chess game to shape the very fabric of our culture. The Times should use its

bully pulpit for thoughtprovoking editorials that might have some effect and skip the reruns. Here one for this issue: Let’s hold our noses for a few months until the stench of Trump’s inauguration passes, then suggest that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and McConnell work together to propose fixed but lengthy terms for the federal judiciary. The lifetime term for federal judges is what scares these pols into this vile gamesmanship. There’s a growing consensus this is the real solution to this problem. Mark Diniakos Thousand Oaks

I have been beating the drum on trying to understand the other side for years. By being open to conservative grief and fear following the elections of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, I realized that both sides have high hopes and dramatic fears. I can take some of the current liberal doomsday projections with a grain of salt, along with the idea that Obama really was a Muslim who wanted to destroy the country. I have found that I feel less “angry,” “unpleasant” or “lousy” when I control my exposure to reliably conservative sources via radio and TV. I think part of the problem is that out of politeness we have agreed to avoid touchy topics; we don’t get any practice in respectful disagreement that could lead to common ground. It’s no surprise that this piece was written by psychology professors. As a clinical psychologist myself, I too wonder where the self protection of “motivated ignorance” will lead us. Ultimately, it won’t be to safety. Wendy Knight Meier Arroyo Grande :: I was educated to believe that we are all rational beings. Present me with information, and I can use it to make a rational decision. Over the last 30 years, researchers have shown that the “rational man” theory of how we act is not complete. Behavioral economics has challenged our way of interpreting how people process economic information. Much of the time we don't make decisions rationally; rather, we make decisions emotionally and then use reason to back them up. Politically and socially we now have the means to satisfy our emotional decision needs. With a quick Internet search we can find an article to match any conclusion we want to believe. The chosen article could be true or false; it does not matter. On Facebook, we might feel right at home agreeing with all the others who have a like mind. We are becoming tribal, and that is not a good thing. Look at tribal societies around the world and tell me which one is succeeding as a nation. Carl Jerris El Cajon

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Peter Gaulke of Los Angeles credits a vinyl record for a seminal moment of father-son bonding: I am the single dad of a special-needs 10-year-old. A year ago we had to move into a small one-bedroom apartment, and initially my son was having trouble with the adjustment. One night I put an old Buffalo Springfield record on my turntable, turned off

the lights, opened the blinds and let the moonlight in. The two of us lay down on the floor next to one another and listened to the music. He was instantly mesmerized. In the dark, we listened to the pop and crackle of the old record without moving, without talking. It was a transcendent moment for both of us. Now, when I pick up my son from school, he’ll ask me

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:: “Milk” implies a significant protein and calcium content (most soy milk products also have vitamin D added). I would consider soy milk “milk,” but not almond or rice milk, which is primarily carbohydrate without significant protein, calcium or vitamin D. Emily Byrd is a communication manager for the Good Food Institute, but she seems to lack nutrition understanding. It is not a 1st Amendment issue, but one of self-education and proper labeling. Jerome P. Helman, MD Venice The writer is a gastroenterologist focusing on nutrition. :: I’m very aware that soy milk isn’t dairy milk. I’ve been lactose intolerant my whole life; my aunt once told me I had been the only toddler she’d ever known who refused to eat whipped cream. I welcome the new plantbased milks; they give me options I never had before. Kathleen Resch Temple City

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sometimes if we can listen to music in the dark. This bonding, soulful experience would never have happened with a digital delivery system. There’s something about a record that affects him in a way that nothing ever has. God bless the vinyl record. Los Angeles resident Gary Davis questions if professionals truly prefer analog: The claim by a reader that “most sound engineers prefer analog over digital” is absurd. Sound engineers will occasionally use analog recorders because they like specific flaws in analog recording, such as tape saturation. But I don’t think you’ll find many engineers who would prefer listening to a scratchy LP over a pristine CD. It is true that professional analog equipment sounds very good, but the consumer will never have

The word “milk” has been used for liquids that resemble dairy milk, but the operative word is “resemble.” The liquid that is extracted from these food products resemble a milky substance in color or consistency. It is for this reason these plant-based products are prefixed with a food source. The word “milk” might have a long history, but not compared to the human consumption of dairy milk that goes as far back as the Neolithic era. If the dairy industry, which wants the government to crack down on producers of plant-based “milk,” is basing its argument entirely on etymology, it would have a robust position. But etymology can never settle arguments on usage, and seldom does it have any influence on a legislative body. Giuseppe Mirelli Los Angeles

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access to master tapes to play on that equipment. Virtually the same quality is captured, and played back, on an inexpensive CD. On the other hand, the compressed digital music formats that you find on iTunes and streaming services compromise the digital quality. But even these inferior digital formats have no ticks and pops, virtually no hiss and essentially perfect frequency response.

Thomas Pawlak of Palos Verdes Estates votes for vinyl: Vinyl records simply sound better. I have songs in both digital (CD) and analog (vinyl). If I play the same song in one format, and then play the song in the other format, the vinyl format produces a bigger sound stage with more depth. Digital is more convenient, but if I really want to “hear” the music, I will play a record every time.

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Dylann Roof is as entrenched in his white supremacist beliefs as ever, even wearing shoes this week with racist symbols drawn on them, an FBI agent says. Roof faces life in prison or execution for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. He is representing himself during the sentencing phase of his trial, but so far he has not asked jurors to spare his life or cross-examined any witnesses put forth by prosecutors. FBI agent Joseph Hamski testified that Roof wore the shoes as recently as Monday. When authorities searched Roof ’s cell in August 2015 as part of a suicide watch, they also found a pair of white sneakers with a cross associated with white supremacy drawn on them.

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Federal investigators will be looking into why a packed Long Island Rail Road commuter train was traveling erratically at twice the speed limit when it crashed at a rail terminal, injuring more than 100 people. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Ted Turpin said Thursday the train had been traveling at least 10 mph when it slammed into the end of a platform at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning; the terminal’s speed limit is 5 mph. A U.S. official briefed on the investigation said the train had erratically changed speeds in the three minutes before the crash, accelerating and decelerating between 2 and 10 mph.

President Obama has decided against creating a national monument covering areas of public land around Grand Canyon National Park, an Arizona congressman says. The monument proposal had support from American Indian tribes and environmental groups but was opposed by business interests, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and the state’s two GOP senators. The area proposed for the Grand Canyon monument consists of public land with towering cliffs and canyons, grasslands, forest and desert that is popular with hunters and hikers.

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No bail for video attack suspects A Cook County judge ordered no bail for four people accused of attacking a mentally disabled teen and broadcasting the assault live on Facebook. “I’m looking at each of you and wondering where was the sense of decency that each of you should have had?” said Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil. “I don’t see it.” The racially charged video shows assailants cutting the victim’s scalp with a knife, punching and kicking him, and repeatedly forcing his head into a toilet.

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Avalanche kills outdoorsman An endurance athlete and firefighter has died from injuries sustained in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Glacier National Park, Flathead County officials say. Ben Parsons, 36, of Kalispell died Thursday, Sheriff Chuck Curry said. Parsons was a skilled outdoors adventurer who competed in mountain bike and ski mountaineering races. He worked as a firefighter and paramedic in Whitefish. Parsons’ death was the ninth recorded avalanche fatality in Glacier National Park since the park was established in 1910. — times wire reports

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Suburban heroin ring busted in crackdown Group suspected of operating a delivery service tied to two overdose deaths in Ventura County. By Matt Hamilton

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ROBERT DURST, right, and attorney Dick DeGuerin at a pretrial hearing Friday in L.A. Superior Court.

Durst, a 73-year-old New York real estate heir, is accused of killing writer Susan Berman in 2000.

Durst poses threat to witnesses, D.A. says

Judge allows early testimony in real estate heir’s murder trial. One person’s identity remains a secret. By Marisa Gerber A Los Angeles County judge on Friday cleared the way for prosecutors to begin calling witnesses next month in their murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst, saying that the identity of one witness would remain confidential for several more weeks because of concerns over his safety. The unusual decision to temporarily keep the man’s name from the defense came after prosecutors argued that Durst — who is accused in the executionstyle slaying of his friend Susan Berman — has access to massive amounts of money and a history of killing people he felt could incriminate him for past crimes. “That man kills witnesses. That’s what he does,” Deputy Dist. Atty. John Lewin said, looking at Durst. “When pushed into a corner, he murders people.” Durst, dressed in a blue shirt and [See Durst, B8]

JUDGE Mark E. Windham ruled that prosecutors must reveal

the identity of their secret witness 10 days before the questioning.

Police in Ventura County said this week that they busted a heroin home delivery service linked to two overdose deaths in Simi Valley, the latest move in a local crackdown on the source of the deadly opiate. A series of deaths of young people in the suburban region due to overdoses of heroin and prescription drugs have sparked a community outcry and put pressure to root out the scourge of drug abuse. The latest case involved a group accused of running a sophisticated drug delivery network. Customers placed an order by phone and a dispatcher directed them to a designated meeting spot, where a courier met the customer and handed over the heroin in exchange for cash. Police said the delivery service was operating in Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley and Moorpark, and officers arrested three people this week in connection with the illicit drug ring, according to the Simi Valley Police Department. Elsewhere in Ventura County, overdoses have led to swift arrests. A16-year-old boy’s death from heroin in Thousand Oaks led to manslaughter charges against his suspected dealer, a 19year-old man. Thirteen others were arrested after a Thousand Oaks man died of a heroin overdose in November. The heroin delivery service was similar to another network — known as The

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BILL is another way the

state “will fight Trump,” Sen. Ricardo Lara says.

Tuition bill takes aim at Trump State senator aims to make in-state rate available to more who are in U.S. illegally. By Patrick McGreevy

Overlooked inventor of the sailboard By Steve Marble

n a mountain lake deep in eastern Pennsylvania, S. Newman Darby fiddled with the sail and kept his balance on the wide board beneath his feet. He called the contraption a sailboard and guessed he’d been inspired after watching his future wife, Naomi, navigate a small, rudderless boat while standing up, leaning into the sail to shift direction. By the time he refined the board — a metal universal joint for the hand-guided sails, an actual surfboard for the base, sails sewn by Naomi — there wasn’t enough money left over to patent the device. He figured it was unnecessary anyway, since he’d written a detailed story of the creation for Popular Science magazine in 1965, right down to a detailed schematic of the board and a list of materials Naomi had used for the sails. Yet by the time the board made its way into the hands of consumers, exploding first in Europe and then becoming another option in the Southern California surf arsenal, Darby had all but disappeared under the wake of its immense popularity. Credit for the creation of what is now known as the Windsurfer was bestowed upon a pair of Southern California surfers, Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer. Darby, who died Dec. 3 at 88 at his home in St. Johns, Fla., chafed quietly that his involvement in the evolution of the board had become just a footnote. “I guess you can be the father of the sport but still get nothing for it,” Naomi Darby said in a 1998 interview with the Florida Times-Union. Wendy Darby Brown said her father never resented those who had ridden the board’s popularity to prosperity, but he wished he’d been given [See Darby, B6]

Boys — that Ventura County authorities busted in 2014. A buyer would typically call a phone number and place an order for heroin, and the men would deliver the drugs anywhere in Ventura County. Their countywide style of delivery made the organization unique because other drug operations often maintain specific neighborhood boundaries. [See Heroin, B5]

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THIS PAINTING , which hung on a Capitol Hill wall, sparked controversy over its

depiction of police as animals. Rep. Duncan Hunter personally removed it Friday.

Artwork ignites backlash

Congressman pulls student’s painting off a Capitol Hill wall. By Gary Warth SAN DIEGO — A controversial painting that depicts police officers as animals was removed Friday from a Capitol Hill wall by Rep.

Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) following complaints that it was offensive. Joe Kasper, chief of staff for the congressman, said Hunter personally removed the painting and delivered it to the Washington office of Rep. William Lacy Clay (DMo.), who had sponsored the student competition won by the painting’s creator. “It made a very strong

statement today, and there’s been an outpouring of support,” Kasper said of his boss’ action. Law enforcement agencies had called for the painting’s removal, and several officers came to Hunter’s office Friday to thank him, Kasper said. The Peace Officers Research Assn. of California and the Fraternal Order of Police also put out [See Painting, B4]

SACRAMENTO — In another challenge to the immigration crackdown proposed by President-elect Donald Trump, a California lawmaker proposed Thursday to greatly expand the number of students in the country illegally who can get discounted, in-state resident tuition at state universities. “Despite national rhetoric, California remains resolute in integrating the most vulnerable into our society,” said state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), the bill’s author. A 2001 law provides instate tuition if immigrants in the country illegally attend three years of school and get a high school diploma. Otherwise, they face more costly tuition charged to students from out of the state. With a recent rise in unaccompanied minors coming into the country, the new bill would help the young person who arrives at 16 and can only attend high school for two years, including those who do not graduate. Lara’s SB 68 would allow [See Tuition, B5]

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Responses to motion may be unique in hummingbird DEBORAH NETBURN

Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times

CHARLES BOLDEN , NASA’s first African American administrator, praised the film “Hidden Figures” for

shedding light on the long-overlooked story of the agency’s black female mathematicians in the 1950s and ’60s.

NASA’s unequal past resonates in present

Film reveals struggle of black female mathematicians AMINA KHAN

When NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson asks to join a high-level briefing in the run-up to astronaut John Glenn’s historic 1962 flight in the film “Hidden Figures,” an engineer rushes to shut the idea down. “There’s no protocol for women attending,” he replies — an excuse that Johnson quickly bats aside. “There’s no protocol for a man circling the Earth either, sir,” she says. That conversation sketches the two-front battle fought by NASA’s black female mathematicians and engineers as they worked toward a Cold War victory: beating the Soviet Union at the space race and overcoming the many layers of prejudice in the Jim Crow South. “Hidden Figures,” which entered wide release Friday, tells the story of Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson — three “comput-

ers,” women who were hired to do calculations from the engineers’ experiments but were not given the titles of mathematician or engineer. Together with an eponymous book by Margot Lee Shetterly, the film about these three real-life women (played by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, respectively) reveals a long-overlooked chapter in a story often depicted as overwhelmingly white and male. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first African American to head the agency, said he encouraged his employees to see it. “I say they will laugh their little backsides off, they will cry a lot, they’ll get very, very angry — and they’ll come out of it feeling incredibly proud that they’re a member of the NASA family,” he said. In the movie, the women carefully navigate a minefield of moments shaded with varying degrees of prejudice; they’re made to use bathrooms designated

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for nonwhites and, in Johnson’s case, assumed to be a maid. To Bolden, many of those moments felt very familiar. “I think we’ve all experienced things like that,” said Bolden, who grew up in segregated Columbia, S.C. And it’s still an issue today, he said. “If I’m in my jeans and T-shirt and I walk into somewhere where nobody knows I’m the NASA administrator, even around Washington, D.C., there are some places I can go where the worst is assumed.” In the NASA of the ’60s, “computers” were given lower pay than their colleagues, few opportunities to advance and often weren’t given credit for their work. While it was a foot in the door for many talented black (and white) women, it also was a job that largely prevented them from publishing papers under their own names or giving talks — which typically factored heavily into promotions, said Christine Darden, a retired NASA aeronautical engineer featured near the end of the book. Darden, the first black woman promoted to senior executive service at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, went to school with one of Johnson’s daughters and joined Langley as a computer a few years after the film’s events. She eventually asked a higher-up why she and other women ended up in dead-end jobs. “When I asked him that question, he said, ‘Well, nobody complained about that before,’ ” said Darden, who then was transferred to an engineering group. Doing the work, and speaking up when necessary, seemed to be essential

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strategies for the black women working at NASA as depicted in the film. Supreme people skills probably didn’t hurt, either. “Katherine is a very smart lady, and she’s also a very outgoing person,” said Darden, 74, who has attended church with Johnson, 98, for 50 years; the two regularly play bridge together. “She likes to talk to people. She finds out a lot about people very quickly if she’s in a very huge group.” Some of the events in the movie are fictionalized or compressed in time. Johnson’s high-stakes calculations for Glenn’s flight took place over a much longer time frame, Bolden pointed out. And Vaughan’s struggle to be promoted to supervisor occurred many years before the events of the movie took place, NASA chief historian William Barry said. But even with these narrative adaptations, the movie clearly portrays the worlds these women navigated, Barry said. “That’s one of the great things that the movie does: how jarring it is to see the day-to-day segregation and day-to-day sexism that happened, that in 1961-62 was perfectly legal,” he said. Things seemed to improve in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Darden said, as more women and minorities entered engineering schools — and their white male counterparts entered the workforce accustomed to the idea of working alongside them. Still, there is a risk that some may see Johnson and her colleagues’ success as the exception rather than the rule, Bolden said. “One of the things that is a sore point for people of color is to be working in a situation where … somebody says: ‘You know, you’re different. You’re the first black that I’ve met that is really caring and diligent,’ ... and thinking that’s a compliment when in fact it’s an insult,” Bolden said. “Because what they’re doing is saying that they’ve never met the people with whom I’ve grown up.” NASA, meanwhile, still has room to grow in the diversity department, Barry and Bolden said. “I will never be satisfied until NASA looks like the American public, which means 51% women in technical fields — because that’s the population of the country — [and] until there’s an adequate representation of people of color,” Bolden said. “I’ll say we’re excellent when we’ve reached those kinds of levels.” amina.khan@latimes.com

Hummingbirds don’t see the world like you or me. And it turns out they don’t see it in the same way as any other known bird, mammal or reptile, either. In a study published this week in Current Biology, scientists reveal that the hummingbird’s pea-sized brain processes visual cues in a way that may be unique in the animal kingdom. This doesn’t necessarily mean that when a hummingbird flies through a garden the plants look different to it than they do to us, explains lead author Andrea Gaede, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of zoology at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Instead, her research shows that the hummingbird’s brain has evolved to respond to motion in a different way than other vertebrates. That’s actually not a huge surprise. After all, as anyone with a hummingbird feeder knows, these buzzing, fairy-like creatures don’t move through the world like any other animal, bird or not. “The way they maneuver is definitely distinct,” Gaede said. “There are a few other birds that transiently hover, but generally most birds are just forward fliers.” In general, flying birds occupy a more three-dimensional space than those of us who are stuck walking on solid ground. But even among its avian cousins, the hummingbird is special. Hummingbirds have two unusual flight behaviors. They are hovering experts, and during the mating season males will perform what is known as a courtship dive. They fly high in the sky and then dive through the air at a breakneck speed to get the attention of a female. Studies have shown that hummingbirds have an enlarged lentiformis mesencephali (LM) compared with other birds. This is a region of the bird brain that usually responds to motion going from back to front. For example, if you slipped on an icy sidewalk and fell backward, the neurons in the part of your brain that corresponds to the LM in birds would start firing rapidly. (Other parts of the brain are responsible for responding to motion coming from different directions.) Earlier work has also revealed that the LM is slightly enlarged in avian species that hover for a second or two, but not nearly as much as in the brains of hummingbirds, which exhibit sustained hovering. Therefore, scientists have hypothesized that the enlargement of the LM might be important for stabilization, making it worthy of deeper study. That’s where Gaede and her colleagues in the Altshuler Lab at her university came in.

“In my side of the lab we are interested in how visual signs that birds receive during flight are interpreted in the brain, and ultimately how those are transformed to guide flight,” she said. To learn more about the LM’s role in how hummingbirds perceive the world, Gaede anesthetized six hummingbirds and did a little brain surgery that allowed her to listen to individual neurons in the LM part of the brain. Next, she showed the birds a computer screen with a field of black dots on a white background. She also created a computer program that moved the dots as a collective unit in eight different directions. She expected that the neurons in the LM would fire rapidly as the dots moved forward, and calm down when the dots moved backward. But that’s not what happened. Instead, she reports that each neuron in the LM had a preferred direction — meaning it fired more when the dots moved one way rather than another — but there was not an overall bias toward forward motion. Some of the LMs preferred backward motion. Others downward motion. Others upward motion. When she tried the same experiment with zebra finches, more than half of the neurons in their LMs had a preference for forward motion as she anticipated. So, what does that mean? Mostly it means that hummingbirds are processing motion in a different way than zebra finches and almost every other known animal. And, because of the hummingbird’s unusual flight patterns, it is likely that this alternative processing evolved to help these birds stabilize while hovering. It might also be useful for flying in a cluttered environment — like a field of flowers. “This could be a shortcut, or a sidestep to some other processing, so they are faster at responding to some types of motion,” she said. “It’s definitely different than what has previously been described.” Gaede added that there is still more work to be done to show how the hummingbird brain is specialized for its specific type of flight. “Now that we know LM functions differently, we want to know if other areas of the brain that the LM interacts with behave differently and how important that is during flight,” she said. Eventually, this work could help engineers design robots or drones that use the brain processes of the hummingbird to fly — or at least hover and dive more effectively. We may never be able to see for ourselves how hummingbirds interpret the world, but perhaps one day, our machines might. deborah.netburn @latimes.com

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CITY & STATE Driver shuts I-15 and vanishes By Veronica Rocha

Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times

B I CYCL I ST D I E S I N C O L LI S IO N W I T H T R AI N I N W I LL OW BROO K L.A. County sheriff’s investigators work by a Metro Blue Line train that fatally struck a man riding a bicycle about 7 a.m Friday in Willowbrook south of the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. The incident occurred at the grade crossing at Willowbrook Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard, Ramon Montenegro of the sheriff’s Transit Policing Division said. The man died at the scene.

A photo mission turned deadly Identities of helicopter crash victims in L.A. harbor are confirmed as a freelance photographer and the pilot.

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Possible remains of baby found

By Veronica Rocha The passenger of a helicopter that crashed into the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday night was a veteran freelance photographer on assignment to capture photos of a rare trio of cruise ships inside the harbor. Michael Justice, 61, of San Pedro, and pilot Christopher Reed, 41, of Hermosa Beach, were aboard the black Robinson R-22 helicopter when it crashed near the breakwater that juts out from Cabrillo Beach, killing them. Their bodies were recovered from the aircraft’s wreckage Thursday morning. Justice was a port photographer and had commissioned a flight on Wednesday after three cruise ships made a stopover at the harbor, said port spokesman Phillip Sanfield. The port, he said, doesn’t usually get a visit from three cruise ships at one time. Justice wanted to capture the vessels in the fading sunlight, Sanfield said. Reed and Justice took off from Zamperini Field in Torrance in one of the copters registered to JJ Helicopters Inc. and flew over the harbor. Several passengers aboard a cruise ship told authorities that the helicopter circled one of the ships three times before it went down about 5:45 p.m. near the Angels Gate Lighthouse at the end of the breakwater, Sanfield said. The Coast Guard and Los Angeles Port Police searched for the wreckage of the helicopter, but could not find it Wednesday night.

By Veronica Rocha Chris Villanueva

THE HELICOPTER that crashed Wednesday circled one of three cruise ships at the Port of L.A.

before it went down about 5:45 p.m. near the Angels Gate Lighthouse at the end of the breakwater. Justice and Reed never reported back to the Torrance airbase, and on Thursday police located the wreckage of the aircraft using sonar equipment. Justice had worked with the port since 2010 and had shot for several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Geographic Adventurer and Time magazine. He photographed Mother Teresa in Calcutta. “He was really an extended member of the harbor family,” Sanfield said. “He lived and breathed on the docks.” Former Daily Breeze newspaper photojournalist Branimir Kvartuc said he often worked with the freelance photographer in the Torrance area. “He had a million stories to tell, but never forced them on you,”

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PHOTOGRAPHER Michael

Justice was a port photographer and veteran freelancer.

Kvartuc said. When Kvartuc left the newspaper for a job at Los Angeles Councilman Joe Buscaino’s office, he

knew he would see Justice again. Kvartuc often ran into Justice at the harbor, an area that Buscaino represents. During a recent conversation, the friends talked about their separate trips next month to Cuba and how they planned to meet up. “It’s almost in a way ... an accomplishment as a photographer to go out doing your job,” Kvartuc said. Reed was an accomplished pilot, Los Angeles Port Police Chief Thomas Gazsi said at a news conference Thursday, adding that he “will be greatly missed.” The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash. veronica.rocha@latimes.com Twitter: @VeronicaRochaLA

For-profit school closes over accrediting issue Sage College students are caught off guard on the brink of finals. By Jeff McDonald SAN DIEGO — Hundreds enrolled in court-reporting and paralegal training classes at Sage College were left in a lurch when the for-profit school closed Tuesday — two weeks before the end of the quarter — because of a long-simmering accreditation issue. College officials said the action resulted from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools losing its authority under a U.S. Department of Education decision last month.

Interstate 15 near the California-Nevada border was reopened in both directions Friday afternoon after being closed for hours during a standoff with a motorist who allegedly fired at officers and then disappeared. The interstate was closed for nearly 11 hours as authorities searched for the gunman, who had led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase being getting stuck. The pursuit began at 2:18 a.m., when a CHP officer tried to stop a speeding driver north of Baker, said Officer Adam Carmichall. During the pursuit, at least one shot was fired at a patrol vehicle, he said. Shortly after the chase began, the driver’s vehicle became disabled in the center divider of the highway near Halloran Summit Road, south of Primm, Nev., Carmichall said. The driver did not respond to officers’ commands, he said. After a seven-hour standoff, officers approached the vehicle and found it empty. Officers were searching for the driver, he said. The highway was closed from Halloran Springs Road to Cima Road. All lanes reopened by about 2 p.m.

“Effective immediately, it is with great sadness that we announce the closure of Sage College,” the Moreno Valley company emailed students. “This situation affects every school that was formerly approved by ACICS. It is not Sage College specific in any way.” Other schools accredited by the council managed to stay open, and according to its students, Sage withheld information and in some cases continued to collect federal student loan funds and tuition payments as recently as a few days before closing. “They told us in October that we had 18 months and that they would take care of us,” said Marissa Maginnis, a single mother working toward her court-reporting certification. “We were sup-

posed to have finals next week. A lot of us feel like we’ve just been scammed.” Maginnis said she has $23,000 in student loans — money she thought was a good investment because court reporters can earn $80,000 a year or more in San Diego. She now hopes to get all or part of her loans forgiven. Sage College is one of about 250 schools accredited by the council, which was targeted by federal officials for “pervasive noncompliance” with regulations over government-backed loans and grants for students. Last month, the Department of Education revoked the council’s accreditation authority. The nonprofit group sought a restraining order to halt the process, but

a federal judge rejected the request. Most of the other colleges accredited by the council accepted a provisional certification, meaning they could remain in business if they secured an alternate accreditation under stricter operating standards within 18 months. The notice Maginnis received from Sage College three months ago assured students they had more time and advised them to keep up with their coursework. “Although we don’t know how long the ACICS appeal process will take, the one thing we do know is that if they are denied, all schools will have 18 months to secure approval through another accrediting agency,” executive director Lauren Somma told students on Oct. 4.

About 350 students at the San Diego and Moreno Valley campuses of Sage College were affected by the school closure, officials said. About 50 employees also lost their jobs. The Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools, a nonprofit based in Washington, said in a statement that it has a hearing scheduled Feb.1on its request for an injunction against the Department of Education revocation decision. The council says it wants to regain its government recognition “and recover our historic role as a highly regarded accrediting agency.” jeff.mcdonald @sduniontribune.com McDonald writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Investigators recovered human remains, possibly of an infant, late Thursday in a Riverside park after a homeless woman told them she had buried her baby there shortly after birth a year ago. The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office will examine the remains to determine if they are those of the woman’s infant, said Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesman for the Riverside Police Department. Burying human remains, he said, is illegal. “You can’t bury human remains unless you have some type of license,” he said. Police began investigating the case after workers from the Department of Child Protective Services talked to the woman and her husband, who have another young child, at a hospital on Wednesday, he said. The couple had taken the child to the hospital for treatment, Railsback said. When hospital staff learned the couple were homeless, they contacted Child Protective Services. The woman told CPS workers that she had had a baby who was either a stillborn or died shortly after birth, he said. The couple had not known what to do with the infant’s body, so they buried it in McLean-Anza Narrows park, according to Railsback. The park is often the site of homeless encampments, he said. The woman directed detectives to an area where she believed the infant was buried. Thursday, detectives dug up the ground for two to three hours, but didn’t find the infant and briefly stopped searching. Later that night, coroner’s investigators and detectives found the remains. veronica.rocha @latimes.com

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[Painting, from B1] statements in support of Hunter, he said. Steven Engelhardt, a spokesman for Clay, said the congressman may make a statement next week about the issue and whether the painting would be reinstalled. Kasper said Hunter would not take the painting down again if Clay put it back up. “He gets along really well with Lacy Clay, who’s four doors down from us,” Kasper said. “This isn’t anything personal. It’s not about him or Hunter.” The painting was part of the national Congressional Art Competition. Lawmakers sponsor the student competition in their states, but they do not select winners. The controversial 2016 work was created by David Pulphus, who at the time was a senior at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in St. Louis. Named “Untitled #1,” the painting depicts a clash between police and protesters on the street. In it, gunwielding officers have heads

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REP. DUNCAN HUNTER had expressed anger over the painting and offered to

remove it. “I’m in the Marine Corps,” he said. “If you want it done, just call us.” that resemble that of a boar, while one protester appears to be a panther or wolf, and people on the street hold signs that read “History,” “Justice Now” and “Racism Kills.” The painting was se-

lected as the Missouri winner in May and had hung for months in a tunnel that connects House office buildings to the U.S. Capitol. Its presence became controversial over the last two weeks when conservative

bloggers wrote about it and a Fox News commentator called for its removal. Law enforcement agencies also had called for it to be taken down. “I can’t believe it was up there in the first place,” said

Gary Moore, president of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Assn. of San Diego County. Moore said he had no problem with Hunter taking down the painting, which he saw as not helpful after a year when many police officers had been killed in the line of duty. “It’s certainly not part of the solution,” he said. As the controversy grew, Clay issued a statement that defended freedom of expression. “I … would never attempt to approve or disapprove artistic expression,” he said. “The U.S. Capitol is a symbol of freedom, not censorship.” In a May news release from Clay’s office, the painting was described as “a colorful landscape of symbolic characters representing social injustice, the tragic events in Ferguson, Mo., and the lingering elements of inequality in modern American society.” Clay’s district includes Ferguson, where in 2014, riots broke out after a white officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black man.

Kasper said the painting was discussed Friday morning in the House Republican Conference, where several representatives said they objected to it. “When it rises to this level of controversy, somebody should make a move to take it down,” Kasper said. “The funny thing about this is, nobody was sure who had the authority to take it down, so Hunter said, ‘I’ll do it.’ ” Hunter, who served as a Marine in Iraq, couldn’t be reached for comment Friday. But he previously had expressed anger over the painting and said he wanted it removed. “I’m in the Marine Corps,” he told Fox News’ website. “If you want it done, just call us.” Kasper said the painting’s location was especially troubling because it was next to an entrance where police officers usually are stationed. gary.warth @sduniontribune.com Twitter: @GaryWarthUT Warth writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

State funds transgender prisoner’s operation Officials fought for years to avoid paying for sex-reassignment surgery in the landmark case. associated press

Photographs by Howard Lipin San Diego Union-Tribune

Children laid to rest On Friday, the family of Elizette Hope Orozco, 5, and her uncle Diego Flores Vidal, 11, said goodbye with a funeral service that drew more than 500 people to an Escondido church. The two children, who got along like brother and sister, died when a Dec. 29 fire destroyed the home where they lived with three generations of family. The fire may have been caused by faulty Christmas tree lights or a candle.

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING ALPINE

10 tons of tripe burned as fire engulfs trailer A truckload of frozen tripe was roasted early Friday when a big-rig trailer caught fire on westbound Interstate 8 in Alpine in eastern San Diego County. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the driver noticed his back tires on fire, pulled to the right shoulder, disconnected the trailer and moved his truck tractor well away from the flames, the California Highway Patrol said. He and his small dog got out safely east of Tavern Road and waited for the fire department. Flames engulfed most of the refrigerator trailer, charring it and its load of 21,000 pounds of beef tripe. It was being hauled from Las Cruces, N.M., to San Diego, headed for a distribution center, the CHP said. The truck’s overheated brakes caused the fire, not uncommon with 18-wheelers headed downhill out of the mountains, CHP Officer

Kevin Pearlstein said. Both westbound freeway lanes were closed for almost an hour. The left lane then was opened to traffic. It took several more hours for a tow company crew to cut the burned trailer in half so each portion could be hauled away separately. The right lane was reopened about 6 a.m. — Pauline Repard

ring had it appraised and discovered that the “diamond” was cubic zirconium. They contacted police, and investigators found several more cases in which Hanson had stolen the genuine stones from customers. A jury convicted him last fall of felony and misdemeanor counts of theft and burglary. —Associated Press

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Flu shots urged Man gets 6 years amid outbreak in diamond scam SANTA ANA

An Orange County jeweler who stole diamonds from clients and replaced them with fake stones was sentenced Friday to six years and four months in prison. Prosecutors say Charles Hanson of Newport Beach replaced the diamonds on rings and earrings he was servicing with cheaper materials. The scheme was discovered in 2014 when two friends who’d paid Hanson $16,000 to upgrade an engagement

Health officials are warning of a “widespread” flu outbreak in the San Francisco Bay Area that has already included three flu-related deaths. The East Bay Times reported that the three deaths occurred in Monterey, Solano and Napa counties and had been confirmed by public health officials as flu-related. Officials urged people to get flu shots, saying the flu specimens that have been tested closely match the current vaccine strains, mean-

ing the shot is expected to provide good protection this year. The peak flu season is typically December through February, and may continue until May. People at highest risk include adults older than 65, children younger than 5, pregnant women, and people with asthma, heart disease or medical conditions that can weaken the immune system. —Associated Press

SAN JOSE

Gunman at large after killing two San Jose police say two men were killed and another injured Thursday in a shooting at a Mexican restaurant. Police say the shooting at La Mejor Taqueria in East San Jose was reported about 7:45 p.m. Two men were declared dead at the scene, and a third was taken to a hospital. Police say the gunman has not been found. —Associated Press

SACRAMENTO — A 57year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence has become the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sexreassignment surgery, the prisoner’s attorneys confirmed Friday. California prison officials agreed in August 2015 to pay for the surgery for Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom and has no possibility of parole. Quine’s case led the state to become the first to set standards that will allow other transgender inmates to apply to receive statefunded sex-reassignment surgery. It also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items such as nightgowns, scarves and necklaces. “For too long, institutions have ignored doctors and casually dismissed medically necessary and lifesaving care for transgender people just because of who we are,” said Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, which represents Quine and other transgender inmates. Completion of the surgery not only fulfills a landmark legal settlement but marks a victory “for all transgender people who have ever been denied the medical care we need,” Hayashi said. Quine will be moved to a women’s prison after the operation, which was performed at a hospital in San Francisco, her attorneys said. The daughter of Quine’s victim said she objects to inmates getting taxpayerfunded surgery that is not readily available to noncriminals, regardless of the cost. “My dad begged for his life,” said Farida Baig, who tried unsuccessfully to block Quine’s surgery through the courts. “It just made me dizzy and sick. I’m helping pay for his surgery; I live in California. It’s kind of like a slap in the face.” Quine and an accomplice kidnapped and fatally shot 33-year-old Shahid Ali Baig, a father of three, in down-

SHILOH QUINE will be

moved to a women’s prison after she recovers. town Los Angeles in February 1980, stealing $80 and his car during a drug- and alcohol-fueled rampage. California was legally required to pay for the operation, corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. “The 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires that prisons provide inmates with medically necessary treatment for medical and mental health conditions including inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria,” Thornton said in a written statement. California corrections officials had fought in court for years to avoid paying for sexreassignment surgeries. In one high-profile case, the state paroled Michelle-Lael Norsworthy in 2015, just one day before a federal appeals court was to hear her request for state-funded surgery. Quine told a prison psychologist who recommended her for the operation that it would bring a “drastic, internal completeness.” She expects it will end a dysfunction and depression so deep that she tried to cut and hang herself in prison five times, most recently in 2014 when she initially was told she could not have the operation. Joyce Hayhoe, a spokeswoman for the federal courtappointed official who controls California’s prison medical care, said the cost of sex-reassignment surgeries could approach $100,000, including procedures and medications before and after the operation. Attorneys at the Oakland-based Transgender Law Center said that figure was exaggerated. A portion of the state’s expense generally is reimbursed by the federal government, Hayhoe said. The percentage varies depending on individual circumstances, but it can cover up to 95% of allowable charges.

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am Lovullo, who as producer and co-creator of “Hee Haw” brought country music and homestyle humor to millions of U.S. homes, died Thursday at 88, his publicist said. Lovullo died at his home in Encino, his publicist said. No immediate cause was given, but Lovullo had been suffering from heart disease. Lovullo worked on TV’s “The Jonathan Winters

Show” from 1967 to 1969. He and two writers from the show noticed that it enjoyed a ratings increase when country music performers were guests. They conceived of “Hee Haw,” the variety show that ran for two years on CBS starting in 1969 and then went on to a 21-year run in syndication. Lovullo was producer for all but the last five years. The show affectionately made light of rural culture, featuring country bumpkins and scantily clad farmer’s

daughters, but was actually produced in Nashville and featured music from country legends such as Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn, who usually donned the same overalls as the cast and got in on the jokes. Hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark were themselves country music luminaries before the show began. Luvullo was an Italian American native of Los Angeles, but “Hee Haw” made him a beloved hometown figure in Nashville. In 1974 the Academy of Country Music

gave him its Jim Reeves Memorial Award, for people who contribute to the acceptance of country music. Lovullo wrote a memoir about his time on the show, “Life in the Kornfield: My 25 Years at Hee Haw,” which takes its name from the show’s fictitious home of Kornfield Kounty. He is survived by his wife and four children. His son Torey Lovullo is a former Major League Baseball player who was recently named manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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AWARD WINNER

Producer Sam Lovullo, center, and singer Willie Nelson, right, accept a TV Land award in 2007.

Drug deaths spur inquiry [Heroin, from B1] The crackdown comes amid a surge in heroin deaths. The county saw 33 people die of heroin intoxication in 2015, a jump from 23 deaths in 2014, according to coroner’s statistics cited by the Ventura County Star. The investigation was spurred by the Sept.19 death of 26-year-old Tanner Fazli. Police responded to a Simi Valley home, found evidence of intravenous heroin abuse and relied on Fazli’s friends to identify the delivery service he used to procure the drug. Less than a month later, on Oct. 13, police responded to the overdose death of 36year-old Pedro Zamora, another Simi Valley resident. Investigators eventually confirmed that he had injected heroin from the same delivery service that Fazli had used, police said in a statement. After a three-month investigation involving undercover drug purchases, detectives fanned out Wednesday to locations in Simi Valley, Torrance and Fullerton. Three people were arrested. Rosario Vargas, 35, a Simi Valley transient, was suspected of being a courier in the delivery service, police said. He was booked on suspicion of possession of heroin and conspiracy. Daniel Delgado, 28, was arrested in Anaheim and booked on suspicion of criminal conspiracy, police said. Delgado is a resident of Fullerton and was held on $20,000 bail. Yoelmmi Sandoval, 29, of Fullerton was also booked on suspicion of criminal conspiracy. Authorities in Ventura County have announced arrests following heroin overdoses. After the 16-year-old boy’s death on Sept. 9, detectives zeroed in on the man suspected of furnishing the boy with the drug. Ross Cumming, 19, was arrested Dec. 21 and has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of involuntary manslaughter and a felony count of selling a controlled substance, according to court records. He’s being held on $100,000 bail, according to jail records. The Nov. 24 heroin overdose of Robert Haupt, 46, has led to more than a dozen arrests. Two people — Paul Markas, 26, and Taylor Roberts, 22 — were arrested on suspicion of providing the heroin that was believed to

Simi Valley Police Department

ROSARIO VARGAS

was a courier, police say.

DANIEL DELGADO is suspected of conspiracy.

YOELMMI SANDOVAL

faces conspiracy charges.

be responsible for Haupt’s death. During the investigation, 11 others were arrested on suspicion of various violations, including possession of methamphetamine and prescription drugs. At her first court appearance, Roberts pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including conspiracy to commit a crime and selling controlled substances. Markas pleaded not guilty to three felony counts, including possession of a controlled substance for sale and conspiracy, according to court records. Both were being held in county lockup on $100,000 bail, according to jail records. matt.hamilton @latimes.com Twitter: @MattHjourno

Helping students [Tuition, from B1] two years of community college to count toward the requirement of three years of schooling in California, and would allow completion of an associate degree or a transfer agreement to the University of California and California State University systems, instead of high school graduation. Lara, whose parents came to the U.S. from Mexico, has emerged as a leading advocate for young immi-

grants. He believes his bill will help thousands of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to get in-state tuition for their university studies. “This is another way California will fight Trump and support undocumented students in California as they seek higher education,” said a statement issued by his office. patrick.mcgreevy @latimes.com

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HUSTON SMITH, 1919 – 2016

Noted scholar of world religions By Mary Rourke

uston Smith, a pioneering teacher of world religions whose knowledge and respect for the traditions of the major faiths attracted millions of readers, has died. He was 97. Smith died at his home Dec. 30 after a long illness, according to his official website. From the time he was in his 20s, Smith immersed himself in the practices of many faiths, studying the Hindu Upanishad texts in India, living with Zen Buddhists in Japan, keeping the Muslim monthlong fast of Ramadan and observing the Jewish Passover. Well into old age, Smith made Hatha yoga part of his daily spiritual practice. But, as the son of Methodist missionaries noted some years ago, “I never canceled my subscription to Christianity.” He wrote more than a dozen books, including the 2009 memoir “Tales of Wonder,” but his best-known work remained a survey text, “The Religions of Man,” first published in 1958. It was reissued as “The World’s Religions” in 1991 and has sold about 2 million copies. His informed yet accessible prose led many laymen to read his books as their introduction to religions of the East and West. “Huston was unique,” journalist and commentator Bill Moyers once told The Times. “He spent his life trying to penetrate the essence of the world’s religions, not only to understand them intellectually but to experi-

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AUTHOR AND TEACHER

Huston Smith’s best-known work, 1958’s “The Religions of Man,” was later reissued as “The World’s Religions” and has sold about 2 million copies. ence their particularity.” Moyers featured Smith in a 1996 PBS special “The Wisdom of Faith With Huston Smith.” Smith’s “writings communicate powerfully that this man’s interpretation is no academic exercise,” Moyers said. “He has been to the place he is describing.” Smith’s lifelong interest in the world’s major religions led him far from the United Methodist Church where he was raised and where he remained an active member. He was a regular presence in inter-religious discussions throughout his long career. He had an early insight into the future of religion in America when he recognized that the country’s expanding ethnic diversity

would lead to greater curiosity about formerly unfamiliar traditions of various faiths. He also saw the potential for conflict on a global scale. “Huston anticipated, almost prophetically, the ‘contest of narratives’ that embroils the world today, as the world’s landscape rapidly changes under the resurgence of conflicting faiths,” Moyers said. Asked how to manage in such circumstances, Smith told Moyers, “We listen. We listen as alertly to the other person’s description of reality as we hope they listen to us.” Smith often pointed out that the world’s major faiths have essential aspects in common, including an emphasis on compassion, a belief in the existence of the hu-

man soul and the reality of the divine. His views, however, were not always welcome. In 1955, he hosted a program about the major religions of the world that aired on educational television. The show offended some Christian leaders who rejected Smith’s parallels between Christianity and other religious teachings. Decades later, “The Wisdom of Faith With Huston Smith” brought the opposite reaction. “In one lifetime, the response went from ‘don’t watch it,’ to ‘everybody should watch it,’ ” Smith said of the contrast. “That signaled a real change in our culture’s attitude.” As the study of the world’s religions became more widely available at the

college level, some scholars began to see Smith’s approach as just one option. “Huston was a universalist who made generalizations about all religions,” Wendy Doniger, a professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School, said some years ago in an interview with The Times. “He believed that all people have a religious nature and all religions share certain things in common. He said that people answer life’s big questions — Is there a God? Why do we die? — in similar ways.” More recently, Doniger said, many professors of religion in secular schools teach the subject in a comparative, cross-cultural way. They don’t necessarily look for a common core, she said. Still, she added, “There is a great deal of virtue and wisdom in his writing.” Born in Suzhou, China, on May 31, 1919, to Christian missionary parents, Smith spent the first 17 years of his life in that country, which he said most likely helped set him on his course as a scholar of comparative religion. He finished high school at the Shanghai American school before he journeyed to the West to continue his education. He graduated from what is now Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo., in 1940 and went on to attend UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago, where he earned a doctorate in 1945. As an American college student fresh from rural China, Smith was fascinated by science and technology. Gradually, however, he became more cautious about science as the answer to all questions. Years later, when

pressed that Darby and his wife had far more pride in their creation than anger at being overlooked for so long. “Money wasn’t their motivation,” Oswald said. “They saw something that was fun, and they wanted to make it available to everyone.” Darby, who was an artist and operated his own signpainting business, never lost his fondness for sailing and outdoor activities, his daughter said. “He was the parent you always wanted as a baby-sitter — few rules and lots of adventure.” In addition to his wife and daughter, Darby is survived by another daughter, Cindy Darby Tucker; a grandson; and a brother.

he was in his 70s, he wrote “Why Religion Matters: Arguing the Need for the Sacred in the Scientific World” (2000). In it, he argued that Americans now see technology as a replacement for the mysteries of life. He saw science and religion as compatible. Smith married Eleanor Wieman — she later changed her name to Kendra — in 1943. In 1945, he became a professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Denver, where he remained for two years, until he was hired as an associate professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1948, he met English writer Aldous Huxley, who would play a crucial role in Smith’s intellectual development. Huxley introduced Smith to a swami in St. Louis, which led the young professor to immerse himself in Vedantic philosophy. He traveled to Japan to study with a Zen master, studied Buddhism in Burma and worked among Tibetan refugees in northern India. In 1958, he ascended the academic ladder and became a professor of Asian philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he arranged for Huxley to deliver a lecture series. Smith had been fascinated by Huxley’s account of his mystical experiences with mescaline in “The Doors of Perception” (1954) and asked how he could arrange to sample the drug himself. Huxley referred Smith to “this interesting chap over at Harvard” — Timothy Leary. On New Year’s Day in 1961, Smith swallowed two mescaline capsules at Leary’s home in Newton, Mass. Smith later said the experience helped him understand the biblical claim that no one can see God and live. He compared the drug-induced mystical vision to “plugging a toaster into a power line.” In 1965, his article “Do Drugs Have Religious Import?” was published in the Journal of Philosophy and became one of the journal’s most reprinted pieces. He tried hallucinogens a few more times but, unlike Leary and fellow traveler Richard Alpert (later known as Ram Dass), he soon gave them up. “As Ram Dass told me,” Smith wrote in his memoir, “ ‘After you get the message, hang up.’ ” Smith’s last full-time teaching position was at Syracuse University from 1973 to 1983. “Asia-wise, that decade brought Islam into my lived world,” he later recalled. He began to pray five times each day in the Muslim tradition. He also produced awardwinning documentary films about Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism and Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam. On retiring from Syracuse, Smith and his wife moved to Berkeley, where he taught part time until the mid-1990s. In the 1990s, Smith turned his attention to Native American religion, New Age philosophy and the care of the environment. His ongoing spiritual quest made him a popular workshop leader at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, a home for the human potential movement since the 1960s. He was sometimes referred to as a “spiritual surfer,” but in public lectures, Smith came down firmly in favor of commitment to a religious tradition as an essential part of a spiritual practice. “Religion gives traction to spirituality,” he told a crowded lecture hall at UCLA in 1999. “Speaking for myself, it is good to have a grounding of perceptible depth in one of the religious traditions.” Put another way, he said, “If you are looking for water, it is better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 six-foot wells.” In addition to his wife, Smith is survived by his brother, Walter; his daughters Gael and Kimberly; and three grandchildren. His oldest daughter, Karen, died of cancer in the mid-1990s.

steve.marble@latimes.com Twitter: @stephenmarble

Rourke is a former Times staff writer.

National Museum of American History

A TINKERER FROM THE START

S. Newman Darby tries a primitive iteration of his sailboard on a lake in Pennsylvania in 1964. A boat he built at age 12 didn’t fare well.

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Inventor missed out on fame [Darby, from B1] more credit along the way. “He was an inventor, not a businessman,” she said. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Jan. 31, 1928, Darby was a tinkerer from the start. He tried to build a boat when he was 12, but it sank. He tried again when he was 14, with far more success. The idea of the sailboard was born from the desire to be free of the usual constraints of sailing — tugging on lines, ducking as the boom came about, steering with a rudder rather than leaning into the wind and guiding the sails yourself. In one photograph of a primitive version of the sailboard, Darby is seen holding on to a kite-like device while his feet are planted on what looks for all the world like a door. With the help of his wife

and a brother, he set up Darby Industries Inc. and manufactured an improved model of the board with an extra-wide hull. But sales came slowly, and after manufacturing about 160 of the boards — some given away as gifts on the television show “The Price is Right” — they closed shop. The Windsurfer, on the other hand, took off under the watch of Drake and Hoyle. Drake, who was cautious to call himself a “re-inventor” of the board, sold out to his partner in the1970s for $32,000, devoting himself to his career as an aeronautical engineer. Schweitzer, meanwhile, became a leading manufacturer of the board. Watching from the other side of the country, Darby could only marvel when

windsurfing became so popular that it was added as an event for men in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Eight years later, it became an event for women too. “He had faith that it would become a popular sport, and when it was added to the Olympics, his attitude was, ‘Well, it should be,’ ” said Brown, Darby’s daughter. Though few seemed to go out of their way to give Darby credit, a modest dose of fame came his way just the same. After a reader pointed out to the editors of American Windsurfer magazine that Darby had been overlooked in a1996 article on the origins of the sport, the magazine’s editor responded by going to Florida and putting together a lengthy

piece on Newman and Naomi Darby. “We came face to face with an elderly couple who fell in love with each other and during their courtship, conceived a sport,” John Chao wrote. At the editor’s urging, the Smithsonian Institution’s archive division investigated Darby’s claim that he had designed a sailboard several years before it evolved into the hugely popular Windsurfer. The investigation led the National Museum of American History to collect and display Darby’s early drawings, photographs and 8mm films of his first efforts on a rugged board, and several of his sailboards. Alison Oswald, the archivist who led the effort, told the Times-Union that she was immediately im-

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AbrAms, shirley Friedman February 28, 1934 - January 1, 2017

Shirley Abrams passed away in Pomona, CA. She is survived by her children, Gale Frankel (Ron) and Hal Abrams (Jennifer Lowery); and grandchildren, Rhonda Picon (Adrian), Dana Edwards, Cynthia Abrams, Lilah Abrams and Isaac Abrams. Her husband of 59 years, Marvin died in 2014. Shirley was born in Twin Falls, Idaho and lived there until she was 10 years old. Three years after the tragic death of her father (who was hit by a car while acting as a good Samaritan), she and her family moved to Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles HS, she studied education at UCLA and received her bachelor’s degree in 1956. She met Marvin before her senior year of college and they got married soon after she graduated. She was a primary school teacher in Pullman, Washington while her husband completed his Ph.D. from Washington State. After he graduated, Marvin took a job at General Dynamics in Pomona and Shirley raised her two children at the family home in Pomona. She stayed at home to raise her children, and continued her passionate support of education by acting as the PTA president and volunteering in leadership positions in the community with the United Way, Heart Association, the Jewish Federation and the County Education Coordinating Council. She received numerous “Leader of the Year” awards from these organizations. Around 1982, her volunteer efforts became so valuable to the Los Angeles County Department of Education that they created a full-time position for her at the main office in Downey. She led vital programs on the education of the homeless and on addressing truancy in the schools until her retirement in 2011. She continued her community activities as a long-time board member of the Jewish Federations of Los Angeles and the Eastern Region of Southern California, the Jewish Family Service and by serving on the prestigious JENNY Commission, reviewing the qualifications of appointed judges in the state. She was twice invited to the White House to participate in the White House Conference on Children and Youth both in 1972 and again in 2002. Even with all of her activities, family and friends always came first to Shirley. She regularly met with groups of friends and prided herself on being present at important occasions in the lives of her loved ones. After her daughter Gale moved to Upland when her daughters were young, she maintained a regular presence and was a source of inspiration for Gale and her children. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 6 at 2 pm at Mount Sinai Mortuary in Hollywood Hills.

Barrie, Winston a.

September 16, 1953 - January 1, 2017

Winston Alexander Barrie had an adventurous life. He was educated at Lawrenceville School, Lugano, Switzerland, Barcelona, Spain, American University in Beirut, graduated from UCLA, andThunderbird School. Not only did his education come from schools, but also from his love of traveling and living around the world. Predeceased by his father, George Barrie IV, sister Louisa, and brothers Juan and Matthew Barrie. Survived by his son Conrad Alexander Barrie, his mother Carolina Winston Barrie, and his sisters Christine and Maria Barrie. Service January 13, 2017 at 3:30pmSt. Monica’s Church, Santa Monica, CA.

CoChrane, robert John

March 11, 1922 - November 25, 2016

Born in Los Angeles on March 11, 1922 to Robert John Cochrane and Gertrude Marie Walsh, passed away on November 25, 2016, at home in La Crescenta, Ca., after a brief battle with kidney failure. Robert served his country during WWII in the Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal. The campaign was a significant strategic combined arms Allied victory in the Pacific Theater. It was called a turning-point in the war against Japan. Many lives were lost and Robert worked as a doctor’s assistant in helping save wounded soldiers, American and Japanese. After the service, he returned to school and graduted from USC with a degree in Landscape Architecture. In business Robert was known for his natural design cultivated by his time in the Pacific Islands. Robert also developed a love for diving and traveled the world exploring the depths from Australia, Spain to Mexico. Robert developed and maintained friendships all over the country and around the world. Friends and family will always recall his natural enthusiastic, outgoing personality and ever-ready smile A Celebration of Life reception will be held January 28, 2017 at 2pm. Please contact LGJD@aol.com for location and details.

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Fumiko Hirata, age 96, passed away on December 29, 2016. Predeceased by her beloved husband, Yuichi Hirata; she is survived by her children, Ken Hirata, Phyllis Yamaguchi and Carol (Greg) Suzuki; 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Margie Hirashima and Yaye Matsumoto; she is also survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 12, 10 a.m. at Anaheim Free Methodist Church 1001 N. Mayflower St. in Anaheim. www.fukuimortuary.com 213-626-0441

OKAI, Miyoko “Millie”

(98) passed away on December 19, 2016 in Fullerton. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Henry Okai and son, Terrance Okai, and survived by her daughters, Carole (Harvey) Omata and Donna (Ken) Inouye; granddaughters, Christine (Herb) Loo and Cathy (David) Azama; great-grandchildren, Eric and Caitlyn Azama, Mitchell and Connor Loo; sister, Betty Masuda of Hawaii; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:00AM at Green Hills Memorial Park, 27501 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA with Pastor Nancy Terada-Wong from Anaheim Free Methodist Church officiating. (213) 749-1449 www.kubotanikkeimortuary.com

Porterie, Mary Gregory

August 24, 1925 - December 31, 2016

HutcHinson, Leonard R.

December 24, 1920 - October 30, 2016

Leonard Reginald Hutchinson, husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2016. Leonard Hutchinson was known as Len, Pop and Papa, and was born December 24th, 1920, in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he lived with his parents and sister Peggy. He moved to the United States in 1953 to Bellevue, Ohio, reaching his dream to move to the USA with his wife, Lorraine Hutchinson (1924 - 2012) and becoming a US citizen. He had a passion for life for his family, sports (especially hockey), reading, photography, politics, debate and laughter and for providing his family with an opportunity for a comfortable life. After moving to Bellevue, Ohio, his business and financial skills took him to Cleveland as a consultant and then to New York as Vice President of Finance for the American Stock Exchange. This opened the door to a business opportunity in Santa Monica, California, which accomplished a key life goal for Len and Lorraine, so they could eventually retire in California, which they did. He spent the remaining years of his life with Lorraine enjoying traveling across the United States in an Airstream, visiting with their children, grand & great-grandchildren and settling in Thousand Oaks, California, enjoying the final chapter of their wonderful life together. Len lives on through his two sons, Gary and Glen, their wives Lou and Candice, the grandchildren, Ryan and wife Shelly, Megan Ward and husband Steve, Brendan, Bradley and wife Sussan, Erica Roman and husband Mike, Alex Robinson, Melanie, Ashley Gammell and husband Peter and Laura Schwandt and husband Ronnie, and eight great-grandchildren, Russell, Logan, Lorelai, Nolan, Adelyn, Casey, Charlie, Tyler, Maggie, and Spencer. The family is planning a memorial celebration for January 2017. Rather than sending flowers, to express sympathy please make a donation to the American Cancer Society on behalf of Leonard Hutchinson. There will be a celebration service on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 1:00PM at Oakwood Memorial Park, 22601 Lassen St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 followed by a reception at the home of Gary and Lou Hutchinson.

IzumI, Roy

(93) passed away on December 24, 2016 in Inglewood. He is survived by his brothers George and Nobuo Izumi; also survived by many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 10:00AM at the Chapel of Kubota Nikkei Mortuary, 911 Venice Blvd., LA with Rev. Gary Oba from West LA United Methodist Church officiating. (213) 749-1449 www.kubotanikkeimortuary.com

Leedom, Anita Joyce

November 18, 1934 - December 31, 2016

Anita Leedom passed away peacefully on New Year’s Eve following a sudden illness. She was born in Evansville, Indiana and attended the University of Illinois graduating with a B.S. in Commerce and Administration in 1956. There she met her husband, Dr. John Leedom, who was Hastings Professor of Medicine and the Chief of Infectious Disease at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Anita worked as secretary to Congressman Robert H. Michel of Illinois in 1958 and 1959. After giving birth to daughter Liane and son John in the early 1960s she became active in the Medical Faculty Wives at the LAC+USC Medical Center and played a key role in the establishment of the Medical Center Auxillary for Recuitment, Education, and Services or CARES, an NPO which benefits patients by improving their access to quality health care and increasing the comfort of their hospital stay. She soon became Executive Director, a role which she enjoyed until her retirement in 2001. After retiring, she continued her dedication to CARES by volunteering and was still putting price tags on merchandise in the lead-up to Christmas. Anita was a devoted wife and a loving and generous mother and grandmother. She is survived by her sister Diana, daughter Liane, son John, his wife Megan, and 4 grandchildren, Lauren, Heather, Ben, and Ari. A celebration of her life will be held on January 14 from 2pm at the Edmonson Faculty Center on the LAC+USC campus. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to CARES at http://www. lacusccares.org.

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Porterie, Sr. Mary Gregory, C.S.J., age 91, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA. Born August 24, 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet since March 19, 1945. Sister Mary Gregory was born into a pioneer family in Phoenix, Arizona. She was educated there by the Sisters of Precious Blood. She met the Sisters of St Joseph (Sister Mary Beatrice) while working the soda fountain in a drug store in Phoenix. After attending one semester of nursing school, she entered community at St Mary’s Academy in Los Angeles. Sr. Mary Gregory worked tirelessly for almost 60 years as a teacher and Principal. She was a wonderful community member, a reflective listener, a woman of integrity and personal prayer. May she rest in peace. She is survived by her nephew Glenn Woodmansee and his family and niece Cecilia Hinds and her family. A Service of Remembrance will be held at the Carondelet Center in Los Angeles on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 4:30PM with Funeral Mass at 6:30PM. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:00AM at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA. Donations in memory of Sister Mary Gregory may be sent to: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, 11999 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Please visit Rice Mortuary’s website, www. LAfuneral.com to send the family messages and share memories.

Schneier, rehla

February 4, 1929 - January 5, 2017

Extraordinary wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, grandaunt who overcame Holocaust obstacles to become a successful homemaker in diverse environments, a mentor to students both in the United States and Israel, and gave unconditional love to family, friends, and strangers who became friends. She is already missed. Funeral services at Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills on Sunday, January 8 at 2 PM.

Shawver, Donald Dale

Donald Dale Shawver, 61, passed away on January 2, 2017, after a courageous two-year battle with lung cancer. He was born in Hollywood, CA, the son of Dale and Doralee Shawver. Don attended Duarte High School, where he took a leave to attend the fire academy. In 1975, Don was hired by Arcadia Fire Department. He spent many years ascending the ranks from Firefighter, Paramedic/Engineer, Captain, Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal, to Division Chief, where he retired. Don was recognized for his exceptional service and named Firefighter of the Year in 1990. He was a member of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security USAR team, where he rendered aide at the Oklahoma City bombing, the Pentagon after 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina. Don was instrumental in the teaching and training of many firefighters. Above all, Don was a family man. He was married to his beautiful wife, Janet, on June 7, 1986. They welcomed two beautiful daughters. Don enjoyed traveling to Lake Havasu with his family and friends, coaching softball, and riding his Harley. Don is survived by his father and mother, Dale and Doralee Shawver, his wife Janet, daughter Lindsay (Trevor) Kearns, daughter Kayla (Cory) Aguiar, sister Debbie (Rob) Watson, brother Jeff (Janet) May. The family is welcoming Don’s first grandchild, Ryker, in May. A funeral will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd, in Arcadia, CA, on Saturday, January 7th, at 11am.

Shingu, Mary Masako

SHINGU, Mary Masako, 93, Seattle, WA born Nisei, resident of La Palma, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on December 26, 2016. She is predeceased by her husband, Tadashi Fred Shingu; son, Alvin Shingu; brother, Michitoshi Kohno; sisters, Takako Shinohara and Tomiko Yamada. She is survived by her son, Glenn Shingu; daughter, Vickie (David) Tanabe; grandsons, Bryan and Blake Tanabe; sisters, Yoshiko Tanaka of Japan and Shizuko (Jun) Taira; also survived by many nieces and nephews in Japan and California. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 15, at 1:00PM at Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 815 E. 1st St., Los Angeles. In lieu of flowers or koden, donations can be made to the Japanese American National Museum or your favorite charitable organization. WWW.Fukuimortuary.com (213) 626-0441 Place an Obituary Online go to latimes.com/placeobituary

Wachsner, steve

July 30, 1924 - December 31, 2016

Steve was 92 when he passed peacefully in the early morning on New Year’s Eve. He was born Heinz Egon, to a loving family in Breslau, Germany. Life became more difficult and tragic with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. He was lucky to survive, and left Germany to London on the Kindertransport in July 1939. His family went to Shanghai; he never saw his mother again. Steve was fiercely independent, and supported himself from the age of 15. He worked as a tailor in London, and when he became of age, entered the British Army in Intelligence. He fought in both D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. He participated in covert actions, prisoner interrogations, and liberation. He joined his parents in Hollywood in 1949. He became reacquainted with his soon to be wife in 1949. They had both come from Breslau, and gone to the same elementary and middle schools. She named him “Steve” when he became an American citizen. Steve worked in the shoe business for 60 years as a salesman, manager, executive, and small business owner. Steve and Mary-Ann had known each other for 87 years, and were married for almost 65 years! He leaves behind Mary-Ann as well as his adoring family of two children, Robin (Susan) and Gary (Amy), two grandchildren (Emily and Adam), six nieces and nephews, and many grand-nieces and -nephews. Steve loved the gym, traveling, Dodger baseball, and the racetrack. He worked into his 80’s, did advanced aerobics until he broke his hip at 88, and was an incredible role model for his children, grandchildren, and“adopted” children. He donated many personal items to the Holocaust Museum in Berlin, and spoke there to middle school students with Mary-Ann. May we never forget. Steve was a survivor, quietly fierce, with integrity, kindness, honesty, loyalty, and generosity. He led by example.

Robert L. White August 11, 1925 - December 29, 2016 Robert “Bob” L. White, also known as “Mr. Rotary,” passed away on December 29 at his home in Corona del Mar. He was born in Torrance, CA to Col. Harry and Mary White and then moved to Santa Monica where he grew up. His first car, a V8 1932 Ford, was purchased in 1951. He continued to nurse and drive this car until 2014. After graduating from Santa Monica High at 17, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps with three close friends. Returning from the service he attended UCLA, with a degree in engineering. He then went on to USC for graduate work. Bob began his 40-year career with the Southern California Edison Company, serving as District Manager in Vernon, Fullerton, and Whittier. He retired in 1989. During this time he joined Rotary International and rose to District Governor of District 5280. Rotary was his passion. It was difficult for him to have a conversation without pitching Rotary. He achieved “Perfect Attendance” for 56 years. As a member of the Rotary Polio Corrective Surgery team, he and his wife, Beverly, made many trips to India, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia where they assisted a group of doctors operating on over 7,000 children who had been crippled by polio. Bob was very active in each of the communities where he worked: Chambers of Commerce, YMCA, United Way, Red Cross, and Boy Scouts, where he served as chairman of the first Jamboree. He also was a member of the Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee. Bob is survived by his wife, Bev, daughters Trish (Graham Wright), Laura, Brenda (Stuart McCroskey), Lisa, and his son Steve Copeland. He was a loving grandpa to granddaughters Shannon, Samantha, Madelyn and grandsons Benjamin (Ann), Will and great-granddaughters Frances and Charlotte. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marge, and his sister, Mary Louise. Bob always had a smile and encouragement for everyone and no one that met him will ever forget him. Bob and Bev had a wonderful life together, traveling the world from Antarctica to the Arctic, and celebrating the many joys of their blended families. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to: The Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60693.

Services Sunday, January 8, 11:30 a.m. at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity in his name.

WitkoW, Joseph (Joe)

September 16, 1917 - January 4, 2017

Joseph (Joe) Witkow of Thousand Oaks, California, passed away on January 4, 2017 at the age of 99. He was preceded in death by his daughter Judy and by Florence, his wife of 68 years and the love of his life. He will be greatly missed by his sons and daughters-in-law Stanley (Susan), Jerry (Sue), Robert (Roberta) and Barry (Linda), his grandchildren and their spouses Elizabeth (Ari), Sanders, Melissa (Darren), Julia (Adam), Sara, Deanne (Tomer) and Kevin, his great-grandchildren Evie, Ezra, Jacob, Audrey and Hannah and by a huge network of relatives and friends. Joe will be remembered for his strength, determination and dedication to, and love of, his family. Joe “lived life large” and, since it was always 5:00 o’clock somewhere, he looked forward to his daily scotch on the rocks. Services will be held on January 8, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Eden Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the City of Hope.

Wong, Tyrus

October 25, 1910 - December 30, 2016

Artist & Kitemaker Beloved husband of the late Ruth Kim; beloved father of Kay Fong, Tai-Ling and Kim Wong; grandfather of Kevin and Jason Fong. Celebration of his well-lived life to be held 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles 90068. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, 411 Bernard St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (chssc.org); Walt Disney Family Museum, 104 Montgomery Street in the Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129, Attention: Carma Zisma (waltdisney.org/participate/donate) Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles 90012 (camla.org)

In Memoriam

Greta Ruth Diaz

August 12, 1932 - January 7, 2014

You are forever in my heart. -Roger

Shiozawa, william

SHIOZAWA, William 88, Oakland, CA born Nisei, resident of Montebello, passed away on December 23, 2016. The decedent had requested no services. He is survived by many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and relatives. www.Fukuimortuary.com (213) 626-0441

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Cleona May (Opgrand) Harman May 3, 1920 - December 25, 2016 Cleona May (Opgrand) Harman passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 25th, 2016 while at home surrounded by family members and caregivers. She died as the result of complications due to Alzheimer’s dementia at the age of 96 after suffering from this disease for more than 13 years. May is survived by her husband Ward; three adult children: Sharon, Lynda and Fredric and his wife Stephanie; two remaining sisters: Goldie and Marjorie from an original family of six children; and four grandchildren: Barton Creeth and his wife Jaime, and Kirsten, Stephen, and Allison Harman. She was preceded in death by her older sister Helen, and by her two younger brothers, Arnold and David. May was born on the 3rd of May in 1920, in Fargo, North Dakota. The Opgrand family residence was in nearby Halstad, Minnesota. She was proud of her home state of Minnesota and of her Norwegian lineage that was common to that region. Her parents, Olga and Anthon, were first generation U.S. citizens, both with a long lineage of Norwegian ancestry. She graduated as Valedictorian of the Halstad High School Class of 1938. In 1942 she received her BA from Moorehead State Teachers College, majoring in Mathematics and Education. She taught high school mathematics for two years in the Minnesota towns of Hoffman and Sleepy Eye before enlisting in the Army WACS (WWII) in 1944 to be trained as a physical therapist. After extensive Army training she was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in 1945 and assigned to a General Hospital unit in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she worked with amputees until she was discharged from the Army in June 1946. She continued to work as a physical therapist in Minneapolis, Minnesota until the fall of 1947. At that time, she used her GI Bill of Rights to attend Stanford University Medical School where she received her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy. After receiving her degree in 1948 she accepted a 6-month assignment with the National Foundation as a physical therapist during the terrifying polio epidemic that took place in Los Angeles in 1948. That was before the discovery of the polio virus and how the disease was transmitted, making it a little frightening to be working with actual patients as they were brought into the county hospital each day. It was during her time at Stanford University that she met Ward Harman who was working on an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering. They were later married in August 1949. May continued to work as a physical therapist with cerebral palsy children until 1951 when she accepted the challenging vocation of raising a family. In the later years of her marriage, after the children had grown, she accepted an additional challenge of studying and passing all of the requirements for becoming a fully licensed real estate broker in the Los Angeles Area. In 1986 both she and her husband Ward retired. They lived in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where they had been residents since 1975. At the time of her death, they had been married for over 67 years. May was born prior to the rights of a woman to vote in a national election. She first exercised that right by voting for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 (at that time you needed to be at least 21 to vote). She believed in exercising her civil rights and was affiliated with the League of Women Voters. She was active in the Lutheran Church, an accomplished clarinet player, and passed her love for music on to her three children, all of whom are proficient in both piano and instrumental music. May loved to read and had a special fondness for poetry. She also had a talent for memorizing and would often quote from some of her favorite poetry even while she was in the deep fog of dementia. She was very unselfish, always placing other people’s needs and interests ahead of her own. This was especially true with regard to relationships within her extended family. The Memorial Service is scheduled for 2:00 pm on February 11th at First Lutheran Church in Torrance, her church home and place of worship for much of her later years of life. For anyone desiring to make donations in her memory, the family preference would be that they be directed to First Lutheran Church, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance, California 90503.

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Today in Southern California

Today in North America

5-day forecasts

Pressure:

Cool, wet: An atmospheric river of subtropical moisture will focus on Central and Northern California today, with lighter precipitation possible for the L.A. area. The warm nature of the system will keep snow levels above 9,000 feet. Ridging will nudge the moisture plume northward for a dry day Sunday, then the plume will slide back to the south Sunday night and Monday, bringing widespread rain. High/low temperatures are average forecasts for entire zone.

Today

L.A. Basin 64/55

Cool with rain Clouds, sun Sunday Heavy rain Monday Clouds, sun Tuesday Wednesday Showers

Valleys 61/50

72/57 63/52 63/55 62/53

Los Angeles Basin: Mostly cloudy and cool with some rain. Partly cloudy tonight. Sunny and warmer Sunday. Valleys/canyons: Partly sunny and cool. Cloudy with rain at times late tonight and Sunday. Orange County: Mostly cloudy today with showers.

Air quality

Cool with rain Warmer Heavy rain Clouds, sun Showers

Beaches 63/53

Occasional rain Warmer 70/53 Heavy rain 63/51 Partly sunny 62/52 Showers 63/51

68/50 60/47 61/49 59/47

Partly cloudy tonight. Sunny and warmer Sunday. Ventura/Santa Barbara: Cloudy and cool with some rain. Mostly cloudy tonight. Variably cloudy and milder Sunday. San Diego County: Cloudy with scattered showers. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly

Good

Moderate

Mountains 44/33

Scattered showers Milder 52/37 Heavy rain 45/31 Partly sunny 46/32 Showers 47/30

sunny and warmer Sunday. Local mountains: Cloudy and cool with rain. Partly to mostly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny and milder Sunday. High desert: Cloudy with showers in western areas. Partly cloudy tonight. Low desert: Clouds and

Unhealthful for:

Sensitive people

Temps

Deserts 62/47

Periods of sun Clouds, sun Mostly cloudy Some sun Clouds, sun

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70/52 70/47 68/48 70/51

New York 27/19

Las Vegas 48/41

Los Angeles 64/55

Denver 31/18

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Morro Bay Santa Barbara Ventura Zuma Beach Marina del Rey Hermosa Beach Cabrillo Beach Hunt’n. Beach Newport Beach Dana Point San Clemente Oceanside Solana Beach Mission Beach Avalon

4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p 4p

Chicago 17/4

Miami 83/55

Houston 42/26

Santa Clarita Hesperia 59/50 Santa Paula LOS ANGELES CO. 55/40 Ojai 62/51 Santa Simi Valley Barbara 63/47 Chatsworth SAN BERNARDINO CO. Burbank Monrovia 60/50 58/55 60/49 Camarillo Ventura 61/51 63/51 60/56 64/53 Yucca Valley Pomona/ UCLA 55/39 Fairplex Oxnard San Bernardino LA Downtown Westlake Ontario 63/53 63/57 64/50 Woodland 64/50 64/55 Village 62/50 Hills Whittier Santa Barbara Co. 63/53 Chino 60/51 Height Period Direction Santa Monica Hills Riverside 65/50 RIVERSIDE CO. Fullerton 67/54 1-3’ 11 sec W 63/53 62/50 66/53 Torrance Santa Ana Ventura Co. 62/53 ORANGE CO. Palm Hemet Long Height Period Direction 66/53 Springs 63/45 Irvine Beach Newport 2-4’ 11 sec W 66/53 62/47 64/53 Beach Mission Viejo Los Angeles Co. 63/54 Temecula Height Period Direction 65/50 Laguna 64/47 2-4’ 12 sec W Beach San 64/52 Clemente Orange Co. Surf and sea 65/51 SAN DIEGO CO. Height Period Direction POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO Oceanside 1-2’ 12 sec W Inner waters: Variable winds 7-15 knots. 67/45 Wind waves 1-4 feet with west swells of San Diego Co. 2-3 feet. Ramona Escondido Height Period Direction 69/39 69/49 Surf zone: The potential for strong rip 1-3’ 12 sec W currents is moderate at beaches in Poway Ventura and L.A. counties, and low 70/51 elsewhere. Tides UV index L.A. Outer Harbor, in feet. Minutes to burn for San Diego Today 4:35a 5.4 Hi 11:41a 0.6 Lo sensitive people Station Time Wind Waves Temp 69/54 Las Vegas, 60

Trough

Rain T-storm Snow Ice

Seattle 37/32

South Coast Air Quality Management District forecasts air quality

SANTA BARBARA CO.

Jet Stream

Anchorage 15/5

intervals of sunshine. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny and warmer Sunday. San Francisco Bay Area: Cloudy with periods of rain. Rain tonight and Sunday, heavy at times, with local flooding possible.

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Winter storm: A major snow and ice storm will affect the Carolinas, north Georgia and parts of Virginia. Snow will spread north along the coast to New England. Squalls will persist around the Great Lakes while a new Pacific storm sweeps into the West.

VENTURA CO.

SSE12 ESE7 E6 ENE7 ENE4 ENE4 ENE6 ENE6 ENE6 ENE6 ENE4 NE4 ENE4 NE4 ENE6

5/6 1/11 2/11 2/15 2/12 2/12 2/12 2/12 2/12 1/12 1/15 2/15 2/15 2/15 0/12

56/61 58/60 58/63 56/61 59/61 58/62 56/63 57/63 58/61 59/63 59/62 59/62 58/64 57/64 59/60

Wind speed in knots; wave heights in feet/intervals in seconds; temperatures for sea/air

California cities City

Friday Today Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo

Sunday Hi Lo

Anaheim Avalon/Catalina Bakersfield Barstow Beaumont Big Bear Lake Bishop Burbank Camarillo Chatsworth Chino Dana Point Death Valley Del Mar Escondido Eureka Fallbrook Fillmore Fresno Fullerton Hemet Hesperia Huntington Beach Idyllwild Irvine L.A. D’ntown/USC L.A. Int’l. Airport

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72 66 71 61 68 52 57 71 71 67 75 69 68 71 72 57 71 69 62 74 70 64 68 58 72 72 70

52 45 38 34 46 24 18 49 47 45 47 47 44 53 xx 28 52 40 30 50 45 33 46 30 49 51 50

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66 59 58 51 60 44 51 61 60 60 65 65 62 68 69 56 67 61 55 66 63 55 64 49 66 64 63

52 54 55 39 46 33 37 51 56 49 50 53 47 50 49 48 49 51 52 53 45 40 54 35 53 55 54

52 53 56 46 46 37 43 56 57 50 53 53 45 54 51 42 51 50 54 57 46 44 54 37 56 57 57

Sun.

5:41p 3.4 Hi 10:48p 1.5 Lo 5:24a 5.9 Hi 12:35p -0.2 Lo 6:48p 3.7 Hi 11:45p 1.6 Lo

Almanac

Los Angeles, 60 Phoenix, 45 San Francisco, 60

Friday Downtown readings Temperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura High/low 66/51 67/50 68/49 High/low a year ago 58/46 58/45 54/43 Normal high/low for date 68/48 68/44 66/44 Record high/date 85/2006 89/2006 85/2015 Record low/date 30/1913 35/2007 35/1989 Precipitation 24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 Season total (since Oct. 1) 6.32 6.35 5.37 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 3.45 2.83 4.26 Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 4.65 4.59 5.33 Humidity (high/low) 96/46 96/49 89/27

City

Friday Today Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo

Sunday Hi Lo

Laguna Beach Lancaster Long Beach Mammoth Lakes Mission Viejo Monrovia Monterey Mt. Wilson Needles Newport Beach Northridge Oakland Oceanside Ojai Ontario Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Pomona/Fairplex Poway Redding Rialto Riverside

61 48 50 30 63 48 27-10 65 45 64 48 53 31 50 43 54 44 60 52 62 47 52 34 65 52 65 36 63 48 67 48 67 55 63 51 58 33 xx xx xx xx 49 29 62 48 65 48

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52 39 53 42 50 51 56 42 45 54 52 56 45 47 50 57 47 54 53 50 51 42 49 50

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52 50 57 39 50 51 51 41 55 57 51 53 52 44 53 58 52 53 54 49 53 42 49 51

Sun and moon Today’s rise/set Los Angeles County Sun 6:59a/5:00p Moon 1:07p/1:39a

Full Moon Jan. 12 Last Quarter Jan. 19

Orange County Sun 6:58a/4:59p Moon 1:05p/1:37a

New Moon Jan. 27

Ventura County Sun 7:04a/5:03p Moon 1:10p/1:43a

First Quarter Feb. 3

City

Friday Today Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo

Sunday Hi Lo

Sacramento San Bernardino San Clemente Pier San Diego San Francisco San Gabriel San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Ana Santa Barbara Santa Clarita Santa Monica Pier Santa Paula Santa Rosa Simi Valley Tahoe Valley Temecula Thousand Oaks Torrance UCLA Van Nuys Ventura Whittier Hills Woodland Hills Wrightwood Yorba Linda Yosemite Valley

48 63 60 64 49 66 53 65 64 60 58 66 62 49 60 34 66 62 63 66 62 68 66 63 45 67 44

61 72 70 73 61 73 63 66 72 64 66 70 69 59 67 48 70 69 68 71 70 70 73 70 53 72 49

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52 50 51 54 56 55 57 59 53 55 50 53 51 52 50 40 47 52 53 53 50 53 54 51 32 51 42

51 49 52 58 52 55 53 57 56 56 50 53 51 45 50 38 48 54 54 53 54 54 54 52 35 50 37

U.S. cities High 84 in Marathon, Fla. Low –48 in Walden, Colo. City

Friday Hi Lo Prcp.

Today Hi Lo Sky

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Durst ‘a menace to society,’ prosecutors say [Durst, from B1] seated in a wheelchair, laughed to himself and smiled. A few minutes later, the 73-year-old backed up his wheelchair to face a crowd of reporters. His eyes panned the crowd twice. As a bailiff walked toward him, he turned around. Durst was arrested in Berman’s killing in March 2015 — one day before the last episode of a six-part HBO documentary series about him aired. During the final episode of “The Jinx,” the real estate scion is captured on a hot microphone muttering: “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.” Many interpreted his whispers as a confession to the separate killings of three people: his first wife, Kathleen, who disappeared in 1982; a neighbor in Texas who was shot in 2001; and Berman, his confidante who was shot in her Benedict Canyon home in 2000. Durst was ultimately acquitted of murder in the Texas case, saying he shot Morris Black in self-defense before chopping up the man’s body and throwing the pieces into Galveston Bay. At Friday’s hearing, Lewin said the prosecution has evidence from the Galveston killing that either wasn’t presented at trial or could’ve been presented in a more persuasive manner. “It was not self-defense,” Lewin said without elaborating. “It was murder.” Again, Durst smiled.

Mark Boster Los Angeles Times

ROBERT DURST HAS denied killing writer Susan Berman at her Benedict Canyon home in 2000. Prose-

cutors say he killed her because she knew incriminating information about the disappearance of his first wife. Dick DeGuerin — Durst’s lead attorney, who also defended him in the Galveston killing — bristled at the prosecutor’s reference to the old case. “There’s such a thing as double jeopardy,” he said, adding that a jury “very clearly” decided Durst wasn’t guilty. Toward the end of the hearing, Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham

said he would allow the early testimony of two prosecution witnesses at a hearing on Feb. 14. Both witnesses, Windham noted, fit a criterion for allowing someone to testify in a case before a trial or preliminary hearing begins: They are 65 or older. Prosecutors had argued that they wanted to take the testimony now in case the witnesses later died or were killed.

The judge said the prosecution had also presented evidence showing a “possible danger” to the witness whose identity remains a secret. Windham ruled that the district attorney’s office must reveal the identity of the secret witness to the defense 10 days before the questioning. The second witness, Albert Kuperman, is expected to testify about a phone call

he says he received in the winter of 1982 when he was dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where Durst’s first wife had been enrolled. Prosecutors say Kuperman got a call from a woman identifying herself as Kathleen Durst despite evidence suggesting she was dead at the time of the call. Evidence will show, prosecutors say, that Susan Berman was the

one who made the call. In a recent court filing, prosecutors argue that Durst — whom they characterize as “a menace to society” — killed Berman because she knew incriminating information about his wife’s disappearance and that he killed his neighbor in Texas because the man knew Durst’s true identity. At the time of the Galveston killing, the real estate heir was living under a fake name, prosecutors said, because he feared that authorities investigating his wife’s disappearance might find him. Durst has denied anything to do with his first wife’s disappearance or Berman’s killing. Prosecutors say they plan to question one other secret witness at a later hearing. The security concerns are serious, Lewin argued in court, saying Durst is worth somewhere around $100 million. Asked at a news conference after the hearing whether his client posed any danger, DeGuerin snapped back: “Of course not.” At an earlier hearing, prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over the legality of Lewin’s jailhouse interview of Durst on March15, 2015, which the defense characterizes as improper. The judge said he will hold a hearing on its admissibility on Feb. 15. marisa.gerber @latimes.com Twitter: @marisagerber

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Job gains slow; wages surge Growth averaged 180,000 a month last year versus 230,000 in 2015. Wages rose 2.9% in December. By Don Lee The U.S. economy finished 2016 with a slowdown in job growth but a surge in wage gains, a mixed picture that has come to mark President Obama’s stewardship of the nation’s long but relatively weak recovery from the Great Recession. Employers added 156,000 jobs in December — the 75th straight month of job creation and the longest stretch since record-keeping began in 1939, the Labor Department said Friday. The nation’s payrolls have grown by about10.5 million since Obama took office eight years ago. That’s more than under President George W. Bush’s two terms, but a little less than half the job creation during President Clinton’s tenure. The 4.7% December unemployment rate, although up a notch from November, is about where it was before the financial crisis erupted in late 2007. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to boost the nation’s modest pace of economic growth with lower taxes, cuts in business regulations and incentives to spur infrastructure investments. But as he enters the White House, Trump faces an economy that is already at or close to full employment, making it increasingly hard to keep up a high rate of job growth. Thanks partly to a tighter labor market, weak global economy and strong dollar, job growth slowed last year to a monthly average of 180,000, down from about 230,000 in 2015 and 250,000 in 2014. Still, Harry Holzer, a professor at Georgetown University and former Labor Department chief economist under Clinton, said Trump would be “inheriting a pretty good job market, a job market that’s almost completely recovered from the Great Recession.” He said Trump could lift job growth further — though temporarily — through fiscal stimulus, whether by tax cuts or infrastructure spending. [See Jobs, C6]

Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times

A SNOWBOARDER enjoys a trail at Mammoth Mountain, a resort where the cost of a one-day lift ticket has risen to about $150.

PRICES GO UPHILL

Storms are benefiting ski resorts as lift ticket costs have climbed

By Hugo Martin As mounds of fresh powder pile up on California’s mountain ranges, ski resort operators are looking for crowds of near record size — with price increases to match. Storms have dumped up to 7 feet of snow on some peaks in as little as 48 hours. “We are in a storm cycle that is giving us feet of snow, not just inches,” said Steven Hemphill, marketing director at the Sierra at Tahoe Resort, south of Lake Tahoe. All that snow has helped boost visitor numbers at California and Nevada resorts 5% to 10% over the same time last season, according to ski industry officials. “We have seen a lot of growth in the past few weeks,” said Evan Reece, co-founder and executive officer at Liftopia, a website that sells lift tickets for ski venues throughout North America. “We are now pacing above last year.”

Prime ski conditions this year are extending across the country, said Mike Berry, president of the National Ski Area Assn., a trade group for the country’s ski resorts. Last year’s big snowfall mostly dumped on the Western U.S., with lower accumulations in the Midwest and Eastern states. “We are off to the best start of the season that we’ve seen in the past five or six years,” he said. A bump in ski visits in California over last year would be significant for the $3-billion industry, considering that last season brought the best ski conditions in years. Ski resort operators attributed the crowded slopes last season to pent-up demand among snow junkies who have had to suffer through years of drought. Ski resorts in California and neighboring Nevada reported 7.25 million skier and snowboarder visits during the 2015-16 season, a huge jump over the 4.4 million visitors in the previous drought-ravaged season, according to the California Ski Industry Assn.

But skiers and snowboarders who are itching to get on the slopes can expect to pay higher prices for season passes and one-day lift tickets. Lift ticket prices overall have jumped 5.6% in North America this season compared with last year, Reece said. That’s on top of the 9% increase last year from the previous season. In the eastern Sierra Nevada, a one-day adult lift ticket for Mammoth Mountain, one of the state’s most popular ski resorts, now costs nearly $150, an increase of about 10% over last year. In the San Bernardino Mountains, a one-day lift ticket for Big Bear Mountain sells for about $100, up more than 15% from last year. Vail Resorts Inc., the nation’s largest ski resort operator, reported last month that season pass sales through Dec. 4 were running about 16% ahead of 2015’s pace. “Our sales of season passes continue to deliver outstanding results,” Rob Katz, executive di[See Lift tickets, C4]

Trademark law is a bit hazy for cannabis firms Without U.S. assent, producers look to protect weed brands. By James Rufus Koren Hi is a cannabis brand. Its logo — “hi” in white letters inside an orange circle — can be found above the front door of a Portland, Ore., marijuana shop and on a handful of cannabis products, including massage oil and Hi Releaf pain-relief balm. But you wouldn’t guess any of that from Hi’s trademark filings. In 2015, the brand’s parent company, Cannabis Sativa Inc., filed a trademark application — not for any of Hi’s core products, but for hats, T-shirts and a wide array of other apparel. If the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office signs off on the application, Cannabis Sativa would be able to stop other companies from using the Hi brand on clothing, but it might not be able to stop rivals from setting up Hi-brand marijuana shops

or selling knockoff Hi-brand products. This is the odd state of affairs for trademark protection in the cannabis industry, one of the many byproducts of the gap between state and federal marijuana laws. Though cannabis is legal for recreational or medicinal use in 28 states, it remains illegal under federal law. As a result, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will not register trademarks for marijuana retailers or for products that contain cannabis. “You want to protect what you’re doing with the brand name,” said David Tobias, president of publicly traded Cannabis Sativa, “but you have to dance around it.” One popular strategy for cannabis companies that can’t trademark their core products is to seek protection for a host of ancillary products and services. “I call it the ‘circle the wagons’ approach,” said Todd Winter, a Costa Mesa attorney who works with marijuana companies. “We [See Brands, C5]

Audi

THE THREE-ROW, seven-seat Q7, powered by a 3.0-liter V-6 gas engine, comes

standard with a raft of technological equipment that makes it a pleasure to drive.

HIGHWAY 1: AUTO REVIEW

Audi Q7 a sublime ride

By Charles Fleming The German occupation of Silver Lake began with the SUVs. Driveways once filled with Honda Accords, Toyota Camrys and vintage Volvo station wagons began to sprout BMW X3s and X5s and Audi Q3s and Q5s. Though I had been part of an earlier wave of gentrification, when I moved into the area in the 1980s, I was hypocritically suspicious of

these new interlopers. Who were they? What did they want? And why did they all drive these overdressed, overpriced pumped-up German cars? It wasn’t until I drove and reviewed a few that I understood. Whatever their motivations for buying these vehicles — Teutonic pride, conspicuous consumption, or antipathy for automobiles of American or Japanese provenance — the vehicles were terrific. Audi’s Q7 is the compa-

ny’s flagship sport utility vehicle. A three-row, sevenseater, the Q7 comes standard with a raft of technological appurtenances that make it a pleasure to drive. The drivetrain is composed of Audi’s 3.0-liter V-6 gasoline engine (a 2.0-liter version is also available) mated to Audi’s eight-speed “Tiptronic” transmission. The engine makes an impressive 333 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque — more than enough to make [See Audi, C4]

Report slams hidden fees President Obama’s economic council lashes out against “hidden fees” charged by airlines, hotels and other businesses. C2

Home video sales decline Revenue in 2016 falls 7% from the previous year as more consumers switch to streaming services. C3

Senate to eye Labor nominee Some Democrats call for fast-food workers to testify at the confirmation hearing for Andy Puzder. C3 Market Roundup .. C4

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BUSINESS BEAT Fix is OKd for some VW cars associated press

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TRAVELERS WAIT in line to check in for flights at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Dec. 23. Fees

to check luggage and change flights generated $22.5 billion for the world’s airline industry in 2015.

TRAVEL BRIEFCASE

Report slams hidden fees

Some airline and hotel charges aren’t readily disclosed, making it hard to find the lowest prices. By Hugo Martin In the final report before the end of his term in office, President Obama’s National Economic Council lashed out against “hidden fees” charged by airlines, hotels and other businesses. The council, made up of various department and agency heads within Obama’s administration, said fees that are not readily disclosed make it hard for consumers to pick the lowest price in airfares, hotel rates and other services. “When pricing is unclear, it threatens the competitive process by which consumers make decisions,” the report said. Susan Grant, director of consumer protection and privacy at the Consumer Federation of America, agreed with the findings of the report, saying “consumers are being deliberately fooled by advertised prices that fail to include the full

amount they’ll have to pay.” One example raised in the report is resort fees, which are often mandatory at large resorts but don’t show up on online booking sites when travelers are comparing hotel rates. Another example is airline fees, such as charges to check luggage and change flights. The report noted that those two fees alone generated $22.5 billion for the world’s airline industry in 2015. The National Economic Council said baggage and change fees fall into a “gray zone” between being optional and mandatory for travelers. If they are mandatory, they should be included in the flight’s total advertised price, the council says. “The question of what counts as ‘the entire price’ has for regulators, proved to be an evolving question,” the report said.

Stunned response to unruly passenger A Korean Air flight from Vietnam to South Korea devolved into a flying fracas last month when a passenger began attacking passengers and flight attendants. In response, Korean Air

says it is beefing up its security measures, including improved training of flight attendants in the use of stun guns, airline spokeswoman Penny Pfaelzer said. The airline may also consider assigning at least one male flight attendant on each flight to help subdue disorderly fliers, she said. Such incidents are fairly common. In 2015, the world’s airlines reported 10,854 incidents of unruly passengers, up 16% from the previous year, according to data from the International Air Transport Assn., the trade group for the world’s airlines. The melee on the Korean Air flight got extra attention because it was reported on social media by Daisy Fuentes, the former model and MTV host, who was on the plane with her husband, singer Richard Marx. According to Fuentes’ social media post, Marx joined in the struggle with flight attendants to subdue the unruly flier.

Airline fatalities increase in 2016 The November crash of a flight carrying a Brazilian soccer team, which killed all but six of the 77 people on board, was one of 18 fatal air-

line crashes in 2016, an increase from 14 fatal aviation accidents in 2015, according the Aviation Safety Network. The 18 accidents resulted in 324 deaths, compared with 186 fatalities from the 14 accidents in 2015, according to the network, which tracks fatalities worldwide on airlines, corporate jets and military aircraft. The good news is that, despite the increase in accidents in 2016, the total number of aviation crashes and fatalities per year has dropped sharply in the last few years. The worldwide accident rate is now one fatal passenger flight per 3.2 million flights, according to the network. Industry experts attribute the decline in accidents to a push for higher safety standards by international aviation groups, including the International Civil Aviation Organization, an agency of the United Nations. “Since 1997 the average number of airliner accidents has shown a steady and persistent decline,” said Harro Ranter, president of the Aviation Safety Network. hugo.martin@latimes.com Twitter: @hugomartin

RENT WATCH

Disabled tenant wants new floor

By Molly Current Question: I am a property manager at a low-income apartment complex. Last year, a tenant in a wheelchair told me she needed the carpeting in the unit changed because her wheelchair gets caught in the fibers, making it difficult for her to move forward. We understand we have responsibilities to accommodate people with disabilities, so we replaced the carpet with laminate flooring. The project cost us over $1,500. Now another tenant who uses a walker brought us a doctor’s note saying that she also needs laminate flooring. I have seen her around the property talking to the tenant whose floors we did, so I know they are friends, and I know that’s where she got the idea to make this request. Do we have to replace the floors in her unit as well? What if all the tenants want new floors? Answer: What your tenants have asked for is a reasonable modification — a structural change that gives an occupant with disabilities full enjoyment of the premises. Although housing providers generally do have to allow reasonable modifications needed by people with disabilities, tenants must pay for these modifications themselves unless the housing provider re-

Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board said Friday that they have approved a fix for around 67,000 of the 475,000 Volkswagens and Audis with 2-liter diesel engines that were programmed to cheat on U.S. emissions tests. The German automaker acknowledged the cheating in 2015. The remedy will fix 2015 models of the Volkswagen Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf SportWagen, Jetta and Passat as well as the Audi A3. The EPA and Volkswagen say the fix won’t affect the cars’ fuel economy, reliability or driving characteristics. Volkswagen says 58,000 of those vehicles are in the hands of customers and 9,000 are at dealerships. The remedy won’t apply to older Volkswagen and Audi models that date to 2009. Volkswagen has submitted fixes for those models, but the EPA and CARB haven’t yet approved them. Volkswagen will reprogram the cars’ software immediately. In about a year, the company will install hardware on the cars, including a diesel particulate filter. The fix is part of a $15-billion settlement approved by a federal judge in October. Under the settlement, Volkswagen owners and leaseholders were given the choice between selling their cars back to Volkswagen or having them repaired. Volkswagen also agreed to pay owners up to $10,000 depending on the age of their cars. Volkswagen had bought back more than 36,000 cars as of Jan. 3. It had also scheduled 130,000 appointments for future buybacks. Volkswagen acknowledged in 2015 that diesels sold in the U.S. had software that recognized when the cars were being tested on a treadmill and turned on pollution controls. The controls were turned off when the cars returned to the road. The EPA alleged that the scheme let the cars spew up to 40 times the allowable limit of nitrogen oxide, which can cause respiratory problems in humans.

Neiman Marcus won’t go public By Shan Li High-end retailer Neiman Marcus has backed out of an initial public offering. The Dallas chain initially filed in 2015 to go public, but later said it would delay its plans until 2016. On Friday, Neiman Marcus said it had abandoned an IPO altogether after deciding that “it is not in its best interests.” Los Angeles-based investment firm Ares Management and the Canadian Pension Fund acquired Neiman Marcus from private equity firms TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus in 2013 for $6 billion. Proceeds from an IPO were intended to pay down nearly $5 billion in long-term debt. But like other luxury department stores, Neiman Marcus is facing heightened competition from online retailers. It has reported several quarters of declines in samestore sales. In its first fiscal quarter, which ended Oct. 29, Neiman Marcus reported a net loss of $23.5 million. Last year, Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Karen Katz raised some eyebrows after partially blaming bloggers for the company’s poor performance. “Today, fashion shows are now blogged and broadcast all over the world via social media,” Katz said in a September call with investors. “By the time the merchandise ships many months later, the newness and excitement has worn off and in many cases, the customer has moved on.” Some industry watchers have said the company has suffered from its own missteps, including problems with its e-commerce site. Neiman Marcus is not alone in its struggles. Department stores such as Nordstrom and Macy’s have faced sales slowdowns. Macy’s said this week that it is cutting more than 10,000 jobs and going ahead with plans to close 68 stores after it suffered a disappointing holiday season. shan.li@latimes.com

Nissan plans to make robot cars By Russ Mitchell

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HOUSING PROVIDERS generally have to allow reasonable modifications

needed by people with disabilities, such as laminate flooring instead of carpeting. ceives certain kinds of federal financial assistance. In that case, the housing provider has to pay for the modification unless doing so would create an undue financial and administrative burden. The fact that you are a low-income housing provider and paid for the first modification may suggest that your complex does receive some form of federal funding, but you should discuss the matter with someone familiar with the funding at the complex and the requirements connected to that funding. Neither the fact that the two tenants are friends nor the fact that you replaced the flooring in the other unit at your own expense

changes your responsibilities under the law. This new request should be evaluated on its own merits: If the tenant has a disability and if the modification is necessary to allow her full enjoyment of the premises, then you must permit the modification. This is true for every tenant who makes the request, regardless of how many there may be. But remember, of course, that if the tenant must pay for the modifications, the financial burden of replacing the flooring falls on the tenant, rather than on you. And if you do receive federal funding, if and when the cost of replacing the carpet with laminate flooring for multiple tenants rises to the

level of an undue financial burden, you may not be required to grant further requests. A final note, if the tenant would have to pay for the modification herself but cannot afford to do so, she may be able to get assistance from a nonprofit or charity. Contact a local disability rights agency to see what programs might be available in your area. Current is fair housing director for Project Sentinel, a Bay Area nonprofit. For more information, contact Project Sentinel at (888) 324-7468, info@housing.org, visit www.housing.org or contact your attorney or local housing agency.

SAN FRANCISCO — Nissan is the latest in a now long line of automobile companies to go public with plans — sketchy as they may be — for autonomous cars. The Japanese company will begin testing driverless cars in Japan and put them into commercial operation by 2020, said Carlos Ghosn, who spoke Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ghosn leads three companies. He is chairman and chief executive of Nissan, chairman and CEO of Renault and chairman of Mitsubushi. The only substantial difference between Nissan’s announced plans and those of Ford, FCA, General Motors, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and several other companies is a plan to put “humans in the loop” based on technology developed at NASA. The director of the Nissan Research Center in Silicon Valley, Maarten Sierhuis, said human “mobility managers” will intervene if an autonomous car encounters a situation it can’t handle, such as having to cross a double yellow line when a lane is blocked. He said the system is based in part on NASA’s Mars Rover robot, which was directed by humans on Earth when it encountered obstacles. Nissan is working with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., to develop the automotive version. “One of the biggest hurdles to driverless vehicles is customer acceptance,” Sierhuis said. The system will provide “peace of mind.” The system is still in the research phase but he said it will be “on the roads sooner than you think.” russ.mitchell@latimes.com

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Senate to eye Trump Labor pick Democrats want fast-food workers to testify at hearing. By Jim Puzzanghera

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SUBSCRIPTION streaming surged nearly 23% to $6.23 billion in consumer spending last year, according to Digital Entertainment Group.

Home video sales shrink

Revenue in 2016 declines 7% from the previous year as more consumers switch to streaming services. By Ryan Faughnder The U.S. home video market declined again last year as more people turned to subscription streaming services like Netflix for their home entertainment needs, providing further evidence of rapid shifts in consumer behavior that has put pressure on Hollywood studios.

Revenue from sales and rentals of movies and TV shows totaled $12 billion in 2016, down 7% from the previous year, according to data released Friday by trade organization Digital Entertainment Group. Meanwhile, subscription streaming continued its torrid growth last year, surging nearly 23% to $6.23 billion in consumer spending, the group said. The decline in home video sales has squeezed Hollywood studios that once counted the in-home market as a key driver of profits, adding to broader concerns about the health of a movie industry that has suffered

from long-term stagnation in theater attendance. The domestic box office hit a record $11.37 billion last year, but that was largely driven by a rise in ticket prices rather than attendance gains. The ongoing contraction of the home video business has driven entertainment giants including Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures to seek ways to release movies on home video much earlier than usual. The studios have been in talks with major theater chains to shorten the traditional wait between a movie’s theatrical release and when it becomes available for home viewing.

One idea is to create a service that would charge as much as $50 for a new movie as soon as two weeks after it hits theaters. Studios and theaters would share the home video revenue from the service. Video-on-demand rentals were a much-needed bright spot for the industry last year. Spending on VOD titles rose 5% to $2.1 billion, after posting a 3% decline in 2015. Electronic movie and TV sales through outlets including iTunes and Amazon also rose about 5% in 2016, but that represents a dramatic slowdown from the year before when online sales surged 18%.

Physical rentals continued to fade out, shrinking 18% to $2.47 billion last year, while sales of packaged goods, including DVDs and Blu-rays, dropped nearly 10% to $5.49 billion. Counting streaming subscriptions and home video sales, overall consumer spending on home entertainment reached $18.28 billion in 2016, up 2% from the year before. The top-selling titles included “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Deadpool,” “Zootopia,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Finding Dory.” ryan.faughnder @latimes.com

Farmers react to Trump deportation vow associated press

Days after Donald Trump won the presidential election vowing to deport millions of people in the country illegally and fortify the Mexican border, California farmer Kevin Herman ordered nearly $600,000 in new equipment, cutting the number of workers he’ll need starting with the next harvest. Herman, who grows figs, persimmons and almonds in the nation’s most productive farming state, said Trump’s comments pushed him to make the purchase, larger than he’d planned to buy otherwise. “No doubt about it,” Herman said. “I probably wouldn’t have spent as much or bought as much machinery as I did.” Others in California’s farming industry say Trump’s tough campaign talk targeting immigrants in the country illegally — including a vast number of farmworkers — spurred them into action too. They’re calling on congressional representatives to educate the presidentelect on the workforce that it takes to feed the country, and they’re assuring workers that they’ll protect them. San Joaquin Valley farmer Joe Del Bosque recently gathered about 20 yearround employees at a steakhouse in Los Banos for their annual holiday lunch. The festivities began on a serious note. The topic of immigration took a bigger part of the conversation this year because of Trump, he said. Del Bosque told his crew that he’ll make sure the new administration knows their vital role in the farming industry. It’s a message that Del Bosque wants his managers to spread to the 300 seasonal workers needed at the harvest’s peak. Leticia Alfaro, a foodsafety supervisor at the farm, said in an interview that many of her friends who work in the fields don’t have proper documentation like she does, and they take

Scott Smith Associated Press

KEVIN HERMAN stands next to an almond sweeper at his ranch near Madera, Calif. Herman says Donald

Trump’s vow to deport millions of people in the country illegally pushed him into buying more equipment. Trump’s threats seriously. “They’re terrified by his comments,” Alfaro, 53, said in Spanish. They fear being deported and torn from their children who were born here, she said. They wonder whether, after Trump takes office, it will be safe to even make a trip to the grocery store, fearing checkpoints where they’d be pulled over and have to show their documentation. Trump’s remarks were felt sharply in California, which produces nearly half the country’s fruits, vegetables and nuts, valued at $47 billion annually. But his words resonate elsewhere too. Texas, Florida and Georgia also have large migrant communities that dominate the home construction, healthcare and food service industries, said David Zonderman, a labor historian at North Carolina State University. “California might be ground zero,” Zonderman said of immigrant families living in the shadows. “But it’s not a unique California issue.”

The fear stems from Trump’s campaign rallies, where he received a rousing response each time he vowed to deport people who are in the country illegally — up to 11 million. That position softened after Trump won the election, when he said he’d start with 3 million who have criminal records. Some farmers point to Trump’s post-election shift as a sign that his campaign bluster won’t become reality. He is, after all, a businessman like them, they say. But others believe that this shift underscores the presidentelect’s unpredictable nature. “Our workers are scared,” said Joe Garcia, a farm labor contractor who hires up to 4,000 people each year to pick grapes from Napa to Bakersfield and along the Central Coast. “If they’re concerned, we’re concerned.” Since election day, Garcia’s crews throughout the state have been asking what will happen to them when Trump takes office. Farmers also are calling to see if they’ll need to pay more to attract people to prune the vines, he said.

Garcia tells farmers not to panic. “We’ll plan around what we have,” he tells them. “That’s all we can do.” Roughly 325,000 workers in California do the backbreaking jobs that farmers say nobody else will do, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manuel Cunha Jr., president of the Nisei Farmers League farming association, estimates that 85% of California farmworkers live in the United States illegally. Farmers for years have scrambled to adjust to a shrinking labor pool. Mexico’s improving economy has slowed the flow of migrant workers. The dangerous border, controlled by drug cartels and human traffickers, keeps away others. Herman, the farmer who bought three new almond sweepers, said that in addition to Trump’s election, he was influenced by California’s rising minimum wage and a new law giving farm laborers overtime rights that are equal to those for workers in other industries. Plus, Herman said, he heard too many workers ex-

pressing doubts about whether they would return to California after their holiday trips to Mexico. “It’s stories like that that have motivated me to become efficient and upgrade my equipment,” Herman said. Tom Nassif, a Trump advisor and president of the powerful Western Growers trade association, said farmers shouldn’t fear the president-elect. Trump isn’t interested in deporting their workers, he said. Nassif said he isn’t privy to the details of Trump’s immigration policy. He has recommended that Trump allow otherwise law-abiding farmworkers who are in the country illegally to stay if they serve a period of probation, pay taxes, learn English and obey all laws. “I think he’s looking at people who have committed more serious crimes and start with them first — and rightly so,” said Nassif, picked by Trump’s campaign team to serve on an agriculture advisory committee. “I think there’s less reason to worry than most people believe there is.”

WASHINGTON — Almost two dozen Senate Democrats are calling for fast-food workers to testify at the confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s Labor secretary pick Andy Puzder, who is the chief executive of the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s burger chains. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Patty Murray of Washington and 21 other Democrats wrote to the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday saying they were concerned that Labor Department investigations of CKE Restaurant Inc. outlets “have turned up violations of basic protections’ of workers’ rights in more than half of their inspections.” The Carpinteria-based chain, which has more than 3,300 locations in 42 U.S. states and 28 countries, is facing “several potential class-action lawsuits” by employees regarding wage and other disputes, the lawmakers said. “It is essential that the committee hear from these employees and other Americans who have had firsthand experience with Mr. Puzder or the businesses he has led,” the senators wrote to Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). An analysis in September by Bloomberg BNA found about 60% of Labor Department investigations of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants since 2009 turned up at least one violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which covers minimum wage, overtime and other regulations. Still, that was one of the best performances by leading fast-food outlets. “Mr. Puzder’s tenure at CKE and his company’s treatment of thousands of working families ‘bear directly’ on his qualifications and suitability to serve as secretary of Labor,” the senators wrote. They added that if confirmed, Puzder “would be responsible for overseeing the enforcement of many of the labor laws his company has repeatedly violated.” In a letter released Friday, Alexander wrote back to the senators saying he would not change committee precedent used for nominees of presidents Obama, George W. Bush and others. At those confirmation hearings, the nominee has been the only witness after sometimes being introduced by home-state senators. “We should not change the rules of the confirmation process in the middle of a transition,” Alexander said. “That would be a disservice to the nominees and would serve as a deterrent to attracting qualified people to put forth their names for consideration.” Puzder’s confirmation hearing tentatively is scheduled for Jan. 17. The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Puzder has criticized new federal rules expanding overtime pay, which have been blocked by a federal judge, and opposes the push for a $15-an-hour minimum wage that many Democrats support. In selecting Puzder last month, Trump said the fastfood executive “will fight to make American workers safer and more prosperous by enforcing fair occupational safety standards and ensuring workers receive the benefits they deserve, and he will save small businesses from the crushing burdens of unnecessary regulations that are stunting job growth and suppressing wages.” jim.puzzanghera @latimes.com

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Theranos will shed 155 workers Beleaguered blood testing start-up Theranos Inc. said Friday that it was laying off 155 employees, about 40% of its remaining staff. After months of regulatory setbacks and scrutiny, the Silicon Valley company will continue with 220 employees, who will work on bringing an experimental device called the miniLab to market, the company said. Only two years ago, Theranos was valued at $9 billion, based on founder Elizabeth Holmes’ claims that her technology named Edison could perform multiple lab tests inexpensively using just a drop of blood. Last year, after finding multiple violations, federal regulators banned Holmes from operating or owning a medical lab for two years. The ban followed news in May that Theranos was retracting the results of tens of thousands of blood tests that doctors depended on to care for patients. The company closed its labs and remaining consumer testing sites in October, laying off 340 employees. It now faces multiple lawsuits from patients and investors. INSURANCE

Laying blame in Anthem hacking A foreign government was probably behind a hacking of health insurance company Anthem Inc. that compromised more than 78 million consumers’ records, investigators said Friday, though they did not specify which government. The California Department of Insurance said Anthem — the nation’s secondlargest health insurer — has agreed to make $260 million in improvements to its information security systems. The state agency said intruders cracked Anthem’s database in February 2014 with a phishing email. Anthem discovered the breach in January 2015. That February, it and its affiliates announced the discovery. The hackers accessed customers’ Social Security numbers, birth dates and employment details.

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The Limited to shut all its stores The Limited said it will close all its bricks-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend. The apparel retailer said it will continue to operate only online after the Jan. 8 closures. A spokesman said that the New Albany, Ohiobased chain operated about 250 retail stores in 2016 and that about 4,000 jobs, including seasonal and temporary ones, would be lost. Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners bought the Limited outright in 2010; it had owned a majority stake since 2007. COFFEE

Starbucks to end alcohol offerings Starbucks Corp. will stop selling beer and wine at more than 400 U.S. stores next week as it ends its “evenings” program. The Seattle-based coffee chain said the Starbucks Evenings program in 439 company-owned stores in the U.S. will end Jan. 10. It said the program may continue in some of the nine licensed stores where it is offered, or overseas. The program was first tested in 2010 and expanded as a way to drive sales beyond the morning rush. The evening menu also featured foods such as bacon-wrapped dates. Starbucks said in 2014 that it planned to expand alcohol to “thousands” of stores. Now it says it will integrate beer and wine into its higher-end retail format, such as Roastery stores. EXPORTS

U.S. trade deficit at 9-month high The U.S. trade deficit in November rose to the highest level in nine months as imports of oil and other foreign goods increased, while American exports fell for a second month. The deficit jumped 6.8% to $45.2 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday. Exports edged down 0.2% to $122.4 billion, reflecting lower overseas sales of U.S.-made airplanes, autos and farm products. Imports rose 1.1% to $231.1 billion. — times staff and wire reports

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The Dow Jones industrial average missed the 20,000 mark by a fraction of a point Friday as U.S. stock indexes rose after the government said wages jumped in December. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Nasdaq composite rose to new highs. Stocks wavered between gains and losses in the morning after the December jobs report, which showed less hiring than analysts hoped to see. Bond yields rose sharply, as the continued job gains should encourage the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates. Indexes turned higher as investors concluded that the rising wages will lead to more spending on technology and consumer goods. Industrial companies rose as investors hoped for greater economic growth. Sam Stovall, a U.S. equity strategist for S&P Capital IQ, said there was good news for most industries. That’s because workers are being paid more, but not enough to push the Fed to raise interest rates quickly to stave off inflation. The Dow peaked at 19,999.63 but then lost some steam. The small-cap Russell 2000 index slid 4.65 points, or 0.3%, to 1,367.28. The biggest gains went to companies that stand to benefit from higher wages and more consumer spending. Among tech firms, Facebook rose 2.3% to $123.41 and Apple rose 1.1% to $117.91. Amazon climbed 2% to $795.99, and travel site TripAdvisor jumped 3.2% to $50.77. Industrial companies,

which have climbed since the November election, also fared well. Honeywell rose 1.5% to $118.53. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.42% from 2.35%. That buoyed financial firms. Higher bond yields mean higher interest rates, which enable banks to make more money on lending. Companies that pay large dividends, including phone companies and real estate investment trusts, lagged behind the overall market as bond yields rose. Amgen climbed 2.5% to $156.78, Sanofi fell 2.8% to $40.32 and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals sank 5.8% to $358.68 after a court moved to block sales of Sanofi and Regeneron’s cholesterol drug Praluent. A federal jury ruled in March that Praluent infringes on two patents that belong to Amgen. ICU Medical slid 10.5% to $131.88 after the San Clemente maker of medical devices said sales at a business it is buying are still falling. Gap ticked up 0.4% to $23.34 after the San Francisco clothier reported improved sales in November and December. The dollar rose to 117.02 yen from115.62 yen after a dip Thursday. The euro slipped to $1.0532 from $1.0590. U.S. crude oil rose 23 cents to $53.99 a barrel. Brent crude rose 21 cents to $57.10 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline fell less than 1 cent to $1.63 a gallon. Heating oil rose 1 cent to $1.70 a gallon. Natural gas rose 1 cent to $3.29 per 1,000 cubic feet. Gold fell $7.90 to $1,173.40 an ounce. Silver fell 12 cents to $16.52 an ounce. Copper rose 1 cent to $2.55 a pound.

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[Lift tickets, from C1] rector of Vail Resorts, told analysts in an earnings conference call. Vail’s popular Epic Pass, which offers seasonlong access to Vail resorts across the U.S., was priced at $809 this year, an increase of about 5% over last season. But the price increases don’t seem to bother hardcore skiers, who note that they can get discounts by booking in advance or buying multiple-day tickets. “The retail prices going up is a way of life,” said Bruce Lee, president of the Beach Cities Ski Club in Hermosa Beach. “It doesn’t affect the regular skiers as much as the casual skier.” Other skiers say they compensate for lift price increases by doubling up on hotel rooms or condos, preparing meals at home and taking public transit to the slopes. Pam Belitski, a longtime skier from Ventura, said she gets a discount on her season pass at Mammoth Mountain because she is a senior citizen. But the rising prices make it too expensive for her to bring her grandchildren on the slopes. “When my sons were in middle school, ski trips were something I could afford,” Belitski said. “It’s just a lot of

money for a few times a year, nowadays.” For ski resorts, a key to a successful year is not only the amount of snow but the timing. Several ski resort operators in California said they had a healthy snowfall just before Christmas, followed by clear skies until the New Year’s Eve weekend. The timing of the snowstorms made for optimal ski conditions during the entire week. “We just wrapped a successful holiday period with skier visits and snowfall totals tracking very similarly to last season during the same time,” said Lauren Burke, a spokeswoman for Mammoth Mountain Ski Areas, which operates Mammoth and June Mountain in the eastern Sierra along with Bear Mountain and Snow Summit in the San Bernardino Mountains. “January is looking to be one of the best months we’ve had in a while.” On the California side of Lake Tahoe, resort operators at Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley credit higher consumer confidence for improved sales in the shops and restaurants at the foot of the mountains. “The spending patterns have been extremely favor-

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able,” said Andy Wirth, president and chief executive of Squaw Valley Ski Corp., which owns Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley. Skiers and snowboarders are also booking more hotel rooms for four- and five-day visits, compared with twoand three-day visits in years past, Wirth said. Resort operators are hoping that Mother Nature

[Audi, from C1] this 5,000-pound machine nimble in traffic as well as stable on the highway. The weight isn’t hard to explain. Standard on the Q7 are wide, comfortable, heated seats, leather-bound and eight-way adjustable; a two-panel panoramic sun roof; power tail gate; roof rails; rollover bars; folding third-row seats; three-zone climate control; and a healthy array of front, side and head curtain air bags. The model I drove, which kicked the $55,750 MSRP up to $85,425, also included the Prestige, Luxury, Adaptive Chassis, Driver Assistance and Towing packages. Those enabled, among other things, four-wheel steering; adaptive air suspension; adaptive cruise control; lane departure warning; Audi’s “traffic sign recognition” system; a heads-up dashboard display; and many other comfort, convenience and safety features — though the fullsize spare that many drivers expect was not included. The result was a sublime driving experience. The four-wheel steering, paddle shifters and drive modes, which included a sporty “sport” setting, gave the big SUV a light, lithe feeling around town and on curvy canyon roads. The interior was so elegant, refined and quiet that the sharp acceleration allowed by the big torquey engine seemed almost ill-mannered. In the sport setting, the vehicle tended to lurch a bit when pushed hard, giving it a slightly unstable feeling when accelerating from a stop or out of a slow corner. All that power and fast forward motion mean, alas, pretty poor fuel economy. Like many SUVs, this one gets only a combined 21 miles per gallon driving on city streets and highways.

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The dashboard readout suggested that my lead-footed driving pushed that number quite a bit lower. But my goodness is it comfortable. The driver and passenger seats are a marvel of ergonomic pleasure. The legroom and headroom in the second and third rows was Business Class impressive. The push-button system that makes the third row seats disappear creates a lot of storage room too. Audi puts the total storage room, with seats folded, at 71.6 cubic feet. That should be room enough for five golf bags — and five golfers. On the outside, the Q7 isn’t very distinguished. But what SUVs are? To my eye, they almost all have what a friend of mine used to call the “pregnant hamster” look — sporty at the front, but rather thick in the middle and the behind. And they almost all look like that. Five years ago you could easily tell a Toyota RAV4 from a Subaru Forester, but today’s people movers — even the exotic and expensive ones — all seem to be cut from the same basic mold. With the exception of some badging and grille designs, an Alfa Romeo Stelvio could pass for a Volvo XC90 or a Jaguar F-Pace. Even a Tesla Model X, if you take away its signature falconwing doors, could be mistaken for a new SUV from Acura or Lexus. A new wave of Silver Lake gentrification began a year or so ago. Like the Hondas, Toyotas and Volvos before them, the BMW and Audi SUVs began to disappear. In their places now are even pricier vehicles made by Land Rover and Tesla. There goes the neighborhood, again. charles.fleming @latimes.com

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will continue to deliver prime ski conditions deep into the spring. Wirth noted that this season will break records only if the resorts continue to get heavy snowfall over the next two months. “We still have a long way to go,” Wirth said. “March is a pivotal month.”

Vehicle type: 4-door, 7-passenger SUV Base price: $55,750 Price as tested: $85,425

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Looking to protect weed brands [Brands, from C1] get everything trademarked that we can, tangential to the actual cannabis product itself.” The idea, one that is largely untested so far, is that if a cannabis company registers its trademark for other products it will scare off would-be copycats and allow the company to be first in line if the federal government eases its stance on pot. Cannabis Sativa applied for an apparel trademark and hopes to put its Hi brand on other products, including lozenges for smokers. Stoner comedian Tommy Chong’s brand, Chong’s Choice, which sells a line of pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes, has applied for a trademark for vaporizers and “tobacco” jars. Altai, a brand of cannabis chocolates, is seeking trademark protection for its name brand as a provider of information about medical cannabis. Mary Shapiro, a San Francisco attorney, said the goal is to get something federally trademarked — and the more closely related to marijuana, the better. She is working with Salinas firm Indus Holdings, Altai’s parent company, on its trademark application. Once a company has even applied to register a trademark, it’s noted in a federal database. When companies set out to submit trademark applications of their own, they search that database to see if their brand name is already in use — and if so, how it’s being used. The goal of trademark law is to prevent consumer confusion, and different companies can use the same name for products as long as their products are in different categories and wouldn’t cause confusion. The Patent and Trademark Office probably would reject a trademark application for a soap brand with a name similar to Unilever’s Dove, but it didn’t stop candy company Mars from trademarking Dove-brand

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STONER COMEDIAN Tommy Chong’s brand, Chong’s Choice, which sells a line of pre-rolled marijuana

cigarettes, has applied for a trademark for vaporizers and jars. They are available online and at pot shops.

chocolate. The same rules apply in the cannabis industry, but it’s tricky. Unilever can make clear in its trademark application that Dove makes soap, which lets other companies know they shouldn’t try applying for a similar trademark for soap-related products. Cannabis companies, however, have to be more circumspect, hoping that a trademark for rolling papers or providing cannabis information will be enough of a hint that a company has laid claim to a cannabis-related trademark. “It raises a red flag that there’s a company already operating in the space,” Sha-

piro said. “Basically, it's a warning sign that someone else has claimed rights to the name in connection to cannabis.” Along with scaring off potential competitors, there’s another potential benefit: If the Patent and Trademark Office were to start approving trademarks for cannabis products, companies with cannabis-related marks could be first in line. Going back to that notion of preventing confusion, trademark protection can apply not only to products a company makes now, but to products that a company might reasonably be expected to make later on — what trademark lawyers call

the zone of natural expansion. Even before Unilever started making Dove-brand shampoo, it would have been hard for another firm to trademark that name, as consumers might reasonably expect Dove soap and shampoo to come from the same company. That’s why Winter is helping one of his clients, Arizona cannabis candy company Baked Bros, apply for a trademark on syrups and gummy candies that contain CBD, a hemp extract that’s available nationwide. The Patent and Trademark office has approved trademarks for other products containing CBD.

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Winter said CBD is about as close to marijuana as the trademark office will go. If the office approves Bake Bros’ application, Winter said he believes that marijuana products would be within the company’s zone of expansion. “From a legal standpoint, if you have a hemp-based product under your brand, no one will be able to get a cannabis-related trademark for a similar brand,” he said. Still, the“circle the wagons” strategy isn’t foolproof, and it comes with challenges of its own. To get and keep a trademark, companies actually have to use it. To maintain its “hi” clothing trademark, Canna-

bis Sativa will actually have to sell some clothes. They’re not widely available for now, though Hal Lewis, the company’s national sales manager, said he plans to launch an online store this year. Chong’s Choice will have to keep selling jars and vaporizers, which are available online and at marijuana shops in a few states. That represents a threat for cannabis brands. If customers love a company’s weed but not its other products, the company could lose its trademark altogether, said Alison Malsbury, another attorney who specializes in cannabis trademarks. “The Patent and Trademark Office is looking for more than just token sales,” she said. “If you’re not continually using the trademark, it can be canceled and you can lose everything.” What’s more, she and other attorneys note that the strategy cannabis companies are using remains untested. Unless and until the federal government decides to allow cannabis trademarks, companies can’t be sure that their cannabis-adjacent trademarks will be able to carry over to pot products. And so far, there’s been little legal squabbling between cannabis companies, meaning there’s not much precedent for companies to rely on. “We don't really have any test cases,” Malsbury said. But that could change as the cannabis industry continues to grow. Winter suspects that disputes between cannabis companies have been rare in part because the industry is tightknit. As money floods in and competition heats up, he expects companies to develop sharper elbows. “There's a fair amount of peer pressure within the industry to not use someone else’s brand,” he said. “But that's changing a little with the dynamic of multimillionaires and billionaires investing in the industry.” james.koren @latimes.com Twitter: @jrkoren

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100

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ticularly acute in construction. “We know contractors have been putting more into training and involving with local workforce agencies, community colleges and apprenticeship programs to improve the pipeline,” said Ken Simonson, chief economist of construction trade group Associated General Contractors of America. “But that’s a slow process. We’re swimming against the tide in that kids were told the last 20 years: ‘Don’t get into manual labor, get a desk job.’ ” Construction was essentially flat last month but added about 100,000 jobs for all of last year, only about a third of the hiring in 2015 and 2014. Overall, construction employment remains about 1 million jobs below the level in 2006 before the Great Recession. Manufacturing also has not made up the jobs lost in the downturn. Factories ended 2016 with 12.3 million workers on their payrolls, down 45,000 for the year and about 1.75 million fewer than in 2006. Although Trump has pledged to revive manufac-

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toward10%. A big fiscal stimulus early in his first term, along with aggressive policies from the Federal Reserve, helped to stabilize the economy, and the job market began to grow in 2010. But the economic recovery, while steady, has been slow by historical standards. Millions of workers laid off during the recession dropped out of the labor force and remain unaccounted for, and many more workers are stuck in parttime jobs than before the downturn. Meanwhile, most wage earners saw meager pay gains as sluggish productivity growth and other factors, such as globalization, contributed to holding down earnings for lower-paying or routine jobs. More recently, the tightening labor market has forced employers to pay more to fill positions. In December average wages for all private-sector workers rose at the fastest annual pace since 2009, increasing 2.9%, led by sharp gains in the high-end information sector and the lower-paying hotel and restaurant business. The labor pinch is par-

[Jobs, from C1] Economists say about 50,000 to 100,000 new jobs a month are needed to keep pace with the growth in workforce population and maintain the unemployment rate. But rising wages could lure more people to enter or return to the job market, Holzer said, and that could knock the jobless rate down to around 4%. Stocks rose Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average again flirting with 20,000. “Since the election, financial markets and surveys of business and consumer confidence have showed growing optimism about shortterm growth prospects of the U.S. economy,” said Gad Levanon, chief North American economist for the Conference Board, an employersponsored research group. “But it’s too early to see this optimism in December’s job growth number, which reflects a continuation of a moderate employment growth trend.” Obama began his presidency in January 2009 with job losses mounting near 800,000 that month and unemployment rising fast

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NAT I ONA L CH A M P IO N S H I P GA M E 1 Alabama

vs. 2 Clemson

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Monday, 5 p.m. PST TV: ESPN

Clarkson, Dragic are ejected as tempers flare, but L.A. keeps cool to roll over Heat. LAKERS 127 MIAMI 100 By Tania Ganguli

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HAVING THE BEST PLAYERS helps, but it’s not the only factor keeping Nick Saban at the top of college coaching and Ala-

bama at the top of the polls. His program has also pioneered new methods in recruiting and staffing, and on the practice field.

THINKER, TAILOR Innovation, attention to detail keep Saban ahead of the curve

DAVID WHARTON ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Some coaches like to talk about their success, expounding on various strategies, telling the world exactly what they did right. Nick Saban is not that type. The Alabama coach stands atop his profession, leading his top-ranked team into the College Football Playoff championship game against No. 2 Clemson on Monday with a chance to tie Bear Bryant’s record of six national titles. Asked recently about his approach to the job, he offered a modest reply. “I haven’t really ever invented anything in this game,” he told reporters, adding: “Always just learned from really good people that had success.” The Crimson Tide often benefit from having

Consecutive games won by Alabama, the nation’s longest active streak.

7-3

Alabama’s bowl record under Nick Saban. Every loss came in the Sugar Bowl.

2.5

Average Rivals.com rank of recruiting classes brought in by Nick Saban at Alabama.

the most talent on the field, attracting a new crop of blue-chip recruits each spring. And Saban usually makes good in-game decisions, including a surprise onside kick that proved crucial in defeating Clemson for the title last year. But Alabama enjoys another edge that isn’t as evident on television. Since arriving in Tuscaloosa a decade ago, Saban has quietly and consistently stayed ahead of the curve on behind-the-scenes tactics that involve recruiting, staffing and practice. It all adds up to a program that has won 26 consecutive games and is trying for a fifth championship in eight seasons. “I tip my hat to them,” Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said. “Unbelievable run they’ve had under Coach Saban. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Earlier this week, Saban spoke briefly about [See Wharton, D5]

Smart Derby money might be on Gormley Shirreffs’ maturing colt is the favorite in the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita today. JOHN CHERWA ON HORSE RACING

Trainer John Shirreffs was ticking off all the things he liked about his Kentucky Derby hopeful Gormley. “Not too big or too small,” he said. “Beautiful confirmation. Well-muscled. Keen. Intelligent.” Wait, how do you know a horse is intelligent? “I guess when he counted to 1,000, it took my breath away,” Shirreffs said with laugh. You know things are

going well when a trainer tries a little stand-up. On Saturday, Gormley will take the next step in the long and difficult march to the first Saturday in May. He will face six horses in the $100,000 Sham Stakes (Race No. 7, post time about 3:30 p.m.) over a mile at Santa Anita. Among them will be American Anthem, a sharplooking colt making only his second start for Bob Baffert. Gormley is the 8-5 favorite with Anthem listed at 9-5. “I would say it’s a process of elimination,” Shirreffs said about making it to the Derby. “As the races go on you have to show improvement. They develop into a Kentucky Derby possibility rather than showing up as [See Cherwa, D8]

A strange goal, but Ducks take it

Broncos’ Fleck goes to Gophers

Ondrej Kase steals one from Arizona goalie in overtime to give Anaheim a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes. D3

After a 13-1 season at Western Michigan, young coach vows to change the culture at Minnesota. D7

When Miami’s Goran Dragic jumped up off the floor after Jordan Clarkson shoved him, and then rushed toward the Lakers guard, Clarkson thought back to Kobe Bryant’s advice about how to handle such a situation. Never leave your hands down when you’re about to get into something. So Clarkson took a boxer’s stance, just in case. And while Dragic, held back by teammates and an official, never made it to him, a nearmelee ensued. By the end of it, both players had received double technical fouls and were ejected from the game. “We’re not going to back down from guys,” Clarkson said. At the time, the Lakers had an eight-point lead in a game they’d once led by double digits. That has often been a precarious position for this team, but it wasn’t Friday night. The Lakers went on to beat the Heat,127100, winning their second consecutive home game. It was a season high in points for the Lakers, who improved their record to 14-26 while the Heat fell to 11-27. “We got in the huddle after it happened and I told them, ‘I’ve been in the league [See Lakers, D7]

Paul turns it around at end After losing the ball, he makes a steal and clinches victory with six free throws. CLIPPERS 106 SACRAMENTO 98 By Broderick Turner

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DETROIT QUARTERBACK Matthew Stafford has seen his numbers plunge

since suffering an injury to his middle finger in Week 14 against Chicago.

Lions’ fate in his hands SAM FARMER ON THE NFL

NFL PLAYOFFS TODAY’S GAMES

WILD-CARD ROUND SEATTLE — For a team that defined itself with eight fourth-quarter comebacks this fall, the Detroit Lions sure had a lousy fourth quarter of the NFL season. They head into Saturday night’s game at CenturyLink Field having dropped the last three games — against the New York Giants, Dallas and Green Bay — and without a road playoff victory since 1957. For most of the season,

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the Lions had turned on the afterburners in the third and fourth quarter and put away opponents. In the last three games, though, they have been outscored, 49-13, in the second half, with their only post-halftime touchdown coming on a lastminute Hail Mary against the Packers. Detroit’s best hope wears a glove on his throwing hand that covers a splint on the dislocated tip of his middle finger. As tremendous as Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been this sea[See Farmer, D4]

SACRAMENTO — There was a dark period recently when the Clippers were mired in a six-game losing streak, when Coach Doc Rivers wondered whether his group had lost “our will” as the defeats kept mounting while they waited for Chris Paul to return from his left hamstring injury. Friday, the Clippers’ will was being tested because they were losing all but two points of a 14-point lead to a Sacramento Kings team that refused to fold in the tense fourth quarter. But Paul overcame his own late-game mistake with the defensive play of the game that led to his game-icing free throws, pushing the Clippers past the Kings, 10698, at Golden 1 Center. Paul, who had missed the last four games with his hamstring issues, turned the ball over with 40.2 seconds left and the Clippers protecting a two-point lead. Undaunted, Paul stole a pass from DeMarcus Cousins and then the Clippers’ [See Clippers, D6]

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USC ends with a Rosy glow I have been a USC football fan since I was a kid in the ’40s. I have always thought that the greatest college football game I have ever seen was USC’s 55-24 victory over Notre Dame in 1974. With all due respect to Anthony Davis, Pat Haden, and J.K McKay, and the Trojans’ great defense that year, I think that comefrom-behind victory may have to be dropped down to second place in the record book of the greatest USC victories. Congratulations to Clay Helton and his assistants, quarterback Sam Darnold and the entire USC football team. Frank Tierheimer Cerritos :: If Josh Rosen has an inflatable hot tub in his dorm room, shouldn’t Sam Darnold start drawing up initial plans for an indoor pool? Larry Herrera Redondo Beach :: I have it on good authority that Clay Helton has said “no” to the Rams. He will not trade Sam Darnold for Jared Goff. Richard Fay Palos Verdes Estates :: The Penn State play caller would do well to remember the old adage: “When you pass the football, three things can happen, and only one is good.” I’m not sure who gets the credit for that bit of wisdom, Bob Neyland, Duffy Daugherty, Woody Hayes, or Darrell Royal, but it surely applied to the last minute of the Rose Bowl game. James R. Helms Jr. Arcadia :: Bill Plaschke’s description of the USC-Penn State game was wonderful. He puts you in the stadium with his details. The game was fantastic, and Bill brought the emotions of the players (on both sides), the travails of USC, the drive, the “fight on” feel of both squads to each reader. I was never a devout sports person and am an old lady, but Bill has drawn me to the sports page with his wonderful, poetic, and sometimes witty commentaries. It’s been an education and a pleasure to read his work. Armida Milligan Murrieta :: “USC fights on and on,” Bill Plaschke wrote. On and on and on and on! That had to be the longest game ever televised. Between penalties, official reviews and numerous repetitive advertisements, a 60-minute game took almost 41⁄2 hours to watch. Ridiculous, ESPN. Barbara Holmes Long Beach :: Never mind that it was

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MATT BOERMEESTER (39) celebrates with his teammates after his 46-yard

field goal as time ran out gave the Trojans a thrilling Rose Bowl victory. one of the greatest Rose Bowl games ever. Or that even there was plenty of scoring and drama galore. Or that even USC won. If there are any remnants of that magical pixie dust left in the air from that night, hopefully it lingers and clings to UCLA’s uniforms as the Bruins play their home games next season. Mark J. Featherstone Windsor Hills

blowout loss 20 years ago. More recently, they have won a total of nine games the last two seasons. The Chargers have a loyal fan base in San Diego. In Los Angeles, they will be lucky to play in front of 40,000 (many of whom will be cheering for the opposition). The Bolts bolting to Los Angeles is a lose-lose situation. Mark Turner Studio City

Well, that’s over

Life in fast Lane

To paraphrase the late Dennis Green, “The Rams are who we thought they were!” James Doss Calabasas :: Well, at least it’s not just another fake news story: The Rams are definitely back. Andrew Sacks Riverside :: Jeff Fisher definitely had one thing right: Jared Goff was not ready. Glenn Harrell Newport Beach :: While at Cal, Jared Goff threw short, mid-range, and long-yardage, rainbow passes with laser precision to a decent but unspectacular receiving corps — all while taking shotgun snaps. The Rams’ response? Force him into a pro-style offense behind a weak line, get questionable results, then wonder if just maybe he’s a bust. The decision is akin to drafting Rembrandt and then complaining that he doesn’t paint like Jackson Pollock. Konrad Moore Bakersfield

L.A. Chargers? No

Is the Spanos family that clueless to think L.A. will embrace the Chargers? This is a franchise with one of the worst histories in the NFL. Only one Super Bowl appearance and that was a

Once again, Lane Kiffin proves he really is the guy we think he is, walking out the Alabama door while potshotting Nick Saban and the Tide program. Kiffin claims he didn’t mesh there because his personality profile indicates he’s “imaginative, a visionary and learns by experimenting.” Maybe he should imagine humility and graciousness; envision not biting the hand that’s fed him; experiment with a character void of self-aggrandizement. Of course he could have learned all that had he paid any attention to the guy who hired him. Cy Bolton Rancho Cucamonga

This isn’t Showtime

It is easy to be critical of Luke Walton, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak, but unfortunately, no Magic Johnson or James Worthy was available at the team’s recent draft slots and no quality free agents even considered the Lakers. Maybe criticism should be redirected to Doc Rivers, whose Clippers have consistently underperformed. In the meantime, Lakers’ fans need patience. Richard Raffalow Valley Glen :: How can Luke Walton be “proud of the way our guys competed,” when the Lakers gave up 123 points to Toronto? Vaughn Hardenberg Westwood

Still seeing red Being a pro-UCLA “homer” [Letters, Dec. 24] is the least of Bill Walton’s problems as an announcer. Walton apparently believes that he, rather than the game, is the reason viewers tune in. Hence his seeming obsession to fill every second of air time with chatter that is often irrelevant, distracting and pompous. Watching with the audio muted is not the way to enjoy an exciting UCLA basketball team, but it’s the best option when faced with Walton, who has become easily the most annoying announcer since Dick Vitale. Mike Berliner Los Angeles :: Bill Walton was one of the greatest Bruins basketball players ever. Some would say the greatest. That being said, it is unfortunate that the people who continue to put him on the air can’t possibly be listening to his commentary. He talks too much, is frequently a little loose with his facts, and spends far too much time talking about Neil Young and Jerry Garcia than the game being broadcast. Thanks for the memories on the court at Pauley, Bill, but it’s time to step away from the microphone. Steve Briseno Mission Viejo :: The Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times. They may be edited and republished in any format. Each must include a valid mailing address and phone number. Pseudonyms will not be used. Mail: Sports Viewpoint Los Angeles Times 202 W. 1st St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: (213) 237-4322 Email: sports@latimes.com

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Ducks score late, finally get overtime win Kase’s winner with 35.6 seconds left breaks a seven-game OT losing streak. DUCKS 3 ARIZONA 2 (OT) By Curtis Zupke

Overtime finally worked for the Ducks. It came on a baffling play by the opposing goaltender after Anaheim clawed for two points against one of the worst teams in the NHL that was missing three players in the final period. The hockey gods saw to it that Ondrej Kase was the hero. Perhaps the Ducks’ most humble player scored with 35.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Ducks a 3-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Friday at Honda Center. Kase whacked at a puck that Arizona goalie Mike Smith inexplicably held on to for several seconds and Kase converted it as Anaheim got its first overtime win this season. “My stick broke and I didn’t get anything on it and it ends up in the back of the net,” Smith said of the goal. “I tried to do too much.”

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ONDREJ KASE of the Ducks makes a move on Arizona goalie Mike Smith in the

second period in Anaheim. Kase was the hero in overtime with his late goal. “It’s amazing,” Kase said. “Every score is good. We needed this score.” Kase, whose English is limited in media situations, usually lets his goal celebrations tell the story. His teammates surrounded him to share the joy. It was his fourth NHL goal and, by his

NHL STANDINGS WESTERN CONFERENCE

Pacific DUCKS San Jose Edmonton Calgary Vancouver KINGS Arizona Central Chicago Minnesota St. Louis Nashville Winnipeg Dallas Colorado

W 21 23 20 21 20 19 11 W 25 24 20 17 19 16 13

L 12 14 13 18 18 16 22 L 12 9 14 15 19 15 25

OL 8 2 7 2 3 4 6 OL 5 4 5 7 3 8 1

Pts 50 48 47 44 43 42 28 Pts 55 52 45 41 41 40 27

GF 112 99 115 111 104 94 84 GF 115 118 110 110 113 100 79

Note: Overtime or shootout losses are worth one point.

GA 111 87 107 116 118 96 127 GA 102 80 115 105 122 117 130

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Metropolitan Columbus Pittsburgh NY Rangers Washington Philadelphia Carolina New Jersey NY Islanders Atlantic Montreal Ottawa Toronto Boston Tampa Bay Florida Detroit Buffalo

W 27 25 27 24 20 17 16 15 W 24 20 18 20 19 17 17 14

L 6 8 13 9 15 15 17 15 L 9 13 12 17 17 15 17 15

OL 4 5 1 5 5 7 7 7 OL 6 4 8 4 4 8 5 9

Pts 58 55 55 53 45 41 39 37 Pts 54 44 44 44 42 42 39 37

GF 126 133 141 110 118 100 94 105 GF 119 94 117 98 114 95 97 85

GA 79 107 103 83 125 105 119 115 GA 90 98 111 101 117 109 109 106

RESULTS AT DUCKS 3 ARIZONA 2 (OT) AT CHICAGO 2 CAROLINA 1 AT COLORADO 2 N.Y. ISLANDERS 1 (OT) AT FLORIDA 2 NASHVILLE 1 TORONTO 4 AT NEW JERSEY 2 AT VANCOUVER 4 CALGARY 2

Ondrej Kase scores unassisted at 4:24 of overtime to lift the Ducks, who had been 0-7 in games that end in OT. Scott Darling makes 39 saves, while Jonathan Toews and Artemi Panarin score for the Blackhawks. Nathan MacKinnon scores 4:43 into overtime, and the Avalanche win their first game in seven weeks. Jonathan Marchessault scores in the third period and James Reimer makes 28 saves for the Panthers. Nazem Kadri sparks a four-goal first period helping the Maple Leafs to their sixth win in seven games (6-0-1). Ryan Miller has 44 saves for the Canucks, who score four goals on only 13 shots.

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TODAY’S GAMES Minnesota at KINGS, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Boston at Florida, 4 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Arizona, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Edmonton at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES Minnesota at DUCKS, 5 p.m. Boston at Carolina, 2 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 3 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 4 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES Dallas at KINGS, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Calgary at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

account, his first overtime goal. “He’s a funny kid,” Cam Fowler said. “He’s been working really hard. I can see the progression in his game, and how far he’s come. He’s been a big player for us. He scored some big goals. I was really happy for him tonight

to get that one. It’s the first overtime winner, hopefully something he can remember.” Anaheim appeared on its way to a win after Chris Wagner’s seeing-eye goal in the second period gave it a 2-1 lead, but the Coyotes tied it 3:12 into the third period and

were in position to win it despite a rash of injuries. The Coyotes lost forwards Martin Hanzal and Jordan Martinook and defenseman Jakob Chychrun, who took an elbow from Ducks wing Nick Ritchie in the third period. Wagner wheeled around the right circle and threw the puck on net with Smith guarding the post. Wagner’s shot hit Smith’s pad and somehow found an opening to bounce into the net. Factor in two goal posts that Arizona hit earlier and Anaheim seemed to have luck on its side. But for most of the game, the Ducks found themselves in a deadlock with the Coyotes, who took a minus-42 goal differential, the second worst in the NHL, into the game. Arizona has been without forwards Max Domi, a noted Ducks killer, and Brad Richardson because of long-term injuries. The Coyotes still have a top line with speed that tied it1-1off a rush 79 seconds into the second period. Hanzal went to the net and had Anthony Duclair’s pass redirect off his body and into the net. The goal ended goalie John Gibson’s shutout streak at more than 114 minutes. The Coyotes might have

taken a lead shortly after on a curious play when Ducks defenseman Brandon Montour appeared to throw his stick at Tobias Rieder to stop Rieder on a partial breakaway. Replays seemed to show that Montour did not touch the puck first before the stick left his hand. Rieder looked at the official — such a play usually results in a penalty shot — but no penalty was called. Corey Perry’s play has seen an uptick lately and he helped the Ducks get the game’s first goal. Rickard Rakell and Josh Manson set up Perry between the circles and Perry wristed a shot that went in off Joseph Cramarossa for Cramarossa’s third career goal. sports@latimes.com

DUCKS 3, COYOTES 2, OT Arizona.............................0 DUCKS .............................1

1 1

1 0

0 — 2 1 — 3

FIRST PERIOD: 1. DUCKS, Cramarossa 3 (Manson, Perry), 6:35. Penalty—Ritchie, DUCKS, (holding), 2:52. SECOND PERIOD: 2. Arizona, Hanzal 9 (Rieder, Duclair), 1:19. 3. DUCKS, Wagner 3 (Shaw), 16:05. Penalties—Perlini, ARI, (hooking), 6:31. Holland, ARI, (high sticking), 19:21. THIRD PERIOD: 4. Arizona, Ekman-larsson 8 (Mcginn, Duclair), 3:12 (pp). Penalties—Cramarossa, DUCKS, (hooking), 2:52. Stone, ARI, (interference), 4:11. OVERTIME: 5. DUCKS, Kase 4, 4:24. Penalties—None. SHOTS ON GOAL: Arizona 8-8-6-1—23. DUCKS 1014-8-3—35. Power-play conversions—Arizona 1 of 2. DUCKS 0 of 3. GOALIES: Arizona, Smith 7-11-5 (35 shots-32 saves). DUCKS, Gibson 15-9-7 (23-21). Att—15,415 (17,174). T—2:35.

Trying to eradicate erratic ways The offense has been fueled by center Jeff Carter, who is second in the league with 21 goals. But there is a steep drop-off after Carter’s production — Tanner Pearson is next with 10 goals — and scorers such as Anze Kopitar and Marian Gaborik have had trouble locating the scoresheet. With two games until the midway point of the season, the Kings need to start pairing goal prevention with goal scoring. Otherwise things could get frustrating. Or stay disappointing. Or maybe just become downright tiresome. “[Budaj] has been great for us all year. [Carter] has been great, and we just need more from some other guys,” forward Jordan Nolan said Thursday night. “… Win two, win three, lose two, lose three, whatever it may be, it’s starting to get a little old.”

Inconsistency remains Kings’ biggest issue as they near the halfway point in the season. By Jesse Dougherty The Kings have experienced a range of emotions throughout an up-anddown season, but goalie Peter Budaj insists frustration has been rare. Frustration, the 34-yearold veteran says, is a bit dramatic. “Frustration is something that sticks with you, and I don’t think we are letting anything stick with us right now,” Budaj said after the Kings practiced Friday. “I’d say disappointment is the word. I think we’re disappointed in the way we’ve played at times. But it’s not anything we can’t fix.” That first word, “frustration,” was tossed around the locker room a few times Thursday night, after the Kings had followed an inspiring home-and-home sweep of the San Jose Sharks with a deflating 4-0 home loss to the Detroit Red Wings, a fitting illustration of their mercurial season. They have not won more than two games in a row since a five-game winning streak in late November. They are 19-16-4, which can be translated to 19 wins and 20 losses (one in overtime, three in a shootout). They

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GOALIE Peter Budaj says the Kings’ inability to sus-

tain momentum is disappointing, but not frustrating.

have scored more than three goals just once in 10 games and are 4-4-2 in that stretch. Frustration — defined by Merriam-Webster as “dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs” — would be warranted. “We want to put a string of wins together, that’s the bottom line,” defenseman Drew Doughty said after Thursday’s loss. “When you’re losing two, winning

two, you’re never going to make any ground in the playoff run.” The Kings were barely holding on to the Western Conference’s last playoff spot before Friday’s games, but have a lot to clean up before worrying about that. They are currently allowing 2.38 goals per game, which ranks sixth in the NHL. But they are scoring only 2.38 goals per game, which ranks 22nd.

TODAY VS. MINNESOTA When: 1 p.m. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 790. Update: The Kings and Wild last met in Minnesota on Oct. 18, and the Wild won, 6-3. The Kings worked on special teams Friday, which Coach Darryl Sutter said was a previously scheduled practice and not related to having zero power-play opportunities Thursday.

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‘Tough duo’ is too much as Crossroads tops rivals Ex-Lakers star O’Neal, whose son scored 11 points, was among a wild sold-out crowd. CROSSROADS 54 BRENTWOOD 50 ERIC SONDHEIMER ON HIGH SCHOOLS

Michael Owen Baker For The Times

CROSSROADS TEAMMATES Shareef O’Neal, left, who returned from injury,

and Ira Lee, who made his season debut, soar for a rebound during Friday’s game.

There were more than 900 fans packed into the sold-out gymnasium at Santa Monica Crossroads on Friday night for a rivalry basketball game against Brentwood. Sitting in the first row of the bleachers with his own portable stadium seat was Shaquille O’Neal, who stretched out his size 22 shoes to watch his 6-foot-10 son, Shareef, make a return to the court after being sidelined because of a broken finger. It wasn’t just the presence of the O’Neals that created excitement. Ira Lee, a 6-8 senior who signed with Arizona, made his season debut for Crossroads after off-season shoulder surgery and moving back to Los Angeles. Having O’Neal and Lee finally together could pro-

duce Crossroads’ best team since the Baron Davis days. In the second quarter, each got a dunk off a lob pass and each made a three-pointer. Lee finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, and O’Neal added 11 points as Crossroads held off a feisty Brentwood team, 54-50. “It feels good to be back,” Lee said. Lee played last season at Chatsworth Sierra Canyon and Prolific Prep in Northern California. O’Neal played at Windward. They came to Crossroads after the hiring of first-year Coach Chad Beeten, who moved from Las Vegas. Crossroads is 12-5, 1-1 in the Gold Coast League. Playing a key role has been 6-5 sophomore Jacob Ray, who had 13 points and took on the leading-scorer role while O’Neal and Lee got healthy. “That’s a tough combo, but I love how my guys battled,” Brentwood Coach Ryan Bailey said. Brentwood (11-3, 0-1) was able to rally from a 14-point deficit behind the threepoint shooting of junior Charley Wadler, who made seven three-pointers and finished with 21 points. Sophomore Braelee Albert

added 16 points. Crossroads doesn’t have a football team, so Friday’s matchup against Brentwood in a variety of sports was like their homecoming. A cup was awarded to the school that won the most in basketball and soccer matches. It produced a standing-room only crowd. Crossroads’ greatest athlete, ex-NBA and UCLA guard Davis, was there. So was former UCLA standout Toby Bailey, brother of Ryan. Brentwood fans were having fun, chanting, “Just like daddy” when O’Neal missed a free throw. Crossroads fans got their revenge after an O’Neal dunk, chanting, “Just like daddy.” How well Lee and O’Neal develop could determine whether Crossroads becomes successful enough to make the playoffs in the Southern Section Open Division. They didn’t play on Wednesday when the Roadrunners lost, 77-46, to Chatsworth Sierra Canyon. Both were cleared by doctors to play Friday, and when they eventually mesh together, beware. eric.sondheimer@latimes.com Twitter: @latsondheimer

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AFC hopefuls in no rush to pass next two weeks. The Texans nose tackle, the centerpiece of the NFL’s No. 1 defense, is considering retirement. If the Texans were to beat Oakland, they likely would play a divisional game at New England. The Patriots drafted Wilfork in the first round in 2004, and he was a fixture on their team for a decade. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about,” Wilfork, 35, said of retirement. “It’s a possibility. I still love this game. One of the hardest pills to swallow is when you leave something you love.”

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The NFL is a quarterback-driven league, but the teams in this playoff game will be trying to downplay the position as much as possible. The Raiders are down to their third option, rookie Connor Cook, after losing starter Derek Carr because of a broken leg and backup Matt McGloin because of a shoulder injury. The Texans have quarterback issues of their own. First, big-money acquisition Brock Osweiler was benched in favor of Tom Savage. Last Sunday, Savage was sidelined because of a concussion in the finale, and Osweiler played well in place of him. This week, Osweiler, who has 15 touchdowns and 16 interceptions this season, reclaimed the starting job. The saving grace for these teams is they can run the ball and have strong defenses. That will help them cover up their deficiencies when it comes to throwing the ball. Still, in a postseason field that includes Super Bowl winners Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson, the life expectancy of a quarterback-less team is pretty short. “The quarterbacks are going to give us what they have and do the best they can,” Raiders Coach Jack Del Rio said. “And we’ve got to play well around them. We can’t expect them to come in and put us on their shoulders. We need them to just come in and do their job, and that’s what we’ll expect them to do this week.” A troubling sign: After Sunday’s loss at Denver, Raiders tackle Donald Penn admitted that it was the first

By the numbers

How teams compare statistically. All stats are per-game averages, except for sacks and turnover differential, which are for the season (league rank in parentheses): OAK Points scored Points allowed Pass offense

24.1 (20)

20.5 (11)

253.2 (13) 198.5 (29)

Rush offense

120.1 (6)

Pass defense

257.5 (24)

201.6 (2)

Rush defense

117.6 (23)

99.7 (12)

Sacks Penalty yards Turnovers

116.2 (8)

18 (32)

32 (T21)

77.9 (32)

54.2 (13)

+16 (T1)

-7 (T26)

Farmer’s pick Michael Conroy Associated Press

THE TEXANS’ Brock Osweiler reclaimed the starting job after playing well in the season finale. Osweiler had been replaced by Tom Savage, but Savage was sidelined after suffering a concussion during that game.

time that he had heard Cook’s voice in the huddle.

Cling to the bling The Texans finished with the No. 2 pass defense behind Denver. The Broncos played the Raiders in their finale, and Denver cornerback Aqib Talib didn’t take too kindly to the glittering necklace Oakland receiver

Michael Crabtree had been wearing all season. In fact, Talib ripped it off his neck during the game. “He’s just been wearing that chain all year, man, it’s just been growing on me,” Talib told reporters after the game. “I said if he wears that chain in front of me, I’m going to snatch it off. So he wore it in front of me, so I had to snatch it off.”

Stafford’s hand pain has hurt offense [Farmer, from D1] son — throwing for 4,327 yards with a lofty passer rating of 93.3 — he’s unquestionably playing through pain. In a conference call this week, Stafford said he and his teammates can draw on the experience of all those comebacks earlier this season. “I think experience is always a positive,” he said. “We’ve had some good experiences with some late-game stuff. Just got to make sure we’re fighting tooth and nail to give us ourselves either the lead or the chance to come back and win it late in the game.” Stafford stands alone on one side of the NFC wildcard ledger. He is 0-2 in postseason games, whereas Seattle’s Russell Wilson, Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, and Eli Manning of the Giants all have at least one Super Bowl ring. “Obviously, there’s a great opportunity in front of us being in the playoffs, one of 12 teams,” he said. “[We are] getting that opportunity this year and got to take advantage of it.” The Detroit offense, which had played so well earlier in the season, has sputtered of late, in part because of Stafford’s hand issues but also because it lost running back Theo Riddick, who was placed on injured reserve because of a wrist injury just before the Lions’ pivotal finale against the Packers. Even though he led Detroit in rushing, Riddick didn’t put up big numbers this season. He finished with 357 yards, the lowest total of any team leader in the NFL. Then again, the Lions haven’t had a 100-yard rusher since 2014. Yes, the franchise that once boasted Barry Sanders has not had a back rush for more than 75 yards in a game this season. Three-quarters of the way through the regular season, Stafford was among the leading candidates for NFL most valuable player.

HOU

26.0 (7) 17.4 (T28)

Talib said Crabtree “started crying to the ref,” but “didn’t say nothing to me, though.” Crabtree told reporters he showed restraint in not going after Talib. “I can’t react, or they’re going to kick me out,” the receiver said. “Then I’m the bad guy.” As for Talib, Crabtree said: “You hard? You tough?

You snatch a chain in front of the police and run off? Childish, man.” It remains to be seen whether Crabtree will replace the chain for the playoff game, and what Texans defenders would think of it if he did.

Man in the middle

Vince Wilfork’s career could come full circle in the

Not only will the rookie Cook be making his first career start, but also he’ll be doing it on the road in the playoffs against the NFL’s top-ranked defense and a team that’s 7-1 at home. That’s an awfully tall order. The Raiders also will be without left tackle Penn, who injured his left knee in the regular-season finale against Denver. If the Texans play conservatively, and Osweiler avoids the turnovers, they should be able to win. TEXANS 24, RAIDERS 20

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No doubting that they’ll miss Thomas Wilson, who has seven playoff victories, trails only New England’s Tom Brady (nine), Flacco (nine), and Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger (eight) in postseason wins among quarterbacks in their first five NFL seasons.

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Brandon Wade Associated Press

THE LIONS’ Matthew Stafford wears a glove that

covers a splint on the dislocated tip of his finger. He had 21 touchdowns, five interceptions, had completed 67.2% of his passes, and had a 100.5 rating. But Stafford’s numbers have plunged since he suffered the finger injury in a Week 14 game against Chicago. His completion rate has dropped to 60.3%, and he has three touchdowns and five interceptions during that span. The Seahawks remain wary of what Stafford can do. Defensive end Cliff Avril, who played in Detroit from 2008-12, said Stafford has gradually rounded into a top quarterback since the Lions drafted the former Georgia star No. 1 overall in 2009. “He’s taking control of the offense,” Avril said. “He’s making plays that veteran quarterbacks should make. He’s audibling and doing all these different things that earlier in his career he wouldn’t have probably done. As you grow as a player and you get more confidence you can do these things. It’s pretty cool to see his growth, though, because he’s definitely taken some strides in the past few years.”

Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner said Stafford is underrated in his ability to tuck the ball and take off, but warned: “If he wants to run it, we’ll chase him down.” With nine straight home playoff wins under their belt, the Seahawks should be taken at their word. But they’ve also seen Stafford play pretty well, dislocated finger or not. They’ve dissected every snap of his 26-for-41 performance against the Packers last Sunday, including those pinpoint deep passes to T.J. Jones and Marvin Jones. “He was ripping it and obviously he’s through all that,” Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll said. “But I mean everybody expects him to just be exactly the same when he’s playing with a busted finger, man. I mean, that’s amazing that he can even throw the darn thing. I think he’s back flying and going.” Stafford might need a splint, but he can still point the Lions in the right direction. sam.farmer@latimes.com Twitter: @LATimesfarmer

SEATTLE — The 12th Man. The locomotive-loud crowd at CenturyLink Field is an undeniable help to the Seattle Seahawks, particularly on defense. But it’s the missing man that figures to have the biggest impact by far. Three-time All-Pro free safety Earl Thomas has been reduced to a spectator since suffering a broken tibia Dec. 4 against Carolina. He ran into teammate Kam Chancellor as they were both leaping to pick off a Cam Newton pass. Thomas is a gamechanger, a player with staggering sideline-to-sideline speed who can clean up mistakes made by teammates and keep big plays from becoming huge plays. That’s especially important against a quarterback such as Detroit’s Matthew Stafford, who finished sixth in the NFL with 4,327 yards passing, and will lead his team in a first-round game at Seattle on Saturday night. Since Thomas was injured, the Seahawks don’t have an interception. In their four games without Thomas, Seattle not only surrendered its first-place spot in fewest points allowed, but also gave up its first two 30-point games, yielding 38 to Green Bay and 34 to Arizona. “Earl’s a unique player. He’s an extraordinary player. He’s proven that,” Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll told reporters. “No matter what position a guy plays, you miss that unique quality. We’re always talking about uniqueness, and Earl is a fantastic football player. You’re just going to miss him. He’s got leadership. He’s got playmaking in him. And he’s got great experience. That’s Earl.”

Road kill

As the Detroit Free Press points out, the last time the

Golden opportunity

John Froschauer AP

SINCE Earl Thomas

broke his leg last month, the Seahawks don’t have an interception.

Wilson

Tate

Saturday night marks the return of former Seahawks receiver Golden Tate, who has had three consecutive seasons of at least 90 catches with the Lions. He admitted this week that this game is especially meaningful to him. “Yeah, we just want to win,” he told reporters. “It’s deeper than me. I want to win because I think this organization deserves to win. I think we’ve earned our way into the playoffs… But I’d be lying if I said personally I don’t want to win as much.” Tate was limited to three catches for 29 yards in a three-point loss at Seattle last season.

Lions won a playoff game on the road, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, Elvis Presley had just moved into a place he called Graceland, and gas cost 24 cents a gallon. It was Dec. 22, 1957, when the Lions pulled off a 31-27 upset victory at San Francisco. Since, the franchise has fallen in postseason road games 10 times in a row. Detroit came close two years ago, however, leading most of the way in a playoff game at Dallas before a controversial pass-interference call was overturned, and the Cowboys went on to a 24-20 victory.

By the numbers

He’s great, for starters

Farmer’s pick

Seahawks star Russell Wilson joins Baltimore’s Joe Flacco as the only Super Bowl-era quarterbacks to start postseason games in each of their first five seasons, beginning with their rookie years.

How teams compare statistically. All stats are per-game averages, except for sacks and turnover differential, which are for the season (league rank in parentheses): DET Points scored Points allowed Pass offense Rush offense

SEA

21.6 (20) 22.1 (T18) 22.4 (13)

18.3 (3)

256.9 (11) 257.8 (10) 81.9 (30)

99.4 (25)

Pass defense

248.4 (14) 225.8 (25)

Rush defense

106.3 (18)

Sacks Penalty yards Turnovers

92.9 (7)

26 (30)

42 (3)

53.8 (12)

60.6 (24)

-1 (20)

+1 (16)

The Seahawks have lost only one game at home all season, and they’re so tough in the playoffs. Detroit needs to be physical and establish the run. Still, Seattle hangs on in a really close one. SEAHAWKS 28, LIONS 27

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Raiders lose their blindside protector

By Gary Klein

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Oakland will be without star left tackle Donald Penn for Saturday’s playoff game against Houston. The Raiders said Friday that Penn, who injured his left knee against Denver in the regular-season finale, will be inactive, a significant loss for a team already going into the wild-card game with a third-string quarterback, rookie Connor Cook. Penn, who has played in 160 consecutive regular-season games, allowed just one sack all season protecting MVP candidate Derek Carr’s blind side, but it was costly as it led to Carr’s broken leg on Dec. 24 against Indianapolis.

All-Pro team Three rookies and 14 other first-time selections highlight the Associated Press 2016 All-Pro team announced Friday. Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott, Tennessee right tackle Jack Conklin and Kansas City’s Tyreek Hill, a unanimous choice as a punt returner, are the three rookies. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan is a first-time AllPro, edging New England’s Tom Brady, who was suspended for the season’s first four games. Among the other first-timers are Arizona running back David Johnson (flex), Denver cornerback Chris Harris Jr. (DB) and New England’s Matthew Slater (special teamer). Only seven of last year’s selections were repeat picks this year. The last All-Pro team with as many as three rookies was in 1981, with linebacker Lawrence Taylor, safety Ronnie Lott and running back George Rogers. For the first time, the national panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who regularly cover the NFL voted for specific positions on the offensive line, a flex

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ATLANTA QUARTERBACK Matt Ryan achieved first-team All-Pro recog-

nition for the first time in his career, beating out New England’s Tom Brady.

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WILD-CARD ROUND Today AFC: No. 5 Oakland at No. 4 Houston....1:30 p.m. (Channel 7, ESPN) NFC: No. 6 Detroit at No. 3 Seattle...................5:15 p.m. (Channel 4) Sunday AFC: No. 6 Miami at No. 3 Pittsburgh...................10 a.m. (Channel 2) NFC: No. 5 N.Y. Giants at No. 4 Green Bay ......1:30 p.m. (Channel 11) DIVISIONAL ROUND Jan. 14 Highest NFC seed at No. 2 Atlanta...................1:30 p.m. (Channel 11) Lowest AFC seed at No. 1 New England ............5:15 p.m. (Channel 2) Jan. 15 Highest AFC seed at No. 2 Kansas City................10 a.m. (Channel 4) Lowest NFC seed at No. 1 Dallas .....................1:30 p.m. (Channel 11) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Jan. 22 NFC..........................................................................Noon (Channel 11) AFC....................................................................3:30 p.m. (Channel 2) SUPER BOWL Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium, Houston AFC champion vs. NFC champion ....................3:30 p.m. (Channel 11) player on offense, a fifth defensive back, a punt returner and a special teamer. Dallas had the most players selected with five: Elliott, the league’s leading rusher; linebacker Sean Lee; and offensive linemen Tyron Smith (left tackle), Travis Frederick (center) and Zack Martin (right guard).

Packers lose Rollins Quinten Rollins will not play in Green Bay’s NFC wild-card game Sunday against the New York Giants after the cornerback was

evaluated this week for a concussion. However, the Packers’ battered secondary might get cornerback Damarious Randall back from a knee injury.

Etc. The San Francisco 49ers interviewed Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan for their head coach opening and Minnesota assistant general manager George Paton for their GM vacancy. Team CEO Jed York is on a cross-country tour of interviews as he seeks

to replace coach Chip Kelly and GM Trent Baalke following a 2-14 season, tied for the worst in franchise history. . . . Denver GM John Elway began his third coaching search in six seasons with a visit to Kansas City to interview Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub. Elway will also travel to Atlanta this weekend to meet with Shanahan. Pittsburgh tight end Ladarius Green sat out practice, putting his availability for Sunday’s playoff game against Miami in doubt. Green missed the final two regular-season games after being put in the concussion protocol. . . . Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill (knee) practiced on a limited basis and might be available next week if the Dolphins advance to the second round. Matt Moore will start Sunday. . . . Dallas owner Jerry Jones said he expects defensive end Randy Gregory to play for the Cowboys again despite his third suspension this season for violating NFL substance-abuse policy. The latest suspension covers the 2017 regular season. . . . Miami receiver Jarvis Landry was fined $48,618 for a posttouchdown celebration last week against New England in which he spiked his helmet and grabbed his crotch.

The roster includes a quarterback chosen with the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft and a running back who was the 2015 NFL offensive rookie of the year. And yet the Rams ranked last in the NFL in offense for two consecutive seasons. So it’s no wonder this weekend the Rams are zeroing in on interviewing potential head coaches with noteworthy success as NFL offensive coordinators. The Rams are not alone. New England’s Josh McDaniels is scheduled to interview with the Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars. Atlanta’s Kyle Shanahan is scheduled to interview with the same teams along with the Denver Broncos. The Rams also will interview Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. Whoever the Rams ultimately hire, they must find a coach who can maximize the talent of quarterback Jared Goff and running back Todd Gurley. Goff started the final seven games this season and completed only 54.6% of his passes, five for touchdowns, with seven interceptions. He was sacked 26 times. Gurley, who rushed for 1,106 yards and 10 touchdowns in 13 games as a rookie, gained only 885 yards and scored six touchdowns in 16 games in 2016. McDaniels and Shanahan both have demonstrated the ability to elevate quarterbacks and effectively deploy running backs. McDaniels, 40, has worked with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady for seven seasons, including the last five in McDaniels’ second stint with the Patriots. During Brady’s fourgame suspension at the start of the season, he helped Jimmy Garoppolo flourish and also won a game with rookie Jacoby Brissett. Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount rushed for 1,161 yards and 18 touchdowns. The Patriots ranked fourth in offense, averaging 386.2 yards per game. They

were fourth in passing (269.2 yards per game) and seventh in rushing (117.0 ypg). They averaged 27.6 points, which ranked third. “He’s been spectacular in every way for me,” Brady said of McDaniels this week during a Boston radio interview. “I could never be the player I am without him and he challenges me every week…. It would be tough to lose him.” Shanahan, 37, helped quarterback Matt Ryan become a favorite to win the league’s most valuable player award. The Falcons ranked second in offense, averaging 415.8 yards per game. They were third in passing (295.3 yards per game) and fifth in rushing (120.5 ypg). They scored a league-best 33.8 points per game. Running back Devonta Freeman rushed for 1,079 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also caught 54 passes, two for touchdowns. Shanahan told reporters this week that he was ready to become a head coach. “I think I have been,” he said. “I think a lot of guys are. It’s about getting that opportunity and hope it’s the right fit.” Jake Matthews, the Falcons’ left tackle, said Shanahan would be a successful head coach. “He’s a great leader,” Matthews told the Associated Press. “The way he calls plays and runs this offense, he’s one of the bigger parts of it. Obviously Matt [Ryan] and players are the ones executing it, but he’s the brainchild of it all.”

Williams leaving?

Gregg Williams, the Rams’ defensive coordinator for three seasons, reportedly has been offered a job to become defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. Before the season finale against Arizona, Williams told reporters he would be open to staying with the Rams. “We’ll see,” he said. “It’ll be an interesting off-season, but I’ve been through a bunch of those kinds before.”

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Pushing the envelope keeps Tide a step ahead [Wharton, from D1] adjustments he has made in the kind of players he recruits, especially on the defensive line, that have been key to success. Though he resisted the trend toward up-tempo, spread attacks in the college game — updating his offense only recently — Saban adjusted for the change in opponents by looking for specific types of athletes. The result is someone like All-American defensive end Jonathan Allen, who ranks among the top handful of college players at any position. He has 15 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks and has returned two fumbles for touchdowns this season. “It takes even a different sort of guy that’s more versatile, more athletic, because of the pace of play as well as the style of play that has kind of taken over in college football,” Saban said. “To find guys that are athletic enough to play that position but still strong enough and stout enough to be able to play gaps and play blocks and control the line of scrimmage is even more challenging than it’s ever been before.” Once Alabama finds and signs these recruits, the program takes extra steps in preparing them to play. NCAA rules limit each top-level college team to one head coach, nine assistants and four graduate assistants. The Crimson Tide website lists nine additional names under the category of “football analyst.” These paid consultants aren’t allowed to deal directly with players during practices or games, but can break down film and advise the coaching staff on a daily basis. Some of Alabama’s analysts are relative newcomers, such as Shea Tierney, who previously worked in the Philadelphia Eagles’ front office. Others are veterans with free time between jobs; Mike Locksley, the former offensive coordinator at

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A VICTORY over Clemson on Monday night would give Alabama its fifth nation-

al championship in eight years, and Coach Nick Saban his record-tying sixth title. Maryland, signed on last spring. Steve Sarkisian, who was head coach at Washington and USC, held one of the positions until this week, when he was promoted to offensive coordinator. The information and experience that analysts impart can have a tangible impact on game day. “It just makes it that much easier to go out there and just play faster because they know so much and they work so hard,” linebacker Ryan Anderson said recently. “They watch so much film so some [assistants] don’t have to.”

Saban is widely recognized for starting the trend years ago. Now many top programs — at least, those that can afford the larger payroll — employ analysts. “I think those guys now have created a role and a niche for themselves that’s very important to every program because we all depend on them,” Saban said. Alabama has been at the forefront of another development — enlisting former players to be stand-ins in practice. Five years ago, Trent Richardson was an AllAmerican running back for

the Crimson Tide. He played three seasons in the NFL, ending in 2014. This season, before a key game against Louisiana State, he returned to campus to serve on the scout team, playing the role of LSU star Leonard Fournette. Defenses benefit immensely from preparing against talented athletes instead of the third- and fourth-string players usually charged with mimicking the other team. Before the Texas A&M game, former quarterback Blake Sims pretended to be Aggies star Trevor Knight. For LSU, John Parker Wilson

posed as Tigers quarterback Danny Etling. Again, Alabama is pushing the envelope on NCAA rules, which allow former students to participate in practice on an “occasional basis.” Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer looked startled when informed of this earlier in the season. “In practice?” he said. “I did not know that.” It seems California may have actually tried to exploit the rule first, bringing Marshawn Lynch back over the summer, but Saban has taken the idea and run with it. Clemson certainly noticed, using former quarterback Tajh Boyd to get the defense ready for the Fiesta Bowl clash with Ohio State. “Tajh was a great look for us,” Tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables told reporters. “Great advantage, I would think.” Asked whether Alabama planned to make use of former players to prepare for Clemson, Saban answered: “Yep.” Given his reputation for being intense and detailoriented, it comes as no surprise that he has created and explored new avenues for preparing his players. This was probably a tough week of practice after Alabama struggled on offense while beating Washington, 24-7, in a CFP semifinal. The coach was not pleased. “Well, we had 25 negative plays in the last game, so what do you think I saw?” he said. “I saw a lot of poor execution, a lot of poor fundamentals.” When a reporter asked him to ruminate on his accomplishments, Saban brushed the question aside. “This is not the time to be falling in love with what you did yesterday, last week, last year, 10 years ago or anything else,” he said. “I want to do the best job I can do for these players.” david.wharton@latimes.com Twitter: @LATimesWarton

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DAMIEN MAMA of

USC celebrates the Trojans’ Rose Bowl victory.

USC guard opts to enter NFL draft USC guard Damien Mama will declare for the NFL draft, Mama announced in an Instagram post Friday. Mama started for parts of three seasons at USC. Mama is not expected to be a top-round draft pick, though he could be selected in the later rounds. He was one of five USC underclassmen to request to be evaluated by NFL scouts, though USC Coach Clay Helton declined to reveal the evaluations, which list a player as a likely first-rounder, likely second-rounder or neither. Mama said previously that Helton recommended he return for his senior season. “I am indebted to those who have supported, encouraged and enriched the years that I have called USC home,” Mama wrote in the Instagram post. Chris Brown, who will be a junior, is a frontrunner to replace Mama. Brown and Mama split time early in the season. USC’s other possible early departures — including cornerback Adoree’ Jackson and receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster — have not announced their decisions. — Zach Helfand

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NBA CLIPPERS REPORT

STANDINGS Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be determined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Division standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the topseeded team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of several tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Conference divisions: S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Conference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast).

WESTERN CONFERENCE Team 1. Golden State 2. San Antonio 3. Houston 4. CLIPPERS 5. Utah 6. Memphis 7. Oklahoma City 8. Portland

W 31 29 29 25 22 23 21 16

L 6 7 9 14 15 16 16 22

PCT GB .838 .806 11⁄2 .763 21⁄2 .641 7 .595 9 .590 9 .568 10 .421 151⁄2

L10 8-2 8-2 8-2 4-6 5-5 5-5 5-5 3-7

Rk. P1 S1 S2 P2 N1 S3 N2 N3

9. Sacramento 10. Denver 11. New Orleans 12. LAKERS 13. Phoenix 14. Dallas 14. Minnesota

15 14 14 14 12 11 11

21 22 23 26 25 25 25

.417 .389 .378 .350 .324 .306 .306

— 1 11⁄2 3 31⁄2 4 4

5-5 4-6 5-5 3-7 4-6 5-5 4-6

P3 N4 S4 P4 P5 S5 N5

EASTERN CONFERENCE Team 1. Cleveland 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. Atlanta 5. Charlotte 6. Indiana 6. Milwaukee 8. Chicago

W 27 24 22 20 20 19 18 18

L 8 11 14 16 17 18 17 18

PCT .771 .686 .611 .556 .541 .514 .514 .500

GB L10 8-2 3 6-4 51⁄2 8-2 71⁄2 7-3 8 6-4 9 6-4 9 5-5 91⁄2 5-5

Rk. C1 A1 A2 S1 S2 C3 C2 C4

9. Washington 10. New York 11. Detroit 12. Orlando 13. Miami 14. Philadelphia 15. Brooklyn

17 17 17 16 11 9 8

18 19 21 22 27 25 27

.486 .472 .447 .421 .289 .265 .229

⁄2 1 2 3 8 8 91⁄2

S3 A3 C5 S4 S5 A4 A5

6-4 3-7 3-7 4-6 2-8 3-7 1-9

TODAY’S GAMES Favorite Line Underdog at Indiana 71⁄2 New York at Boston 61⁄2 New Orleans Utah 3 at Minnesota at Oklahoma City 71⁄2 Denver Toronto 21⁄2 at Chicago Atlanta 21⁄2 at Dallas at San Antonio 11 Charlotte at Portland 3 Detroit

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NBA ROUNDUP

Rivers in no rush to force Griffin back

By Broderick Turner SACRAMENTO — After Blake Griffin had another routine follow-up examination Thursday on the right knee he had surgery on last month, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said his star forward has been making progress. Rivers said Griffin has looked great when they saw him at the team’s practice facility in Playa Vista. “You can just tell he’s in better spirits, which tells me that his body is feeling better,” Rivers said. “That’s good.” Griffin had a “routine arthroscopic procedure” to remove loose bodies from his knee on Dec. 20. The Clippers said he would be out three to six weeks while recovering. Griffin, the team’s leading scorer at 21 points per game, could miss up to 20 games if he is out the maximum six weeks. That would have him coming back at the end of this month or early February. “Whenever he comes back, there probably could have been a week or two earlier,” Rivers said. “But we’re just at the mind-set that we’re going to be healthy. If it takes longer, it takes longer.” Rivers said he’d prefer that Griffin not have any minutes restrictions when he comes back to play. “At the end of the day, he’s just going to be really healthy before he gets on the floor,” Rivers said. “It’s a long year and we got to look at it that way.”

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CLIPPERS forward Blake Griffin is recovering from

knee surgery and could be out another month.

Rivers: Fewer Ts Even though Rivers said he has had some of his technical fouls rescinded by the NBA over the course of his time as coach of the Clippers, he said that’s still not acceptable. Rivers has been adamant that his team has to stop getting technical fouls, starting with him. He had six technical fouls entering Friday night’s game. He had been ejected from three games this season. “I can’t tell you the ones, but I’ve not had as my techs as you think, let me put it that way,” Rivers said. “Having said that, it still didn’t matter. I got one, and whether I should have got-

ten it or not, you can’t retroactively put me back in the game. You can’t retroactively get the techs back and get the free throws back.” So when the NBA tells Rivers several of the technical fouls called on him should not have been called, he said it tells him more about the state of his team and “not less.” “We do have a shorter leash at times, and we’ve earned it,” he said. “Like I don’t buy into the philosophy of, ‘They’re [the officials] picking on me.’ I buy into the philosophy the reason they’re picking on you is because you’re doing something.”

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HOUSTON 100 ORLANDO 93 Ryan Anderson had 19 points, all in the second half, and Eric Gordon scored 17 off the bench as the visiting Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to seven games with a 100-93 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday. In a game that was close throughout, Anderson led five Rockets players in double figures. He made five three-pointers on a night when Houston attempted 49 of them and made 15. Patrick Beverley also scored 17 points, while leading scorer James Harden had an off shooting night and finished with 14.

at Washington 112, Minnesota 105: John Wall had a season-high 18 assists and scored 18 points to help the Wizards notch their ninth straight home victory. at Lakers 127, Miami 100 Clippers 106, at Sacramento 98 —associated press

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Babbitt.........7 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Reed..........31 10-15 2-5 7-12 2 3 22 Dragic ........22 7-13 0-0 0-3 3 2 16 McGruder ...18 1-4 0-0 0-2 0 0 3 Richardson .30 2-6 1-2 0-1 2 3 6 T.Johnson....35 4-13 3-4 1-5 2 4 11 J.Johnson....33 7-11 2-4 1-5 1 3 20 Waiters.......20 4-12 1-1 0-1 2 3 9 Ellington .....16 0-6 2-3 0-2 1 0 2 D.Williams ..15 1-7 4-6 1-6 2 3 6 Haslem ........7 2-2 1-2 1-4 2 1 5 Totals 38-92 16-27 11-41 17 23 100 Shooting: Field goals, 41.3%; free throws, 59.3% Three-point goals: 8-32 (J.Johnson 4-7, Dragic 2-3, McGruder 1-2, Richardson 1-4, Babbitt 0-2, Waiters 0-3, D.Williams 0-3, Ellington 0-4, T.Johnson 0-4). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 10 (6 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Reed 3, D.Williams, Ellington, J.Johnson, T.Johnson). Turnovers: 10 (J.Johnson 3, McGruder 2, Richardson 2, Ellington, Haslem, T.Johnson). Steals: 5 (J.Johnson 2, Waiters 2, T.Johnson). Technical Fouls: Dragic, 5:29 third

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Mbah a Mte 23 3-8 0-0 1-2 0 0 6 Jordan........36 9-10 2-3 1-9 2 2 20 Paul...........31 3-5 7-8 0-6 12 2 14 Redick........32 6-13 2-3 0-4 1 2 19 Rivers.........35 9-15 2-3 2-6 2 2 24 Crawford.....32 4-13 0-2 0-0 8 1 9 Felton ........20 2-6 0-0 0-3 2 1 5 W.Johnson ..16 1-3 0-0 0-4 0 1 2 Speights.....11 2-11 2-2 4-11 1 2 7 Totals 39-84 15-21 8-45 28 13 106 Shooting: Field goals, 46.4%; free throws, 71.4% Three-point goals: 13-31 (Redick 5-9, Rivers 4-7, Felton 1-1, Paul 1-2, Crawford 1-5, Speights 1-5, W.Johnson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 8 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Johnson 2, Crawford, Felton, Jordan). Turnovers: 8 (Paul 3, Rivers 3, Crawford, Redick). Steals: 6 (Paul 3, Crawford, Jordan, Mbah a Moute). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 5:21 third

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Deng..........30 8-12 0-0 3-14 2 3 19 Randle .......24 6-9 3-3 0-6 3 2 15 Young.........29 1-9 2-2 1-5 1 2 5 Mozgov.......16 2-4 1-2 0-2 0 1 5 Russell .......25 7-17 4-6 3-6 5 0 19 Ingram .......28 6-9 5-5 1-6 4 0 17 Black .........25 3-5 4-4 6-11 2 4 10 L.Williams...23 9-19 1-1 0-1 3 1 24 Robinson ....17 3-5 1-6 3-9 1 4 7 Clarkson.......9 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 4 Calderon ......5 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 Huertas ........2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 World Peace..2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 Totals 48-96 21-29 18-62 22 22 127 Shooting: Field goals, 50.0%; free throws, 72.4% Three-point goals: 10-28 (L.Williams 5-10, Deng 3-4, Russell 1-4, Young 1-6, Calderon 0-1, Clarkson 0-1, Ingram 0-1, World Peace 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 11 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Black, Randle). Turnovers: 11 (Deng 3, L.Williams 3, Mozgov 2, Robinson 2, Black). Steals: 6 (Russell 3, Robinson 2, Randle). Technical Fouls: Young, 9:02 third Miami 23 33 23 21— 100 LAKERS 32 26 32 37— 127 A—18,997. T—2:20. O—Sean Wright, C.J. Washington, Michael Smith

Wizards 112, Timberwolves 105 MINNESOTA

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Towns.........37 7-17 4-5 4-10 5 3 18 Wiggins ......39 16-30 8-10 1-1 2 2 41 Dieng.........39 6-12 2-2 3-11 2 1 15 LaVine........37 3-14 0-0 0-5 3 3 8 Rubio.........34 2-3 0-0 1-5 7 3 4 Rush..........19 4-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 10 Dunn .........13 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 Bjelica........11 2-5 0-0 0-1 0 0 5 Aldrich .........7 2-2 0-0 2-4 0 1 4 Totals 42-88 14-17 12-38 22 15 105 Shooting: Field goals, 47.7%; free throws, 82.4% Three-point goals: 7-18 (Rush 2-2, LaVine 2-6, Dieng 1-1, Wiggins 1-3, Bjelica 1-4, Towns 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 10 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Rush, Towns). Turnovers: 10 (Rubio 3, Towns 3, Wiggins 2, Dieng, LaVine). Steals: 6 (Dieng 2, Wiggins 2, Rubio, Towns). Technical Fouls: None.

WASHINGTON

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Morris ........35 6-13 2-2 0-6 1 4 15 Porter.........34 7-12 0-0 1-6 2 2 17 Gortat ........32 9-9 1-2 2-10 1 3 19 Beal...........34 7-12 3-3 0-2 3 0 22 Wall ...........40 8-16 2-2 0-2 18 2 18 Smith.........22 5-8 0-0 0-3 2 0 10 Oubre ........13 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 4 6 McClellan ...11 0-1 0-0 1-1 3 0 0 Burke.........10 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 0 3 Nicholson .....4 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 3 2 Totals 46-79 8-9 5-33 31 18 112 Shooting: Field goals, 58.2%; free throws, 88.9% Three-point goals: 12-22 (Beal 5-7, Porter 3-6, Oubre 2-3, Burke 1-1, Morris 1-3, Nicholson 0-1, Wall 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 13 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Gortat 3, Porter 2, Smith 2). Turnovers: 13 (Gortat 5, Wall 3, Porter 2, Beal, Morris, Oubre). Steals: 3 (Wall 2, Porter). Technical Fouls: None. Minnesota 29 19 37 20— 105 Washington 32 24 24 32— 112

Celtics 110, 76ers 106 PHILADELPHIA

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Covington ...35 2-6 3-4 0-3 2 4 9 Ilyasova ......31 8-21 0-0 0-2 3 2 20 Embiid .......25 6-12 10-10 0-8 3 6 23 McConnell ..36 4-6 1-2 0-4 17 2 9 Stauskas ....24 1-6 2-2 0-2 1 0 4 Henderson ..29 6-9 4-4 0-4 1 2 18 Noel ..........24 6-8 1-2 2-8 2 5 13 Saric..........22 3-9 2-2 2-7 1 0 8 Lwawu-Cbrrot 8 1-2 0-0 0-3 0 2 2 Totals 37-79 23-26 4-41 30 23 106 Shooting: Field goals, 46.8%; free throws, 88.5% Three-point goals: 9-28 (Ilyasova 4-14, Covington 2-3, Henderson 2-3, Embiid 1-3, Stauskas 0-2, Saric 0-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 15 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 11 (Noel 3, Covington 2, Embiid 2, Ilyasova 2, Henderson, Stauskas). Turnovers: 15 (Embiid 4, Covington 3, Ilyasova 2, McConnell 2, Saric 2, Henderson, Stauskas). Steals: 9 (Covington 2, Ilyasova 2, McConnell 2, Noel 2, Stauskas). Technical Fouls: None.

BOSTON

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at Boston 110, Philadelphia 106: Avery Bradley had 26 points and nine rebounds as the Celtics rallied late to beat the 76ers. Isaiah Thomas added 24 points, and Al Horford scored 14 of his 19 points in the final period. The Celtics have won nine out of their last 11 and four straight at home.

CLIPPERS 106, KINGS 98

MIAMI

A—18,686. T—2:07. O—J.T. Orr, Eric Dalen, Ron Garretson

Memphis 128, at Golden State 119 (OT): The Warriors squandered a 40-point night by Stephen Curry with an awful fourth quarter as the Grizzlies rallied from 24 points down and won in stunning fashion. After Mike Conley tied it at the end of regulation, Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph each made two quick baskets as the Grizzlies made their initial five shots in overtime en route to snapping Golden State's nine-game home winning streak.

New York 116, at Milwaukee 111: Carmelo Anthony had 26 points, including a clutch three-pointer late in the fourth quarter, as the Knicks stormed back from an 18point deficit to beat the Bucks. With less than a minute remaining, Anthony made a three-pointer to put the Knicks in front, 112-111. On the ensuing possession, Lance Thomas stripped Giannis Antetokounmpo, leading to a fastbreak dunk by Courtney Lee.

LAKERS 127, HEAT 100

LAKERS

Rockets top Magic for 7th straight win

Cleveland 116, at New Jersey 108: LeBron James scored 36 points, carrying the Cavaliers against the Nets, while Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love returned to the lineup after injuries. Irving added 32 points and Love had17 points and13 rebounds, but both shot poorly early on as the Nets kept it competitive.

BOX SCORES

AUSTIN RIVERS GOES for the spread-eagle move as he drives against

Sacramento’s Matt Barnes during the first half. Rivers finished with 24 points.

Jordan scores 20 but adds to technical total [Clippers, from D1] All-Star guard made two free throws for a 102-98 lead with 22.7 seconds left. He closed out the game making six consecutive free throws to help the Clippers win their third consecutive game, completing his night with 14 points, 12 assists and six rebounds in 31 minutes. “I feel great. That’s a good thing. I don’t feel nothing,” said Paul, who now has 7,994 assists to pass Rod Strickland for 10th on the NBA’s all-time list. “I came out unscathed. I’m excited about Sunday.” Of his turnover and steal, Paul added, “I lost it out of bounds, but I wasn’t worried. I got in there, collapsed on the defense, got a steal. Just get to the next play.” The Clippers might have regained their winning ways, but what has not changed is their proclivity to earn technical fouls for what they consider a wrong.

DeAndre Jordan was called for a technical foul in the third quarter for complaining too vigorously when he thought he was pushed in the back while scoring a layup. A few minutes later in the third, Cousins was called for a technical foul after he flung his arm soon after he was called for a foul while J.J. Redick shot a three-pointer. It meant the Clippers and Kings had lived up to the “both teams are emotional” cred Rivers cited during his pregame media session. And now Jordan and Cousins both have nine technical fouls, tied for the second-most in the NBA. Still, Jordan finished with 20 points and nine rebounds, making nine of 10 shots, while Cousins had 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Austin Rivers had 24 points and Redick had 19 for the Clippers.

Overall, Paul had missed seven of his last eight games after he suffered a strained left hamstring against the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 22. Paul played about 30 minutes against the New Orleans Pelicans on Dec. 28, but had not played since. The Clippers began to show signs of coming out of their funk with a win over Phoenix on Monday night and another over Memphis on Wednesday night. And that was all Doc Rivers wanted to see from the Clippers after back-to-back blowout losses to Houston and Oklahoma City last week. “I thought we lost our will a little bit. Not our will. That would be a bad word,” the coach said. “But you know, you do get down. You want to win those games. You’re not. You’re struggling.”

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Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Crowder......29 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 Johnson......26 4-6 3-4 0-5 3 1 13 Horford.......32 7-15 1-2 5-12 4 5 19 Bradley.......35 10-24 0-0 2-9 2 1 26 Thomas ......34 6-14 10-11 1-4 3 4 24 Smart ........29 4-12 4-4 0-2 8 1 14 Olynyk ........18 2-7 3-4 1-4 5 5 8 Jerebko ......14 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 Rozier ........11 0-1 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 Brown ..........4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Green ..........3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 Totals 35-87 21-25 12-42 28 22 110 Shooting: Field goals, 40.2%; free throws, 84.0% Three-point goals: 19-40 (Bradley 6-11, Horford 4-7, Johnson 2-3, Thomas 2-4, Smart 2-5, Green 1-1, Jerebko 1-3, Olynyk 1-4, Crowder 0-2). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 17 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 11 (Johnson 4, Crowder 2, Horford 2, Smart 2, Rozier). Turnovers: 17 (Thomas 7, Johnson 2, Rozier 2, Brown, Crowder, Horford, Jerebko, Olynyk, Smart). Steals: 6 (Crowder 2, Bradley, Brown, Johnson, Smart). Technical Fouls: None. Philadelphia 23 39 18 26— 106 Boston 25 26 27 32— 110 A—18,624. T—2:26. O—Derek Richardson, Ben Taylor, Derrick Stafford

Knicks 116, Bucks 111 NEW YORK

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Anthony ......39 8-20 6-9 0-6 10 1 26 Porzingis......29 9-14 3-4 0-6 0 6 24 Noah ..........20 4-6 0-0 5-9 1 6 8 Lee.............34 3-5 3-4 1-2 3 0 11 Rose...........31 4-14 4-4 0-2 8 1 12 O’Quinn ......25 4-9 1-2 4-8 1 3 9 Thomas.......20 4-4 0-0 1-2 0 3 10 Kuzminskas .13 3-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 7 Baker..........12 1-3 4-4 0-2 4 1 6 Holiday .........8 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 3 Jennings........4 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 Totals 41-83 21-27 11-40 29 21 116 Shooting: Field goals, 49.4%; free throws, 77.8% Three-point goals: 13-23 (Anthony 4-5, Porzingis 3-4, Thomas 2-2, Lee 2-3, Holiday 1-2, Kuzminskas 1-3, Jennings 0-1, Rose 0-1, Baker 0-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 14 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Porzingis 3, O’Quinn 2, Lee). Turnovers: 14 (Noah 4, Anthony 2, Jennings 2, Thomas 2, Kuzminskas, Lee, Porzingis, Rose). Steals: 5 (O’Quinn 2, Anthony, Lee, Thomas). Technical Fouls: Noah, 7:20 second.

CLIPPERS

SACRAMENTO

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Barnes .......24 1-6 1-2 1-6 6 3 4 Gay............33 7-17 3-3 1-7 1 0 18 Cousins ......35 9-19 4-6 2-11 7 3 25 Collison......34 7-13 3-3 1-5 2 2 20 Lawson.......36 6-12 5-6 0-4 6 1 17 Temple .......32 2-7 0-0 5-9 1 5 5 Afflalo ........22 1-6 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 Koufos .......12 3-4 1-2 1-3 0 3 7 Tolliver..........7 0-3 0-0 0-3 0 1 0 Totals 36-87 17-22 12-50 23 18 98 Shooting: Field goals, 41.4%; free throws, 77.3% Three-point goals: 9-30 (Collison 3-6, Cousins 3-8, Barnes 1-2, Temple 1-2, Gay 1-6, Afflalo 0-1, Tolliver 0-2, Lawson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 6 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Cousins 2, Koufos). Turnovers: 6 (Cousins 4, Lawson 2). Steals: 4 (Cousins 3, Lawson). Technical Fouls: Cousins, 2:39 third. CLIPPERS 19 34 22 31— 106 Sacramento 29 12 32 25— 98 A—17,608. T—2:14. O—Bill Spooner, Dedric Taylor, Kevin Scott

Rockets 100, Magic 93 HOUSTON

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Anderson....33 7-12 0-0 0-3 0 0 19 Ariza ..........29 5-10 0-0 2-6 2 2 13 Harrell........21 3-6 3-6 1-4 1 2 9 Beverley .....31 7-9 0-0 4-9 3 1 17 Harden.......34 5-15 4-6 1-7 10 4 14 E.Gordon ....31 7-20 0-0 0-3 4 3 17 Hilario ........25 2-5 0-0 0-3 2 1 4 Dekker .......17 3-5 0-0 4-8 1 1 7 Brewer........15 0-4 0-0 0-2 3 1 0 Totals 39-86 7-12 12-45 26 15 100 Shooting: Field goals, 45.3%; free throws, 58.3% Three-point goals: 15-49 (Anderson 5-9, Beverley 3-4, Ariza 3-8, E.Gordon 3-16, Dekker 1-2, Brewer 0-2, Harden 0-8). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 15 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Harrell). Turnovers: 15 (Harden 6, Beverley 3, Harrell 2, Hilario 2, Brewer, Dekker). Steals: 12 (Beverley 3, Hilario 3, Anderson 2, Dekker, E.Gordon, Harden, Harrell). Technical Fouls: None.

ORLANDO

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Fournier......35 4-13 2-3 3-9 2 2 10 A.Gordon ....35 7-14 2-3 3-6 7 2 18 Ibaka .........33 8-17 0-2 5-12 1 3 16 Biyombo .....19 1-3 0-0 2-5 2 2 2 Payton........25 6-10 0-0 1-2 2 0 12 Augustin .....28 5-9 5-5 0-1 2 2 19 Vucevic.......28 4-15 0-0 5-12 1 3 9 Green.........19 3-8 0-0 0-1 1 0 7 Meeks........14 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Totals 38-91 9-13 19-49 18 14 93 Shooting: Field goals, 41.8%; free throws, 69.2% Three-point goals: 8-23 (Augustin 4-7, A.Gordon 2-6, Vucevic 1-1, Green 1-3, Ibaka 0-1, Payton 0-1, Fournier 0-2, Meeks 0-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 15 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Meeks, Vucevic). Turnovers: 15 (Vucevic 3, A.Gordon 2, Augustin 2, Fournier 2, Green 2, Biyombo, Ibaka, Meeks, Payton). Steals: 8 (Biyombo 2, Payton 2, A.Gordon, Augustin, Fournier, Green). Technical Fouls: None. Houston 19 25 35 21— 100 Orlando 22 30 23 18— 93 A—19,272. T—2:02. O—Josh Tiven, Scott Twardoski, Jason Phillips

Cavaliers 116, Nets 108 CLEVELAND

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T James ........35 14-20 8-10 0-9 6 2 36 Love...........36 5-16 3-3 3-13 2 2 17 Thompson...30 3-3 4-13 2-9 2 5 10 Irving .........35 10-26 9-9 0-3 4 1 32 Liggins .......17 2-4 0-0 0-3 1 1 5 Shumpert ...29 2-3 4-4 0-1 2 1 8 Frye ...........24 2-6 0-0 0-5 0 3 5 Jefferson.....15 0-3 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 McRae .......10 0-5 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 Felder ..........4 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Totals 38-88 31-43 5-46 19 16 116 Shooting: Field goals, 43.2%; free throws, 72.1% Three-point goals: 9-33 (Love 4-9, Irving 3-9, Liggins 1-3, Frye 1-4, Felder 0-1, James 0-1, Shumpert 0-1, Jefferson 0-2, McRae 0-3). Team Rebounds: 14. Team Turnovers: 12 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Thompson 2, Frye). Turnovers: 12 (James 5, Love 4, Thompson 2, Jefferson). Steals: 14 (Frye 4, Thompson 3, Irving 2, James 2, Liggins 2, Shumpert). Technical Fouls: Liggins, 00:04 second.

BROOKLYN

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Booker .......31 6-9 1-1 1-12 4 5 13 Lopez.........33 5-10 6-7 0-1 1 2 17 Bogdanovic .31 9-14 0-0 0-2 4 5 23 Dinwiddie ...17 2-3 3-3 0-5 2 5 7 Harris.........18 1-9 0-0 3-6 1 2 2 Whitehead ..30 4-10 2-3 1-10 3 4 10 LeVert ........27 7-12 3-3 0-4 5 3 19 Kilpatrick ....19 2-9 0-0 0-2 0 1 4 Hamilton ....16 4-9 0-0 4-6 0 2 9 Hllis-Jeffrsn .14 1-6 2-2 1-4 1 5 4 Totals 41-91 17-19 10-52 21 34 108 Shooting: Field goals, 45.1%; free throws, 89.5% Three-point goals: 9-30 (Bogdanovic 5-9, LeVert 2-7, Lopez 1-2, Hamilton 1-3, Whitehead 0-1, Kilpatrick 0-3, Harris 0-5). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 19 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Hamilton). Turnovers: 19 (Lopez 5, Whitehead 4, Booker 3, Bogdanovic 2, Dinwiddie 2, Hamilton, Harris, LeVert). Steals: 6 (Hollis-Jefferson 2, Bogdanovic, Hamilton, Harris, Whitehead). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 4:34 second Cleveland 24 26 36 30— 116 Brooklyn 20 19 29 40— 108 A—17,732. T—2:22. O—Mark Ayotte, Rodney Mott, Sean Corbin

Grizzlies 128, Warriors 119, OT MEMPHIS

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T J.Green.......20 1-3 1-3 1-2 2 2 4 Parsons ......15 4-7 0-0 0-1 0 2 10 Gasol.........40 9-18 5-5 1-5 3 3 23 Allen ..........47 5-16 1-2 6-12 3 3 11 Conley........40 10-19 4-5 0-4 12 1 27 Randolph....35 12-17 2-2 4-11 6 4 27 Daniels.......20 4-8 0-0 0-1 1 0 12 Ennis .........19 3-8 0-0 1-5 1 4 7 Carter ........14 1-6 0-0 0-2 1 6 3 Martin..........5 0-0 2-2 0-3 0 1 2 Harrison .......4 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 Totals 50-103 15-19 14-47 29 28 128 Shooting: Field goals, 48.5%; free throws, 78.9% Three-point goals: 13-33 (Daniels 4-7, Conley 3-9, Parsons 2-4, Randolph 1-1, J.Green 1-2, Ennis 1-3, Carter 1-4, Allen 0-1, Gasol 0-2). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 12 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 12 (Allen 2, Conley 2, Daniels 2, Ennis 2, Harrison, J.Green, Parsons, Randolph). Steals: 13 (Allen 6, Ennis 2, Conley, Daniels, Gasol, J.Green, Parsons). Technical Fouls: None.

GOLDEN STATE

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Antetknmpo .38 9-21 5-6 2-6 2 4 25 Henson .......20 1-4 2-2 1-6 1 1 4 Parker.........38 10-18 1-4 1-4 5 3 25 Snell...........38 5-6 0-0 0-3 0 0 13 Brogdon ......30 4-9 2-2 0-6 5 2 10 Monroe .......27 6-11 7-10 2-7 4 2 19 Terry ...........17 0-0 1-1 0-2 5 5 1 Teletovic ......16 3-5 2-2 0-1 0 0 11 Beasley.......12 1-4 1-1 0-0 2 2 3 Totals 39-78 21-28 6-35 24 19 111 Shooting: Field goals, 50.0%; free throws, 75.0% Three-point goals: 12-22 (Parker 4-6, Snell 3-4, Teletovic 3-5, Antetokounmpo 2-5, Beasley 0-1, Brogdon 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 14 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Antetokounmpo 5, Henson 2, Snell 2, Monroe). Turnovers:14 (Antetokounmpo 5, Beasley 2, Parker 2, Terry 2, Brogdon, Monroe, Snell). Steals: 9 (Antetokounmpo 2, Monroe 2, Snell 2, Terry 2, Teletovic). Technical Fouls: None. New York 32 21 30 33— 116 Milwaukee 33 32 31 15— 111

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Durant........42 7-17 13-18 2-13 4 1 27 D.Green......40 3-6 4-5 0-8 4 6 11 Pachulia .....30 3-4 4-4 0-4 2 3 10 Curry .........42 15-27 5-5 0-4 6 2 40 Thompson...41 7-17 1-3 3-6 2 1 17 Iguodala.....26 1-3 0-0 2-3 0 2 2 Livingston ...15 3-4 1-2 0-2 2 2 7 West ..........11 0-1 1-2 0-4 3 2 1 Clark............6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McGee .........5 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 McCaw.........2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 41-83 29-39 7-44 23 21 119 Shooting: Field goals, 49.4%; free throws, 74.4% Three-point goals: 8-30 (Curry 5-13, Thompson 2-6, D.Green 1-3, Clark 0-1, Iguodala 0-1, McCaw 0-1, Durant 0-5). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 16 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Durant 3, Curry, West). Turnovers: 16 (Curry 4, D.Green 4, Durant 4, Livingston 3, McGee). Steals: 7 (D.Green 3, West 2, Curry, Livingston). Technical Fouls: None. Memphis 27 28 24 32 17— 128 Golden State 34 33 31 13 8— 119

A—18,717. T—2:26. O—Scott Foster, Pat Fraher, Tre Maddox

A—19,596. T—2:48. O—David Guthrie, Tyler Ford, Ken Mauer

MILWAUKEE

L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S

LAKERS REPORT

Walton plays mind games

By Tania Ganguli A noted yoga aficionado, Lakers Coach Luke Walton hasn’t been able to get in any yoga sessions while on the road since this season started. The sessions he gets to at home help reset his mind. Mindfulness is important for Walton as a coach. It’s important to him his players practice mindfulness too. “The yoga does help with that a lot, a lot,” Walton said. “But it’s very important from a coaching standpoint that we stay levelheaded and we stay able to look at the big picture and what we’re trying to do. That obviously is mindfulness. You get caught up in the wins and losses and the competition, you can get away from what you want to do as a coach and what we want to do as a

team. So it’s important not only for myself, but the whole staff is constantly on the same page.” The concept takes on a more micro-focus when it comes to his players. It means paying attention to the layers of what they’re asked to do. It means understanding why, not just what. “I don’t want to just do drills to get better at doing the drill,” Walton said. “I want our guys to conceptualize what the overall picture is of where we’re trying to get to. As we’re playing, be aware of how they’re defending our pick and rolls and instead of trying to just keep beating it, use that information to our advantage and take advantage of knowing the way that we’re being covered and what not. Being aware of the stuff we’re doing, what the bigger picture is and

constantly trying to figure out what’s next instead of just coming out to the court and doing what you’re told and not really thinking about it.”

No fractured finger for Randle Lakers forward Julius Randle sprained the ring finger on his left hand against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. Randle had an XRay before Friday’s game that returned negative for fractures, allowing him to start against the Miami Heat. Randle has played in 35 of the Lakers 40 games this season and entered Friday’s game averaging 13.7 points and making 49.5% of his shots. Two games ago he notched his second triple-double of the season. Against the Trail Blazers on Thursday, he scored 17

points with nine rebounds and five assists.

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Rookie center Ivica Zubac returned to the Lakers after another short stint with their Development League team. Zubac had nine points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals in 30 minutes with the DFenders on Thursday. He was inactive with the Lakers on Friday. … In the three games leading up to Friday, the Lakers set new season lows for turnovers committed. They had eight against Toronto on Sunday, seven against Memphis on Tuesday and six against Portland on Thursday. … The Lakers have used 13 starting lineups this season and no player has started every game. tania.ganguli@latimes.com Twitter: @taniaganguli

L.A. finally protects a big lead [Lakers, from D1] for 13 years,’ ” Lakers forward Luol Deng said. “This is just the way it always happens. It’s never a fight. You kind of push each other, you get held back and you go back to your bench and you lose money. Honestly the main thing was really [after] something like that happens, one team is going to be more aggressive. I thought we were the aggressive team.” Lou Williams led the Lakers with 24 points. Deng had 19 points and 14 rebounds; center Tarik Black had 10 and 11. Point guard D’Angelo Russell had 19 points. Power forwards Willie Reed and James Johnson had 22 and 20 points, respectively, for the injury-depleted Heat. Before being ejected, Dragic had 16 points on seven-for-13 shooting. The 10th of Miami’s 11 wins so far this season came against the Lakers on Dec. 22. In that game the Lakers built a 19point lead in the first half, only for it to vanish in the third quarter. It was the second time that week the Lakers had a 19point lead in a game they eventually lost. Overall this season, the Lakers have won 11 of the 19 games in which they’ve had double-digit leads. Lately, though, their leads, even the big ones, have not been safe. From Dec. 16 through Jan. 5, the Lakers had double-digit leads in eight games and went 2-6. Friday, the Lakers scored 10 points before the Heat scored once. Miami missed its first five shots. After a cold start for the Heat on Friday, the game evened. By halftime, the Lakers had only a two-point lead, and that was after the Heat had briefly secured the lead, their first of the game. A similar back-and-forth proceeded in the third quarter.

WEST Corban 84, Evergreen St. 70 E. Oregon 99, Warner Pacific 79 NW Christian 95, Northwest U. 83 EAST Baruch 65, Lehman 63 Hobart 78, Bard 64 Monmouth (N.J.) 92, Iona 74 Rider 73, Marist 62 SOUTH Barton 89, Southern Wesleyan 59 Limestone 76, Mount Olive 51 Rhodes 142, Birmingham-Southern 100 Tenn. Wesleyan 100, St. Andrews 79 King (Tenn.) 91, Belmont Abbey 59 MIDWEST Bethany Lutheran 96, Finlandia 61 Dayton 67, Rhode Island 64 Green Bay 80, Milwaukee 69 Minn. St.-Moorhead 82, Minot St. 74 Minn.-Morris 87, North Central (Minn.) 79 Northern St. (SD) 83, Mary 60 Northland 73, Martin Luther 58 Northwestern (Minn.) 88, Crown (Minn.) 57 Oakland 78, Valparaiso 66 Ohio 85, Kent St. 67 SW Minnesota St. 79, Winona St. 55 Sioux Falls 73, Upper Iowa 57 ROCKIES Coll. of Idaho 69, Multnomah Bible 46 WOMEN AP TOP 25 Washington St. 82, No. 9 UCLA 73 No. 10 Stanford 81, Oregon 60 No. 12 Washington 77, USC 67 No. 16 Oregon St. 66, No. 20 California 56 No. 19 Arizona St. 66, Utah 44 EAST Elon 48, Drexel 45 Fairfield 61, Siena 57 Navy 62, Boston U. 59 Northeastern 72, Towson 64 SOUTH Coll. of Charleston 70, William & Mary 60 Delaware 63, UNC Wilmington 52 James Madison 93, Hofstra 57 MIDWEST Drake 82, Evansville 65 Indiana St. 58, Bradley 51 Loyola of Chicago 64, Illinois St. 61 Missouri St. 73, Wichita St. 62 N. Iowa 79, S. Illinois 49 ROCKIES Arizona St. 66, Utah 44 Colorado 65, Arizona 56 BOX SCORES Pac-12 Washington St. 82, UCLA 73 UCLA—Canada 7-22 5-8 19, Billings 7-18 4-8 18, Burke 7-11 1-2 16, Korver 2-9 0-1 6, Kornet 2-9 0-0 6, Drummer 1-2 1-1 3, Hayes 1-6 0-0 2, Hersler 1-4 0-0 2, Corsaro 0-1 1-2 1, Hearn 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 28-82 12-22 73. WASHINGTON STATE—Molina 13-20 4-6 33, Pavlopoulou 6-10 1-2 14, Kmetovska 5-7 2-4 12, Kostourkova 3-6 0-0 6, Swedlund 2-8 1-2 6, Fernandez 2-3 0-0 5, Hailey 1-8 0-0 2, McClure 1-1 0-0 2, Washington 1-1 0-0 2, McKenzie 0-0 0-0 0, Muzet 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 34-65 8-14 82. Halftime—UCLA 38-34. A—820 Washington 77, USC 67 USC—Moore 5-9 7-8 18, Jaco 6-11 0-0 16, Edwards 6-12 0-0 12, Simon 4-11 1-2 9, Jones 2-4 0-0 4, Tapley 1-4 1-2 4, Jakubcova 1-4 0-0 3, Higgins 0-3 1-2 1, Lloyd 0-0 0-0 0, Milisic 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 25-59 10-14 67. WASHINGTON—Plum 13-24 5-7 34, Osahor 3-10 11-12 17, Corral 3-5 1-2 10, Collier 3-5 1-2 7, McDonald 3-7 0-2 7, Henson 0-1 2-2 2, Romeo 0-5 0-0 0, Johnson 0-4 0-0 0, Strother 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 25-61 20-27 77. Halftime—Washington 39-25. A—2,377.

PRO FOOTBALL

Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times

LAKERS CENTER Tarik Black tries to block Dion Waiters’ path to the basket in the

first quarter at Staples Center. Black had 10 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. The Lakers led by two, then three, then five, then seven, then three again, and then by eight by the time Clarkson checked in. Seconds later, Clarkson and Dragic began bumping each other. “When he switched on me, he kind of elbowed me in the stomach a little bit and I kind of shoved him a little bit out the lane,” Clarkson said. “He came back and kind of chunked, like an elbow in my chest. From then I pushed him as well.” They clashed a few times before Clarkson used his fore-

arm to push Dragic off him and to the floor. After a lengthy consultation, the officials assessed double technicals on Clarkson and Dragic, ejecting both. Johnson was also charged with a technical foul and Clarkson received a personal foul in addition to his technicals. “It’s really shameful, disgraceful that Goran Dragic got thrown out of that game,” Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Gets an elbow to his face, somebody that wants to fight, knocks him down on the ground and just a bailout,

shameful, disgraceful ejection. There’s no way he should be thrown out of that situation for just taking an elbow to the face and getting up.” Lakers Coach Luke Walton saw the incident as just two players shoving each other. What he liked, though, was that his players didn’t let the whole thing distract them. And so, for only the third time in nine tries during the past three weeks, the Lakers held onto a double-digit lead. tania.ganguli@latimes.com Twitter: @taniaganguli

THE DAY IN SPORTS

From W. Michigan to Minnesota double bogey on the 17th. He settled for a 68 and was three behind. Jordan Spieth had nine birdies, a double bogey and triple bogey in a 69. He was at five under.

wire reports

P.J. Fleck is leaving Western Michigan to coach a Minnesota program reeling from a threatened player boycott of a bowl game and the handling of a sexual assault investigation. Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle said Friday that he was bringing in Fleck in hopes that his seemingly boundless enthusiasm would help unite a program and school that have been fractured over the last month. “I’m not here to change the tradition,” Fleck said at his introductory news conference. “I am here to change the culture.” The hiring comes three days after Coyle fired Tracy Claeys following a standoff between players and the administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with the assault allegations that date to September. Coyle needed to quickly find a replacement who could plunge into recruiting and he found someone he hopes can help bridge the deep divisions that remain between the team and school leaders. “The thing that jumps out to me is his authentic energy and his passion,” Coyle said of Fleck. “I think that excites people. And obviously we want to attract fans back.” Fleck guided the Broncos to a 13-1 record this season and a spot in the Cotton Bowl, where

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Fleck

Djokovic

they lost, 24-16, to Wisconsin. The 36-year-old coach went 3022 in four years at Western Michigan, with three bowl appearances. ETC.

Thomas, Moore tied at Kapalua Ryan Moore and Justin Thomas finished strong and shared the lead going into the weekend at the SBS Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, Hawaii. Moore birdied four of his last five holes, ended with a lob wedge that settled a foot from the cup on the par-five 18th for a six-under 67. He played in the same group with Thomas, who closed with two birdies for a 67. They were at 12-under 134 and were one shot ahead of Patrick Reed (65) and Jimmy Walker (70). As many as six players were tied for the lead at one point. One of them was Hideki Matsuyama, going for his fourth straight victory, until he took

Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived five match points to beat Fernando Verdasco and set up a Qatar Open final against topranked Andy Murray, who had far less trouble winning his semifinal as he recorded a seventh straight victory against Tomas Berdych. Djokovic prevailed, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3, after the 42nd-ranked Verdasco controlled the first two sets until the latter stages of the tiebreaker. Murray had no such trouble as he advanced, 6-3, 6-4, against the third-seeded Czech. Murray’s winning streak is now at 28 matches. Top-seeded Milos Raonic took the momentum in the second set and defeated Rafael Nadal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International in Australia. ... Unseeded American Lauren Davis won her first WTA title, defeating Ana Konjuh of Croatia, 6-3, 6-1, in the ASB Classic at Auckland, New Zealand. The Cleveland Cavaliers cleaned up some bookkeeping matters with the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, clearing the way for Kyle Korver to

come to Cleveland. Mo Williams, who had planned to retire, is joining Mike Dunleavy in the trade to the Atlanta Hawks, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. The Cavaliers traded the Trail Blazers their unprotected pick in the 2017 draft in exchange for getting back the 2018 pick they sent away as compensation for Portland taking on Anderson Varejao’s contract at last year’s trade deadline.

2016 NFL ALL-PRO TEAM By Associated Press Selected by the media OFFENSE Quarterback—Matt Ryan, Atlanta Running back—Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Flex—David Johnson, Arizona Tight end—Travis Kelce, Kansas City Wide receivers—Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh; Julio Jones, Atlanta Left tackle—Tyron Smith, Dallas Rigth tackle—Travis Conklin, Tennessee Left guard—Kelechi Osemele, Oakland Right guard—Zack Martin, Dallas Center—Travis Frederick, Dallas DEFENSE Ends—Khalil Mack, Oakland; Vic Beasley Jr., Atlanta Interior linemen—Aaron Donald, Rams; Damon Harrison, N.Y. Giants Linebackers—Von Miller, Denver; Bobby Wagner, Seattle; Sean Lee, Dallas Cornerbacks—Aqib Talib, Denver; Marcus Peters, Kansas City Safeties—Landon Collins, N.Y. Giants; Eric Berry, Kansas City Defensive back—Chris Harris Jr., Denver SPECIAL TEAMS Kicker—Justin Tucker, Baltimore Punter—Johnny Hekker, Rams Kick returner—Cordarrelle Patterson, Minnesota Punt returner—Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Special teamer—Matthew Slater, New England SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback—Tom Brady, New England Running back—David Johnson, Arizona Flex—Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh Tight end—Greg Olsen, Carolina Wide receivers—Odell Beckham Jr., N.Y. Giants; Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Left tackle—David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Right tackle—Mitchell Schwartz, Kansas City, Marcus Cannon, New England Left guard—Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Right guard—David DeCastro, Pittsburgh Center—Alex Mack, Atlanta DEFENSE Ends—Jadeveon Clowney, Houston; Cameron Wake, Miami, Olivier Vernon, N.Y. Giants, Brandon Graham, Philadelphia Interior linemen—Ndamukong Suh, Miami; Calais Campbell, Arizona, Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay Linebackers—Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo; Luke Kuechly, Carolina; Lavonte David, Tampa Bay, C.J. Mosley, Baltimore, Zach Brown, Buffalo, Zachary Orr, Baltimore, Alec Ogletree, Rams, Dont'a Hightower, New England, Whitney Mercilus, Houston, Bernardick McKinney, Houston Cornerbacks—Janoris Jenkins, N.Y. Giants; Casey Hayward, San Diego, Malcolm Butler, New England Safeties—Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Green Bay; Devin McCourty, New England. Defensive back—Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, N.Y. Giants. SPECIAL TEAMS Kicker—None. Punter—Marquette King, Oakland Kick returner—Tyler Lockett, Seattle Punt returner—None. Special teamer—Nate Ebner, New England

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$6.1-MILLION SBS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS At Kapalua, Hawaii—Par 73 Plantation Course at Kapalua—7,452 yards 36-Hole Scores Justin Thomas.....................67-67—134 -12 Ryan Moore ........................67-67—134 -12 Patrick Reed .......................70-65—135 -11 Jimmy Walker......................65-70—135 -11 Jason Dufner ......................68-68—136 -10 Hideki Matsuyama ...............69-68—137 -9 Tony Finau..........................70-68—138 -8 Fabian Gomez.....................70-68—138 -8 Daniel Berger......................68-70—138 -8 Jim Herman........................67-71—138 -8 Brendan Steele ...................72-67—139 -7 Jason Day ..........................70-69—139 -7 William McGirt ....................70-69—139 -7 Dustin Johnson ...................69-70—139 -7 Russell Knox.......................71-69—140 -6 Brandt Snedeker .................70-70—140 -6 Pat Perez............................69-71—140 -6 Rod Pampling .....................69-71—140 -6 Jordan Spieth .....................72-69—141 -5 Charley Hoffman..................71-70—141 -5 Cody Gribble.......................69-72—141 -5 Brian Stuard .......................72-71—143 -3 Vaughn Taylor......................72-71—143 -3 Greg Chalmers ....................71-72—143 -3 Aaron Baddeley...................70-73—143 -3 James Hahn .......................74-70—144 -2 Bubba Watson ....................72-72—144 -2 Si Woo Kim ........................75-70—145 -1 Mackenzie Hughes...............73-72—145 -1 Branden Grace....................73-74—147 +1 Billy Hurley III......................74-73—147 +1 Jhonattan Vegas ..................72-76—148 +2

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL Angels—Assigned first baseman Ji-Man Choi outright to Salt Lake (PCL). Chicago White Sox—Designated outfielder Jason Coats for assignment; claimed outfielder Willy Garcia off waivers from Pittsburgh. Minnesota—Agreed to terms with pitchers Raul Fernandez, Drew Rucinski and Alex Wimmers, catchers Eddy Rodriguez and Dan Rohlfing, infielders Tommy Field, Bengie Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Matt Hague, Leonardo Reginatto and Ben Paulsen, and outfielder J.B. Shuck on minor league contracts. Seattle—Traded outfielder Seth Smith to Baltimore for pitcher Yovani Gallardo and cash; traded pitcher Nathan Karns to Kansas City for outfielder Jarrod Dyson. Texas—Agreed to terms with outfielder Travis Snider on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL Chicago—Assigned forwards Bobby Portis and Paul Zipser to Windy City (Development League). Denver—Waived forward Alonzo Gee. PRO FOOTBALL NFL—Fined Miami wide receiver Jarvis Landry $48,618, Oakland linebacker Bruce Irvin $18,231 and Green Bay wide receiver Davante Adams $12,154 for their actions during last Sunday’s games. Chicago—Signed defensive lineman Kapron Lewis-Moore to a reserve/future contract. Miami—Waived defensive end Jason Jones. Washington—Signed linebackers Khairi Fortt and Pete Robertson and defensive lineman Phil Taylor to reserve/future contracts. HOCKEY Chicago—Assigned defenseman Gustav Forsling and forward Spencer Abbott to Rockford (AHL). Dallas—Sent defenseman Patrik Nemeth to Texas (AHL) for conditioning. Nashville—Called up forward Vladislav Kamenev from Milwaukee (AHL). N.Y. Rangers—Assigned forward Pavel Buchnevich to Hartford (AHL). Tampa Bay—Called up defenseman Luke Witkowski fromi Syracuse (AHL). Washington—Called up forward Liam O'Brien from Hershey (AHL). SOCCER Colorado—Signed defender Kortne Ford and forward Ricardo Perez. N.Y. City FC—Signed defender RJ Allen and midfielder Tommy McNamara. Orlando City SC—Signed midfielder Servando Carrasco to a two-year contract, defender Kevin Alston to a one-year contract and midfielder Seb Hines to a three-year contract. Real Salt Lake—Agreed to terms with midfielder Albert Rusnak. Trabzonspor (Turkey)—Acquired forward Fabian Castillo from FC Dallas. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Florida—Announced that defensive tackle Caleb Brantley will enter the NFL draft; promoted Randy Shannon, linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator, to defensive coordinator. Georgia Tech—Hired Craig Candeto as quarterbacks coach. Iowa—Announced the retirement of Greg Davis, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. North Carolina—Announced that running back Elijah Hood will enter the NFL draft. Penn State—Announced that wide receiver Chris Godwin will enter the NFL draft. Western Michigan—Announced the resignation of Coach P.J. Fleck, who will become coach at Minnesota.

TENNIS

$1.3-MILLION BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL At Brisbane, Australia Surface: Hard-Outdoor MEN’S SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Stan Wawrinka (2), Switzerland, d. Kyle Edmund, Britain, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4; Kei Nishikori (3), Japan, d. Jordan Thompson, Australia, 6-1, 6-1; Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, d. Dominic Thiem (4), Austria, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Milos Raonic (1), Canada, d. Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. WOMEN’S SINGLES (semifinals)—Alize Cornet, France, d. Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, 4-1, retired; Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, d. Elina Svitolina (6), Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4. WOMEN’S DOUBLES (semifinals)—Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Sania Mirza (1), India, d. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan-Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-4, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova-Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, d. Abigail Spears, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, 6-1, 6-3. $1.237-MILLION QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN At Doha, Qatar Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, d. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3; Andy Murray (1), Britain, d. Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. DOUBLES (final)—Jeremy Chardy-Fabrice Martin, France, d. Vasek Pospisil, Canada-Radek Stepanek (3), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (3). $1-MILLION HYUNDAI HOPMAN CUP At Perth, Australia Surface: Hard-Indoor Round Robin Group A Germany 2, Britain 1 SINGLES—Heather Watson, Britain, d. Andrea Petkovic, 6-2, 7-6 (3); Alexander Zverev, Germany, d. Dan Evans, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. DOUBLES—Petkovic-Zverev d. Watson-Evans, 4-2, 4-2. France 2, Switzerland 1 SINGLES—Roger Federer, Switzerland, d. Richard Gasquet, 6-1, 6-4; Kristina Mladenovic, France, d. Belinda Bencic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. DOUBLES—Mladenovic-Gasquet d. BencicFederer 4-2, 4-2. STANDINGS (final): France 3-0, Switzerland 2-1, Germany 1-2, Britain 0-3. $626,750 SHENZHEN OPEN At Shenzhen, China Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, d. Johanna Konta (3), Britain, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Alison Riske (8), d. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-3, 6-3. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic-Peng Shuai (2), China, d. Natela Dzalamidze-Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2. $447,480 AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN At Chennai, India Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Dudi Sela, Israel, d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (3), Spain, 7-5, 6-4; Daniil Medvedev, Russia, d. Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-4; Benoit Paire (5), France, d. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 6-3, 6-0; Roberto Bautista Agut (2), Spain, d. Mikhail Youzhny (7), Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Purav Raja-Divij Sharan, India, d. Guillermo Duran-Andres Molteni (2), Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. $226,750 ASB CLASSIC At Auckland, New Zealand Hard-Outdoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Lauren Davis d. Jelena Ostapenko (7), Latvia, 4-6, 6-4, 4-1 retired; Ana Konjuh (8), Croatia, d. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Demi Schuurs, Netherlands-Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, d. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada-Yang Zhaoxuan (4), China, 7-5, 6-2; Kiki Bertens, NetherlandsJohanna Larsson (3), Sweden, d. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium-Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, walkover.

NFL INJURY REPORT

As provided by the league: Today OAKLAND at HOUSTON—Raiders: OUT: S Nate Allen (concussion), QB Derek Carr (ankle), T Donald Penn (knee). QUESTIONABLE: WR Amari Cooper (shoulder), WR Michael Crabtree (ankle), WR Andre Holmes (shoulder), S Karl Joseph (toe), QB Matthew McGloin (left shoulder), G Kelechi Osemele (ankle), LB Malcolm Smith (hamstring). Texans: OUT: QB Tom Savage (concussion), LB John Simon (chest). DETROIT at SEATTLE—Lions: QUESTIONABLE: LB DeAndre Levy (knee), T Riley Reiff (hip), WR Andre Roberts (shoulder), C Travis Swanson (concussion). Seahawks: OUT: DT Tony McDaniel (concussion), RB C.J. Prosise (shoulder). Sunday MIAMI at PITTSBURGH—Dolphins: OUT: QB Ryan Tannehill (knee). DOUBTFUL: CB Byron Maxwell (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Jelani Jenkins (knee), CB Tony Lippett (thigh), S Bacarri Rambo (chest), C Kraig Urbik (knee). Steelers: OUT: LB Anthony Chickillo (ankle), DE Ricardo Mathews (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: S Robert Golden (ankle), TE Ladarius Green (concussion), LB Vince Williams (shoulder). N.Y. GIANTS at GREEN BAY—Giants: OUT: DE Jason Pierre-Paul (core muscle). DOUBTFUL: DE Owa Odighizuwa (hamstring). Packers: OUT: CB Quinten Rollins (neck, concussion), RB James Starks (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: T Bryan Bulaga (abdomen), WR Randall Cobb (ankle), LB Jayrone Elliott (hand), LB Nick Perry (hand), CB Damarious Randall (knee), LB Joe Thomas (back), C J.C. Tretter (knee).

The Kansas City Royals acquired right-hander Nathan Karns from the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Jarrod Dyson, solidifying a pitching staff that lost workhorse Edinson Volquez to free agency. The COLLEGE 29-year-old Karns was 6-2 with FOOTBALL a 5.15 ERA in 15 starts last sea- FCS Championship Today son. Earlier Friday, the Mari- At Frisco, Texas James Madison (13-1) vs. Youngstown St. ners obtained right-hander (12-3), 9 a.m. Yovani Gallardo from Balti- Monday more for outfielder Seth College Football Championship THE ODDS At Tampa, Fla. Smith. ... Catcher Geovany Alabama (14-0) vs. Clemson (13-1), 5 p.m. College Football Soto, who played for the An- (ESPN) Monday Jan. 21 gels last season, reached a mi- Saturday, East-West Shrine Classic Favorite Line (O/U) nor league deal with the Chi- At St. Petersburg, Fla. Championship West vs. East, noon (NFL) cago White Sox, according to NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Alabama 61⁄2 (501⁄2) several reports. At StubHub Center National vs. American, 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. South vs. North, 11:30 a.m. (NFL)

Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross are expected to become the first Olympic gold medalists to participate in a college COLLEGE gymnastics meet when No. 4 VOLLEYBALL UCLA opens its gymnastics MEN Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge season against No. 17 Arkansas At Columbus, Ohio on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Pauley Ohio St. d. USC, 22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-16 UCLA d. Penn St., 25-18, 25-22, 25-17 Pavilion.

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Today Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Houston 4 (37) Oakland at Seattle 8 (44) Detroit Sunday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Pittsburgh 10 (451⁄2) Miami at Green Bay 41⁄2 (441⁄2) N.Y. Giants Updates at Pregame.com —Associated Press

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HORSE RACING

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VICTOR ESPINOZA RIDES Gormley to an upset in the Grade 1 FrontRunner Stakes at Santa

Anita in October. “This horse reminds me of California Chrome,” the jockey said.

Gormley learned a lot from training session [Cherwa, from D1] one.” Gormley, named after the British sculptor Antony Gormley, started his racing career with a 41⁄4-length win over 61⁄2 furlongs at Del Mar, then pulled an upset by winning the 11⁄16-mile Grade 1 FrontRunner Stakes by three lengths at Santa Anita. But he was no factor in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, finishing a well-beaten seventh. If you’re looking for excuses, Gormley bobbled at the start and ran most of the race four wide. “We’re always trying to figure out what happened,” Shirreffs said. “But I don’t really have an answer for what happened there. ... It might have been one of those things that just didn’t work out.” Gormley was first offered up at the Keeneland September sale as a yearling. He didn’t bring the $150,000 reserve price but was brought privately by Jerry and Ann Moss. The Moss-Shirreffs connection brought Zenyatta along to become one of the most popular and successful horses of all time. Gormley wasn’t the brightest kid in the class, but there was potential. He was sent to the McKathan Brothers Training Center, near Ocala, Fla. The facility has hosted a who’s-who of promising yearlings, including Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. “When he went to the farm, he might have been behind the other

horses mentally,” Shirreffs said. Chris Alexander, the farm manager at McKathan, also remembers it that way. “You knew Pharoah was mature when he came out of the womb,” Alexander said. “Gormley was like a 10-, 11-year-old kid that you knew could throw the ball good, but he couldn’t run. But he got smarter in everything he did. He got better week by week, month by month. “Gormley started very unassuming. He wasn’t the biggest, strongest, fastest. But every time he worked he got bigger, stronger and faster.” Gormley also caught the eye of jockey Victor Espinoza after he rode him for the first time. “John asked me to do a favor and work him to see what I thought and if he had ability or a future,” Espinoza said. “When I worked him I was very impressed. This horse has an excellent future, but I believe he can be even better. “He has everything to be a Derby horse, but he has to improve a little more. He has the pedigree … He has everything you could ask for if he can use that ability.” Espinoza even called Alexander after the first workout and asked if Gormley was as good as he thought he was. The answer was yes. Gormley was definitely a changed colt when he was returned to Shirreffs. “One of things is that he loves to train,” Shirreffs said. “He loves

to gallop. He has a good attitude about things, even though he’s a little high strung. He does everything that’s asked of him.” The fact that Gormley graduated to a Derby hopeful is partly due to his intelligence, even if he can’t really count to 1,000. Shirreffs says figuring out a horse’s intelligence is more an art than science. “You look in their eyes,” he said. “Is it an intelligent look or a blank look? How does he relate to his environment? Is he confident in his environment? You watch his ears.” Espinoza also pays attention to such mannerisms and in this example could not pay Gormley a higher compliment. “The horse reminds me of California Chrome,” Espinoza said. “He’s like a happy little kid just playing around. He can’t sit still for one moment and that’s how California Chrome was. That’s what I like about him, he’s a happy, happy baby.” It goes without saying that owner Jerry Moss shares in the happiness. “He has a 2-year-old first-time winner and a Grade 1 stakes winner who is now a 3-year-old,” Shirreffs said. “It’s as exciting as you can get in this business.” Saturday’s race will go a long way toward determining whether that mood can continue. john.cherwa@latimes.com Twitter: @jcherwa

3053 FIRST RACE. 11⁄16 mile. Claiming. 3-year-olds. Claiming prices $20,000-$18,000. Purse $25,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 5 Sorry Erik Gutierrz 7.80 3.40 2.80 6 Vibe Desrmux 2.80 2.40 3 Iceberg Slim Velasco 4.80 8 Also Ran: Northern Grey, French General, Meet At Jakes. 8 Time: 22.96, 46.85, 1.12.58, 1.39.05, 1.46.32. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Doug F. O’Neill. Owner: Reddam Racing LLC. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Exacta (5-6) paid $7.10, $1 Superfecta (5-6-3-1) paid $124.30, $1 Trifecta (5-6-3) paid $53.20. 3054 SECOND RACE. 1 mile. Maiden claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $20,000. Purse $18,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 3 Sassy Ashley Elliott 7.20 3.00 2.60 5 Latina Mo Pedrza 2.60 2.10 7 Maritalpresrvtn Mldndo 2.80 8 Also Ran: Still Spinning, Cyclone Betty, Tinian. 8 Time: 23.01, 47.49, 1.13.76, 1.27.72, 1.42.21. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: Bloom Racing Stable LLC (Jeffrey Bloom). 8 Scratched: Yumiko’s Strike. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (5-3) paid $29.00, $1 Exacta (3-5) paid $7.90, $1 Superfecta (3-5-7-6) paid $222.60, $1 Trifecta (3-5-7) paid $33.80. 3055 THIRD RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Allowance optional claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000. Purse $56,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 9 Cuddle Alert Delgdillo 17.80 9.40 5.20 6 Parasail Elliott 17.80 9.00 3 C. C. Zipp Smith 3.60 8 Also Ran: Molly’s Honour, Dis Smart Cat, Late ’n Left, Run Like the Boss, Sturdy One. 8 Time: 21.64, 44.64, 1.10.09, 1.16.90. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Melissa Saldana. Owner: Saldana, Reed and Urbino, Leopoldo. 8 Scratched: Discatsonthesquare, Fantasy of Luck, Sweet Dragon Fly (GB), Tale of Papa Nick, Wealthy Shipman, Not too Shiny. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-9) paid $106.00, $1 Exacta (9-6) paid $122.00, $1 Superfecta (9-6-3-7) paid $1,820.60, $1 Trifecta (96-3) paid $491.40, $1 Pick Three (5-3-9) paid $158.00. 3056 FOURTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Maiden special weight. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Purse $54,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Bar Scene Pedroza 3.60 2.60 2.20 5 Wanda’s Touch Prat 3.20 2.40 7 Merrily Merrily Elliott 2.20 8 Also Ran: Apphia, Araceli B C M D, Cinzia. 8 Time: 21.71, 45.05, 57.97, 1.11.53. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Philip A. Oviedo. Owner: Triple AAA Ranch. 8 Scratched: Right to the Point. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (9-1) paid $37.20, $1 Exacta (1-5) paid $5.20, $1 Superfecta (1-5-7-6) paid $57.00, $1 Trifecta (1-5-7) paid $9.20, $1 Pick Three (3-9-1) paid $84.60. 3057 FIFTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden special weight. Fillies. 3-year-olds. Purse $54,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Dimnd/center Baze 12.00 4.60 5.40 7 Chaybaby Garcia 3.60 4.80 6 Saburai Solis 7.80

8 Also Ran: Mannerly, Demigoddess. 8 Time: 22.26, 44.85, 1.10.39, 1.24.56. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Jeff Bonde. Owner: Bernardi, Dario, Bonde, Jeff and Russell, Jerome. 8 Scratched: Laser, Dominating Woman, Delitefull Lady. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (1-8) paid $52.60, $1 Exacta (8-7) paid $21.00, $1 Superfecta (8-7-6-4) paid $201.40, $1 Trifecta (8-7-6) paid $108.30, $1 Pick Three (9-1-8) paid $209.50, 50-Cent Pick Four (3-9-1/4-8) 4 correct paid $541.95, 50-Cent Pick Five (5-3-91/4-8) 5 correct paid $2,324.45. 3058 SIXTH RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Starter allowance. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000. Purse $30,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 11 Time for Ebby Desrmux 6.20 4.20 3.20 13 Zanab Van Dyke 16.60 7.80 8 Halo Darlin Elliott 4.20 8 Also Ran: Sid the Squid, Blondy’s Reward, Hayley’s Comment, Scathing, Born to Be Winner, Motutapu, Pragmatical. 8 Time: 21.77, 45.29, 1.10.77, 1.17.58. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Gary Sherlock. Owner: Beckerle, Tom, Causky, James and Lovingier, Terry C.. 8 Scratched: Space Cadet, Reckless Charm, Anita Partner (IRE), Journeyonthemove. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (8-11) paid $42.80, $1 Exacta (11-13) paid $36.10, $1 Superfecta (11-13-8-3) paid $925.40, $1 Trifecta (11-13-8) paid $180.10, $1 Pick Three (1-8-11) paid $141.90. 3059 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile. Allowance optional claiming. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $75,000. Purse $63,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2 Silent Bird Prat 3.60 2.80 2.40 3 El Huerfano Espinza 5.20 3.60 1 Avanti Bello Gutierrz 3.60 8 Also Ran: Conquest Cobra, Clever Royal, Touched by Autism. 8 Time: 23.14, 45.96, 1.10.52, 1.23.40, 1.36.52. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Mark Glatt. Owner: Norman Stables, LLC. 8 Scratched: Dream Team. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (11-2) paid $11.40, $1 Exacta (2-3) paid $8.40, $1 Superfecta (2-3-1-4) paid $43.70, $1 Trifecta (2-3-1) paid $29.80, $1 Pick Three (8-11-2) paid $120.10. 3060 EIGHTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Starter optional claiming. 3-year-olds. Claiming price $32,000. Purse $30,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Derby Music Arroyo, Jr. 13.60 5.20 3.40 6 Sizzlin Square Gutierrez 3.00 2.40 2 Westmont Desrmux 4.20 8 Also Ran: Pumpkin Star, R Cha Cha, Mt. Leinster, Run Macho Run, Mr. Louis. 8 Time: 22.04, 45.49, 57.87, 1.10.99. Clear & Muddy. Trainer: Ruben Gomez. Owner: Derby, Susan and Folgner, Gary. 8 Scratched: Three Eclipse. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (2-1) paid $30.60, $1 Exacta (1-6) paid $17.20, $1 Superfecta (1-6-2-9) paid $411.40, $1 Super High Five (1-6-2-9-4) 11 tickets paid $2,267.60, $1 Trifecta (1-6-2) paid $62.70, $1 Pick Three (11-2-1) paid $61.00, 50-Cent Pick Four (8-1/ 7/10/11/12-2/6-1) 955 tickets with 4 correct paid $395.60, $2 Pick Six (9-1/4-8-1/7/10/11/12-2/6-1) 291 tickets with 5 out of 6 paid $172.60, Pick Six Carryover $85,520, $2 Pick Six (9-1/4-8-1/ 7/10/11/12-2/6-1) 7 tickets with 6 correct paid $44,401.00. ATTENDANCE/MUTUEL HANDLE On-track attendance-3,160. Mutuel handle-$712,800 Inter-track attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$1,642,424 Out-of-state attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$4,876,631 Total attendance-3,160. Mutuel handle-$7,231,855

SANTA ANITA ENTRIES Eighth day of a 61-day thoroughbred meet. 3061 FIRST RACE (12:30 p.m.) 51⁄2 furlongs. Maiden claiming. Fillies. 3-year-olds. Claiming price $30,000. Purse $21,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2039 Jeanjeannie,5 K Desormeaux,122 3-1 2053 Barbara Jo,4 Mn Garcia,122 7-2 2009 Lofty Cause,7 N Arroyo, Jr.,122 7-2 2037 Bella Be Quick,9 T Baze,122 4-1 2027 Princess Leia,1 D Van Dyke,122 6-1 2027 Arya Stark,6 E Hernandez,122 12-1 .... Double A Kaf A,3 E Orozco,XX115 12-1 2037 Swiss Cause,8 R Almanza,122 12-1 2037 Solar Corona,2 V Bednar,122 20-1 3062 SECOND RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $8,000. State bred. Purse $16,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 1073 Back Beauty,3 T Pereira,122 8-5 2035 Holidayincambodia,2 B Blanc,122 7-2 1070 Allthatnmore,5 L Contreras,122 4-1 2035 Audra,1 R Bejarano,122 4-1 (2061) Goliath’s Girl,7 E Orozco,XX115 9-2 2047 Warren’s Tricia R.,6 M Pedroza,122 15-1 2035 Smil’n From Above,4 K Stra,122 20-1 3063 THIRD RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Las Cienegas Stakes. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Purse $100,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 1127 Prize Exhibit (GB),4 M Smith,120 9-5 (1116) PaquitaCoqueta(CHI),2 F Prat,120 2-1 4433 Cadet Roni,1 R Bejarano,122 5-2 (9177) Watch This Cat,5 C Nakatani,120 3-1 (1073) Lajatico (GB),3 D Van Dyke,120 8-1 3064 FOURTH RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Maiden special weight. Fillies. 3-year-olds. State bred. Purse $54,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2023 Divine Spark,4 Mn Garcia,123 8-5 1103 Queen Bee To You,8 M Pedroza,123 5-1 .... Artie’s Lucky Girl,2 V Espinoza,123 6-1 1103 Gypsy Ju Ju,5 S Gonzalez,123 6-1 .... Miss Ricochet,7 J Talamo,123 6-1 .... Party Gal,6 F Prat,123 6-1 .... All Of A Sudden,1 I Ocampo,123 8-1 3034 Macchiato Mousse,3 A Solis,XX116 12-1 3065 FIFTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden claiming. 3-year-olds. Claiming prices $40,000-$35,000. Purse $25,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 1115 Slasher,9 J Theriot,122 7-2 9204 Sharp Samurai,1 J Talamo,122 4-1 1111 Supreme Giant,6 S Gonzalez,122 9-2 1115 Datcatsa Gem,10 M Pedroza,122 5-1 1046 Kenzou’s Empire,7 R Bejarano,122 5-1 2044 Empire Ruler,8 J Verenzuela,122 6-1 3041 Passed By Paul,3 R Almanza,122 6-1 1086 General Info,5 G Mitchell,120 20-1 2025 Gonzo,4 Mn Garcia,122 20-1 1040 Grass Runner,2 A Delgadillo,120 50-1

3066 SIXTH RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Claiming. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming prices $32,000-$28,000. Purse $33,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 3006 Cape Wolfe (GB),2 D Van Dyke,122 7-2 9133 Zinvor,5 S Gonzalez,122 4-1 1023 Zuri Chop (FR),11 L Contreras,122 5-1 (2055) Boone Docks,1 E Maldonado,122 6-1 1023 Rangi (GB),8 R Bejarano,122 6-1 1059 Knight Of Drama,4 N Arroyo, Jr.,122 8-1 2041 Sirocco Strike,7 T Baze,122 10-1 1114 Yes Yes Yes,10 M Pedroza,122 10-1 1114 Los Gatos,3 K Desormeaux,122 12-1 (3052) Native Treasure,6 A Solis,122 12-1 2041 Prohibition,12 G Mitchell,122 15-1 5039 Labour (ARG),9 S Elliott,122 20-1 Also eligible 1128 V Espinoza,122 3-1 Texas Two Step,13 2015 Sudden Sam,14 S Elliott,122 6-1 3067 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile. Sham Stakes. 3-year-olds. State bred. Purse $100,000. PR 9193 (1119) (1046) (1092) (2013) (1027) 1129

Horse (PP) Gormley,5 American Anthem,1 Big Hit,6 Term Of Art,2 Blabimir,7 Colonel Samsen,4 Bird Is The Word,3

Jockey,Wt V Espinoza,124 M Smith,119 S Gonzalez,119 J Talamo,124 M Gutierrez,119 F Prat,121 P Ulloa,119

Odds 8-5 9-5 4-1 5-1 12-1 12-1 20-1

3068 EIGHTH RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Allowance optional claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000. Purse $56,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds (4210) Calm The Sea,9 M Gutierrez,122 5-2 (9106) Plane Lucky,2 R Bejarano,124 7-2 9205 Skye Diamonds,4 T Pereira,124 4-1 1093 Fantasy Of Luck,5 Mn Garcia,124 6-1 (2014) Big Break,6 N Arroyo, Jr.,124 10-1 6218 Lady Tapit,1 L Contreras,122 10-1 2014 My Palmilla,7 F Prat,124 10-1 7323 Discatsonthesquare,3 D Van Dyke,124 12-1 (2021) Zuzu’s Petals,8 J Talamo,124 15-1 2014 Little Dume,10 T Baze,122 20-1 3069 NINTH RACE. 11⁄8 mile turf. San Gabriel Stakes. 4-year-olds and up. Purse $200,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt (1085) Ring Weekend,11 D Van Dyke,125 9166 Twentytwentyvision,9 M Smith,120 1085 A Red Tie Day,7 C Nakatani,120 1075 Flamboyant (FR),3 F Prat,122 (1051) Perfectly Majestic,10 V Espinoza,120 2059 Point Piper,2 M Gutierrez,122 1051 Itsinthepost (FR),5 T Baze,120 1094 Blue Tone,1 K Desormeaux,120 .... Conquest Daddyo,6 L Contreras,120 1075 QuicCasablanca(CHI),8 P Ulloa,122 .... SomeinTieme(BRZ),12 T Pereira,122

Odds 5-2 4-1 6-1 6-1 8-1 8-1 10-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 20-1

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For Gayle King, being Oprah Winfrey’s best friend has its privileges — and some obligations. One of them was alerting Winfrey, an avid reader, to what was happening on television. “They used to call me ‘Gayle King, Eyewitness News’ because I’d call and say, ‘Oprah, turn on the TV, O.J. is on the run,’ ” King recalled during a recent lunch in Manhattan. “She once said, ‘There’s this show “Friends,” have you heard of it? They’re coming to me and asking if I want them on the show.’ I was always her touchstone for what was going on in the world.” These days Winfrey is getting her updates from King along with the 3.7 million viewers who watch her on “CBS This Morning,” which celebrates five years on the air on Monday. At 62, King has reached a new pinnacle in a four-decade career by becoming a morning TV star alongside coanchors Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell. She recently signed a lucrative [See King, E8]

Pianist Terry Riley plays to the tune of inspiration at the Geffen MARK SWED MUSIC CRITC >>> When Philippe Vergne became the new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2014, he said he considered performance as essential to MOCA’s mission as it had originally been, before losing currency under other directors. Vergne also insisted he would not be rushed in any of his plans for the museum, taking whatever time he needed to do it right. Nearly three years later, he has begun living up to both of those promises. On Thursday night, the pianist and composer Terry Riley, whose 1964 “In C” instigated the musical Minimalist rage, began a short residency at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary that involves giving daily hourlong improvisations in reaction to various installations of the “Doug Aitken: Electric Earth” exhibition curated by Vergne. This is an intriguing return of the 81-year-old Riley to his

1960s experimental roots in collaborating with visual artists, composing experimental film scores and performing in art galleries, which supported experimental new music back when the traditional concert establishment would not think of such a thing. Thursday’s performance was in the Aitken cinema gallery, with Riley seated at keyboards (a Steinway and an electronic instrument) between two wide screens displaying, in mirrored images, wild animals quirkily taking over motel rooms. Riley’s work has never been one thing. He has written indeterminate scores, like “In C,” which allows performers to repeat patterns an unspecified number of times over a pulse. His large body of fully composed works for the Kronos Quartet is among the greatest, least predictable and most original [See Riley, E4] collections of American string quartets.

‘Bright Lights,’ poignant spirit Film on Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds was finished shortly before they died. By Yvonne Villarreal When they pulled into the driveway of the Beverly Hills compound that day in February 2014, filmmakers Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens could only communicate their dumbstruck awe through raised eyebrows. There were twinkly lights on trees. Pink-painted coffee pots hung from branches. Ice skates lay by the pool. A nativity scene and gnomes dotted the landscape. There were even parking meters. There lived Carrie Fisher

and, just down the hill a few yards away, Debbie Reynolds. “We just looked at each other like, ‘What is this place?’ ” Bloom recalled in a recent telephone interview with partner Stevens. “I think we never left that sense of marvel. They lived in a wonderland. They were a wonderland.” Bloom and Stevens attempt to capture that wonderland in the documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” airing Saturday on HBO. Fisher had been looking for filmmakers to chronicle her mother’s unwavering drive to perform her nightclub act as an octogenarian — “She wanted the world to [See ‘Lights,’ E5]

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Musical wit and vigor to spare Bramwell Tovey conducts violinist Ray Chen and the L.A. Phil in a spirited night at Disney Hall. E2 Comics ................... E6-7 TV grid ...................... E8

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‘Hamilton’ touring cast is unveiled The national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “Hamilton” revealed its cast Thursday. Two-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry will play Aaron Burr, Michael Luwoye will be Alexander Hamilton and former “Book of Mormon” star Rory O’Malley will assume the role of King George III, producer Jeffrey Seller said in the announcement. Henry, who is performing in the Chicago production of “Hamilton,” made his Broadway debut in Miranda’s “In the Heights.” His Tony nominations came for “Violet” and “The Scottsboro Boys.” Luwoye is an alternate for Hamilton on Broadway, and O’Malley is playing King George III on Broadway. “Hamilton” will open March 10 at the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco for a 22-week engagement. The musical arrives at the Hollywood Pantages in Los Angeles on Aug. 11 and will run through Dec. 30. — Jessica Gelt

Davis wishes upon her star And the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017 goes to ... Viola Davis. On Thursday, the leading lady was presented with the 2,597th star at a ceremony across from the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Meryl Streep, Davis’ costar in 2008’s “Doubt,” introduced her friend, calling her “possessed” — but in a good way. “She’s possessed with a blazing, incandescent talent,” Streep said. Taking the stage after Streep, Davis spoke about her late father and her challenging upbringing in Rhode Island. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly,” she said, overcome with emotion. “I cannot believe my life right now. ... It’s like my life flashing before my eyes, and all I can say is, God has blessed my life in abundance.” In 2015, the “How to Get Away With Murder” star was the first African American to win an Emmy for lead actress in a drama. Davis is in the running for a Golden Globe on Sunday for her acclaimed performance in “Fences,” her new film with Denzel Washington. — Makeda Easter

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Plenty of fun and fire at Disney Hall pany the nonsense poems of Edith Sitwell, who recited them in a rhythmic style that was a precursor of rap. Walton himself conducted the first L.A. Phil performance of music from “Facade” in 1953, but it is rarely performed in concert these days, whether in the original voice-chambergroup version or the orchestral suites. I cannot explain why we don’t hear this music more often. It’s a jazzy, sassy, tuneful romp that is pure fun for audiences and a far cry from the Walton who later became a distinguished musical pillar of the fading British Empire. Tovey programmed the Suite No. 2, which contains only six of the 21 selections in what is now called “Facade 1.” Within these 11 minutes, Tovey invoked boisterous rhythms, a delicate lilt, a little of the old soft-shoe, and plenty of satirical spirit to the manner born. Let’s hear some more of it sometime. The stylish violinist Ray Chen, last seen playing at the Musco Center in Orange in November with three friends from the Berlin Philharmonic, returned to the

Conductor Bramwell Tovey and violinist Ray Chen spice up an L.A. Phil program. By Richard S. Ginell Walt Disney Concert Hall looked almost full Thursday night, suggesting that some of Bramwell Tovey’s loyal Hollywood Bowl following may have followed him to downtown L.A. for his gig there with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The irrepressible Tovey didn’t disappoint those who await his witty remarks, offering some as a prologue to Act 2 of Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty” after intermission. He spoke of the Tchaikovsky as the vehicle for one of his earliest conducting experiences: “Me and 45 ballerinas — someone had to do it!” (Rim shot.) But there was also musical wit on display — at last, a performance of selections from William Walton’s “Facade.” This was Walton’s breakthrough piece, written in 1922 at age 19 to accom-

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Southland for his Disney Hall debut in the Sibelius Violin Concerto — and he came to impress. He arched his back, knees bent, and poured forth plenty of warm, passionate tone, grabbing a hold of the long line toward the climax of the second movement and not letting go until he reached the top. Overall, though, the Sibelius concerto thrives on a paradoxical combination of fire and ice, and Chen could provide enough fire but hardly any ice. Nor was there much darkness or propulsion in Tovey’s shaping of the orchestral components, and the timpani completely blotted out the crucial thrumming string rhythm in the finale. Yet Chen’s outgoing personality and flair could not be denied, both in Sibelius and his encore, Paganini’s Caprice No. 21. Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty” is another example of music that isn’t performed as often as one might guess — at least in the concert hall as opposed to the ballet stage. Yet Act 2 makes a perfectly good alternative to the usual overplayed Tchaikovsky symphonies; the level of inspiration is generally high, with trace elements of his Symphonies 4 and 5 and Violin Concerto turning up. Tovey and the Phil served it up luxuriously, with excellent solo contributions from concertmaster Martin Chalifour and principal cellist Robert deMaine. calendar@latimes.com

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The usual buckets of blood and mayhem The latest ‘Underworld’ is as satisfyingly dumb as its four predecessors. By Kimber Myers With four previous films under its weapons-packed belt, “Underworld: Blood Wars” hasn’t lost any of its predecessors’ lust for blood. It won the gore-loving hearts of audiences with a particularly brutal final kill in the 2003 original, and this entry won’t disappoint hardcore fans. The fifth film in the series still executes creative kills; if only the same attention were paid to the rest of the movie. Vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) hides from both

the Lycans (a.k.a. werewolves) and her own estranged tribe, but soon the vampires ask for her help. Joined by David (Theo James), Selene continues the interspecies war against Marius (Tobias Menzies), who is after the blood of her hybrid daughter, Eve. “Underworld: Blood Wars” is as big, dumb and loud as one of its Lycan in wolf form, though it is no worse than the rest of the series. Half the script from Cory Goodman is endless expository dialogue explaining this film and its predecessors’ plots, and the rest is grunts and roars from supernatural creatures that are fighting. The franchise has never hesitated to show Selene’s strength, but this movie, directed by Anna Foerster, demonstrates a more domi-

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TERRY RILEY performs as images from “Doug Aitken: Electric Earth” flash on the screen at the Geffen.

Playing with wild visions [Riley, from E1] Riley is a master singer of Indian raga. He has written orchestral pieces and concertos that are irresponsibly neglected in the concert hall (and even on recording). His opera based on the early 20th century Swiss outsider artist Adolf Wölfli has, again irresponsibly, yet to be produced. And then there is Riley the master improviser, able to play from dusk to dawn on electric organs in alternative spaces or on grand pipe organs in Gothic cathedrals. His stylist range is unprecedented, absorbing musical cultures from India and the Middle East, playing rhythmically intricate phase music with himself on tape or digital delays, picking up bits of Renaissance music, Ravel, rag, Ellington or bebop on the way. He can even come up with a sentimental tune now and then that will stay with you maybe forever. There were hints of all the above as Riley sat mostly at the Steinway, looking intently at the images on the screen. There is often a winning smile on Riley’s face when he performs, but here he seemed deadly serious. A native Californian who has spent most of his life living in nature north of Sebastopol, he has always expressed a deep-seated reverence for animal and plant life. Riley — like Vergne — is not to be rushed. He spent many minutes vamping in the bass register of the piano with rumbling trills, arpeggios that rose across the keys but only fleetingly. Peacocks on twin beds, or a horse uncomfortably con-

ing a glowing orb, and Riley returned to contemplative pulsing. Fifty minutes can be but a blink of the eye in Riley time, and much of those 50 minutes felt as though Riley’s efforts were to somehow slow the rhythms of Aitken’s arrhythmic quick-cutting. In some ways Riley and Aitken were at cross-purposes, a musician who is able to find natural connections between different types of world music more effectively than any I have ever encountered and a visual artist who thwarts our expectations of belonging. Aitken put animals in an alien environment, whereas I have seen Riley carefully pick up a frog that has dangerously wandered onto the road outside his ranch and carefully put it on safe ground. Aitken’s “migration (empire)” is one of what were listed as “Linear Films.” Riley is not a linear improviser, although he has an ethereally refined sense of ebb and flow. As the 50 minutes ended, I had the feeling that he was just beginning to give Aitken’s creatures context and their environment meaning. He left listeners and viewers with plenty to think about but wanting more. Still, I heard no complaints from a large crowd that had lined up for more than a half-hour to get in and sat uncomfortably on the gallery floor (or stood against the wall), all the while listening intently. Riley, no matter what, inspires awe.

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sheet, Riley sympathetically sang, vocalizing in the Hindustani style of his legendary Pakistani teacher, Pandit Pran Nath. A fox knocked down a TV and a lamp. Rabbits took over the beds; a deer, the motel swimming pool. Was that a platypus in the bathtub? Riley’s response was often troubled. He was at the lefthand range of the piano, dark and dissonant. With things getting a little out of hand, a playful cougar pup violently tearing up sheets and pillows, Riley moved to the electric keyboards and produced alluringly reedy, Moroccan-evoking electronic sounds. But just as the music was coming to life, the film became more abstract, the moon becom-

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‘Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ Where: HBO When: 8 p.m. Saturday Rating: TV-14 (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 14) since they’ve died. I started watching it [Wednesday] with my parents and couldn’t finish it. You replay the lines in your head. Things that you found funny before are now heartbreaking. The thing is: You have your heart broken, but you also feel the love. It has this whole other dimension to it.” The process of gathering footage was slow and steady. Even getting a commitment from Fisher wasn’t firm. “With Carrie, you can have conversations with her, but they’re not necessarily 100% binding,” Bloom said. “We talked her through what we wanted to do, and she was like, ‘Sounds good.’ Carrie wasn’t somebody who wanted to go examine every grain of sand.” Reynolds, meanwhile, didn’t quite understand what the filmmakers were aiming to capture. “She didn’t really know that we wanted to just film her being Debbie. She thought a documentary was more like a pre-

sentation,” Stevens said. “She, at one point, asked us for lines. She was like, ‘Well, what are my lines?’ We said, “No, no, we’re just going to ask you questions and follow you and watch you perform.’ She was like, ‘OK. If that’s what Carrie and Todd want, I’ll let you do it.’ ” In addition to what was shot by Bloom and Stevens, the documentary — which some have noted is “Grey Gardens”-esque at times — features vintage home movies and archival movie footage. It captures the pair’s starkly contrasting, adjacent homes: Fisher, with her eccentric array of oddities — in one scene, she points to her collection of “ugly children portraiture,” likening one painted child to “Shia LaBeouf as a young Dutch prostitute”; Reynolds with a more traditional house that could double as a vintage Hollywood museum of memorabilia (e.g. Harpo Marx’s wig from “Animal Crackers” and Dorothy’s iconic ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are on display). Viewers see Fisher making meals for her mother, helping her pack for those imprudent nightclub acts and worrying about her mother’s health. Reynolds often gets emotional talking about her daughter —whether it’s reflecting on her daughter’s mental transformation or Fisher’s singing. Both frankly discuss their relationship and

the hardships the family has endured — they also break into song here and there. While “Bright Lights” is revealing, Stevens and Bloom note that there were restrictions, and adjustments were made to filming — particularly as Reynolds struggled with her health. “The truth of it was, we did have access, but we didn’t have no-holds-barred access,” Bloom said. “There were always limits. We’ve always felt like we were there by privilege and not by right. They are not the Kardashians. They might be incredibly exploratory with their feelings and their narrative, but they are very private people. They have boundaries, and Debbie was never going to show up looking awful. She always wanted to put on a good face. That would have been true 20 years ago too.” The film’s final minutes provide an element of tension. Reynolds is due to receive the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, but her frailty puts her attendance in question. It’s a reality that weighs heavily on Fisher. At one point, she falls into a manic episode — her first in a while. “You know what would be so cool?” Fisher, who had bipolar disorder, says in the film. “To get to the end of my personality. And just like lay in the sun … I’m sick of myself.” Bloom said of capturing the moment: “You just keep filming, you don’t stop filming. Carrie would have told us to stop filming if she felt very strongly about it.” That sort of intimacy made it hard for Fisher when she first viewed “Bright Lights,” the filmmakers said, but she came to love it and supported its festival rounds. Reynolds, meanwhile, is said to have been particularly delighted by the archival footage and family movies. “We didn’t set out to make a love story, but we ended up making a love story,” Stevens said. One for the ages. yvonne.villarreal @latimes.com

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[‘Lights,’ from E1] see how incredible her mother was,” Bloom said. What took shape, instead, over the course of about 10 months, is a tender portrait of a mother and daughter with a complicated but loving relationship. The final portrait, as it turned out. Reynolds was a product of the studio system, charming audiences in such films as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tammy and the Bachelor,” while Fisher was a student of Hollywood’s uninhibited era in the ’70s with her breakout role in “Star Wars.” Two Hollywood icons to the world. But to each other, as the film highlights, they were mother and daughter; to each other, they were caregivers. After showings at several film festivals, including Cannes and Telluride, “Bright Lights” was slated to make its debut on HBO this summer. But in the wake of the tragically poetic deaths of the duo over the holidays — Fisher at 60 from a heart attack, Reynolds at 84 from a stroke — the network moved up the premiere date. “We discussed it pretty thoroughly,” Bloom said. “There was no discussion when Carrie died. It’s when Debbie died that talks happened because people were asking. We wanted to make sure it was OK with the family. We checked with Carrie’s daughter, Billie Lourd, and Carrie’s brother, Todd Fisher. They gave their approval.” The filmmakers acknowledge the documentary, which began production in April 2014 and culminated in January 2015, now has an added layer of poignancy. Moments of vulnerability and quips about death now carry extra weight and can feel like foreshadowing rather than happenstance. (There are many from Fisher, such as when she sees a sign at a shop reading “prepare to meet thy god” and says, “Uh-oh, when?”) “It’s tough for us to watch, to be honest with you,” said Bloom, noting the shock the pair felt when they learned of Fisher and Reynolds passing within a day of each other. “I haven’t seen it

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By Frank Stewart The “Simple Saturday’’ column focuses on basic technique and logical thinking. Becoming proficient means studying the techniques of dummy play. Last Saturday I treated the “loser-on-loser,” a play so versatile that it deserves a second look. South stops at six spades, resisting the urge to bid a speculative grand slam. He takes the ace of clubs and counts six trumps, one heart, two diamonds and two clubs. He has chances for one more trick: A diamond finesse with the 10 may win or clubs may break 3-3. How should South play? South has a lock. He

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HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis Aries (March 21-April 19): The better your relationship is with yourself, the less you require from external sources. Taurus (April 20-May 20): Today feels like a jelly doughnut. The best stuff is in the center. Gemini (May 21-June 21): You’ve a particular set of curiosities that speak to your intelligence. Cancer (June 22-July 22): Finding the one you like best takes faith and devotion to a process. It’s a lot harder than going with the one who got there first. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You feel you have something to say today, but you don’t necessarily want to be recognized for saying it. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Lose something? Chances are that it’s very close to you; you’re just not seeing it. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

It’s very easy to be the most charismatic person in the room these days. All you have to do is engage the world instead of looking at your cellphone. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Cook for your loved ones. Make memories. Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): The impact of environment on human behavior cannot be underestimated. Test the theory by changing yours up significantly. See if that doesn’t change the way people behave in your home, particularly loved ones. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Everyone knows you’re not supposed to stare into the sun , but you should practice the art of looking on the bright side. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It will feel as though your actions are questions instead of answers. If you knew it all, the day would be boring. You’re willing to accept the uneasiness that comes with exploration.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): There are a lot of boxes you haven’t checked. Good news: You don’t have to, not now, not ever. You might later. Be OK with that. You’re a kind person, and you give your all. That’s enough for today. Today’s birthday (Jan. 7): Military or not, you’ll be a soldier in your life this year, willing to stand, fight, love and live for a principle. Your loyalty to a group or ideology will guide the action in the next four months. You’ll see victory in May and July. You’ll enjoy financial rewards with loved ones in March and August adventures. Gemini and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 2, 14, 39 and 27. Holiday Mathis writes her column for Creators Syndicate Inc. The horoscope should be read for entertainment. Previous forecasts are at latimes.com/horoscope.

cashes the ace of hearts, draws trumps with the A-K, and returns the queen of hearts, pitching a club. South trades his club loser for a heart loser but shows a profit because he sets up a winner in the process. He can discard his 10 of diamonds on the jack of hearts and claim. Question: You hold: ♠ A K J ♥ Q J 3 ♦ J 7 4 ♣ K 5 4 3. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond 2NT and he rebids three diamonds. The opponents pass. What do you say? Answer: Your 2NT promised 13 to 15 points and forced to game. (Some pairs treat that bid as invitational, showing 11 or 12 points.) Partner appears to have doubts about 3NT or may be interested in bigger things. Bid three spades to show a

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The fallout after a divorce Dear Amy: My husband’s brother and his wife just divorced after 17 years of marriage and 25 years of being together. They have three children, who are close cousins to my three children. All the children are under the age of 15. My children love their aunt and uncle, and consider her still their aunt, even though she is no longer married to their uncle. I too consider this woman my family, even though technically she is no longer my sister-in-law. My daughter’s communion is this spring, and this woman is godmother to my little girl. Naturally I want to invite her to the church and dinner afterward, but my brother-in-law forbids it! My husband is inclined to side with his brother and say she is not welcome, and that I need to honor this since it is his family. My daughter will feel terrible if her godmother is not welcome. Is my husband acting appropriately in telling me it is his call to decide? What’s appropriate here? Upset Dear Upset: Your husband and his brother have what could be called the primary relationship in this tough triangle. They grew up in the

same household and have longstanding familial loyalties that your husband is anchoring to now. You can imagine that your husband is under some pressure from his brother regarding this event. You can also imagine that, given the breakup of this marriage, your former sister-in-law might not be ready to amicably attend a family event alongside her ex. Because she is the child’s godmother, this is an issue you should take to clergy. You and your husband should ask for a meeting and attend together. In my view, you should invite her, and the couple should work out between themselves who will attend. You and your former sister-in-law should work hard to maintain your friendship and relationship, regardless of what happens with this event. Dear Amy: My niece recently became engaged. I sent a card congratulating her and offered to host a bridal tea for her. She accepted my offer of hosting a shower. Soon after, I was informed, by her mother, that they are marrying ASAP, with only his parents, her parents and siblings in at-

tendance. They want to spend funds that would be spent on a wedding on other things. Now, she and her mother seem to think they get to make all the decisions about the shower, and I am to show up with checkbook in hand to pay for the event. I have been cussed, screamed at and hung up on. Is it too late to call this off without causing a big (or should I say bigger) row in the family? I was under the impression that the hostess organized the shower and the bride-to-be furnished the guest list. Have things changed that much? Curious Aunt Dear Aunt: “Things” have not changed all that much. People who offer to host events should be thanked, and the recipients of this generosity should gracefully accept, offer to help and not interfere. Cussing, screaming and hanging up on people has never been an acceptable way to communicate, and it’s not acceptable now. You should gracefully bow out and let them do what they want to do, on their own. Send questions to askamy@ amydickinson.com.

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5 years as a happy ‘Morning’ person [King, from E1] long-term deal to remain with the program, which launched with the bold claim that “The News Is Back in the Morning.” King recalls how some critics believed the positioning of the show as a smarter alternative to NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America” was ambitious and perhaps a bit audacious. “We had a lot of haters and a lot of naysayers,” she said. “We didn’t know what was going to happen.” But along with the ratings growth that “CBS This Morning” has experienced — up 45% since its first year — King says she knows that the program has lived up to its promise. Her friends who work for the competition tell her so. “They’ll say, ‘It’s so frustrating to see what you’re doing compared to what we’re doing,’ ” King said. “Friends from other networks, including executives, have all come to me at different times to say, ‘I like what you guys are doing, I wish we were doing more of it.’ ” Such candor is common from King. Morning TV anchors don’t normally use the term “bad ass” to describe an upcoming guest, but King does. She is freewheeling when it comes to talking about her own life. She doesn’t shy away from discussing her age. She posts on Instagram about her weight. She admits to having changed the spelling of her name from Gail because she liked the way it looked with a “y” and an “e.” (“Don’t you think Gayle is a prettier spelling?” she asks.) Reports of her being the most outspoken anchor at a post-election gathering of media heavyweights at Trump Tower with President-elect Donald Trump were accurate, she notes. It’s King’s willingness to speak her mind that adds a what-will-she-say-next tension to “CBS This Morning” and has people like former “Today” coanchor Bryant Gumbel watching. “You watch her and you

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‘CBS This Morning’ Where: CBS When: 7 a.m. Monday through Friday Not rated can see there is no guile,” said Gumbel, now the host of HBO’s “Real Sports.” “Her edit button, like mine, doesn’t work. My edit button doesn’t work in an acerbic way. Her edit button doesn’t work in a nice way. Sometimes she says things that make me laugh out loud. She’s a good person, and she has natural curiosity and natural enthusiasm.” When “CBS This Morning” was being conceived, the network’s news executives believed King’s ebullient personality and pop culture savvy would balance the gravitas of Rose, wellknown to viewers through “60 Minutes” and his sober talk show that airs on PBS

stations (O’Donnell joined “CBS This Morning” later). Neither Rose nor King had a track record in morning television or working in an ensemble setting, and CBS had never had a real success against “Today” and “GMA.” But Chris Licht, who developed and produced “CBS This Morning,” was sold on King, having used her as a highly prepared and engaging guest on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe.” “There isn’t a focus group in America that would have put Charlie Rose and Gayle King together,” said Licht, now executive producer of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “It’s not as crazy as it looks on paper. They knew each other. They traveled in the same circles and would see each other at the same events. They are both at the same place in their lives where they are comfortable in their own skin.” The show launched with King joining midway at 8 a.m. as Licht believed a

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tion.” People who have worked with King describe her as having a sunny personality even when the camera is not on her. (“Yellow is my favorite color,” she said, confirming the description.) She is described as a morale booster in the “CBS This Morning” studio, knowing the names of each staffer and crew member. Every year she brings in a chef and throws a party for them. King says being on television has always made her happy. (“I would say I’m having the best time of my life, but I was having a great time anchoring local news.”) Being on a set that displays the world map used on the “CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite,” the newscast her father watched, is particularly gratifying for her. “My dad died when I was a freshman in college and I do wish he could have seen that,” she said. “He would have gotten a kick out of that.” The morning TV grind does have its challenges. The

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three-anchor setup would slow the pace of the news-intensive first hour. But his second in command, Ryan Kadro, now executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” pushed to have King at the top of the program as it became apparent she was comfortable across all subject areas. “Charlie liked it, and Norah liked it, and we never looked back,” Licht said. King, who had been hosting a talk show on Winfrey’s OWN network before joining CBS, did have to make some adjustments. She is so at ease with expressing her opinions that she’s had to learn to restrain herself when straight reporting is required. When told there are viewers who sense she is holding back sometimes, she laughs. “Yes, Gayle is,” she said. “That is true. I know that it’s a news program. I also know I’m a human being. I’m not a robot. We’re not talking to robots. To me, sometimes it’s OK to have a human emotion or human reac-

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fitness tracker on King’s wrist shows she had four hours sleep the night before, which is typical for her. Even with a 3:30 a.m. wake up time, she still does what she calls “drive-bys” at galas and premiere parties in New York. While the schedule means she spends weekends exhausted and experiencing “some fetal position moments,” it’s worth it for the front-row seat to world events. King, a Maryland native who as a child lived in Turkey, where her father worked as an electronic engineer, has never let the TV business control her life. She was once asked by Winfrey to move to Chicago so she could be groomed to take over “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as the host toyed with leaving to pursue more acting roles. Then a local anchor for the CBS affiliate in Hartford, Conn., King turned down that opportunity. She was unwilling to uproot her family because she wanted her two children to grow up near their father, whom King divorced in 1993. “Oprah said, ‘Listen, I only want to do this another year, I’ll pass the baton,’ ” King recalled. “The kids were young, and it was important to me that they had a relationship with my ex. He got to see them a lot. At the time I said, ‘I really want to go.’ ” Even though she stuck it out in Hartford, King’s long friendship with a powerful media icon such as Winfrey has given her a rarefied existence that made her well known on the celebrity circuit even without being on television every day. She says it has not altered her worldview. “I have some fancy friends, but I’m still a girl that likes a sale,” she said. “I don’t feel that just because you can afford to buy something doesn’t mean you have to do it. Money enhances my life, but it doesn’t change the core of who you are.” stephen.battaglio @latimes.com

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Imagine you are visiting a restaurant that is as comfortable and familiar as a friend’s living room, where the music is good, but where you are largely ignorant of the cuisine. Some of the dishes you recognize — hummus, falafel, chicken kebab — while others, such as hesandin and mele gej, you do not. You recognize a vague Persian bent to the menu so you ask the server if the restaurant serves anything like doogh, a yogurt drink you enjoy at Iranian restaurants. She returns with a copper bowl of the Kurdish equivalent served with a ladle from which you are instructed to sip. The drink is light but creamy, refreshingly tart, flavored with a bit of dried mint, and you soon see the bottom of the bowl. You may still not be quite sure which way a meal is headed when you come to Niroj Kurdish Cuisine in Agoura Hills, but you suspect you will be well taken care of. Sometimes that is all that counts. My former colleague Charles Perry, an authority on Middle Eastern cuisine, used to claim that there was no such thing as Kurdish cuisine, that Kurdish cooking in Iraq was basically Iraqi, and Kurdish cooking in Turkey was more or less Turkish. The only flavor he remembered that the Kurds were known for was the piney gum from the mastic tree. I had asked him about Kurdish cooking because I had been going to a short-lived Kurdish-Iranian restaurant in Glendale whose menu of kebabs and flatbreads was indistinguishable from that of the other Iranian restaurants in the neighborhood and whose waiters became oddly silent when I asked about Kurdish specialties. The koobideh and the pilaf with lentils had been delicious, but even given the crossover between the cuisines — Naomi Duguid recently wrote a cookbook called “Taste of Persia” that pointedly included the multinational expanse of Kurdistan in the mix — it was hard to know where one style of cooking ended and the other began. “Mastic, mastic … ,” mused Luqman Barwari, owner and chef of Niroj, when he stopped by the table on his rounds. “I do remember chewing gum from a tree when I was a child. But it’s not like we put it in everything. I think Kurdish cooking has more to do with mild spices and fresh herbs and a sense of who we are than it does with any one ingredient.” Niroj, named for the Kurdish new year, like the Iranian nowruz, is in a Conejo Valley mini-mall just off the 101. It shares a parking lot with real estate offices, a hair salon and what appears to be a kosher pizzeria. Its small dining room is lush and softly lighted, with tables decorated with rich fabrics, oil paintings on the walls and floor-to-ceiling racks stocked with Turkish and Lebanese

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LUQMAN BARWARI serves customers at his Niroj Kurdish Cuisine in Agoura Hills, the only restaurant of its kind in the West.

Niroj Kurdish Cuisine A Kurdish restaurant in a Conejo Valley mini-mall

A NIROJ KEBAB plate includes grilled house-ground spicy seasoned lamb and beef with jasmine rice, roasted vegetables. LOCATION

30313 Canwood St., Agoura Hills, (818) 889-7888, www.niroj cuisine.com PRICES

Mezze $6-$9; salads $10-$11; kebabs and casseroles $17-$26. Set-price dinners $31-$33 per person. DETAILS

Open 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Fri.-Sat., 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Credit cards accepted. Beer and wine. Lot parking. RECOMMENDED DISHES

Hesandin; mujwer; mele gej; niroj kebab; kunefe.

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wines. The vegetables come from the local farmers market. The meat is halal. On weekends, there is sometimes Kurdish music, as well as things like Barwari’s kobbe soup, made with minced meat, bulgur and three different kinds of beets. A lot of the customers seem as if they drop in once or twice a week, less for a culturally enriching experience than for a plate of lamb chops and a glass of wine. And while Barwari, a former scientist, comes from the Iraqi city of Mosul, his cooking has influences from across the region — and from California, if you include the mesclun-based salads, the salmon with white wine and the calzone-like pide — flatbreads folded over fillings of spinach and feta, mushrooms or a pepperoni-pizza-like mix of sujuk sausage and cheese. If you order cold mezze, you will recognize the hesandin as a close analogue to muhammara, a smooth, slightly spicy dip made with walnuts, red peppers and a touch of sweet pomegranate molasses, and the piyas as a pleasant if mild tabbouleh. The wood-baked casserole mele gej, bafflingly translated as “Dizzy Clergy’’ on the menu, turns out to be the Kurdish version of the Turkish imam bayildi — eggplant, peppers and tomatoes cooked until they nearly collapse into a juicy purée, a dish so famously delicious that it was said to make a cleric reel with pleasure. (Mele diz is pretty much the same thing with the addition of meat.) The lehmecun, baked in a wood

oven, is a thin, crisp-edged flatbread smeared with tomato and sprinkled with ground meat, like an Armenian lahmajune. Borek resembles a slightly stodgy egg roll: thin pastry rolled around a filling of herbs and cheese. The kobane falafel, stained dark green with kale, may be perhaps too dense by half — you’re probably better off with the mujwer, a kind of fritter made with vegetables, eggs and cheese, which is springy, lighter than you might expect such a thing to be, and nice with a dab of yogurt. Barwari’s cooking is restrained in its spicing, easy on salt, tending toward the supple rather than the crisp. Sometimes, as with the braised lamb tawe, this is a fault. Sometimes, as with the house’s namesake Niroj kebab, it is just right — a ground mixture of beef and lamb wrapped around a bit of spinach and pomegranate molasses before it is grilled, then splashed with a little yogurt. Barwari claims that no other restaurant in California offers this dish, which I don’t doubt — Niroj is the only Kurdish restaurant in the western United States. The kebab is lovely with Barwari’s chickpea-studded rice. Even if you tend to skip desserts in Middle Eastern restaurants, you should probably snag an order of Barwari’s kunefe —– melted cheese crowned with a crisp, syrup-sweetened disk of pastry. There may be no better companion for a glass of strong Kurdish tea. jonathan.gold@latimes.com

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By Patrick Comiskey On the second day of January, Taylor Parsons, chief author of one of the most dynamic wine lists in Los Angeles, left his position at République — that day, by his calculation, represented his 1,000th evening menu at the celebrated Hancock Park bistro. He plans to spend the next year developing a restaurant project he can call his own, consulting, and helping his wife Briana Valdez expand her own business, the Loz Feliz Tex-Mex joint HomeState. He left the wine program in the hands of 33-year-old Maria Garcia, who instantly becomes one of the most important wine directors in the city, and one of the most influential Latina sommeliers in the country. Garcia is an L.A. native raised in Whittier. She was set on taking her history and political science degrees from UCLA into a career in education — in fact, she was teaching at a high school in Crenshaw when her interest in wine and cocktail culture drew her back toward the culinary arts. Her wine career, then, has been short, but highly pedigreed. After dabbling in retail and wineslinging as a street rep for a broker, she landed a job at Spago, where for 3 1⁄2 years she managed the cellars and worked the floor for Chris Miller, M.S. — as did Parsons, for one year, where he became well-acquainted with Garcia’s skills and work ethic. At Spago, Garcia became a kind of unofficial enforcer for the sorts of service standards the restaurant needed to elevate its game toward the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award, a kind of Oscar nod for restaurant wine programs. Garcia beefed up

The wine cellar Wine Director: Maria Garcia Floor sommelier(s): Alexander Goldfisher Number of wines on the list: 75ish Number of wines “off” the list: 2,000ish % white/red: 40%/60% Least expensive bottle: $36 Most expensive bottle: $4,500 Median bottle price: $120 % domestic/imported: 20%/80% Patrick T. Fallon For The Times

MARIA GARCIA , taking over as wine director at République

from Taylor Parsons, calls the wine list “a conversation starter.” staff training, service accouterments, storage protocols and monitored countless other minuscule details that helped to bring the entire program to another echelon, resulting in a half-dozen Grand Awards since 2010. Since joining Parsons at République nearly three years ago, Garcia has retained that role, managing the cellar, overseeing service standards and staff training, such that the wine program runs at an unusual level of efficiency and polish, even as it remains one of the most idiosyncratic in the city, if not the country. Why idiosyncratic? Parsons and Garcia have, in effect, created a wine list that’s more conceptual than fixed. It’s a nod to the particular demands of Walter Manzke, a chef given not only to daily changing menus, but who is so predisposed to improvisation that he thinks nothing of going four courses deep on the

fly for a four top, off-menu, laying waste to the walk-in to pull together something special and singular. To match up with their chef ’s itinerant inclinations, Parsons and Garcia have fashioned a wine program that’s more ephemeral than literal. The physical wine list, the one presented at table, is a single page of about 75 wines. But this is just the tip of the iceberg; the rest of the wine selections loom in the cellar, more than 2,000 strong, off-list, which Garcia and her staff draw from depending on the menu, and on the guest and the timbre of engagement they’re looking for, and if needed, draw from the hidden trove stashed away. For the moment, Garcia is keen on preserving this moving target of a wine list, as she settles into the driver’s seat. While she ponders introducing a reserve list, it’s the minilist that puts everything in motion. “The page opens the dialogue,”

Number of wines by the glass: 12-15 (including fortified/sweet) Particular strength: France: Burgundy, Champagne, Loire and Rhône Valleys. Italy: Piedmont, Tuscany. The “New California.” République current staff go-to wine: Cavallotto 2008 Barolo “Bricco Boschis” “We ripped through our allocation of this Nebbiolo,” Garcia says, “in part because we met the winemaker a few months back. Many of the servers have tasted a few of his vintages and recognized that it was a special list addition. Plus, a lot of guests were looking for something with a little age that’s reasonably priced to celebrate the season, and the Cavallotto was in this category. Your current obsession: Loire explains Garcia. “It’s just a conversation starter.” But the additional latitude of the “off list” list gives Garcia, her staff and her customers a much broader horizon. “Guests come here looking for new wines

producers Thibaud Boudignon, from Anjou, and Château de Brézé, from Saumur. “These are two of my favorite producers this year. They possess many of the qualities we look for in producers. They make lowintervention, small-production wines of exceptional quality. They’re beautiful, textural, mineral wines, appealing to the Burgundy lover in me; plus I can introduce these wines to guests without them breaking the bank.” Your most exciting wine by the glass: Jean & Sebastien Dauvissat 2008 1er Cru “Vaillons” Chablis “This is an older Chardonnay from Chablis, in Burgundy, from a special premier cru vineyard. To be able to offer premier cru Chablis with a little bit of bottle age by the glass is something special. The guest can experience what we mean when we speak about development, without having to commit to an entire bottle.” If you could change L.A. wine tastes just for one day, what would you tell folks to do: “Trust your sommelier. Go to dinner, tell them what you like, and take a risk. Let them guide you to something new, even if it’s in the wheelhouse of the types of wines you already like. If you trust your sommelier, today might be the day you fall in love with a new wine.” — Patrick Comiskey now,” she says, “not something they can find anywhere. They’re here to get turned on to something different.” food@latimes.com

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AWAITING customers at Mad Pambazos are, from left, Macks Collins, Joe Drewer and Bryan Kidwell. Their truck’s name is a nod to their favorite “Mad Max” films.

Going ‘Mad’ for pambazos

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BY JENN HARRIS >>> When you find the Mad Pambazos food truck, either in the courtyard of a brewery in San Pedro or parked along Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, your eyes will inevitably be drawn to a dozen or more rainbow squeeze bottles in front of the truck. This is the collection of hot sauces that chefs Macks Collins and Bryan Kidwell make themselves and proudly display in an ice chest. The lemon habanero is a pale yellow, the jalapeño sauce an electric green and the carrot habanero a deep, burnt orange. Very pretty. And the flavors change based on what Kidwell and Collins find at the markets. ¶ What you’ll learn about Kidwell, Collins and partner Joe Drewer pretty quickly is that they’re really passionate about their truck, their hot sauces — and the “Mad Max” movies. The “Mad” in the name is a nod to their favorite films, as are the names for the dishes on the truck: Toecutter, Dr. Dealgood and Ton Ton Tattoo, all characters from the movies. You get the idea.

Then again, you’d have to be pretty passionate about something to quit your restaurant jobs in New York City and move to Los Angeles to open a food truck that specializes in a sandwich called the pambazo. It’s a salsa-dipped sandwich popular in Mexico City. Collins and Kidwell first tried one when a dishwasher introduced it at a staff meal in New York. “We were like, ‘Wait — what?’ ” said Collins. “This needs to be exploding.” Considering this country’s obsession with hybrid foods, there’s no reason the next big food craze shouldn’t be the pambazo. It’s also more fun to say than sushirrito (no offense to the sushi burrito). Collins and Kidwell are making different variations, include a pambazo stuffed with shredded braised goat shoulder, covered in Oaxacan cheese, a tart cabbage salad, jalapeños, cotija cheese and crema. It’s a symphony of textures, acid and spice called the Toecutter. The bread, a special bun that includes Japanese-style toasted sesame seeds, is dipped in a salsa roja before crisping up on the grill. This creates a crust of slightly dried salsa that surrounds the bread, giving it a distinct red sheen. It is quite the labor-intensive sand-

THE TOECUTTER is stuffed with shredded goat shoulder, Oaxacan cheese, cabbage salad, jalapeños, cotija cheese and crema.

THE STAR of the Ton Ton Tattoo taco is bulgolgi-marinated

wich, requiring hours of prep, as are the other items on the truck, most everything made using the car’s oven, grill and two burners. For the vegetarian People Eater, disks of sweet potato are smoked and then fried, and then layered with cubes of butternut squash that have been cooked in a Mexican chile sauce, everything topped with Chihuahua cheese, served on a salsa verde-dipped bun. Then there’s the Silvertongue’s chicken sandwich, made with fresh

of fries includes fried disks of Japanese sweet potato tossed with an Indian curry salt, served with a spiced pink aioli. And all those sauces in front of the truck? You’re encouraged to put them on everything. If you happen to save room for dessert — this will be difficult considering the size of the pambazos — there are cookies named Immortan Joe (chocolate chip) and Golden Youth (snickerdoodle). “Being on the road, this is our war rig,” said Kidwell. “That apoc-

turmeric and ghee, the contents of half of the chefs’ spice cabinet, a yogurt marinade, crispy sweet potatoes, chicken, cashew curry aioli and a tzatziki mint sauce. (And that’s not even everything.) This bun is also dipped in tikka masala sauce before hitting the grill. Because this is a Los Angeles food truck, there’s a bulgolgi-marinated brisket taco called the Ton Ton Tattoo. For this one, the chefs are making a Korean-style vinaigrette with gochujang. And as a side dish, the Mad Pambazos’ idea

brisket and a Korean-style vinaigrette with gochujang. Nice.

Mad Pambazos Price: $2 to $11 Signature dish: The Toecutter pambazo Find the truck: www.madpam bazos.com/schedule alyptic, aggressive feel is in line with our food.” jenn.harris@latimes.com

How this brilliant variety of mandarin went Super Nova By David Karp There’s a new mandarin orange in town: the Super Nova. For almost 50 years, the fruit has tantalized visitors to university citrus variety collections with its gorgeous dark orange color, its convenient seedlessness, its rich balance of sweetness and acidity — and its superb aromatics. Now, this mandarin is finally available commercially. And although the citrus won’t chase Cuties and Halos from markets any time soon, its excellence is outmatched only by the curious convolutions of its history and nomenclature. It was in 1966 that Jack Hearn, an Orlando-based citrus breeder for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, crossed two sibling mandarin varieties, Lee and Nova, seeking to understand their pollination requirements. By chance, one such hybrid, then called 6-13-44, had extraordinarily fine flavor and was seedless, a rare trait among mandarins at the time. It had only one problem: The trees bore no fruit.

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LoBue Citrus in Lindsay, Calif. “In 34 years, I’ve seen it yield a good crop exactly once,” said Randall Driggers, a USDA researcher based in Fort Pierce, Fla. Hoping the variety might produce better in California, Hearn in 1988 sent budwood for propagating to UC Riverside, where it became known as USDA 88-2, Lee × Nova (thanks to its parentage) and Novalee. There, indeed, the trees did bear moderately successful crops, though not exactly gangbusters. As California mandarin production boomed in the 2000s, two

large companies — which now sell the Halos and Cuties brands — dominated the market. LoBue Citrus, growers based in Lindsay, southeast of Fresno, tasted USDA 88-2 at a university field station in Exeter and in 2010 started planting 70 acres, hoping to establish a premium niche. A few other growers put in smaller groves, which are mostly bearing their first substantial crop this month. But what to call this fruit of many awkward names? USDA 88-2 doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue. Robert LoBue, general manager of LoBue Citrus, first considered naming the oranges “Novaleena,” a lovely name, although one that might sound a bit too much like a Longfellow poem. Then he decided that Super Nova was a better moniker, a name that is inspired by the fruit’s bright orange color and blazing flavor. And yes, the brand will be trademarked, so other growers have to come up with their own names. Will they be as much fun as a mandarin named for an exploding star? food@latimes.com

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THIS SEEDLESS VARIETY of mandarin orange, USDA 88-2,

produces better in California (here in Exeter) than in Florida.

Where to find super-premium mandarins Super Novas will be available starting this weekend at Super King, Vintage Grocers and Vicente Foods. Grow markets sell organic Novalees (which are unwaxed) from Deer Creek Heights Ranch. Friend’s Ranches of Ojai offers unwaxed Lee × Novas at the Santa Monica Wednesday and Hollywood farmers markets. Two other super-premium varieties are coming into season. Large, easy to peel, seedless and richly flavored, Sumo has ruled the specialty mandarin world since its domestic introduction in 2011. This season’s huge crop just hit the

shelves at Whole Foods, Bristol Farms and Gelson’s. And starting Jan. 18, after an absence of two years, Jonelle George of Lindsay, Calif., will return to the Santa Monica Wednesday market with unwaxed Sumos. Next week, Friend’s Ranches will offer the ultimate connoisseur’s mandarin, DaisySL, with smooth, dark orange skin, firm flesh that melts in the mouth, and a fantastically intense, complex flavor — like tangerine candy. Polito Farms also will have them, at the Santa Monica, La Cienega and Venice farmers markets.

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It takes work but tastes of comfort With an earthy mix of vegetables and meat, the robust Provençal stew called daube lasts for days. Use leftovers with pasta. By Martha Rose Shulman There are many comforting stews in this world, but my favorite, the one I go back to over and over again, is the Provençal wine and meat stew called daube. Daube (pronounced “dobe”), is earthier and more robust than its refined northern cousin, boeuf bourguignon. It is also more vegetal, with lots of garlic, onions and carrots, and has a background whisper of orange, from the strip of zest that is simmered along with the meat. Making a daube takes some planning ahead, as it should be a three-day affair — one day for marinating, one for cooking, one for resting. (If you’re making rabbit daube, you may need an extra day for ordering the rabbit, as most butchers in Los Angeles only carry frozen rabbit and they will need a day or two’s notice in order to thaw it and cut it up.) After a night in the refrigerator, on the third day, you can skim the fat off the top to lighten the dish, then bring it back to a simmer and cook very gently for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Once it’s done it keeps for another four or five days, which makes it a great dish to have on hand during the holidays. My hungry college freshman was very happy about its presence in my refrigerator over the Thanksgiving break. The classic Provençal stew was typically made with tough cuts of beef or with bull meat. It was traditionally cooked in a rounded, earthenware cooking vessel with an indented lid called a daubière. The curved shape of the vessel, and the cavity in the lid that is filled with water or wine, prevent evaporation and cause condensation, so that the meat remains moist throughout its long simmer, traditionally four to five hours (reduced to three to four in my recipe). I used a regular heavy Le Creuset casserole and it worked just fine. The beef here is not nearly as tough as the lean Provençal meat. I use a mix of lean and not-so-lean cuts, usually half bottom round and half chuck, so the traditional pot is not really necessary to ensure that the meat remain moist. After three to four hours of very slow simmering, you’ll have an incredibly fragrant stew with fork-tender beef. Beef isn’t the only meat that can be at the heart of a daube. Anything from rabbit to lamb to octopus can be slowly braised in wine with aromatics and transformed into this comforting dish. The method remains the same with other proteins, but the cooking time will vary. After marinating for 12 to 24 hours in red wine with onions, carrots, garlic and a bouquet garni, the meat is removed from the wine, patted dry, and browned in olive oil. The onions and carrots are lightly browned, then the meat and vegetables, with aromatics, are simmered in the same wine

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MAKING BEEF DAUBE is a three-day affair of marinating, cooking and resting, but once done you’ll have a classic, fragrant stew.

they slept in overnight. The stew could be served as soon as the meat is fork-tender or falling off the bone, but the flavors will benefit from an overnight rest. It’s much easier, too, to spoon off the excess fat if it has chilled at the top. Traditional daube recipes usually call for pancetta or salt pork, which adds flavor and body to the stew. I have made my beef daube with and without the pancetta, and prefer the latter; I like the pure flavors of the wine, beef and vegetables. But when I make a rabbit daube, I do include pancetta. The pork flavor and richness is welcome with this lean meat. My favorite accompaniment for daube is polenta, with or without Parmesan stirred into it at the end of cooking. Spoon polenta onto plates or wide bowls, make a well in the center, and top it with stew. Close seconds to polenta, in no particular order, are pasta, farro, mashed potatoes and rice. As for leftovers, there is no better accompaniment to pasta. Just pull the rabbit off the bone and shred it, or pull apart large pieces of beef, mix the meat well with the gravy, reheat and toss with pasta. Or make what the French call a macaronade, a sort of macaroni and cheese in which the béchamel is replaced by daube. Toss the daube leftovers with pasta, then add a mix of Gruyère and Parmesan; then scrape the mixture into an oiled baking dish, sprinkle the top with breadcrumbs tossed with olive oil, and bake at 400 degrees until the top is browned. It’s a brilliant way to get two different meals out of one timeless stew. Martha Rose Shulman is a cookbook author and food writer based in Los Angeles. food@latimes.com

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3 pounds stewing beef, preferably equal portions of bottom round and either chuck, shoulder blade, short rib meat or shank 3 onions, divided 4 cloves 1 pound carrots, thinly sliced, divided 2 bouquets garnis, each consisting of 2 bay leaves, several sprigs of fresh thyme, and a couple of parsley sprigs, divided 2 strips of dried orange peel, divided 1 ⁄2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 4 crushed juniper berries 1 bottle dark, tannic red wine, such as Côtes du Rhone 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 to 4 large garlic cloves (to taste), minced or put through a press Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons tomato paste Noodles, rice, polenta or potatoes for serving 1. Cut the meat into 2- or 3-inch pieces and place in a nonreactive bowl. 2. Cut one of the onions in half and stick 2 cloves in each half. Cut one of the remaining onions in half lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise.

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Try it with rabbit Go online to find cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman’s savory recipe for rabbit daube. Peel and slice half the carrots. Add to the bowl with the meat, along with 1 bouquet garni, 1 strip of orange peel, the nutmeg, juniper berries, wine, and vinegar, and toss together. Cover tightly. Refrigerate for 8 to 24 hours, stirring the mixture two or three times. 3. Slice the remaining onion and carrots. Place a colander over a large bowl and drain the meat and vegetables into the colander. Remove the pieces of meat, blot thoroughly dry with paper towels, and set aside. Discard the bouquet garni and the orange peel. 4. In a large, heavy skillet, heat one tablespoon of the olive oil. Add the meat to the pan in batches and brown slowly on all sides, adding more olive oil if necessary, taking 8 to 10 minutes for each batch. Do not crowd the pan. Transfer to a large, heavy casserole and immediately sprinkle over 1 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper, or to taste.

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Pour off the fat from the pan. 5. Return the pan to medium heat, and add 2 tablespoons olive oil and the sliced onion that was not included in the marinade. Cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan to deglaze, until the onion softens, about 5 minutes, then add the sliced onion and carrots from the marinade. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook the onions and carrots together slowly, stirring often, until lightly colored, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute, then add the flour and cook, stirring for a few minutes. Transfer the mixture to the casserole. 6. Remove the skillet from the burner and place the casserole with the meat and vegetables over medium heat. Add the marinade, tomato paste, and the remaining bouquet garni and orange peel. Bring slowly to a gentle simmer, skimming off any foam. Add salt to taste (at least 1 teaspoon), reduce the heat to very low, cover and simmer for 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Add the remaining carrots, cover and simmer until the meat is fork-tender, another 30 minutes to an hour. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate overnight. 7. Skim any visible fat off the top of the daube. Bring slowly to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes to an hour. Taste, adjust seasonings, and serve with pasta, rice, polenta or potatoes. Note: From Martha Rose Shulman. Once you’ve made the daube, it will keep for at least five days in the refrigerator and freezes well for a few months.

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Gentle changes for the new year

By Rene Lynch What “elimination” diet are you trying in 2017? No sugar? No gluten? No dairy? It all sounds like “no fun” to Tess Masters. Masters — better known in the online world as L.A.’s Blender Girl — is back for the second year in a row to help Saturday readers kick off the new year in style. She says she’s in your corner if you want to kick the sugar or soda habit this year. “You can do it!” she says enthusiastically. But she also suggests another alternative for those of us struggling to kick the white stuff: Instead of focusing on taking all the “bad” stuff out of your diet, how about simply adding more “good” stuff? “My big thing is, be more gentle with yourself,” she said. “Small changes create big shifts.” Masters is an actress, voiceover artist and author of several cookbooks (blenderbooks?) that are all about recipes you can make in your blender. Her newest one is just out: “The Perfect Blend: 100 Blender Recipes to Energize and Revitalize.” Masters goes beyond smoothies — although there are several in the book — with recipes aimed at different health goals, such as reducing inflammation, increasing probiotic and protein intake, and boosting immunity. Here are Masters’ tips for kicking off the new year.:

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Hydrate

Drink plenty of water and herbal tea, and eat high-watercontent foods such as cucumber, celery, tomatoes, melons, berries, grapefruit, lemons and limes to keep the body hydrated and to flush out toxins.

Grab greens

Push probiotics

Add leafy greens such as spinach, kale, chard, arugula, romaine, collard greens and bok choy to your smoothies and salads, or shred them and add to soups and stews to increase your consumption of alkalizing minerals to combat acidic wastes.

Add probiotic powder to smoothies; drink kefir; eat unsweetened natural yogurt; add 1/4 cup of cultured vegetables (sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, etc.) to meals to maintain gut health and boost immunity.

Rip into raw foods

Increase your consumption of raw foods that contain nutrients

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and enzymes that aid digestion and increase your intake of mineral-rich water.

Move for momentum

Engage in some kind of easy movement (walking, hiking, running, cycling, etc.) every day for heart and respiratory health to improve circulation and aid metabolism. Masters adds: “Being extreme isn’t any fun. Healthy living should be fun, and life should be fun. ... It’s a much more prudent approach to pick a few tangible things you know you can stick to and grow from there. When you start to make these small changes, you start to feel better. It’s layering. You just keep adding healthy layers.” Another reason for healthy layers? “If you change everything at once, it’s hard to know what is working. If you start drinking a green smoothie each day, and you find that your digestion is improving and you’re sleeping better, then you’ve got a proven incentive to keep going.”

BLENDER GIRL Tess Masters, seen in her “The Perfect

Blend” book, has recipes at the ready for a healthful year.

Taste what she’s talking about Go online to latimes.com/Health for three recipes from Blender Girl’s new book, including what she dubs mind-blowing Moroccan pizza, tricked-up tabouli, and an orange greensicle smoothie.

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Why looking good is just not good enough Have you picked up any health and wellness tips from your two kids and stepson? They inspire me in lots of ways, but not their eating habits. I have a 13-year-old who runs on adrenaline and low blood sugar all the time. A snack like a piece of fruit doesn’t really cut it for him. That’s why we created the protein powder for kids. Otherwise, it’d be Oreo cookie milkshakes all the time in the afternoon and wondering why he can’t get his homework done. We love to ski together; they’re much more acrobatic than I am. I like the slaloms, they like to do jumps. And wakesurfing — that’s a really fun sport. We’re doing quite a bit of that. We’re a sporty family.

By Tiffany Hsu Elle Macpherson, at 52, has the kind of physique that teen girls covet. ¶ But the supermodel-turned-entrepreneur’s attitude toward her figure — and her life — has changed since she was regularly gracing the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. ¶ Her natural wellness company, WelleCo, has collaborated with designers such as Aerin Lauder. Last year, she also co-founded the Elle Macpherson Body lingerie company. ¶ Here’s what the Miami-based mom has to say about the joys of wakesurfing, an alkaline diet and her sporty kids. You follow an alkaline diet, which attempts to ward off disease by managing the acidity and pH of bodily fluids through certain foods. What do you eat in an average day? A lot of people will say that if you eat right, you’ll be fine. But we’re not farming the way we used to farm, and certainly not in America. So it’s very hard to get all the nutrients we need in our diet. I was taking synthetic vitamins for a long time and wondering why they weren’t doing anything. I wasn’t sleeping much, I was putting on weight, my hair was lackluster and my nails were brittle. My exercise routine seemed boring and I wasn’t feeling wellnourished. For me, it’s not good enough just to look good. The way I felt became absolutely paramount to me. Now, I get up in the morning and have half a liter of water and then a hot water and lemon. I might have a chia tea pudding soaked in almond milk. Then I take my Super Elixir alkalizing greens supplement and water on a school run for my kids. Then I’ll work out. I try to have a protein shake straight after. Or, if I haven’t had the pudding, I might have

eggs or oatmeal. I’ll usually have a vegetarian lunch with lots of greens. I might occasionally have some goat cheese. Then, for dinner, I’ll have some fish and veg or chicken and veg. I don’t deprive myself of anything. I don’t really like the way I feel when I have wheat, dairy or sugar. But other than that, I eat lots of food — regularly three meals a day and two snacks. And how does your fitness regimen now compare to when you were younger? In my 20s, I didn’t have to do anything. I was 6-foot and long and lean. No children. I had plenty of time, so I could do 1,000 sit-ups or run 10 miles — I’m not saying that’s what I actually did, but I could because I had the energy. Now, in my 50s, I do an hour a day. The difference is that I’m not in the gym grinding it out. I’m doing something I love — paddle boarding, hiking, waterskiing. At the moment, I’ve been boxing. Sometimes I’ll do spin classes with girlfriends. I schedule it in my diary every day — I don’t doublebook myself. I just do it relentlessly, as much for my head and my heart as anything else, not because I have to look a certain way.

What’s your morning routine? I put the alarm on for a quarter past 5. For 20 to 40 minutes, I don’t pick up my screen at all. I do some sort of meditation. I go to bed early, so I don’t wake up tired. I wake my son up at 6, have my water and make breakfast. Only then do I look at social media, and only for a moment.

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WITH SPORTY kids in the family, Elle Macpherson says she

gets plenty of exercise, including skiing and wakesurfing.

Any New Year’s resolutions? I love the fact that we get to start a new life every single day. I don’t think we have to wait until the first of January to make changes. It might be as simple as making sure I drink enough water, or I reach out to people important to me on a regular basis. Does this sound all too earnest? I’m really not that boring, I promise you. I have a conscious life. I have a rich life, a joyful life, a life I find invigorating. I’m not numb, which is cool. health@latimes.com

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Mental tricks for managing stress BY MICHELLE MALTAIS >>> If there’s one thing that 2016 has taught many of us, it’s that it helps to have a way to

calm our minds and quiet our hearts. Just how do you do that? Try “mindfulness.” ¶ That, essentially, means being more attuned to what’s going on around you and inside of you. “Mindfulness is an openhearted way of being aware of the flow of moment-to-moment experience as it’s happening,” explains Trudy Goodman Kornfield, founding teacher of mindfulness center InsightLA. If you’re the resolutionsetting kind of person, then employing mindfulness could help you find more success in reaching your goals. Say exercise is on your 2017 to-do list but you keep avoiding the gym. Through practicing mindfulness, you can notice there is a feeling of dislike percolating inside and know that “you don’t have to take it so seriously,” says Diana Winston, director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (marc.ucla.edu) and coauthor of “Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness.” “It’s just a feeling happening in the moment. It will pass, like all feelings do,” she says. Here are five ideas Goodman Kornfield and Winston offered via email on how to introduce the power of mindfulness to your routine in the coming year.

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First, just STOP. “When you’re in the middle of a stressful moment, or just want to be more mindful, remember to STOP,” Winston says. The acronym stands for slow into the moment, take a breath, observe what’s happening before you proceed. “Maybe your heart is racing or your stomach is clenched, or you’re anxious,” Winston says. “By taking breaths and noticing the emotion, we can calm our body and mind, we can observe what is happening without reacting, and can proceed with more awareness.” Goodman Kornfield says, “You can simply feel your feet on the floor, your body in the chair, and take a conscious breath in to energize. Then, as you release the breath, you’ll notice a shift into a bit more relaxation and calm.”

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MINDFULNESS can help people stay calm, listen, and accomplish goals in the new year, teachers say.

And then repeat it.

tion practice at its heart, “is also a quality of attention that you can develop at any moment, Winston says. Starting with a basic focus on breathing is key. “The simplest instructions are to notice the sensation of your breath in your abdomen or chest, or nose. Try to stay with one breath at a time,” she says. “When your mind wanders — and it will wander — simply bring it right back to the sensations of breathing.” UCLA’s website offers free meditations you can download, including some fiveminute ones to get started.

Breathe in and out. Whether walking down the hall or to your car, you can focus on how you’re breathing as you do it, noticing how many steps happen with each breath and what’s going on in your head — taking inventory of sense throughout your whole body as you go. “We use the breath as a bridge from activities that are usually automatic,” says Goodman Kornfield, “to being more appreciative and aware of things we ordinarily don’t even notice — thoughts, feelings, perceptions that are the landscape of our life.” Mindfulness, a medita-

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Listen before you leap. We can apply mindfulness to listen — and hear — one another more effectively. “Mindfulness is not merely a navel-gazing activity, but we can use the quality of presence we cultivate through meditation to fully show up with another human being,” Winston says. “We can listen to them fully without jumping in or trying to fix them. We can be aware of our own internal reactions and judgments and put them aside so that we can really hear another.”

Focus for the whole family. One resource both women suggested for families is a new book called “Mindful Games” by Susan Kaiser Greenland. “There’s something for kids of all ages,” says Goodman Kornfeld. She also notes that adults can teach their kids best by modeling “mindful responses, by showing kids what’s possible with their own understanding and behavior.” Winston, who has a 7-yearold daughter, says they do simple things at home to en-

courage and nurture focus and calm. “Before we eat some meals, we hold hands and take a breath together. We sometimes ring a bell and listen to the sound of the bell until we can’t hear it anymore. In bed, we practice breathing awareness.” When it comes to mindfulness for kids, it doesn’t have to mean sitting or being still. Young children need to move their bodies. Goodman Kornfield recently taught mindfulness in a refugee-led preschool called Little Ripples in the Darfuri refugee Camp Goz Amer in Chad. “Both the teachers and the children enjoyed opening their senses and tuning in to the present moment through drumming, dancing, singing.” Teenagers, she says, may enjoy mindfulness group experiences that help them make friends with themselves, as well as with others. Though these techniques can help address stress triggers and help focus your energy, none is a quick fix. That said, however you are entering 2017 — exhausted or energized, full of hope or trepidation — “the practice of openhearted mindfulness is an antidote to the fears we humans all have,” Goodman Kornfield says. “Our minds and hearts are quick to change — we can do it right now, in the snap of a finger.” michelle.maltais@ latimes.com

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Here’s a free opportunity to try a mud workout, which devotees love for the way it challenges the body while being exhilarating, liberating and, yes, dirty. Tough Mudder, which arranges these muddrenched outdoor obstaclecourse events, is holding something of a primer for the public on Jan. 12 at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica. The event will showcase some of Tough Mudder’s newest obstacle designs, such as the Stage 5 Clinger (a 20-foot-high system of ladders and monkey bars) and the Augustus Gloop (climb up a vertical tube as water tumbles down). Outdoors brand Merrell is sponsoring the event and will be on hand to let participants use specially designed shoes and clothes. The “pop-up” is also a way to try it out before signing up for the real deal: the Los Angeles Tough Mudder Presented by Merrell on March 25 and 26 at the Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino. Tough Mudder Presented by Merrell training event, noon and 4 p.m. Thursday, Muscle Beach in Santa Monica. Free.

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About 60,000 people showed up at the last FitExpo, and the organizers are expecting an even bigger turnout at the 2017 edition. Running this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the public event — the largest fitness showcase on the West Coast — will highlight new trends such as slack-lining (a less treacherous type of tightrope walking) and ninja obstacle courses. Seven hundred exhibitors in the diet, nutrition and fitness world will be on hand to let visitors sample protein shakes and try gadgets with a view to sending people home with a ton of new resolve. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St. Adults: $30 to $45. Children under 12 are $10 a day, and free for kids under 6.

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BY JESSICA RITZ >>> The broad options that Savannah Cotter and David Lipchik considered when they decided to move someplace more

affordable within easy driving distance of Los Angeles is a testament to the region’s geographic diversity.¶ The couple briefly considered an ocean-centric life in Ventura. Then Lipchik’s real estate development work brought him to Redlands, but they weren’t sold on that degree of desert-adjacency. They did, however, find someplace nearby that struck them as a great fit for their needs: Lake Arrowhead. The mountain getaway has proved to be the ideal place for them to pursue each of their various professional and creative projects. Cotter crafts air-plant holders (you can see her work on Instagram at @goodsmithshop); Lipchik is a furniture designer, in addition to his real estate venture and a droughttolerant landscaping business. (Several of his projects can be seen at @localtimber.) After living at an elevation of over 5,000 feet for about six months, Cotter and Lipchik decided to put down retail roots too. In partnership with friends Michael and Rachel Graves, who own Summer Camp lifestyle boutique and framing shop in Ojai, they opened Road Trip. Cotter described it as Summer Camp’s “sister store” because both businesses reflect a fondness for vintage outdoor gear and the contemporary maker scene. (They also share a logo.) Road Trip offers custom framing services too, which hadn’t been available in the greater Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear area for about eight years, she said. The San Bernardino Mountains town doesn’t share Ojai’s reputation as a creative enclave, “but once you start talking to people, they all do things. They’re all artistic,” Cotter said. They share a work studio in the basement of the A-frame building that houses Road Trip. Lipchik builds his larger furniture pieces in L.A., and still they’re both frequently back in town. (Their parents live in L.A.: Lipchik is a native; Cotter was raised in Rhode Island and Virginia.) Cotter and Lipchik have developed a sense of how to decorate and enjoy classic A-frame buildings that are typically associated with mountain towns such as Lake Arrowhead. The store has 2,000 square feet to fill, and their nearby rental home, also an A-frame, has three stories and three bedrooms. The design challenge has been to stay true to the house’s 1970s stylistic and utilitarian mountain cabin roots while updating the interior vibe to the tastes of its young, creative occupants. “We have a lot of plants,” Cotter said. “I love gray and I love brown. I have to force myself to pick a color sometimes so the room doesn’t look drab.” Pattern and color from pillows and textiles help break up any monotony, and the stunning views provide plenty to gaze at. They scoured Craigslist for vintage finds and affordably furnished the house with new pieces from retailers such as West Elm and Living Spaces. They’ve come to consider the structure’s architectural qualities as art, in a sense. “Because we live in an A-frame, we can’t put anything on the walls. I think that’s part of why it looks so clean,” Cotter said. Naturally, a degree of aesthetic overlap exists in their house and shop. Midcentury influences and clean lines are seen in the former, whereas Road Trip skews slightly more bohemian. At home, however, “I do have some macramé,” Cotter admitted. Just like at Summer Camp in Ojai, a canoe hangs on Road Trip’s wall, and shoppers can dig into the stuff of Wes Anderson and “Moonrise Kingdom”-fueled fantasies. Cotter tries to select inventory that “relates to cabins and the outdoors,” which so far means vintage fishing gear and indie crafts and artists’ wares, including Pommes Frites Candle Co., the Small + Savage Wild’s shelves, ABJ Glassworks, Margin Imprints moon calendars, Small Adventure illustrated paper goods and Fortitude Provisions apothecary items. Lipchik’s benches serve as display surfaces, and they’re also for sale. Cotter sells the planter holders she makes onsite, and other indoor plants don’t compete with their next-door neighbor (and landlord), Lake Arrowhead Nursery. Summer Camp’s hands-on workshops have proved popular, so hosting crafting sessions at Road Trip is part of the plan to attract others to Lake Arrowhead. As for how the store name came about, “Rachel grew up going to summer camps. I never went to summer camp, but I grew up going on road trips,” Cotter explained. “It was an afterthought, but it worked well.”

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Brooding Black? Angry Amaranth? This year, the color authority has defied speculative talk of dark, brooding colors by choosing Greenery, a neutral, natural shade that “evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew,” according to the announcement. (Last year, Pantone raised some eyebrows by releasing two shades for color of the year: Rose Quartz and Serenity [a baby pink and blue], a move said to be inspired by “mindfulness” and gender fluidity.) Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the trend forecasting Pantone Color Institute, said in a statement that the new color provides “the reassurance we yearn for amid a tumultuous social and political environment. Satisfying our growing desire to rejuvenate and revitalize, Greenery symbolizes the reconnection we seek with nature, one another and a larger purpose.” Santa Monica-based interior designer Thomas Callaway views the choice with a bit of nostalgia. “I’ve been a lifelong advocate of multitude shades of the color

green, and have never understood the reluctance by many to use it,” he said. “From my parent’s forest green and gray living room in my childhood to my current avocado green dining room, I have never been shy to ‘go green.’ This year’s Greenery will become part of my color history for sure.” Calabasas interior designer Maya Williams agrees: “Green, the color of nature, is the one color that all my clients find soothing and relaxing. Greenery is a shade that lifts your spirits up and brings a sense of revitalization at the same time. I love it!” Adds San Francisco designer Kendall Wilkinson: “Greenery is a youthful hue that will enliven any space. “I’d love to use this color to create a statement sitting room or as an unexpected accent, such as a set of dining chairs.” Greenery — which has already begun appearing on runways and in furnishings and accessories — is meant to be a versatile “trans-seasonal” shade that lends itself to many different color combinations.

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Should I stir the pot and lose the ’stache?

In L.A., we always wrestle with a sense of lawlessness anyway. Starlets seem to do whatever they January is a mother of a month, damn please, and even the cops don’t bother with leading up to our most-sonorous turn signals in heavy traffic. This is the American holiday, the Super Bowl. I’m hopWest, after all. ing we can all spend it together. Still, I welcome the rains. I like the way they glisHere’s to health, happiness and ten the streets and refract the brake lights as I sit for Hail Marys. Bet the underdog and hours on the freeway, plotting my escape. the cheese blintzes. Admittedly, I am at a pivot point with this cozy First on the to-do list for 2017, little city; I either have to fully commit or move out. the holiday lights have to come Marriage seems out of the question — L.A. is not a down — we usually let a blustery one-man town. Besides, there are so many places I north wind do that. Meanwhile, my mustache has have still never lived. reached its expiration date. Time for it to come down Berlin, for one, where a buddy is going to make a as well. movie, so I may spend five months there as his perThere are two schools of thought on my mussonal chef and chocolatier. The other day, while tache. The first is that it doesn’t look so good. The making jambalaya for the potluck, I substituted a second is that it’s a hideous throwramen noodle spice pack when I back to those ’80s detective shows ran out of bullion. So naturally, my that costarred some sort of car. services as a high-end chef are in The third school of thought, demand. just emerging, is that we don’t Of course, I only make the one necessarily know what resides dish — jambalaya — and have beneath the 35-year-old mustache, brought it to the office potluck now Vote on whether the now whiter than a Mormon ski trip. for 23 straight years. Nobody much mustache should go by I’ve had it for so long, it may be complains. A couple of co-workers emailing the columnist holding my face together. are convinced it’s some sort of at chris.erskine@ At the office potluck, amid talk paella. latimes.com. Results will of artichoke dips and virgin births, If Berlin doesn’t work out, then be subject to Electoral it was suggested that I at least trim I may try Dublin for six months, or College review. the stupid thing. Left untended, it maybe Milwaukee, which I see as has developed a Wilford Brimley the only U.S. equivalent. scruffiness that wasn’t as flattering Yeah, Milwaukee. I like the as hoped. Indeed, in the mirror, I looked like a rockasound of that. Rush hour is lighter and the populabilly bass player. Or a roadie for Reba McEntire. tion less enhanced. In Milwaukee, I’ll have what’s So we have that to look forward to in 2017, a more considered “a nice, warm smile.” contemporary look. Fortunately, the lovely and “Keep the ’stache,” the folks there will insist. “We patient older daughter bought me plenty of new all have them, including many of the moms.” duds for Christmas — lots of flannel and a snappy With the new year, a certain restlessness has tweed cap. I leave the house now looking like a overcome me, maybe you can tell. All I need now is for wealthy English traveler. Milwaukee to make me a fair offer and maybe erect a A new year is a natural point for this sort of reflecsmall statue. tion. Adding to that is an abundance of winter rains. I On Craigslist, I’ll announce my intentions: am one downpour away from becoming a French “Cranky columnist seeks new city to mock. Must surrealist. shamelessly adore children and dogs. Must acknowlHere in La La Land, we are not a pale people. No edge the existence of a Lutheran God, and wonder matter the season, we are usually tarnished by the still, after all these years, why ABC took “Happy sun. When winter rains come, we are at first charmed Days” off the air. by them, but by Day Three cabin fever sets in and “Serious inquiries only.” folks rush to adjust their meds. By Day Four, civil chris.erskine@latimes.com panic has ensued, and the governor calls out the Twitter: @erskinetimes National Guard to restore order. CHRIS ERSKINE

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He seemed so eager, so fun And then I found out his ex was so pregnant. But this charmer kept trying to win me over.

try to win me over. “How’s your kid?” I’d ask politely. He showed me pictures, a proud new dad. I wished him well, while pulling away. And then he purchased my return ticket from Berlin. The more I ran, the tighter he grabbed onto something he hadn’t had a firm grip on to begin with. I left for Europe; we spoke here and there. I returned to the States a month or so later, and then we never spoke again. Months after losing contact, I got an email from his baby mama. “A little boy will not be raised by his father and a new family will not spend Christmas together because of you.” I wrote her back. Although it wasn’t my duty to clear the air, I felt the need to stand up for myself. I told her that I’d met him on a dating site and that he didn’t immediately disclose his baggage or baggage-to-be. The unfortunate situation here is that two smart, capable women were lied to. And while I have been able to move on with my day-today things, including dating, she has a lifetime ahead of her to share child-rearing responsibilities with a man neither she nor I was able to trust. After this experience, I’m not necessarily more guarded, but I am a little more inquisitive and observant when dating new people. I’m at a point where I know what I want, so it’s easier to weed out guys who are a little shady or don’t have the criteria I’m looking for. Cheesy, but as much as it may be upsetting or eye-opening, the truth should always set you free (when it comes to dating and life in general).

By Allison Ramirez

met him on Tinder. Newly single and not ready for another relationship, I was just looking for a friend — someone to talk to, go to dinner with, you know, before I left on a month-long trip abroad, where I’d planned to clear my mind sans boys and dating drama. He was a charmer; also, Colombian (I’m half-Colombian). I told him I didn’t like Colombian men, except for my dad. He said something nonsensical about disproving my theories. I waved him away. But I let him spoil me, nonetheless. Fancy dinners, endless bottles of wine and interesting conversations; he was just witty enough to hold my attention on dates from Los Feliz to the Westside. “You’re so hard to read,” he said to me one day in the car. “I can’t tell if you like me or not.” He asked me my feelings on marriage, kids and men with kids. He’d never been married, nor did he have kids, he told me. We were having fun, tons of it, until he pressured me to commit. “It isn’t the right time for me,” I said. “But I do enjoy hanging out with you.” Before I left on my grand European adventure (Los Angeles to Miami by car, New York to London to Paris to Prague to Berlin by plane and train), he told me he was also leaving — for Miami, my hometown — to see his family for a month. A long time, I thought, for a working man, but who was I to judge? I tend to run away from things, and just maybe he was doing the same. It wasn’t until the day before his flight to Miami, after I’d promised to take him to the airport, that he texted he had something to tell me. “Then tell me now,” I said. I don’t do well with suspense. Turned out, although he would be seeing his family, relatives weren’t actually why he was going to Miami. His ex-girlfriend — that’s what he called her — was pregnant and would be giving birth to their son 10 days later. He wasn’t run-

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ning from Los Angeles or a woman or a job, but toward a tiny human who would soon change his life. His son! Suddenly this bit of fun became much more complicated. I was speechless; I wanted nothing more to do with him. He begged me to let him explain.

“Fine,” I said, already knowing that I probably wouldn’t believe a word he said. He had the unfair advantage (because he’s a dude) of being able to hide something from me that had I been in his shoes, I would not physically have been able to hide.

Either way, I let him explain. I drove him to the airport. “I’ll never see him again,” I said. And then he sent me flowers on my birthday, just two days after his son was born. And then, of course, we did see each other again. He continued to

The author is a freelance writer who lives in Atwater Village and has written for Marie Claire, Seventeen and Getty Iris, an online magazine. L.A Affairs chronicles the dating scene in and around Los Angeles. If you have comments, or a true story to tell, email us at LAAffairs@latimes.com

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2015 TOYOTA YARIS

2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

11,991

12,991

2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA PZEV

12,991

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361705/715110 (Prior Rental)

361747/027316 (Prior Rental)

361699/321998 (Prior Rental)

2014 COROLLA S-PLUS

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2015 KIA OPTIMA LX

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14,991

361731/059439

361539/711600 (Prior Rental)

361734/452456 (Prior Rental)

361670/758180 (Prior Rental)

2014 COROLLA L

2015 COROLLA

2015 TOYOTA CAMRY SE

2016 JEEP COMPASS

14,991

15,991

361688/025279

361706/378244 (Prior Rental)

361622/098192 (Prior Rental)

361700/518846 (Prior Rental)

2016 TOYOTA CAMRY

2016 KIA SORENTO

2015 DODGE CHARGER

2014 LEXUS CT200H HYBRID

16,991

17,991

18,991

19,991

361585/166951 (Prior Rental)

361605/047387 (Prior Rental)

361707/879012 (Prior Rental)

361740/184190 (Prior Rental)

2013 TOYOTA AVALON

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2016 NISSAN FRONTIER

2015 NISSAN 370Z

20,991

361772/063080

2014 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE

23,991

28,991 461201/179716

21,991

13,991 361703/674987

2014 COROLLA LE

14,991 361718/035978

2014 CAMRY SE

16,991 361738/755904

2013 TOYOTA PRIUS PLUG-IN

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2016 RAV4 XLE

22,991

461215/546314

361693/736028 (Prior Rental)

361627/443982 (Prior Rental)

361742/248915 (Prior Rental)

2013 TACOMA PRERUNNER

2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER LIMITED

2016 DODGE RAM 1500

461311/435444

2015 TOYOTA TACOMA

20,991

2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE

23,991

461363/041979

2016 FORD F150

28,991

23,991 461356/050118

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25,991

26,991

461340/142316

361751/312072 (Prior Rental)

2013 TOYOTA TUNDRA

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31,991 461093/273493

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4,850

TOTAL SAVINGS

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PER MO. +TAX

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3 AT THIS OFFER

36 months closed end lease on approved credit. MSRP $21,736. $2,550 cash or trade equity down to start plus tax & license. + $1,225 GM Rebate + $2,000 Competitive Lease Rebate + $500 Select Market Rebate. Lessee responsible for mileage over 10,000 miles per year at $0.25 per excess mile. No security deposit.

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2017 CHEVY Volt LT

(515160, 551572, 552342, 551149, 552344,552631, 551903)

4,950

TOTAL SAVINGS

LEASE FOR

(674263, 268811, 760503)

7,360

TOTAL SAVINGS

149

PER MO. +TAX

LEASE FOR

3 AT THIS OFFER

149

PER MO. +TAX

1 AT THIS OFFER

(546449, 546693, 547869)

(17Z0622)

39 months closed end lease on approved credit with MSRP $26,735. $1,999 down to start plus tax & license. + $1,700 GM Rebate. + $2,000 Competitive Lease Rebate + $750 Select Market Rebate + $500 Bonus Tag. Lessee responsible for mileage over 10,000 miles per year at $0.25 per excess mile. No security deposit.

36 months closed end lease on approved above average 730 score credit. MSRP $34,555. $1,999 cash or trade equity down to start plus tax & license. + $4,610 GM Rebate + $2,250 Select Market Cash + $500 Lease loyalty Rebate. Lessee responsible for mileage over 10,000 miles per year at $0.25 per excess mile. No security deposit.

2017 CHEVY Colorado Crew Cab LT Auto 2017 CHEVY Camaro LT Auto 1,000

TOTAL SAVINGS

LEASE FOR

1,750

TOTAL SAVINGS

219

PER MO. +TAX

3 AT THIS OFFER

LEASE FOR

239

PER MO. +TAX

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A 14,230-SQUARE-FOOT mansion in Bel-Air has motorized glass doors that open to an outdoor lounge and expansive decking. Its sale was one of last year’s priciest.

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In Malibu, a mobile home fits in with Paradise Cove’s laid-back attitude, with amenities that lure you outdoors.

Mario Romano, the architect of Venice’s Wave House, looks to Mother Earth — and math — for his creations.

Among 2016’s biggest deals: a spec home, above, selling for $39 million. The original asking price was $48 million.

Jennifer Lopez is trying again in Hidden Hills, and actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt closed out 2016 with a sale.

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1307 SIERRA ALTA WAY | SUNSET STRIP 5 BEDS | 10 BATHS | 13,820 SQ. F T. | 15, 303 SQ. F T. LOT Meticulously crafted to the highest of standards, this architectural off the Sunset Strip was conceived with an eye toward leisure and modern design. Beyond the home’s massive front pivot door and ﬂoating staircase is a setting both serene and powerful, where a wealth of glass elements allow the natural surroundings to ﬂow freely and create a dramatic visual experience throughout. Fleetwood pocket doors seamlessly integrate the private, sundrenched grounds with water features, zero edge pool and luxurious cabana.

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Visit AMG Capital’s website at www.amgexperience.com to learn more about the builders and see some of their gorgeous projects.

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Fantastic and rare opportunity to work with some of Los Angeles’ most reputable builders and build your custom dream home. Situated on a half-acre at the end of tranquil cul-de-sac in Bel Air, this completely ﬂat lot is surrounded by beautiful homes and mature landscaping. Absolutely perfect for an owner-user that would like to create their own masterpiece while leaving all of the work to the professionals.

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8 BEDS | 12 BATHS | 14, 392 SQ. F T. | 205,594 SQ. F T. LOT | $21,500,000 Tucked away on a private road of intimacy and prestige, this brand new construction of tranquility, quality and Palladian style design will take your breath away. Enter through an antique Portuguese front door to find 8 bedrooms, 12 baths, home theater, game room, gym, wine tasting room housing 3,000 bottles, dual master baths which spoil you with Japanese soaking tub, traditional dressing rooms with contemporary finishes and 50 linear ft. of closet space, walnut library, imported custom lighting throughout, teppanyaki grill & pizza oven. Spectacular gourmet chef’s kitchen designed with exclusive Portabella cabinets seamlessly open to the resort style grounds which surround an over-sized guest house, pool cabana with dry and steam sauna and a magnificent 360° zero-edge pool w/beach access. To help set the stage, are century old olive trees and a 1.5 acre horse property which grants direct access to Will Rogers Park and Polo Fields. A true must see masterpiece.

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BILLY ROSE

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One of the most unique and magical properties in Los Angeles, this thoughtfully restored plantation-style, gated compound is comprised of five structures and some of the city’s most enchanting grounds. The main house features a first-rate master suite (with dual closets and baths) as well as five additional bedroom suites, three large-scale family or living rooms, a massive dining room befitting of any major holiday or gathering, a cook’s kitchen, and a mixologist’s dream bar. The expansive, approx one-acre grounds contain the sparkling pool, two guest “casitas” (one currently fully outfitted as a recording studio and the other as a broadcast studio), a gym, a wonderful glass-walled office, an outdoor dining area (with its own enclosed chef’s kitchen), spacious rose garden, pond, large greenhouse and “next level” playground. A quiet retreat from the chaos of the city, while still very much within its confines.

9 BEDS | 16 BATHS | 10,895 SQ. F T. | 40,793 SQ. F T. LOT | $13,995,000

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By Neal J. Leitereg Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has again put her home in Hidden Hills up for sale at $12.5 million. A sale of the three-plus-acre property in the Ashley Ridge area had been listed as pending with contingencies but recently returned to active status in the Multiple Listing Service. Built in 1993, the sprawling traditional-style home has 17,129 square feet of living space and a range of amenities. Among features of note are a breezeway that connects to a work/entertainment wing with dance and recording studios, a 20-seat theater, a game room and a speak-easy-style bar. Other living spaces include formal and informal living rooms, a 12-person dining room and a wood-paneled office. Including the master suite, which has a sitting area and terrace, there are nine bedrooms and 13 bathrooms. Outdoors, there’s a resort-style swimming pool as well as a play area and a lounge. Garage parking can accommodate up to eight vehicles, and 15 more can be parked in the motor court. Marc and Rory Shevin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties are the listing agents. Lopez, 47, has film credits that include starring roles in last year’s “The Boy Next Door” and “Lila & Eve” and the 1997 movie “Selena.” Her eight studio albums include her 1999 debut album “On the 6” and her most recent, “A.K.A.” Earlier this year she paid $28 million for an eight-acre estate in Bel-Air formerly owned by actress Sela Ward and her husband, Howard Sherman.

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AFTER THE PENDING sale of Jennifer Lopez’s sprawling home fell through, the estate was relisted at $12.5 million.

At the end of ’16, it’s out with the old Actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, among the most active celebrities in real estate last year, have rung in the new year with yet another deal. A sale of the couple’s Ojai home closed the week after Christmas for $2.4

WITHIN 17,129 SQUARE FEET of living space in the Lopez

site is a work/entertainment wing that has a 20-seat theater.

THE SINGER-ACTRESS’ traditional-style house in the Ashley

Ridge area is on 3 acres and was built almost 25 years ago.

Silver-screen star shaped high-rise digs The Century City condomini-

um where Oscar-winning actor Burt Lancaster made his home for nearly two decades is for sale at $2.65 million. The 18th-story unit is found within Century Towers, a high-rise originally built as apartments in 1964 and converted to condos in 1976. Lancaster bought two units that year and combined them into one residence of 2,800 square feet. Designed in Spanish-style by architect Hal Levitt, the condo has white stucco walls, tiled floors and hand-painted counter tiles. Thick beams span the length of the common areas, which include a great room, a dining room and a center-island kitchen. The master suite has his and hers bathrooms and closets for a total of two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Floor-to-ceiling win-

dows bring in city, mountain and ocean views. Ben Bacal and Deanna Smith of Rodeo Realty hold the listing. The condominium came up for sale in 1996, two years after Lancaster died at 80, and sold the following year. More recently, it changed hands in 2001, records show. Lancaster appeared in more than 70 films, including “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961), “The Birdman of Alcatraz” (1962) and “Field of Dreams” (1989). He won an Academy Award for “Elmer Gantry” (1960) and shared another as co-producer of the film “Marty” (1955). neal.leitereg@latimes.com Twitter: @NJLeitereg

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the back corner of the roughly half-acre lot. Jordan Cohen of RE/MAX Olson & Associates was the listing agent, according to the Multiple Listing Service. Enzo Ricciardelli of Sotheby’s International Realty repped the buyer. Jordan, now in his ninth season with the Clippers, is a two-time All-NBA and All-Defensive Team selection. The 28-year-old is in the second year of a four-year, $87.6million contract extension he signed last year.

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As the Clippers continue to jockey for position in the NBA’s Western Conference, center DeAndre Jordan has executed an off-court play, selling his home in Pacific Palisades for $11.75 million — about $1 million less than he paid for it in 2015. The Cape Cod-inspired mansion, built in 2014, has 10,500 square feet of living space, including a home theater with 130-inch screen, indoor exercise pool, elevator and gym. There’s even a secret room

accessed by thumbprint entry system. Inside the home’s double doors is a chandelier-topped foyer with a sweeping staircase that opens to the living room. The formal dining room features diamond-shaped coffered ceilings, and a wine cellar has a glass wall facing the foyer. The center-island kitchen has enough seating for an eight-man rotation. The master retreat sports a large soaking tub and a wall of glass that opens to a private balcony. There are seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms in all. Outdoors, multicolored LED lighting provides ambience for a tiered patio, a fire pit and an outdoor kitchen. Waterfalls crisscross over the swimming pool and spa, and a basketball half-court sits in

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Melissa Di Meglio

ACTOR BURT LANCASTER bought and combined two units in the Century Towers in 1976 to create a 2,800-square-foot home.

million. Sitting on what was once the site of the Ojai Foothills Hotel, the charming traditional-style home has brick steps that lead up to a red-painted front door. The house, built in 1982, includes family and dining rooms, a breakfast room, four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in just under 4,200 square feet of living space. There are four fireplaces spread across two floors. Sets of doublehung windows bring in views of the Topa Topa Mountains. A swimming pool with a spa, a fire pit and solar panels are among the outdoor amenities. There’s also a three-car garage on 5-plusacres of grounds. The property last changed hands four years ago for $2.15 million, according to property records. Patricia Waltcher of Coldwell Banker Property Shop was the listing agent. Liza Welchman of Teles Properties represented the buyer. Blunt, 33, has film credits that include “Sicario” (2015), “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014) and “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” (2011). Last year she starred in “The Girl on the Train,” a film adaptation of the Paula Hawkins novel. Krasinski, 36, gained fame for his role as Jim Halpert on the long-running sitcom “The Office.” Among his film credits are “Aloha” (2015) and last year’s “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.” Besides the Ojai property, the couple divested themselves of two other homes in Hollywood Hills West last year, including one purchased by “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” personality and model Kendall Jenner for $6.5 million.

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6 BEDS | 10 BATHS | 6,889 SQ. F T. | 14,190 SQ. F T. LOT | $10,995,000 This spectacular 1930 Paul Williams 6-bedroom home in the coveted Beverly Hills flats has been beautifully preserved and updated to offer contemporary elegance and luxurious details. The finest materials and finishes were used in restoring this timeless Monterey Colonial residence. The ground level space features formal living and dining; gourmet chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen with ample family space and welcoming breakfast nook; library; wine cellar; and housekeeper suite. Upstairs holds four generous en suite bedrooms, den and a sweeping master suite with dual walk-in closets and bathrooms. A classic wrap-around terrace drenched in roses overlooks the grounds. The generous and lushly landscaped one-third acre lot invites easy indoor-outdoor dining and entertaining around the pool, outdoor fireplace, cabana and dining area with barbecue and pizza oven. A detached guest apartment above the three-car garage boasts a spacious one-bedroom retreat with living room and bath.

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NATASHA BARRETT

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1512 SUNSET PLAZA DRIVE

JOSH MYLER

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BLAIR CHANG

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This 1930’s Spanish revival is the definitive classic Hollywood Hills estate. Situated on an 11,000 square foot double lot, less than a mile from Sunset Plaza, this remarkable property seamlessly integrates modern convenience into 1930’s architectural provenance. The compound is surrounded by an unassuming exterior wall, which belies beautifully landscaped grounds, featuring vegetable gardens, a sweeping grassy area, pool/spa and loggia. Stunning interiors. Don’t miss.

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370 N. JUNE STREET | HANCOCK PARK O P E N T U E S DAY 1 1 -2P M SPANISH COLONIAL ESTATE $8,000,000 | 6 BEDS | 8.5 BATHS | 8,500 SQ. F T. | 21, 230 SQ. F T. LOT Reimagined Spanish Colonial estate unlike no other. Extensively restored to showcase the charm of the 1920’s with all of today’s modern amenities. This home features grand two-story entryway, formal living room with original details, playful game room with built-in bar and drop-down movie projector, dining room, stunning kitchen with 20 foot Carrera marble island, home office, wine cellar, and maid’s quarters. Gorgeous terrace overlooks beautifully landscaped garden with pool, spa, built-in BBQ and fountains. Huge master suite with ﬁreplace, dual bathrooms and seperate walk-in closets.

JON GRAUMAN

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12117 GREENOCK LANE BRENT WOOD

MEIR KROLL

MEIR@THEAGENCYRE.COM 310.341.4393

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This new modern construction smart home features five beds and five-anda-half baths, all en-suite. Open layout with natural light. Features include a custom built glass wine closet. At the center sits a dining area surrounded by a floating glass staircase opposite an outdoor sitting area. The open floorplan is an entertainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream, with consistent indoor/outdoor living area flow. Also equipped with a built in BBQ, fire pit, lighting system, climate, and music controls.

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WHAT YOUR MONEY BUYS

Across Orange County for $900,000 What does $900,000 buy in the Orange County real estate market? In Fullerton, an updated ranch-style house; in Newport Beach, a three-bedroom town home; and in Santa Ana, a charming Craftsman home. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more detailed look:

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This two-story traditional sits at the end of a cul-de-sac and features a wide wraparound porch.

Vaulted ceilings and walls of windows keep things light and bright in this three-bedroom town house.

Address: 711 W. Union Ave., Fullerton, 92832

Address: 35 Canyon Island Drive, No. 35, Newport Beach, 92660

This Victorian, dating to more than a century ago, pairs original floors and woodwork with a new-look kitchen and an updated master bath.

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Listed for: $899,000 for four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms in 3,287 square feet (9,614-square-foot lot) Features: Updated kitchen; family room with fireplace; three-car garage

Address: 610 E. 4th St., Santa Ana, 92701

Listed for: $899,000 for three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms in 1,819 square feet

Listed for: $899,000 for three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms in 2,020 square feet (6,098-square-foot lot)

About the area: In the 92832 ZIP Code, based on seven sales, the median sales price for single-family homes in November was $485,000, up 6.9% year over year, according to CoreLogic.

Features: European oak flooring; updated kitchen; private patio

Features: Scalloped siding; formal living and dining rooms; detached garage

About the area: In the 92660 ZIP, based on 43 sales, the median for single-family homes in November was $1.688 million, up 8.8% year over year, according to CoreLogic.

About the area: In the 92701 ZIP Code, based on 11 sales, the median for single-family homes in November was $455,000, up 13.8% year over year, according to CoreLogic.

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This single-story rancher sits on a lot of nearly 10,000 square feet and has an attached studio with a separate entrance.

This single-story in a gated community invites outdoor entertaining with a stone-lined patio and awning.

Wood-framed doors and windows and clapboard siding are among the classic details of this 1916 Craftsman in the Floral Park neighborhood.

Address: 3000 Arlington Ave., Fullerton, 92835

Listed for: $879,900 for two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,217 square feet (3,500-square-foot lot)

Listed for: 899,000 for five bedrooms, 3.25 bathrooms in 2,935 square feet (9,990-square-foot lot) Features: Remodeled master suite; updated kitchen; landscaped backyard About the area: In the 92835 ZIP Code, based on 18 sales, the median for single-family homes in November was $840,000, up 17.5% year over year, according to CoreLogic.

Address: 53 Shearwater Place, Newport Beach, 92660

Address: 541 W. Santa Clara Ave., Santa Ana, 92706 Listed for: $899,000 for five bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms in 3,137 square feet (0.31-acre lot)

Features: Living room with fireplace; vaulted ceilings; hardwood floors

Features: Exposed beams; period kitchen; front porch

About the area: In the 92660 ZIP Code, based on 43 sales, the median for single-family homes in November was $1.688 million, an 8.8% increase year over year, according to CoreLogic.

About the area: In the 92706 ZIP Code, based on 14 sales, the median for single-family homes in November was $583,000, up 6.2% year over year, according to CoreLogic. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Neal J. Leitereg

ARTFUL ARCHITECT

Charlie Stearns

“NATURE DOES things so

efficiently, so why not copy it?” says Mario Romano. parametricism, a design style that eschews right angles, repetitive flatness, and what the designerbuilder calls “authoritarian” boxlike structures. Instead, nature’s intricate geometry is replicated — not the natural world’s forms per

that shifts throughout the day, carving shadows,” Romano said. “They’re very sensual — you want to touch them.” It’s easy to see why Romano describes his homes as “performance-based.” Two other Romano homes under construction in Venice are equally theatrical: one enveloped with black aluminum fins pitched in vertical rows, the other clad in more than 1,000 pieces of brushed aluminum that cascade in ripples over the home’s roof and down the side. Romano terms his protean design approach as a “breakout language,” and indeed, his tendentious homes are talked about, both with admiration and reserve. “You’ll never find one house that everybody will love,” said listing agent Nancy Osborne of Halton Pardee + Partners. But they’ve been popular on the Westside, an area clustered with hightech firms. “These buyers want to live in homes that reflect who they are. They want to live in art.” hotproperty@latimes.com

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Consider the agitated envelope that sheathes Mario Romano’s latest Venice design: It resembles a bedsheet shaken out, rippled by invisible currents, and then frozen in midair. Romano’s 5,700-square-foot Wave House is a riff on water and air — in short, architectural biomimicry. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom home is listed for $5.717 million by Halton Pardee + Partners. “The collision of art, technology, nature and science — it’s an exciting intersection for me,” said Romano, who launched his Santa Monica-based design and build firm in 2002, since building 14 projects in Venice and Santa Monica. Romano is an adherent of

Romano’s $100,000 computer numeric control machine, which he terms “a low-level robot, like a 3-D printer.” The strips are then affixed to a metal substructure. Romano continues the biomimicry theme on courtyard walls covered with overlapping DuPont Corian strips that resemble feathers. Pitched at 30 degrees, the horizontal fins, as Romano calls them, help keep the house cooler and drier because the siding easily sheds water and heat, much like bird feathers. “Nature does things so efficiently, so why not copy it?” said Romano, a design and construction autodidact who was born in Santa Monica and raised in Brentwood. Beyond a 9-foot center-pivot front door built from skateboard decks (a riff on Venice beach culture), 10 walls are covered in textured Corian that mimic such non-repeating patterns as flocks of birds, palm fronds and the hides of giraffes and tortoises. “The walls get charged by light

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se (a wave, a field of clouds) — but the behavior that those forms exhibit. Such post-postmodern architecture is ascendant and includes such iconic examples as Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Broad museum, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Romano’s goal is to scale such monumental designs down to residential size where “a continuity and fluidity — a feeling of no beginning and no end” can be more fully appreciated, he said. Such circularity begins with more basic forms: machines powered by math. To create the 300 sheets of joined white aluminum that envelop the Wave House, Romano, 48, employed computer numeric control technology. The behavior of nature’s random forms (such as wave patterns) are distilled into algorithms, or mathematical rule sets. Parameters are then tweaked to create novel forms within a computer-aided design application. Those tailored forms are cut by

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THE VENICE PROJECT known as the Wave House, a riff on air and water currents, is an example of parametric design. It’s listed for $5.717 million.

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CONTEMPORARY MALIBU ARCHITECTURAL Perched conveniently above PCH and La Costa Beach, this architectural showpiece presents luxurious Malibu living against panoramic ocean views. This striking steel and glass home designed by Architect Ed Niles is filled with natural light and features dramatic skylights, glass railings, limestone floors and granite countertops. Minutes away from everything Malibu has to offer including family friendly Malibu pier and world class dining. Membership access to exclusive La Costa Beach Club.

JONATHAN RUIZ

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1460 DONHILL DRIVE

DOUG SANDLER

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An international associate of Savills

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3 BEDS 2.5 BATHS 2,637 SQ. F T. 20,012 SQ. F T. LOT

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An open, flowing, single level, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath midcentury modern home sits overlooking the canyon view out to the city lights. Sited on a cul-de-sac street just three minutes above the Beverly Hills Hotel, the serene privacy is outstanding. In one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hottest areas, exploding with development, this gem is newly remodeled with classic flair and modern appeal.

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BRENTWOOD PARK | $15,995,000 7 BEDROOMS | 12,003 SQ. FT. | 28,623 SQ. FT. LOT

BEVERLY HILLS | $9,500,000 6 BEDROOMS | 6,333 SQ. FT. | 18,749 SQ. FT. LOT

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7801 HILLSIDE AVENUE

PACIFIC PALISADES | $8,498,000 6 BEDROOMS | 8,640 SQ. FT. | 25,142 SQ. FT. LOT

HANCOCK PARK | $8,000,000 6 BEDROOMS | 8,500 SQ. FT. | 21,230 SQ. FT. LOT

BEVERLY HILLS POST OFFICE | $7,995,000 5 BEDROOMS | 6,517 SQ. FT. | 20,846 SQ. FT. LOT

HOLLYWOOD HILLS | $7,350,000 6 BEDROOMS | 7,130 SQ. FT. | 18,920 SQ. FT. LOT

DAVID SOLOMON | ANNA SOLOMON 424.400.5905

JON GRAUMAN 424.238.2484

PAUL LESTER | AILEEN COMORA MICHAEL PEREZ 310.488.5962

JAMES HARRIS | DAVID PARNES CHRISTOPHER DYSON 424.400.5915

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BEVERLY HILLS | $30,000,000 4 BEDROOMS | 5,367 SQ. FT. | 1.17 ACRE LOT

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3114 ELVIDO DRIVE

1924 SUNSET PLAZA DRIVE

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16003 VALLEY VISTA BLVD.

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764 ILIFF STREET

BRENTWOOD | $6,875,000 5 BEDROOMS

SUNSET STRIP | $5,825,000 4 BEDROOMS | 4,630 SQ. FT. | 19,076 SQ. FT. LOT

ENCINO | $5,595,000 6 BEDROOMS | 7,699 SQ. FT. | 18,930 SQ. FT. LOT

PACIFIC PALISADES | $5,395,000 6 BEDROOMS | 6,000 SQ. FT. | 6,496 SQ. FT. LOT

PAUL LESTER | AILEEN COMORA MICH AEL PEREZ | MEGAN SOLOWAY 310.488.5962

AILEEN COMORA | PAUL LESTER MICHAEL PEREZ 310.488.5962

JAMES HARRIS | DAVID PARNES STEFAN POMMEPUY 424.400.5915

JACQUELINE CHERNOV 310.403.7557

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19100 SPRAGUE STREET

BRENTWOOD | $4,795,000 5 BEDROOMS | 4,800 SQ. FT. | 6,795 SQ. FT. LOT

1512 SUNSET PLAZA DRIVE

SUNSET STRIP | $4,495,000 4 BEDROOMS | 4,000 SQ. FT. | 10,510 SQ. FT. LOT

101 OCEAN AVENUE #B400 SANTA MONICA | $3,988,000 3 BEDROOMS | 2,902 SQ. FT.

TARZANA | $3,745,000 6 BEDROOMS | 6,000 SQ. FT. | 17,177 SQ. FT. LOT

MEIR KROLL 310.341.4393

JOSHUA MYLER | BLAIR CHANG 424.230.3733

DAVID SOLOMON | ANNA SOLOMON 424.400.5905

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CHEVIOT HILLS | $3,695,000 6 BEDROOMS | 5,000 SQ. FT. | 11,139 SQ. FT. LOT

WINDSOR SQUARE | $3,650,000 5 BEDROOMS | 3,765 SQ. FT. | 8,255 SQ. FT. LOT

355 S. LUCERNE BLVD.

133 N. EDINBURGH AVENUE BEVERLY GROVE | $3,495,000 4 BEDROOMS

SANTA MONICA | $3,299,000 4 BEDROOMS | 3,486 SQ. FT. | 6,427 SQ. FT. LOT

DANNY BROWN 424.488.1015

JOHN MCCANN 424.231.2396

PAUL LESTER | AILEEN COMORA MICHAEL PEREZ 310.488.5962

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15482 MILLDALE DRIVE BEL AIR | $2,995,000 21,712 SQ. FT. LOT

MALIBU | $2,625,000 4 BEDROOMS | 2,495 SQ. FT. | 5,832 SQ. FT. LOT

BRENTWOOD | $2,595,000 4 BEDROOMS | 2,717 SQ. FT. | 7,126 SQ. FT. LOT

ERIC LAVEY 424.233.0920

MAURICIO UMANSKY | FARRAH ALDJUF RIE 424.230.3701

JONATHAN RUIZ 424.230.3714

DAVID KELMENSON 310.863.3030

1446 BENEDICT CANYON DRIVE

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BEVERLY HILLS POST OFFICE | $2,550,000 3 BEDROOMS | 3,197 SQ. FT. | 13,193 SQ. FT. LOT

13949 MAGNOLIA BLVD.

SHERMAN OAKS | $2,495,000 5 BEDROOMS | 5,113 SQ. FT. | 13,000 SQ. FT. LOT

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MAX NELSON | DANIEL STEVENSON DAMIAN NELSON 424.238.2482

JAMES HARRIS | DAVID PARNES ADRIENNE MARTZ 424.400.5915

DAVID KELMENSON 310.863.3030

SANTIAGO ARANA 310.926.9808

PACIFIC PALISADES | $1,399,000 3 BEDROOMS | 1,535 SQ. FT.

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BRENTWOOD | $1,299,000 3 BEDROOMS | 2,020 SQ. FT.

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22510 BLUERIDGE COURT

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2329 KANSAS AVENUE #4 SANTA MONICA | $449,000 1 BEDROOMS | 650 SQ. FT.

BEVERLY HILLS | $50,000/MO 5 BEDROOMS | 5,150 SQ. FT. | 27,606 SQ. FT. LOT

JEFFREY SANDORF | ALEJANDRA SORE NSEN 424.835.7235

SACHA RADFORD 424.231.2397

LYNDA KAHN 424.238.2486

FARRAH ALDJUFRIE | SIMONA RUZBASAN 424.230.3712

CALABASAS | $1,289,000 4 BEDROOMS | 2,759 SQ. FT.

WEST HOLLYWOOD | $625,000 2 BEDROOMS | 965 SQ. FT.

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SCRATCH BAR and Kitchen on Ventura Boulevard offers food that lives up to its name; beer and wine are from small producers.

sets like New York Street and the Notre Dame Cathedral. As the last of the open spaces of Encino were filled, the state stepped in to save the spring, but one last reminder of the old days of El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos would fall to the ravages of time when the ancient oak, at the ripe old age of 1,000 years, collapsed during the El Niño storms of 1998.

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What we now refer to as San Fernando Valley, or simply the Valley, started off with a mouthful of a name: El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos. That’s what Spaniard Gaspar de Portola, who became the first European to lay eyes on it, called the area after trudging up and through the Sepulveda Pass in 1769. The place where he sat his donkey was a Chumash village near a tree-shaded spring within shouting distance of a massive 700-year-old live oak, now the heart of the neighborhood that bears a truncated version of the name — Encino, or “oak tree.” That village became the center of operations of the Rancho los Encinos, which was owned in succession by Spaniards, Mission Indians, rancheros and various Yankee farmers before being sold off and subdivided as the city of Encino. Encino, like Tarzana, its neighbor to the west, remained semirural into the 1920s, when Hollywood — looking for ranch land on which to film some of the hundreds of oaters the industry was cranking out at the time — came calling. RKO Pictures established its ranch and backlot in the neighborhood, where such classics as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” were filmed. The combination of proximity to movie studios and plentiful land led A-listers of the era to build homes in Encino, making it one of the Valley’s first and most enduring celebrity enclaves. The post-World War II housing boom brought an end to the era of plentiful open land and rural land uses such as farming and ranching. Even the RKO backlot fell prey to developer’s bulldozers, closing in 1953 to make way for the Encino Village subdivision, where tidy modern homes rose on the site of

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Highs and more highs: Whether you like hillside living or dwelling in the flats, Encino has great housing choices on either side of Ventura Boulevard. Westside adjacent: If you abso-

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ENCINO Population: 45,240 Diversity: Asian: 7% Black: 3% Hispanic: 10% White: 76% Other: 4% Rent vs. own: 40% / 60% Median income: $79,245

Median age: 43 Education: Less than high school: 5% High school graduate: 14% Some college: 26% Bachelor’s degree: 33% Master’s or higher: 22%

Drive times (without traffic): To LAX: 24 minutes To Staples Center: 24 minutes

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Market snapshot

Middle of the road: If Valley nabes get progressively less hip as you move west down Ventura Boulevard, Encino is halfway between Studio City and Woodland Hills in more ways than one.

In November, based on 20 sales, the median price for single-family home sales in the 91316 ZIP Code was $838,000, according to CoreLogic. That was an 18.9% increase in price year over year.

Expert insight

Carol Wolfe, a longtime Encino resident and agent with Rodeo Realty, said new construction has attracted buyers to the area who might otherwise live in other parts of Los Angeles. “We’ve been seeing a lot of teardowns and new construction,” she said. “New homes offer a lot of things that people want — a lot of bells and whistles.” For older homes or large-lot estates, potential home buyers will

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FINE HOUSING CHOICES abound. Above, a contemporary take on the farmhouse style.

Among the top public schools is Lanai Road Elementary, which scored 950 out of 1,000 in the 2013 Academic Performance Index. Encino Elementary had a score of 942, and Hesby Oaks scored 910. Gaspar de Portola Middle, found just outside the city boundary, scored 866. High Tech L.A. had a score of 865, and Fred E. Lull Special Education Center scored 845. hotproperty@latimes.com

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need to move quickly in the current marketplace. “Families are competing with builders and developers, which makes it difficult,” Wolfe said. “The traditional buyer is being aced out by builders who waive inspections and have such strong offers.”

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lutely must commute from the Valley to the Westside, Encino’s the least worst option. You’re still going to have to sit on the 405, but at least it’s a straight shot over the hill.

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THE LOS ANGELES RIVER in Encino, a community that until the postwar housing boom was flush with open land. Uses included ranching and farming.

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Bankruptcy sale subject to court confirmation and overbid. Property being sold AS IS. Beautiful newly done Tudor style house in prime Hancock Park. Three stories with 4 bedroom suites upstairs plus 2 bedrooms sharing a bathroom downstairs. The main level has a grand living room with vaulted ceilings, formal dining room, spacious family room, library, breakfast area and chef’s kitchen complete with top of the line appliances. The lower level is perfect for entertaining with screening room/theater, lounge, temperature controlled wine room, bar area and two additional bedrooms with an adjacent Jack & Jill bathroom plus two powder rooms and laundry. The sun drenched back yard includes a private pool and grassy yard. A real gem.

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It was a record year for epic deals Gores, through a limited liability company, bought the property six years ago for slightly more than $21 million, records show.

By Neal J. Leitereg Storied estates and speculative development in Los Angeles County’s toniest neighborhoods pushed the high-end market to new heights in 2016. Of the dozen single-family home sales of $30 million or more, two changed hands at $100 million — a record-setting mark once thought of as unattainable. Here’s a larger look at the most expensive homes sold last year in Greater L.A.

$39 million — Bel-Air

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$100 million — Holmby Hills Daren Metropoulos, the son of billionaire investor C. Dean Metropoulos and principal at the investment firm Metropoulos & Co., made real estate history in August with the purchase of the Playboy Mansion. The $100-million deal for Hugh Hefner’s longtime home and workspace was the biggest sale of a single-family residence ever recorded in Los Angeles County, eclipsing the previous county record set two years ago when the Westside manor known as Fleur de Lys sold for $88.3 million. The Gothic Tudor-style home was designed by Arthur R. Kelly for department store scion Arthur Letts Jr. in 1927. The 29-room house includes chefs and catering kitchens as well as a game room and a screening room with a built-in pipe organ. Twelve bedrooms are within 20,000 square feet of living space, and the master suite spans two floors. As part of the sale, Hefner will remain at the estate for the remainder of his life. Metropoulos, who owns a property adjacent to the Playboy Mansion, plans to eventually connect the two estates. Gary Gold and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, and Mauricio Umansky of the Agency held the listing for the mansion. Jade Mills of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage represented Metropoulos.

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THE LEGENDARY Playboy Mansion went to Daren Metropoulos in a $100-million transaction.

$100 million — Holmby Hills

Martin and Christine Martin of the Agency represented Gores.

In October, Platinum Equity founder and Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores matched the record set by the Playboy Mansion with the purchase of a mega-mansion built on speculation. The complex deal saw Gores trade a number of his own holdings as opposed to financing or making an all-cash purchase. He will retain a stake in the other properties in the event that they are developed or sold. Developed by Gala Asher and Ed Berman, the more than 30,000square-foot house is on a site where an estate once owned by Barbra Streisand stood. Including several guesthouses, the property has 10 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms including a master suite of more than 5,000 square feet. Ginger Glass of Coldwell Banker Previews International was the listing agent. Tiffany

$90 million — Holmby Hills Owlwood, the Carolwood Drive estate once home to actor Tony Curtis and later singing duo Sonny and Cher, sold to a development group headed by Woodridge Luxury Homes chief Robert Shapiro. Dawn Arnall, the widow of late billionaire and Ameriquest Capital Corp. founder Roland Arnall, was the seller. Sitting on 10 acres of grounds, the residence includes a 12,200square-foot Italian Revival-style mansion, two guesthouses, a swimming pool and a tennis court. The development group intends to retain the main house and subdivide the property to build four additional homes, according to sources not authorized to comment on the deal. The Arnalls bought the home in 2002 with two adjacent proper-

ties — the former homes of actress Jayne Mansfield and actressswimmer Esther Williams — that were combined into one estate. Both residences were razed, though the pool house and swimming pool from Williams’ former home were retained. Ann H. Dashiell of Douglas Elliman held the listing. Adam Rosenfeld and Kyle Giese of Mercer Vine represented the buyer.

$40 million — Beverly Hills Tom Gores, as part of his $100million purchase, sold a mansion on Beverly Park Lane to a California limited liability company. Although details are scant, tax records show that the sprawling Mediterranean has 20,013 square feet of living space with seven bedrooms and 15 bathrooms. A large motor court, a swimming pool and spa, lawns and formal landscaping fill more than two acres of grounds.

Developers Jonathan Adler and Joe Englanoff, through a Nevada-based LLC, sold a contemporary-style mansion built on speculation for $9 million less than the original list price of $48 million. Designed by Paul McClean, the 14,230-square-foot home includes such amenities as a media room, a billiards room and a gym with a steam room. A wine cellar is accessed by way of a thumbprint security system. Motorized glass doors open to an outdoor lounge and expansive decking. A 90-foot infinity-edge swimming pool also lies within the grounds. Brandon and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland Ben Bacal of Rodeo Realty, Mauricio Umansky of the Agency and Jade Mills of Coldwell Banker were the colisting agents. Fred Bernstein of Westside Estate Agency repped the buyer.

$38.75 million — Beverly Crest Designer and filmmaker Tom Ford finally found his trophy estate in December, buying the home of late socialite Betsy Bloomingdale for about twothirds of the rumored asking price of $55 million. The Roland Coate-designed home, built in 1929, sits on more than three acres in the 100 block of Delfern Drive and has a formal rose garden, a tennis court, a swimming pool and a pool house. Architectural firm Marmol Radziner has been commissioned to update the home, which includes a wood-paneled library, a billiards room, formal and informal dining rooms and a pair of kitchens. There are a total of nine bedrooms and seven bedrooms in 9,680 square feet of living space. Josh Flagg of Rodeo Realty was the listing agent. Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency represented Ford.

TOP SALES Sitting on 1.5 acres of manicured grounds, the 20,000-squarefoot home was designed for largescale entertaining and features proportioned formal areas, billiards and screening rooms and a wine cellar. An interior cabana/ game room opens to the swimming pool. Formal gardens, fountains and landscaping fill the property, which overlooks the golf course at the Bel-Air Country Club. There’s also a motor court as well as a subterranean garage. Jerry Jolton of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage was the listing agent. Joy Denton of Sotheby’s International Realty repped the buyer.

$38.27 million — Beverly Hills Speculative developer and film producer Nile Niami, through a California LLC, sold a newly built home on Williams Lane to a Delaware-based LLC in an off-market deal completed in May. Assessor information shows that the contemporary-style home has nearly 11,600 square feet of living space with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a basement level of 5,514 square feet. The garage measures 2,188 square feet — nearly the size of the average U.S. home. Public records show that the property previously changed hands three years ago for $7 million.

Developers Jack and Joseph Kashani in August sold a development property on Trousdale Lane to a California-based LLC. The deal, which was finalized off-market, closed for $3 million less than the asking price of $35.5 million. Sitting on about two acres, the hillside property includes a 1960s midcentury-modern-style home with four bedrooms and six bathrooms in 5,265 square feet of living space. Views from the home take in panoramic views of the downtown cityscape and ocean.

$34,928,200 — Bel-Air

In June, the Bellagio Road estate of late Indiana Pacers owner Melvin Simon sold to a California-based LLC for about $2.5 million less than the asking price of $37.5 million. The Italian villa-style mansion was originally commissioned in the late 1990s by the family of the sultan of Brunei but was sold unfinished and completed in 2003.

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IN OCTOBER, the sale of a Holmby Hills spec house, top, matched that of the Playboy Mansion.

Above, the Owlwood estate went for $90 million. At one time it was the home of Tony Curtis.

These are among the most expensive single-family homes sales recorded in the greater Los Angeles from Jan. 1 to Dec. 30, according to Propertyshark. neal.leitereg@latimes.com

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Box-office star Tom Cruise registered another of the 90210’s priciest transactions in June, when he sold his home on Calle Vista Drive for $38 million. The buyers were Leon Black, who co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management, and his wife, Debra, who made the off-market purchase through an LLC. The acre-plus estate quietly came up for sale last year with a whisper price of $50 million. Cruise bought the property in 2007 for $30.5 million in another deal finalized outside the Multiple Listing Service. Tax records show that the hedged and gated estate centers on a main house of more than 10,000 square feet. Seven bedrooms and nine full bathrooms are among 35 total rooms. A swimming pool, a tennis/basketball court, two detached structures, lawns and formal landscaping make up the grounds. Michael Eisenberg of Keller Williams held the pocket listing. Sharyn Gertz of the Agency and Fred Bernstein of Westside Estate Agency represented the buyers.

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$38 million — Beverly Hills

Also closing in June was the sale of an infamous estate formerly owned by Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, sold to a California-based LLC. Obiang agreed to sell the blufftop home and other assets in 2014 to settle corruption and embezzlement claims levied by federal prosecutors. As part of the sale, a third was to go directly to the U.S. government and the rest to a charity benefiting the people of Equatorial Guinea, The Times previously reported. The nearly 16-acre estate includes a 15,000-square-foot mansion. A three-hole golf course, a swimming pool, ponds and a tennis court also lie on the property.

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13377 Java Dr

JUST SOLD!

321 S. Canon Dr

$3,249,000 Redone 2sty Trad. 2BD suites + den up. Big mstr + gst suite down. Sunlit rms. Wd flrs/French drs. Outdr bonus rm/ba. Pl/spa.

Beverly Hills

216 S. Canon Dr

$4,795,000 Ultra-cstm 6 year nu 3sty Arch Modern by The Albert Group. Near 5,600 sq ft. 6BD 7.5BA + ‘great’ rm. Rooftop patio.

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$6,750,000 Secluded & gated w/jetliner city/ocean vus! Newer grand 2sty Contemp Med. 5BD 6.5BA. Pl. Dbl Lot! Cul-de-sac.

220 N. Doheny Dr

$2,295,000 Spacious updated 2sty Contemp Spanish charmer. 4BD 4.5BA. Lower level bonus rm/ba. Granite kitch. Best value!

PENDING SALE

REDUCED! BY APPT ONLY BHPO

PENDING SALE

REDUCED! OPEN SUN 1-4 Bel Air

Westwood

Beverly Hills

10590 Wilshire Blvd Unit 201

NEW X - BY APPT ONLY Beverly Hills

REDUCED! BY APPT ONLY

1120 Angelo Dr

$3,695,000 Secluded 1sty trad on uber prime lower Angelo! Walled/gated. Over 100ft front. 3BD + fam rm + pl. Flat lot. Ultimate Potential!

$649,000 2BD 2BA garden-lvl west-facing unit. Updated kitch/bas. Balcony. Lg liv rm w/fp. Washer/dryer. Full srvc w/valet/pl/spa.

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208 S. Lasky Dr Unit 201

$9,900/mo Amazing 3 year new full-floor 4BD 3.5BA unit. Over 3,000 sq ft. Sunlit rms w/mrbl & wd flrs. Secure 4 unit bldg. Roof terrace.

Beverly Hills

510 N. Palm Dr

$25,000/mo Grand newer gated 2sty Contemp Med. 6BD 6.5BA. Sep den & lg fam rm. Fab new kitch. Pl/spa/BBQ/pergola/lawns.

JUST LEASED! Beverly Hills

232 S. Maple Dr

$6,995/mo Immac updated 1sty contemp Med. 3BD 2.5BA + outdr gst suite. Sunlit rms. Wd flrs. Grassy yrd. Huge open liv/dining space.

“The hardest working man in real estate”

Michael J. Libow O (310) 285-7509 m mjlibow@gmail.com w www.michaeljlibow.com CalBRE # 00863172

Celebrating 30 years in our Westside market!

2017 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned By a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals. Coldwell Banker®, the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews® International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Cal BRE #00863172

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BY MICHAEL J. LIBOW

JUST LEASED!

BY APPT ONLY Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills

1035 Summit Dr

Beverly Hills

$17,000/mo Updated 2sty English charmer. 4+mds. Fam rm. Huge living rm. Granite kitch. Fab mstr. Big yrd w/lawns/patio/pl.

$22,500/mo Long gated dr to x-priv hip & unspoiled 50’s rectilinear mid century estate. 4 + gst rm/ba. Tennis Court & pl.

BY APPT ONLY Beverly Hills

JUST LEASED!

624 N. Maple Dr

BY APPT ONLY

618 N. Rodeo Dr

Beverly Hills

$16,800/mo Charming 2sty 4BD + bonus rm/ba Trad. Fab new kitch! Sep fam rm + den. Huge mstr w/sit rm/fp. Pl & lush grnds.

250 S. Bedford Dr

$10,000/mo Charming 2sty 4BD + den + GH courtyard Spanish. Newer kitchen & baths. Master w/big walk-in. Pl/patios. Curb appeal.

Beverly Hills

124 N. Elm Dr

1605 Carla Ridge

$13,500/mo Fab 1sty Trousdale modern. 5BD + fam rm. Newer kitch & master ba. Huge flat yrd w/pl/lawns/patios. City/ocean/cyn vus!

JUST LEASED!

503 N. Maple Dr

Beverly Hills

$12,500/mo Restored 1931 1sty 4BD + den + lanai Crtyrd Spanish hacienda. Fab original tiles. Wd flrs/beams. Grass yrd.

$13,000/mo Stately updated 2sty trad. 4BD + mds. Big fam rm opens to xdeep grass yrd. Granite kitch. Curb appeal!

NEW X - BY APPT ONLY Beverly Hills Adj.

123 N. La Peer Dr

$6,350/mo Gated & hedged 1sty pied-a-terre. 3BD 2BA + lg outdr gst rm/ba/kitchenette. Wd flrs. Sunlit rms. Big pl/waterfall. Super locale!

1554 San Ysidro Dr

$8,300/mo Spacious 1sty 3BD + GH. Drk wd flrs/mldngs/walls of glass. “great” rm. Updated kitch/bas. Big yrd w/lawn/pool.

REDUCED! BY APPT ONLY Hancock Park

506 N. Mansfield Ave

$5,750/mo Immac redone 1sty 3BD Spanish. Sunlit rms. Wd flrs. Newer kitch/baths. High ceilings. Outdr bonus rm/office. Grass yrd.

“The hardest working man in real estate”

Michael J. Libow O (310) 285-7509 m mjlibow@gmail.com w www.michaeljlibow.com CalBRE # 00863172

Celebrating 30 years in our Westside market!

2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned By a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals. Coldwell Banker®, the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews® International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Cal BRE #00863172 ©

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503 N. Alta Dr

HOT PROPERTY

Beverly Hills

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$15,800/mo Grand 2sty 5BD Contemp Med. Hi clngs. Wd flrs. Huge newer kitchen/fam rm combo. Mstr w/office/terrace. Pl/spa/lawn.

Walled and Gated Newer Panoramic View Estate

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214 Ashdale Place • Bel Air

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2009 built three-level masterwork on a ¾ acre view lot Over 10,000 square feet of luxurious finishes Explosive & sweeping city views to downtown Los Angeles Exquisite Mediterranean design with central courtyard entry Sunlit rooms with dark wood & stone floors, high ceilings Custom woodwork and built-ins throughout 4 Bedroom suites upstairs + 2 attached main floor guest suites Grand master w/sitting rm, FP, 2 baths, huge walk-in, vu balcony Amazing center-isle kitchen with top appliances Big family room, separate billiards/bar rm, wine cellar, lg gym Lovely library on the main floor Fabulous theatre/screening room w/bar Large pool, spa, patio space for entertaining Fantastic roof deck with views Attached 3 car garage and off-street parking galore Sited on a most prestigious western Bel Air cul-de-sac

Reduced to Sell! $8,960,000 Michael J. Libow (310) 285-7509

2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Cal BRE #00863172

1911 WESTRIDGE DRIVE, BRENTWOOD

$39,950,000

9694 OAK PASS, BEVERLY HILLS

$25,000,000

1181 LAUREL WAY, BEVERLY HILLS

$15,995,000

OPEN SUN 1-4PM

1575 CARLA RIDGE, BEVERLY HILLS

$12,995,000

9374 BEVERLY CREST DRIVE, BHPO

$12,950,000

1133 TOWER ROAD, BEVERLY HILLS

$12,795,000

$3,950,000 or $14,950/MONTH

6130 W 5TH ST., LOS ANGELES

$3,530,000 or $20,000/MONTH

OPEN SUN 1-4PM

2673 ZORADA DRIVE, SUNSET STRIP

$3,695,000

10750 WILSHIRE BLVD. #403, LOS ANGELES

$6,000/MONTH

1833 BENECIA AVE, LOS ANGELES

$4,150/MONTH

310.285.7515 valerie@valerieﬁtzgerald.com | www.valerieﬁtzgerald.com CalBRE #00974075

#1 Team in the #1 Ofﬁce for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in the United States for 2015! ©2016 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals.

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607 26TH ST., SANTA MONICA

HOT PROPERTY

$6,300,000

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OPEN SUN 1-4PM

3151 ARROWHEAD DRIVE, LOS ANGELES

ight and bright 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath straight line Mid-Century Modern designed by renowned architect Morris Bolter in 1966 and recently renovated. The home is sited on a very large lot right next to the Lake Hollywood reservoir area. Enjoy the panorama of nature from the house, grassy yard and peaceful zen fountain. Versatile use open-spaced living, kitchen and dining area. Fireplace in living room. Terraced gardens with fruit trees and vegetable boxes. View of the Hollywood sign from the grassy yard. Two-car garage with ample storage. This sleek yet inviting design located in a peaceful, verdant setting offers the ultimate California lifestyle.

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 PM

OFFERED AT $1,825,000

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RENOVATED 1966 MID-CENTURY MODERN

310.858.5484 www.LeahLail.com ©2017 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. CalBRE#1400267

PACIFIC PALISADES

BEVERLY HILLS PO 2239 Benedict Canyon Dr

952 Las Lomas Ave 4BD / 5BA $3,595,000 Sun 1-4

Mills

(310) 285-7508

BRENTWOOD 560 Kenter Ave

806 Alma Real Dr

LOS ANGELES

3BD / 2BA $1,895,000

Sun 1-4

Morrin

(310) 230-2450

Hagerman

(310) 963-4358

Mills

(310) 285-7508

TOPANGA 21403 Greenbluff Dr

3BD / 3BA $2,499,000 Sun 1-4 Hollingsworth (310) 230-2483

5BD / 5+BA $5,695,000 Sun 1-4 Hollingsworth (310) 230-2483

5BD / 6BA $4,000,000 Sun 1-4

WEST HOLLYWOOD 1205-1207 N Spaulding Ave 5BD / 5BA $2,350,000 Sun 1-4

2227 Stratford Circle

6BD / 8BA $6,995,000 Sun 1-4

Lee

(213) 595-2455

11831 Chaparal St

5BD / 4BA $5,482,000 Sun 1-4

Tuthill

(310) 979-3990

WESTCHESTER 6402 Wynkoop St

4BD / 3BA $1,725,000

Sun 1:30-4 Waldron

(310) 780-0864

©2017 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office is owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International® and the Coldwell Banker Previews International Logo, are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals

Experience + Expertise + Relationships =

CLOSED LOANS

It all adds up to a winning mortgage experience.

Mark Cohen

#1 ORIGINAT OR NATIONWIDE*

2014

• Quick Closures

• Custom-Fit Solutions

• Relationship-Based Client Experience

• Consistency Throughout The Entire Process

Direct channel to banks’ executives for quicker approvals and unmatched professional expertise to get deals done. The highest reputation in the industry with excellent rapport with Sellers’ Agents.

A unique and personalized approach to every situation including self- employed and high-net worth borrowers. Consistent execution on all loans with no surprises.

P 310.777.5401 | F 310.777.5410

cohenfinancialgroup.com Mark Cohen, Broker | BRE#: 1016103 - NMLS#: 37230 markcohen@cohenfinancialgroup.com Seth Cohen, Brokerr | BRE#: 01935101 - NMLS#: 982573 seth@cohenfinancialgroup.com

*By dollar volume in 2014, Scotsman Guide, April 2015. ©2015 Cohen Financial Group, a division of CS Financial Inc. All Rights Reserved. CS Financial, Inc. is a real estate broker licensed by the CA Bureau of Real Estate, lic# 01257559, NMLS# 31162.

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(310) 285-7509

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Libow

LOS ANGELES TIMES

4BD / 4+BA $3,599,000 Sun 1-4

HOT PROPERTY

314 N Elm Dr

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BEVERLY HILLS

594 S MAPLETON DR, HOLMBY HILLS $200,000,000

BRANDEN WILLIAMS, RAYNI WILLIAMS ALLA FURMAN 310.691.5935

+1 310. 2 78 . 3 311

1520 GILCREST DR, BEVERLY HILLS PRICE UPON REQUEST JESSE LALLY, BRANDEN WILLIAMS, RAYNI WILLIAMS 781.248.1688

917 N CRESCENT DR, BEVERLY HILLS $29,000,000 DREW FENTON 310.858.5474

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RICK HILTON, DAVID KRAMER 310.691.2400

10250 W SUNSET BLVD, HOLMBY HILLS $88,000,000

14175 MULHOLLAND DR, BEVERLY HILLS

605 N PALM DR, BEVERLY HILLS

$21,900,000

$18,995,000

JEFF HYLAND 310.278.3311

DREW FENTON 310.858.5474

Â©2017 Hilton & Hyland does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size, or other information concerning the condition or features of the property provided by the seller or obtained from public records and other sources and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information. CalBRE License# 01160681

GRAND MALIBU COLONY

22506 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU $57,500,000

RODRIGO IGLESIAS, RICK HILTON 310.699.3435

JUDY FEDER 310.858.5464

29208 CLIFFSIDE DR, MALIBU

660 CLUB VIEW DR, HOLMBY HILLS

$27,950,000

$23,900,000

MIA TRUDEAU 310.281.4890

LINDA MAY 310.492.0735

9305 NIGHTINGALE DR, SUNSET STRIP

10727 WILSHIRE #PH4, WILSHIRE CORRIDOR

$14,995,000

$20,000,000

GARY GOLD 310.858.5411

JEFF HYLAND, RICK HILTON 310.278.3311

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$60,000,000

RENDERING

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

811 N ALTA DR, BEVERLY HILLS

$22,000,000

Jeff Hyland, Rick Hilton 310.278.3311

9200 SWALLOW DR, SUNSET STRIP

$16,995,000

614 N CAMDEN, BEVERLY HILLS

$14,950,000

Jeff Hyland, Branden Williams, Rayni Williams 310.691.5935

David Kramer 310.858.5411

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 1495 CAPRI DR, PACIFIC PALISADES

$10,389,000

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25305 PRADO DE LOS SUENOS, CALABASAS

$9,499,000

20858 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU

Alphonso Lascano, Bjorn Farrugia 818.800.8848

David Kramer, Adam Press 818.691.2400

7443 WOODROW WILSON DR, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

2167 SHERINGHAM LN, BEL-AIR

5664 CALPINE DR, MALIBU

$8,250,000 Zach Goldsmith 310.908.6860

Susan Smith, Drew Fenton 310.492.0733

Gary Gold, Rodrigo Iglesias 310.858.5411

Drew Fenton 310.858.5474

$9,499,000

+1 310. 2 78 . 3 311

OPEN SUNDAY 12-2

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

1423 TANAGER WAY, SUNSET STRIP

$110,000/MO

Denise Moreno, Gordon MacGeachy 310.903.3935

940 E 2ND ST #38, DOWNTOWN LA Brett Lawyer 310.858.5402

$1,795,000

$7,750,000

$7,495,000

6312 ARROWHEAD PL, HOLLYWOOD HILLS EAST

16760 BAJIO RD, ENCINO

$4,859,000 ALPHONSO & BJORN 818.800.8848

Heather Boyd, Michael LaMontagna 310.994.3140

3975 ALLA RD, MAR VISTA

11628 CHENAULT ST #106, BRENTWOOD

Danelle Lavin 310.3677533

$1,595,000

$4,750,000

$1,495,000

Tiffany Hu 310.849.9547

OPEN SUNDAY 1PM - 4PM 9200 SWALLOW DR, SUNSET STRIP $16,995,000 David Kramer 310.858.5411 1495 CAPRI DR, PACIFIC PALISADES $10,389,000 Drew Fenton 310.858.5474

530 LESLIE LN, BEVERLY HILLS

$14,950,000

Branden Williams, Rayni Williams 310.691.5935

8555 HEDGES PL, SUNSET STRIP

$14,900,000

Steve Levine 310.702.4509

1003 N BEVERLY DR, BEVERLY HILLS $9,250,000 Gary Gold 310.858.5411 9480 READCREST DR, BEVERLY HILLS $8,900,000 Vanessa Sandin 818.231.3509 7443 WOODROW WILSON DR, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $8,250,000 Zach Goldsmith 310.908.6860 5664 CALPINE DR, MALIBU $7,495,000 Gary Gold, Rodrigo Iglesias 310.858.5411

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 1003 N BEVERLY DR, BEVERLY HILLS

$9,250,000

9480 READCREST DR, BEVERLY HILLS

$8,900,000

Vanessa Sandin 818.231.3509

Gary Gold 310.858.5411

1620 S DOHENY DR, SUNSET STRIP $2,750,000 Zach Goldsmith 310.908.6860 2847 NICHOLS CANYON PL, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $2,149,000 Marcie Hartley 310.691.5950 3112 LEDGEWOOD DR, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $1,195,000 Benjamin Kruger 310.600.4500

$2,750,000

Zach Goldsmith 310.908.6860

2847 NICHOLS CANYON PL, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

1535 N SIERRA BONITA AVE, SPAULDING SQ $2,099,000

$2,149,000

Ladd Jackson 310.346.1744

Marcie Hartley 310.691.5950

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 3112 LEDGEWOOD DR, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $1,195,000

10580 WILSHIRE BLVD #10 NE, WESTWOOD $2,295,000

BOWMONT DR, BEVERLY HILLS

Benjamin Kruger 310.600.4500

Barbara Tenenbaum 310.858.5468

Jeff Hyland, Rick Hilton 310.278.3311

$19,500,000

©2017 Hilton & Hyland does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size, or other information concerning the condition or features of the property provided by the seller or obtained from public records and other sources and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information. CalBRE License# 01160681

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$5,560,000

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 1620 S DOHENY DR, SUNSET STRIP

10206 CENTURY WOODS DR, CENTURY CITY Susan Smith 310.492.0733

Susân Perryman 310.691.5924

HOT PROPERTY

$5,795,000

6250 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, HOLLYWOOD NEW PRICE $729,999 Marcia Glow 310.404.4807

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9621 HEATHER RD, BEVERLY HILLS

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3253 OAKSHIRE DR, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $1,195,000 Pamela Rich 310.666.7424

PRIME DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

811 N ALTA DR | BEVERLY HILLS

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39,950 SF LEVELED LOT | $22,000,000

RENDERING

JEFF HYLAND

RIC K HILTO N

310.278 .331 1

31 0.278 .331 1

JEFF HYLAND

RIC K HILTO N

310.278 .3311

31 0.278.331 1

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$20,000,000

LOS ANGELES TIMES

10727 WILSHIRE BLVD PH4, THE REMINGTON

HOT PROPERTY

THE MOST UNIQUE PENTHOUSE ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD

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BY A PPOIN T M E N T ON LY

MAJESTIC FRENCH REGENCY ESTATE 660 CLUB VIEW DR, HOLMBY HILLS | $23,900,000

HOT PROPERTY

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CLUBVIEWESTATE.COM 5 BD | 5.5 BA | 9,200 SQ.FT. WITH 2 STORY GUEST HOUSE ON 1.2 ACRES

LINDA MAY

linda@lindamay.com | lindamay.com 310.492.0735

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CalBRE# 00475038

1231 LAGO VISTA DR, BEVERLY HILLS $43,900,000

1911 WESTRIDGE RD, BRENTWOOD $39,950,000

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$79,000,000

DREW FENTON E S TAT E S

800 LINDA FLORA DR, BEL-AIR $22,500,000

605 N PALM DR, BEVERLY HILLS

$18,995,000

1 W CENTURY DR, PENTHOUSE 36A $16,995,000 310.858.5474

DREW@DREWFENTON.COM

1495 CAPRI DR, PACIFIC PALISADES $10,389,000

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OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

HOT PROPERTY

LOS ANGELES TIMES

917 N CRESCENT DR, BEVERLY HILLS $29,000,000

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300 DELFERN DR, HOLMBY HILLS

OPEN SUN 1-4

713 BEDFORD DRIVE/Beverly Hills Supurb layout w/4 bd stes up. Chefs ktchn, media rm. Michael Eisenberg 310.748.5410 $10,995,000

445 WALKER DRIVE/Beverly Hills Trousdale Estates 5+5, expansive views, pool, cul-de-sac. Susan Marﬂeet 310.623.2177 $6,300,000

175 ASHDALE PLACE/Bel Air Magniﬁcent 4 bed/6 bath luxury home w/pool+spa. Diane 310.740.0414 / Kathryn 310.617.4047 $5,499,000

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2400 THE STRAND/Manhattan Beach Rare opportunity! 4+4, A+ location on The Strand. John A. Woodward IV 310.729.7372 $15,900,000

O P E N S AT & S U N 1 - 4

OPEN SUN 1-4

OPEN SUN 1-4 9611 ARBY DRIVE/Beverly Hills Newly renovated mid-century modern home awaits you. Michael Rodgers 310.280.8983 $3,685,000

www.6546COLGATE.com /Grove Modern w/ French twist. 4+5.5, cabana & roof deck! Omega Group-Todd Michaud 310.429.8191 $3,650,000

OPEN SUN 1-4 521 VERNON AVENUE/Venice 3400 sq ft 4+3.5, Custom Venice Beach Dream Home. Janin Paine 310.560.5088 $3,380,000

OPEN SUN 1-4 www.4172BALDWIN.com /Culver City Two Homes on Big Lot in Culver City’s Carlson Park! Todd Miller 310.923.5353 $2,059,000

kw beverly hills

1934 N. NORMANDIE AVE/Los Feliz The ideal owner/user or income property opportunity. Monica Barragan & Lilian Macieira 310.912.2060 $2,995,000

OPEN SUN 1-4

OPEN SUN 1-4 2035 EDGEMONT ST/Los Feliz 3 Bd+3 Ba w/guest hse. Newly remodeled Traditional. Carter + Orland 213.703.1001 $1,999,999

kw brentwood

kw hollywood hills

2284 HIDALGO AVE/Silver Lake Grand architecture with Sierra Mardre views. Dia, Ray & Chase 323.788.4663 $1,995,000

kw larchmont

kw los feliz

www.4180DUQUESNE.com /Culver City Great Investment Property in Downtown Culver City! Todd Miller 310.923.5353 $1,795,000

kw santa monica

kw paciﬁc palisades

OPEN TUES 11-2 www.741FULLER.com /W. Hlywd Amazing 5000+sf, 5+6.5, cabana, pool, 8247sf lot! Omega Group-Todd Michaud 310.429.8191 $3,995,000

10800 WILSHIRE BLVD #403/Santa Monica Ultimate luxury living in 3+4 high rise condo. Inna Santoso 310.424.0391 $3,850,000

340 N. LAS PALMAS AVE/Hancock Park 1933, Paul R. Williams Architect New Yr New Price! Steven Aaron 310.432.6589 $3,699,000

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6346 SEAWALK DRIVE/Playa Vista Impeccable 3 bed + 5 bath Mediterranean Villa. Bill Stimming 310.954.0563 $2,585,000

4206 PARVA AVE/Los Feliz Views! Los Feliz Hills 3 Bdrms, 3.5 Baths. Chris 323.854.1280 / Bryce 323.797.1173 $2,285,000

www.3461STEWARTAVE.com /Mar Vista An Impressive Modern Home with 4 Bd + 4 Bath! Sherri Noel 310.994.8721 $2,095,000

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RENDERING www.105LAUREL.com /Grove Custom Build Your Dream Home! Approved plans RTI Omega Group-Todd Michaud 310.429.8191 $1,795,000

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3755 SHANNON ROAD/Los Feliz Grifﬁth Park views galore & more from 4+4 Spanish. George & Eileen Moreno 323.668.7600 $1,775,000

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www.3201CORINTHAVE.com /Mar Vista Where Precious Memories Begin 3 Bd/2.5 Ba Home! Sherri Noel 310.994.8721 $1,750,000

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1178 N. TOPANGA CANYON BLVD/W. LA Sanctuary in Topanga - 7 Bed, 5 bath w/guest house. Tanya Starcevich 310.739.4216 $1,690,000

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8555 RIDPATH DRIVE/Hlywd Hills 5 Bd, 5 Bath 4,200sf ft New Construction City Views. Rita & Rick 424.355.9088 $2,990,000

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1731 RISING GLEN ROAD/Sunset Strip Double gated above road w/private drive on ﬂat lot. Michael Eiesnberg 310.748.5410 $4,995,000

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www.4449JASMINE.com /Culver City Beautiful Remodld 2-Story 4-Bd Home in Carlson Park. Todd Miller 310.923.5353 $1,599,000

2046 HOBART BLVD/Los Feliz Elegant Gated Traditional 3+2.5 w/pool & patios! George & Eileen Moreno 323.668.7600 $1,499,000

10350 WILSHIRE BL. PH 2/Westwood Gorgeous 2+2.5 19th ﬂoor PH in The Diplomat. John A. Woodward IV 310.729.7372 $1,475,000

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1344 N. OGDEN DRIVE/Sunset Strip A Historic Spaulding Square Craftsman Home. Rhonda Kohn 310.482.2233 $1,599,000

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OPEN SUN 1-4 8619 APPIAN WAY/Los Angeles Architectural Masterpiece- Gorgeous Views! Michael Rodgers 310.280.8983 $1,375,000

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OPEN SUN 1-4 www.3274LAURELCANYON.com /Studio City Character 4+3 Mediterranean Villa w/much Upside! Omega Group-Todd Michaud 310.429.8191 $1,325,000

8584 WONDERLAND AVE/Hlywd Hills Post & I-beam to extreme! www.8584Wonderland.com www.JeffYarbrough.com 323.854.4300 $1,295,000

OPEN SUN 1-4 10001 REEVESBURY DRIVE/Beverly Hills Newly Renovated Mid-Century gem in Beverly Hills. Michael Rodgers 310.280.8983 $1,199,000

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OPEN SUN 1-4 1124 N. KINGS ROAD #106/W. Hlywd Exceptional WeHo condo in prime spot. Huge master! Carrabba Group 323.899.2900 $1,199,000

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O P E N S AT & S U N 1 - 4 www.8768WONDERLAND.com /Hlywd Hills Prime Fixer w/ PLANS, Canyon Bungalow w/upside! Omega Group-Todd Michaud 310.429.8191 $799,900

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8167 MANITOBA #4/Playa Del Rey Fantastic 3bd/3ba Townhouse Steps from the Beach Laura Anderson 323.646.6559 $705,000

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736 N. SANTIAGO STREET/Santa Ana 1/3 Spacious Modern Live/Work Loft. Steve Ward 213.305.8537 $524,950

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value ratios of 70% or less with a total line amount equal to or greater than $500,000. Line must be secured by 1-unit single family residence. Our line of credit offers variable Annual Percentage Rates (APR) from 2.490% to 4.000% as of 01/03/2017. Variable APR changes monthly. Not all clients will qualify for the lowest rate. Rates may increase to a maximum of 15%. Upon qualification, fixed rate advance APRs on draws range from 3.125% to 5.500% as of 01/03/2017. After the fixed rate advance period ends, a variable APR will apply. APRs may change monthly. During the 10-year draw period, there is a $50 annual fee. Monthly payments could increase due to things like taxes, insurance or taking additional advances. Other fees could apply.4 1. First lien home equity line of credit with interest-only payments in the draw period available in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, MD, MA, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, WA. 2. Initial and fixed-rate draws, and credit line subject to maximum and minimum dollar amounts. There is a limit of three fixed rate advances on the home equity line of credit with interest-only payments in the draw period. Fixed rate advance terms include 5, 7, and 10 years. 3. The variable APR range of 2.490% - 4.000% is available to borrowers with FICO scores of 720 - 760 or higher, and loan to value ratios of 70.0% - 89.9% with a total line amount equal to or greater than $500,000. Line must be secured by 1-unit single family residence. The fixed APR range of 3.125% - 5.500% is available to borrowers with FICO scores of 700 - 760 or higher, and loan to value ratios of 70.0% 89.9% with a total line amount equal to or greater than $500,000. Line must be secured by 1-unit single family residence. 4. Our line of credit has estimated origination and closing fees ranging from $5,675 to $8,335, based on a representative line amount of $600,000 to $800,000, though your actual costs may be higher. Transfer taxes may also apply. Discount points may be up to 4% of the line amount for the fixed rate advance option. Discount points are not offered on the variable rate advance option. This estimate does not include hazard or flood insurance that you must carry on the property.

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©2017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties (BHHSCP) is a member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates LLC. BHH Affiliates LLC and BHHSCP do not guarantee accuracy of all data including measurements, conditions, and features of property. Information is obtained from various sources and will not be verified by broker or MLS. Sellers will entertain and respond to all offers within this range. CalBRE 01317331

HOT PROPERTY

$2,850,000 | 401 N La Jolla Avenue, Beverly Center | 4BD/4½BA Tom Tostengard | 323.872.4710

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$2,599,000 | 2316 3rd Street, Santa Monica | 3BD/4BA Ian L Brooks | 310.428.6569

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$12,695,000 | 14924 Camarosa Drive, Pacific Palisades | 7BD/7½BA Dan Urbach/Dittany Zhang-Seltzer | 310.230.3757/310.777.2828

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$4,995,000 | 2737 Beacontree Lane, Calabasas | 7BD/8BA Marc & Rory Shevin | 818.251.2456/818.251.2476

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$3,900,000 | 70300 San Lorenzo Rd, Palm Desert | 9BD/13BA St. James + Canter (Co-listed) | 310.704.4248

$2,675,000 | 17067 Countess Pl, Encino | 5BD/4BA Michael Tunick | 323.646.3893

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$1,879,000 | 1904 Manning Ave #400, Century City | 3BD/3BA Chris Jorgensborg | 310.985.2110

$2,299,000 | 1126 Indiana Ave, Venice | 4BD/3½BA Emily Bregman | 310.699.7038

$2,295,000 | 8287 Marmont Ln, Hollywood Hills | 4BD/3BA Ed Solórzano | 310.777.2863

$1,695,000 | 8491 Harold Wy, Hollywood Hills | 2BD/1½BA Fred Coleman | 310.382.7600

$1,695,000 | 1011 Euclid St #C, Santa Monica | 3BD/3½BA Emily Bregman | 310.699.7038

$4,695,000 | 130 Foxtail Drive, Santa Monica | 4BD/3BA Portia Corlin | 310.230.3793

$1,599,000 | 933 S Gramercy Pl, Koreatown Adj | 3 units Kathleen Becker | 323.819.4760

$1,399,000 | 5915 Tuxedo Terr, Hollywood Hills | 2BD/2½BA Holly Purcell | 310.890.4023

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$1,749,000 | 1720 Washington Ave, Santa Monica | 4BD/3BA Dawn Bramlette/Chris Hicks | 310.820.9368

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$2,199,000 | 384 Dalkeith Ave, Westwood | 3BD/2½BA Joaquin Garcia/Larry Young | 310.777.2807/310.777.2879

$1,995,000 | 3161 Arrowhead Dr, Hollywood Hills | 3BD/4BA Tom O’Rourke | 310.770.0221

$1,189,000 | 3954 Hopevale Dr, Sherman Oaks | 3BD/3BA Kristine Halverson | 310.737.8173

$1,075,000 | 1 Mulholland Hwy, Malibu | Land Dustin Hall | 310.230.3744

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$3,995,000 | 321 Dalehurst Ave, Little Holmby | 4BD/4½BA Larry Young | 310.777.2879

$2,499,000 | 2318 3rd St, Santa Monica | 3BD/4BA Ian L Brooks | 310.428.6569

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$6,195,000 | 181 Granville Avenue, Brentwood | 5BD/6BA Jacklin Rafaelof | 310.709.9809

$4,995,000 | 14186 Alisal Ln, Santa Monica | 5BD/4BA Isabelle Mizrahi | 310.230.3720

$2,588,000 | 13710 Bayliss Rd, Brentwood | 3BD/3½BA S. Dishell/B. Marcus | 310.466.5676

$6,950,000 | 20715 Las Flores Mesa Dr, Malibu | Land Marco Rufo | 310.230.3765

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$2,899,000 | 664 Kingman Avenue, Santa Monica | 3BD/2BA Y. Beranek/G. Salazar | 424.343.4213/310.400.6756

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$8,490,000 | 700 N Arden Dr, Beverly Hills | 5BD/5BA Dittany Zhang-Seltzer | 310.867.0171

$10,389,000 | 1495 Capri Dr, Paciﬁc Palisades | 6BD/9BA Dan Urbach | 310.230.3757

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$17,795,000 | 221 S Cliﬀwood Avenue, Brentwood Park | 8BD/10BA Gary Glass | 310.820.9343

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$10,450,000 | 792 San Lorenzo St, Santa Monica Canyon | 6BD/6½BA David Oﬀer | 310.820.9341

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$4,995,000 | 2602 3rd St, Santa Monica | 4 units Ian L Brooks | 310.428.6569

$3,495,000 | 3167 Stone Oak Dr, Brentwood | 6BD/7BA Francine Chalme Meyberg (Co-listed) | 818.987.7653

700 N Arden Dr, BEVERLY HILLS

$8,490,000

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Dittany Zhang-Seltzer

310.867.0171

181 Granville Ave, BRENTWOOD

$6,195,000

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Jacklin Rafaelof

310.709.9809

321 Dalehurst Ave, LITTLE HOLMBY

$3,995,000

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Larry Young

664 Kingman Ave, SANTA MONICA

$2,899,000

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Y. Beranek/G. Salazar

401 N La Jolla Ave, BEVERLY CENTER

$2,850,000

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Tom Tostengard

2316 3rd St, SANTA MONICA

$2,599,000

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Ian L Brooks

310.428.6569

3531 Alana Dr, SHERMAN OAKS

$2,550,000

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Steven Davis (Co-listed)

310.801.9457

2318 3rd St, SANTA MONICA

$2,499,000

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Ian L Brooks

310.428.6569

384 Dalkeith Ave, WESTWOOD

$2,199,000

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Joaquin Garcia/Larry Young

$1,995,000

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Tom O’Rourke

310.777.2807/310.777.2879

3223 Tareco Dr, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

$1,995,000

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Rose & Terry

213.369.9171

1904 Manning Ave #400, CENTURY CITY

$1,879,000

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Chris Jorgensborg

310.985.2110

310.770.0221

3000 Durand Dr, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

$1,820,000

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Rose & Terry

213.369.9171

1720 Washington Ave, SANTA MONICA

$1,749,000

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Dawn Bramlette/Chris Hicks

310.820.9368

2333 Nella Vista Ave, LOS FELIZ

$1,497,000

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Rose & Terry

213.369.9171

6477 Deep Dell Pl, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

$1,497,000

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Terry & Rose

323.854.4607

$925,000

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Lauren Ravitz

310.820.9301

1924 S Barrington Ave #4, WEST LA

$869,000

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Lauren Ravitz

310.820.9301

8809 Davis Ave, BEVERLYWOOD

$799,999

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Cindi Dameshek

323.376.1335

11970 Montana Ave #118, BRENTWOOD

$749,000

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Barbara Marcus

310.466.5676

10501 Wilshire Bl #2105, WESTWOOD

$620,000

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Sheila Rose/Steven Davis

310.890.1521

$2,595,000 | 10108 Empyrean Wy #101, Century City | 2BD/4BA 3734 S Canfield Ave #331, PALMS Larry Young | 310.777.2879 1234 Shadybrook Dr, BEVERLY HILLS

$380,000

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Keith Endow

310.722.2562

$10,950/mo

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Irene Tsu

310.993.6141

$735,000 | 1847 Burnell Dr, Mount Washington | 3BD/2½BA Ian L Brooks | 310.428.6569

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$995,000 | 2953 Delaware Ave, Santa Monica | 3BD/2BA Nancy Sanborn | 310.777.2858

$459,000 | 267 S San Pedro St #624, Downtown LA | 2BD/2BA Thomas Inatomi | 323.671.1249

$125,000 | 8800 Cedros Ave #225, Panorama City | 1BD/1BA Greenberg/Weinstock | 310.968.0605

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$795,000 | 1129 Larrabee St #11, West Hollywood | 2BD/2BA Miriam Williams | 323.646.3971

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$1,385,000 | 101 California Ave #206, Santa Monica | 2BD/2BA Chris Hicks | 310.980.7980

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$1,995,000 | 3043 Ellington Dr, Hollywood Hills | 5BD/5BA Daniel Banchik | 310.503.6436

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$1,995,000 | 3223 Tareco Dr, Hollywood Hills | 4BD/3½BA Rose & Terry | 213.369.9171

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$2,995,000 | 240 S Bentley Ave, Westwood | 5BD/4BA Larry Young | 310.777.2879

323.872.4710

3161 Arrowhead Dr, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

1751 Barry Ave #4, WEST LA

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310.777.2879 424.343.4213/310.400.6756

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1926 SPANISH GEM 8287 Marmont Lane | Hollywood Hills

Offered at $2,295,000

Light filled 4 bed, 3 bath, character Spanish, designed by S. Charles Lee, noted architect of historical movie theaters on the West Coast. Authentic details abound. Dramatic oval-shaped foyer with beamed ceiling & stained glass. Living room with vaulted ceiling, stenciled beams, hardwood floor, fireplace & picture window to enjoy the city lights view. Formal dining with coffered ceiling. 3 beds up, including master with vaulted beamed ceiling. Downstairs bedroom currently used as family room, plus an office/additional bed. Tiered rear yard with patio & upper grassy pad. Superb location just moments to the Chateau Marmont & the Sunset Strip. Co-listed.

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$14,250,000 145 N MAPLETON DR, LOS ANGELES 917 LOMA VISTA DR, BEVERLY HILLS $28,800,000 1895 RISING GLEN RD, LOS ANGELES $15,950,000 9233 SWALLOW DR, LOS ANGELES $12,995,000 In prime BH sits this 2 acre unique & private 8Bd+13Ba. City view 5Bd masterpiece perched atop the Sunset Strip. Luxurious Bradley Bayou contemporary features 5Bd+8Ba. Holmby Hills Mid-century 3Bd+6Ba with pool & guest house. 310.717.5522 Antony Arkel Joe Babajian 310.623.8800 Ben Bacal 310.717.5522 Ben Bacal 310.275.7778

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181 GRANVILLE AVE, BRENTWOOD $6,195,000 Stunning2016,5Bd+6Basmarthome,sparklingpool,spa&BBQ. Marek Swiderski 424.256.9480

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$4,795,000 9274 WARBLER WY, LOS ANGELES $4,750,000 1658 SAN YSIDRO DR, BEVERLY HILLS $4,795,000 1380 DAVIES DR, BEVERLY HILLS 180 degree view, 5Bd+5.5Ba home w/ ample theater room. EastCoast6Bd+6.5BaTraditionalw/saltwaterpool/spa&firepit. Rare Opportunity! 4Bd/3.5Ba Contemporary with views. 310.497.8890 Roger Perry 310.600.1553 Jordana Leigh 424.239.8725 Candace Lazan

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530NALTAVISTABLVD,LOSANGELES $4,199,000 1309 LAUREL WY, BEVERLY HILLS $3,995,000 Spanish 7Bd+7.5Ba Colonial features home theater & pool/spa. Amazingopportunitytobuildaviewestate.Over21ksqftof land. Ron Maman 310.489.9939 Marty Halfon 310.432.7224

10111 ANGELO VIEW DR, BHPO $3,850,000 Contemporary 4Bd+4Ba w/ splendid canyon & city views. Don Ashley 310.595.7876

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www.911Wellesley.com $4,600,000 Brand New, 4bd + 4.5ba with Basement & 10,433 Lot. Belen Palacios & Wendy Kirshner 310.573.0076

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$7,995,000 1524 LACHMAN LN,PACIFIC PALISADES $6,899,000 27551 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU $11,950,000 1517 ORIOLE LN, LOS ANGELES $8,500,000 26060 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU Complete9Bd+9Baremodelw/hometheater&newpool&spa. 486%%7%< 2=$978>$86=23 1-",1+/-2 (* 7%0%78& !##3 ) $78& 57>(;+ Three remodeled units, each with unique architectural style. :2%#=2'7$ #$>2% ) $78& 57>( /-",.-2 (789 7%0%78& !##3+ 310.873.4100 Caitlin Colvin Desiree Zuckerman 818.262.5648 Darryl Wilson 323.314.3500 Farshad Harandi 203.257.9558

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$3,599,000 362 N CROFT ST, LOS ANGELES $3,695,000 305 S EL CAMINO DR, BEVERLY HILLS $3,499,000 249SCAMDENDR,BEVERLYHILLS $3,795,000 10278 DUNLEER DR, LOS ANGELES Luxe5Bd+5.5BaCapeCod,stonepatio,BBQisland&rooftopdeck. Two story 5Bd+4.5Ba Spanish home perfect for entertaining. Stunning cutting edge architectural 5Bd+6Ba estate. Charming 3Bd+2.5Ba, exquisite dining rm, den & chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ktn. 310.717.1321 Ron Maman 424.256.9480 Jamie Tian 310.489.9939 50-).2.3("&$/*.1-*$.4," #'#+'%6+78'! Marek Swiderski

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507 N GARDNER ST, LOS ANGELES $3,249,900 4647Arcola.com $2,995,000 /#"><$ 0-"+0)0-2 =>28 7$1$78% !##3 ( 4#33%'##" 4733 57>':) Thisbeautiful8Bd+8Bafeatbilliardrm,pool/spa&puttinggreen. Helen Pavlova 818.486.5344 Allyson Carter 323.487.9288

10727 WILSHIRE BLVD #2105, L.A. $2,995,000 Remington Plaza 3Bd+3.5Ba condo with panoramic views. Liza Chandra 818.825.5201

1VON DEHN RD, RANCHO MIRAGE $2,995,000 1348 PRESTON WY, VENICE $2,900,000 1611 N DOHENY DR, LOS ANGELES $2,895,000 Spectacular 9Bd+11Ba, nearly 14,000 sq ft. on 2.77 acres. Buildyourdreamhomeorremodelthis70svibe3Bd+2Bahome. Stunning contemporary 4Bd+3Ba+media room & pool. Neal Leviton 310.880.7191 Gabriela Effron 310.461.0456 Jordana Leigh 424.239.8725

3351 N KNOLL DR, LOS ANGELES $2,695,000 Herding House - Spanish 5Bd home with breathtaking 180Â° views. Tom Otero 323.570.0036

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$1,888,000 7309 CAVERNA DR, LOS ANGELES $1,875,000 www.7435PaloVista.com $2,150,000 1672 MOUNTCREST AVE, LOS ANGELES $1,995,000 6510 1 5TH ST, LOS ANGELES Former Rockstar hideaway w/ views, pool & screening room. Panoramic view 3Bd+3Ba home w/ 2 levels of expansive decks. Private&spacious3Bd+2Baw/formaldining&smallbasement. Cozy-chic Hollywood Hills 5Bd+4Ba home over 3,000 sq ft. 310.461.0411 Frank Fahimi 818.929.2929 310.600.1553 Robert Erikson John Galich 310.461.0468 RogerPerry&JonathanShelton

2535NICHOLSCANYONRD,LOSANGELES $1,860,000 10350WILSHIREBLVD#PH4,LOSANGELES $1,815,000 Serene Canyon views punctuate this 3Bd+2.5Ba contemporary. Spectacular 2Bd+2.5Ba pths on the Wilshire Corridor. 818.307.9679 Jonathan Shelton 310.880.6806 Jenna Kaye

10433WILSHIREBLVD#PHE, LOSANGELES $1,750,000 2Bd+2.5Ba PTHS at the Wilshire-Holmby w/ panoramic views. Janelle Clough & Shel Kirshner 424.285.3855

10580 WILSHIRE BLVD #4NE, LOS ANGELES $1,675,000 Exquisite 2Bd+2.5Ba condo at full service building The Wilshire. Jordana Leigh 424.239.8725

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425NMAPLEDR#305,BEVERLYHILLS $2,600,000 8955 CARSON ST, CULVER CITY $2,495,000 Gorgeous remodeled 3Bd+3.5Ba condo at Le Faubourg St Louis. Brand new 4Bd+Offc, traditional meets modern, tree-lined street. Aaron Ouweleen 310.980.2244 Matthew Paul 310.499.3579

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10325 BANNOCKBURN DR, LOS ANGELES $2,650,000 Country French 4Bd+4Ba home with wet bar & swimming pool! Bruce Walker 310.623.8722

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$1,595,000 506 N GARDNER ST, LOS ANGELES $1,550,000 10722 OREGON AVE, CULVER CITY 3020CASTLEHEIGHTSAVE,BVRLYWOODVICINITY $1,599,000 10724 WILSHIRE BLVD #1205, L.A. $1,550,000 Elegant2Bd+2.5Baredonecondow/poolrecrm.Forsaleorlease. Readytobuild2storysinglefamilywithapprovedplans&permits. Spacious 4Bd+3.5Ba w/ covered patio perfect for entertaining. Gorgeous 2sty English w/ 4Bd+4Ba+den+gst hs feat hot tub. 310.600.3238 Rebeka Mahgerefteh 310.855.2870 Violet Schmid Sheri Weisbender 310.724.7100 Linda Faber 310.497.0098

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8046 FAREHOLM DR, LOS ANGELES $1,475,000 Celebrity 2Bd+1Ba home, deck w/ spa tub & detached space. RogerPerry&JonathanShelton 310.600.1553

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845 S HIGHLAND AVE, LOS ANGELES $1,549,000 2113 LEMOYNE ST, LOS ANGELES $1,495,000 300 N SWALL DR #106, BEVERLY HILLS $1,495,000 Unique 2 story 4Bd+3Ba English Tudor with over 3,100 sq ft. Private 4Bd+2.5Ba Mediterranean w/ beautiful views throughout. Rare & spacious 2Bd+3.25Ba at the Four Seasons Condo bldg. Michael Chez 818.406.7653 Stamie Karakasidis 310.461.0400 Marcy Braiker 310.383.2382

8001 Hemet Pl, Hollywood Hills

2133CENTURYWOODSWY#17,LOSANGELES $1,459,000 CaliforniaHaciendastyle2Bd+2.5Baw/frplc,bar,&viewingpatio. Carole Gillie 310.621.2699

$1,399,000 1550DECKERCANYONRD,MALIBU $1,350,000 3600MULTIVIEWDR,LOSANGELES $1,439,000 www.8001HemetPl.com Hollywood Hills 3Bd+3Ba with balcony & views of the Valley. Celeb Hillside Villa, 2,500 sf w/city views, moments to Strip! Contemp4Bd+3.5Baviewhm.Greatopptocompletetoyourtaste. 310.623.8819 Simon Pozirekides 310.873.4107 Jessica Felix 818.399.7214 Peter Maurice & Tregg Rustad

3727 Longview Valley Rd, Sherman Oaks

$1,239,000 $1,300,000 www.3727LongviewValleyRd.com 1755 TAFT AVE, LOS ANGELES Classic Hollywood 6Bd+4.5Ba home, 3 car grg, & basement. SherOaks,SofBlvdTrad.3bd+3ba,1,984sf,famrm,dead-endstreet! 310.623.8819 Linda Ballou 818.378.7133 Peter Maurice & Tregg Rustad

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7411EMILLSTREAMCIR,ANAHEIMHILLS $1,229,000 1658 GOLDEN GATE AVE, LOS ANGELES $1,200,000 Unique 5Bd+4.5Ba+media rm,huge yard, pool,spa&gazebo. Beautiful 2 stry 3Bd+1Ba in Silver Lake w/ panoramic views! Izabella Blinov 818.416.2736 Amber Martinez 310.402.4727

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 347 W Lutge Ave, Burbank

$1,099,000 9809 EASTON DR, BEVERLY HILLS $1,069,000 2207 GATES AVE, REDONDO BEACH $1,050,000 www.LutgeAve.com $1,100,000 6479ZUMAVIEWPL#111,MALIBU -)75*)9)* 3 0)1*# .5 &58 %+*2'/!+1 (".$ 60)491,)/ Prime North Redondo Beach over 7,500 sq ft ripe for dvlpmt. Rancho District: 3bd+2.5ba+Pool. 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Med Sanctuary. Updated 3Bd+3Ba tnhs with ocean view with private patio. 310.497.8890 Ralph Norton 818.349.9997 Tia Hughes 310.873.4138 Peter Maurice & Tregg Rustad 310.623.8819 Candace Lazan

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4650 PALMERO DR, MT. WASHINGTON $1,049,000 1785NORANGEGROVEAVE,LOSANGELES $975,000 10445WILSHIREBLVD#501,LOSANGELES $899,000 Mt. Washington View 5Bd+3Ba cul de sac home. Georgous & chic 2Bd+1Ba bungalow in Hollywood Hills. =!G$B:$@<:E 91"091:0DF5$G $#%"# A% F@<< CGE?A$G >E:%", Sue Bernstein 818.613.2468 Barbra Stover 310.902.7122 Jonathan Sands 310.704.6612

2160CENTURYPKEAST#1704,CENTURYCITY $880,000 Move-in ready, fully furnished & automated 1Bd+1Ba condo. Jason Peteler & David Ferrugio 310.900.9227

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880 W 1ST ST #706, LOS ANGELES $599,900 4854 HALKETT AVE, ROSEMEAD $560,000 9395 MCNERNEY AVE, SOUTH GATE $464,999 2884SAWTELLEBLVD#101,LOSANGELES $449,900 Bright, beautiful remodeled 2Bd+2Ba condo at Promenade West. 3Bd+2Ba 1950s Charmer on a lot just under 15,000 sq ft. Spacious 4Bd+2Ba features a big backyard w/ BBQ & pool. Rare 1Bd+1Ba remodeled condo in prime West LA location. Jamie Tian 310.717.1321 Rich Pisani 818.761.7222 Rachel Salazar 310.435.6915 Janelle Clough 424.285.3855

$325,000 826 W 80TH ST, LOS ANGELES $300,000 401 SYCAMORE AVE, HANCOCK PARK 1745CAMINOPALMEROST#532,LOSANGELES $406,000 818 W 80TH ST, LOS ANGELES $6,250/Mo Singlelevel1Bd+1Bacondow/abigbalcony&plentyof closetspa. Great investment opp. Two bd & 1Ba home needs a little TLC. Great investment opp. 3bd & 1Ba home needs a little TLC. HancockParkadj.3bd+2.5bamomentstorestaurants&shopping. Michael Selma 310.461.0405 Michael Selma 310.461.0405 Alla Vinnik 323.351.7087 Peter Maurice & Tregg Rustad 310.623.8819

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www.TheMercury1004.com $599,900 2Bd+2Ba view condo in Koreatown w/ resort style amenities. Jordan Johnson 818.317.6426

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&&&+'"##!,((/.(1)%$+*-0 $699,000 2009 WEST BLVD, LOS ANGELES $629,000 Charming & quiet Westwood townhouse. 2bd+2.5ba + patio. GorgeousCABungalow3Bd+2Bahomew/modernamenities. Samantha Scudder & Tregg Rustad 310.923.6400 Marek Swiderski 310.566.4481

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2553 GLEN GREEN ST, LOS ANGELES $700,000 Investors Dream! Charming 1920s Spanish style 2Bd+1Ba. Charity Potter 818.325.7300

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$709,900 $734,000 1100 S HOPE ST #1204, LOS ANGELES $735,000 2112 TAVERN TRL, LOS ANGELES 2170CENTURYPARKEASTBLVD#1611S,L.A. $849,000 9355 MONONA DR, LA MESA Completely redone 2Bd+2Ba condo w/ views in full srvc bldg. /<:CCA$ 'A"-$G%B@E&61"091: (+ 9 5EG!<:$GC ) '@<BA!<G !:BA#C, Light,bright&airy2Bd+1BatreehstuckedawayinLaurelCanyon. Lowest priced, desirable 1Bd+Den unit w/ city views at LUMA! 818.482.0085 310.699.1997 Poupee Komenkul 323.605.2324 Ajay Vidure & Sara Alvarez Magda Faerstain 310.890.7077 Victoria Healy

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$6,950,000

Spectacular contemporary estate boasts views from Downtown to the ocean and beyond. 2008HerculesDrive.com Text ‘SFJGroup30’ to 85377

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$4,490,000

Kirman & Starrett 424.249.7162 $3,888,000 Elayne Ceder 424.249.7170 $3,500,000 Samantha Nugent 310.383.5319 $3,150,000 Scott Ryan 310.770.3506

Playa Vista 12884 Hammock Ln Text ‘Sally8’ to 85377

$2,749,000 S.F. Jones & Schlosser 310.691.7888

Beverly Hills P.O. 1347 Braeridge Dr Text ‘Hogan’ to 85377 West Hollywood 345 Westbourne Dr Text ‘Brian42’ to 85377 Pacific Palisades 690 Via Santa Ynez Text ‘MelissaHome1’ to 85377 Hollywood Hills 2209 Crest Way Text ‘sally30’ to 85377 Beverlywood 1775 S. Hayworth Ave Text ‘assouline1’ to 85377

$2,495,000

Silver Lake 870 Hyperion Ave Text ‘Petra’ to 85377 View Park 4939 Valleydale Ave

Michael Hogan 714.307.3081

Text ‘RonJackson’ to 85377

$2,400,000

Los Angeles 4334 7th Ave

Brian Mazurkiewicz 310.386.9086 $1,725,000 Melissa Menard 310.729.9726 $1,579,000 Sally Forster Jones 310.691.7888 $1,495,000 Alexis Assouline 310.990.6894

Text ‘HeatherPresha’ to 85377 Los Feliz 4321 Los Feliz Blvd #4 Text ‘Burns1’ to 85377 Park Hills Heights 1019 W. 67th St Text ‘Sunny’ to 85377

$1,198,000 Petra von Oelffen 213.713.0284 $1,150,000 Ronald Jackson 310.748.5959 $610,000 Heather Lee Presha 323.559.9081 $580,000 Harold Burns 310.722.2855 $439,000 Sunny Jones 323.793.7651

BY APPOINTMENT

$4,999,000

1252 Benedict Canyon Dr, Beverly Hills

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

$4,895,000

2641 Nichols Canyon Rd, Nichols Canyon

$4,490,000

Ultimate Malibu beach living. Ocean front, recently remodeled, open floor plan ideal for entertaining. 3bd and 3ba. Text ‘Kirman9’ to 85377

Elegant, rich, and sophisticated traditional has it all. 4bd and 5.5ba. 1252benedictcanyon.com Text ‘Sally19’ to 85377

Original Fred Smathers, with pool and beautiful canyon views. 4bd, 4ba. 2641nicholscanyon.aaroe.site Text ‘kirman15’ to 85377

Aaron Kirman

Sally Forster Jones

Aaron Kirman & Mimi Starrett

424.249.7162

310.691.7888

424.249.7162 & 310.467.4395

323 N. Mapleton Drive Bel-Air $25,000,000 Situated behind gates and down a long private driveway, rests this magnificent Gerard Colcord estate. 5bd, 7ba. 323mapleton.aaroe.site Text ‘kirman15’ to 85377 2331 Achilles Dr, Sunset Strip

$3,888,000

Aaron Kirman & Neyshia Go 424.249.7162

Panoramic city view home in Mt Olympus. Over 5100 sq.ft. with 6bd, 4ba, flat yard & pool. 2331Achilles.aaroe.com Text ‘Ceder’ to 85377 Elayne Ceder

424.249.7170 BY APPOINTMENT

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

$3,500,000

2525 31st St, Santa Monica

$3,250,000

1347 Braeridge Dr, Beverly Hills P.O.

$2,495,000

Lower Bel-Air Traditional development opportunity overlooking ±14 acre vineyards. 4bd, 3ba. 1075moraga.aaroe.site Text ‘samantha2’ to 85377

Hampton Traditional-style 4bd, 4ba home in the heart of Sunset Park. 252531street.aaroe.site Text ‘gabysells3’ to 85377

Mid-century pool in prime Beverly Hills Post Office with 3 bd and 4ba. 1347Braeridge.aaroe.site Text ‘Hogan’ to 85377

Samantha Nugent

Gaby Schkud

Michael Hogan

310.383.5319

310.291.5800

714.307.3081

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345 Westbourne Dr, West Hollywood $2,400,000 Remodeled/gated 3bd, 2.5ba with pool, spa and guest. Also for lease at $10,000/mo. 345Westbourne.com Brian Mazurkiewicz 310.386.9086

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2209 Crest Way, Hollywood Hills $1,579,000 Newly remodeled & designed for entertaining in soughtafterneighborhood. 3bd, 3ba 2209CrestWayHome.com Sally Forster Jones 310.691.7888 OPEN SAT. & SUN. 1-4 | NEW LISTING

1100 Wilshire Bl #3504, Downtown L.A. $989,000 Sophisticated 2bd, 2ba condo with open floor plan and impressive views. 1100wilshire3504.aaroe.site Agnes & Jessica 213.458.0787

8959 Norma Pl, West Hollywood $1,545,000 Updated Norma Triangle 2bd, 2.5ba light-filled home with outdoor patio.. 8959Norma.aaroe.site Susana Miller 310.508.4707 OPEN SUN. 1-4 | NEW LISTING

4334 7th Ave, Los Angeles $610,000 Spanish in Leimert Park with tons of original details and charm. 2bd, 1.5ba, 1,608± sf. 43347thave.aaroe.site Heather Lee Presha 323.559.9081

OPEN SUN. 1-4 | NEW LISTING

690 Via Santa Ynez, Pacific Palisades $1,725,000 Opportunity in the coveted Marquez Knolls neighborhood. CallPacificPalisadesHome.com Melissa Menard 310.729.9726 OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

1775 S. Hayworth Ave, Beverlywood $1,495,000 Spanish with state-of-the-art amenities and eco-elements. Bright floor plan. 4bd, 3.5ba. 1775shayworth.aaroe.site Alexis Assouline 310.990.6894 OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

4321 Los Feliz Blvd #104, Los Feliz $580,000 Updated 2bd, 2ba condo in a smaller building. Granite kitchen, new flooring, patio. 4321losfeliz4.aaroe.site Harold Burns 310.722.2855

29500 Heathercliff #105, Malibu $1,695,000 The ideal beach house, featuring a bright open floor plan, skylight throughout. 4bd, 3ba. Valerie Cuny & Nicole Kohn-Leleu 310.529.5065 OPEN SUN. 1-4 | NEW LISTING

4939 Valleydale Ave, View Park $1,150,000 Beautiful 3bd, 3ba home. Dining room opens to large family room with fireplace. 4939valleydale.aaroe.site Ronald Jackson 310.748.5959 OPEN SUN. 1-4 | NEW LISTING

1019 W. 67th St, Vermont Square $439,000 Energy efficient living. 3bd, 3ba, built in 2013. Solar panels, bamboo floors and more. 1019west67.aaroe.site Sunny Jones 323.793.7651

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

1611 Sunset Plaza Drive Hollywood Hills $3,150,000

12884 Hammock Lane Playa Vista $2,749,000

Gated modern 3bd hillside home with cook’s kitchen, 12’ ceilings plus office. Master with luxe bath and city views. New pool/spa.

Fall in love with this one-of-a-kind beauty. A must-see. 5bd, 4.5ba.

1611SunsetPlaza.aaroe.site Scott Ryan 310.770.3506

12885Hammock.com Sally Forster Jones Meredith Schlosser 310.691.7888

AAROE ESTATES Internationally desired. Globally marketed.

AAROE DESTINATION RESORTS

THUNDER SPRING RESIDENCES

BRADBURY

18 Dovetail Lane $18,890,000

Paul Stukin 310.779.2595

Aaron Kirman 424.249.7162

Bryan Abrams 818.266.4300

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PACIFIC PALISADES

Sally Forster Jones 310.691.7888

Gloria Carmona 323.350.8686

5771 Valley Oak Drive $9,995,000

JOHN AAROE GROUP | aaroe.com

1060 El Medio Place $5,699,000

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4120 Cromwell Avenue $7,250,000

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Every One A Professional! www.tricityre.com BROKER # 95-4176104

Janette Ledea (626) 242-3244

ARCADIA

Coming soon! Located in desirable Arcadia School District, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths townhome, 1838 sq., in a well maintained complex with pool and spa. Tri-level townhome features cathedral ceilings, 2 fireplaces (1 in Master bedroom, 1 in living room) and 2-car attached garage.

$CLA

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Tomoko Okumura (323) 697-2917

GLENDALE

Charlie Suh (818) 482-1314

SOUTH FACING 2-STORY HOME w/pool & spa, Emerald Isle neighborhood. Elegant living rm w/hardwood flrs, & fireplace. Formal dining area overlooks the pool. The kitchen, w/granite counters, opens to a large family rm/den.The master suite is large w/a walk-in closet. 3 other beds are upstairs.Tile roof & new double-paned windows.

$1,155,000

LA CRESCENTA

A custom single story 4 bed and 4 bath, 3044 SF house almost completely rebuilt in 2014. Beautiful and comfortable, this home comes fully equipped. Listed at

$680,000

$1,290,000

CATHEDRAL CITY COVE

LOS ANGELES

$699,000

$975,000

LOS ANGELES

$487,500

La Cañada Flintridge 1433 Foothill Blvd.

818-790-9700

LA CRESCENTA

Commercial

805 N. Central Ave.

818-499-0040

LA CANADA

Judy Schlegel (818) 427-4711

69+acres! Of the largest parcels in La Canada consisting of 5 Separate lots amazing opportunity to build plus ownership of surrounding acreage. Horse property with canyon and mountain views.

$3,250,000

Beatrice Harendza (818) 427-0308

JUST LISTED! Wonderful 3 bedrm, 1.75 bath home high in the foothills. Features remodeled kitchen w/granite counters & stainless appliances, formal dining rm w/fireplace, wood flooring and new carpet, central air and more! Award winning schools,. www.zillow.com/profile/beatriceharendza

$819,000

LA CRESCENTA

Ruth Mc Nevin (818) 298-5605

COMING SOON - Mid Century Opportunity. Original touches abound in this delightful mid-century home boasting an Asian influence.Tucked away on a peaceful cul-de-sac in the Briggs Terrace neighborhood of La Crescenta on a large lot with views.The home features 3 BR,. 2 BA, open LR/DR with F/P and loads of potential.

Nam Soo Chun (818) 535-4989

“4 Unit APT L.A. for Sale” Good Location-24th St at Arlington Ave, (2) 4br-2ba, 1br/1ba, Single, Rent $5, 953/mon, 4.58 CAP with Upside potential,. Close to USC, Korea town, Downtown L.A.

Great Investment Property with Great Income! Newly Remodeled Triplex!! Each unit offers 2 beds and 1 bath. 3 garages with 1 car parking each, separate gas and electric meters. Monthly rents collected - $3,985. Property is near Elementary Schools, Fremont High, Shopping Centers, 110 Fwy and just a few blocks from the police station.

$668,750

$799,000

Brand New 3040 sq ft 4 bd 3 ¼ ba. Split Level Home with Spectacular Views sits atop of the Cove in Cathedral City/Palm Springs. 0.3489 Acres.

Adam Vardanyan (818) 433-6401

Great Location on a Fantastic Street.For sale is a charming 3 bedroom,2 bathroom home ready for your personal touch.Boasting a 1,106 Square Foot Home on a 6,390 Square Foot Lot,home has an open floor plan, connecting the living/family room to the kitchen and a flat yard with a large pool and patio.This one will not last and priced for a quick sale.Property to be sold inAs-Is Condition.Seller will not negotiate any repairs.

Monica An (818) 823-3542

Spacious probate property sold “As Is” in center of Hollywood. 3 bedroom 1.75 bath 2018 sq.ft. home on 7002 sq.ft. lot, R-2 zone.

Corina Mena (323) 493-8111

BURBANK

Levon Matti ((818) 409-0040 ext 149

GLENDALE

Michael Shaar (818) 512-6868

Investors! look at this opportunity!! 3 parcels, 16 total units in Glendale.Three buildings, all occupied and professionally managed. Great unit mix of eight 2 bedrms/1 bath units and eight 1 bedrms/1 bath units. Rents are low. A few of the units have been updated. Drive by only. Please do NOT disturb tenants. Possibly development site.

$4,895,000

Glendale

811 N. Central Ave.

818-409-0040

BY APPOINTMENT

15630 Woodvale Road, Encino

$3,499,000 | 5 BD | 5.5 BA | POOL | SPA JOANNE LINDSAY (CO-LISTED) / call 310.466.7892

BY APPOINTMENT

17795 Calle De Palermo, Pacific Palisades

$3,895,000 | 5 BD | 5.5 BA | 17795CALLEDEPALERMO.COM SUSAN NEWIRTH / call 310.500.1351

BY APPOINTMENT

545 Catalonia Avenue, Pacific Palisades

$2,895,000 | 4 BD | 5 BA | 545CATALONIA.COM RICHARD STEARNS / call 310.850.9284

Peerless real estate service based on a foundation of trust. Partners Trust Real Estate Brokerage & Acquisitions fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Opportunity Act, and does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size, or other information concerning the condition or features of the property provided by the seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection with appropriate licensed professionals. CalBRE# 01869103.

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12613 Appleton Way, Mar Vista

$2,195,000 | 4 BD | 4 BA SUSAN KASTNER / call 310.382.8555

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245 S. Burlingame Avenue, Brentwood Park

$7,350,000 | 5 BD | 5.5 BA HUGH EVANS III / call 310.500.1331

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-4 PM

1762 S. Sherbourne Drive | Beverlywood Adjacent $1,499,000 | 4 BD | 2 BA | 1762SHERBOURNEDR.COM LEE ZAMOS / call 310.261.3849

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$7,488,000 | 5 BD | 6 BA | 33583MULHOLLAND.COM THE MALIBU LIFE TEAM | HILDEBRAND & CHRISMAN / call 310.818.5788 BY APPOINTMENT

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10628 / 10630 Ayres Avenue | Rancho Park

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11768 Ellice Street, Malibu

$16,550,000 | 5 BD | 7 BA | 11768ELLICE.COM S. UDOFF | K. BENTZEN | M. HILDEBRAND | J. CHRISMAN / call 310.818.5750

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602 Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica

$10,500,000 | 5,000 S.F | 11,200 S.F LOT WHEELER COBERLY / call 310.351.6234

BY APPOINTMENT

16242 Shadow Mountain Drive, Pacific Palisades

$10,620,000 | 8 BD | 9 BA RICHARD STEARNS | HUGH EVANS III / call 310.850.9284

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-4 PM

215 21st Place, Santa Monica

BY APPOINTMENT

21844 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu

BY APPOINTMENT

1760 Wellesley Drive, Santa Monica

$9,995,000 | 3 BD | 2 BA | CARBONBEACHCLASSIC.COM KATIE BENTZEN / call 310.818.5754

$1,749,000 | 4 BD | 3 BA | 2,510 S.F. | 1760WELLESLEY.COM WHEELER COBERLY / call 310.351.6234

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Wishing you happiness, health & prosperity in 2017 The MLS™ Honors Its 2015-2016 Leaders The Peninsula Beverly Hills, December 15, 2016

A MESSAGE FROM THE MLS™ CEO 2016 has been a year of growth and innovation for The MLS™. Our internal team is continuing to expand. Thanks to the focus and dedication of our internal team as well /9 18? ,-3( ;=.#?<9 /$! *6<?#7"<9+ 18? MLS™ continues to pave the way in the industry for its real-time technology. Tim Swan, Berkshire Hathaway; Allen Vance, Douglas Elliman; Colin Keenan, Douglas Elliman ; Sabra Gandhi, Nest Seekers

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The statistics below comparing 2016 to 2015 #"$.<& 78/7 <?/0 ?97/7? 69 "$ 78? <69?+ '678 /$ increase in sales volume of 7%.

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Steven Drust, Beverly Hills/Greater LA Assoc. of Realtors 2017 Pres. Elect, Nelson Shelton & Associates; Susan Manners, Malibu Assoc. of Realtors, Executive Director

Richard Nelson; Elsa Nelson; Victoria Aguilar, Nelson Shelton & Associates

Diane Manns, Beverly Hil s/Greater LA Assoc. of Realtors Past Pres., John Aaroe Group; Aaron Leider, Beverly Hills/Greater LA Assoc. of Realtors 2016 Pres., Keller Williams

$1,680,594 $3,710,068 $8,963,398

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Frank Symons, Sotheby’s; Annie Ives, CEO, The MLSTM; Ronald Lipstone, Sotheby’s

$1,669,806 $3,714,958 $9,121,894

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Legendary 19 920’s Spanish on the Sunsett Strip Shown Exclusively by Appointment

8420 Cresthill Road

Tori Horowitz

Estate Director | 323.203.0965

Comp pass is a licensed real estate broker (01991628)) in the State of California and abides byy Eq qual Housing g Op pportunityy laws. All material presented herein is intended for informa ational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdraw without notice. To reach the Compass main oﬃce call 310.230.5478

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“Talk about owning a piece of Hollywood history. If walls could talk, the ones in this Hollywood Hills home would probably be full of wise cracks and tons of laughter. Why? Well it just so happened d to be a crash pad for rising com mics, such as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, back in the 1970s an nd 1980s.” — HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

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$2,995,000 4 BED | 4.5 BATH | 4,700 SQ FT GOURMET COOKS KITCHEN | MULTIPLE TERRACES | CITY VIEWS LARGE LOWER LE EVEL LOFT SPACE (OFFICE, GYM, RECORDING STUDIO, OR...) )

Exquisite Warm Modern Tucked Behind The Beverly Hills Hotel

917 Hartford Way

26 Acre Celebrity Hideaway Compound With Glorious Views of Santa Monica Mountains

Ryan Davis

davis@compass.com 310.999.1377

$35,000,000 6 Bed | 8 Bath | 12,000 Sf

1644 Hidden Valley $12,000,000

Jeeb O’Reilly

jeeb@compass.com 310.980.5304

Farhad Farman

farhad@compass.com 310.909.6733

Reduced! Development Opportunity! Build New Or Expand & Remodel

Designed & Built by Architect Scott Johnson for Residential & Or Commercial Use

601 Perugia Way

429 N Larchmont

$7,495,000 5 Bed | 6 Bath | 4,218 Sf

Tori Barnao

tori@compass.com 323.633.1878

Jeeb O’Reilly

jeeb@compass.com 310.980.5304

$4,650,000 7 Bed | 5 Bath | 5,350 Sf

Peter Kinnaird 323.309.1582

Sarah Pearson

310.709.1699

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Development Opportunity Among The Finest Homes In Bel Air

1341 Linda Flora Dr $3,195,000 23,378/VN

Jeffrey Saad

jeffreysadd@compass.com 310.770.7395

Rustic Modern Farmhouse

Nadia Nagres Saad nadia@jnsaad.com 310.897.0951

3739 Montuso Pl $3,099,000 5 Bed + Den | 5 Bath

Kevin Stolper Jeeb O’Reilly

jeeb@compass.com 310.980.5304

kevin.stolper@compass.com 310.403.9331

Stefani Stolper

stefani.stolper@compass.com 310.733.6551

$2,649,000 5 Bed | 6 Bath | 3,823 Sf

lorin@teamruttenberg.com 310.780.0214

Open House

Sunday 1/8 1pm–4pm

Remodeled Stunning Home In The Prestigious Wilton Historic District

Beverly Grove Development Opportunity

233 S Wilton Place

6347 Maryland Drive

$2,299,000 5 Bed | 4 Bath | 4,280 Sf

Lorin Ruttenberg

Victoria Messengale

VictoriaM@compass.com 323.640.2924

$1,475,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath

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$2,990,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,893 Sf

kathleen.mahoney@compass.com 323.828.1740

Allison Schwarz

allison@alsestates.com 310.433.0056 Open House Jan 7th & 8th 2 – 4pm

Exceptionally Rare Chelsea Penthouse Is Now Available To Rent For The First Time

Torrance Living

227 W 17th Street PH, NYC

2715 Artesia Blvd

For Lease $35,000 4 Bed | 3 Bath | 4,800 Sf

Jon Capobianco jon@compass.com 917.992.2207

compass.com

310.230.5478

$410,000 3 Bed | 1 Bath

compass

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compass

Compass is a licensed real estate broker (01991628) in the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdraw without notice. To reach the Compass main office call 310.230.5478

Richard Eldred Eldred Group

310.503.2519 Richard@EldredGroup.com

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Kathleen Mahoney

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Architecturally Stunning California Modern Home

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Real Estate. Reimagined.

telesproperties.com

OPEN SUN 1-4

Venice | 5bd 6ba | $3,445,000

Cheviot Hills-Rancho Park | 5bd 5.5ba | $3,995,000

West Los Angeles | 1bd 1ba | $460,000

39TwentyEighthAvenue.com MacFadyen 310.663.8061

3320Barbydell.com Baron 310.387.9829

2884SawtelleBlvd207.com Bedil/Conrad 424.203.1878

403 Dartmouth Road

WESTCHESTER 3+2

$820,000

Beliso

310.430.8641

Sun 1-4

CHEVIOT HILLS-RANCHO PARK 3320 Barbydell Drive

5+5.5

5868 W. 77 Place 8133 Belford Avenue

$3,995,000

Baron

310.387.9829

Sun 1-4

SANTA MONICA

2304 South Beverly Glen #403

$1,099,000

Frelinger

310.951.0416

Sun 1-4

3+1.5

$839,000

Frelinger

310.951.0416

Sun 1-4

2+2

$749,000

Lund/Best

424.202.3295

Sun 1-4

2+2.5

$3,750,000

Dabestani

310.963.5446

Sun 1-4

5+6

$3,275,000

Elston

310.704.3445

Sun 1-4

5+2.75

$2,295,000

Lund/Merrins

424.202.3295

Sun 1-4

463 18th Street

5+4.5

$5,900,000

Conrad

424.202.3288

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Formal entry with high ceilings and stone floors leads to the step-down living room with a fireplace. Center island kitchen with adjoining butlersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pantry. Lush private yard with Viking grill. Office and en suite bedroom are on the main level. Second level has 4 large bedrooms with high ceilings. Master suite has a large walk-in closet and an extra room. Perfect for entertaining, this house is spacious and brilliantly lit. 463EighteenthStreet.com

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In a 24-hour guard gated community w/its own gates & pvt drive. A modern architectural masterpiece of size & scale. Large pool, tennis crt, prof’l gym, theater, views, privacy, outdoor kitchen and living areas, & multiple fireplaces. A sumptuous master suite w/head-on views + 2 lrg baths & closets. 6 add’l over-sized bedrooms ensuite, offices, TV rm, & a gst house. nteriors by Kelly Wearstler. Almost every room opens to the outdoors. vimeo.com/187210423

On a pvt 4.8 acre knoll top with head on unobstructed ocean view of Catalina. Located at the end of a long pvt gated driveway. The finest in architecture, construction and amenities, reminiscent of one of the great villas on the Amalfi Coast. Rolling lawns, an infinity pool, sports court, basketball court, covered patios, & outdoor terraces. Extremely secluded and private. First time on the market. Shown to pre-qualified clients only. windingwayestate.com

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Court ordered partition sale subject to overbid. Worldclass trophy property on multiple parcels w/160 ft of beachfront in the most prime section of Broad Beach. 11,000+ sf with courtyard entry, great walls for art, old walls of glass overlook garden, tennis court, lap pool & deep sandy beach. An incredible once in a lifetime opportunity that can never be replicated, security offices, 2 gst hses, & rolling lawns. broadbeachoceanfront.com

BEVERLY HILLS | $29,950,000 Completely private and secluded from the street, set behind iron gates. Over 20,000 sf of living space on almost 4 acres. Beautiful Mediterranean villa with a grand 2-story entry, large living room, formal dining room, conservatory, grmt kitchen/family rm, theater, wine cellar, & entertainment facilities, championship N/S tennis court, long gated driveway, and total privacy complete this estate. weahomes.com/listing/beverly-park-circle

BEVERLY HILLS | $28,450,000 With over a thousand feet of prime frontage on one of the finest streets in the City of BH, behind iron gates is a completely remodeled “Old Hollywood” traditional estate with state of the art amenities. The estate is comprised of 2 stand alone homes, a main house of approx. 11,311 sf & a 3,980 sf guest house with separate entrance. Resort sized pool, cabana, enormous polo field sized lawn, gardens, & more. weahomes.com/listing/1140-tower-rd

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MALIBU | $60,000,000 Very private beach-side estate on a park-like setting of 3 natural manicured acres w/mature trees, panoramic ocean views & path to beach. Long driveway winds past a tennis crt to a newly renovated 2-story home. Main floor offers a great rm w/floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors w/panoramic views, a sitting & dining area, media rm, grmt kitchen, with breakfast bar, wraparound deck w/fire pit, & more. Co-listed. weahomes.com/listing/33218-pacific-coast-hwy

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NOW OFFERED AT $24,995,000 S H OW N BY AP P O I NTM ENT TO Q UALI FI E D B U YER S Located behind antique iron gates at the end of a long private driveway, lies this Italianate compound with spectacular views from downtown to Catalina and a legendary history, having once been home to President Ronald Reagan. No expense has been spared in creating this sophisticated, one of a kind estate that is the latest offering from acclaimed designer/developer Jaman Properties. New construction, old-world craftsmanship and modern tech combine to make this arguably the most beautiful and unique property on the west side of Los Angeles.Extremely private and secluded in the most elite section of the Palisades Riviera, special features of the home include: A grand two-story entry; expansive living room; professional screening room; chef’s kitchen and family room; formal dining and paneled library–all open to panoramic views, Scott Shrader-designed gardens, outdoor entertainment areas and saltwater pool with invisible spa; world-class master suite with sitting room, private terrace, his/ her bath/dressing rooms—all with jetliner views; 5 additional en suite bedrooms; separate guest house; handmade gas lanterns throughout, 6 fireplaces, French oak floors, antique barn beams and important historic features salvaged from the original Reagan residence. 1669sanonofredrive.com

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BEVERLY HILLS | 1235 Tower Road | 6 Bedrooms | 7 Baths | $55,000 per month Dena Luciano 310.600.3848

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BEVERLY HILLS P.O. | 9720 Moorgate Road | 5 Bedrooms | 5 Baths | $2,395,000 Marshall Peck 310.497.3279

BRENTWOOD | 13151 Rivers Road | 7 Bedrooms | 10 Baths | $18,995,000 Dena Luciano 310.600.3848

ELLIMAN.COM/CALIFORNIA 150 EL CAMINO DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212. 310.595.3888. Â© 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. WHILE, THIS INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT, IT IS REPRESENTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROPERTY LISTINGS SHOULD BE VERIFIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, ARCHITECT OR ZONING EXPERT. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

LOS FELIZ | 2255 Verde Oak Drive | 3 Bedrooms | 3 Baths | $4,295,000 Juliette Hohnen 323.422.7147

SILVER LAKE | 2958 Waverly Road | 3 Bedrooms | 2 Baths | $5,500 per month Juliette Hohnen 323.422.7147

VENICE | 453 Sherman Canal | 3 Bedrooms | 4 Baths | $35,000 per month Juliette Hohnen 323.422.7147

WEST HOLLYWOOD | 812 N. Croft #201 | 3 Bedrooms | 3 Baths | $10,000 Cristina Marzullo 917.671.6075

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3128 STANFORD AVE. MARINA DEL REY $2,399,000 3 Bedroom | 3 Bath | Studio above 2-Car Garage | Ocean Breezes Organic Garden Front Yard | Outdoor Dining Patio in Back Yard DENISE FAST 310.593.4245

3000 STANFORD AVE. MARINA DEL REY $1,690,000 4 Bedroom | 5 Bath | 2 Story Home | California Beach Lifestyle Coveted Oxford Triangle Neighborhood | Spacious & Private Front Yard DENISE FAST 310.593.4245

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A private gated estate, 3500 sq.ft and on over an acre! 3 individual garages/motor court. Two story, 4 bedrooms/ 4.5 bathrooms, salt water pool, spa, fire pit. Mature foliage and trees abound. Chef’s kitchen with Italian honed marble counters, island, stainless steel appliances. Master suite on first floor easily creates a feeling of peacefulness of the landscape even when inside. Bath has deep soaking tub, handmade tiles and sleek fixtures.

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15500 HAMNER DRIVE BEL AIR $3,500,000 Clean Lined Modern Retreat in Bel Air designed by AIH Development

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PICO BLVD. LOS ANGELES $7,559,000 GSI: $546,786. CAP 5%, GRM: 13.72 PRICE TO SELL. Close to Downtown Savvy real estate investors will have the opportunity to add value by renovating units to get higher rents. ATTAI MESSOU 310.497.7963

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1807 VALLEY PARK AVE. HERMOSA BEACH $7,995,000 Stunning one-of-a-kind 6 BR | 6 BA | Resort-like 1/2 Acre Lot | Guest House Perfect for those seeking the beach environment & luxury of land & privacy TERRI TSUCHIDA 310.971.8098

1206 CATALINA AVE #A, REDONDO BEACH $1,428,000 3 BD | 2 ½ BA | Fireplace | High Ceilings | 1/2 Block from Beach Beautiful Townhome on Palm Tree Lined Street JACK McSWEENEY 310.346.0391

216 ROCKY POINT ROAD PALOS VERDES ESTATES $2,495,000

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Fabulous mid-century modern - large open rooms filled with natural light. Open ceilings, large windows and walls of glass...This is the best of all worlds - Lower Lunada Bay, close to the bluffs. Relax & enjoy. Listen to the birds sing and the cool breezes while dipping your toes in the inviting pool. This one level home has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, high vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, two fireplaces, dual paned windows, French sliders, solid interior doors, tankless water heater, updated lighting and newer clay tile roof. The perfect location and the perfect open and airy home.

GAYLE PROBST

310.977.9711

SOLD FOR $852,000 - I CAN SELL YOURS TOO!!

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25515 VERONICA LN. LOMITA Newer Built 5 BD, 3 BA Home w/Approx 3141 SF | Quiet Cul-de-Sac Remodeled Kitchen | Great Back Yard w/ Golfer’s Putting Green MAYA GEBER 310.995.4047

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9501 Gloaming Dr ! Beverly Hills Tina Eavers 8 bed ! 8 bath ! 6,377 sf ! 10 acre lot

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1106 N Hillcrest Rd ! Beverly Hills K Sanchez | Y Charlie | F Bernstein, WEA 4 bed ! 4 bath ! 4,009 sf ! 28,544 sf lot

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11108 Braddock Dr. Culver City 90230 Veteran’s Park Gem! Large corner lot property located in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Culver City. Popular Farragut Elementary School area. Charming, move in ready 3 bedroom 1 bath home, minor improvements have been made to make this property ready for your buyer. New windows, new blinds, new Pergo Outlast ﬂooring, exterior and interior paint, new Williams Dual Wall Heater, seller had inspections done on plumbing, foundation and sewer line and has made necessary repairs. Sprinkler system in front and side yard. Huge backyard for room to expand or turn into a great outdoor space, garden, play area for the

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Bel Air Estates 871 Linda Flora Drive $2475000 Enveloped in lush greenery and inclusive of 3 bedroom suites, this hideaway home provides an open floor plan which opens to serene, vinecovered brick patios w/ stunning Getty & ocean views. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/ Nora & Peter Wendel

3109182064

Beverly Hills

3000 Benedict Canyon $19,995,000 Impeccable New modern masterpiece situated on 3.2 acresa very Secluded and Private cul-de-sac. 10,000 sq ft, 5 Bedrooms + Private Guest Suite/Maids Quarters, 6 full Baths, 2 half Baths. Shervin Rafii

714-420-7000

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2801 Coldwater Canyon Drive $2,499,000 Grand vistas. Fabulous 2 story home, perched on a plateau with spectacular canyon views from both patio/pool level, first and second story rooms and balcony. Circular motor court tucked back with two car garage.

Beverly Hills

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The HJC/Bob Hurwitz

3020 Castle Heights Ave. $1,599,000 Gorgeous 4 bed., 4 bath, Den, Library Nook in 2600 sq. ft. Permitted guest/office/studio w/480 sq. ft. Remodeled kitchen & baths. 3 fireplaces, Forced Air/Air conditioning, skylights. Park-like backyard w/hot tub. 310 849-5840

Brentwood

418 S Gretna Green Way $4,495,000 Beautiful new construction Traditional in Brentwood w/5ba+7ba, handsome finishes, spa-like master suite, gourmet chefs kitchen, great room w/ accordion doors open to covered patio, BBQ & outdoor casita w/ fireplace. Coldwell Banker / Mary Beth Woods

310-463-1599

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Culver City 4449 Jasmine Ave $1599000 Incredibly quiet location in Carlson park horse-shoe cul-de-sac. Large open living, family and dining rooms that open through two sets of French doors to the large patio, grass backyard and outdoor hot tub.

Encino 5117 Rubio Ave $1,850,000 This Modern Mediterranean home with over 4,300 square feet, the open floor plan is perfect for entertaining. The Entrance is breath taking with 2 story open ceilings, custom iron staircase and stunning chandelier.

Hancock Park 74 Fremont Place $6,995,000 Stunning California Spanish. Completely updated with no expense spared! Fantastic Cook’s Kit. 6 + 6. Guesthouse. Fully equipped outdoor kit. & dining. Gym. Pool/spa. Game Rm. Behind private gates of Fremont Place.

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Hollywood Hills

6450 Rodgerton Drive $2,995,000 Contemporary, dramatic view home w/3 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, hardwood floors, pool, 3 private outdoor areas, 6 car parking & much more!!!

Hollywood Hills West 2753 La Cuesta Drive $1499000 Mid-Century turn-key tri-level 3bd/3.5 bath home total remodel offers serene canyon views, new pool on 10,000+sqft lot. Master offers spa bath w/steam shower. www.2753LaCuesta.com

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Coldwell Banker/ Linda Semon

3109235353

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1946 N Oxford Ave $3095000 Seller Motivated to make a deal. Don’t miss this beautifully restored 3 bed + 3.5 bath Mediterranean home on a large flat lot w/pool. www.1946nOxford.com Keller Williams Beverly Hills | Kennon Earl & Tom Davila

310.432.6492

310.701.0880

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Keller William Santa Monica/Todd Miller

9311 Readcrest Dr. $8,999,000 Newly built and set behind gates this striking Architectural home is sited and designed to maximize the spectacular views.

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Rodeo Realty, Sheri Weisbender

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11500 San Vicente Blvd $1,795,000 Elegance awaits you as you enter into the marble foyer w/circular stair case. Living room w/impressive two story soaring ceilings & balcony. Large formal dining. Kitchen has granite counters, top of the line appliances. Coldwell Banker BHN/Sandy Strick

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2528 Carman Crest Drive $1,995,000 Huge Outpost home on a large lot. 4 bd + 5 ba, family room, den, VIEWS!! Quiet cul-de-sac,All bedrooms are large en suites with walk-in closets. Vaulted ceilings throughout. Large backyard. Coldwell Banker / Neal Baddin

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560 N Kenter Ave $2,499,000 Gorgeous contemporary home in Kenter Canyon. 3+3 with private detached office & spa.

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746 N Cherokee Ave $6,500 Remodeled Spanish 3 BA 2 BA w/pool/spa in Hancock Park. New Kitch Feats. custom tile & cab. Spacious LR w/barreled ceilings & open flr plan. 310.499..6747

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2400 The Strand $15,900,000 Rare opportunity! French Normandy 4+4 on corner lot in prime, A+ location on The Strand. Enormous potential to update & remodel to bring up to today’s standards. Panoramic & spectacular views! Don’t miss out!

Mar Vista 12747 Pacific Ave, #1 $799000 Remodeled, front-facing 3+2.5+family room townhouse. New kitchen, powder room, bamboo floors. Light & bright living room w/FP. Private garage w/tons of storage.

Miracle Mile 530 North Fuller Avenue $3295000 Phenomenal New Construction by award winning Apel Design. Smart 6 bed 6 bath Spanish with contemporary flair. Indoor/outdoor living imbued with traditional Spanish home. Must see!!

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10527 W Sunset blvd $1749000 Live the Palisades lifestyle, just one block from the Village. Set above the street, this quiet and serene 3bed/3bath home offers abundant light, crown molding, hardwood and stone floors, fireplace and new kitchen. 310-710-6149

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8651 Pine Tree Place $3,279,000 Exquisite lower Sunset Plaza traditional view property w/totally done/move in designer high end finishes, enormous private pool and yard. 3 bdrm+4 bath w/attached guest unit w/separate entrance. 8651pinetree.com

Venice 2413 Wilson Ave $3,795,000 Located in the coveted Silver Triangle of Venice in close proximity to it all! 2413WilsonAvenue.com

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215 21st Place Mediterranean Spanish approx 4,600sf. 5bd+4.5ba+guest room above garage. Features beamed ceil, custom wallpaper, stone & hardwd flrs. FDR w/ wine cellar. Spacious family, lovely patio & backyrd, luxurious master. Partners Trust/ John Hathorn

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127 Wadsworth Avenue $11,750 Architecturally Stunning 3 bd 2.75 ba Furnished Home w/ white water & mountain views from sun soaked rooftop deck. Formal DR, FPs, Library + magnificent outdoor spaces for entertaining.Also available unfurnished. Redwood Realty / Gwen Tanguay - Arin Larson

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West Hollywood

1205-1207 N. Spaulding Avenue $2350000 CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD DUPLEX. Fully reimagined by architect John Anthony Lewis, this handsome duplex retains the glamour of its 1928 Spanishstyle exterior & dazzles inside with newly realized classic beauty. Coldwell Banker/Jade Mills & Joyce Rey

310-390-6655

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911 N Kings Rd #316 $625,000 Chic top floor unit with vaulted ceilings, fireplace & built-ins. Open kitchen w/ stone counters & stainless appliances, dining area, Italian floors, recessed lights, plantation shutters, two balconies. Gym, sauna, pool.

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VANOWEN PLACE IN LAKE BALBOA NOW SELLING! Lake Balboa, Calif. – Get ready to discover new home opportunities in the heart of Los Angeles County. With beautiful Plan Three homes recently released, this is the perfect time to explore the stunning residences at Vanowen Place, D.R. Horton’s new collection of 26 two-story single-family detached residences in Lake Balboa. This one-of-akind neighborhood offers home shoppers brand new home designs, stunning architecture,impressive features and a family-friendly community, so you don’t want to miss out. Be sure to register for our interest list to receive the latest information on the neighborhood and visit today to discover the homes for yourself! Bringing a fresh perspective to the LA lifestyle, Vanowen Place’s 26 new single-family detached homes are located in a desirable neighborhood. Featuring beautifully crafted Spanish and Tradi-

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tional architectural styles, these two-story residences range from approximately 2,110 to 2,983 square feet of living space and feature three to four bedrooms and a loft, two-and-one-half to three baths and convenient two-car garages. With pricing starting from the mid $600,000s, Vanowen Place is the perfect community to experience comfort in the midst of a vibrant city. Here, living room-centered floor plans provide flexible options for growing families. Inviting interiors flow from room to room, connecting the dining room, kitchen and living room. Lofts in every plan can be used as secondary media rooms or a child’s play area, while gourmet kitchens – complete with

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Living in Lake Balboa, Vanowen Place residents will enjoy having access to Lake Balboa/Anthony C. Beilenson Park, complete with water recreation and sports facilities, walking/ jogging trails, play areas for kids and the Balboa Municipal Golf Course for a day out on the greens. Plus, with a location close to employment centers and the 405 and 101 freeways, you’re always a short drive to places worth exploring. At Vanowen Place, adventure Continued inside

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – Griffin Residential invites homebuyers to visit Bella Vista Estates’ Sales Center in Rancho Cucamonga today. The latest release of the exciting new collection of eleven homes is now available and answers the demand for exclusive estate style, innovative designs. The exteriors reflect an Italian heritage of textures, colors and details, while the setting is inviting and inspiring with panoramic views of the snowcapped San Gabriel Mountains. Singlelevel and two-story designs range from 4 to 6 bedrooms with 3.5 to 5.5 baths and encompass approximately 3,367 to 4,442 square feet on an average sized half acre home site. Pricing is in the high $900,000s including a low tax rate of 1.3% and no HOA. “New homes of this magnitude are sought after by those who desire an estate caliber home,” said Emily Griffin, Vice President of

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kitchen islands – offer the perfect space for hosting large get-togethers or small family dinners. What’s more, master suites offer the utmost comfort and relaxation with sumptuous soaking tubs,walk-in closets and dual vanities. For seamless indoor/outdoor living, each residence features private fenced-in yards with included landscaping – a sought-after feature in Los Angeles.

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the plan 1X and offers ﬂexibility for families. Hillsdale’s contemporary interiors highlight generous Great Rooms that merge with dining areas and cook’s kitchens. Kitchens are enhanced by Whirlpool® stainless steel appliances, gourmet-caliber 30” cooktop, European-style White Thermafoil cabinets, granite countertops and a culinary preparation island in select plans. Luxurious master suites feature relaxing baths with soaking tub and separate shower plus walk-in closets. Front yard landscaping visually frames the new homes, which reﬂect BungaContinued inside

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NEW TOWNHOME LIVING IN WALNUT Walnut, CA – The new Gallery neighborhood at Cornerstone by Shea Homes offers homebuyers more reasons to love living in Walnut. Designed to go with the flow of modern life, the townhomes at Gallery feature open floor plans, indoor-outdoor spaces, easy upkeep and plenty of room for busy households. These spacious three-story townhomes offer approximately 1,873 to 1,983 square feet, 3 to 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and 2-car garages. Pricing at Gallery begins in the high $600,000s. “Home buyers are finding that Gallery townhomes work for families large and small. Even roommates,” said Bob Yoder, division president for Shea Homes. “There’s room for big get-togethers and lots of private spaces, too. Come take the tour and start feeling how great it would be to live in such wel-

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coming spaces.” These cool, modern townhomes require less time on upkeep so there’s more time to enjoy life. Floor plans in 3 to 4 bedroom designs serve every member of the household. Downstairs bedrooms and baths work perfectly as teen, grandparents’ or guest suites, a home ofﬁce or craft center. The open plan design of the great rooms, dining areas and kitchens offer excellent sightlines, lots of windows, and a large deck for outdoor entertaining or relaxing. Kitchens feature generous cabinetry, granite countertops, a gourmet island with seating and beautiful stainless steel Continued inside

foyer entrances to generously sized great rooms with dramatic fireplaces and large dining areas that flow seamlessly into gourmet kitchens. Opulent master suites are designed to be a private retreat for owners, where grand bathrooms and exquisite finishes create a spa-like environment. Detached casita options add flexibility to lifestyles and are available for additional living space on the majority of the home sites. Embodying quintessential California living, the expansive half acre home sites are designed to maximize views and create enticing outdoor living areas. “One of the most important design factors we kept in mind when conceiving Bella Vista was the indoor/outdoor relationship,” said Emily Griffin. “We wanted residents to be able to engage with these large estate-style lots with expansive daytime and evening

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Sales and Marketing at Griffin Residential, “particularly with the panoramic views that Bella Vista Estates has to offer. The size, the quality finishes and luxury features we offer in the Rancho Cucamonga locale make it extremely worthwhile for homebuyers to explore.” European-inspired architecture and breathtaking open plans give Bella Vista Estates residences rich character with a modern aesthetic appealing to today’s families. The flow of the homes offers a precise sense of beauty and proportion, from the elegant arrival through porticos and courtyards, to the meticulous attention paid to every detail throughout. The emphasis on entertaining spaces is readily apparent from soaring grand

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RANCH-STYLE HOMES AT KB HOME’S LA VENTANA KB Home offers its buyers a variety of floor plans and options to suit almost any lifestyle and taste, including at its La Ventana community in Rancho Cucamonga. Responding to popular demand, the builder has recently expanded the selection of single-story homes available at the community, and home shoppers are encouraged to take advantage of these new opportunities for homeownership before it’s too late! The five, ranch-style home designs now offered on half-acre homesites at La Ventana range in size from 2,491 to 3,620 square feet, and can be built with three to five bedrooms, two to fourand-a-half baths, and a twoor three-car garage. There are also two-story floor plans available, providing buyers with additional choices for building their dream home.

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For homebuyers in a hurry, quick or immediate move-in homes are available. Nestled at the base of the San Bernardino Mountain range, La Ventana’s prime location offers easy access to the I-10, I-210 and I-15 freeways, Metrolink® stations, and the Ontario International Airport, making La Ventana ideal for commuters traveling throughout the area. Residents at La Ventana can enjoy premier shopping and dining at the nearby Victoria Gardens and Ontario Mills® malls, concerts and other events at Citizens Business Bank Arena, as well as skiing nearby, hiking and other outdoor activities. Continued inside

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children’s play area and picnic grounds. The sales center is located at 1154 Arroyo View Street in Thousand Oaks. Call 805.499.4138 or visit CalAtlanticHomes.com for details. From the 101, take exit 46 for N. Ventu Park Road. Continue on N. Ventu Park Road to Lawrence Drive. See the attendant gated entry and proceed to the Montellano Estates sales center. Shoppers are encouraged to explore the gated neighborhood, view detailed ﬂoorplans and experience decorated model homes. With ready-to-own residences now available, homebuyers may move into a new luxury home this fall. CalAtlantic Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAA), a combination of Standard Paciﬁc Corp. and Ryland Group, Inc., two of the nation’s largest and most respected homebuilders, offers well-crafted homes in thoughtfully designed communities that meet the desires of customers across the homebuilding spectrum, from entry level to luxury, in 41 metropolitan statistical areas spanning 17 states. With a

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trusted reputation for quality craftsmanship, an outstanding customer experience and exceptional architectural design earned over its 50-year history, CalAtlantic Group, Inc. utilizes its over ﬁve decades of land acquisition, development and homebuilding expertise to acquire and build desirable communities in locations that meet the high expectations of the company’s homebuyers. We invite you to learn more about us by visiting calatlantichomes. com. Prices, plans, and terms are effective on the date of publication and subject to change without notice. Square footage/acreage shown is only an estimate and actual square footage/ acreage will differ. Buyer should rely on his or her own evaluation of useable area. No view is promised. Views may also be altered by subsequent development, construction, and landscaping growth. Equal Housing Opportunity

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unfurls in every direction. Vanowen Place is located at 17320 Vanowen Street, Los Angeles, CA 91406. For more information on this new community in Los Angeles, please visit DRHorton.com/ VanowenPlace or call (818) 538-5542. Ranked America’s largest homebuilder for 14 consecutive years by Builder Magazine, D.R. Horton has crafted affordable homes of unmatched efﬁciencies and uncompromising quality for over 35 years. Thanks to its focus on design innovation, superior craftsmanship and quality customer service, the company has ensured that its legacy not only lives on in the walls of its homes but

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also in the fulﬁlled dreams of its customers. Dedicated to enriching the lives of homeowners, D.R. Horton continues to demonstrate its leadership in residential development, building topquality homes for homebuyers across the nation and creating value every step of the way. For more information on D.R. Horton, please visit www.DRHorton.com. D.R. Horton is an Equal Housing Opportunity Builder.

Served by high-ranking schools, La Ventana parents can be proud to send their students to schools within the Etiwanda School District from kindergarten through eighth grade, as well as the Chaffey Joint Union School District for high school. Homebuyers at La Ventana will be able to tailor their chosen floor plan to suit their individual preferences through KB Home’s unique homebuying experience. From structural features like the number of beds and baths, to décor choices like flooring and cabinetry, and even advanced technological enhancements like whole-home audio systems and smart appliances, KB homebuyers are empowered to make choices about their home’s design and functionality. As with all new KB homes, the residences at La Ventana are ENERGY STAR® certified, meaning they are some of the most energyefficient available today and have the potential to save homeowners money on their utility costs when compared to typical new or resale homes. Tour the model KB homes

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at La Ventana this weekend at 6352 Tribeca Court in Rancho Cucamonga. From I-15, exit Baseline Road heading west. Turn right on East Avenue and right on Copley Drive to the sales center. From I-210, exit Day Creek Boulevard heading south. Turn left on Highland Avenue, left on East Avenue and right on Copley Drive to the sales center. La Ventana is open seven days a week until 6 p.m. For more information, visit www. kbhome.com or call the sales ofﬁce directly at 909922-8401. KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and an industry leader in sustainability, building innovative and highly energy- and water-efﬁcient new homes. To learn more about KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES, visit www. kbhome.com or connect on Facebook.com/KBHome or Twitter.com/KBHome.

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appliances. Master suites feature quartz countertops and double vanities, gleaming frameless walk-in showers and large walk-in closets. When you visit, you’ll notice how convenient Gallery is to award-winning Walnut schools, diverse shopping and dining, transit systems and freeways. Shopping at The Village West gets errands done in a hurry with access to HomeGoods, Staples, CVS, Petsmart, TJ Maxx and more. The Marketplace East features a variety of dining options, whether you grab and go or settle in for a ﬁne family meal. Outstanding Walnut Valley Uniﬁed Schools are located moments from Cornerstone. Walnut has long been recognized as one of the most desirable communities in the area because of its strong commitment to education and the support of an actively engaged parent community. The quick commute to local college and university campuses makes these neighborhoods an ideal choice for faculty, staff and students. Proximity to employment centers is also a

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views. Covered outdoor living spaces, large folding glass doors and detached casitas encourage indoor/ outdoor living and allow for a ‘personalized’ retreat.” All these elements truly blur the line between interior and exterior space and draw residents out to enjoy the opportune view their home sites present. Connecting to the outdoors and entertainment areas, the grand kitchens become the heart of the homes, inviting memorable moments every day. Oversized islands, generous counter spaces and abundant cabinetry and pantries will delight the chef in everyone. Among the many features noted, Residence One presents a marvel for single-level living with an option to include an outdoor living room or a multigeneral suite to ﬁt your family’s needs. Residence Two, in a two-story design, offers a master suite downstairs and an optional multi-generational suite. Residence Three comes alive with a private courtyard, soaring ceilings and natural light-ﬁlled interiors and will inspire dreams of family celebra-

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big plus. Cornerstone is easily accessible to the 60 freeway to the south, plus the nearby 57, 71 and Interstate 10. In addition, Walnut’s 11 parks and calendar of city events, festivals and farmer’s markets add to an outstanding lifestyle. Those who want the tradition of a detached home ﬁnd choices at Astoria in Cornerstone. Directions to the community of Cornerstone are available at SheaHomes.com. All around this country, you’ll see the Shea family’s legacy in countless places—such as the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge. These landmarks symbolize the family’s commitment to enduring quality. This rich history gives Shea Homes a passion for design and quality, as well as a deep understanding of how people live today— what’s important to them in a home, and in a community, where the small details in thoughtful processes matter. That’s the Shea Difference.

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It’s YOUR year to find a new home during D.R. Horton’s It’s YOUR Year Savings Event. For a limited time, we are offering incredible savings and incentives for your new home. Be one of the first three to purchase at participating Southern California D.R. Horton communities to receive a BIG incentive of $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000!* Hurry in — this opportunity won’t last long. To find out more, visit www.DRHorton.com and discover the D.R. Horton difference.

ONLY 2 INCENTIVES REMAINING – UP TO $15,000!* 2,266 – 3,141 Sq. Ft. | 3 – 4 Bedrooms | 3.5 Baths From the Mid $800,000s Sales Office Open Daily 10am – 5pm 659 Westridge Avenue, Glendora, CA 91740 www.DRHorton.com/Portrait For More Information Call 626.594.6746

QUICK MOVE-IN HOMES AVAILABLE 2,110 – 2,286 Sq. Ft. | 3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths From the Mid $600,000s Sales Office Open Daily 10am – 5pm 17320 Vanowen Street, Los Angeles, CA 91406 www.DRHorton.com/VanowenPlace For More Information Call 818.538.5542

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ONLY 5 HOMES REMAINING! 2,654 – 2,674 Sq. Ft. | 4 – 5 Bedrooms + Bonus Room | 3 Baths From the High $600,000s Sales Office Open Daily 10am – 5pm 1001 East Whittier Boulevard, La Habra, CA 90631 www.DRHorton.com/LaHabra For More Information Call 562.448.6092

Financing offered by DHI Mortgage Company Ltd. Limited Partnership, 21300 Victory Blvd. Suite 700, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, NMLS #1555350, Company NMLS 14622 (“DHI Mortgage” or “DHIM”). DHI Mortgage is an affiliate of D.R. Horton/Express Homes/Emerald Homes. For more information about DHI Mortgage and its licensing, please visit http://www.dhimortgage.com/affiliate/. *The first buyer to execute a contract to buy a currently-released home at each community listed above beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 2, 2017 and ending at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2017 (the “Incentive Period”) will receive up to the highest incentive amount for the community as set forth above to be used towards closing costs and/or the purchase of options for the home from seller’s design center. The second buyer to execute a contract during the Incentive Period will receive will receive up to the second highest incentive amount for the community as set forth above to be used towards closing costs and/or the purchase of options for the home from seller’s design center. The third buyer to execute a contract at each community during the Incentive Period will receive up to the final incentive amount for the community as set forth above to be used towards closing costs and/or for the purchase of options for the home from seller’s design center. Any unused incentive is forfeited. At least 20% of the incentive must be used for closing costs. Options subject to construction cut-off dates and must be installed prior to closing. To receive the first $10,000 of any incentive, as applicable, the buyer must fund and close with DHI Mortgage. Any incentive amount over $10,000, if applicable, may be used regardless of buyer’s lender. Provided for informational purposes only. This is not a commitment to lend; not all buyers will qualify. Buyer is not required to finance through DHIM to purchase a home; however, buyer must use DHIM to receive up to the first $10,000 of the incentive. Remaining incentives are accurate as of 1/5/17. Some restrictions apply. Incentive may not be combined with any other incentives or promotions. See sales agent for complete details. Pricing, specifications, plans and other information are subject to change without notice. Homes are subject to prior sale. Photos are representational only. All square footage is approximate. © 2017 D.R. Horton VEN, Inc. – CalBRE license #1253251; Contractor’s license #765023.