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N.M.’s delegation backs defense bill but bemoans failure to expand radiation exposure compensation By Scott Wyland

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Los Alamos National Laboratory is set to receive $1.76 billion from the justpassed military spending bill to cover its plutonium modernization and operations as it looks to produce 30 nuclear bomb cores a year. The record $886 billion military budget request, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, will give the lab a relatively moderate spending bump from the current year’s $1.6 billion for plutonium work that’s at the heart of the lab’s nuclear weapons program. The military spending bill has passed both chambers by wide margins and will head to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it. An appropriations bill is required to ratify the funding, but it generally passes without any substantial changes

Request for billion-dollar budget hike overshadowed by debate on local control By Margaret O’Hara mohara@sfnewmexican.com

apartments. Pah is a signed word meaning “ﬁnally” or “at last.” “We were all very excited this whole project is ﬁnally happening,” said McNiven, who is deaf and works as deputy director for the Governor’s Commission on Disability as her “day job” but spearheaded the Deaf Culture Center project as volunteer work. “After 30 years, you can imagine

The Public Education Department is asking for a 21% increase in its overall budget, from $4.2 billion this year to nearly $5.1 billion in ﬁscal year 2025. However, Thursday’s budget request before the Legislative Finance Committee was largely overshadowed by lawmakers’ criticism of the Public EducaArsenio tion Department’s Romero proposed rules, which would require 180 days of instruction for all schools beginning in the 2024-25 school year and impose a new school accreditation process. Lawmakers from all over the state and across the political spectrum denounced the proposal as an infringement on local and legislative decision making. “You’re going to fail at what you’re trying to do at rulemaking,” said committee chair Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup. The hoped-for budget increase of

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Lisa McNiven and Richard Cole, a resident at PAH! Hiland Plaza apartments in Albuquerque, sign and joke with one another Dec. 1 in the hallway. The affordable housing development is one of only a handful in the country designed for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind. Cole, president of the Zia Deaf-Blind Association of New Mexico, was one of the original residents of the apartments.

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After decades of effort, specialized housing opening at Abq. Deaf Culture Center

Washington urges Israel to scale back war in Gaza Biden administration says imprecise tactics leading to too many civilian deaths The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials want Israel to end its large-scale ground and air campaign in the Gaza Strip within weeks and to transition to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, American officials said Thursday. Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, met with Israeli leaders Thursday about the direction of the war. Sullivan did not specify a timetable, but four U.S. officials said Biden wants Israel to switch to more precise tactics in about three weeks. The officials asked for anonymity to discuss the president’s thinking. American officials have made that timeline clear to their Israeli Please see story on Page A-6

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ALBUQUERQUE n the mid-1990s, 30-year-old Lisa McNiven promised herself she would create a gathering space for the deaf community in Albuquerque — no matter how long it took. Her dream and more materialized this fall with the opening of a $23.6 million, 92-unit affordable housing

complex with preference for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people, which now houses the Deaf Culture Center of New Mexico. The facility provides event and classroom space, support services and a budding entrepreneurial program for the deaf community. Two years ago, as the ﬁnal pieces of the project began to settle into place, community members named the complex the PAH! Hiland Plaza

Estate sale Saturday gives look inside ‘Bill’s world’

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Former Gov. Richardson’s treasures range from alligator gloves to armor By Robert Nott

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Stephen Etre, co-owner of Stephen’s A Consignment Gallery, sets up an estate sale for former Gov. Bill Richardson at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.

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When he died in September at the age of 75, former Gov. Bill Richardson left more than a legacy of public service as a congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, hostage-release negotiator and larger-than-life personality. He left behind a lot of pens. “Bill’s world was the world of words,” said Stephen Etre, one of the owners of Stephen’s A Consignment Gallery, as he looked over about 150 of Richardson’s pens on display under a glass case. “He used words to change the world, and these [pens] were his tools,” Etre said.

Etre’s consignment business is holding an estate sale of Richardson’s personal, professional and political belongings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. And it ain’t just about pens. Richardson loved gloves, including a pair of alligator skin gloves he apparently never wore. There’s a row of gloves on display at the sale. He liked having lots of baggage — not the political kind, the leather kind to carry clothes and other belongings on trips. There’s a table full of them at the sale, including a weather-beaten Bona Allen saddle bag that looks like it hails

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IF YOU GO What: Stephen’s A Consignment Gallery holds an estate sale of personal and professional belongings of the late Gov. Bill Richardson. When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Where: Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Coronado Room, 201 W. Marcy St. Info: stephens consignments. com

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IN BRIEF Biden and Senate negotiators race to wrap up Ukraine aid-border deal WASHINGTON — Congress was departing Washington on Thursday without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine, but Senate negotiators and President Joe Biden’s administration were still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year. The Senate planned to come back next week in hopes of passing the $110 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and other national security and ﬁnalizing a deal to place new restrictions on asylum claims at the U.S. border. But the House showed no sign of returning to push the legislation through the full Congress. Lawmakers leaving the impasse unresolved through the holidays would mean the Biden administration would have to rely on a dwindling supply of funds for Ukraine. The wartime aid has so far been vital to Ukraine’s defending against Russia’s invasion.

Missile fired from rebel-controlled Yemen misses container ship DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile fired from territory controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Thursday, a U.S. defense official said, the latest attack threatening shipping in the crucial maritime chokepoint. The seaborne assaults attributed to the Iran-backed Houthis have been part of their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have attacked vessels in the Red Sea and launched drones and missiles targeting Israel. The missile fired Thursday splashed harmlessly in the water near the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship that had been traveling from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.

Defense bill with troop pay raises just needs president’s signature WASHINGTON — The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon’s diversity initiatives, abortion travel policy and gender-affirming health care for transgender service members. The $886 billion bill was approved by a vote of 310-118 and now goes to President Joe Biden after the Senate had overwhelmingly passed it Wednesday. It is likely the last piece of major legislation Congress will consider before leaving for the holiday break, though negotiations continue on a bill to aid Ukraine and Israel and boost border security. The spending called for represents about a 3% increase from the prior year. The bill serves as a blueprint for programs Congress will seek to fund through follow-up spending bills.

Giuliani’s words on bullying come back to haunt in defamation trial Rudy Giuliani didn’t take the stand in his defamation trial, but jurors still heard his words — as read by an attorney for two Georgia poll workers he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election. “Never pick on someone smaller than you. Never be a bully,” plaintiffs’ attorney Michael Gottlieb said, quoting from a memoir the former New York mayor wrote after the World Trade Center attacks. “Those are wise words,” Gottlieb said. “If only Mr. Giuliani had listened.” Instead, Gottlieb said, Giuliani continued to lie about Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, mother and daughter election workers who testiﬁed they faced threats and insults after he falsely accused them of helping fake the Georgia election results to the detriment of Republican incumbent Donald Trump. Giuliani, who had repeatedly said he planned to testify in his defamation damages trial, declined to take the stand. New Mexican wire services

Still early to say for sure, but inflation is down with no economic recession in sight By Jeanna Smialek

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COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gestures Wednesday at the end of the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Experts are giving the talks mixed reviews.

COP28 experts rate it from historic to awful Participants at odds over what impact the just-ended talks will have By Seth Borenstein

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates he climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement mentioned fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — as the cause of climate change and said the world needs to be “transitioning away” from them. But it did not use the words “phase out,” sought by advocates and more than 100 countries who argued it would provide sharper direction for the world to move quickly toward renewable energies that don’t produce the greenhouse gas emissions that heat the planet. For an agreement so steeped in compromise, what experts thought of it, including what impact it could have in the years to come, was as polarizing as can be. The Associated Press asked 23 delegates, analysts, scientists and activists where they would rank COP28 among all climate conferences. More than half said COP28 was the most significant climate talks ever. Yet a smaller but still large chunk dismissed it as awful. Even some who deemed it the most significant also highlighted what they characterized as big problems. Thirteen of the 23 said they’d rank what COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber calls the UAE Consensus in the top five of negotiations and deals. Several called it the most significant since the 2015 Paris talks, which set specific goals to limit temperature increases and was the nearly unanimous choice for the most meaningful climate meeting. The two weeks of negotiations at COP28 also put into effect a new compensation fund for nations hit hard by the impacts of climate change, like cyclones, floods and drought. Called loss and damage, the fund drew nearly $800 million in pledges during the talks. Nations also agreed to triple the use of renewable fuel, double energy efficiency and adopted stronger language and commitments to help poorer nations adapt to worsening extreme weather from climate change.

Leaders, mostly non-scientists, said Dubai kept alive the world’s slim and fading hopes to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures, the goal adopted in Paris. The world has already warmed 1.2 degrees (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit). Negotiators, who spent late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning in special closed-door meetings with al-Jaber before the agreement was reached, were especially proud, using the word historic frequently in public pronouncements. When asked where COP28 fit in that history, they stayed on message. “I think it ranks very high,” said Zambia Green Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu, who headed his nation’s delegation. “Loss and damages is there. GGA [the adaptation agreement] is there. We talked about fossil fuels, as well. So I think we’re going somewhere.” German climate special envoy Jennifer Morgan, who has attended all these talks either as an analyst, environmental activist and now negotiator, said it “is very significant” and not just for the list of actions agreed to. “It shows that multilateralism works in a world where we are having trouble cooperating in a number of different areas,” Morgan told the AP hours after the agreement. Former U.S. special climate envoy Todd Stern, who helped craft the Paris deal, put the UAE agreement as No. 5 on his list of significant climate meetings, with Paris first. Stern’s colleague at the RMI think-tank, CEO Jon Creyts, put this year’s deal second only to Paris “precisely because the message is comprehensive, economywide. It also engaged the private sector and local communities at a scale that is unprecedented. The U.S. and China were once again united in leadership mode while voices of the most vulnerable were heard.” Johan Rockstrom, a scientist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, praised what happened, but like so many others, also saw problems. “Finally, we have a plan the world can work with towards a phase-out of oil, coal and gas. It is not perfect, by far, and not entirely aligned with science, but it is something we can work with,” Rockstrom said in an email. “Will it deliver 1.5°C (even if implemented)? The answer is no.”

Pope calls for global treaty to regulate AI practices By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The Washington Post

ROME — He has dwelled on it in meetings with global tech executives and been the victim of a deepfake that went viral. Now, in his most sweeping statement on a technology poised to change the world, Pope Francis has issued a verdict on artiﬁcial intelligence. It must be regulated. In statement Thursday, Francis called for a binding global treaty on artiﬁcial intelligence, lauding its potential ben-

eﬁts while warning of its raw potential for destruction. He commented on the pitfalls of placing in human hands a “vast array of options, including some that may pose a risk to our survival and endanger our common home.” “The goal of regulation, naturally, should not only be the prevention of harmful practices but also the encouragement of best practices, by stimulating new and creative approaches and encouraging individual or group initiatives,” Francis wrote. The statement, issued to commemo-

rate the 57th World Day of Peace, reﬂects a pope who has sought to serve as a moral compass on weighty, timely issues beyond traditional religious teaching. Although the Vatican may lack the power and inﬂuence it wielded in the past, observers insist Francis’ focus on climate change has brought the moral imperatives of that issue into sharper spiritual focus. They suggest the pope’s sustained focus on AI could do the same for a technology with almost limitless capacities. “I see fear circulating among people,

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The Federal Reserve appears to be creeping closer to an outcome its own staff economists viewed as unlikely just six months ago: lowering inflation back to a normal range without plunging the economy into a recession. Plenty could still go wrong. But inflation has come down notably in recent months — it is running at 3.1% on a yearly basis, down from a 9.1% peak in 2022. At the same time, growth is solid, consumers are spending, and employers continue to hire. That combination has come as a surprise to economists. Many had predicted that cooling a red-hot job market with far more job openings than available workers would be a painful process. Instead, workers returned from the labor market sidelines to fill open spots, helping along a relatively painless rebalancing. At the same time, healing supply chains have helped boost inventories and ease shortages. Goods prices have stopped pushing inflation higher and have even begun to pull it down. The Fed is hoping for “a continuation of what we have seen, which is the labor market coming into better balance without a significant increase in unemployment, inflation coming down without a significant increase in unemployment, and growth moderating without a significant increase in unemployment,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. As Fed policymakers look ahead to 2024, they are aiming squarely for a soft landing: Officials are trying to assess how long they need to keep interest rates high to ensure that inflation is fully under control without grinding economic growth to an unnecessarily painful halt. That maneuver is likely to be a delicate one, which is why Powell has been careful to avoid declaring victory prematurely. But policymakers clearly see it coming into view, based on their economic projections. The Fed chair signaled Wednesday that rates were unlikely to rise from their 5.25% to 5.5% setting unless inflation stages a surprising resurgence, and central bankers predicted three rate cuts by the end of 2024 as inflation continues to cool and joblessness rises only slightly. If they can nail that landing, Powell and his colleagues will have accomplished an enormous feat in U.S. central banking. Fed officials have historically tipped the economy into a recession when trying to cool inflation from heights like those it reached in 2022. And after several years during which Powell has faced criticism for failing to anticipate how lasting and serious inflation would become, such a success would be likely to shape his legacy. “The Fed right now looks pretty dang good, in terms of how things are turning out,” said Michael Gapen, head of U.S. Economics at Bank of America. Respondents in a survey of market participants carried out regularly by the research firm MacroPolicy Perspectives are more optimistic about the odds of a soft landing than ever before: 74% said no recession was needed to lower inflation back to the Fed’s target in a Dec. 1-7 survey, up from a low of 41% in September 2022. Fed staff members began to anticipate a recession after several banks blew up early this year but stopped forecasting one in July. Some experts continued to fear a recession partly because they thought the Fed had been late to react to rapid inflation, calling it “transitory” throughout 2021 although some prominent macroeconomists thought it would last.

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EU leaders agree to membership talks with Ukraine By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Steven Erlanger

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BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Thursday to officially open accession negotiations for Ukraine to join the bloc, an important breakthrough for Ukraine as it tries to bolster support from its allies. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, announced the decision on X, formerly Twitter. The move came at a crucial time for

Takeaways from long Putin news conference By Valerie Hopkins and Anton Troianovski The New York Times

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than four hours Thursday answering questions at his yearend news conference, resuming an annual tradition after fending off a Ukrainian counteroffensive, and amid signs U.S. support for Ukraine is waning as a new aid package stalls in Congress. Here are ﬁve takeaways from the tightly controlled news conference in Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had just returned from a bruising visit to the United States, where he pleaded for desperately needed money for his war effort that was being held up by political divisions in Congress. Even though accession in the EU will take years, the announcement was a symbolic win likely to rile Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has decried Ukraine’s European ambitions as a form of aggression. “This is a victory for Ukraine. A victory for all of Europe. A victory that motivates,

inspires and strengthens,” Zelenskyy said on X in response to the news. The EU also approved accession talks for Moldova, the impoverished neighbor to Ukraine’s south that is also threatened by Russia. Both nations have struggled to overcome entrenched corruption, which has hindered progress toward EU membership. At the start of the EU meeting Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary said he planned to veto an official opening of Ukrainian accession talks, arguing the country was not ready

istration and justice systems to one day qualify for accession. The next immediate hurdle for Ukraine in the two-day EU summit is to secure about $52 billion in proposed aid for the country. Orban, who has in the past delayed some EU sanctions against Russia and is seen as Putin’s closest ally in the bloc, said the aid should come only after Europe-wide elections planned for the summer. Ukraine can withstand a delay of that length. The EU already has funding in place for Ukraine in its current budget.

and Ukraine’s entry would be bad for the bloc and for Hungary. But, in the end, Orban appears to have abstained from the decision to let the talks begin. Negotiations to join the bloc normally take a decade or longer and involve major reforms to align a candidate country with EU rules and standards. Ukraine is seen as a highly motivated candidate, and its government has been following EU requests for reforms. But it will still need to radically restructure parts of its governance and apply a raft of stringent rules in its economy, admin-

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Confidence on display Putin said his goals in Ukraine had not changed: the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of the country. Those are the same vague and unfounded justifications he used as he launched the invasion nearly two years ago, but Putin now finds himself in a position of relative strength. Putin made clear he thinks Western military support for Kyiv is running dry. And while he said he is open to peace talks, he offered no hint of a willingness to compromise. “Peace will come when we achieve our goals,” Putin said.

Open to a ‘deal’ Putin said “we want to make a deal” regarding the imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine and corporate executive. Both are being held on espionage charges they and the U.S. government have vehemently denied. The Russian government is engaged in a “difficult” dialogue with U.S. authorities over the possible release of the two men, Putin said.

Ballooning inflation Despite a flurry of international sanctions, Russia’s economy has regained its prewar size and is expected to grow by about 3% this year, as a significant increase in military spending stimulates production, while labor shortages force wages to rise. But record state spending has come at a cost: Inflation has climbed sharply since the spring, and Putin acknowledged Thursday it could reach 8% this year.

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to the proposed spending, though this time around is less certain because Congress is the most polarized it has been in decades. New Mexico delegates voted for the final version of the defense bill. But in emailed statements they bemoaned House GOP leaders blocking efforts to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act — known by its acronym RECA — to cover New Mexicans and others who suffered adverse health effects because of fallout from nuclear testing or while working in uranium mines after 1971. In a statement, Sen. Ben Ray Luján said while he supports many components of the defense bill, “I am disappointed that RECA was excluded from the final bill due to Republican backroom dealing. This is an injustice to thousands upon thousands of individuals in New Mexico and across America who have sacrificed for our national security. I remain committed to working with this bipartisan coalition to keep RECA moving forward.” Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández in a statement said she put the RECA amendment into the House version only to see Republicans strip it from the bill. She called the action a “disgraceful omission.” She said she backed the bill’s final version because it includes a 5.2% pay increase for service members, money

for the military to clean up contaminated sites and some funding for Ukraine and other foreign allies. The lab’s funding as a whole will be decided next year as part of the U.S. Energy Department’s budget. Officials have proposed ratcheting the lab’s funding to $4.5 billion from the current $4 billion. But funding for the lab’s effort to ramp up production of plutonium cores, known as pits, appears to have hit a plateau. The defense bill authorizes less than a $20 million increase from this year’s funding. In contrast, this year’s $1.6 billion was 60% above the $1 billion allocated for 2022 and more than four times what was approved several years ago. The defense bill also requests $276 million for Los Alamos lab’s cleanup of legacy waste produced during the Cold War and the Manhattan Project, virtually the same funding as this year. The National Nuclear Security Administration, an Energy Department branch, will receive $24.1 billion to oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal and national laboratories. That’s up from this year’s $22.1 billion. About $464 million will be funneled to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, the underground disposal site for transuranic nuclear waste, made up of irradiated gloves, equipment, clothing, soil and other materials.

WIPP’s funding will include $44.4 million to continue work on a new ventilation system and $50 million for a new utility shaft. The bill’s other provisions include: u $782 million for advanced simulation and computing efforts in stockpile stewardship, eliminating the need to revive explosive nuclear testing banned since 1992. u $687 million for artificial intelligence. u $11 million for New Mexico’s National Guard to construct a new vehicle maintenance shop in Rio Rancho. u $7.5 million to create a U.S. Space Force modeling and simulation hub. u $5 million for a new satellite fire station at Cannon Air Force Base. u Repealing a 1999 provision that allowed for the use of flat gravestones at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, while studying the cost of replacing flat markers with upright gravestones. u Directing the nuclear security agency’s administrator to report to Congress on measures that can be taken to ensure the growing transportation challenges in and around the Los Alamos lab won’t impede national security activities. “These provisions will help grow New Mexico’s economy and cement our state’s leadership in national security for years to come,” New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich said in a statement.

LEFT: Chris Jones with Stephen’s A Consignment Gallery inspects a leather bag that belonged to the late Gov. Bill Richardson while setting up an estate sale Thursday for some of the former governor’s belongings at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. BELOW: Gloves that belonged to Richardson. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO THE NEW MEXICAN

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back to the days of the Pony Express. (The word Bill is imprinted inside it.) Then there are dress shirts — lots of shirts, many unopened, still encased in plastic packaging. And jackets and cowboy boots and cowboy hats and cigar holders and pocketknives and leather holsters (no pistols) and lots of other things that shout out, “Now this was a man.” “Each piece in here is representative of how he saw his life,” Etre said of Richardson, who served a 14-year run in Congress, a year and a half as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and three years as the head of the U.S. Energy Department. And all that before his two terms as governor of New Mexico from 2003-11. Etre said Richardson’s widow, Barbara, whom he has known for years, approached him about running an estate sale for the belongings in Richardson’s downtown Santa Fe office. (The lease on that office runs out at the

end of December, Etre said.) Etre said he and his staff looked at what was there and determined there was not enough to merit an estate sale, though he told her he could sell them on consignment in his shop on Cerrillos Road. He said Barbara Richardson surprised him by saying, “I have more,” and then gave him some of her husband’s personal effects. He said he expects people who knew Richardson and want to own a piece of his life to show up for the sale. Others who may know little or nothing about the former governor may visit as well because there’s usually an interest in owning something that once belonged to a celebrity — and Bill Richardson

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nearly $900 million for what is already the single largest chunk of the state’s general fund directed toward one agency would maintain and expand several existing programs, said department Cabinet Secretary Arsenio Romero. These include the ongoing implementation of structured literacy and initiatives to close the learning gap for students identiﬁed in the Yazzie/Martinez court decision, in which a judge determined the state failed to provide sufficient education to low-income, special education, Native American and English language learner students. In the wake of a legislative report’s ﬁndings that New Mexico’s enormous investments in special education haven’t paid off and armed with a newly established Office of Special Education, some of the money would also go toward improving special education services, Romero added. Many of lawmakers’ questions for Romero, though, focused not on the budget request but on the the department’s proposed rules. Much of the criticism surrounding the proposal came from lawmakers rep-

WHAT’S NEXT? u At 1:30 p.m. Monday, the Public Education Department’s proposed rules — including new calendar and accreditation regulations — will be subject to an in-person public comment hearing, during which stakeholders can share their opinions. Comments can also be submitted via email at Rule.Feedback@ped.nm.gov. From there, the department will respond to the public feedback and may incorporate some of the suggestions before fully promulgating the rules, said Greg Frostad, the department’s assistant secretary of policy, research and technology.

resenting New Mexico’s rural communities, where many schools operate on four-day weeks. Under the new rules, at least half of those school weeks would have to be ﬁve days long. Citing her own 110-mile trek to a four-day-per-week elementary school, Rep. Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, argued the rule diminished local school boards’ authority to create their district calendar as well as leaving four-day districts to foot the bill for that ﬁfth day of school. Armstrong is among 25 House Republicans who signed a Dec. 7 letter

was a celebrity. Etre and his son and business partner, Domenic Etre, said here and there they came across something surprising in the Richardson collection, including a suit of armor that probably dates to the 19th century and a framed color photo of the 1997 Mike Tyson-Evander Holyﬁeld boxing match. That’s the famed “Bite Fight,” in which Tyson took a bite out of Holyﬁeld’s ear. Amazingly, both men signed the photograph for Richardson. There are also some boxing gloves for sale. Richardson favored bolo ties, and the Etres said there will be plenty of those for sale as well, though they were not on display Thursday when The New Mexican visited the site of the sale. Looking at the clothes hanging on the many racks, it’s clear Richardson was a man who enjoyed all sorts of colors, from earth tones to bright yellow and red to black and brown and blue. Asked what he thought Richardson’s favorite color was, Domenic Etre laughed and said, “Leather.” Looking at the collection around him, Domenic Etre said, “He was a man of style and taste.”

BY THE NUMBERS The Public Education Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2025 is asking the state Legislature for the following major appropriations: u $126 million for 4% raises for educators, plus an additional $5.2 million for 10% salary increases for school transportation staff. u $107 million for out-of-school learning opportunities for students. u $52 million for school improvement and turnaround efforts. u $50.1 million in reading intervention and structured literacy initiatives, including professional development for both elementary and secondary teachers. u $47.9 million for existing teacher training programs. u $43.5 million to maintain universal free school meals. u $32 million in pay differentials to incentivize special education-trained teachers to join or remain in the field. u $20 million for attendance initiatives.

denouncing the Public Education Department’s proposal. A group of state House and Senate Republicans submitted a similar letter to Romero on Wednesday. Local control “is my biggest problem,” Armstrong said. “I was on the school board in Magdalena for 15 years, and we would always put out a survey asking should we have a four-day school week there — asking parents and asking the teachers what they wanted. They never chose to go to a ﬁve-day week.

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Tammy Greeson, assistant program manager and support service provider, communicates with resident Judy Seid at the PAH! apartments.

Dream realized for deaf how exhausted I feel, but I’m happy,” she said. The apartment complex in southeast Albuquerque opened to new residents in August and will fill up by end of this month. It is one of only about five housing communities designed for deaf people in the country and may be the only one with affordable units, Deaf Culture Center leaders said. All units are income restricted, with monthly rents ranging from $371 to $1,480 for the one-, two- or three-bedroom apartments, depending on residents’ income. The Greater Albuquerque Housing Partnership, a nonprofit developer, designed and built the complex over the past two years — the culmination of many more years of work. Beginning in 1994, the Deaf Culture Center, which had no building, but rather comprised a group of people advocating for a deaf community space, began cultivating support through deaf banquets, movie nights, spaghetti nights and more, eventually raising more than $20,000. Once the group became a nonprofit in 2008, $100,000 in capital outlay money requested by state Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, funded a feasibility study for a new building. That allowed the group to approach a Wisconsin-based developer with experience in other market-rate housing projects for people with disabilities, Cardinal Capital Management. The company not only survived a challenge from the federal government in 2013, which alleged a preference for deaf residents in its housing projects amounted to discrimination against non-deaf people but also went on to design buildings for the Deaf Culture Center in two locations in Albuquerque, neither of which the city approved, McNiven said. At one of the proposed locations, neighbors protested deaf and blind people would not be safe in the area. “We told them, ‘We get to decide where to live. We take care of our own people. We know how to be independent. … You don’t get to dictate that,’ ” McNiven recalled. But local officials still blocked the project, she said. Deaf Culture Center leaders did not give up, despite the years that passed with no progress. In fact, their vision only expanded. The project leaders decided to commit to creating housing for the deaf community after hearing about needs for affordable, accessible apartments rather than living in isolation from one another. McNiven said deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and deaf-plus people (people with hearing loss and other disabilities) outlined to her their struggles. “‘We have no one to communicate with. We can’t communicate with the landlord; we can’t communicate with the maintenance man. We don’t have accessible features. They’re too expensive for us to purchase, and we’re struggling financially,’ “ she recalled. “So

I rolled up my sleeves, and I said, ‘We’ve got to do this.’ ” In 2021, the center connected with the Greater Albuquerque Housing Project, which not only took on the apartments-plus-community center project but designed PAH! Hiland Plaza with extensive feedback from the deaf community, McNiven said. At town halls with anywhere from five to more than 100 attendees, people gave input on the apartments’ layout, colors, textures, lighting and furniture. It led to “beautiful” results, McNiven said. Among other things, the housing project widened the apartment hallways so people can walk and sign without bumping into each other and designed all the living spaces with an open line of sight from the kitchen to living room to facilitate conversation in American Sign Language. About half the complex is fitted with hearing loops, a sound system that connects directly to the hearing aids of hard of hearing people, and each apartment has a doorbell that flashes inside. Lights in the apartments also have dimmer switches to aid deafblind residents, who have varying degrees of blindness and can be sensitive to lighting. Each room has different floor patterns so deafblind residents can feel when they are entering a new space, such as entering an apartment from the hallway. The apartment complex incorporates high-backed furniture (necessary for people to sign comfortably without stressing their back muscles, McNiven said), a washer and dryer in each unit and a dog park for people with hearing dogs or pets. “Every time they built something new, we were taking pictures. We were excited; we wanted tours,” she said. “It was just amazing.” PAH! Hiland Plaza assistant manager Chad LeBlanc, who is deafblind, wrote the complex reduces the “daily struggles” people in the deaf community contend with. “This place offers them the chance to put all that aside and … simply be themselves and be isolated no longer,” LeBlanc wrote in an email. LeBlanc joined the Deaf Culture Center when he moved to Albuquerque from the small Louisiana town where he grew up, eventually serving as the organization’s president for five years. “I hope this project will send positive reverberations for change and as an example that it CAN be done everywhere in the world,” LeBlanc wrote, estimating about 60% of the residents at PAH! are from Albuquerque but others moved to the complex from around the country. Deaf community leaders across the U.S. have actually been reaching out to the Deaf Culture Center to learn how they might be able to replicate the project, McNiven said. “Maybe that’s where my work will head,” she said. “Maybe my role is done.”

“And so, as a school board member, I listened to my constituents,” she continued. “As a state representative, I listen to my constituents.” Indigenous students in New Mexico confront similar challenges, said Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo. It’s not uncommon for Native students to ride the school bus for hours each day, he said, and in many cases Indigenous communities prioritize cultural and linguistic activities in the same way many rural communities prioritize training in ranching. “The Native Americans are looking exactly to what the cowboys are trying to do, the cowgirls,” he said. “We’re trying to make sure that things that are important in our communities aren’t lost.” Lawmakers also called the department’s proposal an infringement on legislative authority. The intention of the proposal, Romero said, is to update state rules to be consistent with House Bill 130, a bill passed during the 2023 legislative session that required public schools to increase school time to 1,140 hours a year, including teacher professional development time. The law went into effect just four months ago with the start of the 2023-24 school year. HB 130 went through months of vetting — including hearings all over the state with school stakeholders — said Rep. Joy Garratt, D-Albuquerque, one of

the bill’s sponsors. “I was appalled when, after only four months of implementation and months of hard work by districts and charters to adjust their schedules and their planning to the law put forth in [HB] 130 … that suddenly a rule is being proposed without any discussion ahead of time,” Garratt said. “I’m deeply troubled by that.” House Minority Leader Ryan Lane, R-Aztec, agreed, noting any vagaries in New Mexico law regarding the length of school years were cleared up by HB 130. “We’re not talking about an area where there’s a void in statute or the Legislature hasn’t spoken,” he said. “We’re talking about an area where the Legislature speciﬁcally said, ‘This is how school year is going to be deﬁned, as 1,140 hours.’ ” The department is currently accepting feedback on the proposal. So far, more than 800 people have offered their input on the 180-day requirement — the overwhelming majority of them against it. An in-person public hearing is scheduled for Monday. Armstrong urged the department to take that feedback seriously. “I really hope that we’re not just going through the motions of listening to people’s concerns about this 180-day [rule], and we’re going to do it anyway,” she said. “I really hope that’s not the case because my constituents have spoken; I think the Legislature has spoken.”

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counterparts in recent days, the latest step in a gradual move by the administration to communicate that America’s patience with widespread civilian deaths is running out. “I want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives — not stop going after Hamas, but be more careful,” Biden said Thursday after a speech on prescription drug costs at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The new phase that the Americans envision would involve smaller groups of elite forces that would move in and out of population centers in Gaza, carrying out more precise missions to find and kill Hamas leaders, rescue hostages and destroy tunnels, the officials said. The moment appeared to be the most definitive effort yet by the United States to restrain Israel in its campaign against Hamas for the attacks it led Oct. 7, particularly as the conditions in Gaza turn catastrophic. After wholeheartedly embracing Israel even as the Palestinian death toll mounted, the Biden administration has found itself under pressure at home and abroad to rein in the assault. The challenge has been preserving the president’s determination to let Israel eliminate Hamas while at the same time easing the chorus of critics outraged by the humanitarian crisis. Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, said before meeting with Sullivan on Thursday that his country’s campaign against Hamas would last “more than several months,” a signal from Israeli officials that they intend to keep fighting until Hamas is eliminated. He said destroying Hamas, the armed group that carried out the devastating Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, was essential to his country’s security. Gallant described Hamas as well-entrenched. “They built infrastructure under the ground

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and above the ground, and it is not easy to destroy them,” Gallant said. “It will require a period of time. It will last more than several months.” U.S. officials insisted that the two positions were not in direct conﬂict. Israel’s efforts to hunt down Hamas leaders will continue for months, even after the transition from higher- to lower-intensity operations takes place, they said. During their meetings in Israel on Thursday, Israeli leaders presented Sullivan with their own timeline for waging a more targeted offensive. Their timeline was slower than the one favored by Biden and some of his advisers. The American officials empha-

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Exploitation suspicions end deep friendship

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A Republican-led campaign against researchers who study disinformation online has zeroed in on the most prominent American government agency dedicated to countering propaganda and other information operations from terrorists and hostile nations. The State Department’s Global Engagement Center is facing a torrent of accusations in court and in Congress that it has helped the social media giants — including Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) — censor Americans in violation of the First Amendment. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and two conservative digital news outlets last week became the latest plaintiffs to sue the department and its top officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The lawsuit said the center’s work was “one of the most egregious government operations to censor the American press in the history of the nation.” The center faces a more existential threat in Congress. House Republicans blocked a proposal this month to reauthorize the center, which began in 2011 to counter the propaganda of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. A small agency, with a regular staff of 125 people, many of them contractors, and a budget of $61 million, the center coordinates efforts across the government to track and expose propaganda and disinformation from Russia, China and other adversaries. With its mandate set to expire at the end of next year, the center is now operating under a shroud of uncertainty, even though its supporters say there is no evidence to back the charges against it. If the Republicans hold ﬁrm, as a core bloc in the House appears determined to do, the center would disband amid two major regional wars and a wave of elections in 2024, including the U.S. presidential campaign. James P. Rubin, the center’s coordinator since early this year, disputed the allegations that his organization censored Americans’ comments online. The center’s legal mandate, he said, was to “focus on how foreign adversaries, primarily China and Russia, use information operations and malign interference to manipulate world opinion.” “What we do not do is examine or analyze the U.S. information space,” he said. A report by the State Department’s inspector general last year said the center suffered from a sclerotic bureaucracy that limited its ability to manage contractors and failed to create a strategic planning process that could measure its effectiveness. The department accepted the ﬁndings and promised to address them, the report said.

Indigenous chief and Belgian film director worked together for five decades

Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire, left, and Belgian ﬁlmmaker Jean-Pierre Dutilleux attend a meeting at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris in May.

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RIO DE JANEIRO — It was considered to be among the world’s most productive partnerships between an Indigenous chief and a Westerner. For five decades, the Amazonian tribal leader and Belgian film director enlisted presidents and royals, even Pope Francis, to improve the lives of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples and protect their lands. The pair befriended celebrities and movie stars. Sting, the music legend, was one of their greatest champions. Just a few months ago, their bond seemed as strong as ever. Chief Raoni Metuktire, sporting his iconic lip plate and an emerald feathered crown, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Dutilleux were at the Cannes Film Festival to promote the Belgian’s latest documentary: Raoni: An Unusual Friendship. Standing on the red carpet, amid a flurry of camera flashes, the two clasped hands, as if old friends.

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Behind the scenes, however, the relationship was nearing its end. Not long after returning to Brazil in May, the chief of the Kayapo severed ties with his Belgian acolyte. Raoni and those closest to him told The Associated Press they had long distrusted Dutilleux,

suspecting the filmmaker of failing to deliver funds raised for the Kayapo. They also accused Dutilleux of exploiting the chief’s image and reputation to enhance his influence and film career. “My name is used to raise money,” Raoni said in an interview

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City advances search for online critic Ethics board OKs request by councilor-elect Faulkner to find identity of ‘Jay Baker’ By Carina Julig cjulig@sfnewmexican.com

The Ethics and Campaign Review Board ruled Thursday a complaint ﬁled by incoming City Councilor Pilar Faulkner against an online critic known as “Jay Baker” could move forward but two other complaints ﬁled after the recent City Council election could not. The board gave Chairman Paul Biderman authority to work with the

city on a budget and contract for an independent investigator to discover Baker’s identity or to potentially issue a subpoena for the same purpose. However, the board dismissed two complaints, identical in form, ﬁled by retired state employee Arcy Baca against former City Council candidates Phil Lucero and Faulkner on the grounds neither violated campaign rules. A fourth complaint ﬁled by Baca, this one against Geno Zamora, is still pending because the board lacked a quorum after three of the six members had to recuse themselves from the vote. Jay Baker is an anonymous Facebook poster who is a frequent critic of

Mayor Alan Webber’s administration. In her complaint, Faulkner alleges the pseudonymous poster paid for digital ads without including identifying information required under city law and also “failed to ﬁle as a political committee, name a treasurer, and report campaign contributions and expenditures.” She asked the board to subpoena Baca, who she said she believes knows Baker’s identity. Via Facebook messenger, Baker denied purchasing any political ads. “This is simply a ﬁshing expedition by Mayor Webber and his sycophant Pilar Faulkner to prevent legitimate whistleblower activity,” Baker wrote.

oseph Shepard, president of Western New Mexico University, says he recently hired a public relations company because he wanted broader exposure for his small regional school. Located in the old mining town of Silver City, Western hit a mother lode of publicity this month. None of it is what Shepard had in mind. A news story by a reporter for Searchlight New Mexico highlighted international travel expenses charged to the public by Western executives, most notably Shepard and his wife, Valerie Plame. A writer and former CIA agent who ran for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District, Plame has the title of first lady of the university. Shepard didn’t like the story, but the fallout shows he has a bigger problem: As a wealthy man in a low-income region, he appears tone-deaf. With one recent move, at least, Shepard has softened that image. After the Searchlight story’s publication, the Office of the State Auditor received several complaints about expenditures by Shepard and his administration, agency spokesman Daniel Maki said Thursday. As a matter of routine, the auditor opened a case to determine if the complaints are valid. Maki said Western also contacted the Office of the State Auditor for assistance in a review of its expenditures. “The college itself wanted help contracting an IPA [independent public accountant],” Maki said. More significant, Shepard actually requested a special audit overseen by the state, said Mario Sanchez, a spokesman for Western. Sanchez said the company and scope of the audit are being determined in collaboration with the Office of the State Auditor. Publicly funded Western will bear the expense. State Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, said she’s been contacted by constituents unhappy with Western’s practices. During a legislative hearing this week, Correa Hemphill questioned Shepard about his airline and hotel accommodations when he visited Greece, Zambia and other distant lands in hopes of recruiting students. “I think an independent review is really good news. I hope they take this seriously,” the senator said in an interview. Correa Hemphill is an alumnus of Western, and her husband, Jay Hemphill, is a photographer in the school’s Marketing and Communications Department. Shepard said his desire to obtain more favorable attention for his university led him to augment the in-house publicity department with the Garrity Group, a public relations firm based in Albuquerque. The company is headed by Tom Garrity. “Mr. Garrity has worked on and off for the university since at least 2007,” Shepard wrote in an email. “I met him in 2011 when I was hired and he was managing all of the university’s public relations and marketing.” Shepard said those times were tight, necessitating cuts. “Back then the university budget was struggling, and I had the dubious task of making it fiscally strong,” Shepard wrote. “In fact, I recall our reserves were around $800,000 with $600,000 of that earmarked for recurring expenses. Today’s reserves fluctuate between $5 million and $12 million depending on various projects that are in the works. Back in those days, the Garrity Group was one of the areas that we cut.” Western established a marketing department that Shepard rated as good in some respects, but lacking in what he called “a robust public relations element.” “Our university has accomplished some amazing and wonderful things, but these wonderful stories were not having success being told in markets beyond our region,” Shepard wrote. What he sees as a publicity problem won’t be remedied by publicly funded international travel for well-off people such as himself and Plame. Three months before the recent burst of publicity, a constituent of Correa Hemphill’s wrote the senator to tell of feeling exploited at Western. Please see story on Page A-9

“Rather than attempting to squelch the First Amendment rights of City Employees, perhaps Mayor Alan Webber and his appointees should focus on doing their jobs.” Faulkner said the Facebook page had posted many false claims about her during the election. “I could have lost my clients because of this web page, or Facebook page,” Faulkner, a lobbyist, said to the board. “And so I’m begging, basically, for the sanctity of our system that you guys subpoena and we ﬁnd out who this is so we can put an end to this kind of dirty politics, for lack of a better word.” Please see story on Page A-10

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Vigil set for four killed in car crash Organizer says families have deep roots in valley By Nicholas Gilmore

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ABOVE: From left, puppeteers Aubrey Hicks, Devon Ludlow and Susie George practice Thursday at the St. Francis Auditorium for the upcoming Teatro Duende performance of “A Holiday Party for Papa Gus.” BELOW: Puppeteer Susie George makes her puppet Rosina dance during a scene in Thursday’s rehearsal.

‘You can’t help but fall in love’ Annual Baumann Marionette Christmas Show returns to art museum Saturday By Maya Hilty mhilty@sfnewmexican.com

hris Nail’s ﬁrst day of work at the New Mexico Museum of Art years ago fell on its annual Holiday Open House. Within minutes of watching the event’s biggest draw, the annual Baumann Marionette Christmas Show, he remembers thinking to himself: “This is

one of the most ridiculously charming things I’ve ever seen in my life.” The nearly century-old show returns to the museum Saturday for the art museum and New Mexico History Museum’s joint open house. Both museums are free to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with holiday crafts and activities, such as a winter-themed gallery scavenger hunt for children and adults, plus musical performances and

the popular half-hour puppetry shows, all free and open to the public. Typically, the open house draws between 600 to 900 people, making it the museums’ largest annual event, said Nail, the museum of art’s head of education. Teatro Duende, which translates as Elf Theater, assembles for about a week and a half each year to put on the puppet show, using replicas of famed 20th century artist Gustave Baumann’s marionettes, or puppets controlled by strings, Nail said. Born in Germany, Baumann moved with his family to the U.S. as a child and settled in Santa Fe in 1918, where he lived until his death in 1971. Although best known for his color woodblock prints, Baumann also was a skilled craftsman and helped Will Shuster build one of the ﬁrst Zozobras. To entertain his young daughter, Baumann also carved dozens of marionettes and built a stage in his house where he and his wife would invite neighbors over for puppetry shows. In 1932, the New Mexico Museum of Art moved the stage into the museum, where the puppetry shows continued and became a community tradition. The script for the Christmas show, “A Please see story on Page A-12

Community members plan to gather Saturday in Española to mourn four young men killed in a fiery two-car crash near Medanales last weekend. Grief has rippled throughout the community for the sudden loss, Heather Velarde, who is organizing the vigil, said during a recent interview. A flyer circulated for the event identifies the victims by name. However, five days after the fatal crash, state police still had not confirmed the victims’ identities. State police spokesman Wilson Silver said Thursday the agency is waiting on the state Office of the Medical Investigator for confirmation. The men and their families have long lived in the Española Valley, Velarde said. Velarde said she organized the event because her son and stepson were close friends with all the victims. She has seen the wide-reaching effects of the lost lives throughout the community. “This is very devastating for our kids, our community,” she said. “For their families.” Online fundraisers have been organized to raise money for each of the victims’ surviving family members. Mourners plan to release balloons at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Española plaza and hold a candlelight vigil at dark, Velarde said. Several pastors from Victory Faith Church plan to attend and speak in remembrance of each of the victims, she said. The two vehicles collided about 3:30 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 84 northwest of Española, state police announced in a news release. Two people were inside each vehicle. Silver said an investigation has not yet determined a cause for the crash, after which both vehicles became engulfed in flames.

Drilling limits near Chaco extended to state lands By Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.com

The state is extending the ban on new oil and gas leasing on its lands near Chaco Culture National Historical Park for 20 years, keeping the state in step with similar federal drilling restrictions in the region. State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced Thursday she would extend the leasing ban on 72,776 acres she ﬁrst imposed in 2019. Her original moratorium was set to expire in January. “The Greater Chaco landscape is one of the most special places in the world, and it would be foolish not to do everything in our power to protect it,” Garcia Richard said in a statement. “This region is signiﬁcant for our

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Indigenous communities, and the cultural properties found in the area are irreplaceable.” In June, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland ordered a similar 20-year ban on new mineral leasing on federal lands within a 10-mile buffer around the park. Haaland’s order covers future federal mineral leases and mining claims on public lands within the buffer but not existing ones. It doesn’t apply to private, state or tribal mineral rights, nor does it affect private landowners known as allottees. Indigenous advocates hailed the order’s extension. “Today is another historical day, a day that we have continued to pray for and work for to protect our sacred Please see story on Page A-10

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Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in 2021. The state is extending the ban on new oil and gas leasing on its lands near Chaco Culture National Historical Park for 20 years.

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Tribes hail deal as path to breaching Snake River dams By Gene Johnson

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SEATTLE — The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest recover and will help figure out how to offset the hydropower, transportation and other benefits provided by four dams on the Snake River should Congress ever agree to breach them. President Joe Biden’s administration stopped short of calling for the removal of the dams to save the fish, but Northwest tribes and conservationists who have long sought that called the agreement a road map for dismantling them. Filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon, it pauses long-running litigation over federal operation of the dams and represents the most significant step yet toward breaching them. “Today’s historic agreement marks a new direction for the Pacific Northwest,” senior White

House adviser John Podesta said in a written statement. “Today, the Biden-Harris Administration and state and Tribal governments are agreeing to work together to protect salmon and other native fish, honor our obligations to Tribal nations, and recognize the important services the Columbia River System provides to the economy of the Pacific Northwest.” The Columbia River Basin, an area roughly the size of Texas, was once the world’s greatest salmon-producing river system, with at least 16 stocks of salmon and steelhead. Today, four are extinct and seven are listed under the Endangered Species Act. Dams are a main culprit behind the salmon’s decline, and federal fisheries scientists have concluded breaching the dams in eastern Washington on the Snake River, the largest tributary of the Columbia, would be the best hope for recovering them, providing the fish with access to hundreds of miles of habitat and spawning grounds in Idaho.

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“As an adjunct instructor at WNMU, I peaked at $10,200 per calendar year, with zero beneﬁts, temporary assignments, guaranteed unemployment 4 months out of every year and no voice in faculty senate,” the teacher wrote. I have submitted a public records request to obtain the Garrity Group’s compensation for publicizing Western. Shepard assured me the documents are forthcoming. As for his globetrotting, he maintains the money was properly spent for the purpose of making his university better and more diverse. Even if that turns out to be true, Shepard has left himself open to criticism. He makes $365,000 a year and also receives an annual retention bonus of $50,000. Plame is a published author of spy novels and other works. Publicly funded trips abroad only set them further apart from the people of Grant County, where Western is located. The median household income in the county was $39,400 a year in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Shepard and Plame are a power couple. The problem is living a life of the power elite on someone else’s nickel.

dams — the Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Lower Granite. The agreement includes a compromise regarding dam operations — providing for additional water to be spilled in the spring, fall and winter to help salmon runs like for the spring and summer Chinook, while reducing the spill required in late summer, when energy demand is high and production is especially profitable. That could harm fall Chinook, said the environmental law firm Earthjustice, which is representing environmental, fishing and renewable energy groups in the litigation. The federal Bonneville Power Administration, which operates the dams, will spend $300 million over 10 years to restore native fish and their habitats throughout the Columbia River Basin, though it said the agreement would result in rate increases of only 0.7%. Two-thirds of that money will go toward hatchery improvements and operations, and the rest will go to Oregon, Washington

and the four tribes involved: the Yakama Nation, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs. Combined with other ﬁsh-restoration funding, the federal government will be spending more than $1 billion over the next decade, the White House said. The U.S. will also conduct or pay for studies of how the transportation, irrigation and recreation provided by the dams could be replaced. The dams made the town of Lewiston,

Idaho, the most inland seaport on the West Coast, and many farmers in the region rely on barges to ship their crops, though rail is also available. The agreement “lays out a pathway to breaching,” said Shannon Wheeler, chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe. “When these things are replaced, and the Paciﬁc Northwest is transforming into a stronger, more resilient, better place, then there’s a responsibility ... to make the decisions that are necessary to make sure these treaty promises are kept.”

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Conservation groups sued the federal government more than two decades ago in an effort to save the fish. They have argued the continued operation of the dams violates the Endangered Species Act as well as treaties dating to the mid-19th century ensuring the tribes’ right to harvest fish. Republicans in Congress who oppose the breaching of the dams released a leaked copy of the draft agreement late last month. “I have serious concerns about what this agreement means for the future of our region,” Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, said in an emailed statement Thursday. “It jeopardizes the energy, irrigation, and navigation benefits that support our entire way of life, and it makes commitments on behalf of Congress without engaging us.” Under the agreement, the U.S. government will build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by the

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The Empty Stocking Fund is a longstanding project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs. Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents with proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications are now closed. How it works: Applications for funding are carefully vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs and verify the applicant’s income. If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. Requests can be as much as $2,500 per household. 2023 goal: $399,000. This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, Youth Shelters and Family Services, Gerard’s House and a private individual. To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafenewmexican. com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, 87504-1827. Cash and coin donations are always welcome. Those can be dropped off at the offices of the newspaper at 150 Washington Ave., Suite 206. Donors can request to remain anonymous. If you can provide a service such as rooﬁng or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@ santafehabitat.org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, ﬁrewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054. DONATIONS Anonymous: $103.09 Anonymous: $500 Anonymous: $150 Anonymous: $25.77 Anonymous: $400 Matthew and Jocelyn Davis: $100 CMD: $51.55 Dewey Lederer and Diana Wolken: $1,000 Rena DiPofi: $257.73 John and Cynthia Dobson: $500 Doug and Susie Brown — Smidinger Trust: $500 Brenda Edelson: $257.73 David Elder: $2,061.86 Ellie Hinds Memorial Endowment: $100 Betty Farrell: $250 Lou Anne and Robert C. Finley: $100 Karen Fitzsimmons — In memory of Thomas: $200 Karen and Tracy Garcia: $206.19 Peter C. and Ann E. Garcia — In memory of the Garcia and Montoya Families: $100 John Gee and Kathy Kronenberg: $200 Robert Glick and Jacquelyn Helin: $250 Tom and Sally Grahn: $100 Barbara Greene and Mark Stahl: $103.09 Michael and Anita Griego — In memory of Edward and Davey Griego: $200 Stephanie Greene — In memory of John A. Mattson: $200 Gail Grimes and Mark Greenberg: $206.19 Oralynn and Patricio Guerrerortiz: $250 Cumulative total: $198,183.83

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landscapes,” said Mark Mitchell, chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors. “We rely on the land and her ecosystems to sustain our traditions. But our work is never done. We are thankful for this moment, but we pray that Chaco Canyon and the greater Chaco region will be permanently protected.”

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Police say exposure to the cold killed man

It’s snow joke: N.M. seeks help naming its plows

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A man who was recently found dead under the Siler Road bridge succumbed to exposure to the cold, state police said. The body of John Michael Cowdery, 44, was discovered near the intersection of Agua Fría Street and Siler Road by a couple walking their dog Dec. 7, state police spokesman Ray Wilson wrote in an email. That evening, local and state police were investigating the area, with a section of the riverbed underneath the Siler Road bridge taped off. An onlooker said the man later identiﬁed as Cowdery had been found on a concrete slab near the riverbed. The state Office of the Medical Investigator ruled Cowdery’s death was accidental and caused by exposure to the elements,

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A shrine of ﬂowers and candles Monday under the Siler Road bridge, where the body of John Michael Cowdery, 44, was found Dec. 7. State police say Cowdery died of exposure to the cold.

Wilson wrote. Cowdery was reported missing to Santa Fe police by his mother that same day, Deputy Chief Ben Valdez said earlier this week. An

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the wrong way, because I sure as hell don’t know.” At the meeting, Faulkner reiterBaca filed the three largely ated her belief Baca would have identical complaints against information regarding Baker’s Lucero, Zamora and Faulkner, identity. She also suggested the arguing they violated disclosure board could subpoena Facebook requirements by not breaking out directly for the identities of the individual expenses when filing page’s administrators or news campaign finance reports. sites where Baker had placed ads. During discussion of the Baca, who was unable to attend complaint against Faulkner, the meeting, called Faulkner’s board members said they did assertion “ridiculous.” not believe any rules had been “All they’re doing with this broken. complaint is the mayor trying to “To have to report on each figure out who Jay Baker is,” he individual item, the cost of each one, would be pretty burdensaid. “But they’re going about it

officer checked with local hospitals, who reported Cowdery had not been recently admitted to any of them. “They usually talk over the phone on a daily basis, but she

had not heard from him since December 3, 2023,” Valdez wrote in an email. “She said he has been staying at a local shelter and had been experiencing some health challenges.”

some, and it’s not part of the rule,” Biderman said. The board members unanimously voted to dismiss the complaints against Lucero and Faulkner. Lucero did not attend the meeting but provided a written response to the board. Zamora attended and spoke brieﬂy. Biderman and Jose Puentes recused themselves from the cases involving Lucero and Zamora because both are acquaintances of political consultant Sandra Wechsler, who managed both candidates’ campaigns. Kristina Martinez additionally had to recuse herself from Zamora’s case because she donated to his campaign, which she said was an oversight as she

has tried not to involve herself in any city races since joining the board. That left the remaining three members unable to make a motion on Zamora’s case because they did not have enough to form a quorum, though they agreed it should be dismissed. Interim City Clerk Geralyn Cardenas said the city is in the process of searching for an additional member to join the board so it will be up to its full capacity of seven members. Once an additional member is added who can vote on the case, it will be brought back to the board. The board scheduled a follow-up meeting to address Faulkner’s complaint April 4.

Santa Claus named his reindeer. You probably named your dog and/or cat. Now the state Department of Transportation wants your help to name its snowplows. The agency is hosting a snowplow-naming contest, with submissions accepted through noon Dec. 22. “We depend on our ﬂeet to serve our communities and make the roads safer for the traveling public, so we think our trucks should have some awesome names!” the department said in a news release earlier this week. Each person can submit only one name, and submissions are limited to 20 characters, including letters and spaces. No vulgar language, please. Politically inspired names will not be considered as the agency is trying to keep the contest free from politics. The department’s communication staff will review all the names, pick the ones they ﬁnd inspiring and fun and then invite the public to start voting on the favorites Dec. 29. Once the public voting period is over, the six names with the most votes will be announced. “Winners will receive bragging rights for a lifetime!” the news release says. Visit dot.nm.gov/name-aplow/ to submit a name.

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS IN MEMORIAM RICHARD GADDES, 1942-2023

General Director of the Santa Fe Opera, 2001-2008 Seasons It is with profound sorrow that the Santa Fe Opera bids farewell to one of its most cherished leaders and its second General Director, Richard Gaddes, who passed away on December 12, 2023. A visionary impresario, a passionate advocate for the arts and an indelible force in the world of opera, Richard leaves an enduring legacy that will resonate for generations to come. Richard dedicated his life to the cultivation of opera talent and enrichment of the art form. His journey with the Santa Fe Opera began in 1969 as an Artistic Administrator, where his unwavering commitment to artistic excellence and innovation quickly earned him the respect and admiration of colleagues and artists alike. Notably, his keen eye spotted the potential of soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, whom he brought to the Santa Fe Opera for her U.S. debut in 1971. He also introduced other luminaries, such as conductor Edo de Waart and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade during his tenure. Serving as Director of the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers from 1988 to 1994, Richard returned to the company full-time in 1994, acting as Vice Chairman of the Capital Campaign for a new theater. In 1995, he became Associate General Director and in 2000 succeeded Founder John O. Crosby as General Director, holding the position until the end of the 2008 Season. He continued to elevate the Santa Fe Opera, attracting world-class talent, supporting emerging artists, making opera more accessible, and expanding engagement programs through the company’s first simulcasts and presentations of The Beggar’s Opera, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and Noah’s Flood within the community. His programming achievements included the American premieres of Tea: A Mirror of Soul, The Tempest and L’Amour de loin, as well as unusual works such as Agrippina, Káta Kabanová, Cendrillon and Platée, often featuring former apprentices in major roles. Richard’s impact extended beyond his roles at the Santa Fe Opera. In 1976, he co-founded Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he served as General Director until 1985. Under his leadership, the company achieved international acclaim for its commitment to developing young artists and presenting a diverse repertoire. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis became the first American opera company to be featured at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1983. Richard also served as President of the Grand Center in St. Louis, contributing to the city’s vibrant performing arts scene. His dedication to the arts earned him numerous honors and awards, including the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2006 and the Opera Honors Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008. Opera News cited him as one of the “25 Most Influential People” in the world of American opera. The Santa Fe Opera and the global arts community acknowledge Richard Gaddes’ immeasurable contributions to the world of opera and we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and all who were touched by his extraordinary life. His legacy lives on in the notes that continue to resonate on stages worldwide and in the hearts of those he championed and inspired. Susan G. Marineau, Chair Lynn Loacker, President Robert K. Meya, General Director

JEROME TAPIA It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Jerome Tapia of Pecos, NM, just short of his 53rd birthday, after a four and-a-half year battle with cancer. Jerome is preceded in death by his grandparents, Miguel & Pauline Tapia, Nevarez & Susie Armijo, his aunt Marylou Chavez, cousin Gabriel Quintana, and sisterin-law Elizabeth Tapia. Jerome is survived by his parents, Patricio A Tapia and Abbie A Tapia, his brother Jerald Tapia, nieces Ashley, Mikaela Tapia, & nephew Jace, brother Jacob Tapia, sister-in-law Hannah Tapia, nieces Leyla, Lynea, & nephew Darren, brother Jonah Tapia, sister-in-law Cherrie Tapia, nieces Heaven, Keira & Adrina, brother Jason Tapia, & niece Alyssa, his children Zachary Tapia, Mariah Johnson (Tapia), Yevette Tapia, Devina Tapia, & Cielo Tapia, his wife Karen Anderson, his Padrino, Joe Tapia, and many, many other aunts, uncles, & cousins. Services will be held Saturday December 16th, at St Anthony’s Parish Church in Pecos, NM. A viewing will take place at 9:30am, 10:30am Rosary, 11am Funeral Mass. Burial to follow immediately afterwards at el Macho Church & Cemetery (8.3 miles up Hwy 63 from St. Anthony’s). Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com

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ARCELIA “ARCHIE” BACA Arcelia “Archie” Baca, age 92, was born on June 2, 1931, and was called home to our Lord on December 1, 2023. Archie was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. Archie was preceded in death by her parents, Jose Antonio and Elvira Vigil, her husband Roy Baca, her sisters Helen Elena (Pete), Tillie (Eutimo), Mary (Abe), her brothers Walter, Leo (Viola), Antonio “Tony,” and brother-in-law Louis “Louie”. Archie is survived by her son Wilfred Baca (Jane), daughter Sabie Ann Baca, sister Orilia “Lila” Baca, and a very special sister-in-law, Lillie Vigil. Archie was blessed with her three grandchildren, Ashley (Gary), Kelly, Josh (Monique), her six great-grandchildren, Jayden, Bryana, Dominic, Colt, Elena, and Emery, and numerous beloved nieces and nephews, to include a very special goddaughter, Nadine Serrano. Archie lived most of her life in El Rito, NM. She was a very strong and independent woman who lived her life with a strong faith in our Lord. Archie loved her family and was especially proud of her son, Will. He was her best friend. The celebration of Archie’s life will begin with a rosary at San Juan Nepomuceno Church in El Rito, NM on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 10:00am, followed immediately with a funeral mass at 11:00am. Burial services are to be determined and will be held on a later date. Archie’s family would like to give a special and heartfelt thanks to Brookdale of Santa Fe and Ambercare Hospice for providing Archie with exceptional care and compassion.

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OCTOBER 29, 1940 - DECEMBER 5, 2023 Santa Fe — Higinio E Cardenas born October 29, 1940 in Taos, New Mexico, passed peacefully from his life on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Preceded in death by parents, Jose and Carolina Cardenas and brother-in-law Louie DesGeorges. Survived by his daughter Cynthia Baca (Tom), granddaughter Tanya Baca, great-granddaughter Jasmine Gonzales (Anissa) and great-grandson Izaya Trujillo that he called his boy, Sister Evangeline DesGeorges, bother Victor Cardenas (Margie), special Friend Gloria Gomez and numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and friends. Higinio began a career in 1968 when moving from Taos to Santa Fe with UniFirst Services on Siler Road driving a truck to Los Alamos for over 50 years until his retirement in December 2021. Higinio was also employed part time with Walmart for 25 years until his retirement in December 2022. Services are at Santa Maria De La Paz 11 College Avenue, Monday December 18th. Mass 10:00am with reception following after in the Parish hall. A burial will be held at a later date in the spring in Taos.

JODY SOPER

SEPT. 13, 1946 - NOV. 29, 2023

November 24, 1949 ~ December 08, 2023 For service information, please refer to the website Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com

Joanne “Jody” Soper joined the board of Santa Fe Living Treasures in 2009, serving as treasurer, and an integral member on many other levels. She told us our mission appealed to her great love of the city and all the wonderful people who have contributed to making it a fabulous place to live, work, and thrive. She believed that our Treasures came from all walks of life and brought a lifelong commitment to making a difference without which Santa Fe might be just another pretty town with very little character. SFLT was honored to have Jody on board. We were blessed by her dedication and promotion of our mission and loved her for her selflessness and love of life. She was a true blue Santa Fean, since 1969, and will remain indelibly in our hearts. Thank you Jody. May you rest in peace, dear friend.

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Oh, the lovely snow — but keep it shoveled

oo many dry winters, and Santa Fe has lost its ability to deal with snow. If, of course, we ever did a decent job in the first place. For years, the main thoroughfares of town were state responsibilities. Every year, residents (rightly) would complain that roads such as St. Michael’s, Cerrillos and St. Francis were snow-packed and icy. That’s because state crews were on Interstate 25 or other high-traffic, high-speed areas, making sure people could drive without risking their lives. In-town roads were far down the priority list. Now, with the city of Santa Fe in charge of road-clearing, the main streets aren’t quite as dangerous after snow. Most days, that is. An improvement, to be sure. By choice, cities such as Santa Fe don’t have the snow equip-

ment of a Buffalo, N.Y., and new residents who come from areas that deal with more frequent winter storms always wonder why the roads aren’t cleared faster. The honest answer? It just doesn’t snow enough to buy the additional equipment and hire the people who would make the snow disappear. When it comes to snow removal, we get by. Getting by can be more of an issue, not with driving, but when it comes to clearing sidewalks, driveways and parking lots. Even when it snows, 14-inchers — the snowfall that fell a few weeks ago — are not that common. Our normal winter storms are more like what happened overnight Wednesday and during the day Thursday. Four or five inches and, when the sun comes out, most of the snow starts to melt. Removing the snow is not that difficult, and

the piles are manageable. But don’t wait. Clearing walkways is the responsibility of homeowners and private businesses — governments have the same obligation if it’s on their property — and it needs to be done right. Heavy snows can make getting the job done more difficult. After the last snowfall, too many people shoveling snow pushed piles to the side, there to sit and melt. Trouble was, with cold temperatures and too-large piles, they just stayed put. The snow became icy, and people parking their cars had to step over a pile of ice to reach a clear walkway. Who knows how many people slipped? Snow can’t be left out where people will be passing. The snow has to be removed, with some sort of salt or ice melt put down after to discourage ice from form-

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Councilor-elect ﬁles ethics complaint against anonymous Facebook poster over political ads, Dec. 12 Jay Baker is a product of our community not being heard and Mayor Alan Webber’s autocratic administration that requires he surround himself with weak ‘yes’ people to prevent constructive criticism/questions. The boos for Webber will grow louder, Jay Baker’s Facebook followers will swell, and concerns over buying our city elections will escalate until the people of Santa Fe actually have democratic, transparent, and accountable representation in how our city is run.” MP Paul Jay Baker’s commentary is slanderous, mean-spirited, and not based in fact. The right-wing support for this troll in the comments below is disturbing. Is this really what you all want politics to become?” Richard Saunders In my opinion, Pilar Faulkner is feeling the pressure of questions surrounding her campaign. Good try to spin the direction on Jay Baker to distract what questions plague her.” Suzanne Romero

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 15, 1923: Predatory wolves in the west are gradually coming under control, according to the United States department of agriculture, which has been assisting in campaigns against these enemies of domestic livestock. Many areas have now been freed from them, and flocks and herds can graze in safety where formerly raids by predatory animals meant nightly slaughter of domestic animals on the range. Dec. 15, 1948: Here is a horrible death. It is the corpse of Santos Lujan, a father of nine. He burned to death at Pojoaque last night when his car collided with another. The picture was made by Sanky Trimble of the Associated Press who came upon the accident when he was returning from Los Alamos. It is a shocking picture and we will be accused of bad taste for reproducing it. We hope it does shock you. We hope it chills the marrow of every person who drives an automobile. We hope it stabs home the realization of the results of inadequate roads and inadequately policed roads. Dec. 15, 1998: Falling oil prices and the lingering effects of Asia’s recession mean New Mexico state government won’t have as much extra cash coming in next year as originally expected. But Gov. Gary Johnson said Monday that won’t affect his plans to ask for an incometax cut.

ing. It’s a job that can’t be delayed. Because when snow removal is botched, and piles turn icy, look what happens. A few weeks later, more snow has fallen, and snow covers ice and the risk of falling increases. If — please, Lord — this turns out to be a snowy winter, one where snowfall follows snowfall, the problem only gets worse. Remember, property owners are responsible for removing the snow. That’s true in New Mexico even if a snowplow dumps snow on a sidewalk that’s already been cleared. Should someone fall, the homeowner or business owner pays the bill. Property owners also can face fines should they leave sidewalks impassible. Snow happens every winter — it’s not a surprise, even after recent dry spells. Let’s keep our roads and walkways clear.

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Texas’ heartlessness on abortion will continue

f anyone has tried telling you that conservative state laws on abortion will still allow merciful exceptions in cases involving agonizing medical nightmares, please ask them to explain to you what happened in Texas this week. Earlier this month, a Dallas-area woman named Kate Cox, a mother of two who was pregnant with a much-wanted third child, asked courts to grant her an exception to the state’s post-Roe antiabortion legislation because that much-wanted child had been diagnosed with a fatal genetic condition that almost always results in miscarriage or stillbirth. On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court rejected her request. Exception denied. In an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News that was republished in papers around the country, Cox had begged for mercy. She wrote that she didn’t want her daughter to suffer during what was likely to be an exceptionally brief life, if she was born at all. “I kept asking more questions, including how much time we might have with her if I continued the pregnancy,” Cox wrote, recalling how she came to her decision with doctors’ consult. “The answer was maybe an hour — or at most, a week. Our baby would be in hospice care from the moment she is born.” I ask you, if this scenario is not worthy of an exception, what scenario is? Carrying the pregnancy had severely compromised Cox’s own health. She had been repeatedly admitted to the emergency room. She was cramping severely and leaking ﬂuid. Her doctor, Damla Karsan, submitted a statement to the court that it was her “good faith belief and medical recommendation” that Cox should be granted permission to have an abortion. Cox, the doctor wrote, “has a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from her current pregnancy that places her at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of her reproductive functions.” If this doctor’s professional opinion does not prompt the Texas court to grant an exception, what opinion would? A district judge did initially grant a Cox an exception to Texas abortion laws, which block all abortions other than those in which the pregnancy presents a “risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.” But the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, asked the Texas Supreme Court to intervene and block Cox from abortion access. In a letter sent to area hospitals, he threatened to take legal action against any Texas doctors or hospitals who aided Cox in ending her pregnancy, including “ﬁrst degree felony prosecutions.”

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What happened to Kate Cox was a travesty of justice and a tragedy of compassion. And it’s not going to be an exception. Days passed, and Cox waited in what I can only imagine was unspeakable anguish. Is this when the exception might finally kick in? Is this the kind of hell on earth in which a pregnant woman like Cox might expect that someone in power would allow her doctor to do what her doctor had already deemed was best for Cox’s battered body, and what Cox herself had already deemed was best for her grieving family? When the state Supreme Court issued its order Monday, the text read like either satire or skulduggery. The court penalized Karsan, the doctor, for using the phrase “good faith belief” rather than “reasonable medical judgment.” The order implied that if Cox’s condition had truly been life-threatening, then Karsan would have simply performed the abortion already rather than bringing the matter before the court: “A woman who meets the medical-necessity exception need not seek a court order to obtain an abortion.” Never mind that Paxton’s menacing letter had already made it clear that he would prosecute doctors who aided Cox in obtaining the abortion the court was now saying doctors could have just performed without asking. Hours before the court issued its order, Cox’s attorneys revealed that she had fled the state to find abortion care elsewhere. She couldn’t keep waiting. Would she get to recover in her own bed, near her own family? No. Would she get to have the comfort of being attended to by her own trusted doctor? No. Would she get to make the decision privately, then mourn as she wished, without having to flay herself in the press by begging for an end to the unimaginable torment her state had inflicted upon her? She would not. But at least she would not have to fear for her own life while waiting for her child to die. At least there’s that. What happened to Kate Cox was a travesty of justice and a tragedy of compassion. And it’s not going to be an exception. Monica Hesse is a columnist for The Washington Post Style section.

recent, monthlong road trip to the East Coast and back demonstrated well that too many Americans are very trashy. Interstate and local roadsides of all 18 states visited were signiﬁcantly littered: paper, plastic, cardboard, wood and more. Why do so many people litter our roadsides and detract greatly from the beauty and enjoyment of our country? Do they not appreciate and enjoy the beauty of our roadsides? They are the same sort of people who locally trash Caja del Río. One big source of roadside trash is open-bodied trucks, pickups and much larger. Owners mindlessly throw objects into the open truck bodies that wind of motion moves to the roadside. Also, they often use paper or plastic sheeting as cover to protect cargo that the wind tears off and is left by roadsides. Glen Smerage

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Schools need help What a refreshing admission by our new-ish Public Education Department Secretary, Arsenio Romero. He is correctly advocating for closer PED control and supervision of schools. Why? “Because we are in last place,” said Romero. Amen! With 80% of Santa Fe High students not in class, with 4% grade-level math, and abominable reading scores, it is no surprise that Santa Fe Public Schools need help and closer supervision. We at the Coalition for Public Education (www. icpesantafe.org) have been working with SFPS for 15 years — sometimes with success, but constantly frustrated by overworked teachers without the tools to teach, and by students needing comprehensive support in order to achieve grade-level results. Mississippi went from 49 to 28 in student reading in 10 years. We must do the same. We recognize that we need deep and comprehensive change. God Bless Arsenio Romero! And may God ensure that no one stands in his way. John Lonergan

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A rare man My ﬁrst visit to Santa Fe was in the early 1990s at the invitation of Richard Gaddes, then the director of the Santa Fe Opera. I had known him in his similar role with the St. Louis Opera, where I was living and working at the time. We were neighbors in a historic urban neighborhood

there. I knew next to nothing about opera but that didn’t matter to this born teacher and promoter; if I was willing to learn, he was willing to lead. As avid an advocate of opera as Richard was, he enthused equally about Santa Fe. In a few days time he made sure I took in two productions at the theater and explored the magnificent open-air venue. He also led me to his favorite shopping and dining haunts, from Maria’s Kitchen and the Cowgirl to The Compound. With his unerring eye, he introduced me to his favorite Native jewelers and artisans. I returned frequently and when time came for me to choose a new home base, I chose Santa Fe, in no small part due to the early recommendations and introductions of Richard Gaddes. This refined and elegant man, revered in the often rarefied world of international music, welcome in the most sophisticated salons around the world, introduced me to the small, unique and welcoming community of Santa Fe, which I now call home. Karen Foss

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Free the hostages In January 2006, Gazans held their last parliamentary elections, with no further elections in Gaza. Hamas had a tiny plurality of votes (44% to the more moderate Fatah party’s 41%). Soon, Hamas took total control of the Gaza Strip, murdering the opposition. Immediately before the Gaza war, under the Abraham Accords of 2020, peace was breaking out in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia poised to help develop Gaza. Approximately 20,000 Gazans were working in Israel at wages six times higher than wages in Gaza. Both of these initiatives to improve Gaza ended with Hamas’ initiating the horrors of the October, Black Sabbath War. Hamas essentially has been holding Gazans hostage to its plans to destroy Israel. By placing military stations and warehouses in schools, hospitals and other civilian locations; by at times preventing Gazans from leaving areas that will be attacked; and by launching an attack that was sure to be met with widespread destruction of Gaza, Hamas is far from creating a free and peaceful Gaza. Freeing the 137 still-kidnapped hostages held in horrible conditions would begin negotiations to end this tragic war. Raymond Singer

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New therapies out of reach where need is greatest By Laura Ungar

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Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain. New gene therapies promise a cure for sickle cell disease, and Dongre says he’s “praying the treatment should come to us.” But experts say the one-time treatment is out of reach in India and Africa — places where the disease is most common. Vast inequities cut much of the world off from gene therapy in general. While access to all sorts of

Older Americans are a force in workforce Americans 65 and over are playing a larger role in the labor force, shifting the composition of U.S. workers and reﬂecting a new reality where retirement has become a more gradual process for many. The share of older Americans who are working, by choice or necessity, has doubled in the past 35 years, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Workers 65 and over also are working longer hours and making more money than they were in the past. “In some ways, this isn’t surprising: We’re an aging society,” said Richard Fry, a senior researcher at Pew Research Center and lead author of the study. “But it isn’t just that there are more older adults in the workforce, it’s that a larger share of them are working. And it tends to be better-educated, older adults with a college degree.” The increase of older, college-educated workers in well-paying jobs has helped narrow the pay gap between retirement-age workers and younger ones, the Pew report found. Workers 65 and older made a median hourly wage of $22 last year, just $3 short of the median for younger workers; that’s down from an $8 gap in median hourly wages in 1987. The Washington Post

medicine is limited in developing countries, the problem is especially acute with these therapies, some of the most expensive treatments in the world. Beyond their sky-high prices, these therapies are complex to give patients because they require long hospitalizations, sophisticated medical equipment and specially trained doctors. “The vast, vast majority of patients live in an area where they have no access to this kind of therapy,” said Dr. Benjamin Watkins, who treats sickle cell at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. “We as medical professionals, and as a society, have to think about that.”

Access to gene therapies was a major focus of this year’s international summit on human genome editing in London. A subsequent editorial in the journal Nature said high prices leave low- and middle-income countries “entirely in the lurch” and could stymie progress across the ﬁeld. For gene therapy to even be an option, people in developing nations must stay alive long enough to get it. There, sickle cell disease is more likely to disable or kill than in wealthy regions. Late diagnosis is common, and basic care can be hard to come by. Sickle cell disease affects hemoglobin, the protein in red

Puppetry show “I see the marionettes, and I just become like a 10-year-old Holiday Party for Papa Gus,” has again. been tweaked over the years but “You can’t help but fall in love remains much the same, said with them, just because there’s Barbara Hatch, who has directed not a mean bone in their bodies” the puppeteers for the past eight — though at least one causes or nine years. mischief in the story, she said. The “childlike joy” the The puppets also break the production engenders has kept fourth wall and interact with Hatch coming back, she said. kids. Continued from Page A-8

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son Girish cried constantly from stomach and leg pain. Doctors didn’t diagnose him with sickle cell for 2½ years. When their daughter, Sumedha was born, he and his wife had her tested immediately and learned she had the disease too. Mazeze counts herself lucky she can afford treatment at all. She said some in Tanzania can’t even pay for folic acid, which costs less than a dollar. Such stark realities make the cost of gene therapies an insurmountable obstacle, experts say. The price tags for the two sickle cell

therapies in the U.S. are $3.1 million and $2.2 million, though costs can vary by country. The process of giving the therapies is just as big a hurdle. Patients must go to the hospital, where stem cells are removed from their blood. One treatment, made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, involves quickly sending the cells to a lab and using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR to knock out a gene. The other therapy, made by Bluebird Bio, doesn’t use CRISPR but involves a similar process for patients.

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Newly minted Dodger Ohtani dodges surgery questions By Beth Harris The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani opened his ﬁrst news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers by dodging questions about whether he had a second Tommy John surgery. “At the time of the announcement, we didn’t know which way we were going to go. That’s why I never said what type of procedure was going to be done,” Ohtani said Thursday at a news conference to discuss his record $700 million, 10-year contract.

It was Ohtani’s first time speaking with the media since Aug. 9, two weeks before a pitching injury that required surgery with Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Sept. 19 and will keep him off the mound until 2025. Ohtani had Tommy John surgery with ElAttrache on Oct. 1, 2018. “I’m not obviously an expert in the medical field, but it was a procedure,” Ohtani said. “I’m not sure what it’s called, I know it was completely different from my first time, so I don’t know what to call it. You could probably talk to my doctor about that.”

The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, middle, smiles between team owner and chairman Mark Walter, left, and president and CEO Stan Kasten on Thursday during a news conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. ASHLEY LANDIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Ohtani refused to say what other teams he negotiated with before the agreement last weekend. “Free agency is still going on and I don’t really want to mess with their plans and I don’t want to say anything wrong, so I do want to really talk about what I had talks with other organizations,” he said through translator Ippei Mizuhara. Ohtani did, however, reveal the name of his dog, seen on his lap when he appeared on the MLB Network for the announcement of his second MVP award Nov. 16. The dog has the American name “Decoy” and a Japanese name, “Dekopin” or “Decopin” depending on the transliteration. Please see story on Page B-3

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Lobos, after blasting Aggies on Dec. 2 in The Pit, head to Las Cruces today hoping to do more of the same

4 days after 3-0 loss, Raiders set franchise scoring record By Mark Anderson

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Four days after losing 3-0, the Las Vegas Raiders scored 42 points by halftime, didn’t let the Los Angeles Chargers cross midfield until the third quarter and rolled to a raiders 63 record-setting 63-21 chargers 21 victory on Thursday night. The Raiders set a franchise scoring record, topping the team’s 59-14 victory at Denver on Oct. 24, 2010. It was the most points allowed by the Chargers, who previously gave up 57 to the St. Louis Rams on Oct. 1, 2000. The Raiders led 42-0 at halftime, just three points shy of the NFL record for halftime margin that was set in 2009 when New England led Tennessee 45-0. The 42-point margin has been matched two other times — by Green Bay over Chicago in 2014 and the Packers over Tampa Bay in 1983. Las Vegas also tied the franchise record for points in a half, set in 1969 against Buffalo. The halftime deficit was the biggest in Chargers history. They trailed the Patriots 31-0 in 1997. It was a stunning turnaround for the Raiders (6-8), who gave up only a field goal Sunday against Minnesota but still lost, amassing 202 yards. Las Vegas had 283 yards by halftime against the Chargers (5-9). The Raiders led 63-7 before two late touchdowns for L.A. Aidan O’Connell threw all four of his touchdown passes in the first half, and he finished with 248 yards passing. Davante Adams caught eight passes for 101 yards a TD, his first 100-yard game since Week 3 against Pittsburgh. Las Vegas’ defense scored second-half touchdowns on a fumble recovery and interception, the first time the Raiders scored two defensive TDs since 2006 against the Steelers. Los Angeles quarterback Easton Stick, making his first start in place of the injured Justin Herbert, completed 23 of Please see story on Page B-4

INSIDE u NFL vows to ban hip-drop tackle. u Former Jaguars financial manager pleads guilty to stealing $22 million. u NFL continues to make incremental, widespread progress in diversity hiring. PAGE B-4

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Lobos guards Jaelen House, left, and Donovan Dent battle for a loose ball with Aggies guard Jaylin Jackson-Posey on Dec. 2 in The Pit. UNM, which beat NMSU by 44 points in that game, travels to Las Cruces on Friday for the second Rio Grande Rivalry game of the season.

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f Round 1 was the biggest mismatch since little Timmy beat the tar out of Joe Palooka in the living room on Christmas morning, Round 2 might offer more of the same unless a lot of things change. The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team delivered a 44-point smothering of New Mexico State in The Pit on Dec. 2, the teams’ ﬁrst meeting in nearly two years. The rematch comes Friday night in the Pan American Center, a venue that might not have the look and feel of a typical Lobos-Aggies game in Las Cruces. NMSU athletic director Mario Moccia said no seats will be sold in the upper grandstands and,

with the school’s spirit band in Albuquerque for Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl and most students vacating campus now that ﬁnals are done, it might be somewhat of a toned-down atmosphere. Moccia said security will be beefed up to ensure everyone’s safety following the theatrics of years past, but he anticipates a crowd of roughly 5,000 to 7,000 for the 228th meeting between the in-state rivals. “This won’t have the usual feel of a rivalry game with the Lobos given the circumstances,” Moccia said. NMSU (5-6) has found its only success in the Pan Am this season, going 5-0 against a pair of NAIA schools, a Division III opponent, another from Division II and just one, a ﬁve-point win over Northern Colorado, from the Division I ranks. The Aggies

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escaped with a 76-71 win in their most recent game Wednesday against Northern New Mexico. UNM coach Richard Pitino said all the right coach-speak things earlier this week, that playing a team twice is never easy the second time around. He lauded the Aggies for their effort and the challenges they face. Please see story on Page B-3

NBA Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant demonstrates a chest pass while testifying in Judge Carol Chumney’s courtroom on Monday at Shelby County Circuit Court in Memphis, Tenn. The hearing is to determine whether Morant used self-defense during a ﬁght in the summer at his home. MARK WEBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ja Morant set for Tuesday comeback Two-time All-Star point guard ‘understands the process’ that has led to his return after suspension By Teresa M. Walker The Associated Press

Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies have been counting down the days until the two-time All-Star’s 25-game suspension ends.

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For Morant, almost literally. The point guard suspended for ﬂashing a gun on social media twice in the span of three months has posted the hourglass emoji a couple times, the last on Monday with “return soon” followed by that emoji with the number of days and games left until he plays again for the Grizzlies. Morant will speak to reporters Friday morning after a shootaround in Memphis. His season debut will be Tuesday night in New Orleans. Coach Taylor Jenkins said Morant

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has been “unbelievable” working to be ready the moment his suspension ends. Please see story on Page B-5 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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SCOREBOARD

Friday, December 15, 2023

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

TODAY ON TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local. Mauritius Open, Third Round, Mont Choisy Le Golf, Grand Baie, Mauritius

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 5 p.m. FS1 — Saginaw Valley St. at Butler 6 p.m. PAC-12N — N. Colorado at Colorado 7 p.m. CBSSN — New Mexico at New Mexico St. 8 p.m. ESPN2 — UConn vs. Gonzaga, Seattle

HORSE RACING 12:30 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races NBA 5:40 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Lakers at San Antonio 8:05 p.m. ESPN — New York at Phoenix

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. PAC-12N — Portland at Stanford

SOCCER (MEN’S)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5 p.m. ESPN2 — FCS Tournament: Albany at S. Dakota St., Semifinal 5 p.m. ESPNU — DIII Championship: North Central (Ill.) vs. Cortland St., Salem, Va.

1 p.m. USA — Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Nottingham Forest SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 5 p.m. CBSSN — 2023 NWSL Expansion Draft

GOLF 10 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The PNC Championship Pro-Am, First Round, Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Fla. 1 a.m. Saturday GOLF — DP World Tour: The AfrAsia Bank

TENNIS 9 a.m. TENNIS — Ultimate Tennis Showdown: Round Robin 1 p.m. TENNIS — Ultimate Tennis Showdown: Round Robin

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W

Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets e-New England

SOUTH

Jacksonville Houston Indianapolis Tennessee

NORTH

Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh

WEST

9 7 5 3

4 6 8 10

10 8 7 7

3 5 6 6

0 0 0 0

Kansas City Denver Las Vegas L.A. Chargers

PCT

0 0 0 0

8 7 6 5

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington

SOUTH

10 10 5 4

PCT

.769 .615 .538 .538

Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay e-Carolina

NORTH

Detroit Minnesota Green Bay Chicago

WEST

6 6 6 1

9 7 6 5

0 0 0 0

233 321 314 395

PCT

.692 .538 .462 .385

251 285 262 197

269 261 270 341

340 266 280 270

PCT

0 0 0 0

.769 .462 .462 .231

THURSDAY’S GAME

HOME

AWAY

5-2-0 6-1-0 4-3-0 4-4-0

HOME 4-3-0 4-3-0 5-3-0 2-5-0

HOME 7-0-0 5-1-0 3-3-0 1-5-0

HOME

4-3-0 3-3-0 3-3-0 1-4-0

HOME

314 242 267 309

380 299 280 230

AWAY

5-1-0 5-2-0 3-5-0 1-6-0

HOME

421 342 183 261

HOME

3-4-0 5-2-0 2-4-0 4-2-0

228 309 280 345

.769 .769 .385 .308

PCT

x-San Francisco 10 3 L.A. Rams 6 7 Seattle 6 7 Arizona 3 10 e-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot

.462 .462 .462 .077

4 6 7 8

292 287 265 303

PCT

7 7 7 12

218 272 287 250

.615 .538 .429 .357

0 0 0 0

361 289 280 210

PCT

3 3 8 9

290 279 330 282

0 0 0 0

294 244 257 272

312 287 314 241

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W

411 348 201 169

.615 .538 .538 .385

5 6 8 9

.692 .538 .385 .231

5 6 6 8

PCT

0 0 0 0

8 7 7 5

4-2-0 2-4-0 4-2-0 3-3-0

205 290 318 331

AFC

4-3-0 2-4-0 2-3-0 2-4-0

NFC

6-3-0 4-5-0 3-6-0 3-5-0

AFC

3-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

NFC

6-4-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 3-6-0

2-1-0 3-2-0 2-2-0 2-2-0

4-1-0 1-2-0 3-2-0 0-3-0

AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

5-1-0 2-4-0 3-3-0 3-2-0

6-3-0 6-3-0 3-6-0 5-4-0

4-0-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 2-2-0

3-2-0 3-2-0 0-4-0 3-1-0

AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

4-2-0 3-3-0 1-5-0 3-4-0

6-2-0 4-5-0 4-5-0 3-6-0

AWAY

AFC

2-3-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 2-3-0

NFC

7-3-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 2-7-0

4-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

2-4-0 3-4-0 3-4-0 0-8-0

2-2-0 3-2-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

4-5-0 3-5-0 5-4-0 0-9-0

3-1-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 0-4-0

AWAY

AFC

NFC

DIV

HOME

5-1-0 3-3-0 4-2-0 2-4-0

3-1-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 1-3-0

AWAY

5-2-0 3-4-0 2-5-0 1-6-0

6-3-0 6-3-0 4-4-0 4-5-0

AFC

2-2-0 2-3-0 1-2-0 1-4-0

NFC

8-1-0 4-4-0 5-5-0 2-6-0

SATURDAY’S GAMES

SUNDAY’S GAMES

NEW MEXICO BOWL

DIV

4-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 0-4-0

Orlando, Fla. Miami (Ohio) vs. Appalachian St., 1:30 p.m.

Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico St. vs. Fresno St., 3:45 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Kansas City at New England, 11 a.m. N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 11 a.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 2:05 p.m. Washington at L.A. Rams, 2:05 p.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 2:25 p.m. Baltimore at Jacksonville, 6:20 p.m.

LA BOWL HOSTED

Inglewood, Calif. UCLA vs. Boise St., 5:30 p.m.

INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Shreveport, La. California vs. Texas Tech, 7:15 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 18 FAMOUS TOASTERY BOWL

Charlotte, N.C. W. Kentucky vs. Old Dominion, 12:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAME

TUESDAY, DEC 19 FRISCO BOWL

Philadelphia at Seattle, 6:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 21

New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 6:15 p.m.

Frisco, Texas UTSA vs. Marshall, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 23

THURSDAY, DEC. 21 BOCA RATON BOWL

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m. Buffalo at L.A. Chargers, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 24

Boca Raton, Fla. USF vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 11 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Green Bay at Carolina, 11 a.m. Indianapolis at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Seattle at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Washington at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 2:05 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 2:25 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 2:25 p.m. New England at Denver, 6:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 22 GASPARILLA BOWL

Tampa, Fla. Geogia Tech vs. UCF, 4:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 23 CAMELLIA BOWL

Montgomery, Ala. Arkansas St. vs. N. Illinois, 10 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM BOWL

MONDAY, DEC. 25

Birmingham, Ala. Troy vs. Duke, 10 a.m.

Las Vegas at Kansas City, 11 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 2:30 p.m. Baltimore at San Francisco, 6:15 p.m.

ARMED FORCES BOWL

LAS VEGAS 63, L.A. CHARGERS 21 7 14

14 7

— —

Fort Worth, Texas No. 24 James Madison vs. Air Force, 1:30 p.m.

21 63

First Quarter Las: White 1 run (Carlson kick), 8:10. Las: Tucker 30 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), 4:41. Las: Meyers 22 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), 3:07. Second Quarter Las: Mayer 11 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), 9:15. Las: Bolden 26 run (Carlson kick), 3:50. Las: Tucker 20 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), :31. Third Quarter Las: Adams 3 pass from Meyers (Carlson kick), 10:42. LAC: Palmer 79 pass from Stick (Dicker kick), 10:27. Las: Jenkins 44 fumble return (Carlson kick), :00. Fourth Quarter Las: Jones 16 interception return (Carlson kick), 14:31. LAC: Erickson 13 pass from Stick (Dicker kick), 8:39. LAC: Johnston 6 pass from Stick (Dicker kick), 2:38. A: 61,654.

LAC

LAS

First downs 18 20 Total Net Yards 326 378 Rushes-yards 28-92 26-124 Passing 234 254 Punt Returns 3-44 2-24 Kickoff Returns 5-116 1-25 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-16 Comp-Att-Int 23-32-1 22-36-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-23 1-6 Punts 5-49.2 6-51.667 Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-65 4-30 Time of Possession 30:09 29:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: L.A. Chargers, Spiller 16-50, Kelley 5-22, Stick 2-11, Ekeler 5-9. Las Vegas, White 17-69, Abdullah 6-32, Bolden 2-25, Tucker 1-(minus 2). PASSING: L.A. Chargers, Stick 23-32-1-257. Las Vegas, O’Connell 20-34-0-248, Meyers 2-2-0-12. RECEIVING: L.A. Chargers, Everett 5-41, Palmer 4-113, Ekeler 4-29, Smartt 3-15, Johnston 2-23, Guyton 2-19, Erickson 1-13, Kelley 1-6, D.Davis 1-(minus 2). Las Vegas, Adams 8-101, Mayer 4-39, Tucker 3-59, White 3-16, Meyers 2-32, Abdullah 2-13. MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2023-24 BOWL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DEC. 16 MYRTLE BEACH BOWL

Conway, S.C. Georgia Southern vs. Ohio, 9 a.m.

CELEBRATION BOWL

2-2-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 2-3-0

CURE BOWL

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 2:30 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 6:15 p.m.

0 21

DIV

3-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 2-2-0

New Orleans Jacksonville St. vs. Louisiana, 12:15 PM

0 21

3-1-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 1-3-0

3-3-0 5-2-0 2-5-0 3-4-0

5-2-0 5-2-0 2-5-0 2-5-0

Atlanta Howard vs. Florida A&M, 10 a.m.

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL Boise, Idaho Georgia St. vs. Utah St., 1:30 p.m.

68 VENTURES BOWL

Mobile, Ala. South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan, 5 p.m.

LAS VEGAS BOWL

Las Vegas Utah vs. Northwestern, 5:30 p.m.

HAWAII BOWL

Honolulu, Hawaii Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose St., 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 26 QUICK LANE BOWL

Detroit Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, noon

FIRST RESPONDER BOWL Dallas Texas St. vs. Rice, 3:30 p.m.

GUARANTEED RATE BOWL PHOENIX Kansas vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27 MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED Annapolis, Md. No. 23 Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, noon

DUKE’S MAYO BOWL

Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina vs. West Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

HOLIDAY BOWL

San Diego, Calif. No. 16 Louisville vs. Southern Cal, 6 p.m.

TEXAS BOWL

Houston No. 22 Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 28 FENWAY BOWL

Boston No. 17 SMU vs. Boston College, 9 a.m.

PINSTRIPE BOWL

New York Rutgers vs. Miami, 12:15 p.m.

POP-TARTS BOWL

Orlando, Fla. No. 19 NC State vs. Kansas St., 3:45 p.m.

ALAMO BOWL

San Antonio, Texas No. 12 Oklahoma No. 14 Arizona, 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 29 GATOR BOWL

Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson vs. Kentucky, 10 a.m.

SUN BOWL

El Paso, Texas No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 21 Oregon St., noon

LIBERTY BOWL

Memphis, Tenn. Memphis vs. Iowa St., 1:30 p.m.

COTTON BOWL

Arlington, Texas No. 7 Ohio St. vs. No. 9 Missouri, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 30 PEACH BOWL

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Friday Boys basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: round robin, Dulce vs. Portales, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Indian School vs. Monte del Sol, 3:30 p.m.; Bernalillo vs. Pojoaque Valley, 6:30 p.m. Wildcat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Las Vegas Robertson at Bruce King Tournament at Moriarty: TBA Academy for Technology and the Classics at Hub City Tournament at Belen: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA McCurdy at J. May Classic at Tularosa: TBA Santa Fe High at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m. Mesa Vista at Pecos, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: semifinals, Capital/Academy for Technology and the Classics winner vs. Portales/ Crownpoint winner, 2 p.m.; Dulce/ Monte del Sol winner vs. Shiprock/ Pojoaque Valley winner, 5 p.m.; consolation, Capital/Academy for Technology and the Classics loser vs. Portales/Crownpoint loser, 9:30 a.m.; Dulce/Monte del Sol loser vs. Shiprock/Pojoaque Valley loser, 11 a.m. LadyCat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Mel Otero Tournament at Rio Rancho: semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe

SPORTS BETTING LINE

High vs. Las Cruces Centennial/Rio Rancho, 1 p.m. (semifinal)/3 p.m. (consolation) Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA St. Michael’s at Taos, 7 p.m. Mesa Vista at Pecos, 6 p.m.

NFL SATURDAY FAVORITE

at CINCINNATI at INDIANAPOLIS at DETROIT

Saturday

Atlanta No. 10 Penn St. vs. No. 11 Mississippi, 10 a.m.

OPEN

TODAY

OPEN

TODAY

OPEN

TODAY

1½ 1½ 4½

SUNDAY

Boys basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: round robin, Portales vs. Monte del Sol, 12:30 p.m.; Bernalillo vs. Dulce, 3:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Indian School vs. Pojoaque Valley, 6:30 p.m. Wildcat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Las Vegas Robertson at Bruce King Tournament at Moriarty: TBA Academy for Technology and the Classics at Hub City Tournament at Belen: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA McCurdy at J. May Classic at Tularosa: TBA Peñasco at Clayton, 2:30 p.m. Mesa Vista at Cuba, 4:30 p.m. Pecos at Taos, 7 p.m. Girls basketball — Ben Lujan Tournament at Pojoaque Valley: championship, 5 p.m.; third place, 2 p.m.; fifth place, 11 a.m.; seventh place, 9:30 a.m. LadyCat Winter Jam at Questa: TBA Santa Fe High at Mel Otero Tournament at Rio Rancho: TBA Escalante at Mescalero Holiday Classic at Mescalero Apache: TBA Gallup at Española Valley, 5 p.m. Peñasco at Clayton, 1 p.m. Mesa Vista at Cuba, 3 p.m. Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital at Rio Hondo Invitational at Roswell, 8 a.m. Taos at Rattler Invitational at Tucumcari, 8 a.m.

FAVORITE

at NEW ORLEANS at TENNESSEE Atlanta at MIAMI at GREEN BAY at CLEVELAND Kansas City San Francisco at L.A. RAMS at BUFFALO Baltimore

3 1½ 4½

5 3 3 13½ 3½ 3½ 11½ 13 5½ 1½ 6½

MONDAY FAVORITE

Philadelphia

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

(40½) (42½) (47½)

6 3 3 9½ 3½ 2½ 8½ 12½ 6½ 1½ 3½

4½

Minnesota Pittsburgh Denver

(39½) (37½) (34) (37½) (41½) (38½) (37) (47½) (50½) (50½) (42½)

N.Y. Giants Houston at CAROLINA N.Y. Jets Tampa Bay Chicago at NEW ENGLAND at ARIZONA Washington Dallas at JACKSONVILLE

O/U

UNDERDOG

(47½)

at SEATTLE

NBA FRIDAY

FAVORITE

LINE

at PHILADELPHIA New Orleans Indiana at BOSTON L.A. Lakers at TORONTO Houston at PHOENIX

O/U

16 7 8 6 7½ 2½ 4 4½

UNDERDOG

(234½) (231½) (258) (222½) (234½) (244½) (211½) (229)

Detroit at CHARLOTTE at WASHINGTON Orlando at SAN ANTONIO Atlanta at MEMPHIS New York

COLLEGE BASKETBALL FRIDAY

FAVORITE

LINE

Mount St. Mary’s at SAM HOUSTON at UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY at BRADLEY at COLORADO New Mexico Portland State at FRESNO STATE UConn

UNDERDOG

7½ 3½ 3½ 9½ 22½ 14½ 1½ 9½ 4½

at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) Texas State Texas A&M-CC Cleveland State Northern Colorado at NEW MEXICO STATE at SAN DIEGO CSU Bakersﬁeld at GONZAGA

NHL

DIV

5-1-0 2-4-0 5-2-0 1-6-0

NEW ORLEANS BOWL

Las Vegas 63, L.A. Chargers 21

L.A. CHARGERS LAS VEGAS

DIV

3-1-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 2-2-0

PREP SCHEDULE

FRIDAY MUSIC CITY BOWL

Nashville, Tenn. Maryland vs. Auburn, noon

ORANGE BOWL

Miami No. 4 Florida St. vs. No. 6 Georgia, 2 p.m.

ARIZONA BOWL

Tucson, Ariz. Toledo vs. Wyoming, 2:30 p.m. Tampa, Fla. No. 13 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 10 a.m.

CITRUS BOWL

Orlando, Fla. No. 20 Iowa vs. No. 25 Tennessee, 11 a.m.

FIESTA BOWL

Glendale, Ariz. No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 18 Liberty, 11 a.m.

ROSE BOWL

College Football Playoff Semiﬁnal Pasadena, Calif. No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 5 Alabama, 3 p.m.

ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL

MONDAY, JAN. 8 CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Houston Semiﬁnal winners, 5:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W

18 16 13 13 10

5 7 10 11 14

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

16 14 9 7 3

7 11 14 15 20

Milwaukee Indiana Cleveland Chicago Detroit

17 13 13 10 2

7 9 12 16 22

SOUTHWEST

SOUTHEAST

CENTRAL

15 12 14 6 3

9 9 11 17 20

Minnesota Denver Oklahoma City Utah Portland

18 17 15 9 6

5 9 8 16 17

Sacramento L.A. Lakers L.A. Clippers Phoenix Golden State

14 15 13 13 10

9 10 10 11 13

PACIFIC

.783 .696 .565 .542 .417

PCT .696 .560 .391 .318 .130

Dallas Houston New Orleans Memphis San Antonio

NORTHWEST

PCT

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PCT .708 .591 .520 .385 .083

PCT

GB — 2 5 5½ 8½

GB — 3 7 8½ 13

GB — 3 4½ 8 15

.625 .571 .560 .261 .130

— 1½ 1½ 8½ 11½

.783 .654 .652 .360 .261

— 2½ 3 10 12

PCT

.609 .600 .565 .542 .435

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

— — 1 1½ 4

New Orleans 142, Washington 122 Phila. 129, Detroit 111 Miami 115, Charlotte 104 Toronto 135, Atlanta 128 L.A. Lakers 122, San Antonio 119 Houston 117, Memphis 104 Milwaukee 140, Indiana 126 Brooklyn 116, Phoenix 112 Utah 117, New York 113

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Phila., 5 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 6 p.m. New York at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

17 23

28 38

34 34

— —

101 124

MINNESOTA 119, DALLAS 101

MINNESOTA (119) McDaniels 5-9 1-1 11, Towns 8-14 4-5 21, Gobert 3-4 2-6 8, Conley 5-9 2-2 14, Edwards 3-19 3-6 9, Anderson 3-7 0-0 6, Brown Jr. 2-4 0-0 5, Minott 1-1 1-1 3, Reid 8-14 4-4 27, Alexander-Walker 5-6 0-0 13, McLaughlin 0-0 0-0 0, Milton 1-1 0-0 2, Moore Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-88 17-25 119. DALLAS (101) Jones Jr. 1-8 0-0 3, Williams 2-11 0-0 5, Lively II 7-9 1-2 15, Doncic 15-27 7-7 39, Exum 5-6 2-2 14, Brown III 0-0 0-0 0, Holmes 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 1-1 0-0 2, Prosper 1-1 0-0 2, Powell 0-0 4-4 4, Hardaway Jr. 4-15 2-3 10, Hardy 2-4 0-0 5, Lawson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-83 16-18 101.

MINNESOTA DALLAS

26 30

33 30

28 22

32 19

— —

119 101

3-Point Goals: Minnesota 14-31 (Reid 7-11, Alexander-Walker 3-4, Conley 2-4, Brown Jr. 1-3, Towns 1-3, Anderson 0-1, McDaniels 0-2, Edwards 0-3), Dallas 7-32 (Exum 2-3, Doncic 2-7, Hardy 1-2, Jones Jr. 1-6, Williams 1-7, Hardaway Jr. 0-7). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Minnesota 45 (Towns 17), Dallas 34 (Doncic, Lively II 6). Assists: Minnesota 30 (Edwards 11), Dallas 21 (Doncic 13). Total Fouls: Minnesota 19, Dallas 19. A: 20,177 (19,200)

24 34

33 32

31 28

— —

124 116

CLEVELAND (107) Strus 2-5 0-0 5, Wade 1-5 2-2 5, Allen 4-7 0-0 8, Garland 8-19 0-0 19, Mitchell 12-24 5-5 31, Niang 1-4 2-2 4, Thompson 1-1 0-0 2, Okoro 2-2 2-2 7, LeVert 9-16 5-6 26. Totals 40-83 16-17 107. BOSTON (116) Brown 10-20 0-0 22, Tatum 9-22 6-8 27, Porzingis 5-11 7-8 18, Holiday 7-11 0-0 15, White 5-10 2-2 14, Hauser 3-3 0-0 9, Stevens 1-3 2-2 4, Horford 3-4 0-0 7, Pritchard 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-85 1720 116.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

CLEVELAND BOSTON

UTAH 122, PORTLAND 114

UTAH (122) Fontecchio 7-8 5-5 24, Olynyk 1-6 0-0 2, Kessler 5-6 0-0 10, Horton-Tucker 9-19 5-6 23, Sexton 1117 3-3 27, Hendricks 4-9 0-0 10, Potter 0-0 0-0 0, Yurtseven 2-7 0-0 4, Agbaji 7-12 0-0 16, Dunn 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 49-92 13-14 122. PORTLAND (114) Camara 7-10 1-2 18, Thybulle 1-5 0-0 3, Ayton 6-13 2-2 14, Sharpe 1-12 2-2 4, Simons 3-8 1-2 9, Murray 2-7 0-0 6, Walker 5-10 3-5 13, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Reath 6-11 0-0 15, Brogdon 3-6 0-2 9, Henderson 9-21 3-3 23, Mays 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-103 12-18 114.

19 38

36 22

BOSTON 116, CLEVELAND 107

Orlando at Boston, 1 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio, 1:30 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 7 p.m.

— —

122 114

3-Point Goals: Utah 11-33 (Fontecchio 5-5, Hendricks 2-5, Sexton 2-5, Agbaji 2-6, Kessler 0-1, Dunn 0-2, Olynyk 0-3, Horton-Tucker 0-6), Portland 16-45 (Camara 3-4, Brogdon 3-6, Reath 3-6, Murray 2-5, Simons 2-6, Henderson 2-7, Thybulle 1-4, Walker 0-2, Sharpe 0-5). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Utah 45 (Kessler, Olynyk 10), Portland 49 (Ayton, Walker 9). Assists: Utah 27 (Olynyk 7), Portland 30 (Henderson 10). Total Fouls: Utah 14, Portland 12. A: 17,842 (19,393)

SACRAMENTO 128, OKLAHOMA CITY 123

22 29

3-Point Goals: Brooklyn 8-30 (Bridges 2-6, Brooks 2-6, C.Johnson 2-7, Wilson 1-1, Dinwiddie 1-4, Finney-Smith 0-1, Giles III 0-1, Sharpe 0-1, Watford 0-1, Thomas 0-2), Denver 12-36 (Jackson 2-4, Murray 2-4, Watson 2-5, Strawther 2-6, Nnaji 1-1, Pickett 1-1, Braun 1-3, Porter Jr. 1-4, Gordon 0-1, Jokic 0-2, Holiday 0-5). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Brooklyn 53 (Sharpe 13), Denver 48 (Jokic 15). Assists: Brooklyn 28 (Dinwiddie 8), Denver 31 (Jokic 10). Total Fouls: Brooklyn 23, Denver 15. A: 19,636 (19,520)

CHICAGO MIAMI

Detroit at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. Phila. at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 6 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m. Utah at Sacramento, 8 p.m. New York at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

34 22

BROOKLYN DENVER

3-Point Goals: Chicago 14-36 (White 4-11, Dosunmu 3-4, Caruso 2-3, Vucevic 2-5, Williams 2-5, DeRozan 1-3, Carter 0-2, Craig 0-3), Miami 15-34 (Lowry 4-9, Martin 3-4, D.Robinson 3-6, Love 3-8, Hampton 1-1, Jaquez Jr. 1-4, Butler 0-1, O.Robinson 0-1). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Chicago 43 (Vucevic 12), Miami 42 (Martin 11). Assists: Chicago 32 (White 11), Miami 26 (Butler 7). Total Fouls: Chicago 23, Miami 20. A: 19,653 (19,600)

SATURDAY’S GAMES

31 24

BROOKLYN (101) Bridges 3-8 1-2 9, C.Johnson 4-10 0-0 10, Claxton 5-9 0-0 10, Dinwiddie 5-11 6-7 17, Thomas 5-13 3-6 13, Finney-Smith 0-3 0-0 0, O’Neale 1-1 0-0 2, Watford 4-10 0-0 8, Wilson 2-3 2-2 7, Giles III 4-9 3-3 11, Sharpe 4-9 0-0 8, Brooks 2-9 0-0 6. Totals 39-95 15-20 101. DENVER (124) Gordon 6-9 1-1 13, Porter Jr. 3-8 2-2 9, Jokic 8-12 10-12 26, Holiday 1-6 0-0 2, Murray 7-15 0-0 16, Tyson 0-0 0-0 0, Nnaji 2-2 0-0 5, Jordan 1-2 0-0 2, Braun 4-10 1-1 10, Jackson 4-13 2-2 12, Pickett 1-1 0-0 3, Strawther 3-11 0-0 8, Watson 7-10 2-3 18. Totals 47-99 18-21 124.

CHICAGO (124) DeRozan 6-14 10-11 23, Williams 3-9 1-2 9, Vucevic 10-21 2-2 24, Caruso 2-4 0-0 6, White 9-20 4-8 26, Craig 2-7 1-1 5, Terry 0-0 0-0 0, Drummond 3-4 1-2 7, Carter 0-2 0-0 0, Dosunmu 10-12 1-4 24. Totals 45-93 20-30 124. MIAMI (116) Butler 6-15 8-10 20, Martin 7-13 0-0 17, O.Robinson 0-2 1-2 1, D.Robinson 4-9 0-2 11, Lowry 6-12 1-1 17, Cain 0-0 3-4 3, Bryant 2-2 2-2 6, Love 5-12 3-4 16, Jaquez Jr. 6-14 9-10 22, Hampton 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 37-80 27-35 116.

Boston 116, Cleveland 107 Chicago 124, Miami 116 Minnesota 119, Dallas 101 Denver 124, Brooklyn 101 Utah 122, Portland 114 Sacramento 128, Oklahoma City 123 Golden State at L.A. Clippers, late

38 30

SUNDAY’S GAMES

CHICAGO 124, MIAMI 116

THURSDAY’S GAMES

UTAH PORTLAND

3-Point Goals: Oklahoma City 11-37 (Dort 3-5, Giddey 2-3, Dieng 2-4, Wallace 1-2, Jay.Williams 1-3, Gilgeous-Alexander 1-5, Joe 1-5, Bertans 0-1, K.Williams 0-2, Holmgren 0-3, Jal.Williams 0-4), Sacramento 18-45 (Ellis 5-7, Fox 5-11, Monk 4-8, Sabonis 1-2, Barnes 1-4, Lyles 1-4, Vezenkov 1-4, Murray 0-2, Huerter 0-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Oklahoma City 43 (Holmgren 10), Sacramento 47 (Sabonis 16). Assists: Oklahoma City 26 (Gilgeous-Alexander 9), Sacramento 32 (Monk 9). Total Fouls: Oklahoma City 27, Sacramento 22. A: 17,794 (17,608)

DENVER 124, BROOKLYN 101

College Football Playoff Semiﬁnal New Orleans No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas, 6:45 p.m.

Boston Phila. New York Brooklyn Toronto

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at N.Y. RANGERS at CAROLINA Boston at DALLAS at ARIZONA at VEGAS

UNDERDOG

-275 -176 -137 -205 -210 -210

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Anaheim Nashville at N.Y. ISLANDERS Ottawa San Jose Buffalo

+220 +146 +114 +168 +172 +172

OKLAHOMA CITY 30 23 39 31 — 123 SACRAMENTO 29 30 41 28 — 128

MONDAY, JAN. 1 RELIAQUEST BOWL

ATLANTIC

FAVORITE

0-0 6, Jay.Williams 1-3 0-0 3, K.Williams 1-5 0-0 2, Joe 2-7 1-1 6, Wallace 1-3 0-0 3, Wiggins 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 44-102 24-27 123. SACRAMENTO (128) Barnes 2-7 0-0 5, Murray 4-8 7-8 15, Sabonis 8-13 1-2 18, Fox 14-23 8-11 41, Huerter 2-8 0-0 4, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Lyles 2-5 0-0 5, Vezenkov 1-4 0-0 3, McGee 1-1 0-0 2, Ellis 6-8 0-0 17, Monk 7-15 0-0 18. Totals 47-92 16-21 128.

OKLAHOMA CITY (123) Dort 5-8 4-5 17, Jal.Williams 2-14 1-1 5, Holmgren 6-12 2-2 14, Giddey 8-14 0-0 18, Gilgeous-Alexander 13-27 16-18 43, Bertans 0-1 0-0 0, Dieng 2-4

24 33

30 32

33 25

20 26

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107 116

3-Point Goals: Cleveland 11-33 (LeVert 3-6, Garland 3-7, Mitchell 2-8, Okoro 1-1, Strus 1-4, Wade 1-5, Niang 0-2), Boston 13-36 (Hauser 3-3, Tatum 3-10, White 2-4, Brown 2-5, Horford 1-2, Holiday 1-3, Porzingis 1-6, Pritchard 0-1, Stevens 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Cleveland 39 (Allen 10), Boston 44 (Tatum 11). Assists: Cleveland 21 (Mitchell 6), Boston 22 (Brown 5). Total Fouls: Cleveland 18, Boston 15. A: 19,156 (18,624)

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE USA Louisiana Tech Liberty W. Kentucky UTEP Sam Houston St. Middle Tennessee New Mexico St. Jacksonville St. FIU

W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

THURSDAY’S GAMES

PCT .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

W 9 8 8 6 6 5 5 4 3

Wisconsin 75, Jacksonville St. 60

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Texas St. at Sam Houston St., 5:30 p.m. New Mexico at New Mexico St., 7 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

St. Andrews at Liberty, 11 a.m. Austin Peay at W. Kentucky, 1 p.m. Trinity (FL) at FIU, 4 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Saint Louis, 6 p.m.

L 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 8

PCT .818 .727 .727 .600 .545 .455 .455 .364 .273

UTEP at Abilene Christian, 2 p.m.

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Utah St. Colorado St. New Mexico Nevada San Diego St. Air Force Boise St. Wyoming Fresno St. San Jose St. UNLV

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FRIDAY’S GAMES

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PCT

.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 5 6 4

PCT

1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 4

.909 .900 .900 .889 .800 .700 .700 .667 .556 .545 .500

New Mexico at New Mexico St., 7 p.m. CS Bakersﬁeld at Fresno St., 8 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

San Francisco at Utah St., 2 p.m. Air Force vs. Texas-Arlington at Fort Worth, Texas, 3 p.m. UNLV vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal.) at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Weber St. at Wyoming, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

CENTRAL

GP W

PACIFIC

GP W

Vegas Vancouver Los Angeles Edmonton Calgary Seattle San Jose Anaheim

35 33 32 31 29 25

89 79 94 92 67 76 94 96 83 74 93 111

L OT PTS

GF GA

L OT PTS

GF GA

29 28 27 29 29 28 27 29

18 17 16 16 14 13 11 9

9 9 8 13 14 13 12 19

2 2 3 0 1 2 4 1

38 105 88 36 91 74 35 95 84 32 90 88 29 84 96 28 90 86 26 84 90 19 68 110

30 29 26 27 30 31 29 28

20 19 16 13 11 10 9 10

5 9 6 13 14 14 17 18

5 1 4 1 5 7 3 0

45 105 73 39 115 74 36 94 65 27 96 92 27 89 107 27 90 103 21 64 117 20 74 96

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Columbus 6, Toronto 5, OT Philadelphia 4, Washington 3, SO Carolina 2, Detroit 1 St. Louis 4, Ottawa 2 Minnesota 3, Calgary 2, SO Tampa Bay 7, Edmonton 4 Seattle 7, Chicago 1 Florida at Vancouver, late

Alvernia 102, Keystone 81 Charleston (WV) 107, Bloomsburg 66 Elizabethtown 80, Lancaster Bible 59 Farmingdale St. 81, Union (NY) 65 Purchast 82, Mitchell 79, OT Va. Wesleyan 74, Christopher Newport 68 Wentworth 69, New England Coll. 62 Westﬁeld St. 87, SUNY-Cobleskill 80 Winston-Salem 76, Bowie St. 55

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m. Nashville at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 6 p.m. San Jose at Arizona, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Vegas, 8 p.m.

SOUTH

Barton 78, Lander 74 Campbell 97, St. Augustines 48 Coll. of Charleston 86, The Citadel 71 Davis & Elkins 94, Slippery Rock 85 Elizabeth City St. 65, Fayetteville St. 59 Emory 98, Oglethorpe 78 Florida 70, East Carolina 65 Hampden-Sydney 67, Swarthmore 46 Jacksonville 91, Trinity Baptist 54 Kentucky Wesleyan 96, East-West 59 Livingstone 83, Virginia Union 81 Lynn 87, Lake Erie 83 Morehead St. 102, Saint Mary of The Woods Pomeroys 33 N. Kentucky 94, Cumberlands 59 New Orleans 91, Birmingham Southern 51 Shaw 95, Blueﬁeld 92, 2OT Tulane 117, Furman 110, 2OT

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Vancouver at Minnesota, noon Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 5 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Washington at Nashville, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Arizona, 7 p.m. Florida at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Seattle, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Calgary, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

MIDWEST

Vancouver at Chicago, 1 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m. Anaheim at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Vegas, 6 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Bemidji St. 78, Mary 62 Drake 68, Grambling St. 56 Fontbonne 90, Principia 51 Lake Superior St. 100, Algoma Thunderbirds 42 Marquette 84, St. Thomas (MN) 79 Minn. Duluth 92, Concordia (St.P.) 69 Minn. St. (Moorhead) 84, Minn.-Crookston 67 Minnesota St. 89, Winona St. 64 Minot St. 77, Northern St. 72, OT Missouri Southern 75, Cent. Missouri 56 Missouri Western 76, Emporia St. 54 S. Dakota St. 94, Mayville St. 62 SW Minnesota 80, Sioux Falls 74 Wisconsin 75, Jacksonville St. 60 Youngstown St. 107, Bethany (WV) 70

TRANSACTIONS WEDNESDAY

SOUTHWEST

Cameron 90, NW Oklahoma 76 Dallas Baptist 70, S. Nazarene 56 Henderson St. 78, Harding 65 Howard Payne 96, Mary Hardin-Baylor 77 Lamar 97, Louisiana-Monroe 73 LeTourneau 77, E. Texas Baptist 70 Oklahoma Christian 65, SW Oklahoma 64

FAR WEST

CS Dominguez Hills 76, Stanton Fighting Elks 45 E. New Mexico 97, Northern New Mexico 67 Whittier 74, Park University Gilbert Buccaneers 64

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL THURSDAY’S SCORES EAST

Dartmouth 58, Mass.-Lowell 52 Duquesne 89, Longwood 69 Temple 72, Delaware 65

SOUTH

Austin Peay 72, Fisk 64 Campbell 99, Lancaster Bible 28 Chattanooga 72, Lipscomb 62 ETSU 60, UNC-Asheville 51 FIU 65, FAU 62 Furman 73, Elon 47 Georgia Southern 81, Charleston Southern 59 McNeese St. 93, Centenary 46 Mississippi St. 82, Jackson St. 72 Murray St. 98, UALR 79 SMU 69, Louisiana Tech 53 Tennessee Tech 104, Tenn. Wesleyan 43 UNC-Greensboro 66, NC Central 55 Winthrop 65, Georgia St. 60

MIDWEST

Bellarmine 95, Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 44 Bradley 79, Quincy 73 Texas A&M-CC 57, Texas Rio Grande Valley 51 UMKC 57, Alabama A&M 52

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 82, North Alabama 78, OT Baylor 99, Delaware St. 37 Houston 66, UTSA 64 Oral Roberts 94, Science and Arts 67 Texas St. 72, Denver 46

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT PTS GF GA 27 18 5 27 15 6 28 17 9 29 15 10 31 14 12 29 12 13 30 12 15 24 11 13

4 6 2 4 5 4 3 0

40 88 67 36 99 90 36 85 77 34 107 94 33 103 110 28 79 101 27 85 101 22 81 78

27 19 28 14

1 7

39 35

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders

WESTERN CONFERENCE Colorado Winnipeg Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago

3 1 4 1 3 5

THURSDAY’S GAMES

THURSDAY’S SCORES EAST

ATLANTIC

29 16 10 29 16 12 26 14 8 27 15 11 28 13 12 31 10 16

Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 3, SO New Jersey 2, Boston 1, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Anaheim 3 Colorado 5, Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 5, Los Angeles 2

Cal St.-Fullerton at Boise St., 2 p.m. Montana at San Jose St., 3 p.m. CSU-Pueblo at Colorado St., 4 p.m. Nevada at Hawaii, 8 p.m.

Boston Toronto Florida Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

Philadelphia Carolina Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus

7 7

89 87

78 90

BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Cooper Criswell on a one-year contract. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Erick Fedde on a two-year contract. Designated RHP Yohan Ramirez for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Luis Garcia and Adam Cimber on one-year contracts. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent SS David Fletcher outright to Gwinnett (IL). NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jorge López on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Waived G Dylan Windler. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Designated CB Bobby Price to return from injured reserve to practice. Signed WR Andre Baccellia to the practice squad. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed QB Malik Cunningham. Placed WR Devin Duvernay on injured reserve. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed Chris Pierce to the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS — Placed DE Yannick Ngakoue on injured reserve. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed S Grant Delpit on injured reserve. Signed S Duron Harmon to the active roster from the practice squad and T Joey Fisher to the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Designated OL Billy Price and DL Viliami Fehoko to return from injured reserve to practice. DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT Chris Smith to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Designated K Ka’imi Fairbairn to return from injured reserve to practice. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Designated WR Jamal Agnew to return from injured reserve to practice. LOS ANGLES RAMS — Signed TE Miller Forristall to the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OL Jonotthan Harrison to the active roster. Placed OL Connor Williams on injured reserve. Signed OL Matt Skura to the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed G Henry Byrd to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed RB James Robinson to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Signed OT Obinna Eze to the practice squad. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Promoted WR David Moore from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed LS Evan Deckers and CB Keenan Isaac to the practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DL Quinton Bohanna from the Detroit’s practice squad and DL Keondre Coburn from Kansas City’s practice squad to the active roster. Placed CB Kristian Fulton and DL Kyle Peko on injured reserve. WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Designated OL Saahdiq Charles to return from injured reserve to practice. Placed LB Jamin Davis on injured reserve. Waived CB Kyu Kelly and DB Danny Johnson on waivers.

SPORTS

Friday, December 15, 2023

BA SEBALL

St. Petersburg Rays? Florida city council ponders name change team says would threaten stadium deal By Curt Anderson

The Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. hey began as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, then shortened their name in 2007 to simply Tampa Bay Rays. Now, as plans for a new ballpark take shape, there’s talk about changing the name again to reﬂect the team’s actual location: the St. Petersburg Rays. The St. Petersburg City Council debated the possibility Thursday, ultimately voting for a resolution seeking options to elevate the city’s prominence with the MLB team that could include a name change. Council member Gina Driscoll said she brought the idea forward because many constituents think Tampa Bay really just means the city of Tampa. “I think we owe it to our residents to have a discussion about this,” Driscoll said. It is not something the Rays want, team co-president Brian Auld told the council, suggesting such a requirement could torpedo the entire $6.5 billion ballpark and downtown redevelopment project that includes affordable housing, a Black history museum, a hotel, retail and office space, bars and restaurants. “We are the Tampa Bay Rays. Our name is deliberately inclusive. Our fans live throughout Tampa Bay and central Florida,”

CHRIS O’MEARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

The Tampa Bay Rays take batting practice in 2020 at Tropicana Field before a game against the Toronto Blue Jays in St. Petersburg, Fla. The St. Petersburg City Council has debated changing the Rays’ name to reﬂect their actual hometown, but the team says the change could threaten a lucrative stadium deal.

said Auld, noting that other local professional sports teams are the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. “There will not be a new ballpark nor development project if there’s a requirement to change our franchise’s name.” The new $1.3 billion ballpark unveiled in September would be located on the same 86-acre tract of downtown land where Tropicana Field now sits. That domed stadium, which the Rays have called home since 1998, would be demolished. The deal would lock the Rays into their new home for at least 30 years beginning in 2028, ending speculation the team would move to Tampa or perhaps another city.

Supporters of a Rays name change say since St. Petersburg is putting $417.5 million in tax dollars into the deal, its name should come ﬁrst — and that would boost the city’s national proﬁle and tourism industry. “To me, it does not make sense to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on Tampa. Tampa and Tampa Bay are one and the same,” resident Robert Kapusta told the council. Other baseball teams have changed names. The Florida Marlins were required to become the Miami Marlins before their new stadium opened in 2012. In Southern California, the Angels have been Los Angeles Angels, California Angels, Anaheim

Angels and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Mayor Ken Welch, however, agreed with the Rays. Welch, the city’s ﬁrst Black mayor, has made the new ballpark a cornerstone of redeveloping the Gas Plant District that was home to a thriving Black community before Tropicana Field and an interstate highway displaced those homes and businesses. “It would be detrimental to the promise we’ve made, if not fatal to this redevelopment,” to require a name change, Welch said. Pinellas County, which is putting up about $312.5 million for the new ballpark, has no interest in changing the team’s name. Janet Long, chair of the Pinellas County Commission, said at a meeting last week that she does not support a name change “unless they don’t want the money from the county.” The resolution adopted by the City Council directs Welch’s staff to prepare a report on the issue by Jan. 4. Driscoll amended her resolution to broaden its scope to include other possibilities such as including St. Petersburg in the new ballpark’s name, having players wear city-branded uniforms occasionally, placing more city-promoting signs in the facility and directing broadcasters to accurately describe the location. Driscoll suggested it was an exaggeration to say the entire project is threatened by having these talks. “We’ve got some different options here,” she said. “Suddenly, having this conversation puts the entire project in jeopardy? I don’t think that’s true.”

Rivalry redux

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New Mexico guard Tru Washington battles for a loose ball with New Mexico State guard Femi Odukale during a Dec. 2 game at The Pit.

concerned about something, especially as you get closer and closer to conference play.” This will be the Lobos’ last road game until heading to Colorado State on Jan. 2 to open Mountain West Conference play. Lying in between are home dates with UC Irvine and Eastern New Mexico, a prospect that suggests UNM is well on its way to a 12-1 mark entering league play. NOTES This will be the first time the Lobos have appeared on national TV this season. All previous

10 games have been streamed online through the MWC Network or paid subscription sites. … UNM has been installed as a 14.5-point favorite in most sportsbooks. … Lobos guards Jamal Mashburn Jr. and Jaelen House, both all-MWC preseason picks, have played just 15 minutes, and 4 seconds together in the first 10 games because of injuries. … The Lobos have won two straight in the Pan Am Center and haven’t lost to the Aggies in Las Cruces since getting routed 100-65 on Dec. 4, 2018. … UNM and NMSU combined for 53 fouls and 69 free throw attempts in their Dec. 2 meeting. All five Aggies starters had at least three fouls by the game’s end.

Newly minted Dodger Ohtani dodges surgery questions He wore a navy business suit with a white shirt and blue tie, took off the jacket and put on a Dodgers home jersey with No. 17 and then the blue cap with the interlocking L&A. He took off the cap before speaking. “One thing that really stands out in my head,” he said, “when I had the meeting with the Dodgers, the ownership group, they said when they looked back at the last 10 years, even though they made the playoffs every single year, won one World Series ring, they considered that a failure. And when I heard that, I knew they were all about winning, and that’s exactly how I feel.” Ohtani never reached the playoffs in six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. An electronic sign ﬂashed “Welcome to the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani” in English and Japanese above the stage. Ohtani thanked controlling owner Mark Walter, team president Stan Kas-

Kershaw doing well after shoulder surgery while mulling pitching plans LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw said he is recovering well after recent shoulder surgery and has yet to decide where and when to sign his next contract. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is a free agent after signing one-year contracts each of the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 35-year-old left-hander is still in the Clayton process of deciding his next move. Kershaw Kershaw calls new Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani “a unique, unique talent” and says he’s eager to see the two-time AL MVP resume pitching in 2025.

Indiana Mr. Basketball winner, ABA champion McGinnis dies at 73 INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time ABA champion and three-time NBA All-Star George McGinnis has died. He was 73. McGinnis was considered one of the best prep players to play in the basketball-rich state of Indiana. He spent two seasons with the Indiana Hoosiers, earning third team All-American honors in the only season he actually played. George McGinnis then became one of the ﬁrst McGinnis underclassmen to play professional basketball, joining the Indiana Pacers in 1971. He also played for the Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets before ﬁnishing his 11-year career back with the Pacers. He was the ABA’s 1974-75 MVP and a three-time ABA AllStar. The Associated Press

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He also spoke about the ride his own team is on. Winners of eight straight, the Lobos (9-1) have been lighting up the scoreboard with the highest-paced offense the program has had since KenPom started tracking each team’s stats a quarter-century ago. The Lobos are averaging nearly 75 possessions a game and have averaged 88.9 points in their current streak. That includes the 106-62 win over NMSU almost two weeks ago. UNM took two days off this week to concentrate on ﬁnal exams. With nothing but hoops on the team’s mind through early January, what Pitino has in store for Friday’s game is pressure, pressure and more pressure. The Lobos have used more full-court press this season than at any time of the coach’s tenure at UNM, a sign he has the athletes to do it and the ability to make opposing teams feel uncomfortable. “So, get them to play kind of an uncomfortable game I guess would be what we’re hoping to do,” Pitino said. UNM’s press certainly did just that in the ﬁrst meeting. The Aggies started a taller lineup that couldn’t match the Lobos’ guardheavy rotation that features Jaelen House, Donovan Dent, Tru Washington and Jermarl Baker Jr. Toss in the rim-protecting mentality of bigs like J.T. Toppin and Nelly Junior Joseph, and the point could be made that the talent gap between UNM and NMSU has never been greater. “We haven’t brought up a whole lot of the last game, to be honest, versus them,” Pitino said. “We understand it’s a totally different game. There’s concerns going into every game, there’s never a game where you’re not

ten, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Brandon Gomes and manager Dave Roberts. The Dodgers had attempted to sign Ohtani out of high school before he joined the Nippon Ham Fighters. “Shohei is arguably the most-talented player who has ever played this game,” Friedman said, ﬂanked by Ohtani and Walter. “One of our goals is to have baseball fans in Japan convert to Dodger blue.” A unique two-way star as both a hitter and pitcher, the 29-yearold Japanese sensation left the Angels as a free agent after six years. He’s moving 30 miles up Interstate 5 after the Dodgers won out over the competition in a deal announced Monday. He said he made his decision Friday night, on the eve of his announcement. Ohtani also thanked the Angels during a news conference that started shortly after

3 p.m. (8 a.m. Friday in Japan). “It was a fun ride, a great ride for the last six years. ... I’ll never forget all the memories I have,” he said. “There’s always sadness leaving teams. Last time it was the Fighters and in this case it was the Angels.” The two-time AL MVP has a .274 batting average with 171 homers, 437 RBIs and 86 stolen bases along with a 39-19 record with a 3.01 ERA and 608 strikeouts in 481 2/3 innings. Ohtani has 34.7 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), per Baseball Reference. Ohtani’s unusual contract calls for annual salaries of $70 million and of each year’s salary, $68 million is deferred with no interest, payable in equal installments each July 1 from 2034-43. Kasten said Ohtani’s agent, Nez Balelo, proposed the deferred money last Friday, when there were false reports of a possible deal with Toronto. “Once Shohei had ﬁnished

meeting with everyone, they said: Here’s what it would take. What do you think?” Kasten said. Deferred money lowered the annual charge to the Dodgers’ luxury tax payroll to about $46 million, lowering their competitive balance tax. “I ﬁgured if I can defer as much money as I can, if that’s going to help the CBT and that’s going help the Dodgers be able to sign better players and make a better team, I felt like that was worth it,” he said. Ohtani can opt out of the deal if either Walter or Friedman no longer is with the team, a person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced. “Everybody has to be on the same page in order to have a winning organization,” Ohtani said. “I feel like those two are at the top of it and they’re in control of everything. And I feel almost like I’m having a contract with those two guys. And I feel like if one of them are gone ... things might get a little out of control so I just wanted a safety net.” Said Friedman: “Obviously, it’s really ﬂattering but also it’s a non-factor for me.”

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — College basketball programs with multiple-transfer athletes are pondering whether to let them play after a federal judge gave them a small window to compete as part of a ruling in a lawsuit that the NCAA suggests would open college athletics to free agency. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in West Virginia issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA on Wednesday. The ruling said athletes who previously were denied the chance to play immediately after transferring a second time can compete in games for 14 days. As some schools with athletes impacted by the ruling consulted with their internal legal teams to determine the next steps, a document circulated by the NCAA to its member schools clariﬁes that the redshirt rule for athletes would still apply if the court’s decision is reversed: Basketball players who compete during the two-week window would be using a season of eligibility. The court ruling comes while the transfer window is open for football and creates an opportunity for players who have already transferred using their so-called one-time exception for immediate eligibility to enter the portal again and be cleared to compete next season. A hearing on the restraining order is set for Dec. 27. The lawsuit ﬁled by seven states could have a profound impact on college sports if successful. In court documents, the NCAA said the plaintiffs “seek to remake collegiate athletics and replace it with a system of perpetual and unchecked free agency.” NCAA rules allow underclassmen to transfer once without having to sit out a year. But an additional transfer as an undergraduate generally requires the NCAA to grant a waiver allowing the athlete to compete immediately. Without it, the athlete would have to sit out for a year at the new school. Last January, the NCAA implemented stricter guidelines for granting those waivers on a case-by-case basis. According to the NCAA, the percentage of college athletes who have transferred multiple times and sought immediate playing eligibility in recent years is minuscule: 0.17%. John Holden, an Oklahoma State business professor specializing in sports law and regulation, said he doesn’t antic-

ipate a “huge desire” among athletes to transfer, especially in the next two weeks. Some will take advantage of the window, “but much like every other student on campus that we don’t make sit out for a year, this is really just putting them in the same position as though they are any other student on campus,” Holden said. Patrick Stubblefield, a sports attorney and a former college compliance official, said that if the second-time transfer rule is overturned and the college transfer portal becomes a freefor-all, incoming recruiting classes potentially could find it more difficult to earn a roster spot if there’s a larger pool of athletes changing schools. “It’ll shift things a little,” Stubblefield said. “There’s going to be some trickle-down effects, I would presume. But I don’t necessarily know how to quantify that as good or bad. “Athletes for the most part are able to take agency over their own situations and determine for themselves, for whatever reasons they so choose, what is going to be in their best interests.” Among the multi-transfer athletes already taking advantage of the court’s decision was UNLV’s Keylan Boone, who previously played at Oklahoma State and Pacific. He played in UNLV’s game Wednesday night against No. 8 Creighton, scoring 10 points and grabbing six rebounds in the Rebels’ 79-64 win. West Virginia is mulling its options with two players who have each transferred twice, RaeQuan Battle and Noah Farrakhan. They could play in three games before the lawsuit is addressed again. Battle, who previously played at Montana State and Washington, has a year of eligibility left. Farrakhan, who had attended Eastern Michigan and East Carolina, has two. “We just need some more clarity, more than anything,” West Virginia interim coach Josh Eilert said Thursday. “We’ve got to think of the student-athlete and how it affects their overall eligibility. If the decision is overturned and they’ve played during this course of the season, they lose that year of eligibility. That doesn’t seem like we made the right decision by the student-athlete. “So I want all of the facts to be laid out for everybody involved before we make those decisions.” The states involved in seeking the restraining order were Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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Putin questions rules for neutral Russian athletes at Paris Games The Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the International Olympic Committee rules mandating Russian athletes compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals. Putin also indicated Thursday that Russia has yet to take a ﬁnal decision on whether its competitors will take part next year. The IOC rejected a blanket ban last week when it conﬁrmed Russians will

be allowed to compete under the name of Individual Neutral Athletes. The IOC wants no national symbols such as the ﬂag or anthem, no team Vladimir Putin sports, and to exclude athletes who are contracted to the Russian military or security services, or

who have publicly supported Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Similar measures apply for Russia’s ally Belarus, which Moscow used as a staging ground for troops and equipment before sending its army into Ukraine. “I’ve always said that athletes train for years and that they need to be given the opportunity to compete at the largest competitions, including the Olympic Games,” Putin said. “Everyone knows, whether it’s our ﬂag or not, everyone

knows it’s our athlete. It’s an obvious thing. And therefore in principle I supported our athletes going to such competitions, but now it needs to be carefully analyzed, what kind of conditions the IOC is setting out.” He expressed concern that “politically motivated artiﬁcial conditions” could be used to exclude top Russian competitors. “If the aim of this is to cut out our leaders and show that Russian sport is not

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developing or on the contrary is withering away, then it is necessary for the Sports Ministry and the National Olympic Committee of Russia to analyze and to take a balanced decision,” Putin said. Russian athletes previously competed without national symbols at the Winter Olympics in 2018 and 2022, and at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. On those occasions, the measures were part of the fallout from years of disputes over doping.

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NFL vows to ban hip-drop tackle Former Jags

Goodell says controversial call vs. Chiefs was right

Tuesday he regretted his conduct on the sideline and after the game in an exchange with Bills quarterback Josh Allen. “We all understand our officials are second-guessed,” Goodell said. “I’ve said it many times to you before: They are not perfect. No human being is. But the reality is they do an extraordinary job. As I said, I ﬁnd it ironic that I’m standing here answering a question about, ‘The officials got it right,’ and they’re being criticized. I think it shows you how difficult it is to do their job.”

By Mark Maske

The Washington Post

IRVING, Tex. — The NFL intends to ban the hip-drop tackle this offseason, Commissioner Roger Goodell and another top league official said at Wednesday’s one-day owners meetings. NFL health and safety officials and the league’s competition committee considered such a prohibition last offseason on the technique whereby the tackler grabs the ball carrier, spins around the ball carrier’s body and falls on the back of the ball carrier’s legs. The NFL took no action then. But Goodell and Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, said at a one-day meeting of NFL team owners at a Dallas-area resort Wednesday that they plan for action to be taken on the issue during the upcoming offseason. “We all should work to get that out of the game,” Goodell said at a news conference following the meeting. “You see it escalated the number of times it occurred this season. The injury can be very devastating. We saw that also. It’s not just happening at the NFL level. It’s happening at other levels. It’s something that I feel we’ve got to work very hard to get that removed this spring.” League officials have cited an injury rate for the technique that is 25 times higher than that for other tackles. Hip-drop tackles have resulted in some high-proﬁle injuries in recent weeks to Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. “We have to now,” Vincent said of a potential ban. “A year ago when we actually brought the hip drop or the version of the tackle that we were seeing on the video, there were some clubs who had no clue what we were thinking, what we were talking about. ... It’s a gruesome play.” League leaders previously said they were likely to ban hip-drop tackles once they could properly deﬁne the technique. On that issue, Vincent said Wednesday: “It is the grip. It’s the rotate and the drop. Those three mechanics show up on that play.” Health and safety leaders addressed owners Wednesday, telling them that the NFL’s priorities during offseason rule-change deliberations will include addressing hip-drop tack-

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Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews lays on the ﬁeld in the ﬁrst half of a Nov. 16 game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore.

les, kickoffs and the push-the-quarterback play popularized by the Philadelphia Eagles. Of a prospective ban on the Eagles’ quarterback push, Goodell said: “I haven’t taken a position on that one.” NFL officials have said they are studying prospective solutions to the kickoff as they attempt to keep that play in the sport while addressing its high injury rate. Last offseason, the owners ratiﬁed a rule proposed by the competition committee allowing for what amounts to a touchback on a kickoff for any fair catch made by the receiving team inside the 25-yard line. That measure was called temporary, and was approved on only a oneyear basis. It has reduced the number of concussions suffered by players on kickoffs, NFL officials have said. But it also has resulted in less than 20% of kickoffs being returned. “It’s a dead, ceremonial play today,” Vincent said. “But this is where we’ll work with the special teams coaches, head coaches. ... It was a one-yearonly rule that we need to address.” Said Goodell: “We’ll continue to focus on special teams and trying to address the kickoff. We believe that the foot is an important part of the game and kickoff returns are an exciting play. We see it at 20% this year. We’d like to see that higher. But we also want to make sure that the injury rate is addressed. And so we’re going to have to innovate. We’re going to have to be smart.” Vincent said the league and the competition committee also will

Report: NFL still making incremental, widespread progress in diversity hiring By David Brandt

The Associated Press

The National Football League continues to make incremental, widespread progress in its diversity hiring practices, according to an annual report. Thursday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida gave the NFL an overall grade of B-plus, which is the highest mark for the league since the study began in 1988. The league received a B-plus mark for racial hiring and a B for gender hiring. There are still a few areas of concern — particularly in the ownership ranks — but TIDES director Adrien Bouchet said Thursday that the report is largely good news. “It’s the most positive NFL report since we started doing them,” Bouchet said. “The league has made major strides over the past decade, and particularly the past few years.” Among the highlights: There were nine general managers who were people of color at the start of the 2023 season — 30% of the league. Also, the overall percentage of people of color who have an NFL assistant coaching position rose to 43.6%, which is up from last year, and has improved from 31.8% in 2013, which earned an A-plus grade. The NFL had six minority head coaches at the beginning of the season, including Houston’s DeMeco Ryans,

Miami’s Mike McDaniel, Washington’s Ron Rivera, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and the New York Jets’ Robert Saleh. In addition, the Las Vegas Raiders named Antonio Pierce the team’s interim coach following Week 8 after Josh McDaniels was fired. The move meant the Raiders are the first NFL team to have a Black coach, general manager and team president at the same time. The seven minority head coaches is close to the report’s all-time high, which was eight in 2011, 2017 and 2018. There were also positive hiring trends at the NFL’s league office, where the percentage of people of color and women rose from 2022, earning an A grade. The one major trouble spot is still at the top. The NFL received an F for the racial diversity of its team owners and a D-plus for the group’s gender diversity. The NFL’s two people of color who have significant ownership interests include Jacksonville’s Shad Khan, a Pakistani-born American businessman, and Buffalo’s Kim Pegula, an Asian-American woman. “That’s a metric we put in a couple years ago,” Bouchet said. “It’s a good metric, but it’s not going to change over the course of a few years.” TIDES issues annual report cards on racial- and gender-hiring practices in professional leagues and for college sports.

study the rule that awards possession of the ball via a touchback when the ball goes out the end zone on a fumble by the offense. “It doesn’t happen very often,” Vincent said. “But the handful of plays, many believe that we’ve made it too punitive.”

Goodell stands by call Goodell defended the NFL’s officiating and did so in particularly forceful terms when it came to the offensive offside call made against the Kansas City Chiefs in their loss Sunday to the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. “I ﬁnd it a little ironic when you say attention on officiating when I think almost everybody to my knowledge is acknowledging that the officials got it absolutely correct,” Goodell said. “That’s their job, to call it where there’s a foul. There was no question about that foul. It was absolutely the right call. If you don’t call that, obviously we would have been subject or our officials would have been subject to criticism also.” The Chiefs were penalized when wide receiver Kadarius Toney lined up offside, nullifying what would have been a memorable go-ahead touchdown late in the game when quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ pass found tight end Travis Kelce, who then threw an overhand lateral across the ﬁeld to Toney. Mahomes and Chiefs Coach Andy Reid were critical of the call following the game. Mahomes said in a radio interview

The owners awarded the 2027 Super Bowl to Los Angeles. That was the next available Super Bowl, with the game set to be played in Las Vegas next year, in New Orleans in 2025 and in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2026. It will be the second Super Bowl played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The Rams won the Super Bowl on their home ﬁeld in February 2022, capping a championship run in which General Manager Les Snead and Coach Sean McVay famously took a seize-the-moment approach by trading future draft choices for prominent veteran players. “We can’t wait to deliver another wonderful Super Bowl,” Kevin Demoff, the Rams’ chief operating officer, said Wednesday. “And I’ll go home and tell Sean and Les it’s time to start trading away picks so we can win another Super Bowl in 2027 in our building again.”

Goodell on diversity Goodell said he’s hopeful that the minority hiring gains that the NFL has made with team presidents and general managers will translate into similar success with head coaches. Only one Black head coach was hired last offseason among five. That was DeMeco Ryans by the Houston Texans. “If I knew the answer to that, we’d fix it,” Goodell said. “The reality is, what we have to do is do the kinds of things we’re doing that I think are producing results in other areas. I’m confident clubs are focused on this and the processes that we’re all putting in place both at the club level and the league level will bear fruit, and the opportunities will come to people who deserve them.”

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32 passes for 257 yards, with three touchdowns and an interception. The heat figures to be turned up on Chargers coach Brandon Staley after his team got blown out by a team that was on a three-game losing streak. Los Angeles has lost five of six games. The Chargers were sloppy, turning the ball over three times in the first half. Each led to a Raiders touchdown. “Just wasn’t good enough,” Staley said in a televised halftime interview. “That wasn’t us out there.” Las Vegas comfortable enough to run three successive gadget plays at one point in the second quarter. Wide receiver Jakobi Meyers completed a pass to Davante Adams, receiver Tre Tucker was given the ball on a running play and then Brandon Bolden scored on a 26-yard run out of the wildcat formation. It was his first touchdown since late in the 2021 season. To open the second half, Meyers hooked up with Adams again, this time on a 3-yard touchdown pass for a 49-0 lead. Los Angeles finally broke through on its next possession when Stick found Joshua Palmer for a 79-yard touchdown. That was the first time the Chargers made it past the 50.

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Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers during the ﬁrst half of Thursday’s game in Las Vegas, Nev.

INJURIES Chargers: WR Keenan Allen (heel) did not play. LB Kenneth Murray Jr. (shoulder) went out in the second quarter, but returned. CB Essang Bassey left with a concussion and C/G Will Clapp with a knee injury. Raiders: RB Josh Jacobs (quadriceps), LT Kolton Miller (shoulder) and C Andre James (ankle) did not play. LB Divine Deablo suffered an ankle injury.

UP NEXT Chargers: Host Buffalo on Dec. 23. Raiders: At AFC West rival Kansas City on Christmas Day.

manager pleads guilty to stealing $22 million

By Mark Long

The Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 31-year-old former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager accused of stealing more than $22 million from the NFL franchise through its virtual credit card program pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday and faces up to 30 years in prison. Amit Patel, wearing a dark suit and a burgundy tie, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of engaging in an illegal monetary transaction in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville. As part of his plea agreement, he will forfeit property and assets funded with the money he admitted to stealing from the NFL franchise between 2019 and 2023. He also will be required to provide restitution to the team. Patel will be sentenced at a later date. Because he pleaded guilty, he may receive a lighter penalty. Patel and his attorney, Alex King of First Coast Criminal Defense in Jacksonville, declined comment afterward. Patel appeared to have no family members or friends at the hearing. More than a dozen people were in the gallery, including several media members and two sketch artists. Patel’s high school math teacher, Sue-Ann Hershey, who has since retired from Paxon School for Advance Studies, showed up for moral support. She approached Patel afterward and told him she was praying for him. Patel was released on a $10,000 signature bond and surrendered his passport. He also was ordered not to have any contact with “employees of the victim” and won’t be allowed to leave the middle district of Florida while he awaits his sentence. King said last week that Patel had gambled away “approximately 99%” of the misappropriated money. Patel said in court he is undergoing weekly treatment for a gambling addiction. Patel had been gambling on prominent websites at the Jaguars’ facility, which triggered an NFL investigation. The NFL met with Patel in February and then turned the case over to the FBI. The Jaguars subsequently suspended and eventually fired Patel, who began working for the team in 2018. During his tenure, Patel rose to manager of financial planning and analysis. He oversaw the company’s monthly financial statements and department budgets and served as the club’s administrator of its virtual credit card program, which allowed authorized employees to “request VCC’s for business-related purchases or expenses.” Being in control of the VCC program allowed Patel to make fraudulent transactions, according to a court filing against him. He allegedly duplicated and inflated transactions for items such as catering, airfare and hotel charges and filed fake transactions that seemed legitimate. The Jaguars insist Patel was a rogue employee who took advantage of a lack of oversight after a co-worker with similar authority was moved to another department. No one else in the finance department has been fired, and the Jags have since instituted more checks and balances to prevent something similar from happening again. Patel went to great lengths to hide his actions, even paying off some of the credit card debt from his personal account. He also kept gambling in hopes of winning back his money and repaying the misappropriated funds, his attorney said. Patel was accused of using the money to buy two vehicles, a condominium in nearby Ponte Vedra Beach, a designer watch and cryptocurrency, according to the filing. As part of the plea agreement, he has four months to sell the condo (valued at $265,000), a 2021 Tesla (valued at $40,000) and the Patek Phillippe Nautilus watch (valued at $82,000) to partially pay back the Jaguars. His forfeiture and restitution bills total $40 million, the government said. He also allegedly used the money to buy sports memorabilia, a country club membership, spa treatments and tickets to sporting events and concerts. He also chartered private jets for himself and friends — including some Jaguars co-workers — and lodged a retainer with a criminal defense law firm, according to the filing. The wire fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or gross loss arising from the offense, whichever is greater. The illegal monetary transaction charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.

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Warriors stand by problematic Green Golden State says star forward will receive the help he needs during his indefinite suspension By Greg Beacham

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Golden State Warriors believe Draymond Green needs help to curb his long history of rough play, and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. is hopeful an indefinite suspension provides enough time for their star forward to make real progress. Dunleavy said Thursday that the team is satisfied with the NBA’s latest punishment for Green, the four-time NBA champion who was indefinitely banned Wednesday after hitting Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic in the face. The suspension was the sixth of Green’s career and his fourth in 2023. “I think this is something that a lot of people may see as a problem, but we’re looking to turn it into a positive,” Dunleavy said on the UCLA campus during the Warriors’ morning shootaround before their game against the Clippers. “[Green is at] a point in his career and his life where we want to get some things straightened out, and maybe sometimes you need a jolt like that. But I think it’s been very positive, very open, and [we’re] extremely optimistic that we can get to where we need to go.” Dunleavy repeatedly said the Warriors will “help” Green during his absence, but didn’t specify the nature of that aid. Green will be around the Warriors extensively during his suspension, although he can’t be with the team on game nights. “The thought process is there’s a lot of ways you can go about this, but for now, we think the healthiest thing is for him to be around,” Dunleavy said. “It may not be every single day, but we’re not jettisoning the guy off somewhere.” Dunleavy also unambiguously confirmed the Warriors are committed to the 33-year-old Green, who is in the first season of a four-year, $100 million contract

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The Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson, front, and Draymond Green, back, get into an altercation with Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, middle, during a Nov. 14 game in San Francisco. All three were ejected.

extension. Although Dunleavy pointedly said Golden State’s starting lineup hasn’t played well enough during the team’s 10-13 start, he praised the play of Stephen Curry and Green. “He’s been here for a long time,” Dunleavy said of Green. “He’s hung a ton of banners and means so much to this organization. I think this is about turning this thing into a positive and getting better. I think that happens, and we feel really good. Like I said, his play has been terrific. It’s just his lack of availability that’s not been great, and we want to make that better.” Dunleavy said Green and the Warriors had discussions with the NBA about the nature of the suspension before it was announced this week, and all parties agreed on a truly indefinite suspension. Dunleavy said there are no guaranteed parameters on the ban’s length. Dunleavy also said he thinks it’s reasonable to hold Green to a higher standard after his history of misbehavior, including the bizarre headlock he placed on Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert during a skirmish last month, leading to a five-game ban. “I hope Draymond gets the help he needs,” said Kevin Durant, the Phoenix star and

Green’s former Golden State teammate, after the suspension was handed down Wednesday. “I know Draymond. He hasn’t been that way when I was around him and coming into the league. Hopefully he gets the help he needs and gets back on the court and puts all this stuff behind him.” The Warriors have lost 11 of 15 heading into their meeting with the surging Clippers, and Dunleavy indicated that the team’s next 15 to 20 games will play a major role in deciding whether Golden State needs to make big roster moves. Entering Thursday, not only would Golden State — a winner of four NBA titles in the last nine years and a team that was widely expected to contend for one this season — not be in the playoffs, but the Warriors wouldn’t even qualify for the play-in tournament. “We’re going to try to ﬁll that gap up until he returns,” said Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, whose minutes are likely to rise in Green’s absence. “But throughout this time, we’re all supporting Draymond. We’re all communicating. We’re all helping him. We’re just going through this moment. Whatever is going to happen is going to

happen, but we’re always going to stay professional and just try our best to help our team win in the meantime waiting for Draymond to be back.” Green’s absence comes with the Warriors already in a spot of early-season trouble. They’ve blown a series of fourth-quarter leads, and they haven’t won a game by double figures in well over a month while needing nine starting lineups to get through the season’s first 23 games. Klay Thompson has struggled offensively after failing to agree on an extension last summer, and then he was benched toward the end of Tuesday’s game in Phoenix. Andrew Wiggins’ numbers are also well off his career norms and last season’s standard. Now they’ll be without Green, their top defensive player and a versatile leader. Missing games will also come at a sizable financial cost to Green. The first five-game suspension this season forced him to forfeit $769,704, and this suspension will cost him roughly $150,000 per game if it is less than 20 games, going up to about $200,000 per game after that. The Warriors also figure to save at least $500,000 per game on their luxury tax bill for each game he misses. Compounding Green’s woes, the suspension almost certainly means he won’t play in the 65 games that, in most cases, will be required for a player to be eligible for the postseason awards under the NBA’s new participation policies, which means his annual spot on the all-defensive team now seems to be in serious jeopardy. And it will surely be part of what USA Basketball takes into consideration when deciding whether Green, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, deserves a spot on the team that will go to next year’s Paris Games. Golden State’s Steve Kerr will coach that Olympic team, and Green has indicated he would like to play. Speaking in his role as a TNT analyst earlier this week, Grant Hill — USA Basketball’s managing director — said Green striking Jurkic was “disappointing.” “He’s got to use better judgment in that situation,” Hill said.

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Ja Morant set for Tuesday comeback deals.” Nike so far has stuck with Morant and his Ja 1 shoe line. “I expect him to be full go Morant will be rejoining a come Game 26,” Jenkins said. very different team from the “He’s really excited. He underyoung, cocky Grizzlies who stands the process that’s gotten earned the Western Conferhim here.” ence’s No. 2 seed each of the Still, it’s up to Morant to prove past two seasons. These Grizthe undisclosed steps required zlies are one of the NBA’s worst during the league-imposed with a 6-17 record that’s ahead of timeout actually worked with only Washington, San Antonio everyone watching and waiting and Detroit. for any slip-up or mistake in his The franchise that posted a behavior off the court. league-best 35-6 record at home The NBA and Grizzlies have last season was the NBA’s last said little about the specific terms to win on its own court this of Morant’s second suspension season. The Grizzlies are 1-10 in in four months for holding a gun Memphis, where empty seats during a friend’s livestream on have often outnumbered fans. social media in May. On draft Only Jaren Jackson Jr. and night, general manager Zach David Roddy Jr. have played Kleiman called the punishment every game. Jackson, the reign“appropriate” and time for ing NBA Defensive Player of the Morant to change his behavior. Year, and Desmond Bane have The Grizzlies announced been trying to carry Memphis Oct. 2 that Morant was allowed during Morant’s suspension. to practice with his teammates, Bane, who missed his first travel to road games and even game Wednesday night because take part in shootarounds. But he was sick, ranks 16th in the the guard has not been able NBA averaging a career-high to sit on the bench or even be 24.8 points a game. He had a inside arenas for games. The NBA also had checkpoints career-high 49 points Dec. 6, tying Morant for the second-highest for Morant to meet throughout point total for a single game in his suspension, which Comfranchise history. missioner Adam Silver said last Jackson scored a season-high weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., that 41 points Monday night in a loss he has monitored closely. Silver to Dallas, then had a career-high also planned to check in with 44 Wednesday night losing to Morant himself this week. Houston. Morant and his team have As if Morant’s suspension been in weekly contact with wasn’t painful enough, injuries both the NBA office and the NBA Players Association making have decimated the Grizzlies. Center Steven Adams was sure the high-flying guard has followed the program laid out for ruled out for the season with an him. Silver said Morant has done injured knee just before the season started. Marcus Smart, the everything asked of him to the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of best of his knowledge. the Year, and Luke Kennard have “We will review the program and make sure the conditions are been out since both were hurt in a Nov. 14 loss to the Lakers. in place for him to be successful Derrick Rose, the 2011 NBA going forward,” Silver said. MVP, also missed games with Morant has stayed busy, supan injury. porting a local high school team and being the Grizzlies’ biggest So it’s a good thing the Grizcheerleader. On Monday, he zlies designed a plan to help testified in a civil lawsuit involvMorant ramp up for his return. ing his punching a teenager at a They need him desperately to pickup game last year after being have a chance at clawing back hit in the chin with a basketball. into the playoff picture. Only the Spurs are below Memphis in the He countersued in April, notWest as of Thursday morning ing the lawsuit had jeopardized and 61/2 games back of Phoenix Morant’s sponsorships along for the 10th and final play-in spot. with some “unconsummated Continued from Page B-1

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ABOVE: Erica Tolbert of Santa Fe checks out the ﬁction section in May at Collected Works. LEFT: Sarah Haghi, left, and Joey Blaha of Collected Works set up a pop-up bookstore in May at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTOS

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The magic of downtown bookstore Collected Works By Josué Solís Generation Next

he smell of a brand new book is unlike anything else. Pair it with a freshly brewed espresso and a ﬂurry of customers from all walks of life, and you’ve got the ideal forum for just about anything. Collected Works, just off the Santa Fe Plaza on Galisteo Street, provides exactly that. The locally run independent bookstore holds everything from TikTok-famous novels, a sizable selection of books in other languages, classics, cookbooks, travel guides and art books. Post-pandemic, terms like “locally run,” “indie” and “small business” were thrown around by larger businesses trying to bounce back. But at Collected

Works, Santa Fe and its inhabitants are truly a key pillar for the store. “As far as I’m concerned, from my position Santa Fe runs on small business … [and] patrons understand the importance and value of small businesses,” said operating manager Dorothy Massey in a recent phone interview. In addition to appealing to the stream of tourists from the Santa Fe Plaza, the bookstore regularly hosts events with authors and workshops on books that are free to attend and streamed over Zoom. Collected Works aims to break ground on creating a forum for Santa Fe to come together alongside the world, all thanks to the written word. “We present many different ideas,” Massey said. “Political, practical, philosophical. Not only on the shelves but through our events.”

With the help of Zoom, Massey added, people are tuning into events from places like South America, Europe, New Zealand, India and Nepal. Collected Works also excels at its original purpose. In the shop, the expert booksellers who run each section are well-read in their area but also open to new ideas and recommendations. This adds to the community-centered literary experience Collected Works seeks to provide. This comes across in the way Massey refers to booksellers not as “staff” but as “colleagues.” If you get someone behind the front counter who isn’t an expert in the particular thing you’re seeking, Massey said, there is someone working at Collected Works who is. “[They are] equipped to answer questions, file orders, call you back, find out just exactly what you need. Make sure that you get the book you want. And if you don’t want it, no obligation,” Massey said. Dedication to books goes beyond just making sales at Collected Works. The booksellers maintain allegiance to printed page and reading culture, especially in the digital age. They will refer readers to other bookstores, their online ordering options or the library before corporate chains like Target or Amazon. “There definitely is a huge culture with all of our co-workers as just like, a deep value for the physical form of a

book, and for reading in general, but also just for supporting your local independent bookstore,” said Collected Works children’s book buyer Sarah Haghi. Haghi added: “There’s 19 independent bookstores in Santa Fe, which is kind of unheard of nowadays, especially for such a small town, but it really shows how much this town in particular values literacy and really wants to promote reading and bring authors to the town, and our bookstore definitely really values that, too.” In many ways, Collected Works aspires to be that reliable place where anyone can find a book that suits them, while also carrying emerging and indie titles readers might not otherwise be familiar with. But with a coffee shop integrated into the store and regular events, Collected Works is aspiring to be more than just a bookstore. It’s what Haghi calls a “third place.” “You have your home, and you have wherever you work. You need a third place. You need somewhere else you can spend time that is free and relaxed, and where you feel comfortable. And I think a bookstore is a good third place for a lot of people. You know, because we’ve got a fire, and we’ve got coffee, and it’s just open,” Haghi said. The ideal of a third place is present at Collected Works, inviting both conversation and time with a great book alongside a wide range of people. Visitors hail from as close as the south side of Santa Fe to surrounding towns, but also include visitors from all over. Whether someone is young, elderly, well read or trying to develop a repertoire, there’s space at Collected Works. Part of what might draw so many kinds of people are the efforts Collected Works makes to offer works

representing viewpoints of all kinds. This diversity of opinion is made clear in the banned books section and the rotating selection of books covering world issues near the shop’s entrance. “Without taking political party positions, I think [the bookstore] makes it very clear as to where we stand. We serve customers of all persuasions, political, religious, whatever. And we try hard not to offend anyone,” Massey said. Massey added that not only does Collected Works cater to a wide variety of adults, but the store also has a history of running book fairs and distributing free books for kids. Taking a book home and getting to actually own it, Massey said, is an important aspect of early reading. For Haghi, part of the magic of being at Collected Works is the mutual relationship between booksellers and customers: the dialogue that follows asking for a recommendation or over the contents of a speciﬁc book. Not only do Collected Works employees give recommendations, but they take them, too. “We really do take it really seriously when someone says, ‘I think you should carry this book,’ you know, or like, ‘Here’s something to check out,’ when people give us recommendations. We really love that.” And while Collected Works grows and adapts to a changing literary world, the people working there know its core values will remain the same: bringing people together, providing space to relax and hang out, and introducing people to new authors, to name a few. “Encouraging literacy and being a community,” Haghi adds. “Like a staple, or an important community space.” Josué Solís is a junior at United World College-USA. Contact him at josuehomero06@icloud.com.

M Y VIEW EMILY J. AGUIRRE

George Santos’ chaotic and short-lived stint in Congress

ormer Republican Rep. George Santos of New York was expelled from Congress this month, less than a year after taking office. With a limited political background, Santos originally ran unsuccessfully for the position in 2020 before being elected in 2022 and taking office in January. Santos’ tenure in office was significant, with his surprising comments landing him ample time in the spotlight, both on social media and in the news. Santos, 35, often made headlines but also helped comprise the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. His expulsion was the second Republican ouster the House has made in 2023, the first being the removal of Kevin McCarthy from his position as House speaker. With McCarthy recently announcing his retirement from Congress and Santos expelled for findings of fraud and campaign fund misuse, the House Republican majority continues to narrow. Santos’ time in office has been marked by constant lying, alleged criminal behavior and overall unprofessionalism.

The lying Lying, paired with overall

strange behavior, was at the core of the public’s perception of Santos. He claimed his grandparents were Holocaust refugees, but it was later discovered they were in fact Catholic and had lived in Brazil. Once this lie was debunked, Santos oddly defended himself by telling The New York Post he “never claimed to be Jewish” but only “Jew-ish.” This lie, one of the ﬁrst that seemed to make headlines, was part of a trend. One of Santos’ infamous lies, barely a month into serving in Congress, was also uncovered through documents. Santos claimed his mother, Fatima Devolder, worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But according to immigration documents, Devolder was not even in the United States at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Finally, Santos claimed he graduated with a degree in economics and ﬁnance from Baruch College in 2010, but a representative from Baruch told The New York Times there is no record of Santos attending Baruch. Additionally, Santos claimed to be a “star” of the Baruch volleyball team, of which there also are no records.

Santos sound bites Santos had some strange moments during his time in the House. He has described himself as the “Republican ‘It Girl’ ” and the “Mary Magdalene of the United States Congress,” and these weren’t Santos’ only weird moments. Among those is one that caused some confusion. Upon walking out of Rep. Tim Burchett’s office holding an unidentiﬁed baby (who was neither Santos’ nor Burchett’s child), a reporter asked if the baby was Santos’. Santos responded “not yet,” according to Politico. Santos, who is married but did not make that fact public during his congressional campaign, also appeared to publicly announce his marriage through a Tweet meant to honor the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “My husband Matt and I are heart broken by the news of the passing of Senator Feinstein,” Santos wrote. Finally, after U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney criticized Santos at the State of the Union address in February, Santos told a reporter: “It’s not the ﬁrst time in history that I’ve been told to shut up and go to the back of the room. Wasn’t very Mormon of him, that’s what I can tell you.”

RICKY CARIOTI/THE WASHINGTON POST

Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is swarmed by media while leaving the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1 after being expelled from the House of Representatives.

Under indictment Santos is facing a 23-count indictment in which prosecutors accuse him of using donors’ credit cards without their permission, charging thousands of dollars for personal expenses. Additionally, a bipartisan congressional investigation found Santos had charged nearly $4,000 for spa treatments, including Botox, to his congressional campaign account. The investigation also found he spent more than $4,000 of campaign money at the luxury retail store Hermès

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and made “smaller purchases” from OnlyFans, a site that utilizes sexually explicit content for proﬁt, according to media reports. Santos claimed he didn’t know anything about OnlyFans. “I just discovered what OnlyFans was about three weeks ago,” he said in March on Fox News, “I was oblivious.” A House Ethics Committee report in November detailing his campaign funds spending showed he had spent money on OnlyFans before that Fox News statement.

After the reports of his misuse of funds were released, Santos responded by putting the ethics panel on blast. “If there was a single ounce of ETHICS in the ‘Ethics committee’, they would have not released this biased report. The Committee went to extraordinary lengths to smear myself and my legal team about me not being forthcoming (My legal bills suggest otherwise),” he stated on X, formerly known as Twitter. Santos is the first person to be expelled from the House of Representatives without first being convicted of a federal crime or supporting the Confederacy, according to The New York Times. Twenty senators and representatives have been expelled from Congress, 17 in the 1800s for supporting the Confederacy. The last expulsion before Santos was in 2002, when Ohio Democrat James Traficant was expelled for crimes including tax evasion and racketeering. What’s next? A special election will take place to determine Santos’ replacement. The current favorite to emerge from the field is former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, 61. Emily J. Aguirre is a sophomore at Santa Fe Prep. Contact her at emjazz19@gmail.com.

THE WEATHER ALMANAC

Midnight through 6 p.m. Thursday

Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.61" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.97" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.29" .....

AREA RAINFALL

Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.26" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.41" ....

Tonight

Today

Sunny.

Humidity (Noon)

Mostly Sunny.

POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4, Severity . . . .Low ... Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ...... Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4, Severity . . . .Low ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper Allergens ...... Source: https://pollen.com

TODAY'S UV INDEX + 10 8 6 4 2 0

Extreme Very High High Moderate Low

The UV index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. The higher the number the more risk of sun damage to your skin.

Partly Cloudy.

44 / 28

Mostly Cloudy.

47 / 29

Humidity (Noon)

Thursday

Mostly Cloudy.

46 / 30

Humidity (Noon)

City

45 / 26

Humidity (Noon)

58%

57%

50%

53%

51%

59%

65%

Wind: SW 15 mph

Wind: SSE 15 mph

Wind: ENE 10 mph

Wind: WSW 10 mph

Wind: SSE 10 mph

Wind: WSW 10 mph

NATIONAL WEATHER

NEW MEXICO WEATHER Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Taos 39 / 7

Farmington 41 / 20

Raton 40 / 18

~ ola Espan 42 / 18

San Francisco 63/48

Las Vegas 43 / 19

Pecos 43 / 23 Albuquerque 48 / 25

St. Louis 60/41

New Orleans 62/57

Hermosillo 80/55

10s

20s

Mérida 87/68

Guadalajara 78/57

30s

40s

50s

60s

Carlsbad 59 / 31 Rain

67° in Chaparral 16° in Reserve

70s

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Thunderstorms

Snow

Ice

Jet Stream

Warm

Cold

Stationary

The Northeast will see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 54 in Metropolis, Ill. The Southeast will experience partly to mostly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 79 in Key West, Fla. In the Northwest there will be mostly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 61 in Brookings, Ore. The Southwest will see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 79 in Anaheim, Calif.

WEATHER HISTORY

NEW MEXICO CITIES

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City 58/33 s 51/28 pc 42/12 s 60/29 s 61/30 s 48/18 pc 49/25 s 50/29 s 43/26 pc 56/30 s 45/27 pc 61/27 pc 47/19 pc 45/22 mc 57/26 s 52/19 pc 52/21 pc 58/33 s 61/30 pc

Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro T or C Taos Tucumcari Univ. Park White Rock Zuni

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 30/23 sn 43/19 s 48/35 s 61/30 s 33/31 sn 38/24 s 48/36 s 49/22 s 38/35 fg 53/25 pc 32/28 cl 40/18 s 31/23 sn 35/9 s 41/32 mc 46/25 s 52/42 fg 58/27 s 50/34 pc 51/28 s 37/32 sn 52/23 s 56/28 s 57/29 s 49/40 pc 51/27 s 60/43 s 58/29 s 36/32 rs 39/7 s 38/30 rs 52/23 s 61/34 s 62/30 s 33/31 sn 40/21 s 43/26 pc 50/19 pc

51/23 s 60/27 pc 41/27 pc 50/23 pc 58/28 s 48/26 s 42/16 s 49/26 pc 61/31 s 54/30 pc 53/27 s 55/31 pc 54/26 pc 59/30 pc 47/20 s 54/25 s 61/31 pc 45/23 pc 57/23 pc

Dec. 15, 1945 - A record December snowstorm buried Buffalo, N.Y. under 36.6 inches of snow, with unofficial totals south of the city ranging up to 70 inches. Travel was brought to a halt by the storm.

NATIONAL EXTREMES THURSDAY High

79° in Long Beach, Calif.

NIGHT SKY

Low

-17° in Peter Sinks, Utah

Sunrise Today Saturday Sunday

Mercury 7:06 a.m. 7:06 a.m. 7:07 a.m.

Rise Set

8:11 a.m. 5:51 p.m.

4:51 p.m. 4:51 p.m. 4:52 p.m.

Rise Set

Mars

3:48 a.m. 2:35 p.m.

Rise Set

6:31 a.m. 4:15 p.m.

9:58 a.m. 10:41 a.m. 11:16 a.m.

Rise Set

2:04 p.m. --

7:47 p.m. 9:01 p.m. 10:13 p.m.

Rise Set

Uranus

11:18 a.m. 10:10 p.m.

Rise Set

2:41 p.m. --

Sunset Today Saturday Sunday Today Saturday Sunday

WIND TRACKER

Moonset Today Saturday Sunday

8 p.m.

2 a.m. Sat.

First Q. Dec. 19

Full Dec. 26

Venus

Jupiter

Moonrise

Weather (w): cl-cloudy, fg-fog, hz-haze, mc-mostly cloudy, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, rs-rain & snow, s-sunny, sh-showers, sn-snow, ss-snow showers, t-thunderstorms

2 p.m.

Cancún 79/74

Fronts:

High Low

8 a.m. Fri.

Miami 76/71

Monterrey 69/62

Mexico City 67/54

-0s

Washington D.C. 56/34

Atlanta 56/39

Dallas 54/46

Hobbs 57 / 31

Alamogordo 60 / 31

STATE EXTREMES THURSDAY

Alamogordo 63/43 s 60/31 s Albuquerque 46/33 ra 48/25 s Angel Fire 31/23 sn 37/-1 s Artesia 54/45 fg 58/28 s Carlsbad 61/48 mc 59/31 s Chama 43/25 cl 41/13 s Cimarron 31/23 sn 43/16 s Clayton 32/30 fg 44/25 s Cloudcroft 63/43 pc 44/20 s Clovis 38/35 fg 51/29 pc Crownpoint 44/21 mc 40/20 s Deming 63/30 s 60/29 s 33/31 sn 42/18 s Espan~ ola Farmington 44/34 mc 41/20 pc Fort Sumner 41/35 fg 54/24 s Gallup 45/30 mc 46/14 pc Grants 42/30 pc 46/13 s Hobbs 46/41 fg 57/31 s Las Cruces 61/34 s 62/29 s

Denver 50/24

La Paz 74/67

Las Cruces 62 / 29

City

New York 53/39

Detroit 51/34

Chicago 52/39

Omaha 46/34

Albuquerque 48/25 Phoenix 73/49

Roswell 58 / 27

Ruidoso 51 / 28 Truth or Consequences 58 / 29

Los Angeles 76/51

Clovis 51 / 29

42/36

Boise 42/26 Las Vegas 65/42

Boston 52/36

L Minneapolis

Billings 47/28

Santa Fe 39 / 23

Gallup G 4 / 14 46

Sillver City 57 7 / 29

Seattle 51/38

Clayton 44 / 25

Los Alamos 38 / 24

AIR QUALITY INDEX

Source: www.airnow.gov

Humidity (Noon)

Wednesday

Wind: N 10 mph

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0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy.

46 / 25

Humidity (Noon)

Monday

77%

WATER STATISTICS

.Thursday's . . . . . . . . . rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 .. . . . . . . . .Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ..

Sunny.

43 / 27

Humidity (Mid.)

Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.78" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.00" ....

The following water statistics of December 13th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons). Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.884 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.451 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 1.243 Total production: 6.578 Total consumption: 6.396 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 0.81 Reservoir storage: 319.50 Estimated reservoir capacity: 25.01%

Sunday

Wind: N 15 mph

Las Vegas Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.62" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.82" ....

Taos Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.40" Yesterday .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.47" ....

Saturday

Clear.

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

B-7

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37°/33° ...... . . . . . . . high/low Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44°/19° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60° . . . in . . 1946 .... . . . . . . .low Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3° . . in . . 1945 .... Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.52" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.59" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.41" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.13" .... .Normal . . . . . . year . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.14" ..... .Last . . . year . . . . .to. .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.81" .....

Friday, December 15, 2023

Saturn

Last Q. Jan. 3

New Jan. 11

Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Bangor Billings Bismarck Boise Boston Charleston,SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Flagstaff Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,OR Richmond Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Trenton Tulsa Washington,DC

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 14/4 mc 19/15 sn 59/31 s 56/39 s 48/23 s 57/36 s 30/18 s 42/32 pc 54/24 s 47/28 s 40/22 s 33/18 cl 39/28 mc 42/26 pc 36/28 s 52/36 s 59/45 pc 59/46 s 55/37 s 55/33 s 52/30 s 52/39 mc 54/18 s 54/32 s 50/30 s 52/35 s 63/44 pc 54/46 sh 37/26 fg 50/24 s 56/26 s 51/38 mc 50/28 s 51/34 s -6/-8 mc -2/-10 mc 48/14 s 51/22 s 32/10 s 36/27 pc 76/68 pc 75/66 pc 73/54 mc 66/55 sh 52/26 s 55/36 pc 57/30 pc 53/41 ra 63/42 s 65/42 pc 75/49 pc 76/51 pc 58/30 s 56/35 s 67/39 s 60/45 pc 74/70 ra 76/71 t 54/34 s 50/38 mc 52/32 s 42/36 ra 63/54 mc 62/57 mc 41/33 s 53/39 s 59/43 mc 48/39 sh 52/23 mc 46/34 ra 73/63 mc 72/63 mc 45/28 s 53/34 s 70/44 s 73/49 s 45/25 s 52/27 s 52/46 cl 52/38 mc 51/32 mc 62/45 cl 46/27 s 43/28 hz 63/52 mc 66/48 sh 72/46 s 76/50 s 61/46 mc 63/48 cl 48/42 cl 51/38 mc 53/28 pc 47/32 cl 59/25 s 60/41 mc 77/63 mc 76/65 mc 41/23 s 54/32 s 63/28 mc 48/38 sh 49/29 s 56/34 s

26/18 sn 54/47 cl 58/43 pc 36/24 pc 53/30 pc 34/22 pc 43/25 pc 48/37 pc 65/57 mc 57/44 mc 44/41 sh 53/42 mc 51/43 cl 56/38 pc 58/30 s 42/33 ra 48/40 cl -1/-5 mc 55/23 pc 45/28 mc 78/67 sh 60/44 sh 50/42 cl 46/32 ra 66/43 pc 78/53 s 54/44 cl 54/42 sh 78/72 sh 45/39 ra 39/32 rs 63/52 sh 51/43 pc 50/33 pc 42/27 mc 71/65 sh 52/39 pc 77/47 pc 54/40 mc 51/37 mc 64/49 s 47/29 hz 65/39 s 77/53 pc 66/51 s 48/37 mc 40/24 mc 50/38 ra 73/66 sh 53/38 pc 53/33 mc 54/39 pc

WORLD CITIES City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Bermuda Bogota Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Guatemala City Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nassau New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio Rome Seoul Stockholm Sydney Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vienna

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 45/41 ra 68/58 mc 67/56 pc 29/26 sn 39/36 rs 66/61 ra 69/42 ra 74/60 s 33/29 mc 49/43 ra 46/43 ra 75/57 mc 63/53 pc 60/52 s 83/58 s 77/67 mc 45/40 mc 52/40 s 63/51 cl 15/11 sn 77/75 ra 74/56 pc 22/1 mc 48/46 ra 86/71 s 59/56 ra 48/45 ra 22/13 mc 93/72 pc 71/62 s 57/47 mc 41/29 mc 47/42 ra

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Original Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me Earliest form of Disney’s famous mouse will enter public domain in 2024 under intellectual property law By Andrew Dalton

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualiﬁcation and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, ﬁlms and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024. In a moment many close observers thought might never come, at least one version of the quintessential piece of intellectual property and perhaps the most iconic character in American pop culture will be free from Disney’s copy-

right as his first screen release, the 1928 short Steamboat Willie, featuring both Mickey and Minnie Mouse, becomes available for public use. “This is it. This is Mickey Mouse. This is exciting because it’s kind of symbolic,” said Jennifer Jenkins, a professor of law and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Public Domain, who writes an annual Jan. 1 column for “Public Domain Day.” “I kind of feel like the pipe on the steamboat, like expelling smoke. It’s so exciting.” U.S. law allows a copyright to be held for 95 years after Congress expanded it several times during Mickey’s life. “It’s sometimes derisively referred to as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act,” Jenkins said. “That’s oversimplified because it wasn’t just Disney that was pushing for term extension. It was a whole group of copyright holders whose works were set to go into the public domain soon, who benefited greatly from

WALT DISNEY, UB IWERKS/VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mickey Mouse as seen in the short Steamboat Willie in 1928. This oldest version of the famous mouse is about to enter the public domain.

the 20 years of extra protection.” “Ever since Mickey Mouse’s ﬁrst appearance in the 1928 short ﬁlm Steamboat Willie, people have associated the character with Disney’s stories, experiences, and authentic products,” a Disney spokesperson said in a statement to The Associated Press. “That will not change when the copyright in

the Steamboat Willie ﬁlm expires.” Current artists and creators will be able to make use of Mickey, but with major limits. It is only the more mischievous, rat-like, nonspeaking boat captain in Steamboat Willie that has become public. “More modern versions of Mickey will remain unaffected by the expiration of the Steamboat Willie copyright, and Mickey will continue to play a leading role as a global ambassador for the Walt Disney Company in our storytelling, theme park attractions, and merchandise,” Disney’s statement said. Not every feature or personality trait a character displays is necessarily copyrightable, however, and courts could be busy in the coming years determining what’s inside and outside Disney’s ownership. “We will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other

works that remain subject to copyright,” the company said. Disney still solidly and separately holds a trademark on Mickey as a corporate mascot and brand identifier, and the law forbids using the character deceptively to fool consumers into thinking a product is from the original creator. Anyone starting a film company or a theme park will not be free to make mouse ears their logo. Disney’s statement said it “will work to safeguard against consumer confusion caused by unauthorized uses of Mickey and our other iconic characters.” Steamboat Willie, directed by Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks and among the first cartoons to have sound synced with its visuals, was actually the third cartoon featuring Mickey and Minnie the men made, but the first to be released. It features a more menacing Mickey captaining a boat and making musical instruments out of other animals.

Extinct woolly dog bred for weaving, DNA testing finds By Carolyn Y. Johnson

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DNA from the pelt of a fluffy white dog named Mutton reveals the extinct breed was carefully raised by the women of a Pacific Northwest tribe and then shorn like sheep, their wool woven into special blankets and textiles. The small dogs — called sqwemá:y, ske’-ha and sqwbaý in some Coast Salish languages — were fed a special diet of fish or elk by the women of the Coast Salish tribal nations in the Pacific Northwest. For thousands of years, woolly dogs were cherished as family members and raised on islands or kept in pens to ensure they didn’t interbreed with other dogs, according to Michael Pavel, a member of the Skokomish-Twana tribe and one of the authors of the study, published Thursday in the journal Science. The last woolly dogs disappeared around the end of the 19th century, but they have been

kept alive in stories passed down by Coast Salish elders. The new analysis of DNA from Mutton’s pelt, which is housed at the Smithsonian Institution, confirms the traditional knowledge of Coast Salish people. Woolly dogs split from other dogs in North America somewhere between 1,900 and 4,800 years ago, the data shows. Mutton had only 16% ancestry from European dogs — a tiny contribution that, to researchers who study ancient dog DNA, signifies the care with which they were raised even decades after European settlers arrived. “It’s not just a dog — it’s a relative. It has enormous spiritual power, conveyed in its wool,” Pavel said. “Imagine being able to receive the gift of wool fiber, being able to learn to weave that into yarn, into an entity, or a blanket or robe that you could wrap yourself in the coldest of winter, and feel the warmth of those prayers. That’s how we

look at it, and we can now enjoy a scientiﬁc view, as well.” The DNA evidence, combined with the oral history from Coast Salish elders, also makes it clear the prevailing explanation for the decline of dog-wool weaving fails to grapple with the dark role of colonialism. The commonly offered explanation is that machine-woven blankets were more convenient and replaced ones made by hand. But the study authors note the people who cared for woolly dogs were decimated by diseases brought by colonizers, and Coast Salish elders shared stories of active efforts to extinguish cultural identity and authority among the survivors. “They were told they couldn’t do their cultural things. There was the police, the Indian agent and the priests. The dogs were not allowed,” Rena Point Bolton, a 95-year-old elder from the Stó:lo Nation, told the researchers in an interview. The traditional tools weavers used to turn

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A full-body reconstruction of Mutton is shown in front of modern Arctic dogs and spitz breeds.

wool into yarn, shxwqáqelets, were also not allowed. The DNA discoveries come from a wooly dog adopted in the mid-19th century by George Gibbs, a naturalist and ethnographer working for the Northwest Boundary Survey for the U.S. government. When Mutton died, his pelt was collected, with a tag noting: “Mr G[ibbs]’s dog ‘Mutton’ Chiloweyuck Indians.” Researchers aren’t sure exactly where

Mutton was from, but they note he could have come from a Coast Salish community near the present-day town of Chilliwack, which sits on the Fraser River, east of Vancouver, on the lands of the Stó:lo Nation. Audrey Lin, an evolutionary molecular biologist then at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learned of the pelt in the Smithsonian collection and wanted to study it. Studies show dogs arrived in

the Americas alongside people, around 15,000 years ago but vanished. Today, there are only the faintest genetic traces of these pre-colonial dogs in modern-day dogs, and Lin wanted to know why and how they went extinct. “This was like a miracle, something from our past that was all of a sudden discovered,” said Steven Point, a grand chief of the Stó:lo Nation. “It’s kind of like a conﬁrmation that everything the elders told you was true.”

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UP-4490 of 6.48 afa of Claims must be pre- ery of this notice, consumptive use Pub: Dec 1, 8, 15, 2023 sented either to the whichever is later, or pointment of Personal Hearing on the peti- unbound original and eVdNNDc5cXpMdz09 Claims must Representative of the tion filed in the above four (4) bound paper Meeting ID: be presented to the water rights, is an exPersonal Representa- the claims will be forEstate on August 24, cause by the under- copies. If submitting 878 1279 5970 Personal Representa- ploratory well permittive at P.O. Box 2168, ever barred. Claims To place a Legal Notice Petitioners, Proposals in paper Passcode: 903480 2023. A hearing on this signed tive, c/o Brannen & ted under OSE File No. Albuquerque, NM must be presented eiCall 986-3000 Application will be which petition pro- form, Proposals will be One tap mobile Brannen LLC, 3 UP-4918 located at a 87103-2168, or filed ther to the underpoint where held before the Honor- vides for the formal received at the Los +12532050468,,8781279 Caliente Road #5, with the First Judicial signed Personal able Francis J. Mathew, probate of the Last Alamos County Pro- 5970#,,,,*903480# US Santa Fe, NM 87508, or X=132,415.9 feet and LEGAL #91998 District Court, P.O. Box Representative, at the feet, District Court Judge, Will and Testament of curement Office, 101 +12532158782,,8781279 filed with the First Ju- Y=1,666,268.9 2268, Santa Fe, New address listed below, via Google Meet on ARTHUR EDWARD RAB- Camino Entrada, Bldg. 5970#,,,,*903480# US dicial District Court NMSP, NAD83, East STATE OF NEW MEXICO Mexico 87504-2268. or filed it the Probate Tuesday, January 16, NEY, and the appoint- 3, Los Alamos, NM (Tacoma) County of Santa Fe, Zone. The general lo- COUNTY OF DATED: December 4, Court of Santa Fe of MICHAEL 87544 until 2:00 p.m. Dial by your location cation of proposed ad- BERNALILLO FIRST 2024 at 10:00 A.M. MST. ment State of 2023 County, New Mexico, Google Meet Link: RYAN MALONEY and MT, Tuesday, January • +1 253 205 0468 US New Mexico, located ditional POD, UP-4490 JUDICIAL DISTRICT located at the followmeet.google.com/pbm JACOB MALONEY as 9, 2024, for this solici- • +1 253 215 8782 US at the Santa Fe, County POD2, is 400 feet north MODRALL, SPERLING, ing address: co-personal representation. -prjx-suz. (Tacoma) Courthouse, 225 Mon- of NM-50 and Los Altos NO. ROEHL, HARRIS 100 Catron St. Santa Fe tatives of the estate of • +1 346 248 7799 US tezuma Ave., Santa Fe, de Cicuye. The appli- D-101-PB-2023-00255 & SISK, P.A. NM 87501 cant is not requesting Pursuant to 45-1-404 ARTHUR EDWARD RAB- This project is being (Houston) New November 17, 2023 to change the POD, IN THE MATTER OF THE Submitted electroni- Edward Moreno NMSA 1978, notice of NEY, will be held at the supported, in whole or • +1 669 444 9171 US Mexico 87501. place or purpose of ESTATE OF WILLIAM cally time and place of First Judicial District in part, by federal • +1 669 900 6833 US 2413 Loma Verde hearing on said peti- Court, 225 Montezuma award number EMW- (San Jose) Dated: August 31, 2023 use and no additional BLAINE RICHARDSON, Santa Fe, NM 87507 water is requested by DECEASED. tion is hereby given by Avenue, Santa Fe, New 2022-FG-07472 to the If you are an individual By: /s/ Vanessa C. 505-660-7859 the subject applicapublication, once a Mexico, on February 2, Incorporated County with a disability who is Mavis B. Murphey Kaczmarek Edmomoreno@gmail.c week for three consec- 2024 at 4:15 p.m., be- of Los Alamos by the in need of a reader, Personal Representa- tion. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Vanessa C. Kaczmarek om fore the Honorable U.S. Department of amplifier, To view the applicautive weeks. qualified tive Attorneys for Personal Mathew Justin Wilson, Homeland Security, sign language inter- 19 Jornada Place, tion and supporting NOTICE IS HEREBY Representative Pub.: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2023 documentation con- GIVEN that Barbara F. 500 4th St., NW, DATED: November 28, District Judge, via under the Assistance preter, or any other Santa Fe, NM87508 video at tact the State Engineer Richardson has been Suite 1000 LEGAL #91977 2023. to Firefighters Grant form of auxiliary aid or 505-466-8189 meet.google.com/bbu program. District VI Office at appointed service to attend the Personal Post Office Box 2168 -aujx-qfx or by calling to Representative of the (87103-2168) STATE OF NEW MEXICO By: Lovato Law, P.C., hearing or meeting, By: BRANNEN & BRAN- 505-827-6120 arrange a date and Estate of the Dece- Albuquerque, /s/ Edward W. Lovato 1-336-949-8079 and en- A Non-Mandatory Pre- please contact Lisa NEN LLC NM COUNTY OF SANTA FE time for an appoint- dent. All persons hav- 87102 Attorney for Petitioner tering pin number proposal conference McNiven by phone at Jennifer E. Brannen FIRST JUDICIAL DIS862702640#. TRICT Harold Montoya will be held on Thurs- (505) 435-0930 or by e- 3 Caliente Rd, #5, ment. The District VI ing claims against the Telephone: Water Rights Division Estate of the Decedent (505) 848-1800 661 Quantum Rd. NE, Pursuant to NMSA day, December 21, mail at Lisa.mc- Santa Fe, NM 87508 1978, § 45-1-401, notice 2023 at 11:30 am MDT niven@state.nm.us, at (505) 466-3830 office is located at 407 are required to presIN THE MATTER OF THE Ste. 10 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 of the time and place via Microsoft Teams. least seven calendar JBrannen@brannen- Galisteo St. Suite 102, ent their claims within Pub: Dec 8, 15, 22, 2023 ESTATE OF of hearing on said pe- Contact Kat Brophy days prior to the meet- lawllc.com Santa Fe, NM 87501. Tel. 505-738-3777 PHYLLIS ELAINE four (4) months after In-App replica editions tition is hereby given (see contact informa- ing. 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Los Alamos County QUALLS has been apever barred. Claims Design and Peter Varela, name, phone number, pointed Personal RepProcurement Division Pub: Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and NOTICE OF PUBLIC Agents for La Cueva email address, and must be presented by Development of a Fish- resentative of this KATHLEEN VIGIL 101 Camino Entrada, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 2023 delivering or mailing a eries Database and SALE: Mutual Domestic CLERK OF THE mailing address). If Estate. All persons Bldg. 3 Los Alamos, NM Water Consumers As- the protest does not written statement of Digital Data Collection having claims against LEGAL #91945 DISTRICT COURT 87544 Self-storage Cube consociation (MDWCA), include the complete the claim to the Per- Application (505) 662-8127 this Estate are resonal Representative, tents of the following By: /s/Tamara Snee quired to present their kat.brophy@lacnm.us P.T.D. ORDER NO. 23-23 HC 74 Box 6, Pecos, name, phone number, c/o Sutin, Thayer & customers containing DEPUTY The New Mexico DeNew Mexico 87552, email address, and claims within four household and other EXTENDING filed with the STATE mailing address, it Browne, PO Box 1945, partment of Game and months after the date Office Hours are 8:00 ORDER Albuquerque New Fish requests proposgoods will be sold for /s/Michael Ryan ENGINEER Application CERTAIN DEADLINES may be deemed inof the first publication a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Moncash by CubeSmart Maloney, Petitioner SANTA FE COUNTY, No. UP-4490 POD2 to valid and not accepted Mexico 87103, or filed als (RFP# 24-516-1201- of this Notice or the day – Friday. with the District Court. 0001) from qualified Asset Management, permit an Additional for filing unless claims will be forever No Proposal may be NEW MEXICO LLC as Agent for /s/Jacob Maloney, Groundwater Point Of Protestant provides DATED this 1st day of companies to design barred. Claims must withdrawn after the Owner 4036 Cerrillos Petitioner and build a Database Diversion (POD) within with the protest an afbe presented either to scheduled closing Pursuant to my auRd. Santa Fe NM 87507 and Digital Data Col- the Personal Reprethority under Section the Pecos River Under- fidavit stating that it December, 2023. time for receipt. to satisfy a lien on Jan- JONES, SNEAD, lection Application to sentative in care of his All forms of bribes, 7-38-85 NMSA 1978, I ground Water Basin of does not have one of Respectfully uary 3rd, 2024 at ap- WERTHEIM store and collect stan- attorneys at the adgratuities, and kick- hereby extend the fol- the State of New Mex- the above-listed ele- Submitted, prox. 1:30PM at and CLIFFORD, P.A. dardized fisheries ments/requirements SUTIN, backs are prohibited lowing deadline found ico. 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HOROSCOPE The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Dec. 15, 2023: You are upbeat, optimistic and forever curious. Your payoff comes in 2024, when you can expect acknowledgement.

Moon changes signs today, you enter a lovely, popular window of time. Tonight: Be friendly. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH In the early hours, steer clear of ego battles about politics and beliefs. Very soon, this day changes its tone, and you’re suddenly high-viz. People notice you. Tonight: You’re admired.

MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 7:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. PST. After that, the Moon moves from Capricorn into Aquarius.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Today you have a strong desire to explore new things, new ideas, new places and meet new faces. Ideally, you would like to travel, because you feel a need for change of scenery. Tonight: Explore!

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Avoid power struggles with parents and bosses this morning, because after the

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH The Moon is your ruler, and today in the early hours, you might feel intense emotions

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when dealing with partners and close friends. Later, you can sort out old business related to shared property, taxes, debt, inheritances and insurance issues. Tonight: Check your finances. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Steer clear of power struggles at work in the early morning. Ironically, later in the day, relations with partners and close friends will be upbeat and joyful. This is a playful time for you! Tonight: Cooperate. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Parents need to be patient with their kids in the early morning today. Avoid power struggles that only make everyone miserable. Later in the day, focus instead on how you can help someone, because you can. Tonight: Work.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2023. There are 16 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Avoid family squabbles, especially with parents, in the early morning. Because later today, this is actually a funloving, playful day! Enjoy short trips and exploring moneymaking ideas. Tonight: Play!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Stay calm in the early morning. You don’t have to prove yourself to anyone. Instead, maintain your peace of mind. If you fall prey to this, keep your receipts. Tonight: Check your possessions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Steer clear of arguments in the early morning. All parties will be determined to win because they think “they’re right.” However, for most of this day, you will enjoy a chance to feel cozy. Tonight: Relax.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH After the Moon Alert is over today, the Moon will be in your sign, which gives you a little bit of extra luck over all the other signs. Tonight: You win!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Avoid money arguments in the morning. Later, short trips and conversations with siblings, relatives and neighbors will be upbeat and informative. Tonight: Conversations.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Avoid clashes with friends and groups in the early morning. Later in the day, you will be relieved to have some time to yourself if you can swing it. Preferably solitude in nice surroundings with good food and drink. Tonight: Solitude.

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In-law always changes family’s holiday plans Dear Annie: I’m frustrated with my sisterin-law and the way that she plans the holidays that she hosts or organizes. Generally, what happens is that she will reach out to the family to see what will work for everyone. Then, closer to the holiday, my sister-in-law will change the plans saying that the new plans work better. Often the new plans conflict with other plans we’ve made. This year she not only changed the day and time of our family get-together but also decided that it would be held at her house rather than ours. I don’t want to miss seeing the rest of our family since we likely won’t go to other holiday events that are being held indoors this year, but I feel like, if we keep accommodating her behavior, it will continue to happen. What’s your take on it? — Tired of Accommodating Dear Tired of Accommodating: My take for this year is simple: Don’t go to or host indoor gatherings with people outside of your household. As for next year and the years after that, if and when your sister-inlaw attempts these last-minute changes, just say no — politely, of course. You can keep it simple: Something like, “We’d like to keep to the time and place that we all agreed to.” It’s reasonable to ask that everyone stick to the agreed-upon time and place, out of consideration for everyone’s schedules. Dear Annie: My husband of decades has a habit that I don’t care for, and I can’t seem to make him understand the problem. I have run out of ideas, have asked counselors and anyone I can that might have an answer or suggestion. I am desperate to see whether you or your readers have any ideas. The issue is this: If he sees anything around and he doesn’t recognize it, he throws it away. If you are right there, then you can stop him. Otherwise, you’re out of luck. I check the garbage for items regularly. The last things he tossed out that I didn’t catch were my two photo albums from my childhood. My mom, dad and great-grandma worked on those two albums. Needless to say, the albums contained pictures of many individuals who are gone. I can’t seem to forgive him and get over it. I thought I’d made him understand that these sentimental items are mine and that he has no right to throw something away without checking with me. Please help... I have tried counseling, both me alone and us together. I have left notes. I have tried explaining, every day, not to throw my things away. I am at my wit’s end! — Missing My Things Dear Missing: While not considered its own psychological disorder, compulsive decluttering can be a symptom of obsessivecompulsive disorder. Though you’ve tried therapy yourself and attended couples therapy with him, he may benefit from individual therapy on his own, potentially for the treatment of OCD. If I hear any insights from readers, I’ll be sure to print them here.

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