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洛杉矶时报

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026

SANDY HUFFAKER 为本报拍摄 圣迭戈欢迎回家 亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰在经历了艰苦的 321 天部署后返回，现场情感迸发。加利福尼亚州，B1

贫民窟突袭行动目标直指毒贩

洛杉矶警察局与联邦当局逮捕 23 名涉嫌向无家可归者销售非法物质的人员。

作者：布里特妮·梅希亚 和 理查德·温顿

当地和联邦当局周四表示，在一次被其赞誉为针对洛杉矶贫民窟 (Skid Row) 地区毒品贩运的全面行动中，已有二十多人成为逮捕目标。

美国助理检察长比尔·埃赛利在新闻发布会上表示，联邦当局已获得 28 份逮捕令以及 44 份搜查令，截至周四下午，已有 23 人被拘留。一名联邦调查局 (FBI) 官员表示，仍有数人在逃，正被追捕。

“我们在今天行动中针对的个人正在向无家可归者贩卖毒品，”埃赛利说。“他们让无家可归者对强效毒品产生依赖。”

埃赛利在 X 平台的一篇帖子中将此次突袭描述为“拯救贫民窟”行动的一部分，他表示该行动还涉及洛杉矶警察局 (LAPD)，共有来自多个联邦机构的 300 余名执法人员参与。

周四的突袭范围从西米谷延伸至西科维纳，目标包括住宅、市中心的一家店面以及大量车辆。根据检察官提交的刑事起诉书，涉案毒贩在贫民窟 (Skid Row) 之外经营“藏毒点”并运送毒品至该地区。

[见 贫民窟，A14]

太平洋海岸公路交通摄像头捕捉到数千起超速行为

结果令人震惊。

测试显示，马里布地区 9 天内记录 100,000 起违章。有人认为罚单可能没有帮助。

作者：凯伦·加西亚

马里布的太平洋海岸公路 (PCH) 是南加州最令人叹为观止的驾驶路线之一，但也是最致命的路线之一。

这段 21 英里的蜿蜒沿海公路自 2010, 以来已夺走 60 多条生命，而多次改善安全的努力结果不一。

最近，该市采取了一种新策略：沿公路安装速度摄像头。初步结果

尽管摄像头尚未开出正式罚单——该计划必须在 11 月经历 60 天的警告期——但初步测试数据记录了上个月 9 天内约 100,000 起超速违章。

这个惊人的数字凸显了居民和市领导层所说的，这条蜿蜒道路上存在的严重超速问题。人们希望摄像头能改善现状，但也有人怀疑，仅仅寄出大量罚单是否能产生影响。

这也可能为其他社区在地区各处出现速度摄像头时的情况提供一个窗口。洛杉矶预计将在本月底前公布一个由 125 个摄像头组成的网络。长滩于周三启用了其速度摄像头；目前共有 16 个摄像头安装点，另有两个即将启用。

费利西亚·达法拉在太平洋海岸公路和碳滩附近的办公室里说，当该地区发生事故时，她能听到救护车和警长代表疾驰而过的警笛声。

“现在的公路非常危险，”达法拉说。

最近一次引发头条新闻的事故发生在 10 月 3, 早晨，当局表示，一名看起来在超速的 16 岁男孩撞上了一辆停放的车辆 [见 摄像头，A14]

妓院的“蜘蛛网”

一名女性向洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）发出的求救电话，揭露了一个在圣费尔南多谷（the Valley）光天化日之下运作的网络

作者：Matthew Ormseth 和 Summer Lin

这名女性没有太多时间交谈。

她用普通话告诉警方调度员，她被强行扣留在太阳谷（Sun Valley）的一处住宅中。她恳求警员尽快赶到。她说，如果被扣押她的人发现她在用电话，她会被殴打。

这次在 2024 年发出的求救电话，最终揭开了洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）一名侦探所称的妓院“蜘蛛网”的内幕，这些妓院在整个圣费尔南多谷光天化日之下运作。它们设立在不起眼的郊区住宅中，通常由树篱或围栏遮挡。顾客被告知，该机构极其重视谨慎和安全。

在当地政府和执法部门的圈子里，关于卖淫的讨论通常集中在一些臭名昭著的走廊，例如南洛杉矶（South Los Angeles）的菲格罗亚街（Figueroa Street）或波莫纳（Pomona）的霍尔特大道（Holt Boulevard）。性工作者——其中一些是未成年人——穿着暴露的衣服和高跟鞋在街上行走。这些“街头卖淫”通常伴随着暴力。女性被强行贩卖并遭受强奸。顾客被抢劫。皮条师之间的竞争可能会演变成枪战。

但在圣费尔南多谷发现的网络表明，另一种形式的卖淫正在闭门之后兴旺。

这些妓院通过警方描述的所谓“呼叫中心”联系在一起。根据《洛杉矶时报》审阅的对话截图，客户会通过短信发送自己的年龄、国籍和位置，呼叫中心的操作员会回复一个地址。

一名操作员在给一名卧底警员的信息中写道：“无论您去哪里，我们都有很多地方可以为您推荐最好的女孩，包括按摩院、酒店、住宅。”

该网络在圣费尔南多谷至少包含 10 家住宅妓院，但其组织者还与圣盖博谷（San Gabriel Valley）和橙县（Orange County）的性交易活动有关 [见 Brothels, A7]

在约书亚树附近搜寻粪便

搜救犬帮助收集数据，以显示野生动物通道的有效性

加利福尼亚州，约书亚树（JOSHUA TREE）——搜救犬 Merlin 和 Siska 正在为莫哈韦沙漠的一项重要任务做准备：寻找动物粪便。

随着秋季带来凉爽的天气，这些小狗将穿着橙色背心，戴着保护眼睛免受阳光照射的“狗狗护目镜”和保护它们免受刺刺仙人掌（cholla cacti）伤害的靴子，在约书亚树之间奔跑。

当野生动物生物学家 Christina Aiello 寻找数量相对丰富的大角羊粪便时，来自 Rogue Detection Teams 的这对犬类搭档将嗅出更难寻找的短尾猫和山狮的粪便。

在这里，环保人士计划在 State Route 62, 上建设两个野生动物通道。该公路连接洛杉矶和约书亚树国家公园，每年发生数百起汽车与野生动物的碰撞事故。

作者：Noah Haggerty

MYUNG J. CHUN Los Angeles Times HEATH SMITH 和搜救犬 Whisper 在尤卡谷（Yucca Valley）附近演示粪便样本采集。

多年来，散落在路面上的死羊和死熊一直困扰着当地居民，但生态学家担心，这条道路还可能导致一种更缓慢、更安静的死亡，因为山狮在被与其他山狮隔绝后会发生近亲繁殖。

随着加利福尼亚州致力于在全州建设数十个类似的通道，研究人员希望他们的动物粪便调查能证明，这些通道带来的益处将延伸到道路之外数百英里。

“从长期来看，这些种群的孤立可能意味着这些野生动物物种无法在 [见 Poop, A8]

特朗普打击精英留学与工作签证

加州理工学院、微软等机构被指过度使用。批评者担心这将导致人才流失。

作者：NILESH CHRISTOPHER, JAWEED KALEEM 以及 ANA CEBALLOS

白宫正在扩大针对国际工作人员的行动，通过限制措施和一项新调查，将目标指向精英留学和工作签证持有者。

周四，特朗普政府宣布一项调查，旨在核实斯坦福大学、加州理工学院、加州大学戴维斯分校以及全国其他大学是否滥用了国际学者和学生用于在美研究和工作的特殊签证。此外，白宫还暂停了微软、Adobe 以及其他六家科技公司通过高技术工人签证计划赞助员工入境的资格。

白宫担心学校和公司过于急于从美国境外引进人才。此举令硅谷高管和加州教育工作者感到不安，他们认为能够便捷地接触到全球最聪明、最勤奋的人才，是美国最大的竞争优势之一。

副总统 JD Vance 表示，被调查的大学过度使用 J-1 签证来引进海外学生和研究人员。随后，这些国际学者占据了本可以由美国人获得的工作岗位和资助。

“他们过度使用了这些签证，”他说，“他们利用这些签证来压低美国研究生和美国研究人员的工资，这种情况必须停止。”

哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、布朗大学、匹兹堡大学、亚利桑那州立大学和麻省理工学院也将接受调查。

劳工部监察长安东尼·德埃斯波西托（Anthony D'Esposito）表示，传票已经送达，“没有人能因为自己的名字刻在昂贵的建筑上而获得特权。”许多大学的建筑是以外国捐赠者的名字命名的。

虽然大多数被限制科技签证的公司是印度公司，但 Vance 点名批评了微软。

“遗憾的是，美国还没有一家公司[见 Visas, A12]

一列美铁（AMTRAK）太平洋冲浪者号（Pacific Surfliner）列车在圣克莱门特（San Clemente）靠近海浪的低洼轨道上行驶。 ALLEN J. SCHABEN 洛杉矶时报

绝美铁路将走到尽头？

州政府将研究如何将受海平面上升威胁的橙县走廊移离海岸线。

作者：SUMMER LIN

由于海平面不断上升以及猛烈海浪的持续冲击，著名的圣克莱门特海岸铁路线已处于“濒危”状态。

交通专家长期以来一直在讨论将该区域轨道迁移的可能性。据橙县交通局（Orange County Transportation Authority）首席执行官达雷尔·约翰逊（Darrell Johnson）称，加利福尼亚州交通局预计将在今年年底前启动一项研究，探讨迁移该铁路线可能涉及的工作。

约翰逊表示，该研究可能至少需要几个月的时间才能完成。

交通规划人员此前表示，迁移成本可能超过 50 亿美元。

“这将很复杂，而且费用昂贵，且具有长期性，”约翰逊在谈到这项研究时表示。“我们非常高兴加利福尼亚州预计将在今年晚些时候启动这项研究。我们期待公众对此进行广泛参与，并探讨应对我们目前所面临这些挑战的方案。”

对于在洛杉矶和圣迭戈之间旅行的乘客来说，沿着圣克莱门特海岸线的这段轨道长期以来提供了沙滩和拍岸海浪的绝美景观。乘坐 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 的通勤者可以用远低于机票的价格，在欣赏风景的同时享用点心。

但多年来，山体滑坡、海岸侵蚀和落石也威胁到了官方称为 LOS-SAN 走廊（Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo 的缩写）部分路段的稳定性 [见铁路，A7]

天空之眼助力减排 第二颗卫星发射，旨在将加利福尼亚州检测甲烷气体泄漏的能力提高一倍。气候，A9

沿海地区的双重打击 热带风暴“瑞秋”（Rachel）和开尔文波（Kelvin wave）可能会带来降雨和洪水风险。加利福尼亚，B1

天气 大部分时间晴朗。 洛杉矶盆地：86 / 66。B5

市场 ...... A12 观点之声 ...... A13

县政府将审查保险公司索赔 民事调查将确定 FAIR 计划是否违反了消费者保护法。商业，A10

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THE WORLD

乌克兰面临战斗就绪部队短缺问题

一名在顿涅茨克地区的士兵。一位专家表示，部队无法获得足够频繁的轮换，导致了精疲力竭。 DIEGO HERRERA CARCEDO Anadolu

作者：SAMYA KULLAB

乌克兰，基辅 —— 乌克兰在无人机技术和战术方面的进展吸引了全世界的关注。尽管有这些创新，但自俄罗斯入侵开始以来，一个问题一直困扰着这个国家：战斗就绪部队的短缺。

乌克兰在兵力上一直处于劣势，但随着战争进入第五年，指挥官和分析人士表示，对人员的需求日益紧迫，部分部队的兵力仅剩一半。目前没有足够的兵力来充分利用无人机创新所带来的战场优势。

“根据我们目前的设备和人数，我们勉强足够维持目前所掌控的区域，”乌克兰东部波克罗夫斯克（Pokrovsk）地区——俄罗斯进攻的重点区域——达芬奇之狼（Da Vinci Wolves）营的一名副营长说道。

“向前推进必然意味着更大的损失，”这位副营长说道，由于军事规定，他坚持仅以“Afer”自称。

军事专家认为，长期存在的动员问题（包括逃避兵役和逃兵）使得乌克兰更难以建立预备役，导致在 775 英里的前线仅能取得渐进式的变化。

总部位于英国的国防与安全智库英国皇家联合服务研究所（Royal United Services Institute）的尼克·雷诺兹（Nick Reynolds）表示，乌克兰需要能够快速投入兵力，而无需从前线其他地方抽调。否则，指挥官在将临时优势转化为持续行动时，可选方案会更少。

他说，短缺意味着部队无法获得足够频繁的轮换，“导致精疲力竭，进而加剧伤亡”。

国防部在 7 月经历了总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）主导的人事调整，目前正试图通过对动员、培训和军队组织方式的改革来解决这一问题。

前线部队表现的不均衡加剧了这一问题。较弱的编队遭受更严重的损失，从而形成了高损耗和不断补充的循环。

国防部未回应美联社（Associated Press）置评请求，但其一名官员将问题总结为：“就是没有足够的人。”

该官员表示，制定新的动员政策（包括鼓励逃兵回归）是正在考虑的最敏感问题之一。该官员未获授权向媒体提供简报，要求匿名。

前国防部长米哈伊洛·费多罗夫（Mykhailo Fedorov）在夏季泽连斯基的人事调整中被叶夫根尼·赫马拉（Yevhenii Khmara）取代，他曾试图围绕更少但更强大的部队来重组军队。他希望加强表现良好的部队，并解散较弱的部队。

赫马拉表示，他希望继续这些变革。

但改革需要时间。议会国防委员会成员叶戈尔·切尔涅夫（Yehor Cherniev）表示，立法者尚未看到动员方案。

6 月，费多罗夫推出了针对军事合同的改革，旨在通过提供更高的薪资和固定服役期限，使步兵服役更具吸引力。

在经历了四年多的战争之后，说服那些缺乏战斗动力的人成为一项重大挑战，且该国在估计 3900 万的人口中难以招募到足够的士兵。

在经历了战争导致的人口流离失所和移民等多年人口下降后， 25 至 60 岁的男性群体相对较小。根据乌克兰国家卫生系统提供的联合国数据， 25 至 59 岁的男性约为 680 万，但这包括了受伤的退伍军人和其他无法服役的男性。

官方数据显示，军队规模约为 100 万，其中只有一小部分部署在前线。

强制服役仅适用于男性。女性可以自愿参军，而具有医疗或药学培训背景的女性则必须在军队登记。根据国防部的统计数据，截至2025年1月，有超过70,000名女性在军队服役。

一些男性非法逃离该国或躲在家里。征兵人员有时会在街道和火车上拦截男性，那些没有有效豁免证明的人会被送入军队。2025, 1月，政府表示，约有950,000名男性应企业要求获得了缓期服役。

3月，费多罗夫表示，约有200 万名男性在逃避服役，约有200,000名士兵擅离职守或未经授权离开其部队。擅离职守的处罚最高可被监禁12年。

俄罗斯（估计人口为1.43 亿）在填补军队员额方面也面临困难。在发动入侵数月后，俄罗斯启动了一次极不受欢迎的300,000名预备役人员的部分动员，导致数十万男性逃往国外。此后，克里姆林宫依靠被相对高薪和福利所吸引的志愿者来维持其兵力，据总统弗拉基米尔·普京称，在乌克兰作战的人数约为700,000名。

军事分析师塔拉斯·丘穆特表示，乌克兰的问题与其说是人员短缺，不如说是如何管理和部署这些人员。丘穆特同时领导着 Come Back Alive，这是一个向军队提供援助的慈善机构。

俄罗斯轰炸乌克兰公共巴士；30人死亡

EVGENIY MALOLETKA 美联社 周三，一名受伤的乌克兰人在普里卢基的一栋建筑中被撤离。

作者：HANNA ARHIROVA

乌克兰基辅 —— 当局周四表示，一枚俄罗斯制导炸弹在乌克兰东部载满乘客的公共巴士旁爆炸，造成30人死亡。此次袭击是一系列攻击的一部分，同时也加剧了首都的停电情况。

周晨的袭击发生在乌克兰顿涅茨克地区饱受战争蹂躏的克拉马托尔斯克市的一个巴士站旁，导致该地区的公共交通被暂停。

“毫无疑问，俄罗斯在冷酷地针对平民，”该市军事行政部门负责人奥列克桑德尔·贡恰伦科表示，并补充说，随后的俄罗斯小型无人机袭击阻碍了救援工作。

在莫斯科发动全面入侵 4½ 年多以来，俄罗斯和乌克兰陷入了远程空中战争，而两军在前线基本处于僵持状态。俄罗斯在最近几周升级了空中袭击，在乌克兰准备迎接冬季之际对其施压，并打击维持其饱受战争摧残的经济运转的基础设施。近期的目标包括能源系统、关键工业、铁路、邮局、购物中心、电信网络、加油站和粮食出口。

周四的袭击发生在前一天俄罗斯的一次导弹袭击之后，那次袭击在乌克兰北部的普里卢基镇造成 22 人死亡，其中包括五名儿童。救援人员当时正在搜寻一栋住宅楼的废墟。至少 54 人受伤。由于找不到其他住处，几名幸存者在严重受损的公寓中过夜。

呼吁北约提供更多支持

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周四与到访的英国外交大臣埃德·米利班德一同前往普里卢基。

泽连斯基警告称，随着冬季临近，俄罗斯可能会升级每日的导弹和无人机袭击。他呼吁北约国家提供额外的防御支持。

“重要的是，口头上的支持要转化为乌克兰国防新方案的具体形式，”他在一篇网络帖子中写道。“提供反弹道能力、战斗机弹药以及对拦截机的投资 —— 所有这些都在直接帮助每天挽救生命。”

乌克兰能源公司 DTEK 表示，国家电网运营商 Ukrenergo 已下令在首都基辅实施紧急停电。在这些停电期间，全国范围内按计划进行的常规轮流停电将被停止。

由于莫斯科持续保持袭击强度，官员们敦促家庭准备应急包，储存饮用水并维持备用电源。

基辅警方表示，在两枚重约半吨的弹道导弹战斗部落在住宅楼附近后，排爆专家已将其拆除。警方称，周三深夜，俄罗斯无人机袭击了基辅的奥博隆斯基区和德斯尼亚区，造成 4 人死亡，12 人受伤，其中包括 4 名儿童。

俄罗斯数据中心与炼油厂遭袭击

俄罗斯科技巨头 Yandex 表示，其位于西部里亚赞地区的一个数据中心在乌克兰的无人机袭击中受损，导致该站点下线。

同样在周四，乌克兰表示其部队袭击了位于萨拉瓦特市的一个大型炼油厂综合体，该市位于莫斯科以东约 750 英里。乌克兰总参谋部将该综合体描述为俄罗斯最大的炼油和石化设施之一。该说法无法得到独立证实。

乌克兰无人机还抵达了俄罗斯西西伯利亚的鄂木斯克地区，距离乌克兰边境 1,242 英里以上。鄂木斯克州州长维塔利·霍岑科表示，大多数无人机被防空系统击落，但有一架“抵达了一个北部工业中心”。他未详细说明。俄罗斯独立新闻机构 Astra 报道称，袭击后鄂木斯克炼油厂起火。该报道尚未得到官方确认。

土耳其外交部长哈坎·菲丹表示，其政府向俄罗斯和乌克兰双方提出了旨在保护黑海民用航运的建议，同时警告称，升级的军事攻势可能会干扰商业贸易和粮食出口。

另外，立陶宛国防部长罗伯塔斯·考纳斯表示，这个波罗的海国家部署了约 100 名额外士兵，以帮助保障该北约（NATO）成员国与俄罗斯飞地加里宁格勒的边境安全。加里宁格勒夹在立陶宛和波兰之间，与俄罗斯本土分离，仍然是北约东翼的主要安全顾虑。

Arhirova 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。美联社驻土耳其安卡拉的 Suzan Fraser、驻立陶宛维尔纽斯的 Liudas Dapkus、驻雅典的 Derek Gatopoulos 以及驻日内瓦的 Jamey Keaten 对本报道做出了贡献。

特朗普称中期选举前不会对伊朗发动袭击

作者：Josh Boak 和 Aamer Madhani

华盛顿 —— 特朗普总统周四表示，在 11 月 3 日美国中期选举之前，他不会下令恢复对伊朗的军事袭击。

特朗普本周在为共和党助选期间曾暗示，他有信心战争的终局可能会在选举前后的几天内到来，同时也暗示他仍对恢复针对伊朗的全规模军事行动持开放态度。

数周以来，特朗普一直威胁称，尽管他最初向美国民众承诺军事行动仅将持续数周，但在中期选举后升级这场已持续七个月的战争仍是一个可行选项。

但特朗普在周四的一篇社交媒体帖子中表示，美国“在 11 月 3 日美国举行中期选举之前的任何时间都不会攻击伊朗”。

特朗普补充说，他的团队一直与“伊朗伊斯兰共和国进行着富有成效的讨论”。

自特朗普上月底公开拒绝伊朗提出的“若美国满足某些条件，将在七天内重新开放霍尔木兹海峡”的建议以来，谈判似乎陷入了僵局。

然而，伊朗上周表示已收到美国的反提案。外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格齐（Abbas Araghchi）周四表示，他预计德黑兰将在几天内给出正式答复。

特朗普发布此帖之时，军方正向该地区派遣更多资源。美国官员表示，第三艘航空母舰“西奥多·罗斯福号”及其搭载的数千名士兵及随行舰船最早可能在 10 月底抵达。

特朗普发表该声明的同一天，“亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰”在支持战争的创纪录长期部署后回到了其圣迭戈母港。有报道称，船员出现了压力过大和心理健康状况不佳的问题，且存在包括食品和卫生用品在内的供应短缺。

通常驻扎在亚洲的“乔治·华盛顿号”航空母舰于 8 月接替了“林肯号”。另一艘在中东部署的航空母舰“乔治·H·W·布什号”已部署约六个月，但几天前已驶入泰国普吉岛。

Boak 和 Madhani 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。

Chmut 表示，增加国防部队的人员数量并不一定会提高其效能。

据士兵和军事分析人士称，疲惫、组织不力、训练不足以及缺乏明确的服役结束日期，正促使新兵逃兵。

前线立即感受到了后果：可用于替换受损部队或应对紧急情况的士兵减少，且在出现突破口时调遣部队的能力下降。无人机有时可以缓解短缺问题。

达芬奇之狼营（Da Vinci Wolves battalion）副指挥官 Afer 表示，由于补充兵稀缺，一些士兵在前方驻守长达一年，几乎没有轮换机会。他说，他的部队目前仅以约一半的兵力运行，而其负责区域却增加了一倍。

他说，理想情况下，仅为了维持现有阵地，至少需要两倍的人员，但这还没有考虑到需要持续的预备队来填补伤亡空缺。

Afer 表示，寻找能够在战场上操作日益复杂设备的合格专家同样是一项艰巨的任务，并补充说，“懂得如何思考”的士兵严重短缺。

尽管俄罗斯的损失在增加，但乌克兰只能进行局部进攻，不足以改变整体战场的平衡。即便如此，它已在多个地区夺回领土，包括在东部城市利曼（Lyman）附近的行动。

乌克兰军事分析师帕夫洛·纳罗日尼（Pavlo Narozhnyi）表示，他认为人力问题对于单纯维持防御线来说并非不可逾越。

他指出近期在第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克（Dnipropetrovsk）和利曼地区的行动，并表示：“我们可以进行有限的进攻，但规模相对较小。”

根据泽连斯基引用的数据，自2026年年初以来，俄罗斯军队已占领约380平方英里的乌克兰领土，而乌克兰军队则夺回了约316平方英里。泽连斯基补充说，基辅的目标是在年底前使这些数字趋于持平。

但来自英国皇家联合军种国防研究所（RUSI）的雷诺兹表示，整体战场平衡不会发生根本性变化，前线基本上保持不变。

Kullab 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。美联社记者 Volodymyr Yurchuk 对本报道亦有贡献。

美国与赞比亚签署 24.9 亿美元-billion 医疗融资协议

两国同意删除此前阻碍协议完成的条款。

作者：雅各布·津巴 (Jacob Zimba)

赞比亚卢萨卡 —— 美国政府与赞比亚于周四签署了一项医疗融资协议，此前双方同意删除关于样本共享和患者数据的条款，这些条款曾导致协议无法达成。

赞比亚政府还表示，该协议不包含任何与该国丰富的矿产资源相关的条款，相关事宜将另行谈判。

赞比亚是非洲第二大铜产国，此前人们担心美国会试图将其与该国的医疗协议与自然矿产挂钩。

美国国务院表示，该协议总价值 24.9 亿美元 billion，其中美国将出资 15.2 亿美元 billion，赞比亚将在未来五年内向其医疗系统投资 9.75亿美元。

这一金额略低于赞比亚官员本周早些时候提出的 36 亿美元 billion。

该协议是特朗普政府“美国优先全球健康战略”的一部分，此前该政府解散了曾是全球最大人道主义捐助机构的美国国际开发署 (USAID)。

新协议旨在促使非洲国家逐步增加在医疗服务方面的支出，而美国则逐步退出其援助。

美国驻卢萨卡大使馆临时代办米奇·科克 (Mich Coker) 表示，此次伙伴关系还关乎共同的安全与繁荣。

他说：“传染病没有国界。一个强大的赞比亚医疗系统是两国以及更广泛地区的第一道防线。通过帮助赞比亚快速检测并应对疫情，我们既在保护美国人，也在保护赞比亚人。”

赞比亚卫生部长罗马·奇伦吉 (Roma Chilengi) 表示，该协议将支持在未来五年内招聘 40,000 名医疗工作者，且协议中不包含任何会通过数据共享损害赞比亚安全的条款。

他说：“政府不会与美国共享任何样本，因为我们已经删除了所有引起担忧的方面。”

奇伦吉还否认了该协议与该国矿产财富（尤其是关键矿产）挂钩的说法。

他表示，即使在最初的草案中也不存在此类条款。

他说：“作为卫生部，我们从未见过任何提及矿产的谅解备忘录 (MoU)。完全没有提到任何其他谅解备忘录。”

“我们确实在公众讨论中听到了这些说法，但当时存在争议的问题是关于样本共享和数据保护的。”

2025, 美国宣布撤回每年向赞比亚医疗部门提供的 5000万美元 援助，理由是捐赠的药品和医疗用品存在所谓的“系统性盗窃”。

上周，赞比亚政府解雇了赞比亚药品和医疗用品局的所有 150 名员工，该机构负责在全国范围内分发药品和医疗用品。

根据美国国务院公布的协议，美国已与至少九个非洲国家签署了健康数据和样本共享协议，要求这些国家在收到请求后五天内发送数据和样本。

美国表示，随后可以将这些健康数据和样本提供给最多 10 个美国“非政府实体”，用于开发诊断方法和治疗方案。

包括津巴布韦、加纳和纳米比亚在内的一些非洲国家拒绝了美国提出的医疗协议。

津巴 (Zimba) 为美联社 (Associated Press) 撰稿。

周三，在报道了马里卡门 (Maricarmen) 逝世的消息后，人群聚集在马德里的太阳门广场。 BERNAT ARMANGUE 美联社

87岁西班牙女性去世，再次激发停止驱逐行动的抗议活动

作者：约瑟夫·威尔逊 (JOSEPH WILSON) 和 艾丽西亚·莱昂 (ALICIA LEÓN)

马德里 —— 玛丽亚·德尔·卡门·阿巴斯卡尔 (María del Carmen Abascal) 大部分时间都安静地住在她家人几十年前在马德里市中心租下的公寓里。直到她为了避免被驱逐而展开斗争，使这位 87 岁的老人成为了数百万在住房负担能力方面挣扎的西班牙人的象征。

被广泛称为马里卡门 (Maricarmen) 的阿巴斯卡尔在被驱逐两周后的周三意外去世。她的去世重新激活了住房抗议活动，并可能在下个月举行全国选举前进一步加剧西班牙的极化，届时住房问题将成为核心议题。

支持马里卡门事业的人们在马德里市中心的太阳门广场 (Puerta del Sol) 的一个临时祭坛前留下了蜡烛、鲜花和信件。自从 9 月 23 日马里卡门被驱逐事件引起全国关注以来，约 1,000 人一直在那里露营，抗议西班牙的住房负担能力危机。

在她旧居的门上——那是马德里雷蒂罗公园 (Retiro park) 附近的一套六楼公寓——贴着一张写有“马里卡门安息”手写信息的纸条，旁边画着一颗黑色的心。许多人在门外的街道上留下了信息。

其中一条信息写道：“你的死不会白费。我们将继续斗争。”

在巴塞罗那，一位受欢迎的涂鸦艺术家将马里卡门描绘成天使的形象，带有光环、翅膀和一件白色托加长袍。她手里拿着一把钥匙，显然是她未能返回的那个家的钥匙，尽管这让人联想到圣彼得持有天堂钥匙的传统形象。

但在悲痛之外，还有愤怒，以及一种认为这件事尚未结束的信念。

许多抗议者认为，马里卡门的离世是由被驱逐带来的压力造成的。上个月，当警察用担架将使用轮椅的马里卡门从她住了 70 年的家中抬走时，数千人举行了抗议。她在医院去世，她的律师没有透露死因。

太阳门广场的一块标牌上写着：“这些不是死亡，而是谋杀”，这呼应了周三晚间死讯传开后，在向议会进军的游行中响起的口号。

“她是引导我们开始这次露营和抗议的火焰，”28 岁的前台接待员玛丽亚·奥尔加多 (María Holgado) 周四在她的帐篷外说道。“她的去世震惊了我们，让我们所有人都感到无比悲伤，但我相信这将给我们更多能量和信念去继续抗议并要求我们的权利，这样就不会再发生另一起谋杀。”

她补充道：“责任在于那些利用基本权利并从中赚取巨额资金的业主和秃鹫基金。”

奥尔加多表示，她和她的伴侣只能负担得起一套极小的公寓，而且为此支付了高昂的价格。她的情况具有代表性。根据房地产网站 Idealista 的数据，西班牙的平均租金在过去 10 年中几乎翻了一番。

类似的抗议和露营活动在巴塞罗那和其他主要城市一直活跃。抗议活动的主要组织者——马德里租户联盟 (Tenants Union) 呼吁在周四举行另一次游行。抗议者还计划在 11 月 11 日展示力量，届时工会将在选举前两周发起总罢工。

上个月马里卡门被强行带离家中的电视画面深深震撼了西班牙政坛。

西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯 (Pedro Sánchez) 最初试图强行通过紧急住房措施以停止驱逐并遏制房地产投机。当右翼政党在议会联合阻止该立法时，桑切斯通过宣布提前举行选举来加大力度。随后，他再次发布了类似的法令，这些法令将由一个规模较小的临时议会批准。

桑切斯希望利用住房问题在 11 月 29 日的选举中激励进步派，他迅速在社交媒体上向马里卡门的家人和朋友表示哀悼。

巴勒斯坦各派系拟推迟 20 年来首次投票

在西岸的拉姆安拉附近，一名巴勒斯坦人面对着以色列的选举横幅。

定于 11 月 28 日举行的立法选举在东耶路撒冷和加沙面临物流问题。

作者：ABBY SEWELL 和 SAM METZ

贝鲁特 —— 官员们周四表示，巴勒斯坦各派系正在讨论推迟原计划于 11 月举行的立法选举。

一个与哈马斯结盟的武装组织“伊斯兰圣战”的高级官员表示，各派系已达成协议推迟投票。此次投票在以色列吞并的东耶路撒冷以及战火摧毁的加沙面临巨大的物流问题，且巴勒斯坦内部长期存在内斗历史。

巴勒斯坦权力机构主席马哈茂德·阿巴斯的政党法塔赫的一位发言人并未确认是否已达成最终决定。但他表示，选举时间将成为各派系之间“对话和国家共识”的一部分，且潜在的推迟方案将由巴勒斯坦解放组织的执行委员会讨论。

阿巴斯将 11 月 28 日定为加沙和被占领的西岸举行议会选举的日期。如果选举按计划进行，这将是 20 年来的首次投票。

在给美联社的一份声明中，伊斯兰圣战副秘书长穆罕默德·阿尔-辛迪在开罗会面后表示，各派系“就恢复巴勒斯坦国家对话达成了谅解，并同意推迟即将到来的巴勒斯坦选举”。

他表示，法塔赫代表团将返回西岸的拉姆安拉以完成最终磋商。

法塔赫发言人阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·多拉表示，该党希望举行选举，但鉴于推迟选举的呼吁以及“加沙地带和西岸人民面临的困难实地情况”，目前正与其他派系就选举时间进行对话。他形容在开罗的讨论“非常积极”。

支持国际认可的巴勒斯坦权力机构的国家一直推动将选举作为更广泛改革的一部分。过去，巴勒斯坦领导人曾以在东耶路撒冷进行竞选和投票面临挑战为由，在最后一刻推迟选举。在加沙地带进行投票的物流安排则更为复杂。

未能举行选举可能会使巴勒斯坦权力机构与捐助国之间的关系变得紧张。

在加沙和东耶路撒冷举行投票的关键物流问题仍未解决，且主要派系尚未登记选举名单，而候选人的截止日期已不足一周。

哈马斯政治局成员巴塞姆·奈姆表示，原定的选举时机过早。

他说：“选举是民主进程的一部分，它必须建立在坚实的巴勒斯坦内部对话基础之上，以探讨我们如何在这种冲突中前进，如何管理内部争端，以及如何向世界展示一个拥有统一领导层和统一愿景的巴勒斯坦。”

奈姆表示，如果推迟选举能够让此类对话得以进行，哈马斯将支持推迟。

由于缺乏选举，巴勒斯坦权力机构在加沙和西岸的受欢迎程度逐渐下降，许多巴勒斯坦人认为该机构低效、腐败，且充当了以色列数十年占领的分包商。

在 2006 年最后一次举行选举时，哈马斯在拥有 132 个席位的巴勒斯坦立法委员会中赢得了多数席位。随后，以色列和西方国家抵制其政府，引发了数月的动荡，导致哈马斯在次年接管加沙。阿巴斯在 2018 年解散了议会，并在 2021 年推迟了最近一次计划中的选举。

并非所有派系都同意推迟 11 月的投票。巴勒斯坦解放组织（PLO）内部的一个小派系——巴勒斯坦民主解放阵线的政治局成员赫尔米·阿尔-阿拉杰（Helmi Al-Araj）表示，不应将要求达成共识作为推迟选举的借口，因为选举可以“结束通过法令以及由个人统治的局面”。

“推迟选举将使巴勒斯坦权力机构失去在人民和国际社会中仅存的信誉，”阿尔-阿拉杰说道。

在原定于 11 月举行的选举之前，一个看似不可能的联盟已经出现——该联盟的目标似乎指向 90 岁的阿巴斯。该联盟由哈马斯、伊斯兰圣战组织以及由穆罕默德·达赫兰（Mohammed Dahlan）领导的集团组成。达赫兰曾任法塔赫的安全主管，在与阿巴斯发生激烈冲突后于 2010 年被流放，随后被哈马斯赶出加沙。此后，达赫兰与阿拉伯联合酋长国建立了密切关系，而阿联酋与以色列保持关系，并且是 2020 年《亚伯拉罕协议》的主要推动力量。

他担任阿联酋统治者的顾问，并与美国和以色列官员保持广泛联系，这使他成为了哈马斯和伊斯兰圣战组织一个出人意料的盟友，而后者几十年来一直与以色列作战。

多年来，曾有多次尝试将哈马斯和伊斯兰圣战组织纳入由法塔赫领导的巴勒斯坦解放组织（代表巴勒斯坦事业的最高机构），但均告失败。

一个主要的症结在于巴勒斯坦解放组织对以色列的承认。尽管哈马斯官员表示他们愿意接受在加沙、约旦河西岸和东耶路撒冷（以色列在 1967 年中东战争中占领的领土）建立巴勒斯坦国，但他们并未承认以色列，而伊斯兰圣战组织的立场则更为强硬。

美国和其他西方国家将两者均视为恐怖组织。这些国家多年来一直表示支持巴勒斯坦的民主，但拒绝任何包含哈马斯的政府。

Sewell 和 Metz 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿，分别在贝鲁特和耶路撒冷报道。

为了维持权力，桑切斯可能需要维持其社会党与一个更偏左的小党之间目前的联盟。在民调中，他们一直落后于右翼政党。

分析人士、马德里康普顿斯大学政治学教授亚历杭德罗·基罗加（Alejandro Quiroga）表示，马里卡门（Maricarmen）的悲剧应该能动员进步派选民，尤其是那些支持桑切斯目前联盟伙伴“苏马尔”（Sumar）的人。该党长期以来一直推动加强住房监管，目前正将其名称改为“广泛阵线”（Frente Amplio），旨在敦促所有位于桑切斯社会党左侧的政党加入同一张选票。

“从政治角度来看，这将作为一个里程碑被记住，”基罗加告诉美联社（Associated Press）。“她的死亡完善了这样一个叙事：驱逐和房地产投机真的会杀人。”

周四，左翼政党成员在马德里的地区议会和市政厅外举行了一分钟的默哀。保守的人民党和极右翼的 Vox 党政治人物均未参加。右翼政党多次呼吁政府派遣警察驱散在太阳门广场（Puerta del Sol）的占领抗议。政府予以拒绝。

由人民党掌控的地区和市政府多年来一直抵制桑切斯政府监管租金成本的尝试。人民党认为，在西班牙需要数十万套新住房的情况下，监管会损害投资。

马德里的保守派市长何塞·路易斯·马丁内斯-阿尔梅达（José Luis Martínez-Almeida）指责桑切斯将马里卡门的死亡政治化。

“我的哀悼？是的。参加桑切斯为 11 月 29 日发起的活动？不，”市长说道。

Wilson 和 León 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。Wilson 在西班牙巴塞罗那报道。

新起诉书指控马杜罗及其妻子实施酷刑

前委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯此前已在的一起毒品案中面临终身监禁。 ARIANA CUBILLOS 美联社

当局表示，被罢免的委内瑞拉总统在试图维持权力的过程中虐待了数千人。

作者：PHILIP MARCELO 和 MICHAEL R. SISAK

纽约 —— 美国当局指控前委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗共谋酷刑对待其同胞，以维持其对权力的掌控。周四解密的这份新起诉书，给这位已经在应对毒品走私指控的被罢免独裁领导人增加了压力。

马杜罗此前被指控参与共谋向美国运送可卡因，现在他还面临在其统治这个石油富饶的南美国家期间涉嫌侵犯人权的指控。

“他授权对特定个人使用酷刑，并监督一套旨在将酷刑、任意拘留和暴力作为镇压政治反对派手段的系统，”修订后的起诉书称。该起诉书现将马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯列为酷刑共谋的被告。

指控内容包括在马杜罗的指示下实施电击、殴打和窒息。

起诉书断言，数千名委内瑞拉人被马杜罗控制的政府指使的人员“骚扰、威胁、逮捕、起诉、袭击、酷刑或杀害”，并指称这些虐待行为包括电击、殴打和窒息。起诉书称，马杜罗批准了酷刑手段，并曾亲自威胁要杀死一名囚犯的孩子，“将其作为一种心理酷刑”。

相关人员已向马杜罗的律师发送寻求评论的消息；弗洛雷斯当时正在参加一场预先安排的法庭听证会，其律师表示尚未有时间审阅新的指控。

马杜罗和弗洛雷斯自1月早些时候起一直被关押在纽约，当时特种部队在一次深夜突袭中将他们从加拉加斯的家中抓获。

在多年前针对他们及众多涉嫌共谋者的美国毒品案中，两人均已否认有罪。如果被定罪，他们此前就面临潜在的终身监禁。

多年来，国际刑事法院一直就马杜罗打压反对派涉嫌反人类罪的行为对其进行调查。他始终否认有任何不当行为。

修订后的起诉书多次提到委内瑞拉令人畏惧的 DGCIM 军事情报局的参与，该机构多年来由马杜罗的共同被告之一——雨果·卡瓦哈尔将军领导。卡瓦哈尔在多年前与马杜罗决裂，去年在纽约承认毒品走私指控，并提出愿意出庭指证其前上司。

起诉书指称，酷刑受害者包括三名美国公民，法院文件中未列出其姓名。

起诉书称，其中一名美国人在被囚禁的八个月期间遭到拳击、电击，并被强迫食用自己的呕吐物。另一名美国人遭到严重殴打，导致必须长期住院，且曾被枪口塞进嘴里。第三名美国人被戴上手铐、蒙上头套，两天内每隔半小时被殴打一次，导致眼睛永久性受伤。

长期以来，马杜罗一直无视美国公民在美国法院提起的一系列诉讼，这些原告指称他们在委内瑞拉被拘留期间遭到殴打。

与此同时，弗洛雷斯周四出庭，以便其律师敦促法官将其从监狱释放并改为居家监禁，因为她患有心脏病。

他们的律师已请求撤销此案，理由是他们作为外国国家领导人和第一夫人享有豁免权。

69 岁的弗洛雷斯的律师还辩称，她患有在监狱中无法得到有效治疗的医疗问题，因此可以被允许在纽约的一处住所接受 24 小时监视居住。

他们还表示，在导致她被捕的美国军事行动期间，她被“撞在墙上或梳妆台边”，导致身体留下永久性疤痕。

她的律师称，在布鲁克林大都会拘留中心被监禁期间，她体重减轻了 25 磅，并被告知可能需要进行心脏手术。律师表示，她一直感到“持续的轻微头晕、眩晕和呼吸短促”，且可能在 7 月份遭受了一次轻微的心脏病发作。

检察官反对保释请求。他们在提交给法院的文件中写道，如果被释放，弗洛雷斯将构成“极高的潜逃风险并对公众造成危险”。他们还表示，在需要护理时，她已被从监狱带往当地医院接受治疗。

特朗普总统的政府将逮捕马杜罗的突袭行动辩护为一次“精准的执法行动”。马杜罗则称自己为战争俘虏，并称其被捕是一次绑架。

弗洛雷斯被指控与她的丈夫参与可卡因进口阴谋。她的丈夫从 2013 年起担任委内瑞拉总统，直到今年 1 月被美军抓获。

弗洛雷斯的律师表示，她没有潜逃威胁，因为她“决心通过时刻陪伴在丈夫身边来支持他”。

马塞洛和西萨克为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。美联社驻纽约记者拉里·纽迈斯特、詹妮弗·佩尔茨以及驻迈阿密记者乔什·古德曼对本报道亦有贡献。

美国领事馆劳工在剥削案中签署协议

作者：科琳·巴里 (Colleen Barry)

意大利米兰 —— 周三，在米兰的一家酒店，负责建设米兰美国领事馆庞大新馆舍的外籍劳工签署了协议，就此前在一家美国建筑公司工作期间涉嫌遭受的劳工虐待问题，获得每人平均 $50,400 的赔偿金。

周三，60 多名主要来自印度的劳工签署了协议，以领取上个月与总部位于阿拉巴马州的卡德尔建筑公司 (Caddell Construction) 达成的近 $35-million 和解金中的个人份额。签署工作于周二开始。

检察官表示，这是欧洲规模最大的劳工剥削和解案。

美联社看到的一份文件中显示，每位工人均签署了协议，同意不对卡德尔公司进行诋毁，且不对个人赔偿金额进行披露。卡德尔公司在文件中表示，此次和解并不代表承认法律责任。个人款项将在签署后 30 天内支付。

法院任命的管理人弗朗切斯科·布里加蒂 (Francesco Brigatti) 表示，他在致力于使领事馆建筑工地恢复合法化，而工人们在签署协议时第一次在黑白文字中看到了这笔可能改变生活的巨款 —— 其中最高金额接近 $101,000，布里加蒂说。

布里加蒂表示，赔偿金由未支付的加班费、非法从工资中扣除的住房费报销，以及由负责调查的检察官保罗·斯托拉里 (Paolo Storari) 个人寻求的高额损害赔偿金组成。

“仅损害赔偿部分就占加班费总额的 60% 到 70%，”布里加蒂说，这远高于他所称的此类案件中较为常见的 10% 到 30%。

迪利普·拉姆 (Dilip Ram) 是一名 43 岁的印度泥瓦匠，在米兰领事馆工地工作了两年多。他说，这笔钱将对他家乡比哈尔邦 (Bihar state) 的五个口之家提供很大帮助。

“现在的情况比以前好多了……我们现在有更多休息时间，”拉姆在签署协议后说道。“这带来了很多改变。这次和解会很有好处。因为工人们之前遇到了麻烦，所以才有了这次和解。”

在两天时间里，115 名工人签署了协议，相关程序将于下周继续。

检察官表示，工人们的时薪低于 $2，住房费被非法扣除，且在每天工作长达 10 小时、每周工作 6 天的情况下被拒绝支付加班费。据称，他们还受到威胁，且在工作中受伤时未能获得适当的医疗护理。大多数工人来自印度，但也包括尼日利亚、肯尼亚和孟加拉国。

卢卡·布鲁诺 (Luca Bruno) 美联社 工人们正在分摊来自卡德尔建筑公司的近 $35-million 赔偿金。

来自印度的工人报告称，他们必须向招聘人员支付 $5,600 才能获得工作，但官员表示，此次和解并未直接解决在印度发生的虐待行为，因为检察官无法在印度开展调查。

针对卡德尔公司的调查仍在进行中，等待赔偿金支付完毕，预计将于 2 月前完成。两名因涉嫌敲诈勒索和协助非法移民而接受调查的经理目前仍被软禁。

卡德尔公司的和解方案包括向意大利社会保障金库和工伤保险支付约 $12.500 万。根据协议，工人们还将获得在意大利工作的许可，即使离开卡德尔的工地也可以工作。

卡德尔公司是美国在全球范围内大使馆和领事馆的主要承包商。该公司在 6 月份表示，正全力配合意大利当局，审查其全球分包商和咨询公司对劳工法的合规情况，并与当局合作保护项目中的工人。

该公司周三表示：“在整个过程中，卡德尔公司继续诚信地与相关部门合作，我们始终关注在这个重要项目中工作的人员的照顾与福祉。”

美国国务院表示，正在调查检察官提出的指控，且美国执法部门正与意大利当局合作。上周，国务院补充称其正密切关注此案。

“美国政府对非法活动零容忍，”该部门表示。

总计近 480 名工人有望获得赔付——其中约 300 人仍在现场工作，另有 100 人在意大利其他地区，其余人员则在各自的国家。

“我们已请求印度领事馆提供帮助，”担任检察官办公室顾问的劳工律师阿德利奥·里瓦（Adelio Riva）表示，“我们非常依赖口耳相传，因为正如人们所说，‘顺着钱找’。”

三个协助工人的建筑工人工会也在跟进签署情况。Feneal Uil 建筑工人工会的组织者特里福内·拉多尼亚（Trifone Radogna）表示，这是一个苦乐参半的结局。这场风波始于工会被拒绝进入领事馆工地，当时对方错误地引用了外交地位作为理由。他表示，在过去二十年经历建筑业繁荣的米兰，工会从未被禁止在工地向工人告知其权利。

“我们从未遇到过如此规模的劳工剥削体系，”拉多尼亚说。

“在这里，工人的尊严丧失了：他们发现自己没有住所，没有伙食，而且由于在出发前就必须支付 5,000 欧元，他们从一开始就处于劣势。”

巴里（Barry）为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。美联社纽约社交媒体制作人南迪尼·古普塔（Nandini Gupta）对本报道亦有贡献。

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纽约市长在谴责哈马斯袭击的同时也谴责了以色列。

作者：安东尼·伊扎吉雷 (ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE)

纽约 —— 在10月7日袭击三周年之际，纽约市长佐兰·曼达尼 (Zohran Mamdani) 试图在谴责哈马斯“恐怖的战争罪行”与谴责以色列在加沙地带实施的“种族灭绝”之间寻求平衡。但结果并不理想。

相反，他的言论进一步激怒了一些犹太批评者，他们认为他对以色列的强烈反对是反犹主义；而亲巴勒斯坦的抗议者则在周三晚上为哈马斯袭击受害者举行的守夜活动中打断仪式，与市长对质，并将其斥为该事业的叛徒。

曼达尼是一名民主党人，也是该市首位穆斯林市长。长期以来，他一直是巴勒斯坦人权的坚定捍卫者，也是美国最著名的批评以色列在加沙军事行动的政治人物之一。在这样一个拥有以色列境外最大犹太人口的城市里，他的立场引发了审视；而与此同时，一些极左翼人士有时会抨击他未能采取足够行动来追究以色列的责任。

周四，曼达尼似乎淡定地对待了这次抗议，他告诉记者：“我是纽约市的市长，这就是我选择承担的职责。”

这场风暴始于曼达尼纪念哈马斯对以色列发动突袭的受害者的声明。该声明以对以色列人遭受的“难以想象的损失”的庄重认可开始，但随后谴责了以色列的军事回应。

声明中写道：“苦难并非始于那一天，也未在那一天结束。相反，它通过以色列政府在加沙地带毁灭性的、持续的种族灭绝而延续，其中已有超过 74,000 名巴勒斯坦人被杀——其中包括 21,000 多名儿童。”

该声明再次引发了关于曼达尼持有反犹观点（他对此予以坚决否认）以及他将袭击归咎于以色列的批评。

“在巴勒斯坦恐怖组织针对无辜以色列人发动恐怖袭击的周年纪念日发表这样的声明，是令人不齿的，”纽约犹太裔民主党众议员丹·戈尔德曼 (Dan Goldman) 在 X 上写道。

“市长曼达尼打着与那些悼念者共同‘悲痛’的幌子，将极具争议的指控当作事实断言，而他很清楚这些指控会冒犯并进一步扰乱那些他假装与其共同悲痛的人。”

以色列驻纽约总领事奥菲尔·阿库尼斯 (Ofir Akunis) 曾邀请曼达尼参加周三的一场记录袭击过程的影像放映会，他称市长的声明是“对10月7日被谋杀者记忆的亵渎、耻辱和侮辱”。阿库尼斯随后发布了一张照片，照片中是一把为市长预留并贴有标牌的空椅子，配文为“猜猜谁没来”。

今年1月就职的曼达尼已采取行动，试图缓解人们对其批评以色列等同于反犹主义的担忧。他争取高知名度的犹太政治盟友，并于上月底推出了一项旨在解决市内反犹主义和仇恨犯罪的全面计划。

与此同时，他继续对以色列使用并捍卫激烈的措辞，包括要求逮捕以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡 (Benjamin Netanyahu)，他称内塔尼亚胡为“战争罪犯”以及“针对巴勒斯坦人民实施恐怖种族灭绝的策划者”。

内塔尼亚胡在上个月联合国大会的一次演讲中，称曼达尼为“纽约的反犹市长”，并指责“许多犹太人不再觉得在纽约安全”。

曼达尼还通过参加在曼哈顿联合广场举行的一场烛光守夜活动来纪念这一周年。该活动由“以色列和平组织”组织，该组织自称为一个以色列反占领活动人士团体。守夜活动被挥舞巴勒斯坦国旗并高喊口号的抗议者打断。

曼达尼在守夜活动中没有发言，在抗议者嘘声四起并大喊“佐兰，你的双手沾满鲜血！”时，他显得神情凝重。

在某个时刻，布拉德·兰德（Brad Lander）——一位在去年两人竞选市长期间与马姆达尼结成联盟的犹太裔政治人物——谴责了海外的暴力行为，他表示：“无论哪个国家、国籍或宗教，每一位母亲，每一位母亲在生育孩子后都希望他们能拥有最好的生活，希望他们能生存下去。”抗议者对此发出了嘘声。

“我们拒绝在任何人的基本人性问题上妥协。无论多少呐喊都无法阻止我们，”兰德随后在 X 上发布了一张在守夜活动中拍摄的照片并写道。他是曼哈顿和布鲁克林地区众议院席位的民主党提名人。“愿他们的记忆成为一种祝福。”

伊扎吉雷（Izaguirre）为美联社撰稿。

总统 $90 联邦医疗保险返现计划启动

亚伦·舒瓦茨 彭博社 参议员罗恩·怀登（Ron Wyden），来自俄勒冈州的民主党人，将这些返现支票描述为一场选举年的噱头。

然而，该计划的受益者中只有不到三分之一有资格获得这笔款项。

作者：法蒂玛·侯赛因（Fatima Hussein）

华盛顿 —— 特朗普总统表示，他的政府将向每人一次性支付 $90，以帮助 2000 万 多名联邦医疗保险（Medicare）参保人支付其 B 部分（Part B）的保费。此举将耗资约 20 亿美元 billion。

在所有联邦医疗保险受益人中，只有不到三分之一有资格获得这笔款项，预计款项将于本周发出。不具备资格的人群包括约 3500 万 名联邦医疗保险优势计划（Medicare Advantage）参保人、数百万获得保费援助的残障人士以及低收入的联邦医疗保险受益人。

这位共和党总统在周末做出的这一选举年承诺，正值 11 月 3 日中期选举临近之际，而生活成本和医疗保健费用是选民最关注的首要问题。

关于此次款项发放的一些问答：

谁将从中受益？

大约 2080 万 名居住在美国、且未从医疗补助（Medicaid）获得保费援助、或未支付与收入挂钩的每月调整金额的原始联邦医疗保险 B 部分参保人。

根据医疗保健研究非营利组织 KFF 的数据，在 6420 万 名符合条件的联邦医疗保险受益人中，占比超过一半的联邦医疗保险优势计划参保人将不会收到款项。此外，1200 万 名获得保费援助的低收入老年人及残障人士也将无法获得。

B 部分计划涵盖医生就诊、救护车服务和实验室检测等费用。每月总费用通常从约 $200 起，并随收入而变化。

白宫发言人艾莉森·舒斯特（Allison Schuster）在的一份声明中表示，政府“正通过将资金直接交还给联邦医疗保险患者，使美国人能够掌控自己的健康”。

款项何时发出以及如何发放？

根据联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）网站，符合条件的受益人将在本月收到一次 $90 的返现，大多数人将在周五或前后收到直接存款。其他人将在 10 月下旬收到财政部寄出的纸质支票。

KFF 联邦医疗保险政策项目主任朱丽叶·库班斯基（Juliette Cubanski）表示，款项发放将是自动的。

“就这项福利而言，人们无需打电话或注册 —— 这就是他们直接收到的资金，但并非所有联邦医疗保险参保人都将收到这笔钱。”

白宫的一份事实清单显示，人们可以拨打 (800) MEDICARE ([800] 633-4227) 来查询其保费返现的资格。如需查询付款状态，请拨打社会保障局电话 (800) 772-1213。

资金来源是什么？

款项将来自国会于 2008 年设立的联邦医疗保险改进基金（Medicare Improvement Fund），该基金旨在改进联邦医疗保险的按服务付费计划。

根据国会预算办公室的说法，该基金的设立是为了改善计划管理并对合同及承包商进行监督，但在经历多次立法变更后，其用途有所扩大。

这并非该基金首次被使用。

奥巴马总统政府与国会曾将 200 亿美元 billion 重新定向，用于通过《平价医疗法案》扩大医疗保健覆盖范围。

但在特朗普任内，这是该基金首次被用于直接向受益人支付款项。

该计划的批评者怎么说？

特朗普承诺的批评者将 $90 的款项定性为一场选举前的噱头，旨在影响选民，而非解决医疗成本和管理方面的结构性问题。

参议院财政委员会的首席民主党人、俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登（Ron Wyden）在一份声明中表示，“这是一位失败的总统为了逃避美国人对其失败议程的厌恶而进行的又一次绝望尝试，其金额仅相当于一箱由特朗普推高价格的汽油。”

特朗普最近承诺向分布在 30 个州、估计约 100 万 名的奥巴马医保（Obamacare）参保人发放 $500 的退款支票，白宫声称拜登政府在某些费用上对这些人收取过高。

库班斯基（Cubanski）表示，在发放这些医疗保险退款时，美国人正感受到食品、能源和汽油价格上涨带来的压力。

“这对人们可能有帮助，但可能作用有限。”

侯赛因（Hussein）为美联社撰稿。

特朗普向人群保证，不会让伊朗袭击南加州

张（Cheung）坚称总统的言论被断章取义了。

在其言论引发强烈抗议两天后，总统表示“不会让那种情况发生”。

作者：安娜·塞巴洛斯 (Ana Ceballos)

华盛顿 —— 特朗普总统周三晚上在德克萨斯州告诉人群，他不会允许伊朗袭击圣迭戈或洛杉矶。在此两天前，他曾发表过一段即兴言论，暗示西海岸城市可能会遭到袭击。

“你们想看恐怖剧吗？你们想看到问题吗？让他们袭击圣迭戈，让他们袭击洛杉矶吧，”特朗普在一次集会上说道。随后他向人群保证：“我们不会让那种情况发生。我们保护我们的城市。我们保护我们的国家。”

圣安东尼奥的观众对这段话表示欢呼。

特朗普决定重新提及这一话题，为白宫这两天的防御姿态画上了句号；此举似乎旨在平息其周一晚上发表的、并在网上迅速传播的言论所带来的负面影响。

在内布拉斯加州演讲时，特朗普曾说：“他们可以摧毁一座城市，就让他们摧毁洛杉矶，让他们摧毁圣迭戈。这是一个非常小的代价。”

这些言论迅速遭到了加利福尼亚州领导人的谴责，尽管白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张（Steven Cheung）……

“媒体对特朗普总统言论的过度反应并非基于现实，”张在周二写道。“他显然是在陈述，如果一个拥有核能力的伊朗没有被阻止，美国城市将会受到威胁。因为总统，美国变得更安全了。伊朗没有核武器，没有海军，没有空军，也没有钱。”

但这些言论足以令加州许多人感到不安，并引发了该州领导人的抵制，其中包括共和党人吉姆·德斯蒙德（Jim Desmond），他是一名海军退伍军人，目前正在一场竞争激烈的美国众议院选举中竞选。

“我强烈反对特朗普总统的言论，”德斯蒙德在社交媒体上写道。“美国必须挺身对抗伊朗并捍卫我们的利益，但我们三军统帅的首要责任是保护美国人民和我们的国土。”

加州州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）周二开放了州紧急行动中心，以评估特朗普言论后可能存在的威胁。圣迭戈市长托德·格洛里亚（Todd Gloria）和洛杉矶市长凯伦·巴斯（Karen Bass）也谴责总统可能危及他们城市的安全。

“圣迭戈不是附带损害，”格洛里亚在社交媒体上发布道。“我们不是可牺牲的。我们永远不是‘一个小代价’。请让我们的城市远离你鲁莽的战争言论。”

众议院候选人称在修复标牌时遭到强奸

作者：JACQUES BILLEAUD 和 WUFEI YU

凤凰城 —— 一名亚利桑那州国会候选人表示，今年夏天她在夜间修复竞选标牌时被击晕并遭到性侵。

伯纳黛特·格林-普拉森蒂亚（Bernadette Greene-Placentia）告诉调查人员，两名男子强奸了她，期间她曾试图通过踢腿来反击。根据警方报告，她表示能感觉到其中一名袭击者的体重压在身上，由于被按住，她的手臂上留有瘀伤，头部有一个肿块，并伴有其他伤势。

“我知道自己被击晕了，”格林-普拉森蒂亚周三告诉美联社。

52 岁的格林-普拉森蒂亚是一名民主党人，她正在挑战共和党众议员亚伯拉罕·哈马德（Abraham Hamadeh），竞选代表凤凰城大都会区部分地区的第 8 国会选区席位，该地区是可靠的共和党票仓。她表示，在 8 月中旬于太阳城（Sun City）发生袭击事件几天后，她就将此事告知了丈夫和竞选团队。《凤凰城新时报》（Phoenix New Times）于周三首次报道了此事。

格林-普拉森蒂亚告诉美联社，两名男子掌控了她的身体而她对此无能为力，这让她感到厌恶。她说，当她意识到自己一边告诉选民会为他们发声，而自己却没能为自己发声时，她决定公开讲述此事。

“我的感悟是，我现在更能共情并理解为什么这么多女性不愿站出来，”她说，“而且，我希望我能鼓励她们。”

格林-普拉森蒂亚表示，她无法回忆起 8 月 14 日袭击事件的许多细节，包括确切地点或男子的外貌描述，不过她提到其中一人穿着黑色靴子且脚很小。她告诉调查人员，其中一名男子使用了脏话来形容她，她认为对方是指她的政党。

马里科帕县警长办公室拒绝就此次袭击的调查发表评论。

“我读到了这个令人不安的——”

“——故事，我呼吁当局彻底调查这些严重的指控，包括寻找当时地点的所有可能摄像头录像，以便依法从严追究犯罪行为，”哈马德在声明中表示，“任何美国人都不能在自己的社区成为犯罪的受害者。”

根据其竞选团队的介绍，格林-普拉森蒂亚曾是一名长途卡车司机，后来经营了一家小型运输公司。

在支持民主党人皮特·布蒂吉格（Pete Buttigieg）2020 年竞选总统的一篇社交媒体帖子中，格林-普拉森蒂亚称自己曾是共和党人，是一名“永远反对特朗普者”（never Trumper），并表示她在 2016 年投票给了自由党。格林-普拉森蒂亚后来更多地参与到亚利桑那州的民主党政治中。

她说，她经常在夜间安装和修复竞选标牌，因为夜间比酷热的白天更凉快，且交通流量较小。

亚利桑那州民主党财务主管格雷格·弗里曼（Greg Freeman）表示，他在 8 月 17 日早晨接到了格林-普拉森蒂亚的电话，她是弗里曼 2024 年竞选县评估员时的朋友。弗里曼说，她告诉他自己遭到了两名男子的性侵，他能感觉到她当时还没准备好报警或公开此事。

“显然她在电话中正在消化这件事，”弗里曼说，“她处于震惊之中。她对发生的事情感到极度恐惧。”

格林-普拉森蒂亚表示，她希望自己当时能立即报警并前往医院。警方报告显示，袭击发生后，她洗了多次澡并清洗了当时穿着的衣服。

她说，尴尬和愤怒让她很难站出来。她在 8 月下旬向警方报案。

美联社通常不会公开性侵受害者的身份，除非获得其许可，而格林-普拉森蒂亚已授权公开。

Billeaud 和 Yu 为美联社供稿。

堡垒胡德枪击案凶手执行死刑将进行直播

国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯表示：“我们将确保人们能够观看”这次执行死刑。 AL DRAGO 彭博社

赫格塞斯表示，尼达尔·哈桑将于12月 3 日被枪决，此次执行将是“公开的”。

作者：Konstantin Toropin

华盛顿 —— 五角大楼表示，在国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯称执行死刑将是“公开的”之后，堡垒胡德枪击案凶手尼达尔·马利克·哈桑（Nidal Malik Hasan）的枪决过程将进行直播。

赫格塞斯周三在接受保守派电视媒体《真实美国之声新闻》（Real America's Voice News）采访时表示，哈桑的执行死刑将于12月 3 在堡垒胡德进行。哈桑因 2009 年在该军事基地的一次枪击事件中杀害 13 人并导致 32 人受伤而被定罪。

“我们将确保人们能够观看，确保它是公开的，”赫格塞斯说道。

赫格塞斯是在访问亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰上长期部署的船员时接受该媒体采访的。这些船员曾支持伊朗战争，随后返回圣迭戈母港。

当被问及哈桑是否提出了任何最终请求或联系过特朗普政府时，赫格塞斯回答道：“不在乎。我们 12 月 3rd 见。”

五角大楼官员周四澄清，执行死刑将进行直播，更多细节将随后公布。

五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔（Sean Parnell）周一曾表示，特朗普总统已批准对哈桑执行死刑。

特朗普此前曾批评伊朗的公开处决，有时将伊朗政府杀害抗议者的可能性作为采取军事行动的潜在理由。这些警告发生在他最终决定在 2 月底因弹道导弹和核武器开发风险而袭击伊朗之前。

“我们被告知伊朗的杀戮正在停止，”特朗普在今年 1 月 14 日告诉记者。“它正在停止，而且没有处决计划。”

他在 1 月 20 日的白宫媒体简报会上重复了这一说法，称：“我们让他们知道，如果那样做，对他们来说将是非常糟糕的一天。于是他们决定不这么做。他们没有绞死那些人。”

大约一个月后，在国情咨文演讲中，特朗普表示：“我们通过严重的暴力威胁阻止了他们绞死其中许多人。”

白宫周四将关于直播执行死刑计划的问题转交给了五角大楼。

然而，军事法专家表示，哈桑可以选择抵制执行死刑，并在民事法院提交人身保护令申请，这可能会显著推迟执行日期。

“坦率地说，这可能会比现任政府的任期更长，而且谁知道下一任政府是否同样热衷于执行死刑，”耶鲁法学院客座讲师、军事法专家尤金·R·菲德尔（Eugene R. Fidell）说道。

哈桑曾是一名持有少校军衔的陆军精神科医生。当时他走进一栋医疗大楼，士兵们正排长队等待接种疫苗并获得部署的医疗许可。他大喊“Allahu akbar!”（阿拉伯语，意为“真主至大！”），并使用一把带有激光瞄准器的手枪开火。

审判期间披露，哈桑花费数周时间策划这次致命袭击，其准备工作包括录制一段销售员向他演示如何更换所购手枪弹匣的视频。随后，他前往奥斯汀市外的一家射击场，向一名教练请教如何快速且精准地重新装弹。

士兵们后来作证称，哈桑快速的装弹速度使得阻止枪击几乎成为不可能。调查人员在建筑内部回收了 146 枚弹壳，在外部又发现了数十枚，哈桑在外部向逃往停车场的士兵背部开火。

哈桑表示，此举是为了阻止他们前往阿富汗杀害他的穆斯林同胞。一名军事法官禁止他在审判期间将此作为辩护理由。哈桑在法庭上几乎没有做出任何自我辩护的努力；在担任自己的辩护律师时，他告诉陪审员，证据将证明他就是枪手，并将自己描述为一名“倒戈”的士兵。

赫格塞斯表示，自第二次世界大战以来，军方尚未通过枪决的方式执行过任何现役军人的死刑。最后一次军事执行死刑发生在 1961 年 4 月 13 日，当时陆军二等兵约翰·本内特被处以绞刑。

托罗平为美联社撰稿。

美国陆军认定华盛顿特区空中相撞事故存在系统性失效

亚美联社 ALEX BRANDON 2025年1月31日，在里根华盛顿国家机场附近的波托马克河开展搜救工作。

去年一起涉及喷气式飞机和“黑鹰”直升机的坠机事故造成67人死亡。

作者：Josh Funk

美国陆军发现，去年在华盛顿特区附近发生的一起美国航空喷气式飞机与“黑鹰”直升机空中相撞事故是由许多系统性崩溃导致的，并建议军方采取多项措施以防止未来的悲剧。

军方尚未公开发布这份关于二十多年来美国本土最严重飞机坠毁事故的报告，但最终将其分享给了 67 名遇难者的许多家属。

数月来，家属们通过每日在社交媒体上发帖向陆军施压，要求公布这份于 5 月完成的报告。美联社于周四获得了一份副本。陆军未立即发表评论。

尽管该报告在很大程度上强化了国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）的结论，但民用调查的范围更广，而 NTSB 则侧重于联邦航空管理局（FAA）多年来忽略的预警信号。陆军报告强调了里根国家机场塔台的空中交通管制员本可以防止此次坠机，但同时也承认了军方自身的失职。

报告建议陆军将目光投向华盛顿特区以外，研究其直升机运行的每个主要城市的实践情况，以确保不存在类似的风险。一名陆军官员表示，对包括洛杉矶和西雅图-塔科马地区在内的其他城市直升机飞行的审查正在进行中。该官员因未获授权公开谈论此事而要求匿名。

撰写该报告的中将表示，“冲突管理所有层级的崩溃导致了这次事故”，但“最显著的促成因素是两次中断的无线电传输”，这导致直升机机组人员在 5342 号航班绕行准备在里根国家机场的备用跑道降落时未能识别出该航班。军方飞行员当时佩戴着夜视仪，这限制了他们的视野，使他们难以在城市的灯光中发现飞机。

主要由来自堪萨斯州威奇托的飞机乘客家属组成的团体表示，该报告强化了他们要求国会通过航空安全改革，并要求飞机配备能帮助飞行员了解空中交通位置系统的呼吁。

“这是一个任何人都能理解的简单概念：飞机在空中应该能够看到彼此。这项技术已经得到了验证。现在唯一需要的是做正确事情的政治意愿，”5342 号航班家属团体在周四的一份声明中表示。

他们说：“我们已经等待了足够长的时间。我们等待了 NTSB，等待了陆军。两项调查均已完成，且两者都明确指出，防撞技术必须成为解决方案的一部分。国会已经没有什么好等待的了。”

众议院和参议院都通过了不同的航空安全法案，但立法者仍在努力制定一项折中立法，以便在国会两院提交投票。

不确定田纳西州是否将再次尝试处决克里斯塔·派克

死刑专家表示，该州可能会因此陷入未知的法律领域。

作者：凯特·布伦巴克 (Kate Brumback)

专家表示，在克里斯塔·派克 (Christa Pike) 在田纳西州的一次失败处决尝试中幸存后，关于该州是否会再次尝试的悬而未决的问题，可能会将田纳西州推入未知的法律领域。

她的法律团队周三表示，在执行者尝试为其注射两剂致命剂量的戊巴比妥后，50岁的派克手臂出现灼伤和水疱，其预后情况仍不确定。她因在1995年殴打并刺死同学科琳·斯莱默 (Colleen Slemmer) 而被判处死刑。

尽管其他州曾尝试第二次处决囚犯，但在那些案例中，第一次尝试在药物实际开始流动之前就被停止了。

即将离任的共和党州长比尔·李 (Bill Lee) 已暂停了田纳西州的死刑执行，并下令对9月30日处决派克的失败尝试进行外部审查。他的办公室没有立即回复寻求评论的电子邮件，以确认该州是否会再次尝试处决她。

死刑专家表示，如果该州决定进行第二次尝试，很难预料会发生什么。

“田纳西州再次尝试处决她是否合法，这是一个复杂的问题，需要她的辩护团队、控方团队、田纳西州政府以及多个州和联邦法院投入大量的时间、关注和分析，”田纳西州刑事辩护律师、国家刑事辩护律师协会候任主席斯蒂芬·约翰逊 (Stephen Johnson) 表示。

在失败的处决尝试近六天后，派克恢复了意识。她的法律团队此前认为她已脑死亡，但律师周三表示，在她醒来后，她意识到了发生了什么，并且感到“愤怒和困惑”。

约翰逊表示，她的律师肯定会探讨接受两剂致命注射药物以及使用呼吸机数日所带来的医疗和精神影响，以确定她“现在在法律上是否具备被处决的资格”。他认为，这可能包括神经心理学和法医精神病学评估，以及潜在的其他医疗测试，随后关于这些问题“无疑会产生激烈的诉讼”，而这可能需要数年时间。

根据死刑信息中心 (Death Penalty Information Center) 的数据，曾发生过数十起有问题的处决，其中包括几次未能导致死亡的尝试。

艾伦·米勒 (Alan Miller) 和肯尼斯·史密斯 (Kenneth Smith) 都在2022年于阿拉巴马州幸存于致命注射尝试。两人均主张，针对他们个人的第二次处决尝试违反了第八修正案关于禁止残酷且不寻常惩罚的规定，法院在初步诉讼阶段认为这一主张“具有合理性”。然而，美国最高法院并未同意裁决此问题，两人最终在2024年被氮气处决。

另外两名囚犯，爱达荷州的托马斯·克里奇 (Thomas Creech) 和田纳西州的托尼·卡鲁瑟斯 (Tony Carruthers)，在致命注射药物尝试失败后仍留在死囚牢中。

但德克萨斯大学死刑中心共同主任乔丹·斯泰克 (Jordan Steiker) 表示，派克的案例与那些进行第二次处决尝试的其他案例不同，因为她“承受了致命药物的直接冲击”。他表示，其他案例涉及的是“面对处决尝试时的心理创伤”，而非“严重的身体伤害”。

路易斯安那州的执行者曾在1946年尝试处决17岁的威利·弗朗西斯 (Willie Francis)，但在电椅准备不当未能将其杀死后取消了行动。

但在次年，美国最高法院裁定第二次处决尝试不违反第五修正案中的双重危险原则，也不构成第八修正案下的残酷且不寻常惩罚，并将部分理由归结为电椅的“故障”，随后他被电刑处决。

克里斯塔·派克的律师周三在纳什维尔举行新闻发布会。

法院特别指出，“事故在所难免，对此无需任何人承担责任。”但一名持异议的法官将遭受第二次执行死刑尝试的经历称为“分期死亡”。

斯泰克表示，目前尚不清楚此案是否会被视为具有约束力的先例，因为法院尚未使用其现代的、针对第八修正案的“不断演进的体面标准”方法来重新审视这一裁决。

他说：“因此我认为，今天的衡量标准将是，根据当代的社区标准，尝试第二次执行死刑是否会被视为令人厌恶。”

专家表示，他们尚未注意到任何州或联邦法规明确禁止在第一次执行失败后进行第二次执行尝试。

代表死刑犯的律师约翰·米尔斯表示，一个关键问题是，第二次尝试执行派克的死刑是否将构成酷刑。

他表示，联邦法院已拒绝干预那些“程度较轻”的案件，但指出派克的律师此前曾警告称，她的医疗状况可能会使致命注射复杂化，并使其变得极其痛苦—。

在山谷地区，另一种形式的卖淫

摄影：MYUNG J. CHUN 洛杉矶时报 位于太阳谷范诺德大道（Van Noord Avenue）的一栋房屋，洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）调查人员称该房屋被用于卖淫。

在洛杉矶警察局警员的一次突袭行动后，一名男子在北山（North Hills）哈斯克尔大道（Haskell Avenue）的这栋房屋内被逮捕。

[妓院报道，接 A1 页]

根据搜查令宣誓书，该网络还延伸至内陆帝国（Inland Empire）。

几名女性作证称，她们是通过中国社交软件微信被招募的，该团伙神秘的组织者仅以用户名“Cherri”、“Cherish”和“Perfect”为人所知。

这些可能是同一个人的化名。目前，监管该网络的人员仍成功逃避了逮捕。

“私密且安全”

洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）的警员在接到 911 报警电话后几分钟内便抵达现场。在范诺德大道（Van Noord Avenue）的一栋三居室房屋内，警员发现几乎没有家具或个人物品——只有润滑剂、避孕套和行李箱，侦探马丁·平纳（Martin Pinner）在搜查令宣誓书中写道。

一名女子在警察抵达时逃离了房屋。她用普通话表示，自己三周前才来到美国。平纳写道，该女子称她被在四栋房屋之间轮换，并被强迫每天与 10 名男子发生性关系。屋内的另外两名来自中国和罗马尼亚的女子则否认被贩卖。

平纳在宣誓书中写道，洛杉矶警察局从未找到拨打 911, 电话的那名女子。

侦探们扣押了该房屋的监控系统，监控显示一名叫范佳佳（Jiajia Fan，音译）的男子负责为女性分配客户、收取款项并将钱交给一名快递员，平纳写道。

法院记录显示，38, 岁的范在 4 月份对共谋从事皮条活的指控表示不抗辩。他被判处两年缓刑，并被要求接受性犯罪者治疗。目前无法联系到他以获取评论。

平纳在谷歌上搜索了范诺德大道的地址，并发现了一则招嫖广告。一名卧底警员拨打了关联的电话号码，接电话的人表示，可以在北好莱坞（North Hollywood）、雷塞达（Reseda）和恩西诺（Encino）的其他四栋房屋中购买性服务。

平纳写道，呼叫中心在卖淫网络中很常见。他写道，这些中心通常由女性运营，以便“不让客户感到紧张”，她们通过一组手机回答短信和电话。

另一名警员给该热线发送了短信，并收到了一条详细信息。信息称，该网络的妓院营业时间为上午 9 点至午夜，在民宅中运营，且“非常私密且安全”。

平纳写道，该网络有一个网站，为每个地点提供“菜单”。选项从 $140 20 分钟“基础服务”，到 $300, 一小时“豪华 VIP 套餐”不等。

平纳写道，2025 年 6 月，侦探们在对网站上列出的一个地址——萨蒂科伊街（Saticoy Street）一栋被高篱笆遮挡的房屋——进行监视时，看到一辆丰田塞纳（Toyota Sienna）停了下来。一名男子走出房屋，将一个信封交给司机。

侦探们跟踪这辆面包车前往北山（North Hills）、北好莱坞、圣盖博（San Gabriel）和罗斯米德（Rosemead）的其他四栋房屋。在每个地点，都会有一名男子出现，要么交给司机一个信封，要么与其交谈几秒钟。

根据一份警方报告，侦探们在里弗赛德大道（Riverside Drive）的一家妓院逮捕了这名快递员。他携带了近 $10,000, 其中一部分塞在标有妓院地址的信封里。他尚未被指控犯罪。

《洛杉矶时报》采访了这名快递员，出于安全考虑，他要求匿名。这名 63 岁的男子表示，他于 2016 年离开中国青岛，与早先移民到圣盖博的妻子和女儿团聚。

该快递员说，为了帮女儿支付大学学费，他接受了一位朋友提供的工作，负责收取他认为的是按摩店的收益。在两个月的时间里，他每天早晨在圣费尔南多谷（San Fernando Valley）开车转悠并收取信封。他说，他每月获得 $3,000 的报酬。

快递员表示，在跑完一圈后，他将钱交给一名说话带有中国北方口音的体型魁梧的女性。他说，他们从未在同一个地方见过两次——总是出现在亚凯迪亚（Arcadia）或坦普尔市（Temple City）的一家超市或企业门外。

快递员告诉《洛杉矶时报》，他不认识参与该行动的任何人的名字。但根据一份搜查令宣誓书，他告诉洛杉矶警察局，他是被一个叫达伦（Darren）的人招募的。

这个名字在 50 英里外的一项调查中再次出现。

“他想要性服务”

在2025年8月，洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）警员马修·克伦普（Matthew Crump）向热线发送了短信，并得到了在塞普尔韦达大道（Sepulveda Boulevard）的一家汽车旅馆或哈斯克尔大道（Haskell Avenue）的一栋房子中选择的机会，他在初步听证会上作证道。

在哈斯克尔大道开门迎接他的男子询问了克伦普电话号码的最后四位数字，然后引导该警员经过一名正在厨房餐桌前用餐、身穿黑色鱼网裙的女性。另一名身穿白色丝绸长袍的女性正在抽烟。

该男子——后被确认为张继伟（Jiwei Zhang）——敲开了一扇关闭的门，一名身穿黑色短裙的女性开了门。在克伦普协商好一项性行为后，他通知了同僚。他们随后突袭了该房屋并逮捕了张继伟。

克伦普诱导的那名女性后来作证说，她当时住在佛罗里达州奥兰多，通过驾驶Uber维持生计，直到一名朋友提到她在洛杉矶可以赚到一些钱。这名仅被确认为桑迪（Sandy）的女性表示，她的朋友告诉她通过微信联系一个叫Cherish的人。

桑迪在初步听证会上作证说，Cherish将哈斯克尔大道的地址发给了她。当桑迪到达时，张继伟迎接了她并带她去了一个房间。不久之后，她听到敲门声，打开门发现一个陌生男人。

“他想要性服务，”她回忆道。桑迪作证说，她原以为自己将从事按摩师工作。“我不提供性服务，”她说。

“但在这里，这就是你要做的事，”那名男子回答道。

桑迪作证说，张继伟拿走了该男子支付给她的200美元性服务费的一半。桑迪表示，Cherish将她加入了一个微信群，她被要求在该群中汇报客户信息，包括他们支付的金额以及在妓院停留的时间。

桑迪估计她每天与10名男性发生性关系。她作证说，她并非被强迫发生性关系，而仅仅是因为“害怕”才这么做。她说，如果她尝试离开，她无处可去。

“我不认识这里的任何人，”她作证道。

克伦普看到在厨房用餐的那名女性作证说，她也被告知在洛杉矶提供按摩可以赚钱。这名仅被确认为芭芭拉（Barbara）的女性表示，她出生于古巴，当时在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的一家会员制成人俱乐部担任舞者，随后一名朋友通过微信将她介绍给一个叫Cherri的人。

芭芭拉作证说，在索要了她的全名、照片和“推荐信”后，Cherri为她购买了前往洛杉矶的机票。

芭芭拉说，她和其他女性将当时37岁的张继伟称为“管家”。她作证说，除了上缴大部分收入外，她还被要求每接一名客户向张继伟支付5美元，以及每天支付80美元的食宿费。

芭芭拉作证说，客户使用现金、Zelle、PayPal或Venmo支付。芭芭拉表示，该Zelle账户与一家由Cherri控制的有限责任公司相关联。

“我只见过她一次，”她作证道，并回忆起Cherri来向张继伟收钱的那次经历。“她是一个年长的女性。其他女孩告诉我，她是老板。”

张继伟被保释。洛杉矶警察局警员路易斯·希门尼斯（Louis Jimenez）作证说，当警方得知他预订了出国的航班后，他们在洛杉矶国际机场拦截了张继伟并对其进行了询问。

希门尼斯作证说，张继伟承认管理该妓院。他表示，他在中国的家人由该网络的运营商支付报酬，对方通过微信向他们发送相当于每天约75美元的款项。

张继伟对共谋从事皮条行为的指控表示不抗辩（no contest），被判处两年缓刑。希门尼斯说，张继伟曾告诉警方，他是通过微信被一个叫Perfect的人招募的。一名辩护律师询问该警员：“您是否跟进调查了Perfect是谁？”

“没有，”希门尼斯回答道。

“她是大老板”

这些逮捕行动并未摧毁该网络。

一名检察官在法庭上表示，三个月后，洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）突击搜查了位于雷塞达（Reseda）雪莉大道（Shirley Avenue）上一家“关联”妓院。在那里被捕的女性之一（仅被识别为米里亚姆）作证称，她是自愿为了金钱而提供性服务的。

但平纳（Pinner）作证称，除了几次“轻微事件”外，该网络并未采用暴力或胁迫手段。在其中一起案例中，一名在未购买性服务的情况下离开的潜在顾客告诉洛杉矶警察局，他随后遭到勒索钱财，侦探在宣誓书中这样写道。

雪莉大道妓院的“房屋经理”阿里·阿洛巴迪（Ali Alobadi）对共谋从事皮条活的指控表示不抗辩。与所有被定罪的经理一样，阿洛巴迪免于入狱并被授予缓刑。负责起诉这些案件的副地区检察官未回应置评请求。

在的一份未署名声明中，洛杉矶县地区检察官办公室的一名官员表示，考虑到被告没有犯罪记录且参与程度有限，缓刑判决是“适当的”。该官员表示，当局仍在调查谁领导了这次行动。

米里亚姆作证称，在阿洛巴迪之上还有更高层的人——一个绰号让当局感到熟悉的人。

“她是大老板，”米里亚姆说。她从未知道那个女人的名字。“我们只知道那个人叫‘Perfect’，”她说。

目前没有公开记录显示有比“房屋经理”更高层的人员被起诉——尽管显然当局已经知道谁在掌权。在2025年9月提交的一份搜查令中，平纳表示，其中一名涉嫌的组织者是通过在欧文（Irvine）的一项调查中被识别出来的。

2024年，警方搜查了一家在斯金纳街（Skinner Street）的一栋住宅中经营的妓院。平纳写道，在突袭之后，警员在监视该房屋时，看到一名男子进入并带着一些文件离开。他们询问了该男子，该男子称一个叫达伦（Darren）的人要求他将其锁好。

达伦与资金传递员提供给洛杉矶警察局的名字相同。

平纳在宣誓书中写道，该男子表示他还领取了一些属于他女友的文件，其名为丁坎迪（Candy Ding）。警员没收了该男子的手机并与洛杉矶警察局共享了数据，其中包括几个微信群。

平纳写道，手机记录显示丁就是那个化名为“Cherish”的人。平纳在宣誓书中写道，根据微信消息，侦探得出结论，丁监管着警方首次发现的位于范诺德大道（Van Noord Avenue）的妓院。

目前尚不清楚洛杉矶警察局是否已经识别出被称为“Perfect”的人。平纳未回应置评请求。

侦探确认达伦是丁的丈夫王鸿山（Hongshan Wang）的绰号。根据其宣誓书，这对夫妇在范奈斯（Van Nuys）拥有一家按摩店，洛杉矶警察局曾在2019年对其进行调查。

在一次民事诉讼中，时任洛杉矶市检察官迈克尔·费尔（Michael Feuer）指控丁和王通过两家按摩店经营一个“复杂的卖淫环”。丁和王的律师对这些指控提出异议，并称这对夫妇已经出售了按摩店，但法官命令两人向该市支付$163,000的判决金。他们的律师未回应置评请求。

丁和王尚未在妓院调查中被起诉。在最近的一个早晨，一名女子开着一辆特斯拉SUV驶入一栋位于坦普尔市（Temple City）住宅的车道，公开记录显示该住宅与丁有关。这名女子戴着大金边太阳镜，穿着一件亮色的连衣裙，她否认自己就是丁。

她询问《时报》记者为什么要找丁谈话。在被告知洛杉矶警察局已点名丁参与之前的卖淫网络后，该女子说：“他们需要进行更好的调查。”

州政府将研究随海平面上升而搬迁铁路走廊的问题

圣克莱门特（San Clemente）沿线轨道旁的巨石起到了加固和保护这条著名海岸铁路路权的作用。

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今年9月，飓风“玛丽”（Hurricane Marie）带来的高潮位和强力波浪冲击了圣克莱门特海岸线；在火车轨道附近发现更多侵蚀和边坡损坏后，太平洋冲浪者号（Pacific Surfliner）和 Metrolink 的服务被暂时中断。

根据加利福尼亚州交通局的一份声明，“作为圣克莱门特段铁路工程的一项条件，加州海岸委员会要求在 2034 年前提交一份《长期铁路适应性研究报告》”。

该机构补充说，这项研究尚未启动，所有方案均在考虑之中。

该机构在声明中表示：“目前尚未做出搬迁圣克莱门特段铁路的决定，在研究结束前确定路线、时间表或成本还为时过早。搬迁一条承载客运、货运和军事交通的铁路线是一项重大且长期的工程，需要对工程技术、环境影响、社区效应、成本和资金进行仔细分析，并与铁路所有者、运营商及联邦合作伙伴密切协调。”

“与此同时，保护现有线路对于确保依赖铁路的社区能够安全运行火车至关重要。”

在过去的五年里，海岸侵蚀、悬崖位移、高潮位和山体滑坡严重干扰了圣克莱门特的铁路服务。超过 3 亿美元的当地、州和联邦资金已投入到诸如铺沙等铁路保护措施中。

该机构表示，两年前，橙县交通局（OCTA）确定了圣克莱门特海岸沿线四个需要维修的“重大关注”热点区域。OCTA 为维修工作争取到了州和联邦的紧急资金，但该工程进度比计划落后约一年半。

“人们日益达成共识，认为海滩缺乏沙子是由于多年前在河道中铺设混凝土衬层造成的，”约翰逊（Johnson）说道。“城市开发改变了这些沉积物和水流模式。海平面温度似乎也在升高，这导致水体体积扩大。”

Metrolink 轨道与结构维护助理总监菲亚洛亚·阿苏（Fiailoa Ah Sue）表示，铁路走廊沿线的延误会对系统其余部分产生“连锁”反应，并影响其他机构，因为他们都使用类似的班组和设备。

阿苏表示，在整个南加州提供通勤铁路服务的 Metrolink 将被纳入该研究。

她说：“我们的职责是确保任何新轨道都经过检查并符合运行安全要求。对于任何新工程或修改系统的项目，我们都是这么做的。”

OCTA 已经完成了其《海岸铁路韧性研究》，该研究评估了保护铁路长达 30 年的策略。该研究草案并未提出单一解决方案，而是主张采取 23 种不同的策略，包括悬崖稳定、集水墙、铺沙、工程护岸或海堤，以及铁路基础改良。

加州海岸委员会要求将搬迁研究作为其在《加州海岸法》（California Coastal Act）监管下的一部分开展，该法律旨在保护该州 1,100 英里的海岸线。

加州海岸委员会海岸计划经理香农·沃恩（Shannon Vaughn）表示：“这项研究将为铁路潜在的搬迁位置提供信息，并确定哪些其他州、地方和联邦机构将参与其中。我们目前还不清楚这一切具体包含什么，这就是为什么需要一项研究来提出所有这些问题，并识别问题和潜在的可能性。”

根据沃恩的说法，只有在铁轨需要迁移至海岸带区域内时，海岸委员会才会参与该铁路线的迁移工作。此外，该迁移项目可能还需要获得州土地委员会、州立公园、美国陆军工程兵团或美国鱼类及野生动物管理局等机构的许可。

“这也在一定程度上凸显了这条铁路走廊地理位置的复杂性，”沃恩表示，“它处于一个如此敏感的区域，以至于有多个州政府机构拥有管辖权，以保护这条铁路走廊所经过的公共资源。”

寻找粪便样本以评估野生动物通道

WHISPER（左侧为詹妮弗·哈特曼，右侧为希思·史密斯）在找到一份粪便样本后得到了一个玩具作为奖励。 摄影：MYUNG J. CHUN 洛杉矶时报

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“……未来，”Wildlands Network 的生物学家艾洛（Aiello）说道，“即使你拥有像约书亚树（Joshua Tree）那样巨大的保护区，这些种群仍然可能会消失。”

传统的道路沿线动物尸体调查表明，通道确实减少了野生动物的碰撞事故。现在，在 SR 62 沿线工作的研究人员计划更进一步，在通道建成前后，分别分析每个物种数十份粪便样本的位置和 DNA。

这将使科学家能够衡量这些桥梁是否能让野生动物漫游到远离其孤立“岛屿”的地方，从而在动物寻找非近亲配偶时增加遗传多样性。

此前很少有人进行此类研究。一项对全球 300 多项野生动物连接研究的综述发现，仅有 14% 的研究评估了通道是否显著改变了动物的活动。

“其余的研究发现，缺乏足够的监测……来证明它们有效地改善了野生动物的生存条件，”艾洛说，“因此，在这些项目实际运行效果的认知上，存在巨大的空白。”

由于一些山狮被困在 SR 62 以东的约书亚树国家公园，另一些则被困在西边的圣贝纳迪诺山脉，环保人士表示，他们已经看到这些山狮的尾巴出现了扭曲——这是近亲繁殖的迹象。

失去这些捕食者可能会损害整个公园的生态系统。

“约书亚树国家公园现在在国际上享有盛名，”莫哈韦沙漠土地信托基金会（Mojave Desert Land Trust）的野生动物通道项目经理盖里·亨德（Geary Hund）表示。该非营利组织正领导 SR 62 的相关工作。“顶级捕食者的消失可能会在整个生态系统中产生多米诺骨牌效应，从而严重破坏公园，甚至可能导致其他物种的灭绝。”

近年来，加利福尼亚州在保护战略中日益优先考虑野生动物通道。加州自然资源局在 3 月的社交媒体上写道，去年该州完成了 4 个通道，另有 37 个正在建设中。

包括上个月由州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）签署的一项法律在内的系列近期法律，现在要求加州交通部和市政府在公路及地方规划中纳入野生动物连通性的考量。

然而，洛杉矶县 101 号高速公路上一座极具野心的野生动物通道让此类建筑受到了更多审视。预计于 12 月开放的沃利斯·安嫩伯格野生动物通道（Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing）最初预计耗资 9000万美元。目前的数字为 1.14亿美元，项目负责人称这是“通货膨胀、劳动力短缺和施工复杂性”的结果。

不过，这个巨型项目并非常态。根据自然资源局的数据，去年完工的通道平均价格为 1600万美元，而正在开发中的通道预计每个约为 1500万美元，根据自然资源局的数据。

由于 SR 62 的通道仍处于规划阶段，莫哈韦土地信托基金会尚未得出预计成本。亨德表示，他预计成本将“接近……

一名生物学家演示如何使用临时制作的树枝筷子来收集大角羊的粪便。

……更标准的价位”，但他指出，由于该地区地质活跃，地震考量可能会稍微增加成本。

该土地信托基金会计划在 2029 年前完成大部分规划。一旦获得足够资金，预计建设将耗时大约两年。

官员们早已知道沿线存在的野生动物问题……

数十年来，62号州道（SR 62）一直如此。在21世纪初，生态学家将该地点确定为南海岸沿线15个最关键的断裂点之一，并写道，如果没有恢复野生动物廊道的计划，“数千平方英里最优质的南加州荒野将被不可逆转地危及”。

动物在沿线确实可以使用几个小型地下通道——以及在62号州道跨桥处的一个较大通道——但大角羊会避开这类覆盖区域，因为在这些地方它们容易受到捕食者的攻击。

与此同时，当地人亲眼目睹了这种孤立状态和惨剧：一只大角羊盯着地下通道却从未进入；一只野兔在公路中间被高大的混凝土中央分隔带挡住；尸体则层出不穷。

“郊狼相当常见，短尾猫也相当常见，”莫龙戈盆地保护协会（Morongo Basin Conservation Assn.）董事会成员阿奇·麦卡洛克（Arch McCulloch）说道，“但当你看到熊被车撞死时，人们才会开始关注。”

因此，该土地信托基金开始在尤卡谷（Yucca Valley）附近的路线两侧收购土地，以期最终能建成一座跨越通道。2016, 联邦政府设立了“沙至雪国家纪念地”（Sand to Snow National Monument），这片占地154,000英亩的荒野从圣贝纳迪诺山脉的高山针叶林延伸至莫哈韦沙漠的谷底。这一旨在保护栖息地连接性的认定，涵盖了莫龙戈谷（Morongo Valley）附近公路两侧的土地。

与此同时，约书亚树国家公园的游客数量自1990年代以来几乎增长了两倍。随着游客数量的激增导致道路交通量增加，问题变得愈发紧迫。

当加州交通局（Caltrans）在2021, 发布一项关于跨越通道的研究时，它将尤卡谷附近和莫龙戈谷附近这两个地点都列为首选候选地。在包括COVID-19封锁在内的13个月期间，该研究在沿线发现了232具动物尸体，包括大角羊、山狮、松鼠和蛇。

今年2月，州野生动物保护委员会向莫哈韦沙漠土地信托基金（Mojave Desert Land Trust）拨款$5.500 万用于设计该跨越通道。该基金还从一家州保护组织获得了略高于$500,000的资金，以及从加州交通局获得了$100,000的资金，用于支持规划和粪便调查。

艾洛（Aiello）站在位于约书亚树的土地信托总部，承认这些研究方法很“有创意”。另一只来自Rogue Detection Teams的救援犬“低语”（Whisper）在成功识别出一些粪便后，在院子里兴奋地与她的绳索玩具打滚。但在“低语”的憨态后面，艾洛看到了一种改变跨越通道建设方式的策略：

“速度更快，成本更低，对野生动物更有效。”

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气候

ETHAN SWOPE 彭博社 本月一颗甲烷检测卫星被送入轨道。上图为在霍桑（Hawthorne）展示的 SpaceX 火箭助推器。

气候斗争中的“天空之眼”

第二颗卫星发射，使该州检测甲烷气体泄漏的能力翻倍

加利福尼亚州已拥有第二颗专门用于监测强效气候污染物——甲烷的卫星。总部位于帕萨迪纳的非营利组织 Carbon Mapper 通过 SpaceX 火箭将其从隆波克（Lompoc）的范登堡太空部队基地发射升空。该组织与州政府合作，现在可以增加一倍的频率来检查导致气候变暖的羽流，从而完善这种无形气体的成像图景。

“这意味着我们可以在更多地点进行观测，并增加现有地点的观测频率，”加州空气资源委员会发言人林赛·巴克利（Lindsay Buckley）在声明中表示。与其他污染物不同，甲烷并非燃烧产生的废气。相反，它从垃圾填埋场、油气设备以及奶牛场粪池中泄漏、喷涌或飘散。

巴克利补充道，监管机构现在将能够更快地发现泄漏，并进行后续跟进，确保运营商已完成修复。许多其他州和国家也使用 Carbon Mapper 第一颗卫星 Tanager-1 拍摄的图像。

在甲烷于大气中持续存在的十余年间，其捕捉热量的速率约为二氧化碳的 80 倍。这使得解决该问题迫在眉睫。

加利福尼亚州被要求在 2030 年前将甲烷排放量降低至 1990 年水平的 40% 以下。垃圾填埋场约占该州甲烷污染的 41%。

Carbon Mapper 于 2024 年 8 月与卫星公司 Planet Labs 及美国国家航空航天局（NASA）喷气推进实验室合作，发射了其首颗甲烷追踪卫星。两者均搭载 SpaceX 火箭升空。

曾在 NASA 工作 30 年的 Carbon Mapper 首席执行官赖利·杜伦（Riley Duren）表示，公司目标最终实现对全球 90% 甲烷排放的可视化。像 Tanager-2 上的这种卫星传感器可以通过测量从地球表面反弹的光波长来检测这种无形气体。全球甲烷羽流数据在 Carbon Mapper 网站上提供，具有 30 天的滞后。

“如果你能让数据变得可获取，并且能以一种教会人们的方式与他们合作，

作者：BLANCA BEGERT

加利福尼亚州的甲烷热点

自 2025. 年 5 月开始卫星追踪以来，相关部门已向垃圾填埋场以及石油和天然气设施发出 211 份通知，提醒其存在导致全球变暖的甲烷泄漏。每个圆圈代表一个羽流。颜色较深且重叠的圆圈表示随时间推移出现了多次泄漏。

地图包含截至 8 月 25. 日的公开及已解决事件。羽流在观测 30 天后向公众公开。 加州卫星甲烷项目 SEAN GREENE 洛杉矶时报

“如果你能让数据变得可获取，并且能以一种教人们如何利用数据的方式与他们合作，那么你就能实现排放量的大幅减少，”杜伦（Duren）说道。

空气质量委员会从去年春天开始与 Carbon Mapper 合作，以精准定位甲烷排放。该卫星可以在设施层面监测到气体泄漏——精度在 50 米以内。该机构在 48 小时内收到图像，随后向垃圾填埋场以及石油和天然气运营商发出通知。

空气质量委员会表示，自 2025 年 5 月从第一颗卫星开始获取数据以来，已能够处理至少 18 处甲烷喷涌点。巴克利（Buckley）提到，8 月在 Kern 县的 Midway-Sunset 油气田发现一处每小时泄漏 918 公斤的泄漏点，在加州资源公司（California Resources Corp.）收到通知的当天便得到了修复。

畜牧业经营活动未被列入引用范围。这些排放目前尚未受到直接监管。它们贡献了该州约 $26\%$ 的甲烷污染。

并非所有甲烷（尽管其有害）都是违法的。某些排放是被允许的，例如，当公司对压力释放阀进行维护且气体被排放时。根据该州的仪表盘显示，有时运营商在被联系时已经知道泄漏情况并正在修复。

Carbon Mapper 的目标是通过卫星星座每年防止相当于 10 亿吨二氧化碳的排放。该公司预计明年将再发射 2 颗卫星。除了加利福尼亚州，该公司还与另外 11 个州合作报告甲烷超级排放源，但杜伦表示，加利福尼亚州是唯一一个拥有通过发送通知来执行监管条例计划的州。

他表示，在过去一年中，全美石油和天然气场所共完成了 66 处修复，另有 60 处泄漏正在调查中。Carbon Mapper 没有垃圾填埋场的类似数据，因为计算修复影响的方法仍在开发中。

Tanager-2 于 10 月 1, 日一个雾天上午 11:30 左右起飞。它是 Tanager-1 的复制品，但处于不同的轨道。后者每天大约在正午跨越赤道，而新卫星现在大约在 10 点 30 分（10:30 a.m.）跨越。

杜伦表示，仅凭一颗卫星，加利福尼亚州每周能进行大约三次甲烷观测。

“一旦我们构建完这个星座，即四颗或更多卫星，我们将能够每天对同一区域进行多次观测，”他说道。

地球上最干旱的沙漠被野花覆盖

作者：NAYARA BATSCHKE

智利，阿塔卡马沙漠 —— 南半球终于迎来了春天，在智利，就连沙漠也在开花。

阿塔卡马沙漠被认为是地球上最干旱的非极地沙漠。在今年早些时候，厄尔尼诺天气模式给该地区带来了强降雨，使得阿塔卡马沙漠的大片区域被花朵覆盖。异常充足的水分让数百万颗种子和球茎发芽开花，其中许多种子已经休眠了数十年。

“这是一个独特的现象；这里有 200 多种植物，”国家林业公司（CONAF）保护区部门负责人豪尔赫·卡拉班特斯（Jorge Carabantes）告诉美联社。“这次开花事件显然是非同寻常且罕见的，与全球其他地方发生的开花现象截然不同。”

阿塔卡马沙漠位于太平洋和安第斯山脉之间，沿着智利北海岸延伸约 1,000 英里。

虽然在冬春之交开花很常见，但今年，构成沙漠传统景观的岩石棕色沙丘，在一次历史性的“Desierto Florido”（开花沙漠）期间，变成了充满活力、色彩斑斓的野花地毯。

“我一直以为这里只会是棕色的。这就是我对沙漠的印象，只有棕色，”51 岁的费利克斯·班达（Felix Banda）说。他出生于智利，但几乎一生都住在澳大利亚。在谈到他第一次访问阿塔卡马沙漠时，他补充道：“我知道这里下了很多雨，所以我期待看到一些美丽的绿植，但这简直是一幅令人难以置信的景观。”

雨水带来奇观

在 7 月至 8 月期间，智利多个地区记录到了创纪录的降雨量，部分地区的降雨水平是自 20 世纪 50 年代开始测量以来从未见过的。强降水是由超级厄尔尼诺驱动的，这种气候现象会导致全球气温剧烈上升，且强度正在增加。

“自从开始记录降雨量以来，这些是体积上最显著的数据：部分地区达到了 6 到 7 英寸，”CONAF 阿塔卡马分部生物多样性保护科负责人、生物学家塞萨尔·皮萨罗（César Pizarro）表示。

风暴在智利多个地区造成了洪水、混乱和破坏。然而在北部，它们也促成了这次历史性的沙漠开花，今年覆盖面积约 6,560 平方英里。这一面积与该国最大且人口最稠密的地区——圣地亚哥大都会区相当。

根据 CONAF 的预测，预计这将是自 1997 年以来最剧烈、范围最广的一次“Desierto Florido”。

强降雨激活了沙漠的生物材料，即生殖质（germplasm）——包括种子、球茎和块茎，以及各种无脊椎动物和爬行动物的卵。

上个月，在智利科皮亚波附近的开花阿塔卡马沙漠中可以看到一道彩虹，这次开花得益于创纪录的降雨量。

其结果是一场真正的视觉盛宴，涵盖了 200 多种植物和花卉，具有多种颜色、形状和形态。红黄色的 ñañucas、紫色的岩马齿苋、白色的 suspiros、橙色的 terciopelos 以及该沙漠最著名的物种之一——原生狮爪花（garra de león），将阿塔卡马的山丘、平原和峡谷彻底改变了面貌。

“有些山丘和山脉在 30 或 40 年里从未见过绿植或花朵，”皮萨罗补充道。“这种沙漠生殖质可以保持 [休眠] 很多年，甚至数十年。今年的山丘就是最好的证明。”

旅游业回暖

无论是来自智利国内还是海外，游客们正前往阿塔卡马沙漠偏远且环境恶劣的地区，去欣赏点缀在广袤沙漠中、从海岸线一直延伸至地平线的数百万朵花卉。

根据国家旅游秘书处向美联社提供的数据，预计在 11 月这一自然现象结束前，阿塔卡马地区将迎来近 300,000 次过夜旅行，使“开花沙漠”（Desierto Florido）成为本季该地区的主要旅游景点之一。

37 岁的厨师弗兰科·莫亚（Franco Moya）和他的女友从智利中部科尔查瓜谷的城镇圣克鲁斯出发，旅途近 620 英里，前往沙漠的多个区域庆祝他的生日。

“看到花朵在如此干旱的地方生长，真是令人震撼，”他说。“这是我第一次来这里……这确实是一个令人惊喜的时刻。”

Batschke 为美联社撰稿。

Keurig推出可堆肥咖啡胶囊

作者：奥利维亚·雷蒙德 (OLIVIA RAIMONDE)

咖啡胶囊制造商多年来一直试图寻找一种设计，以避免每煮一杯咖啡就留下一个揉皱的塑料或铝制碎片。

本周，全球最大的咖啡胶囊制造商之一 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) 推出了一种新的咖啡冲煮方式，该公司称这将大幅减少浪费。

这种名为 AltaRounds 的单杯份量产品由压缩咖啡制成，外层包裹着一种源自海藻的涂层，该涂层由公司从法国采购。这种圆盘状的胶囊每盒 8 个，大多数品种的单价为 $1.37 —— 与该公司传统的 K-Cup 胶囊相当。

“您可以像平时处理咖啡渣一样处理 AltaRounds，”该公司首席可持续发展官莫妮克·奥克森德 (Monique Oxender) 表示，“它们显然非常适合堆肥，这也是我们希望它们最终去向的地方。我会把它们撒在花园里，或者给家里的盆栽用。”

一些生产商曾尝试回收咖啡胶囊，但传统的回收商难以处理细小的塑料碎片。2024, 美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 指控 KDP 在胶囊的可回收性方面做出不实陈述，称美国两家最大的回收公司表示其设施不接收此类包装。（KDP 当时同意支付 $1.5-million 的民事罚款。）

一次性咖啡包装产生的废物正在增加。根据市场研究和咨询公司 Grand View Research 的数据，全球咖啡胶囊市场在 2024 的估值为 405 亿美元 billion，预计到 2030, 将扩大至 582 亿美元 billion。根据回收数据库提供商 Earth911 的数据，每分钟生产近 40,000 个胶囊，全球每年丢弃的胶囊超过 200 亿美元 个。

其他咖啡公司也开发了可堆肥包装，但关于这些产品是否能完全分解以及缺乏处理基础设施的问题依然存在。去年，英国的一家监管机构禁止两家咖啡公司将其产品宣传为“可堆肥”，因为这些产品只能在工业设施中分解，而不能在家庭环境中分解。在美国，能够处理工业堆肥的设施数量有限。

“我认为问题实际上在于回收和堆肥的基础设施以及经济效益，”克莱姆森大学 (Clemson University) 可持续包装助理教授詹姆斯·斯特恩伯格 (James Sternberg) 表示，“这才是真正的挑战所在。”

AltaRounds 不需要被运送到工业堆肥设施，尽管这也是一种选择。KDP 表示，它们可以在家中堆肥，与普通咖啡渣一样，在 12 到 16 周内分解，并在六个月内完全生物降解。

使用这种胶囊需要购买一台新的咖啡机，且由于该机器还能制作浓缩咖啡，其价格将高于使用传统胶囊的机器。作为套装的一部分，该公司在 10 月 15. 前以 $499.99 的价格提供 Keurig Alta 咖啡机，套装内含四盒 AltaRounds 和玻璃杯。该公司表示，其零售价值为 $650,。作为对比，根据该公司网站，KDP 最畅销的传统 K-Cup 咖啡机价格为 $219.99,。

此次发布包括六种咖啡品种：单份中度烘焙浓缩咖啡、双份深度烘焙浓缩咖啡，以及深焙、中焙、浅焙和焦糖风味咖啡。

KDP 并非第一家销售压缩咖啡胶囊的公司。它正从总部位于瑞士的 Delica 的 CoffeeB 系统获得海藻酸盐涂层技术的许可，后者已经推出了一种无需塑料包装的咖啡球。

Keurig 产品管理高级总监内哈·马利克 (Neha Mallik) 表示，公司选择这种涂层是因为它具有高度可持续性，且能保持圆盘状胶囊的完整与新鲜。

“我们很快意识到，我们需要某种东西来保护它，并在运输和分销过程中将其固定在一起，这样消费者收到时才是一个完整的整体，”她说。

KDP尚未表示是否计划最终舍弃标志性的K-Cup，后者仍可在新款Alta咖啡机中使用。

“消费者将引导我们做出决定，”奥克森德（Oxender）说道。

雷蒙德（Raimonde）为彭博社（Bloomberg）撰稿。

商业

县政府就火灾理赔问题调查 FAIR 计划

一名警长副手在阿尔塔迪纳（Altadena）的一栋房屋附近站岗，该房屋的一名居民在 2025 年的火灾中丧生。 GINA FERAZZI 洛杉矶时报

作者：劳伦斯·达米恩托 (LAURENCE DARMIENTO)

在针对加州 FAIR 计划（California FAIR Plan）处理 2025 年 1 月野火理赔方式的广泛投诉之后，洛杉矶县已对这家州政府的最后手段住房保险公司展开民事调查，以确定其是否违反了消费者保护法。

县法律顾问办公室正在调查这家私营保险公司的广泛执业行为。该公司在处理烟雾损害理赔方面受到了特别批评，这类损害虽然使房屋得以保留，但往往因有毒污染而导致无法居住。

根据发给 FAIR 计划领导层的一封信函，县政府还在调查响应理赔的延迟情况、保险公司是否采取了更换理赔员从而增加保单持有者负担的做法，以及其是否未能正确提供生活费用等问题。

信函还要求该计划停止任何非法行为。

“在生活被火灾摧毁之后，阿尔塔迪纳的居民不应再次成为他们自己保险公司的受害者，”代表受灾的阿尔塔迪纳社区的洛杉矶县主管凯瑟琳·巴格 (Kathryn Barger) 在随公告发布的声明中表示。

根据法律，县政府有权代表加利福尼亚州居民调查并起诉违反《不公平竞争法》的行为，并就任何违规行为寻求赔偿、民事处罚和禁令救济。

针对此次调查，FAIR 计划的一位发言人表示，该保险公司正在审阅县政府的信函，同时指出其已收到来自伊顿（Eaton）和帕利塞德（Palisades）火灾的约 5,400 份理赔申请，并向保单持有者支付了近 35 亿美元 billion。

“FAIR 计划根据每项理赔的具体情况进行评估，并根据所有与财产和意外保险理赔处理相关的法律，在个人保单限额内支付所有承保的理赔，包括烟雾损害理赔，”发言人希拉里·麦克林 (Hilary McLean) 在一封电子邮件声明中表示。

这是县政府因 2025 年 1 月的理赔处理问题而针对的第三家保险公司。

今年 8 月，县政府对加州最大的住房保险公司 State Farm General 提起诉讼，指控其涉嫌违反该州的消费者保护法；9 月宣布正在调查 Farmers Insurance 处理火灾幸存者理赔的情况。两家保险公司均否认有不当行为。

FAIR 计划由该州获得许可的住房保险公司运营并提供资金支持，设立的主要目的是为那些无法在商业市场获得保险的城市社区房主提供保障。然而，随着常规承保公司撤出易发生火灾的社区，其参保人数在近年来激增。

《时报》今年发表的一项调查还发现，在没有重大火灾风险的社区中，该计划的保单数量也在增长。截至 6 月，该计划有近 700,000 份有效的住宅保单，较 2022 年 9 月增长了 $157%。

在 2025 年火灾之后，有居民投诉 FAIR 计划拒绝对遭受烟雾损害的房屋进行检测和修复，烟雾可能会留下铅、石棉和其他毒素。这并非首次在野火后出现此类批评，此前此类批评已导致多起诉讼，并有一项裁定认为该计划的烟雾损害政策是非法的。

在 2025 年 1 月大火后成立的火灾受害者团体“天使部门”（Department of Angels）对县政府的行动表示赞赏。

“幸存者们近两年来一直在问一个简单的问题：为什么我们还在为自己支付了保费的保险覆盖范围而奋斗？伊顿和帕利塞兹火灾的幸存者们已经等待了足够长的时间。我们感谢县政府的倾听——并希望它现在能以幸存者应得的紧迫感采取行动，”该声明中写道。

2025年7月，州保险局命令 FAIR 计划针对其非法处理烟雾损害索赔的指控做出回应。该部门还发起了第 1680, 号议会法案，该法案已于上月由州长签署。

《使 FAIR 计划公平法案》（Make it FAIR Act）要求该计划纠正部门调查中发现的任何缺陷，并在其他条款之外，规定对违反法律的行为处以最高 $20,000 的罚款。

ChatGPT 的青少年保护机制未能向家长告知自杀倾向对话

作者：ELLA CHAKARIAN

一份新报告显示，OpenAI 为保护青少年而设立的防护栏似乎未能发挥作用。

Common Sense Media 旗下的青年 AI 安全研究所（Youth AI Safety Institute）在周三发布的一项研究中，将“青少年版 ChatGPT”（ for Teens）评定为对 18 岁以下儿童具有“不可接受的风险”。这家媒体与技术监督机构敦促 OpenAI 暂停该产品的营销，并在能够提供更安全体验之前禁止未成年人使用该平台。

在 8 月推出了青少年版 ，承诺为 18, 岁以下用户提供“更强大的内置安全保护”，包括限制有关自杀、饮食失调、暴力和性内容的讨论。绑定账户的家长可以设置 无法使用的时段，并安排学习时间，使青少年的聊天进入学习模式。家长还可以选择在青少年将机器人用于高风险行为或研究时接收警报。

研究人员伪装成拥有旧金山湾区账户的青少年，在青少年版 上线前后测试了 4,000 多个提示词。一组专家对该聊天机器人的回复进行了审查。

报告称：“部分保护措施（包括拒绝性角色扮演）起到了作用，但其他措施未能履行承诺，甚至在青少年版 上线后变得更糟。”

测试人员使用 13 至 17 岁注册的十几个新账户，花费长达一小时的时间讨论自杀、自残或饮食失调。

在长达一小时的危险讨论之后，只有极少数警报被发送到注册为用户家长的账户中。

临床审查员发现，青少年版 的大部分危机响应内容在“临床上是合理的”，但许多本应强制机器人将青少年用户引导至专业帮助的对话并未导致引导。与此同时，一些保护措施很容易被关闭或规避。

报告指出， 在与加利福尼亚州《亚当法》（Adam's Law）三项要求相关的测试中失败，这三项要求分别是：危机引导、家长警报和年龄验证。

该法律由州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）于上月签署，将于 2027. 年 7 月生效。该法案由 Common Sense Media 发起并得到 的认可，是以 16 岁的亚当·雷恩（Adam Raine）命名的，其父母起诉 ，指控 鼓励其自杀。

表示，该报告的结论基于有缺陷的测试。

的一名发言人在电子邮件中表示：“我们欢迎严谨的独立评估，但我们不认为 Common Sense Media 的测试准确反映了 的青少年保护机制在实践中的运作方式，或专家关于 AI 如何支持青少年的观点。我们对 Common Sense Media 方法论的审查显示，其大部分测试可能在家长控制功能完全激活之前就已经开始并结束，这使得其调查结果不准确。”

青年 AI 安全研究所执行主任汤姆·西格尔（Tom Siegel）表示，希望 能分享公司数据，并与外部研究人员和组织合作，探讨降低 AI 对儿童相关风险的方法。

西格尔说：“青少年是脆弱且缺乏保护的，而我们却让他们在这样一个不仅未经证实，而且已被证明具有高风险且危险的产品中随意活动。”

青年 AI 安全研究所的部分资金由业界提供，包括 基金会。该研究所表示， 审查了报告草案的事实准确性，但对其结论没有发言权。

GINA FERAZZI 洛杉矶时报 位于维多利亚餐厅兼夜总会内部的 BASEMENT TAVERN，该场所将于本月底关闭。

圣莫尼卡热门夜店即将结业

作者：艾拉·查卡里安 (ELLA CHAKARIAN)

圣莫尼卡一家经营长久的餐厅兼夜店宣布，将于本月底永久结业。

The Victorian 周一在 Instagram 上表示，该店将在经营 20 年后关闭。其最后一个周末将是 10 月 31 日举行的年度万圣节派对。

The Victorian 位于圣莫尼卡海滩一个街区之遥，白天作为餐厅运营，提供周末早午餐、晚餐和欢乐时光。

在周末，DJ 会在地下室、主楼层和楼上空间进行表演。该店还提供每周一次的萨尔萨 (salsa) 和巴恰塔 (bachata) 舞蹈课程。

The Victorian 未立即回应置评请求。尽管其在社交媒体上未提供结业原因，但城市记录显示，该地块将为一家设有健康设施的私人会员俱乐部腾出空间。

根据《圣莫尼卡日报》(Santa Monica Daily Press) 最早报道的城市记录，The Victorian 将被改造为一家会员俱乐部，包括泳池、水疗中心、健身中心和咖啡小馆。

3 月份的会议记录显示，圣莫尼卡市议会已批准将该市有财产的租赁权转移给 Santamonican Club LLC。

一份城市工作人员报告显示，The Victorian 将从“目前作为餐厅、酒吧和夜生活场所的用途，转型为以家庭为基础的娱乐、活动和健康目的地”。

初步概念设计显示，该会员俱乐部将拥有一个新的泳池并扩大绿化面积。

租赁协议还要求新运营商继续支持周日的主街农民市场 (Main Street Farmers Market)，该市场使用该物业的停车场。

工作人员报告还指出，市府此前对 The Victorian 的现有运营商 Ocean Park Restaurant Corp. 的计费不足。

报告称：“根据修订后的租赁协议，运营商已同意偿还 $278,094 的欠租，这部分租金此前计费不足。”

市府未回应置评请求。

The Victorian 最初建于 1903 年，原位于 Ocean Ave 1003 号。1977 年，该建筑与遗产博物馆的“罗伊·琼斯故居” (Roy Jones House) 一同被搬迁至 Main St 2640 号。

多年来，该建筑经历了多次维修和翻新。

根据城市工作人员报告，其许多建筑系统和之前的改良设施“目前已接近使用寿命终点”。

圣莫尼卡的其他夜生活场所近期也相继宣布结业。

4 月，Misfit Bar & Restaurant 在经营 15 年后关闭，原因是运营商选择不续约，理由是圣莫尼卡市中心的状况以及建筑所有权的变更。附近的 Britannia Pub 在圣莫尼卡大道 (Santa Monica Boulevard) 经营约 30 年后，也于 7 月因租约到期而结业。

“现在有这么多企业在关闭，而且所有东西都在涨价，”一名用户在 The Victorian 的 Instagram 帖子下评论道，并补充说：“看到像这样传奇的地方消失，真令人难过。”

Spotify 与 Rogan 签署新的多年播客授权协议

作者：温迪·李 (WENDY LEE)

Spotify 周四表示，已与乔·罗根 (Joe Rogan) 续签协议，后者主持着该公司最受欢迎的播客节目《乔·罗根体验》(The Joe Rogan Experience)。

该播客在 上拥有 1800 万 粉丝，自 2020. 年以来一直是该公司的顶级播客。此次多年期授权协议的具体条款尚未披露。《华尔街日报》援引匿名人士的消息报道，该协议的预估收益约为 2.5亿美元。

“与 的合作非常契合，与他们的合作体验非常棒，”罗根在的一份声明中表示。“我非常高兴且兴奋能在未来的几年里继续与他们合作。”

罗根首次与 签署独家多年期播客协议是在 2020 年，据称该协议价值 1亿美元。这次合作是吸引播客受众转向 的关键，而当时的 主要被认为是一家音乐流媒体服务公司。

在 2024, 年，该公司扩大了合作范围，允许《乔·罗根体验》在其他平台上分发，这一条款将在最新的协议中继续执行。罗根的节目在去年的 、YouTube 和 Apple Podcasts 上均被评为顶级播客。

“乔打造了一些极具持久力的内容，他的节目继续引起全球海量受众的共鸣，因为简单来说，没有其他类似的内容，” 内容合作伙伴负责人乔丹·纽曼 (Jordan Newman) 在一份声明中表示。

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LUKE HALES Getty Images 乔·罗根的播客 自 2020 年以来 一直是 的 顶级产品。

《乔·罗根体验》曾陷入争议，在 2022 年引发了由尼尔·杨 (Neil Young) 领导的 抵制运动，原因是人们担心罗根及其嘉宾在传播与 COVID-19 疫苗相关的错误信息。罗根还因在之前的节目中使用 N-word 而受到批评，他随后为此道歉。

在遭到抵制后， 发布了其内容审核规则，并表示将在与 COVID 相关的播客中添加内容警示标签。罗根也表示，他将更好地平衡不同的观点。

杨随后在 2024 年回到了 。

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预防性医疗的新目标：医疗债务

公共卫生部门的流行病学家纳曼·沙阿（NAMAN SHAH）正在协助领导这项全县范围的行动。 LAUREN JUSTICE KFF Health News

县级计划旨在对洛杉矶医院患者进行筛查，以使其更多地获得现有援助。

作者：NOAM N. LEVEY

每周二，纳曼·沙阿都会在圣费尔南多谷的一家小型公共诊所接诊结核病患者。沙阿是洛杉矶县公共卫生局的医生兼流行病学家，他仔细研究受损肺部的影像，倾听沉重的呼吸声并检查药物。

这是 20 世纪初一项旨在控制感染以防止结核病传播的计划的一部分。

“我们喜欢在‘上游’采取行动，”沙阿说，“这意味着在事情发生之前，而不是在造成损害之后。”

如今，沙阿及其同事正将同样的原则应用于医疗债务。这项工作的关键部分是一个新系统，允许洛杉矶县的每家医院轻松地为患者筛查财务援助资格。其目标是：防止低收入家庭收到让他们陷入债务深渊的账单。

沙阿估计，该系统每年可防止数亿美元的医疗债务产生。

在全美范围内，估计有 1 亿 成年人背负某种形式的医疗保健债务。在全美人口最多的洛杉矶县，公共卫生官员计算出约 800,000 名居民拥有无法支付的医疗账单。

“医疗债务的影响是惊人的，”沙阿说。他曾在印度的一家农村卫生诊所工作，自 2023, 起，他领导了洛杉矶一项旨在解决债务问题的县级计划。

“人们最终背负信用卡债务，然后陷入高利率和贫困的恶性循环，”他说。“人们放弃服用处方药。人们放弃就诊。然后健康状况会变得更糟。”

医院通常向低收入患者提供财务援助。但患者往往很难获得有关援助的信息。研究表明，申请过程可能非常繁琐，许多符合条件的患者从未寻求援助。

“大多数人走进医院，走出医院时对财务援助一无所知，”Dollar For 的创始人贾里德·沃克（Jared Walker）说。Dollar For 是一家帮助全美患者申请援助（通常被称为慈善护理）的非营利组织。

这在推高债务，同时也驱动了昂贵的催收工作。甚至医院官员也承认，这些催收工作毫无意义地针对那些不太可能支付能力的低收入患者。

“他们是在徒劳地尝试催收那些无法收回的债务，”南加州医院协会区域副总裁阿德娜·特斯勒（Adena Tessler）表示。

一个潜在的解决方案是建立一个系统，在不需要申请的情况下，自动筛查并确定低收入患者的财务援助资格。这被称为“推定资格”（presumptive eligibility）。

一些医院已经在使用此类系统，这些系统依赖于软件，根据信用历史等公开可用信息检查患者的资格。

这一策略可能非常有效。沙阿表示，部署了推定资格系统的医院报告称，其向患者提供的财务援助金额增加了多达 50%。

根据去年通过的一项州法律，加利福尼亚州的所有医院必须在明年 7 月之前开始进行推定资格筛查。

但这些系统可能价格昂贵，且小型医院难以实施。沙阿说，目前洛杉矶县只有约 1 in 5 的医院在使用这些系统。

公共卫生官员在思考是否可以帮助更多医院建立这些系统。

沙阿表示，面临重大财政挑战的县政府无法为此买单。但公共卫生局可以召集县内的医疗保健和医院官员，共同寻找另一个解决方案。

“政府的妙处不在于它必须总是亲自去做所有工作，”沙表示，“我们有能力确保人们能够相互协作。”

南加州医院协会最初对该县的倡议持谨慎态度，但后来意识到，改善医院的财务援助计划对医院是有益的，因为许多医院在催收费用上浪费了大量资金。

“计费流程繁琐且成本高昂，”该协会的高级副总裁保罗·杨（Paul Young）说道。

该协会同意采购一套推定资格认定系统，并将其提供给会员单位。杨将这种批量采购方式比作“Costco模式”，他表示，这将降低单个医院的成本。

与此同时，L.A. Care 承诺出资 200万美元 来建立该系统。L.A. Care 是一家非营利健康计划机构，负责为 250 万 多名低收入县居民管理医疗补助（Medicaid）覆盖范围。

L.A. Care 的战略规划负责人梅兰妮·丰特斯·雷纳（Melanie Fontes Rainer）表示，这项投资体现了这家安全网保险公司的使命，即让更多的人能够获得医疗服务。她说：“这将使洛杉矶县变得更好。”

要像合作伙伴们希望的那样在 1 月前让新系统投入运行，仍面临挑战。

医院官员们正在研究该系统在长期内将如何获得资金支持。而且目前尚不清楚，在洛杉矶县的 88 家急性护理医院中，最终会有多少家会使用该系统，即便它的成本更低且更容易获取。

合作伙伴们还在努力改进该系统用于筛选患者所依赖的数据。其中一个目标是将该系统与州政府维护的税务记录相链接。这将为医院提供比现有系统（通常依赖估计收入）更准确的患者收入信息。

Dollar For 的患者倡导者沃克（Walker）表示，他对该县的努力感到鼓舞。

“我对我们能够建立一个更好的慈善医疗体系持乐观态度，”他说，“洛杉矶县的医院愿意在实现这一目标的方式上进行创新和创造，这非常令人鼓舞。”

沙则表示，县公共卫生官员意识到，仅靠医院更好的筛选系统本身无法消除医疗债务。但他指出，公共卫生部门不能忽视一个影响人数比哮喘或烟草使用更多的县居民问题。

“预防是我们的核心工作，”他说。

利维（Levey）为 KFF Health News 撰稿，这是一个制作关于健康问题深度报道的国家级新闻编辑室。本文是《隐藏的帮助》（Hidden Help）系列报道的一部分，该系列是由 Tradeoffs 和 KFF Health News 共同推出的调查系列，探讨医院如何保护患者免受医疗债务带来的改变生活的伤害。

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高校与科技公司被指滥用两项签证计划

[签证，接 A1 版]

“没有哪家公司比微软更滥用这个系统，”万斯在白宫的一次新闻发布会上告诉记者。

万斯表示，该公司滥用了永久劳工认证计划，他认为这使得微软能够雇佣国际人才，然后通过支付较低的薪资来取代美国工人。

这一新进展使得微软被暂停为那些持有 H-1B 签证入境美国并随后申请成为永久居民的员工申请绿卡。

几十年来，美国科技巨头一直依赖 H-1B 签证计划来引进数千名在本地无法找到的熟练外国工人。批评者指责该计划充斥着欺诈和滥用。

政府采取这一强硬措施的当天，特朗普总统将国家技术与创新奖颁给了两名通过学生和工作签证来到美国的国际人才典型代表：微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉和特斯拉的埃隆·马斯克。

Cognizant、Infosys、Tata Consultancy Services、Wipro、HCL 和 Capgemini 也在名单之列，这些公司将不再能够为其 H-1B 员工申请永久居留身份。

微软为使用 H-1B 签证辩护，并在一份声明中表示，期待与政府分享更多信息。在一段帖文中，该公司表示，在上一财年提交的数千份 H-1B 签证申请中，80% 是为了延长或更改现有微软员工的身份。

“他们仅占我们美国员工总数的 1%。他们并不是刚来到我们国家的人，”该公司表示，“微软仅为那些符合该签证类别严格标准的人员提交 H-1B 申请。”

每个财年发放的 H-1B 签证上限为 85,000 个，并通过抽签系统选出。根据美国公民及移民服务局的数据，去年微软是该计划的第三大受益者，获得了 6,258 个 H-1B 签证。亚马逊位居榜首，雇佣了超过 13,000 名 H-1B 签证持有者；Adobe 则有 777 份申请获得批准。

周四的公告在科技从业者和公司中引发了混乱。移民律师指出，此举并非对所有雇主的绿卡申请进行全面暂停，而是针对八家被点名企业的永久劳工认证计划实施的有针对性的执法冻结。

H-1B 的支持者指出，硅谷最大的科技公司是由移民创立或经营的，而阻挠 H-1B 的努力已经开始扼杀人才流动和创业公司的创建。

“这可能只会伤害一些公司，并伤害那些来到这里的最优秀、最聪明的人，”雪城大学经济学教授德瓦希什·米特拉（Devashish Mitra）表示，“这就像是把孩子和洗澡水一起倒掉。”

针对 J-1 签证的调查紧随其他行动之后，使得国际学生进入美国校园变得更加困难。今年，国土安全部表示希望终止一项“身份有效期”签证政策（该政策允许学生在完成学业期间留在美国），并将停留时间限制在四年内。一名联邦法官阻止了这一变更，政府目前正在提起上诉。

特朗普政府还提议，针对选择性实用训练（Optional Practical Training）向高校每名学生收取 $70,000，该计划允许国际学生在毕业后在其学习领域工作有限的年限。目前学生支付的费用约为 $500。

斯坦福大学的一位发言人在一份声明中表示，校园“遵守所有适用的签证法律，包括与 J-1 签证相关的法律。我们将配合调查。”

加州理工学院和加州大学戴维斯分校的发言人未回应置评请求。

根据美国国务院的数据，2025年约有 275,000 人开始参加 J-1 项目，低于 2024 年的 301,694 人。实习生和临时夏季工作人员（如互惠生和夏令营辅导员）也使用该签证进入美国。

其中大多数人并非在大学就读，大部分从事夏季工作。

特朗普政府的打击行动已开始威慑学生前往美国，专家预计，当下个月公布 2025 年的数据时，其注册人数将会下降。

新研究学者人数较 2024 年下降了 27%，至 17,622 人，约为 2015 年总数的一半。2025 年大多数新研究学者来自中国，其次是韩国和印度。

加利福尼亚州吸引的研究学者最多，共 3,211 人。在 2025 年所有新 J-1 签证持有者中，加州以 23,167 人位列第二，仅次于纽约。

美国国务院负责审核申请人并批准担保人。研究学者最长可停留五年。

美国教育委员会（American Council on Education）政府关系副总裁兼幕僚长莎拉·斯普雷策（Sarah Spreitzer）表示，她发现关于新调查涵盖范围的信息很少。但她表示，联邦政府已经拥有相关工具，“既能识别签证发放过程中的欺诈行为，也能通过国土安全部追踪相关人员”。

“我认为所有这些举措都旨在减少进入美国的国际学生数量，而我们已经看到了这种影响，”她说道，并预计“鉴于目前发生的一切，今年的国际学生入学人数将大幅下降”。

特朗普关于“染色”柴油的指令缓解作用有限

在他经营的家族农场里种植春小麦、硬粒小麦和油菜籽。

作者：莎拉·拉扎 (SARAH RAZA) 以及 梅·安德森 (MAE ANDERSON)

南达科他州苏福尔斯 —— 农民、卡车司机和经济学家表示，削减柴油税的举措对于缓解创纪录的燃料价格几乎没有帮助，自美国几个月前袭击伊朗以来，燃料价格一路飙升。

行业团体表示，他们赞赏特朗普总统扩大非道路用途柴油使用范围的行政命令，但农民已经可以使用这种燃料，且许多人已经完成了收获。卡车司机则将难以应对各州不同的规定。

“在柴油价格比去年高出两美元以上的背景下，这根本无法弥补那个伤口，”北达科他州农民联盟主席马特·珀杜 (Matt Perdue) 表示。

距离 11 月大选不足一个月，随着部分农民将作物运往加工厂，以及其他人赶在秋收结束前完成工作，柴油价格继续创下历史新高。由于炼油厂限制以及伊朗战争期间的供应中断，柴油、化肥和种子等投入成本飙升，许多人感受到了压力。

根据美国汽车协会 (American Automobile Assn.) 的数据，周三全美柴油平均价格为每加仑 $6.30，比一年前高出 70% 以上。该行政命令将用于道路工程的普通柴油每加仑 $0.24 的联邦税推迟至年底缴纳。大多数州还征收自己的柴油税。

“染色”柴油与普通柴油相同，只是加入了红色染料，以帮助执法部门对在道路上使用该类柴油的行为实施处罚。目前，这种柴油已被允许用于拖拉机和联合收割机等农业设备，以及建筑和供暖等非道路用途。

如果各州采取类似行动，节省的费用可能会叠加；包括南达科他州和爱荷华州在内的许多州已经放宽了对染色柴油的限制或免除了相关税收。珀杜表示，北达科他州已经免除了普通柴油的税收。但由于州政府的决定侧重于农民，他认为联邦政府的决定将主要使供应链其他环节的人员受益。

能获得最大收益的农民是那些在公共道路上运输自己产品（如牲畜或新鲜农产品）的人。而那些已经完成收获的人则无法获得节省。

“我们大部分的柴油使用量已经过去了，”珀杜说道，他

运输公司和独立卡车司机可能也无法获得太多缓解。Gas-Buddy 石油分析主管帕特里克·德·汉 (Patrick De Haan) 在社交媒体帖子中写道，由于该命令是在联邦层面出台，而各州制定自己的规则，因此对大型运输公司的影响可能微乎其微。

他写道：“最大的柴油用户最不可能使用染色柴油。一家一天跨越五六个州的全国性承运商面临着巨大的风险，因为规则像补丁一样零散，在一个州合法，在下一个州则可能面临罚款。”

他说，许多州免除道路柴油的销售税，但会对染色柴油征收销售税。

贸易团体所有者-经营者独立司机协会 (Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn.) 主席兼首席执行官托德·斯宾塞 (Todd Spencer) 表示，放宽对红染柴油的限制对于预付燃料费的小型卡车司机来说，效果可能很小。他估计，燃料成本每加仑增加 $1，独立卡车司机每周将多支出约 $400。

密歇根州立大学食品经济与政策教授大卫·奥尔特加 (David Ortega) 表示，虽然节省的金额很小，但这仍可能增加对染色柴油的竞争。

“我认为这很有可能产生反作用，使农民的处境变得更糟，”他说。“基本上，任何在高速公路上使用普通柴油驾驶卡车的人现在都可以使用这种非道路柴油。甚至拥有柴油皮卡的人也可能获得这种其他类型的柴油。”

北达科他州的珀杜表示，他预计会出现“抢购染色柴油的情况，我们将看看供应如何应对”。

但威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校农业与应用经济学教授保罗·米切尔（Paul Mitchell）表示，并非所有的染色柴油加油站都能够满足半挂车等大型卡车的需求。

“这最终将取决于基础设施能力，即能否将车辆开到可以加油的地方并将其填满，”他说道。

美国卡车运输协会（American Trucking Assns.）首席倡导与公共事务官亨利·汉斯康（Henry Hanscom）指出，该行政命令指示的是针对使用红色染色柴油的临时处罚缓解和潜在的税收递延，而非直接的免税。他表示，美国卡车运输协会将在美国国税局（IRS）出台该政策的执行指南后对其进行审查。

拉扎（Raza）和安德森（Anderson）为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。

市场综述

油价上涨与科技股下跌导致华尔街波动

BY STAN CHOE

周四，由于油价上涨且美国股票指数涨跌互现，一些剧烈的反转使得金融市场动荡不安。

标准普尔500指数在创下历史新高后，连续第二个交易日下跌 0.5%。道琼斯工业平均指数上涨 51 点，即 0.1%；纳斯达克综合指数下跌 1.3%，其中科技股受创尤为严重。

国际标准布伦特原油每桶价格上涨 4.1% 至 \$104.28，给股市带来了压力。由于不确定与伊朗的战争何时才能让全球能源行业恢复正常，油价在过去一个月里一直在 \$96 到近 \$110 之间剧烈波动。

布伦特原油价格在早盘一度接近 \$106，随后特朗普总统表示与伊朗正在进行“富有成效的讨论”，且美国军队在 11 月中期选举前不会对其发动攻击，导致价格转向。这使布伦特原油价格短暂向 \$103 靠拢，但最终又回升。

债券市场出现了更剧烈的波动，全球债券收益率正跳升至多年甚至数十年来的最高水平，这威胁到经济增长速度。

10年期国债收益率最初随油价上涨，从周三晚间的 5.28% 升至周四早晨的 5.35%，但随后回落至 5.23%。

在美国政府宣布在一次拍卖中出售了 220 亿美元的 30年期国债，且最高收益率低于 5.62% 之后，收益率出现下跌。这帮助 30年期国债收益率从早盘的 5.73% 降至 5.60%，这对债券市场来说是一个显著的变动。

前一天，10年期国债的拍卖也帮助降低了收益率。强劲的需求表明，尽管由于对高通胀、巨额政府债务负担及其他因素的担忧导致价格今年大幅下跌，投资者仍愿意购买美国政府债务。

富国银行投资研究所（Wells Fargo Investment Institute）全球投资策略分析师托尼·米亚诺（Tony Miano）表示：“更高的美国国债收益率开始产生自身的需求，买家在合适的价格出现。”

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在华尔街，国债收益率的缓解帮助大多数美国股票上涨，包括标准普尔500指数中每 3 只股票就有 2 只上涨。

百事公司（PepsiCo）上涨 3.7%，此前这家零食和饮料公司报告的最新季度利润和营收强于分析师预期，部分得益于北美以外市场的强劲表现。

但几只具有影响力的科技股下跌掩盖了这些涨幅。

凭借人工智能技术创造的需求浪潮而崛起的芯片公司英伟达（Nvidia）下跌 2.9%。由于它是华尔街市值最大的股票，尽管其他股票的跌幅更大，但它对标准普尔500指数的拖累最重。

这包括其他 AI 相关股票的下跌，其中博通（Broadcom）下跌 4.3%，美光科技（Micron Technology）下跌 4.8%。

尽管芯片行业的风向标台积电（Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.）报告的 9 月增长情况表明，其最新季度的营收足够强劲，能够超过分析师的预期，但上述损失依然出现。在美交易的台积电股票下跌 3%。

由于 AI 热潮导致股价在近年来飙升，AI 股票面临着巨大的压力，必须报告大幅增长以证明其高股价的合理性。

综上所述，标准普尔 500 指数下跌 36.41 点，至 7,765.36 点。道琼斯工业平均指数上涨 51.77 点，至 51,231.64 点，纳斯达克综合指数下跌 345.35 点，至 27,193.34 点。

在韩国股市中，三星电子下跌 $2.4\%$，拖累综合股价指数（Kospi）下跌 $2.6\%$。这家科技巨头表示，其最新季度的营业利润可能从一年前的 12.17 万亿韩元飙升至 107.4 万亿韩元（约 800 亿美元$ 亿美元），但这仍不足以令投资者满意。

在其他海外股市中，亚洲和欧洲大部分地区的指数均出现下跌。

Choe 为美联社撰稿。

观点之声

Voices LZ GRANDERSON 专栏作家 诺兰·韦尔斯的父母在 7 月听取对其儿子进行的独立尸检结果。 Scott Olson Getty Images

培养强大的孩子比修复破碎的成年人更容易。一位名叫弗雷德里克·道格拉斯的深受爱戴的共和党人曾这样说过。

诺兰·威尔斯与简·多（Jane Doe）的命运如何交织在一起

人类在目睹他人遭受非人道待遇时，竟然能毫无感觉。

我们中没有人确切知道这些话是在何时何地说的，但我们明白其中的原因。很难相信 19 世纪英语单词“inhumane”（非人道的）的兴起与同一时期美国废奴运动的兴起仅仅是巧合。

黄金法则具有普适性。而那些与韦尔斯以及 57 名康奈尔大学兄弟会成员一起狂欢的人忘记了这一点

奴隶制这一制度所带来的病症，需要人类精神的破碎才能生存。道格拉斯的话既是诊断，也是治愈的方案，他解释了堕落是如何与代际传递共同延续的，以及什么可以防止其再次发生。

但培养强大的孩子意味着什么？

修复破碎的男人又意味着什么？

根据原告的诉讼，康奈尔大学一个兄弟会的近 60 名成员收到了一条内容为“免费女人”的短信，但他们没有采取任何行动来帮助所谓的受害者。事实上，这些年轻人之间的短信表明，他们更关心的是他们自己。

诺兰·韦尔斯在 7 月 4 日与一群朋友出去玩，除了他以外，所有人都活着回到了家。在密西西比州海岸附近一个小型未开发岛屿当天的影像资料中，韦尔斯是唯一一名有色人种——大陪审团认为这是一起意外溺水事件，并拒绝提起刑事指控。

州政府和独立法医的尸检结果均未发现溺水证据；他的胃、肺或喉咙中没有水。尸检确实发现他的后脑、左肩和背部有瘀伤。本周，特朗普总统表示他正考虑要求联邦调查局（FBI）调查这起死亡事件。我们将拭目以待他是否会付诸行动。他倾向于首先利用司法部服务于自身利益，其次才是为了正义。当然，我们所有人都会在“做对自己最有利的事”和“做最正确的事”之间模糊界限，但一个社会的健康程度取决于我们尽可能倾向于后者的意愿。为整体利益而行，是合作社会的基石。

生命中 没有比 这条法则 更高的法律： 我们要像 希望他人 对待自己那样 对待他人。

法律无论初衷多么良好，其效力仅取决于人们对它的信仰。而生命中没有比这条法则更高的法律：我们要像希望他人对待自己那样对待他人。

基督教亦是如此：“所以， whatever 你们愿意人怎样待你们，你们也要怎样待人”（马太福音 7:12）。伊斯兰教：“除非一个人希望他的兄弟得到他希望自己得到的东西，否则他并非真正的信徒。”印度教：“一个人绝不应对他人做那些自己认为对自己有害的事。”而佛教：“不要以你自己认为会造成伤害的方式伤害他人。”

一个人必须让自己脱离这条普适法则，才会希望或施加伤害。一个人必须脱离他们自己的仁—

“几天前，我在凌晨 3 点被惊醒……我听到了‘爸爸’这个词，它把我唤醒了，我感到心如刀割，”韦尔斯的父亲埃尔莫尔·旺斯利上周日在第二浸信会教堂对信众们说道。他与妻子克里斯汀·韦尔斯-旺斯利以及民权律师本·克伦普访问了该教堂以寻求支持。“我祈求上帝帮助我控制自己的情绪，因为作为一名父亲，你想保护你的家人。”

对于任何照顾过孩子的人来说，这种情感都很容易理解。

婴儿出生时并非如此。当人类生命来到这个世界时，触觉是新生儿生存最需要的感官。随着时间的推移，我们被教导要远离触觉和彼此。尤其是男性。这就是为什么道格拉斯说，教导孩子们永远不要忘记我们的人性会更容易。永远不要忘记我们是兄弟姐妹，因为生命中总有些事情会试图说服你并非如此。在放手、视而不见、只顾自己要容易得多的时候，需要内在的坚韧才能坚守普适法则，关心彼此的遭遇。

我想，一个人可以通过这种方式过上某种看似舒适的生活。

但一个基于这种道德指南针建立的社会，则是迷失的。

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乔治·沃克四世（GEORGE WALKER IV）美联社 9月30日克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）的执行被叫停后的现场。

克里斯塔·派克已经受够了

关于 10 月 2 日的《执行失败重启死刑辩论》一文

读者来信

在负责照顾她的医护人员的簇拥下，克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）可能正经历着她那痛苦一生中最平静的时光。

在她年幼时，社会服务机构在发现她母亲的同居男友对其进行身体和性虐待后，曾将她短暂地从家中带走。不久之后，派克写道她想自杀；她写道，原因之一是她在 11 岁时被一名邻居强奸。派克在 12 岁时尝试自杀。18 岁时，派克和她那涉嫌虐待她的男友毫无理由地杀死了一名本应在今天依然在世的年轻女性。尽管比派克仅小几个月，但当时尚未达到法定成年年龄的 17 岁男友被判处终身监禁，但有可能获得假释。派克则被判处死刑。

作为田纳西州死囚牢中唯一的女性，她被单独监禁了近 30 年。与此同时，面临死刑的男性囚犯被允许参加集体活动。派克对她青少年时期犯下的可怕罪行表示悔恨。根据她的法律团队所述，最终她接受了自己的命运，甚至试图帮助执行团队寻找可用的静脉。

全球 100 多个国家已经废除了死刑。数十年的研究表明，死刑并不能起到威慑作用。它仅仅是人类野蛮过去的可怜残余。

虽然我同意我们需要调查克里斯塔·派克的死刑执行为何失败，但我认为我们还需要调查派克被安排执行死刑的事实原因。

她的律师谈到，永远无法得知她承受了怎样的折磨，以及她可能经历了怎样的身心痛苦。但我们所知道的是，在 32 年前，派克和她的男友残忍地谋杀了一名 19 岁的女孩，

苏珊·克里斯蒂安·古尔丁（SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING） 海豹滩

科琳·斯莱默（Colleen Slemmer）。

派克比她的受害者多活了 32 年。

死刑本应在很久以前就执行。

德博拉·R·石田（DEBORAH R. ISHIDA） 比弗利山庄

关闭油田并非保护

关于 10 月 4 日的《罕见关闭油田方案已在讨论中》一文

基于这篇报道的框架，《洛杉矶时报》似乎想让读者相信，墨菲（Murphy）油田附近的疾病证明了运行中的油井负有责任。这根本证明不了任何事情。

自 2019 年以来，加利福尼亚州实施了严格的新排放规则。而且这些规则发挥了作用。我和同事开展的同行评审研究发现，目前的运营排放量不足天然渗漏和废弃油井排放量的 2% —— 低了多达 100 倍。

洛杉矶坐落在布满天然渗漏和百年油井的油田之上。影响居民的石油排放更有可能源自他们的房屋下方，而非墨菲油田。

更糟糕的是，关闭生产油井实际上可能会损害环境。提取石油可以减少驱动渗漏的地下碳氢化合物。在加利福尼亚州的其他地方，数十年的石油生产已显著减少了天然渗漏。在将石油留在地下并通过不受控的路径逃逸的同时关闭洛杉矶的油田，这不是环境保护。这是出于政治动机、缺乏科学常识且反环境的行为。令人羞愧。

詹姆斯·雷克特（JAMES RECTOR） 奥克兰

本文作者是加州大学伯克利分校的土木与环境工程教授。

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文中未详细阐述的事实是，罗马天主教大教区在 20 世纪 60 年代就开始将其位于杰斐逊公园（Jefferson Park）的土地租赁给墨菲（Murphy）钻井现场。距离科学家詹姆斯·汉森（James Hansen）就人类引起的全球变暖或气候变化在国会作证已近 40 年。2015 年，教宗方济各在通谕《愿你赞美太阳》（Laudato Si）中将人类活动与全球变暖联系起来。教宗利奥十四世谴责了对由此造成的苦难的漠视。梵蒂冈已承诺到 2050 年实现碳中和，主要通过太阳能电站等基础设施来实现。

教会显然将污染视为一个道德和社会问题。考虑到对健康和环境的影响，租赁决定难道不应该在几十年前就重新考虑吗？我的天主教母亲会对这种明显的漠视感到震惊。

詹妮弗·平克顿（JENNIFER PINKERTON） 格伦代尔（Glendale）

请将政治广告移出我的选票

关于 10 月 1 日的《第 40 号提案指南：加利福尼亚州亿万富翁税提案》

选票应该是中立地带，而不是竞选广告。然而，我本周末在邮件中收到的加州选票上写着，参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders，佛蒙特州独立人士）支持第 40 号提案，反对第 41 号和第 42 号提案。为什么一名州外参议员会出现在我的加州选票上？

我对这些措施不持立场。我的反对点在于政治倡议出现在选票本身上。加州 2022 年通过的允许列出“支持者”和“反对者”的法律，在推广时被称作能为选民提供有用信息——即选票论点的简明摘要。识别加州官员或组织可能会为选民提供相关的背景信息。但显著地显示一名参议员的名字（甚至没有注明他代表哪个州），看起来不像是在提供背景，而更像是一则背书广告。

桑德斯可以随心所欲地为加州提案进行支持或反对的竞选。但政治倡议几乎可以出现在任何地方，唯独不应出现在选票本身。选民理应拥有一张能中立地呈现选择、没有政治广告的选票。

格雷格·马什伯格（GREGG MASHBERG） 拉卡尼亚弗林特里奇（La Cañada Flintridge）

洛杉矶时报 创刊于 1881 年 12 月 4 日 加州时报出版物

对亿万富翁征税？下一个是谁？

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加州 11 月的选票要求我们批准对净资产超过 10 亿美元 billion 的居民征收一次性 5% 的税。当目标是你可能永远不会成为其中的一部分的群体时，很容易投赞成票。而这恰恰应该是让我们停下来思考的地方。一旦政府接受了一个规模小且不受欢迎的群体可以被单独对待，原则就此确立：只要足够多的选民不需要买单，征税就是合理的。今天，这条线是 10 亿美元 billion。明天，它可能是 1亿美元，或者 10 亿美元 million。对财富而非收入征税也开创了先河，而新开辟的领域很少能局限于其最初的目的。

与其再搞一次特例，我们需要重新审视加州如何向每个人征税，包括考虑一种简单的、漏洞极少的统一税率，让每个人支付相同的税率，且没有任何群体成为例外。一个公平的系统不需要反派。

詹姆斯·芬德利（JAMES FINDLAY） 圣拉斐尔（San Rafael）

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埃里克·泰耶（ERIC THAYER） 洛杉矶时报 周四，工人们在一次打击贩毒行动中清理贫民窟（Skid Row）的一个营地。

洛杉矶警察局局长警告毒贩：洛杉矶不再欢迎你们做生意

[贫民窟，接A1版] [贫民窟，接A1版] 以较小数量将毒品运入该地区。

“当他们在贫民窟贩完毒后，这些毒贩会开着豪华车辆回家，”埃赛利在新闻发布会上表示。“这些毒贩很精明。他们熟悉加利福尼亚州宽松的禁毒法，同时也了解我们的联邦量刑指南。”

在一份指控六人的刑事起诉书中，一名联邦调查局（FBI）特工表示，贫民窟的毒贩“由街头犯罪帮派成员和独立经营者混合组成”。

起诉书称，这些毒贩会打扮成“无家可归者或社会 / 市政工作人员，以便融入环境并逃避执法部门的检测，利用帐篷和临时搭建的结构来掩盖其非法活动，使其不被公众察觉”。

gence of crack cocaine use, along with other drugs such as PCP and heroin.

埃赛利警告称，如果其他毒贩试图填补周四行动所留下的空白，联邦当局将继续实施逮捕。

“这里将成为一个零容忍区域，”埃赛利说。“任何被抓到在麦克阿瑟公园、贫民窟或洛杉矶市中心贩毒的人，都将被联邦起诉，并且将在联邦监狱中度过十年或更长时间。”

洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）局长呼应了这一信息。

“洛杉矶不再欢迎你们做生意，下一个就是你们，”麦克唐纳说。

“没错，”巴斯在警察局长身边点头表示赞同。

洛杉矶县地方检察官内森·霍克曼表示，他的办公室已起诉六名嫌疑人，另有 28 人面临联邦案件。

“我们正在清除贫民窟中的资深玩家，”霍克曼说。

他补充道：“这只是这次行动的开始，绝对不是结束。”

周四扫荡行动结束后，在市中心贫民窟附近，至少有三架直升机在空中盘旋。街道被写有“请勿跨越”的黄色警用胶带封锁。洛杉矶警察局的巡逻车停在胶带的另一侧，围观群众聚集在周围观看。

周四被捕的人员中包括 52, 岁的曼努埃尔·考特尼·沃恩斯（Manuel Courtney Vaughns）。在检察官提交的起诉书中，他被描述为雷蒙德大道瘸子帮（Raymond Avenue Crips）的已知成员，在贫民窟的逮捕记录可追溯至 2019 年。

一支全副武装的联邦特警队（SWAT）突袭了位于萨米特大道的一处帕萨迪纳住宅，沃恩斯被认为居住在此。他预计将于周四晚些时候出庭。

在周四早晨的执法行动中，温加特大厦（Weingart Towers）的居民、73, 岁的杰西·奥尔雷德（Jesse Allred）站在第六街和克罗克街的拐角处，此时警察胶带封锁了克罗克街。他一只手拿着一瓶亚利桑那冰茶，另一只手牵着他的罗威纳混血犬“淑女”（Lady）。

“我们看到 FBI 穿着他们的制服和防弹背心，”他说。“出大事了。”

他说他看到“警察到处都是”。

奥尔雷德说，自从出狱以来，他在这个毒品泛滥的地区已经住了 15 个月。

“我出来后，人们就在街角抽毒品，”他说。“他们到处注射毒品。警察在到处开车，根本不在意。”

ICE官员就宾州众议院选举发表评论

作者：马克·莱维 (MARC LEVY)

宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡 —— 当美国国土安全部本周公布逮捕一名因露体行为被捕的尼日利亚男子时，其中包含的一段政治攻击引发了民主党人以及一个非党派政府监督机构的投诉。

该部门的新闻稿声称，该男子在宾夕法尼亚州一个关键选区的一名民主党国会候选人手下工作，这种对一场备受关注的中期选举的提及十分罕见。

“难以置信的是，珍妮尔·斯泰尔森 (Janelle Stelson) 竟然雇佣一名非法移民参与国会竞选活动，更不用说还是一个在公共场合露体的色情狂了，”美国移民和海关执法局 (ICE) 副局长查尔斯·沃尔 (Charles Wall) 在新闻稿中表示。

一份警方报告显示，该男子的车内有斯泰尔森的传单。斯泰尔森否认该男子是竞选团队的雇员。

国土安全部未就其如何确定该男子为斯泰尔森工作的问题做出回应。其新闻稿引用了一篇新闻报道，其中一名保守派活动人士断言了这一联系。

“华盛顿责任与伦理公民委员会” (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW) 周四向美国特别检察官办公室提交了投诉，称该部门对斯泰尔森的攻击公然违反了《哈奇法案》(Hatch Act)，该法案禁止政府官员利用其官方职务影响选举。

CREW 的负责人唐纳德·舍曼 (Donald Sherman) 表示，他从未见过像该部门声明这样的情况，即一个执法机构在与选举相关犯罪无关的新闻稿中，“刻意”提及竞选隶属关系。

舍曼表示，这份新闻稿“与政府及总统从高层传达的信息一致，即无论法律如何规定，ICE 都要参与选举”。

斯泰尔森曾是一名当地电视名人，目前在宾夕法尼亚州第 10 国会选区第二次挑战共和党众议员斯科特·佩里 (Scott Perry)。预计这将是决定 11 月中期选举美国众议院控制权的关键选区之一。

斯泰尔森的竞选团队表示：“如果他是一名犯罪的非法移民，他就应该被驱逐出境。在逮捕消息传出之前，我们从未听说过他。我们感谢执法部门迅速采取行动将其逮捕。”

根据美联社获得的一份警方报告，奇马奥比姆·阿德-达约·伊格博杰克韦 (Chimaobim Ade-dayo Igbojekwe) 于 9 月 27 日被东彭斯博罗镇 (East Pennsboro Township) 的一名警员逮捕，此前有报告称在哈里斯堡郊区一条住宅街道的公共公园旁停有一辆可疑车辆。

警员在报告中写道，当伊格博杰克韦打开车门与警员交谈时，他注意到伊格博杰克韦的“生殖器处于暴露状态”。

报告称，伊格博杰克韦告诉警员，他“在附近工作，正准备分发珍妮尔·斯泰尔森政治竞选活动的 [传单]”。警员写道，伊格博杰克韦出示了一叠传单。

目前尚不清楚该男子是否在为另一个组织担任有偿的扫街员。

伊格博杰克韦被指控扰乱公共秩序和露体。法院记录显示，他承认扰乱公共秩序罪，随后被 ICE 逮捕。

国土安全部表示，伊格博杰克韦于 2017 年合法入境，但其停留时间超过了“授权期限”。他在 2021 年获得了暂缓遣返 (deferred action)。

莱维为美联社撰稿。

马里布太平洋海岸公路路段安装超速摄像头

联邦调查局（FBI）特工丹尼斯·安（Dennis An）在一份宣誓书中写道，“毒贩还利用该地区的[单间出租]单元和其他形式的低收入住房来存储或隐藏他们的毒品供应。”

GENARO MOLINA 洛杉矶时报 恩里克·萨尔加多（ENRIQUE Salgado）正在安装一个超速摄像头。类似的设备将用于监测马里布太平洋海岸公路（PCH）上的驾驶员。

根据一份刑事起诉书，一名涉嫌供应毒品的人员拉里·皮特雷（Larry Pitre），70岁，在位于第7街一家名为 Sassy's 的服装店兼零食店经营。

当局表示，他们观察到被称为“Kat Daddy”的皮特雷在附近的大陆酒店（Continental Hotel）进出，并确认他在那里租了一个房间，据称该房间被用作“藏毒点”。

根据 Essayli 的说法，毒贩们知道贫民窟（Skid Row）的无家可归居民何时领取公共援助福利金，并在那些日子里“像时钟一样准时”地出现在该地区。

“他们开着豪车来到这里，贩卖毒品并收取现金，”他说。

道路上的流量、拥堵情况和安全性。

在周四早些时候举行的一场单独新闻发布会上，市长凯伦·巴斯（Karen Bass）也赞扬了对贫民窟的清理行动，并表示当地执法部门今后将在该地区采取更积极的行动。

“我们将那些在社区中传播这些毒品的人赶出街道，他们将为此承担责任，”巴斯说。“这些毒品不仅影响使用它们和对其上瘾的人，还会让他们周围的所有人和我们的公共空间变得不那么安全。”

洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）局长吉姆·麦克唐纳（Jim McDonnell）在新闻发布会上表示，此次行动是“超过六个月共同调查工作的 culmination（顶峰 / 结果）”。

麦克唐纳将那些被捕的人描述为贫民窟非法药物的“中级分销商”。

洛杉矶警察局局长表示，嫌疑人与各种街头帮派有关联，包括 Main Street Crips、Grape Street Crips、Raymond Avenue Crips 和 Pueblo Bishop Bloods。他表示，当局没收了甲基苯丙胺和芬太尼，以及枪支、现金和车辆。麦克唐纳指出，贫民窟最近出现了再次[摄像头，见A1]车辆，导致51岁的 Nobu Malibu 餐厅员工内宫亮（Ryo Uchimiya）死亡。

达法拉（Daffara）将车祸现场的视频发布到她的 Facebook 小组“真实马里布居民”（Real Malibu Residents）中，引发了愤怒。

据市府称，超速违章记录发生在 9 月 16 日至 9 月 24 日期间，分布在太平洋海岸公路沿线的四个超速摄像头地点，其中约 86% 发生在马里布东部。

摄像头分别位于 Tuna Canyon、Latigo Canyon 和 Decker Canyon 路以及 Zuma Beach 区域。

马里布的超速摄像头计划被称为“速度安全系统”（Speed Safety System），该系统采用激光雷达技术和先进的摄像头设备，用于检测行驶速度至少超过发布限速 11 mph 的车辆。

当驾驶员被捕捉到以该速度行驶时，摄像头会拍摄车辆后车牌的照片，并自动生成一份违章通知以供审核和处理。

违反限速将导致罚款，起步价为 $50，最高可达 $500，具体取决于驾驶速度。

马里布市临时市长史蒂夫·乌林（Steve Uhring）认为，摄像头会减缓部分超速驾驶员的速度，但“影响将在一定程度上被稀释”。

乌林表示，由超速摄像头产生的处罚应该更严厉，例如在第二次或第三次违章时吊销驾驶执照。

“只要你让处罚足够严重，人们就会开始注意，”他说。“如果处罚只是轻微的警告，人们会说，‘别来烦我’。”

然而，近期观察到的违章数量存在一个前提条件。加州交通局在帕利塞德（Palisades）火灾后重新开放太平洋海岸公路（PCH）以供必要出行时，对道路实施了若干限制——包括降低限速，以便居民、维修人员和急救人员能够同时在道路上通行。

根据加州交通局（Caltrans）的数据，日落大道（Sunset Boulevard）与拉斯弗洛雷斯峡谷路（Las Flores Canyon Road）之间的区域仍为活跃施工区，可能会出现单车道封闭，且限速为 25 英里 / 小时。

马里布发言人马特·迈尔霍夫（Matt Myerhoff）在电子邮件中写道：“市政府、执法部门和社区都知道，在帕利塞德火灾过火区的施工区域内，很少有车辆能遵守降低后的临时 25 英里 / 小时限速。”

迈尔霍夫表示，之所以维持较低的限速，是因为加州交通局“正在过火区域进行速度调查，以确定 PCH 该路段合适的限速”。

迈尔霍夫说，无论最终执行的限速是多少，近期记录到的 100,000 辆超速车辆的数量“依然令人惊讶，并凸显了需要速度安全系统来帮助打破 PCH 的超速文化”。

“街道属于每个人”（Streets Are for Everyone）的创始人达米安·凯维特（Damian Kevitt）表示，一份更全面的报告应该包含所有速度摄像头位置采集的数据，包括限速较高的路段。

凯维特说：“大多数人的车速在 35 到 45 英里 / 小时之间，这虽然仍比 PCH 的其他路段慢，这很好，但这意味着大多数人都会收到超速罚单。”

此前，马里布东部 PCH 路段的限速为 45 英里 / 小时。

他说：“我更感兴趣的是，基于之前的车速，会有多少人被开罚单。”

据市政府官员称，在摄像头开始对超速驾驶员开具罚单之前，必须经过 60 天的警告期。该期限原定于 9 月，但现已重新安排在 11 月，以“允许进行必要的安装调整，并确保该计划准备好按需运行”。

乌林（Uhring）表示，速度摄像头并非最终解决方案，而是“工具箱中的另一个工具”。

让加州最危险的道路之一变得更安全的需求一直存在，但马里布及其合作伙伴——包括加州交通局、当地和州级民选领导人、执法官员以及社区——在 Oct. 17, 2023 发生一起车祸后被促使迅速采取行动，当时一名时速高达 104 英里的驾驶员撞死了四名佩珀代因大学（Pepperdine University）的学生。

凯维特说，此前加州交通局和市政府的协作并不顺畅。

他说：“改变在于双方都有了动力。他们停止了互相指责，直接开始工作……而且协作得更加紧密。”

当时，来自马里布社区的公众抗议也激励了加州交通局和市政府寻找解决方案。

洛杉矶县警署马里布 / 洛斯特希尔斯（Malibu / Lost Hills）分局的詹姆斯·阿伦斯（James Arens）警官表示：“根据我的经验，超速是 PCH 碰撞事故的 No. 1 原因，不安全的转弯操作紧随其后。”

在 2023, 共有 220 起报告的碰撞事故，导致 93 人受伤，7 人死亡，据市政府官员称。

市政府已授权警员在常规巡逻班次之外加班，以开展额外的交通执法。

自 November 2023 以来，警员已开出 20,000 多张罚单，其中 10,600 张为超速罚单，阿伦斯表示。

他说：“多年来，驾驶员的行为变得更加鲁莽。由治安官进行的交通执法只是解决 PCH 问题的其中一个环节。”

另一项努力是太平洋海岸公路信号同步项目，旨在改善交通

通过同步托潘加峡谷大道（Topanga Canyon Boulevard）与约翰·泰勒驱动路（John Tyler Drive）之间的 12 个交通信号灯，加州交通局现在可以实时调整信号。

凯维特表示，这些涉及道路基础设施的大型项目需要很长时间——需要进行测量、研究、征求公众意见以及筹集资金。

他说，加州运输局（Caltrans）不会“因为紧迫而采取速成方案，但当公共安全成为关键因素时，我们正努力改变这种观念”。

凯维特表示，改变驾驶员的行为并非不可能，但难度更大，且需要强有力的教育。

不过，情况正在发生变化。根据凯维特的初步数据，今年太平洋海岸公路（PCH）发生了两起死亡事故：一起发生在道路西端，另一起则是近期发生在东端的悲剧。

他说：“如果只有这两起，虽然这并不意味着可以接受，但这低于 PCH 的平均水平。已经看到了[改善]，但仍有许多可以且应该采取的措施。”

目前尚不清楚在这九天的窗口期内有多少车辆经过了超速摄像头。根据加州运输局 2024 年（最近可获得的数据）的数据，平均每天有 67,000 辆车经过 PCH 上的马里布峡谷路（Malibu Canyon Road）。

据市政府称，超速摄像头项目的收入将用于回收安装摄像头的成本，任何剩余资金可能用于实施额外的交通安全措施。

乌林表示，一旦超速摄像头投入运行，市府仍将讨论可以采取哪些措施来遏制道路上的超速行为。

“我们不会停止尝试，”乌林说道。

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居民迈克尔·奥图尔（Michael O'Toole）周四与他的爱犬麦克（Mac）一起，看着海浪拍打在长滩半岛（Long Beach Peninsula）的海堤上。 摄影：ALLEN J. SCHABEN，洛杉矶时报

沿海地区遭遇“双重打击”

热带风暴“瑞秋”（Rachel）与开尔文波（Kelvin wave）可能带来降雨及洪水风险。

作者：Rong-Gong Lin II

虽然目前在太平洋海域旋转的飓风“瑞秋”在周四早些时候被降级为热带风暴，但预计它将增加南加州沿海洪水的风险，并可能在本周末及下周初的某个时间点给该地区带来大范围降雨。

预报员警告称，由于“瑞秋”的影响，面向南方的海滩——如长滩半岛、卡塔利娜岛（Catalina Island）以及从马里布到文图拉（Ventura）的海岸线——可能面临特别高的洪水风险。

一台推土机正在向加高的堤坝添加沙子，以保护半岛上的房屋。

在异常活跃且受厄尔尼诺现象驱动的飓风季中，“瑞秋”是最新一个被命名的参与者。

同样导致洪水风险增加的是开尔文波的到来，这是厄尔尼诺现象的另一个特征，可使海平面上升 6 到 12 英寸。海平面越高，对加利福尼亚州海岸线的威胁就越大。

奥克斯纳德（Oxnard）国家气象局办公室的气象学家瑞安·基特尔（Ryan Kittell）表示，沿海洪水的风险预计将在周日达到顶峰。

“看来我们很有可能会经历另一轮严重的沙滩侵蚀，尤其是在周日那个时间段，”基特尔说，“其中一些地区已经受到沿海洪水事件的影响，非常脆弱，且 [见天气页，B5]

一起死亡事件后，LAUSD家长呼吁恢复校园警察

作者：ANDREW KHOURI, HOWARD BLUME 和 KATE SEQUEIRA

周三，一组家长呼吁让警察重返校园，这再次引发了关于洛杉矶统一学区（LAUSD）学校警察巡逻的长期争论。此前，一名学生在富兰克林高中（Franklin High School）遭到袭击，在从四楼栏杆坠落后死亡。

家长们对欺凌行为以及他们认为的学校安保缺失表达了深切担忧。海兰公园（Highland Park）富兰克林高中的这场悲剧令他们深感震惊，这引发了人们对死者家属的广泛支持，并要求在整个学区加强安全措施。

“我们希望学校内部有警察，”专注于学校安全的 LAUSD 家长团体负责人戴安娜·吉伦（Diana Guillen）在新闻发布会上表示。

洛杉矶县法医办公室已确认该学生 [见 LAUSD，B6]

一名 17 岁学生在富兰克林高中死亡，导致周三在洛杉矶统一学区总部外的一次集会上，人们要求在校园内部署警察。 摄影：MYUNG J. CHUN，洛杉矶时报

县政府官员寻求改进禁制令系统

监事会将权衡旨在更好地保护家庭暴力受害者的措施。

作者：康纳·希茨 (CONNOR SHEETS) 以及 加布里埃尔·拉马尔·勒梅 (GABRIELLE LAMARR LEMEE)

洛杉矶县监事林赛·霍瓦斯 (Lindsey Horvath) 提出了一项呼吁采取“大胆行动”以更好地保护家庭暴力和跟踪受害者的动议，旨在帮助他们更有效地利用县内的禁制令系统并获得法院命令的保护。

霍瓦斯提到，《洛杉矶时报》近期关于受害者在获取和执行禁制令时所面临挑战的报道，是监事会提出该动议的灵感来源。该动议由监事会主席希尔达·索利斯 (Hilda Solis) 共同起草。监事会计划在 11 月 10 日的会议上审议该措施。

“《洛杉矶时报》最近的一篇报道探讨了家庭暴力禁制令的办理流程，以及全县在支持需要这种关键帮助的幸存者方面已经开展和尚未开展的工作，”霍瓦斯在周二表示。

《时报》的报道指出，在 2024 年和 2025 年，洛杉矶县至少有 63 名女性被杀，其案件涉及前伴侣或近亲被逮捕或被指控谋杀。这些死亡人数占该期间被杀的 156 名女性的 $40\%$ 以上。其中至少有 10 名女性曾申请过再 [见 Board, B2]

洛杉矶县监事林赛·霍瓦斯引用了《时报》关于受害者面临挑战的报道。

离港 321 天后，亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰返回南加州

作者：克拉拉·哈特 (CLARA HARTER)

亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰于周四在圣迭戈停靠。返乡的水兵们欢欣起舞，船员们因延长的服役期而获得赞誉，但人们也对他们在支持伊朗战争的创纪录离港期间所忍受的恶劣条件提出了质疑。

在科罗纳多半岛北端，随着船员们的登岸，许多初为人父者第一次亲吻他们的婴儿，情侣们哭泣并拥抱，数百名父母集体地松了一口气。

该舰去年 11 月离开南加州，在 2 月美国领导的对伊朗袭击后被重新部署至中东。船员们已离开家人 321 天，并创下了连续 265 天在海上航行且未访问任何港口的现代记录。

这次异常漫长的部署引发了人们对船上条件恶化的报告的担忧，船员们成为了美国人为维持特朗普总统与伊朗冲突而做出牺牲的象征。

今年夏天，新闻报道披露，在新鲜食物短缺、热水和洗衣服务中断以及精疲力竭的情况下，多名水兵曾试图跳海。随后，海军代理部长洪·曹 (Hung Cao) 告诉国会，在部署期间至少有 8 名打击小组人员尝试自杀。

当周四被问及水兵们所承受的代价时，指挥官丹尼尔·J·基勒 (Daniel J. Keeler) 表示，船员们经历的一切都处于“你在航空母舰上可能预期看到的正常范围之内”。

“我拥有所有的供应 [见 Ship, B6]

墨西哥黑手党嫌疑人被起诉

作者：马修·奥姆塞斯 (MATTHEW ORMSETH)

何塞·阿古梅多 (Jose Argumedo) 的绰号是“谦卑”，但当局表示，他收钱的方式绝非谦卑。

检察官在今年早些时候提交的一份起诉书中写道，当一名波莫纳 (Pomona) 的企业主拒绝支付保护费时，阿古梅多带着枪出现，并将该企业的财产装进了一辆 U-Haul 搬家卡车。在周三解密的第二份起诉书中，当局指控在 U-Haul 事件发生几个月后，一名帮派成员向一名欠阿古梅多钱的男子发射了一连串子弹。

根据法院记录和一名未获授权公开发言的执法部门消息人士透露，阿古梅多是海兰公园 (Highland Park) Avenues 帮派的成员，曾因企图谋杀和抢劫被判入狱。在针对阿古梅多的起诉书中，检察官指控他是在为墨西哥黑手党 (Mexican Mafia) 收钱，这是一个对整个加利福尼亚州拉丁裔街头帮派具有影响力的监狱组织。

阿古梅多的律师安德鲁·斯坦 (Andrew Stein) 称当局为“胆小鬼——” [见 Gang, B4]

洛杉矶县监管委员会寻求改进禁制令系统以保护受害者

[接 B1 版 Board] 禁制令。

2024 年 7 月，县公共卫生局的暴力预防办公室发布了一份报告，提出了十多项建议，旨在通过改善获取禁制令的途径来减少家庭暴力致死事件。其中大多数建议尚未实施。

该办公室表示，延迟是由于资金不足以及在负责县禁制令系统的众多机构之间协调困难所致。

如果该动议获得通过，将强制要求县首席执行官、洛杉矶县警长部门以及公共卫生局、心理健康局、消费者与商业事务局、公共社会服务局和无家可归者服务局提交报告，以评估目前的努力、改进计划和额外的资金需求。

“我们知道家庭暴力禁制令能保护幸存者，我认为委员会必须采取每—”

“一步可能的措施，以更好地支持和保护我们的幸存者，”霍瓦斯 (Horvath) 表示。“县政府，”她补充道，“必须在这个领域挺身而出并发挥领导作用。”

该动议要求每年拨款数百万美元，为九个由县运行的、协助人们办理禁制令程序的法律自助中心提供全额资金。

它还将正式将“基于性别的暴力和亲密伴侣暴力”确定为监管委员会的优先事项，并要求警长部门就该机构计划如何改进处理禁制令的情况进行陈述。

暴力预防办公室将被要求制定一项“同行导航员模式”计划，以引导幸存者使用禁制令系统。

无家可归者服务与住房局将被要求评估为所有逃离亲密伴侣暴力的人员提供紧急床位所需的额外资源。

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案件编号： 26VECP00459

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法院命令所有对此事感兴趣的人员在下方指定的听证会上出席本法院，陈述理由（如有），说明为何不应批准该更名请愿。任何对上述更名持有异议的人员必须在

Weeks v. Interactive Life Forms, LLC，洛杉矶高等法院，案件编号 # 22STCV03685。如果您在购买 Fleshlight Stamina Training Unit ("STU") 时居住在加利福尼亚州，或在 1 / 28 / 2018 至 8 / 27 / 2026 期间在加利福尼亚州地址收到 STU，您可能有权获得拟议集体诉讼结算金。如需领取款项，您必须在 11 / 24 / 2026 之前提交有效的索赔表。目前预计提交有效索赔的集体成员将获得 \$30；实际付款金额将取决于有效索赔的数量，且每项索赔不超过 \$69.95。最终批准听证会将于 4 / 27 / 27 上午 10 点在洛杉矶高等法院 SS11 部门（地址：洛杉矶市北春街 312 号，加利福尼亚州）举行。如需查看完整的法院批准集体通知和结算协议，以及获取或提交索赔表，请访问 weeks-v-interactive-life-forms.phoenixcases.com。

事项预定听证日期之前至少两天提交一份包含异议理由的书面异议，并且必须出席听证会陈述为何不应批准该请愿。如果没有及时提交书面异议，法院可能会在不举行听证会的情况下批准该请愿。

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法院地址为：加利福尼亚州高等法院 洛杉矶县 14400 ERWIN STREET MALL, VAN NUYS, CA 91401 本原因陈述令副本应在本县出版的以下通用发行报纸上，在请愿听证日期前连续四周、每周至少刊登一次。日期：9 / 30 / 2026℃. HAROUTUNIAN 副法官

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Merrimack County Savings Bank v Stephanie DeAngelis, et al 案件编号： 217-2025-CV-00845

21. 2023 CT 000.9 上述诉讼目前在本法院审理中。原始诉状已存档，相关方可查阅。法院已针对被告 Stephanie DeAngelis 和 James DeAngelis 发布公告送达令。

法院命令：

梅里马克县储蓄银行（Merrimack County Savings Bank）应通过在通用发行报纸《洛杉矶时报》上每周一次、连续三周刊登本公告的核实副本，向 Stephanie DeAngelis 和 James DeAngelis 通知本诉讼。最后一次刊登应在 2026年11月05日 或之前完成。

此外，在最后一次刊登后的 30 天内，即 2026年11月26日 或之前，

Stephanie 和 James 应向本法院以电子方式提交出庭通知与答辩状或其他响应诉状。出庭通知与答辩状或其他响应诉状的副本必须以电子方式发送给下列当事人。

梅里马克县储蓄银行应向本法院以电子方式提交刊登证明。未能提交可能导致本诉讼在无需进一步通知的情况下被驳回。

致 Stephanie 和 James 的通知：如果您有代理律师，他们将指导您进行后续步骤。如果您打算在本诉讼中自行代表，请访问法院网站：www.courts.state.nh.us，选择“电子服务”（Electronic Services）图标，然后选择“自行代表当事人”（self-represented party）选项。完成注册 / 登录流程，然后选择“我正在向现有案件提交文件”（I am filing into an existing case）。输入上述案件编号并点击“下一步”。按照指示完成提交。

一旦您对起诉书做出响应，您可以通过访问 https: / odypa.nhecourt.us / portal 并按照用户指南中的指示，通过我们的案件访问门户（Case Access Portal）电子访问已提交的文件。在此过程中，您需要注册、验证电子邮件，并申请访问和批准查看您的案件。在您的信息经法院验证后，您将能够查看案件信息及在本案中提交的文件。

如果您不遵守这些要求，您将被视为违约，法院可能会在未征求您意见的情况下发布影响您的命令。

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传票 (CITACION JUDICIAL) 案件编号 (Numero del Caso): 30-2024-01372839-CU-BC-CJC

被告通知： (AVISO AL DEMANDADO)： HYBRID ENTERPRISES LLC，一家加利福尼亚州有限责任公司

原告起诉您：(LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE)：MATEUSZ CARRIER，又名 Matthew Carrier，个人

注意！您已被起诉。除非您在 30 天内做出回应，否则法院可能会在未听取您陈述的情况下做出不利于您的裁决。请阅读以下信息。

在收到本传票及法律文件后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交书面回应，并将副本送达原告。信函或电话无法保护您的权益。如果您希望法院审理您的案件，您的书面回应必须符合正确的法律形式。您可以使用法院提供的表格进行回应。您可以在加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov / selfhelp)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格及更多信息。如果您无法支付申请费，请向法院书记员索取费用豁免表格。如果您未及时提交回应，您可能会因违约而败诉，且您的工资、资金和财产可能会在无需法院进一步警告的情况下被没收。

此外还有其他法律要求。您可能需要立即致电律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您无法负担律师费用，您可能有资格获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务。您可以在加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov / selfhelp) 或通过联系当地法院或县律师协会找到这些非营利团体。注：在民事案件中，对于 $10,000 或以上的任何和解金或仲裁裁决，法院对豁免的费用和成本拥有法定留置权。在法院撤销案件之前，必须支付法院的留置费。

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在收到本传票及法律文件后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交书面回应，并确保原告收到副本。信件或电话不能保护您。如果您希望法院处理您的案件，您的书面回应必须采用正确的法律格式。可能存在您可以用于回应的表格。您可以在加州法院帮助中心 (www.sucorte.ca.gov)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格和更多信息。如果您无法支付提交费用，请要求法院书记员为您提供费用豁免表格。如果您没有及时提交回应，您可能会因不合规而败诉，法院可能会在没有进一步警告的情况下没收您的工资、金钱和财产。

法院的名称和地址是：(El nombre y direccion de la corte es)： 加利福尼亚州高等法院，橙县 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701

原告律师的姓名、地址和电话号码，或没有律师的原告信息是：(El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es)： Buck Law, APC 2667 Camino Del Río S, Suite 203-1 San Diego, CA 92108 619-431-0287

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除非您在 30 天内做出回应，否则法院可能会在未听取您陈述的情况下做出不利于您的裁决。请阅读以下信息。在本传票及法律文件送达给您后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交一份书面回应，并将副本送达给原告。信函或电话无法保护您的权益。如果您希望法院审理您的案件，您的书面回应必须符合正式的法律格式。您可以使用法院提供的表格进行回应。您可以在加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格及更多信息。如果您无法支付申请费，请向法院书记员索要费用豁免表格。如果您未按时提交回应，您可能会因缺席而败诉，且您的工资、资金和财产可能会在无需法院进一步警告的情况下被没收。

（原告律师或无律师原告的姓名、地址和电话号码为）： NOLAND HAMERLY ETIENNE & HOSS, 333 Salinas Street, P.O. Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902-2510, 831-424-1414

还有其他法律要求。您可能需要立即致电律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您负担不起律师费用，可能有资格获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务。您可以在加州法律服务网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) 或通过联系当地法院或县律师协会找到这些非营利团体。注：在民事案件中，对于 $10,000 或以上的任何和解金或仲裁裁决，法院对豁免的费用和成本拥有法定留置权。法院在撤销案件前，必须先支付该留置款项。

（此处为上述通知内容的西班牙语译文）

还有其他法律要求。建议您立即联系律师。如果您不认识律师，可以拨打律师推荐服务电话。如果您无法支付律师费用，您可能符合获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务的条件。您可以在加州法律服务中心（www.lawhelpcalifornia.org）网站、加州法院在线自助中心（www.sucorte.ca.gov）或通过联系法院或当地律师协会找到这些非营利团体。注意：根据法律，在民事案件中，如果通过结算或仲裁裁决获得价值 $10,000 或以上的追偿，法院有权通过对该款项设定留置权来追回免除的费用和成本。在法院撤销案件之前，您必须支付法院的留置权费用。

原告律师（或没有律师的原告）的姓名、地址和电话号码是：

法院的名称和地址是： (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): 加利福尼亚州高等法院，洛杉矶县 斯坦利·莫斯克法院 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

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乱序词：EXILE MOUTH TIDBIT SHAGGY 答案：When they found listening devices in their office, — IT BUGGED THEM（当他们在办公室发现窃听设备时，——这让他们很心烦 / 被窃听了）

ICE突袭导致移民急诊就诊量下降

研究发现，在洛杉矶寻求医疗帮助的移民更有可能需要住院治疗。

作者：科林·普蒂尔 (Corinne Purtill)

去年夏天，美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的行动让许多洛杉矶的外国出生居民不敢出门，即使在健康状况危急之时也是如此。

南加州大学（USC）的一项新研究发现，在2025年6月逮捕行动升级后的前四周内，出生在美国以外的患者急诊就诊量下降了20%以上。

那些确实就诊的人比美国本土出生患者更有可能需要住院治疗，这表明他们一直在推迟治疗，直到病情严重。

该研究分析了洛杉矶三家安全网医院的患者数据：洛杉矶综合医疗中心（Los Angeles General Medical Center）、哈博-加州大学医疗中心（Harbor-UCLA Medical Center）以及奥利夫-加州大学医疗中心（Olive View-UCLA Medical Center）。

在6月份执法升级之前，这三家急诊室每周平均累计接诊美国本土出生患者1,943人，外国出生患者2,367人，其中大多数来自墨西哥以及中南美洲。

一旦逮捕行动开始，医院工作人员立即注意到就诊人数发生了变化。

该研究的第一作者、南加州大学凯克医学院（Keck School of Medicine）助理教授兼南加州大学谢弗公共政策与政府服务研究所（USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service）学者萨拉·阿克辛（Sarah Axeen）表示，与典型的轮班情况相比，“每个人在轮班结束后回来报告说，急诊室里一个人也没有，医院里也空无一人”。

在2025年6月5日后的前四周内，确实前往急诊室的移民患者病情严重到需要住院治疗的可能性显著增加。其中，墨西哥出生患者的入院率增加了4.8个百分点，中南美洲出生患者增加了5.1个百分点，亚洲出生患者增加了2.5个百分点。

移民患者的急诊就诊量最终有所回升，但在2025年10月仍比执法前的水平低10%。在观察期间，美国本土出生患者的医院使用情况没有变化。

该研究于周一发表在《JAMA Network Open》期刊上。

这些数据反映了其他服务于低收入患者的诊所在突袭期间所见的情况。

一名医院发言人表示，在马丁·路德·金社区医院（Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital），2025年6月至8月期间，非英语患者的每月急诊就诊量比今年前五个月的月平均值下降了16%。

圣约翰社区健康诊所（St. John's Community Health clinics）院长吉姆·曼吉亚（Jim Mangia）表示，在执法行动的高峰期，约35%的预约就诊未能到场，而突袭开始前这一比例为9%。“患者直到病情更加急性才来就医。他们在无法忍受之前一直放弃治疗，”曼吉亚说。

在突袭期间，圣约翰诊所启动了一项名为“无畏医疗”（Healthcare Without Fear）的项目，为担心被捕的患者提供虚拟就诊和居家就诊服务。

曼吉亚表示，随着ICE在洛杉矶的突袭行动再次开始增加，患者缺席的情况也随之增加。管理层本周将开会决定是否需要重启“无畏医疗”项目。

988危机热线恢复针对LGBTQ+青少年的专项支持

作者：科林·普蒂尔 (Corinne Purtill)

在该选项从热线中消失一年多之后，988自杀与危机生命线已恢复“按3”选项，旨在将LGBTQ+青少年连接至专项支持服务。

拨打或发送短信至988的人员现在可以再次直接连接到经过培训、专门支持LGBTQ+青少年的咨询师。该生命线于2022年开始提供“按3”选项，这是与特雷弗项目（Trevor Project）合作开展的，后者是一家致力于预防酷儿和跨性别青少年自杀的非营利组织。

美国药物滥用和精神健康服务管理局去年宣布，将从2025年7月起“不再将LGB+青少年服务”与通用热线分开。在该公告中，缩写词中代表“跨性别（transgender）”的字母“T”明显缺失；此前在该年早些时候签署的一项行政命令中宣布，联邦机构只能承认两种“不可更改”的性别。美国卫生与公众服务部的一位发言人周四表示，“按3”选项之所以停止，是因为其资金耗尽。

除了退伍军人，LGBTQ+群体是已知自杀风险较高的两类群体之一，他们在联系988生命线时可以选择连接到经过专门培训的咨询师。根据特雷弗项目的数据，认同自己为女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、质疑者或跨性别的年轻人，其自杀企图的可能性比异性恋、顺性别同龄人高出4倍多。

在2022年启动到2025年7月暂停期间，美国有超过130万名酷儿青少年使用了“按3”服务。而退伍军人的自杀率是普通人群同龄人的1.5倍，其专项选项未受此次政策变动影响。

今年1月通过的一项两党健康资金法案要求特朗普政府恢复LGBTQ+青少年支持选项。

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顶风前行 上周，在拉古纳的阿里索海滩，一名滑板冲浪者在涌浪的白色水花中划出一个转弯。 艾伦·J·沙本 (ALLEN J. SCHABEN) 洛杉矶时报

纽森否决原住民部落在水资源决策中拥有更大话语权的法案

BRIAN VAN DER BRUG 洛杉矶时报 州长加文·纽森“并不关心部落”，部落官员马利莎·塔亚巴（Malissa Tayaba，照片拍摄于2023年）表示。

作者：伊恩·詹姆斯 (IAN JAMES)

州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）否决了一项旨在赋予原住民部落在加利福尼亚州水资源政策决策中更大作用的立法，他表示该州已经将此作为优先事项。

该法案原本将指示州政府机构承认影响部落的历史不平等现象，并在水资源项目、计划和政策方面与部落进行磋商。

纽森在上周的否决信息中表示，他的政府一直致力于解决针对部落的错误行为，并优先开展相互尊重的“政府间对话”。然而，他表示，加利福尼亚州“必须精简其水资源政策，以保护我们的水资源供应免受气候变化现实的影响”。

“我担心这项法案会削弱这一紧迫需求，”纽森写道。“增加新的不确定性来源将推迟我们确保加州居民水资源供应的紧急斗争。”

该法案由议员亚什·卡尔拉（Ash Kalra，民主党-圣何塞）提出。其发起方为卡鲁克部落（Karuk Tribe）和辛格尔斯普林斯米沃克印第安人带（Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians），他们认为州政府机构在制定水资源政策决策时应被要求考虑部落因素。

该法案的反对者包括加州水资源机构协会（Assn. of California Water Agencies），该协会认为法案表述模糊，缺乏明确标准，可能会使机构面临更多的法律纠纷和延误。加州农局（California Farm Bureau）也反对该立法。

辛格尔斯普林斯部落副主席马利莎·塔亚巴表示，该法案是纠正部落被排除在决策之外的一小步。

“纽森向我们证明了他并不关心部落，”塔亚巴说。“我觉得这简直是当面扇了一记耳光。”

该法案要求州政府机构解决“由州政府认可的终止、驱逐和同化行为所导致的水资源获取和控制权方面的不平等”。州长下属的部落事务办公室将调解部落与州水资源机构之间的任何争议。

卡鲁克部落主席罗素·“巴斯特”·阿特贝里（Russell "Buster" Attebery）表示，部落“在做出决策时需要参与其中”，而该法案是改变这一现状的重要一步。

加利福尼亚州的水法体系可以追溯到淘金热时期，当时州政府推动消灭原住民，以为白人定居者腾出空间。随着土地被从部落手中夺走，他们失去了水权。

2019年，纽森发布了一项行政命令，代表加利福尼亚州就历史上针对美国原住民的“暴力、虐待和忽视”表示道歉。

“我们真的认为纽森在道歉时是非常真诚的，但否决这项法案确实表明那并不重要，”塔亚巴说。

她说，这意味着部落应该预料到将继续被排除在决策之外。“我们没有话语权。”

塔亚巴所属的部落一直反对纽森政府推动建设的三角洲输水项目（Delta Conveyance Project），这是一个长 45 英里的隧道，将把水资源输送到萨克拉门托-圣华金河三角洲下方。纽森表示，建设该隧道以及在萨克拉门托西北部拟建的赛特水库（Sites Reservoir）将帮助该州在气候变化导致干旱加剧的情况下进行适应。

纽森表示，他担心该立法可能会“干扰正在推进的重要法规、政策和许可”。

州长还否决了由议员詹姆斯·C·拉莫斯（James C. Ramos，民主党-海兰德）起草的一项法案，该法案原本将为部落在州有土地的神圣遗址举行宗教仪式建立保护机制。

纽森表示，他对这些目标表示同情，但这可能会“对州政府的基本运作和州财产的管理产生深远影响”。

州长上周否决的其他措施还包括一项旨在帮助低收入加利福尼亚州居民支付上涨水费的法案。该法案由州参议员卡罗琳·门希瓦尔（Caroline Menjivar，民主党-帕诺拉马城）提出。

纽森在否决信息中表示，在“未能确定可持续且持续的资金来源”之前，他无法支持建立一项永久性的水费援助计划。

委员会建议给曼森追随者假释，该囚犯现年 78

作者：理查德·温顿 (RICHARD WINTON)

帕特里夏·克伦温克尔 (Patricia Krenwinkel) 是曼森家族中最臭名昭著的成员之一，被判定犯有七起谋杀罪。她本周获准假释，除非州假释委员会全体成员和州长采取行动，否则她在入狱约 56 年后将获得自由。

根据加利福尼亚州惩教与康复部的说法，克伦温克尔在周二举行的第 18 次评估其是否适合假释的听证会上，获得了初步假释批准。该部门在的一份声明中表示：“所有假释批准均为拟议决定，只有在假释听证委员会和州长进行彻底且全面的审查后才会成为最终决定。”

对于这位现年 78, 岁的囚犯来说，这是她在服刑期间第三次被批准假释。在之前的每一次机会中，州长办公室都行使职权阻止了她的释放。假释决定将在 120 天后生效，前提是必须通过假释委员会法律办公室的审核，随后将提交给州长，州长有 30 天的时间决定是否撤销该决定。

2025, 年 10 月，州长加文·纽森 (Gavin Newsom) 撤销了该决定，他注意到克伦温克尔在狱中努力完善自我，但认为她的个人成长不足以抵消她对公众可能构成的潜在危险。

洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室的检察官表示，他们将鼓励州长办公室将克伦温克尔继续关押在狱中。她没有出席周二的听证会。她目前被关押在科罗纳的加利福尼亚女子监狱。根据该州的高龄囚犯假释计划，以及她在那场致命杀戮狂潮发生时年龄较小，她符合假释资格。

克伦温克尔于 1971, 年与所谓的曼森家族其他成员一起，因谋杀怀孕七个月的演员莎伦·塔特 (Sharon Tate)、杰·塞布林 (Jay Sebring)、阿比盖尔·安妮·福尔格 (Abigail Anne Folger)、沃伊切赫·弗里科夫斯基 (Wojciech Frykowski) 和史蒂文·厄尔·帕伦特 (Steven Earl Parent)，以及次日谋杀杂货店高管莱诺·拉比安卡 (Leno LaBianca) 及其妻子罗斯玛丽 (Rosemary) 而被定罪。她被判处死刑，但在 1972 年死刑被裁定违宪后，该判决被改为终身监禁，但保留假释可能性。

克伦温克尔与查尔斯·曼森 (Charles Manson) 的其他追随者一起，闯入了塔特及其丈夫罗曼·波兰斯基 (Roman Polanski) 位于贝内迪克特峡谷的家中。塔特和其他四人在袭击中被刺伤并被枪击。

曼森家族这场备受关注的审判，使曼森及其几名追随者成为了 20 世纪最臭名昭著的罪犯。克伦温克尔在证词中称，她在刺杀咖啡公司继承人福尔格超过 20 次之前曾追赶她。她还作证说，她用血在房屋墙壁上写下了“死猪 (Death to pigs)”字样。

里德·萨克森 (REED SAXON)，美联社 帕特里夏·克伦温克尔于 1971 年被判定谋杀七人。

与共同被告苏珊·阿特金斯 (Susan Atkins) 和莱斯利·范·豪滕 (Leslie Van Houten) 一样，克伦温克尔曾一度在额头上刻了一个“X”出现在法庭上，曼森也曾这样做过。

莎伦·塔特的妹妹德博拉·塔特 (Debra Tate) 一直公开主张将克伦温克尔和其他前曼森追随者继续关押在狱中。

她在 2016 年创建的一份在线请愿书中写道：“社会不能允许这个犯下如此恐怖、残忍且随机杀戮的连环杀手重获自由。”该请愿书已获得超过 100,000 个签名。

曼森家族的前成员（现为州监狱的高龄囚犯）曾面临多次假释听证会，结果均被直接拒绝。

其他前曼森追随者，包括查尔斯·登顿·“德州”·沃森 (Charles Denton “Tex” Watson) 和罗伯特·肯尼斯·博索莱尔 (Robert Kenneth Beausoleil)，仍留在监狱中。曼森、苏珊·阿特金斯和布鲁斯·戴维斯 (Bruce Davis) 已在羁押期间死亡。

2023年，莱斯利·范·豪滕（Leslie Van Houten）获准假释并被释放，许多人称她在狱中数十年来表现堪称典范。纽森（Newsom）此前曾否决一项授予范·豪滕假释的决定，但被上诉法院推翻。

纽森此前还撤销了假释委员会授予克伦温克尔（Krenwinkel）假释的决定，称该囚犯“尚未对其犯罪的诱发因素，以及在适应不良的人际关系背景下导致其反社会思维和行为的触发因素产生足够的认识”。

克伦温克尔在杀人案发生时还很年轻，年仅21岁。尽管她周二没有出庭，但在之前的听证会上，她的律师指出，她当时曾遭到曼森或其他人的虐待。

9人被指控在波莫纳执行墨西哥黑手党指令的犯罪行为

同时也逮捕了阿格梅多（Argumedo）的妻子（她最近刚为他生了孩子），并在执行搜查令时搜查并翻乱了他年迈父亲的家。阿格梅多的妻子被指控传递了部分敲诈要求；其父亲未被指控犯罪。

罗伯特·高蒂埃 (ROBERT GAUTHIER) 洛杉矶时报 波莫纳一直难以摆脱其作为墨西哥黑手党据点的名声。上图为该市的帮派涂鸦。

“他们想根据他的身份——或者他们据称认为他是谁，而不是根据他的所作所为，将他终身监禁，”斯坦（Stein）在谈到其客户时说道，其客户已否认所有指控。

阿格梅多和其他8人被指控在波莫纳共谋敲诈、谋杀及其他犯罪。波莫纳是一座拥有150,000人口的城市，一直难以摆脱其作为墨西哥黑手党据点的名声。去年，两名波莫纳帮派成员被指控敲诈一名商人，该商人作证称，在被枪口威胁且财产遭到破坏后，他每月支付一笔费用。

阿格梅多的第一个据称受害者是一家销售一氧化二氮的汽车配件店店主。一氧化二氮可用于提升汽车发动机功率，但也被用作娱乐性药物。起诉书称，当阿格梅多和其他三人于5月出现在该店时，他通过Face-Time给店主打电话，要求该男子向墨西哥黑手党缴纳“税款”。

据检察官称，阿格梅多威胁说如果对方不开门就开枪射击一名员工。检察官在起诉书中写道，他从收银机中拿走了$1,500，并将店内的电视、工具和20个一氧化二氮气瓶装进了一辆U-Haul搬家车中。

起诉书显示，两个月后，阿格梅多试图向一名未具名的波莫纳男子追讨债务。25岁的斯特凡妮·“利斯塔”·莱丘加（Stephanie “Lista” Lechuga）告诉阿格梅多，她已将债务人的梅赛德斯奔驰车作为部分还款没收，而阿格梅多告诉她，该男子已被“禁止进入波莫纳并被列入击杀名单”，检察官在起诉书中如此写道。

起诉书称，次日晚上8点左右，该债务人在波莫纳第6街和帕洛马雷斯街（Palomares streets）附近开车时，鲁本·“克兰基”·菲格罗亚（Ruben “Cranky” Figueroa）向该男子的车辆开了十几枪。至少有三发子弹击中车辆，但该男子显然未受伤。

六天后，乔纳森·蒙塔诺（Jonathan Montano）与他取得了联系。一名侦探在之前的案件中作证称，34岁的蒙塔诺是东洛杉矶金眼镜蛇帮（King Kobras）的知名成员，曾使用“扳机”（Trigger）作为绰号，但周三提交的起诉书称，他的绰号现在是“孩子”（Kid）。他涉嫌参与2016年的一起枪击事件，据称该事件涉及一名腐败的格伦代尔警察局侦探。蒙塔诺和该侦探均未因该枪击事件被起诉，该事件导致一名亚美尼亚有组织犯罪人物的保镖受伤。

蒙塔诺的名字在以下审判期间也出现了：

惩教与康复部 何塞·阿格梅多 (JOSE ARGUMEDO) 被指控共谋谋杀。

何塞·“卡图内”·洛萨（Jose “Cartune” Loza），他因2016年在巴塞特（Bassett）的一家餐厅枪杀一名竞争对手的墨西哥黑手党成员而被定罪。在2019年洛萨的联邦敲诈勒索案审判中，一名证人作证称蒙塔诺驾驶了逃跑车辆。

根据周三解密的起诉书，蒙塔诺告诉该债务人，他已被墨西哥黑手党盯上，并要求支付$2,000。该男子通过Cash App向一名中间人发送了$2,400，随后中间人通知债务人，蒙塔诺已将其从击杀名单中删除。该男子的梅赛德斯奔驰车也被归还。

联邦调查局（FBI）官员在声明中表示，蒙塔诺、菲格罗亚、莱丘加和其他三人于周三上午被逮捕。阿格梅多此前已因涉嫌敲诈汽车配件店而被拘留。被告目前被关押在县拘留所，不得保释。

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此外还有其他法律要求。您可能需要立即致电律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您无法负担律师费用，您可能有资格获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务。您可以在加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov / selfhelp) 或通过联系当地法院或县律师协会找到这些非营利组织。注：在民事案件中，对于 $10,000 或更多的任何和解或仲裁裁决，法院对豁免的费用和成本拥有法定留置权。在法院撤销案件之前，必须支付法院的留置费。

注意！您已被起诉。如果您在 30 天内不做出回应，法院可能会在未听取您陈述的情况下做出对您不利的裁决。请阅读以下信息。在收到本传票及法律文件后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交一份书面回应，并确保原告收到副本。信函或电话无法保护您的权利。如果您希望法院处理您的案件，您的书面回应必须符合正确的法律格式。您可以使用相关表格提交回应。您可以在加州法院在线自助中心 (www.sucorte.ca.gov)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格及更多信息。如果您无法支付提交费用，请要求法院书记员为您提供费用延期支付申请表。如果您未及时提交回应，可能会因违约而败诉，且法院可能会在无需进一步通知的情况下扣押您的工资、资金和财产。

还有其他法律要求。建议您立即联系律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您无法支付律师费，您可能符合从非营利法律服务计划获得免费法律服务的条件。您可以在加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.sucorte.ca.gov) 或通过联系法院或当地律师协会找到这些非营利组织。注意：根据法律，在民事案件中，若通过和解或仲裁裁决获得价值 $10,000 或以上的赔偿，法院有权通过对该款项设定留置权来追回免除的费用和成本。在法院撤销案件之前，您必须支付法院的留置权费用。

法院的名称和地址为： (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

原告律师（或无律师的原告）的姓名、地址和电话号码为： (El nombre, la dirección y el número de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abodgado, es): NOLAND HAMERLY ETIENNE & HOSS, 333 Salinas Street, P.O. Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902-2510, 831-424-1414

日期：08 / 04 / 2026

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传票 (SUMMONS)

案件编号：26VECV01358 被告通知：ANGELA GANT（个人）；LUIS BRAVO（个人）；KATHERINE HODAK PHALLON（个人）；以及被告 1 至 10

原告起诉您：水星保险公司 (MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY)，一家公司

注意！您已被起诉。除非您在 30 天内做出回应，否则法院可能会在未听取您陈述的情况下做出不利于您的裁决。请阅读以下信息。

在收到本传票及法律文件后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交书面回应，并将副本送达原告。信函或电话无法保护您的权益。如果您希望法院审理您的案件，您的书面回应必须符合正确的法律形式。您可以使用法院提供的表格进行回应。您可以在加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格及更多信息。如果您无法支付申请费，请向法院书记员索要费用豁免表格。如果您未按时提交回应，您可能会因违约而败诉，且您的工资、资金和财产可能会在无需法院进一步警告的情况下被没收。

此外还有其他法律要求。您可能需要立即致电律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您无法负担律师费用，您可能有资格获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务。您可以在加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) 查找这些非营利团体，或通过联系当地法院或县律师协会进行查询。注：在民事案件中，对于 $10,000 或以上的任何和解金或仲裁裁决，法院对豁免的费用和成本拥有法定留置权。在法院撤销案件之前，必须支付法院的留置权费用。

（以下为上述内容的西班牙语翻译副本）

还有其他法律要求。建议您立即联系律师。如果您不认识律师，可以拨打律师推荐服务电话。如果您无法支付律师费，您可能符合从非营利法律服务计划获得免费法律服务的条件。您可以在加州法律服务中心（www.lawhelpcalifornia.org）网站、加州法院在线自助中心（www.sucorte.ca.gov）或通过联系法院或当地律师协会找到这些非营利团体。注意：根据法律，在民事案件中，如果通过和解或仲裁裁决获得价值 $10,000 或以上的追偿，法院有权通过对该款项设定留置权来追回免除的费用和成本。您必须在法院撤销案件之前支付法院留置权费用。

6230 Sylmar Ave. Van Nuys, California 91401

法院的名称和地址是 (El nombre y dirección de la corte es)：Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles

您已连接。

原告律师或没有律师的原告的姓名、地址和电话号码是 (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es)：TODD F. HAINES, ESQ LAW OFFICES OF TODD F. HAINES, 30495 Canwood Street, Ste 100, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (420-4033) 818-597-2240

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日期 (Pechu)。03 / 00 / 2020 David W. Slayton, 执行官, 书记员 (Secretario), 由 P. Diaz, 副书记员 (Adjunto) 签署 (印章) 9 18 9 25 10 2 10 0 26

传票（家庭法）（修订）案件编号 24STFL12401

被申请人（姓名）通知：Makayla Antoinette Arciniegas

您已被起诉。请阅读下方及下一页的信息。

申请人姓名：Andres Arciniegas Garavito

在本传票和申请书送达给您后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向法院提交一份答辩书（表格 FL-120，即 120 表格），并将副本送达给申请人。仅凭信函、电话或出庭不能保护您的权利。

如果您未及时提交答辩书，法院可能会做出影响您的婚姻或家庭伴侣关系、您的财产以及子女监护权的命令。您可能会被要求支付抚养费、律师费和诉讼费用。

如需法律咨询，请立即联系律师。您可以通过加利福尼亚州法院自助中心 (www.sucorte.ca.gov)、加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpca.org) 或联系您所在县的律师协会获取寻找律师的信息。

通知——限制令在第 2 页：这些限制令对夫妻双方或家庭伴侣均有效，直到申请被撤销、判决生效或法院做出进一步命令为止。任何收到或见过这些命令副本的加利福尼亚州执法人员均可在加州境内任何地方强制执行。

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费用豁免：如果您无法支付申请费，请向书记员索取费用豁免表格。法院可能会命令您偿还法院为您或另一方豁免的部分或全部费用和成本。

法院的名称和地址为：Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

申请人律师（或无律师的申请人）的姓名、地址和电话号码为： Arsalan Hayatdavoodi, Esq Hayat Family Law and Mediation Offices, APC 100 Wilshire Blvd Suite 700, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 310-917-1044

日期：7 / 1 / 2026

法律公告

David W. Slayton, 书记员 / s / S. Barajas 副书记员（助理）

洛杉矶时报

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法律公告

被告通知： ALAN DZHIOEV（个人）；ARSEN SEMERJYAN（个人）；LENA SHAKHBAZIAN（个人）；ALAN ERONISOVICH DZHIOEV (DOE 1) 以及 DOES 2-100（包括在内）。

原告起诉您：

洛杉矶时报 (Los Angeles Times) latimes.com

修正传票 案件编号： 24STCV17768

U-HAUL CO. OF CALIFORNIA（一家加利福尼亚州公司）、U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA（一家亚利桑那州公司）以及 ARCOA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.（一家内华达州公司）

注意！您已被起诉。除非您在 30 天内做出回应，否则法院可能会在未听取您陈述的情况下做出不利于您的裁决。请阅读以下信息。

在收到本传票及法律文件后的 30 个日历日内，您必须向本法院提交一份书面回应，并将副本送达原告。信函或电话无法保护您的权益。如果您希望法院审理您的案件，您的书面回应必须符合正确的法律形式。您可以使用法院提供的表格进行回应。您可以在加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp)、您所在县的法律图书馆或离您最近的法院找到这些法院表格及更多信息。如果您无法支付申请费，请向法院书记员索要费用豁免表格。如果您未按时提交回应，您可能会因违约而败诉，且您的工资、资金和财产可能会在无需法院进一步警告的情况下被没收。

此外还有其他法律要求。您可能需要立即致电律师。如果您不认识律师，可以致电律师推荐服务机构。如果您无法负担律师费用，您可能有资格获得非营利法律服务计划提供的免费法律服务。您可以在加州法律服务中心网站 (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) 或通过联系当地法院或县律师协会找到这些非营利团体。注：在民事案件中，对于金额在 $10,000 或以上的任何和解或仲裁裁决，法院对豁免的费用和成本拥有法定留置权。在法院撤销案件之前，必须支付法院的留置权费用。

（以下为上述内容的西班牙语副本）

洛杉矶时报 (Los Angeles Times) latimes.com

(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org)、加州法院在线自助中心 (www.sucorte.ca.gov)，或通过联系法院或当地律师协会。注意：根据法律，如果民事案件通过和解或仲裁裁决获得的回收价值在 $10,000 或以上，法院有权通过对该款项设定留置权来追回免除的费用和成本。在法院能够撤销案件之前，您必须支付法院的留置权费用。

法院的名称和地址是 (El nombre y dirección de la corte es)：

111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 原告律师（或无律师的原告）的姓名、地址和电话号码是 (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es)： Amir Abmadi

Colman Perkins Law Group 500 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 2200 Glendale, CA 91203. 电话：(818) 546-8686 日期 (Fecha)：09 / 21 / 2026 s / 签署人：David W. Slayton，执行官 / 法院书记员，书记员 (Secretario)， s / 签署人：R. Sanchez，副书记员 (Adjunto) (印章)

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南加州今日天气

天气温暖，但对大多数地区而言热浪已结束：随着强太平洋低压槽接近该地区，导致创纪录热浪的高压脊将在周五和周六进一步减弱。来自热带风暴“瑞秋”（Rachel）的水汽和深化中的太平洋低压槽可能会在周六深夜和周日带来降雨，橙县及其南部和东部地区出现强降雨的可能性较高。下周初将继续维持凉爽天气。

五日预报

< / td>< colspan="2">洛杉矶盆地< / >< colspan="2">山谷地带< / >< ="2">海滩< / >< ="2">山区< / >< ="2">沙漠< / >< / tr><>< rowspan="2">今日< / >< ="2">86 / 66< / >< ="2">90 / 63< / >< ="2">78 / 66< / >< ="2">74 / 46< / >< ="2">105 / 77< / >< / ><>< ="2">大部分时间晴朗< / >< ="2">阳光明媚，温暖< / >< ="2">潮湿< / >< ="2">局部晴朗；温暖< / >< ="2">大部分时间晴朗；炎热< / >< / ><><>周六< / ><>多云，晴< / ><>81 / 66< / ><>局部晴朗< / ><>82 / 64< / ><>多云，晴< / ><>76 / 67< / ><>多云，晴< / ><>68 / 42< / ><>不再那么炎热< / ><>93 / 68< / >< / ><><>周日< / ><>小雨< / ><>73 / 61< / ><>小雨< / ><>73 / 59< / ><>小雨< / ><>73 / 62< / ><>有雨< / ><>57 / 36< / ><>雨 / 风< / ><>78 / 62< / >< / ><><>周一< / ><>阵雨< / ><>68 / 56< / ><>阵雨< / ><>67 / 53< / ><>阵雨< / ><>69 / 56< / ><>阵雨< / ><>47 / 30< / ><>阵雨< / ><>74 / 61< / >< / ><><>周二< / ><>下午阵雨< / ><>73 / 62< / ><>气温回升< / ><>75 / 56< / ><>下午阵雨< / ><>69 / 60< / ><>阵雨< / ><>50 / 35< / ><>阵雨< / ><>78 / 59< / >< / table>

冲浪与海洋

从康塞普申角（POINT CONCEPTION）至墨西哥 近海海域：风向转为西风，风速 8-15 节。浪高 3-5 英尺。南向涌浪 3-4 英尺，周期 12 秒；西向涌浪 2 英尺，周期约 8 秒。

冲浪区：洛杉矶、圣迭戈和橙县海滩出现强离岸流（rip currents）的风险较高，文图拉和圣巴巴拉海滩的风险中等。

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UV 指数

敏感人群晒伤所需时间（分钟） 拉斯维加斯 45，菲尼克斯 45 洛杉矶 45，旧金山 45

日月运行

历书

加利福尼亚州城市*

城市	周四* 最高	周四* 最低	周四* 降水	今日 最高	今日 最低	周六 最高	周六 最低
安纳海姆	96	66	--	89	67	83	65
阿瓦隆/卡塔利娜	86	65	--	76	60	72	60
贝克斯菲尔德	98	71	--	97	65	88	61
巴斯托	100	71	--	97	69	89	62
大熊湖	75	45	--	74	46	68	42
比숍	90	49	--	89	49	83	49
伯班克	99	67	--	89	65	84	65
卡马里洛	81	61	--	77	62	74	64
查茨沃思	96	67	--	89	63	82	64
奇诺	99	63	--	96	64	88	63
康普顿	88	68	--	85	67	81	69
达纳点	84	68	--	78	68	74	67
死亡谷	110	79	--	108	80	99	74
德尔马	80	68	--	77	69	74	69
埃斯孔迪多	94	62	--	89	63	82	67
尤里卡	57	51	.01	61	50	61	43
福尔布鲁克	92	61	--	88	61	83	65
弗雷斯诺	99	67	--	97	62	85	56
富勒顿	96	67	--	88	67	81	67
海梅特	101	62	--	95	62	87	62
赫斯佩里亚	95	64	--	91	62	80	58
亨廷顿比奇	82	69	--	78	69	76	68
艾迪尔怀尔德	82	63	--	81	60	74	54
尔湾	90	66	--	85	68	81	66

温度	洛杉矶	富勒顿	文图拉*
最高/最低温	94/70	96/70	78/60
正常最高/最低温	80/61	81/60	75/54
一年前最高/最低温	76/58	77/59	71/61
历史最高温/日期	100/1994	97/1999	96/1994
历史最低温/日期	43/1881	53/2011	45/1970

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<><>降水量< / ><>洛杉矶< / ><>富勒顿< / ><>文图拉*< / >< / ><><>24小时总量（截至下午2点）< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>本季总量（自10月1日起）< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>上季总量（10月1日至今日）< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>微量< / >< / ><><>季节常态（10月1日至今日）< / ><>0.11< / ><>0.08< / ><>0.10< / >< / ><><>湿度（最高 / 最低）< / ><>93 / 66< / ><>87 / 22< / ><>96 / 70< / >< / table>

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今日北美

伊赛亚斯向墨西哥湾沿岸移动：飓风“伊赛亚斯”将向佛罗里达州西北部沿海靠近，并伴随增强的风力、降雨和沿海风暴潮。危及生命的风雨将于周五晚上向北扩散。一股冷锋将给太平洋西北地区带来阵雨。

阵雨 雷暴 雨 小雪 雪 冰 飓风 热带风暴 热带低气压 热带雨暴

图中显示的是当日的降水区域和最高气温。

美国城市

截至周四 2 P.M.，美国本土 48 州的极端气温 最高气温：加利福尼亚州棕榈泉 107 最低气温：新墨西哥州安杰尔火 23

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南向海滩发布洪水预警

[天气，接B1版] 剩下的海滩面积不多了。”

预计南加州的潮位将比没有厄尔尼诺现象导致异常温暖的海水温度时高出 $1$ 英尺至 $1^{1 / 2}$ 英尺。

基特尔表示：“我们可能会看到——这种情况是有可能的——一些局部损坏问题，”但可能不如劳动节周末那样剧烈，当时马里布、长滩和达纳角的一些房屋被飓风“玛丽”引发的涌浪严重损坏。

而与此同时，预报员表示，这次厄尔尼诺现象成为自 1950 年以来现代记录中最强一次的可能性正在增加。

以下是您需要了解的信息。

“瑞秋”被降级

根据国家飓风中心的数据，周三仍为 1 级飓风的“瑞秋”在周四凌晨被降级为热带风暴，预计在向南加州靠近的过程中将继续减弱。

基特尔表示，该风暴一直向西北方向移动，但预计在周四或周五的某个时间点会向右急转，这是由于一个“相当复杂的情况，有两个异常的低压系统……从北方南下，将在[周四]到下周初之间的某个时间点覆盖加州地区”。

他补充道：“它们将与‘瑞秋’的残余部分（尤其是其水分）相互作用，并形成一个新的系统移动到我们的区域。”

预报员表示，该系统在抵达南加州时仍保持热带风暴强度的概率被认为非常低。

有较大降雨概率

基特尔表示：“目前看来，从周日晚上到周一这段时间降雨概率最高。”

基特尔表示，洛杉矶县和文图拉县在周六至周二之间的某个时间点出现降雨的概率为 $70$ % 至 $90$ %，其中周日晚上到周一晚上的概率最高。

对于周日上午参加 2XU 长滩马拉松赛的人员，基特尔表示，他预计白天的降雨概率为 40% 至 50%。

基特尔说：“所以您可以保持乐观并希望不下雨，但这些概率确实足够高，至少需要为活动期间某个时间点可能出现的小雨做好计划。”

预计降雨量不大——大约 0.25 英寸到 0.75 英寸，山区降雨量会稍多。降雨强度可能在每小时 0.25 英寸或更低，因此不太可能发生碎片流和山体滑坡。

根据圣迭戈天气服务办公室的数据，圣迭戈县、橙县和内陆帝国地区在周日到周二的降雨概率预计将增加，其中周日和周一的概率最高。

蒙特雷天气服务办公室警告称，在旧金山湾区，“靠近海岸线和潮汐水道的低洼地区”，地面淹没深度最高可达 1.2 英尺。

阵风天气

基特尔表示，周日预计将是风力最强的一天，“将出现相当广泛的南向至西向风，阵风时速在 20 至 35 英里之间”。“看起来不适合出海划船。”

预报员还预计会出现强烈的离岸流和危险波浪，这增加了在海滩游泳的人员溺水的风险。

ALLEN J. SCHABEN 洛杉矶时报

一名人员在长滩的二楼阳台上观察海浪拍击海堤挡板的情况。

基特尔表示：“虽然概率较低，但仍存在局部强风以及一两场雷阵雨的风险。与沿海洪水风险相伴的，还有海滩出现高浪和强离岸流的风险。”

预计的高潮位以及即将到来的开尔文波（Kelvin wave）将进一步加剧这些担忧。

开尔文波

在厄尔尼诺现象的推动下，一股“沿岸受限”的开尔文波（Kelvin wave）数周以来一直在美洲沿岸向北移动，带来了更温暖的海水和上升的海平面。当开尔文波与风暴涌浪和高潮位相结合时，会增加沿海洪水的风险。

直到最近，开尔文波还是一个相当冷门的概念。但它们从根本上处于厄尔尼诺现象的核心：在这种气候模式下，赤道中东太平洋的海水升温，并引发大气变化，从而影响全球天气。

美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）渔业生态系统科学部门的研究海洋学家迈克尔·贾考克斯（Michael Jacox）表示，“沿岸受限”意味着它们必须沿着海岸边界移动，在北半球，海岸线位于它们的右侧。

预计最新的开尔文波将使海平面在一段时间内保持高位。北卡罗来纳州立大学海洋、地球与大气科学系的助理教授迪伦·阿玛亚（Dillon Amaya）告诉《洛杉矶时报》，该波形的初始边缘可能已经通过洛杉矶，甚至可能已经到达旧金山以北。随着开尔文波的通过，可能会出现更多的淹没情况。

“我认为可以肯定地说，海平面将在数月内保持高位，”阿玛亚说。“事实上，数据显示另一股与厄尔尼诺相关的沿岸受限波已经从热带地区在途中。”

阿玛亚表示，这是预料之中的，因为上一次重大的厄尔尼诺现象产生了五到六次此类波动。

开尔文波作为一种危害而变得更广为人知的部分原因，是数十年来人为导致的气候变化引起的海平面上升。在过去的 125 年里，加利福尼亚州沿岸的海平面上升了约一英尺。

厄尔尼诺

周四，NOAA 气候预测中心表示，出现一次具有历史意义且打破纪录的厄尔尼诺现象的可能性目前为 83%，高于上个月发布的 75% 的概率。

厄尔尼诺现象通常每两到七年出现一次，海水的变暖与大气的条件变化相结合，引发全球范围内的天气变化。

对于南加州而言，最强烈的厄尔尼诺现象通常与高于平均水平的降雨量相关。记录中最强烈的两次，在 1982-83 和 1997-98, 经历了极其潮湿的冬季，给加利福尼亚州留下了毁灭性的痕迹。

不过，情况并非总是如此。在 2015-16 年的厄尔尼诺季节，加利福尼亚州并未经历降雨量增加，但确实出现了创纪录的海岸侵蚀，这也是该气候模式的另一个标志。

目前，太平洋的大片区域温度达到了现代记录中从未见过的水平。科学家观察到海平面下的温度比基准线高出 18 度以上。

气候预测中心表示：“面对如此规模的事件，经历与厄尔尼诺一致的影响的可能性更大，但并非绝对保证。”

高温消退

南加州最近的一波极端高温预计将在周四或周五开始消退。周三常见的 95 到 105 度的最高气温，到周日或周一将下降到 70 多度。

根据基特尔（Kittell）的说法，有初步迹象表明，下周末到接下来的那一周气温将再次升高。

他说：“目前看来，这次的高温远没有我们刚刚经历的那次那么极端，但确实看起来有所升高。”

LAUSD学生死亡后校园安全引发担忧

[LAUSD，接B1页] 确认死者为17岁的哈维尔·农加雷-马丁内斯（Xavier Nungaray-Martinez），并判定其死因为自杀。

官员尚未公布坠落前的具体细节。

在一段手机视频中，一名学生反复殴打一名倒在地上的人。一名教师站在两名学生之间，地上的男孩缓慢地站了起来。殴打对方的学生后退，并在后退时推了他一把。被击打的男孩转身离开。随后，袭击者又挥出一拳，将该男孩击倒在地。男孩起身跑出门外，袭击学生在后面对他大喊“跑”，并使用了种族歧视词汇。

在另一段视频中，被社区成员认定为哈维尔的男孩，在一名疑似袭击者的学生靠近时，跳过了四楼的栏杆。

洛杉矶警察局在周三的一份声明中表示，正在调查关于“欺凌可能导致该学生死亡”的指控，但到目前为止尚未发现能够证明两者之间存在联系的证据。

该部门表示：“调查仍在积极进行中，此次初步评估不应被解读为对其死亡情况的最终判定。本部门认可学生家属、同学以及更广泛社区所表达的担忧，并致力于开展一项彻底、客观且公正的调查。”

周三的新闻发布会包括富兰克林高中的家长参加，这些家长在教育委员会会议的公众评论环节也发表了讲话，要求学区在校园内部署警员。

玛格丽塔·吉龙（Margarita Giron）告诉委员会成员，她的女儿曾是LAUSD欺凌行为的受害者，并询问他们在采取进一步措施解决学校安全问题之前还在等待什么。

“到底在等什么？”她说道，声音在颤抖。“你们是在等自己的孩子死掉才采取行动吗？”

她补充道：“如果你们不做点什么，我们将向更高层投诉。”

委员会成员没有发表评论或回应家长，这是他们在公众陈述期间的惯例。

代表富兰克林高中且儿子在该校就读的学校董事会成员罗西奥·里瓦斯（Rocio Rivas）周三未能立即接受采访。上周，她发表了一份公开声明，称作为一名富兰克林高中的家长，她“知道学生、教职员工和家庭中存在很多痛苦和困惑”，并表示学区正在校园内提供更多的心理健康服务。

此次新闻发布会有十多名家长参加，由California Rising组织。这是一个非营利组织，自称致力于倡导公共安全以及更清洁、更强大的社区。

维罗妮卡·门多萨（Veronica Mendoza）表示，她的儿子埃德加（Edgar）是富兰克林高中的高年级学生，目击了坠落过程，并于周二返回学校。

门多萨表示，增加校园警察是她认为唯一能帮助她的儿子及其同龄人的行动，并且能在事件发生时为家庭提供更清晰的解释。

“我非常担心，”门多萨说，她听说学校里发生了多次打架以及掏出锐利武器的事件。“我觉得现在家里比学校安全，因为学校里发生了这么多事情。”

当被问及门多萨的评论时，一名LAUSD发言人表示，他没有“关于近期校园事件的信息”。

教育委员会在 2020 年削减警力

2020 年 6 月，在明尼阿波利斯警方杀死乔治·弗洛伊德以及全国范围内爆发种族正义抗议活动的背景下，教育委员会以 4 比 3 的投票结果决定将警察撤出校园。委员会还削减了 2500万美元 的学校警察预算，约占 35%。最终，此次重组取消了 133 个岗位：70 个宣誓警员岗位、62 个非宣誓警员岗位以及一名支持人员。

在此之前，一所典型的高中配备一名常驻警员，两所初中共用一名警员。此外还设有巡逻员、侦探和特别调查员。

与此同时，学区通过“黑人学生成就计划”和其他举措加强了对学生的支持。委员会的大多数成员还否决了一项提案，该提案原计划允许学校社区或校长决定是否在高中部署警员（无论是常驻还是临时）。

在线资料显示，该学区的学校警察部门目前拥有约 270 名宣誓警员、61 名非宣誓安全员和 40 名文职人员。非宣誓警员通常不携带武器。

今年 6 月，教育委员会批准了一项预算计划，将在 2026-27 年度削减 $3.500 万 的学校警察预算，并在 2027-28 年度削减 700万美元。

一名 LAUSD 发言人在一份声明中表示：“校园安全是共同的责任，我们将继续与学校领导、员工、家庭以及我们的执法合作伙伴合作，确保校园成为学生学习的安全且具有支持性的场所。”

California Rising 的创始人劳尔·克拉罗斯（Raul Claros）表示，他认为 2020 年委员会撤除校园警力的决定是对当时政治环境的一种回应。

“让我们把话说明白。今天学校警察不在校园里的原因是因为政治修辞，”克拉罗斯说道。他在 6 月的初选中尝试罢免洛杉矶市议员尤尼塞斯·赫尔南德斯（Eunisses Hernandez），但未能成功。“对于那些心知肚明的委员会成员，你们并不总是认为学校警察不应该在校园里，而是你们害怕了‘取消文化’。”

对校园警察的分歧立场

自那时起，这一问题在家长及其他人士之间引发了分歧。

一方是部分家长、警察工会领导人以及参加学区警察学院磁校计划的学生。他们认为，警察在应对校园外部威胁时，能提供至关重要的威慑力及应急响应力量。他们还认为，警察在视觉上能对校园内的欺凌、帮派影响以及贩毒等犯罪活动起到威慑作用。

但同样强烈的声音来自支持取消校园警察的学生活动人士，他们援引学术研究指出，从历史上看，警察在执法过程中对少数族裔学生存在不平等的针对性。这些学生表示，警察在威慑欺凌或打架方面的任何努力，如果通过心理咨询、配备充足人员的非警察成年监督员以及经过去升级化（de-escalation）培训的工作人员来处理，将会更加有效。

在周二的一次董事会会议上，“学生值得”（Students Deserve）组织的组织者毛·特雷霍（Mau Trejo）告诉董事会成员，在泽维尔（Xavier）去世之后，“校园警察并不是答案”。

相反，他呼吁学区增加更多的心理咨询师和精神科社会工作者，并专注于“和平建设”和修复性司法实践；后者强调让学生学会为自己的行为承担个人责任，并采取措施弥补不当行为所带来的后果。

“我们必须以[泽维尔]的生命为中心，问问自己可以做些什么不同的事情，以更好地支持整个洛杉矶统一学区（LAUSD）的年轻人，”特雷霍周二表示。“我们知道泽维尔在去世前经历过欺凌并卷入了一场打架，我们无法改变已经发生的事。我们能做的是询问我们的学校是否拥有资源，以及是否具备在学生遭受伤害和冲突时进行干预的能力。”

周三会议的最后一位发言者是一位自称是泽维尔亲属的女性。

该女性站在讲台上，身边有 10 多名支持者陪同，她呼吁学区在富兰克林高中（Franklin High School）提供更多安保措施，以防止另一起致命悲剧发生。

“当孩子恳求帮助时，你们在哪里？”这位代表家庭参加董事会会议的亲属说道。“当孩子在教室里被攻击时，你们在哪里？你们在哪里，请给我一个答案好吗？”

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迈克·理查德·霍维茨 (Mike Richard Horwitz) 1955年8月17日 - 2026年10月5日

迈克在长久患病后，在挚爱的家人陪伴下平静离世。他是一位尽职的丈夫、父亲、祖父和儿子，所有认识他的人都将深深怀念他的爱与陪伴。

他留下了挚爱且忠诚的妻子简（Jan），两人共同度过了 48 年的婚姻生活；他的三个孩子杰西卡（Jessica，配偶瑞安 Ryan）、亚当（Adam）和查德（Chad）；他珍爱的孙辈奥布里（Aubrey）和埃弗利（Everly）；以及他的母亲埃尔西（Elsie）。

迈克的父亲查克（Chuck）和兄弟米切尔（Mitchell）先于他离世。

他的家人将永远珍藏与他共同拥有的回忆——那些爱、欢笑以及让他们的生活因他的存在而变得更丰富的时刻。尽管他将被深深怀念，但他的记忆将永远留在爱他的人心中。

家人将举行私人生命庆典

罗伯特·肯吉·永本博士 (Dr. Robert Kenji NAGAMOTO)

罗伯特·肯吉·永本博士是一位敬业的妇产科医生，他曾帮助数千个生命在南加州诞生。他于9月20日平静离世，家人在侧，享年93岁。

永本博士出生于洛杉矶，毕业于南加州大学 (USC) 医学院，并在凯撒医院 (Kaiser Hospital) 完成了住院医师培训。他在托伦斯的小玛丽公司 (Little Company of Mary Torrance) 开展了卓越的医疗实践，职业生涯长达30年。

罗伯特留下了妻子艾格尼丝 (Agnes)，儿子史蒂夫 (Steve)、罗伯特·达措 (Robert Tatsu) 和格伦 (Glen)，以及孙辈本内特 (Bennett)、格伦·肯吉 (Glen Kenji) 和杰克 (Jake)。

葬礼仅限直系亲属参加。家属请求在此期间保持私密。

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苏珊·艾米·赛泽 (Susan Amy SEIZER)

苏珊·赛泽逝世，享年67.。她像自然力量般充满活力。她深受许多人的爱，也回馈了同样的爱。她毕业于比弗利山高中和巴纳德学院，并在芝加哥大学获得了人类学博士学位。苏西才华横溢且为人低调。她富有冒险精神，独立、慷慨且幽默。她曾是一名教师、作家、民族志学者、资深读者和活动家。她热爱将思想与人们联系在一起。

她曾是克莱蒙特斯克里普斯学院 (Scripps College) 的教授，后搬至印第安纳州在印第安纳大学任教20年，近期以名誉教授身份退休。她在纽约担任舞者期间，观看了一场令她着迷的印度舞表演，这成为了她论文的基础。她学习了泰米尔语。作为一名文化人类学家，她在南印度生活了三年，与当地女性演员及其家人建立了持久的纽带。在此之前，她的好奇心引领她与寄宿家庭一起住在芬兰，以及在比利牛斯山脉安装太阳能电池板并制作山羊奶酪。她在32.岁时被诊断出患有多发性硬化症，并在余生中与之共存。她与凯瑟琳·布伦南 (Catherine Brennan) 相识于两人在奥克西登塔尔学院 (Occidental College) 担任客座教授期间。在加利福尼亚州承认同性婚姻时，她们结婚了。当同性婚姻在全国范围内合法化后，她们再次结婚。她们有两个成年儿子，基思 (Keith)（及其未婚妻汉娜·阿罗约 Hannah Arroyo）和福雷斯特 (Forrest)，他们都住在布鲁明顿。她的叔叔迈克尔 (Margie) 维克多住在德克萨斯州，叔叔弗雷德·摩尔斯住在马里兰州。

苏珊的父亲鲍勃 (Bob) 于2023.年先于她去世。她的母亲费恩 (Fern) 仍住在比弗利山庄的家族故居中，她的哥哥史蒂文 (Steven)、嫂子克劳迪娅 (Claudia) 以及侄子丹尼尔 (Daniel)、大卫 (David) 和安德鲁 (Andrew) 住在圣莫尼卡。苏珊习惯于在西海岸和中西部两地生活，并在两地结交并维持友谊。欢迎向美国国家多发性硬化症协会 (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) https: / donate.nationalms-society.org / campaigns / In-Memoriam-Susan-Seizer 以及她共同创立的非营利组织 MALL (Mobility Aids Lending Library，助行设备借用图书馆) www.mobilityaidslendinglibrary.org 捐款以纪念苏珊。

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洛杉矶统一学区 (LAUSD) 的家长们在周三的一场呼吁警察重返校园的集会后，进入学区董事会会议室。 记者：MYUNG J. CHUN 洛杉矶时报

亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰返回圣迭戈

[船只，接B1页] 需要进行战斗，”他说。“我们从未错过任何一项任务。我也从未错过任何一顿饭。”

他表示，该舰部署时配备了 5 名随军牧师和一支人员充足的心理健康团队。“我们为水手们提供了所需的任何护理，并在适当的时候让他们重新投入战斗，”他说。周三，美国国防

周三，美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）向全体船员颁发了总统单位表彰（Presidential Unit Citation），这是美国授予的最高单位级军事勋章。

在为期 10 个月的部署期间，这艘航空母舰载约 5,000 名水手，航行了超过 85,000 海里。美国中央司令部司令布拉德·库珀（Brad Cooper）上将将其描述为“现代史上作战强度最高且影响最深远的部署之一”。

“我们史诗般的部署在今天结束，这个团队所取得的成就令人惊叹，”基勒（Keeler）周四表示。“‘林肯之国’（Lincoln Nation）执行了重大战斗行动，实施了海军封锁，并展示了航母打击群及多个编号舰队的存在与力量，同时保持了前所未有的作战节奏。”

库珀在 8 月访问该舰时指出，在海军 11 艘现役航母中，该舰的心理健康相关病例数处于最低水平之列，但这“并不意味着一切都完美无缺”。

美国参议员亚当·希夫（Adam Schiff，民主党-加利福尼亚州）周四在一份声明中表示，虽然他庆祝该舰的回归，但他敏锐地意识到如此长期的部署给船员及其家属带来了沉重的负担。

希夫表示，他的一位选民（仅被标识为道格）给他写了一封信，表达了对其儿子因肺塌陷被医疗撤离后，对船上状况的担忧。

“在（海外）重症监护室待了一段时间后，他回到我们身边时，已经不再是离开时的那个儿子了，”道格写道。“他身高 6 英尺 5 英寸，离开时体重 210 磅；回来时接近 180 磅。他看起来像个被饿死的战俘。作为一名父亲和退伍军人，他告诉我的一切令我作呕，必须被揭露出来。”

圣迭戈居民安娜贝尔·洛马（Annabelle Loma） 8 月告诉《军事时报》（Military Times），她的丈夫就是那些试图跳海的水手之一。

“他认为自己会被开除军籍，仅仅因为他精疲力竭，他 13 年的职业生涯就这样毁了，”她说。“这不公平，这不对。”

希夫表示，他希望这些艰辛的故事能引起特朗普政府的共鸣，他认为在“没有明确目标且没有可衡量进展”的情况下，针对伊朗的战争必须结束，不仅是因为给美国人民带来了高昂的成本，还因为服役人员付出了沉重的代价。

根据国防部公布的数据，自冲突开始以来，已有 860 多名士兵受伤，19 人死亡。

亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰上没有报告伤亡。

“最重要的统计数据，也是我最自豪的数据，就是零，”基勒说。“零架飞机损失，零战斗损伤，零生命损失。每一位参加此次部署的水手和海军陆战队员都回家了。”

该舰返回圣迭戈的时间，恰好在总统发表争议性言论几天之后。总统在言论中暗示，如果伊朗“摧毁”圣迭戈或洛杉矶，为了确保世界和国家的安全，这将是“一个非常小的代价”。

白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张（Steven Cheung）批评了针对这些言论的“媒体恐慌”，称总统是在指出，如果没有美国军事干预，美国城市将会受到威胁。

特朗普在周三于圣安东尼奥举行的一次集会上似乎在收敛其好战态度，表示他不会让伊朗导弹袭击美国城市。

尽管如此，损害已经造成，来自两党阵营的加利福尼亚州领导人们都对总统演讲的影响提出了批评。

“我们并非可有可无。我们永远不是所谓的‘微小代价’，”圣迭戈市长托德·格洛里亚（Todd Gloria）在X平台上发帖称，“请让我们的城市远离你那些鲁莽的战争言论。” 吉姆·德斯蒙德。

吉姆·德斯蒙德（Jim Desmond）是一名获得特朗普支持的共和党候选人，正竞选加利福尼亚州竞争激烈的第48国会选区代表，他表示强烈反对总统的言论。

“美国必须挺身对抗伊朗并捍卫我们的利益，”这位海军退伍军人在社交媒体上写道，“但我们三军统帅的首要责任是保护美国人民和我们的国土。”

在持续的冲突中，亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰并非唯一一艘完成超长部署的航母。

美国海军“杰拉尔德·R·福特号”航空母舰在5月从为期 326 天的部署中返回弗吉尼亚州的诺福克海军站时，创下了越战后的纪录，该团队还因此获得了一项罕见的总统单位表彰。

上周，西奥多·罗斯福号航空母舰及其航母打击群的另一支船员队伍离开了圣迭戈，看来是前往支持中东的军事行动。

在周四的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普表示，他的团队正与伊朗进行富有成效的谈判，且他不打算在11月中期选举前恢复对伊朗的军事打击。

在特朗普上个月拒绝了伊朗在特定条件下重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的提议后，谈判似乎陷入了僵局。

季后赛

IA 4 A 1

国联分区赛 (NLDS) 道奇队获胜，3-1

胜投：亨里克兹 (HENRIQUEZ) 败投：马勒 (MAHLE) 救援：迪亚兹 (DÍAZ)

国联冠军赛 (NLCS) 第一场：周日在密尔沃基 太平洋夏令时间下午 5 点 电视转播：FOX 和 FOX ONE

道奇队在周三击败勇士队赢得分区赛，锁定重返国联冠军赛的席位后，在更衣室里喷洒啤酒庆祝。 KEVIN C. Cox Getty Images

沉浸在这一刻

观点

MIKE STEWART Associated Press 安迪·佩吉斯 (ANDY PAGES) 在第四场第七局击出打破僵局的两分单打后欣喜若狂。队友基克·赫尔南德斯 (Kiké Hernández) 在谈到洛杉矶队的 9 号击球手时说：“这就是为什么他留在出场名单中。”

比尔·普拉斯奇 (BILL PLASCHKE) 专栏作家

缺失的球棒在季后赛及时回归

他离开击球区时两次捶胸，整个道奇球迷群体都随之律动。

安迪·佩吉斯做到了。他终于做到了。他终于用一次如此强有力的击球，打破了他在十月两年来令人费解的低迷状态，这次击球如此干脆，他甚至不需要翻过基克·赫尔南德斯就能完成。

有多强力？凭借一次流畅的挥击，他通过得分两分打破了平局，并让两支球队分道扬镳：亚特兰大勇士队垂头丧气地回家过冬，而道奇队则冲入了国联冠军赛。

是的，这确实是一次爆发，无论是比喻意义上还是字面意义上。周三晚上第七局，在两出局、两好球且垒上满员的情况下，佩吉斯击出的一记单打让特鲁伊斯特公园球场（Truist Park）那些做着乏味“战斧砍伐”动作的球迷们陷入沉默，并最终让道奇队在国联分区赛中以 4-1 锁定胜局，击败勇士队。

当然，接下来的挑战只会更加艰巨。在以三胜一局赢得这场五局三胜制的系列赛后，道奇队现在可以准备与强大的密尔沃基酿酒师队进行七局四胜制的对决。

没错，他们需要提高击球表现，他们需要布莱克·斯内尔 (Blake Snell) 找回专注力，[见普拉斯奇，D5]

兄弟姐妹正式反对珍妮·巴斯 (Jeanie Buss) 他们称湖人队管理层阻止球队出售的请愿书“在法律和事实上都没有根据”。D2

前瞻

比尔·谢金 (Bill Shaikin) 分析了道奇队在国联冠军赛对决中值得担忧或无需担忧的原因。D4

牛棚爆发

米里亚姆·斯旺森 (Mirjam Swanson) 写道，道奇队的救援投手在对阵勇士队时表现出色。D5

他们晋级了

酿酒师队淘汰教士队，光芒队淘汰洋基队，两队均进入联盟冠军赛。D5

一名 UCLA 校友正以比竞争对手更努力的姿态，带领金州女武神队 (Golden State Valkyries) 深入季后赛。D3

佩吉斯的关键击球洗刷此前颓势，带领道奇队挺进国联冠军赛

作者：麦迪·李 (MADDIE LEE)

亚特兰大 —— 如果没有安迪·佩吉斯 (Andy Pages)，道奇队周三晚上在特鲁伊斯特公园球场 (Truist Park) 的客队更衣室里就无法喷洒香槟庆祝。

他的十月战绩表明他不太可能是那个英雄。在周三之前，他在季后赛的打击率仅为 .123。在去年的世界大赛第五场中，他被放在了替补席上。在与亚特兰大勇士队的国联分赛前两场比赛中，他甚至在季后赛开局阶段毫无击球表现，并且在自动球审 (ABS) 挑战请求上被指示禁止尝试。

但在第七局，当比分持平、垒上满员，且勇士队强力救援投手罗伯特·苏亚雷斯 (Robert Suarez) 上场面对他时，他并没有将这些压力带到击球区。

“我喜欢处于那样的击球状态，”佩吉斯在道奇队以 4-1 赢得国联分赛第四场后用西班牙语说道，“有时结果会出现，有时不会，但我一直准备好应对那些时刻。而今天我成功获得了结果。”

他表现得很耐心，在将两颗落在好球区的快速球分别击出界外和擦边后，将球数推进到了满球。

接下来的那一球，他将球击向内野正中，击出一支两分单打，在系列赛的决定性时刻终于为道奇队取得了领先。

这是道奇队在 14 个赛季中第九次挺进国联冠军赛。他们将对阵密尔沃基酿酒人队，后者在四场比赛中淘汰了圣迭戈教士队 [见道奇队报道，D4]

布鲁因斯女队刚获得全国冠军，而有人认为特洛伊人队组建了一支超级球队。D3

天使之城 (ANGEL CITY)

注：加时赛或射门决胜失利得 1 分。

职业体育赛程表

< / td><>周五 9 日< / ><>周六 10 日< / ><>周日 11 日< / ><>周一 12 日< / ><>周二 13 日< / >< / tr><><> < / ><>< / ><>客场对阵密尔沃基 5 Fox< / ><>客场对阵密尔沃基 2 Fox 或 FS1< / ><>< / >< / ><><> 牡羊队 (RAMS)< / ><>< / ><>对阵布法罗 5:15 ESPN, ABC< / ><>< / >< / ><><> < / ><>< / ><>对阵丹佛 1:05 CBS< / ><>< / >< / ><><> 国王队 (KINGS)< / ><>< / ><>客场对阵拉斯维加斯 7 ABTV< / ><>< / ><>对阵埃德蒙顿 7:30 ABTV< / >< / ><><> 鸭队 (DUCKS)< / ><>客场对阵温尼伯 5 KCOP, Prime< / ><>客场对阵卡尔加里 7 KCOP, Prime< / ><>< / ><>对阵卡尔加里 6:45 KCOP, Prime< / >< / ><><> 银河队 (GALAXY)< / ><>< / ><>客场对阵圣路易斯 4 Apple TV< / ><>< / >< / ><><> 洛杉矶FC (LAFC)< / ><>< / ><>对阵温哥华 7:30 Apple TV< / ><>< / >< / table>

下一场：10 月 17 日在丹佛，下午 5:45，ION

湖人队：周二在拉斯维加斯对阵金州（季前赛），晚上 7 点，SpecSN 快船队：周六在温哥华对阵多伦多（季前赛），下午 3:30 * 国联冠军赛

阴影部分表示主场比赛。时间为太平洋时间。

今日播出节目

时间< / td><>赛事 / 活动< / ><>电视；广播< / >< / tr><>< colspan="3">澳大利亚足球< / >< / ><><>7 p.m.< / ><>AFL 女子赛，圣基尔达 vs. 考灵伍德< / ><>Fox Soccer< / >< / ><><>9 p.m.< / ><>AFL 女子赛，阿德莱德港 vs. 西海岸< / ><>Fox Soccer< / >< / ><><>11 p.m.< / ><>AFL 女子赛，吉朗 vs. 大西悉尼< / ><>Fox Soccer< / >< / ><><>2 a.m. (周六)< / ><>AFL 女子赛，黄金海岸 vs. 墨尔本< / ><>FS2< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">赛车< / >< / ><><>10 a.m.< / ><>NASCAR 卡车赛，Ecosave 200，排位赛< / ><>FS2< / >< / ><><>2 p.m.< / ><>NASCAR 卡车赛，Ecosave 200< / ><>Fox< / >< / ><><>2 a.m. (周六)< / ><>一级方程式，新加坡大奖赛，冲刺赛< / ><>Apple TV< / >< / ><><>6 a.m. (周六)< / ><>一级方程式，新加坡大奖赛，排位赛< / ><>Apple TV< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">篮球：NBA季前赛< / >< / ><><>5 p.m.< / ><>孟菲斯客场对阵芝加哥< / ><>NBA< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">篮球：WNBA季后赛，半决赛< / >< / ><><>4:30 p.m.< / ><>第3场，亚特兰大客场对阵纽约< / ><>ESPN2, ESPND< / >< / ><><>6:30 p.m.< / ><>第3场，金州客场对阵拉斯维加斯< / ><>NBCSN, Peacock< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学篮球：男子< / >< / ><><>4 p.m.< / ><>表演赛，南加州大学 vs. 北卡罗来纳大学< / ><>ACC< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学曲棍球< / >< / ><><>1 p.m.< / ><>爱荷华客场对阵西北大学< / ><>Big Ten< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学美式足球< / >< / ><><>4 p.m.< / ><>佛罗里达州立大学客场对阵路易斯维尔< / ><>ESPN< / >< / ><><>6 p.m.< / ><>爱荷华客场对阵华盛顿< / ><>Fox< / >< / ><><>6 p.m.< / ><>华盛顿州立大学客场对阵犹他州立大学< / ><>CW< / >< / ><><>6 p.m.< / ><>怀俄明客场对阵圣何塞州立大学< / ><>CBSSN< / >< / ><><>7:15 p.m.< / ><>爱荷华州立大学 vs. 杨百翰大学< / ><>ESPN< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学足球：女子< / >< / ><><>3 p.m.< / ><>北卡罗来纳大学客场对阵佛罗里达州立大学< / ><>ESPNU< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学游泳< / >< / ><><>4 p.m.< / ><>大学游泳联盟< / ><>SEC, ESPN+< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">大学排球：女子< / >< / ><><>2 p.m.< / ><>斯坦福客场对阵圣母大学< / ><>ACC< / >< / ><><>3:30 p.m.< / ><>加州大学洛杉矶分校 (UCLA) 客场对阵马里兰大学< / ><>Big Ten< / >< / ><><>5 p.m.< / ><>佛罗里达客场对阵密苏里< / ><>ESPNU< / >< / ><><>5:30 p.m.< / ><>南加州大学客场对阵普渡大学< / ><>Big Ten< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">高尔夫< / >< / ><><>10 a.m.< / ><>PGA Tour 冠军赛，Furyk and Friends，第一轮< / ><>Golf< / >< / ><><>Noon< / ><>PGA Korn Ferry 巡回赛冠军赛，第二轮< / ><>Golf< / >< / ><><>8 p.m.< / ><>PGA，Baycurrent 经典赛，第三轮< / ><>Golf< / >< / ><><>4:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>世界巡回赛，西班牙公开赛，第三轮< / ><>Golf< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">冰球< / >< / ><><>4 p.m.< / ><>纽约游骑兵客场对阵华盛顿< / ><>NHL< / >< / ><><>5 p.m.< / ><>鸭队客场对阵温尼伯< / ><>KCOP, Prime Video< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">赛马< / >< / ><><>Noon< / ><>美国赛马日< / ><>FS2< / >< / ><><>6 p.m.< / ><>美国赛马日< / ><>FS1< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">匹克球< / >< / ><><>11 a.m.< / ><>PPA，芝加哥杯，四分之一决赛< / ><>Tennis< / >< / ><><>3 p.m.< / ><>PPA，芝加哥杯，四分之一决赛< / ><>FS2< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">高中美式足球< / >< / ><><>7 p.m.< / ><>亨廷顿比奇客场对阵达纳< / >< / table>

Hills< / td> SpecSN< / >< / tr> < colspan="3">足球< / >< / ><><>7:55 a.m.< / ><>沙特阿拉伯，Al Fateh 对阵 Al Ahli< / ><>FS2< / >< / ><><>11 a.m.< / ><>沙特阿拉伯，Al Nassr 对阵 Diriyah< / ><>Fox Soccer, FoxD< / >< / ><><>11:30 a.m.< / ><>德国，多特蒙德对阵云达不莱梅< / ><>Fandango, Universo< / >< / ><><>正午< / ><>英格兰，西汉姆联对阵女王公园< / ><>CBSSN, Paramount+< / >< / ><><>正午< / ><>西班牙，马拉加对阵西班牙人< / ><>ESPN+, ESPND< / >< / ><><>12:15 p.m.< / ><>葡萄牙，布拉加对阵葡萄牙体育< / ><>belN< / >< / ><><>4 p.m.< / ><>女子国际友谊赛，加拿大对阵丹麦< / ><>Fox Soccer< / >< / ><><>6 p.m.< / ><>墨西哥，普埃布拉对阵莱昂< / ><>TUDN< / >< / ><><>8 p.m.< / ><>墨西哥，老虎队 (Tigres UANL) 对阵托卢卡< / ><>FS2, FoxD, Universo< / >< / ><><>4:30 a.m.

(周六)< / ><>英格兰，阿森纳对阵利兹联< / ><>USA, Universo< / >< / ><><>4:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>英格兰，斯旺西市对阵诺维奇城< / ><>CBSSN, Paramount+< / >< / ><><>5 a.m. (周六)< / ><>西班牙，巴列卡诺对阵毕尔巴鄂竞技< / ><>ESPN+, ESPND< / >< / ><><>6 a.m. (周六)< / ><>意大利，热那亚对阵佛罗伦萨< / ><>Paramount+< / >< / ><><>6:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>德国，奥格斯堡对阵拜仁慕尼黑< / ><>Fandango, Telemundo< / >< / ><><>6:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>德国，霍芬海姆对阵汉堡< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>德国，美因茨 05 对阵勒沃库森< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>德国，帕德博恩对阵斯图加特< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6:30 a.m. (周六)< / ><>德国，柏林联盟对阵埃尔弗斯贝格< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7 a.m. (周六)< / ><>英格兰，

阿斯顿维拉对阵布伦特福德< / ><>USA, Universo< / >< / ><><>7 a.m. (周六)< / ><>英格兰，切尔西对阵伯恩茅斯< / ><>NBCSN< / >< / ><><>7 a.m. (周六)< / ><>英格兰，伊普斯维奇镇对阵富勒姆< / ><>Peacock< / >< / ><><>7 a.m. (周六)< / ><>英格兰，桑德兰对阵布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩< / ><>Peacock< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">网球< / >< / ><><>9 p.m.< / ><>ATP（上海）初赛；WTA（北京）半决赛< / ><>Tennis< / >< / table>

兄弟姐妹为出售湖人队股份而争执

他们对吉妮·巴斯试图阻止其出售给新所有者的投票提出了反对。

作者：Thuc Nhi Nguyen

周三，投票决定出售家族持有湖人队股份的五位巴斯兄弟姐妹，正式对球队管理委员会主席吉妮·巴斯（Jeanie Buss）试图阻止此次出售的行为提出了反对。在提供给《时报》的一份声明中，他们称吉妮的请愿书“在法律和事实上均毫无根据”。

“虽然兄弟姐妹之间的讨论仍在继续，但他们的重点仍然是促进拟议的交易以及信托基金参与其中，同时确保包括吉妮在内的所有受益人获得平等对待，”吉米、强尼、珍妮、乔伊和杰西·巴斯在声明中表示。“今天的提交是保护这些利益并确保交易顺利进行的必要步骤。”

这五位兄弟姐妹在 8 月投票决定，将家族持有的球队 17.82% 的股份纳入从道奇队控股所有者马克·沃尔特（Mark Walter）向约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）和鲍勃·艾格（Bob Iger）进行的出售交易中。吉妮立即反对其兄弟姐妹的投票，称该交易将违反家族信托协议，协议规定她及其共同受托人珍妮和乔伊必须采取合理可行地措施，以确保吉妮在“其有生之年每年”维持其作为球队控股管理者的角色。

如果巴斯家族信托出售其剩余股份，吉妮将不再具备在管理委员会任职的资格，因为 NBA 要求管理者必须持有特许经营权至少 15% 的股份。尽管巴斯家族去年通过以当时创纪录的 $10-billion 估值将其出售给沃尔特，从而结束了超过 40 年的球队多数所有权，但吉妮原定将担任控股管理者至少五年。

在兄弟姐妹投票后，吉妮及其律师向洛杉矶高等法院提交了一份请愿书，在其中她主张他们的计划是无效的。

兄弟姐妹的正式反对意见称，吉妮试图阻止此次出售是“为了保护她个人的利益”，且她的行为“构成了对她作为受托人信托责任的违背”。兄弟姐妹认为，凭借五个出售票，他们有权推进出售股份并分配收益的计划，因为根据信托协议，他们拥有在世子女中三分之二的多数票。

随着沃尔特向库什纳和艾格的最新出售估值达到 125 亿美元 billion，17.82% 的股份对巴斯兄弟姐妹而言价值约为 22 亿美元 billion。

美联社 Mark J. Terrill 油人队的卡斯佩里·卡帕宁（Kasperi Kapanen，左）在第一节受到鸭队泰森·辛兹（Tyson Hinds）的压力时传球。卡帕宁在这次胜利中攻入了一个强力进攻进球。

布沙尔与油人队让鸭子队遭遇赛季首败

在埃德蒙顿队于第二节攻入五球之际，这位后卫在进攻端开启了历史性的开局。

美联社

埃文·布沙尔（Evan Bouchard）贡献了两粒进球和一次助攻，成为 NHL 历史上第二位在赛季前四场比赛中至少打入六球的后卫。周三晚上，埃德蒙顿油人队凭借第二节的五球狂潮，以 5-2 击败了鸭子队。

布沙尔在四场比赛中打入六球，领跑全联盟。在 1917-18 年 NHL 的首个赛季中，哈里·卡梅伦（Harry Cameron）曾代表多伦多竞技队在四场比赛中打入八球。

莱昂·德赖赛特尔（Leon Draisaitl）贡献了四次助攻，康纳·麦克大卫（Connor McDavid）贡献一球两助攻，卡斯佩里·卡帕宁（Kasperi Kapanen）和瓦西里·波德科尔津（Vasily Podkolzin）也取得进球。油人队克服了开局的低迷，赢得了三连胜。德文·列维（Devon Levi）完成了 28 次扑救。

贝克特·塞内克（Beckett Sennecke）打入两个强力进攻（power-play）进球，利奥·卡尔森（Leo Carlsson）贡献两次助攻，但鸭子队在三场比赛后遭遇首败。卢卡斯·多斯塔尔（Lukas Dostal）完成了 12 次扑救，在决定胜负的第二节中，他在 11 次射门中仅挡住 6 次，随后在第三节开始前被替换。维莱·胡索（Ville Husso）在替补出场后完成了两次扑救。

布沙尔在第二节两次破门，在第二节开始 11 秒后，他通过一次穿过人群的长距离手腕射门将比分追至 2-1，点燃了埃德蒙顿队的反击。在比赛还剩 5:48 时，他接德赖赛特尔的一次一击即进（onetimer）将油人队领先至 3-2。

布沙尔是联盟历史上第五位在赛季前四场比赛中至少获得 10 分的后卫。上一次达成此成就的是枫叶队的摩根·里利（Morgan Rielly），时间在 2018-19 赛季。

在 4 对 4 的对阵中，麦克大卫在比赛还剩 51.7 秒时打入本赛季第三球，拿到第 12 分，为这波五球狂潮画上句号。

塞内克在新秀赛季的 82 场比赛中仅打入一个强力进攻进球，而此次他在第一节的人数优势进攻中两次破门。

鸭子队前锋尼基塔·克列波夫（Nikita Klepov）—— 2026 年选秀的第 15 顺位—— 完成了他的 NHL 首秀，并以 18 岁 102 天成为球队历史上最年轻的球员。

体育日报

寻求延长分区系列赛

工作人员及电讯报道

美国职业棒球大联盟（MLB）在周四提交给球员的集体谈判计划中提出，拟从2029年起将常规赛从162场缩减至154场，并将分区系列赛扩展为七场四胜制。

球队老板还建议在目前的季后赛赛制中增加九个休息日，将其最长延长至42天，此举将使顶尖先发投手有潜力更频繁地出场。

MLB将允许季后赛前两轮中种子排名较高的球队从明年起选择其对手，并从2029年起，除最多两场全国直播比赛外，大多数球队的常规赛周一将成为休息日。

（背部）受伤的角卫杰伦·沃森（肩部）以及近端端锋科尔比·帕金森在周四的训练中受到限制，但主教练肖恩·麦克维表示，“希望”唐纳德能在周一晚上的对阵布法罗比尔队的比赛中出场。麦克维说：“一切都在向好的方向发展。”沃森和帕金森也有望出场。

加里·克莱恩

在仅本赛季第一个周日就产生了18 亿美元 billion交易额后，NFL正敦促最高法院就预测市场的监管做出裁决，并主张“鉴于目前的形势”，各州更有能力监督与体育相关的合同。...

在总统杯的美国队胜利之后，雅各布·布里奇曼在最后五个洞中四次抓到 birdies，以63杆（低于标准杆8杆）在在日本横滨举行的湾区经典赛（Baycurrent Classic）中取得领先，领先乔丹·史密斯一杆。... 在马德里，丹尼尔·希利尔在西班牙公开赛的第17洞打进一球进洞，赢得了一辆纯电动宝马汽车。这次一球进洞帮助希利尔在周四的第一轮比赛中打出67杆（低于标准杆4杆），使其暂时并列第四名。格兰特·福雷斯特、康纳·赛姆和欧亨尼奥·查卡拉在首轮以66杆（低于标准杆5杆）共同领跑。... 美国高尔夫协会（USGA）正将费城郊外的梅里昂高尔夫俱乐部（Merion Golf Club）增设为第四个锚点场地，这意味着这家历史悠久的俱乐部将在未来25年内举办多项USGA锦标赛。

等等。威尔逊连续第三年获得 MVP

达拉斯牛仔队的左护卫泰勒·史密斯（Tyler Smith）定于周四晚上在对阵坦帕湾的比赛中迎来赛季首秀。这位三届全明星球员在赛季揭幕战前刚刚结束左拇指手术并被激活。

阿贾·威尔逊（A'ja Wilson）连续第三年获得 WNBA MVP，这也是她个人历史上第五次获得该奖项，创下纪录。

除了成为首位三连冠的球员外，威尔逊还在 2020 年和 2022 年获得过该奖项。

30 岁的威尔逊再次在得分（26.2）方面领跑联盟，投篮命中率接近 53%。她还场均贡献 9.4 个篮板、职业生涯最高的 3.2 次助攻和 1.9 次盖帽。

防守截锋亚伦·唐纳德（Aaron Donald）

四分卫丹特·摩尔（Dante Moore）本周回到了排名第 13 的俄勒冈大学队的训练中，但他仍处于脑震荡协议中，在周六下午鸭子队主场迎战排名第 21 的加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）时将无法出场。替补迪伦·赖奥拉（Dylan Raiola）将再次为鸭子队首发。... 大十联盟（Big Ten Conference）专员托尼·佩蒂蒂（Tony Petitti）表示，他“乐观地”认为大学足球季后赛（College Football Playoff）将在 ESPN 的独家谈判窗口期内扩军至 24 支球队。

在另一场比赛中刚刚完成关键推杆后

米拉·安德烈耶娃（Mirra Andreeva）在艰苦地击败叶卡捷琳娜·亚历山德罗娃 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) 后，闯入了中国网球公开赛的半决赛。种子排名第四的安德烈耶娃接下来将面对尼古拉·巴图科娃（Nikola Bartunkova），后者以 6-3, 6-0 击败了卡罗琳娜·穆霍娃（Karolina Muchova）。... 两届大满贯决赛入围者斯特凡诺斯·西西帕斯（Stefanos Tsitsipas）在上海大师赛首轮以 6-3, 7-5 击败了资格赛选手基默·科佩扬斯（Kimmer Coppejans）。

唐·皮尔斯（Don Pierce）去世。他在 30 年的骑师生涯中赢得了 3,546 场比赛，并最终入选赛马名人堂。他享年 89 岁。根据其兄弟、前骑师拉里（Larry）以及国家赛马博物馆和名人堂周四发布的社交媒体帖子，皮尔斯于周一在德克萨斯州登顿去世。

NHL 积分榜 截至周三 西区 西区

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东区

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今日赛事 鸭队 客场 对阵 温尼伯 ....下午 5 点 纽约游骑兵 客场 对阵 华盛顿 ....下午 4 点 匹兹堡 客场 对阵 哥伦布 ....下午 4 点 西雅图 客场 对阵 底特律 ....下午 4 点

周三晚间摘要

油人 5, 鸭子 2

埃德蒙顿< / td><>0< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>-< / ><>5< / >< / tr><><>鸭子< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>-< / ><>2< / >< / table>

第一节：1. 鸭子，Sennecke 2 (Granlund, Carlsson)，4:11 (pp)。2. 鸭子，Sennecke 3 (Carlsson, LaCombe)，15:28 (pp)。处罚——Samanski, EDM (勾人)，3:08。Gauthier, ANA (持杆)，6:27。Walman, EDM (抱人)，14:43。Carlsson, 鸭子 (干扰)，16:58。

第二节：3. .，Bouchard 5 (Draisaitl)，0:11。4. .，Kapanen 2 (McDavid, Bouchard)，6:30 (pp)。5. .，Bouchard 6 (Draisaitl, McDavid)，14:12。6. .，Podkolzin 4 (Draisaitl)，16:49。7. .，McDavid 3 (Draisaitl, Ekholm)，19:08。处罚——Murphy, (绊人)，3:39。鸭子替补席，由 Caulfield 执行 (冰上人数过多)，4:55。Murphy, (延迟比赛)，6:55。Murphy, (粗暴行为)，18:48。Sennecke, 鸭子 (粗暴行为)，18:48。

第三节：得分——无。处罚——Samanski, (绊人)，3:28。Nesterenko, 鸭子 (粗暴行为)，14:26。Howard, (勾人)，16:25。Murphy, (绊人)，17:10。 射门数：. 6-11-2–19。鸭子 16-5-10–31。

射门数：. 6-11-2–19。鸭子 16-5-10–31。强力进攻转化率——. 1 of 4。鸭子 2 of 7。

守门员：.，Levi 3-0-0 (31 次射门-29 次扑救)。鸭子，Dostal 2-1-0 (17-12)，鸭子，Husso 0-0-0 (2-2)。出勤人数–0 (17,174)。T–2:38。裁判 R–Tom Chmielewski, Trevor Hanson。裁判 L–Ryan Gibbons, James Tobias。

NFL 排名 截至周三 国家联盟

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美国联盟

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丹佛 对阵 闪电队 (CHARGERS)，下午 1:05 费城 对阵 杰克逊维尔（伦敦），上午 6:30 芝加哥 对阵 格林贝，上午 10 点 辛辛那提 对阵 迈阿密，上午 10 点 克利夫兰 对阵 纽约喷气机，上午 10 点 休斯顿 对阵 田纳西，上午 10 点 印第安纳波利斯 对阵 匹兹堡，上午 10 点 拉斯维加斯 对阵 新英格兰，上午 10 点 明尼苏达 对阵 新奥尔良，上午 10 点 纽约巨人 对阵 华盛顿，上午 10 点 底特律 对阵 亚利桑那，下午 1:25 旧金山 对阵 西雅图，下午 1:25 巴尔的摩 对阵 亚特兰大，下午 5:20 周一比赛 布法罗 对阵 羊队 (RAMS)，下午 5:15 轮空：堪萨斯城，卡罗来纳

托尼·阿维拉 (TONY AVELAR) 美联社

UCLA与USC力求扩大在Big Ten的统治地位

他们可能会。"

在盖伦中心（Galen Center）与同城死敌UCLA的一场比赛中，USC替补席上的球员们在为队友加油。 MELINA PIZANO Getty Images

Bruins队刚获得全国冠军，而Watkins的回归则应能提升Trojans队的竞争力。

作者：Luke DeCock

伊利诺伊州罗斯蒙特 —— 随着UCLA刚获得全国冠军，以及USC在球星JuJu Watkins伤愈回归后力争夺冠，洛杉矶的女子篮球可能从未像现在这样受到如此多的关注。

“如果你打算来看球，”USC教练林赛·哥特利布（Lindsay Gottlieb）周三在Big Ten媒体日上表示，“你最好尽早买票。”

这两所西海岸学校的成功，对于Big Ten的其他球队来说，比对于洛杉矶的篮球迷来说是个更大的问题。在USC和UCLA离开Pac-12加入Big Ten的两年里，两所学校各曾一次登顶积分榜，而Bruins队两次赢得了联盟锦标赛，并在两年前进入了最终四强，且在去年4月赢得了冠军。

UCLA在本赛季有一些空缺需要填补，但仍被预期具备前25名的实力。Watkins在因前十字韧带（ACL）撕裂缺席上赛季后回归，并将与全美顶尖的招募球员共同努力，试图帮助USC重返全美顶尖行列，并扩大这对死敌在他们新联盟中的统治地位。

“坦白说，对我而言，我只是很高兴能回来，随之而来的任何事情我都能接受，”Watkins说。“我知道球队很兴奋。我们正在为即将到来的伟大赛季做准备。我欣喜若狂。”

这对联盟其他球队提出的问题是，传统的Big Ten球队中是否有人能对这种从中西部向西部的权力倾斜发起挑战。爱荷华大学和密歇根大学看起来是最有希望打破加利福尼亚州对该联盟掌控的竞争者，但在季前前25名投票中，可能还会有多达8支其他Big Ten球队入围。

“我们的联盟比以往任何时候都更强大、更艰苦，”密歇根大学教练金·巴恩斯·阿里科（Kim Barnes Arico）说。“在我们的联盟里，你每晚面对的都将是前25名的对手。这极具挑战性。”

Big Ten以前经历过这种情况。当马里兰大学在2014年秋季从ACC跳槽而来时，Terrapins队在接下来的七个赛季中有六个赛季至少获得了共同第一名。在最近一次扩军之前的三年里，俄亥俄州立大学或印第安纳大学一直占据积分榜首位，但自那以后，顶端就全部被UCLA和USC占据。

在WNBA选秀的前18名中占据了6个名额后，Bruins队仍有工作要做，但有5名回归球员将承担更大角色，包括大二的Sienna Betts和大三的Timea Gardiner。

“我认为我们不是在试图重复一个结果，而是在试图重复一个过程，”Gardiner说。“真正地在每一天倾尽所有。我们有一个如此优秀的团队，致力于这样做，所以我们将顺其自然。”

与此同时，在没有季前Big Ten年度最佳球员的情况下取得18胜14负战绩后，USC在Watkins和Jazzy Davidson的后场组合基础上，增加了全美排名第1和第5的招募球员以及两名具有影响力的转会球员。Trojans队扩充了阵容，旨在冲击他们40年来的首次最终四强。当被问及是否组建了一支“超级球队”时，哥特利布予以否认，但也没有回避这一说法。

“我从未这么称呼过，”哥特利布说。“我们只是试图组建一支我们认为能够拥有冠军抱负的球队。我们有很多优秀的球员，他们都会尽最大能力地履行被要求承担的任何角色。如果你能在最高水平上做到这一点，它就成了一支超级球队。”

无论是否是超级球队，Big Ten其他球队持续面临的挑战并未改变。

“这对我们的联赛非常有好处，”普渡大学教练凯蒂·格尔兹（Katie Gearlds）表示。“显然，加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）去年赢得了冠军，而南加州大学（USC）今年由于朱朱（JuJu）康复回归以及他们拥有的明星影响力，实力将达到顶峰，这提升了我们的比赛水平，并吸引了更多关注。我想如果你和这里的任何人交谈，我们都想找到击败他们的办法，但能有他们在我们的联赛中，并且他们如此强大，这很酷。”

DeCock 为美联社（Associated Press）撰稿。

娜塔莉·纳卡塞（NATALIE NAKASE）在金州队对阵拉斯维加斯队的半决赛第一场比赛中指导凯特琳·陈（Kaitlyn Chen）。

中岛在女武神队刻下个人印记

这位前加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）后卫以勤奋胜过竞争对手，带领金州女武神队深入季后赛。

作者：Marisa Ingemi

整个赛季，金州女武神队教练娜塔莉·中岛（Natalie Nakase）一直在要求她的球队倾尽全力。在上周赢得对阵达拉斯的首轮季后赛系列赛时，她似乎把这句话理解得太字面了，在第三场比赛后期突然晕倒。

“每年的这个时候压力都是真实存在的，”拉斯维加斯王牌队教练、中岛的前导师贝基·哈蒙（Becky Hammon）说道。“压力巨大，睡眠不足。饮食可能也不像应该的那样健康。很多因素共同导致了这种情况。看着那一幕其实挺吓人的，不过你知道，那个小家伙立刻就弹了起来。她马上就站了起来，继续坚持。”

中岛周日表示她没有大碍，只是在与疲劳作斗争，在追求优先考虑自我护理的过程中，她正严肃对待这件事。

“大约 10 年前，当我还不清楚职业生涯将走向何方时，[我的父亲]告诉我：‘永远不要让你的事业影响到你的心理健康或身体健康，如果这两者变得复杂，就不要再卷入其中，’”她说。“所以当这件事发生时，对我来说绝对是一个警钟。”

但任何了解中岛的人都不会惊讶于她这样真正地倾尽全力。自从这位亨廷顿海滩原住民、马里纳高中毕业生在 1998 年以自由球员身份进入 UCLA 以来，她就一直拥有着坚定不移的强度。

“她拥有那种[强度]，但脸上带着微笑，”她的高中教练皮特·邦尼（Pete Bonny）说。“从一开始，她就是这样的人。”

在她担任 WNBA 教练的第二个赛季，身边的人看到了她适应环境的意愿。

“她总能找到让我们保持获胜的方法，”女武神队助理教练兰登·塔图姆（Landon Tatum）说。“我认为，她能够实时改变并做出调整的能力，是她今年最大的不同之处。”

中岛在拒绝了加州大学欧文分校（UC Irvine）的奖学金后，以自由球员身份进入 UCLA。在棕熊队期间，她成为了首发球员和队长，在 2002 年获得了 Pac-10 最佳阵容荣誉提名，并以 358 次助攻的成绩结束职业生涯，排名校史第 10 位。

在中岛的四个赛季中，棕熊队两次进入 NCAA 锦标赛。

在担任 WNBA 主教练的第一年，中岛带领女武神队进入季后赛，这是扩军球队首次实现这一壮举。这让她获得了联盟年度最佳教练奖。

“如果你把全部 44 场比赛，也就是常规赛的所有 44 场放在一起看，我不知道是否有一支球队在每场[比赛]中都比她的球队打得更努力……这是对她的赞美，”哈蒙说。“这是我能给某人最高级别的评价。”

今年，金州队在以联盟第二好的战绩结束赛季后，走得更远。在头号种子明尼苏达队在首轮爆冷出局后，女武神队现在在整个季后赛中拥有主场优势。

“她总是坚持自己的计划，”女武神队控球后卫维罗妮卡·伯顿（Veronica Burton）在谈到她如何看待中岛本赛季的成长时说。“她对待每一场比赛都持有极大的尊重。我认为这充分体现了她作为教练的素质，以及她对我们的期望。我认为每一场比赛，我知道进入比赛前该期待什么，我知道她对我想要什么，我知道她对我的期望。她让我们感到准备充分。”

中岛周日回到了场边，在第二轮面对哈蒙和王牌队，她佩戴着心脏监测仪，试图实践她所倡导的恢复理论。随后，她引导金州队在对阵卫冕冠军王牌队的系列赛中取得了 2-0 的绝对领先。

中岛并不打算削弱她标志性的热情，即便这次经历是一个重要的教训。毕竟，她正是通过坚持自我，才在 UCLA 创造了不可思议的球员生涯，并在 WNBA 的教练生涯中迅速崛起。

“她从未害怕过自己有时会搞砸，”塔图姆说道。“她能够如此迅速地建立起一种文化，这并不容易。我认为在训练营刚开始的时候，你就能感觉到，比如，‘噢，是的，我觉得她准备好面对这一切了。她能搞定。’”

WNBA 季后赛

梦想队与女武神队各胜一场，向决赛挺进

WNBA 季后赛

半决赛

美联社

安杰尔·里斯（Angel Reese）砍下 23 分，纳兹·希尔蒙（Naz Hillmon）在加时赛还剩 20.8 秒时完成绝杀上篮，亚特兰大梦想队在周三晚上以 101-98 击败客场作战的纽约自由队，在五局三胜制的 WNBA 半决赛中取得 2-0 领先。

里斯在加时赛中为球队 13 分的得分贡献了 6 分。在萨布丽娜·约内斯库（Sabrina Ionescu）的一次传球失误后，里斯在还剩 4.3 秒时两罚全中，亚特兰大队距离自 2013 年以来首次进入 WNBA 决赛仅差一场胜利。

“我认为我们在确保所有人保持同步连接方面做得很好，”里斯说道，“我们真正地团结在一起，共同作战，这就是我们获胜的原因。”

乔丁·加拿大（Jordin Canada）也为梦想队贡献了 23 分和 8 次助攻，梦想队在第一场比赛中以 92-82 击败了自由队。

布里安娜·斯图尔特（Breanna Stewart）为自由队砍下 35 分，其中 25 分在半场内完成。她在最后一攻的绝望尝试未能命中。

纽约队将于周五主场进行第三场比赛。

在常规赛还剩不到两分钟且自由队 80-86 落后时，约内斯库凭借一记远程三分球将分差缩小一半。

在还剩 31 秒时，亚特兰大队出现一次进攻时间违例，为自由队创造了追分机会，斯图尔特在人群中迅速完成上篮，将比分追至 85-86。

在纽约队通过犯规延长比赛时间后，里斯在还剩 14.5 秒时两罚全中，让梦想队以 88-85 领先。

马琳·福托（Marine Fauthoux）在还剩 10.3 秒时命中扳平比分的三分球，将比赛简化为亚特兰大队的最后一次进攻权。

莱恩·霍华德（Rhyne Howard）的中距离挑篮在终场哨响前弹框而出，将比赛送入加时。

五局三胜系列赛

4 亚特兰大 vs. 8 纽约 梦想队领先，2-0

Gm 1 亚特兰大 92, 纽约 82 Gm 2 亚特兰大 101, 纽约 98 (OT) 3 周五 在纽约，4:30，ESPN2 4 周日 在纽约，TBD，ABC* 5 周三 在亚特兰大，TBD，ESPN*

3 拉斯维加斯 vs. 2 金州女武神队 领先，2-0

1 金州 71, 拉斯维加斯 60 2 金州 83, 拉斯维加斯 81 3 周五 在拉斯维加斯，6:30，NBCSN 4 周日 在 L.V.，TBD，NBC* 5 周三 在 G.S.，TBD，NBCSN*

* 如有必要 / 所有时间均为 PDT，p.m.

“我们当时传达了一个信息，认为我们在最后五分钟可以成为最强的球队，让我们先从执行前几个战术开始，”梦想队教练卡尔·斯梅斯科（Karl Smesko）说道，“每个人都专注于那些战术，并且他们上场执行了。”

在金州 83, 拉斯维加斯 81 的比赛中：维罗妮卡·伯顿（Veronica Burton）在还剩 41 秒时命中一记远程三分球，使女武神队取得领先，随后她在最后几秒完成了两次罚球；蒂法尼·海耶斯（Tiffany Hayes）贡献 21 分，帮助女武神队顶住王牌队的压力，在半决赛系列赛中取得 2-0 领先。

在一次惊险的收尾中，杰基·杨（Jackie Young）在还剩 6 秒时错失了两次罚球中的第二次，失去了拉斯维加斯最后一次机会，切尔西·格雷（Chelsea Gray）抢到篮板并杀入篮下上篮，但凯亚·斯托克斯（Kiah Stokes）封盖了这次投篮，伯顿抢到了球。

加比·威廉姆斯（Gabby Williams）贡献 20 分和 5 个篮板，凯拉·桑顿（Kayla Thornton）得到 16 分，女武神队距离在建队仅第二个赛季就进入 WNBA 决赛仅差一场胜利。

金州队成为联盟历史上第一支在首个赛季就进入季后赛的扩军球队（去年）。

DANIEL VARNADO 美联社 自由队的布里安娜·斯图尔特 (30) 与梦想队的安杰尔·里斯在第二场比赛中争抢掉球。

Voices 比尔·谢金 (BILL SHAIKIN) 专栏作家

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国联冠军赛中值得相信与担忧的理由

亚特兰大

道奇队的大谷翔平在第 4 场比赛中利用勇士队的失误推进至三垒。 COLIN HUBBARD 美联社

当戴夫·罗伯茨发表胜利演说时，他穿着一件灰色帽子和一件灰色 T 恤，这两件衣物是为了纪念一场道奇队认为仅仅是通往主赛道上一个小障碍的胜利。这位经理毫不掩饰自己的自信。

“没有比洛杉矶道奇队更有天赋的球队了，”罗伯茨在更衣室被香槟和啤酒淹没的氛围中对球员们说道，“这是体育界最顶尖的组织，从上到下都是。我们更聪明，更优秀，也更强韧。”

道奇队在国家联盟分区系列赛（NLDS）中淘汰了亚特兰大勇士队。为了实现三连冠，他们已经完成了一场季后赛派对，还剩下 2 场。

“这一次将会很特别，”内野手米格尔·罗哈斯说道，“我们有连续三次获胜的动力。这就是我们现在能想到的全部。在棒球运动中，没有任何事情是容易的。你必须经历艰辛。但这支球队之前证明过这一点，并且在本系列赛中再次证明了这一点。”

事实确实如此。罗哈斯开玩笑地——或者也许他没在开玩笑——说每个人都期望道奇队每场比赛都能赢 10 分。在这场四场比赛的系列赛中，他们的总得分比勇士队多 6 分，且没有一场比赛的分差超过 3 分。

现在面对的是密尔沃基酿酒师队，这支球队在本赛季取得了棒球界最佳战绩，双方将重演去年的国联冠军赛（NLCS）。酿酒师队在上一赛季也取得了棒球界最佳战绩，而道奇队在当时的国联冠军赛中横扫了他们。

十月没有任何保证，即使是道奇队进入世界大赛也并非板上钉钉。

对于道奇队来说，这里有 4 个积极信号和 4 个警告信号：

绿旗（积极信号）

道奇队拥有联盟中年龄最大的野手群体，因此他们非常珍惜在分区系列赛之前给予他们的 5 天休息日。

由于无需打满五场比赛就淘汰了勇士队，道奇队在国联冠军赛之前获得了三天的休息时间，而不是 1 天。

“能让我们稍微休息一下，这太关键了，”周三满 34 岁的游击手穆基·贝茨说道，“我们都老了。所以进入这些季后赛比赛前，我们需要一点休息。这些比赛强度很大，比人们想象的要大得多。”

更棒的是：由于道奇队在分区系列赛中不需要塔里克·斯库巴尔出战第五场，他们可以在国联冠军赛的第一场派他先发，随后由山本由伸在第 2 场先发。

道奇队在国联冠军赛中需要 4 场胜利，而这样的轮换为斯库巴尔和山本由伸在系列赛中共同承担 4 场先发铺平了道路。

红旗（警告信号）

击出本垒打很不错，但你不太可能仅靠本垒打就赢得一场季后赛系列赛。在国家联盟分区系列赛的前三场比赛中，道奇队的所有得分全部来自本垒打。

在整个系列赛中，他们在得分圈有跑者时 16 次机会中成功 1 次。

“这说明了我们赢得比赛的方式多种多样，”棒球运营总裁安德鲁·弗里德曼说道，“但从质量角度来看，如果我们能把握住其中一些机会，肯定会有所帮助。所以这显然是一个突出的问题。”

缓解因素：勇士队在得分圈有跑者时 23 次机会中成功 1 次。

绿灯

道奇队和勇士队本赛季各击出了 204 支本垒打。在国联分赛区决赛（NLDS）中，道奇队的本垒打数以 8-2 领先勇士队。麦克斯·蒙西凭一己之力就击出了三支。

勇士队在四场比赛中共得 8 分，其中包括在主场两场比赛中每场得 1 分，总共击出 18 次安打。迈克尔·哈里斯二世在系列赛中有 6 次安打；他的队友中没有人超过 3 次。

勇士队在系列赛中的打击率为 .145。

“咱们实话实说，好吗？我们的季后赛将依赖于我们的投球，”蒙西说。“一直如此，也将一直如此。你不可能在季后赛中每晚击出 15 次安打。绝对不可能。”

“所以，如果你能限制对方球队的得分，你就能做得相当不错。我们的投手阵容在这次系列赛中表现得不可思议。我们要想继续前进，将依赖于投手阵容。”

红灯

正如道奇队通过提前结束 NLDS 来确定其国联冠军赛（NLCS）的轮换一样，酿酒人队也如此。因此，就像道奇队有机会由斯库巴尔先发一样，酿酒人队也有机会由“火球投手”雅各布·米西奥罗夫斯基先发，他是预期的国联赛扬奖得主。

米西奥罗夫斯基在本赛季唯一一次对阵道奇队的先发比赛中击败了他们，以 4-1 获胜，道奇队在那场比赛中仅获得 5 次安打——其中 3 次是由未在 NLDS 中出场的球员完成的：替补外野手亚历克斯·科尔和替补捕手亨特·费杜西亚。

缓解因素：凯尔·塔克和威尔·史密斯当天没有参赛。

绿灯

罗伯茨赢得的季后赛场次比除乔·托雷之外的任何主教练都多——托雷曾执教纽约洋基队，那是最后一支实现三连冠（1998-2000）的球队。

本赛季并不顺遂，但 NLDS 展示了罗伯茨将年轻球员（何塞·德保拉）、长期受伤球员（埃德温·迪亚兹、布莱克·斯内尔、泰勒·格拉斯诺）以及“十月球员”（基克·赫尔南德斯）整合到季后赛系列赛关键位置的能力，以及让大谷翔平接受在道奇队三个赛季以来从未低于第二棒的情况下，接受打在第五棒的位置。

这不仅仅关乎弗里德曼喜欢说的“高端天赋”，或者对方球迷喜欢说的金钱。

“同样重要的是我们拥有的人才深度，”弗里德曼说，“我认为，在这次短系列赛中产生影响的人数，不仅说明了人才的深度，还说明了他们的准备程度，以及 Doc 愿意在关键位置使用他们，并赋予他们的信任。”

红灯

道奇队在 NLDS 中得到了阵容底部的产出：塔克和安迪·佩吉斯状态回升，传统的十月英雄蒙西击出三支本垒打，传统的十月英雄赫尔南德斯击出一支本垒打，甚至新秀德保拉也获得了一次关键保送。

但这仍然留下了一个在常规赛中反复出现，并在 NLDS 中再次出现的问题：阵容顶端的不稳定性。

贝茨、弗雷迪·弗里曼、大谷翔平、特奥斯卡·赫尔南德斯和史密斯在系列赛中合计击出 13 次安打，打击率为 .176。

在 7 月份，塔克从未有过连续四场比赛击出安打的记录。

在 9 月份，他有过一次。

在季后赛的四场比赛中，他又有一次！

这就是棒球！

这可能不仅仅是一个统计学上的巧合。本赛季，我们听到关于他的合同（四年，2.4亿美元）的消息，比听到关于他的本垒打（17, 支，一个完整赛季的职业生涯最低值）、三振数（105, 次，职业生涯最高值）以及上垒率加长打率（.715, 略低于亚特兰大的多功能球员毛里西奥·杜邦）的消息更多。

如果塔克在十月大放异彩，没有人会记得常规赛，道奇队的球迷将永远深情地记得他。问问米基·哈彻就知道了。

警示信号

道奇队仍然不知道对大谷翔平的合理预期应该是怎样的，尽管他的左膝和右臂感到不适，但他仍在季后赛中苦苦支撑。

在国联分赛区（NLDS）的 13 次打席中，大谷翔平击出两次单打，被三振四次。他在周三拿到了本系列赛中唯一的一次得分，当时他通过保送上垒，盗二垒，利用一次失误进三垒，并利用另一次失误得分。

大谷翔平自 8 月 18 日以来仍未击出本垒打。道奇队更倾向于认为，周三的比赛表明他能以速度和力量威胁来影响比赛。

“他是世界上最好的球员，”弗里德曼说道，“在某个时刻，他会找回状态，到那时对方球队将陷入巨大的麻烦。”

Pages 在击球区迎来他的季后赛时刻

[道奇队，接 D1 版]

比赛，从周日开始。他们离赢得连续第三个世界大赛冠军的目标又近了一步。

Pages 在过去两次夺冠中凭借常规赛的表现和防守做出了贡献。去年世界大赛第 7 场中，他完成了一次拯救比赛的接球（过程中踩到了基克·赫尔南德斯），这一瞬间已被制作成摇铃娃娃永久纪念。但现在，他在进攻端迎来了重大时刻。

“对他以及他的天赋从未有过怀疑，”赫尔南德斯说。“你不能把之前的季后赛表现带到这次季后赛中。每一场都是新篇章。每次在十月踏上球场，你都有机会改写自己的故事。因此，他在前几次季后赛中表现挣扎，并不意味着今年会再次发生。”

“我的意思是，在常规赛期间，你打 2 场糟糕的比赛，没人会因此抓狂；但因为人们在累加之前的季后赛表现，他们就会抓狂。但没有人怀疑他。这就是为什么他能留在出场名单中。我很高兴他成为了为我们赢得系列赛的人。”

潜在突破的迹象已经出现。当 Pages 在赛季最后一周从左手骨折中康复回归时，他迅速进入状态。

随后，他在国联分赛区（NLDS）的前两场比赛中 0 击 7，经理戴夫·罗伯茨表示，他希望看到他“稍微慢下来一点”。

“我会继续给安迪空间，”罗伯茨说。“我相信他。我觉得如果要今年赢得世界大赛，我们需要他成为球队的一员并发挥作用。”

Pages 在第 3 场比赛中记录了两次安打，并在周三的第一次击球中再次击出一次单打。

“大家都真的忘了安迪·Pages 有多年轻，你知道吗？”资深内野手米格尔·罗哈斯在谈到这位 25 岁球员时说。“他的职业生涯才刚刚开始。对他来说，在这个更衣室里他仍然像个新秀，因为他是最年轻的球员之一。但与此同时，我们看到了他的潜力，看到了他在场上的能力，我们为他感到非常自豪，因为……每当他有机会为球队做出贡献时，他总能以不同的方式实现。无论是防守、进攻还是在垒包上的表现。”

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泰勒·格拉斯诺在第 4 场比赛的第五局离场，此前五次保送导致他的投球数增加。

Pages 在周三已经展示了他在中外野的覆盖范围，他追到了马特·奥尔森击出的落在左外野空档的一记高飞球。但道奇队迫切需要有人在得分圈有跑者时做出贡献。

比赛从第二局起就一直处于双方各得一分的平局状态。

道奇队先发投手泰勒·格拉斯诺丢掉的唯一一个分是由勇士队先头击球手迈克尔·哈里斯二世的速度促成的。他抢在格拉斯诺的第一球——一个偏高且超出好球区的快速球——之上，击出一记穿过右侧的单打。

随后哈里斯盗二垒，并在一次地滚出局中推进。接着，在对奥齐·阿尔比斯的 0-and-2 计数中，格拉斯诺的一记曲球在本垒前弹起。捕手威尔·史密斯尽管面对剧烈反弹仍设法挡住了球，但球向投手丘方向滚回，给了哈里斯冲回本垒的时间。

格拉斯诺在 $4^{2} / _{3}$ 局中将勇士队的安打限制在一次。但五次保送使他无法在比赛中投得更久。

道奇队在面对勇士队先发投手泰勒·马勒时也毫无进展。

他们自四月份以来就没面对过马勒，当时他还在旧金山巨人队，防御率（ERA.）为 5.13。但自从被勇士队收购后，他表现极其出色，防御率达到了 1.99。在他的季后赛首秀中，他将费城费城人队的得分限制在七局一分。

道奇队在周三见到了这个升级后的版本。

道奇队在他身上拿到的那一分在某种程度上是个侥幸。

在第二局中，前一天击球顺序在第五位的大谷翔平（Shohei Ohtani）移至第四棒，在没有挥棒的情况下通过五球保送上垒。随后他盗二垒，利用对方的一次传球失误成功进到三垒。因此，当勇士队的游击手毛里西奥·杜邦（Mauricio Dubón）——他前一天在担任左外野手时抢走了弗雷迪·弗里曼（Freddie Freeman）的一支本垒打——在左外野浅区漏接了一个高飞球时，大谷已处于得分位置，准备跑回本垒扳平比分。

道奇队在 6 1 / 3 局中仅面对马勒（Mahle）击出 3 支安打。

因此，比赛的结果将取决于牛棚投手。

在第七局，道奇队通过特奥斯卡·赫尔南德斯（Teoscar Hernández）的一支单打、代打新秀何塞·德保拉（Josue De Paula）的一次保送，以及来自凯尔·塔克（Kyle Tucker）的一次五球保送，填满了垒包。

当佩吉斯（Pages）走上击球区时，道奇队在本系列赛中得点圈有跑者时 15 次击球 0 次命中。

“这太不可思议了，尤其是他的努力方式，就是为了在这些关键时刻做好准备，”特奥斯卡·赫尔南德斯说道。“我认为他在系列赛开始时时机稍微有点偏差。现在他明白自己不需要做太多就能帮助球队赢球，我认为一切都在恢复到他受伤之前的状态。”

“他是队里最出色的球员之一。我们能走到这一步是因为他，以及他在常规赛中的表现。他在季后赛中迎来这样的时刻对我来说并不意外。”

佩吉斯似乎也没有感到惊讶。

“去年发生的事情已经发生了，”他说。“现在已经成了过去。我现在能做的就是专注于当下。”

“而今天专注于当下，我能够获得结果。”

周三 NLDS 第 4 场 道奇 4, 亚特兰大 1

道奇队< / td><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / ><>亚特兰大队< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / >< / tr><><>Betts ss< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>0.214< / ><>Harris cf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.375< / >< / ><><>Freeman 1b< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>0.267< / ><>Acutia rf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.133< / >< / ><><>Smith c< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>0.063< / ><>Olson 1b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.125< / >< / ><><>Ohtani dh< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1.054< / ><>Albies 2b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.200< / >< / ><><>T.Hernández lf< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0.188< / ><>Baldwin dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.071< / >< / ><><>Hy.Kim 2b< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>Yastrzemski lf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Muncy 3b< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>1.250< / ><>a-Thomas lf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.143< / >< / ><><>E.Hernández 2b< / ><>< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>0.167< / ><>c-Tellez< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>b-De Paula< / ><>< / ><>0< / ><>0.000< / ><>Dubón ss< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.154< / >< / ><><>l-Edman 2b-lf< / ><>< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>0.000< / ><>Riley 3b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Tucker rf< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0.333< / ><>Murphy c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.143< / >< / ><><>Pages cf< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>2.286< / ><>Totals< / ><>30< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>< / ><>32< / ><>4< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>道奇队< / ><>010< / ><>000< / ><>201 -4< / ><>5< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>亚特兰大队< / ><>100< / ><>000< / ><>000 -1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / >< / table>

a-在第6局为Yastrzemski地面球出局。b-在第7局为E.Hernández保送上垒。c-在第9局为Thomas三振出局。1-在第7局为De Paula跑垒。 保送—道奇队 3：大谷 1, De Paula 1, Tucker 1。1. 亚特兰大队 5：Harris 1, Acuila 1, Yastrzemski 1, Dubón 1, Riley 1。三振—道奇队 5：Smith 2, 大谷 1, T.Hernández 2。亚特兰大队 8：Harris 1, Acuila 2, Olson 1, Baldwin 2, Tellee 1, Riley 1。失误—Murphy (1), Dubón (1)。留在垒上的跑者—道奇队 4, 亚特兰大队 7。二垒安打—Albies (2), Harris (2)。本垒打—Muncy (3)，由Iglesias投出。打点—Pages 2 (2), Muncy (3)。盗垒—Harris (1)。留在得分圈的跑者—道奇队 (1) Betts；亚特兰大队 3：Dubón, Olson, Acuila)。得分圈跑者安打—道奇队 1 for 3；亚特兰大队 0 for 7。跑者推进—Muncy, SR—SIPB—5。Harnes和RB在 4, (Alblos, Osloz)。

Dodson, Gior–E. Hernandez, IP–亚特兰大队 1 (Adames, Olsosh).< / td>< / tr><><>道奇队< / ><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / ><><>Glasnow< / ><>4%< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>78< / ><>1.93< / >< / ><><>Vesia< / ><>...< / ><>%< / ><>< / ><>0< / ><>9< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Henriquez, W, 1-0< / ><>1%< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>15< / ><>3.38< / >< / ><><>Scott, H, 2-2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>13< / ><>6.75< / >< / ><><>Diaz, S, 2-2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>8< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>亚特兰大队< / ><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / ><><>Mahle, L, 0-1< / ><>6%< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>85< / ><>1.42< / >< / ><><>Fuentes< / ><>%< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>14< / ><>4.50< / >< / ><><>Suarez< / ><>%< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>8< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Lee< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>16< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Iglesias< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>17< / ><>3.86< / >< / table>

继承跑者得分—Vesia 2-0, Henriquez 1-0, Fuentes 1-0, Suarez 3-2。暴投—Glasnow。ABS挑战—Albies (好球-确认)；Baldwin (好球-确认)。主审—Tripp Gibson, Jim Wolf, Mike Estabrook, Roberto Ortiz 时间—2:54。售票数—41,173 (41,149)。

<><>密尔沃基< / ><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / ><><>Gasser......4< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>56< / ><>2.25< / >< / ><><>Ashby, W, 1-0......3< / ><>< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>38< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Uribe, H, 1......1< / ><>< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>17< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Megill, S, 2-2......1< / ><>< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>15< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>圣迭戈......IP< / ><>< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / table>

MLB季后赛分區系列赛

国家联盟 五局三胜制

道奇队 vs. 亚特兰大队 道奇队获胜，3-1 第1场：5, 亚特兰大 3 第2场：亚特兰大 3, 2 第3场：3, 亚特兰大 1 第4场：4, 亚特兰大 1

密尔沃基队 vs. 圣迭戈队 酿酒人队获胜，3-1 第1场：密尔沃基 3, 圣迭戈 2 第2场：密尔沃基 4, 圣迭戈 3 第3场：圣迭戈 4, 密尔沃基 3 第4场：密尔沃基 3, 圣迭戈 1

美国联盟

芝加哥白袜队 vs. 克利夫兰队 白袜队领先，2-1 第1场：芝加哥 3, 克利夫兰 0 第2场：芝加哥 4, 克利夫兰 3 第3场：克利夫兰 9, 芝加哥 3 第4场：周四在芝加哥，深夜 第5场：周六在克利夫兰，下午2点* 电视转播：TBS / HBO Max

坦帕湾队 vs. 纽约队 光芒队获胜，3-0 第1场：坦帕湾 1, 纽约 0 第2场：坦帕湾 5, 纽约 2 第3场：坦帕湾 4, 纽约 3

冠军系列赛

国家联盟 七局四胜制

vs. 密尔沃基队 第1场：周日在密尔沃基，5 第2场：周一在密尔沃基，2 第3场：周三在 ，5 第4场：周四在 ，6 第5场：10月16日在 ，6* 第6场：10月18日在密尔沃基，5* 第7场：10月19日密尔沃基，5* 电视转播：1 在Fox和Fox One，第2场和第7场在Fox或FS1，第3-6场在FS1

美国联盟 七场四胜制系列赛

坦帕湾 vs. 芝加哥 / 克利夫兰 第 1 场：周一 在坦帕湾，5 第 2 场：周二 在坦帕湾，5 第 3 场：周四 在芝加哥 / 克利夫兰，3 第 4 场：10 月 16 日 在芝加哥 / 克利夫兰，3 第 5 场：10 月 17 日 在芝加哥 / 克利夫兰，5* 第 6 场：10 月 19 日 在坦帕湾，3* 第 7 场：10 月 20 日 坦帕湾，5* 电视转播：TBS, HBO Max *-如有必要

密尔沃基 3, 圣迭戈 1

密尔沃基< / td><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / >< / tr><><>Chourio lf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.188< / >< / ><><>Yelich dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.357< / >< / ><><>Contreras c< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.375< / >< / ><><>Turang 2b< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.125< / >< / ><><>Bauers 1b< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.250< / >< / ><><>Pratt ss< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.267< / >< / ><><>Frelick rf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>.333< / >< / ><><>Mitchell cf< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.267< / >< / ><><>Ortiz 3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.100< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>34< / ><>3< / ><>10< / ><>3< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>圣迭戈< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / >< / ><><>Tatis rf-2b< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>.118< / >< / ><><>Merrill cf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.176< / >< / ><><>Machado 3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.308< / >< / ><><>France 1b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.214< / >< / ><><>Hays dh< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>b-Salas< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.143< / >< / ><><>Bogaerts ss< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.154< / >< / ><><>Campusano c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.250< / >< / ><><>Sheets< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Cronenworth 2b< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.182< / >< / ><><>Andujar< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Bowen rf< / ><>0< / ><>---< / >< / ><><>Taylor lf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.286< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>30< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>密尔沃基< / ><>001< / ><>011< / ><>000 -3< / ><>10< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>圣迭戈< / ><>001< / ><>000< / ><>000 -1< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< / table>

保送-密尔沃基 4：Chourio 1, Bauers 3. 圣迭戈 4：Tatis 1, France 1, Hays 1, Andujar 1. 三振-密尔沃基 3.：Yelich 1, Frelick 1, Ortiz 1. 圣迭戈 9：Merrill 1, Machado 1, Salas 1, Campusano 2, Sheets 1, Cronenworth 1, Taylor 2. 失误-Pratt (3). 留垒-密尔沃基 10, 圣迭戈 6. 二垒安打-Pratt (1). 三垒安打-Mitchell (1). 全垒打-Tatis (1), 由 Gasser 投球. 打点-Mitchell (1), Chourio (6). (2), Tatis (2). 盗垒- (1), Yelich (2). 牺牲飞球-. 得点圈留垒-密尔沃基 6. (Turang 2, Ortiz, Pratt 2, )；圣迭戈 2, (Bogaerts) 得点圈击球-密尔沃基 2 for 12; 圣迭戈 0 for 2. 双杀-Ortiz, Pratt, Hays DB. 密尔沃基 1; 圣迭戈 2.

圣迭戈< / td><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / tr><><>Buehler< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>47< / ><>3.00< / >< / ><><>Ray, L, 0-1< / ><>1< / ><> 0< / ><>15< / ><>7.36< / >< / ><><>Rodriguez< / ><> $\frac{1}{2}$ < / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>15< / ><>2.25< / >< / ><><>Matsui< / ><> $\frac{1}{2}$ < / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Adam< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>18< / ><>3.86< / >< / ><><>Miller< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>21< / ><>6.75< / >< / ><><>Muscgrove< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>28< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

继承跑者得分——Ray 1-0, Rodriguez 1-1, Matsui 2-0。触身球_Musgrove (Yelich)。裁判—Nic Lentz, Quinn Wolcott, Brennan Miller, Nick Mahrley 时间—3:00。售票数—47,712 (40,222)。

周三 ALDS 第 3 场 坦帕湾 4, 纽约洋基 3

<><>坦帕湾< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / >< / ><><>Díaz dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.250< / >< / ><><>Aranda 1b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.333< / >< / ><><>Caminero 3b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.300< / >< / ><><>Mesa lf< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>.200< / >< / ><><>Vilade rf< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.500< / >< / ><><>Mullins cf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Hicks c< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.100< / >< / ><><>DeLuca cf-rf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.200< / >< / ><><>Palacios 2b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.200< / >< / ><><>Walls ss< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.100< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>32< / ><>4< / ><>7< / ><>4< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>纽约< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>Avg.< / >< / ><><>Grisham cf< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .000< / >< / ><><>Rice dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>1 .300< / >< / ><><>García 1b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>0 .100< / >< / ><><>Gildschmdt 1b< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .000< / >< / ><><>Bellinger lf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .083< / >< / ><><>Lombard ss< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>< / ><>0 .200< / >< / ><><>A.Wells c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .222< / >< / ><><>Stanton< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .000< / >< / ><><>Sánchez c< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>---< / >< / ><><>Volpe 2b-3b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>< / ><>1 .500< / >< / ><><>Jones rf< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>1 .111< / >< / ><><>Caballero 3b< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .000< / >< / ><><>Chisholm 2b< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>< / ><>0 .000< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>34< / ><>3< / ><>7< / ><>< / ><>3< / >< / table>

<><>坦帕湾< / ><>001< / ><>102< / ><>000 - 4< / ><>7< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>纽约< / ><>001< / ><>101< / ><>000 - 3< / ><>7< / ><>0< / >< / table>

保送—纽约 3: 隆巴德 1, 琼斯 2. 三振—坦帕湾 9: 迪亚兹 2, 卡米内罗 1, 梅萨 2, 希克斯 2, 帕拉西奥斯 2. 纽约 12: 格里舍姆 3, 赖斯 2, 加西亚 1, A.威尔斯 1, 斯坦顿 1, 沃尔佩 2, 琼斯 1, 卡巴列罗 1. 失误—卡米内罗 (1). 留在垒上的跑者—坦帕湾 2, 纽约 7. 二垒安打—琼斯 (1), 沃尔佩 (1). 全垒打—维拉德 (1), 面对弗里德; 梅萨 (1), 面对弗里德; 沃尔佩 (1), 面对贾克斯. 打点—阿兰达 (2), 维拉德 (1), 梅萨 2 (2), 赖斯 (3), 琼斯 (1), 沃尔佩 (1). 盗垒—奇索姆 (2). 得点圈留有跑者—坦帕湾 0; 纽约 4 (琼斯, 格里舍姆, 贝林格, 卡巴列罗). 得点圈跑者得分率—坦帕湾 1 for 2; 纽约 1 for 6. 双杀—坦帕湾 1; 纽约 1.

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承接跑者得分—西蒙 1-1, 凯利 1-0. 触身球—贝德纳 (阿兰达). 裁判—丹·贝利诺, 本·梅, D.J. 雷本, 瑞安·威尔斯. 比赛时间—3:04. 售票数—48,865 (47,309). 埃德温·迪亚兹在第四场比赛中拿下连续第二场救援成功，为晋级国联冠军赛 (NLCS) 指明方向。

酿酒人队深度挖掘潜力，夺得国联冠军赛席位

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在酿酒人队的胜利之战中，密尔沃基的加雷特·米切尔在第八局抢走了曼尼·马查多一个潜在的扳平比分本垒打。 格雷戈里·布尔 美联社

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尽管外野手加雷特·米切尔在密尔沃基酿酒人队锁定分區系列赛胜利的比赛末段，因抢走曼尼·马查多一个扳平比分的本垒打而接受祝贺，但他显然并没有因此而自满。

对米切尔而言，这次戏剧性的发挥仅仅是每日准备和细致执行的结果，正是这种精神让密尔沃基成为了本赛季大联盟最强的球队——并让酿酒人队势不可挡地重返国家联盟冠军赛（NLCS）。

米切尔在第五局击出三垒安打并跑回分值，打入打破僵局的一分；随后在第八局，他关键地接住了马查多击向围墙的球。酿酒人队在周三晚上以 3-1 击败圣迭戈教徒队，完成了系列赛。

在四场总分差仅为 5 分的胶着比赛中击退势头强劲的教徒队后，获得 103 胜的酿酒人队将在 NLCS 中与道奇队再次交手。去年 10 月，道奇队在夺得连续第二个世界系列赛冠军的途中横扫了密尔沃基。

“在经历了去年的情况后，为什么不想再争取一次机会呢？”来自橙县且毕业于加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）的米切尔问道，“我不认为这给我们带来了更多压力。这只是……看看我们能做些什么。”

通过坚持其成功公式，密尔沃基队取得了自 2018 年 NLCS 以来首次客场季后赛胜利。

在四名酿酒人队投手合力将对手限制在 3 次安打，且防守端几乎完成了每一次关键拦截的同时，密尔沃基的进攻线冷静地掌控球数，通过教徒队的防线击出 10 次安打，并制造了足够的得分，带着笑容地返回主场。

光芒队横扫洋基队， 得益于球迷干扰

维克多·梅萨二世在第六局击出了一记打破僵局的两分本垒打，对方投手为马克斯·弗里德。这球帮助坦帕湾光芒队以 4-3 击败主场作战的纽约洋基队，完成了三场比赛的横扫，并晋级美国联盟冠军赛（ALCS）。

瑞安·维拉德也为光芒队击出了本垒打。光芒队还得到了一次球迷干扰判罚的帮助。在梅萨的本垒打让光芒队 4-2 领先之后，第六局下半两出局时，安东尼·沃尔佩击出了一球，面对格里芬·贾克斯，一名球迷伸手越过左外野围墙，在跳起拦截的梅萨手套上方接住了球。

视频回放判定该球不会越过围墙，但也不会被梅萨接住。沃尔佩被判定为一次打入一分的两垒安打，乔治·隆巴德二世获准从一垒跑回本垒得分。贾克斯随后调整状态，三振了斯宾塞·琼斯。

受伤的洋基队队长亚伦·贾奇缺席了整个系列赛。

“结局太糟糕了，”洋基队经理亚伦·布恩表示，“更衣室氛围崩溃了。”

观点

米里亚姆·斯旺森 专栏作家

牛棚的爆发带来了巨大的解脱

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亚特兰大

你原以为牛棚会是最薄弱的一环。

你信任那四位王牌。道奇队由山本由伸、塔里克·斯库巴尔、布莱克·斯内尔和泰勒·格拉斯诺组成的顶尖先发轮值？这四个人足以强力压制任何人。

而且你可能认为弗雷迪·弗里曼能带动局面。你对季后赛发力者马克斯·蒙西、基克·赫尔南德斯和特奥斯卡·赫尔南德斯——以及道奇队整体在季后赛经受过考验的进攻力——充满信心。

然而，你对牛棚并没有那么乐观。

在与亚特兰大勇士队进行五局三胜制的国家联盟分区系列赛之前，这就是那个众所周知的年度问号。周三，道奇队在特鲁伊斯特公园球场以 4-1 获胜，击败了勇士队，从而将与密尔沃基酿酒师队的国家联盟冠军系列赛再次战至重赛。

道奇队名义上的终结者埃德温·迪亚兹在球队的第一个赛季极其糟糕且饱受伤病困扰——或者说他正处于这种状态。

这使得坦纳·斯科特——上赛季名义上的终结者——在本赛季承担了第九局的大部分职责，并以职业生涯最高的 25 次救援成功收官。但你必须看到他在季后赛中能维持这种状态才会相信斯科特，因为他与道奇队的第一个赛季同样糟糕，以至于他甚至没有被列入季后赛名单。

道奇队向迪亚兹支付 6900万美元 和向斯科特支付 7200万美元。这是一个昂贵的代价，也表明球队多么渴望避免像过去那样，不得不依靠先发投手来结束关键的季后赛比赛，例如之前的胡利奥·乌里亚斯、沃克·布勒以及上赛季的山本由伸。

但直到现在，道奇队在对斯科特或迪亚兹的投资上除了挫败感外没收获多少——他们是经理戴夫·罗伯茨建议在季后赛中可以担任终结者的四个人选中的两个，另外两人是佐佐荣辉和埃文·菲利普斯。这是一个需要大量灌溉的复杂信任之树。

或者，用香槟怎么样？也许是冰镇啤酒？

因为在亚历克斯·维西亚、埃德加多·亨里克兹、斯科特和迪亚兹联手在第四场比赛中拿下了最后 13 个出局数且未失一分后，他们在赛后的更衣室里带头庆祝，互相泼水。

在本系列赛中，勇士队在得分圈有跑者时 23 次机会仅成功 1 次（.043）。根据 OptaStats 的数据，这是历史上季后赛系列赛中此类打击率的第二低记录——如果没有一个稳固的牛棚，这是不可能实现的；勇士队在面对道奇队救援投手时，得分圈有跑者的情况下 13 次机会 0 次成功。

在决定性的第四场比赛中，维西亚在第五局两出局且两名跑者在垒时接替格拉斯诺，用一个球拿到了该局的最后一个出局数，并在第六局再次出场。他虽然被击出一次二垒安打，但在将球交给强力投球的亨里克兹之前，让德雷克·鲍德温被击出直线球出局。亨里克兹在 15 次投球中有 11 次时速达到 100 mph 或更高，在 6 名打者中让 5 人出局，并赢得了他的首场季后赛胜利。

随后，斯科特在第八局投出了他道奇生涯中最出色的一局——用一系列犀利的滑球和快速球让勇士队的 3-4-5 号打者全部出局。他用一个压在边线上的快速球结束了该局，为他的表现画上句号，并让亚特兰大失去了最后一次 ABS（自动球审系统）挑战机会。

最后，由迪亚兹收尾。

他用高效的 8 球、1-2-3 局（三名打者全部出局）赢得了连续第二次救援成功。他不是终结者，至少在官方定义上不是。但，天哪，他太重要了：“为了赢得世界系列赛，”罗伯茨说，“他必须成为这个方程式中相关的一部分……我必须信任他。”

鉴于迪亚兹目前的表现，为什么不信任他呢？迪亚兹在季后赛的三局投球中仅被击出一次安打。而且他感觉很好。

“过去两个晚上太神奇了，”迪亚兹说。“这就是我来到这里的原因，为了赢得比赛，并像这样完成比赛。所以我真的很开心。”

道奇队的棒球运营总裁安德鲁·弗里德曼对迪亚斯的韧性赞不绝口，并提到了他那像过山车一样起伏的赛季，期间包括 8.68 的防御率、颈部和肘部受伤，以及一段在伤病名单和 3A 级别球队中的时光。

“他会说，‘嘿，我已经准备好回归了，’”弗里德曼说道，“而我们的反应则是，‘嘿，我们需要看到更多，我们需要看到你真正地进入状态。’但在每一个转折点，他都说，‘无论你们需要什么……只要你们想让我投球，我就准备好了。’”

“这从来不是心脏强度或他处理这些时刻的能力问题。而在于如何让他的机械动作恢复正确，并找回我们多年来一直见证的那些球路。”

维西亚同样对他好友斯科特的复苏印象深刻。

“回想起去年那些起起伏伏、逆境以及所有那些破事，我们确实在精神上相互扶持，”维西亚说道。在 10 月新生女儿斯特林·索尔去世后，他缺席了世界大赛。

“而且，你知道，看到 [斯科特] 在今年真正地爆发并度过了一个伟大的年份，这太棒了，你知道吗？真的太棒了。在终结者角色尚未明确以及所有那些情况之下，他挺身而出。每年总会有球员挺身而出。”

“现在，我们还剩八场。”

现在，我们还剩八场。距离三连冠还差八场胜利，而且现在没有任何薄弱环节。

佩吉斯迟到已久的季后赛英雄时刻终于到来

[普拉斯克，来自D1]

马勒被换下场。

他们需要大谷翔平能够发挥作用。

但是……安迪·佩吉斯！说真的！如果一个在过去两个季后赛中 66 次机会仅击球成功 7 次，且去年表现如此糟糕以至于在世界大赛最后三场比赛中被弃用的球员……如果这个处于打击顺序底端的球员能打进制胜分？

曾经会失误的道奇队现在可能变得不可战胜了。

“没有比洛杉矶道奇队更有天赋的球队了，”经理戴夫·罗伯茨在赛后更衣室里大声喊道，“从上到下，我们都是体育界最优秀的组织。我们更聪明，更强大，也更坚韧。”

就在这时，有人提到圣迭戈教徒队老板何塞·E·费利西亚诺最近的一番言论，暗示作为棒球最古老球队的道奇队是由“恐龙”组成的。

“那我们就做恐龙！”一个声音在更衣室的喧闹声中响起。如果他们是恐龙，那么他们的名号就是“霸王龙”（T-Rex）。

现在可以开始认真考虑三连冠了。他们现在距离目标仅差 8 场胜利，但考虑到美国联盟季后赛球队的表现如此平庸，现实情况可能是他们仅差 4 场胜利。

在此大胆猜测，国联冠军赛（NLCS）将成为真正的世界大赛。并且猜测道奇队将准备就绪。

佩吉斯在去年 10 月通过一次跃过赫尔南德斯背后的救球赢得了道奇球迷的心，而这次，多亏了勇士队的慷慨，他获得了在 10 月份进行第一次关键挥棒的机会。

在 1-1 平局的第七局，特奥斯卡·赫尔南德斯用一次单打弥补了之前的防守失误，终于让令人眩晕的勇士队先发投手泰勒……

随后登场的是第二场比赛的新秀 sensation 迪迪埃·富恩特斯，但这一次，他只有新秀的青涩而毫无 sensation 之感，他保送了何塞·德保拉和凯尔·塔克，导致垒上满员。考虑到德保拉只是个孩子，而塔克一直处于低迷状态，两人在如此高压的情况下都能表现出这样的耐心，确实很酷。

而片刻之后，情况变得更酷了。

资深救援投手罗伯特·苏亚雷斯登场，佩吉斯对此早有准备，在将球数数满后，他击出了一记穿过中线的两分单打。

两局后，马克斯·蒙西击出本垒打为道奇队再添一分——难道还没有哪场季后赛是他没击出本垒打的吗？——最终确定了比分。

当奥斯汀·赖利击出右外野飞球导致比赛结束时，佩吉斯在中外野庆祝，他摘下帽子，面向天空，将帽子在手套中用力拍了三次。

这是一场值得如此激动地庆祝的系列赛，道奇队著名的先发轮值在 21 $^{1 / 2}$ 局中仅丢 4 分，牛棚在复苏的埃德温·迪亚斯带领下表现稳健，而进攻端则发挥得恰到好处，击败了勇士队的王牌克里斯·赛尔和马勒。

在平局的第五局，先发投手泰勒·格拉斯诺保送了赖利和迈克尔·哈里斯二世。两出局后，亚历克斯·维西亚登场。强击手马特·奥尔森走上击球区。球迷们纷纷起立。这是勇士队的大好机会。

但奥尔森在第一球就挥棒，球直接飞向二垒手基基·赫尔南德斯，化解了危机并让全场安静下来。迪亚斯在第九局没有允许对方击球，拿到了本系列赛的第二次救援成功……谁能击败他们？

赛后，罗伯茨在谈到他的自豪感时，提到了球队近一半的成员。

他谈到了佩吉斯的击球，德保拉的保送，救援投手埃德加多·恩里克斯 $1^{2 / 3}$ 局的零封表现，以及蒙西的球棒和弗雷迪·弗里曼的手套。

“我想，是惊叹，”罗伯茨说，“我们的球员一直在战斗，在坚持。你永远不知道谁会成为那个关键人物。”

唯一明显的弱点，再次是那个曾经是他们强项的超级巨星。

大谷翔平在保送上垒后为道奇队得分，但在随后的三次击球机会中均未击球成功。

他在四场系列赛中仅获得两次击球成功，人们不禁在想，对于他那饱受伤病困扰的身体来说，退出出场名单是否会更好。

在失去了他们历史上最伟大球员的全面支持后，他们的表现如何？

道奇队正处于创造历史的边缘，他们甚至并不想念他。

南加州大学（USC）王朝的兴衰。

无论你是南加州大学的死忠球迷，还是从未看过一场比赛，这个关于他们跌落神坛的播客都会让你沉浸其中。

在《特洛伊之屋》（House of Troy）中，主持人兼《时报》专栏记者瑞安·卡蒂耶（Ryan Kartje）基于 100 多次采访——包括雷吉·布什（Reggie Bush）、马特·莱纳特（Matt Leinart）和莱恩·基芬（Lane Kiffin）——来追溯南加州大学橄榄球队的崛起、衰落以及重返全国关注焦点的艰辛之路。

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编剧兼导演克里斯蒂安·蒙朱（Cristian Mungiu）于9月将其新片《峡湾》（Fjord）带到了多伦多国际电影节。 JASON ARMOND 洛杉矶时报

他希望你参与辩论

你可能对克里斯蒂安·蒙朱的祖国罗马尼亚了解不多。

他对此深有体会，甚至在最新的电影中拿这件事开了一个玩笑。在周五扩大院线发行、且曾获得戛纳金棕榈奖的电影《峡湾》开头，一名挪威教师欢迎一群罗马尼亚孩子及其家人。他向他们保证道：“我们都非常善良友好。这里没有德古拉。”

蒙朱在纽约通过 Zoom 进行访谈，身着他标志性的黑色衬衫和黑色运动夹克。当我问到那个关于德古拉的调侃是否源于个人经历时，他显得有些自嘲地觉得有趣。“除了纳迪亚·科马内奇，人们对罗马尼亚的认知只有两件事——德古拉和共产主义，”他说。“这是所有罗马尼亚人的共同经历。我们习惯了，但与此同时，这确实有点烦人。”

观众已经习惯了

克里斯蒂安·蒙朱 获得金棕榈奖的 《峡湾》探讨了 关于育儿的 跨文化忧虑

作者：TIM GRIERSON

蒙朱总是指出那些令人不安的真相。从他的第二部长片、2007年的堕胎题材剧作《4个月，3周，2天》（同样获得了金棕榈奖）开始，现年 58 岁的蒙朱便致力于创作那些兼具道德寓言色彩的忧郁剧作。但他并不打算对心悦诚服的人说教，而是与社会的灰色地带作斗争，对于眼前的困难话题，他从不提供解决方案，也不表达个人观点。蒙朱更倾向于质疑，而非安抚。

“尽管我们都喜欢主流电影，将电影视为一种娱乐，但那是让你在工作一周后能睡得更安稳的一种方式，”他说。“是的，我想要惊悚感，我想要紧张感，我希望让观众在座位上坐立不安。但我不想通过枪战和快速剪辑来实现这一点。我想讨论那些可能发生在每个人身上的事情。”

《峡湾》基于 2015 年一个极具争议的真实案例：挪威的儿童保护服务机构试图将一对夫妇与其五个孩子分开，理由是父母殴打孩子。这部电影深思熟虑且克制，由塞巴斯蒂安主演 [见 Mungiu, E3]

佐伊·卡赞眼中的《伊甸园》

她为电视剧改编斯坦贝克的小说，采用了与她祖父 1955 年电影版不同的方式。

作者：YVONNE VILLARREAL

当佐伊·卡赞（Zoe Kazan）得知她将改编《伊甸之东》时，她知道这意味着她将毁掉一本约翰·斯坦贝克 1952 年的小说——那本书上写满了不同颜色的笔记，有高亮标注，页边还折了角。于是她从鲍威尔书店（Powell’s Books）订购了一本二手书——她指出，书上写着别人的姓氏。

“对我来说，这是一件宝物，”她在最近一次从伦敦发起的视频通话中说道。

斯坦贝克这部受“该隐与亚伯”启发的作品，通过跨越数十年的两个家庭，探讨善与恶、传承、自由意志以及塑造人格的因素。推动许多圣经平行情节的是两组兄弟——同父异母的查尔斯·特拉斯克和亚当·特拉斯克，以及后来亚当的非同卵双胞胎儿子卡尔和亚伦——他们都在竞争父亲的关注与爱。而一个名叫凯西·艾姆斯（Cathy Ames）的神秘女人扰乱了他们的生活，亚当与她结婚，并生下了卡尔和亚伦。

这部从书到屏幕的改编作品一直是卡赞的激情之作。而对于一个关于家族传承的故事，她必须面对自己的传承——1955, 她的祖父埃利亚·卡赞（Elia Kazan）执导了电影版，由 [见 Kazan, E5] 主演

奈飞 (Netflix) 在新的《伊甸之东》中，凯西（弗洛伦斯·普尤 饰）得到了全新的诠释。

披头士乐队处于变革边缘

一套全新的《Rubber Soul》套装包含全新的混音版本、Demo、录音室录音以及一本插图书。E4

微小生物中的甜蜜魔法 在 Apple TV 的《小先知》（Small Prophets）中，一名悲痛的男子在寻找答案的过程中进入了精神世界。E8

漫画 ...... E6-7 益智游戏 ...... E7

轻松塑造父子情

但在奈飞 (Netflix) 的《Below》中，乔什·哈特奈特和查理·希顿发现口音是个挑战。

作者：ASHLEY SPENCER

乔什·哈特奈特和查理·希顿深谙如何表现忧郁。

这两位演员都在 20 岁出头时通过饰演那些倾向于渴望与闷闷不乐的角色而成名：哈特奈特在 90 年代末和 2000 年代初凭借在《处女之死》、《珍珠港》和《黑鹰坠落》等电影中的温润角色成为了万人迷。与此同时，希顿在过去十年的大部分时间里都在《怪奇物语》中饰演内向的乔纳森·拜尔斯。[见《Below》，E8]

哈特奈特（左）与希顿主演了一部关于一个被恐怖袭击的村庄的剧集。 JASON ARMOND 洛杉矶时报

作为房间里唯一的自由派所学到的教训

福克斯新闻 (Fox News) 的杰西卡·塔洛夫写了一本关于如何引导政治讨论的建议书。

作者：STEPHEN BATTAGLIO

去年在华盛顿参加一场充满争议的政治小组讨论后，热门福克斯新闻节目《The Five》的共同主持人杰西卡·塔洛夫被一名来自阿拉巴马州的跨性别女性接触。

塔洛夫曾表示，在竞争激烈的选战中，民主党候选人可能不得不承认，跨性别大学游泳运动员利亚·托马斯不应与出生时被指定为女性的女性同场竞技。但这个问题从未被提及。相反，这名阿拉巴马州女性感谢塔洛夫在《The Five》中面对四名保守派人士时为民主党据理力争。该节目是有线新闻中收视率最高的节目，也是那些不再与她说话的家人的最爱。

“如果更多的人能像你这样说话，我也许能找回我的家人，”该女性说道，“我只是很高兴我的父母能听到像你这样的人说话。”

塔洛夫在上个月出版的著作《我不同意：在不失去朋友的情况下赢得争论》（I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends）中描述了这次遭遇。这本书部分是操作指南，部分是个人回忆录，旨在帮助读者应对文化中严酷的政治分歧。她在 [见 Tarlov, F2] [见 Tarlov, E2] 中的角色

福克斯新闻 (Fox News)

评论员 HEATHER SCOTT PARTINGTON

金索尔在最新小说中精准触动心弦

金索尔的《组曲》处于一个私人领域。 埃文·卡夫卡 (EVAN KAFKA)

在《组曲》中，作者将古典音乐与家庭悲剧编织进一个亲密的故事中。

芭芭拉·金索尔 (Barbara Kingsolver) 擅长写那种让你想随手记在便签纸上并反复回味的俏皮话，因为你会庆幸有人能把这些话表达得如此精妙。这位屡获殊荣的小说家的作品标志性特点在于，她擅长用简洁的句子阐明人类的经验，为我们私密的渴望和隐秘的脆弱发声。

她的第19本书《组曲》(Partita) 是典型的金索尔风格。

这位作者宏大且充满野心的小说在写作中带有温情，并以一种奇思妙想的方式契合人类生存状态。她通过塑造独特的人物将宏大的理念个性化，这在她获得普利策奖的《恶魔铜头》(Demon Copperhead) (2022) 中可见一斑——该书是对狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》在阿巴拉契亚地区的重新演绎；此外还有《毒木圣经》(The Poisonwood Bible) (1998)，这是一个关于深奥的殖民传教的诡谲家庭故事；以及《空隙》(The Lacuna) (2009)，一个关于艺术与沉默的政治故事。她对身份、误解和发现的极具本土化的研究，在她处女作小说《豆树》(The Bean Trees) (1988)、其续作《天堂里的猪》(Pigs in Heaven) (1993)，以及常被用于教学的关于丧失与家庭发现的故事《动物之梦》(Animal Dreams) (1990) 中熠熠生辉。金索尔的粉丝欣赏她在截然不同的尺度上驾驭故事的能力。

《组曲》将读者带回了作者专注且私人的领域。故事始于一个颠覆了主角世界的电话。利维亚·凯布尔 (Livia Cable) 在安静且理智的婚姻中过着整洁的生活：她在故乡田纳西州教授青少年钢琴课，同时试图整理已故母亲的遗物。她的大学恋人西古德 (Sigurd) 突然打来电话，要求见她。他们年轻时的浪漫爱情以一种预料之中且糟糕的方式结束了。西古德的电话迫使利维亚去面对自与那位拥有“切分音式笑容”的英俊活动家分手后的数十年里，她对自己身份所构建的故事。如果换做别人，这个平凡的设定可能行不通，但金索尔提供了更多：她进入了这些音符之间的空间并翩翩起舞。

小说以音乐乐章命名章节，在两条时间线之间漂移，并配有一份利维亚凭肌肉记忆熟知的古典名曲播放列表，《组曲》缓慢地揭示了这对恋人之间发生了什么，以及利维亚是如何受伤的。金索尔将利维亚背景故事的真相复杂化，揭露了利维亚 11 岁时自杀身亡的哥哥，一个被瘫痪般的丧亲之痛所击垮的母亲，以及两场改变生活的灾难——包括一次“陈年旧伤”——这些永久地改变了利维亚的命运。

或许比她的任何其他小说都更甚，《组曲》是金索尔在剖析金索尔。她巧妙地通过对古典音乐的讨论来阐释自己的写作。在大学时代，利维亚的天赋赋予了她灵巧的指尖，使她能够挑战最艰深的曲目。但她是一位具有哲学思考的音乐家，在被西古德联系后的日子里，她思考自己生活与那些她用身体和灵魂习得的音乐之间的平行之处。她说这就是“我热爱巴赫的原因”：“因为平衡。不是简单的‘问题：回答’式的对称。那是莫扎特。巴赫更迷人，他先给出开篇的承诺，然后带着它四处走走，这被称为‘fort-spinning’（旋律延伸），最后，必然地，将你渴望的结论赤诚地呈现在你面前。你可以对此信赖。”

这种 fortspinning 是

金索尔精准地把握了这一点；粉丝们会意识到，她的创作始终追求这种巴赫式的紧张感，并且她极其擅长这种交织的写法。正如她在多次采访中所说，她的每本书都始于一个问题，而金索尔的小说经常包含一种音乐上的“重复段”概念。她不给出简单的答案，而是在探索中获得更大的满足感。这种行走、舞蹈和复杂性，当然，正是她赋予作品生命力的地方，而且她的小说通常在一种舒适——即便并非轻松——的解决中收尾。

利维亚的大部分不适感——

Harper

Partita

作者：芭芭拉·金索尔 (Barbara Kingsolver) Harper出版社：352页，$32

——源于她对自身缺陷身份的对抗。在母亲残酷对待的威慑下，利维亚从未想象过自己能融入波士顿的音乐学校。她的青少年时期一直在与母亲对性别和欲望的狭隘看法作斗争，而这种看法导致了她遭受严厉的惩罚。“（野心）是有风险的，”利维亚沉思道，“尤其是对于一个女孩来说，在那些让你知道没有比招摇过市更大的罪孽的人群之中。自豪感是多么容易被追逐进羞辱的洞穴之中。”在这里，金索尔强调了创造力和表达的胆量：它们需要一定程度的自信，而这种自信与外在的谦卑或为了他人的舒适而保持沉默是相冲突的。金索尔通过逐渐揭露利维亚及其母亲的秘密，使这个概念变得更加复杂，这两个角色之间的互动存在于一个超越了由乡村性别歧视或狭隘思想驱动的简单批判的领域。

“组曲”（Partita）是对一件作品在音乐家每次演奏时如何产生差异的沉思。对于听众来说，它同样是不同的，因为他们的个人经历、情感和肉体自我随之升起，去迎接每一个音符。我们“字面上地被触动。紧张感将我们向前拉入未解决的压力中，又在释放时将我们抛回……这是一种我们天生就懂得的语言。”

沿着这个思路，这部小说是一种重写，具体深入探讨了金索尔小说《动物之梦》（Animal Dreams）中的主题：无法沟通的亲子关系、来自失踪兄弟姐妹的信件、错误的记忆、继承的重量、深藏秘密的缓慢揭开、自创仪式的自由，以及小镇社区的古怪之处。熟悉那本书的读者会发现很多值得喜爱的地方。然而，没有任何内容是重复的，因为金索尔在这样一个全新的故事中，将她全部的经验和其他作品的分量带到了页面上。它触动了相同的和弦，但充满了发现和洞察。她改变了，而我们也改变了。

“第二次听的时候，音乐永远不会是一样的，也许这正是其意义所在。”金索尔在重新探索这些音符中获得快乐，而聆听则是我们的荣幸。

帕廷顿（Partington）是加利福尼亚州埃尔克格罗夫（Elk Grove）的一名学校图书馆员，也是美国国家图书评论家协会的董事会成员。

在福克斯节目中担任唯一民主党人的感受

福克斯新闻（FOX NEWS）的杰西卡·塔洛夫（Jessica Tarlov）表示，幕后的情谊对《五人组》（The Five）至关重要。

[塔洛夫，见E1]

《五人组》让她成为了一个倡导者，主张进入并不那么友好的领域去辩论议题，而不是留在观点不被挑战的舒适区内。

“我想证明，像我这样的民主党声音可以在那里存在，无需道歉，”她在谈到自己在福克斯新闻的职位时写道。“而且，一个持有坚定自由主义信念的人，可以将同样的视角带到众多媒体和场所。”

在最近一次于曼哈顿福克斯新闻总部进行的对话中，塔洛夫表示，那位来自阿拉巴马州的粉丝所说的赞美之词，与她从该网络忠实观众的子孙辈那里听到的内容是一致的。他们很感激，他们那些热爱福克斯新闻的家人能够接触到来自保守派媒体生态系统之外的声音。

根据尼尔森（Nielsen）的数据，42岁的塔洛夫一直是《五人组》中一个坚定的自由主义制衡力量，该节目日均观众人数为350 万。她来到讨论桌前时准备充分，带着基于数据的论点，迫使她那些通常难以沟通的共同主持人参与讨论并倾听。在这样做的时候，她经常还要化解喧闹的同事杰西·沃特斯（Jesse Watters）和格雷格·古特菲尔德（Greg Gutfeld）的嘲讽之词，后者试图干扰她的论证。

“被打断意味着你赢了，”塔洛夫说道，这让人想起《我不同意》（I Disagree）中简洁的章节总结。

塔洛夫会推演各种情景，并就如何运用统计数据以及何时应当放轻松给出建议。她还解释了允许对方宣泄情绪的必要性，就像在《五人组》的共同主持人对右翼活动人士查理·柯克（Charlie Kirk）被枪击身亡感到情绪激动时她所做的那样。

塔洛夫认为，《五人组》成功的关键在于讨论组成员在镜头之外的情谊。虽然共同主持人们会在片场就特朗普总统的政策或民主党社会主义翼的过激行为展开激烈争论，但节目结束后他们会互相支持（其中三人由同一位CAA经纪人代理）。

“我们在工作之外不谈政治，”塔洛夫说。

塔洛夫已成为福克斯新闻大家庭中被认可的一员，最近签署了一份为期三年的合同，尽管特朗普曾暗示如果没有她，《五人组》会更好。

但塔洛夫需要时间才能在志同道合的评论员和思想领袖中获得认可，他们处于

企鹅随机屋（Penguin Random House）

《我不同意》

如何在不失去朋友的情况下赢得争论

作者：杰西卡·塔洛夫 (Jessica Tarlov) 随机屋出版社：272 pages, $30

政治左翼。大多数人对该网络持轻视态度，因为该网络最受欢迎的主持人们都是坚定的特朗普忠实支持者。塔洛夫也拒绝在每一个民主党的立场和趋势上步调一致。（她投票给了安德鲁·库莫而非纽约市长佐兰·马姆达尼，理由是前州长的经验。）

“即便在过去一年里，我在参加大型自由派集会时，其他大型播客或节目的主持人显然对我不感兴趣，”塔洛夫说道，她经历过许多以“你为什么在那个网络工作？”这个问题开场的对话。

但随着年轻的新闻消费者通过社交媒体平台获取新闻和信息，塔洛夫为民主党赢得分数的福克斯新闻片段正获得关注。塔洛夫表示，自2024年总统竞选以来，她在左倾圈子中感受到了更多的欢迎，当时拜登总统和随后的卡玛拉·哈里斯的数字账号频繁播放她的评论。（作者兼社会评论家斯科特·加洛韦在社交媒体推送中多次看到她，随后在《比尔·马赫实时秀》的片场与她相识，之后两人合作推出了名为“愤怒的温和派”的播客。）

塔洛夫最初并非寻求成为一名电视名人，尽管她的家庭背景可能帮助她理解媒体与传播。她的父母都是律师，在纽约华纳兄弟片场工作时相识，并在曼哈顿下城的翠贝卡社区抚养两个女儿长大。

她的父亲马克·塔洛夫曾是最高法院大法官沃伦·伯格的演讲撰稿人，后来制作了两部约翰·沃特斯的电影并执导了自己的项目。塔洛夫和她的姐姐莫莉（一名出演过MTV情景喜剧《尴尬》的演员）随父亲前往世界各地的拍摄地。 (塔洛夫通过佩戴其父亲留下的水牛角材质的 Oliver Peoples 极客风眼镜框，来向于2021年因 9 / 11 相关癌症去世的父亲致敬。)

塔洛夫毕业于布林莫尔学院和伦敦政治经济学院，曾担任鲍里斯·约翰逊伦敦市长竞选活动的战略师。她说服了民主党民调专家道格·肖恩给她一份工作。肖恩雇用了她，并将其推荐给福克斯新闻，该网络从2016年起开始邀请她作为嘉宾参加肖恩·汉尼蒂的节目。

她与保守派高效交锋的能力促使民主党领导人接触塔洛夫，希望她竞选代表斯塔滕岛的国会议员。（她说她没有寻求公职的欲望。）

塔洛夫在2022.年被任命为《五人组》(The Five) 的共同主持人。她与在金融领域工作的丈夫布赖恩·麦肯纳在 2021, 迎来了第一个女儿， 2024. 迎来了第二个。令她感到惊讶的是，该节目的观众——其中大多数人并不认同她的政治观点——却用温暖的问候和手工礼物认可她的个人里程碑。

她意识到自己的职业生涯非常罕见。但在《我不同意》一书中，她超越了个人简历，揭露了自己的不安全感——这在以自我中心的电视新闻行业中并不常见——并告诉读者她如何尝试解决这些问题。

“我相当内向，”她说。“我有很强的冒充者综合征。我经常感到惊讶，自己最终能从事这份工作，并希望我是合适的人选。”

她长期以来对自己的沙哑嗓音感到自卑，特朗普曾将其描述为“刺耳且令人恼火”，她分享了2016年与前首席执行官罗杰·艾尔斯的会面如何让她对此放松下来。他告诉她，观众的批评更多是针对她的立场，而非她的声音。他告诉她：“无论电视在哪个房间，你都要确保在隔壁房间听的人知道是你。”“不要试图让你的声音变得圆润。他们可能会讨厌你的立场和你所说的话，但你要让他们知道电视上的人是你。”

塔洛夫在艾尔斯因性骚扰指控被解雇前几个月与他见过面。虽然塔洛夫对他提供的建议心存感激，但她的书中赞扬了现任福克斯新闻首席执行官苏珊·斯科特，称其创造了一种对女性更加友好的职场文化。斯科特在塔洛夫即将迎来第一个孩子之前，将她提升为共同主持人。

“知道自己得到了支持，让我能够大胆尝试而不再感到畏缩，”塔洛夫写道。她深知并非所有女性都处于这种境地；她以其标志性的风格，通过数据和叙述来证明这一点。

争论《峡湾》

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斯坦·雷因斯韦和雷娜特·雷因斯韦在片中饰演一对面临相似指控的夫妇。与真实故事一样，斯坦饰演的角色米海·格奥尔基是罗马尼亚人，而利斯贝特是挪威人。这对来自保守宗教家庭的父母搬到了利斯贝特童年生活的社区，在被揭露他们实施体罚后，引起了当地进步人士的不满。

电影的高潮是一场紧张的法庭审理，争议焦点在于什么才算作“扇耳光”。《峡湾》探讨了文化的冲突与相互的不信任，令观众难以定义自己的感受。挪威当局是在关心儿童的安全，还是在反感这个家庭僵化的父权信仰（包括对同性恋的不宽容）？格奥尔基一家应该适应挪威的习俗吗？还是那些看似开明的挪威人应该表现得更宽容一些？

在拍摄这部首部在罗马尼亚境外拍摄的电影时，蒙久被 2015 年的一起案件所吸引，他访问了事件发生的挪威小镇，并与家属、法官和记者进行了交流。当时有一位女性负责开车带他四处走访。蒙久回忆道：“在那三天里，发生的一件好事是，最后这位女士告诉我：‘被强迫进行这种调查是件好事，因为我意识到自己带有很强的偏见。’”

他希望通过《峡湾》促使观众审视自己的盲点，这部电影是对社会深刻的政治和文化分歧的一种尖锐隐喻。由于电影回避了谴责，一些人将其贴上了“MAGA 电影”的标签，认为它涉嫌将进步的挪威妖魔化，并将保守的格奥尔基一家塑造为受害者。

蒙久已经习惯了他的政治模糊电影被以无数种方式解读。（关于堕胎争论的两方都曾声称《4 个月》是支持自己的。）对他而言，《峡湾》在探讨育儿的同时，同样是在探讨在罗马尼亚共产主义时期生存的经历。

JASON ARMOND Los Angeles Times 克里斯蒂安·蒙久表示：“我认为我现在已经足够成熟，可以就那些人们不想听到的事情直言不讳。”

“共产主义始终给人一种感觉，即他们比你更清楚什么对你是好的，”他说，“我不希望我们回到那种状态。这就是我拍摄《峡湾》的原因之一。我做出自己选择的自由，比你强加你的价值观更重要。”

在挪威拍摄《峡湾》期间，他对当地文化产生了更深层的欣赏。但由于他及其罗马尼亚剧组人员感受到的紧张气氛，需要一段时间才能消散。

“每次我们乘船勘景时，都会随身携带背包，”蒙久回忆道，“过了一段时间，（挪威人）问我们：‘你们为什么这么做？’我说：‘嗯，随身带着更安全。’他们告诉我们：‘但你在挪威。’我说：‘是的，但周围有很多罗马尼亚人。’这不是一个礼貌的玩笑，但这是在告诉他们，我们意识到了那些刻板印象。”

蒙久那些深刻正剧的粉丝可能会惊讶于他开玩笑。在交谈中，他确实倾向于忧郁。但当他最初对电影制作产生兴趣时，他的方式更为轻松。“我最初是以喜剧作者的身份开始的，”蒙久说，“因为那样讨论这些事情更容易。”他的第一部长片是 2002 年的《西方》（Occident），这是一部关于挣扎中的罗马尼亚人考虑向西移民以寻找幸福的苦乐参半的生活片段。

蒙久还开始创作后来成为颠覆性作品的 2009 年综合电影《黄金时代的传说》（Tales From the Golden Age），该片戏仿了共产主义时期的罗马尼亚都市传说。但当他为《传说》挑选演员时，发现有些演员太年轻，不记得尼古拉·齐奥塞斯库的统治时期，他惊讶地发现他们没有察觉到电影讽刺基调下的潜在黑暗。蒙久担心新一代人可能无法充分体会这个国家可怕的历史。

“幽默是度过那个时期的生存方式，”蒙久回忆道，“但那一点也不好笑。”

因此，在接下来的创作中，他决定面对现实，致力于拍摄一部“关于陷入偏执以及产生‘总有一个敌人尾随在后’这种感觉意味着什么的严肃电影”。

其结果便是这部冷峻的《4个月》，他将其描述为“给许多人带来的一记重击”。从那时起，他一直沿用这种创作方式，且从未回头。

“最终，”他说，“你会达到这样一个年龄，让你拥有更多的勇气。我认为我现在已经足够成熟，可以公开谈论那些人们不想听到的事情。我愿意承担这样做带来的风险。”

蒙久对人类行为进行的那种尖锐且不带审判色彩的研究，有时导致他被贴上“挑衅者”的标签。但从他腼腆的举止到他对提供煽动性金句的漠不关心，很明显，温文尔雅的蒙久并不具备那种反传统主义者的顽劣气质。

“我与那些鼓励人们思考的讲述者站在同一边，”他说。“我对电影的对待方式不能比这更冷静了。我试图保持这种中立的视角，但鼓励你们作为观众承担起责任，从我呈现在你们面前的故事中得出某种结论。我的主要贡献是告诉你们：‘这是你们需要讨论的事情。’但我尽量不告诉你们具体应该怎么想。”

这些议题对蒙久而言不仅是政治性的，更是个人性的。父亲的身份一直是其电影中一个隐形的主题。2016年的剧情片《毕业》讲述了一位父亲为了让女儿能进入梦想的大学而策划修改她糟糕的考试成绩，这部电影源于蒙久希望为两个孩子争取最好的条件的焦虑。同样，《峡湾》也探讨了成为一名好父母意味着什么。

“我不再重要了——我人生的大部分时间已经过去——但我有孩子，”蒙久说。“我认为，把一个处于这种仇恨状态的世界交给他们是不负责任的。如果说‘好吧，这就是我们能做的一切。接下来的交给你们去修复吧’，这并不公平。这不在于我们告诉孩子什么——他们看到的是我们的行为。我们需要改变我们的行为方式，给他们树立一个更好的榜样。”

并非所有人都会接受《峡湾》邀请他们重新审视世界观的邀请。当许多人并不抱着开放的心态进入对话时，向观众提供这样一个机会难道不会让人感到厌倦吗？

平时严肃的蒙久此时展现出了罕见的冷幽默。

“嗯，显然还没有。”

评论员 艾米·尼科尔森 (AMY NICHOLSON) 电影评论家

《迷雾绿》：一部关于明星陨落的星级之作

埃莱亚扎在片中饰演一名奋斗但自我毁灭的主角，这是她的首个电影女主角角色。 MERRICK MORTON A24

克里斯·洛克这部关于好莱坞的剧情喜剧，为出色的罗莎琳德·埃莱亚扎提供了一个展现才华的舞台。

克里斯·洛克这部引人入胜的悲喜剧《迷雾绿》（Misty Green）以一段洛杉矶的蒙太奇开场，其细腻程度犹如肿瘤的X光片。这座城市病了，荒芜的制片厂场地、燃烧的树木以及被封死的 Cinerama Dome 电影院照片证明了这一点。但我们同时也在通过一个即便如此依然尊重这座城市的人的视角来看待洛杉矶。苍白的阳光恰到好处，而对于这座城市的奋斗者必须接受相当 amount 的肮脏之物的无奈接纳也恰到好处。

在这里，拥有者与匮乏者之间的界限就像星光大道上的行人道帐篷一样脆弱——这是洛克加入的另一个手法沉重的意象——而且自第一批美丽的女孩们乘火车抵达、渴望在电影界出头，却发现美貌无法让她们走得更远以来，情况一直如此。

电影中自我毁灭的虚构演员迷雾绿（Misty Green，由罗莎琳德·埃莱亚扎饰演）已经不再是那个天真的小明星十多年了。早在 2008 年，她凭借一部名为《红眼航班》（Red Eye）的机场剧赢得了艾美奖最佳女配角。但可卡因、糟糕的选择以及她自己的恶劣态度让她的事业坠毁。如今，她陷入停滞，并将自己的失败归咎于偶然因素。

“我对 Leo 来说太黑了，对 Damson 来说又不够黑，我不是星二代，也不是英国人，”她抱怨道。（事实上，埃莱亚扎是个英国人——眨眼示意。）

迷雾表现得傲慢无礼，用一个铂金包和一套海滨临时住所来伪装成功，而那套住所属于一个死去的恋人，其遗孀想要拿回来。她眼神中的轻蔑防止任何人看到她的弱点。但我们知道她的经纪人（托弗·格雷斯 饰）在提醒她时是对的：“别表现得像你从未有过机会一样。”

洛克在电影中还饰演一名名为乔丹的落魄电影制作人，当他被委任重启《梦想女孩》（Dreamgirls）时，他戴上一顶复古软呢帽来装点自己的工作形象。这是一个恰到好处的道具。每当这位喜剧演员在镜头后担任导演时，他都会尝试戴上一顶略有不同的帽子。他的第一部电影是 2003 年的《国家之首》（Head of State），讲述一名华盛顿特区议员突然被提升为总统的故事，向弗兰克·卡普拉致敬。2007 年的《我想我爱我的妻子》（I Think I Love My Wife）完全是埃里克·罗默的翻拍，而 2014 年的《前五名》（Top Five）则是一部伍迪·艾伦风格的纽约漫步式浪漫剧。

《迷雾绿》是洛克 12 年来执导的第一部电影——一次受欢迎的回归——其标题、南加州背景以及间歇出现的灵魂乐表明他一直在思考昆汀·塔伦蒂诺的《杰基·布朗》（Jackie Brown）。剧本远没有那么复杂，他试图通过关于一名被谋杀的南加州大学女学生的广播报道来丰富世界的尝试也未能根植。但与塔伦蒂诺一样，他选了一位绝佳的女主角作为他的潘·格里尔。这是埃莱亚扎在电视剧《慢马》（Slow Horses）和《我想你》（Missing You）之后的第一个电影女主角角色。她不仅把握住了机会，甚至短暂地穿上了迷雾以前在《红眼航班》中的戏服：一套杰基风格的空姐裙装。

然而，她的角色正在众目睽睽之下渐渐消逝。在迷雾极少数能从自录试镜晋升到现场读剧本的场合，前台认不出她的脸，选角导演在讨论她的表演时对她不屑一顾，而一名年轻演员则抢走了焦点，穿着一件亮片晚礼服闯入会议。更具侮辱性的是，迷雾努力争取扮演的角色是一个典型的吸毒妓女，而那个闪闪发光的闯入者刚刚拿下了《梦想女孩》中迪娜的女主角，而且她甚至根本不会唱歌。

但埃利亚扎尔（Eleazar）却能做到。在罗斯福酒店表演 Radiohead 的翻唱曲目《Creep》时，她那宽广且沙哑的女高音令我们屏息。这一幕极具冲击力。摄影师基拉·凯利（Kira Kelly）为米斯蒂（Misty）拍摄了极具力量感的特写，随后镜头转向观察那些注视她的人。米斯蒂的哥哥杰伊（Jay，丹尼尔·卡卢亚 饰）是一个深受精神分裂症困扰的人，而她的好朋友娜奥米（Naomi，安娜·肯德里克 饰）则是一个即将嫁给一个她厌恶之人的拜金女；两人都被她的歌声深深吸引，以至于在敬畏地注视她时忘记了自己的烦恼。

我们见证了纯粹艺术的力量，尽管导演洛克（Rock）巧妙地用背景中一个看不见的调酒师摇晃马提尼摇酒壶的声音淡化了这一时刻。米斯蒂拥有一种天赋——这种天赋几乎让她那些混乱的生活变得值得——而看着她将这种天赋浪费在与亚当·德赖弗（Adam Driver）饰演的扎克（Zach）这类无赖的派对中，实在令人心碎。扎克是一个留着恶魔般山羊胡、与迪拜有肮脏联系的可卡因瘾君子。我们想要相信好莱坞式的童话，相信才华终将获得回报。但《米斯蒂·格林》（Misty Green）感觉更像是一部关于这种幻想如何破灭的惊悚片。

洛克笨拙地试图将此扩展为一个关于精神疾病的故事。卡卢亚饰演的杰伊刚刚从精神病

《迷雾绿》（Misty Green）

分级：R级，因包含性内容、药物使用、全程粗俗语言及部分裸露场景 片长：1小时43分钟 上映情况：限量发行

由于迷雾（Misty）没钱付账单，甚至连骨髓都被榨干了，因此在医院里上演。他（Jay）的表演如此具有即时可信度，以至于电影并不需要那些关于他们童年的创伤性闪回，因为那些片段与其说是深化主题，不如说是分散注意力。（另一个令人厌烦的常态是反复播放 Charli XCX 的歌曲。难道就没有其他派对歌曲了吗？）

我们逐渐了解到，迷雾与她哥哥有着相似的愤怒管理和冲动控制问题。只不过表现形式不同。杰伊（Jay）无法摆脱药物依赖；而她则无法停止吸食。他正陷入自我封闭，在面对令人心烦的洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）时，为自己打造了一个像乌龟一样的保护壳。而她则在追求财富与名望带来的安全感时，为错误的男人脱掉衣服。

在饰演乔丹（Jordan）时，罗克（Rock）贡献了一场关于这座城市所有弊端的讽刺喜剧表演，包括那些坚持要求他把温哥华拍成底特律的制片厂高管。他与迷雾对这个行业持有同样的轻率且愤世嫉俗的态度。尽管如此，两人都在顽强地尝试寻找工作。在乔丹的魅力和迷雾仅在他在场时才会露出的微笑之间，这部电影在边缘试探，几乎要变成一部浪漫喜剧。

但罗克传达的核心信息是，这是一个充满八卦的城镇，建立在熟人之间的纽带之上——你经常与这些人交谈，却几乎不了解他们，比如名叫朗达（Rhonda，特雷西·汤姆斯 饰）的选角导演，她自2000年代起就与迷雾关系紧张。真正的朋友可能会在迷雾让他们失望时原谅她。而行业内的“朋友”除非是圣人、傻瓜或单纯的愚蠢，否则绝不会原谅。我们希望乔丹能给迷雾一个饰演《梦之女孩》（Dreamgirls）中迪娜（Dina）的机会。同时，我们也希望他赶紧逃之夭夭。

然而，撇开迷雾的命运不谈，对于埃利亚扎尔（Eleazar）来说，这是一个能让她成为明星的角色，罗克完全信任他的女主角。尽管这个故事变得如此丑陋，但其结果却美得令人赞叹。

布鲁斯·麦布鲁姆（Bruce McBROOM），苹果公司（Apple Corps Ltd.）

我正在翻阅这套新出的套装

披头士乐队的《Rubber Soul》迎来了豪华版待遇。聆听他们处于变革边缘的状态。

作者：DARRYN KING

当披头士乐队在1965年发行他们的第二张专辑《Rubber Soul》时，一些最忠实的青少年粉丝感到失望。“你们看起来就像已经死了好几周一样，”粉丝安娜贝尔·李（Annabel Lee）在1966年2月刊的《披头士月刊》（Beatles Book Monthly）中写了一封富有诗意的信并如此抱怨。她指的是专辑封面的照片，照片中乐队成员身处林间，穿着黑色高领衫和棕褐色麂皮夹克，目光看向侧方，而约翰则冷漠地低视着前方。

回想起来，罗伯特·弗里曼（Robert Freeman）拍摄的这张充满秋意且经过艺术化扭曲的照片，对于一张更具世俗感、更阴郁、更成熟的披头士唱片来说，是一个完全恰当的意象。

披头士乐队的《Rubber Soul》获得了特殊的豪华版待遇，周五发布了一系列CD、黑胶唱片和蓝光光盘的新版本，以及相当于一场博物馆展览量级的专业策划素材。像往常一样，其中包含由盖尔斯·马丁（Giles Martin）重新混音的有力版本，以及从未正式发布的录音室记录和演示带（包括一段此前不为人知的约翰的歌曲音频），以及关于该专辑创作、录制和影响的最新记录。

无论安娜贝尔·李怎么想，这都是披头士真正变得“古怪”之前的时期；随后而来的将是《Revolver》中那些奇幻的声音探索。当时，歌曲节奏有所放缓，他们有意识地探索新的吉他音色，并展现出一种全新的内省深度，这反映了多种多样的音乐灵感：鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）和拉维·香卡（Ravi Shankar）（体现在《Norwegian Wood》中）、 Byrds 乐队清脆的吉他声（体现在《If I Needed Someone》中）、奥蒂斯·雷丁（Otis Redding）（体现在《Drive My Car》中）、斯莫基·罗宾逊（Smokey Robinson）和 J.S. 巴赫（体现在《In My Life》中反复出现的吉他基调以及乔治·马丁的伪拨弦古琴独奏），甚至保罗在希腊的假期（体现在《Girl》中类似布祖基琴的吉他弹奏）。

在专辑发行前后接受《伦敦生活》（London Life）杂志采访时，保罗总结了不断尝试新事物的冲动：“我在电视上看到有人被问到生活中想要什么，他说‘一个舒适的惯例’。我认为，处于一个舒适的惯例中是最令人作呕的事情。你可以享受它，但生活在舒适的惯例中有什么意义？”的确，从《Rubber Soul》开始，每一张披头士的专辑感觉都与前一张唱片的声音截然不同。

在歌词方面，《Rubber Soul》揭示了乐队创作中更高水平的成熟度和机智。尤其是约翰，在他出版了第二本无意义诗集和故事集后，终于意识到可以将他的一些文学冲动有效地运用到歌曲中，从而创作出了一些他在披头士时期最令人难忘的曲目。与此同时，保罗在歌词创作中处于一个不寻常的自传式直白期，在住在女友演员简·亚舍（Jane Asher）家位于伦敦的住所期间，记录了他对她的不满。这就像是这两位词曲作者在经历了当时历史上规模最大的体育场巡演后，开始转向内心世界。

林戈（左）、约翰、保罗和乔治在1965年开始的转变，到1969年（上图）已非常明显。

该套装包含CD、黑胶唱片和蓝光光盘版本。

《Day Tripper》中的一句歌词——“She’s a prick teaser”——在任何新发布的录音中都听不到。（在相关的周六早晨披头士动画片集中，这里提到的“teaser”是一个将乐队带到 Glom 星的外星美女。）

直截了当地说，《Rubber Soul》的录音环节还捕捉到了披头士乐队最具有情色意味的一面：“Norwegian Wood”中暗示的婚外情（有人指出，其中的细节与琼·贝兹描述的去年与列侬的邂逅相吻合）、“Girl”中感官刺激的吸气声、“Drive My Car”中嘀嘀作响的委婉表达，以及保罗在“Michelle”中低喃的丝滑法语。不出所料，最初的开篇

《Rubber Soul》是让格蕾丝·斯利克和埃尔维斯·科斯特洛这样风格迥异的音乐人坐直身体并开始关注的披头士专辑——它也是哈里·斯泰尔斯的最爱。美国版最终采用了修改后的曲目列表，突出了该组合更偏向民谣的倾向；乔尼·米切尔将她的那张唱片听到了磨损，并将“Norwegian Wood”加入了她在底特律咖啡馆的演出曲目中。（该版本的《Rubber Soul》被包含在新的特别超级豪华版中。）或许最重要的是，《Rubber Soul》标志着披头士与布莱恩·威尔逊之间音乐军备竞赛的升级，而这场竞赛最终将在《Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band》中达到顶峰。

虽然这里没有足以改变世界的重大发现，但有一些迷人的奇珍，包括一个早期版本的“Day Tripper”音频——在此时，这首歌还未成为一个掩饰拙劣的载体，用以传递有史以来最核心的吉他扫弦之一；此外还有几分钟该组合在录制“Think for Yourself”间隙嬉闹的片段。至于新挖掘出的约翰的歌曲片段，“Little Girl”可能只有最忠实的披头士碎片爱好者才会感兴趣。比起它简单且起伏的旋律，更有趣的是它使用了一个英国俚语缩写来代替一个无法印出的粗俗表达：“If you’d have asked me yesterday / Then I’d have told you sweet F.A.”

在披头士学者凯文·豪莱特关于该专辑制作的详细记录中（此处以一本配图考究的 88 页精装书形式呈现），这张唱片中一位不被歌颂的英雄是海泽尔·亚伍德。作为 EMI 的一名刻片专家，她更习惯于挖掘古典录音中复杂的动态，但她接到的指令是增强《Rubber Soul》的低频，以匹配披头士所喜爱的美国唱片音效。她的努力在“Drive My Car”令人兴奋的开场时刻得到了充分体现，其中的节奏部分听起来恰如其分，就像一台发动机在轰鸣启动。

直到现在，在过去的 10 年里——实际上，大约是从流媒体决定性地取代人们听歌习惯的时候起——这些披头士的发行版本为可收藏的实体对象提供了相当有力的理由。这可能是迄今为止最精美的一版，也是一个再次走进《Rubber Soul》那深邃、幽暗森林的极佳理由。

评论员 罗伯特·劳埃德 电视评论家

尽管局势动荡，CBS 仍拥有一套强大的新剧阵容

该网络凭借一部《NCIS》衍生剧、一部超自然喜剧以及一部法律喜剧正处于巅峰状态。

在那个本不该发生的垄断泥潭中，CBS 最终会变成什么样，我无法预料，现在下结论还太早。但就目前来看，它似乎依然保持着原貌，推出了一季地道的秋季新剧，首播了三部新剧——一部特许经营的程序剧、一部超自然情景喜剧和一部法律喜剧——且所有这些剧集都与 CBS 之前的节目有联系。

“NCIS”系列城市编码剧集的最新成员《: New York》（周二首播）让 LL Cool J 回归饰演高级特工萨姆·汉纳（Sam Hanna）。他曾出演过《: Los Angeles》和《: Hawai'i》，在某种程度上是该网络的形象大使。试播集（截至本文撰写时仅此一集可看）以一段类似邦德的序幕在迪拜展开——笔挺的西装，精巧的装备，以及一场与半打反派的激烈肉搏，对方被超级英雄般地迅速击败。

这次行动导致他错过了一个电话，对方是一位老友的儿子。当萨姆回电时，那人已死在中央公园，表面上是自杀——除了纽约市警察局（NYPD）之外没人相信这一点，这类剧集中的警察通常反应迟钝。但萨姆并不这么认为，他（自认为暂时地）加入了由詹妮弗·比尔斯（Jennifer Beals）饰演的助理主管罗宾·威尔斯（Robyn Wells）领导的 纽约分局。这一次，而且可能不是最后一次，这件事与他个人有关。

威尔斯给他安排了一个搭档，由斯科特·坎（Scott Caan）饰演的尼克·谢弗（Nick Schaeffer），一个话多的纽约小伙，他会说类似“我不是什么火箭外科医生”之类的话。他们穿梭在城市的许多街区，屏幕上会出现填满画面的轮廓字体标识——布什威克（Bushwick）、苏豪区（Soho）、钻石区（Diamond District）、红钩区（Red Hook）、格里特森海滩（Gerritsen Beach）。甚至 BQE 高速公路也配有标题。让每部《》卡司都像一个家庭的团队成员还包括：扎马尾、幽默的特工艾迪森·“艾迪”·罗斯（Addison "Addy" Ross，由 Jacqueline Byers 饰演）；最近从阿拉斯加搬来、爱喝牛奶、刚被未婚妻甩了的特工怀亚特·塞勒斯（Wyatt Sellers，由 Shane Harper 饰演）；以及必不可少的“古怪”（他们的原话）技术天才肖恩·沙利文（Sean Sullivan，由 Devin Druid 饰演），他给人的感觉像是《慢马》（Slow Horses）中罗迪·霍（Roddy Ho）的一个没那么变态的版本。

线索在极短的时间内接踵而至，因为这是一部单元剧，需要在大约 42 分钟内为一次调查画上句号。我想，任何热爱《》中那种“神秘帮”式的团队协作、感伤情调、动作戏和俏皮对话的人，在这里都会感到满意（当子弹飞舞时，尼克说：“欢迎来到布鲁克林。”萨姆作为当地人回答道：“这里没变多少。”）。在威廉斯堡大桥下眺望曼哈顿时，尼克说服萨姆纽约才是他应该停留的地方。随后他们开车去吃灵魂美食早餐。

秉承该网络《Ghosts》的幽默精神，且确实由其开发人员乔·波特（Joe Port）和乔·怀斯曼（Joe Wiseman）创作，另一部超自然家庭喜剧——讨喜且聪明的《Eternally Yours》随之而来。该剧于周四播出，是一部某种意义上的中产阶级、非哥特式的《阴影中的我们》（What We Do in the Shadows），背景设定在西雅图的一群共同生活的吸血鬼之间。（那里多云，他们很喜欢。）族群首领查尔斯（Charles，由 Ed Weeks 饰演）和利兹（Liz，由 Allegra Edwards 饰演）已经结婚 500 年，两人已经厌倦了彼此，这很正常，尤其是对查尔斯，他是个令人头疼的人。（他说：“生活艰辛，然后你继续不死。”）

与他们同住的还有养女艾玛（Emma，由 Helen J. Shen 饰演），她一直在秘密地与一个普通人类男子马克斯（Max，由 Jaren Lewison 饰演）约会；一个和蔼的肌肉男杰西（Jesse）；以及他年迈的人类妻子菲利斯（Phyllis，由 Rose Abdoo 饰演），每当菲利斯无意中听到吸血鬼的事务时，杰西就会抹除她的记忆——她认为自己在 1989 年认识杰西时“我们当时都是 28 岁”，而现在他只是保养得好——以及一对半吸血鬼双胞胎儿子：拥有所有优秀吸血鬼能力的亨利（Henry，由 Shylo Molina 饰演），以及能与狗对话的莫特（Mort，由 Tristan Michael Brown 饰演）。（其中一些关系的具体性质较为模糊。）

CARA HOWE CBS LL COOL J 回归饰演特工萨姆·汉纳（Sam Hanna），此次出现在衍生剧《NCIS：纽约》（NCIS: New York）中。

JAN THIJS CBS 在《永恒之爱》（Eternally Yours）中，ALLEGRA Edwards 和 Ed Weeks 饰演一对需要空间的吸血鬼夫妇。

在《库比蒂诺》（Cupertino）中，RACHEL Keller（左）、Ella Stiller 和 Mike Colter 组成了一个规模虽小但充满干劲的法律团队。 ELIZABETH FISHER CBS

没有人睡在棺材里，而且每个人似乎白天都会出门工作或上学。利兹（Liz）在当地的一所大学教历史；查尔斯（Charles）是个财务规划师，因为他非常保守，并不赞成她工作；杰西（Jesse）是一名私人教练，他身上涂满了美黑喷雾，以便在健身房的镜子里能看到自己；而艾玛（Emma）则是一名兽医。尽管查尔斯更倾向于那样做，但他们并不以人类为食，因为利兹说“那样很不礼貌”。（通常是用动物血代替。）就像在《鬼魂》（Ghosts）中一样，喜剧效果产生于生者与死者的碰撞——当马克斯（Max）遇到这个家庭时便是如此；同样地，就像在《鬼魂》中一样，试播集结尾的一场意外将改变一切。

同样在周四播出的精彩剧集《库比蒂诺》出自罗伯特·金（Robert King）和米歇尔·金（Michelle King）之手，他们目前在 CBS 的另一部剧集是《埃尔斯贝斯》（Elsbeth）。就像《埃尔斯贝斯》所衍生出的《傲骨之妻》（The Good Wife）一样，《库比蒂诺》是一部法律喜剧，它探讨——或者至少是利用——当前的事件和议题。由于背景设定在硅谷，这些议题将主要涉及计算机以及人们如何使用它们，包括预测市场、网络诱骗（catfishing）、剽窃、人格盗用、不可靠的算法，尤其是 AI 及其多种恶劣且激增的形式，其中有些内容近乎科幻小说。尽管金夫妇喜欢从不同角度审视事物，但《库比蒂诺》的核心是对“科技男”（tech bros）和亿万富翁的一次愉快的抨击，而我对此并不反感。

迈克尔·普莱斯（Michael Price，由 Mike Colter 饰演）和奥利维亚·西弗雷（Olivia Siffre，由 Rachel Keller 饰演）在同一天被迈克尔共同创立的公司解雇。

——他是因为贪婪的合伙人陷害他泄露专利信息，而她是因为拒绝了同一个贪婪合伙人的骚扰性追求。两人都是律师——他名声在外，她刚出法学院一年——为了开展自己的电视系列剧剧情，他们决定联手，创建一家“大卫”式的律所，去挑战当地的“歌利亚”巨头。他的父亲（Joe Morton 饰演）是一位非常成功的“名人律师”；她的父母在中西部经营着一家基督教出版公司。她在压力大时会哼唱《生活艰辛》（It's a Hard-Knock Life）。

“你是这里唯一穿西装的人，”奥利维亚坐在他们第一个临时办公室——IHOP 餐厅的一个卡座里——对迈克尔说。（他穿西装确实好看。）“其他所有人都穿 T 恤和牛仔裤。”

“其他所有人都认为自己是个天才，”迈克尔说，“我知道我不是。”

加入“普莱斯、西弗雷及其合伙人事务所”这两名成员之列的，还有迈克尔精力充沛的前助手克里斯蒂·帕拉迪诺（Christy Palladino，由 Ella Stiller 饰演），她因为在电话里和他说话而被解雇。她在建筑行业有很多亲戚，帮他们弄到了一个空办公室，除了令人印象深刻的大堂外，内部尚未完工，他们在那里一边装样子一边努力创业。克里斯蒂精心策划了一套复杂的舞台戏法，营造出一家繁忙机构的假象。Busy Philipps 饰演娜塔莉亚·布特拉（Natalia Boutella），一名富有的离婚女性，奥利维亚在一次脱衣扑克局中接触她，邀请她投资律所；作为出资回报，她希望参与其中；事实证明，资金并非她唯一的资产。这部剧总体上非常有趣，而当 Philipps 出现在屏幕上时，趣味性达到了顶峰。

勒妮·埃莉斯·戈兹伯里饰演尼科尔·E·费雷比，一名与迈克尔有过一段浪漫情史的对方律师，这自然预示着两人现在或未来将再次产生浪漫关系。剧中还有一组典型的、令人发笑的法官群像，有的古怪，有的则没那么古怪——这是金（King）标志性的风格。《库比蒂诺》（Cupertino）始终有趣，且往往天真纯粹，带有一点教育意义，有时又略显荒诞——能满足各种心情和口味。这部传统的网络电视节目预计每季 20 集，正给观众提供他们应当渴望的内容。

《伊甸之东》的六种选择

[Kazan, 见 E1]

詹姆斯·迪恩（James Dean）涵盖了原著最后三分之一的内容，重点讲述了卡尔（Cal）和亚伦（Aron）。佐伊·卡赞（Zoe Kazan）对这个故事产生兴趣是在几十年之后，当时还是青少年的她发现了这本书。

她发现自己被书中著名的反派角色凯西（Cathy）所吸引。

“我对她感到厌恶，却又被她吸引，对她充满好奇。我感到共情，感到憎恨，也感到爱。我体验到了所有这些情绪，”卡赞说道。“我从未读过像她这样的人物。我记得每隔几页，我就想停下来，大声地读给别人听她所做的事，或者别人在评价她时所说的话。”

她还感受到了故事中对代际循环和家族传承探讨的吸引力。

“这感觉有点像‘先有鸡还是先有蛋’的问题。究竟是怎样的：是因为这本书的代际视角吸引了我，还是这本书教会了我思考代际视角？”

这部由卡赞与共同剧集主创杰布·斯图尔特（Jeb Stuart）共同打造的七集改编剧现已在奈飞（Netflix）上线，它比她祖父拍摄的电影涵盖了更多关于这个多代家族传奇的内容。这个新版本还将凯西置于中心位置。

以下是卡赞向我们讲述的关于她的愿景。

指引卡赞探索凯西的段落

凯西是一个可能将一名男子逼至自杀、在父母还在屋内时就放火烧房，并在孩子出生时抛弃儿子的角色。她的行为使她成为了文学作品中一个深邃且神秘的邪恶形象。但成年后重新阅读原著时，卡赞想要探究这一名声背后的真相。

在研究凯西的过程中，卡赞将其作为指导原则而紧握的段落出现在第 17 章。

“当我曾说凯西是个怪物时，在我看来确实如此。而现在，我拿着放大镜凑近观察她的微缩照片，重新阅读脚注，我开始怀疑这是否属实。问题在于，既然我们无法知道她想要什么，我们就永远无法知道她是否得到了它。如果她不是在奔向某样东西，而是在逃离某样东西，我们无法知道她是否逃脱了。谁知道她是否曾试图告诉某个人或所有人她是什么样子，却因为缺乏共同语言而无法表达。她的生活或许就是她的语言——正式的、发达的，但无法破译。说她很坏很容易，但除非我们知道原因，否则这几乎没有意义。”

爬向特拉斯克家的门前

剧集以一个遍体鳞伤、血迹斑斑的凯西爬向特拉斯克（Trask）家开场，从而引发观众对其抵达前后的事件的好奇。这是一个关键时刻——在小说中出现在第 10 和 11 章——也是将她与特拉斯克家族联系在一起的催化剂。但这最初并不是卡赞选择开启重述故事的首选方式。

“我的第一直觉是从亚当母亲的自杀开始，这开启了他与女性的关系以及对爱的渴望，”卡赞说道。“在我编写第二集和第三集时，情况变得很明确，我必须让凯西更早地出现。她是这个故事中的催化元素，是情节的生成器。尤其是对于现代观众来说，我们需要知道这个情节将把我们带向何方。剧作家会问自己：为什么这个夜晚与其他的夜晚不同？小说中所有其他事情之所以会发生，是因为凯西被半打死地爬上了这个门廊。”

凯西的童年经历了什么？

通过将重心放在凯西身上，卡赞将这个角色从一个怪物和纯粹邪恶的象征，重新定义为一个承受着性侵袭持久心理影响的年轻女性。

在斯坦贝克的叙述中，10岁的凯西操纵两个邻居男孩，让他们脱掉她的衣服、将她绑起来并殴打她，以便她能诬陷他们实施袭击。但卡赞在成年后重新审视文本时，对那一刻的解读让她大开眼界。而凯西对《爱丽丝漫游奇境》的痴迷也与此相关。刘易斯·卡罗尔的童话故事成为了凯西幼年时的心理避风港和童年执念，她执着于通过喝下药水来缩小身体，这样就没人能看见她或触及她。

“对我这个对心理学有更多了解的成年人来说，我的感觉是，‘哦，这是一个关于解离（disassociation）的写照，’”卡赞说道，“将这一点与她童年发生的事情联系起来，对我来说就变得非常清晰。”

“当你生长在一个被性化且被视为目标的身体中，即使你有非常保护你且优秀的父母——而凯西·艾姆斯没有——这会让你在阅读时产生不同的感受，”她继续说道，“当你读到一个小女孩策划一场强奸，并且拒绝……抱歉，这让我有些激动……在事后发声且不被相信时，我知道斯坦贝克的看法不同。但我禁不住会对这件事产生更多的共情和理解。当我阅读凯西·艾姆斯时，我读到的是一个被撕裂的人的写照，她决定为了生存，必须在自己身上刻画出一个不同的部分。”

将李视为故事的思想核心

作为一名担任思想核心和情感支柱的配角，李引发了《伊甸之东》中关于身份和责任最深刻的一些对话与探讨。在他祖父的电影中没有这个人物，但承认李所扮演的角色对卡赞来说至关重要。

在剧集中，该角色由李勋（Hoon Lee）饰演，他是亚当信任的仆人，在凯西抛弃家庭后，实际上是由他抚养儿子们长大。他的故事是边缘化经历的缩影。他的父母被从中国带到美国修建横贯大陆铁路，因此他精通“代码切换”（code-switching），通过伪装成英语破碎的状态，以符合白人社会带有偏见的预期。他只向他信任的人（包括塞缪尔·汉密尔顿）展示真实的自我。

卡赞在开始构思她的愿景时是一名新手母亲，她被李所展现出的养育本能与凯西的对比所吸引。

“我真正看到了他为这些男孩所付出的一切劳动以及他所做的所有选择，”她说，“我觉得我内心住着两只狼。一只是凯西，一只是李。我的一部分想要把孩子扔进井里，然后走出家门获得自由；而另一部分则每天出现，帮他们擦屁股，把食物喂进嘴里。”

在特拉斯克一家搬到萨利纳斯市区后，李前往旧金山，追求开设自己书店的梦想。他在六天后返回，但对他这段时间的经历几乎没有透露。卡赞最初写了八集，其中一集专门用于探索李离开期间的生活。她邀请了小说家亚历山大·奇（Alexander Chee）来帮忙填补空白，后者曾在 2001 年写过一部关于住在缅因州的韩裔美国男孩的成长小说《爱丁堡》（Edinburgh）。但由于预算原因，该集被删减了：“他的一部分工作成果被保留了下来，这让整部剧变得更好了，”她说。

Timshel 是故事的主题

Timshel 是一个希伯来词，意为“你可以”，它是驱动斯坦贝克故事的哲学和道德主题。卡赞希望将这一主题线索编织到故事的每一个方面，包括在处理卡尔和亚伦兄弟的关系时。

这一概念首次出现在原著第 24 章中，李在深夜与亚当和塞缪尔交谈时，讨论了《创世记》4:7,（该段讲述了该隐和亚伯的故事）的希伯来语翻译。卡赞表示，在剧集中处理这一想法经历了多次修改。

“让你的角色在剧集中间停下来，讨论一个希伯来词的词源——这并不是什么精彩的素材，”卡赞说。“我必须找到一种方法，让它变得具有情感色彩、个人化且与角色相关。在第 3. 集的命名场景中，他们讨论该隐和亚伯的那部分，我花了很多心血。然后是在第 5, 集中何时重新提及，当他们讨论 timshel 时。那部分经历了非常、非常、非常多次的修改，以使其尽可能具有情感冲击力，尽可能与角色紧密相连。而且坦白说，尽可能简练。”

汉密尔顿家族被精简

除了故事中广阔的加州中部背景外，斯坦贝克的这部史诗之所以让人感到如此宏大，部分原因在于它将两个家庭——特拉斯克家族和汉密尔顿家族——在数十年间的命运进行了并列对比。规模较小且充满困扰的特拉斯克家族代表了孤立、代际创伤和功能失调的循环；与之相对的是规模庞大、充满爱且具有道德根基的汉密尔顿家族，后者的原型是斯坦贝克自己的母系祖先。这两个家庭都横跨全国迁移并定居在萨利纳斯谷，但他们截然不同的经历，成为了对成功定义（物质财富还是精神财富）的一次深刻探讨。

但在剧集中，汉密尔顿家族故事的广度被缩小了。卡赞表示，没有足够的空间给这个爱尔兰裔美国家庭——由家长塞缪尔和丽莎以及他们的 9 个孩子组成——提供与其故事价值相匹配的荧幕时间。

“对我来说，放弃讲述汉密尔顿的故事非常困难，”她说。“我本需要另外 3 集，但我没有。”

虽然汉密尔顿家族故事的规模在剧集中被精简了，但并没有忽视他们的重要性——尤其是来自塞缪尔的指导。塞缪尔是一位爱尔兰移民、发明家和掘井工，他体现了勤奋、智慧和耐心的美德。在剧集中，该角色由基兰·欣兹饰演。

“塞缪尔·汉密尔顿在这个故事的两端都是一个极其重要的角色，”卡赞说。“他是这个家庭变革的推动者之一。没有他，这个故事就不存在。”

李（李勋 饰）和塞缪尔·汉密尔顿（基兰·欣兹 饰）是重要角色。

迷你剧中的查尔斯（迈克·费斯特，左）、亚当（克里斯托弗·阿博特）和凯西（弗洛伦斯·皮尤）。 图片来自奈飞 (Netflix)

Dick Slaughter LAMBRINI Girls 曾在 25, 年在 Punk Rock Bowling 演出，他们将领衔在 Belasco 举办的 Fight to Unite 表演。

直面逆境，朋克音乐节在洛杉矶上演

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在经历意外停办后，Punk Rock Bowling 为移民举办义演。

作者：迪克·斯劳特 (Dick Slaughter)

当 Punk Rock Bowling 在去年秋天宣布 2026 年将不再举办拉斯维加斯音乐节时，组织者将其描述为“意外的挑战”，但许多细节并未公开。

在 2025 年庆祝了第 25 届盛会之后，这个美国运行时间最长的朋克音乐节之一突然决定休整一年。人们向 PRB 联合创始人肖恩·斯特恩 (Shawn Stern) 提出的第一个问题显而易见：“在 25 年之后，你是否觉得是时候休息一下了？”

他并非如此。事实证明，这一决定不仅涉及失去拉斯维加斯市中心长期合作的场地问题。组织者此前已经在担心另一个触及 Punk Rock Bowling 核心的问题：如何让国际乐队和粉丝进入美国。

“去年我对举办活动感到担忧，因为现任政府的原因，而且我们在 2025 年已经开始感受到其影响，也就是说，移民政策的疯狂，”斯特恩说道。“大约 15% 到 20% 的观众来自国外。”

音乐节收到国际参与者的反馈，称他们正在重新考虑前往美国的行程，而一些乐队则认为在这里巡演已变得过于困难或昂贵。

“有几支乐队基本上直接告诉我们：‘我们不来了。’”

对于 Punk Rock Bowling 来说，这不仅仅是一个预订问题。国际乐队和粉丝已成为该音乐节身份认同的重要组成部分。

“我们有很多来自国外的乐队。对我们来说，保持这种多样性至关重要。否则，我们将变成什么样子？”

斯特恩回忆道，几支来自墨西哥的乐队取消了行程，来自加拿大的乐队也是如此。关于预订次年国际艺人的沟通变得越来越困难。

“我们想成为像这个国家其他一两家几乎全是南加州乐队的朋克音乐节那样吗？不想。”

随后又出现了另一个问题：音乐节在拉斯维加斯的长期场地。组织者无法续签合同，斯特恩怀疑幕后发生了某些事情。

“我相当怀疑出问题了，因为我没有续签合同，而且他们似乎在躲着我。”

最终，他开始听说该场地即将关闭。

“所以，我们的选择很有限。移民乱局，再加上场地关闭。”

但 Punk Rock Bowling 并非在 2026 年完全缺席。

将 PRB 带到洛杉矶

本周五和周六，Punk Rock Bowling 将把“Fight to Unite”活动带到洛杉矶市中心的 Belasco 剧院，届时将有 32 支乐队在三个舞台上进行表演。

“由于今年没有举办音乐节，我们一整年都在讨论如何在洛杉矶将 Punk Rock Bowling 社区聚集在一起，”斯特恩（Stern）说道。“考虑到本届政府在过去 20 个月里制造的所有混乱，我们觉得在逆境中举行一场音乐庆典将会受到欢迎。”

每张售出门票的一部分将捐给 Siempre Unidos LA，这是一个基层非营利组织，旨在通过提供食物、紧急援助、法律转介和社区支持，帮助受到美国海关及边境保护局（ICE）突袭和驱逐影响的移民家庭。

“向一个基层组织捐款，帮助移民应对那些戴着面具、恐吓民众的政府特工所制造的疯狂局面，是我们坚信的事情，”斯特恩说。“PRB 的创始人以及我们合作的许多人都是移民，我们认为没有人是‘非法的’，而且生活在这个国家的大多数人要么是移民，要么是移民的后裔。”

“长期以来，这个国家一直是逃离迫害者的避难所，而移民对于美国目前仍然存在的任何‘民主’的成功都产生了巨大影响。”

周五的 16 支乐队阵容由 Lambrini Girls、Spiritual Cramp 和 Surf-bort 领衔，其他演出者还包括 Generación Suicida、Pistol Grip 和 Toy Guitar。

周六将庆祝 Fat Wreck Chords 成立 35 周年，参演者包括 Dillinger Four、Teenage Bottlerocket、Dead to Me、Swingin' Utters、Codefendants、Cobra Skulls、Nerf Herder、Get Dead 等。至于“Fight to Unite”是否会促使更多 PRB 活动在洛杉矶举行，仍有待观察。

“这完全取决于这次活动的反响如何，”斯特恩说。“如果进展顺利且人们希望我们多举办一些，我们随时对此持开放态度。”

接下来的计划？

“Fight to Unite”看起来像是缺失的拉斯维加斯音乐节的替代品，但将 Punk Rock Bowling 带到洛杉矶这件事已经讨论多年。

“早在新冠疫情之前，我们就讨论过在洛杉矶举办音乐节，”斯特恩说。“Punk Rock Bowling 是一个由音乐人为音乐人创建的 DIY 音乐节，参与其中的人们自 70 年代后期起就一直活跃在这个社区中。”

这段历史继续影响着组织者的运作方式。

“我们是多年来一直身处这个圈子的音乐人，我们策划每一场演出的方式，首先是基于我们作为粉丝希望获得的体验。”

至于 2027 年以及 Punk Rock Bowling 是否会回归拉斯维加斯，斯特恩尚未准备好做出宣布。目前，重点在洛杉矶。虽然 Punk Rock Bowling 未来的举办地尚未确定，但斯特恩明确表示，无论接下来发生什么，维护围绕其建立的社区始终是核心。

“我们正在努力推进，一旦有消息，我们将通过邮件列表和社交媒体公布。”

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《宝贝蓝》（BABY BLUES）作者：杰里·斯科特 (Jerry Scott) & 瑞克·柯克曼 (Rickman Kirkman)

《酸黄瓜》（PICKLES）作者：布莱恩·克雷恩 (Brian Crane) 《柯蒂斯》（CURTIS）作者：雷·比林斯利 (Ray Billingsley)

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《松散零件》（LOOSE PARTS）作者：戴夫·布拉泽克 (Dave Blazek)

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《马卡努多》（MACANUDO）作者：利尼尔斯 (Liniers) 《猪前明珠》（PEARLS BEFORE SWINE）作者：斯蒂芬·帕斯蒂斯 (Stephan Pastis)

《里奥》（LIO）作者：马克·塔图利 (Mark Tatulli)

《金发女郎》（BLONDIE）作者：迪恩·杨 (Dean Young) & 约翰·马歇尔 (John Marshall)

《青春期》（ZITS）作者：杰里·斯科特 (Jerry Scott) & 吉姆·博格曼 (Jim Borgman)

《朋友之间》（BETWEEN FRIENDS）作者：桑德拉·贝尔-伦迪 (Sandra Bell-Lundy) 《苔原》（TUNDRA）作者：查德·卡彭特 (Chad Carpenter)

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《比扎罗》（BIZARRO）作者：Wayno 和 Piraro

《六个女孩》（SIX CHIX）作者：马里莎·帕特里诺斯 (Maritsa Patrinos)

《德拉布尔》（DRABBLE）作者：凯文·法根 (Kevin Fagan)

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数独

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星座运势

作者：Holiday Mathis

白羊座（3月21日-4月19日）。你今天有财富可以分享，而且你肯定会这样做，不过你分享的最有价值的东西将是你的关注。

金牛座（4月20日-5月20日）。询问那个最可能抵制你想法的人，他们会如何改进它。他们的回答可能会揭示你之前没有意识到的障碍。

双子座（5月21日-6月21日）。给人们足够的展示以激发他们的好奇心，而将其余部分留在幕后。

巨蟹座（6月22日-7月22日）。情绪来势汹汹，但你保持冷静。你能够通过走开来让自己抽离。

狮子座（7月23日-8月22日）。你看到了某人的做法，但要亲自完成这件事，仍然需要经历你自己的试错过程。

处女座（8月23日-9月22日）。你知道某个特定的—。

纵横字谜

作者：杰里米·维努克 (Jeremy Venook) 横向 1 工业课上的 C？ 6 蓝光光盘的前身 9 南亚煎饼 14 希斯帕尼奥拉岛上的国家 15 拥有“非凡路径”博客的户外合作社 16 松开，如鞋带 17 *面无表情的两届奥斯卡奖得主？ 19 躺在……之上 20 收费 21 喇叭声 22 煤球 23 *闭上一只眼的童谣男孩？ 26 诱导购买更贵的产品 29 Warped Tour 赞助商 30 防护战壕 31 高尔夫失误 33 盖子 36 终于见面，或如何让带星号的线索与答案匹配 40 即将毕业的学生 41 中士的上级 42 象形文字中的蛇 43 内部人士的行话 44 检查 46 *佩戴大黄色按钮的虚构间谍？ 51 可能会大量储备荧光棒的派对参与者 52 许多也门人 53 甜点 56 Carne __ 卷饼 57 *神情忧郁的 NFL 分析师？ 59 为希腊独立而战而死的浪漫主义诗人 60 《爱丁顿》导演 阿斯特 (Aster) 61 导致 62 说，如 thou 可能会说 63 锡合金的组成部分 64 碍眼之物

son keeps score. Even if they are the only person around, avoid dealing with them.

天秤座 (9月23日-10月23日)。人们会欣然避让让你先行，并非出于义务，而是因为他们瞬间感觉到你是一个值得友善对待的人。

天蝎座 (10月24日-11月21日)。因为你今天的所作所为，你将看到更广阔的世界。第一步是敢于梦想。

射手座 (11月22日-12月21日)。对某个主题的轻微兴趣正在演变为一种吸引力。投身于此的人们也是吸引力的一部分。

摩羯座 (12月22日-1月19日)。有些事情记录下来对你有益——如报税收据、植物护理、你欠朋友的钱

——而有些事情记录下来会对你有害——如过去的错误、朋友欠你的钱。

水瓶座 (1月20日-2月18日)。自己安排日程，并且尽早安排，在世界上其他的人开始向你提出要求之前完成。

纵向 1 许多烹饪节目主持人 2 带有金属线的织物 3 法语中的“爱” 4 纽约市交通机构 5 花朵部分 6 流口水 7 星巴克订单

双鱼座 (2月19日-3月20日)。你很善良。尽管如此，并非每个人都应该能接触到你。一块华丽的门垫依然是门垫。人们会继续把它当作他们一直以来使用它的方式来使用。

今日生日 (10月9日)。在你的“绝佳交易年”里，你明白什么才让一次交换变得值得。你用自己充裕的东西去换取你更看重的东西。每个人离开谈判桌时都感到很幸运——这种情况在你的太阳年里会重复出现 eight 次。更多亮点：游戏适合你。你会结交朋友并赢得奖品。爱情与财务吉兆交织。双鱼座和双子座非常崇拜你。幸运数字：7, 30, 1, 33 和 28。

马蒂斯 (Mathis) 为 Creators Syndicate Inc. 撰写专栏。星座运势仅供娱乐。

桥牌

作者：弗兰克·斯图尔特 (FRANK STEWART)

愤世嫉俗的赛 (Cy the Cynic) 以前从事什么工作（如果他有过工作的话），是我俱乐部里的一个猜测话题。

“我觉得赛曾在公司办公室工作过，”罗斯告诉我。“他说，如果你第一次没有成功，那么他们雇来取代你的人会成功的。”

赛叫了 seven spades，西位领出方块 queen。赛拿了方块 ace……并思考该舍弃什么。他最终扔掉了梅花 jack。赛随后打光了他的主牌，并拿到了梅花 A-K，但西位保留了他的红心，赢得了第 13 墩。

“如果用梅花 finesse 就能赢了，”赛叹了口气。

他在第一墩的打法错了，但他本可以幸存：他可以先出梅花 A-K，然后用主牌吃掉一张梅花。

咨询埃里克

亲爱的埃里克：我和结婚 12 年的配偶之间没有争吵、争论或辱骂；除了在性欲方面，我们通常意见一致。我们彼此尊重，但我承认，在多年回避这个问题以及对我为改变而付出的努力缺乏认知的情况下，我变得不再关心。

除了在关系初期，我的配偶从不主动发起性行为。偶尔在很长一段时间之后，她可能会要求我，但总觉得是被迫的，且受到时间限制，而且总是在我早已停止尝试之后才发生。

在 12 年里，我尝试过整整 14 次与她讨论这个问题。我语气平静，没有指责，并且在任何和所有方面都非常愿意做出改变，以使情况好转。

我解释了这件事的重要性及其对我日常情绪的负面影响。但我得到的完全是没有回应。没有信息可循，没有改变的帮助。我学会了烹饪，成为了一个出色的管家，承担育儿工作，充当按摩师，试图寻找任何能让她足够在意的东西，但都没有用。我知道可能存在我意识不到的问题，但我无法得知。

我们很快将开始心理咨询。关于如何帮助她更舒服地向我敞开心扉，以便我们能度过这个难关，您有什么建议吗？所以我们设置 dummy's nine。但 Cy 的最佳打法是 ruff 第一个 diamond，推迟在 ace 上的 discard。他 draw trumps 并拿下 clubs 的 A-K。当 queen 没有掉下来时，Cy lead 一个 heart 到 dummy，在 diamonds 的 ace 上 throw jack of clubs，然后 ruff 一个 club。

如果 clubs 不能产生 three tricks，Cy runs his trumps。他有很多机会成功。

你持有：♠ 865 ♥ 72 ♦ K8 742 ♣ Q65。双方均非 vulnerable。发牌者在你的左侧，开叫 three spades。你的 partner double；下一位玩家 pass。现在怎么办？

答案：Partner 的 double 是 takeout，所以 bid four diamonds。他暗示一手有 diamond support 的强牌，而你有一个 five-card suit 和一个有用的 queen。

我深爱她，希望成为她需要我成为的样子，让她快乐。

想要更亲密

亲爱的“想要更亲密”：在进入这些咨询环节时，请提醒自己，你们两人都在应对关系中的沟通挑战。你们可能在，也可能不在清晰地倾听对方。性行为可能只是问题的一部分，而非根源。

因此，尽量不要将这些环节视为你们共同解决你对妻子所抱有之顾虑的机会。这不是为了“修复”一个问题或改变她。

这是为了创造一个安全空间，让你们双方能够交谈并倾听对方，且在理想情况下，能更好地理解彼此。

亲爱的埃里克：我是一名老人，我已经厌倦了同龄的朋友总是想要帮忙，并假设我会做超出我意愿的事情。

一些朋友变得越来越依赖我，想要我陪他们去看医生、做门诊手术、去超市，并充当修理工。

我开始设定界限，为自己发声并说“不”。

他们经常想要争论或说服我答应。坚持自己的立场很难，这让我感到不——

你应该有机会赢得至少 10 墩。

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舒服且心生怨恨。

这是怎么回事？作为朋友，我觉得压力很大且不被感激。您能就此提供一些看法吗？

团队球员

亲爱的团队：很高兴看到你们一直在努力设定并坚守界限。有些人可能认为界限，甚至“不”这个词，会在关系中造成裂痕。但事实是，界限有助于保持关系的健康与安全。

你的朋友们可能正专注于自身需求的巨大，而无法为你留出空间。在生活中走到需要他人帮助才能就诊或完成曾经能轻松处理的家务时，会让人感到非常无力。这同样可能令人恐惧。因此，能有一位可以提供帮助的朋友，对他们来说可能是一种解脱。

这并不是说你应该简单地咬牙忍耐。恰恰相反；健康的做法是停下来，确保你和你的朋友们能够清晰地听到彼此的声音，这样才不会有人感到不堪重负。

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这可能意味着你只参与部分行程，并帮助他们寻找其他可以帮上忙的朋友。

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家庭马戏团 (FAMILY CIRCUS) 作者：比尔·基恩 (Bil Keane) 淘气鬼丹尼斯 (DENNIS THE MENACE) 作者：汉克·凯查姆 (Hank Ketcham)

“知道那些东西你还需要什么吗？辅助轮！” 自由放养 (FREE RANGE) 作者：比尔·怀特海德 (Bill Whitehead)

极乐 (BLISS) 作者：哈里·布利斯 (Harry Bliss)

“是的，当然，我拍打它们纯粹是为了自卫！” 马马杜克 (MARMADUKE) 作者：布拉德和保罗·安德森 (Brad & Paul Anderson)

减速带 (SPEED BUMP) 作者：戴夫·科弗利 (Dave Coverly) “而这张是 36 天前马马杜克食物的照片！”

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奇幻剧《小先知》温柔地将你吸引

皮尔斯·奎格利在《小先知》中饰演一名被悲痛击碎生活的男人。

在 Apple TV 这部甜蜜而忧郁的喜剧中，一名寻求答案的男人转向了炼金术。

麦肯齐·克鲁克曾创作并执导了《探测员》（Detectorists），那是一部关于业余猎人在英格兰西南部寻找萨克逊黄金的绝美田园喜剧。如今，他的新剧《小先知》（Small Prophets）于周三在 Apple TV 首播。该剧主要围绕一个郊区死胡同、一家养老院和一家“DIY商店”（类似于家得宝）展开。这是一部风格迥异的剧集，但却充分体现了克鲁克的感悟与兴趣——友谊、爱、记忆，以及那个影响着平凡世界的更神秘的领域。它具有沉思感，忧郁、甜蜜且幽默。同时，剧中还涉及某种寻宝活动和一些挖掘工作。

在《探测员》中饰演丹伯里金属探测俱乐部成员罗素的皮尔斯·奎格利，在本作中饰演迈克尔·斯利普。自从他的女友克莉亚在七年前的平安夜失踪后，他的生活便陷入了停滞。在随后的五年里，他在 Tool Box 商店工作，通过漫无目的地戏弄顾客来消遣。面对一面 20 英尺高的亮蓝色水桶墙，他告诉一名方向站反了的顾客，他们不卖水桶，因为水桶已经过时了，没人再用。他又用这样一个问题让另一名顾客感到困惑：“既然我们只在 500 个装的聚氨酯桶里出售螺丝，就能强迫顾客购买更多，从而让我们赚更多钱，那我们为什么要在可生物降解的纸袋里卖 6 个螺丝呢？”但如果一个女人想要个鸟屋，他也会在现场为她搭建一个。

在休息室里，同事凯西（劳伦·帕特尔 饰）同样无聊但性格开朗，她在询问迈克尔的胡须是否发痒后，两人开始了友谊。这将构成故事的主干，并在某种程度上成为其核心。

尽管面对着官僚且无能的经理戈登（克鲁克 饰，顶着一个世界上最悲哀的马尾辫）的反对，迈克尔仍经常早退，去接养老院的电话。他的父亲布莱恩（迈克尔·帕林 饰，表现极佳）在养老院里制作鲁布·戈德堡机械，参加随机的杂志抽奖，并且经常忘事。迈克尔抱着克莉亚可能会走回来的万一，继续住在她名下的房子里，但这遭到了她哥哥罗伊（保罗·凯 饰）的反对，罗伊已经破产并想把房子卖掉。

房子里堆满了箱子，唯独有一个锁起来的房间。迈克尔根据一张旧照片，将那个房间布置成了克莉亚童年最喜欢的圣诞节模样——这是一个从未送达的惊喜。前花园和后花园杂草丛生，为原本毫无生气的死胡同带来了一丝野外的乡村气息，这让邻居克莱夫（乔恩·波因廷 饰）很不满，克莱夫是个格拉迪斯·克拉维茨式的人物，但克莱夫的妻子贝芙（索菲·威兰 饰）却觉得迈克尔很有趣。

为了帮助迈克尔解决那些没有答案的问题，布莱恩告诉他，他在服兵役期间在埃及遇到过一名意大利人，对方是一名“形而上学和炼金术知识”的研究者，知道如何制造人造人（homunculi），即“住在装满水的巨大玻璃瓶中的微小先知”。他们能回答关于过去、现在或未来的任何问题，且无法撒谎。布莱恩记录下了配方，于是迈克尔在后院的棚屋里，在凯西最终的帮助下，开始按照配方进入一个奇怪且令人不安的领域。

克鲁克构建的世界略显歪斜，但在情感上却保持真实。奎格利饰演的角色蓄须且魁梧，但性格温和，说话方式深思熟虑，能够传达多种情感，表现出色；而帕特尔则与他形成了极佳的平衡。剧中的每个角色都显得独具匠心且个性鲜明，甚至包括在剧集过半时引入的一对看似反派的人物（剧中有很多偷听和潜行的情节）。任何可能陷入陈词滥调的时刻，都会转向另一个方向。

这部剧点缀着一些古怪的小细节和创意，且不一定会有解释。凯西（Kasey）并非演员，他梦想能出演《邻居》（Neighbours），这是一部已被取消的澳大利亚肥皂剧。一名少年（亚当·赖特 饰）在死胡同里没完没了地骑着自行车。一家咖啡馆被命名为“皮克尔斯”（Pickles），据称是“为了纪念那只找到了世界杯的狗”，这是 1966 年真实发生过的历史事件，看起来正是克鲁克（Crook）会构思出的那种东西。（关于这只狗，迈克尔说：“我不知道有什么联系，我觉得它不是本地的。”）凯西观看一个名为《名人刷桶工》（Celebrity Barrel Scrapers）的节目（原名《刷桶工》，但参与者是名人），参赛者在节目中“把桶刷干净”。剧中还出现了海鸥木偶、一辆双人自行车、一个兔子形状的油渍，以及一颗陨石。

迈克尔将有机会提出一些问题，并得到答案。但这部剧依然在快乐的氛围中结束，并打上了“未完待续”的标题。

沉浸于新项目

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[Below，见12] 但现在，这对搭档在奈飞（Netflix）现正播出的六集迷你剧《》中毫无保留地展现情感。在剧中，他们饰演一对父子，生活在加拿大纽芬兰一个雾气弥漫的渔村，而冰山遍布的海域中，某种神秘的事物正日益制造恐怖。

在《》中饰演卡尔文·潘尼（Calvin Penney）和韦德·潘尼（Wade Penney）时，这两位演员表现得充满激情且情感充沛。他们会陷入激烈的家庭争吵，也会在事情（偶尔）向好发展时欣喜地庆祝。

“剧本里写得很清楚，”哈特奈特说，“我唯一需要做的就是出现，并对查理产生那些情感。”

《》在加拿大纽芬兰实地拍摄，是 48, 岁的哈特奈特最近接手的又一个出人意料的项目。近年来，他凭借在《黑镜》、《奥本海默》、《陷阱》以及本月上映的《真实》（Verity）中的角色，正经历一场职业生涯的复兴。

32, 岁的希顿同样在多样化他后《怪奇物语》时期的作品集。他在《行业》（Industry）第四季中饰演一名命运多舛的财经记者，接下来将主演《浴血之徒》（Peaky Blinders）的续作剧集。

“我喜欢尝试给人们带来惊喜，或许也给自己带来惊喜，”希顿说。

当他们在 9 月下旬进行联合视频采访时，希顿刚从一个音乐录影带拍摄现场回到伦敦家中。哈特奈特则刚刚在英格兰汉普郡的乡村家中，将他的四个孩子（与妻子、演员塔姆辛·埃格顿所生）哄睡。以下是对话的编辑摘录。

是什么吸引你们两个参加这个项目的？

哈特奈特：几年前我出演了《黑镜》，《黑镜》的制片人杰西卡·罗兹（Jessica Rhoades）在预计开拍前大约两个月把《》的剧本发给了我。我很喜欢这个剧本，但有一些疑问，所以我必须与[创作者]杰西·麦基翁（Jesse McKeown）以及几位执行制片人沟通，以了解整体情况。在这次谈话之后，我觉得这听起来非常新鲜、细腻且自然。

希顿：它似乎充满了温暖和神秘感。我记得当时和我的经纪人讨论过，因为显然我刚结束《怪奇物语》的拍摄，所以有一点担心：“这是否太相似了？”但韦德是一个非常有趣的角色。我来自一个工人阶级的渔业小镇[英格兰布里德灵顿]。他也是工人阶级。每个人都认识像韦德这样的人。

哈特奈特：饰演我妹妹、他的姑姑的柳叶·基恩（Willow Kean）在查理刚到达片场时看到了他。他穿着戏服在抽烟，她当时说：“我觉得片场里进了一个不该在的人”——因为他看起来就像个当地人。他立刻就完全进入了这个角色的状态。

你们两人是怎么认识的？之前在业内有过交集吗？

哈特奈特：没有。我们在 Zoom 上认识的。我们和全体演员一起做了一些准备工作，主要是为了学习口音。一旦我们开始一起练习口音，就在网上拍那些破玩意儿，感觉很棒。

希顿：我们希望这个家庭成员听起来都来自同一个地方。但刚开始的时候，这种口音很难听出来。所以，我们当时都在一起犯错。

纽芬兰口音最大的障碍是什么？

希顿：我尝试过相当多的口音，但这个口音的规律很难掌握。就像是，这个词是爱尔兰式的，那个词有点像美国式的。我花了一段时间才能听出来。我们有语音教练阿里（Alison Kelly），而且片场很多群众演员也是当地艺术家，所以你可以真正地依赖他们。

哈特奈特：每个人都非常热情。对我来说最困难的部分是听出其中的节奏。所以我听了一个叫作《广播》（The Broadcast）的节目，它以前叫作《渔业广播》（The Fisheries Broadcast）。这是一个从1951年起就一直在播出的广播节目。每天他们都会就岛上发生的事情与某人交谈，因此你可以听到各种不同版本的口音，但同时也能对纽芬兰人的说话方式有一个整体的认识。这真的让我大开眼界。

在实地拍摄以及在自然环境中拍摄是什么感觉？

希顿：非常有力量且美丽。我们拍摄的地方是斯努克斯臂（Snook's Arm），位于一个叫作布里格斯南（Brigus South）的海湾。你早晨来到这里，每天面对如此纯粹的自然景观，我觉得非常令人感动。

哈特奈特：我们到达那里的头几天，他们带我参加了一次观鲸之旅。我想，“噢，太酷了。这听起来很像游客项目，但很有趣。”结果那成了一次精神洗礼。我从未在任何地方感受到自己在另一种动物面前如此渺小和微不足道。那些座头鲸就在这些小船的正下方，如果它们愿意，只需甩一下尾巴，你就会被甩进大海里。我从未像在那里那样体验过海洋中的自然。

你们饰演父子，但你们的年龄差距并不大。

哈特奈特：十五年半！我算过了。

你们是如何建立荧幕上的互动关系的？

哈特奈特：查理在饰演韦德（Wade）时非常入戏，因此很容易产生一种真实的保护欲和极大的爱。

希顿：我非常钦佩与乔什合作的一点[是]他非常有领导力。你真的很在乎，而且对每个人都非常慷慨，我也见到了你的家人，看到了你作为一个父亲的样子。所以，坦白说，在我的脑海中并不难构建出那些投射。能当你的儿子很酷。

JASON ARMOND 洛杉矶时报 希顿（左）与哈特奈特表示：“《BELOW》似乎充满了……神秘感。”

哈特奈特：太贴心了，伙计。谢谢。

查理，你记得乔什过去有哪些让你印象深刻的作品吗？

哈特奈特：[假装遮住摄像机] 我要把这个关掉。

希顿：一段时间以来，我最喜欢的电影之一是《幸运数字斯莱文》（Lucky Number Slevin）。我年轻的时候经常看那部片子。乔什，我也许得重温一下，已经很久没看了。

哈特奈特：好，告诉我它是否依然经典。

乔什，你熟悉查理的作品吗？

哈特奈特：我是《怪奇物语》（Stranger Things）的忠实粉丝，也看了《行业》（Industry）。然后，当他第一次通过Zoom以韦德的身份出现，且角色塑造已经如此完整时，我想，“他是个明星，伙计。这家伙是个明星。”

你们两人都在20岁出头时成名，但处于行业中截然不同的阶段。关于第一次意识到“噢，人们在荧幕之外也知道我是谁，有些事情发生了变化”时，你们有什么记忆？

哈特奈特：对我来说那是很久以前的事了。显然，那时还没有社交媒体，

希顿：我记得那个确切的时刻。当时我在西班牙北部的阿斯图里亚斯一个名为小镇拍电影。《怪奇物语》才播出几天。我就在这个小镇里，一个几乎不会说英语的家庭走过来，但他们认出了我。然后，我沿着街道走了一会儿，另一个孩子跑向我。

这部剧一夜之间爆红，还没等你反应过来，你就和所有你钦佩的人一起去参加艾美奖（Emmys）和英国电影学院奖（BAFTAs）。我想我们都感受到了“冒充者综合征”。就像是在想，在布莱恩·克兰斯顿（Bryan Cranston）和海伦·米伦（Helen Mirren）所在的红毯上，我在做什么？现在回想起来，那非常令人不知所措。我真的不知道自己是否处理好了这种如此之快的转变，以及人们如何期望你知道该如何应对。

奈飞 (Netflix)

在这部设定在加拿大纽芬兰一个渔村的奈飞惊悚片中，希顿（左）与哈特奈特。

但我们确实面临过相当严重的狗仔队问题。所以，像《教师》（The Faculty）、《万圣节：H20》（Halloween: H20）和《自杀少女》（The Virgin Suicides）这些电影最初取得的成功，处于一个很不错的程度，比如人们知道我是谁，我也因此能获得更多工作，但还没有大批狗仔队在酒店外面等着我。

当《珍珠港》（Pearl Harbor）上映时，情况改变了。当时我在摩洛哥拍摄《黑鹰坠落》（Black Hawk Down），必须回来为《珍珠港》做宣传。突然之间，我就再也没法出门了。这是一种很奇怪的经历，因为那时我才 22 岁，还没有做好心理准备。在拍完《黑鹰坠落》后，我决定回到我长大的明尼苏达州……明尼苏达州没有狗仔队。我在那里住了大约两年。

希顿：这种剧烈的变化是如此奇怪的经历。我一直觉得，我没有变，但周围的所有人都变了——这需要时间去适应，感觉很诡异。但其中也孕育了巨大的机遇和美好的事物。

哈特奈特：百分之百正确。如果这一切没有发生，我的生活可能不会像现在这么好。

乔什，你曾说过你觉得名人文化很“空洞”，而且你不想参加像《名人豪宅》（Cribs）或《恶作剧王》（Punk’d）这样的节目。你是否觉得作为一名青少年偶像，你被推向了某种特定的模版？

哈特奈特：那些东西不适合我。作为一个年轻的名人，你总是会被推向疯狂的边缘，那些东西在不久的将来，人们回想起来会感到尴尬。我很幸运地避开了那一面。

在我们的行业里，关键在于熬过 20 岁阶段，直到你赢得片场共事人员的尊重，他们才会给你足够的空间，让你按照自己想要的方式去塑造角色。

查理，你如何规划你在《怪奇物语》（Stranger Things）之后的事业？

希顿：在拍完最后一季后，我想演《行业》（Industry），我觉得这部剧对我来说截然不同。我可以使用自己的口音。这比我之前演过的任何剧都更成熟。而且扮演一个成年男人很重要。我扮演了一个像 21 岁一样的角色大约 10 年。而我一直在变老，[乔纳森]却保持不变。他离我越来越远。但我只想做那些希望能让我展现演技宽度的事情。

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SAN DIEGO HOMECOMING
Emotion spills over as the USS Abraham Lincoln returns after a grueling 321 days away. CALIFORNIA, B1

RAID ON SKID ROW TARGETS DRUG DEALERS

LAPD and feds arrest 23 accused of selling illegal substances to homeless people.

BY BRITTNY MEJIA AND RICHARD WINTON

Local and federal authorities said Thursday that more than two dozen people had been targeted for arrest in what they hailed as a sweeping operation against drug trafficking in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.

First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli said at a news conference that federal authorities had obtained 28 arrest warrants and 44 search warrants, and that 23 people were in custody as of Thursday afternoon. An FBI official said several others are still being sought for arrest.

“Individuals that we targeted in today’s operations are selling drugs to the homeless people,” Essayli said. “They’re keeping the homeless addicted on hard drugs.”

Essayli described the raids in a post on X as part of "Operation Save Skid Row," which he said also involved the Los Angeles Police Department, with more than 300 law enforcement officers participating from multiple federal agencies.

Thursday's raids stretched from Simi Valley to West Covina, targeting homes, a storefront downtown and numerous vehicles. According to criminal complaints filed by prosecutors, the accused dealers operated "stash pads" outside Skid Row and brought

[See Skid Row, A14]

Traffic cameras on PCH spot thousands of speeders

have been dramatic.

Tests show 100,000 violations over 9 days in Malibu. Some say tickets may not help.

BY KAREN GARCIA

Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu is one of Southern California's most breathtaking drives — but also one of its deadliest.

The 21-mile stretch of winding coastal road has claimed more than 60 lives since 2010, and repeated efforts to improve safety have yielded mixed results.

Recently, the city turned to a new tactic: installing speed cameras along the highway. The early findings

Even though the cameras aren't yet issuing official tickets — the program must undergo a 60-day warning period in November — preliminary testing data captured approximately 100,000 speeding violations over the course of nine days last month.

The eye-popping number underscores what residents and city leaders say is a major speeding problem on the twisting roadway. There's hope the cameras could improve the situation, but also doubt that simply mailing out a slew of tickets will make a difference.

It also might offer a window into what other communities might see as speed cameras pop up around the region. Los Angeles is expected to unveil a network of 125 cameras by the end of the month. Long Beach turned on its speed cameras Wednesday; there are a total of 16 camera locations with two more on the way.

From her office off Pacific Coast Highway and Carbon Beach, Felicia Daffara says she can hear the sirens as ambulances and sheriff's deputies race by when there's an accident in the area.

"The highway is dangerous right now," Daffara said.

The latest crash to generate headlines occurred the morning of Oct. 3, when authorities say a 16-year-old boy who appeared to be speeding struck a parked ve-[See Cameras, A14]

A 'spider web' of brothels

Woman's call for help to the LAPD reveals a network operating in plain sight in the Valley

By Matthew Ormseth and Summer Lin

The woman didn't have much time to talk.

Speaking in Mandarin, she told a police dispatcher she was being held against her will in a Sun Valley home. She pleaded for officers to arrive quickly. If her captors caught her using a phone, she said, she'd be beaten.

The call for help in 2024 ended up pulling back the curtain on what a Los Angeles Police Department detective called a "spider web" of brothels that operated in plain sight throughout the San Fernando Valley. They were set up in non-descript suburban homes, often shielded by hedges or fences. Customers were told the operation prized discretion and safety.

In local government and law enforcement circles, the conversation around prostitution is often focused on infamous corridors such as Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles or Holt Boulevard in Pomona. Sex workers — some of them minors — walk the streets in revealing clothes and high heels. These “blades” are often violent. Women are forcibly trafficked and raped. Customers are robbed. Rivalries between pimps can spill into gunfights.

But the network uncovered in the San Fernando Valley suggests another kind of prostitution is thriving behind closed doors.

The brothels were linked by what police described as a “call center.” A client would send his age, nationality and location in a text message, and the call center operators would reply with an address, according to screenshots of the exchanges reviewed by The Times.

“We have many places to recommend you the best girls wherever you go, massage parlors, hotels, houses,” an operator wrote to an undercover officer.

The network included at least 10 residential brothels in the San Fernando Valley, but its organizers were also linked to sex operations in the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County [See Brothels, A7]

Scouting out scat near Joshua Tree

Dogs help gather data that could show wildlife crossings' effectiveness

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — Rescue dogs Merlin and Siska are readying for an important mission out in the Mojave Desert: find animal poop.

As the fall brings cooler weather, the pups will trot among the Joshua trees wearing orange vests, "doggles" to shield their eyes from the sun and booties to protect them from the prickly cholla cacti.

As wildlife biologist Christina Aiello searches for droppings of bighorn sheep, which are relatively abundant, the dog duo from Rogue Detection Teams will sniff out harder-to-find bobcat and mountain lion scat.

Here, conservationists are planning to build two wildlife crossings over State Route 62, which connects Los Angeles and Joshua

By Noah Haggerty

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HEATH SMITH and rescue dog Whisper demonstrate scat sample collection near Yucca Valley.

Tree National Park and is the site of hundreds of collisions between cars and wildlife every year.

Dead sheep and bears strewn along the pavement have disturbed local residents for years, but ecologists fear the road may also cause a much slower and quieter die-off, with mountain lions inbreeding as they are cut off from other lions.

As California works to build dozens more crossings like these around the state, researchers are hoping their animal poop surveys will show that the benefits of these crossings extend hundreds of miles beyond the roadway.

"The isolation, long-term, of those populations could mean that those wildlife species aren't viable into [See Poop, A8]

Trump cracks down on elite study, work visas

Caltech, Microsoft, others are accused of overuse. Critics fear driving away talent.

BY NILESH CHRISTOPHER, JAWEED KALEEM AND ANA CEBALLOS

The White House is expanding its campaign against international workers, targeting elite study and work visa holders with restrictions and a new investigation.

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced a probe into whether Stanford, Caltech, UC Davis and other universities across the country have been abusing a special visa used by international scholars and students to do research and work in the U.S. It is also suspending Microsoft, Adobe and six other tech companies from how they sponsor employees who are in the country under a highly skilled worker visa program.

The White House's concern is that schools and companies are too quick to bring in people from outside the U.S. The moves rattled Silicon Valley executives and California educators who see easy access to the smartest, hardest-working people in the world as one of America's greatest competitive advantages.

Vice President JD Vance said the universities being investigated are overusing J-1 visas to bring in students and researchers from abroad. The international scholars then take jobs and grants that could go to Americans.

“They are using these visas way too much,” he said. “They are using them to undercut the wages of American grad students and American researchers, and it simply has to stop.”

Harvard, Yale, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State and MIT will also be investigated.

Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito said subpoenas have been served and "nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building." Many universities have buildings named for foreign donors.

While most of the companies targeted for the tech visa restriction were Indian, Vance called out Microsoft.

"There's been no company, unfortunately, in the United States that has [See Visas, A12]

AN AMTRAK Pacific Surfliner train runs along its low-lying tracks, close to the waves in San Clemente.
ALLEN J. SCHABEN Los Angeles Times

End of the line for a picturesque rail?

the tracks inland.

State will study how to move O.C. corridor threatened by rising seas away from coast.

BY SUMMER LIN

The famed railroad line along the San Clemente coast has found itself on the endangered list amid a relentless assault from rising seas and punishing surf.

Transportation experts have long discussed the possibility of relocating the tracks in the area, but the California State Transportation Agency is expected to launch a study before year's end examining what would go into potentially moving the rail line, according to Darrell Johnson, chief executive of the Orange County Transportation Authority.

Johnson said the study would probably take at least several months to complete.

Transportation planners previously said it could cost more than \$5 billion to move

“It will be complex. It will be expensive. It will be long-term in nature,” Johnson said of the study. “We’re very pleased that later this year, the state of California is expected to kick off that study. We expect a lot of public engagement with that, and examining the options to frankly respond to these challenges that we’re experiencing right now.”

The stretch of track along the San Clemente shoreline has long offered picturesque views of sandy beaches and lapping ocean waves for passengers traveling between Los Angeles and San Diego. Commuters on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner can enjoy a snack while taking in the sights, at a fraction of the cost of a plane ticket.

But over the years, land-slides, coastal erosion and rockfalls have also threatened the stability of what's officially known as the LOS-SAN Corridor (short for Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo) in parts of [See Railroad, A7]

Eyes in the sky to reduce emissions A second satellite is launched to double California's ability to detect methane gas leaks. CLIMATE, A9

A one-two punch to coastal areas Tropical Storm Rachel and a Kelvin wave could bring rain and risk of flooding. CALIFORNIA, B1

Weather Mostly sunny. L.A. Basin: 86/66. B5

Markets ...... A12 Opinion Voices ...... A13

County to review insurer's claims Civil probe to determine whether the FAIR Plan broke consumer protection laws. BUSINESS, A10

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THE WORLD

Ukraine faces shortage of combat-ready troops

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A SOLDIER in the Donetsk region. Troops can't be rotated often enough, causing burnout, an expert says.
DIEGO HERRERA CARCEDO Anadolu

BY SAMYA KULLAB

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's advances in drone technology and tactics have captured the world's attention. Despite those innovations, one problem has plagued the country since the start of Russia's invasion: a shortage of combat-ready troops.

Ukraine always has been outmanned by Russia, but as the war drags through its fifth year, the need for personnel is increasingly acute, commanders and analysts say, with some units at only half strength. There just aren't enough forces to fully exploit the battlefield advantages resulting from the drone innovations.

“Based on the equipment and the number of people we have today, we barely have enough to hold the sector we currently have,” said a deputy commander of the Da Vinci Wolves battalion in eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk area, a focus of Russia’s offensive.

“To move forward would inevitably mean greater losses,” said the deputy commander, who insisted on identifying himself only as “Afer” because of military rules.

Long-standing mobilization problems, including draft dodging and desertion, make it harder for Ukraine to build its reserves, according to military experts, resulting in only incremental changes along the 775-mile front line.

Ukraine needs to be able to commit forces quickly without taking them from elsewhere on the front. Otherwise, commanders have fewer options to turn a temporary advantage into a sustained operation, said Nick Reynolds of the U.K.-based Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank.

The shortage means that units can't be rotated often enough, he said, "leading to exhaustion and, in turn, exacerbating casualties."

The Defense Ministry, which in July underwent a shake-up by President Volodymyr Zelensky, is trying to tackle the problem with reforms to mobilization, training and the way the army is organized.

Uneven performance by front-line units worsens the problem. Weaker formations suffer heavier losses, creating a cycle of high attrition and constant replenishment.

The ministry did not respond to Associated Press requests for comment, but one of its officials summarized the problem by saying, "There just are not enough people."

Developing a new mobilization policy, including encouraging deserters to return, is among the most sensitive issues under consideration, said the official, who was not authorized to brief the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was replaced by Yevhenii Khmara in the summer shake-up by Zelensky, had sought to reorganize the military around fewer but stronger units. He wanted to reinforce those that performed well and disband the weaker ones.

Khmara has said he wants to continue those changes.

But the reforms will take time. Yehor Cherniev, a member of parliament's defense committee, said lawmakers have yet to see mobilization initiatives.

In June, Fedorov introduced reforms to military contracts designed to make infantry service more attractive by offering higher salaries and fixed terms of service.

Convincing Ukrainians who have little incentive to fight is a major challenge after more than four years of war, and the country is struggling to recruit enough troops from its estimated population of 39 million.

The pool of men ages 25 to 60 is relatively small after years of demographic decline from war-related displacement and migration. There are about 6.8 million men ages 25 to 59, according to U.N. figures provided by Ukraine's National Health System, but that includes wounded veterans and men otherwise unable to serve.

Official figures put the military's strength at about 1 million, with only a small fraction deployed at the

Compulsory service applies only to men. Women are allowed to volunteer, and those with medical or pharmaceutical training are required to register with the military. More than 70,000 women are serving in the army, according to Defense Ministry statistics in January 2025.

Some men flee the country illegally or hide at home. Recruiters sometimes stop men on streets and trains, and those without valid exemptions are sent into the army. In January 2025, the government said about 950,000 men had deferments at the request of businesses.

In March, Fedorov said that about 2 million men were evading service, and that about 200,000 soldiers had deserted or left their units without authorization. The penalty for desertion is imprisonment of up to 12 years.

Russia, with an estimated population of 143 million, also is struggling to fill its military ranks. It launched a widely unpopular partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists months after launching the invasion, and hundreds of thousands of men fled abroad. Since then, the Kremlin has relied on volunteers lured by relatively high pay and benefits to sustain its force of what President Vladimir Putin has said numbers about 700,000 men fighting in Ukraine.

Ukraine's problem is not so much a shortage of personnel but how they are managed and deployed, said military analyst Taras Chmut, who also heads Come Back Alive, a charity providing assistance to the army.

Russia bombs Ukrainian public buses; 30 are killed

EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press
AN INJURED Ukrainian is evacuated from a building in Pryluky on Wednesday.

BY HANNA ARHIROVA

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, killing 30 people as part of a wave of attacks that also worsened power outages in the capital.

The morning attack occurred next to a bus stop in the war-torn city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, prompting public transportation to be suspended in the area.

"There is no doubt that Russia is cynically targeting civilians," said Oleksandr Honcharenko, head of the city's military administration, adding that the rescue effort had been hampered by subsequent Russian attacks using small drones.

Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4½ years since Moscow's full-scale invasion. Russia has escalated its aerial attack in recent weeks, putting pressure on Ukraine as it prepares for winter and hitting the infrastructure keeping its war-battered economy afloat. Recent targets have included energy systems, key industries, railways, post offices, shopping centers, telecommunication networks, gas stations and grain exports.

Thursday's attack followed a Russian missile strike a day earlier that killed 22, including five children, in the northern Ukrainian town of Pryluky. Rescuers were searching the rubble of a residential building. At least 54 people were wounded. Several survivors slept in heavily damaged apartments because they couldn't find anywhere else to stay.

Appeal for more NATO support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Pryluky on Thursday with visiting British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.

Zelensky warned that Russia will probably escalate daily missile and drone attacks as winter approaches. He appealed for additional defense support from NATO countries.

“It is important that support in words takes concrete form in new packages for Ukraine’s defense,” he wrote in an online post. “Supplies of antiballistic capabilities, ammunition for our combat aircraft and investments in interceptors — all of this is directly helping save lives every day.”

Ukraine's energy company DTEK said national grid operator Ukrenergo had ordered emergency power outages in Kyiv, the capital. Regular, rolling outages that occur on a schedule across the country will be halted during these shutdowns.

Officials are urging families to prepare emergency kits, store drinking water and maintain backup power sources, as Moscow keeps up the intensity of its attacks.

Kyiv police said bomb disposal specialists defused two unexploded ballistic missile warheads, each weighing about half a ton, after they landed near residential buildings. Late Wednesday, Russian drones struck Kyiv's Obolonskyi and Desnianskyi districts, killing four people and injuring 12, including four children, police said.

Russian data center, refinery are struck

Russian tech giant Yandex said one of its data centers in the western Ryazan region was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, taking the site offline.

Also Thursday, Ukraine said its forces struck a large oil refinery complex in the city of Salavat, about 750 miles east of Moscow. Ukraine's General Staff described the complex as one of Russia's largest oil refining and petrochemical facilities. The claim could not be independently verified.

Ukrainian drones also reached Russia's Omsk region in western Siberia, more than 1,242 miles from the border with Ukraine. Omsk regional Gov. Vitaly Khotsenko said most of the drones were shot down by air defenses, but one "reached a northern industrial hub." He didn't elaborate. Russian independent news outlet Astra reported that the Omsk oil refinery was on fire after the attack. There was no official confirmation of the report.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said his government presented proposals to both Russia and Ukraine aimed at protecting civilian shipping in the Black Sea, while warning that commercial trade and grain exports could be disrupted by escalating military offensives.

Separately, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said the Baltic nation deployed about 100 additional soldiers to help secure the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member's border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland, Kaliningrad is separated from mainland Russia and remains a major security concern for NATO's eastern flank.

Arhirova writes for the Associated Press. AP writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Liudas Dapkus in Vilnius, Lithuania; Derek Gatopoulos in Athens and Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report.

No strikes on Iran before midterm elections, Trump says

By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States.

Trump, while stumping for Republicans this week, has hinted that he was confident that an endgame to the war could come in the days before or after the election, while also hinting that he remained open to resuming full-scale military operations against Iran.

For weeks, Trump has been threatening that a post-midterm election escalation in the seven-month-old war remains a viable option, despite his initial promises to Americans of a military campaign that would last a matter of weeks.

But Trump in a social media post on Thursday said the U.S. "will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United

States on November 3rd."

Trump added that his team has been “having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Negotiations had appeared at a standstill since Trump late last month publicly rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. met certain conditions.

Iran, however, said last week it had received a U.S. counterproposal. And Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said he expected Tehran would offer a formal reply within days.

Trump's post comes as the military has dispatched more resources to the region. U.S. officials have said a third aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and thousands of troops aboard it and accompanying ships could arrive as early as the end of October.

Trump's announcement was made the same day the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived at its home port in San Diego after a record-long deployment in support of the war. There have been reports of crew stress and poor mental health, as well as supply shortages, including food and hygiene products.

The USS George Washington, which is usually based in Asia, relieved the Lincoln in August. The other aircraft carrier in the Middle East, the USS George H.W. Bush, has been deployed for about six months, but it pulled into Phuket, Thailand, several days ago.

Boak and Madhani write for the Associated Press.

Increasing the number of personnel in the defense forces does not necessarily increase their effectiveness, Chmut said.

Exhaustion, poor organization, inadequate training and the lack of a clear end-of-service date drive recruits to desert, according to soldiers and military analysts.

The consequences are felt immediately at the front, with fewer troops to replace battered units or available for emergencies, and a diminished ability to divert forces when an opening appears. Drones can sometimes alleviate the shortages.

With replacements scarce, some troops have spent up to a year at the front with little opportunity for rotation, said Afer, the deputy commander of the Da Vinci Wolves battalion. His unit is operating at only about half its strength while its area of responsibility has doubled, he said.

Ideally, at least twice as many men are needed simply to hold current positions, but that doesn't take into account that a constant reserve of troops is needed to replace casualties, he said.

It's also a struggle to find qualified specialists who can operate increasingly sophisticated equipment on the battlefield, Afer said, adding that troops "who know how to think" are in short supply.

Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses. Even so, it has retaken territory in several areas, including in operations near the eastern city of Lyman.

Pavlo Narozhnyi, a Ukrainian military analyst, said he did not consider manpower an insurmountable problem for simply holding the defensive line.

“We can do limited offensives,” he said, pointing to recent actions in the Dnipropetrovsk and Lyman areas, “but it’s relatively small.”

Russian forces have occupied roughly about 380 square miles of Ukrainian territory since the beginning of 2026, while Ukrainian forces have retaken about 316 square miles, according to figures cited by Zelensky, who added that Kyiv aims to bring those figures closer to parity by year's end.

But Reynolds, of the Royal United Services Institute, said there would not be fundamental changes to the broader battlefield balance, with the front line essentially remaining the same.

Kullab writes for the Associated Press. AP writer Volodymyr Yurchuk contributed to this report.

U.S., Zambia sign \$2.49-billion pact for health financing

The countries agreed to remove clauses that stalled the completion of the agreement.

By Jacob Zimba

LUSAKA, Zambia — The U.S. government and Zambia signed a health financing deal on Thursday after agreeing to remove specimen-sharing and patient-data clauses that had stalled the conclusion of the pact.

The Zambian government also said that the deal does not contain any clauses linked to the country's abundant mineral resources, which will be negotiated separately.

Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer and there were concerns that the U.S. would try linking its health pact with the country to its natural minerals.

The U.S. State Department said the deal is worth a total of \$2.49 billion, with the U.S. contributing \$1.52 billion and Zambia investing \$975 million into its health system over the next five years.

The amount is somewhat less than the \$3.6 billion proposed by Zambian officials earlier this week.

The deal is part of the Trump administration's America First Global Health Strategy after it dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, once the world's largest humanitarian donor.

The new agreements aim to commit African nations to gradually increase spending on health services while the U.S. gradually phases out its assistance.

Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Mich Coker, said the partnership was also about shared security and prosperity.

“Infectious diseases know no borders. A strong Zambian health system serves as a first line of defense for both our nations and for the broader region. By helping Zambia detect and respond to outbreaks quickly, we are protecting Americans as well as Zambians,” he said.

Zambian Minister of Health Roma Chilengi said that the agreement would support the recruitment of 40,000 healthcare workers over the next five years, and that the deal did not contain any clauses that would compromise Zambia's security through data sharing.

"The Government will not be sharing any specimens with the United States because we removed all those aspects that raised concerns," he said.

Chilengi also dismissed suggestions that the deal was tied to the country's mineral wealth, particularly critical minerals.

He said no such clause existed, even in the original draft.

"As Ministry of Health, we never ever saw any MoU that speaks to minerals. There was no mention at all of any other MoU," he said.

"We did hear of those conversations in the public, but the contentious matters that were there were about specimen sharing and data protection."

In 2025, the United States announced that it was withdrawing \$50 million in annual aid to Zambia's health sector over what it described as "systemic theft" of donated medicines and medical supplies.

Last week, the government fired all 150 workers at the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency, which is responsible for the distribution of medicines and medical supplies across the country.

The U.S. has signed health data and specimen-sharing agreements with at least nine African nations, committing them to send data and specimens within five days of a request, according to agreements published by the U.S. State Department.

The U.S. says it can then give the health data and specimens to up to 10 American “non-government entities” to develop diagnostics and treatments.

Some African countries, including Zimbabwe, Ghana and Namibia, have rejected the proposed health deals with the U.S.

Zimba writes for the Associated Press.

CROWDS gather in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on Wednesday after Maricarmen's death was reported.
BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press

Death of 87-year-old Spanish woman reenergizes protests to stop evictions

BY JOSEPH WILSON AND ALICIA LEÓN

MADRID — María del Carmen Abascal had spent most of her life living quietly in the apartment her family began renting decades ago in downtown Madrid. That was until her fight to avoid eviction transformed the 87-year-old into a symbol for millions of Spaniards who struggle to afford housing.

Abascal, known widely as Maricarmen, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, two weeks after she was evicted. Her death has reinvigorated housing protests and threatens to further polarize Spain ahead of a national election next month, when the housing issue will be central.

Sympathizers with Maricarmen's cause left candles, flowers and letters overnight at an impromptu shrine in Madrid's central Puerta del Sol, where around 1,000 people have camped to protest Spain's housing affordability crisis since Maricarmen's eviction on Sept. 23 captured the nation's attention.

On the door of her old home, a sixth-floor apartment near Madrid's Retiro park, a piece of paper was taped with the handwritten message “Rest in Peace Maricarmen,” accompanied by a drawing of a black heart. Many left messages on the street outside.

“Your death won’t be in vain. We will continue the struggle,” read one of the messages.

In Barcelona, a popular graffiti artist painted Maricarmen in angelic form, complete with halo, wings and a white toga. She is holding a key, apparently the key to the home she didn't return to, though it recalled traditional images of St. Peter holding the keys to paradise.

But beyond the grief there was also rage, as well as a conviction that this wasn't over.

Many protesters believe that Maricarmen's demise was caused by the strain of the eviction. Thousands protested when police carried Maricarmen, who used a wheelchair, on a stretcher from her home of seven decades last month. She died in the hospital, and her lawyer did not disclose a cause of death.

One sign in Puerta del Sol read, “These are not deaths, they are murders,” echoing chants that rang out during a march toward the parliament late Wednesday when news of her death spread.

“She was the flame that led us to start this camp-in and protest,” receptionist María Holgado, 28, said outside her tent Thursday. “Her death shocked us and left us all incredibly sad, but I believe it will give us more energy and conviction to keep protesting and demanding our rights so that there is not one more murder.”

"The blame falls on the property owners and vulture funds that are taking advantage of a basic right and making loads of money from it," she added.

Holgado said she and her partner could only afford a tiny apartment, and are paying dearly for it. Her case is typical. The average rent for Spain has almost doubled in the last 10 years, according to the real estate website Idealista.

Similar protests and camp-ins have stayed active in Barcelona and other major cities. The main organizers of the protests, Madrid's Tenants Union, were calling for another march Thursday. Protesters also plan a show of force Nov. 11, when labor unions have called a general strike two weeks ahead of the election.

The televised images of Maricarmen being taken from her home last month shook Spanish politics to the core.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez first tried to push through emergency housing measures to stop evictions and curb real estate speculation. When right-wing parties aligned to stop the legislation in the parliament, Sánchez doubled down by calling snap elections. He then reissued similar decrees that are set to be ratified by a small, interim parliament.

Sánchez, who is hoping to use the housing question to galvanize progressives for the Nov. 29 election, was quick to send his condolences to Maricarmen's family and friends on social media.

Palestinian factions move to delay first vote in 20 years

ISRAELI election banners greet a Palestinian near Ramallah, in the West Bank.

Legislative elections set for Nov. 28 face logistical issues in East Jerusalem and Gaza.

BY ABBY SEWELL AND SAM METZ

BEIRUT — Palestinian factions are discussing postponing legislative elections that had been planned for November, officials said Thursday.

A top official with the Hamas-allied militant group Islamic Jihad said the factions had reached an agreement to delay the vote, which is facing huge logistical problems in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and war-ravaged Gaza, as well as the history of feuding among the Palestinians.

A spokesperson for Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stopped short of confirming that a final decision had been reached. But he said that the election timing will be part of a “dialogue and national consensus” among the factions and that the potential postponement will be discussed by the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Abbas has set Nov. 28 as the date for parliamentary elections in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. If the elections proceeded on schedule, they would be the first polls in 20 years.

In a statement to the Associated Press that after meeting in Cairo, Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Mohammed al-Hindi said the factions “have reached understandings regarding the resumption of Palestinian national dialogue and agreed to postpone the upcoming Palestinian elections.”

He said that the Fatah delegation will return to Ramallah in the West Bank to finalize consultations.

Fatah spokesperson Abdel Fattah Dolah said the party wants elections to take place but is engaged in dialogue with the other factions on their timing, in light of calls for their postponement and “the difficult circumstances on the ground facing our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.” He described the discussions in Cairo as “very positive.”

Countries that back the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority have pushed for elections as part of broader reforms. In the past, Palestinian leaders have postponed elections at the eleventh hour, citing challenges including campaigning and voting in East Jerusalem. The logistics of voting in the Gaza Strip are even more complicated.

Failing to hold the elections could strain the Palestinian Authority's relations with donor countries.

Key logistical issues for holding the vote in Gaza and East Jerusalem remain unresolved, and leading factions have not registered electoral slates, with the deadline for candidates less than a week away.

Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas' political bureau, said the scheduled elections had been premature.

“Election is part of a democratic process, and it has to be built on a solid Palestinian-Palestinian dialogue to see how can we proceed forward in this conflict, and how to manage our internal disputes, and to offer, or how to present the Palestinians to the world with a united leadership, with a united vision,” he said.

Naim said Hamas would support postponing the election if doing so would allow for such a dialogue to take place.

Without elections, the Palestinian Authority has gradually lost popularity in Gaza and the West Bank, where many Palestinians see it as ineffective, corrupt and acting as a subcontractor for Israel's decades-long occupation.

Hamas won a majority of seats in the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council the last time elections were held in 2006. Israel and Western countries then boycotted its government, fueling months of unrest that led to the Hamas takeover of Gaza the following year. Abbas dissolved the parliament in 2018 and postponed the most recent scheduled elections in 2021.

Not all factions are on board with delaying November's vote. Helmi Al-Araj, a political bureau member with the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small faction within the PLO, said that requiring consensus should not be used as an excuse to postpone elections that could “end rule by decree and by one individual.”

"Postponing the elections would cost the Palestinian Authority what remains of its credibility with its people and with the international community," Al-Araj said.

Ahead of November's scheduled election, an unlikely alliance — which appeared to take aim at 90-year-old Abbas — had emerged among Hamas, Islamic Jihad and a bloc led by Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief who was exiled in 2010 after a bitter falling-out with Abbas and had been driven from Gaza by Hamas. Dahlan has since cultivated close ties with the United Arab Emirates, which has relations with Israel and was the driving force behind the 2020 Abraham Accords.

He serves as an advisor to the UAE's ruler and maintains extensive contacts with U.S. and Israeli officials, making him an unlikely ally for Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which have fought Israel for decades.

There have been multiple attempts over the years to bring Hamas and Islamic Jihad into the Fatah-led PLO, the highest body representing the Palestinian cause, but all have foundered.

A main sticking point has been the PLO's recognition of Israel. Although Hamas officials have said they are willing to accept a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem — territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war — they have stopped short of recognizing Israel, whereas Islamic Jihad takes a harder line.

Both are considered terrorist groups by the U.S. and other Western countries, which have voiced support for Palestinian democracy over the years while rejecting any government that includes Hamas.

Sewell and Metz write for the Associated Press and reported from Beirut and Jerusalem, respectively.

To stay in power, Sánchez will probably need to maintain the current coalition between his Socialists and a smaller party further to the left. They have been trailing the right-wing parties in polls.

Analyst Alejandro Quiroga, a politics professor at Madrid's Complutense University, said the tragedy of Maricarmen should mobilize progressive voters, especially those supporting Sánchez's current coalition partner, Sumar. The party, which has long pushed for stronger housing regulations, is changing its name to Frente Amplio, which means Broad Front, an effort to urge all parties to the left of Sánchez's Socialists to get on one ticket.

“In political terms, this will be remembered as a milestone,” Quiroga told the Associated Press. “Her death completes the narrative that evictions and real estate speculation literally kill.”

On Thursday, members of left-wing parties held a minute of silence outside both the regional parliament and town hall of Madrid. Politicians of the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox did not participate in either. The right-wing parties have repeatedly called on the government to send in police to break up the camp-in in Puerta del Sol. The government has refused.

The regional and municipal governments held by the Popular Party have for years pushed back against attempts by Sánchez's government to regulate rental costs. The Popular Party argues that regulation hurts investment when Spain needs hundreds of thousands of new homes.

Madrid's conservative mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, accused Sánchez of politicizing Maricarmen's death.

"My condolences? Yes. Participating in Sánchez's campaign for Nov. 29? No," the mayor said.

Wilson and León write for the Associated Press. Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain.

New indictment accuses Maduro, wife of torture

FORMER Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores already face life terms in a drug case.
ARIANA CUBILLOS Associated Press

Authorities say ousted Venezuelan president abused thousands in his bid to keep power.

BY PHILIP MARCELO AND MICHAEL R. SISAK

NEW YORK — U.S. authorities have charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens in order to maintain his hold on power. The new indictment, unsealed Thursday, adds pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking offenses.

Maduro, who was previously charged with participating in a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S., is now also facing allegations of human rights abuses during his reign as president of the oil-rich South American nation.

“He authorized the use of torture against specific individuals and oversaw a system designed to use torture, arbitrary detention and violence as a means of repression against the political opposition,” says the revised indictment, which newly charges Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with torture conspiracy.

The allegations include electric shocks, beatings and asphyxiation at Maduro's behest.

Asserting that thousands of Venezuelans were “harassed, threatened, arrested, prosecuted, assaulted, tortured, or killed” by people acting at the behest of the government that Maduro controlled, the indictment alleges that the abuse included electric shocks, beatings and asphyxiation. Maduro, the indictment claims, signed off on methods of torture and personally threatened the killing of one prisoner’s child “as a form of psychological torture.”

A message seeking comment was sent to Maduro's lawyer; Flores was in court for a previously scheduled hearing, where her attorney said he hadn't yet had time to review the new allegations.

Both Maduro and Flores have been behind bars in New York since early January when forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid.

Both have pleaded not guilty in the U.S. drug case first brought years ago against them and numerous alleged co-conspirators. They had already been facing potential life prison sentences if convicted.

Maduro has been under investigation for years by the International Criminal Court over allegations of crimes against humanity, tied to his crackdown on opponents. He has always denied any wrongdoing.

The revised indictment includes several mentions of the involvement of Venezuela's feared DGCIM military intelligence agency, which was headed for many years by one of Maduro's co-defendants, Gen. Hugo Carvajal. He broke with Maduro years ago, pleaded guilty last year to drug trafficking charges in New York, and has offered to testify against his former boss.

The indictment alleges that the torture victims included three U.S. citizens, who were not named in the court documents.

One of those Americans was punched, subjected to electric shocks and forced to eat his own vomit during eight months of imprisonment, the indictment says. Another was beaten badly enough to necessitate a long hospital stay and had a gun stuck in his mouth. A third was handcuffed, hooded and beaten for two days every half an hour, suffering a permanent eye injury, the indictment said.

Maduro has long ignored lawsuits brought in U.S. courts by Americans who alleged they were beaten while in custody in Venezuela.

Flores, meanwhile, was in court Thursday so her lawyers could urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems.

Their attorneys have asked for the case to be dismissed on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.

Lawyers for Flores, 69, have also argued that she has medical issues that cannot be treated effectively in jail, and that she could instead be allowed to live under 24-hour guard at a residence in New York.

They also said she suffered permanent scarring when she was “thrown against a wall or dresser” during the U.S. military action that led to her capture.

Her lawyers say she has lost 25 pounds while imprisoned at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and has been told that she might need heart surgery. They said she has "lingering lightheadedness, dizziness and shortness of breath" and might have suffered a minor heart attack in July.

Prosecutors opposed the bail request. In a court filing, they wrote that Flores would pose an “extreme risk of flight and danger to the public” if released. They also said she has been taken from the jail to get treatment at a local hospital, when care was needed.

President Trump's administration has defended the raid to capture Maduro as a “surgical law enforcement operation.” Maduro has called himself a prisoner of war and his capture a kidnapping.

Flores is charged with participating in a cocaine importation conspiracy with her husband, who served as Venezuela's president from 2013 until his capture by American forces in January.

Lawyers for Flores said she was no threat to flee because she is “intent on supporting her husband with her constant presence.”

Marcelo and Sisak write for the Associated Press. AP writers Larry Neumeister and Jennifer Peltz in New York and Josh Goodman in Miami contributed to this report.

U.S. consulate laborers sign deals in exploitation case

By Colleen Barry

MILAN, Italy — Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. Consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging \$50,400 each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company.

More than 60 laborers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a nearly \$35-million settlement reached last month with Alabama-based Caddell Construction. The signings began Tuesday.

Prosecutors say it is the largest settlement for labor exploitation in Europe.

Each worker signed a document seen by the Associated Press agreeing to not disparage Caddell and to not disclose the individual payments. Caddell said in the document that the settlement was not an admission of liability. Individual payments are to be made within 30 days of the signing.

The workers saw the potentially life-changing sum in black and white for the first time at the signings — with the highest reaching nearly \$101,000, said Francesco Brigatti, the court-appointed administrator working to return the consulate construction site to legality.

The payouts combine unpaid overtime, reimbursement for housing illegally deducted from their pay and hefty damages personally sought by investigating prosecutor Paolo Storari, Brigatti said.

"The damages component alone amounts to 60[%] to 70% of the overtime total," Brigatti said, well above the 10% to 30% that he said is more customary in such cases.

Dilip Ram, a 43-year-old mason from India, has worked at the Milan consulate site for more than two years. He said the money would go a long way to helping his family of five back home in Bihar state.

“Things are better now than before.... We get more rest now,” Ram said after signing the deal. “This has led to a lot of change. This settlement will be good. Because the workers had troubles, that’s why this settlement has been applied.”

Over two days, 115 workers signed the deals, with the procedure continuing next week.

Prosecutors say workers were paid less than \$2 an hour, were illegally docked money for housing and denied overtime for working up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. They also were allegedly subjected to threats and not given proper medical care when they were injured on the job. Most of the workers were from India, but also Nigeria, Kenya and Bangladesh.

Luca Bruno Associated Press
WORKERS are splitting a nearly \$35-million payout from Caddell Construction.

Workers from India reported having to pay \$5,600 to recruiters to get the jobs, but the settlement did not directly address abuses in India, where prosecutors could not investigate, officials said.

The investigation against Caddell remains open, pending the payouts, which are expected to be completed by February. Two managers under investigation for extortion and facilitating illegal immigration remain under house arrest.

Caddell's settlement includes about \$12.5 million for Italy's social security coffers and workplace injury insurance. Under the deal, the workers are also getting permits to work in Italy even off the Caddell site.

Caddell, a major contractor for U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, said in June that it was cooperating fully with Italian authorities, reviewing its global subcontractors and consulting firms for compliance with labor laws, and working with authorities to protect workers on the project.

“Caddell continues to cooperate in good faith with the appropriate authorities throughout this process, and we remain focused on the care and well-being of the people working on an important project,” the company said Wednesday.

The U.S. State Department has said that it is investigating the allegations made by prosecutors and that U.S. law enforcement is working with Italian authorities. Last week, it added that it is following the case closely.

"The U.S. government has zero tolerance for illegal activity," it said.

In all, nearly 480 workers can expect payouts — about 300 still working on the site, an additional 100 elsewhere in Italy and the rest in their home countries.

“We have asked the Indian Consulate to help,” said Adelio Riva, a labor lawyer working as a consultant for the prosecutor’s office. “We are relying heavily on word of mouth because, as they say, ‘Follow the money.’”

The signings are being followed also by three construction worker trade unions that are assisting the workers. It is a bittersweet coda to a saga that started when unions were denied access to workers at the consulate job site, with diplomatic status cited erroneously, said Trifone Radogna, an organizer for the Feneal Uil construction workers union. He said the union had never been barred from informing workers of their rights on job sites in Milan, which has been undergoing a construction boom over the last two decades.

“We have never encountered a labor-exploitation system on this scale,” Radogna said.

“Here workers’ dignity was lost: They found themselves without accommodation, without meals, and they were already starting at a disadvantage because they had to pay 5,000 euros before leaving.”

Barry writes for the Associated Press. AP social media producer Nandini Gupta in New York contributed to this report.

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FRANK FRANKLIN II Associated Press
NEW YORK Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a vigil on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

Mamdani remarks draw outrage

New York mayor condemns Hamas attacks while also denouncing Israel.

BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by condemning Hamas’ “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. It did not go well.

Instead, his comments further angered some Jewish critics who consider his strong opposition to Israel antisemitic, and pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a Wednesday night vigil for victims of Hamas' attack to confront the mayor and cast him as a traitor to their cause.

Mamdani, a Democrat and the city's first Muslim mayor, has long been a fierce defender of Palestinian human rights and is one of the country's most prominent political critics of Israel's military actions in Gaza. His stance has drawn scrutiny in a city with the largest Jewish population outside Israel, while at times some on the far left have bashed him for not doing enough to hold Israel to account.

On Thursday, Mamdani appeared to take the protest in stride, telling reporters: "I am the mayor of New York City and this is what I signed up for."

The maelstrom began when Mamdani commemorated the victims of Hamas' surprise attack on Israel with a statement that began with a solemn recognition of the "unthinkable loss" suffered by Israelis but then castigated Israel's military response.

"The suffering did not begin nor end that day," the statement read. "It instead continued through the Israeli government's devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians — including more than 21,000 children."

The statement reignited criticism that Mamdani harbors antisemitic views — a claim he has vehemently denied — and was blaming Israel for the attack.

"This is a reprehensible statement on the anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack by a Palestinian terrorist organization against innocent Israelis," U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, a Jewish Democrat in New York, wrote on X.

"In the guise of 'grieving' with those mourning that day, Mayor Mamdani asserts as fact hotly disputed allegations that he knows full well will offend and further upset those same people he pretends to grieve with."

Ofir Akunis, consul general of Israel in New York, who had invited Mamdani to a Wednesday screening of footage documenting the attack, called the mayor's statement a “disgrace, shame, and insult to the memory of those who were murdered on October 7.” Akunis later posted an image of an empty chair reserved with a placard for the mayor along with the caption “guess who didn’t show up.”

Mamdani, who took office in January, has moved to assuage concerns that his criticism of Israel does not amount to antisemitism, courting high-profile Jewish political allies and late last month debuting a sweeping plan to address antisemitism and hate crimes in the city.

At the same time, he has continued to employ, and defend, heated rhetoric toward Israel, which includes calling for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he calls a “war criminal” and “the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people.”

Netanyahu, in an address at the United Nations General Assembly last month, called Mamdani “the anti-semitic mayor of New York”

and charged that “many Jews no longer feel safe in New York.”

Mamdani also marked the anniversary by attending a candlelight vigil at Union Square in Manhattan organized by Israelis for Peace, which describes itself as a group of Israeli anti-occupation activists. The vigil was disrupted by protesters who waved Palestinian flags and chanted.

Mamdani, who did not speak at the vigil, appeared somber while protesters booed and yelled: "Zohran, your hands are red!"

At one point, Brad Lander, a Jewish politician who struck up an alliance with Mamdani when they were both running for mayor last year, denounced the violence overseas, saying “no matter what country or nationality or religion, every mother, every mother gives birth to her children and wants the best for them, wants life for them.” Protesters jeered.

"We refused to compromise on anyone's humanity. No amount of shouting stopped us," Lander, the Democratic nominee for a House seat in Manhattan and Brooklyn, later wrote on X with a photo taken at the vigil. "May their memory be for a blessing."

Izaguirre writes for the Associated Press.

President's \$90 Medicare rebate rolls out

Aaron Schwartz Bloomberg
SEN. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, described the rebate checks as an election-year stunt.

Less than a third of the plan's recipients are eligible for the payments, however.

By Fatima Hussein

WASHINGTON — President Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of \$90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about \$2 billion.

Less than one-third of all Medicare recipients are eligible for the payments, which are expected to be sent out this week. Not eligible are roughly 35 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, millions of people with disabilities who get premium assistance and low-income Medicare recipients.

The election-year promise that the Republican president made over the weekend comes as the Nov. 3 midterms are fast approaching, with the cost of living and healthcare expenses among the top issues for voters.

Some questions and answers about the payouts:

Who will benefit?

Some 20.8 million people in the original Medicare Part B who are living in the United States, not receiving premium assistance from Medicaid or not paying an income-related monthly adjusted amount.

Medicare Advantage enrollees, who make up more than half of the eligible 64.2 million Medicare beneficiaries, will not receive a payment, according to KFF, a healthcare research non-profit. Nor will 12 million low-income older adults and people with disabilities who get premium assistance.

The Part B program covers expenses such as doctor's visits, ambulance services and lab tests. Total monthly costs generally start at about \$200 and vary with income.

Allison Schuster, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement that the administration “is enabling Americans to take control of their health by putting money directly back in the hands of Medicare patients.”

When will the payments go out and how will they be disbursed?

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website, eligible beneficiaries will receive one \$90 rebate this month, with most getting a direct deposit on or around Friday. Others will receive a paper check from the Treasury Department later in October.

Juliette Cubanski, director of KFF's program on Medicare policy, said the payment will be automatic.

"As far as a benefit goes, people don't have to call or sign up — it's just money they receive directly, but not everybody on Medicare will receive this money."

A White House fact sheet says people can call (800) MEDICARE ([800] 633-4227) to check their eligibility for the premium rebate. To check on payment status, people should call the Social Security Administration at (800) 772-1213.

What is the source of the money?

Payments will come out of the Medicare Improvement Fund created by Congress in 2008 and intended to make improvements to the Medicare fee-for-service program.

The fund was created to improve program management and conduct oversight of contracts and contractors, according to the Congressional Budget Office, but its purpose has ex-

panded after various legislative changes.

This is not the first time the fund has been used.

President Obama's administration, along with Congress, redirected \$20 billion to expand healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

But under Trump, it is the first time that the fund has been used to directly pay recipients.

What are critics of the plan saying?

Critics of Trump's promise characterize the \$90 payments as a preelection stunt designed to sway voters rather than address structural problems in healthcare costs and administration.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, said in a statement that “this is another desperate attempt by a failed president to escape Americans’ revulsion with his failed agenda, amounting to one tank of Trump-inflated gas.”

Trump recently promised \$500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Obamacare enrollees across 30 states whom the White House alleged were overcharged by the Biden administration for some fees.

Cubanski said the Medicare rebate payments were being sent out when Americans were feeling the bite of higher food, energy and gas prices.

"This might be helpful for people, but it might not go very far."

Hussein writes for the Associated Press.

Trump won't let Iran strike SoCal, he assures crowd

Cheung, insisted the president's remarks had been taken out of context.

President is ‘not going to let that happen,’ he says, two days after his remarks stoked outcry.

By Ana Ceballos

WASHINGTON — President Trump told a crowd in Texas on Wednesday night that he would not allow Iran to attack San Diego or Los Angeles, a comment that came two days after he made off-the-cuff remarks suggesting the West Coast cities could be struck.

"You want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles," Trump said at a rally. He then assured the crowd: "We are not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country."

The San Antonio crowd cheered the remarks.

Trump's decision to return to the subject capped two days in which the White House had been on the defensive, and it appeared aimed at tamping down the fallout from remarks he made Monday night that quickly spread online.

Speaking in Nebraska, Trump had said: "They can take out a city, let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven

"The media freakout over President Trump's comments is not rooted in reality," Cheung wrote Tuesday. "He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn't been stopped. America is safer because of the president. Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money."

But the remarks were enough to rattle many in California and drew backlash from the state's leaders, including Republican Jim Desmond, a Navy veteran running in a highly competitive U.S. House race.

"I vehemently disagree with President Trump's comments," Desmond wrote on social media. "America must stand up to Iran and defend our interests, but the first responsibility of our Commander in Chief is to protect the American people and our homeland."

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday opened the state emergency operations center to assess potential threats following Trump's remarks. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.

“San Diego is not collateral damage,” Gloria posted on social media. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.”

House candidate says she was raped while repairing signs

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD AND WUFEI YU

PHOENIX — An Arizona congressional candidate says she was knocked unconscious and sexually assaulted this summer while she was repairing campaign signs overnight.

Bernadette Greene-Placentia told investigators that two men raped her and that she kicked her feet up at one point to try to fight back. She said she felt the weight of one of her attackers on her body and had bruises on her arms from being held down, a bump on her head and other injuries, according to police reports.

“I knew that I had been knocked out,” Greene-Placentia told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Greene-Placentia, 52, is a Democrat who is challenging Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh for the 8th Congressional District seat representing parts of metro Phoenix that are reliably red. She said she told her husband and campaign staff about the mid-August attack in Sun City days after it happened. The Phoenix New Times first reported on it Wednesday.

Greene-Placentia told the AP she was disgusted that two men took control of her body and she had no say in it. She said she decided to speak out publicly when she realized she was telling voters she would advocate for them when she was not advocating for herself.

"My takeaway is that I have a lot more empathy and understanding of why so many women don't come forward," she said. "And, and I'm hoping that I can encourage them."

Greene-Placentia said she couldn't recall many details of the Aug. 14 assault, including the exact location or a description of the men, though she said one wore black boots and had small feet. She told investigators one of the men used an expletive to describe her, and she believes he referenced her political party.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office declined to comment on its investigation of the attack.

"I have read the disturb-"

ing story and call upon authorities to investigate these serious allegations thoroughly, including finding all possible camera footage of the time and place in order to prosecute the crime to the fullest extent of the law," Hamadeh said in a statement. "No American should become a victim of a crime in their own community."

Greene-Placentia is a former long-haul trucker and later ran a small transportation company, according to her campaign.

In a social media post supporting Democrat Pete Buttigieg's 2020 run for the presidency, Greene-Placentia called herself a former Republican and a “never Trumper,” and said she voted Libertarian in 2016. Greene-Placentia later became more engaged in Arizona Democratic politics.

She said she often put up and repaired campaign signs overnight because it was cooler than the blistering summer days and there was less traffic.

Arizona Democratic Party Treasurer Greg Freeman said he got a call from Greene-Placentia, a friend who ran his 2024 campaign for county assessor, the morning of Aug. 17. She told him she had been sexually assaulted by two men, Freeman said, and he could tell she wasn't ready to go to the police or share it publicly.

“Obviously she was processing it on the phone,” Freeman said. “She was just in shock. She was just horrified by what happened.”

Greene-Placentia said she wishes she had called police immediately and gone to a hospital. After the attack, she took multiple showers and washed the clothes she was wearing, police reports state.

The embarrassment and anger made it hard for her to come forward, she said. She reported the attack to police in late August.

The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Greene-Placentia has done.

Billeaud and Yu write for the Associated Press.

Execution of Ft. Hood shooter to be livestreamed

"WE'LL MAKE sure that people are able to watch" the execution, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
AL DRAGO Bloomberg

Hegseth says Nidal Hasan's death by firing squad on Dec. 3 will be ‘public.’

By Konstantin Toropin

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice News on Wednesday, said the execution of Hasan will take place at Ft. Hood on Dec. 3. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009.

"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public," Hegseth said.

Hegseth spoke to the outlet aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier while visiting the long-deployed crew, who supported the Iran war, before their arrival at their home port in San Diego.

When asked if Hasan had made any final requests or reached out to the Trump administration, Hegseth replied: "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd."

Officials in the Pentagon clarified Thursday that the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had said Mon-day that President Trump had approved the execution of Hasan.

Trump has previously been critical of public executions in Iran, at times using the possibility of protesters being killed by the Iranian government as a possible rationale for military action. Those warnings preceded his ultimate choice to attack Iran at the end of February over its ballistic missiles and the risk of it developing nuclear weapons.

“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping,” Trump told reporters on Jan. 14 of this year. “It’s stopping and there’s no plan for executions.”

He repeated that claim on Jan. 20 at a White House media briefing, saying: "We let them know that if that happens, that will be a very bad day for them. And they decided not to do it. They didn't hang the people."

Slightly more than a month later in his State of the Union address, Trump said, "We stopped them from hanging a lot of them with the threat of serious violence."

The White House on Thursday referred questions about the plans for the livestreamed execution to the Pentagon.

However, experts on military law said Hasan could choose to resist execution and file a habeas petition in civilian court, which could significantly delay the execution.

“It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions,” said Eugene R. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School who specializes in military law.

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who held the rank of major, walked into a medical building where soldiers were waiting in long lines to receive immunizations and medical clearance for deployment. He shouted “Allahu akbar!” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and opened fire with a lasersighted handgun.

During the trial it was revealed that Hasan spent weeks planning the deadly attack, and his preparation included videotaping a sales clerk showing him how to change the magazine on the pistol he had purchased. He would later go to a gun range outside Austin and ask for advice on how to reload with speed and precision from an instructor.

Soldiers later testified that Hasan's rapid reloading made it all but impossible to stop the shooting. Investigators recovered 146 shell casings inside the building and dozens more outside, where Hasan shot at the backs of soldiers fleeing toward the parking lot.

Hasan said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims. A military judge barred him from presenting that as a defense during his trial. Hasan made almost no effort to defend himself in court, telling jurors when he acted as his own counsel that evidence would show he was the shooter and describing himself as a soldier who had “switched sides.”

Hegseth said the military hasn't executed a service member by firing squad since World War II. The last military execution took place on April 13, 1961, when Army Pvt. John Bennett was executed by hanging.

Toropin writes for the Associated Press.

Army identifies systemic failures in D.C. midair collision

ALEX BRANDON Associated Press
SEARCH efforts take place in the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Jan. 31, 2025.

The crash involving a jet and a Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people last year.

By Josh Funk

The U.S. Army found many systemic breakdowns that led to last year's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., and recommended numerous steps the military should take to prevent future tragedies.

The military has not publicly released its report on the deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil in more than two decades, but ultimately shared it with many of the families of the 67 people who died.

For months, the families have been pressuring the Army in daily social media posts to release the report, which was completed in May. The Associated Press obtained a copy on Thursday. The Army did not immediately comment.

Although the report largely reinforces the National Transportation Safety Board's conclusions, the civilian investigation was broader and the NTSB focused on years of warning signs missed by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Army report highlighted how the air traffic controller in the tower at Reagan National Airport could have prevented the crash but also acknowledged the military's own failings.

The report recommended that the Army look beyond Washington, D.C., to

study the practices in every major city where its helicopters operate to ensure similar risks aren't present. An Army official said the review of helicopter flights in other cities, including Los Angeles and the Seattle-Tacoma region, is ongoing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the situation.

The lieutenant general who wrote the report said "breakdowns across all layers of conflict management caused this accident" but "the most salient contributing factor was the two bro-

ken radio transmissions" that kept the helicopter crew from identifying Flight 5342 as it was circling to land on Reagan National Airport's alternate runway. The military pilots were wearing night-vision goggles that limited their field of vision and made it difficult to spot the plane amid the lights of the city.

The main group of families of passengers on the plane, who were flying from Wichita, Kan., said the report reinforces their call for Congress to pass aviation safety reforms and require aircraft to be equipped with systems that will help pilots know where traffic in the air is.

"It's a simple concept anyone can understand: aircraft should be able to see each other in the sky. The technology is proven. All that's required is the political will to do the right thing," the Families of Flight 5342 group said in a statement Thursday.

“We have waited long enough. We waited for the NTSB. We waited for the Army. Both investigations are complete, and both make clear that collision avoidance technology must be part of the solution. There is nothing left for Congress to wait for,” they said.

Both the House and the Senate passed different aviation safety bills, but lawmakers are still working on a compromise piece of legislation to bring up for a vote in both houses of Congress.

Unclear if Tennessee will try to execute Christa Pike again

Death penalty experts say the state could be pushed into uncharted legal territory.

By Kate Brumback

After Christa Pike survived Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her, the unsettled question of whether the state will try again could push Tennessee into uncharted legal territory, experts say.

Pike, 50, suffered burns and blisters to her arms and her prognosis remains uncertain after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital, her legal team said Wednesday. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Although other states have moved forward with attempting to execute inmates a second time, in those cases, the first try had been halted before any drug actually began flowing.

Departing Republican Gov. Bill Lee has paused executions in Tennessee and ordered an outside review of the failed Sept. 30 attempt to put Pike to death. His office did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on whether the state would try again to execute her.

Death penalty experts say it's hard to know what will happen if the state decides to move forward with a second attempt.

“Whether or not it would be lawful for the state of Tennessee to attempt to execute her again is a complex question that will take significant time, attention and analysis of her defense team, the prosecution team, the state government in Tennessee and multiple state and federal courts,” said Stephen Johnson, a criminal defense attorney in Tennessee who is president-elect of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Pike regained consciousness almost six days after the failed attempt to kill her. Her legal team had believed she was brain-dead, but after she woke up, she was aware of what happened and was “angry and confused,” her lawyers said Wednesday.

Her attorneys will surely explore the medical and psychiatric impact of receiving two doses of the lethal injection drug and being on a ventilator for several days to determine if she is “now legally competent to even be executed,” Johnson said. That will probably include neuropsychological and forensic psychiatric evaluations and potentially other medical tests, and then there would “undoubtedly be significant litigation” over those issues, which can take years, he said.

There have been dozens of problematic executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, including several attempts that did not end in death.

Alan Miller and Kenneth Smith both survived lethal injection attempts in Alabama in 2022. Both argued that a second execution attempt violated the 8th Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment as applied to them individually, which courts found "plausible" in early litigation stages. However, the U.S. Supreme Court did not agree to decide this question, and both were ultimately executed by nitrogen gas in 2024.

Two other inmates, Thomas Creech of Idaho and Tony Carruthers of Tennessee, remain on death row after failed attempts to administer lethal injection drugs.

But Pike's case is distinguishable from others where a second execution attempt was made because she “bore the brunt of lethal drugs,” said Jordan Steiker, co-director of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas. He said other cases involved “the psychological trauma of facing an execution effort” but not “grievous harm.”

Louisiana executioners tried to put to death 17-year-old Willie Francis in 1946 but called off their efforts after an improperly prepared electric chair failed to kill him.

But he was executed by electrocution the following year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a second execution attempt did not violate double jeopardy under the 5th Amendment or constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment, attributing part of its reasoning to the “malfunction” of the electric chair.

LAWYERS for Christa Pike hold a news conference in Nashville on Wednesday.

The court notably said, "Accidents happen for which no man is to blame." But a dissenting justice called the experience of being subjected to a second execution attempt "death by installments."

It's not clear whether this case would be viewed as controlling precedent because the Court has not revisited this ruling using its modern "evolving standards of decency" approach to the 8th Amendment, Steiker said.

“So I think the guide today would be whether or not it would be viewed as repulsive according to contemporary community standards to attempt a second execution,” he said.

Experts said they are not aware of any state or federal statute that explicitly bars a second execution attempt after a first one fails.

John Mills, a lawyer who represents people facing the death penalty, said a crucial question would be whether a second attempt to execute Pike would amount to torture.

He said federal courts have declined to intervene in "less egregious" cases, but noted that Pike's lawyers had previously warned that her medical conditions could complicate a lethal injection and make it agoniz-

In the Valley, a different sort of prostitution

Photographs by MYUNG J. CHUN Los Angeles Times A HOME on Van Noord Avenue in Sun Valley that LAPD investigators said was used for prostitution.

A MAN was arrested at this house on Haskell Avenue in North Hills after a raid by LAPD officers.

[Brothels, from A1]

and the Inland Empire, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Several women testified they were recruited through the Chinese social media app WeChat, where the ring's shadowy organizers were known only by their usernames: "Cherri," "Cherish" and "Perfect."

It's possible they were aliases of the same person. Whoever is overseeing the network has so far managed to elude arrest.

'Private and safe'

LAPD officers arrived within minutes of the 911 call. Inside the three-bedroom house on Van Noord Avenue, they found little furniture or personal effects — only lubricant, condoms and suitcases, Det. Martin Pinner wrote in a search warrant affidavit.

A woman had fled the house when police arrived. Speaking in Mandarin, she said she'd come to the United States three weeks earlier. She said she had been shuttled among four homes and forced to have sex with 10 men a day, Pinner wrote. Two other women at the home, who were from China and Romania, denied being trafficked.

The LAPD never found the woman who'd called 911, Pinner wrote in the affidavit.

Detectives seized the home's surveillance system, which showed a man named Jiajia Fan assigning customers to the women, collecting payment and turning over the money to a courier, Pinner wrote.

Fan, 38, pleaded no contest in April to conspiring to commit pimping. He was placed on probation for two years and ordered to undergo sex offender therapy, court records show. He could not be reached for comment.

Pinner searched the Van Noord Avenue address on Google and found a prostitution advertisement. An undercover officer dialed the associated phone number, and the person who answered said he could buy sex at four other homes in North Hollywood, Reseda and Encino.

Call centers are common in prostitution networks, Pinner wrote. Usually operated by women so “as not to make the customers nervous,” they answer texts and calls from a bank of cellphones, he wrote.

Another officer texted the hotline and received a detailed message. The network's brothels were open from 9 a.m. to midnight and operated out of homes, the message said, and they were "very private and safe."

The network had a website with “menus” for each location, Pinner wrote. Options ranged from \$140 for a 20-minute “basic service” to a \$300, one-hour “deluxe VIP package.”

In June 2025, detectives had staked out an address listed on the website — a house on Saticoy Street shielded by tall hedges — when they saw a Toyota Sienna pull up, Pinner wrote. A man exited the home and handed the driver an envelope.

Detectives tailed the minivan to four other homes in North Hills, North Hollywood, San Gabriel and Rosemead. At each location, a man emerged and either handed the driver an envelope or spoke with him for a few seconds.

Detectives arrested the courier at a brothel on Riverside Drive, according to a police report. He was carrying nearly \$10,000, some of it stuffed in envelopes marked with addresses of brothels. He has not been charged with a crime.

The Times interviewed the courier, who asked not to be named for his safety. The 63-year-old said he left Qingdao, China, in 2016 to reunite with his wife and daughter who had immigrated earlier to San Gabriel.

To help pay for his daughter's college tuition, the courier said he took a job offered by a friend to pick up what he thought were the proceeds of massage businesses. Every morning for two months, he drove around the San Fernando Valley and collected envelopes. He was paid \$3,000 a month, he said.

The courier said that after making his rounds, he turned over the money to a heavyset woman who spoke with a northern Chinese accent. They never met in the same place twice — always outside a supermarket or business in Arcadia or Temple City, he said.

The courier told The Times he didn't know the names of anyone involved in the operation. But according to a search warrant affidavit, he told the LAPD he was recruited by someone named Darren.

The name would surface again in an investigation 50 miles away.

'He wanted sex'

In August 2025, LAPD Officer Matthew Crump texted the hotline and was given the option of a motel on Sepulveda Boulevard or a house on Haskell Avenue, he testified at a preliminary hearing.

The man who answered the door on Haskell Avenue asked for the last four digits of Crump's phone number, then led the officer past a woman eating at a kitchen table who wore a black fish-net dress. Another woman in a white silk robe was smoking a cigarette.

The man — later identified as Jiwei Zhang — knocked on a closed door, and a woman wearing a short black dress opened it. After Crump negotiated a sex act, he alerted his partners. They raided the home and arrested Zhang.

The woman whom Crump solicited later testified she was living in Orlando, Fla., supporting herself by driving for Uber, when a friend mentioned she could make some money in Los Angeles. The woman, who was identified only as Sandy, said her friend told her to contact someone named Cherish through WeChat.

Cherish sent Sandy the Haskell Avenue address, Sandy testified at a preliminary hearing. When Sandy arrived, Zhang greeted her and showed her to a room. Not long after, she heard a knock at the door and opened it to find a strange man.

"He wanted sex," she recalled. Sandy testified she thought she'd be working as a masseuse. "I don't do sex," she said.

“But here, that’s what you do,” the man replied.

Sandy testified Zhang took half of the \$200 the man paid her for sex. Cherish added her to a WeChat group, Sandy said, where she was required to report information about customers, including how much they paid and the amount of time they spent at the brothel.

Sandy estimated she had sex with 10 men a day. She testified she wasn't forced to have sex, but only did it because she was "afraid." She had nowhere to go if she tried to leave, she said.

“I don’t know anybody here,” she testified.

The woman Crump saw eating in the kitchen testified she was also told she could make money giving massages in Los Angeles. The woman, identified only as Barbara, said she was born in Cuba and was working as a dancer at a members-only adult club in Austin, Texas, when a friend introduced her over WeChat to someone called Cherri.

After requesting Barbara's full name, photograph and "references," Cherri bought her a plane ticket to Los Angeles, Barbara testified.

Barbara said she and the other women referred to Zhang, then 37, as “the butler.” Along with surrendering a large cut of her earnings, she was required to pay Zhang \$5 per client and \$80 a day for room and board, she testified.

Customers paid with cash, Zelle, PayPal or Venmo, Barbara testified. The Zelle account was linked to a limited liability company controlled by Cherri, Barbara said.

“I only saw her once,” she testified, recalling the time Cherri came to collect money from Zhang. "She is an older woman. And other girls had told me that she was the boss."

Zhang was released on bond. When police learned he'd booked a flight out of the country, they stopped Zhang at Los Angeles International Airport and interviewed him, LAPD Officer Louis Jimenez testified.

Zhang admitted managing the brothel, Jimenez testified. He said his family in China was paid by the network's operators, who sent them the equivalent of around \$75 a day through WeChat.

Zhang pleaded no contest to conspiring to commit pimping and was sentenced to two years' probation. He had told police he was recruited over WeChat by someone called Perfect, Jimenez said. A defense attorney asked the officer, "Did you follow up as to who Perfect is?"

No, Jimenez replied.

'She's the main boss'

The arrests didn't take down the network.

Three months later, the LAPD raided an “associated” brothel on Shirley Avenue in Reseda, a prosecutor said in court. One of the women arrested there — identified only as Miriam — testified she willingly had sex for money.

But for a few “minor incidents,” the network didn’t employ violence or coercion, Pinner testified. In one instance, a potential patron who left without purchasing sex told the LAPD he was later blackmailed for money, the detective wrote in his affidavit.

The “house manager” of the Shirley Avenue brothel, Ali Alobadi, pleaded no contest to conspiring to commit pimping. Like all of the convicted managers, Alobadi was spared prison and granted probation. The deputy district attorney who prosecuted the cases didn’t respond to a request for comment.

In an unsigned statement, an official from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said probationary sentences were "appropriate" given the defendants' lack of criminal history and levels of involvement. Authorities are still investigating who led the operation, the official said.

Miriam testified there was someone higher up than Alobadi — someone whose nickname was familiar to authorities.

“She’s the main boss,” Miriam said. She never learned the woman’s name. “We just knew that person as Perfect,” she said.

There is no public record of anyone higher up than a "house manager" being prosecuted — although it's clear authorities have an idea of who was in charge. In a warrant filed in September 2025, Pinner said one of the alleged organizers was identified through an investigation in Irvine.

In 2024, police searched a brothel operating out of a home on Skinner Street. After the raid, officers were watching the house when they saw a man enter and leave with some paperwork, Pinner wrote. They questioned the man, who said someone named Darren had asked him to lock it up.

Darren was the same name the money courier gave to the LAPD.

The man said he also collected some papers belonging to his girlfriend, whose name was Candy Ding, Pinner wrote in the affidavit. Officers seized the man's phones and shared the data, including several WeChat groups, with the LAPD.

The phone records indicated Ding was the person who went by “Cherish,” Pinner wrote. Based on the WeChat messages, the detective concluded Ding oversaw the brothel on Van Noord Avenue first discovered by police, Pinner wrote in the affidavit.

It's unclear if the LAPD has identified the person known as "Perfect." Pinner didn't return a request for comment.

The detective identified Darren as the nickname of Ding's husband, Hongshan Wang. According to his affidavit, the couple owned a Van Nuys massage parlor that the LAPD investigated in 2019.

In a civil complaint, then- Los Angeles City Atty. Michael Feuer alleged Ding and Wang ran a “sophis- ticated prostitution ring” out of two massage parlors. Ding and Wang’s lawyers disputed the allegations and said the couple had sold the parlors, but a judge ordered the two to pay the city a \$163,000 judgment. Their at- torneys did not return re- quests for comment.

Ding and Wang have not been charged in the brothel investigation. On a recent morning, a woman pulled a Tesla SUV into the driveway of a Temple City home linked in public records to Ding. The woman, who wore large gold-rimmed sunglasses and a bright-colored dress, denied she was Ding.

She asked why a Times reporter wanted to speak with Ding. Told the LAPD had named Ding as being involved in a prior prostitution network, the woman said, "They need to do a better investigation."

State to look into relocating rail corridor as seas rise

BOULDERS along the tracks in San Clemente reinforce and protect the famed coastal railroad's right of way.

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In September, high tides and powerful wave activity from Hurricane Marie buffeted the San Clemente coastline, temporarily halting Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service after more erosion and slope damage were spotted near the train tracks.

"As a condition of work on the portion of rail line in San Clemente, the California Coastal Commission required a Long-Term Railroad Adaptation Study due by 2034," according to a statement from the California State Transportation Agency.

The study has not yet launched, the agency added, and all options are on the table.

"There has been no decision made to relocate the portion of the rail line in San Clemente and it would be premature to identify a route, timeline, or cost before that study has concluded. Relocating a rail line that carries passenger, freight, and military traffic is a major, long-term undertaking that requires careful analysis of engineering, environmental impacts, community effects, cost, and funding, along with close coordination with rail owners, operators, and federal partners," the agency said in a statement.

“In the meantime, protecting the existing line is essential to keeping trains running safely for the communities that rely on them.”

Over the last five years, coastal erosion, bluff movement, high tides and landslides have significantly disrupted rail service in San Clemente. More than \$300 million in local, state and federal funding has been invested in rail protection measures such as sand placement.

Two years ago, OCTA identified four hot spots of "significant concern" along the San Clemente coast that needed repairs, according to the agency. OCTA secured state and federal emergency funding for repairs, but that work is about a year and a half behind schedule.

"There's a growing consensus that the lack of sand on beaches results from concrete lining up the channels from years ago," Johnson said. "Urban development has changed those sediment and flow patterns. Sea-level temperatures also appear to be heating up, and that creates an expanded volume of water."

Delays along the rail corridor have “cascading” effects throughout the rest of the system and affect other agencies because they all use similar crews and equipment, according to Fiailoa Ah Sue, assistant director of track and structures maintenance at Metrolink.

Ah Sue said Metrolink, which provides commuter rail service throughout Southern California, will be looped into the study.

"Our responsibility would be to make sure that any new track is inspected and safe for operations," she said. "That's what we do for any new work or projects that modify the system."

OCTA has already completed its Coastal Rail Resiliency Study, which evaluated strategies to protect the railroad for up to 30 years. A draft of the study didn't propose only one solution but advocated for 23 different strategies, including bluff stabilization, catchment walls, sand placement, engineered revetments or sea-walls, and rail-foundation improvements.

The California Coastal Commission requires that relocation studies be conducted as part of its oversight under the California Coastal Act, a law aimed at protecting the state's 1,100-mile coastline.

"The study would inform where the potential locations for a rail location could be and what other state, local and federal agencies would be involved," said Shannon Vaughn, coastal program manager for the California Coastal Commission. "We don't know what all of that entails right now and that's why a study is required to ask all of these questions and identify issues and potential possibilities."

The Coastal Commission would be involved in the rail line's relocation only if the track needed to be moved to a region inside the coastal zone, according to Vaughn. The relocation project could also require permits from the State Lands Commission, State Parks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, among other agencies.

“It also kind of highlights the complexity of the location of this rail corridor,” Vaughn said. “It’s in such a sensitive area that there are these multiple state agencies that have jurisdiction to protect the public resources through which this rail corridor passes.”

Looking for scat to assess wildlife crossings

WHISPER, with Jennifer Hartman, left, and Heath Smith, is rewarded with a toy after finding a scat sample.
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the future," said Aiello, a biologist with Wildlands Network. "You can lose those populations even though you have a large protected space," like Joshua Tree.

Traditional surveys of carcasses along roadways have shown that crossings do reduce wildlife collisions. Now the researchers working along SR 62 plan to go a step further by analyzing the location and DNA of dozens of poop samples for each species, before the crossings are built and after.

That will enable the scientists to measure whether the bridges result in wildlife roaming far beyond their isolated islands, increasing genetic diversity as animals find mates other than their cousins.

Few have done this type of research before. A review of more than 300 studies on wildlife linkages around the globe found that only 14% assessed whether the crossing notably changed animal movement.

"The rest, they found, did not have adequate monitoring ... to show that they were effectively improving conditions for wildlife," Aiello said. "So, there's this huge gap in our knowledge of how well these projects are actually working."

With some mountain lions stuck in Joshua Tree National Park to the east of SR 62 and others stuck in the San Bernardino Mountains to the west, conservationists say they're already seeing kinks in their tails — a sign of inbreeding.

Losing these predators could harm the entire park's ecosystem.

“Joshua Tree National Park is known internationally, now,” said Geary Hund, wildlife crossings project manager at the Mojave Desert Land Trust, the nonprofit leading the SR 62 efforts. “The loss of apex predators could result in a domino effect throughout the whole ecosystem that could dramatically degrade the park, and you could even lose other species.”

In recent years, California has increasingly prioritized wildlife crossings in its conservation strategy. Four were completed in the state last year, and 37 more are underway, the California Natural Resources Agency wrote on social media in March.

A series of recent laws, including one signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, now require the California Department of Transportation and city governments to include wildlife connectivity considerations in highway and local planning.

However, one particularly ambitious wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in L.A. County has brought the structures under more scrutiny. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, scheduled to open in December, was initially projected to cost \$90 million. The figure is now \$114 million, which project leaders say is the result of “inflation, labor shortages and construction complexity.”

Yet this colossal project is not the norm. The average price of last year's completed crossings was \$16 million, with the ones under development expected to come in around \$15 million each, according to the Natural Resources Agency.

Since the SR 62 crossings are still in the planning phase, the Mojave land trust doesn't have a projected cost yet. Hund said he anticipated them to be "closer to ...

A BIOLOGIST shows how makeshift twig chopsticks can be used to collect bighorn sheep droppings.

the more standard price tag" but noted that because it's a geologically active area, seismic considerations could raise the cost a bit.

The land trust plans to finish most of the planning by 2029. Once it secures enough funding, construction is expected to take roughly two years.

Officials have known of the wildlife problems along

SR 62 for decades. In the early 2000s, ecologists identified the spot as one of the 15 most crucial disconnects along the south coast, and wrote that without a plan to restore wildlife corridors, “several thousand square miles of the very best southern California wildlands would be irreversibly jeopardized.”

Animals do have a few small underpasses they can use along the route — and one larger one where SR 62 goes over a bridge — but bighorn sheep avoid covered areas like these where they are vulnerable to predators.

Locals, meanwhile, have watched the isolation and carnage firsthand: A big-horn staring at an underpass but never entering. A jackrabbit thwarted mid-highway by a tall concrete median. Carcasses, constantly.

"Coyotes are fairly common; bobcats are fairly common," said Arch McCulloch, a board member of the Morongo Basin Conservation Assn. “But when you get things like bears being hit by cars and killed, that gets people’s attention.”

So the land trust began acquiring land along both sides of the route near Yucca Valley in anticipation of an eventual crossing. In 2016, the federal government designated the Sand to Snow National Monument, 154,000 acres of wildlands that extend from alpine conifer forests in the San Bernadino Mountains to the floor of the Mojave Desert. The designation, which sought to preserve habitat linkages, included land on both sides of the highway near Morongo Valley.

Meanwhile, Joshua Tree National Park has seen its visitor numbers nearly triple since the 1990s. As traffic on the road has increased with that meteoric rise, the problem has only grown more pressing.

When Caltrans released a study for crossings in 2021, it identified both spots — near Yucca Valley and near Morongo Valley — as prime candidates. Over a 13-month period that included the COVID-19 shutdown, the study identified 232 animal carcasses along the route, including bighorn sheep, mountain lions, squirrels and snakes.

In February, the state's Wildlife Conservation Board awarded the Mojave Desert Land Trust \$5.5 million to design the crossing. It has also received just over \$500,000 from a state conservancy and \$100,000 from Caltrans to fund planning and the poop surveys.

Aiello, standing in the land trust's headquarters in Joshua Tree, acknowledged the research methods are "creative." Whisper, another rescue dog with Rogue Detection Teams, rolled around enthusiastically with her rope toy in the courtyard after successfully identifying some scat. But behind Whisper's goofiness, Aiello sees a strategy to transform how crossings are built:

"Do it faster, do it cheaper, do it more effectively for wildlife."

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A METHANE-DETECTING satellite was sent into orbit this month. Above, a SpaceX rocket booster is displayed in Hawthorne.

Eyes in the sky in climate fight

Second satellite is launched to double state's ability to detect methane gas leaks

California has gotten its second satellite specifically equipped to spot the powerful climate pollutant methane. Pasadena-based nonprofit Carbon Mapper launched it aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc. The group partners with the state and can now check twice as often for climate-heating plumes, improving the emerging picture of this invisible gas.

“This means we can make observations at more locations and more frequently at existing locations,” Lindsay Buckley, spokesperson for the California Air Resources Board, said in a statement. Unlike other pollutants, methane is not exhaust from burning. Instead, it leaks, gushes or wafts from landfills, oil and gas equipment, and manure pits at dairy operations.

Regulators now will be able to find leaks faster, to follow up and make sure operators have made repairs, Buckley added. Many other states and countries also use images taken by Carbon Mapper's first satellite, Tanager-1.

Methane traps heat at about 80 times the rate of carbon dioxide for the decade-plus that it persists in the air. That makes it urgent to address.

California is required to reduce methane emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Landfills are responsible for about 41% of methane pollution in the state.

Carbon Mapper launched its first methane-tracking satellite in August 2024, in partnership with satellite company Planet Labs and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Both went aboard SpaceX rockets.

Carbon Mapper Chief Executive Riley Duren, who worked at NASA for 30 years, said the company aims to visualize 90% of all methane emissions around the planet eventually. Satellite sensors like the one on Tanager-2 can detect the invisible gas by measuring wavelengths of light bouncing off the Earth's surface. Global methane plume data are available on 30-day lag on Carbon Mapper's website.

"If you can make the data accessible, and you can work with people in a way that teaches them

BY BLANCA BEGERT

California's methane hot spots

Officials have issued 211 notices to landfills and oil and gas facilities alerting them to planet-warming methane leaks since satellite tracking began in May 2025. Each circle is a plume. Darker, overlapping circles indicate multiple leaks over time.

Map includes open and resolved incidents through Aug. 25. Plumes are made public 30 days after observation. California Satellite Methane Project
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to use the data, then you can achieve large reductions in emissions," Duren said.

The air board started working with Carbon Mapper last spring to pinpoint methane emissions. The satellite can see the gas leaking at the facility level — exact to within 50 meters. The agency gets the images within 48 hours, then sends out notices to landfill and oil and gas op-

erators.

The air board says that since it started getting the data in May 2025 from the first satellite, it's been able to address at least 18 methane gushers. Buckley noted a 918-kg-per-hour leak at the Midway-Sunset Oil and Gas field in Kern County in August that was fixed the same day California Resources Corp. was notified.

Livestock operations are not cited. Those emissions are not directly regulated yet. They contribute about $26\%$ of the state's methane pollution.

Not all methane, harmful as it is, is illegal. Some releases are allowed, for example, when a company performs maintenance on a pressure relief valve and gas is vented. Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when they are contacted, according to the state's dashboard.

Carbon Mapper's goal is to prevent the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon dioxide every year with a constellation of satellites. It expects to launch two more next year. In addition to California, the company partners with 11 other states to report methane super emitters, but Duren said California is the only state with a program that sends out notices to enforce its regulations.

He said in total there have been 66 fixes at oil and gas sites across the U.S. in the last year, and an additional 60 leaks under investigation. Carbon Mapper doesn't have similar numbers for landfills because methods to calculate the impacts of repairs are still being developed.

The Tanager-2 took off around 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 1, a foggy day. It's a replica of the Tanager-1, but on a different orbit. The latter crosses the equator roughly at noon each day and the new one now crosses around 10:30 a.m.

With one satellite, California was able to make methane observations about three times a week, Duren said.

“Once we build the constellation out, the four-plus satellites, we’ll be able to make multiple observations a day of the same area,” he said.

Earth's driest desert is covered in wildflowers

BY NAYARA BATSCHKE

THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile, even the desert is blossoming.

Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers after the El Niño weather pattern brought heavy rains to the region earlier this year. The unusually large amount of water allowed millions of seeds and bulbs to sprout and bloom, many of them after remaining dormant for decades.

“It is a unique phenomenon; there are more than 200 plant species,” Jorge Carabantes, head of the Protected Areas Department at the National Forest Corp. (CONAF), told the Associated Press. “This is a flowering event that is obviously extraordinary and unusual, very different from other blooms that occur elsewhere on the globe.”

The Atacama lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains, stretching some 1,000 miles all the way down the northern coast of Chile.

Although flowering is common during the transition from winter to spring, this year the rocky, brownish dunes that make up the desert's traditional landscape have turned into a vibrant, colorful carpet of wildflowers during a historic Desierto Florido, or "flowering desert."

“I always thought it was just going to be brown. That’s my image of a desert, just brown,” said Felix Banda, 51, who was born in Chile but has lived almost his whole life in Australia. “I knew that it had rained a lot, so I was expecting to see some beautiful greenery, but this is an incredible landscape,” he added about his first visit to the Atacama.

Rain brings a spectacle

Between July and August, Chile recorded record rainfall in several regions, with some levels never seen since measurements began in the 1950s. The heavy precipitation was driven by a super El Niño, a climate phenomenon that causes sharp rises in global temperatures and is becoming stronger.

“Since rainfall records began, these are the most significant figures in terms of volume: 6 to 7 inches in some locations,” said biologist César Pizarro, head of the Biodiversity Conservation Section at CONAF Atacama.

The storms have caused flooding, havoc and devastation in several parts of Chile. Yet in the north, they also have enabled the historic desert bloom, covering some 6,560 square miles this year. This area is similar in size to the Santiago Metropolitan Region, the country's largest and most populous area.

According to CONAF projections, it's expected to be the most intense and extensive Desierto Florido since 1997.

The heavy rainfall activated the desert's biological material, known as germplasm — seeds, bulbs and tubers but also the eggs of various invertebrates and reptiles.

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A RAINBOW can be seen last month in the flowering Atacama Desert near Copiapo, Chile, a bloom helped by record rainfall.

The result is a true visual spectacle featuring more than 200 species of plants and flowers in a variety of colors, shapes and forms. Red and yellow ñañucas, purple rock purslane, white suspiros, orange terciopelos and the native garra de león, one of the desert's most celebrated species, have transformed the hills, plains and ravines of the Atacama.

"There are hills and mountain ranges where no greenery or flowers had been seen for more than 30 or 40 years," Pizarro added. "This desert germplasm can remain [dormant] for many years, even decades. The hills this year are the best example of that."

Tourism picks up

Whether arriving from within Chile or overseas, tourists are venturing into the remote, inhospitable areas of the Atacama to admire the millions of flowers adorning vast areas of the desert, stretching from the coast to the horizon.

According to data provided to the AP by the National Tourism Secretariat, the Atacama region is expected to see nearly 300,000 overnight trips by the time the natural phenomenon ends in November, positioning Desierto Florido as one of the region's main tourist attractions this season.

Chef Franco Moya, 37, and his girlfriend traveled nearly 620 miles from Santa Cruz, a town in central Chile's Colchagua Valley, to several parts of the desert to celebrate his birthday.

"It was striking to see how the flowers grow in such a dry place," he said. "It's my first time here ... and it was a truly surprising moment."

Batschke writes for the Associated Press.

Keurig has pods OK for use in compost

BY OLIVIA RAIMONDE

Coffee-pod makers have spent years trying to find a design that doesn't leave a crumpled piece of plastic or aluminum with every brewed cup.

This week, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., one of the world's biggest makers of coffee pods, started a new way of brewing coffee that it says will slash waste.

Called AltaRounds, the one-cup portions are made from compressed coffee wrapped in a coating derived from seaweed that the company sources from France. The puck-shaped capsules come eight to a box, and most varieties will cost \$1.37 each — comparable to one of the company's traditional K-Cup pods.

“You can dispose of the AltaRounds any way you would normally dispose of your coffee grounds,” said Monique Oxender, the company’s chief sustainability officer. “They’re obviously great in compost and that’s where we’d like to see them go. I put it on my garden. I put it on my house plants.”

Some producers have tried recycling coffee pods, though conventional recyclers struggle to deal with small pieces of plastic. In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged KDP with making inaccurate statements about the pods' recyclability, saying two of the country's largest recycling companies said they wouldn't accept the packaging at their facilities. (KDP agreed to pay a \$1.5-million civil penalty at the time.)

Waste from single-use coffee packaging is growing. The global coffee pods market was valued at \$40.5 billion in 2024 and is projected to expand to \$58.2 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research, a market research and consulting firm. Nearly 40,000 pods are produced every minute, with more than 20 billion disposed of globally each year, according to Earth911, a recycling database provider.

Other coffee companies have created compostable packaging, but there are questions about whether these products can break down entirely and concerns about the lack of infrastructure to process them. Last year, a United Kingdom regulator blocked two coffee companies from advertising their products as compostable because they could be broken down only in industrial facilities, not at home. In the U.S., there are a limited number of facilities that can handle industrial composting.

"I'd say the problem is really in the infrastructure and the economy of recycling and composting," said James Sternberg, an assistant professor of sustainable packaging at Clemson University. "That's where the real challenge is."

The AltaRounds don't need to be shipped to an industrial composting facility, though that's an option. KDP says they can be composted at home, the same as ordinary coffee grounds, disintegrating within 12 to 16 weeks and fully biodegrading within six months.

Using them will require buying a new coffee machine, and because it can also make espresso, that will cost more than those that take traditional pods. The company is offering the Keurig Alta for \$499.99 as part of a bundle that includes four boxes of AltaRounds and glassware through Oct. 15. The retail value would be \$650, the company said. For comparison, KDP's best-selling traditional K-Cup brewer costs \$219.99, according to the company's website.

The launch includes six coffee varieties: a single-shot medium roast espresso, a double-shot dark roast espresso as well as dark, medium, light and a caramel-flavored coffee.

KDP is not the first company to sell compressed coffee pods. It's licensing the alginate coating technology from Switzerland-based Delica's CoffeeB system, which already rolled out a coffee ball that eliminates plastic waste.

Neha Mallik, senior director of product management at Keurig, said the company chose the coating because it's highly sustainable and keeps the pucks intact and fresh.

“We quickly realized we kind of need something to protect this and keep it together through shipping and distribution, so it comes to the consumer in one piece,” she said.

KDP hasn't said whether it plans to eventually shed the signature K-Cup, which will still work in the new Alta coffee maker.

"The consumer's going to lead us on that," Oxender said.

Raimonde writes for Bloomberg.

BUSINESS

County investigates FAIR Plan over fire claims

A SHERIFF'S deputy stands guard near a home in Altadena where a resident died during the 2025 fire.
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BY LAURENCE DARMIENTO

After widespread complaints over how the California FAIR Plan has handled January 2025 wildfire claims, Los Angeles County has opened a civil investigation into the state's home insurer of last resort to determine whether it has violated consumer protection laws.

The Office of the County Counsel is looking into a wide range of practices by the privately operated insurer, which has come under particular criticism over its handling of claims for smoke damage, which leaves homes standing but oftentimes uninhabitable because of toxic contamination.

The county is also investigating delays in responding to claims, whether the insurer has engaged in a practice of switching adjusters that burdened policyholders, and whether it has failed to properly provide living expenses, among other issues, according to a letter sent to the FAIR Plan's leadership.

It also demands the plan halt any illegal practices.

"After having their lives devastated by the fires, Altadena residents should not be victimized yet again by their own insurance company," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents devastated Altadena neighborhoods, in a statement accompanying the announcement.

The county is empowered by statute to investigate and prosecute violations of the Unfair Competition Law on behalf of California residents and to seek restitution, civil penalties and injunctive relief for any violations.

In response to the investigation, a FAIR Plan spokesperson said the insurer is reviewing the county's letter, while noting it has received roughly 5,400 claims from the Eaton and Palisades fires and paid nearly \$3.5 billion to policyholders.

"The FAIR Plan evaluates each claim on its own merits, and pays all covered claims, including smoke damage claims, up to the individual policy limits, in compliance with all laws relating to property and casualty insurance claims handling," spokesperson Hilary McLean said in an emailed statement.

This is the third insurer the county has targeted over its January 2025 claims handling.

It filed a lawsuit in August against California's largest home insurer, State Farm General, for alleged violations of the state's consumer protection law, and in September announced it was investigating Farmers Insurance over its handling of fire survivor claims. Both insurers have denied wrongdoing.

The FAIR Plan — operated and financially backed by the state's licensed home insurers — was established largely to provide coverage to property owners in urban neighborhoods unable to secure insurance in the commercial market. However, its enrollment has skyrocketed in recent years as regular carriers have pulled out of fire-prone neighborhoods.

A Times investigation published this year also found its policies have grown in neighborhoods where there isn't substantial fire risk. The plan had nearly 700,000 residential policies in force as of June, a $157\%$ increase since September 2022.

After the 2025 fires, there were complaints by residents that the FAIR Plan refused to test and remediate homes suffering damage by smoke, which can leave behind lead, asbestos and other toxins. It was not the first time such criticism ensued after a wildfire, which has led to multiple lawsuits and a ruling that the plan's smoke damage policy was illegal.

The Department of Angels, a fire victims group formed after the January 2025 blazes, applauded the county's action.

“Survivors have been asking a simple question for nearly two years: Why are we still fighting for the insurance coverage we paid for? Eaton and Palisades fire survivors have waited long enough. We are grateful the County is listening — and hope it will now act with the urgency survivors deserve,” it said in a statement.

The FAIR Plan was ordered by the state Department of Insurance in July 2025 to answer allegations that it handled smoke damage claims illegally. The department also sponsored Assembly Bill 1680, which was signed by the governor last month.

The Make it FAIR Act requires the plan to correct any deficiencies identified by department investigations, and subjects it to fines of up to \$20,000 for violations of the law, among other provisions.

ChatGPT's teen safeguards failed to tell parents of suicide talks

BY ELLA CHAKARIAN

The guardrails OpenAI put in place to protect teens don't seem to be working, according to a new report.

Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an "Unacceptable Risk" for children under 18 in a study published Wednesday. The media and technology watchdog organization urged OpenAI to pause marketing the product and keep minors off the platform until it can offer a safer experience.

OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Teens in August, promising “stronger built-in safety protections" for users under 18, including limits on discussions around suicide, eating disorders, violence and sexual content. Parents who link their accounts can set times when ChatGPT can't be used and schedule study hours when the teens' chats start in study mode. Parents also can choose to receive alerts if their teens use the bot for high-risk behavior or research.

Researchers posing as teenagers with San Francisco Bay Area-based accounts tested more than 4,000 prompts before and after the launch of ChatGPT for Teens. A group of experts reviewed the chatbot's re-

sponses.

"Some protections, including refusing sexual role play, worked — but others failed to deliver on their commitments, or even got worse with the launch of ChatGPT for Teens," the report said.

Testers spent up to an hour discussing suicide, self-harm or eating disorders on more than a dozen new accounts registered to 13- to 17-year-olds.

After dangerous discussions that went as long as an hour, only a handful of alerts were sent to the accounts registered as the users' parents.

Clinical reviewers found that much of ChatGPT for

Teens' crisis response content was “clinically sound” but many conversations that should have forced the bot to refer teen users to professional help didn't lead to referrals. Meanwhile, some safeguards were easy to turn off or circumvent.

The report says Chat-GPT failed tests tied to three requirements of California's Adam's Law: crisis referrals, parental alerts and age assurance.

Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, the law will go into effect in July 2027. Sponsored by Common Sense Media and endorsed by OpenAI, the bill is named after 16-year-old Adam Raine, whose parents sued

OpenAI alleging ChatGPT encouraged his suicide.

OpenAI said the report's conclusions are based on flawed testing.

“We welcome rigorous independent evaluation, but we do not believe Common Sense Media’s testing accurately reflects how ChatGPT’s teen safeguards work in practice or expert perspectives on how AI can support teens,” an OpenAI spokesperson said in an email. “Our review of Common Sense Media’s methodology shows that the bulk of their testing may have begun and concluded before activation of parental controls was complete, making their findings inaccurate.”

Tom Siegel, executive director of the Youth AI Safety Institute, said it hopes OpenAI will share company data and partner with outside researchers and organizations to look into ways to reduce risks associated with AI for kids.

“Teens are vulnerable and unprotected and we’re letting them loose on a product that is not just unproven, but proven to be high risk and dangerous,” Siegel said.

The Youth AI Safety Institute is partly funded by the industry, including by the OpenAI Foundation. It said OpenAI reviewed a draft of the report for factual accuracy but had no say over its findings.

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THE BASEMENT TAVERN inside the Victorian restaurant and nightclub, which will close at month's end.

Popular Santa Monica nightclub is closing

BY ELLA CHAKARIAN

A longtime Santa Monica restaurant and nightclub announced it will close permanently at the end of the month.

The Victorian said on Instagram on Monday that it would close after 20 years. Its final weekend will be its annual Halloween party on Oct. 31.

Located a block from the Santa Monica Beach, the Victorian operates as a restaurant during the day, serving up weekend brunch, dinner and happy hour.

On weekends, DJs performed across its basement, main floor and upstairs spaces. It also offered weekly salsa and bachata lessons.

The Victorian didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Though it did not provide a reason for its closure on social media, city records show it is clearing the way for a private members club with wellness amenities.

According to city records first reported by the Santa Monica Daily Press, the Victorian will be converted into a members club including a pool, spa, fitness center and coffee bistro.

Meeting minutes from March show the Santa Monica City Council approved transferring the lease for the city-owned property to Santamonican Club LLC.

A city staff report shows that the Victorian would transition from “its current use as a restaurant, bar, and nightlife venue into a family-based recreation, events, and wellness destination.”

Initial concept designs show the members club will have a new pool and expanded greenery.

The lease also requires the new operator to continue supporting the Sunday Main Street Farmers Market, which uses the property's parking lot.

The staff report also stated that the city had been underbilling the Victorian's existing operator, Ocean Park Restaurant Corp.

“Under the amended lease, the Operator has agreed to repay \$278,094 in back rent that was under-billed,” the report said.

The city did not respond to a request for comment.

The Victorian was originally built in 1903 and was located at 1003 Ocean Ave. In 1977, the structure was relocated to 2640 Main St., along with the Heritage Museum's "Roy Jones House."

The structure has undergone several repairs and renovations over the years.

Many of its building systems and previous improvements “are now approaching the end of their useful life,” according to the city staff report.

Other Santa Monica nightlife spots have announced closures recently.

In April, the Misfit Bar & Restaurant shut down after 15 years after its operator chose not to renew its lease, citing conditions in downtown Santa Monica and changes in the building's ownership. The nearby Britannia Pub also closed in July after about 30 years at its Santa Monica Boulevard location when its lease expired.

“So many businesses are closing down right now and everything keeps getting more expensive,” one user commented on the Victorian’s Instagram post, adding: “Sad seeing legendary places like this disappear.”

Spotify and Rogan sign a new multiyear podcast licensing deal

BY WENDY LEE

Spotify on Thursday said it has renewed its deal with Joe Rogan, who leads the audio company's most popular podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience."

The podcast, which has 18 million followers on Spotify, has been the company's top podcast since 2020. The terms of the multiyear licensing deal were not disclosed. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported the deal had an estimated earnout of \$250 million.

"The partnership with Spotify has been an amazing fit, and they're incredible to work with," Rogan said in a statement. "I'm extremely happy and excited to continue with them for years to come."

Rogan first entered into an exclusive multiyear podcast deal with Spotify in 2020 in a deal said to be worth \$100 million. The partnership was key to driving podcast audiences to Spotify, which at the time was mostly known as a streaming music service.

In 2024, the company extended its partnership for "The Joe Rogan Experience" to be distributed on other platforms, and that will continue in the latest deal. Rogan's show was ranked as the top podcast last year on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

"Joe has built something incredibly enduring, and his show continues to resonate with a massive global audi-

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LUKE HALES Getty Images JOE ROGAN'S podcast has been Spotify's top offering since 2020.

ence because there's simply nothing else like it," said Jordan Newman, head of content partnerships at Spotify, in a statement.

"The Joe Rogan Experience" has run into controversy, spurring a Spotify boycott in 2022 led by Neil Young over concerns that Rogan and his guests were spreading misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines. Rogan also received criticism over his use of the N-word on past episodes of his show, for which he later apologized.

After the backlash, Spotify posted its content moderation rules and said it would add content advisory labels on COVID-related podcasts. Rogan also said he would do a better job of balancing different perspectives.

Young later returned to Spotify in 2024.

BUSINESS

A new target for preventive care: Medical debt

NAMAN SHAH, an epidemiologist with the public health department, is helping lead the countywide effort.
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County initiative aims to screen L.A. hospital patients to connect more with existing aid.

BY NOAM N. LEVEY

Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in the San Fernando Valley. Shah, a physician and epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, pores over images of battered lungs, listens to labored breathing and checks medications.

It's part of an initiative dating to the early 20th century to control infections so tuberculosis doesn't spread.

“We like doing things upstream,” Shah said, “meaning before they happen, not after the damage is done.”

Today, Shah and his colleagues are applying the same principle to medical debt. A key part of that effort is a new system to allow every hospital in Los Angeles County to easily screen patients for financial aid. The goal: to stop low-income families from getting a bill that buries them in debt.

Shah estimates this system could prevent hundreds of millions of dollars of medical debt every year.

Nationwide, an estimated 100 million adults have some form of healthcare debt. In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, public health officials calculate that about 800,000 residents have medical bills they can't pay.

"The impacts of medical debt were staggering," said Shah, who used to staff a rural health clinic in India and, since 2023, has led a county initiative in L.A. to tackle the debt problem.

"People end up with credit card debt and then a vicious cycle of high interest rates and poverty," he said. "People forgo their prescriptions. People forgo appointments. And then you get into worse health."

Hospitals typically offer financial aid to patients with low incomes. But information about assistance is often hard for patients to get. Applying can be cumbersome, and many eligible patients never seek aid, research shows.

“Most people walk into the hospital and walk out without any knowledge of financial assistance,” said Jared Walker, founder of Dollar For, a nonprofit that helps patients nationwide apply for aid, often called charity care.

That's fueling debt. It's also driving costly collection efforts that even hospital officials acknowledge pointlessly target low-income patients who are unlikely to be able to pay.

“They’re turning their wheels trying to collect on debt that isn’t collectable,” said Adena Tessler, regional vice president for the Hospital Assn. of Southern California.

One potential solution is a system that automatically screens and qualifies low-income patients for financial aid without requiring an application. This is called presumptive eligibility.

Some hospitals already use such systems, which rely on software that checks patient eligibility based on publicly available information such as credit history.

The strategy can be very effective. Shah said hospitals that have deployed presumptive eligibility systems have reported as much as a 50% increase in the amount of financial aid they give patients.

Under a state law passed last year, all California hospitals will have to start doing presumptive eligibility screening by next July.

But the systems can be expensive and difficult for smaller hospitals to implement. Only about 1 in 5 hospitals in Los Angeles County currently use them, Shah said.

Public health officials wondered whether they could help more hospitals set them up.

The county, which faces major fiscal challenges, could not pay for this, Shah said. But the public health department could bring together healthcare and hospital officials in the county to figure out another solution.

"The beauty of government is not when it always has to do the work," Shah said. "We have the ability to make sure that people cooperate."

The Hospital Assn. of Southern California, initially wary of the county initiative, came to see improving hospital financial aid programs as beneficial to hospitals, many of which were wasting money on collection efforts.

"The billing process is cumbersome and costly," said Paul Young, a senior vice president with the association.

The association agreed to procure a presumptive eligibility system and make it available to its members. This bulk-purchasing approach, which Young compared to “a Costco model,” would lower the cost for individual hospitals, he said.

At the same time, L.A. Care, a nonprofit health plan that administers Medicaid coverage for more than 2.5 million low-income county residents, committed \$2 million to set up the system.

The investment reflected the safety net insurer's mission to make medical care accessible to more people, said Melanie Fontes Rainer, who leads strategic planning for L.A. Care. "It's going to make Los Angeles County better," she said.

There are challenges to getting the new system up and running by January, as the partners hope.

Hospital officials are figuring out how the system will be funded in the long term. And it's unclear how many of the county's 88 acute care hospitals will ultimately use it, even if it's cheaper and easier to access.

The partners are also working to improve data that the system relies on to screen patients. One goal is to link the system to tax records maintained by the state. This would provide hospitals with more accurate information on patients' income than current systems, which often rely on estimated income.

Walker, the patient advocate at Dollar For, said he's heartened by the county's effort.

"I'm optimistic that we can make a better charity care system," he said. "And the fact that hospitals in Los Angeles County are willing to be innovative and creative about ways we can do that is super encouraging."

For his part, Shah said county public health officials recognize that a better screening system at hospitals won't by itself eliminate medical debt. But he said the public health department couldn't ignore a problem that affects more county residents than asthma or tobacco use.

“Prevention is our bread and butter,” he said.

Levey writes for KFF Health News, a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. This article is part of Hidden Help, an

investigative series from Tradeoffs and KFF Health News about how hospitals can protect their patients from the life-altering harms of medical debt.

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BUSINESS

PRESIDENT TRUMP returns to the White House on Wednesday after campaigning in San Antonio.
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Colleges, tech firms accused of abusing two visa programs

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abused this system more than Microsoft," Vance told reporters at a White House news conference.

Vance said the company has abused the permanent labor certification program, which he argued has enabled Microsoft to hire international talent that is then paid less to replace American workers.

The new development suspends Microsoft from applying for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. on H-1B visas and later apply to become permanent residents.

American technology giants have relied on the H-1B visa program for decades to bring in thousands of skilled foreign workers they cannot find locally. Critics have accused the program of being riddled with fraud and abuse.

The administration's power move came the same day President Trump awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to two prime examples of international talent who came to the U.S. on student and work visas: Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella and Tesla's Elon Musk.

Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini were also on the list of companies that will no longer be able to apply for permanent residence status for their H-1B employees.

Microsoft defended the use of H-1B and said in a statement that it looked forward to sharing additional information with the administration. In a post, it said that of the thousands of H-1B visa applications it submitted in the last fiscal year, 80% were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees.

“They equal only 1% of our U.S. workforce. They are not new arrivals to our country,” the company said. “Microsoft only files H-1B petitions for those who meet the rigorous standards of this visa category.”

There's a limit of 85,000 H-1B visas issued in a fiscal year, and they are selected through a lottery system. Last year, Microsoft was the third-largest beneficiary of the program, with 6,258 H-1B visas, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Amazon led the list, employing more than 13,000 H-1B visa holders; Adobe had 777 approved applications.

The Thursday announcement has sparked confusion among technology workers and companies. Immigration lawyers point out that the action is not a blanket suspension of green card applications for all employers, but a targeted enforcement freeze on the Permanent Labor Certification program for the eight named corporations.

Proponents of H-1B note that Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies are founded or run by immigrants, and the efforts to thwart H-1B have already started stifling talent flow and startup creation.

"It's only going to probably hurt some companies and hurt the best and the brightest that are coming here," said Devashish Mitra, professor of economics at Syracuse University. "It's like throwing the baby [out] with the bathwater."

The J-1 investigations follow other actions, making it more difficult for international students to come to U.S. campuses. This year, the Department of Homeland Security said it wanted to end a “duration of status” visa policy that lets students stay in the U.S. through the completion of their programs and limit stays to four years. A federal judge blocked the change, and the government is appealing.

The Trump administration has also proposed charging colleges \$70,000 per student for Optional Practical Training, which lets international students work in their fields of study for a limited number of years after graduation. Students currently pay about \$500.

In a statement, a Stanford spokesperson said the campus “complies with all applicable visa laws, including those relating to J-1 visas. We will cooperate with the investigation.”

Caltech and UC Davis spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.

About 275,000 people started J-1 programs in 2025, down from 301,694 in 2024, according to State Department data. Trainees and temporary summer workers, such as au pairs and summer camp counselors, also use the visa to enter the U.S.

Most were not at universities, with a majority working summer jobs.

The Trump administration's crackdown has started to dissuade students from coming to the U.S., with experts expecting a drop in their registration when data for 2025 are released next month.

New research scholars fell 27% from 2024, to 17,622, about half the 2015 total. Most new research scholars in 2025 came from China, followed by South Korea and India.

California drew the most research scholars, 3,211. It ranked second behind New York for all new J-1s in 2025, with 23,167.

The State Department vets applicants and approves sponsors. Research scholars can stay up to five years.

Sarah Spreitzer, vice president and chief of staff for government relations at the American Council on Education, said she had found little information about what the new probes would cover. But she said the federal government already has tools “to identify fraud, both in the granting of the visa and then also tracking the person through the Department of Homeland Security.”

“I think that all of these things are focused on bringing fewer international students into the United States, and we have been seeing that impact,” she said, expecting “a huge drop in our international enrollment this year, given everything going on.”

Trump's order for 'dyed' diesel offers little relief

grows spring wheat, durum and canola on his family farm.

BY SARAH RAZA AND MAE ANDERSON

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Farmers, truckers and economists say a move to cut taxes on diesel will provide little relief from record-high fuel prices that have soared since the U.S. attacked Iran months ago.

Industry groups said they appreciate President Trump's executive order expanding the use of a diesel now reserved for off-road work, but farmers already have access to the fuel and many have wrapped up harvest. Truckers will struggle to navigate differing state rules.

"In the context of diesel prices that are over two dollars more than they were last year, it just doesn't come close to closing that wound," said Matt Perdue, president of the North Dakota Farmers Union.

With less than a month to go before the November election, diesel prices continue to hit record highs as some farmers transport their crops for processing and others rush to complete their fall harvest. Many have been feeling the squeeze as costs for inputs such as diesel, fertilizer and seed have soared thanks to refinery constraints and supply disruptions amid the Iran war.

Diesel averaged \$6.30 per gallon across the country on Wednesday, more than 70% higher than a year earlier, according to the American Automobile Assn. The executive order defers the \$0.24 federal tax per gallon of regular diesel, used for road projects, until the end of the year. Most states also levy their own tax on diesel.

“Dyed” diesel is the same as regular diesel, except for its red dye to help law enforcement enforce penalties for on-road use. It’s already allowed for off-road purposes for farming equipment, such as tractors and combines, as well as construction and heating uses.

Savings can compound if states take similar actions; many have eased restrictions or waived taxes on dyed diesel, including South Dakota and Iowa. Perdue said North Dakota has waived the tax on regular diesel. But where the state decision is focused on farmers, he believes the federal decision would largely benefit those on other levels of the supply chain.

Farmers who will see the most benefit are those who haul their own products, such as livestock or fresh produce, on public roads. Those who already have wrapped up harvesting won't see savings.

“Most of our diesel use is behind us,” said Perdue, who

Trucking companies and independent truckers may not see much relief either. The effect is likely to be negligible for big trucking companies because the order is on a federal level and states make their own rules, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at Gas-Buddy, wrote in a social media post.

"The largest diesel users are the least likely to use dyed diesel," he wrote. "A national carrier crossing five or six states in a day faces enormous risk with a patchwork of rules, legal in one state, and subject to fines in the next."

Many states exempt road diesel from sales tax but apply sales tax to dyed diesel instead, he said.

Easing limits on red-dyed diesel probably will have a minimal effect for small truckers, who pay for fuel upfront, said Todd Spencer, president and chief executive of trade group the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. He estimates every \$1 increase per gallon in fuel costs independent truckers about \$400 more per week.

The savings will be small, but it could still increase competition for dyed diesel, said David Ortega, food economics and policy professor at Michigan State University.

"I think there's a real chance this could backfire and make the situation worse for farmers," he said. "Basically anybody that's running a truck on the highway on regular diesel can now be using this off-highway diesel. Even someone that owns a diesel pickup truck potentially has access to this other type of diesel."

Perdue in North Dakota said he expects a “rush for dyed diesel, and we’ll see how the supply responds.”

But not all dyed diesel pump stations are set up for larger trucks like semis, said Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“It’s going to come down to infrastructure ability to get your vehicles to a place that you can use and fill them up with,” he said.

Henry Hanscom, American Trucking Assns.' chief advocacy and public affairs officer, pointed out that the executive order directs temporary penalty relief and potential tax deferral for using red-dyed diesel, not outright tax forgiveness. He said the ATA would review the Internal Revenue Service's implementing guidance of the policy when it is available.

Raza and Anderson write for the Associated Press.

MARKET ROUNDUP

Wall Street wavers on rising oil prices, falling tech stocks

BY STAN CHOE

Some sharp reversals kept financial markets unsteady on Thursday, as oil prices rose and U.S. stock indexes finished mixed.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell $0.5\%$ for a second straight loss after setting its all-time high. The Dow Jones industrial average added 51 points, or $0.1\%$ , and the Nasdaq composite fell $1.3\%$ as technology stocks took particularly hard hits.

Stocks felt pressure from a 4.1% rise in the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, to \$104.28. It's been pinballing between \$96 and nearly \$110 over the last month on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global energy industry to return to normal.

Brent reached nearly \$106 in the morning before President Trump sent its price veering after saying “productive discussions” are happening with Iran and that the U.S. military would not attack it before the November midterms. That briefly sent Brent toward \$103 before it eventually turned back upward.

Even sharper swings shook the bond market, where yields have been jumping worldwide to their highest levels in years or even decades, which threaten to slow the economy.

The 10-year Treasury yield initially rose with oil prices, going from 5.28% late Wednesday to 5.35% early Thursday morning. But it then fell back to 5.23%.

It dropped after the U.S. government said that it sold \$22 billion in 30-year Treasury bonds at an auction with a high yield of less than 5.62%. That helped bring the 30-year Treasury yield down to 5.60% from 5.73% in the morning, which is a notable move for the bond market.

A day earlier, an auction of 10-year Treasurys also helped bring down yields. Strong demand there showed investors are still willing to buy U.S. government debt, even though their prices have fallen sharply this year because of worries about high inflation, big government debt loads and other factors.

"Higher U.S. Treasury yields are starting to create their own demand, buyers are showing up for the right price," said Tony Miano, global investment strategy analyst at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

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On Wall Street, the ease in Treasury yields helped the majority of U.S. stocks rise, including 2 out of every 3 in the S&P 500 index.

PepsiCo climbed 3.7% after the snack and drink company reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, thanks in part to strength outside of North America.

But drops for several influential technology stocks overshadowed such gains.

Nvidia, the chip company that's ridden the tidal wave of demand created by artificial-intelligence technology, fell $2.9\%$ . Because it's the largest stock by value on Wall Street, it was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 even though other stocks had larger losses.

That included drops for other AI-related stocks, including Broadcom's $4.3\%$ fall and Micron Technology's $4.8\%$ slide.

The losses came even though a bellwether for the chip industry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Co., reported growth for September that suggested its revenue for the latest quarter was strong enough to top analysts' expectations. TSMC's stock that trades in the United States fell 3%.

AI stocks are under heavy pressure to report big growth to justify how high their stock prices have soared in recent years because of the AI frenzy.

All told, the S&P 500 fell 36.41 points to 7,765.36. The Dow added 51.77 to 51,231.64, and the Nasdaq composite slid 345.35 to 27,193.34.

In South Korea's stock market, Samsung Electronics dropped $2.4\%$ to help drag the Kospi index down $2.6\%$ . The tech giant said its operating profit for the latest quarter likely soared to 107.4 trillion Korean won (roughly \$80 billion) from 12.17 trillion won a year earlier, but that wasn't enough to satisfy investors.

In other stock markets abroad, indexes fell across much of the rest of Asia and Europe.

Choe writes for the Associated Press.

OPINION VOICES

Voices LZ GRANDERSON COLUMNIST
THE PARENTS of Nolan Wells listen to results of an independent autopsy of their son in July.
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I T IS EASIER to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. A beloved Republican by the name of Frederick Douglass said that.

How the fates of Nolan Wells and Jane Doe are intertwined

manity to witness inhumane treatment of others and feel nothing.

None of us know exactly when or where those words were uttered, but we do understand why. It is hard to believe that the rise of the English word “inhumane” in the 1800s and the rise of the abolitionist movement in America during that same period was mere coincidence.

The Golden Rule is universal. Those partying with Wells and 57 members of a Cornell fraternity forgot that

The disease that was the institution of slavery required brokenness in men for survival. Douglass' words were both a diagnosis and treatment plan for healing, explaining how depravity gets passed down from one generation to the next along with what could prevent it from recurring.

But what does it mean to raise strong children?

To repair broken men?

Nearly 60 members of a Cornell fraternity received a text message that read "free pussy" and did nothing to help the alleged victim, according to her lawsuit. In fact, there are text messages between the young men that suggest they were more concerned about themselves.

Nolan Wells went to hang out with a group of friends on the Fourth of July, and everyone came back home alive except for him. Wells was the only person of color seen in images from that day on a small, undeveloped island off the coast of Mississippi — and the grand jury believed it was an accidental drowning and declined to pursue criminal charges.

The state and independent autopsies found no evidence of drowning; there was no water in his stomach, lungs or throat. The autopsies did find bruising on the back of his head, left shoulder and back. This week President Trump said he is considering asking the FBI to investigate the death. We'll see if he follows through. He tends to use the Justice Department for his own interest first, the sake of justice second. Of course we all fudge the line between doing what's best for ourselves and doing what is best, but the health of a society depends on our willingness to err on the side of the latter as much as possible. Doing what is best for the whole is the foundation for a cooperative society.

There is no higher law in life than the one that says we are to treat each other as we wish to be treated.

Laws, no matter how well intended, are only as strong as people's beliefs in them. And there is no higher law in life than the one that says we are to treat each other as we wish to be treated.

That's true with Christianity: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12). Islam: "None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." Hinduism: "One should never do to another what one regards as harmful to oneself." And Buddhism: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."

A person must separate themselves from that universal law to wish or inflict harm. A person must detach from their own hu-

"A couple of days ago I was awaken at 3 o'clock in the morning.... I heard the word 'Dad' and it woke me up and I just ached," Wells' father, Elmore Wonsley, told the congregation at Second Baptist Church last Sunday. He and his wife, Christine Wells-Wonsley, and civil rights attorney Ben Crump, visited the church seeking support. "I pray to God that he helps me keep my emotions in check because as a father, you want to protect your family."

A sentiment that's easy to understand for anyone who has ever cared for a child.

Babies do not come out that way. When human life is brought into the world, touch is the sense newborns need most for survival. We are taught to separate from touch and each other over time. Especially men. That is why Douglass said it is easier to teach children to never forget our humanity. Never forget we are brothers and sisters because there are things in this life that will try to convince you otherwise. It takes internal fortitude to hold on to the universal law, to care about what happens to one another, when it's far easier to let go. To look away. To look after yourself.

A person can live some semblance of a comfortable life in that way, I suppose.

But a society that is built using that kind of moral compass is lost.

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THE SCENE after the execution of Christa Pike was halted on Sept. 30.

Christa Pike has suffered enough

Re “Failed execution revives death penalty debate,” Oct. 2

LETTERS

SURROUNDED by medical staff assigned to care for her, Christa Pike is possibly experiencing the most peaceful time of her excruciating life.

When she was young, social services briefly removed Pike from her home after finding that her mother's live-in boyfriend was physically and sexually abusing her. Shortly after, Pike wrote that she wanted to kill herself; among the reasons, she wrote, was that she was raped by a neighbor when she was 11. Pike attempted suicide at age 12. At 18, Pike and her allegedly abusive boyfriend senselessly killed a young woman who should still be here today. Not yet a legal adult, although just a few months younger than Pike, the 17-year-old boyfriend got a life sentence with the possibility of parole. Pike received the death penalty.

The lone woman on death row in Tennessee, she spent nearly 30 years in solitary confinement. Meanwhile, male inmates facing the death penalty were permitted communal activities. Pike expressed remorse for the terrible crime she committed as a teen. In the end, she accepted her fate, even trying to help the execution team locate a viable vein, according to her legal team.

More than 100 countries around the world have abolished the death penalty. Decades of studies show that it does not serve as a deterrent. It is just a pitiful remnant of mankind's barbaric past.

While I agree that we need to look into why Christa Pike's execution failed, I think we also need to look into the facts for the reason Pike was scheduled for execution.

Her lawyers talk about never knowing what torture she endured, and what physical and mental pain she may have gone through. But what we do know is that 32 long years ago, Pike and her boyfriend brutally murdered a 19-year-old girl,

SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING Seal Beach

Colleen Slemmer.

Pike has lived 32 years longer than her victim.

The execution should have been carried out a long time ago.

DEBORAH R. ISHIDA Beverly Hills

Closing oil sites isn't protection

Re “Rare closure of oil site is on the table,” Oct. 4

Based on the framing of this story, the Los Angeles Times seemingly wants readers to believe that illness near the Murphy oil site proves the operating wells are responsible. It proves nothing of the sort.

Since 2019, California has imposed stringent new emissions rules. And they have worked. Peer-reviewed research by myself and colleagues found that current operations emit less than 2% of what escapes from natural seeps and abandoned wells — as much as 100 times less.

Los Angeles sits atop oil fields riddled with natural seeps and century-old wells. Petroleum emissions affecting residents are far more likely to originate beneath their homes than from the Murphy site.

Worse, closing producing wells may actually harm the environment. Removing oil reduces the underground hydrocarbons driving seepage. Elsewhere in California, decades of oil production have dramatically reduced natural seepage. Closing L.A. oil sites while leaving oil underground to escape through uncontrolled pathways isn't environmental protection. It is politically motivated, scientifically ignorant, anti-environmental behavior. Shameful.

JAMES RECTOR Oakland

This writer is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley.

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Referenced without elaboration was the fact that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese began leasing its land for the Murphy drill site in Jefferson Park in the 1960s. It's been nearly 40 years since scientist James

Hansen testified before Congress about human-induced global warming, or climate change. In 2015, Pope Francis' encyclical letter "On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si)" tied human activity to global warming. Pope Leo XIV has condemned the indifference to the suffering caused by such. The Vatican has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, primarily via infrastructure such as solar farms.

The Church clearly recognizes pollution as a moral and social issue. Shouldn't the lease decision have been reconsidered decades ago, given the health and environmental impacts? My Catholic mother would have been appalled by this apparent indifference.

JENNIFER PINKERTON Glendale

Keep political ads off my ballot

Re "Your guide to Proposition 40: California's billionaire tax proposal," Oct. 1

A ballot should be neutral territory — not a campaign ad. Yet the California ballot that arrived in my mail this weekend says Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supports Proposition 40 and opposes Propositions 41 and 42. Why is an out-of-state senator anywhere on my California ballot?

I take no position on these measures. My objection is to political advocacy appearing on the ballot itself. California's 2022 law permitting the listing of “supporters” and “opponents” was promoted as providing voters useful information — a condensed summary of ballot arguments. Identifying California officials or organizations may provide relevant context for voters. But prominently displaying the name of a senator (without even identifying what state he represents) looks less like providing context and more like an endorsement ad.

Sanders can campaign for or against California propositions all he wants. But political advocacy belongs almost anywhere except on the ballot itself. Voters deserve a ballot that presents their choices neutrally, free from political advertising.

GREGG MASHBERG La Cañada Flintridge

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A tax on billionaires? Who's next?

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California's November ballot asks us to approve a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of residents worth more than \$1 billion. It's easy to vote yes when the target is a group you'll probably never be part of. That's exactly what should give us pause. Once the government accepts that a small, unpopular group can be singled out for special treatment, the principle is set: A tax is justified whenever enough voters aren't the ones paying. Today, the line is \$1 billion. Tomorrow, it can be \$100 million, or \$1 million. Taxing wealth rather than income also breaks new ground, and new ground rarely stays confined to its original purpose.

Rather than another carve-out, we need a fresh look at how California taxes everyone, including considering a simple flat tax with few loopholes in which everyone pays the same rate and no group is made the exception. A fair system doesn't need a villain.

JAMES FINDLAY San Rafael

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WORKERS clear an encampment on Skid Row on Thursday as part of an operation against drug trafficking.

L.A. is not open for business, police chief warns drug dealers

[Skid Row, from A1] [Skid Row, from A1] drugs into the area in smaller quantities.

"When they're done dealing drugs on Skid Row, these dealers return home in luxury vehicles," Essayli said at the news conference. "The dealers are savvy. They are familiar with California's weak drug laws and they also know what our federal sentencing guidelines are."

In one criminal complaint charging six people, an FBI agent said Skid Row drug dealers “consist of a mixture of members of criminal street gangs and independent operators.”

The dealers, the complaint said, would dress “like members of the homeless population or social/city workers to blend into the environment and evade detection by law enforcement, utilizing tents and makeshift structures to obfuscate their illicit activities from public view.”

gence of crack cocaine use, along with other drugs such as PCP and heroin.

Essayli warned that federal authorities would continue to make arrests if other drug dealers stepped in to fill the void created by Thursday's operation.

"It is going to be a zero tolerance zone," Essayli said. "Anybody caught selling drugs at MacArthur Park or Skid Row or downtown L.A., you are going to get charged federally and you're going to spend a decade or more in federal prison."

The LAPD chief echoed that message.

“Los Angeles is no longer open for business and we’re coming for you next,” McDonnell said.

“That’s right,” Bass said, nodding beside the police chief.

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman said six suspects had been charged by his office, with 28 others facing federal cases.

“We are taking away generational players in Skid Row,” Hochman said.

He added, “This is the start, certainly not the end of this operation.”

At least three helicopters were flying overhead downtown near Skid Row in the aftermath of the Thursday sweep. Streets were blocked off with yellow police tape that read “Do not cross.” LAPD squad cars were parked on the other side of that tape, as onlookers gathered to watch.

Among those arrested Thursday was Manuel Courtney Vaughns, 52, described in a complaint filed by prosecutors as a known member of the Raymond Avenue Crips, with arrests in Skid Row dating to 2019.

An armed federal SWAT team raided a Pasadena home on Summit Avenue where Vaughns was thought to reside. He was expected to appear in court later Thurs-day.

Amid the law enforcement activity Thursday morning, Jesse Allred, 73, a resident of Weingart Towers, stood at the corner of 6th and Crocker streets, where police tape blocked off Crocker. He held an Arizona iced tea in one hand and the leash to his Rottweiler mix, Lady, in the other.

“We seen the FBI wearing their FBI uniforms and flak jackets,” he said. “Something crazy is going on.”

He said he saw “cops were just going everywhere.”

Allred said he's lived in the drug-ridden area for 15 months since getting out of jail.

"I get out and people are smoking dope on the corner," he said. "They're shooting dope all over the place. The police are driving all over the place not even caring."

Official with ICE comments on Pa. House election

BY MARC LEVY

HARRISBURG, Pa. — When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security publicized the arrest of a Nigerian man for indecent exposure this week, it included a political attack that's drawing complaints from Democrats and a nonpartisan government watchdog.

The department's news release alleges that the man worked for a Democratic congressional candidate in a Pennsylvania battleground district, an unusual reference to a high-profile midterm contest.

"It's unbelievable that Janelle Stelson would employ an illegal alien to work on a congressional campaign, let alone a pervert who exposed himself in public," Charles Wall, deputy director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in the news release.

A police report said the man had fliers for Stelson in his vehicle. Stelson denied that the man was a campaign employee.

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about how it established the man worked for Stelson. Its news release cited a news report quoting a conservative activist who asserted the connection.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint Thursday with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, calling the department's attack on Stelson a blatant violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits government officials from using their official positions to influence elections.

Donald Sherman, who leads CREW, said he'd never seen anything like the department's statement, in which a law enforcement agency "goes out of its way" to reference a campaign affiliation in a news release that has nothing to do with election-related crimes.

The news release is “consistent with the message that the administration and that the president has sent from the top that ICE is to be involved in elections, regardless of what the law says," Sherman said.

Stelson, a former local television personality, is running for the second time against Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District. It's expected to be one of the races that determine control of the U.S. House in the November midterms.

"If he is an illegal immigrant who committed a crime he should be deported," Stelson's campaign said. "We never heard of him prior to the news of his arrest. We are grateful to law enforcement for acting swiftly to arrest him."

According to a police report obtained by the Associated Press, Chimaobim Ade-dayo Igbojekwe was arrested by an East Pennsboro Township police officer on Sept. 27 after a report of a suspicious vehicle parked next to a public park on a residential street in the Harrisburg suburb.

The officer wrote that, when Igbojekwe opened the door to talk to the officer, he noticed that Igbojekwe's "genitals were exposed."

Igbojekwe told the officer he was “in the neighborhood for work and that he was waiting to hand out [fliers] for Janelle Stelson’s political campaign,” according to the report. Igbojekwe produced a stack of fliers, the officer wrote.

It's not clear whether the man was working as a paid canvasser for another organization.

Igbojekwe was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, courts records say, and later was arrested by ICE.

Homeland Security said Igbojekwe entered the country legally in 2017 but remained past his “authorized period.” He was granted deferred action in 2021.

Levy writes for the Associated Press.

PCH stretch in Malibu gets speed cameras

FBI Special Agent Dennis An wrote in an affidavit that “drug dealers also utilize [single-room occupancy] units and other forms of low-income housing available in the area to store or stash their drug supply.”

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ENRIQUE Salgado installs a speed camera in L.A. Similar ones will track motorists on PCH in Malibu.

According to one criminal complaint, an alleged drug supplier, Larry Pitre, 70, was operating out of a business called Sassy's, a clothing store and snack shop, on 7th Street.

Authorities said they observed Pitre, known as “Kat Daddy,” coming and going from the nearby Continental Hotel and confirmed he was renting a room there, which they said was used as a “stash pad.”

According to Essayli, the dealers knew when homeless residents of Skid Row would get their public assistance benefits payments, arriving in the area on those days “like clockwork.”

“They’re there in their fancy cars, selling the drugs and collecting the cash,” he said.

flow, congestion and safety on the roadway.

At a separate news conference earlier Thursday morning, Mayor Karen Bass also touted the Skid Row sweeps and said local law enforcement would be more active in the area going forward.

“We got people who are responsible for circulating these drugs in our communities off the street and they will be held accountable,” Bass said. “These drugs don’t just impact the people using and who are addicted to them, they make everyone around them and our public spaces less safe.”

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said at the news conference that the operation was “the culmination of over six months of shared investigative work.”

McDonnell described those arrested as “mid-level distributors” of illegal drugs on Skid Row.

The LAPD chief said the suspects were affiliated with a variety of street gangs, including the Main Street Crips, Grape Street Crips, Raymond Avenue Crips and Pueblo Bishop Bloods. He said authorities had seized methamphetamine and fentanyl, along with firearms, cash and vehicles. McDonnell noted that Skid Row had seen a recent resur-[Cameras, from A1] hicle, killing 51-year-old Nobu Malibu restaurant employee Ryo Uchimiya.

Daffara posted a video of the crash scene to her Facebook group, Real Malibu Residents, where it elicited outrage.

The speeding violations were recorded between Sept. 16 and Sept. 24 across four speed camera locations along Pacific Coast Highway, with approximately 86% occurring in eastern Malibu, according to the city.

The cameras were at Tuna Canyon, Latigo Canyon and Decker Canyon roads and the Zuma Beach area.

Malibu's speed camera program, called the Speed Safety System, uses lidar technology and advanced camera equipment to detect vehicles traveling at least 11 mph above the posted speed limit.

When a motorist is caught traveling at such speeds, a camera captures an image of the vehicle's rear license plate and automatically generates a citation for review and processing.

Violating the speed limit will result in fines that start at \$50 and can go up to \$500, depending on how fast someone is driving.

Steve Uhring, Malibu's mayor pro tem, believes the cameras will slow down some speeding drivers, but "the impact is going to be somewhat diluted."

Uhring says penalties stemming from the speed cameras should be harsher, such as taking away someone's license on a second or third offense.

“You make the penalties significant enough and people will start paying attention,” he said. “If the penalties are a little slap on the wrist, people will say, ‘Don’t bother me.’”

The number of recent observed violations comes with a caveat, however. When the California Department of Transportation reopened Pacific Coast Highway for essential travel after the Palisades fire, it placed several restrictions on the roadway — including reducing the speed limit so that residents, repair crews and first responders could simultaneously navigate the road.

The area between Sunset Boulevard and Las Flores Canyon Road remains an active work zone and is subject to single-lane closures and a 25-mph speed limit, according to Caltrans.

"The city, law enforcement and the community have known that it is rare for any vehicles to adhere to the lowered, temporary 25 mph speed limit in the Palisades fire burn area construction zone," Malibu spokesperson Matt Myerhoff wrote in an email.

The lowered speed limit has remained because Caltrans “is conducting a speed survey in the burn scar region to determine the appropriate speed limit for this segment of PCH,” Myerhoff said.

Whatever the enforceable speed limit ultimately winds up being, the recent tally of 100,000 speeding vehicles, “is still surprising, and underscores the need for the speed safety system to help break the culture of speeding on PCH,” Myerhoff said.

Damian Kevitt, founder of Streets Are for Everyone, said a more robust report would have included data captured from all the speed camera locations, including sections with a higher speed limit.

“Most people are doing 35 to 45 mph, which is still slower than other parts of PCH, which is great, but that means most people would get a speeding ticket,” Kevitt said.

The previous speed limit on PCH through eastern Malibu was 45 mph.

“I would be more interested to see, based off of previous speeds, how many people would have been ticketed,” he said.

Before the cameras can begin citing speeding drivers there must be a 60-day warning period that was originally slated for September but has been rescheduled for November to “allow for necessary installation adjustments to be made and ensure the program is ready to operate as needed,” according to city officials.

The speed cameras aren't the ultimate solution, Uhring said, but are “another tool in the toolbox.”

The desire to make one of California's deadliest roads safer was always there, but Malibu and its partners — including Caltrans, local and state elected leaders, law enforcement officials and the community — were catapulted into action after four Pepperdine University students were fatally struck by a motorist driving up to 104 mph on Oct. 17, 2023.

Previously, Kevitt said, neither Caltrans nor the city worked well together.

“What changed was both sides had an impetus,” he said. “They stopped doing the blame game and just got to work … and they worked more collaboratively.”

At the time, public outcry from the Malibu community also motivated Caltrans and the city to find solutions.

"In my experience, speeding is the No. 1 cause of collisions on PCH, with unsafe turning movements as a close second," said Sgt. James Arens of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Malibu/Lost Hills Station.

In 2023, there were 220 reported crashes on PCH, resulting in 93 injuries and seven deaths, according to city officials.

The city has authorized sheriff's deputies to work overtime to conduct additional traffic enforcement on top of their regular patrol shifts.

Since November 2023, deputies have written more than 20,000 citations, including 10,600 for speeding, Arens said.

“Over the years, driver behavior has become more reckless,” he said. “Traffic Enforcement by peace officers is only one piece of the puzzle to address the problem on PCH.”

Another effort was the Pacific Coast Highway Signal Synchronization Project aimed at improving traffic

By synchronizing 12 traffic signals between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and John Tyler Drive, Caltrans can now adjust the signals in real time.

These larger projects that deal with the infrastructure of the road take a long time — requiring surveys, studies, public comment and funding, Kevitt said.

Caltrans doesn't “work off of speed because of urgency, and this is something that we're really pushing hard to change that ethos when public safety is a factor,” he said.

Kevitt said changing driver behavior isn't impossible, but it's a heavier lift and requires robust education.

Things are changing, though. According to Kevitt's rough data there have been two fatalities on Pacific Coast Highway this year: one on the west end of the road and the recent tragedy on the eastern end.

“If those are the only two, not that it makes it acceptable, that is below average for PCH,” he said. “There is an [improvement seen], there is so much more that could and should be done.”

It's unclear how many cars passed the speed cameras during this nine-day window. According to Caltrans data from 2024, the most recent available, an average of 67,000 vehicles passed Malibu Canyon Road on PCH per day.

Revenue from the speed camera program will be used to recover the cost of implementing the cameras, and any remaining funds may be used to implement additional traffic safety measures, according to the city.

Once the speed cameras are in operation, Uhring said, there will still be discussions on what the city can do to discourage speeding on the roadway.

"We're not going to stop trying," Uhring said.

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RESIDENT Michael O'Toole, with his dog, Mac, watches as waves crash over the seawall on the Long Beach Peninsula on Thursday.

A wet one-two punch to the coast

Tropical Storm Rachel and a Kelvin wave could bring rain and risk of flooding.

By Rong-Gong Lin II

While Hurricane Rachel, currently spinning out in the Pacific Ocean, was downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday, it is expected to raise the risk of coastal flooding in Southern California and could bring widespread rain to the region at some point this weekend and early next week.

Forecasters are warning that south-facing beaches such as the Long Beach Peninsula, Catalina Island and the coastline from Malibu to Ventura could be particularly at risk of flooding

A BULLDOZER adds sand to a berm raised to protect homes on the peninsula.

on account of Rachel, the latest named entrant in an unusually active, El Niño-fueled hurricane season.

Also contributing to the flood risk is the arrival of a Kelvin wave, another feature of El Niño that can raise sea levels by 6 to 12 inches. The higher the seas, the greater the threat for California's coastline.

The risk of coastal flooding is expected to peak Sunday, said Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.

"It seems pretty likely that we're going to have an additional round of significant beach erosion, especially in that Sunday time period," Kittell said. "And some of those areas have already been impacted by the coastal flooding events and are really vulnerable, with [See Weather, B5]

LAUSD parents call for return of school police after a death

BY ANDREW KHOURI, HOWARD BLUME AND KATE SEQUEIRA

Reigniting a long-simmering debate about police patrols at Los Angeles Unified schools, a group of parents Wednesday called for officers to be returned to campuses after a student was attacked at Franklin High School and died after falling over a fourth-floor railing.

Parents voiced deep concerns about bullying and what they see as a lack of security at their children's schools, shaken by the tragedy at Franklin High in Highland Park that has prompted an outpouring of support for the family of the student who died and calls for stepped-up safety measures districtwide.

“We want police inside the schools,” Diana Guillen, who leads an LAUSD parents group focused on school safety, said at a news conference.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner's office has identified the student [See LAUSD, B6]

THE DEATH of a 17-year-old student at Franklin High School led to the demand for on-campus police at a rally Wednesday outside L.A. Unified's headquarters.
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County officials seek to improve restraining order system

Board of Supervisors will weigh measure to better protect victims of domestic violence.

BY CONNOR SHEETS AND GABRIELLE LAMARR LEMEE

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath presented a motion calling for “bold action” to better protect victims of domestic violence and stalking, seeking to help them more effectively navigate the county's restraining order system and obtain court-ordered protection.

Horvath cited recent Los Angeles Times reporting on the challenges victims face when obtaining and enforcing restraining orders as an inspiration for the Board of Supervisors' motion, which was co-written by board chair Hilda Solis. The supervisors are scheduled to consider the measure during the board's Nov. 10 meeting.

"A recent story from the L.A. Times spoke to the process of domestic violence restraining orders and the work done and not being done across the county to support survivors in need of this critical support," Horvath said Tuesday.

The Times' reporting identified at least 63 women killed in 2024 and 2025 in L.A. County whose cases involved a former partner or close relative arrested in or charged with their murder. The deaths accounted for more than $40\%$ of the 156 women killed during that period. At least 10 of those women had filed for re- [See Board, B2]

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L.A. COUNTY Supervisor Lindsey Horvath cited Times reporting on the challenges that victims face.

After 321 days, USS Lincoln returns to SoCal

BY CLARA HARTER

The USS Abraham Lincoln docked in San Diego on Thursday, bringing dances of joy from the homebound sailors, praise for the crew's extended service and questions about the poor conditions they endured during the record length of time the ship was away from port supporting the Iran war.

Scores of new fathers kissed their babies for the first time, couples cried and embraced, and hundreds of parents let out a collective sigh of relief as the crew disembarked on the north end of the Coronado peninsula.

The ship departed from Southern California last November and was rerouted to the Middle East after the U.S.-led attacks on Iran in February. Crew members have been away from their families for 321 days and set a modern record for 265 consecutive days at sea without a port visit.

The exceptionally long deployment has drawn concern over reports of deteriorating conditions on board as crew members became emblems of the sacrifices made by Americans to sustain President Trump's conflict with Iran.

This summer, news reports revealed that multiple sailors had attempted to jump overboard amid shortages of fresh food, disruptions to hot water and laundry services, and exhaustion. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao then told Congress that at least eight strike team members had attempted suicide during the deployment.

When asked Thursday about the toll on sailors, Commanding Officer Daniel J. Keeler said that everything crew members went through was “in the normal spectrum of what you might expect you see on an aircraft carrier.”

"I had all the supplies I [See Ship, B6]

Mexican Mafia suspects charged

BY MATTHEW ORMSETH

Jose Argumedo's nickname is "Humble," but authorities say his approach to collecting money was anything but.

When a Pomona business owner balked at paying for protection, Argumedo showed up with a gun and loaded the business' property into a U-Haul truck, prosecutors wrote in a complaint filed earlier this year. In a second complaint unsealed Wednesday, authorities allege that a few months after the U-Haul incident, a gang member fired a barrage of bullets at a man who owed Argumedo money.

Argumedo, a member of Highland Park's Avenues gang, has served prison time for attempted murder and robbery, according to court records and a law enforcement source who wasn't authorized to speak publicly. In the complaint against Argumedo, prosecutors allege he was collecting money for the Mexican Mafia, a prison organization with influence over Latino street gangs across California.

Argumedo's lawyer, Andrew Stein, called the authorities "chickens—" for [See Gang, B4]

L.A. County supervisors seek to improve restraining order system to protect victims

[Board, from B1] straining orders.

In July 2024, the county Department of Public Health's Office of Violence Prevention issued a report with more than a dozen recommendations for reducing domestic violence homicides by improving access to restraining orders. Most of those recommendations have not yet been implemented.

The office said the delay was the result of insufficient funding and challenges with coordinating among the many agencies responsible for the county's restraining order system.

If passed, the motion would mandate reports from the county's chief executive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and the departments of Public Health, Mental Health, Consumer and Business Affairs, Public Social Services, and Homeless Services to assess current efforts, improvement plans and additional funding needs.

"We know that domestic violence restraining orders protect survivors and I believe the board must take ev-"

ery step possible to better support and protect our survivors," Horvath said. "The county," she added, "must step up and lead in this space."

The motion calls for allocating millions of dollars annually to fully fund nine county-run self-help legal centers that assist people navigating the restraining order process.

It would also officially identify “Gender-Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence” as a priority for the Board of Supervisors, and require a presentation from the Sheriff’s Department on how the agency plans to improve its handling of restraining orders.

The Office of Violence Prevention would be required to develop a plan for a “peer navigator model” to guide survivors through the restraining order system.

The Department of Homeless Services and Housing would be asked for an assessment of the additional resources necessary to provide emergency beds for all people fleeing intimate partner violence.

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DATE: 11/18/2026

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The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of LOS ANGELES 14400 ERWIN STREET MALL, VAN NUYS, CA 91401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county. Dated: 9/30/2026

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Merrimack County Savings Bank v Stephanie DeAngelis, et al Case Number: 217-2025-CV-00845

21. 2023 CT 000.9 The above entitled action is now pending in this Court. The original pleading is on file and may be examined by interested parties. The Court has issued an Order for Service by Publication on defendant(s) Stephanie DeAngelis; James DeAngelis.

The Court ORDERS:

Merrimack County Savings Bank shall give notice to Stephanie DeAngelis; James DeAngelis of this action by publishing a verified copy of this Citation for Publication once a week for three successive weeks in the Los Angeles Times, a newspaper of general circulation. The last publication shall be on or before November 05, 2026.

Also, ON OR BEFORE 30 days after the last publication November 26, 2026

Stephanie DeAngelis; James DeAngelis shall electronically file an Appearance and Answer or other responsive pleading with this Court. A copy of the Appearance and Answer or other responsive pleading must be sent electronically to the party/parties listed below.

Merrimack County Savings Bank shall electronically file the Return of Publication with this Court. Failure to do so may result in this action being dismissed without further notice.

Notice to Stephanie DeAngelis; James DeAngelis: If you are working with an attorney, they will guide you on the next steps. If you are going to represent yourself in this action, go to the court's website: www.courts.state.nh.us, select the Electronic Services icon and then select the option for a self-represented party. Complete the registration/log in process then select "I am filing into an existing case". Enter the case number above and click Next. Follow the instructions to complete your filing.

Once you have responded to the Complaint, you can access documents electronically filed through our Case Access Portal by going to https://odypa.nhecourt.us/portal and following the instructions in the User Guide. In that process you will register, validate your email, request access and approval to view your case. After your information is validated by the court, you will be able to view case information and documents filed in your case.

If you do not comply with these requirements, you will be considered in default and the Court may issue orders that affect you without your input.

Send copies to: Peter J. Minkow, ESQ Stephanie DeAngelis James DeAngelis Minkow & Mahoney Mullen PA 67 Water Street Suite 107 Laconia, NH 0324, 22718 Cantlay Street West Hills, CA 91307 4424 Campbell Drive Los Angeles, CA 90066 BY ORDER OF THE COURT' September 21, 2026 /s/ by: Jennifer L. Uhouse, Clerk of Court

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Numero del Caso): 30-2024-01372839-CU-BC-CJC

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HYBRID ENTERPRISES LLC, a California Limited Liability Company

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MATEUSZ CARRIER, also known as Matthew Carrier, an individual

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web Site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of \$10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

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iAVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Orange 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Buck Law, APC 2667 Camino Del Río S, Suite 203-1 San Diego, CA 92108 619-431-0287

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SUMMONS ON FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 26STCV18156

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO):

S. Bolden

The testate and intestate heirs, successors and assigns of Lazsio Szabadi, Deceased, and Magdalena Szabadi, Deceased, in their individual capacities and/or in their capacities as Trustees under that certain trust created by Laszlo Szabadi and Magdalena Szabadi dated April 25, 1974, and all persons claiming by, through, or under him/her; and all other persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the complaint, which is adverse to Plaintiffs' title or creates any cloud on Plaintiffs' title, and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive. This is a quiet title action. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to the subject real properties located at 900 East 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021-1806 (APN Nos. 5146-023-037 and 5146-023-036) and 3421 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90023-3030 (APN Nos. 5190-019-030 and 5190-019-033 (Code Civ. Proc. section 763.020(c).

Date: 08/04/2026

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:

David W. Slayton

THOMAS NEMES, Trustee of the Thomas Nemes and Judith Names Living Trust dated April 10, 1974; THOMAS SZABADI, PETER SZABADI, Trustee of the Peter Szabadi Family Trust u/d/t dated April 25, 1974, as amended; KENNY NEMES, Trustee of the Nemes Living Trust u/d/t dated February 14, 2004; BRIAN NEMES, STEPHEN SZABADI, ZACHARY SZABADI, KARA SZABADI

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

Being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

(El nombre, la dirección y el número de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abodgado, es): NOLAND HAMERLY ETIENNE & HOSS, 333 Salinas Street, P.O. Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902-2510, 831-424-1414

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of \$10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo prolegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de extención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y hiener sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos extentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de \$10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is:

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

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ER visits from immigrants fell amid ICE raids

Study finds those who did seek help in L.A. were more likely to need hospitalization.

By Corinne Purtill

Last summer's Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations left many foreign-born residents of Los Angeles afraid to venture outdoors, even when their health depended on it.

A new study from USC finds that emergency room visits from patients born outside the U.S. fell by more than 20% in the first four weeks after arrests escalated in June 2025.

Those who did come in were significantly more likely to require hospitalization than U.S.-born patients, suggesting that they were postponing treatment until they were seriously ill.

The study looked at patient data at three Los Angeles safety-net hospitals: Los Angeles General Medical Center, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.

Before enforcement escalated that June, the three emergency rooms saw a cumulative weekly average of 1,943 U.S.-born patients and 2,367 foreign-born patients, with the majority hailing from Mexico and Central or South America.

Once arrests began, hospital staff noticed an immediate change in patient volume.

"Everyone was coming back from their shifts reporting that there was no one in the emergency room, no one in the hospital" compared with a typical shift, said lead author Sarah Axeen, an assistant professor at USC's Keck School of Medicine and scholar at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Governmentz Service.

Immigrant patients who did come into the ER during the first four weeks after June 5, 2025, were significantly more likely to be sick enough to require hospitalization. Admission rates increased 4.8 percentage points among Mexican-born patients, 5.1 percentage points among patients born in Central or South America, and 2.5 percentage points among patients born in Asia.

ER visits by immigrant patients eventually rebounded somewhat, but remained 10% lower than pre-enforcement levels in October 2025. There was no change in hospital usage by U.S.-born patients during the observation period.

The study was published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

The data mirror what other clinics serving low-income patients saw during the raids.

At Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, monthly emergency room visits by non-English speaking patients were down 16% from June to August 2025 compared with monthly averages in the first five months of the year, a hospital spokesperson said.

At the peak of enforcement operations, some 35% of scheduled visits to St. John's Community Health clinics were no-shows, up from 9% before the raids began, President Jim Mangia said. "Patients were not coming in for care until it was more acute. They were forgoing care until it became unbearable," Mangia said.

During the raids, St. John's launched a program called Healthcare Without Fear to provide virtual and home visits to patients concerned about the prospect of arrest.

As ICE raids have started to rise in Los Angeles once again, so have patient no-shows, Mangia said. Management is meeting this week to determine whether they need to start Healthcare Without Fear back up.

988 crisis line restores specialized support for young LGBTQ+ people

By Corinne Purtill

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has restored the "Press 3" option connecting LGBTQ+ youth to targeted support services, more than a year after the option disappeared from the hotline.

Those who call or text 988 can once again be connected directly with counselors trained to support young LGBTQ+ people. The lifeline began offering the Press 3 option in 2022 in partnership with the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention for queer and trans youth.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced last year that it would “no longer silo LGB+ youth services” from the general hotline, starting in July 2025. The usual “T” in the acronym that stands for “transgender” was conspicuously absent from the announcement, following an executive order signed earlier that year declaring that federal agencies can recognize only two sexes that are “not changeable.” A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that the Press 3 option was halted because its funding ran out.

Along with veterans, LGBTQ+ are one of two groups known to be at higher risk for suicide who are offered the option to connect with specially trained counselors when they contact the 988 lifeline. Young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning or transgender are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their straight, cisgender peers are, according to the Trevor Project.

More than 1.3 million queer young people in the U.S. used the “Press 3” service between its launch in 2022 and its suspension in July 2025. The option for veterans, who die from suicide at 1.5 times the rate of peers in the general population, was not affected by the policy change.

A bipartisan health funding bill passed in January required the Trump administration to restore the LGBTQ+ youth support option.

THE TREVOR Project is a crisis line partner dedicated to suicide prevention for queer and trans youth.
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A skimboarder carves a turn in a wave's white water last week at Aliso Beach in Laguna amid a swell.
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Newsom denies Native tribes a greater say in water decisions

BRIAN VAN DER BRUG Los Angeles Times
GOV. GAVIN Newsom “doesn’t care about tribes,” said tribal official Malissa Tayaba, shown in 2023.

BY IAN JAMES

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have given Native tribes a greater role in California water policy decisions, saying the state is already making this a priority.

The bill would have directed state agencies to recognize historical inequities affecting tribes and to consult with them on water projects, plans and policies.

Newsom said in his veto message last week that his administration has worked to address wrongs committed against tribes and has prioritized respectful “government-to-government dialogue.” He said, however, that California “must streamline its water policies to protect our water supply from the reality of climate change.”

"I am concerned this bill would undermine that imperative," Newsom wrote. "Adding new sources of uncertainty will delay our urgent fight to secure Californians' water supplies."

The bill was introduced by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José). It was sponsored by the Karuk Tribe and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, which said state agencies should be required to consider tribes when making water policy decisions.

Opponents of the bill included the Assn. of California Water Agencies, which argued it was vague, lacked clear standards and could expose agencies to more legal disputes and delays. The California Farm Bureau also opposed the legislation.

Malissa Tayaba, vice chair of the Shingle Springs tribe, said the bill was a modest step toward correcting the exclusion of tribes from decisions.

“Newsom has shown us that he doesn’t care about tribes,” Tayaba said. “It’s just a real, I feel, slap in the face.”

The bill called for state agencies to address “the inequities regarding access to, and control over, water caused by state-sanctioned acts of termination, removal, and assimilation.” The governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs would mediate any disputes between tribes and state water agencies.

Karuk Tribe Chairman Russell "Buster" Attebery said that tribes “need to be at the table when decisions are being made,” and that the bill was an important step toward changing that.

California's system of water law dates to the Gold Rush, when the state government promoted the extermination of Native people to make way for white settlers. As land was taken from tribes, they were left without rights to water.

In 2019, Newsom issued an executive order apologizing on behalf of California for the history of “violence, maltreatment and neglect” against Native Americans.

“We really thought that Newsom was very sincere in his apology, but vetoing this bill really is showing that it didn’t matter,” Tayaba said.

It means tribes should expect to continue to be excluded from decisions, she said. "We don't have a voice."

Tayaba's tribe has opposed the Newsom administration's push to build the Delta Conveyance Project, a 45-mile tunnel that would transport water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Newsom has said building the tunnel, as well as the proposed Sites Reservoir northwest of Sacramento, would help the state adapt to worsening droughts with climate change.

Newsom said he was concerned the legislation could “disrupt important regulations, policies, permits” that are moving forward.

The governor also vetoed a bill written by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland) that would have established protections for tribes to hold religious ceremonies at sacred sites on state lands.

Newsom said he's sympathetic to those goals, but it could have "far-reaching impacts on the basic operations of state government and the management of state property."

Other measures the governor vetoed last week included a bill that would have helped low-income Californians pay rising water bills. It was introduced by state Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Panorama City).

Newsom said in his veto message that he couldn't support creating a permanent water rate assistance program “without identifying a sustainable, ongoing funding source.”

Panel recommends parole for Manson follower, now 78

BY RICHARD WINTON

Patricia Krenwinkel, convicted of seven murders as one of the most notorious members of the Manson family, was granted parole this week and, barring a move by the full state parole board and governor, will see freedom some 56 years after imprisonment.

Krenwinkel was granted parole on a preliminary basis Tuesday at her 18th hearing to gauge her suitability for parole, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "All grants of parole are proposed decisions and become final only after a thorough and comprehensive review by the Board of Parole Hearings and the Governor," officials with the department said in a statement.

It is the third time the inmate, now 78, has been approved for parole over the course of her time in prison. On each of those occasions, the governor's office exercised its authority to prevent her release. The parole decision will become final after 120 days, as long as it is cleared by the parole board's legal office, and then it is sent to the governor, who has 30 days to decide whether to reverse the decision.

In October 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom reversed the decision, noting Krenwinkel's efforts to improve herself in prison but saying her personal growth was outweighed by the potential danger she posed to the public.

Prosecutors with the L.A. County district attorney's office said they would encourage the governor's office to keep Krenwinkel behind bars. She did not appear at Tuesday's hearing. She is being held at the California Institution for Women in Corona. She is eligible under the state's elderly inmate parole program and because she was young at the time of the deadly killing rampage.

Krenwinkel was convicted in 1971, along with other members of the so-called Manson family, for the killings of seven-months-pregnant actor Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Anne Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Steven Earl Parent, as well as the slayings of grocery executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, the following day. She was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in 1972.

Krenwinkel, along with other followers of Charles Manson, broke into the Benedict Canyon home of Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were stabbed and shot during the attacks.

The high-profile trial of the Manson family made Manson and several of his followers some of the most infamous criminals of the 20th century. Krenwinkel testified that she chased Folger, heiress to the coffee company, before stabbing her more than two dozen times. She also testified that she used blood to write “Death to pigs” on the wall of the home.

REED SAXON Associated Press PATRICIA Krenwinkel was convicted of murdering seven people in 1971.

Along with co-defendants Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten, Krenwinkel at one point showed up to court with an X carved on her forehead, as Manson had also done.

Debra Tate, Sharon Tate's sister, has been an outspoken advocate for keeping Krenwinkel and other former followers of Manson behind bars.

"Society cannot allow this serial killer who committed such horrible, gruesome, random killings back out," she wrote in an online petition that has garnered more than 100,000 signatures since it was created in 2016.

Former members of the Manson family, now elderly state prison inmates, have faced several parole hearings that have resulted in outright denials.

Other former Manson followers, including Charles Denton “Tex” Watson and Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, remain in prison. Manson, Susan Atkins and Bruce Davis died in custody.

In 2023, Leslie Van Houten was granted parole and released after holding what many described as an exemplary record for decades behind bars. Newsom had denied a previous decision granting parole to Van Houten but was overruled by an appellate court.

Newsom has previously reversed the parole board's decision granting parole to Krenwinkel, stating that the convict had "not developed sufficient insight into the causative factors of her crime and her triggers for antisocial thinking and conduct in the context of maladaptive relationships."

Krenwinkel was young at the time of the killings, 21. Although she did not appear on Tuesday, at a prior hearing her attorney noted she had been abused by Manson, or someone else, at the time.

9 are accused of Mexican Mafia-ordered crimes in Pomona

[Gang, from B1] [Guang, from Dr.] also arresting Argumedo's wife, who recently gave birth to his child, and tearing up his elderly father's home while executing a search warrant. Argumedo's wife is charged with conveying some of the extortion demands; his father has not been accused of a crime.

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POMONA has struggled to shed its reputation as a Mexican Mafia stronghold. Above, gang graffiti in the city.

“They want to lock him up for the rest of his life based not on what he did, but on who he is — or who they allegedly think he is,” Stein said of his client, who has pleaded not guilty.

Argumedo and eight others are charged with conspiring to commit extortion, murder and other crimes in Pomona, a city of 150,000 that has struggled to shed its reputation as a Mexican Mafia stronghold. Last year, two Pomona gang members were accused of shaking down a businessman who testified he paid a monthly fee after being threatened at gunpoint and having his property vandalized.

Argumedo's first alleged victim was the owner of an auto supply shop that sold nitrous oxide, which can be used to boost a car's engine power but is also consumed as a recreational drug. When Argumedo and three others showed up at the business in May, the complaint said, he called the owner on Face-Time and demanded the man pay "taxes" to the Mexican Mafia.

According to prosecutors, Argumedo threatened to shoot an employee if he didn't open the door. He took \$1,500 from the register and loaded the shop's televisions, tools and 20 nitrous oxide tanks into a U-Haul, prosecutors wrote in the complaint.

Two months later, Argumedo tried to collect a debt from an unidentified Pomona man, according to the complaint. Stephanie “Lista” Lechuga, 25, told Argumedo she’d taken the debtor’s Mercedes as partial payment, and Argumedo told her the man was “banned from Pomona and placed on a hit list,” prosecutors wrote.

Around 8 p.m. the next day, the debtor was driving near 6th and Palomares streets in Pomona when Ruben “Cranky” Figueroa fired a dozen shots at the man's car, according to the complaint. At least three struck the car, but the man was apparently uninjured.

Six days later, he was contacted by Jonathan Montano. A reputed member of East L.A.'s King Kobras gang, Montano, 34, once went by "Trigger," a detective testified in a prior case, but the complaint filed

Wednesday said his nickname is now “Kid.” He was implicated in a 2016 shooting that allegedly involved a corrupt Glendale police detective. Neither Montano nor the detective was charged with the shooting, which wounded the bodyguard of an Armenian organized crime figure.

Montano's name also surfaced during the trial of

Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation JOSE ARGUMEDO is charged with conspir- ing to commit murder.

Jose “Cartune” Loza, who was convicted of gunning down a rival Mexican Mafia member at a restaurant in Bassett in 2016. Montano drove the getaway car, a witness testified at Loza’s federal racketeering trial in 2019.

According to the complaint unsealed Wednesday, Montano told the debtor he was targeted by the Mexican Mafia and demanded \$2,000. The man sent \$2,400 over Cash App to an intermediary, who then notified the debtor that Montano had removed him from the hit list. The man's Mercedes was also returned to him.

Montano, Figueroa, Lechuga and three others were arrested Wednesday morning, FBI officials said in a statement. Argumedo was already in custody for the alleged auto shop shakedown. The defendants are being held in a county lockup with no bail.

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SUMMONS ON FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 26STCV18156

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO):

All other persons unknown, claiming any legal right, title, estate, lien or interest in the property described in the complaint, which is adverse to Plaintiffs' title or creates any cloud on Plaintiffs' title, and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive and all persons claiming by, through, or under him/her; and all other persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the complaint, which is adverse to Plaintiffs' title or creates any cloud on Plaintiffs' title, and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive. This is a quiet title action. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to the subject real properties located at 900 East 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021-1806 (APN Nos. 5146-023-037 and 5146-023-036) and 3421 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90023-3030 (APN Nos. 5190-019-030 and 5190-019-033 (Code Civl Proc. section 763.020(c).

THOMAS NEMES, Trustee of the Thomas Nemes and Judith Names Living Trust dated April 10, 1974; THOMAS SZABADI, PETER SZABADI, Trustee of the Peter Szabadi Family Trust u/d/t dated April 25, 1974, as amended; KENNY NEMES, Trustee of the Nemes Living Trust u/d/t dated February 14, 2004; BRIAN NEMES, STEPHEN SZABADI, ZACHARY SZABADI, KARA SZABADI

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of \$10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo prolegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de extención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y hiener sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos extentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de \$10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is:
(El nombre y dirección de la corte es):
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
111 North Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is:

(El nombre, la dirección y el número de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abodgado, es): NOLAND HAMERLY ETIENNE & HOSS, 333 Salinas Street, P.O. Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902-2510, 831-424-1414

Date: 08/04/2026

David W. Slayton

S. Bolden

Executive Officer/Clerk of Court (Secretario) Deputy (Adjunto)

Published in the Los Angeles Times

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 26VECV01358 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ANGELA GANT, an individual; LUIS BRAVO, an individual; KATHERINE HODAK PHALLON, an individual; and Does 1 through 10

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of \$10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡Avisó! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de \$10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

6230 Sylmar Ave. Van Nuys, California 91401

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles

You're connected.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): TODD F. HAINES, ESQ LAW OFFICES OF TODD F. HAINES, 30495 Canwood Street, Ste 100, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (420-4033) 818-597-2240

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DATE (Pechu). 03/00/2020 David W. Slayton, Executive Officer, Clerk (Secretario), by P. Diaz, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/0/26

SUMMONS (Family Law) (AMENDED) Case No. 24STFL12401 CITACIÓN (Derecho familiar)

Notice to Respondent (Name): Aviso Al Demandado (Nombre): Makayla Antoinette Arciniegas

You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page. Lo han demandado. Lea la información a continuación y en la página siguiente.

Petitioner's name is: Nombre del demandante: Andres Arciniegas Garavito

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

You're connected.

Tiene 30 días de calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague mantuencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogao. Puede obtener información para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov) en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE—RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

Los Angeles Times

AVISO – LAS ÓRDENES DE RESTRICCIÓN SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PÁGINA 2: Las órdenes de restricción están en vigencia en cuanto a ambos cónyuges o miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier agencia del orden público que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerías acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

EXENCIÓN DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida el secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a petición de usted o de la otra parte.

The name and address of the court are: Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney. are: Arsalan Hayatdavoodi, Esq Hayat Family Law and Mediation Offices, APC 100 Wilshire Blvd Suite 700, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 310-917-1044

Date: 7/1/2026

Legal Notices

David W. Slayton, Clerk /s/ S. Barajas Deputy (Asistente)

Los Angeles Times

Published in the Los Angeles Times

Legal Notices

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ALAN DZHIOEV, an individual; ARSEN SEMERJYAN, an individual; LENA SHAKHBAZIAN, an individual; ALAN ERONISOVICH DZHIOEV (DOE 1) and DOES 2-100. INCLUSIVE

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):

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AMENDED SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 24STCV17768

U-HAUL CO. OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation, U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation; and ARCOA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of \$10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AViso! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services,

Los Angeles Times latimes.com.

(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de \$10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es):

111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Amir Abmadi

Colman Perkins Law Group
500 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 2200
Glendale, CA 91203.
Tel.: (818) 546-8686
DATE (Fecha): 09/21/2026
/s/ by: David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of the Court, Clerk (Secretario),
/s/ by: R. Sanchez, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL)

Published in The Los Angeles Times on: 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23/26

Today in Southern California

Warm, but heat wave over for most: The ridge responsible for the record-breaking heat wave will weaken more Friday and Saturday as a strong Pacific trough approaches the area. Moisture from Tropical Storm Rachel and the deepening Pacific trough might bring rain late Saturday night and Sunday with the higher chance for heavier rain from Orange County on south and east. Cool air will continue early next week.

5-day forecasts

	L.A. Basin		Valleys		Beaches		Mountains		Deserts
Today	86|66		90|63		78|66		74|46		105|77
	Mostly sunny		Warm with sunshine		Humid		Partly sunny; warm		Mostly sunny; hot
Saturday	Clouds, sun	81/66	Partly sunny	82/64	Clouds, sun	76/67	Clouds, sun	68/42	Not as hot	93/68
Sunday	A little rain	73/61	A little rain	73/59	A little rain	73/62	Some rain	57/36	Rain/wind	78/62
Monday	A few showers	68/56	A few showers	67/53	A few showers	69/56	A few showers	47/30	Showers	74/61
Tuesday	A p.m. shower	73/62	Warmer	75/56	A p.m. shower	69/60	A shower	50/35	Showers	78/59

Surf and sea

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO Inner waters: Wind becoming west 8-15 knots. Seas 3-5 feet. Swell south 3-4 feet at 12 seconds and west 2 feet at about 8 seconds.

Surf zone: The risk for strong rip currents will be high at L.A., S.D. and O.C. beaches and moderate at Ventura and Santa Barbara beaches.

County	Height	Period	Direction	Temp
Santa Barbara	2-4'	12 sec	S	70
Ventura	2-4'	12 sec	S	71
Los Angeles	3-5'	12 sec	S	73
Orange	3-5'	12 sec	S	73
San Diego	3-5'	12 sec	S	73

L.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.
Today	8:59a	5.9 Hi	2:44a	0.4 Lo
	9:20p	5.2 Hi	3:17p	0.3 Lo
Sat.	9:24a	6.1 Hi	3:11a	0.8 Lo
	10:02p	4.8 Hi	3:55p	0.0 Lo

UV index

Minutes to burn for sensitive people Las Vegas, 45 Phoenix, 45 Los Angeles, 45 San Francisco, 45

Sun and moon

Almanac

California cities*

City	Thu.*			Today			Sat.
	Hi	Lo	Prcp.	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo
Anaheim	96	66	--	89	67	83	65
Avalon/Catalina	86	65	--	76	60	72	60
Bakersfield	98	71	--	97	65	88	61
Barstow	100	71	--	97	69	89	62
Big Bear Lake	75	45	--	74	46	68	42
Bishop	90	49	--	89	49	83	49
Burbank	99	67	--	89	65	84	65
Camarillo	81	61	--	77	62	74	64
Chatsworth	96	67	--	89	63	82	64
Chino	99	63	--	96	64	88	63
Compton	88	68	--	85	67	81	69
Dana Point	84	68	--	78	68	74	67
Death Valley	110	79	--	108	80	99	74
Del Mar	80	68	--	77	69	74	69
Escondido	94	62	--	89	63	82	67
Eureka	57	51	.01	61	50	61	43
Fallbrook	92	61	--	88	61	83	65
Fresno	99	67	--	97	62	85	56
Fullerton	96	67	--	88	67	81	67
Hemet	101	62	--	95	62	87	62
Hesperia	95	64	--	91	62	80	58
Huntington Beach	82	69	--	78	69	76	68
Idyllwild	82	63	--	81	60	74	54
Irvine	90	66	--	85	68	81	66

Temperature	Los Angeles	Fullerton	Ventura*
High/low	94/70	96/70	78/60
Normal high/low	80/61	81/60	75/54
High/low a year ago	76/58	77/59	71/61
Record high/date	100/1994	97/1999	96/1994
Record low/date	43/1881	53/2011	45/1970

City	Thu.*			Today			Sat.
	Hi	Lo	Prcp.	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo
L.A. D'ntown/USC	93	68	--	86	66	81	66
L.A. Int'l. Airport	80	68	--	78	68	76	69
Laguna Beach	82	68	--	77	68	75	66
Lancaster	98	63	--	93	64	80	58
Long Beach	91	68	--	83	68	79	67
Mammoth Lakes	73	41	--	70	41	63	37
Mission Viejo	93	64	--	87	66	82	63
Monrovia	99	69	--	91	65	85	65
Monterey	72	56	--	68	58	64	55
Mt. Wilson	81	61	--	65	54	58	46
Needles	105	77	--	103	79	94	69
Newport Beach	81	69	--	78	70	76	68
Northridge	98	65	--	90	62	83	64
Oakland	81	57	--	71	58	64	53
Oceanside	87	62	--	86	62	81	66
Ojai	96	60	--	86	58	77	61
Ontario	101	69	--	94	67	85	65
Palm Springs	109	80	--	105	77	93	68
Pasadena	96	68	--	89	64	82	65
Paso Robles	99	53	--	85	51	75	51
Redding	103	63	--	96	56	76	55
Riverside	99	64	--	95	66	86	63
Sacramento	100	62	--	92	57	75	50
San Bernardino	101	67	--	96	66	85	62

Precipitation	Los Angeles	Fullerton	Ventura*
24-hour total (as of 2 p.m.)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Season total (since Oct. 1)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last season (Oct. 1 to date)	0.00	0.01	Trace
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date)	0.11	0.08	0.10
Humidity (high/low)	93/66	87/22	96/70

City	Thu.*			Today			Sat.
	Hi	Lo	Prcp.	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo
San Diego	82	69	--	80	69	77	70
San Francisco	77	56	--	71	58	67	53
San Gabriel	95	67	--	90	65	84	65
San Jose	91	59	--	81	58	71	53
San Luis Obispo	81	58	--	75	58	71	54
Santa Ana	89	68	--	81	68	81	69
Santa Barbara	80	62	--	75	61	72	59
Santa Clarita	97	62	--	93	58	84	62
Santa Monica Pier	80	67	--	78	66	76	67
Santa Paula	88	60	--	85	58	78	64
Santa Rosa	92	52	--	77	52	73	44
Simi Valley	93	62	--	88	57	80	60
Tahoe Valley	77	41	--	75	45	65	38
Temecula	96	61	--	93	61	83	64
Thousand Oaks	92	62	--	84	60	79	63
Torrance	80	69	--	78	68	78	68
UCLA	87	68	--	82	66	79	68
Van Nuys	101	66	--	92	64	85	66
Ventura	75	64	.01	73	63	70	65
Whittier Hills	93	68	--	88	67	82	67
Woodland Hills	98	65	--	90	62	83	65
Wrightwood	78	63	--	78	59	68	50
Yorba Linda	97	64	--	90	66	84	65
Yosemite Valley	85	56	--	83	52	74	53

Today in North America

Isaias heads toward Gulf Coast: Hurricane Isaias will approach the western Florida Panhandle with increasing wind, rain and coastal storm surge wind. The life-threatening wind and rain will spread north Friday night. A cold front will send showers across the Pacific Northwest.

Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Hurricane Tropical Storm Tropical Depression Tropical Rainstorm

Shown are areas of precipitation and high temperatures for the day.

U.S. cities

THURSDAY'S EXTREMES AS OF 2 P.M. FOR THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES High 107 in Palm Springs, Calif. Low 23 in Angel Fire, N.M.

City	Thursday*			Today
	Hi	Lo	Prcp.	Hi	Lo	Sky
Albany	69	54	.06	64	43	Pc
Albuquerque	79	57	--	79	57	Su
Anchorage	48	38	.01	50	41	Pc
Aspen	72	38	.07	72	43	Su
Atlanta	84	59	--	76	62	Hz
Austin	91	60	--	92	60	Pc
Baltimore	79	52	--	75	51	Su
Boise	86	55	--	85	47	Su
Boston	73	55	--	69	50	Su
Buffalo	66	51	.21	65	44	Pc
Burlington, Vt.	68	54	.07	59	39	Sh
Charleston, S.C.	79	61	--	79	70	Hz
Charlotte	84	55	--	78	61	Pc
Chicago	72	53	--	68	59	Sh
Cincinnati	78	50	--	82	58	Su
Cleveland	69	50	--	71	55	Pc
Columbia, S.C.	80	53	--	79	66	Hz
Columbus	74	52	--	75	55	Su
Dallas/Ft.Worth	90	64	--	90	66	Su
Denver	84	57	--	85	58	Su
Detroit	70	51	--	71	56	Pc
El Paso	85	64	--	85	63	Su
Eugene	79	42	--	66	40	R
Fort Myers	89	75	.41	90	77	Ts
Hartford	75	52	--	68	44	Su
Honolulu	83	75	.69	87	76	Sh
Houston	93	71	--	92	66	Su
Indianapolis	79	51	--	82	57	Su
Jacksonville, Fla.	81	74	.41	79	74	Ts
Kansas City	83	58	--	87	62	Su
Knoxville	82	57	--	81	59	Su
Las Vegas	99	74	--	97	75	Su
Louisville	84	59	--	86	61	Su
Medford	92	54	--	79	44	Su
Memphis	90	60	--	92	65	Su
Miami	90	77	.05	90	80	Ts
Milwaukee	69	52	--	65	58	Sh
Minneapolis	65	48	.02	73	61	Pc
Nashville	86	56	--	89	65	Su
New Orleans	84	75	--	82	69	R
New York	73	57	--	71	54	Su
Norfolk	83	57	--	75	63	Pc
Oklahoma City	87	62	--	90	61	Su
Omaha	83	48	--	87	64	Pc
Orlando	81	73	.14	90	75	Ts
Philadelphia	79	58	--	75	54	Su
Phoenix	103	81	--	103	81	Su
Pittsburgh	71	51	--	70	51	Su
Portland, Ore.	78	52	--	64	48	R
Providence	74	50	--	70	47	Su
Raleigh/Durham	85	56	--	79	62	Hz
Reno	89	52	--	86	54	Su
Richmond	84	54	--	77	56	Pc
St. Louis	84	56	--	89	62	Su
Salt Lake City	85	59	.01	85	65	Su

City	Thursday*			Today
	Hi	Lo	Prcp.	Hi	Lo	Sky
Seattle	69	51	.01	62	46	Sh
Tampa	79	73	1.25	88	79	Ts
Tucson	97	70	--	95	73	Su
Tulsa	89	59	--	91	62	Su
Washington, D.C.	80	58	--	76	57	Su
Wichita	87	59	--	88	60	Su
World
Acapulco	84	75	1.16	81	74	Ts
Amsterdam	59	54	.77	64	52	R
Athens	79	57	--	79	62	Su
Bangkok	91	79	.01	93	80	Ts
Barcelona	72	64	.13	70	54	Su
Berlin	66	50	.19	57	50	Sh
Cabo San Lucas	91	78	.13	92	78	Ts
Cairo	84	67	--	86	68	Su
Dubai	108	90	--	104	84	Su
Dublin	59	41	.21	60	46	Pc
Havana	90	73	.01	90	76	R
Ho Chi Minh City	88	74	.60	90	78	R
Hong Kong	87	77	--	88	78	Pc
Istanbul	68	57	--	73	61	Su
Jerusalem	78	63	--	79	63	Su
Johannesburg	77	50	--	83	60	Su
Kuala Lumpur	90	76	.12	95	76	Ts
Lima	79	70	--	80	71	Su
London	59	46	.25	67	49	Sh
Madrid	68	55	--	69	45	Su
Mecca	101	80	--	100	82	Hz
Mexico City	71	54	.39	68	57	Ts
Montreal	63	52	.35	57	37	Sh
Moscow	57	39	.02	63	45	Cy
Mumbai	99	83	--	99	82	Su
New Delhi	93	75	--	93	72	Ts
Paris	63	52	.04	62	52	R
Prague	70	45	.16	57	49	Pc
Rome	75	64	.21	74	59	Sh
Seoul	77	47	--	78	51	Pc
Singapore	90	82	--	93	79	Ts
Taipei City	82	69	--	86	74	Pc
Tokyo	73	63	--	77	63	Su
Vancouver	66	50	.01	60	47	R
Vienna	75	50	.03	65	47	Su

Key: Su sunny; Pc partly cloudy; Cy cloudy; Fg foggy; Prcp precipitation; Dr drizzle; Hz hazy Sh showers; Ts thunderstorms; R rain; Sn snow; Sf snow flurries; I ice; Rs rain/snow; W windy; Tr trace. Notes: National extremes exclude Alaska and Hawaii. * - data estimated. Thursday's readings as of 2 p.m.

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A flood warning for south-facing beaches

[Weather, from B1] out much beach left."

Tides in Southern California are expected to be 1 foot to $1^{1/2}$ feet above what would be expected without the abnormally warm ocean temperatures wrought by El Niño.

"We could see — it's on the table — some isolated damage issues," Kittell said, but perhaps less dramatic than Labor Day weekend, when some homes in Malibu, Long Beach and Dana Point were heavily damaged by swells from Hurricane Marie.

And all of this comes as forecasters say odds are increasing that this El Niño will be the strongest in the modern record, which goes back to 1950.

Here's what you need to know.

Rachel downgraded

Rachel, which was a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday, was downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday and is expected to continue weakening as it moves closer to Southern California, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The storm has been moving northwest, but was expected to make a sharp turn to the right sometime Thursday or Friday, due to a “fairly complicated scenario where we have two abnormal low-pressure systems ... dropping down from the north and will be over the California area sometime between [Thursday] and early next week,” Kittell said.

“They’re going to interact with the remnants and leftovers of Rachel, especially its moisture, and kind of form a new system that’s going to move over our area,” he added.

The odds the system will still be at tropical storm strength by the time it hits Southern California are considered very low, forecasters say.

Good chance of rain

"Right now, it seems like

Sunday night through Mon- day is the time period with the highest chances for rain," Kittell said.

There's a $70\%$ to $90\%$ chance that rain will fall at some point between Saturday and Tuesday in L.A. and Ventura counties, Kittell said, with the highest chances between Sunday night and Monday night.

For those running the 2XU Long Beach Marathon on Sunday morning, Kittell said he expects a 40% to 50% chance of rain during the day.

“So you can be optimistic and hope for no rain, but certainly those chances are high enough to at least plan for some light rain at some time during that event,” Kittell said.

Not much rain is expected — perhaps one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch, with mountains getting a bit more. Rain rates are probably going to be a quarter of an inch per hour or less, making debris flow and landslides unlikely.

For San Diego County, Orange County and the Inland Empire, the chance of rain is expected to increase Sunday through Tuesday, with the best odds Sunday and Monday, according to the weather service office in San Diego.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, forecasters warned of up to 1.2 feet of inundation above ground level “in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways,” the weather service office in Monterey said.

Gusty conditions

Sunday is expected to be the windiest day, “with pretty widespread south-to-west winds, anywhere between 20- to 35-mph gusts,” Kittell said. “It doesn’t look like a great period to go boating.”

Forecasters also expect strong rip currents and dangerous waves, which increase the risk of drowning for people swimming at the beach.

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"There is a low but pre-sent risk for some locally

A PERSON watches from a second-story balcony as waves crash against seawall boards in Long Beach.

strong winds as well as a thunderstorm or two," Kittell said. "Coinciding with that coastal flooding risk is also some risk for some high surf and strong rip currents at the beaches."

Adding to those concerns will be expected high tides, as well as the incoming Kelvin wave.

Kelvin wave

Fueled by El Niño, a “coastally trapped” Kelvin wave has been moving up the coast of the Americas for weeks, bringing with it hotter water and elevated sea levels. When combined with storm swells and high tides, Kelvin waves can increase the risk of coastal flooding.

Until recently, Kelvin waves were a pretty obscure concept. But they're fundamentally at the heart of El Niño: a climate pattern in which the ocean waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific heat up and spur changes in the atmosphere that can affect weather around the world.

“Coastally trapped” means they must follow a coastal boundary, with the shoreline to their right in the Northern Hemisphere, said Michael Jacox, research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries' Ecosystem Science Division.

The latest Kelvin wave is expected to keep sea levels raised for a while. The initial edge of the wave has probably already passed Los Angeles, and might even be north of San Francisco, Dillon Amaya, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University's Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, told The Times. More inundation is possible as the Kelvin wave passes through.

“I do think it is safe to say that sea levels will remain elevated for months,” Amaya said. “In fact, the data shows another El Niño-related coastally trapped wave already in transit from the tropics.”

That's expected, as the last major El Niño spawned five or six such waves, Amaya said.

Part of the reason why Kelvin waves are becoming better known as a hazard has been the rise in sea levels over the decades due to human-caused climate change. Sea levels have risen by about a foot over the last 125 years along the California coastline.

El Niño

On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said the chance of a historic, record-breaking El Niño is now 83%, up from the probability of 75% issued last month.

El Niño typically emerges every two to seven years, and the warming of ocean waters is coupled with changing conditions in the atmosphere, sparking changes in weather across the globe.

For Southern California, the strongest El Niños are typically associated with higher-than-average rainfall. Two of the strongest on record, in 1982-83 and 1997-98, saw very wet winters that left a trail of devastation in California.

That's not always the case, though. During the 2015-16 El Niño season, California didn't experience elevated rainfall, but did see record coastal erosion, another hallmark of the climate pattern.

Wide swaths of the Pacific Ocean are now at temperatures never seen before in the modern record. Scientists have observed temperatures underneath the sea surface more than 18 degrees above the baseline.

"With an event of this magnitude, the chances of experiencing impacts consistent with El Niño are larger, though not guaranteed," the Climate Prediction Center said.

Heat winding down

Southern California's latest bout of extreme heat was expected to begin winding down Thursday or Friday, with the highs of 95 to 105 degrees that were common Wednesday tumbling down into the 70s by Sunday or Monday.

There are initial signs of more heat toward the end of next week and into the following week, according to Kittell.

“Right now, it doesn't look nearly as extreme as what we just had, but it certainly does look elevated,” he said.

Campus safety a worry after death of LAUSD student

[LAUSD, from B1] who fell as Xavier Nungaray-Martinez, 17, and determined he died by suicide.

Officials have not re- leased details about what preceded the fall.

In a cellphone video, one student repeatedly hits a student who is on the ground. A teacher stands between the students, and the boy on the ground slowly gets up. The student who beat the other backs off, giving him a shove as he does. The boy who was hit turns away. Then, the attacker delivers one more punch that knocks the boy to the floor. The boy gets up and runs out the door, with the attacking student shouting at him to "run," using a racial slur.

In another video, the boy who was hit, identified by community members as Xavier, jumps over a fourth-floor railing as the student who appears to be the attacker approaches.

In a statement Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said it is investigating allegations that “bullying may have contributed to the student’s death,” but so far has not identified evidence establishing a connection.

"The investigation remains active and ongoing, and this preliminary assessment should not be interpreted as a final determination of the circumstances surrounding his death," the department said. "The Department recognizes the concerns expressed by the student's family, classmates, and the broader community and remains committed to conducting a thorough, objective, and impartial investigation."

The Wednesday news conference included Franklin High parents, who also spoke during the public comment portion of a Board of Education meeting, demanding that the district staff police officers on campuses.

Margarita Giron told board members that her daughter was a victim of bullying at LAUSD and asked them what they were waiting for before they took further steps to address school safety.

“What is it?” she said, her voice quaking. “Are you waiting for one of your own to die to take action?”

"If you guys don't do something, we are going to go higher than you," she added.

Board members did not comment or address parents, as is their practice during public statements.

School board member Rocio Rivas, who represents Franklin and whose son attends the school, was not immediately available to comment Wednesday. Last week she issued a public statement saying that as a Franklin parent she “knows there is a lot of pain and confusion among students, staff and families,” and said the district is providing increased mental health services on campus.

The news conference, attended by more than a dozen parents, was organized by California Rising, a nonprofit that describes itself as advocating for public safety and cleaner, stronger neighborhoods.

Veronica Mendoza said her son Edgar, a senior at Franklin, saw the fall and returned to school Tuesday.

Mendoza said that an increase in school police is the only action that she feels could help her son and his peers — and provide more clarity to families when incidents occur.

“I’m very worried,” said Mendoza, who’s heard of several fights and incidents in which sharp weapons were pulled out at the school. “I feel like my house is safer right now than school with everything that’s happening.”

An LAUSD spokesman said he did not “have info on any recent on-campus events” when asked about Mendoza’s comments.

School board cut police in 2020

In June 2020, the school board voted 4 to 3 to remove police from campuses in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and nationwide protests over racial justice. The board also cut the school police budget by \$25 million, about 35%. Ultimately, the reorganization eliminated 133 positions: 70 sworn positions, 62 nonsworn ones and one support staffer.

Until that time, a typical high school had one permanent officer and two middle schools would split an officer. There also were patrols, detectives and special investigators.

The district concurrently ramped up student support through the Black Student Achievement Plan and other efforts. A board majority also defeated a proposal to let school communities or a principal decide whether an officer should be stationed at a high school — either permanently or temporarily.

Online sources indicate that the district's school police department currently has about 270 sworn officers, 61 nonsworn safety officers and 40 civilian staff members. Nonsworn officers typically are unarmed.

In June, the school board approved a budget plan that cut the school police budget by \$3.5 million in 2026-27 and by \$7 million in 2027-28.

In a statement, an LAUSD spokesperson said “school safety is a shared responsibility, and we continue to work with school leaders, staff, families and our law enforcement partners to ensure campuses are safe and supportive places for students to learn.”

Raul Claros, the founder of California Rising, said he believes the 2020 board decision to remove police from campus was a response to the politics of the time.

“Let’s be clear. The reason why the school police is not on our campuses today is because of political rhetoric,” said Claros, who ran unsuccessfully to unseat Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez in the June primary. “To the board members who know better, you didn’t always believe school police shouldn’t be on campus, but you got afraid of cancel culture.”

Divided stances on school police

Since then, the issue has divided parents and others.

On one side are some parents, police union leaders and students who participate in the district's police academy magnet programs. They see police as offering a crucial deterrent and emergency response force to threats from outside a campus. They also view police as a visual deterrent to on-campus bullying, gang influence and criminal activity, such as drug sales.

But at least as loud a voice comes from student activists who support eliminating school police and point to academics who have concluded that police have historically targeted minority students for unequal enforcement. These students say any effort by police to deter bullying or fights would be more effectively handled by counseling, fully staffed nonpolice adult supervision and staff trained in de-escalation.

At a Tuesday board meeting, Mau Trejo, an organizer with the group Students Deserve, told board members that in the wake of Xavier's death, "school police are not the answer."

Instead, he called on the district to add more counselors and psychiatric social workers as well as to focus on “peacebuilding” and restorative justice practices, which emphasize that students learn to take personal responsibility for their actions and to take steps to remedy the consequences of inappropriate behavior.

“We have to center [Xavier's] life and ask ourselves what we can do differently to better support young people across LAUSD,” Trejo said Tuesday. “We know that Xavier experienced bullying and was involved in a fight before his death, and we cannot change what happened. What we can do is ask whether our schools have the resources and are equipped to intervene when students are experiencing harm and conflict.”

The last speaker at Wednesday's meeting was a woman who identified herself as a relative of Xavier's.

Standing at the lectern, flanked by more than 10 others in support, the woman called for the school district to provide more security at Franklin High School to prevent another fatal tragedy.

“Where were you when the child pleaded for help?” said the family member, who attended the board meeting on the family’s behalf. “Where were you when the child was being attacked in the classroom? Where were you, can you please give me an answer?”

Obituaries

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Mike Richard Horwitz August 17, 1955 - October 5, 2026

Mike passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, after a long illness. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and son whose love and presence will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

He leaves behind his beloved and devoted wife, Jan, with whom he shared 48 years of marriage; his three children, Jessica (Ryan), Adam, and Chad; his cherished grandchildren, Aubrey and Everly; and his mother, Elsie.

Mike was predeceased by his father, Chuck, and his brother, Mitchell.

His family will forever treasure the memories they shared with him—the love, laughter, and moments that made their lives richer simply because he was part of them. Though he will be deeply missed, his memory will live on in the hearts of those who loved him.

The family will hold a private Celebration of Life

Dr. Robert Kenji NAGAMOTO

Dr. Robert Kenji Nagamoto, a dedicated Obstetrician and Gynecologist who brought thousands of lives into Southern California, passed away peacefully with immediate family on September 20th at the age of 93.

Born in Los Angeles, Dr. Nagamoto earned his medical degree from USC Medical School and completed his residency at Kaiser Hospital. He practiced over a distinguished 30-year career at Little Company of Mary Torrance.

Robert is survived by his wife Agnes and sons Steve, Robert Tatsu, and Glen and grandchildren Bennett, Glen Kenji, and Jake.

A service will be held for immediate family only. Family request privacy at this time.

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Susan Amy SEIZER

Susan Seizer passed away at the age of 67. She was a force of nature. She was loved by so many, and she returned that love. A graduate of Beverly Hills High School and Barnard College, she got her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Susie was brilliant yet down-to-earth. She was adventurous, independent, generous and funny. She was a teacher, a writer, an ethnographer, an avid reader, an activist. She loved to connect ideas and people.

She was a professor at Scripps College in Claremont and moved to Indiana to teach at Indiana University for 20 years, recently retiring as a Professor Emerita. She was a dancer in New York when she saw a performance of Indian dance that fascinated her and became the basis of her thesis. She learned to speak Tamil. As a cultural anthropologist she lived in South India for three years, forming lasting bonds with the women actors and their families. Before that her curiosity led her to live in Finland with a Host Family and in the Pyrenees, installing solar panels and making goat cheese. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 32. She lived with it the rest of her life. She met Catherine Brennan when both were Visiting Professors at Occidental College. They married when same-sex marriages in California were recognized. When that became legal nation-wide, they married again. They have two grown sons, Keith (and his fiancée Hannah Arroyo) and Forrest, all of whom live in Bloomington. Her uncle Michael (Margie) Victor lives in Texas, and Uncle Fred Morse in Maryland.

Susan's father, Bob, predeceased her in 2023. Her mother, Fern, still lives in their family home in Beverly Hills, and her brother Steven, sister-in-law Claudia and nephews Daniel, David and Andrew live in Santa Monica. Susan was comfortable spending time in both the West Coast and the Midwest, making and keeping friends in both places. Contributions in Susan's memory would be welcomed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society https://donate.nationalms-society.org/campaigns/In-Memoriam-Susan-Seizer and the MALL www.mobilityaidslendinglibrary.org(Mobility Aids Lending Library), a nonprofit organization she co-founded.

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LAUSD parents enter the district board room Wednesday after a rally calling for police to return to campuses.
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego

[Ship, from B1] needed to conduct combat," he said. "We never missed a mission. I also never missed a meal."

He said the ship deployed with five chaplains and a well-staffed mental health team. "We got our sailors any care they needed and got them back in the fight when it was appropriate," he said. On Wednesday, U.S. De

On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the crew with the Presidential Unit Citation, the highest unit-level military decoration awarded by the United States.

The aircraft carrier traveled more than 85,000 nautical miles carrying around 5,000 sailors during its 10-month deployment, described as “one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era” by U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper.

"Our epic deployment ends today and what this team achieved is amazing," Keeler said Thursday. "Lincoln Nation conducted major combat operations, enforced naval blockade and demonstrated the presence and power of the carrier strike group and multiple numbered fleets, all while keeping up unprecedented operational tempo."

Cooper visited the ship in August and noted it had among the lowest numbers of mental-health-related cases out of the Navy's 11 active carriers, but “this doesn't mean that all is perfect.”

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-

Calif.) said in a statement Thursday that while he celebrated the ship's return, he was acutely aware of the burden such a long deployment put on crew members and their families.

Schiff said one of his constituents, identified only as Doug, wrote him a letter expressing concern about conditions aboard the ship after his son was medically evacuated due to a collapsed lung.

"After time in the ICU [abroad], he returned home to us as a shell of the son who had left," Doug wrote. "He is 6'5" and left weighing 210 pounds; and he returned closer to 180 pounds. He resembled a starved prisoner of war. What he told me as a father and veteran turns my stomach and must be brought to light."

San Diego resident Annabelle Loma told the Military Times in August that her husband was among the sailors who attempted to jump overboard.

"He thinks he'll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13-year-old career is ruined, just like that," she said. "That's not fair, that's not right."

Schiff said he hopes these tales of hardship resonate with the Trump administration, arguing that “with no clear objective and no measurable progress,” the war on Iran must end, not only because of high costs imposed on the American people but also because of the high price paid by service members.

More than 860 troops have been wounded and 19 have been killed since the start of the conflict, according to data published by the Defense Department.

No casualties were reported aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

"The most important statistic, the one that I am most proud of, is zero," Keeler said. "Zero lost aircraft, zero combat damage, zero lives lost. Every single sailor and Marine that left on this deployment is going home."

The ship's return to San Diego comes just days after the president's controversial remarks suggesting that if Iran were to "take out" San Diego or Los Angeles, it would be a "very small price to pay" to keep the world and country safe.

White House communications director Steven Cheung criticized the “media freakout” over the comments, saying that the president was pointing out how American cities would have been threatened if it were not for U.S. military intervention.

Trump appeared to backpedal his bellicosity at a rally in San Antonio on Wednesday, saying he was not going to let Iranian missiles strike U.S. cities.

Nonetheless, the damage was done, with California leaders from both sides of the aisle criticizing the implications of the president's speech.

"We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay,’" San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted on X. "Keep our city out of your reckless war talk." Jim Desmond.

Jim Desmond, a Trump-endorsed Republican candidate running to represent San Diego in California's hotly contested 48th Congressional District, said he vehemently disagreed with the president's comments.

“America must stand up to Iran and defend our interests,” the Navy veteran wrote on social media, “but the first responsibility of our Commander in Chief is to protect the American people and our homeland.”

The USS Abraham Lincoln is not the only aircraft carrier to have completed an exceptionally long deployment amid the continued conflict.

The USS Gerald R. Ford set a post-Vietnam War record when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia in May from a 326-day deployment, which also earned the team a rare Presidential Unit Citation.

Last week, another crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group left San Diego, seemingly headed to support military operations in the Middle East.

In a social media post Thursday, Trump said that his team was engaged in productive talks with Iran and he does not intend to resume military strikes on Iran before November's midterm elections.

Negotiations appeared to have stalled after Trump rejected Iran's proposal last month to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under certain conditions.

PLAYOFFS

IA 4 A 1

NLDS DODGERS WIN, 3-1

W: HENRIQUEZ L: MAHLE S: DÍAZ

NLCS GAME 1: SUNDAY AT MILWAUKEE 5 P.M. PDT TV: FOX AND FOX ONE

THE Dodgers spray beer in the clubhouse Wednesday after beating the Braves in the division series to book their return to the National League Championship Series.
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SOAK UP THE MOMENT

Voices

MIKE STEWART Associated Press
ANDY PAGES exults after his tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning of Game 4. "That's why he stayed in the lineup," teammate Kiké Hernández said of L.A.'s No. 9 hitter.

BILL PLASCHKE COLUMNIST

Missing bat arrives just in time for postseason

He pounded his chest twice as he left the batter's box, and all of Dodgers nation rocked to the beat.

Andy Pages did it. He finally did it. He finally broke out of his baffling, two-year October slump with a hit so powerful, he didn't even have to climb over Kiké Hernández to get it.

How powerful? With one smooth swing he broke a tie by scoring two runs while sending two teams packing, the Atlanta Braves trudging home for the winter and the Dodgers charging into the National League Championship Series.

Yeah, it was a blast, both figuratively and literally, Pages' two-out, two-strike, bases-loaded single in the seventh inning Wednesday night silencing the lame tomahawk-chopping fans at Truist Park and eventually giving the Dodgers a clinching 4-1 victory against the Braves in the National League Division Series.

Certainly, it only gets tougher from here. In winning this best-off-five series three games to one, the Dodgers now can prepare for a best-of-seven showdown against the mighty Milwaukee Brewers.

Yes, they will need to hit better, they will need Blake Snell to find his focus, [See Plaschke, D5]

Siblings formally oppose Jeanie Buss They call the Lakers governor's petition to block the sale of the team "legally and factually baseless." D2

Looking ahead

Bill Shaikin maps out reasons to worry, or not, in the Dodgers' NLCS matchup. D4

Bullpen breakout

Dodgers relievers really stepped up against Braves, Mirjam Swanson writes. D5

They're moving on

Brewers finish Padres, Rays oust Yankees to reach league championship series. D5

UCLA alum is outworking the competition, leading the Golden State Valkyries deep into the playoffs. D3

Pages' clutch hit cleans his slate, carries Dodgers back to NLCS

BY MADDIE LEE

ATLANTA — Without Andy Pages, the Dodgers wouldn't have popped champagne in the Truist Park visiting clubhouse Wednesday night.

His October track record suggested he was an unlikely hero. He entered Wednesday with a .123 playoff batting average. He was benched in Game 5 of the World Series last year. He'd even started this postseason hitless in the first two games of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, and was given the red light on ABS challenges.

He didn't carry any of that up to the plate with him in the seventh inning, with the score tied, the bases loaded and hard-throwing Braves reliever Robert Suarez entering the game to face him.

"I like being in those at-bats," Pages said in Spanish after the Dodgers' 4-1 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. "There are times the result comes, sometimes not, but I prepare to be in those spots. And today I was able to get the result."

He was patient, working a full count as he fouled off and then foul-tipped a pair of fastballs in the zone.

The next one, he sent through the middle of the infield for a two-run single to finally give the Dodgers the lead in the deciding moment of the series.

The Dodgers are headed to the NL Championship Series for the ninth time in 14 seasons. They will play the Milwaukee Brewers, who finished off the San Diego Padres in four [See Dodgers, D4]

Bruins women are coming off a national title, while some say the Trojans have assembled a super team. D3

ANGEL CITY

Note: Overtime or shootout losses are worth one point.

PRO CALENDAR

	FRI9	SAT10	SUN11	MON12	TUE13
			atMilwaukee*5Fox	atMilwaukee*2Fox or FS1
RAMS				BUFFALO5:15ESPN, ABC
			DENVER1:05CBS
KINGS		at Vegas7ABTV			EDMONTON7:30ABTV
DUCKS	at Winnipeg5KCOP, Prime	at Calgary7KCOP, Prime			CALGARY6:45KCOP, Prime
GALAXY			at St. Louis4Apple TV
LAFC		VANCOUVER7:30Apple TV

NEXT: OCT. 17 AT DENVER, 5:45 P.M., ION

LAKERS: Tuesday vs. Golden State in Las Vegas (preseason), 7 p.m., SpecSN CLIPPERS: Saturday vs. Toronto in Vancouver (preseason), 3:30 p.m. * NII Championship Series

Shade denotes home games. Times Pacific.

TODAY ON THE AIR

TIME	EVENT	TV; RADIO
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL
7 p.m.	AFL, women, St. Kilda vs. Collingwood	Fox Soccer
9 p.m.	AFL, women, Port Adelaide vs. West Coast	Fox Soccer
11 p.m.	AFL, women, Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney	Fox Soccer
2 a.m. (Sat.)	AFL, women, Gold Coast vs. Melbourne	FS2
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.	NASCAR Trucks, Ecosave 200, qualifying	FS2
2 p.m.	NASCAR Trucks, Ecosave 200	Fox
2 a.m. (Sat.)	Formula One, Singapore Grand Prix, sprint	Apple TV
6 a.m. (Sat.)	Formula One, Singapore Grand Prix, qualifying	Apple TV
BASKETBALL: NBA PRESEASON
5 p.m.	Memphis at Chicago	NBA
BASKETBALL: WNBA PLAYOFFS, SEMIFINALS
4:30 p.m.	Game 3, Atlanta at New York	ESPN2, ESPND
6:30 p.m.	Game 3, Golden State at Las Vegas	NBCSN, Peacock
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MEN
4 p.m.	Exhibition, USC vs. North Carolina	ACC
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
1 p.m.	Iowa at Northwestern	Big Ten
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
4 p.m.	Florida State at Louisville	ESPN
6 p.m.	Iowa at Washington	Fox
6 p.m.	Washington State at Utah State	CW
6 p.m.	Wyoming at San José State	CBSSN
7:15 p.m.	Iowa State Brigham Young	ESPN
COLLEGE SOCCER: WOMEN
3 p.m.	North Carolina at Florida State	ESPNU
COLLEGE SWIMMING
4 p.m.	College Swimming League	SEC, ESPN+
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN
2 p.m.	Stanford at Notre Dame	ACC
3:30 p.m.	UCLA at Maryland	Big Ten
5 p.m.	Florida at Missouri	ESPNU
5:30 p.m.	USC at Purdue	Big Ten
GOLF
10 a.m.	PGA Tour Champions, Furyk and Friends, first round	Golf
Noon	PGA Korn Ferry Tour Championship, second round	Golf
8 p.m.	PGA, Baycurrent Classic, third round	Golf
4:30 a.m. (Sat.)	World Tour, Open de España, third round	Golf
HOCKEY
4 p.m.	New York Rangers at Washington	NHL
5 p.m.	Ducks at Winnipeg	KCOP, Prime Video
HORSE RACING
Noon	America's Day at the Races	FS2
6 p.m.	America's Day at the Races	FS1
PICKLEBALL
11 a.m.	PPA, Chicago Cup, quarterfinals	Tennis
3 p.m.	PPA, Chicago Cup, quarterfinals	FS2
PREP FOOTBALL
7 p.m.	Huntington Beach at Dana Hills	SpecSN
SOCCER
7:55 a.m.	Saudi Arabia, Al Fateh vs. Al Ahli	FS2
11 a.m.	Saudi Arabia, Al Nassr vs. Diriyah	Fox Soccer, FoxD
11:30 a.m.	Germany, Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen	Fandango, Universo
Noon	England, West Ham vs. Queens Park	CBSSN, Paramount+
Noon	Spain, Málaga vs. Espanyol	ESPN+, ESPND
12:15 p.m.	Portugal, Sporting Braga vs. Sporting CP	belN
4 p.m.	Women's international friendly, Canada vs. Denmark	Fox Soccer
6 p.m.	Mexico, Puebla vs. León	TUDN
8 p.m.	Mexico, Tigres UANL vs. Toluca	FS2, FoxD, Universo
4:30 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Arsenal vs. Leeds United	USA, Universo
4:30 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Swansea City vs. Norwich City	CBSSN, Paramount+
5 a.m. (Sat.)	Spain, Rayo Vallecano vs. Athletic Club	ESPN+, ESPND
6 a.m. (Sat.)	Italy, Genoa vs. Fiorentina	Paramount+
6:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Germany, Augsburg vs. Bayern Munich	Fandango, Telemundo
6:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Germany, Hoffenheim vs. Hamburger	Fandango
6:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Germany, Mainz 05 vs. Bayer Leverkusen	Fandango
6:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Germany, Paderborn vs. Stuttgart	Fandango
6:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Germany, Union Berlin vs. Elversberg	Fandango
7 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Aston Villa vs. Brentford	USA, Universo
7 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Chelsea vs. Bournemouth	NBCSN
7 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Ipswich Town vs. Fulham	Peacock
7 a.m. (Sat.)	England, Sunderland vs. Brighton & Hove Albion	Peacock
TENNIS
9 p.m.	ATP (Shanghai), early rounds; WTA (Beijing) semifinals	Tennis

Siblings fight for sale of Lakers shares

They file opposition to Jeanie Buss' effort to block their vote to sell to new owners.

By Thuc Nhi Nguyen

The five Buss siblings who voted to sell the family's shares of the Lakers filed their formal opposition to team governor Jeanie Buss' attempts to block the sale on Wednesday, calling Jeanie's petition "legally and factually baseless" in a statement provided to The Times.

“While discussions among the siblings continue, their focus remains on facilitating the proposed transaction and the Trust's participation in it, while ensuring that all beneficiaries, including Jeanie, are treated equally," Jimmy, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse Buss said in a statement. "Today's filing is a necessary step to protect those interests and ensure the transaction proceeds."

The five siblings voted in August to include the family's 17.82% of the team in the sale from Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger. Jeanie immediately opposed her siblings' vote, saying that the transaction would breach the family trust that states she and her co-trustees Janie and Joey must take reasonably available actions to maintain Jeanie's role as the controlling governor of the team "on an annual basis during [her] lifetime."

If the Buss Family Trust sells its remaining shares, Jeanie would be ineligible to serve on the board of governors because the NBA requires governors to own at least 15% of the franchise. Although the Buss family ended its more than 40 years of majority ownership of the team last year by selling to Walter at what was then a record \$10-billion valuation, Jeanie was to remain the controlling governor for at least five years.

Jeanie and her attorneys filed a petition in L.A. Superior Court after her siblings' vote in which she argued their plan was void.

The siblings' formal opposition claims Jeanie is attempting to prevent the sale "in order to protect her own personal interests" and her actions "constitute a breach of her fiduciary duties as a trustee." The siblings believe that with five votes to sell, they have the right to proceed with their plan to sell the shares and distribute the proceeds because they have a two-thirds majority of the living children, as outlined in the trust.

With the latest sale from Walter to Kushner and Iger valued at \$12.5 billion, a 17.82% share would be worth approximately \$2.2 billion for the Buss siblings.

MARK J. TERRILL Associated Press
THE OILERS' Kasperi Kapanen, left, passes the puck while under pressure from the Ducks' Tyson Hinds in the first. Kapanen had a power-play goal in the victory.

Bouchard, Oilers hand the Ducks first defeat of season

Defenseman is off to a historic offensive start as Edmonton scores five in second period.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Evan Bouchard had two goals and an assist to become the second defenseman in NHL history with at least six goals through the first four games of a season, and the Edmonton Oilers used a five-goal second period to beat the Ducks 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Bouchard has a league-leading six goals through four games. Harry Cameron had eight goals in four games for the Toronto Arenas during the NHL's inaugural season in 1917-18.

Leon Draisaitl had four assists, Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists, Kasperi Kapanen and Vasily Podkolzin also scored, and the Oilers overcame a sluggish start to win their third straight game. Devon Levi made 28 saves.

Beckett Sennecke had two power-play goals and Leo Carlsson had two assists, but the Ducks lost for the first time in three games. Lukas Dostal made 12 saves, stopping just six of 11 shots in the decisive middle period before being replaced to start the third. Ville Husso made two saves in relief.

Bouchard scored twice in the second, sparking Edmonton's rally by cutting it to 2-1 11 seconds into the period on a long wrist shot through traffic. He put the Oilers in front 3-2 on a onetimer from Draisaitl with 5:48 to go.

Bouchard is the fifth defenseman in league history with at least 10 points through the first four games of a season. The feat was last done by Morgan Rielly in 2018-19 for the Maple Leafs.

McDavid capped off the five-goal outburst by netting his third goal and 12th point of the season with 51.7 seconds left during four-on-four play.

After scoring one power-play goal in 82 games as a rookie, Sennecke found the back of the net twice on the man-advantage in the first.

Ducks winger Nikita Klepov, the No. 15 pick in the 2026 draft, made his NHL debut and became the youngest player in franchise history at 18 years, 102 days old.

THE DAY IN SPORTS

Longer division series sought

STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 starting in 2029 and to expand the division series to best-of-seven in a plan given to players during collective bargaining Thursday.

Owners also proposed adding nine additional days off to the current postseason format, extending it to a maximum 42 days in a move that would give top starting pitchers potential to appear more often.

MLB would allow higher-seeded teams in the first two rounds of the postseason to pick their opponents beginning next year and would make most regular-season Mondays a day off for the vast majority of teams starting in 2029 except for those in up to two nationally broadcast games.

(back), cornerback Jaylen Watson (shoulder) and tight end Colby Parkinson were limited in practice on Thursday, but coach Sean McVay said “the hope” is that Donald would play on Monday night against the Buffalo Bills. “Everything’s trending in the right direction,” McVay said. Watson and Parkinson also are on track to possibly play.

GARY KLEIN

The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after the league accounted for \$1.8 billion in trading volume on the first Sunday of this season alone, arguing that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts “given the current landscape.” ...

U.S. victory at the Presidents Cup, Jacob Bridgeman birdied four of his last five holes for an eight-under 63 to take a one-shot lead over Jordan Smith in the Baycurrent Classic in Yokohama, Japan. ... In Madrid, Daniel Hillier made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole of the Spanish Open to win an all-electric BMW. The hole-in-one helped Hillier shoot a four-under 67 that left him tied for fourth place after Thursday's first round. Grant Forrest, Connor Syme and Eugenio Chacarra shared the lead after opening rounds of five-under 66. ... The U.S. Golf Assn. is adding Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia as its fourth anchor site, meaning the storied club will host multiple USGA championships over the next 25 years.

ETC. Wilson's MVP third year in row

Dallas Cowboys left guard Tyler Smith was set to make his season debut against Tampa Bay on Thursday night after the three-time Pro Bowl player was activated coming off left thumb surgery just before the opener.

A'ja Wilson won the WNBA MVP for a third straight year and record fifth time overall.

Besides becoming the first player to three-peat, Wilson also won the award in 2020 and 2022.

The 30-year-old Wilson once again led the league in scoring (26.2) while shooting nearly 53% from the field. She also averaged 9.4 rebounds, a career-best 3.2 assists and 1.9 blocks.

Lineman Aaron Donald

Quarterback Dante Moore returned to practice with No. 13 Oregon this week but he remains in the concussion protocol and won't play on Saturday afternoon when the Ducks host No. 21 UCLA. Backup Dylan Raiola will get the nod again for the Ducks. ... Big Ten Conference commissioner Tony Petitti said he's "optimistic" the College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams during ESPN's exclusive negotiating window.

Fresh off making the clinching putt in another

Mirra Andreeva reached the semifinals of the China Open after battling past Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). The fourth-seeded Andreeva next faces Nikola Bartunkova, who beat Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-0. ... Two-time major finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas beat qualifier Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 in the Shanghai Masters first round.

Don Pierce, who won 3,546 races during a 30-year riding career that culminated in his election to racing's Hall of Fame, has died. He was 89. Pierce died Monday in Denton, Texas, according to social media posts on Thursday from his brother, Larry, who was a former jockey, and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

NHL STANDINGS Through Wednesday WESTERN CONFERENCE
WESTERN CONFERENCE

Pacific	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Edmonton	3	0	1	7	22	16
Vegas	3	1	0	6	17	10
DUCKS	2	1	0	4	9	10
San Jose	2	1	0	4	9	12
Seattle	2	2	0	4	15	11
Vancouver	2	2	0	4	19	18
KINGS	0	2	1	1	9	15
Calgary	0	3	0	0	3	16
Central	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Winnipeg	3	0	1	7	12	10
Utah	3	1	0	6	17	8
Minnesota	2	0	1	5	9	5
Colorado	2	1	0	4	16	8
Nashville	1	1	1	3	7	9
Dallas	1	2	0	2	6	6
St. Louis	1	2	0	2	7	10
Chicago	1	3	0	2	9	17

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Metropolitan	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
NY Rangers	4	1	0	8	16	8
Carolina	2	1	1	5	11	12
Washington	2	1	0	4	11	8
Pittsburgh	2	2	0	4	18	13
Columbus	1	1	0	2	7	7
NY Islanders	1	2	0	2	9	7
New Jersey	1	2	0	2	6	13
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2	5	17
Atlantic	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Florida	2	0	2	6	8	8
Ottawa	2	1	0	4	10	8
Tampa Bay	2	1	0	4	8	7
Buffalo	2	1	0	4	10	11
Toronto	2	2	0	4	11	11
Boston	2	2	0	4	9	11
Montreal	1	1	1	3	12	14
Detroit	1	2	0	2	7	8

Today's games DUCKS at Winnipeg ....5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington ....4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus....4 p.m. Seattle at Detroit ....4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY'S LATE SUMMARY

OILERS 5, DUCKS 2

Edmonton	0	5	0	-	5
DUCKS	2	0	0	-	2

FIRST PERIOD: 1. DUCKS, Sennecke 2 (Granlund, Carlsson), 4:11 (pp). 2. DUCKS, Sennecke 3 (Carlsson, LaCombe), 15:28 (pp). Penalties—Samanski, EDM (Hooking), 3:08. Gauthier, ANA (Holding Stick), 6:27. Walman, EDM (Holding), 14:43. Carlsson, DUCKS (Interference), 16:58.

SECOND PERIOD: 3. Edm., Bouchard 5 (Draisaitl), 0:11. 4. Edm., Kapanen 2 (McDavid, Bouchard), 6:30 (pp). 5. Edm., Bouchard 6 (Draisaitl, McDavid), 14:12. 6. Edm., Podkolzin 4 (Draisaitl), 16:49. 7. Edm., McDavid 3 (Draisaitl, Ekholm), 19:08. Penalties—Murphy, EDM (Tripping), 3:39. DUCKS bench, served by Caulfield (Too Many Men on the Ice), 4:55. Murphy, EDM (Delay of Game), 6:55. Murphy, EDM (Roughing), 18:48. Sennecke, DUCKS (Roughing), 18:48.

THIRD PERIOD: Scoring—None. Penalties—Samanski, EDM (Tripping), 3:28. Nesterenko, DUCKS(Roughing), 14:26. Howard, EDM (Hooking), 16:25. Murphy, EDM (Tripping), 17:10. SHOTS ON GOAL: Edm. 6-11-2–19. DUCKS. 16-5-10–31.

SHOTS ON GOAL: Edm. 6-11-2–19. DUCKS 16-5-10–31. Power-play Conversions—Edm. 1 of 4. DUCKS 2 of 7.

GOALIES: Edm., Levi 3-0-0 (31 shots-29 saves). DUCKS, Dostal 2-1-0 (17-12), DUCKS, Husso 0-0-0 (2-2). Att–0 (17,174). T–2:38. R–Tom Chmielewski, Trevor Hanson. L–Ryan Gibbons, James Tobias.

NFL STANDINGS Through Wednesday
NATIONAL CONFERENCE

West	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
San Francisco	4	0	0	1.000	122	64
Seattle	3	1	0	.750	105	73
RAMS	2	2	0	.500	85	83
Arizona	1	3	0	.250	87	117
North	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Minnesota	4	0	0	1.000	86	51
Chicago	3	1	0	.750	112	65
Detroit	2	2	0	.500	119	127
Green Bay	2	2	0	.500	73	105
South	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Carolina	2	2	0	.500	121	109
Atlanta	2	2	0	.500	96	92
New Orleans	1	3	0	.250	105	128
Tampa Bay	0	4	0	.000	76	96
East	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
N.Y. Giants	3	1	0	.750	82	79
Philadelphia	2	2	0	.500	75	93
Dallas	2	2	0	.500	122	112
Washington	1	3	0	.250	88	122

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

West	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Kansas City	4	0	0	1.000	118	77
Las Vegas	3	1	0	.750	115	84
Denver	2	2	0	.500	74	94
CHARGERS	0	4	0	.000	67	106
North	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Cleveland	3	1	0	.750	81	95
Baltimore	3	1	0	.750	116	96
Pittsburgh	2	2	0	.500	77	87
Cincinnati	2	2	0	.500	97	85
South	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Jacksonville	3	1	0	.750	104	53
Indianapolis	2	2	0	.500	102	104
Tennessee	0	4	0	.000	55	83
Houston	0	4	0	.000	84	109
East	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Buffalo	3	1	0	.750	127	107
New England	2	2	0	.500	65	77
N.Y. Jets	1	3	0	.250	76	84
Miami	0	4	0	.000	46	101

Denver at CHARGERS, 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs Jacksonville at London, 6:30 a.m.
Chicago at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Miami, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
Las Vegas at New England, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
MONDAY'S GAME
Buffalo at RAMS, 5:15 p.m.
Open: Kansas City, Carolina

TONY AVELAR Associated Press

UCLA, USC push to extend Big Ten dominance

they may."

PLAYERS on USC's bench cheer on teammates during a game against crosstown rival UCLA at Galen Center.
MELINA PIZANO Getty Images

Bruins are coming off winning national title, while Watkins' return should uplift Trojans.

By Luke DeCock

ROSEMONT, Ill. — With UCLA coming off a national title and USC going for one of its own with star JuJu Watkins returning from injury, there may never have been more attention on women's basketball in Los Angeles.

"If you intend to come," USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said Wednesday at Big Ten media days, "you should probably get your tickets early."

The success of the two West Coast schools has been a bigger problem for the rest of the Big Ten than Los Angeles basketball fans. In the two years since USC and UCLA left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, each school has topped the standings once and the Bruins have won the conference tournament twice, going on to the Final Four two years ago and winning the championship last April.

UCLA has some holes to fill this season but is still expected to be top-25 caliber. Watkins returns after missing last season with a torn ACL and will join the country's top recruiting class to try to help USC return to the nation's elite and extend the rivals' dominance over their

new league.

"Honestly, for me, I'm just excited to be back and whatever comes with that will come," Watkins said. "I know the team is excited. We're preparing for a great season ahead. I'm ecstatic."

The question that poses for the rest of the conference is whether any of the legacy Big Ten teams can mount a challenge to this newfound tilt from Midwest to West. Iowa and Michigan look like the strongest contenders to break the California grip on the league, but there could be as many as eight other Big Ten teams in the preseason Top 25 poll.

"Our league is stronger and tougher than it has ever been," Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said. "Every night, you're going to face a top-25 opponent in our league. It's incredibly, incredibly challenging."

The Big Ten has been through this before. When Maryland jumped from the ACC in the fall of 2014, the Terrapins claimed at least a share of first place in six of the next seven seasons. Either Ohio State or Indiana topped the standings in the three years prior to the latest expansion, but since then it's been all UCLA and USC at the top.

The Bruins have work to do after accounting for six of the first 18 picks in the

WNBA draft, but have five returnees assuming larger roles, including sophomore Sienna Betts and junior Timea Gardiner.

“I think we’re not trying to repeat an outcome, we’re really just trying to repeat a process,” Gardiner said. “Really just giving everything we can to each and every day. We have such an amazing group that is committed to doing that, so we will let the cards fall where

USC, meanwhile, added the No. 1 and No. 5 recruits in the country and a pair of impact transfers to a Watkins-Jazzy Davidson backcourt after going 18-14 without the preseason Big Ten player of the year. The Trojans have loaded up the roster to make a run at their first Final Four in 40 years. Gottlieb resisted when asked if she had built a super team, but didn't deflect the notion, either.

"I've never called it that," Gottlieb said. "We've just tried to assemble a team that we think can have championship aspirations. We've got a lot of excellent players that are all going to play whatever role they're asked to the best of their ability. If you do that at the highest level, it becomes a super team."

Super team or not, the challenge the rest of the Big Ten continues to face has not changed.

"It's great for our league," Purdue coach Katie Gearlds said. "Obviously, UCLA winning the championship last year, USC as good as they're going to be this year having JuJu back healthy and the star power that they have, it just elevates and lifts our games and gets more eyeballs on us. I think if you talk to anybody that's here, we all want to find a way to beat them, but it's cool that we have them in our league and they are as good as they are."

DeCock writes for the Associated Press.

NATALIE NAKASE coaches Kaitlyn Chen in Game 1 of Golden State's semifinal series against Las Vegas.

Nakase puts her stamp on Valkyries

Former UCLA guard outworks competition, leading Golden State deep into the playoffs.

By Marisa Ingemi

All season long, Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has been begging her team to empty the tank. In winning a first-round playoff series against Dallas last week, it seems she took that too literally, collapsing late in Game 3.

"The stress at this time of year is real," said Becky Hammon, the Las Vegas Aces coach and Nakase's former mentor. "The pressure, you don't get a lot of sleep. You're not eating as well as you probably should. There's a lot of factors that go into that. That was kind of scary actually to watch, and just you know, that little sucker popped right back up, though. Got right back up on that marker and kept it pushing."

Nakase said Sunday she is fine and just battling exhaustion, something she is taking seriously in her quest to prioritize self-care.

“[My father] told me about 10 years ago when I never knew what I was going to do with my career, and he just said, 'Do not let your career ever get involved if your mental health or your health gets complicated,' " she said. "So when that happened, it definitely was like a wake-up call for me."

But anyone who knows Nakase is not surprised to see her truly empty the tank like this. Ever since the Huntington Beach native and Marina High graduate was a walk-on at UCLA in 1998, she has had an unwavering intensity.

“She has that [intensity] but with a smile on her face,” said her high school coach, Pete Bonny. “From the get-go, this is who she is.”

In her second season as a WNBA coach, those around her have seen her willingness to adapt to the situation.

“She has always found ways to keep us winning,” Valkyries assistant coach Landon Tatum said. “Her ability to change in real time and make adjustments, I think, is the biggest difference for her this year.”

Nakase walked on at UCLA after turning down a scholarship from UC Irvine. With the Bruins, she became a starter and captain, earning All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2002 and finishing her career ranked 10th in program history with 358 assists.

The Bruins made two NCAA tournament appearances during Nakase's four seasons.

In her first year as a WNBA head coach, Nakase led the Valkyries to the postseason, the first time an expansion team accomplished that feat. It earned her the league's coach of the year award.

"If you put all 44 games together, all 44 of the regular season, I don't know if there's a team that played harder than her team every [game]... and that's a tribute to her," Hammon said. "That's the highest compliment I can give someone."

This year, Golden State went even deeper after finishing the season with the league's second-best record. After top seed Minnesota was upset in the first round, the Valkyries now have home court advantage throughout the postseason.

“She always sticks to her plan,” Valkyries point guard Veronica Burton said about how she has seen Nakase grow this season. “Every single game she approaches with the utmost respect. I think it says a lot about her as a coach, and then what she expects of us. I think every single game, I know what to expect going in, and I know what she wants of me, and I know what she expects of me. She makes us feel prepared."

Nakase was back on the sideline on Sunday to face Hammon and the Aces in the second round, wearing a heart monitor and trying to practice what she preaches about recovery. Then she guided Golden State to a commanding 2-0 series lead against the defending champion Aces.

Nakase does not plan on tempering her trademark fervor, even if this was an important learning experience. After all, she built an unlikely UCLA career and surging WNBA coaching career by sticking with who she is.

“She’s never been afraid that she knows she is going to mess up sometimes,” Tatum said. “Her ability to create a culture that fast, like, that’s not easy. I think that’s when you kind of knew off the top in training camp, like, oh yeah, I think she’s ready for this. She’s got this.”

WNBA PLAYOFFS

Dream, Valkyries each one win from advancing to Finals

WNBA PLAYOFFS

SEMIFINALS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Angel Reese scored 23 points, Naz Hillmon made the go-ahead layup with 20.8 seconds left in overtime and the Atlanta Dream beat the visiting New York Liberty 101-98 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-off-five WNBA semifinals.

Reese scored six of her team's 13 points in overtime. She made two free throws with 4.3 seconds left after Sabrina Ionescu overthrew a pass as Atlanta moved to within one win of its first WNBA Finals appearance since 2013.

"I think we did a great job making sure that we were all on the connected stream," Reese said. "We really stayed together and played together, and that's how we won."

Jordin Canada also scored 23 points and had eight assists for the Dream, who defeated the Liberty 92-82 in Game 1.

Breanna Stewart scored 35 points for the Liberty, including 25 in the first half. She missed a desperation attempt on the final play.

New York hosts Game 3 on Friday.

With the Liberty trailing 86-80 with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, Ionescu cut the deficit in half with a deep three-pointer.

An Atlanta shot-clock violation with 31 seconds remaining opened the door for the Liberty to get closer, and Stewart converted a quick layup in traffic to make it 86-85.

After New York fouled to extend the game, Reese hit both free throws to give the Dream an 88-85 advantage with 14.5 seconds left.

Marine Fauthoux hit the tying three-pointer with 10.3 seconds to go, boiling the game down to one final Atlanta possession.

Rhyne Howard's mid-range floater rimmed out just before the buzzer, send-

Best-of-five series

4 Atlanta vs. 8 New York Dream lead, 2-0

Gm 1 Atlanta 92, New York 82
Gm 2 Atlanta 101, New York 98 (OT)
Gm 3 Fri. at New York, 4:30, ESPN2
Gm 4 Sunday at New York, TBD, ABC*
Gm 5 Wed. at Atlanta, TBD, ESPN*

3 Las Vegas vs. 2 Golden State Valkyries lead, 2-0

Gm 1 Golden State 71, Las Vegas 60
Gm 2 Golden State 83, Las Vegas 81
Gm 3 Fri. at Las Vegas, 6:30, NBCSN
Gm 4 Sunday at L.V., TBD, NBC*
Gm 5 Wed. at G.S., TBD, NBCSN*

* if necessary | All times PDT, p.m. ing the game to overtime.

“We just had a message that we thought we could be the best team over the last five minutes, let's start off by executing the first couple plays,” Dream coach Karl Smesko said. “Everybody was locked in on what those plays were, and they went out there and executed.”

at Golden State 83, Las Vegas 81: Veronica Burton hit a deep three-pointer that put the Valkyries ahead with 41 seconds left and later converted two free throws in the closing seconds while Tiffany Hayes had 21 points to help the Valkyries hold off the Aces for a 2-0 lead in their semifinal series.

In a wild finish, Jackie Young missed the second of two free throws with six seconds left to give Las Vegas one last chance and Chelsea Gray grabbed the rebound and drove under the basket for a layup, but Kiah Stokes blocked the shot and Burton corralled the ball.

Gabby Williams had 20 points and five rebounds while Kayla Thornton scored 16 as the Valkyries moved one win away from reaching the WNBA Finals in just their second season.

Golden State became the first expansion team in league history to make the playoffs in its inaugural season last year.

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THE LIBERTY'S Breanna Stewart (30) and the Dream's Angel Reese fight for a loose ball in Game 2.

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Some reasons to believe and fret in NLCS

ATLANTA

THE DODGERS' Shohei Ohtani advances to third base on an error by the Braves during Game 4.
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A s Dave Roberts delivered his victory address, dressed in a gray cap and a gray T-shirt that commemorate a

triumph the Dodgers consider merely a speed bump on the road to the main event, the manager was not shy.

"There is no more talented team than the Los Angeles Dodgers," Roberts told his players amid clubhouse floods of champagne and beer. "This is the best organization in sports, top to bottom. We're smarter. We're better. And we're tougher."

The Dodgers had eliminated the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series. For the three-peat, that's one postseason party down and two to go.

"This one is going to be special," infielder Miguel Rojas said. "We have the motivation of winning three times in a row. That's all we can think about right now. It's never going to be easy in baseball. You have to go through tough things. But this team showed it before, and it showed it in this series."

Indeed it did. Rojas joked — or maybe he was not joking — that everyone expects the Dodgers to win every game by 10 runs. In this four-game series, they outscored the Braves by a total of six runs, and no game was decided by more than three runs.

Now come the Milwaukee Brewers, the team that put up baseball's best record this season, in a rematch of last year's NLCS. The Brewers also put up baseball's best record last season, and the Dodgers swept them in the NLCS.

Nothing is guaranteed in October, not even the Dodgers in the World Series.

For the Dodgers, here are four positive signs and four warning signs:

Green flag

The Dodgers have the oldest group of position players in the league, so they cherished the bye that gave them five days off before the division series.

By eliminating the Braves without needing the full five games, the Dodgers afforded themselves three days off, rather than one, before the league championship series.

“It is huge, to get us a little rest,” said shortstop Mookie Betts, who turned 34 on Wednesday. “We’re all old. So we need a little rest going into these postseason games. They’re a lot. They’re a lot more than what people think.”

Even better: Since the Dodgers did not need Tarik Skubal to start a Game 5 in the division series, they can start him in Game 1 of the NLCS, followed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2.

The Dodgers need four victories in the NLCS, and that rotation clears the way for Skubal and Yamamoto to combine for four

starts in the series.

Red flag

Hitting home runs is nice, but you're unlikely to win a postseason series on home runs alone. In the first three games of the NLDS, the Dodgers scored all their runs on home runs.

In the series, they went one for 16 with runners in scoring position.

“It speaks to the multitude of ways we can win a game,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said, “but, from a quality of life perspective, it would sure help if we could cash some of those opportunities in. So that’s obviously something that stands out.”

Mitigating factor: The Braves went one for 23 with runners in scoring position.

Green flag

The Dodgers and Braves each hit 204 home runs this season. In the NLDS, the Dodgers outhomered the Braves, 8-2. Max Muncy hit three to do it all by himself.

The Braves scored eight runs in the four games, including one in

each of the two games in their home ballpark, and collected a total of 18 hits. Michael Harris II had six hits in the series; none of his teammates had more than three.

The Braves batted .145 in the series.

“Let’s be real, right? Our post-season is going to rely on our pitching,” Muncy said. “It always is. It always will. You’re not going to go out there and get 15 hits a night in the postseason. You’re just not.

“So, if you can limit the amount of runs the other team is getting, you’re going to do a pretty good job. Our pitching staff was unbelievable this series. For us to continue on, it’s going to rely on the pitching staff.”

Red flag

Just as the Dodgers got to set their NLCS rotation by ending the NLDS early, so did the Brewers. So, just as the Dodgers get the chance to start Skubal, the Brewers get the chance to start flame-thrower Jacob Misiorowski, the presumptive NL Cy Young Award

winner.

Misiorowski beat the Dodgers in his lone start against them this season, a 4-1 victory in which the Dodgers collected five hits — three by players who did not appear in the NLDS: backup outfielder Alex Call and backup catcher Hunter Feduccia.

Mitigating factors: Kyle Tucker and Will Smith did not play that day.

Green flag

Roberts has won more postseason games than any manager except Joe Torre — the man who managed the New York Yankees teams that were the last to three-peat (1998-2000).

This season was not smooth, but the NLDS displayed Roberts' ability to integrate young players (Josue De Paula), long-injured players (Edwin Díaz, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow) and October players (Kiké Hernández) into key spots for a postseason series, as well as to get Shohei Ohtani to buy into batting as low as fifth after not batting lower than second in three seasons with the Dodgers.

It is not just about the “high-end talent,” as Friedman likes to say, or the money, as opposing fans like to say.

“Equally as important was the depth of talent we have,” Friedman said, “and the number of guys that had an impact on this short series, I think, speaks not only to the depth of talent but also to their level of preparedness and Doc’s willingness to use them in key spots, and the trust he instills in them.”

Red flag

The Dodgers got production from the bottom of their order in the NLDS: Tucker and Andy Pages came alive, the three home runs from traditional October hero Muncy, a home run from traditional October hero Hernández, even a clutch walk from rookie De Paula.

That still leaves a problem that cropped up time and again over the regular season and again in the NLDS: inconsistency atop the lineup.

Betts, Freddie Freeman, Ohtani, Teoscar Hernández and Smith combined for 13 hits in the series and a .176 batting average.

Green flag

In the month of July, Tucker never had a four-game hitting streak.

In the month of September, he had one.

In the four games of the play-offs, he has one!

Baseball!

That could be much more than a statistical oddity. This season, we heard more about his contract (four years, \$240 million) than his home runs (17, a career low in a full season), his strikeouts (105, a career high) and his on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.715, just below Atlanta utility man Mauricio Dubón).

If Tucker sparkles in October, no one will remember the regular season, and Dodgers fans will remember him fondly forever-more. Ask Mickey Hatcher.

Red flag

The Dodgers still don't know what to reasonably expect from Ohtani, gritting out the postseason despite discomfort in his left knee and right arm.

In 13 at-bats in the NLDS, Ohtani had two singles and struck out four times. He scored his only run of the series Wednesday, when he walked, stole second, took third on one error and scored on another error.

Ohtani still has not hit a home run since Aug. 18. The Dodgers prefer to say Wednesday's game shows he can impact the game with his speed, and with his power threat.

“He’s the best player in the world,” Friedman said. “And at some point, it’s going to click for him, and the other team’s going to be in big trouble.”

Pages gets his playoff moment at the plate

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games, starting Sunday. And they came one step closer to their goal of winning a third straight World Series.

Pages has contributed to the last two titles with his regular-season play and his glove. The game-saving catch he made in Game 7 of the World Series last year, trampling Kiké Hernández in the process, has been immortalized in bobblehead form. But now, he has a big moment with his bat.

"There's never been a doubt about him, his talent," Hernández said. "You can't carry previous postseasons into this postseason. Everything is a new chapter. Every time you take the field in October, you get an opportunity to rewrite your story. So the fact that he struggled in the previous couple postseasons doesn't mean that was going to happen again this year.

“I mean, during the regular season, you have two bad games and nobody freaks out about it, but because people are adding up previous postseasons, they’re going to freak out. But nobody doubted him. That’s why he stayed in the lineup. And I’m really happy that he was the one that won us a series.”

The signs of a potential break-out were there. When Pages came back from a fractured left hand for the final week of the season, he didn't miss a beat.

Then he went 0 for 7 in the first two games of the NLDS, and manager Dave Roberts said he wanted to see him “slow down a little bit.”

"I'm going to continue to give Andy leash," Roberts said. "I believe in him. I feel that for us to win the World Series this year, we're gonna need him to be an active part of our team."

Pages recorded two hits in Game 3 and logged another single in his first at-bat Wednesday.

"Everybody really forgets how young Andy Pages is, you know?" veteran infielder Miguel Rojas said of the 25-year-old. "He's just starting his career. He's still like a rookie in this clubhouse for us, because he's one of the youngest. But at the same time, we see his potential, we see what he can do on the field and we feel so proud of him because ... whenever he has the opportunity to contribute to this team, he does it in different ways. Defensively, offensively and on the bases."

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TYLER GLASNOW exits in the fifth inning of Game 4 after five walks pushed up his pitch count.

Pages already had showed off his range in center field on Wednesday when he tracked down a fly ball off Matt Olson's bat in the left-field gap. But the Dodgers desperately needed someone to contribute with runners in scoring position.

The game had been tied at one run apiece since the second inning.

The lone run Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow gave up was made possible by Braves leadoff hitter Michael Harris IT's speed. He got on top of Glasnow's first pitch, a fastball up and out of the strike zone, to shoot a single through the right side.

Harris then stole second and advanced on a groundout. Then, in an 0-and-2 count to Ozzie Albies, Glasnow spiked a curveball in front of the plate. Catcher Will Smith managed to block the ball, despite the high bounce, but it rolled back toward the mound, giving Harris time to dash home.

Glasnow limited the Braves to one hit in $4^{2}/_{3}$ innings. But five walks prevented him from pitching deeper into the game.

The Dodgers couldn't get anything going against Braves starter Tyler Mahle, either.

They hadn't faced Mahle since April, when he was with the San Francisco Giants and racking up a 5.13 ERA. But he'd been lights out since the Braves acquired him, authoring a 1.99 ERA. In his postseason debut, he limited the Philadelphia Phillies to one run in seven innings.

The Dodgers saw that new and improved version of him on Wednesday.

The one run the Dodgers scored against him was something of a fluke.

In the second inning, Shohei Ohtani, who moved up to the cleanup spot after hitting fifth the day before, drew a five-pitch walk without taking a swing. He then stole second base, drawing an errant throw that allowed him to advance to third. So, he was in position to score the tying run when Braves shortstop Mauricio Dubón, who robbed Freddie Freeman of a home run as the left fielder the day before, dropped a popup in shallow left.

The Dodgers recorded only three hits against Mahle in $6^{1/3}$ innings.

So, the game would come down to the bullpens.

In the seventh, the Dodgers loaded the bases with a single from Teoscar Hernández, a walk from pinch-hitting rookie Josue De Paula, and a five-pitch walk from

Kyle Tucker.

The Dodgers had gone 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position for the series when Pages stepped to the plate.

"It's been incredible, especially the way he's working, just to be ready for these big moments," Teoscar Hernández said. "I think he was a little bit off his timing at the beginning of the series. Now that he understands he doesn't have to do too much to help this team win games, I think everything is coming back to the way it was before he got hurt.

“He’s one of the best on the team. We get to this point because of him, the regular season he had. This is not a surprise for me that he’s having this kind of moment in the playoffs.”

Pages didn't seem surprised, either.

“What happened last year, happened,” he said. “It’s in the past now. All I can do now is be in the moment.

“And being in the moment today, I was able to get the result.”

WEDNESDAY'S NLDS GAME 4 DODGERS 4, ATLANTA 1

Dodgers	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.	Atlanta	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.
Betts ss		4	0	0	0.214	Harris cf	3	1	2	0	.375
Freeman 1b		4	0	0	0.267	Acutia rf	3	0	0	0	.133
Smith c		4	0	0	0.063	Olson 1b	4	0	0	0	.125
Ohtani dh	3	1	0	0	1.054	Albies 2b	4	0	1	0	.200
T.Hernández lf		4	1	1	0.188	Baldwin dh	4	0	0	0	.071
Hy.Kim 2b		4	1	0	0	Yastrzemski lf	1	0	0	0	.000
Muncy 3b		4	1	1	1.250	a-Thomas lf	1	0	0	0	.143
E.Hernández 2b		2	0	0	0.167	c-Tellez	1	0	0	0	.000
b-De Paula		0	0	0	0.000	Dubón ss	3	0	0	0	.154
l-Edman 2b-lf		1	1	0	0.000	Riley 3b	3	0	0	0	.000
Tucker rf		3	0	1	0.333	Murphy c	3	0	0	0	.143
Pages cf		3	0	2	2.286	Totals	30	1	3	0
Totals		32	4	5	3

Dodgers	010	000	201 -4	5	0
Atlanta	100	000	000 -1	3	2

a-grounded out for Yastrzemski in the 6th. b-walked for E.Hernández in the 7th. c-struck out for Thomas in the 9th. 1-ran for De Paula in the 7th. Walks—Dodgers 3: Ohtani, 1 De Paula, 1 Tucker. 1. Atlanta 5: Harris 1, Acuila 1, Yastrzemski 1, Dubón 1, Riley 1. Strikeouts—Dodgers 5: Smith 2, Ohtani, 1 T.Hernández 2. Atlanta 8: Harris 1, Acuila 2, Olson 1, Baldwin 2, Tellee 1, Riley 1. E—Murphy (1), Dubón (1). LOB—Dodgers 4, Atlanta 7. 2B—Albies (2), Harris (2). HR—Muncy (3), off Iglesias. RBIs—Pages 2 (2), Muncy (3). SB—Harris (1). Runners left in scoring position—Dodgers (1) Betts; Atlanta 3: Dubón, Olson, Acuila). RISP—Dodgers 1 for 3; Atlanta 0 for 7. Runners moved up—Muncy, SR—SIPB—5. Harnes and RB are at 4 (Alblos, Osloz).

Dodson, Gior–E. Hernandez, IP–Atlanta 1 (Adames, Olsosh).
Dodgers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Glasnow	4%	1	1	1	5	5	78	1.93
Vesia	...	%		0	0	0	9	0.00
Henriquez, W, 1-0	1%	1	0	0	0	0	15	3.38
Scott, H, 2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	6.75
Diaz, S, 2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0.00
Atlanta	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Mahle, L, 0-1	6%	3	2	1	1	4	85	1.42
Fuentes	%	0	1	1	2	0	14	4.50
Suarez	%	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.00
Lee	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	0.00
Iglesias	1	1	1	1	0	0	17	3.86

Inherited runners-scored—Vesia 2-0, Henriquez 1-0, Fuentes 1-0, Suarez 3-2. WP—Glasnow. ABS Challenge—Albies (Strike-Confirmed); Baldwin (Strike-Confirmed). U—Tripp Gibson, Jim Wolf, Mike Estabrook, Roberto Ortiz T—2:54. Tickets sold—41,173 (41,149).

Milwaukee	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Gasser......4		3	1	1	1	3	56	2.25
Ashby, W, 1-0......3		0	0	0	2	3	38	0.00
Uribe, H, 1......1		0	0	0	1	1	17	0.00
Megill, S, 2-2......1		0	0	0	0	2	15	0.00
San Diego......IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA

MLB PLAYOFFS DIVISION SERIES

NATIONAL LEAGUE Best-of-five series

DODGERS vs. Atlanta
Dodgers win, 3-1
Game 1: Dodgers 5, Atlanta 3
Game 2: Atlanta 3, Dodgers 2
Game 3: Dodgers 3, Atlanta 1
Game 4: Dodgers 4, Atlanta 1

Milwaukee vs. San Diego Brewers win, 3-1 Game 1: Milwaukee 3, San Diego 2 Game 2: Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3 Game 3: San Diego 4, Milwaukee 3 Game 4: Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland
White Sox lead, 2-1
Game 1: Chicago 3, Cleveland 0
Game 2: Chicago 4, Cleveland 3
Game 3: Cleveland 9, Chicago 3
Game 4: Thursday at Chicago, late
Game 5: Saturday at Cleveland, 2 p.m.*
TV: TBS/HBO Max

Tampa Bay vs. New York
Rays win, 3-0
Game 1: Tampa Bay 1, New York 0
Game 2: Tampa Bay 5, New York 2
Game 3: Tampa Bay 4, New York 3

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

NATIONAL LEAGUE Best-of-seven series

Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Game 1: Sunday at Milwaukee, 5 Game 2: Monday at Milwaukee, 2 Game 3: Wednesday at Dodgers, 5 Game 4: Thursday at Dodgers, 6 Game 5: Oct. 16 at Dodgers, 6* Game 6: Oct. 18 at Milwaukee, 5* Game 7: Oct. 19 Milwaukee, 5* TV: Game 1 on Fox and Fox One, Games 2 and 7 on Fox or FS1, Games 3-6 on FS1

AMERICAN LEAGUE Best-of-seven series

Tampa Bay vs. Chicago/Cleveland Game 1: Monday at Tampa Bay, 5 Game 2: Tuesday at Tampa Bay, 5 Game 3: Thurs. at Chicago/Cleveland, 3 Game 4: Oct. 16 at Chicago/Cleveland, 3 Game 5: Oct. 17 at Chicago/Cleveland, 5* Game 6: Oct. 19 at Tampa Bay, 3* Game 7: Oct. 20 Tampa Bay, 5* TV: TBS, HBO Max *-if necessary

MILWAUKEE 3, SAN DIEGO 1

Milwaukee	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.
Chourio lf	4	0	1	1	.188
Yelich dh	4	0	1	0	.357
Contreras c	5	0	2	0	.375
Turang 2b	5	0	1	0	.125
Bauers 1b	1	1	1	0	.250
Pratt ss	4	0	1	0	.267
Frelick rf	3	1	1	1	.333
Mitchell cf	4	1	2	1	.267
Ortiz 3b	4	0	0	0	.100
Totals	34	3	10	3

San Diego	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.
Tatis rf-2b	3	1	1	1	.118
Merrill cf	4	0	1	0	.176
Machado 3b	4	0	1	0	.308
France 1b	3	0	0	0	.214
Hays dh	2	0	0	0	.000
b-Salas	1	0	0	0	.143
Bogaerts ss	4	0	0	0	.154
Campusano c	3	0	0	0	.250
Sheets	1	0	0	0	.000
Cronenworth 2b	2	0	0	0	.182
Andujar	0	0	0	0	.000
Bowen rf	0	0	0	0	---
Taylor lf	3	0	0	0	.286
Totals	30	1	3	1

Milwaukee	001	011	000 -3	10	1
San Diego	001	000	000 -1	3	0

Walks-Milwaukee 4: Chourio 1, Bauers 3. San Diego 4: Tatis 1, France 1, Hays 1, Andujar 1. Strikeouts-Milwaukee 3: Yelich 1, Frelick 1, Ortiz 1. San Diego 9: Merrill 1, Machado 1, Salas 1, Campusano 2, Sheets 1, Cronenworth 1, Taylor 2. E-Pratt (3). LOB-Milwaukee 10, San Diego 6. 2B-Pratt (1). 3B-Mitchell (1). HR-Tatis (1), off Gasser. RBIs-Mitchell (1), Chourio (6). Frelick (2), Tatis (2). SB-Frelick (1), Yelich (2). SF-Frelick. Runners left in scoring position-Milwaukee 6 (Turang 2, Ortiz, Pratt 2, Frelick); San Diego 2 (Bogaerts) RISP-Milwaukee 2 for 12; San Diego 0 for 2. GIDP-Ortiz, Pratt, Hays DB. Milwaukee 1; San Diego 2.

San Diego	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Buehler	3	3	1	1	2	0	47	3.00
Ray, L, 0-1	1	1	1	1	1	0	15	7.36
Rodriguez	$\frac{1}{2}$	2	0	0	0	0	15	2.25
Matsui	$\frac{1}{2}$	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.00
Adam	1	2	1	1	0	0	18	3.86
Miller	1	2	0	0	1	1	21	6.75
Muscgrove	2	0	0	0	0	2	28	0.00

Inherited runners-scored—Ray 1-0, Rodriguez 1-1, Matsui 2-0. HBP_Musgrove (Yelich). U—Nic Lentz, Quinn Wolcott, Brennan Miller, Nick Mahrley T—3:00. Tickets sold—47,712 (40,222).

WEDNESDAY'S ALDS GAME 3 TAMPA BAY 4, N.Y. YANKEES 3

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.
Díaz dh	4	0	1	0	.250
Aranda 1b	3	0	1	1	.333
Caminero 3b	4	1	1	0	.300
Mesa lf	4	1	1	2	.200
Vilade rf	2	1	1	1	.500
Mullins cf	2	0	0	0	.000
Hicks c	4	0	0	0	.100
DeLuca cf-rf	3	1	1	0	.200
Palacios 2b	3	0	0	0	.200
Walls ss	3	0	1	0	.100
Totals	32	4	7	4

New York	AB	R	H	BI	Avg.
Grisham cf	5	0	0		0 .000
Rice dh	4	0	1		1 .300
García 1b	3	0	1		0 .100
Gildschmdt 1b	1	0	0		0 .000
Bellinger lf	4	0	0		0 .083
Lombard ss	3	1	2		0 .200
A.Wells c	3	0	0		0 .222
Stanton	1	0	0		0 .000
Sánchez c	0	0	0		---
Volpe 2b-3b	4	1	2		1 .500
Jones rf	2	1	1		1 .111
Caballero 3b	2	0	0		0 .000
Chisholm 2b	2	0	0		0 .000
Totals	34	3	7		3

Tampa Bay	001	102	000 - 4	7	1
New York	001	101	000 - 3	7	0

Walks—New York 3: Lombard 1, Jones 2. Strikeouts—Tampa Bay 9: Diaz 2, Caminero 1, Mesa 2, Hicks 2, Palacios 2. New York 12: Grisham 3, Rice 2, Garcia 1, A.Wells 1, Stanton 1, Volpe 2, Jones 1, Caballero 1. E—Caminero (1). LOB—Tampa Bay 2, New York 7. 2B—Jones (1), Volpe (1). HR—Vilade (1), off Fried; Mesa (1), off Fried; Volpe (1), off Jax. RBIs—Aranda (2), Vilade (1), Mesa 2 (2), Rice (3), Jones (1), Volpe (1). SB—Chisholm (2). Runners left in scoring position—Tampa Bay 0; New York 4 (Jones, Grisham, Bellinger, Caballero). RISP—Tampa Bay 1 for 2; New York 1 for 6. DP—Tampa Bay 1; New York 1.

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Martinez	3 $\frac{1}{2}$	5	2	2	1	3	63	4.91
Seymour, W, 1-0	1 $\frac{1}{2}$	1	0	0	0	2	23	2.08
Jax, H, 1	.2	1	1	1	1	4	32	4.50
Booser, H, 1	$\frac{1}{2}$	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.00
Kelly, H, 1	$\frac{1}{2}$	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.00
Baker, S, 3-3	.1	0	0	0	1	2	17	0.00
New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Fried, L, 0-1	5 $\frac{1}{2}$	7	4	4	0	7	80	6.35
Blackburn	1 $\frac{1}{2}$	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.00
Bednar	1 $\frac{1}{2}$	0	0	0	0	2	22	0.00

Inherited runners-scored—Seymour 1-1, Kelly 1-0. HBP_Bednar (Aranda). U— Dan Bellino, Ben May, D.J. Reyburn, Ryan Wills T—3:04. Tickets sold—48,865 (47,309).
EDWIN DÍAZ points the way to the NLCS after picking up his second straight save in Game 4.

Brewers reach deep, snag NLCS spot

MLB REPORT

MILWAUKEE'S Garrett Mitchell robs Manny Machado of a potential tying homer in the eighth inning of the Brewers' win.
GREGORY BULL Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Although outfielder Garrett Mitchell accepted congratulations for robbing Manny Machado of a tying home run late in the Milwaukee Brewers' division series-clinching victory, he clearly wasn't that impressed with himself.

To Mitchell, that dramatic play was just the result of the same daily preparation and meticulous execution that made Milwaukee the majors' best team this season — and which has sent the Brewers roaring back to the National League Championship Series.

Mitchell tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning before making a pivotal catch on Machado's drive to the wall in the eighth, and the Brewers finished off the San Diego Padres with a 3-1 victory Wednesday night.

After fending off the surging Padres in four tight games decided by a combined five runs, the 103-win Brewers will get an NLCS rematch with the Dodgers, who swept Milwaukee last October on the way to their second consecutive World Series title.

"Why wouldn't you want another chance to go at it after the way it happened last year?" asked Mitchell, an Orange County native and UCLA product. "I don't think that's any more pressure on us. It's just ... let's see what we can do."

Milwaukee claimed its first road playoff win since the 2018 NLCS by sticking to its formula for success.

While four Brewers pitchers combined on a three-hitter, and the defense made nearly every big play, Milwaukee's lineup calmly worked counts, pounded 10 hits through the Padres' defense and manufactured enough runs to head home smiling.

Rays sweep Yankees, aided by fan interference

Victor Mesa Jr. hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Max Fried in the sixth that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays over the host New York Yankees 4-3 for a three-game sweep and a trip to the American League Championship Series.

Ryan Vilade also homered for the Rays, who got help from a fan interference call. After Mesa's homer gave the Rays a 4-2 lead, Anthony Volpe appeared to hit a two-run shot against Griffin Jax with two outs in the bottom of the sixth as a fan reached over the left-field wall and caught the ball over the glove of a leaping Mesa.

A video review determined the ball would not have been over the wall and would not have been caught by Mesa. Volpe was awarded an RBI double, and George Lombard Jr. was allowed to score from first base. Jax recovered to strike out Spencer Jones.

Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge missed the whole series.

"The ending is terrible," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "It's a broken clubhouse."

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Bullpen's breakout has been big relief

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nd you thought the bullpen was going to be the weakest branch.

In the four aces, you trusted. The Dodgers'

stellar starting rotation of Yoshi-nobu Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal, Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow? A quartet who can strong-arm anyone.

And you probably figured Freddie Freeman would get it going. You had faith in playoff risers Max Muncy, Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández — and in the Dodgers' playoff-proven offense overall.

You were not, however, so bullish on the bullpen.

That was the proverbial, annual question mark entering the best-of-five National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, whom the Dodgers vanquished with a 4-1 victory Wednesday at Truist Park to set up an NL Championship Series rematch with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Edwin Díaz, the Dodgers' purported closer, had a disastrous, injury-marred first season with the team — or he was having one.

That left Tanner Scott — last season's purported closer — handling the bulk of the ninth-inning duties this season, and he finished with a career-high 25 saves. But you were going to have to see him sustain that in the postseason to believe in Scott, whose first season with the Dodgers also was so disastrous that he wasn't even included on the playoff roster.

The Dodgers are paying Díaz \$69 million and Scott \$72 million. A steep price and a sign of how badly the team wants to avoid having to turn to starting pitchers to finish off important postseason games, as they have in the past with Julio Urías, Walker Buehler and, last season, Yamamoto.

But until now, the Dodgers haven't had much but frustration to show for their investment in Scott or Díaz — who were two names among four, including Roki Sasaki and Evan Phillips, that manager Dave Roberts suggested could close games in the playoffs. It was a tangled trust tree that needed lots of water.

Or how about champagne? Maybe ice-cold beer?

Because after Alex Vesia, Edgardo Henriquez, Scott and Diaz combined to get the final 13 outs of Game 4 without giving up a run, they helped lead the charge in the clubhouse afterward, dousing one another to celebrate.

In the series, the Braves went one for 23 (.043) with runners in scoring position. That, according to OptaStats, is the second-lowest such batting average in a postseason series in history — and it doesn't happen without a bullpen being locked in; the Braves went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position against the Dodgers' relief pitchers.

In the deciding Game 4, Vesia took the baton from Glasnow with two outs and two runners on in the fifth, got the inning's final out on one pitch and came back out in the sixth. He gave up a double but got Drake Baldwin to line out before handing the ball to the hard-throwing Henriquez, who hit 100 mph or higher on 11 of his 15 pitches, retired five of six batters and earned his first postseason

win.

Then Scott had the inning of his Dodgers career in the eighth — sitting down the Braves' 3-4-5 hitters with a nasty array of sliders and fastballs. He punctuated his performance with a fastball on the corner that ended the inning and wound up costing Atlanta its final ABS challenge.

And, finally, in closing, Díaz.

He earned his second consecutive save with an efficient, eight-pitch, 1-2-3 inning. He isn't the closer, not officially. But, darn, is he important: "For us to win the World Series," Roberts said, "he's got to be a relevant part of this equation ... I've got to trust him."

The way Díaz is dealing, why wouldn't he? Díaz has given up just one hit in three postseason innings. And he's feeling good.

"The last two nights it's been amazing," Díaz said. "That's why I came here, to win games and close games like this one. So I'm really happy."

Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' president of baseball operations, raved about Díaz's resilience, referencing the roller coaster of a season that included an 8.68 earned-run average, neck and elbow injuries, a stint on the in-

jured list and in triple A.

"He would say, 'Hey, I'm ready to come back,' Friedman said. "And it was like, 'Hey, we need to see more, we need to see this really lock in.' And at every turn, he said, 'Whatever you guys need ... anytime you want me to pitch, I'll be ready.'

"It was never a question of the heartbeat and his ability to handle these moments. It was about just getting him right mechanically and getting back to the stuff that we've all seen over the years."

Vesia is similarly impressed with his friend Scott's resurgence.

“Going back to last year with ups and downs and adversity and all that stuff, we definitely leaned on each other,” said Vesia, who missed the World Series after the October death of his newborn daughter, Sterling Sol.

"And, you know, for this year to watch [Scott] really take off and have a great year, it's been awesome, you know? It's really awesome. With the closing role being undefined and all that stuff, he stepped up. Every year, there's always guys that step up.

"Now, we got eight more."

Now, we got eight more. Eight more wins to three-peat, and no weak links anywhere.

Pages' long-delayed postseason heroics finally arrive

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Mahle from the game.

they will need Shohei Ohtani to show up.

But ... Andy Pages! Seriously! If a guy who was seven for 66 in the last two postseasons and was so helpless last year that he was benched for the last three games of the World Series ... if that guy can drive in the winning run from the bottom of the order?

The once-fallible Dodgers just may be unbeatable.

"There's no more talented team than the Los Angeles Dodgers," manager Dave Roberts shouted in the postgame clubhouse. "We're the best organization in sports, top to bottom. We're smarter, we're better, and we're tougher."

At that point, someone referenced a recent comment from San Diego Padres owner José E. Feliciano insinuating that the Dodgers, baseball's oldest team, were composed of dinosaurs.

"And we're dinosaurs!" a voice shouted above the clubhouse din. If they're dinosaurs, their first initial is "T" and their last name is 'Rex."

It's OK to start seriously thinking about a three-peat now. They're now just eight wins away but, given how mediocre the American League playoff teams appear, they realistically could be just four wins away.

Here's guessing that the NLCS will be the real World Series. And here's guessing the Dodgers will be ready.

Pages, who won the hearts of Dodgers fans last October when he made a leaping, game-saving catch over the back of Hernández, was granted his first big October swing thanks to the Braves' largess.

In the seventh inning of a 1-all tie, Teoscar Hernández redeemed himself for another fielding blunder with a single that finally drove dizzying Braves starter Tyler

In came Game 2 rookie sensation Didier Fuentes, only this time, he was all rookie and zero sensation, walking Josue De Paula and Kyle Tucker to load the bases. Considering De Paula is just a kid and Tucker has been struggling, the fact that both showed such patience in such a pressure situation was pretty cool.

And moments later, it got even cooler.

In came veteran reliever Robert Suarez, and Pages was ready for him, working the count full before lining the two-run single up the middle.

The Dodgers added a run two innings later on a Max Muncy home run — has there ever been a playoff game when he hasn't homered? — to finalize the score.

When the game ended on an Austin Riley fly out to right field, Pages celebrated in center field by taking off his cap, turning his face to the sky and pounding the cap three times into his glove.

It was a series that was worth the emotion, the Dodgers' famous starting rotation giving up just four runs in 21 $^{1/2}$ innings, the bullpen solid behind a revived Edwin Diaz, and the offense doing just enough to beat Braves aces Chris Sale and Mahle.

In the fifth inning of a tie game, starter Tyler Glasnow issued walks to Riley and Michael Harris II. With two out, in came Alex Vesia. Up stepped slugger Matt Olson. The fans climbed to their feet. This was the Braves' big chance.

But Olson swung at the first pitch and lined it directly to second baseman Kiké Hernández to end the threat and quiet the joint. Díaz threw a hitless ninth for his second save of the series and ... who's going to beat them?

Afterward, Roberts referenced nearly half of his team when talking about his pride.

He talked about Pages' hit, about De Paula's walk, about reliever Edgardo Henriquez's $1^{2/3}$ shutout innings, about Muncy's bat and Freddie Freeman's glove.

“I guess, amazement,” Roberts said. “Our guys just continue to fight, persevere. You never know who the guy’s going to be.”

The only glaring weakness was, once again, the superstar who used to be their strength.

Ohtani scored the Dodgers' first run after drawing a walk but went hitless in three ensuing at-bats.

He got only two hits in the four-game series, and you have to wonder if his injury-racked body would be better out of the lineup.

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WRITER-DIRECTOR Cristian Mungiu brought his new film "Fjord" to the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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He wants you to debate

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ou probably don't know much about Cristian Mungiu's homeland of Romania.

He's so aware of that fact, he even makes a joke about it in his

latest film. Early on in “Fjord,” which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and is expanding its theatrical release Friday, a Norwegian schoolteacher welcomes a family of Romanian children. “We're all very kind and friendly,” he assures them. “There's no Dracula here.”

Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience. "There are just two things that people know about Romania — aside from Nadia Comaneci — and it's Dracula and Communism," he says. "It's something that all Romanians experience. We get used to it, but at the same time, it's a bit annoying."

Audiences have become accustomed to

Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winning ‘Fjord’ comes with cross-cultural concerns about parenting

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Mungiu pointing out uncomfortable truths. Beginning with his second feature, the 2007 abortion drama “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” (which also won the Palme), the 58-year-old Mungiu has crafted somber dramas that double as morality plays. But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or his opinion — on the difficult topics at hand. Mungiu prefers to question, not reassure.

"As much as we all enjoy mainstream cinema and film as entertainment, that's a way of making you sleep better after a week of work," he says. "Yes, I want a thriller, I want to have tension, I want to keep people on the edge of their seat. But I don't want to do this with guns and fast editing. I want to talk about things that could happen to you."

“Fjord” is based on a controversial real-life 2015 case in which Norway’s child protective services sought to separate a couple from their five children on charges that the parents hit them. Thoughtful and measured, the movie stars Sebastian [See Mungiu, E3]

Zoe Kazan's view of 'Eden'

She adapts Steinbeck's novel differently for TV than grandfather did for 1955 film.

BY YVONNE VILLARREAL

When Zoe Kazan learned she was going to adapt “East of Eden,” she knew it meant she’d be destroying a copy of John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel with scribbled notes in different colors, highlights and earmarked edges. So she ordered a used one from Powell’s Books — it has somebody else’s last name written on it, she points out.

"It's a treasure to me," she said during a recent video call from London.

Steinbeck's Cain and Abel-inspired novel follows two families across decades as a way to explore good and evil, legacy, free will and what makes a person. Driving many of the biblical parallels are two sets of siblings — half-brothers Charles and Adam Trask, and later, Adam's fraternal twin sons Cal and Aron — each competing for their father's attention and love. Disrupting their lives is an enigmatic woman named Cathy Ames, whom Adam marries and who gives birth to Cal and Aron.

The book-to-screen adaptation has been Kazan's passion project. And for a tale of familial legacy, she had her own to confront — in 1955, her grandfather Elia Kazan directed a film version that starred [See Kazan, E5]

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CATHY (Florence Pugh) gets a fresh approach in the new “East of Eden.”

The Beatles on cusp of change

A new “Rubber Soul” box set features fresh mixes, demos, session recordings and an illustrated book. E4

Sweet magic in tiny creatures In Apple TV's "Small Prophets," a grieving man's search for answers leads him to the spirit world. E8

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Easily crafting a father-son bond

But Josh Hartnett and Charlie Heaton found the accent a challenge in Netflix's ‘Below.’

BY ASHLEY SPENCER

Josh Hartnett and Charlie Heaton know how to brood.

The actors both found fame in their early 20s playing characters prone to pining and sulking: Hartnett became a heartthrob in the late '90s and early 2000s with mellow roles in films including "The Virgin Suicides," "Pearl Harbor" and "Black Hawk Down." Heaton, meanwhile, spent most of the last decade embodying the introverted Jonathan Byers on "Stranger Things." [See 'Below,' E8]

HARTNETT, left, and Heaton star in a series about a village being terrorized.
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Lessons learned as the only liberal in the room

Jessica Tarlov of Fox News has a book of advice on navigating political discussions.

BY STEPHEN BATTAGLIO

After appearing last year on a contentious political panel discussion in Washington, Jessica Tarlov, co-host of the popular Fox News show “The Five,” was approached by a transgender woman from Alabama.

Tarlov had said that Democratic candidates in tough races might have to concede that transgender collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas should not be competing against women assigned female at birth. But the matter never came up. Instead, the Alabama woman thanked Tarlov for making the case for Democrats against four conservatives on “The Five,” the most watched program in cable news and a favorite of family members who no longer speak to her.

"If more people talked like you, I might get my family back," the woman said. "I'm just happy my parents can hear someone like you."

Tarlov describes the encounter in her book “I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends,” out last month. The part how-to book and part personal memoir is aimed at helping readers navigate the harsh political divisiveness in the culture. Her role on [See Tarlov, F2] [See Tarlov, E2]

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Review HEATHER SCOTT PARTINGTON

Kingsolver strikes the right chords in latest novel

KINGSOLVER'S "Partita" is in a personal realm.
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In ‘Partita,’ the author weaves classical music and family tragedy into an intimate story.

Barbara Kingsolver writes the type of quips you want to scribble onto a Post-it note and revisit because you're glad someone else said it better. A hallmark of the decorated novelist's work is her flair for pithy sentences that illuminate the human experience, giving voice to our private longings and secret vulnerabilities.

Her 19th book, "Partita," is classic Kingsolver.

The author's grand and ambitious novels are written with warmth and a whimsical attunement to the human condition. She tackles broad ideas by personalizing them through singular characters, as seen in her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Demon Copperhead" (2022), an Appalachian reimagining of Dickens' "David Copperfield"; "The Poisonwood Bible" (1998), her eerie family tale of abstruse colonial evangelism; and "The Lacuna" (2009), a political tale of art and silence. Her hyper-local studies of identity, misunderstanding and discovery shine in her debut novel, "The Bean Trees" (1988), its sequel, "Pigs in Heaven" (1993), and the oft-taught tale of loss and familial discovery, "Animal Dreams" (1990). Kingsolver's fans appreciate her ability to play at vastly different scales.

"Partita" returns readers to the author's focused and personal realm. It starts with a phone call that up-ends its protagonist's world. Livia Cable has made a tidy life of her quiet, sensible marriage: teaching youth piano lessons in her native Tennessee, where she's also trying to sort through her deceased mother's belongings. Her college lover, Sigurd, calls out of nowhere and asks to see her. Their young romance ended predictably, and poorly. Sigurd's phone call forces Livia to confront the stories she's told herself about her identity in the decades since she split from the handsome activist with the "syncopated grin." In different hands the ordinary premise might not work, but Kingsolver offers more: She gets into the spaces between these notes and dances around.

Narrated in chapters titled by musical movements, drifting between these two timelines, and accompanied by a playlist of classical hits that Livia knows by muscle memory, "Partita" slowly reveals what happened between the lovers and how Livia was wounded. King-solver complicates the truth of Livia's backstory, revealing a brother who died by suicide when Livia was 11, a mother overtaken by paralyzing loss, and the two life-changing catastrophes — including an "ancient injury" — that permanently changed Livia's destiny.

Perhaps more than any of her other novels, "Partita" is Kingsolver on Kingsolver. She cleverly explicates her own writing through her discussion of classical music. In her college days, Livia's gift enlivens her nimble fingertips so that she can take on the toughest of compositions. But she's a philosophical musician, and in the days after she's contacted by Sigurd, she considers her life for its parallels to the music she learned by body and spirit. That's "why I love Bach," she says: "because of balance. Not a flat-out symmetry of Question: Answer. That would be Mozart. Bach is more winsome, making his opening promise, then taking it out for a little walk around, which is called fort-spinning, and then, finally, inevitably, delivering heart-in-hands the conclusion he had you longing for. You could count on it."

This fortspinning is

Kingsolver to a T; fans will recognize that she's always writing toward this Bachian kind of tension, and that she excels at this same kind of weaving. As she's said in many interviews, each of her books begins with a question, and Kingsolver's novels often include a musical notion of refrain. She doesn't give simple answers, taking greater satisfaction in exploration. The walking, the dancing, the complication is, of course, where she comes alive, and often her novels conclude in a comfortable—if not easy—resolution.

Much of Livia's discom-

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fort when Sigurd calls comes from confrontation with her flawed self-identity. Cowed by her mother's cruelty, Livia never imagined herself fitting in at her Boston music school. She spent her teens fighting her mother's limited view of gender and desire that results in her harsh punishment. There is "risk in [ambition]," Livia muses, "for a girl especially, among people who let you know there is no greater sin than parading yourself around. How easily pride can get chased into a burrow of humiliation." Here is Kingsolver underscoring the audacity of creativity and expression: They require a measure of self-confidence at odds with outward humility or silencing oneself for the comfort of others. Kingsolver makes this a more complicated notion by gradually revealing Livia's secrets as well as her mother's, and the two characters' interactions exist in a realm beyond a simple critique driven by rural sexism or small-mindedness.

“Partita” is a meditation on how a composition is different each time a musician plays it. It is different for the listener, too, as their personal experience, emotion and corporeal self rise to meet each note. We are “[l]iterally, moved. The tension pulls us forward into the unresolved strain and throws us back as we’re released... It’s a language we’re born knowing.”

In this vein the novel is a kind of rewriting, delving specifically into motifs of Kingsolver's novel "Animal Dreams": the uncommunicative parent/child relationship, letters from an absent sibling, faulty memory, the weight of inheritance, the slow unspooling of closely held secrets, the freedom of self-made ceremony, and the quirks of small-town community. Readers familiar with that book will find much to love. Yet nothing is a retread, because King-solver brings the full weight of her experience and her other work to the page in this entirely new story. It hits the same chords, but it is full of discovery and insight. She's different, and we're different too.

"It's never the same music the second time through, and maybe that is the point." Kingsolver takes joy in exploring these notes again, and it's our pleasure to listen.

Partington is a school librarian in Elk Grove, Calif., and a board member of the National Book Critics Circle.

What it's like to be the solitary Democrat on a Fox show

FOX NEWS' Jessica Tarlov says offscreen camaraderie is crucial to "The Five."

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"The Five" has made her an advocate of going into not-so-friendly territory to debate issues rather than staying in comfort zones where views are unchallenged.

"I'm trying to show that a Democratic voice like mine can exist there, without an apology," she writes of her Fox News position. "And that a person with strong liberal beliefs can bring that same perspective to a host of outlets and places."

During a recent conversation at Fox News headquarters in Manhattan, Tarlov said the kind words of the fan from Alabama align with what she's heard from children and grandchildren of the network's loyal viewers. They are grateful their Fox News-loving families are exposed to a voice from outside the conservative media ecosystem.

Tarlov, 42, has been a sturdy liberal counterweight at “The Five,” which averages 3.5 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen. She comes to the panel’s table highly prepared with data-based talking points, forcing her often intractable co-hosts to engage and listen. She often does it while deflecting the mocking remarks of rambunctious colleagues Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld, who try to throw off her arguments.

“Interruptions are an indication that you're winning,” said Tarlov, evoking the pithy chapter summaries in “I Disagree.”

Tarlov games out scenarios with recommendations on how to deploy statistics and when to lighten up. She also explains the necessity of allowing the other side to blow off steam as she did when “The Five” co-hosts became emotional over the fatal shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Tarlov believes the key to the success of “The Five” is the camaraderie the panel has off-camera. While the co-hosts will battle it out on set over President Trump’s policies or the excesses of the socialist wing of the Democratic Party, they are supportive of each other once the show is over (three of them are represented by the same CAA agent).

“We don’t talk politics outside of work,” Tarlov said.

Tarlov has been an accepted part of the Fox News family, recently signing a three-year contract despite Trump's suggestion that "The Five" would be better off without her.

But it has taken time for Tarlov to gain credibility among like-minded pundits and thought leaders on the

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political left. Most are dismissive of the network as its most popular hosts are unwavering Trump loyalists. Tarlov also resists being in lockstep with every Democratic position and trend. (She voted for Andrew Cuomo over New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, citing the former governor's experience.)

“Even in the last year I’ve been at big liberal gatherings, very clearly hosts on other big podcasts or shows were not interested in talking to me," said Tarlov, who has had many conversations that start with the question "Why are you on that network?"

But with younger news consumers getting their news and information through social media platforms, Fox News clips of Tarlov scoring points for the Democrats are gaining attention. Tarlov said she has felt more welcome in left-leaning circles since the 2024 presidential campaign when the digital accounts of President Biden and then Kamala Harris put her commentary in heavy rotation. (Scott Galloway, the author and social critic, partnered with Tarlov on a podcast, "Raging Moderates," after seeing her come up repeatedly in his feeds and then meeting her on the set of "Real Time With Bill Maher.")

Tarlov didn't start out seeking a career as a TV personality, although her family background likely helped her understand media and communication. Her parents were attorneys who met while working on the Warner Bros. lot in New York, and raised their two daughters in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca.

Her father, Mark Tarlov, was a onetime speechwriter for Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger who went on to produce two of John Waters' films and direct projects of his own. Tarlov and her sister Molly, an actor who co-starred in the

MTV sitcom “Awkward,” traveled the world with their father to shooting locations. (Tarlov pays tribute to her father, who died in 2021 of 9/11-related cancer, by wearing his nerd-chic Oliver Peoples eyeglass frames made of buffalo horn.)

A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the London School of Economics, Tarlov worked as a strategist on the London mayoral campaign of Boris Johnson. She talked Democratic pollster Doug Schoen into giving her a job. Schoen hired her and brought her to the attention of Fox News, which started using her as a guest on Sean Hannity's program in 2016.

Her ability to effectively volley with conservatives led Democratic Party leaders to approach Tarlov about running for Congress in the district representing Staten Island. (She says she has no desire to seek political office.)

Tarlov was named co-host on “The Five” in 2022. She and husband Brian McKenna, who works in finance, welcomed their first daughter in 2021, the other in 2024. She remains awed that the show’s viewers — most of whom don’t agree with her politics — have acknowledged her personal milestones with warm greetings and homemade gifts.

She is aware that she's had a rarefied career. But in "I Disagree," she goes beyond her resume to reveal her insecurities — unusual in the ego-driven TV news business — and tells readers how she's tried to resolve

them.

"I have a good amount of shyness to me," she said. "I have a lot of impostor syndrome. I'm constantly in wonder that I ended up getting to do this and that hopefully, am the right person to do it."

Long self-conscious about her raspy voice, which Trump once described as “grating and irritating,” she shares how a 2016 meeting with former Chief Executive Roger Ailes made her relax about it. He told her viewer criticisms were more aimed at her positions, not at how she sounded. “No matter what room the television is in, you want to make sure the person listening in the next room knows you’re on it,” he told her. “Don’t try to smooth your voice out. They may hate what you stand for and what you’re saying, but you want them to know it’s you on TV.”

Tarlov met with Ailes just months before he was ousted over sexual harassment allegations. While Tarlov was grateful for his advice, her book praises current Fox News Chief Executive Suzanne Scott for creating a workplace culture that is much more hospitable to women. Scott promoted Tarlov to co-host right before she was due to give birth to her first child.

"The knowledge that I'm supported allows me to take big swings and not be intimidated," Tarlov writes. She knows that's not the situation for all women; in her signature style, she presents the data and the narrative to back it up.

Argue over ‘Fjord’

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Stan and Renate Reinsve as a husband and wife enduring similar accusations. As in the true story, Stan's character Mihai Gheorghiu is Romanian while Lisbet is Norwegian. Parents to a conservative religious family, they move to Lisbet's childhood community, upsetting the progressive locals once it's revealed that they practice corporal punishment.

Climaxing in a tense court case that hinges on what constitutes a slap, "Fjord" explores clashing cultures and mutual distrust, leaving us unsure how to feel. Are the Norwegian authorities concerned for children's safety — or are they offended by this family's rigidly patriarchal beliefs, which include intolerance toward homosexuality? Should the Gheorghius adjust to Norway's customs? Or should the seemingly enlightened Norwegians be more understanding?

Making his first film outside Romania, Mungiu had been intrigued by the 2015 case, visiting the Norwegian town where the incident occurred and speaking to family members, judges and journalists. He was accompanied by a woman who drove him around. As Mungiu remembers, “One of the good things that happened during those three days was, at the end, this lady told me, ‘It’s good to be forced into this kind of investigation because I realized that I was very biased.’”

He hopes he's provoked audiences to examine their blind spots with "Fjord," a pointed metaphor for society's profound political and cultural divides. Because the movie shies away from condemnation, it has been labeled by some as a MAGA film for supposedly demonizing progressive Norway and making the conservative Gheorghius the victims.

Mungiu is used to his politically ambiguous films being interpreted in myriad ways. (Both sides of the abortion debate claimed “4 Months” as their own.) For him, “Fjord” is as much about living through Romania’s Communist period as it is about child-rearing.

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CRISTIAN MUNGIU says, “I think that I’m mature enough now to speak up about these things that you don’t want to listen to.”

“Communism was always this feeling that they know better what’s good for you,” he says. “I don’t want us to get back there. This is one of the reasons I made ‘Fjord.’ My freedom of making my own choices is more important than you pushing your values.”

Shooting “Fjord” in Norway, he developed an even greater appreciation for the local culture. But the tension he and his fellow Romanian crewmembers felt took a little while to dissipate.

"Every time we were scouting by boat, we would take our backpacks with us," Mungiu recalls. "After a while, [the Norwegians] asked us, 'Why do you do that?' I said, 'Well, it's safer to take it with us.' And they told us, 'But you're in Norway.' I said, 'Yes, but there are a lot of Romanians around.' It's not a polite joke, but it's a way of telling them that we are aware of the stereotypes."

Fans of Mungiu's searing dramas might be surprised to hear him crack a joke. And in conversation, he does tend toward the somber. But when he first developed an interest in filmmaking, he had a lighter approach. "I started by being an author of comedies," Mungiu says, "because it was easier to talk about these things." His first feature, 2002's "Occident," was a bittersweet slice of life about struggling Romanians considering migrating west to find happiness.

Mungiu also began working on what would eventually become the subversive 2009 omnibus film “Tales From the Golden Age,” which riffed on Communist-era Romanian urban myths. But when he cast actors for “Tales” who were too young to remember Nicolae Ceausescu’s reign, he was surprised that they didn't see the underlying darkness beneath the film's satiric tone. Mungiu worried the new generation may not fully appreciate the country's terrible history.

“Humor was a way of surviving that period,” Mungiu recalls, “but it wasn’t funny at all.”

So, going forward, he decided to get real, endeavoring to make a “serious film about what it meant to become paranoid and have this feeling that there’s always an enemy following you.”

The result was the stark "4 Months," which he describes as "a hit in the gut for many people." He's replicated its approach ever since and never looked back.

“Eventually,” he says, “you reach this age in which you have more courage. I think that I’m mature enough now to speak up about these things that you don’t want to listen to. I will take the risk of doing so.”

Mungiu's prickly, non-judgmental studies of human behavior have sometimes led him to be branded as a provocateur. But from his bashful demeanor to his disinterest in delivering inflammatory sound bites, it's clear the soft-spoken Mungiu lacks the mischievous air of a contrarian.

"I'm on the same side with the storytellers who encourage people to think," he says. "I couldn't have a more sober approach to cinema. I try to have this neutral perspective but encourage your responsibility as a viewer to make something out of this story that I'm bringing in front of you. My main contribution is to tell you, 'This is something that you need to talk about.' But I'm trying not to tell you precisely what to think."

These issues aren't just political but personal for Mungiu. Fatherhood has been an invisible theme throughout his films. The 2016 drama “Graduation,” which involves a dad scheming to get his daughter's poor test score revised so she can attend her dream university, was born out of Mungiu's anxieties about wanting the best for his two children. Similarly, "Fjord" wrestles with what it means to be a good parent.

"I am not important any longer — most of my life is behind me — but I have children," Mungiu says. "I don't think it is responsible to deliver to them a world which is in this state of hatred. It's not fair to say, 'Well, this is as much as we could do. Take it from here and fix it.' It's not about what we tell our children — they see how we behave. We need to change the way we behave to give them a better example."

Not everyone will accept "Fjord's" invitation to reconsider their worldview. Doesn't it get tiresome offering audiences an opportunity to enter into a conversation when many won't go in with an open mind?

The usually serious Mungiu allows himself a rare moment of deadpan.

“Well, obviously not yet.”

Review AMY NICHOLSON FILM CRITIC

‘Misty Green’ is a star-marking tale of a star’s fall

ELEAZAR'S performance as the striving but self-destructive title character is her first starring film role.
MERRICK MORTON A24

Chris Rock's dramedy about Hollywood is a showcase for a stellar Rosalind Eleazar.

Chris Rock's compelling tragicomedy "Misty Green" opens with a montage of Los Angeles that's as intimate as an X-ray of a tumor. The city is sick, as evidenced in photos of barren studio lots, burning trees and the boarded-up Cinerama Dome. But we're also seeing L.A. through the lens of someone who respects it anyway. The bleachy sunlight is just right, as is the shrugging acceptance that this town's strivers must accept a fair amount of filth.

Here, the boundary between the haves and havenots is as flimsy as the sidewalk tents on the Walk of Fame — another heavy-handed image Rock includes — and has been ever since the first beautiful girls tumbled off the train looking to make it in moving pictures only to realize their looks wouldn't take them much further.

Misty Green (Rosalind Eleazar), the self-destructive fictional actor of the film, hasn't been a naive starlet in over a decade. Back in 2008, she won a supporting actress Emmy for an airport show called "Red Eye." But cocaine, bad choices and her own bad attitude flew her career into the ground. Today, she's stalled out and blaming her failure on happenstance.

"I'm too Black to be with Leo, not Black enough to be with Damson, I'm not a nepo baby and I'm not a Brit," she grumbles. (Eleazar is, in fact, a Brit — wink wink.)

Misty carries herself imperiously, faking success with a Birkin bag and beachfront crash pad that belongs to a dead lover whose widow wants it back. The disdain in her eyes wards off anyone from seeing weakness. But we know her agent (Topher Grace) is right when he reminds her, “Don’t act like you never had a shot."

Rock also acts in the movie as an on-the-skids filmmaker named Jordan who, when tasked to reboot "Dreamgirls," dresses up for the job with a retro fedora. It's an apropos prop. Every time the comic steps behind the camera as a director, he tries on a slightly different hat. His first movie, 2003's "Head of State," about a D.C. alderman suddenly promoted to president, nodded toward Frank Capra. "I Think I Love My Wife" from 2007 was an outright Éric Rohmer remake and 2014's "Top Five" was a walk-and-talk Woody Allen-style New York romance.

“Misty Green” is the first movie Rock has helmed in 12 years — a welcome return — and its title, SoCal setting and spurts of soul music announce he’s been contemplating Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown.” The script isn’t nearly as complex and his attempts to enrich the world with radio reports about a murdered USC co-ed never take root. But, like Tarantino, he anoints a marvelous leading lady as his Pam Grier. This is Eleazar's first starring film role after the TV series "Slow Horses" and "Missing You." Not only does she seize her moment, she even briefly slips into Misty's old "Red Eye" costume: a Jackie-esque stewardess skirt suit.

Her character, however, is fading away in plain sight. On the rare occasion Misty is bumped up from a self-taped audition to a line reading in the room, the receptionist doesn't recognize her face, the casting directors chat over her performance and a younger actor pulls focus, barging into the meeting in a sequined evening gown. As an added insult, the part Misty is struggling to land is a stereotypical crack whore, while that sparkly roomcrasher just scored the lead of Dina in “Dreamgirls” and can’t even sing.

But boy, can Eleazar. Performing a cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at the Roosevelt Hotel, her rangy, raspy soprano stops our hearts. The scene is a knockout. Cinematographer Kira Kelly shoots powerful close-ups of Misty, then pivots to watch the people watching her. Misty's brother Jay (Daniel Kaluuya), a troubled schizophrenic, and best friend Naomi (Anna Kendrick), a gold-digger about to marry a man she loathes, are both so besotted by her voice that they forget their own problems as they gaze at her in awe.

We're witnessing the power of pure art, even as Rock cleverly waters down the moment with the sound of an unseen bartender rattling a martini shaker in the background. Misty has a gift — the kind that nearly makes her worth the mess—and it's agonizing to watch her waste it partying with scoundrels like Adam Driver's Zach, a coke fiend with a devilish goatee and a sordid connection to Dubai. We want to believe in the Hollywood fairy tale that talent will be rewarded. "Misty Green" feels more like a slasher about how that fantasy dies.

Rock awkwardly tries to expand this into a story about mental illness. Kalu-uya embodies Jay, newly released from a psychiatric

'Misty Green'

Rated: R, for sexual content, drug use, language throughout and some nudity Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes Playing: In limited release hospital because Misty ran out of money to pay the bill, all the way down to the marrow. He's so instantly believable that the movie doesn't need its traumatic flashbacks to their childhood that distract more than deepen. (Another belabored constant is a repeated needle drop of Charli XCX. Aren't there any other party time songs?)

Misty, we come to understand, has similar anger management and impulse control issues as her brother. They just manifest differently. Jay can't stay on his drugs; she won't stop snorting them. He's sinking into himself, creating a protective turtle-like shell against the nettlesome LAPD. She's stripping off her clothes for the wrong men while chasing the safety of wealth and fame.

As Jordan, Rock delivers an insult comedy act about everything wrong with the town, including studio executives who insist he shoot Vancouver for Detroit. He and Misty share a flippant cynicism about the business. Still, they're both stubbornly trying to get work. Between Jordan's charm and Misty's smile that only emerges around him, the film flirts with becoming a romantic comedy.

But the heart of Rock's message is that this is a gossipy town built on bonds between acquaintances you talk to all the time but barely know, like a casting director named Rhonda (Tracie Thoms) who's had a fraught relationship with Misty since the aughts. Real friends might forgive Misty when she lets them down. Industry friends won't unless they're either a saint, a sap or just stupid. We want Jordan to give Misty a shot at playing "Dreamgirls" Dina. And we want him to run far away.

Yet, Misty's fate aside, this is a star-making role for Eleazar, Rock fully believing in his leading lady. Ugly as this story gets, the result is beautiful to behold.

Bruce McBROOM Apple Corps Ltd.

I'm looking through this new box set

The Beatles' ‘Rubber Soul’ gets the deluxe treatment. Hear them on the cusp of change.

BY DARRYN KING

When the Beatles released “Rubber Soul,” their second album of 1965, some of their most loyal teenybopper fans were put off. “You look as if you’d all been dead for weeks,” complained fan Annabel Lee in a poetic letter in the February 1966 issue of the Beatles Book Monthly. She was referring to the photo on the album jacket, which featured the group in the woods, clad in black turtlenecks and tan suede jackets, looking off to the side or, in the case of John, coolly down his nose.

In retrospect, Robert Freeman's autumnal, artfully distorted photograph was an entirely apt image for a worldlier, darker, more grown-up Beatles record.

The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" has gotten the special deluxe treatment, with a bevy of new editions on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray and a museum show's worth of expertly curated material released Friday. As usual, there are punchy new mixes by Giles Martin along with never officially released session recordings and demos, including audio of a hitherto unknown song of John's, and an up-to-date account of the writing, recording and legacy of the album.

Whatever Annabel Lee may have thought, this was the period just before the Beatles got truly weird; the fantastic sonic explorations of “Revolver” would come next. There was a lowering of tempos, a concerted exploration of new guitar sounds and a new depth of introspection, reflecting a multitude of diverse musical inspirations: Bob Dylan and Ravi Shankar ("Norwegian Wood"), the chiming guitars of the Byrds ("If I Needed Someone"), Otis Redding ("Drive My Car"), Smokey Robinson and J.S. Bach (the recurring guitar motif of "In My Life" and George Martin's pseudo-harpsichord solo), even Paul's holiday in Greece (the twanging bou-zouki-style guitar of "Girl").

Speaking with London Life magazine around the time of the album's release, Paul summed up the impulse to keep trying new things: "I saw someone on TV asked what he wanted out of life, and he said 'a cosy rut.' To be in a cosy rut is about the sickest thing ever, I think. You can enjoy it, but what's the point of living in a cosy rut?" Indeed, from "Rubber Soul" on, every Beatles album would feel like a radical departure from the sound of the previous record.

Lyrically, “Rubber Soul” revealed a new level of sophistication and wit in the group’s writing. John, especially, after the publication of his second book of nonsense verse and stories, had finally cottoned onto the idea of putting some of his literary impulses to good use in song, resulting in some of his most haunting Beatles-era tracks. Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home. It was as if the two songwriters were turning inward in reaction to putting on the biggest stadium tour in history to that point.

TRANSFORMATIONS that Ringo, left, John, Paul and George began in 1965 were very evident by 1969, above.

THE SET has CD, vinyl and Blu-ray versions.

line of “Day Tripper” — “She’s a prick teaser” — is not to be heard in any of the newly released recordings. (In the related episode of the Saturday morning Beatles cartoon, the “teaser” in question is an extraterrestrial babe who whisks the group to the planet Glom.)

Putting it bluntly, the "Rubber Soul" sessions also capture the Beatles at their most prurient: the would-be affair of "Norwegian Wood" (the details of which, it has been pointed out, align with Joan Baez's account of her encounter with Lennon the previous year), the sensual intake of breath on "Girl," the beep-beeping euphemism of "Drive My Car," Paul cooing velvety French in "Michelle." Unsurprisingly, the original opening

“Rubber Soul” is the Beatles album that made musos as diverse as Grace Slick and Elvis Costello sit up and take notice—it’s also Harry Styles’ favorite. The U.S. release ended up with an altered track listing that highlighted the group’s folkier leanings; Joni Mitchell wore the grooves out on her copy and slipped “Norwegian Wood” into her coffeehouse sets in Detroit. (That version of “Rubber Soul” is included in the special super deluxe new editions.) Perhaps most importantly, “Rubber Soul” marked an escalation in the musical arms race between the Beatles and Brian Wilson that would culminate in "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

While there are no world-altering revelations here, there are some charming curios, including audio of an early version of “Day Tripper,” before the song became a thinly disguised delivery system for one of the most essential guitar riffs of all time, and several minutes of the group larking around between takes of “Think for Yourself.” As for the newly unearthed song snippet of John’s, “Little Girl” will intrigue only the most dedicated appreciators of Beatles flotsam. More interesting than its simple, undulating melody is its use of the British slang abbreviation for an unprintable expression: “If you’d have asked me yesterday / Then I’d have told you sweet F.A.”

In Beatles scholar Kevin Howlett's detailed account of the making of the album, presented here in a tastefully illustrated 88-page hardback book, one of the unsung heroes of the record is Hazel Yarwood. A cutting specialist at EMI more used to bringing out the complex dynamics of classical recordings, she was instructed to boost the low end of "Rubber Soul" to match the sound of the American records the Beatles loved. Her efforts are in ample evidence in the exciting opening moments of "Drive My Car," with a rhythm section that sounds, appropriately enough, like a motor thrumming to life.

For 10 years now — actually, since around the time streaming decisively overtook people's listening habits — these Beatles releases have made a pretty compelling case for the collectible physical object. This may be the handsomest yet, and a very fine excuse to wander into the deep, dark woods of "Rubber Soul" yet again.

Review ROBERT LLOYD TELEVISION CRITIC

Despite upheaval, CBS has a solid lineup of new shows

Network's in top form with 'NCIS' spinoff, a supernatural comedy and a legal dramedy.

Whatever will become of CBS in the monopolistic morass that never should have happened, I can't say and it's too soon to tell. But for the moment it seems very much like itself, fielding a good old-fashioned fall season with premieres of three new series — a franchise procedural, a supernatural sitcom and a legal dramedy — all of which have ties to earlier CBS shows.

The latest in the “NCIS” family of city-coded series, “NCIS: New York,” which premiered Tuesday, puts LL Cool J, formerly of “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “NCIS: Hawai'i” and something of a network ambassador, back in the saddle as senior special agent Sam Hanna. The pilot (all that was available to see as of this writing) begins with a Bond-like prologue set in Dubai — slick suit, keen gadgets, giant melee with half a dozen villains superheroically dispatched.

The operation causes him to miss a phone call from the son of an old friend who, by the time Sam calls back, will be dead in Central Park, an apparent suicide — which no one but the NYPD believes, cops typically being slow in such series. Not so says Sam, who attaches himself — temporarily, he thinks — to the NCIS New York branch, headed by Jennifer Beals as assistant special agent-in-charge Robyn Wells. This time, and probably not for the last time, it's personal.

Wells gives him a partner, Scott Caan's Nick Schaeffer, a talky little New Yorker, who says things like, "I'm no rocket surgeon," and they set off through the city's many neighborhoods, identified in screen-filling outline type — Bushwick, Soho, Diamond District, Red Hook, Gerritsen Beach. Even the BQE gets a title. Filling out the team that makes every "NCIS" cast a family are special agent Addison "Addy" Ross (Jacqueline Byers), ponytailed, humorous; special agent Wyatt Sellers (Shane Harper), recently of Alaska, a milk drinker, just dumped by his fiancée; and the requisite "weird" (their word) tech wizard Sean Sullivan (Devin Druid), who comes across as a less perverse version of Roddy Ho in "Slow Horses."

Clue leads to clue in next to no time, this being an episodic show that needs to tie a bow around an investigation in something like 42 minutes. I'm going to assume that anyone who loves "NCIS" with its combination of Scooby Gang teamwork, sentimentality, action and wiseacre banter will feel happy here ("Welcome to Brooklyn," says Nick, as bullets fly. "It didn't change that much," says Sam, a native). Looking toward Manhattan from beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, Nick convinces Sam that New York is where he ought to stay. Then they drive off for a soul food breakfast.

In the spirit, tee-hee, of the network's "Ghosts," and, indeed, created by its developers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, comes another supernatural domestic comedy, the likable, clever "Eternally Yours." Released Thursday, it's a sort of bourgeois, non-gothic "What We Do in the Shadows" set among a group of vampires living together in Seattle. (It's cloudy there, they like that.) Charles (Ed Weeks), the head of the coven, and Liz (Allegra Edwards) have been married for 500 years and have grown tired of each other, as well one might, especially of Charles, who's a bitter pill. ("Life is tough," he says, "and then you continue to not die.")

Living with them are adopted daughter, Emma (Helen J. Shen), who has been quietly dating Max (Jaren Lewison), a human regular guy; Jesse, an amiable muscleman; his aging human wife, Phyllis (Rose Abdoo), whose mind he wipes whenever she overhears vampire business — she sees Jesse, whom she met in 1989 when “we were both 28,” as simply well preserved — and twin half-vampire sons, Henry (Shylo Molina), who has all the good vampiric abilities, and Mort (Tristan Michael Brown), who can talk to the dog. (The technical nature of some of these relations is murky.)

CARA HOWE CBS
LL COOL J returns as special agent Sam Hanna, this time in the franchise spinoff "NCIS: New York."

JAN THIJS CBS
ALLEGRA Edwards and Ed Weeks play married vampires who need some space in “Eternally Yours.”

RACHEL Keller, left, Ella Stiller and Mike Colter make a small yet plucky legal team in "Cupertino."
ELIZABETH FISHER CBS

No one sleeps in a coffin and everyone seems to go out during the day for work or school. Liz teaches history at a local college; Charles, who doesn't approve of her working because he's very old-fashioned, is a financial planner; Jesse is a personal trainer who covers himself in spray tan so he'll be visible in the mirrors at the gym; and Emma is a veterinarian. Though Charles would prefer to, they don't feed on people because, says Liz, "it's not nice." (It's the usual substitution of animal blood.) As in "Ghosts," comedy is made from the collision of the living and the undead as Max meets the family, and also as in "Ghosts," an accident at the end of the pilot will change everything.

The delightful “Cupertino,” also out Thursday, comes from Robert and Michelle King, whose other current CBS show is “Elsbeth.” Like “The Good Wife,” the series from which “Elsbeth” sprang, “Cupertino” is a legal dramedy that grapples with — or at least exploits — current events and issues. The setting being Silicon Valley, these will largely concern computers and what people do with them, including prediction markets, catfishing, plagiarism, personality theft, unreliable algorithms and especially AI, in its many nefarious proliferating forms, including what amounts to science fiction. Though the Kings like to examine things from different sides, “Cupertino” is at its heart a joyful attack on tech bros and billionaires, which is all right with me.

Michael Price (Mike Colter) and Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller) are let go from the company Michael co-founded on the same day

— he, because his greedy partner framed him for leaking proprietary information, and she because she rejected the harassing advances of the same greedy partner. Both are lawyers — he's got a reputation, she's a year out of law school — and, having a TV series to get on with, they decide to team up, creating a David firm to take on the local Goliaths. His father (Joe Morton) is a very successful “celebrity lawyer”; her parents run a Christian publishing company in the Midwest. She hums “It's a Hard-Knock Life” when she's stressed.

“You’re the only one who wears suits here,” Olivia says as she sits with Michael in their first temporary office, a booth at the IHOP. (He does look good in them.) “Everybody else wears T-shirts and jeans.”

“Everybody else thinks they’re a genius,” says Michael. “I know I’m not.”

Swelling the two-person ranks of Price, Siffre and Associates is Michael's energetic former assistant, Christy Palladino (Ella Stiller), fired for talking to him on the phone. She has a lot of relatives in the building trades and gets them access to an empty office, unfinished beyond its impressive lobby, where they're faking it 'til they're making it. Christy orchestrates the elaborate stagecraft that sells the illusion of a bustling organization. Busy Philipps plays Natalia Boutella, a rich divorcée Olivia approaches in the middle of a strip poker game to invest in the firm; for her money, she wants to be involved; it turns out her assets are not her only asset. The show is generally a lot of fun, but never more than when Philipps is onscreen.

Renée Elise Goldsberry plays Nichole E. Ferebee, an opposing counsel with a romantic past with Michael, which naturally portends a romantic present, or future. There is the usual amusing collection of judges, quirky and less quirky — a King signature. “Cupertino” is always interesting, often ingenuous, a little educational, sometimes a mite ridiculous — something for every mood and taste. With a projected 20-episode season, this old-school network TV show is giving the people what they ought to want.

Six choices for ‘East of Eden’

[Kazan, from E1]

James Dean and covered the last third of the book, which focused on Cal and Aron. Zoe Kazan's interest in the story took shape decades later when, as a teenager, she discovered the book.

She found herself drawn to Cathy, its famous antagonist.

"I felt repelled by her, attracted by her, curious about her. I felt empathy. I felt hatred. I felt love. I felt all these things," Kazan said. "I had never read anybody like her. I just remember, every few pages, wanting to stop and read aloud to someone the things that she was doing or [the things] that someone was saying about her."

She also felt the pull of the story's examination of intergenerational cycles and familial legacy.

"It feels a little bit like a chicken-and-egg situation. Which came first: Was I drawn to this book because of its intergenerational aspects or did this book teach me to think about intergenerational aspects?"

Now streaming on Netflix, the seven-part adaptation Kazan shepherded — alongside co-showrunner Jeb Stuart — covers more ground of the multi-generational saga than her grandfather's film. This new version also centers Cathy.

Here's what Kazan told us about her vision.

The passage that guided Kazan's

exploration of Cathy

Cathy is a character who possibly drove a man to suicide, burned down her house with her parents inside and abandons her sons at birth. Her behavior made her a figure of profound and enigmatic evil in literature. But returning to the book as an adult, Kazan wanted to prod that reputation.

The passage Kazan clung to as her guiding principle in her study of Cathy arrives in Chapter 17.

"When I said Cathy was a monster, it seemed to me that it was so. Now I have bent close with a glass over a small print of her and reread footnotes, and I wonder if it was true. The trouble is that since we cannot know what she wanted, we will never know whether or not she got it. If rather than running toward something, she ran away from something, we can't know whether she escaped. Who knows but that she tried to tell someone or everyone what she was like and could not, for lack of a common language. Her life may have been her language, formal, developed, indecipherable. It is easy to say she was bad, but there is little meaning unless we know why."

Crawling to the Trasks' doorstep

The series opens with a battered and bloodied Cathy crawling up to the Trask home, setting in motion curiosity about the events leading up to — and after — her arrival. It's a seminal moment — arriving in Chapters 10 and 11 in the novel — and the catalyst that ties her to the Trask family. But it wasn't originally Kazan's first choice on how to begin her retelling.

"My first instinct was to start it with Adam's mother's suicide, which kicks off his relationship to women and longing for love," Kazan said. "As I wrote the second and third episodes, it became clear that I had to bring Cathy in sooner. She is the catalytic element in this story. She's the plot generator. And especially for a modern audience, we need to know that this plot is going to take us somewhere. Dramatists ask themselves: Why is this night unlike any other night? The reason that all of everything else happens in the novel is because Cathy crawls up on this porch, half beaten to death."

What happened to Cathy as a child?

In centering Cathy, Kazan reframes the character from a monster and a symbol of pure evil to a young woman carrying the lasting psychological effects of sexual assault.

In Steinbeck's telling, at 10, Cathy manipulates two neighborhood boys into stripping her, tying her up and beating her so she can frame them for assault. But Kazan's reading of that moment was an eye-opener when she revisited the text as an adult. And Cathy's fascination with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is linked to that. Lewis Carroll's fairy tale would serve as a psychological refuge and childhood obsession for Cathy as a young girl, fixating on the idea of drinking a potion to shrink so that no one can see her or reach her.

"To me, as an adult with a lot more understanding of psychology, I was like, 'Oh, that's a portrait of disassociation,'” Kazan said. "And connecting that up with the things that happened in her childhood, it felt very clear to me.

"When you grow up in a body that is sexualized and targeted, even if you have really protective, wonderful parents, which Cathy Ames does not, it makes you read it differently," she continued. "When you read about a little girl staging a rape and refusing to ... sorry, it makes me emotional ... speak out afterwards and not being believed, I understand Steinbeck sees it differently. I cannot help but bring more empathy and understanding to that. When I read Cathy Ames, I read a portrait of a person who has been bifurcated and has decided that in order to survive, she has to carve out a different part of herself."

Seeing Lee as the intellectual heart of the story

As a supporting character who served as the intellectual heart and emotional anchor, Lee prompted some of “East of Eden’s” most meaningful conversations and questions about identity and responsibility. He's a figure not represented in her grandfather's film, but acknowledging the role Lee played was important to Kazan.

Played by Hoon Lee in the series, the character is Adam's trusted servant who essentially raises his sons after Cathy abandons the family. His story is emblematic of the marginalized experience. Born to parents who were brought from China to build the transcontinental railroad, he's well-versed in code-switching, feigning broken English to conform to the prejudiced expectations of white society. He reveals his true self to those he trusts, including Samuel Hamilton.

Kazan was a new mother when she began penning her vision and was intrigued by the nurturing instincts displayed by Lee in contrast to Cathy.

"I really saw all the labor that he was doing and all the choices he was making with these boys," she said. "I felt like inside me are two wolves. One is Cathy, one is Lee. There's a part of me that wants to throw the baby in the well and walk out the door and be free, and there's a part of me that is showing up every day and wiping their butts and putting food in mouths."

After the Trasks move to Salinas proper, Lee departs for San Francisco to pursue his dream of opening his own bookstore. He returns after six days with little insight into his interlude. Kazan originally wrote eight episodes, with one dedicated to exploring Lee's time away. She enlisted novelist Alexander Chee, who wrote the 2001 coming-of-age novel "Edinburgh," about a Korean American boy living in Maine, to help fill in the blanks. But due to budget reasons, the episode was cut: "Some of his work remains, and it makes the series better," she said.

Timshel is the story's theme

Timshel, the Hebrew word meaning “thou may-est,” is the philosophical and moral theme driving Steinbeck’s story. And Kazan wanted that thematic strand woven through every aspect of the story, including when it came to brothers Cal and Aron.

The concept is first introduced in Chapter 24 of the book, with Lee discussing the Hebrew translation of Genesis 4:7, the story of Cain and Abel, during a late-night conversation with Adam and Samuel. Kazan said addressing the idea in the series involved many revisions.

"To have your character stop in the middle of an episode and talk about the etymology of a word in Hebrew — it's not scintillating material," Kazan said. "I had to find a way to make it emotional and personal and about character. I worked really hard on the portion where they discuss Cain and Abel in the naming scene that happens in Episode 3. And then when to return to it in Episode 5, when they discuss timshel. That went through many, many, many revisions to make it as emotional as possible, as connected to character as possible. And honestly, as brief as possible."

The Hamiltons are pared down

Beyond the story's expansive Central California setting, part of what makes Steinbeck's saga feel so sprawling is the way it juxtaposes the destinies of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, across multiple decades. The small, troubled Trask family represents isolation, generational trauma and dysfunctional cycles in contrast to the large, loving and morally grounded Hamilton family, who are modeled after Steinbeck's own maternal ancestors. The two families both migrate cross country and settle in Salinas Valley but have starkly different experiences that serve as a profound examination of what constitutes success: material or spiritual wealth.

But the breadth of the Hamiltons' story was down-sized for the series. Kazan said there wasn't enough space to give the Irish American family — composed of patriarch and matriarch Samuel and Liza, plus their nine children — the screen time their story merited.

"It was very hard for me to let go of telling the Hamilton story," she said. "I would have needed another three episodes and I didn't have that."

While the scope of the Hamiltons' story was pared down in the series, it doesn't ignore their importance — particularly the mentorship from Samuel, an Irish immigrant, inventor and well digger who embodies the virtues of hard work, wisdom and patience. He is played by Ciaran Hinds in the series.

“Sam Hamilton is an incredibly important character on both sides of this story,” Kazan said. “He is one of the agents of change for this family. The story doesn’t exist without him.”

LEE (Hoon Lee) and Samuel Hamilton (Ciaran Hinds) are significant characters.

CHARLES (Mike Faist, left), Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Cathy (Florence Pugh) in the miniseries.
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LAMBRINI Girls, who played at Punk Rock Bowling in '25, will headline its Fight to Unite show at Belasco.

Facing adversity, punk fest putting on a show in L.A.

After an unexpected hiatus, Punk Rock Bowling plays benefit for immigrants.

By Dick Slaughter

When Punk Rock Bowling announced last fall that there would be no Las Vegas festival in 2026, organizers described “unexpected challenges” but left much of the story untold.

After celebrating its 25th edition in 2025, one of the country's longest-running punk festivals was suddenly taking a year off. The first question to PRB co-founder Shawn Stern was obvious: "After 25 years, did you just feel it was time for a break?"

He did not. It turns out the decision involved more than the loss of the festival's longtime downtown Las Vegas venue. Organizers were already concerned about another problem that went to the heart of what Punk Rock Bowling had become: getting international bands and fans into the United States.

“I was wary last year of doing it because of this administration, and we were starting to feel the effects of it in 2025, meaning the immigration madness,” Stern said. “About 15% to 20% of our crowd comes from outside the country.”

The festival was hearing from international attendees reconsidering trips to the United States, while some bands were deciding that touring here had become too difficult or expensive.

“We had a handful of bands that basically just said, ‘We’re not coming.’”

For Punk Rock Bowling, that presented more than a booking problem. International bands and fans have become an important part of the festival's identity.

"We get a lot of bands from out of the country. It's important to us to have that diversity. So what are we going to become?"

Several bands from Mexico canceled, Stern recalled, along with bands from Canada. Conversations about booking international acts for the following year were becoming increasingly difficult.

"Do we want to be like the one or two other punk festivals in this country that's almost all Southern California bands? No."

Then came another problem: the festival's long-time Las Vegas venue. Organizers had been unable to renew their contract, and Stern suspected something was happening behind the scenes.

"I had a pretty good suspicion something was up because I hadn't renewed my contract, and they were sort of ducking me."

Eventually, he began hearing that the venue was going to close.

“So, our choices were limited. Immigration mess, and then the venue was closing down.”

But Punk Rock Bowling isn't sitting out 2026 entirely.

Bringing PRB to Los Angeles

On Friday and Saturday, Punk Rock Bowling will bring Fight to Unite to the Belasco in downtown Los

Angeles, with 32 bands performing across three stages.

“We have been talking all year about bringing the Punk Rock Bowling community together in L.A. since we didn't have the festival this year,” Stern said. “With all of the chaos being perpetrated by this administration over the past 20 months, we felt a musical celebration in the face of adversity would be welcome.”

A portion of every ticket sold will benefit Siempre Unidos LA, a grassroots nonprofit assisting immigrant families affected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and deportations through food, emergency assistance, legal referrals and community support.

“Donating to a grassroots organization helping immigrants cope with the madness of masked government agents terrorizing people is something we believe in,” Stern said. “The founders of PRB and many of the people we work with are immigrants, and we believe no one is ‘illegal,’ and the vast majority of people living in this country are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.”

“This country has long been a refuge for people escaping persecution, and immigrants have had a huge impact on the success of whatever ‘democracy’ still exists in America.”

Friday's 16-band lineup is headed by Lambrini Girls, Spiritual Cramp and Surf-bort, with Generación Suicida, Pistol Grip and Toy Guitar among the other acts.

Saturday celebrates the 35th anniversary of Fat Wreck Chords, with Dillinger Four, Teenage Bottlerocket, Dead to Me, Swingin' Utters, Codefendants, Cobra Skulls, Nerf Herder, Get Dead and others. Whether Fight to Unite leads to more PRB events in Los Angeles remains to be seen.

“It really depends on how this one is received,” Stern said. “If it goes well and people would like us to do more, we are always open to that.”

What happens next?

Fight to Unite might appear to be a substitute for the missing Las Vegas festival, but bringing Punk Rock Bowling to Los Angeles has been discussed for years.

“We have discussed having a festival in Los Angeles since before COVID,” Stern said. “Punk Rock Bowling is a DIY festival that was created by musicians for musicians who have been involved in this community since the late '70s.”

That history continues to shape the organizers' approach.

"We're musicians who've been part of this scene for years, and we build every show the way we'd want to experience it, as fans first."

As for 2027 and whether Punk Rock Bowling will return to Las Vegas, Stern isn't ready to make an announcement. For now, there is Los Angeles. And while the future location of Punk Rock Bowling remains unsettled, Stern made clear that preserving the community that grew around it remains central to whatever comes next.

“We are working on it, and when we have news, we will announce it through our mailing list and social media.”

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HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

Aries (March 21-April 19). You have riches to share today and you certainly will, though the most valuable thing you will share is your attention.

Taurus (April 20-May 20). Ask the person most likely to resist your idea how they would improve it. Their answer may reveal the obstacle you weren't aware of.

Gemini (May 21-June 21). Give people enough show to spark their curiosity and leave the rest behind the curtain.

Cancer (June 22-July 22). Emotions come in hot, but you stay cool. You're able to distance yourself by using your feet.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). You see what someone did, but it will still take your own process of trial and error to do this yourself.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You know how a certain per-

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son keeps score. Even if they are the only person around, avoid dealing with them.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). People gladly step aside to let you pass, not out of obligation but because they instantly feel you're someone to be nice to.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will see more of the world because of what you do today. The first move is to daring to dream.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A mild interest in a subject is growing into an attraction. The people who devote themselves to it are part of the appeal.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There are things that benefit you to keep track of — receipts for taxes, plant care, what you owe a friend

— and things that hurt you to track — past mistakes, what a friend owes you.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Make your schedule by yourself and do it early, before the rest of the world starts demanding things from you.

DOWN 1 Many a cooking show host 2 Fabric with metallic threads 3 Love, in French 4 NYC transit org. 5 Flower part 6 Salivate 7 Starbucks order

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You're kind. Still, not everyone should have access to you. A fancy doormat is still a doormat. People will continue to use it for what they have always used it for.

Today's birthday (Oct. 9). In your Year of the Beautiful Bargain, you understand what makes an exchange worth it. You trade what you have in abundance for something you value more. Everyone leaves the table feeling lucky — a scenario that repeats eight times through your solar year. More highlights: Gaming suits you. You'll make friends and earn prizes. Love and finance intertwine auspiciously. Pisces and Gemini adore you. Lucky numbers: 7, 30, 1, 33 and 28.

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BY FRANK STEWART

Cy the Cynic's former job, if any, is a topic of speculation at my club.

"I think Cy worked in a corporate office," Rose told me. "He says if at first you don't succeed, the person they hire to replace you will."

Cy played at seven spades, and West led the queen of diamonds. Cy took the ace ... and pondered what to discard. He finally threw the jack of clubs. Cy then ran his trumps and took the A-K of clubs, but West kept his hearts and won the 13th trick.

"The club finesse would've won," Cy sighed.

His play at Trick One was wrong, but he could have survived: He could cash the A-K of clubs and ruff a club,

ASKING ERIC

Dear Eric: My spouse of 12 years and I do not fight, argue or call names; we generally see eye to eye except when it comes to sex drive. We're both respectful, but I do admit I have become uncaring over the years of avoidance of the issue and ignorance of how much I've worked to change.

Aside from early into the relationship, my spouse will not initiate sex. Occasionally, after long stints she may ask me, yet it always feels forced, under time constraints and always after very long periods of time where I have ceased attempts with her.

I've tried literally 14 times over 12 years to speak to her about the issue. I've spoken calmly, non-accusatory and have been widely open to change in any and all regards to make things better.

I've explained its importance and its negative effect on my day-to-day mood. I've been left with no response at all. No info to go on, no help to change. I've learned to cook, been a great housekeeper, childcare, masseuse trying to find something that may make her care enough, yet nothing. I get there may be issues I'm unaware of, but I wouldn't know.

We're going to start counseling shortly. Do you have any advice about how I can help her be more comfortable to open up to me so we setting up dummy's nine. But Cy's best play is to ruff the first diamond, deferring a discard on the ace. He draws trumps and takes the A-K of clubs. When the queen doesn't fall, Cy leads a heart to dummy, throws the jack of clubs on the ace of diamonds and ruffs a club.

If the clubs don't produce three tricks, Cy runs his trumps He has many chances to succeed.

You hold: ♠ 865 ♥ 72 ♦ K8 742 ♣ Q65. Neither side vulnerable. The dealer, at your left, opens three spades. Your partner doubles; the next player passes. Now what?

Answer: Partner's double is for takeout, so bid four diamonds. He suggests a strong hand with diamond support, and you have a five-card suit and a useful queen.

can get past this? I deeply love her and want to be what she needs me to be to be happy.

WANT TO BE CLOSER

Dear Closer: Going into these sessions, remind yourself that you are both navigating a communication challenge in your relationship. You may or may not be hearing each other clearly. Intercourse is likely only a part of the issue, not the root.

So, try not to think of these sessions as an opportunity for you both to work on a concern you have with your wife. This isn't about "fixing" a problem or changing her.

This is about creating a safe space for you both to talk to and hear each other and, ideally, understand each other better.

Dear Eric: I'm a senior who's getting tired of friends my age wanting favors and assuming I'll do more than I want to do.

Some friends are becoming increasingly needy, wanting me to take them to doctor's appointments, outpatient surgeries and grocery stores and to act as handyman.

I've started setting boundaries, standing up for myself and saying no.

They frequently want to debate or talk me into it. It's hard to have to stand my ground, and it makes me un-

You should have a chance for at least 10 tricks.

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comfortable and resentful.

What's going on? I'm feeling overwhelmed and unappreciated as a friend. Can you provide some perspective on this?

TEAM PLAYER

Dear Team: It's good that you've been working on setting and holding boundaries. Some may think that boundaries, or even the word "no," create fissures in relationships. But the truth is boundaries help to keep relationships healthy and safe.

Your friends may be focused on the enormity of their own needs and unable to make space for yours. It can be very disempowering to get to a place in life where one needs help getting to appointments or doing household tasks they once could do with ease. It can be frightening as well. It's likely a relief to have a friend who is available to help.

This isn't to say that you should simply grit your teeth and bear it. Quite the opposite; the healthy thing to do is to pause and make sure that you and your friends are hearing each other clearly so that no one gets overwhelmed.

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This might mean you only make some of the trips and help them think of other friends who can lend a hand.

Email questions to eric@askingeric.com.

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Review ROBERT LLOYD TELEVISION CRITIC

The magical ‘Small Prophets’ gently pulls you in

PEARCE Quigley plays a man whose grief upends his life in “Small Prophets.”

In Apple TV's sweet, melancholy comedy, a man seeking answers turns to alchemy.

Mackenzie Crook, who wrote and directed "Detectorists," a gorgeous pastoral comedy about hobbyist hunters seeking Saxon gold in southwest England, has a new series, "Small Prophets," which premiered Wednesday on Apple TV. Set mainly around a suburban cul-de-sac, a retirement home and a "DIY store" (think Home Depot), it's a different sort of series and yet very much expressive of Crook's sensibility and interests — friendship, love, memory and the more mysterious world that informs the ordinary one. It's meditative, melancholy, sweet and funny. And also involves a sort of treasure hunt and some digging in the ground.

Pearce Quigley, who played Danebury Metal Detecting Club member Russell in "Detectorists" stars as Michael Sleep, whose life has been on pause since his girlfriend, Clea, disappeared on Christmas Eve seven years earlier. For five of those, he's been working at the Tool Box, amusing himself by idly messing with customers. Standing before a 20-foot wall of bright blue buckets, he tells one, facing the wrong way, that they don't carry buckets, that they're old-fashioned and no one uses them anymore. He confuses another by asking, "Why would we sell six screws in a biodegradable paper bag when if we only sell them in polyurethane tubs of 500, the customer is forced to buying much more of them? Making us much more money." But he will also build a birdhouse, on site, for a woman who wants one.

In the break room, he begins a friendship with equally bored but sociable co-worker Kasey (Lauren Patel) after she asks him whether his beard itches. This will form the spine of the story, and in a way its point.

Over the objections of officious ineffectual manager Gordon (Crook, sporting the world's saddest ponytail), he regularly leaves work to answer a call from the retirement home where his father, Brian (Michael Palin, lovely), makes Rube Goldberg contraptions, enters random magazine contests and forgets things. Michael, who, on the off chance Clea walks back in, continues to inhabit the house she owned, over the objections of her brother, Roy (Paul Kaye), who is broke and wants to sell it.

It's packed with boxes, except for a locked room, which Michael had decorated, based on an old photograph, in the image of her favorite childhood Christmas—a surprise never delivered. The front and back gardens are overgrown, bringing a little wild countryside to the otherwise lifeless culde-sac, to the displeasure of neighbor Clive (Jon Pointing), a Gladys Kravitz type, though not to Clive's wife,

Bev (Sophie Willan), who finds Michael interesting.

Hoping to help Michael deal with his unanswered questions, Brian tells him about an Italian man he met in Egypt while doing national service, a student of “metaphysics and alchemical lore,” who knew how to produce homunculi, “tiny prophets who lived in great glass jars full of water.” They could answer any question about the past, present or fu ture and were incapable of lying. Brian had written down the recipe, and, in his back shed, Michael, with the eventual assistance of Kasey, sets about following it into strange and disturbing territory.

Crook's world is slightly askew while remaining emotionally true. Quigley, bearded and burly but soft-edged with a deliberative way of speaking that can serve a range of emotions, is brilliant, and Patel balances him admirably. But every character here feels original and individual, even a pair of seeming villains introduced halfway through. (There is a good deal of snooping and skulking.) Any moment that threatens to turn to cliché, turns another way.

The series is decorated with odd little touches and ideas, not necessarily explained. Kasey, who is not an actor, dreams of appearing on “Neighbours,” a canceled Australian soap opera. A teenage boy (Adam Wright) bicycles endlessly around the cul-de-sac. A cafe is called Pickles, “after the dog that found the World Cup,” an actual historical event from 1966 that seems like just the sort of thing Crook might dream up. (“I don’t know what the connection is,” says Michael about the dog. “I don’t think he was from around here.”) Kasey watches a program called “Celebrity Barrel Scrapers” (“Barrel Scrapers,” but with celebrities) in which contestants “scrape the barrels out, get ‘em clean.” There are seagull puppets, a tandem bicycle, an oil stain in the shape of a rabbit, a meteorite.

Michael will get to ask some questions, and get his answers. But the series still ends, happily, with the title "To be continued."

In deep in a new project

['Below,' from E1]

[Below, from 12] But now, the duo are wearing their hearts on their sleeves in "Below," a six-episode Netflix miniseries now streaming, in which they play a father and son living in a misty Newfoundland, Canada, fishing village that is increasingly terrorized by something mysterious in the iceberg-filled waters.

As Calvin and Wade Penney in “Below,” the actors are passionate and emotional. They get into animated family arguments and gleefully celebrate when things (occasionally) go their way.

"It's all on the page," Hartnett said. "All I had to do was show up and feel those things toward Charlie."

Filmed on location in Newfoundland, Canada, "Below" is the latest unexpected project for Hartnett, 48, who has been cultivating a career renaissance in recent years with roles in "Black Mirror," "Oppenheimer," "Trap" and this month's "Verity."

Heaton, 32, has likewise been diversifying his post-“Stranger Things” portfolio. He played an ill-fated financial journalist in the fourth season of “Industry” and will next star in a “Peaky Blinders” sequel series.

“I like trying to surprise people, and maybe surprise myself too,” Heaton said.

When they convened for a joint video interview in late September, Heaton had recently returned to his London home from a music video shoot. Hartnett had just finished putting his four children (with his wife, the actor Tamsin Egerton) to bed at their countryside home in Hampshire, England. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

What attracted you both to this project?

Hartnett: I was in "Black Mirror" a couple of years ago, and Jessica Rhoades, who produced "Black Mirror," sent me the ["Below"] script probably about two months before production was supposed to start. I loved the script but I had some questions, so I had to speak to [creator] Jesse [McKeown] and a couple of the other EPs, just to get the lay of the land. After that conversation, I was like, this sounds really fresh and nuanced and organic.

Heaton: It seemed to have so much warmth and mystery. I do remember having a conversation with my agent because, obviously, I'd come off "Stranger Things," and there was a little concern of, "Is it too similar?" But Wade is such a fun character. I'm from a working-class fishing town [Bridlington, England]. He's also working class. Everyone knows somebody like Wade.

Hartnett: Willow Kean, who plays my sister, his aunt, saw Charlie on set when he first arrived. He was in his outfit and smoking a cigarette, and she was like, "I think somebody's on set who shouldn't be" — because he looked like a local. He fully embodied the mood of this character immediately.

How did the two of you meet? Had you crossed paths in the industry before?

Hartnett: We hadn't. We met on Zoom. We did a bunch of stuff with the full cast, and it was more to learn the accent than anything else. Once we started to get into the accent work together, just shooting the s—online, it was great.

Heaton: We wanted the family to all sound like they were from the same place. But the accent is so hard to hear in the beginning. So, we were all getting it wrong together.

What was the biggest obstacle with the Newfoundland accent?

Heaton: I've done a fair amount of accents, but it's hard to understand the rules of this one. It's like, well, that word's Irish, that word's kind of American. It took me a while to be able to hear it. We had Ali [Alison Kelly], who was our voice coach, and a lot of the extras that we had on set also were local artists, so you could really lean on them.

Hartnett: Everybody was so welcoming. The most difficult part for me was hearing the rhythm of it. So, I listened to this thing called "The Broadcast," which used to be called "The Fisheries Broadcast." It's a radio show that's been on since 1951. Every day they're talking to someone about something that's happening on the island, so you're getting all these different versions of the accent, but you're also getting an overall perspective of how people speak in Newfoundland. It was really revealing.

What was it like shooting on location and out in nature?

Heaton: It was powerful and beautiful. Where we shot, Snook's Arm, was this bay called Brigus South. You'd come down in the morning, and just that sheer amount of nature every day I found really moving.

Hartnett: One of the first days we were there, they took me out on a whale-watching tour. I was like, "Oh, cool. That sounds touristy but fun." It was a spiritual experience. I've never been anywhere where I felt so small and insignificant next to another animal. These humpback whales, they're right underneath these tiny little boats, and if they wanted to, they could just flick their tail, and you'd be off in the sea. I had never experienced nature in the sea the way that I experienced it there.

You play father and son, but you're not that far apart in age.

Hartnett: Fifteen-and-a-half years! I did the math.

How did you develop your on-screen dynamic?

Hartnett: Charlie was so in character as Wade, it was very easy to feel a real sense of protectiveness and an incredible amount of love.

Heaton: What I really admired about working with Josh [is] he is such a leader. You really care, and you're so generous with everyone, and I got to see your family, and I got to see how you are as a dad. So, those projections weren't that difficult to come up with in my head, honestly. It's cool that I get to be your son.

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“‘BELOW’ seemed to have so much ... mystery,” says Heaton, left, with Hartnett.

Hartnett: So sweet, man. Thank you.

Charlie, do you remember any of Josh's past work that stood out to you?

Hartnett: [Pretends to cover his camera] I'm just going to turn this off.

Heaton: One of my favorite films for a while was "Lucky Number Slevin." When I was younger, I used to watch that quite a lot. I might rewatch that, Josh. It's been a while.

Hartnett: Well, tell me if it holds up.

Josh, were you familiar with Charlie's work?

Hartnett: I was a big fan of “Stranger Things,” and I saw “Industry.” Then, when he came on the first Zoom as Wade and was so already intact as a character, I was like, “He’s a star, man. This guy’s a star.”

You both found fame in your early 20s, but at very different points in the industry. What are your memories of first realizing, "Oh, people know who I am off-screen and something has shifted?"

Hartnett: It was a long time ago for me. There was no social media, obviously,

Heaton: I remember the exact moment. I was shooting a movie in a small town in Asturias in the north of Spain. “Stranger Things” had been out for only a couple of days. I was in this little town, and a family came up to me that could barely speak English, but they recognized me. Then, I walked down the street a little further and another kid came running up to me.

The show blew up overnight, and before you knew it, you're going to the Emmys and the BAFTAs with all these people who you have admired. I think we all felt impostor syndrome. Like, what am I doing on a carpet where Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren are? If I think back to it now, it's very overwhelming. I don't really know if I processed how that changed so fast and how you are expected to know how to deal with it.

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HEATON, left, and Hartnett in the Netflix thriller set in a Newfoundland, Canada, fishing village.

but we did have a pretty intense paparazzi problem. So, the initial success of films like “The Faculty,” “Halloween: H20” and “The Virgin Suicides” was a nice level of, like, people knew who I was and I was able to get more work, but there wasn’t a crush of paparazzi waiting outside the hotel.

When “Pearl Harbor” came out, that changed. I was in Morocco shooting “Black Hawk Down,” and I had to come back to do press for “Pearl Harbor.” Suddenly, that’s when I couldn’t go anywhere. That was an odd thing to encounter because I was 22, and I was not ready for it. Right after I finished “Black Hawk Down,” I decided to get back to Minnesota, where I grew up ... There's no paparazzi in Minnesota. That's where I stayed for about two years.

Heaton: Those seismic changes are such a strange thing to go through. I always felt like, I haven't changed but everyone else around me has changed — and that's a weird thing to get used to. But there are great opportunities and great things that come out of it.

Hartnett: One hundred percent. My life is so much better now than it probably would have been had all that not happened.

Josh, you've said that you felt celebrity culture was "vacuous" and that you didn't want to do things like “Cribs” or “Punk’d.” Did you feel like you were being pushed to fit a certain mold as a teen heartthrob?

Hartnett: That stuff wasn't for me. Being a young celebrity, you're always going to be pushed toward the cusp of insanity, the stuff that people are going to look back on and cringe not too far into the future. I was lucky enough to avoid that side of it.

In our business, it's about surviving your 20s to get to the place where you have the respect of the people on set that you're working with, and they allow you the leeway to create characters the way that you want to create them.

Charlie, how are you approaching your post-"Stranger Things" career?

Heaton: After wrapping the final season, I wanted to do "Industry," which felt extremely different to me. I got to use my own accent. It's a much more adult show than I've ever been in. And playing a man was important. I'd been playing a perpetually 21-year-old for like 10 years. I keep getting older. [Jonathan] stays the same. He gets further away from me. But I just want to do things that hopefully allow me to show range.