Friday, August 31, 2018
CIF-SS preseason boys cross country rankings
The CIF-SS preseason cross country rankings were released Friday, Aug. 31.
BOYS
DIVISION 1
1. Great Oak
2. Dana Hills
3. Long Beach Poly
4. Roosevelt
5. Yucaipa
6. Trabuco Hills
7. La Serna
8. Mira Costa
9. Valencia/V
10T. Ayala
10T. West Ranch
DIVISION 2
1. Newbury Park
2. Claremont
3. Loyola
4. Thousand Oaks
5. Canyon/Canyon Country
6. Woodbridge
7. Simi Valley
8. Saugus
9. Redlands East Valley
10. Arroyo
DIVISION 3
1. Palos Verdes
2. Corona del Mar
3. Moorpark
4. Indio
5. Oak Park
6. West Torrance
7. Agoura
8. Cathedral City
9. Whittier
10T. Servite
10T. Brea Olinda
DIVISION 4
1. Laguna Beach
2T. Cathedral
2T. JSerra
4. South Pasadena
5. Foothill Technology
6. Ocean View
7. Bishop Amat
8. Crean Lutheran
9. Big Bear
10. Harvard-Westlake
DIVISION 5
1. Flintridge Prep
2. Thacher
3. St. Margaret’s
4. Woodcrest Christian
5. St. Ius /St. Matthias
6. Maranatha
7. Desert Christian/Lancaster
8. Chadwick
9. Xavier Prep
10. Trinity Classical
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The CIF-SS preseason girls cross country rankings were released Friday, Aug. 31.
GIRLS
DIVISION 1
1. Great Oak
2. Vista Murrieta
3. Mira Costa
4. ML King
5. Fountain Valley
6. Dana Hills
7. Redondo
8. Walnut
9. Ayala
10. Santiago
DIVISION 2
1. Claremont
2. Serrano
3. Saugus
4. Mission Viejo
5. El Toro
6. Capistrano Valley
7. Simi Valley
8. Ventura
9. Westlake
10. Newbury Park
DIVISION 3
1. Palos Verdes
2. Oak Park
3. Laguna Hills
4. Corona del Mar
5. Moorpark
6. Brea Olinda
7. South Torrance
8. West Torrance
9. Agoura
10. Santa Margarita
DIVISION 4
1T. Foothill Technology
1T. El Segundo
3. Mayfield
4. JSerra
5. Bishop Amat
6. La Canada
7. Laguna Beach
8. Harvard-Westlake
9. Oaks Christian
10. Fillmore
DIVISION 5
1. St. Margaret’s
2. Flintridge Prep
3. Thacher
4. Xavier Prep
5. Pomona Catholic
6. Mammoth
7. Pasadena Poly
8. Sage Hill
9. Academy of Academ. Exc.
10. Sacred Heart
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, Sept. 1
The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, Sept. 1.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENTS
Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament (Edison, Mater Dei, Beckman, JSerra, Corona del Mar, San Juan Hills, Huntington Beach, Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, El Dorado, Trabuco Hills, Foothill, Tesoro, Newport Harbor, Esperanza, St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge, Laguna Hills, San Clemente, Yorba Linda, Fountain Valley, Sunny Hills, Northwood, Estancia, Crean Lutheran, La Habra, Marina, Brea Olinda, Saddleback Valley Christian, University, Buena Park), Portola Varsity Tournament, Century Varsity Tournament (Century, Godinez, Orange, Fairmont Prep)
NONLEAGUEGarden Grove at Rancho Alamitos
BOYS WATER POLO
NONLEAGUE
Huntington Beach at Mater Dei, Los Osos at Corona del Mar
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Bradley family reunion the storyline for Saturday’s LAFC-Toronto match
Los Angeles Football Club head coach Bob Bradley traveled with his team to Canada on Thursday, seeking points against defending MLS champion Toronto FC as the playoff push intensifies.
Win, lose or draw, though, Bradley won’t board the team’s return flight to L.A. following Saturday’s match.
One of American soccer’s most accomplished and respected coaches has other plans for Sunday morning: breakfast with his family, including his son Michael – Toronto’s captain since 2015 – and a bit of soccer in the backyard with his grandson Luca.
“The way our family works, that will always be special,” said Bob, who will catch an afternoon flight to California with his wife and Michael’s mom, Lindsay. “In everything that’s gone on, we remind ourselves that the love of the game and the things that we’ve shared, no one can ever take that away from us.”
Bob Bradley has coached more than 400 professional matches, but Saturday is the first time the Bradleys will compete against one another in their professional careers (LAFC’s first preseason contest with Toronto in February, notwithstanding) and the stakes are bigger than father-son bragging rights.
While LAFC (12-7-7, 43 points) fights for a top-two spot in the Western Conference and tries to become the fourth MLS expansion team to reach the postseason, Toronto (7-13-6, 27 points) has struggled to ensure its return to the postseason following a hallmark 2017 in which Michael and his teammates lifted the MLS Cup, the Supporters’ Shield and the Canadian Championship.
That success meant a quick turnaround for CONCACAF Champions League play. Focused on becoming the first MLS team to win the tournament (Toronto lost in penalty kicks to close the two-leg final against Guadalajara), The Reds buckled under a heavy early schedule, as well as a spate of injuries.
“It’s not been a season that’s gone by design in any way, but we’re still very much in it, very much fighting,” Michael said.
TFC are six points back of the final Eastern playoff spot with eight games remaining. Unchanged, that would make them the fourth team in MLS history to fail to qualify for the playoffs after claiming the MLS Cup.
Bob has watched every minute of every Toronto FC match since Michael joined the club from Italian stalwart AS Roma in 2015.
Michael has done the same with LAFC, which he, his wife Amanda and their kids adopted as their second team.
“We’ve shared the game in ways that have been special,” Bob said. “Now I see him doing the same with Luca. For me, that’s been awesome.”
Michael, 31, was raised around soccer.
The midfielder polished shoes for players at Halas Hall after Bob became head coach of the expansion Chicago Fire in 1998. He tried to make games with the older boys after training. He watched matches on TV with his dad. And there was always an assortment of balls flying around the house.
“A lot of things got broken,” Bob remembered.
In his teenage son, the coach saw a footballer but not a protégé. Michael’s success was predicated on his desire and work ethic, culminating with two World Cup appearances for the U.S. men’s national team, including the 2010 group led by his father.
“That’s obviously something that stays with you forever,” Michael said. “But then there’s moments that other people don’t know about. The days spent sharing the game in different ways.”
Days like Sunday.
LAFC at TORONTO FC
Kickoff: Saturday, 5 p.m.; BMO Field
TV: YouTube TV; UniMás
Radio: 710 AM, 980 AM
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Trump signs order to help small companies offer retirement plans
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing his administration to make it easier for small businesses to band together to set up retirement-savings plans.
“Small businesses will no longer be at a competitive disadvantage and small business workers will be treated more fairly,” Trump said at a signing ceremony in Charlotte, North Carolina. The “will be able to pool their resources so they’ll have the same purchasing power — or even more, frankly — as large businesses.”
The order is designed to cut some of the administrative burdens and costs that can discourage smaller employers from offering 401k plans for their workers, administration officials said Thursday. Trump’s order directs the Labor and Treasury Departments to study the issue and offer new rules, they said.
One area the Labor Department will look at, the officials said, is expanding criteria for so-called multiple employer plans. Currently, they are limited to companies that share common characteristics, such as operating in the same industry, a requirement that could be changed so more firms could participate.
Among the regulations the Treasury will review are those governing minimum distributions retirees must take from their 401ks and Individual Retirement Accounts, the officials said. Those may be lowered so that savers can keep more money invested for a longer time.
The review by Labor and the Treasury could take months, the officials said, adding that public comments would be solicited before new regulations are approved.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Groundbreaking alternative paper Village Voice shuts down
By Karen Matthews, The Associated Press
The Village Voice, the Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly known for its muckraking investigations, exhaustive arts criticism, naughty personal ads and neurosis-laden cartoons, is going out of business after 63 years.
Its publisher, Peter Barbey, announced Friday that the paper is ceasing publication altogether because of financial problems, a year after it stopped circulating in print and went to digital-only.
“Today is kind of a sucky day,” he told staff members.
Eight of the Voice’s 18 remaining staffers were laid off. Others stayed behind to digitize its print archive so that future generations can read it.
News editor Neil deMause said staffers were more saddened than shocked by the news.
“It’s 2018 and we’re all aware of the state of the journalism industry,” said deMause, 52, who started reading the Voice as a teenager in the 1980s.
The Voice was the country’s first alternative newsweekly, founded in Greenwich Village in 1955 by a group that included writer Norman Mailer. It once had a weekly circulation of 250,000 copies and was home to some of New York’s best investigative journalists and music writers.
The combative, left-leaning paper became known for its brash political reporting and its coverage of music and theater. It also became a powerful advocate for New York’s gay community.
It won three Pulitzers, for editorial cartooning and feature writing in the 1980s and for international reporting in 2000 for a series on AIDS in Africa.
The Voice nurtured such talents as jazz maven and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff; investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, whose targets included Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Donald Trump; and culture writers such as Manohla Dargis, now a film critic for The New York Times.
“This is a tragedy, and it hurts my heart,” Dargis wrote on Twitter. “This is where I started my professional writing life and where I met brilliant writers — and many friends — too numerous to mention.”
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer’s jagged, satirical comic strip ran in the Voice form 1956 through 1997. His obsessions included psychoanalysis, sex and the manifold urban anxieties of Cold War America.
“As a longtime reader and fan of the Voice even more than as a writer and editor, I am deeply saddened that we won’t have the Voice’s voice anymore,” deMause said. “It’s a huge, huge loss.”
Barbey, also president of The Reading Eagle newspaper in Pennsylvania, bought the Voice in 2015 in an attempt to save it following a series of ownership changes, staff departures and losses in readership and advertising that had left it in a state of perpetual peril.
He tried to stem the paper’s losses by giving up print publication last summer and publishing online only — a step that removed the Voice from the sidewalk boxes that were a fixture on New York street corners for generations.
It failed to stop the financial bleeding.
“In recent years, the Voice has been subject to the increasingly harsh economic realities facing those creating journalism and written media,” Barbey wrote. “Like many others in publishing, we were continually optimistic that relief was around the next corner. Where stability for our business is, we do not know yet. The only thing that is clear now is that we have not reached that destination.”
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Water polo roundup: Laguna Beach upsets Santa Margarita in Coach Robert Grayeli’s debut
The Robert Grayeli Era with Laguna Beach’s boys water polo program began in impression fashion Thursday.
Freshman Logan McCarroll and senior Colton Gregory each scored three goals apiece as the Breakers’ No. 10 boys edged host No. 4 Santa Margarita, 10-9, in Grayeli’s first match as the Laguna Beach coach.
RELATED: Orange County preseason Top 10
Gregory also added three assists and drew two exclusions.
Junior James Nolan also scored twice for Laguna Beach while junior goalie Caden Capobianco made seven saves.
In other another game:
Corona del Mar 10, Orange Lutheran 9: Junior Gavin Reed scored four goals and junior goalie Harrison Smith added 11 saves to lead the Sea Kings (1-0). Corona del Mar led, 7-5, at halftime.
Please send water polo news to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter
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Ford cancels plans to import Focus Active from China, citing tariffs
Ford Motor Co. is canceling plans to import a new crossover model from a plant in China after President Donald Trump’s tariffs undermined the business case for bringing the vehicle to the U.S. market.
Trump’s move to slap China-built autos with an additional 25 percent levy in July undermined the profitability of the Focus Active that Ford planned to start shipping into the U.S. about a year from now, Kumar Galhotra, president of North America, said in a conference call with reporters. The company decided it wasn’t worth investing more money in a vehicle that would have had fewer than 50,000 unit sales a year in the U.S.
“Our viewpoint on Focus Active was that, given the tariffs, obviously our costs would be substantially higher,” Galhotra said. “Our resources could be better deployed.”
With Trump trying to rewrite trade agreements on multiple fronts, automakers are anxiously war-gaming where they’ll assemble cars and procure parts for them. In addition to the tariffs already implemented for cars imported from China, the administration has also threatened steep tariffs on vehicles shipped from Europe and has a preliminary agreement with Mexico to require that more autos and components are made by higher-wage workers to avoid duties.
Ford’s financial state has been deteriorating as it’s over-relied on North American operations that have seen profit margins shrink due to an aging lineup. Moody’s Investors Service this week downgraded the company’s credit rating to a step removed from junk.
Last month, Ford’s stock dipped below $10 for the first time since 2012. The shares fell as much as 2.1 percent to $9.50 as of 12:06 p.m. Friday in New York.
Canceling the Focus Active is Ford’s latest move in its oft-evolving strategy for global passenger cars. The company had planned to move production of the Focus to Mexico, drawing rebukes from Trump in the lead-up to the 2016 election. Last year, Ford decided to shift production to China, and this year the automaker made the move to eventually stop selling almost all of its passenger cars in the U.S.
Galhotra said Ford builds about 80 percent of the cars it sells in the U.S. in its home market and another 15 percent are assembled in Canada and Mexico. The remainder of its deliveries are primarily comprised of two models imported from India and Spain: the EcoSport crossover and the Transit Connect van.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Mutoh America Wins Four Product of the Year Awards at 2018 SGIA Expo
Mutoh America, Inc., was recently honored with the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA) Product of the Year award for the ValueJet 1624X – 64 inch printer in the “Solvent or Latex Ink Under 80 inch” category, the ValueJet 2638X – 104 inch printer in the “Solvent or Latex Ink Over 80 inch” category, the ValueJet 1638UH – 64 inch UV-LED hybrid printer in the “Flatbed/Hybrid Under $100k” category, and ValueJet 626UF UV/LED flatbed in the “Tabletop Flatbed – industrial small item decoration” category. The competition recognizes the latest equipment and supplies currently on the market that are advancing the industry.
“I’m proud that we won product of the year again making it six years in a row,” said Brian Phipps, president of Mutoh America, Inc. “It proves once again that Mutoh’s proprietary Smart Printing Technology in our ValueJet wide format printers are second to none making them best in class.”
Visit Mutoh’s booth at SGIA in Las Vegas, booth number 900 to see the award-winning printers in action.
“The competition is bigger than ever, and with the additional nineteen categories it encompasses even more of the industry. You will want to visit the Golden Image/Product of the Year Gallery at the Expo so you can see all of the entries for yourself,” said Ray Weiss, director of Digital Print Programs, SGIA.
The Golden Image/Product of the Year Gallery can be found in Hall C2 at the back of the show floor in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Winners will receive their Product of the Year jewels at a special presentation the evening before the 2018 SGIA Expo (Las Vegas, October 18-20) opens.
To learn more about Mutoh’s ValueJet 1624X, 2638X, 1638UH, 626UF, and all other products, visit www.mutoh.com.
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Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Rams, Aaron Donald agree to record-setting six-year contract extension
More than a year’s worth of holdouts, negotiations, rumors and anxiety led to this moment, the one the Rams always felt confident would arrive. Aaron Donald agreed to a new contract Friday.
The wait is over. Donald’s extension is for six years and is worth a total of $135 million. Donald, a lineman who at age 27 already is one of the NFL’s most-dominant defenders and most-valuable players, will be with the Rams through his prime years and will remain a cornerstone of an emerging franchise.
The new contract will take Donald through the 2024 season and will pay him $22.5 million per year. That’s the largest average salary for any defensive player in NFL history. No defensive player previously had reached $20 million.
Donald’s contract includes $87 million in guaranteed money and a $40-million signing bonus. According to ESPN, the new deal also includes a restructured salary for 2018, and Donald’s salary-cap hit will rise from the previous $6.9 million to approximately $8.9 million.
Most importantly, the Rams can exhale. The contract status of Donald, last year’s NFL defensive player of the year and an All-Pro selection in three of his four seasons, dominated talk about the team, even when it won the NFC West championship in 2017 and featured one of the league’s most dynamic offenses.
Donald, who had been in the middle of a second consecutive training-camp holdout, now will return to the Rams and presumably will be ready for their Sept. 10 season opener at Oakland.
Donald had been set to enter the fifth and final year of his rookie contract, and had sought a new deal for more than a year. Donald would have been eligible for restricted free agency after this season, although the Rams almost certainly would have retained him through the use of a franchise-player tag.
Throughout the process, and much fan fretting and media questioning, the Rams remained calm and patient. They maintained a good relationship with Donald, even though strife easily could have emerged, and Donald’s low-key, work-first personality also prevented negotiations from turning messy.
After a long period of quiet, momentum seemed to build this month. On Aug. 8, General Manager Les Snead said the Rams and Donald were “in the same ZIP code, area code, ballpark.” On Tuesday, Coach Sean McVay seemed giddy as he opined that a deal could get done this week.
The Rams also didn’t panic without Donald. They could have in 2017, when they were coming off a 4-12 season and hired the youngest coach in NFL history. Donald skipped most of the team’s optional offseason program, then missed all of training camp and the first game of the regular season.
If the Rams felt pressure, they didn’t show it, publicly or privately. Donald returned for the second game and put together a dominant season that included 11 sacks and five forced fumbles, and Coach Sean McVay led the team to an 11-5 record and its first playoff appearance in 13 years.
This year, Donald skipped all of the Rams’ offseason program, including a mandatory minicamp, and had not set foot in Irvine for training camp.
Rams management and Donald both kept negotiation details quiet, but speculation centered on the idea that Donald and Oakland defensive end Khalil Mack were waiting each other out, to see who would sign a new contract first. Mack, the 2016 defensive player of the year, also is seeking a new deal. The Rams said, throughout, that they were prepared to make Donald the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player.
Now, the Rams go forward. Donald has been the centerpiece of their defense since 2014, when they drafted him with the No. 13 overall pick, and Donald’s current supporting cast is stronger than ever.
Donald will line up next to Ndamukong Suh, the five-time Pro Bowl selection whom the Rams signed in March, and Michael Brockers, an underrated lineman who had 4.5 sacks last season. The Rams also have upgraded their secondary with the additions of cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters.
The timing ended up being perfect. Donald now can practice with the team over the next week as it prepares for the Sept. 10 opener at Oakland.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Best in Law: Impacts of possible Prop. 13 changes
In 2020, California voters will likely have the opportunity to change a provision of Proposition 13 that will substantially impact California businesses.
Prop. 13 is the 1978 ballot measure passed by voters that placed a 1-2 percent property tax limit on all types of California properties, which are reassessed only when properties are sold.
A coalition of groups are likely to qualify a measure for the 2020 ballot that, if passed, will raise public funds by increasing property taxes — but only for California businesses. The initiative would change Prop. 13 to treat California commercial property different than residential property, a concept in the Prop. 13 world known as “split roll.”
Under the proposal, businesses would have their properties reassessed to market values every 3 years or less. In addition, commercial properties would still be taxed at 1 percent of their value. Nothing would change for residential properties.
Currently, California treats commercial and residential property essentially the same when it comes to property taxes. Prop. 13 generally allows properties to be reassessed for tax purposes only when they are sold to a new buyer. That means that the homeowner and the property-owning business both pay taxes on the value of the property when they bought it, regardless of its current market value.
The impacts of assessments are not as significant to property that is held for longer periods of time. For example, many large businesses occupy their land for decades. For those businesses that purchased their property 30 or 40 years ago (like many businesses in Inland Empire commercial districts), their assessed value is still based on a 1970s or 1980s purchase price. If passed, the 2020 initiative would change that.
While the 2020 initiative would significantly increase property taxes on California businesses (roughly $11 billion per year), its purpose is to generate revenue for local and state governments, including an allocation to schools. Since Prop. 13 passed, school spending as a share of personal income in California has declined, while it has generally increased in the rest of the United States. Proponents of the initiative assert that it is time to increase funding for schools by changing the way businesses pay for property taxes.
Backers include government and social justice groups and some prominent state and local teachers’ unions. Big money has also come from philanthropic organizations.
On the other hand, critics of the initiative and many California businesses argue that, at best, the increased property taxes would simply pass the financial burden to consumers (making California that much more expensive for low- and middle-class families), and, at worst, businesses would reduce employment, move out of state or shut their doors entirely.
The cost of doing business in California is already high, and critics argue this would make it more difficult to make a profit in this state. It is reported that a large contributor to Prop. 13’s success in 1978 was the sentiment that older Californians should not be priced out of their homes through high taxes.
The proposition is often called the “third rail” (meaning “untouchable subject”) of California politics and, historically, it has not a politically popular move for lawmakers to attempt to change it. However, the “untouchable” portion of Prop. 13 mainly concerned residential properties.
As this initiative does not “touch” residential but rather only commercial properties, voters may decide it’s finally time to change at least one aspect of the measure.
Gregory Snarr is a partner in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Business practice group in Riverside. His practice broadly encompasses all aspects of business law and business litigation, as well as all aspects and stages of complex, commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He can be reached at gregory.snarr@bbklaw.com.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5At least 7 die as Greyhound bus, semitrailer collide head-on in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ALINA HARTOUNIAN
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A blown tire on a semitrailer may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities.
At least seven people were killed, and many of the 49 passengers aboard the Greyhound bus were injured, although authorities couldn’t immediately provide an exact count of how many were hurt or their conditions.
New Mexico State Police said the semi was headed east on the freeway Thursday afternoon when one of its tires blew, sending the rig carrying produce across the median and into oncoming traffic, where it slammed into the Greyhound heading to Phoenix from Albuquerque.
The National Transportation Safety Board and New Mexico state police are investigating.
At least nine bus passengers were being treated at University of New Mexico Hospital. UNM officials didn’t release any details about the patients’ conditions.
Passing motorists described a chaotic scene with passengers on the ground and people screaming.
Eric Huff was heading to the Grand Canyon with his girlfriend when they came across the crash. The semi’s trailer was upside down and “shredded to pieces,” and the front of the Greyhound bus was smashed, he said, with many of the seats pressed together. Part of the side of the bus was torn off, he said.
“It was an awe-inspiring, terrible scene,” he said
Truck driver Santos Soto III shot video showing the front of the Greyhound sheared off and the semi split open, with its contents strewn across the highway.
He saw people sobbing on the side of the road as bystanders tried to comfort them.
“I was really traumatized myself, because I’ve been driving about two years and I had never seen anything like that before,” Soto said.
“I’m a pretty strong person and I broke down and cried for at least 30 minutes,” he added.
Chris Jones was headed west on Interstate 40 when he caught his first glimpse of the semi turned over. He saw the rest of the wreckage and stopped to help before coming across the driver of the semi sitting on the shoulder of the highway.
“It was intense,” Jones said.
He said the driver told him that one of his front tires had popped, forcing the truck to veer into oncoming traffic, where it struck the bus.
“We are fully cooperating with local authorities and will also complete an investigation of our own,” Greyhound spokeswoman Crystal Booker said in a statement.
The crash occurred near the town of Thoreau. It forced the closure of westbound lanes of the interstate and traffic was backing up as travelers were diverted.
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Tariffs could hit L.A., Long Beach ports hard, analysis and experts say
If the latest salvos in an escalating trade war between the United States and China take effect, the resulting economic shock waves would likely hit Los Angeles and Long Beach ports the hardest, local officials fear.
The latest round of tariffs, threatening $200 billion worth of Chinese products the U.S. imports each year, stands to affect tens of billions of dollars worth of consumer goods – such as food, paper and handbags – coming into the L.A. area’s sprawling trade network, according to a Southern California News Group analysis of trade data.
Related: U.S. ports fear tariffs could reduce ship traffic and jobs
President Donald Trump’s Administration defends the tariffs as a difficult but necessary step to level the trade imbalance between the U.S. and many of its trading partners, particularly China.
When these tariffs would go into effect, and the extent to which they could harm trade, is still unknown. But officials in Washington, who have held several hearings in recent weeks, will allow public comment until Thursday, Sept. 6, so nothing can happen before then.
The president has said a tough trade stance will bring back jobs, inspire new, more balanced trade deals and create stronger protections for America’s intellectual property. This week, the administration reached a preliminary deal with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement and was working to include Canada in the deal.
Trump said in a recent tweet, “Tariffs are working big time.”
As part of the strategy, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer was tasked with identifying the $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to set tariffs on.
“The Trump Administration continues to urge China to stop its unfair practices, open its market, and engage in true market competition,” Lighthizer said in a statement earlier this month.
Still, experts say, the negative consequences of further tariffs could be wide-ranging – hitting everything from the ports themselves to the trucking industry, American manufacturing and consumers.
Los Angeles ports, with the highest value of imports last year, would be among the hardest hit by new tariffs on Chinese goods
Source: Census U.S. Trade Online database via AP (Graphic by Ian Wheeler, SCNG)
“We’ve seen standoffs in international commerce before, and there’s still time to resolve differences,” said Mario Cordero, the executive director of the Port of Long Beach, who this week called the trade dispute unfortunate. “But recent tit-for-tat measures aimed at imports and exports could cause long-term damage and harm American consumers and businesses.”
At the Port of Los Angeles, Executive Director Gene Seroka has said the new tariffs could impact up to a quarter of the cargo traveling through the docks, enough to fill more than a million 20-foot cargo containers. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti added that the port could suffer a 20 percent drop in volume.
“That equals 1.4 million (units), about $43 billion of trade value,” port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said this week. “That roughly equals containers lined up from L.A. to New York and back again to L.A.”
The proposed tariffs are set to burden some of the L.A. port’s top imported commodities, including auto parts, computer parts and accessories, machinery, and appliances, according to port data; top exported commodities that could be hit by Chinese retaliation include cotton, waste paper, plastics and scrap aluminum.
Still, experts and industry insiders disagree on how quickly the tariffs will land on the backs of consumers and whether it will hamper spending.
“The demand for some goods could outweigh any increases in price resulting from tariffs,” said Noel Hacegaba, the deputy executive director for the Long Beach port. “And that’s assuming the shipper passes on 100 percent of the tariff to the end consumer.”
But Clayton Dube, executive director of USC’s U.S.-China Institute, said, as an example, consumers can expect to see increases in the prices of goods manufactured from steel, since the tariffs have raised the price of the imported metal from China and elsewhere.
“Business customers will see higher prices for engine parts, for some kinds of construction equipment, for scales, for imaging equipment, for parts for printers and other electronic equipment,” Dube said. “Some types of farm equipment have been targeted.”
And, Dube noted, the likelihood of retaliatory tariffs from China could hit a number of American exporters, including California’s sizable agriculture industry.
That’s why officials for both the L.A. and Long Beach ports have gone on the offensive against the tariffs, even sending out tweets blasting the proposal.
“Tariffs could bring a significant reduction in cargo economic activity and ultimately jobs,” read one tweet the Port of L.A. sent this week. “Manufacturing and associated U.S. jobs could be at risk with current tariffs.”
Global trade through the #PortofLA and San Pedro Bay Port complex is tied to 2.7 million jobs nationwide and about 1 million jobs in Southern California. Tariffs could bring a significant reduction in cargo economic activity and ultimately jobs.
— Port of Los Angeles (@PortofLA) August 27, 2018
Meanwhile, at the adjoining Port of Long Beach, internal data show that 10 percent of all loaded containers coming through the port have been impacted by the tariffs implemented last week.
The $200 billion of additional proposed tariffs – and a proposed $60 billion worth of U.S. exports to China – would raise that to 28 percent of all loaded containers moving through Long Beach, port figures show.
A wide spectrum of goods and materials moving through the port would be hit: aluminum, chemicals, machinery and parts, appliances, and electronics, said port spokesman Lee Peterson.
But it’s not just the ports that are worried about the tariffs – businesses are too.
On Monday, in fact, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative held its final public hearing on the proposed tariffs, during which officials from hundreds of companies spoke about the effect the levies could have on their businesses.
Among those criticizing the tariffs were representatives from several Southern California businesses, including Ultra Wheel Company, a Fullerton manufacturer.
“The proposed tariffs would cause a severe harm to us, our distributors, and U.S. consumers,” Ultra Wheel president Fred Dobler said at the hearing, noting he would likely have to cut jobs. “The tariff would force us to increase the price of our products to our customers.”
The tariffs could also hurt one of the most volatile group of port-related workers, truck drivers. Many of the truckers are independent contractors who, if trade volume decreases, may lose work, said Weston LaBar, CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association in Long Beach.
“It’s hard to retain drivers,” he said. “If we don’t have work for those drivers, we’re worried they will leave for some other segment of the trucking business or go into another business, like construction.”
The tariffs’ impacts could also extend far beyond the L.A.-Long Beach port complex – reaching into every trading hub in the Southland.
The Southern California News Group analyzed trade figures collected by the Census’ U.S. Trade Online database and prepared by the Associated Press.
The Census groups the nation’s ports of entry by land, air and sea into customs districts. Last year, the Los Angeles district, which includes LAX and Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, handled the highest-valued volume of goods in the U.S., worth $303 billion.
If passed, the new levies would affect at least 14 percent of that volume. With the tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum already in place, 18 percent of the district’s total imports would be subject to taxes.
The districts of New York City and Laredo, Texas, were second and third in import worth behind Los Angeles last year, valued at $228 billion and $117 billion, respectively. Adding proposed tariffs to those already in place, 8 percent of goods headed to New York would be affected, as would 2 percent of goods headed to Laredo.
The difference is the huge volume of Chinese goods Los Angeles receives compared with other shipping centers; the proposed round would hit $43 billion worth of goods headed to the Los Angeles area compared with $13 billion for New York and $2 billion for Laredo.
These nine import categories face tariffs targeting over $1 billion worth of goods bound for Los Angeles
Source: Census U.S. Trade Online database via AP (Graphic by Ian Wheeler, SCNG)
Locally, the looming tolls stand to hit the most valuable category of imports hard: electric machinery, equipment and parts – such as vacuum cleaners, electric razors, and various components for cars and home appliances.
In 2017, $55 billion worth of these products were shipped to Los Angeles, and the district is on track to bring in at least that amount by the end of this year. (By comparison, Apple has about $1.6 billion worth of iPhones, Macbooks and other merchandise on hand in its inventories.)
Tariffs imposed earlier this year already affect $4 billion of that total; if the Trump administration makes good on its latest threat, another $12 billion would be added, totaling $16 billion – a little under a third of the annual value.
The tariffs come at a bad time for the L.A.-Long Beach port complex, the busiest in North America. Last year, L.A. moved 9.3 million containers, an all-time record. Long Beach also set its own record, moving 7.5 million cargo containers – and it’s on pace for 4 percent more cargo this year.
“Modern supply chains are very complicated and by messing with their components, follow-on consequences are very likely,” said marketing professor Terrence Witkowski, director of Cal State Long Beach’s international business program at Cal State Long Beach and a harsh critic of President Trump’s trade policies. “I strongly suspect that the Trump administration’s crackpot trade policies will harm the ports of L.A. and LB.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Essay: Orange is the no black
While I was slathering sunscreen on my daughter at her weekly swim lesson in Tustin, she held her caramel arm up against mine.
“I hope my skin is never as dark as yours, Mommy.”
Wounded, I grasped for what to say. To acknowledge my hope was the same would be admitting life is more difficult with skin as dark as mine. To dismiss her comment would mean such things aren’t important -– but aren’t they? Especially now, with divisiveness raining down on us? We’re choking on it – the injustice, hate, name-calling and violence.
But how do I explain all this to my 6-year-old daughter?
Cowardly, I chose silence. The moment fell away as my daughter bounded carefree to the shallow end of the pool. Only then did I allow myself to process her desire for skin lighter than mine. For years I had suppressed the pain associated with having dark skin, but it was impossible to ignore any longer.
I spent my first seven years in Grand Cayman, where race doesn’t drive perception. My childhood friends were varying shades of pink and brown. We slung British accents and the sing-songy brogue of the island. It didn’t matter what we looked like. We all played together underneath the canopy of sea grape trees dotting the shoreline.
When my mother and I relocated to the United States, I felt a shift. My new school in Florida was private, rich and white, and I was one of two students of color in the entire elementary. In the islands, there was segregation, but a different sort. There it’s about class and rarely about race. What divides is schooling, brand clothing, car model, house size. Not skin color.
My new classmates informed me I was “black.” I had never heard that label. I pointed to a post at the corner of the playground, “I’m not black. That post is black. I’m brown.”
They were insistent, and by day’s end, when Mom picked me up, I was in tears. It was my first taste of the strict sorting in the United States. People are instantly dropped into categories: skin color/ethnicity, religion/beliefs, finances/economics, etc. I suspect my daughter has already begun sorting.
It has become my mission to stop it.
To do that I must first acknowledge my own scars and pain to prevent them from being passed to my daughter. It has been my experience that most whites can’t see past my color even as most blacks say I don’t match their expectations of what our color represents. I’ve been told that I sound and act too “white.” I’ve been ridiculed for dancing like a white girl and admonished for dating non-black men. I’m a disappointment and an enigma. Yet I’ve walked around optimistic, believing most people see the world as I do, that people are people, which has kept hurt and anger at bay.
The truth is I am not black. I am not white. I am me, a person in limbo, often isolated and rejected by two worlds. That anguish feels more pronounced within the fractured state of our nation. How did We the People drift apart?
Then it struck me: We were never together. Americans have been divided by race, segregated to respective corners, since the beginning.
This is underscored when I walk into my local grocery store in Irvine or my daughter’s elementary school, where I see white and Asian faces looking at me. They stare, and I can almost feel them forming opinions of me based on my skin color. In today’s political climate of diatribes against “others,” it’s gotten worse. I feel saddled with the burden of representing all blacks in a community where there are few.
But when even my daughter repudiates my pigmented skin, what is happening around me slams into focus. These long-simmering conflicts have come to the forefront of our nation’s awareness. Tensions rise. Anger spills onto the streets. Another person of color killed for seemingly no good reason. Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Ferguson, Baton Rouge, Oakland. On and on. I feel more lost than usual, outraged
and scared. With a leader who fans the flames of racism, misogyny and bullying, my blinders don’t work anymore. I’m reminded that no matter what I accomplish, I will just be seen as a black girl.
Less than two years ago we had a president who represented what I believed the future would be. As groundbreaking as that was, I cannot ignore the fact that, in the U.S., anyone who is part black is simply considered black, even if part of their heritage is white. Assumptions about race have swelled from a dull roar to a haunting bellow. I anguish over what kind of society my caramel multiracial baby girl will grow up in.
Back at the pool, questions swirled in my mind as my daughter swam. What do I teach my daughter when our country’s highest authorities have trouble acknowledging the antagonism and racism being fostered? How do I groom her to be colorblind without getting hurt? How do I coach her to avoid land mines of rejection and be her authentic self? Where will she fit in?
There is a whole generation of mixed-race children coming, but how will she view herself until they have arrived. Will she recognize the change and its significance as she becomes part of a blended, somewhat unidentifiable, non-white majority? White people will become the minority. We’re seeing this shift happening already in Orange County.
Take the demographic makeup of Irvine, where I live. A historically white community, Asians now comprise the majority with 43 percent of the racial composition. Blacks? Only 1 percent. This is the opposite of Atlanta, where I lived before moving here. Blacks made up 54 percent of the population, whites about 38 percent, and Asians just slightly above 5 percent. I went from being surrounded by faces that looked like mine, to a community where I am nearly non-existent. I am an anomaly, a freak on parade. Going from a city that touts “Black Pride” to a city where I feel shame for my blackness made me fear I was to blame. Was my daughter adopting my shame? I needed to act.
On our drive home that afternoon I found the courage to finally address my daughter’s comment. She sat slick and damp in her car seat, chomping on white cheddar popcorn. I caught her eyes in the rearview and spoke slowly.
“Hey, sweetie? Remember at the beginning of your lesson when you told Mommy you hoped your skin was never as dark as mine?”
“Yeah, kind of.”
“Well, I wanted to talk to you about that a little bit. I wanted to first of all remind you how beautiful your skin is. It’s gorgeous and reminds me of sweet caramel. And you know, not only do I think your skin is beautiful, but I think my skin is beautiful too. And so is Daddy’s and Mrs. Badua’s and Nana’s. We all have different shades of skin, and I think they are all beautiful.
Don’t you?”
“Yeah, I do, Mama.”
“And you know, just how we all have different shades of skin, we all come in different shapes and sizes too. For instance, Daddy is really tall, and I think that makes him very handsome. And Aunt Joan is round and soft, and I think that makes her beautiful and warm. And you have lots of friends and teachers that come in all shapes and sizes, right?”
“Yeah!”
“I just want you to remember that no matter what color, size or shape you or your friends are, you are all beautiful. Promise me you’ll remember that.”
“I’ll remember, Mommy.”
I took a deep sigh which felt like I was exhaling for the first time in a long while. Then I sank into my seat and focused my eyes, and heart, forward.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Morsels: Chef William Bradley hosts Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse for a Masters’ Gathering, Sept. 22-24
Seasoned line cooks in a professional kitchen move with the grace and fluidity of dancers performing onstage. Repetition and muscle memory evolve into precise movements. The brain learns and the body remembers. The music of a well-organized dinner service isn’t muddled with clanging pots or pounding oven doors or shouting voices. Instead, it is the cadence of synchronized bodies humming in unison with purpose.
At Addison at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, that artistry is captured each evening by chef William Bradley, a California native celebrated for his refined – almost poetic – takes on modern Southern California cuisine. Bradley, a celebrated chef who never believes his own good press, is honored to oversee this year’s Culinary Masters weekend on Sept. 22-24.
The event kicks off with a gala dinner headlined by founders of the nonprofit ment’or and culinary icons Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse. Chefs such as Paul Bartolotta, Dominique Crenn, Josiah Citrin, Gavin Kaysen and Ming Tsai will contribute their own courses to this decadent meal.
Coast caught up with Bradley to learn more about what he has planned for this anticipated event and why there are no egos allowed in his kitchen.
COAST: Describe the Culinary Masters dinner.
WILLIAM BRADLEY: We laid out the menu so it’s structured in the sense that two chefs will do canapés, one chef will do an amuse. One will present the first course. We’ll be doing the second course. And, so on …
COAST: What dish are you planning for the second course?
WB: Fruits de mer, fruits of the sea. It can translate into many different things, but it will most likely be a chilled shellfish salad. So poached king crab, mussels. It will be very shellfish-driven.
COAST: Sounds like a perfect representation of your California coastal cuisine style. Tell us, what will accompany the shellfish?
WB: It’s in development because we’re still developing the entire menu. [Before I can decide], I need to see some of the ingredients that the other chefs are using. We don’t want to repeat anything.
COAST: How will you tell a Michelin-star chef that they can’t use a particular ingredient?
WB: We’re all friends. So if, for example,Josiah is using this and someone else is using it before, I can call him and let him know.
At the end of the day, what I truly admire is that there are no egos with this group. We all understand why we’re here: that the guest is having the ultimate experience. So, in doing that, you can’t have an ego. To make sure the guest gets the best experience and what that translates to is something collaborative and authentic. Fortunately, I know how to step out of the way.
COAST: Tell us, how do the Culinary Masters chefs really mingle?
WB: Behind the scenes we always collaborate. As a chef you’re intrigued by the product and the craft of cooking. So when you get together, it’s fun to see what someone else is doing. You ask questions. We’re always still learning. I think that’s the beauty of this business. It is even more acceptable when you’re around colleagues that you get along with very well – and we’ve worked on these dinners before – and we’re great friends. We know what we’re doing, so we can help each other out.
As the host chef, I try to get everything on our end organized. Then we can assist the traveling chefs because it’s always harder for them to showcase their food on the road.
COAST: How will this differ from other food-driven experiences?
WB: We’re very hyperorganized here. So I want as much as I can for those chefs to show extremely well. And in order for them to do that, they have to really entrust in us – what we’re going to order for them, how things are organized.
Being here in Southern California, the terroir of what we can receive is amazing. So we grab from all our purveyors that we use in the restaurant daily.
Execution is everything. Many chefs can write great menus. But can you execute what you write? That is one of the most challenging things as a chef. So if we can take all that pressure off them when it comes to preplanning, when it comes to the execution, they’re not running around for certain things, there’s no wasting time and they can deliver a really amazing experience.
For more information, visit the event website. :: RR1.com/event/culinary
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Marina football team tops Laguna Hills, adding to its reasons to feel optimistic
WESTMINSTER – Marina’s football program entered this season with a rare feeling of optimism.
The Vikings’ 34-25 win over Laguna Hills in a nonleague game Thursday at Westminster High, Marina’s home field, makes them 2-1 and will make that optimism expand.
Marina junior running back Pharoah Rush rushed for 196 yards and three touchdowns on 39 carries. Brant Riederich, a sophomore, rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries for Marina.
The Vikings before this school year were moved from the Sunset League in which they had struggled mightily in football to the newly-created Golden West League Conference for football. (Marina remains in the Sunset League for all other sports except football.)
Marina last qualified for the football playoffs in 2001, before some of the players on this year’s team were born. The Vikings were 0-5 in the Sunset League last year. Three times they allowed more than 50 points in league losses.
They had lost 60 consecutive Sunset League games before beating Fountain Valley in 2016.
So knowing they don’t have to play Edison and Los Alamitos and the other Sunset League teams in a few weeks has lifted the hearts and hopes of those connected to the Marina football program.
“That’s been taken off of them,” said Marina fifth-year coach Jeff Turley, “that worry of what’s ahead of them. It’s allowed them to loosen up and just play.”
Marina, Turley added, usually had enough talent.
“The biggest battle’s always been in here,” said Turley, pointing at his head.
Rush (5-10, 180) explained where the Vikings’ heads are at in 2018.
“We’ve got our minds set on the playoffs,” he said.
They had to get their minds set on figuring out a way to beat Laguna Hills on Thursday. Marina trailed the Hawks (1-1) at halftime 18-8.
Marina decided to lean on the running game in the second half. The Vikings offensive line of Daniel Escamilla, Chase Hoglund, Nick Rakowski, Michael Santillan and Angel Velasco with tight end Richard Rojes asserted itself.
The Vikings took the third quarter-opening kickoff and drove 80 yards on 10 plays, nine of them running plays, with Riederich scoring on a 1-yard dive to slice the Laguna Hills lead to 18-15.
After Marina’s Eric Church made an interception that put Marina at the Laguna Hills 11-yard line, Rush splashed into the end zone on a 1-yard carry to put the Vikings ahead to stay 21-18.
Rush added a 36-yard run to make it 28-18.
Laguna Hills made a run. Mitch Leigber’s third touchdown reception, this one covering 7 yards, from Hawks quarterback Matt Der Torrosian put them back in the game 28-25 with 2:16 to go in the fourth quarter.
The Vikings were able to run out the clock, and on the last play got another touchdown on a 1-yard sneak by receiver/backup quarterback John Robinson.
Laguna Hills coach Mike Maceranka did not appreciate the final-play points and told Turley about it after the game. Turley said he instructed Robinson to take a knee on the final snap, but Maceranka was not convinced. (Robinson did take a knee on the ensuing point-after snap.)
Laguna Hills had taken a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on Jake Woolgar’s 47-yard field goal.
Marina grabbed the lead early in the second quarter on a 7-yard touchdown run by Rush, and Gavin Dykema scored on a two-point conversion run to put the Vikings on top 8-3.
Laguna Hills regained the lead for good with 6:10 to go in the second quarter. Leigber, a sophomore, took a short pass from Der Torossian and ran it the distance for a 50-yard touchdown.
Connor Ahearn caught a pass from Der Torossian for two points to make it 11-8.
The Hawks extended their lead to 18-8 late in the second quarter. Der Torossian lobbed a deep pass down the left sideline that Leigber caught in stride, over the shoulder, for a 72-yard touchown.
Laguna Hills, which beat University 46-6 last week, plays host to Saddleback Valley Christian on Sept. 7. Marina, which two weeks ago lost in Florida to South Broward of Florida and beat Torrance 31-0 last week, plays Katella at Westminster High on Sept. 7.
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Aliso Niguel football strikes fast, knocks off Kennedy to improve to 3-0
ANAHEIM – Aliso Niguel has put a lot of points on the scoreboard this football season, and the Wolverines did it again in a 37-20 victory over Kennedy in a nonleague game Thursday at Western High.
The Wolverines, who are ranked No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 9, improved to 3-0. They are averaging 38 points per game.
Aliso Niguel took a quick 17-0 lead, which wound up being too much for Kennedy (0-2) to overcome.
Senior quarterback Kyle Robertson completed his first six passes and wound up going 14 for 20 for 247 yards with touchdown passes of 4, 8 and 75 yards.
The 75-yard score was a screen pass of 8 yards to sophomore Max Carvalho, who took care of the remaining 67 yards by using his speed and nifty moves.
The Wolverines’ first play from scrimmage was a 39-yard pass from Robertson to Eduardo Mayen, a junior transfer from Mexico who is in his first season at Aliso Niguel.
Four plays later, Robertson’s second pass was a middle screen to Caleb Peterson that went for a 4-yard touchdown to give the Wolverines a 7-0 lead three minutes into the game.
Mayen finished with for 82 yards and a touchdown on seven carries and had five receptions for 115 yards.
A botched punt by Kennedy on the ensuing series gave the Wolverines the ball on the Kennedy 8.
Robertson quickly made Kennedy pay by hitting Jacob Kuhn for an 8-yard touchdown pass on first down.
Kennedy went three and out and Aliso Niguel’s Brendon Marmion kicked a 27-yard field goal to make it 17-0.
The Fighting Irish had some success moving the ball in the second quarter, and they forced the Wolverines to punt on their first two second-quarter possessions.
But just when it seemed as though the Fighting Irish were gaining momentum, Noah Guerrero scored on a 64-yard punt return to put the Wolverines ahead 23-0.
The teams scored a pair of touchdowns each in a wild third quarter. The scores included a 51-yard run and 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Kennedy’s Ray Aldapa, and a 52-yard touchdown run by Mayen.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Juaquin Elliott scores two TDs to lead South Hills football team to victory
WEST COVINA — Throughout the history of its football program, South Hills High has never shied away from challenging some of the top teams from Orange County and coming away successful.
It happened again on Thursday night.
Junior Juaquin Elliott had 31 carries for 120 yards and scored both of South Hills’ touchdowns as the Huskies (3-0) upset San Juan Hills 19-7 at Covina District Field.
“I know that we had to play at the top of our game tonight, and we prepared very well for this game,” said Elliott, who rushed for 89 yards in the second half. “All of the success I had was due to the offensive line and they way they played. They made it happen tonight.”
South Hills’ defense also gets some credit. The Huskies allowed just 43 yards in the second half. In addition, they forced a Stallions safety in the second quarter and had an interception at end of the third period.
Elliott scored the first touchdown for the Huskies midway through the first quarter on a 9-yard run that gave South Hills a 10-0 lead.
“I had to stiff-arm one of the defenders to get into the end zone,” Elliott said. “It was a huge score for us.”
San Juan Hills (1-2) scored its only touchdown with 4:21 left in the first quarter when junior Joey Hobert ran 42 yards to cut the Huskies’ lead to 10-7.
It appeared that San Juan Hills would get some momentum in the second quarter when Carson Lewis intercepted a Khalil Ali pass at the Stallions’ 2-yard line early in the second half. But on the next play, the Huskies sacked Hobert in the end zone for a safety that gave South Hills a 12-7 lead.
For that point until the fourth quarter, it was a defensive battle, with both teams sputtering on offense.
In the fourth quarter, it was the South Hills offensive line that imposed its will on the San Juan Hills defensive line. After Aaron Rodriguez intercepted a Bryce Crider pass in the end zone on the final play of the third quarter, the Huskies went on a 15-play, 98-yard drive that culminated with Elliott scoring his second touchdown on a 2-yard run that sealed the victory.
“I knew I had to score that last touchdown,” Elliott said. “I didn’t want to go down (being tackled) by one player. Once again, the offensive line did a great job on that play.”
South Hills has a bye next week before taking on La Mirada. San Juan Hills will host Huntington Beach Edison.
Posted by https://goo.gl/TXzGV5Orange football overpowers University behind Galvan’s 4-TD night
ORANGE – Coming off a tough loss on the road last week, the Orange High football team was looking for a chance at redemption.
Isaac Galvan’s 98-yard return for a touchdown on the opening kickoff Thursday night was an early indication the Panthers would get what they wanted.
Galvan finished with over 200 all-purpose yards and scored all of four of his touchdowns in the first half as Orange rolled to a 61-15 win over University in a nonleague game at El Modena High.
Orange (1-1) dominated the Trojans (0-2) in every facet of the game.
According to Orange coach Robert Pedroza, the Panthers’ biggest motivating factor was anger.
“Galvan had a huge kick return for us to get started, but the kids were mad, they were mad from last week,” Pedroza said. “They took it out at practice and we had a great week of practice and we came out and took care of business.”
Isaac Galvan talks about Orange's huge bounceback win over University. The Panthers rolled to a 61-15 win. @ocvarsity @Orangepantherf1 pic.twitter.com/WDSA1yL37E
— David Delgado (@DavidDelgado_OC) August 31, 2018
Orange, which lost to Garden Grove 21-18 in its season opener last week, controlled the line of scrimmage from the onset Thursday and was able to amass 369 yards of offense with 221 yards coming on the ground.
“Our line dominated, the big boys up front, that’s what we hang our hat on,” Pedroza said. “They’re strong, they’re physical and they love to play football.”
The Panthers defense also was stellar as Brandon Sun recorded three sacks, including a strip sack on University’s first possession, recovered by Tony Sierra inside the Trojans 10-yard line. Galvan scored two plays later on a 7-yard run for his second TD of the night and a 12-0 lead.
The Panthers also scored on their next drive, as Andrew Andrade caught a 65-yard TD pass from Daylen Pedroza on a fake punt, to make it 20-0.
“We took a chance and we like to play aggressive,” Pedroza said of the fake punt. “Sometimes it hurts us and sometimes we reap the benefits. That was a huge play because it was close then and it kind of separated us and gave us momentum.”
Andrade finished the game with three receptions for 104 yards and two touchdowns, and sophomore quarterback Pedroza passed for 148 yards and three touchdowns.
Andrew Andrade (3 recs, 104 yds) gives credit to a well-balanced team in Orange's 61-15 victory over University. @ocvarsity @Orangepantherf1 @athletics_ohs @XandrewandradeX @OC_Andrade pic.twitter.com/ZaJa2GKdsw
— David Delgado (@DavidDelgado_OC) August 31, 2018
Galvan also scored on a 46-yard run in the first quarter and a 24-yard reception just before halftime that made the score 54-7.
Orange plays Canyon next Thursday, Sept. 6 and Coach Pedroza is excited to face his alma mater.
“It’s a huge game for our school and for the district,” he said. “It’d be a big stepping stone for our program to play them and be on the field with them. Our boys are fired up and this (next) game means a lot.”
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Is your drinking water dangerous? In some parts of California, it could be
Five years ago, California became the first state in the nation to recognize the human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water. Today, we look at how the state is working to ensure that right and where the biggest concerns for Californians are.
The California Water Resources Control Board’s records show more than 266 water suppliers were not in compliance with drinking-water standards as of May 2018. Most of the violations were in the rural agricultural regions of the state.
“The central part of the state has many more water systems,” said Robert Brownwood, a deputy director for the sState Water Resources Control Board. “In California, any supply system that supplies five or more homes is a public water system. There are many small water systems in agricultural lands where pesticides, chemicals and organic compounds are often found in the water.”
The state’s Division of Drinking Water has about 260 engineers checking water quality throughout the state. Some cities have their own engineers. Los Angeles’ engineers conducts hundreds of tests daily. Orange County has about 50 water systems serving 3 million people, while Tulare County has 356 water systems serving less than 500,000 people.
The testing in many areas is done on an honor system in which water is sent routinely to labs across the state for monitoring. Those that do not comply or are found to falsify tests could be fined.
Mapping our water quality
If the water in your area is found to be in violation, a written notice will be sent to you. The maps below show where public water systems have had violations or are in compliance.
You can see these maps online or search for water board exceedance/compliance status.
Counties with most water systems in 2014:1. Sonoma, 4252. Tulare, 3563. Kern, 3524. San Bernardino, 3434. Los Angeles, 3436. Monterey, 327
The most violations per county were in Fresno, Stanislaus, Madera, Tulare and Kern counties.
What’s being tested
You might find contaminants in any tap water, but the type and level of contamination is what regular testing attempts to regulate. Some violations in California water-supply systems are for excessive amounts of uranium, arsenic and nitrates.The bulk of the testing is for two types of health hazards:1. Acute risks: Types of containments (giardia, E. coli) that can cause sickness or death after one glass of water.2. Long-term risk: Types of containments (lead, arsenic and uranium) that if consumed in three liters of water a day can increase cancer risk.Funding is available from the state for water systems that are trying to get their systems in compliance.
Lead in schools
The state of California has required community water systems to conduct lead sampling of drinking water in all public K-12 schools by July 2019 (with the exception of schools that have already sampled since 2009, schools that provide their own water supply or schools that were built or modified after 2010).This map built by ESRI shows where schools have had lead in their water higher than 15 parts per billion.
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Why They Wore It: The Politics & Pop Culture of First Ladies’ Fashion, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Has the nation always hung by a thread? Forgive the hyperbole, but you might be asking yourself the same question after viewing the detailed, edifying exhibit, “Why They Wore It: The Politics & Pop Culture of First Ladies’ Fashion,” at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, on display through September 12.
Guest curator Carl Sferrazza Anthony has arranged 20 formal gowns and apparel from America’s First Ladies in order to explore how each woman leveraged fashion to advance her, or her husband’s, particular agenda. Notably, the exhibit is the first to display one of First Lady Melania Trump’s dresses outside of the Smithsonian. Featured is the silver Dolce & Gabbana dress she wore at the G7 Summit in 2017(above).
A former speechwriter for Nancy Reagan, Anthony has authored 13 books and served as historian of the National First Ladies’ Library. What’s he’s not is a fashion critic. “I don’t know about fashion – and frankly, I am not interested,” notes Anthony, who will conclude the exhibit Sept. 12 with a final public lecture at the library. “I study these women in the context of politics. In the White House, everything becomes political.”
COAST: Some of Trump’s fashion choices have sparked controversy — the stilettos in a hurricane, the jacket with “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” on the back. Is it fair to suggest that the First Lady represents a statement for the administration?
CARL SFERRAZZA ANTHONY: It’s very fair. But Melania Trump is sending signals that she speaks for herself, not the administration.
COAST: Is that a break in historical precedent?
CSA: It sure is. It’s very subtle. I’ve heard it referenced as a kind of post-modern feminism. It creates debate. People say, “How can she say that?” Others say, “Well it’s just nice clothes.” Others perhaps read far too much into it. It is fascinating, because, in its way, it is a form of performance art. It’s left to our interpretation. Until she writes her memoir, if she ever does, and until she addresses all of this, we really won’t know.
COAST: When have we seen First Ladies in the past make definitive statements? It seems each one made some kind of statement.
CSA: You saw that from the beginning. Martha Washington was always wearing white – she always had a white scarf and white mob cap and of course had white hair. It conveyed the image of purity and the impression of a pure democracy, a new kind of government.
Dolly Madison and her husband were both friends and supporters of Thomas Jefferson’s anti-Federalist party, which essentially became the Democratic party. Jefferson would do things like greet the minister of Great Britain wearing slippers as a way of saying, “We are so different from you.” Dolly Madison recognized during what was called the National Period that there was the sense that England was still exercising some kind of control over us. She was seeking in every way to elevate the status of the United States. At that time in the early days of the nation there were not many symbols, so she made herself the symbol: She dressed in bright colors, elegant fabrics, attempting to draw attention to herself. Her trademark was the turban. It was suggesting, like a crown, that she was a figure of queen, but it wasn’t a crown.
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Pagani crafted a divine dashboard, inspired by Fiat.
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice” goes the old saying. That’s certainly true of this one-of-one creation. Garage Italia Customs approached Horacio Pagani with the idea to create a bespoke supercar that took inspiration from the Fiat Turbina, a concept car the automaker rolled out in 1954.
“Lampo” is the Italian word for lightning, hence the lightning bolts accents dressed in the colors of the Italian flag. Inside the cockpit, hand-braided leather mix with gold anodized aluminum instrument panels. Argentina-born Pagani calls his supercars “Huayra,” name for the Incan god of wind. Huayra Lampo: Together, they make quite a storm.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH – The rumors about the demise of Edison’s offense were greatly exaggerated. The Chargers scored seven touchdowns Thursday in a 51-15 nonleague win over Canyon at Huntington Beach High.
Edison (1-2) scored one offensive touchdown in its first two games this season, against Tesoro and Oaks Christian.
“They played well. They executed and did their job,” Edison coach Jeff Grady said of his team’s players. “It was good for the psyche of the team. This team has worked hard since the spring and it was good to come out and execute.”
Chargers receiver Cole Koffler played a big role in the victory as he caught nine passes for a school-record 265 yards and three touchdowns. He broke the record of 251 yards receiving set by Denny Flanagan in 2001.
“I felt like we got the momentum we needed, especially coming off those two losses,” Koffler said. “We found the spark we needed.”
Edison beats Canyon 51-15. Cole Koffler (below) had 9 catches for 265 yards and 3 touchdowns. May be a school record. @ocvarsity @EdisonSportsNet @EdisonFootball_ @colekoff13 pic.twitter.com/LrjbYKH0vC
— Michael Huntley (@mikehuntley63) August 31, 2018
Chargers quarterback Patrick Angelovic and Koffler connected eight times for 220 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Angelovic finished the game with 257 yards passing.
“We have a very close connection,” Koffler said of his relationship with Angelovic. “Last year we played JV together and had a nice connection there also.
“It’s like a familiar face throwing to me.”
Edison opened the game with an eight-play, 80-yard scoring drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Mike Walters. Walters finished the game with 54 yards on six carries with three touchdowns.
After a Canyon touchdown, Edison scored 30 consecutive points to take control of the game by halftime.
Angelovic found Koffler in the back of the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown to put the Chargers ahead for good in the first quarter.
On the ensuing Canyon possession, Walters tackled Comanches quarterback Vince Hourigan at the 2-yard line and forced a fumble, which was recovered by Edison lineman Jovanni Page. On the next play, Walters ran for his second touchdown of the game to extend the lead to 13.
Angelovic found Koffler for the pair’s second touchdown of the game to extend Edison’s lead to 20.
After a 24-yard field goal by Chargers kicker Kieren Spradlin, Kobe Lopez ran for a 1-yard touchdown just before the half to give Edison a 37-7 lead.
Canyon (0-3) scored on its first possession of the game, but struggled to move the ball after that.
A 45-yard run by Jared Parker put the Comanches in scoring range and Hourigan ran the final yard for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal to give Canyon its only points of the first half.
Brandon Hij played quarterback for Canyon in the second half and ran the ball effectively. Hij led the Comanches with 56 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown.
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Orange County high school schedule: Friday, Aug. 31
The Orange County high school sports schedule for Friday, Aug. 31.
FOOTBALL
Games 7 p.m. unless noted
NONLEAGUE
Cherry Creek (Colo.) vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High, Capistrano Valley vs. Pacifica at Garden Grove High, California vs. El Dorado at Valencia High, Vista Murrieta vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College, Fountain Valley vs. Woodbridge at University High, Baldwin Park at Western, Big Bear at Laguna Beach, Segerstrom at El Modena, Beckman vs. Foothill at Tustin High, Valencia at Brea Olinda, Godinez at Portola, Long Beach Wilson at Huntington Beach, Cerritos at Bolsa Grande, Cypress at Santa Ana Valley, Garden Grove vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Stadium, Saddleback at Dana Hills, La Habra at Mission Viejo, La Costa Canyon at San Clemente, Vasquez at Ocean View, California Military Institute vs. Crean Lutheran at Irvine High, Long Beach Poly vs. Los Alamitos at Cerritos College, Yorba Linda vs. Troy at Fullerton High, El Toro vs. Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor High, Trabuco Hills vs. Saddleback Valley Christian at Laguna Hills High, 7:30 p.m., Ontario Christian vs. Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom High, Roosevelt at Tesoro, Santiago at Century, Firebaugh at Buena Park, JSerra at Bishop Amat, Mater Dei at La Mirada, La Jolla Country Day vs. Savanna at Glover Stadium, Magnolia at Bellflower, Tustin at Notre Dame/Riverside, Westminster at Kaiser, Fullerton vs. Golden Valley at Canyon/Canyon Country High, St. Michael’s Prep at Cornerstone Christian, 3:30 p.m., Whittier Christian vs. Arrowhead Christian at Citrus Valley High, St. Margaret’s vs. Grace Brethren at Moorpark College, Villa Park at Yucaipa, Capistrano Valley Christian at Carpinteria
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENTS
Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament (Edison, Mater Dei, Beckman, JSerra, Corona del Mar, San Juan Hills, Huntington Beach, Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita, El Dorado, Trabuco Hills, San Clemente, Foothill, Tesoro, Newport Harbor, Esperanza, St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge, Laguna Hills, Yorba Linda, Fountain Valley, Sunny Hills, Northwood, Estancia, Crean Lutheran, La Habra, Marina, Brea Olinda, Saddleback Valley Christian, University, Buena Park), Portola Varsity Tournament
NONLEAGUE
Garden Grove at Rancho Alamitos, Cypress at Los Alamitos
BOYS WATER POLO
NONLEAGUE
Garden Grove at Valencia, Laguna Hills at University, El Dorado at Sunny Hills
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Orange County football scores and stats for Thursday (8-30-18)
Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Thursday, Aug. 30.
O.C. SUMMARIES
Katella 55, Esperanza 6
Esperanza 0 0 0 6 — 6
Katella 14 13 21 7 — 55
SCORES
Katella 55, Esperanza 6
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After going winless at home last year, Newport Harbor High wins first football game at renovated Davidson Field on a magical night
It was a magical evening for Newport Harbor High’s football team and its 30-13, season-opening victory over Sequoia of Redwood City, given it was the Sailors’ first win at home on the renovated Davidson Field.
They hadn’t won a home game last year when the stadium reopened after a two-year hiatus.
Further, in his debut at the helm, Peter Lofthouse became the first Newport Harbor head football coach to win his first game since Bill Pizzica in 1974, when the Tars shut out Fullerton, 17-0. Pizzica coached from ’74 through ’78, and all of the succeeding Newport coaches, Hank Cochrane (1979-81), Mike Giddings (1982-85) and Jeff Brinkley (1986-2017), lost their opening game, legendary as some might have become.
Because of the sense of urgency to “win now,” and with a new coach replacing the 32-year, highly respected Brinkley, the need for a W to calm the Tar Ball masses was monumental. For the Tars, it could not have been a better night.
Sure, there were a few interceptions thrown in a nervous first quarter and a missed tackle or two, but the Sailors played hard and represented well as they defeated visiting Sequoia, which enjoyed a mini vacation with a tour of UC Irvine and a bonfire beach party in Huntington Beach.
On this colorful night, Aug. 24, with a jaw-dropping sunset behind the crowd and the smell of popcorn and burgers grilling in the air, Davidson Field was packed on the home side, an estimated 3,500 fans in attendance. The stadium was buzzing as Harbor junior quarterback Clay Liolios found his stroke and receiver Aidan Goltz converted on two long pass plays for touchdowns, and by halftime Harbor was up, 16-0.
Liolios, a baseball player and power hitter, did not play football last year, instead focusing on baseball, in which he plays catcher, first base and outfield and bats cleanup in Coach Evan Chalmers’ thundering lineup. But like a lot of kids this summer, Liolios trekked back to Davidson Field as the football participation numbers tripled to about 130.
“When I started, there were 40 kids in the entire program, and the majority of the kids were freshmen and sophomores,” said Lofthouse, whose coaching staff includes former Orange Coast College head coach Kevin Emerson, who guided the Pirates from 2014 through 2017.
While no one expects miracles from Lofthouse in the mighty Sunset League, the debut win helped the Tar Ball faithful forget about starting 0-8 last year and missing the CIF playoffs for the third straight year. Before kickoff, Newport Harbor Booster Club President Jason Lavin said it was “a must win” in getting the new regime off to a good start.
In the first quarter, Goltz scored on a trick play as running back Colin Gregg took a lateral and unleashed a deep ball for a 58-yard touchdown, and before any of the seats were warm. Gregg left with an injury on this momentous night, but finished with a team-high 36 yards rushing on seven carries.
In the second quarter, Liolios lofted a high-arching pass to the front right pylon, in heavy traffic, which resulted in a 33-yard touchdown to Goltz, who out-jumped a couple of Sequoia defenders and came down with the biggest play of the game as the Sailors built a 16-0 lead. Liolios completed 15 of 22 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown, while Goltz had four catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns.
Second-half touchdowns for the Tars were scored by Jake Keliikoa and Zach Warren.
Last year in the season opener over Labor Day weekend on the road, there were no cheerleaders or Harbor band at Bolsa Grande High in Garden Grove, where the Sailors lost to Pacifica, 33-7, on Sept. 2.
On this opening night, however, the band and cheerleaders rocked and it seemed like the entire community showed up to support Newport Harbor as a new era began in the Long Grey Line.
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