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COLUMN ONE
That personal
touch at check
stand? Priceless
In age of increased isolation, some
skip self-service for friendly faces
By Marisa Gerber
O
n a hot Friday morning this summer,
Marliss Myers pushed her grocery cart past
the cluster of self-checkout kiosks and
directly toward check stand No. 1.
It was the start of her weekly trek to the
Albertsons in Arcadia, where the 83-year-old first met
cashier Sharon Hechler almost a decade ago. Hechler
spotted Myers, and her arms burst from her sides in
excitement.
“Good morning, honey!” she said, pulling Myers into
a hug. “You’re nice and toasty.”
“And you’re cool,” Myers said.
“Happy shopping.”
The weekly interactions with Hechler provide a
steady spark of joy in Myers’ routine, which she has
tried to maintain in the months since her husband
died. The couple — he dressed casually, she in heels and Photographs by Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times
with neatly coiffed hair — shopped together on Fridays A MAN looks out from his cell at the Main Jail in downtown Sacramento, where most inmates are supposed to
for years, always picking out two steaks for dinner be allowed to spend at least 17 hours out of their cells each week. But that still doesn’t happen.
before checking out in Hechler’s lane. After his death,
Myers gave Hechler a copy of the eulogy she read at his
‘It was frightening. Things were just going so fast. An undersea oasis
... Everything was spinning.’
— B ELOND T HOMAS , a resident of Perry, Fla.
with brooding secret
be a fairly boring dive, said
California seamount’s Chad King, the chief scien-
It brings 125-mph winds, rain and flooding before heading for Georgia By Faith E. Pinho
explore around its base, ex-
pecting to find little sponges
or corals amid lots of
It was the last hour of a seafloor muck.
By Daniel Kozin 30-hour dive, nearly two But then, just as Hercu-
murky miles below the les crossed over a ridge, a cu-
CEDAR KEY, Fla. — ocean’s surface. rious sight floated across the
Hurricane Idalia tore into A remotely operated ve- screen: small, almost irides-
Florida with winds howling hicle called the Hercules was cent bulbs clinging to the
at the speed of a fast-moving exploring the foothills of the seamount wall. The scien-
train Wednesday, splitting Davidson Seamount, an tists directed Hercules
trees in half, ripping roofs off underwater volcano 75 miles down, farther into the
hotels and turning small west of San Simeon, Calif. depths.
cars into boats before Aboard the boat carrying re- “And sure enough, that’s
sweeping into Georgia as a searchers monitoring the where we ran into thousands
still-powerful storm that Hercules, it was expected to [See Octopus, A7]
flooded roadways and sent
residents running for higher
ground.
“All hell broke loose,” said
Belond Thomas of Perry, a Giuliani liable Hotel strikers
mill town just inland from for defamation target conference
the Big Bend region where
A judge also criticizes Walkouts in Los Angeles
Idalia came ashore.
him for not turning over coincide with American
Thomas fled with her
documents to two Geor- Political Science Assn.’s
family and some friends to a
gia election workers meeting. BUSINESS, A8
motel, thinking it would be
suing him. NATION, A6
safer than riding out the Weather
storm at home. But as Mostly sunny.
Idalia’s eye passed over
Michigan could
L.A. Basin: 87/66. B6
about 8:30 a.m., a loud be title-worthy
whistling noise pierced the Times college football
air and the high winds writer J. Brady McCol-
ripped the building’s roof off, Chris O’Meara Associated Press lough makes his season
sending debris down on her TAMPA Fire Rescue Department members remove a street pole Wednesday after predictions. SPORTS, B10
[See Idalia, A7] an apartment complex’s large awnings blew off from Hurricane Idalia’s winds.
PERSPECTIVES
THE WORLD
Prigozhin crash might’ve been intentional, Kremlin says “Look where it hit, look
what happened to the
house,” she told the AP. “Ga-
rages are on fire. We don’t
Speaking to reporters tersburg on Aug. 23, killing not be an international in- pect foul play. know how many cars and ga-
It says possible causes during his daily conference all seven passengers and vestigation into why the The crash occurred two rages were destroyed be-
call, Kremlin spokesman three crew members. plane plummeted from the months after Prigozhin cause firefighters and police
include ‘deliberate Dmitry Peskov noted that The Interstate Aviation sky, and urged reporters to mounted a short-lived won’t let us in.”
wrongdoing.’ “different versions” of what Committee, the Moscow- wait for the Investigative armed rebellion against Also early Wednesday,
happened exist and “are be- headquartered body that Committee of the Russian Russia’s military leadership, Russian-installed officials in
ing considered,” including, oversees civil aviation in Federation to complete its posing the biggest challenge Crimea reported repelling
associated press
“let’s put [it] this way, delib- Russia and most other for- review. to President Vladimir drones targeting the harbor
erate wrongdoing.” mer Soviet republics, said in The committee said last Putin’s authority in his 23- in the city of Sevastopol.
MOSCOW — The Krem- A business jet carrying an online statement week that it had opened a year rule. Explosions were also re-
lin said Wednesday that “de- Prigozhin, the founder and Wednesday that it was not criminal case based on The Kremlin has denied ported in the southern
liberate wrongdoing” was leader of the private military currently investigating the charges of flight safety viola- involvement in the crash. Ukrainian city of Odesa and
among the possible causes force known as the Wagner crash, although the agency tions, a standard move used Prigozhin, 62, was buried the Cherkasy region.
of the plane crash that killed Group, and his top lieuten- has an accident investiga- for plane crash investiga- in St. Petersburg, his
mercenary leader Yevgeny ants crashed halfway be- tion division. tions in Russia when there is hometown, in a private cere- Blann and Litvinova write
Prigozhin last week. tween Moscow and St. Pe- Peskov said there could no immediate reason to sus- mony. for the Associated Press.
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General named
Gabon leader
after coup
serenity in our beautiful
Ousted president, country. ... At the dawn of a
new era, we will guarantee
whose family has the peace, stability and dig-
ruled for 55 years, is nity of our beloved Gabon,”
Lt. Col. Ulrich Manfoumbi
under house arrest. said Wednesday on state TV.
Oligui, the military
By Yves Laurent Goma leader designated to sup-
and Sam Mednick plant Bongo, used to be the
bodyguard of Bongo’s fa-
ther, the late President
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Omar Bongo, said Desire
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon Ename, a journalist with
proclaimed their republican Echos du Nord, a local media
guard chief as the country’s outlet. Oligui also was head
leader Wednesday after of the secret service in 2019
placing newly reelected before becoming head of the
President Ali Bongo republican guard.
Ondimba under house ar- Ali Bongo Ondimba, 64,
rest, alleging betrayal and has served two terms since
massive embezzlement dur- coming to power in 2009 af- Mary Altaffer Associated Press
ing his longtime rule over the ter the death of his father, DEPOSED Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, shown last September, urged supporters to “make noise.”
oil-rich African nation. who ruled the country for 41
The coup leaders said in years, and there has been ment, the coup leaders said Bongo faced an opposition United Nations Secre- and military ties with Gabon
an announcement on Ga- widespread discontent with people around the president coalition led by Albert Ondo tary-General António and has 400 soldiers sta-
bon’s state TV that Gen. his reign. Another group of had been arrested for “high Ossa, an economics profes- Guterres condemned the tioned there for a military
Brice Clotaire Oligui mutinous soldiers at- betrayal of state institu- sor and former education coup and called on military training operation. The U.S.
Nguema had been “unani- tempted a coup in 2019 but tions, massive embezzle- minister. Minutes after leaders to ensure the safety Africa Command said it has
mously” designated presi- was quickly overpowered. ment of public funds [and] Bongo was declared the win- of Bongo and his family, no forces stationed in Gabon
dent of a transitional com- The former French co- international financial em- ner, gunfire was heard in the spokesman Stephane Du- other than at the U.S. Em-
mittee to lead the country. lony is a member of OPEC, bezzlement.” capital, Libreville. Later, a jarric said. bassy.
Oligui is a cousin of Bongo, but its oil wealth is concen- Analysts warned that the dozen uniformed soldiers Ossa, the opposition Unlike Niger and two
who earlier Wednesday had trated in the hands of a few takeover risked bringing in- appeared on state TV to an- leader, told the AP he wasn’t other West African coun-
been declared the winner of — and nearly 40% of Gabo- stability, and could have nounce they’d seized power. ready to comment and was tries run by military juntas,
the country’s latest presi- nese aged 15 to 24 were out of more to do with divisions Libreville is a stronghold waiting for the situation to Gabon hasn’t been racked
dential election following 55 work in 2020, according to among the ruling elite than of the opposition, but it was evolve. by jihadist violence and had
years of rule by him and his the World Bank. Its oil ex- efforts to improve the lives of unclear how the coup was The mutinous officers been seen as relatively sta-
late father. port revenue was $6 billion in ordinary Gabonese. seen in the countryside, vowed to respect “Gabon’s ble.
In a video from detention 2022, according to the U.S. The Bongo family has where more people tradi- commitments to the na- White House National
in his residence, Bongo Energy Information Admin- been associated with “sys- tionally back Bongo. tional and international Security Council spokes-
called on people to “make istration. tematic misappropriation of The president pleaded community.” But the coup man John F. Kirby said the
noise” to support him. But Nine members of the state revenues,” but the lat- for support in a video show- threatened to bring the events in Gabon were being
the crowds who took to the Bongo family, meanwhile, est events “should be viewed ing him sitting in a chair with economy to a halt. followed with “great con-
streets of the capital instead are under investigation in with great caution, as they a bookshelf behind him. A man who answered the cern.” He said it was too
celebrated the coup against France, and some face pre- offer no guarantee of good “I’m calling you to make phone at the airport said early to call it part of a trend
a dynasty accused of getting liminary charges of embez- governance and democratic noise, to make noise, to flights were canceled or a “domino effect” in mili-
rich on the country’s re- zlement, money laundering transition,” Sherpa said in a make noise really,” he said in Wednesday, and the private tary takeovers in the region.
source wealth while many of and other forms of corrup- statement. English. The video was intelligence firm Ambrey Nigeria’s President Bola
its citizens struggle. tion, according to Sherpa, a The coup occurred about shared with the Associated said all operations at the Tinubu, however, cited a
“Thank you, army. Fi- French nongovernmental one month after mutinous Press by BTP Advisers, a country’s main port in “contagion of autocracy we
nally, we’ve been waiting a organization dedicated to soldiers in Niger seized communications firm that Libreville had been halted. are seeing spread across our
long time for this moment,” accountability. Investiga- power from the democrati- helped the president with Several French companies continent” in a statement is-
said Yollande Okomo, tors have linked the family to cally elected government, polling for the election. said they were suspending sued by his office.
standing in front of soldiers more than $92 million in and is the latest in a series of Shortly after the video operations. It said he was conferring
from Gabon’s elite republi- properties in France, includ- coups across West and cen- went public, people with “France condemns the with other heads of state
can guard, one of the units ing two villas in Nice, the tral Africa in recent years. Bongo had their phones military coup that is under- and the African Union,
that staged the takeover. group says. The impunity those putsch- seized by soldiers, said Mark way in Gabon and is closely whose commission con-
Coup leaders said that A spokesman for the ists enjoyed may have in- Pursey, the chief executive monitoring developments,” demned the coup and called
there would be a curfew from coup leaders said that Bon- spired the soldiers in Gabon, officer of BTP Advisers. French government spokes- for a return to “democratic
6 p.m. to 6 a.m. go’s “unpredictable, irre- said Maja Bovcon, senior an- Bongo’s son and communi- person Olivier Véran said constitutional order.”
“The president of the sponsible governance” alyst at Verisk Maplecroft, a cations director were being Wednesday.
transition insists on the risked leading the country risk assessment firm. held at military head- France has maintained Goma and Mednick write
need to maintain calm and into chaos. In a later state- In the weekend election, quarters, Pursey said. close economic, diplomatic for the Associated Press.
you down? only $80 million of a poten- organization of sovereign training for Taiwan’s forces.
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A6 T H U R S DAY , AU G U S T 31, 2 0 23 L AT I M E S . C O M
THE NATION
Former Cardinal
McCarrick is ruled
unfit to stand trial
tained his innocence and
The onetime D.C. pleaded not guilty in Sep-
tember 2021.
archbishop, suffering He was also charged in
dementia, is charged April with sexually assault-
ing an 18-year-old man in
with sexually abusing Wisconsin more than 45
a teenage boy in 1974. years ago.
In February, McCarrick’s
attorneys asked the court to
associated press
dismiss the case, saying a
professor of psychiatry and
DEDHAM, Mass. — The behavioral science at the
once-powerful Roman Cath- Johns Hopkins University
olic Cardinal Theodore Mc- School of Medicine had ex-
Carrick will not stand trial amined him and concluded
on charges he sexually as- that he has dementia, prob-
saulted a teenage boy dec- ably Alzheimer’s disease.
ades ago after a Massachu- At that time, lawyers said
setts judge dismissed the McCarrick had a “limited
case against the 93-year-old understanding” of the crimi-
Shane Smith Red Antler Processing via Associated Press on Wednesday because both nal proceedings against him.
prosecutors and defense at- McCarrick, who lives in
HUNTERS CATCH A MISSISSIPPI RECORD torneys agree he suffers Dittmer, Mo., was charged
from dementia. with three counts of inde-
A male alligator killed Saturday in west Mississippi weighed 802.5 pounds and measured 14 feet,
McCarrick, the former cent assault and battery on a
3 inches long, breaking the state record for length by more than 2 inches, the state wildlife depart- archbishop of Washington, person over 14. He was not
ment said. Tanner White, from left, Donald Woods, Will Thomas and Joey Clark, posing with help D.C., was defrocked by Pope exempt from facing charges
from a forklift, caught it in a designated hunting zone. The season runs Aug. 25 through Sept. 4. Francis in 2019 after an inter- for abuse allegations that
nal Vatican investigation de- date back decades because
termined he sexually mo- the clock on the statute of
lested adults as well as chil- limitations was paused once
dren. The McCarrick scan- he left Massachusetts.
Turbulence on jet to Atlanta sends 11 to hospital dal created a crisis of
credibility for the church,
primarily because there was
Mitchell Garabedian, a
well-known lawyer for clergy
sexual abuse victims who is
“experienced severe turbu- There were 151 passen- gency landing in Wichita, evidence Vatican and U.S. representing the man accus-
Passengers and crew lence” before landing safely gers and 14 crew members Kan., after its crew reported church leaders knew he ing McCarrick, said in June
Tuesday at Hartsfield-Jack- aboard the aircraft, an Air- a possible pressurization is- slept with seminarians but that his client was discour-
members are injured son Atlanta International bus A350-900, Delta said. sue that required operating turned a blind eye as McCar- aged by the prosecution’s ex-
on a Delta flight Airport, Delta said in a The flight landed in Atlanta the aircraft at a lower alti- rick rose to the top of the pert findings.
statement. at 7 p.m., according to tude. U.S. church as an adept “In spite of the criminal
from Italy, but all are The 11 injured passengers FlightAware, a flight-track- A spokesperson for Delta fundraiser who advised court’s decision today, many
expected to recover. and crew members were tak- ing website. said the crews decided to di- three popes. clergy sexual abuse victims
en to a hospital and are ex- It was not the only Delta vert the flights “out an abun- During Wednesday’s feel as though former Cardi-
pected to make a full recov- flight to encounter problems dance of caution,” and both hearing, Kerry Nelligan, a nal Theodore McCarrick is
By Alexandra E. Petri ery, a Delta spokesperson Tuesday. A flight from Salt planes made safe landings. psychologist hired by the and will always be the per-
said. Lake City to New York made The issues on the interna- prosecution, said she found manent personification of
Eleven people were The flight was about 40 an emergency landing in tional and the domestic significant deficits in Mc- evil within the Catholic
rushed to the hospital after miles northeast of Atlanta Denver after the crew re- flights are unrelated, the Carrick’s memory during Church,” Garabedian said
their Delta flight hit intense when the crew reported se- ported a possible hydraulic spokesperson said. two interviews in June, and Wednesday.
turbulence as it neared At- vere turbulence, the Federal issue, the airline said. Both aircraft were in op- he was often unable to recall The Associated Press
lanta, according to officials. Aviation Authority said in a Another Delta flight from eration Wednesday. The what they had discussed and The Times generally do
Delta Air Lines Flight 175 statement. The FAA said it Memphis, Tenn., to Salt FAA said it is investigating from one hour to the next. As not identify alleged victims
from Milan, Italy, to Atlanta will be investigating. Lake City made an emer- both incidents. with any form of dementia, of sexual assault unless they
she said there are no medi- come forward publicly.
cations that could improve The accuser told author-
the symptoms. ities during a 2021 interview
“It’s not just that he cur- that McCarrick was close to
Chicago TV crew covering robberies joins list of victims rently has these deficits,”
Nelligan said. “There is no
the man’s family when he
was growing up. Prosecutors
way they are going to get bet- say McCarrick would attend
“They were approached three men drove up in a gray volving a Chicago news crew, ter.” family gatherings and travel
associated press
with guns and robbed. sedan and black SUV. After after a WLS-TV photogra- Without being able to re- on vacations with them and
Mainly it was personal the armed robbers took pher was assaulted and member discussions, he that the alleged victim re-
CHICAGO — Members items, and they took a cam- items from the news crew, robbed Aug. 8 while prepar- could not participate with ferred to the priest as “Uncle
of a Chicago television news era,” Luis Godinez, vice they fled in their vehicles. ing to cover a weekday after- his lawyers in his defense, Ted.”
crew reporting on a string of president of news at Uni- No injuries were reported noon news conference on she said. Prosecutors say McCar-
robberies ended up being vision Chicago, told the Chi- and no one is in custody, po- Chicago’s West Side, the sta- McCarrick appeared via rick committed the abuse
robbed after they were ac- cago Tribune. lice said. tion reported. a video link during the hear- over several years including
costed at gunpoint by three Godinez said the news Godinez said Univision The robberies prompted ing. He was slightly slumped when the boy, who was
men wearing ski masks. crew was filming a report on Chicago, the local TV affili- the National Assn. of Broad- in his chair wearing a light then 16, was at his brother’s
Spanish-language sta- robberies in the West Town ate of international media cast Employees and Techni- green shirt and what ap- wedding reception at Wel-
tion Univision Chicago said community that was due to company TelevisaUnivision, cians Local 41, which repre- peared to be a gray sweater lesley. The man said McCar-
a reporter and photogra- run on the morning news. He is not disclosing the names sents TV photographers in vest or sweater around his rick also sexually assaulted
pher were filming just said the video the crew shot of the reporter and photog- Chicago, to warn about the shoulders. He did not speak him in a coat room after
before 5 a.m. Monday in Chi- was in the stolen camera, rapher to protect their pri- growing safety threats to during the hearing. they returned to the recep-
cago’s West Town neighbor- and the story never made it vacy. those who cover the news. The former prelate faced tion.
hood when three masked on the air. “They’re OK, and we’re “We are committed to charges that he abused the Prosecutors say McCar-
men brandishing firearms Chicago police identified working on it together as a making sure that their safe- teenage boy at a wedding re- rick told the boy to say the
robbed them, taking their the victims as two men ages team,” he said. ty comes first,” Raza Sid- ception at Wellesley College “Hail Mary” and “Our Fa-
television camera and other 28 and 42. Police said the The episode was the sec- diqui, president of the union in 1974. ther” prayers before leaving
items. pair were outside when the ond robbery this month in- local, said in a statement. McCarrick has main- the room.
L AT I M E S . C O M S T H U R S DAY , AU G U S T 31, 2 0 23 A7
BUSINESS
Biden’s proposal to lift
U.S. overtime coverage
lags behind California’s
job. The proposal also calls
President unveils plan for automatically updating
the earnings threshold
affecting more salaried every three years — some-
workers in low-paying thing the Obama adminis-
tration had proposed in
jobs. Here’s what you 2015.
need to know.
How many workers will the
change affect?
By Laurence The administration
Darmiento estimates that 3.4 million
workers will benefit from
The Biden administra- the change. Ken Jacobs,
tion proposed changes chairman of the UC Berke-
Wednesday that would en- ley Center for Labor Re-
hance overtime protections search and Education, said
for millions of U.S. white-col- he expected the fast-food
lar workers who receive sala- and retail industries where
Gary Coronado Los Angeles Times ries but typically work in supervisory wages are low
“DIRTY ROOMS and nonstop noise will be the only amenities” for professors coming for a conference this relatively low-paying jobs. to be affected the most.
week, said Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11. Above, picketers at the Beverly Hilton in July. More than an estimated
3 million Americans could Is there any sense of how
stand to benefit from the much they will benefit?
OPINION
EDITORIAL
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LETTERS
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of America’s relationship
with guns:
ly mitigated with more law
enforcement presence. Safer? It doesn’t
“Americans, it seemed,
have the same problems
However, as UCLA urban
planning professor Michael
feel that way
with firearms that we Irish Lens notes, Los Angeles Re “What $1 billion more to
have with alcohol. The remains too spread out to the LAPD gets us,” column,
problem being that we don’t have a really effective rail Aug. 25
think we have a problem.” transit system. Fixing this
Perhaps what we really by building more housing Erika D. Smith claims
need is a 12-step program near employment centers, that the contract with the
for the vast number of while correct in theory, will Los Angeles Police Depart-
Americans who have an take decades to accomplish. ment officers union ap-
uncontrollable addiction to Back in 1967, increasing proved by the L.A. City
guns. local density seemed practi- Council, which will increase
Donald Bentley cal. But as the enormous spending on the LAPD, may
La Puente increase in property values not be necessary since “for
has taken hold, we have the most part, our city is
:: witnessed the workforce already getting safer.”
population spread to Or- Sorry, but most people in
Florida Gov. Ron DeSan- ange County and the Inland Los Angeles and other
tis, he of “Florida is where Empire. major cities don’t seem to
woke goes to die” fame, says There are no easy solu- sense this. One does not feel
he finds the racist murder of tions for increasing rider- crime is on the decline going
Black people unacceptable. ship. However, in the inter- into supermarkets where
Sean Rayford Getty Images This is the same man im, Metro needs to supple- products have to be locked
THE DOLLAR GENERAL store in Jacksonville, Fla., where a white shooter who has made a political ment the rail system with up because of theft.
killed three Black people in a racist rampage on Saturday. career massaging racial convenient, frequent and With this new police
hatred among his support- dependable bus service, contract, hopefully, Los
::
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OP-ED
Claims of
‘computer
L
ast year on World
Food Day, President
Biden reaffirmed his
commitment to a world
where “no child has to
crime’ can
go to bed hungry, no parent has to
worry about how to feed their
family, and no one has to face food
insecurity.” In that same speech,
gag media
Biden highlighted how the United
States had that year alone com- Lawmakers should rein in
mitted more than $9 billion in life-
saving humanitarian assistance dangerously broad laws to
to vulnerable communities prevent violations like the
around the world.
Sadly, Biden’s pledge is not raid on a Kansas newspaper.
reaching the Armenians living in
Nagorno-Karabakh, who have By Bruce D. Brown
been locked in a conflict over their and Gabe Rottman
homeland with Azerbaijan since
T
the fall of the Soviet Union. his month, police officers
In this latest chapter, since in Marion, Kan., crashed
last December the government of into the newsroom of the
Azerbaijan, under the leadership Marion County Record, a
of its petro-dictator Ilham Aliyev, weekly newspaper, and the
has implemented an illegal block- home of its publisher to seize comput-
ade of the only road linking more Hayk Manukyan Associated Press ers, cellphones and documents. After
than 120,000 Armenians, includ- A CONVOY of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid waits on the road from Azerbaijan to the several days of public outcry, the
ing 30,000 children, in Nagorno- disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where Armenians are running low on food. county attorney ordered the material
Karabakh to the outside world. It returned.
is one of the world’s most over- Newsroom searches are rare today
looked and underreported hu-
manitarian crises taking place to-
day.
By limiting access to food,
When will Biden do more because a 1980 federal law makes them
almost always illegal. But the outcry
goes back to colonial days, when
British-loyalist redcoats raided revo-
medicine, gas, electricity and
other critical supplies to be deliv-
ered by the Lachin Corridor, Az-
erbaijan is on its way to making
to help starving Armenians? lutionary American pamphleteers.
Such searches were seen as the ulti-
mate attack on the free press. In the in-
famous 1971 search of the Stanford
living conditions so unbearable Daily, for example, Palo Alto police
that Armenians are forced to
leave the region.
Azerbaijan has been blockading crucial supplies since December were seeking photographs to tie Viet-
nam War protesters to a violent clash
Earlier this month, a 40-year- on campus. After the Supreme Court
old resident of Stepanakert, the By Stephan Pechdimaldji refused to offer protection from such
capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, raids, Congress passed the 1980 sta-
died of starvation, becoming the tute, making newsroom searches far
region’s first reported victim of those efforts have so far failed. help end the blockade. While Freedom Support Act that bans less of a threat.
chronic malnutrition and protein The lack of leadership from France and other countries used U.S. aid to the Azerbaijani gov- Instead, the Marion case highlights
deficiency. The lack of food has the White House has led other ac- the opportunity to highlight the ernment — restrictions that he, a separate, systemic threat to press
also contributed to the number of tors on the world stage to fill that principles of international law like presidents before him, has freedom: vague and sweeping comput-
early-stage miscarriages, which void. This month, Luis Moreno and humanitarianism as reasons waived each year since becoming er crime laws, which exist in all 50
reportedly have nearly tripled Ocampo, former chief prosecutor to lift the blockade, other delega- president. And he can direct states. These laws can be readily used
this summer. of the International Criminal tions — such as Great Britain, Samantha Power, the adminis- to intimidate reporters and suppress
Using food as a weapon has be- Court, released an explosive re- which has significant oil invest- trator of the United States reporting without raiding their offices.
come a popular tool for autocrats port stating that when assessing ments in the country — held back Agency for International Devel- The Marion raid appears to be the
to disrupt the lives of innocent the Azerbaijani blockade of on condemning Azerbaijan. opment, to allocate more re- first time public officials have search-
people while trying to force con- Nagorno-Karabakh, “there is a And despite the evidence on sources and money toward help- ed a newspaper under the claim of en-
cessions that benefit their inter- reasonable basis to believe that a the ground, Azerbaijan’s U.N. rep- ing Armenians in Nagorno- forcing a computer crime law. The
ests. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has genocide is being committed.” resentative claimed that Armeni- Karabakh. search warrant in that case listed vio-
effectively held the global food And, the report states, “Without ans in Nagorno-Karabakh were The U.S. enabling of Azerbai- lations of statutes covering identity
supply hostage by attacking immediate dramatic change, this happy and well-fed by sharing jan’s authoritarianism is now theft and “unlawful acts concerning
Ukraine’s ports and crippling group of Armenians will be de- printouts of Instagram posts that costing lives and giving Azerbai- computers.”
grain exports via the Black Sea, stroyed in a few weeks.” allegedly showed Armenians get- jan cover to do what it wants with The state computer crime statute
as together the two countries ex- Having been victims of geno- ting married and celebrating impunity. Time is running out for applies when someone breaks into a
port 30% of the world’s wheat, cide in the 20th century, Armeni- birthdays. the Armenian people living in computer network with malware or
60% of the world’s sunflower oil ans know all too well the horrors For Biden, as a president who Nagorno-Karabakh. If Biden uses another person’s information to
and 20% of the world’s corn. of such crimes against humanity took office claiming that human truly believes that no child should steal money from their bank account.
Azerbaijan is turning to a simi- and feel their voices are once rights would be central to his for- go to sleep hungry, then he’ll need But these laws are so vague that they
lar playbook in trying to force its again being ignored and sacri- eign policy, this tragedy threatens to act with far greater urgency to can be deployed to penalize reporters
will on the Armenian people by at- ficed at the altar of realpolitik. to stain his legacy. break Azerbaijan’s blockade. for using computers to find informa-
tempting to break their spirit and That type of international So, what can he do? For start- tion online as part of routine journal-
resolve through food. Biden has gamesmanship was evident at ers, he can begin by unequivocally Stephan Pechdimaldji is a ism.
steadfastly held Russia account- the United Nations earlier this calling for an immediate end to communications strategist living In Missouri, for instance, a reporter
able for its egregious behavior, month when the Security Council the blockade and apply pressure in the San Francisco Bay Area. for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discov-
and the State Department has held an emergency meeting to on Azerbaijan through sanctions, He is a first-generation ered a serious flaw in a state website
been working with European discuss the worsening humani- as Rep. Adam B. Schiff Armenian American and that put the security of thousands of
Union officials to attempt to re- tarian situation after Armenia (D-Burbank) has called for. He grandson of survivors of the Social Security numbers at risk. He
open the Lachin Corridor. But urged the global community to can enforce Section 907 of the Armenian genocide. alerted the state agency so it could fix
the issue before he published the story.
Instead of thanking him, the Mis-
souri governor called for a criminal in-
vestigation of the reporter under state
One overlooked way to fight opioid deaths computer crime laws. That case ended
with a thorough rebuke of the governor
by the local prosecutor, who declined
to press charges. An exhaustive state
cause it is thought to be unimpor- report found no evidence of any inten-
Invest in recreational hubs tant. The U.S. Department of Ag- tional criminal act. The prosecutor
riculture’s rural development said the law was so vague that it crimi-
like libraries, which give agency, whose mission includes nalized using “a computer to look up
communities something to bringing “prosperity and oppor- someone’s information.”
tunity to rural areas,” is very lim- Similarly, in 2019, the city of Fuller-
do other than drugs. ited in its ability to invest in com- ton sued a local blog and two
munity resources that are labeled contributors under federal and state
By Kathryn J. Edin, “recreational” in nature, such as computer crime laws for reviewing in-
H. Luke Shaefer movie theaters, swimming pools, formation stored on a city Dropbox
and Timothy J. Nelson bowling alleys and arcades. Yet page, which was available to anyone
no community can stay healthy who knew where to look. Following ex-
A
cross the country, without these places — where tended litigation, the city agreed to
communities are people meet, form bonds and cre- drop the case and “retracted any and
struggling to respond ate civic support systems. all assertions” that the bloggers had
to the opioid crisis, The nation’s public libraries, acted illegally.
some with broader which serve as community hubs The news media is not alone in rais-
access to medical strategies and in most cities, receive minuscule ing an alarm about this trend. In the
more treatment programs. Yet federal funding, and despite a re- first U.S. Supreme Court case defining
the national overdose death rate Tony Dejak Associated Press cent budget increase, those funds the scope of the federal Computer
continues to rise, with opioid WHEN TOWNS lose barbershops and other social gathering are “not enough to maintain in- Fraud and Abuse Act, the court cited
deaths in 2022 remaining at an all- places, they lose safety nets in the battle against addiction. demand library services and pay this risk in narrowing the law’s applica-
time high. There are, of course, library workers, who carry out tion. Criminalizing the use of a com-
many causes of addiction, and Earlier research testing the even be able to pull people out of those services,” according to the puter to access information online,
community approaches must be “nothing to do here but drugs” addiction. American troops sta- American Library Association. when there is not some kind of “gate”
multifaceted. But what if we thesis found that a low density of tioned in Vietnam used drugs in Public libraries and other so- restricting access (like a password),
could intervene earlier on the nonprofits and civic organiza- massive quantities. Why? As called recreational institutions could hinder modern-day journalism,
path to addiction? tions within a community is in- Anne Case and Nobel laureate are as vital to the health of rural the court noted. (The Reporters Com-
Clay County in eastern Ken- deed strongly tied to overdose Angus Deaton argue in their book communities as other forms of in- mittee for Freedom of the Press filed a
tucky is a place that might offer death rates. “Deaths of Despair and the Fu- frastructure, such as roads and friend-of-the-court brief in that case.)
an intriguing answer. At its peak, For our own investigation, we ture of Capitalism,” it was “be- bridges. The notorious raid in Marion will
in 2006, the county recorded 2.58 drew data from a census of U.S. cause they were bored out of their Changing the mandate of gov- remind magistrates and police that
opioid prescriptions for every businesses to measure changes in minds” and the drugs were ex- ernment agencies to include in- newsroom searches are almost never
man, woman and child. Even now social infrastructure venues in ev- traordinarily cheap. When these vestments in social infrastruc- allowed, and the Marion County
that rate is still 1.38. When crack- ery county over time. We then ex- soldiers returned home and re- ture is a tall order, but it should be Record may have a legal path to sue
downs made the pills less avail- amined whether there was a rela- entered a well-structured life, pursued. In the meantime, pri- city officials for damages from the raid.
able, methamphetamine and il- tionship between changes in so- drug use plummeted, often es- vate foundations have an oppor- With more newsgathering now tak-
licit fentanyl followed. cial infrastructure and changes in sentially vanishing even for some tunity to fill this critical gap by ing place online, the endlessly elastic
Why this scourge? When sur- the overdose death rates, all else who had very serious addictions. partnering with government nature of computer fraud laws is a spe-
veyed, ordinary citizens and local held equal. We found that shifts in When we recently asked Deaton agencies such as the Biden ad- cial problem for the press. The tempta-
leaders in Clay County almost al- social infrastructure rival those of what he thought of the thesis that ministration’s Rural Partners tion for public officials to employ these
ways say the same thing: There is other, more well-accepted econo- people get into using drugs be- Network. laws against reporters — especially
“nothing to do here but drugs.” mic factors, such as wages and cause there is nothing else to do, Doing so could help address those uncovering news they would pre-
People mourn the loss of the local unemployment rates. he said “this can sound non-seri- an important factor that fuels the fer hidden — will be difficult to resist.
movie theater, the roller rink, the There is compelling support ous, but I think it is profound, opioid catastrophe and build But lawmakers can address that
beauty and barber shops and the for this idea from other types of something like the reason.” faith with the millions living in ru- temptation in two ways. One, they
bowling alley. research too — for instance with The $1.2-trillion 2021 American ral communities who feel all but should add explicit protections for
These places — labeled “social laboratory rats. Rescue Plan and Infrastructure forgotten. newsgathering in computer crime
infrastructure” by the sociologist A solitary, caged rat with ac- Act provided a huge source of laws. And two, they can enact protec-
Eric Klinenberg — are where cess to drugs is very likely to get money for investment in dis- Kathryn J. Edin is a professor of tions from searches like the 1980 fed-
community members gather to addicted, overdose and even die, tressed communities and rural sociology and public affairs at eral law into their state codes. Califor-
form social bonds. When these drug abuse researchers have areas. Yet that money is often re- Princeton University. H. Luke nia is one of the few that has such a
bonds are strong, they create a found. Experiments that dig stricted to projects that aim at Shaefer is a professor of public provision, and others can and should
safety net that can catch people deeper, however, find that if the economic revitalization, such as policy at the University of follow suit.
when they fall. As institutions like cages are enriched with “some- rebuilding the local main street or Michigan. Timothy J. Nelson is
these disappear in Central Ap- thing to do” — fun things to ex- building roads, bridges and rural the director of undergraduate Bruce D. Brown is the executive
palachia — first after the collapse plore and other rats to provide hospitals. But these investments studies in sociology at Princeton director of the Reporters Committee
of its company towns but more re- companionship — the rats will can mean little to a community’s University. They are the for Freedom of the Press. Gabe
cently because of population loss mostly ignore the drugs. Strik- most vulnerable. co-authors of “The Injustice of Rottman directs the Reporters
and other factors — that net has ingly, none overdose. Social infrastructure is often Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Committee’s Technology and Press
been torn to shreds. Having something to do may excluded from investments be- Poverty in America.” Freedom Project.
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silent on county jails, which SACRAMENTO County Sheriff Jim Cooper says 60% of inmates have mental illnesses, making the jail a “de facto psychiatric hospital.”
Newsom doesn’t control and
where advocates say there their cells.
are some of the worst Some inmates — such as
conditions due to over- the elderly or those with con-
crowding and understaffing. troversial charges — would
More decentralized than be at a greater risk of vi-
prisons, jails are typically olence if they couldn’t be
run by elected sheriffs in segregated, Bianco said.
counties that vary from Others, such as those with a
large and urban to remote history of attacking or killing
and rural. Depending on lo- their cellmates, couldn’t be
cal politics and funding, how sufficiently separated from
a sheriff runs jails in one more vulnerable people.
county could be radically dif- “There is absolutely no
ferent from the next one one with common sense or
over. any knowledge of how a jail
Despite significant sup- or prison operates who
port in both the state Senate would think this is a good
and Assembly, the bill still idea,” he said and invited
faces an uphill battle. Cor- lawmakers to tour the facili-
rections officials have qui- ties.
etly lobbied against the mea- And in San Francisco,
sure, and lawmakers have where the county jails are
been warned that the re- also facing legal troubles
quirements could force the over lockup conditions,
state to spend hundreds of there’s hardly a day that
millions of dollars to pay for Capt. James Quanico isn’t
renovations, increase staff several deputies short of
and defend against lawsuits. what it takes to efficiently
But if passed and signed run the jail.
into law, Holden’s bill would The county’s San Bruno
bring California’s correc- facility holds about 630 peo-
tions facilities in alignment ple, and when a reporter vis-
with United Nations guide- ited earlier this month, one
lines on the use of isolation, man exercising in the indoor
something prison research- yard said he had not been
ers and reform advocates AN INMATE talks to his lawyer at the Main Jail in downtown Sacramento. Years of research show that pro- outside in two years.
say is particularly needed in longed isolation can exacerbate mental illness and lead to hallucinations, psychosis and suicidal thoughts. In recent months,
local lockups where most in- Quanico said, he’s moved
carcerated people are wait-
ing for trial and have not
shooting that left six people
dead outside a Sacramento
sometimes violent popula-
tion.
Towers Correctional Facility
in Los Angeles have stuck ‘I felt a little dozens of people out of ad-
ministrative separation,
been convicted of a crime. nightclub. During his years in the with him. His cell was cov- bringing the number still
“Frankly, it’s an unrecog- So many people in the Legislature, Cooper rou- ered in dried feces, which he bit less than a there down to roughly 90. He
nized scandal that so many Sacramento jail have mental tinely disagreed with fellow ultimately decided to leave also created a new housing
people are suffering so sig-
nificantly in these environ-
illness — about 60% — that
the facility has become a “de
Democrats over criminal
justice reform policies, in-
in place instead of risking
disease exposure by touch-
human being pod of around 20 previous
administrative separation
ments,” said Craig Haney, a
UC Santa Cruz psychology
facto psychiatric hospital,”
said Sheriff Jim Cooper.
cluding the segregated con-
finement bill, which he did
ing it.
For the 58 days he was in-
the whole inmates who can now be in a
group, which helps them get
professor who has studied
the long-term effects of soli-
“There’s no place for
them to go. It’s just
not support last year. He
said his former colleagues
carcerated on a series of
charges including simple
time I was in out of their cells more often.
The proposed legislation
tary confinement. backwards,” Cooper said.
“County jails should not be
are “misguided” in how
they’re trying to solve the
battery and several other
misdemeanors, he said he
there. It was being considered by Califor-
nia lawmakers, which is sim-
:: psychiatric facilities.”
Under a 2020 federal con-
problem.
“Mr. Holden wants a
typically spent 24 hours each
day in a cell. A handful of
subhuman ilar to recent changes in New
York, would eliminate the
Sheriffs who run the jails
see a physically impossible,
sent decree, people incarcer-
ated in Sacramento Coun-
cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-
all approach,” he said. “It
times the guards offered him
a chance to get out for “rec-
conditions.’ use of isolation for vulnera-
ble populations, including
dangerous and costly task ty’s Main Jail are supposed doesn’t work.” reation” — but “recreation” — J OHN, those with serious mental
ahead if AB 280 passes. They to be allowed to spend at simply entailed being chai- who spent most of the 58 days
and physical disabilities;
use confinement to separate least 17 hours out of their :: ned to a table in an indoor he was incarcerated
pregnant and postpartum
inmates who they say are vi- cells each week, with limited common area, so it “wasn’t in a solitary cell
people; and anyone younger
olent, gang-affiliated or ac- exceptions. But that still The jail conditions have worth” being out, he said. than 26 or older than 59. It
cused of high-profile crimes. doesn’t happen. been a decades-long “I felt a little bit less than would also require regular
In some jails, even gen- “Dozens of people spend problem in Los Angeles a human being the whole ture, arguing that the pro- mental health checks, strin-
eral population inmates almost every hour of the day County where, according to time I was in there,” he said. posed restrictions on segre- gent documentation of when
spend so much time locked locked in small, dark cells. department officials, as of “It was subhuman condi- gated confinement would segregation is used and in-
in their cells that they would People go weeks or even mid-August 830 people were tions — and then there’s the hamper the jail’s ability to creased out-of-cell time for
fall under the bill’s broad months without any access in administrative toll it takes on your mind.” manage inmates with “se- recreation, meals, program-
definition of segregated con- to fresh air,” a 2022 report co- segregation — some isolated Unlike some people living vere and volatile” mental ming and treatment.
finement. Many jails simply written by the advocacy or- for disciplinary reasons, and in extreme isolation, John health problems. Years of research show
aren’t designed with enough ganization Prison Law Of- others for their own protec- was not in solitary because “Segregated confine- that prolonged isolation can
space to safely give everyone fice found. “Even when they tion or for broader safety of bad behavior or the nature ment must always be a exacerbate mental illness
more time outside their cell, are permitted to go to out- and security concerns. of his crime: He was isolated readily accessible option not and lead to hallucinations,
sheriffs argue, or enough door recreation, they are There is also a much because he admitted to staff only for these inmates but psychosis and suicidal
staff to watch them. confined to another grim larger population of people that he was suicidal, he told also for others who have a thoughts.
“It’s not as simple as this concrete space, with no living in de facto isolation, The Times. Now the 40-year- higher risk of encountering “Isolation itself is what
legislation makes it out to grass, no exercise equip- including hundreds of se- old is free and in sober living, retaliatory violence based does the damage,” Haney
be,” said California State ment, and dark tarps that verely mentally ill people where he said he’s been off on their alleged crimes, gang said. “It almost feels like
Sheriffs’ Assn. President block any view of the outside who spend most of their drugs for several months. affiliation, or other factors,” [jails are] designed to make
and Tulare County Sheriff world.” time locked alone in their “If you’re spending time he wrote in a letter to law- mental health problems
Mike Boudreaux. “More and Cooper, a Democrat who cells. Under a settlement alone at home you have a makers. worse rather than better.”
more oversight is being im- was elected sheriff last year agreement with the U.S. De- television or something to Supporters of the pro-
plemented into something after serving eight years as partment of Justice that’s harness loneliness or de- :: posed law contend that
that seems to be carrying a an assemblyman, said he is been in place since 2015, the pression or deep sadness,” sheriffs and jail officials who
political narrative versus trying to improve condi- county agreed to give se- John said. “But when you’re One county over, in Riv- oppose it are doing too little
real solutions.” tions. verely mentally ill people 20 in solitary you don’t have erside, Sheriff Chad Bianco to find reasonable and safe
Blocks away from the He wants to reconfigure hours of out-of-cell time per that. You don’t have the lux- had similar concerns. De- alternatives to isolation.
state Capitol where lawmak- the jail’s three yards to dou- week — 10 hours of free time ury of grasping onto some- spite his jail’s relatively re- “You can’t just put people
ers are debating solitary ble the recreation space for and 10 hours of program- thing for sanity. Maybe you served use of isolation, Bi- into a box and not have a
confinement sits Sacra- more than 1,700 inmates. ming. But the county has ne- work out. And you sleep. anco questioned whether plan,” said Hamid Yazdan
mento County’s Main Jail, a Over the last year, Cooper ver fully complied with that That’s all there is.” further reductions would be Panah, advocacy director for
dilapidated building in the has lobbied county supervi- requirement. The Sheriff ’s Depart- safe and said the number of Immigrant Defense Advo-
center of downtown with sors to build a new jail facil- In some areas of the jail, ment said it couldn’t identify cells in each pod would make cates.
dingy cells and sanitation is- ity that could address out- the conditions, both for the situation John described it “physically impossible” to Newsom hasn’t indicated
sues that in recent years has standing requirements in those in isolated confine- without more specific infor- let people out of their cells whether he would sign this
seen an uptick in in-custody the consent decree and fulfill ment and for those in gen- mation, but that it takes all for the requisite four hours year’s legislation, but re-
deaths. many of the legislation’s eral population, are allegations seriously. per day. cently said he is still working
During a recent tour of goals. They approved a more remarkably poor. Despite The Los Angeles County Riverside County’s five with the Legislature and the
the jail, a Times reporter modest plan to update parts regular visits from court-ap- jails — seven facilities that jails hold a total of about state Department of Correc-
heard people yelling and of the jail and build a mental pointed monitors, current together comprise the larg- 4,000 inmates, with fewer tions and Rehabilitation to
talking to themselves while health annex, which will take and former inmates regu- est jail system in the country than 100 in segregated con- “land on an agreement” for
in isolation, their voices am- years to complete. larly report being housed in — house nearly 13,000 peo- finement, officials said. segregated confinement in
plified in the steel and con- Cooper worries that the filthy cells and say they’re ple. Roughly half the popula- Those in segregation are fre- prisons.
crete of their housing pod. proposed law would add im- made to sleep on floors using tion is being held pretrial, quently housed in two-man Time is running out for
One unit reeked of stale air practical new requirements. only trash bags for warmth. and 42% have mental health cells, and some are allowed negotiations. The bill is
and sweat. He said jails weren’t built for For John, who still has needs. out together in small groups. scheduled for a critical com-
Peeking out from his long-term housing and said pending charges and asked Los Angeles County When a reporter visited a mittee vote on Sept. 1, which
cell’s glass window was Dan- that deputies are doing what that his full name be with- Sheriff Robert Luna op- segregated housing unit in could decide its fate. The last
drae Martin, charged with they can to maintain safety held, the few months he poses the changes being de- August, several men were day for lawmakers to pass
murder in last year’s mass with an unpredictable and spent in isolation at Twin bated in the state Legisla- calmly mingling outside of bills this year is Sept. 14.
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State prisons
are reporting
citizens to ICE,
ACLU says
cacy group says California
Corrections staffers Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation staff rou-
routinely assume that tinely assume people in their
people are deportable, custody are deportable im-
migrants — even when their
public records show. own records indicate they
are U.S. citizens or immi-
By Andrea Castillo grants who should not be de-
ported — and report those
WASHINGTON — On individuals to U.S. Immigra-
Aug. 18, 2022, a records de- tion and Customs Enforce-
partment employee at the ment while denying them re-
California Correctional Cen- habilitation opportunities.
ter emailed federal immigra- The records stem from a
tion authorities a list of peo- public records request filed
ple they believed could be last year by the ACLU affili-
subject to deportation. The ate, which sought communi-
list noted that most of those cations between the Califor-
sue Texas in fatal shooting, court rules flooding from heavy rains,
especially in the mountains
and deserts.
Officials issued the re-
only twice in the last century
— weather officials say the
situation was not unheard-
of for the region. While some
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has long
Tuesday that they say de-
scribes the practices em-
ployed by the department in
cooperation with ICE and
record
provides examples of alleged
actions by department staff
that are discriminatory, in-
cluding against immigrants.
“In their zeal to collude
with ICE, CDCR is not only
targeting people who have Man was on probation
served their time and are set
to return home for detention in a murder case at
and deportation but is also time of collision that
sweeping up U.S. citizens
and Green Card holders, re- killed 3 in Uber car.
lying on racist assumptions
and ignoring their own re- By Summer Lin
cords,” the report states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s of- The man accused of
fice referred questions from killing three people — in-
The Times to the correc- cluding two sisters — when
tions department. he crashed into their Uber in
CDCR spokesperson South Los Angeles was out
Terri Hardy said the depart- of jail on probation in con-
ment is working to limit nection with a murder case,
communications with ICE according to the Los Ange-
to only when someone en- les Police Department.
ters prison and when their Los Angeles resident
release date is approaching. Gregory Black, 31, faces
Hardy said the department Irfan Khan Los Angeles Times three charges of gross vehic-
inquires with ICE for an offi- IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest in 2022 in Los Angeles. State prison ular manslaughter, and if
cial determination if staff staffers have reported some people in their custody to ICE despite records showing they were born in the U.S. convicted could face up to 25
can’t determine an individu- years in prison to life for
al’s place of birth or if infor- rectional Facility indicated each charge, LAPD Det.
mation indicates that the in one email that they would Ryan Moreno said at a
person could be an immi- wait for a response from ICE Wednesday morning news
grant. before signing off on a pris- conference in Los Angeles.
ICE spokesman Richard oner’s parole. Black, a “well-known gang
Beam said the agency re- In another instance, a member” in the area, was
quests that California law case records technician at out on five-year probation,
enforcement notify ICE as Chuckwalla Valley State police said.
early as possible of immi- Prison said a prisoner had At about 5:20 a.m. Sat-
grants who are subject to de- declined to speak with ICE. urday, Black was allegedly
portation so that ICE can Even so, the technician traveling north on Vermont
assume custody when they asked an ICE agent, “Do you Avenue in a white Mercedes-
are released. still want to set an interview Benz when he ran a red light
He said those requests, for him?” That appears to be at Century Boulevard and
called immigration detain- in conflict with California T-boned a black Honda op-
ers, conserve government law stating that such inter- erating as an Uber and car-
resources and increase pub- views are voluntary. rying four passengers, ac-
lic safety by allowing arrests Ny Nourn, co-director of cording to Moreno. Black
to be made in a secure set- Asian Prisoner Support was traveling “at an ex-
ting instead of finding peo- Committee, remembers be- tremely high rate of speed,”
ple for deportation within ing disqualified from a fire- Moreno said.
their community. fighting job and a cable wire The force of the crash
The report follows a harness manufacturing job spun the Honda around five
lawsuit filed by the ACLU af- because of her ICE hold. times before it landed
filiate and former prisoners During her annual prison against a curb, Moreno said.
that alleged similar issues to reviews, officials would tell The three passengers sit-
those described in the re- her she was doing well — she ting in the back of the Uber
cords. John Moore Getty Images said she received no write- were pronounced dead at
In one example described DETAINEES at a privately run federal facility in Adelanto, Calif., in 2013. ups or violations — but re- the scene.
in the suit, a woman born minded her of the hold. They were identified as
in California to Cambodian days to spare. they were U.S. citizens. In wrote, “He was not; he was Nourn, a green card holder sisters Veronica Amezola,
immigrants was referred to If ICE believes that per- one email, a case record born in Mexico.” born in Thailand to Cambo- 23, and Kimberly Izquierdo,
ICE because state prison son is subject to deporta- technician at Avenal State “May I ask what leads you dian refugees, was incarcer- 27, and their friend, Juvelyn
officials wrongly perceived tion, the CDCR issues an Prison referred a man to ICE to believe he was born in ated for 16 years for her role Arroyo, 23.
her to be a Mexican immi- “actual” hold to show ICE’s whose records indicated he Mexico?” the ICE agent in a murder committed by The front seat passenger,
grant. intent to arrest the person was born in California. The asked in response. her former partner, who she Jesus Lopez, had injuries to
Records from the report upon their release, accord- technician joked in an email “His Probation Officer’s said abused her, before be- his left leg, chest and arms.
appear to show some pris- ing to the department’s op- to ICE agents inquiring Report, as well as the infor- ing pardoned by Newsom. The Uber driver, Michelle
ons have an “ICE Desk” with erations manual. about his legal status, mation collected by the After being released from Lee, had a fractured neck
staff designated to facilitate ICE has detained and “Should we just put US citi- counselors when first re- the Central California Wom- and ribs and massive head
referrals of incarcerated even deported U.S. citizens. zen on a piece of paper fold it ceived in prison, all state he en’s Facility in 2017, Nourn trauma. They were both
people to federal author- Last year, Asian Americans up and put it in a hat, and was born in Mexico,” the su- spent six months fighting hospitalized and are recov-
ities. Advancing Justice — Asian then write on another piece pervisor replied. “I was deportation. ering from their injuries.
According to the report, if Law Caucus and the ACLU of paper Mexican, fold it up tipped off while reviewing “There’s many immi- Black was also hospital-
a CDCR official perceives affiliate settled a lawsuit and also throw that in the his parole audit … that he grants like me who have ized with a fractured left an-
someone to be foreign born, with ICE over the unlawful hat and pick one.” doesn’t speak English.” been transferred over to kle and other injuries, ac-
that triggers a “potential” detention of a U.S. citizen, In response to a question Most people on lists sent ICE,” she said. “CDCR is not cording to Moreno. Black
hold at intake — an internal Brian Bukle, who had been about the incident, Hardy by the CDCR to ICE whose about rehabilitation.” has a criminal history, in-
designation established in referred to the agency by the said, “The email communi- birthplace is listed as the She and other advocates cluding 11 felony charges and
the department’s opera- CDCR. Bukle repeatedly cation between a former U.S. had non-Anglo-Saxon are calling for California leg- three convictions. He also
tions manual. Once some- told ICE agents that he was a CDCR employee at Avenal names, according to the re- islators to advance the has four misdemeanor
one is marked with a poten- U.S. citizen while detained State Prison and ICE is un- port. HOME Act, which would charges and one conviction.
tial hold, they are barred for 36 days at Mesa Verde acceptable, and not in line ICE regularly sent back block transfers to ICE de- Before the crash, Black
from lower-security custody ICE Processing Center in with expectations for how forms indicating that the tention of incarcerated peo- was allegedly driving at
placements, certain jobs Bakersfield before an immi- our staff communicate and person the CDCR had re- ple who meet the require- about 100 mph on Vermont
and reentry programming. gration attorney intervened work with other law enforce- ferred could not be de- ments for release under cer- Avenue and ran a red light at
Hardy said the CDCR is and secured his release. ment agencies. ported, Singh said. tain existing laws. Lawmak- Imperial Highway about 20
working on regulations that Sana Singh of the ACLU “We are working to en- CDCR employees ask ers rejected a predecessor of seconds before he hit the
would allow incarcerated affiliate said the group has sure our staff is properly ICE if it would like to pick up that bill last year. Uber. Moreno said the colli-
people with ICE holds to be been reviewing records since trained and informed when a prisoner even without Assemblymember Wen- sion site “looked like a bomb
placed in less-restrictive February and expects to re- dealing with these types of prompting from federal au- dy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), went off.”
housing based on their be- ceive thousands more pages cases,” Hardy said. The thorities, the records show, who sponsored the bill, said “It’s obvious when you
havior and program partici- of records in the coming CDCR did not respond to and have repeatedly fol- the documents obtained by see these videos that it’s ve-
pation. months. other questions from The lowed up when agents did the ACLU show clear bias hicular homicide all the
CDCR staff regularly put “What’s reflected in these Times. not respond. Sometimes, that requires the Legisla- way,” Moreno said. “You got
together “ICE packets” con- records is CDCR engaging in In another email, sent by state officials held inmates ture to demand accountabil- an individual driving at
taining background infor- formalized discrimination,” a correctional case records beyond their release dates to ity. speeds upwards of 100 mph
mation and criminal records she said. “We felt it was supervisor at San Quentin verify if ICE wanted to arrest “In actively collaborating in 35 mph streets, blowing
of people they believe could worth sharing now even be- State Prison to an ICE de- them, according to the re- with ICE and with their own red lights and ultimately
be transferred to ICE cus- fore we get the full universe portation officer 11 days be- port. discriminatory language basically playing roulette
tody, according to the re- of records.” fore a prisoner was sched- Hardy said the CDCR and actions, CDCR has be- and hitting a car, T-boning a
port. Advocates said ICE Documents obtained by uled for release, the supervi- does not, and cannot by law, trayed the public’s trust and car and killing people.”
often doesn’t begin investi- the ACLU affiliate showed sor said the inmate’s records hold incarcerated people their own mission to facili- GoFundMe pages have
gating until a person’s earli- that CDCR staff referred indicated he was born in Cal- past their release dates. tate the successful reentry of been set up to cover funeral
est possible release date people to ICE despite the ifornia. A case records technician individuals in their care,” costs for Amezola and
nears, sometimes with only state’s own records showing But, the supervisor at Richard J. Donovan Cor- she said. Izquierdo and for Arroyo.
Bomb
threat
empties
Oakland
school
Message with ‘racial
undertones’ sent to
head of campus that
drew right-wing scorn.
By Andrew J. Campa
LAUSD told to pay damages over death “The students have been
safely reunited with their
parents,” Ausmus said at a
news conference.
Ausmus said school em-
ter their children, and grader, Taylor said, and she month, Taylor’s attorney, hours, and said Brand had ployees were evacuated after
A jury awards Dayvon was in Brand’s allowed him to take Dayvon Steve Vartazarian, alleged passed numerous back- the threat “to a safe area,”
Downey apartment when he to movies and on play dates that Brand had a checkered ground checks. where they waited until they
$30 million to mother was fatally beaten. with other children. The two employment history and “No LAUSD employee could be cleared to return to
whose son was killed “My son did not deserve grew so close that she made that his client would have had any reason to believe campus. The campus was
to die at all. He was really him the boy’s godfather. never trusted him without that Martin Brand was a cleared around noon, ac-
by after-school coach. happy, joyful, helpful, re- But an investigation de- the district’s after-school danger to students until the cording to police.
spectful,” Kenya Taylor said termined that Brand se- program. He also presented day he was arrested for the There were 50 total peo-
By Richard Winton at a news conference Tues- verely beat Dayvon on Dec. evidence that L.A. Unified’s murder of Dayvon Taylor,” ple evacuated, according to
day. 26, 2019, while the boy was human resources depart- the attorneys said in court Oakland police spokes-
A jury has awarded The L.A. County Superi- was staying with him. He ment was never involved in papers, noting that they had person Rosalia Lopez.
$30 million in damages to a or Court jury in Van Nuys died at St. Mary Medical hiring Brand, and that the no reports of abusive or vi- The Alameda County
mother whose 6-year-old found that the district was Center in Long Beach that staff responsible for it were olent behavior by him. Sheriff ’s K-9 bomb-sniffing
son was murdered in 2019 by responsible for 90% of the day. not trained to filter out can- Whether the district will team was at the school earli-
a man who had worked for negligence that led to the The boy had been repeat- didates unsuited to being seek to overturn the verdict er in the day searching for
an after-school program op- death, with the remaining edly punched, and the blunt with children. or appeal the award has yet explosives, according to
erated by the Los Angeles 10% the fault of Kenya Tay- force trauma led to his Vartazarian showed ju- to be determined. Ausmus. No information on
Unified School District. lor. death, the investigation rors that Brand had no “While this tragedy hap- what might have been found
In a verdict on Aug. 10, the Brand worked at Nor- found. After Brand was ar- training or experience with pened off campus and dur- was provided.
jury said the district was mandie Avenue Elementary rested and charged with children, and that a supervi- ing a holiday break, the safe- The Alameda County
negligent in hiring, retaining School and had befriended murder, Taylor sued the sor who knew Brand offered ty and well-being of all stu- Sheriff ’s Office did not im-
and supervising Tyler the Taylor family. Dayvon, school district. babysitting services did not dents remains Los Angeles mediately respond to ques-
D’Shaun Martin Brand, an nicknamed “Day Day,” at- Brand, 26, pleaded no check his references. Unified’s top priority,” the tions.
after-school coach who tended the district’s Beyond contest to second-degree L.A. Unified attorneys ar- district said in a statement. Ausmus did not elabo-
killed Dayvon Taylor the day the Bell program. murder in May 2022. He was gued that the district should “Regarding the jury verdict, rate on what the email sent
after Christmas in 2019. The Brand seemed beloved sentenced to 15 years to life not be responsible for a slay- this is a legal matter. Los An- to the school’s principal
district had allowed Brand by children at the school, in prison. ing that occurred on private geles Unified intends to con- said, only that there were
to solicit parents to look af- where Dayvon was a first- During a civil trial this property outside school sider all available options.” “some racial undertones.”
She added that the FBI was
investigating as well.
Additional off-campus
sites were named as targets.
Could Mejia have done more to save nominee? Ausmus said there were
bomb threats aimed at “resi-
dences,” adding that the
homes were not those of stu-
dents or parents.
Mejia with their concerns? “Council members are at- mistake by failing to shep- for union officials who work Lopez said there were
The city controller’s Or should Mejia have tempting to excuse typical herd York through the coun- to influence city decisions. three total locations tar-
reached out to them, build- back-room dealing behavior cil’s approval process. Mims did not respond to geted.
choice for a seat on ing support for his nominee? by accusing our office of fail- “She made the mistake of requests for comment. Blu- Libs of TikTok, defined
ethics panel was shot Since York’s nomination ing to follow procedure. But trusting that Mejia was do- menfield said he offered by the Anti-Defamation
was shot down, City Council we didn’t do anything ing what he needed to do,” he York supportive comments League as “a popular anti-
down unanimously. members have defended wrong. The City Council did. said. at his fireworks event but did LGBTQ+ twitter account,”
their vote, citing her past A majority of council mem- Meat-and-potatoes net- not make an “ironclad com- posted on Monday about the
By David Zahniser work as a campaign fund- bers clearly ceded their role working — picking up the mitment” to vote for her. school’s “Playdate Social”
raiser and her advocacy on to special interests focused phone, for example — is not Supporters of York view held the previous Saturday.
If anyone on the Los An- the city’s lobbying rules, par- on limiting transparency unusual for veteran L.A. the focus on Mejia as misdi- The event was advertised
geles City Council should ticularly as they relate to la- and accountability,” she politicians. When Mayor rection, saying blame should as open to “Black, Brown
have been a reliable ally for bor unions. They also con- said. Karen Bass has a commis- be placed squarely with the and API families,” according
City Controller Kenneth tend that Mejia’s team Chang said her office of- sion appointment, she typi- council, particularly Kreko- to a flier. That notice drew
Mejia, it was Councilmem- showed little, if any, interest fered Krekorian a chance to cally alerts the council presi- rian, who heads the rules the ire of the account’s han-
ber Eunisses Hernandez. in speaking to council mem- speak with York in a June 30 dent and each member of committee, which serves as dlers, who posted that the
Hernandez and Mejia oc- bers or corralling votes. email. That email, written by the relevant council commit- the clearinghouse for ethics social was “race segregated”
cupy the leftmost end of the “The nomination was a Mejia staffer, was ad- tee, offering them an oppor- nominees. Krekorian waived and was not for “the white
political spectrum at City unanimously disapproved dressed to City Clerk Holly tunity to meet with the no- York’s nomination out of his kids.”
Hall, sharing similar views by members who have a wide Wolcott, with a copy sent to minee, according to a Bass committee, choosing not to The account also posted
on homelessness, police range of viewpoints, and the Krekorian’s general office in- aide. Councilmember Katy have a separate hearing on a comment from an alleged
spending and other topics. controller simply made no box. Yaroslavsky, for example, her appointment before it “brown” parent that read,
Both took office last year af- effort to address any mem- York, for her part, said met this year with two of reached the council floor. “I’m genuinely upset about
ter vanquishing seasoned ber’s questions or con- Mejia’s office was support- Bass’ appointees to the De- Asked about that deci- what ultimately boils down
elected officials. cerns,” Council President ive, staying in contact partment of Water and sion, Krekorian spokes- to a ‘no whites allowed’ play-
But when Mejia was look- Paul Krekorian said in a throughout the appoint- Power board. person Hugh Esten said date. How is this produc-
ing to put Jamie York, presi- statement. ment process. She said Former Ethics Commis- there was “not enough time” tive?”
dent of the Reseda Neigh- Councilmember Mar- she informed Mejia’s team sioner Shedrick Davis, an to consider the nomination The post garnered more
borhood Council, on the queece Harris-Dawson, of- that she had spoken with appointee of former City in committee before the full than 1.3 million views as of
city’s Ethics Commission, he fered a similar take, saying Councilmember Bob Blu- Controller Ron Galperin, council vote. Tuesday afternoon. Libs of
didn’t call up Hernandez for through an aide that Mejia’s menfield, her representa- said he didn’t experience Rob Quan, an organizer TikTok has a history of am-
help in the days leading up to team did not contact his of- tive, about her appointment that kind of process when he with Unrig LA, which plifying and framing social
the crucial Aug. 18 vote on fice to discuss his pick. while he was working a went before the council in backed York’s nomination, media posts by LGBTQ+
her appointment. “Most people that I vote booth at a Fourth of July fire- 2018. “I pretty much remem- said Krekorian had a re- creators, particularly for
Hernandez has since for, I can do so with confi- works event in Woodland ber congratulations and a sponsibility to hold a public right-wing scorn.
voiced regret over her vote to dence, because I know them. Hills. vote being taken,” he said. hearing on York, which A Reddit post about the
reject York, saying she had I know their record, I know “I asked Bob if I could Council members did re- would have allowed her to re- event entitled “Black,
her hands full that day with what they’re about,” Harris- count on his vote and he said ceive extensive feedback on spond publicly to her critics. Brown, Asian Playdate…”
another major issue. At the Dawson said. “That wasn’t yes,” she said. York from neighborhood “If there are problems, vet created on Sunday was de-
same time, she told The the case with this.” York said she also in- councils, which enthusiasti- them in your committee,” he leted, though a comment
Times it would be good if Mejia declined a request formed Mejia she had sup- cally endorsed her and her told Krekorian last week. thread with a few hundred
Mejia provided more infor- from The Times to discuss port from Councilmember work on strengthening lob- Hernandez said she responses remained.
mation the next time he sub- York’s nomination on Fri- Tim McOsker, after receiv- bying laws. Some also heard would vote for York if given As of Tuesday, Chabot
mits an ethics nominee. “We day. In emails, a Mejia aide ing that news from Doug Ep- from Charley Mims, who is another chance. But with Elementary’s website was
didn’t have anybody reach said the office followed the perhart, president of the listed as an executive board the deadline for such a vote not functioning.
out to us,” she said. proper protocol by sending a Coastal San Pedro Neigh- member with Service Em- past, it will be up to Mejia to Oakland Mayor Sheng
“I think it’s important to letter about York to the city borhood Council. Epper- ployees International Union decide whether to renomi- Tao tweeted she was “out-
over-communicate in these clerk, which was uploaded to hart, in an interview, said Local 721, which recently nate her or find a new ap- raged that our children, edu-
spaces, especially if it’s a pri- the public council file. McOsker agreed to vote for staged a one-day strike. pointee. cators and neighbors have
ority of yours,” she said. Diana Chang, a Mejia York during a conversation Mims emailed council been targeted by malicious
The uproar over the spokesperson, said York de- at a public safety fair. members a statement is- A version of this article threats. My office is in con-
council’s unanimous rejec- served a full public hearing. Epperhart, a York sup- sued by the Reseda Neigh- originally appeared in L.A. tact with Oakland Unified
tion of York has triggered an Instead, she said, the nomi- porter, called the council’s borhood Council, which on the Record, The Times’ School District and Oakland
array of questions. Among nation was “blocked by a vote “petty and vindictive.” York read aloud earlier this local politics newsletter. To Police as we seek answers.
them: Did council members corrupt, last minute, back- At the same time, he says year, arguing against the subscribe, visit We are monitoring the situa-
fall short by failing to go to room deal.” Mejia’s team made a rookie weakening of lobbying rules latimes.com/newsletters. tion closely.”
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swell west 2-3 feet at 10 seconds 81/68 83/66 110/82
and south 1-3 feet at 11 seconds. Beach
Mission Viejo
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currents is moderate at Ventura and 92/61
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San Diego county beaches and low 76/66 Clemente Albuquerque 93 66 -- 96 68 Su Tampa 87 78 1.73 89 79 Ts
at all other beaches.
78/63 SAN DIEGO CO. Anchorage 58 51 .15 61 54 R Tucson 107 85 -- 99 75 Ts
Oceanside Aspen 83 49 -- 83 51 Pc Tulsa 91 65 -- 89 65 Su
Atlanta 85 73 .24 88 71 Su Washington, D.C. 86 75 .01 81 62 Su
County Height Period Direction Temp Sun and moon 82/64 Austin 101 66 -- 102 71 Su Wichita 93 64 -- 92 63 Su
Santa Barbara 1-3’ 10 sec W 63 Baltimore 89 74 .13 82 59 Su
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Los Angeles 1-3’ 11 sec SW 65 Los Angeles Co. Orange Co. Ventura Co. 90/63 93/60 Boston 82 67 .83 74 57 Su Acapulco 89 79 .10 88 76 Ts
Orange 1-3’ 11 sec S 66 Sun 6:26a/7:21p 6:25a/7:19p 6:30a/7:25p Bufalo 67 60 .06 72 51 Su Amsterdam 64 55 .95 66 55 Sh
Moon 8:08p/7:00a 8:06p/6:58a 8:12p/7:04a Poway
San Diego 2-4’ 11 sec SW 69 Burlington, Vt. 81 70 .07 70 51 Su Athens 93 77 -- 89 72 Su
82/64 Charleston, S.C. 84 76 2.50 85 64 R Bangkok 93 83 .08 93 79 Ts
Charlotte 80 72 .39 84 59 Pc Barcelona 77 66 .48 79 69 Su
Tides San Diego Chicago 71 57 -- 77 59 Su Berlin 68 55 -- 64 50 Pc
L.A. Outer Harbor, in feet. 77/66 Cincinnati 75 63 -- 79 56 Su Cabo San Lucas 90 76 .22 88 77 Ts
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10:12p 6.6 Hi 4:03p 0.9 Lo Columbia, S.C. 79 74 1.87 87 62 Pc Dubai 108 90 -- 103 89 Su
Fri. 11:02a 5.6 Hi 4:47a -0.6 Lo
Almanac Columbus 73 62 -- 78 54 Su Dublin 63 50 .04 63 54 Sh
Wednesday Downtown readings Dallas/Ft.Worth 98 77 -- 98 74 Su Havana 90 79 .01 91 74 Ts
10:59p 6.0 Hi 4:53p 0.7 Lo Denver 97 58 -- 95 64 Su Ho Chi Minh City 88 75 .31 90 78 Ts
Temperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Detroit 69 58 .02 73 55 Su Hong Kong 90 78 .01 90 80 Hz
UV index High/low 94/67 92/67 84/62 24-hour total (as of 5 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 El Paso 95 73 -- 99 73 Su Istanbul 86 73 -- 90 73 Hz
Minutes to burn for sensitive people Normal high/low 85/65 87/66 76/58 Season total (since Oct. 1) 31.02 23.55 28.59 Eugene 82 55 -- 67 59 R Jerusalem 87 67 -- 90 68 Su
High/low a year ago 84/64 94/66 72/58 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 12.17 6.56 11.35 Fort Myers 91 80 .34 89 79 Ts Johannesburg 70 41 -- 73 47 Su
Las Vegas, 25 Phoenix, 25
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Los Angeles, 25 San Francisco, 25 Record low/date 49/1901 57/2010 50/1970 Humidity (high/low) 78/25 93/33 96/48 Honolulu 90 77 Tr 87 75 Pc Lima 72 65 -- 72 64 Pc
Houston 101 72 -- 100 75 Su London 68 52 -- 63 59 Sh
California cities Indianapolis 75 60 -- 77 56 Su Madrid 84 59 -- 91 62 Cy
Wed. Today Friday Wed. Today Friday Wed. Today Friday Jacksonville, Fla. 83 77 1.10 94 74 Ts Mecca 105 83 -- 110 84 Su
Kansas City 84 62 -- 83 59 Su Mexico City 82 55 -- 76 58 Sh
City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo Knoxville 83 70 -- 84 62 Su Montreal 72 63 .80 71 52 Su
Anaheim xx xx xx 87 66 84 65 L.A. D’ntown/USC 94 67 -- 87 66 82 65 San Diego 77 69 -- 77 66 78 69 Las Vegas 109 84 -- 106 81 Ts Moscow 66 55 -- 75 57 Su
Avalon/Catalina 92 79 -- 79 62 71 61 L.A. Int’l. Airport 83 67 -- 76 66 76 65 San Francisco 91 61 -- 74 63 72 62 Louisville 82 67 -- 81 59 Su Mumbai 88 81 .02 88 80 Sh
Bakersfield 95 70 -- 100 66 92 64 Laguna Beach 81 60 -- 76 66 76 66 San Gabriel 93 66 -- 89 65 83 63 Medford 86 53 -- 69 62 Cy New Delhi 93 84 -- 99 81 Hz
Barstow 109 74 -- 106 73 95 68 Lancaster 101 61 -- 98 66 88 65 San Jose 95 61 -- 83 63 74 58 Memphis 88 67 Tr 83 64 Su Paris 72 55 .07 68 61 Cy
Big Bear Lake 82 56 -- 79 52 69 47 Long Beach 88 67 -- 81 68 80 68 San Luis Obispo 101 60 -- 79 59 78 60 Miami 94 81 Tr 93 80 Ts Prague 64 54 .06 66 52 Pc
Bishop 97 52 -- 97 54 88 50 Mammoth Lakes 85 42 -- 79 38 70 37 Santa Ana 88 69 -- 81 68 79 67 Milwaukee 68 54 Tr 72 59 Su Rome 75 61 -- 80 62 Pc
Burbank 96 69 -- 90 65 81 63 Mission Viejo 91 63 -- 85 65 80 63 Santa Barbara 84 60 -- 76 63 77 66 Minneapolis 80 61 -- 83 63 Hz Seoul 83 71 .07 83 65 Cy
Camarillo 88 61 -- 80 64 82 67 Monrovia 95 66 -- 91 65 84 64 Santa Clarita 96 66 -- 93 60 83 58 Nashville 87 64 -- 84 63 Su Singapore 89 77 .06 88 79 Ts
Chatsworth 99 66 -- 90 64 82 62 Monterey 76 53 -- 72 61 71 59 Santa Monica Pier 84 63 -- 75 65 75 63 New Orleans 94 79 .04 94 77 Su Taipei City 95 86 -- 91 78 Ts
Chino 102 66 -- 97 65 91 63 Mt. Wilson 85 74 -- 70 60 63 54 Santa Paula 100 63 -- 85 59 82 60 New York 83 70 .27 76 60 Su Tokyo 90 81 -- 90 79 Pc
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Dana Point 79 64 -- 76 64 75 65 Newport Beach 75 64 -- 76 67 75 68 Simi Valley 102 64 -- 90 62 83 61 Oklahoma City 92 70 -- 92 64 Su Vienna 69 59 .03 75 59 Su
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Hemet 100 69 -- 96 63 85 62 Paso Robles 101 49 -- 90 53 79 57 Whittier Hills 90 62 -- 87 66 83 65 Raleigh/Durham 87 73 .10 80 59 R
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BACK HOME
J
ordin Canada had only one offer going
into WNBA free agency before last sea-
son: a training camp spot with the
Sparks. It came out of nowhere, she
said. And though it promised no long-
AND HAVING mentality of being aggressive and not being
afraid of the moments,” she said. “And not
shying away from, like I said, big moments
and just playing like myself.”
She has been a playmaker and a rock dur-
term guarantees, it was a dream come true
for the lifelong Sparks and Lakers fan.
The L.A. native knew it was time to come
home after playing four years in Seattle as
Sue Bird’s backup.
FUN AGAIN ing the Sparks’ injury-filled season, starting
33 games and averaging 32.5 minutes. Spe-
cifically, she has stepped up for veteran
guard Layshia Clarendon, who has returned
from injury but missed her 15th game Tues-
“I just thought that was a sign from God day while in “health and safety protocols.”
telling me that I have to bet on myself,” Cana-
da said before Tuesday’s 76-75 loss to the Chi- Canada, an L.A. native and ex-UCLA star, has “That’s just kind of the role that I have on
his team,” Canada said after the game. “I
cago Sky. “At that point in my career, being in have a lot to carry, I have a lot on my plate,
Seattle for four years, I had to think to myself rediscovered her love of the game with Sparks and I accept the challenge day in and day
did I want to be a backup or did I want to out.”
come in and I want to better myself and show A quick-footed and quiet presence, Cana-
everybody what I’m capable of?” By Annika Johnson da mostly lets her actions speak for them-
Though she won two WNBA titles on a selves. But, she knew that being the Sparks’
“fully stacked” team in Seattle, Canada said starting point guard meant she’d have to be
of her time there: “At one point, it kind of be- more of a vocal leader.
came like a job, like I was just showing up.” Besides signing plays, directing team-
Canada, 28, has rediscovered her love of mates and calmly dribbling the ball after a
basketball in L.A and is having a career-best Sparks rebound while thinking of the next
season that has made her a prime candidate move, Canada now keeps the team centered
for the WNBA’s most improved player alongside seasoned veterans Nneka Ogwu-
award. After averaging 9.2 points, 5.5 assists mike, Clarendon and Jasmine Thomas. In
and 2.3 rebounds a game last season, she is team huddles Canada will say, “Let’s calm
averaging 13.5 points, six assists and 3.2 re- down, just try to get a good shot, let’s be fo-
bounds this year. cused, and we’re good.”
She also is tied for the league lead with 2.2 Watching Canada develop confidence as
steals per game, compared with 1.4 last year. a leader is “just fun to see,” Miller said. He be-
With her 74th steal of the season Tuesday lieves she’s the front-runner for most im-
night, she broke the Sparks’ franchise record proved player, not just because she leads the
set by four-time All-Star Alana Beard in 2017. league in steals or is in the top five in assists.
But Canada’s not keeping score. “Oh,” It’s more because of how she has grown as a
she said with a small smile after the game. “I prominent voice on the team. Canada attrib-
didn’t know that.” utes some of that to having the trust of her
Her improvement from beyond the three- teammates.
point line is “somewhat unprecedented in “I don’t think there’s anyone else close,”
this league,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said Close said about Canada’s chances at being
Tuesday. She’s shooting 35.4% from three named most improved, adding that she
this season, more than double her percent- watches as much WNBA as she possibly can.
age last year(14%). “The way that she’s commanded the team,
The 2022 offseason was a game-changer the impact performances, but also the way
for Canada, who chose to play domestically that she steadied that ship through all their
for Athletes Unlimited rather than overseas. injuries.”
She compared it to the simplicity of playing The Sparks (15-20) were forced to use 12
pickup or club basketball as a kid. “Just go- different starting lineups because of those
ing out there and just not having to think injuries in the first half of the season. But af-
about Xs and O’s …” she said. ter a 7-13 start, the Sparks are now a half-
“It was just getting back to that joy that I game ahead of the Sky for the final playoff
had when I was a kid and falling in love with spot with five games remaining.
the game again.” She added that it helped Canada, who sports a tattoo saying
her play “like herself ” again: freely and not “Family Over Everything” on the side of her
overthinking or doubting her abilities. right forearm, has shared no downside to
Her former coach at UCLA, Cori Close, playing in her hometown.
took notice of Canada’s new spark and Although one of Canada’s trademarks is
texted her, “I see the joy back in your eyes,” keeping cool and competitive under pres-
earlier this season. sure, Close thinks playing in L.A. may in-
“That’s how I feel,” Canada said about crease the stakes.
Close and lifelong friends reaching out. “I feel “She’s got a lot of people that are really
like I’m playing with a lot of joy. I’m loving the rooting for her, tied to her; it’s easy to slip
game again and I’m glad that other people into feeling responsible to those people. But
can see that as well.” on the other hand, she’s unconditionally
Canada, a quiet and lead-by-example loved,” Close said.
player, also spent time watching her old “And on the other hand, she gets a chance
UCLA film in search of her fearless and fiery to build women’s basketball and girls’
alter ego. Adam Pantozzi NBAE/Getty Images basketball in the town that raised her. ... So I
“I felt like that’s what I’m playing like now, SPARKS point guard Jordin Canada drives to the basket against the Dallas think, yes, it is a pressure. But it truly is a
just getting back to that confidence and that Wings in June. Canada is tied for the league lead in steals with 2.2 per game. privilege as well.”
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DODGERS
Novak Djokovic and Iga
Swiatek rolled to straight- at Oakland at Oakland at Oakland BALTIMORE
sets victories to move into 6:30 1 1 6:30
the third round at the U.S. BSW BSW BSW BSW
Open on Wednesday in 85- ANGELS
degree weather on the tour-
nament’s hottest day so far.
“That’s why we train sev- SEASON OPENER: SEPT. 10 AT SEATTLE, 1:25, CH. 11
eral hours a day in humid,
hot conditions,” the second- RAMS
seeded Djokovic said after a
6-4, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Bern-
abe Zapata Miralles. SEASON OPENER: SEPT. 10 VS. MIAMI, 1:25, CH. 2
Swiatek, the top-seeded
defending champion, had CHARGERS
only slightly more trouble in
her 6-3, 6-4 victory over HOUSTON
Daria Saville. 7:30
In the biggest upset of the Apple TV
day, Stefanos Tsitsipas fell GALAXY
to 128th-ranked Swiss quali-
fier Dominic Stricker 7-5, 6-7 MIAMI
(2), 6-7 (5) 7-6 (6), 6-3. John Minchillo Associated Press 7
Coco Gauff cruised into NOVAK DJOKOVIC returns a shot to Bernabe Zapata Miralles during Apple TV
the third round with a 6-3, Djokovic’s 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 victory in the second round of the U.S. Open in New York. LAFC
6-2 victory over 16-year-old
Mirra Andreeva. Dominic Poppinga’s father, who said the world record for largest Austen Pleasants, receivers Kansas City
Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open Julius would have wanted attendance at a women’s Terrell Bynum and Keelan 5
champion, retired soon after the team to play. sporting event with 92,003 Doss, linebacker Andrew Paramount+
dropping a first-set tie- — Eric Sondheimer filling Memorial Stadium for Farmer, cornerback Matt ANGEL CITY
breaker to American Ben the Cornhuskers’ volleyball Hankins and tight end
Shelton. Another American, Eric Lewis, a veteran match against Omaha. Hunter Kampmoyer. SEATTLE WASH.
Taylor Townsend, ad- NBA referee who was vilified 7 4:30
vanced but two others, by some Lakers players and The Rams signed 15 play- Cincinnati quarterback SpecSN SpecSN
Christopher Eubanks and fans after an infamous ers to the practice squad: Joe Burrow was back at SPARKS
Danielle Collins, did not. no-call in Boston last sea- quarterback Brett Rypien, practice more than a month Shade denotes home game.
son, is retiring amid a league offensive linemen AJ Arcuri, after he was sidelined be-
investigation into his social Logan Bruss, Grant Miller cause of a strained calf mus-
ETC. media activity. Lewis was ac- and Mike McAllister, defen- cle. ... Carolina waived quar- TODAY ON THE AIR
cused of using a Twitter sive lineman Marquise terback Matt Corral, its
Westlake High burner account to defend Copeland, running back third-round pick last year, TIME EVENT ON THE AIR
himself and other officials Royce Freeman, defensive without him taking a regu-
player dies against criticism. NBA pol- back Tanner Ingle, receivers lar-season snap.
AUTO RACING
4:15 a.m. (Fri.) Formula One, Italian Grand Prix, practice TV: ESPN2
icy prohibits referees from Tyler Johnson, Austin
BASEBALL
Julius Poppinga, a 17- publicly commenting on offi- Trammell and Xavier Boston Red Sox out-
year-old junior defensive ciating without permission. Smith, tight end Nikola fielder Jarren Duran had 10 a.m. New York Yankees at Detroit TV: MLB
end at Westlake High, died — Chuck Schilken Kalinic, linebackers Troy surgery on a tendon in his 7 p.m. Atlanta at Dodgers TV: SNLA R: 570,
Wednesday, principal Jason Reeder and Keir Thomas II, left big toe and is expected to 1020
Branham said in an email. Pia Sundhage was fired and defensive back Camer- miss the rest of the season. BASKETBALL
Poppinga had been hos- as coach of the Brazilian on McCutcheon. ... The 4 p.m. WNBA, Phoenix at Connecticut TV: Amazon Prime
pitalized after having trou- women’s soccer team in the Chargers claimed lineback- Former Kings and Ducks Video
ble breathing, a source not wake of a disappointing per- er Tanner Muse off waivers, winger Carl Hagelin is retir- COLLEGE FOOTBALL
authorized to speak about formance at the Women’s waived fullback Zander ing from the NHL at age 35, 4 p.m. Elon at Wake Forest TV: ACC
the player’s health told The World Cup. Brazil failed to Horvath and signed 12 play- citing an eye injury that has
4 p.m. Kent State at Central Florida TV: FS1
Times. He had not played or reach the knockout stage for ers to their practice squad: kept him out of game action
practiced since making an the first time since 1995. quarterback Max Duggan, for nearly a year and a half. 4 p.m. Rhode Island at Georgia State TV: ESPN+
appearance in Westlake’s Sundhage, 63, previously led linebacker Brevin Allen, de- 4 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at Western Michigan TV: ESPN+
season opener on Aug. 18. the United States women to fensive linemen Jerrod Former U.S. Open cham- 4:30 p.m. N.C. State at Connecticut TV: CBSSN
The team will play Thou- two Olympic titles. Clark, Christian Covington pion Gary Woodland said he 5 p.m. Florida at Utah TV: ESPN
sand Oaks on Friday. Coach and CJ Okoye, offensive will have surgery to remove a 5 p.m. Nebraska at Minnesota TV: 11
Mark Serve said he spoke to Nebraska laid claim to linemen Zack Bailey and lesion found on his brain. 5 p.m. South Dakota at Missouri TV: SEC
5 p.m. Arkansas Pine Bluff at Tulsa TV: ESPN+
5 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Alabama Birmingham TV: ESPN+
7 p.m. Southern Utah at Arizona State TV: Pac-12
PREDICTING WINNERS FOR side the program and brought in Garrett Riley, Lincoln’s
younger brother who helped Texas Christian to the na-
tional title game, as his offensive coordinator. Riley is sure
PROJECTED STANDINGS
W L W L
Clemson 7 1 Virginia Tech 4 4
Florida State 7 1 Duke 3 5
North Carolina 6 2 Georgia Tech 3 5
Pittsburgh 6 2 Syracuse 3 5
Miami 5 3 Boston College 2 6
Louisville 4 4 Virginia 1 7
North Carolina St. 4 4 Wake Forest 1 7
TEAM PREDICTIONS
Boston College 6-6 North Carolina 9-3
Northern Illinois W South Carolina L
Holy Cross W Appalachian State W
Florida State L Minnesota W
at Louisville L at Pittsburgh W
Virginia W Syracuse W
at Army W Miami L
at Georgia Tech L Virginia W
Connecticut W at Georgia Tech W
at Syracuse L Campbell W
Virginia Tech W Duke W
at Pittsburgh L at Clemson L
Miami L at N.C. State W
Brett Davis Associated Press Eric Gay Associated Press Rick Scuteri Associated Press
CARSON BECK won't lead Georgia to a repeat. STEVE SARKISIAN will take Texas to the top. JIM HARBAUGH will roll — until Ohio State.
Arkansas 7-5 Georgia 11-1 Brigham Young 5-7 Oklahoma State 7-5 Iowa 9-3 Maryland 9-3
Western Carolina W Tennessee-Martin W Sam Houston State W Central Arkansas W Utah State W Towson W
Kent State W Ball State W Southern Utah W at Arizona State W at Iowa State W Charlotte W
Brigham Young W South Carolina W at Arkansas L South Alabama W Western Michigan W Virginia W
at Louisiana State L UAB W at Kansas L at Iowa State W at Penn State L at Michigan State L
Texas A&M L at Auburn W Cincinnati W Kansas State L Michigan State W Indiana W
at Mississippi L Kentucky W at Texas Christian L Kansas W Purdue W at Ohio State L
at Alabama L at Vanderbilt W Texas Tech W at West Virginia L at Wisconsin L Illinois W
Mississippi State W Florida W at Texas L Cincinnati W Minnesota W at Northwestern W
at Florida L Missouri W at West Virginia L Oklahoma L Northwestern W Penn State W
Auburn W Mississippi W Iowa State W at Central Florida L Rutgers W at Nebraska W
Florida International W at Tennessee L Oklahoma L at Houston L Illinois W Michigan L
Missouri W at Georgia Tech W at Oklahoma State L Brigham Young W at Nebraska L at Rutgers W
Auburn 5-7 Kentucky 7-5 Cincinnati 3-9 Texas 10-2 Minnesota 4-8 Michigan 11-1
Massachusetts W Ball State W Eastern Kentucky W Rice W Nebraska W East Carolina W
at California W Eastern Kentucky W at Pittsburgh L at Alabama L Eastern Michigan W Nevada Las Vegas W
Samford W Akron W Miami (Ohio) W Wyoming W at North Carolina L Bowling Green W
at Texas A&M L at Vanderbilt W Oklahoma L at Baylor W at Northwestern W Rutgers W
Georgia L Florida W at Brigham Young L Kansas W Louisiana W at Nebraska W
at Louisiana State L at Georgia L Iowa State L Oklahoma W Michigan L at Minnesota W
Mississippi L Missouri W Baylor L at Houston W at Iowa L Indiana W
Mississippi State W Tennessee L at Oklahoma State L Brigham Young W Michigan State L at Michigan State W
at Vanderbilt L at Mississippi State L Central Florida W Kansas State W Illinois L Purdue W
at Arkansas L Alabama L at Houston L at Texas Christian L at Purdue L at Penn State W
New Mexico State W at South Carolina L at West Virginia L at Iowa State W at Ohio State L at Maryland W
Alabama L at Louisville W Kansas L Texas Tech W Wisconsin L Ohio State L
Louisiana State 10-2 Missouri 4-8 Houston 5-7 Texas Christian 10-2 Nebraska 6-6 Michigan State 7-5
Florida State L South Dakota W Texas San Antonio L Colorado W at Minnesota L Central Michigan W
Grambling W Middle Tennessee St. W at Rice W Nicholls State W at Colorado W Richmond W
at Mississippi State W Kansas State L Texas Christian L at Houston W Northern Illinois W Washington L
Arkansas W Memphis W Sam Houston State W Southern Methodist W Louisiana Tech W Maryland W
at Mississippi W at Vanderbilt L at Texas Tech L West Virginia W Michigan L at Iowa L
at Missouri W Louisiana State L West Virginia W at Iowa State W at Illinois L at Rutgers W
Auburn W at Kentucky L Texas L Brigham Young W Northwestern W Michigan L
Army W South Carolina W at Kansas State L at Kansas State L Purdue W at Minnesota W
at Alabama L at Georgia L at Baylor L at Texas Tech L at Michigan State L Nebraska W
Florida W Tennessee L Cincinnati W Texas W Maryland L at Ohio State L
Georgia State W Florida L Oklahoma State W Baylor W at Wisconsin L at Indiana W
Texas A&M W at Arkansas L at Central Florida L at Oklahoma W Iowa W Penn State L
Mississippi State 5-7 South Carolina 8-4 Iowa State 3-9 Texas Tech 10-2 Northwestern 2-10 Ohio State 10-2
SE Louisiana W North Carolina W Northern Iowa W at Wyoming W at Rutgers L at Indiana W
Arizona W Furman W Iowa L Oregon W Texas El Paso W Youngstown State W
Louisiana State L at Georgia L at Ohio W Tarleton State W at Duke L Western Kentucky W
at South Carolina L Mississippi State W Oklahoma State L at West Virginia W Minnesota L at Notre Dame W
Alabama L at Tennessee L at Oklahoma L Houston W Penn State L Maryland W
Western Michigan W Florida W Texas Christian L at Baylor W Howard W at Purdue W
at Arkansas L at Missouri L at Cincinnati W Kansas State W at Nebraska L Penn State L
at Auburn L at Texas A&M L at Baylor L at Brigham Young L Maryland L at Wisconsin L
Kentucky W Jacksonville State W Kansas L Texas Christian W Iowa L at Rutgers W
at Texas A&M L Vanderbilt W at Brigham Young L at Kansas W at Wisconsin L Michigan State W
Southern Miss W Kentucky W Texas L Central Florida W Purdue L Minnesota W
Mississippi L Clemson W at Kansas State L at Texas L at Illinois L at Michigan W
Mississippi 9-3 Tennessee 11-1 Kansas 8-4 Central Florida 6-6 Purdue 7-5 Penn State 10-2
Mercer W Virginia W Missouri State W Kent State W Fresno State W West Virginia W
at Tulane W Austin Peay W Illinois W at Boise State L at Virginia Tech L Delaware W
Georgia Tech W at Florida W at Nevada W Villanova W Syracuse W at Illinois W
at Alabama W Texas San Antonio W Brigham Young W at Kansas State L Wisconsin W Iowa W
Louisiana State L South Carolina W at Texas L Baylor W Illinois W at Northwestern W
Arkansas W Texas A&M W Central Florida W at Kansas L at Iowa L Massachusetts W
at Auburn W at Alabama L at Oklahoma State L at Oklahoma L Ohio State L at Ohio State W
Vanderbilt W at Kentucky W Oklahoma W West Virginia W at Nebraska L Indiana W
Texas A&M L Connecticut W at Iowa State W at Cincinnati L at Michigan L at Maryland L
at Georgia L at Missouri W Texas Tech L Oklahoma State W Minnesota W Michigan L
Louisiana Monroe W Georgia W Kansas State L at Texas Tech L at Northwestern W Rutgers W
at Mississippi State W Vanderbilt W at Cincinnati W Houston W Indiana W at Michigan State W
Texas A&M 10-2 Vanderbilt 5-7 Kansas State 10-2 West Virginia 4-8 Wisconsin 9-3 Rutgers 3-9
New Mexico W Hawaii W SE Missouri W at Penn State L Buffalo W Northwestern W
at Miami W Alabama A&M W Troy W Duquesne W at Washington State L Temple W
Louisiana Monroe W at Wake Forest L at Missouri W Pittsburgh L Georgia Southern W Virginia Tech L
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meant, and it was super
emotional. I think I, among
many others that participa-
ted, are still processing what
Incredible time on
failed to disclose a romantic larger issue that is a huge emotional breaks. Like Big
relationship with his long- collective trauma. having his emotional mo-
time aide Allison Gollust, ment figuring out where his
who also served as chief mar- You’ve worked on what I trauma came from with his
keting officer. think of as “uncle epi- grandmother [and] with
‘Reservation Dogs’
After CNN became part sodes,” where the focus is Deer Lady [in Episode 208],
of Warner Bros. Discovery, on some of the elders like then ending up in some sort
Licht, a former news and Uncle Brownie. What was it of weird action movie se-
late-night talk show pro- like for you to explore their quence at the end with fish-
ducer, was named chairman backstories in Episode 5? head f—. Now [in Episode
in April 2022. But his stew- Lowe: It was great, espe- 306], these elderly men are
ardship lasted about a year, cially when I saw that it was a opening up to Cheese and
as ratings continued to de- Two directors relish full-on ’70s episode and trying to get him to come
cline while he was forced by inspired by “Dazed and back to community but it
its new corporate parent to experience on series Confused” and all those completely flips to where he
cut staffing. and how it’s bolstered other films. I just immedi- makes them reveal their
Licht failed to connect ately took to the material. demons and they end up
with the staff and was unable Native representation. And being able to explore all having this huge breakdown.
to put together a prime-time the established characters, It’s nice to see characters
program lineup that could By Tracy Brown who are elders in the present switch, I don’t want to say
reverse a ratings decline. He time, and actually see them positions of power, but posi-
was also under pressure to This story includes spoilers in high school during their tions of emotional tender-
put more Republican politi- for “Reservation Dogs” different boarding school ness with each other. These
cians on CNN, as Zaslav Season 3, including Episode experience in the ’70s where, men are trying to educate
maintained the network had 6, now available on Hulu. you know, it was a bit more Cheese about the impor-
moved too far to the political free and open with not as tance of family and commu-
left. The third and final sea- much oppression — a lot nity and letting go of certain
But the attempt to court son of FX’s “Reservation more LSD and sex. It was things, and it flips to all these
more conservative viewers Dogs” has been taking some cool to see that Native expe- men just completely bawling
led to a chaotic town hall bold swings. THE SERIES focused on the horrors of Indian rience going from what in the woods. It’s beautiful to
with former President After a second season boarding schools in “Deer Lady” episode this season. Danis’ episode had shown, to see adults, to a certain de-
Trump, which alienated that saw Bear (D’Pharaoh the ’70s. It’s still kids ripped gree, put in their place by the
CNN viewers for weeks after- Woon-A-Tai), Elora Danan intimacy to it. Like, the kids more off-center. He knows away from their parents, but younger generation. And it’s
ward. (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack have been out in the danger- everyone’s strengths and in terms of experience, it’s very much a Native thing of
The London-born (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese ous world, so we bring them what they can do best. completely different. laughter and crying and
Thompson now enters a sce- (Lane Factor) set off on a ca- into a sort of safer space Goulet: It’s amazing The nice thing about the horror, you just keep smiling
nario that is similar to the thartic cross-country road where we could just sit with because we’ve all known show is it provides all these and living this nightmare of
one he faced at the New York trip in honor of their late them as they catch up with each other since the early to different interpretations of life to make it a good thing.
Times a decade ago. friend, the coming-of-age se- themselves and reflect on mid-2000s. We’ve all watched the Native experience. And
CNN is a highly influen- ries, created by Sterlin Harjo what’s just happened and so much of each other’s to have all of that there and We can’t talk about “Reser-
tial news organization still and Taika Waititi, has taken also tee up certain things for work. It really feels like you’re also be able to see where all vation Dogs” without dis-
largely tethered to a business time to explore the backsto- the season. And the actors kind of returning to this of the trauma and all of this cussing what the show has
model that is eroding as ries of characters outside its we’ve come to all know and family and then just being love grew from with these done for Native representa-
viewers shift away from pay core teen protagonists. love over the past few sea- empowered creatively. four characters [Brownie, tion not just onscreen but
TV subscriptions and spend As the Rez Dogs continue sons, the first day I shot with Sterlin really trusts what Bucky, Irene and Mabel], it also, as you’ve both men-
more time with streaming vi- to figure out who they want everyone, I was just like, people are going to do. I was cool to explore and set tioned, behind the camera.
deo. to be, early episodes in Sea- “Man, these guys have it think the beautiful thing up their characters for who What do you want to take
When Thompson joined son 3 like “Deer Lady” and dialed in.” It’s amazing, about the show is that it isn’t they were and who they’re from your experience on
the Times, he faced a similar “House Made of Bongs” have because so many of them afraid to take risks and to go going to become. this show as you pursue
challenge — a strong journal- revealed how a vigilante spir- were fairly fresh to acting, off into different places. I your own next projects?
ism organization that was it and community elders be- with the exception of Dev- think that speaks to Sterlin’s It was fun to see the elders Lowe: Residual checks, if
seeing its audience decline came who they are. ery. But to see them have leadership. I also think he is being their own version of the negotiations get done.
as consumers shifted away Directors Danis Goulet really found their stride as a great matchmaker, be- the Rez Dogs. Goulet: It’s funny that
from printed newspapers and Blackhorse Lowe, who actors, it’s such an amazing cause he really thinks about Lowe: They were young you say that, Blackhorse,
and more toward online combined have directed four process to come together what scripts are going to go s— a— doing drugs in the because those of us who have
sources for news. of the first six episodes of and work with them again. to what director. And then, woods. That parallel is there. been around for more than a
Thompson oversaw an in- Season 3, have relished the once that choice is made, The human factor is one minute know what it’s like to
vestment into audio prod- creative freedom and col- Blackhorse, you’ve been he’s like, “Here you go, it’s lovely thing that Sterlin slog the way in independent
ucts such as “The Daily” pod- laborative creative commu- with the show since Season yours. What can I do to always shows. All people are film. To watch Sterlin for so
cast, newsletters and confer- nity on “Reservation Dogs.” 1. What was working on that help?” human and all people are f— many years just make a
ences. He used digital ver- “I heard a lot of horror first season like before It’s really an incredible up and full of love. And show- bunch of features that all get
sions of crosswords, games stories about what it’s like to anybody even knew a show experience. I haven’t worked ing Maximus, the character into Sundance, but then it’s
and recipes to increase the work on television, especially like “Reservation Dogs” in a lot of other TV, but from played by Graham Greene [still] so hard to finance that
number of paying online con- if you’ve come up in inde- was possible? the stories I’ve heard, this is [in Episode 2], how he came next thing and you never do
sumers. As a result, the New pendent film,” said Goulet, a Lowe: When Sterlin was a real exception and not the to this place in the story get a bigger budget. To fi-
York Times has lapped its Cree-Métis filmmaker who shooting the pilot, he told rule. where he’s sent to [psych nally get that opportunity to
major print competitors in previously directed the Sea- me if it gets picked up, I wards] and getting all this see what’s possible when
the race for paid digital sub- son 2 episode “Mabel.” “But would come on, and Danis, Blackhorse mentioned electro-shock therapy. What resources are given to Na-
scribers with nearly 10 mil- coming onto ‘Reservation as well and other directors, Deer Lady earlier, but was the beginning of that? tive-led storytelling is so
lion. Dogs’ was the opposite of to do the rest of the show. It Danis, what did you think Where and how did that incredible. You as well have
Whether Thompson can that experience. It was like was a very pleasant feeling when you to got the script story start? It was really fun worked in independent film
achieve the same kind of being embraced by this in- to come onto an actual set exploring her backstory in to explore that character for so long. It’s like, yeah
turnaround at CNN will be a credibly supportive commu- where people knew what we Episode 3? The history and and that budding darkness. man, you do deserve a resid-
major question in the media nity in Oklahoma of everyone were doing, and everyone legacy of Indian boarding ual paycheck. We have paid
industry. that is so passionate about was extremely enthusiastic schools is something not all What are the moments you some dues. And not just the
CNN has tremendous telling these stories.” to be there. I think in that American audiences are take away from on set? regular dues that folks all
reach online through its web- “The great thing about first season, we were kind of aware of. How did you want What was memorable for over the place have paid.
site and apps, which are free shooting in Oklahoma, it’s finding our footing with the to approach it? you about working on these Lowe: The big thing is the
and dependent on advertis- just so community-based, characters, the visual gram- Goulet: God, I read the episodes this season? relationships with the crew.
ing. The cable network is and the heart and soul of the mar and what Sterlin script, and it’s so brilliant. It Lowe: Tick checks. That’s Working with Tazbah [Rose
what attracts paying cus- story is all there,” added wanted. The writing was so was written by Sterlin, and what I remember. Chavez] and working with
tomers through their sub- Lowe, a Navajo filmmaker solid, everything was there. he’s done this incredible job Goulet: Blackhorse has Migizi [Pensoneau]. Work-
scriptions to pay TV serv- who has worked on the show It was just a matter of plug- of talking about this huge, touched on it but there’s so ing with the people at FX
ices, which are declining since its first season. “I think ging in the characters and historical experience that much humanity in the show. and the amazing cast and
about 8% each year. out of all my television expe- tuning into the right wave- Indigenous people all share, I think because of the poli- crew. There’s so many friend-
CNN launched a direct- riences, this is the one I’m length and making every- which is how we’ve all been tics of representation, ships and moments that
to-consumer streaming most spoiled on because thing happen. Everything impacted by the [Indian] there’s this pressure to por- we’ve shared on set from
service in March 2022 called Sterlin gives us the most cre- there within my first couple boarding school system. All tray Indigenous people in a lightning strikes to all these
CNN+. Nine days after CNN ative control to get the job of episodes, with Uncle of us Indigenous folks know certain way. To be able to different places we’d go to
became part of Warner Bros. done. Having his support, Brownie (Gary Farmer) and this history. It’s very familiar. just be flawed humans, with shoot and other adventures.
Discovery, the new owners along with everyone in FX, the other one with Deer When I read it, immedi- all of the complexity of all of Everything from Deer
shut it down due to cost con- it’s a very good place to be.” Lady (Kaniehtiio Horn), ately, I felt — and this is our relationships onscreen is Lady to boarding schools to
cerns. On a recent video call, went across very beautifully. something I’ve already so amazing, and I think the just the very mundane
CNN is launching a new Goulet and Lowe discussed We had no problems. So that thought about as a film- show just really centers on things of daily life, all these
streaming service next their episodes, experiences first season, it was blessed. maker — but this is a horror love at the core of it. things are very spiritual and
month — called CNN Max — on the show and how “Reser- show. What was really ex- Obviously, for Episode 3, have a lot of heft to them. We
that will be included as part vation Dogs” has changed The common understand- perienced in real life is a it got heavy at times because really have to be very con-
of WBD’s Max streaming how TV can be made. This ing is that TV is a writer’s horror show. And when I you can’t touch on some- scious of these things and
platform. It will offer a mix of conversation has been ed- medium. As filmmakers, talked to the boarding thing that big without hav- the people we’re leading
live news presented by CNN ited for length and clarity. how do you navigate being school consultant that was ing to go to a place of quiet them through and the sto-
anchors and simulcasts of true to yourselves as artists on the episode, Denise [Laji- and really honoring what ries we’re leading them
several of the cable network’s Danis, you directed that but also fit it into the modiere], about how much happened and also trying to through and how we take
programs including “The first episode that got the showrunner’s vision? should we show and how do hold the space that the care of them. I’m very grate-
Lead With Jake Tapper” and kids back to Oklahoma. Lowe: Sterlin really you know when it’s too much actors are trying to work in ful that Sterlin, the commu-
“Anderson Cooper 360.” What was it like to get that catered everyone’s story to — all those questions that when they’re trying to por- nity, they’re able to provide
Thompson has experi- script? What was exciting what their strengths are. come up when you’re going tray really difficult things. spiritual support for that.
ence as a TV news producer for you about that story? Like, Danis, I don’t know to depict something like this There was a young man, That’s the one big thing
during his more than 30-year Goulet: [It] really felt like that you deal with a lot of — she said, “Whatever you Adam, who had intended to I’ll really take away from this,
run at the BBC, where he a road movie. Coming off stuff with funerals, but the put onscreen won’t be as bad cut his long hair. Hair has a is seeing my culture and the
worked on current affairs Season 2, where it kind of sensitivity and care and the as what it really was.” I think lot of meaning in a lot of our thing I love to do in life com-
programs including “News- feels like there’s a natural emotions you got out of there’s something about cultures and that was the pletely meshed together in a
night,” “Nationwide” “The closure of something — everyone and how powerful holding the truth of it hon- first thing that got cut off beautiful way.
Nine O’Clock News” and there was a goal, they were that episode [“Mabel”] was. estly, but also, when you put when kids arrived at board- Goulet: That’s amazing.
“Panorama.” trying to get to California, Danis was just tailor-made it in this fantastical story ing school. He, with the See, you pretend to be just
But he has largely op- and the kids finally do — to bring out those emotions. and make it about the origin support of his family, made about the stoner comedies,
erated on the business side then the natural question And Sterlin’s like, “Well, with story of a character that we the decision to cut his hair Blackhorse, but we all know
since the mid-1990s, serving that bubbles up is “What’s stoner and horror stuff, already know and love and onscreen. That scene, when better. And it’s so true what
as controller and then direc- next?” It’s a really nice, fresh that’s perfect for Black- who’s portrayed so bril- we went to shoot it, you you’re saying. The show isn’t
tor-general of the BBC be- place to start. What’s great horse.” He would always liantly by Kaniehtiio Horn, it could hear a pin drop in the just changing what ends up
fore joining the New York about the bus as a space to throw me the genre stuff, or just becomes this Trojan room, it was so quiet. It was onscreen, it changes the way
Times. work in is that there’s an something that was a bit horse way of getting into this like everybody knew what it things are done.
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stars Emma Stone, an “It’s fun for the audience Huntsinger says. “You can
Oscar nominee from his last to have glimmering stars lose a little bit of color and ducer and programmer
movie, “The Favourite.” and their tributes, but vividness and still be a Tom Luddy, Stella and Bill
Wenders has two films at given what’s going on, it felt vibrant creature.” Pence, and film historian
the festival, a documentary, good to go a little old- Huntsinger’s wistful James Card. Luddy had
“Anselm,” about German school,” Huntsinger says, thoughts lead into the been working through
artist Anselm Kiefer, and adding that she was sur- dedication of this year’s Parkinson’s the last six
the beguiling drama “Per- prised that the festival had festival to the group of years, a disease that took
fect Days,” which earned never feted Wenders. “You friends who founded the his life in February. (Bill
strong reviews when it know, not a bad year to event a half-century ago: Pence died in December.)
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