Donald Trump’s vile attack on immigrants pushes GOP further into a white nationalist party

• December 20, 2023

Former President Donald Trump is continuing his push to solidify the Republican Party as nothing more than a far-right, white nationalist party.

The former president recently spoke at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, where he railed against immigrants: “They’re poisoning the blood of our country … They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world. Not just in South America, not just the three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world they are coming into our country, from Africa, from Asia, all over the world. They’re pouring into our country, nobody’s even looking at them. They just come in. The crime is going to be tremendous. The terrorism is going to be … We built a tremendous piece of the wall and then we’re going to build more.”

While that reads as if an AI prompt was asked to generate an intoxicated and incoherent rant from Joseph Goebbels, that is indeed what Trump said.

Compare, for a moment, Donald Trump’s way of speaking about immigrants with how President Ronald Reagan spoke about immigrants:  “Other countries may seek to compete with us; but in one vital area, as a beacon of freedom and opportunity that draws the people of the world, no country on earth comes close. This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness.”

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There is no doubt a serious problem at the southern border. Migrants and asylum seekers are trying to get to the United States by the millions in order to seek a better life for themselves and their families. Given the highly restrictive and limited avenues for people to legally migrate to the United States, and the inadequate resources to process migrants as they come, we get the scenes we get at the southern border.

The far right, including Donald Trump, want Americans to be fearful of these migrants in order to stifle any talk of opening up our immigration system. Donald Trump wants his supporters to judge  migrants as a threat to be rooted out and stopped, rather than given a fair chance at integrating into our nation.

Trumpism has poisoned the blood of the Republican Party, the American conservative movement and American political discourse.

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San Clemente doctor accused of strangling his wife convicted of second-degree murder

• December 20, 2023

A fertility doctor accused of strangling his wife in 2016, and then staging the body to make it look like she took a fatal fall down the stairs at their San Clemente home, was convicted Tuesday of murder.

An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for roughly three hours before convicting Dr. Eric Scott Sills of second-degree murder for the slaying of 45-year-old Susann Sills, after finding he was not guilty of a more serious count of first-degree murder. Dr. Sills, who had been free on bail, was handcuffed and taken into custody immediately after the verdict.

Eric and Susann Sills worked together at the Center of Advanced Genetics, a fertility clinic in Carlsbad. He handled the medical work, according to testimony during the trial, while she ran the business side of the practice. The couple and their twin children — a boy and girl who were 12 years old at the time of their mother’s death — lived in an upscale San Clemente neighborhood.

On the morning of Nov. 12, 2016, Dr. Sills called 911 to report that he and his daughter had woken up to find his wife’s injured body at the bottom of the stairs of their home. Dr. Sills told authorities that his wife, who had been suffering from migraines that weekend, had suffered an apparent fall.

But pathologists and investigators suspected that Susann Sills’ extensive injuries — particularly marks on her neck — did not match up to such a fall. Her death was eventually attributed to strangulation. And after a lengthy investigation that included multiple rounds of DNA testing, Dr. Sills was arrested in April 2019.

Dr. Sills attacked his wife during an early morning argument while their children slept in another room, strangling her with either his hands or a scarf and leaving blood on curtains, a wall, a nightstand and both of their shirts, Senior Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker told jurors during closing arguments on Monday in a Santa Ana courtroom. He was then left with the question of how to cover up the slaying, the prosecutor said.

“Now he has got to figure out in a short amount of time what to do,” Walker said. “He knows what medications she is taking, knows about the migraines, is a doctor. So, literally the only thing available is the staircase.”

The couple’s son at the time of his mother’s death told investigators he had woken up early that morning to his parents arguing in another room. And the prosecutor noted that during the 911 call Dr. Sills appeared detached and seemed to avoid performing CPR despite the urging of the dispatcher.

“He wants to delay doing something he knows is unnecessary,” the prosecutor said. “He is the doctor who helps people create life, he knows he has taken it.”

Walker said investigators hadn’t determined a specific motive, but pointed to several signs of strife in the marriage. The couple were under financial strain, she was frustrated over her relationship with his older children from a previous marriage and he was “fixated” with a topless photo she had posted in a chat room after losing a bet over whether Donald Trump would win the Republican nomination for president, the prosecutor alleged.

Dr. Sills , who did not testify, previously denied any responsibility for his wife’s death. His attorney, Jack Earley, described it as a tragic accident.

The defense attorney argued that a combination of medications Susann Sills was taking for her migraines impacted her balance, leading her to fall down the stairs and suffer a spinal injury that left her unable to breathe.

“We don’t know how she fell, we don’t know if she fell backwards or if she fell into a railing and hit the stairs,” Earley told jurors during his closing arguments. “She hit something very hard.”

The defense attorney told jurors that the marks on Susann Sills’ neck were caused by the family’s two large, playful dogs tugging on a scarf she was wearing, “strangling” her as she lay slumped unconscious.

Earley accused investigators of focusing solely on Dr. Sills and argued the pathologist changed her findings to match the police theory about the death.

“They say they don’t know what happened, so lets throw this theory up,” Earley said of police and prosecutors. “But (they) do want to argue there was some horrible fight.”

“He is not guilty, he is not responsible for the death of his wife,” the defense attorney added.

The couple’s children, who are now 19 years old, both testified during the trial. The son backed away from his previous comments to police about hearing a loud argument between his parents. The daughter backed the defense contention that the family dogs pulled on the scarf that was around her mother’s neck.

The prosecutor noted that both the son and daughter remain close to Dr. Sills, and attacked the theory that the dogs tugging a scarf had caused the apparent strangulation marks, questioning why there weren’t any bite marks on the scarf or rips in the fabric.

Dr. Sills, now 58, is scheduled to return to court on March 15, when he faces up to 15 years to life in prison.

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Israel raids Gaza hospitals, kills dozens in airstrikes

• December 20, 2023

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working to completely clear out Hamas militants.

Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza Tuesday with airstrikes, killing at least 45 Palestinians and pressing ahead with its offensive with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm. The Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, warned the campaign in Gaza’s south will persist for months.

In a hospital in the southern town of Rafah, Mahmoud Zoarab bid farewell to his two children — a 2-year-old boy, and a girl born two weeks ago — killed in a predawn strike on their home.

Wounded in the strike, he winced as he peeled back the shrouds to look at their faces as his wife and mother stood by his bed.

“Just two weeks old. Her name hadn’t even been registered,” said the children’s grandmother, Suzan Zoarab. Addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she cried, “Does he think that by killing these children he will achieve something? Have they succeeded now? Has he achieved what he wants?”

Defense Minister Gallant said Israeli forces were entering Hamas’ tunnel network in northern Gaza as part of a “final clearing” of militants from the region. The densely built urban north, including Gaza City, has seen ferocious fighting between troops and militants, with Palestinian health officials reporting dozens of people killed in bombardment in recent days.

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Israeli troops have raided a series of hospitals and shelters in the north, detaining men in a search for militants and expelling others taking refuge there.

Gallant said that in southern Gaza, operations will take “months,” including the military’s assault on Khan Younis, the territory’s second largest city. “We will not stop until we reach our goals,” he said.

After meeting with Israeli officials Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israel to protect civilians but reiterated America’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas, saying he was “not here to dictate timelines or terms.”

Austin’s remarks signaled that the U.S. would continue shielding Israel from growing international calls for a cease-fire as the U.N. Security Council again delayed a vote — and would keep providing aid for one of the 21st century’s deadliest military campaigns.

Suzan Zoarab said her family was asleep when their home was hit before dawn.

“We found the whole house had collapsed over us.” Twenty-seven people were killed in the strike, along with at least three others in a separate strike in Rafah, according to Associated Press journalists who saw the bodies arrive at two local hospitals early Tuesday.

Rafah, which is in the southern part of Gaza and where Israel has told Palestinians to seek shelter, has been repeatedly bombarded, often killing large numbers of civilians. Israel said Tuesday it had killed a prominent Hamas financier in an airstrike on Rafah, without specifying when it occurred.

In central Gaza, at least 15 people were killed in strikes overnight, according to hospital records. Among the dead were a mother and her four children, who were killed as they sat around a fire, according to an AP reporter who filmed the aftermath.

Fierce battles also raged in northern Gaza, which has been reduced to a wasteland seven weeks after Israeli tanks and troops stormed in. The military said Tuesday its forces took “operational control” of the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya. Israel has killed hundreds of Hamas militants there and detained another 500 suspected militants, according to a statement from division commander Brig. Gen. Itsik Cohen.

The claims could not be independently confirmed.

Footage online showed a scene of devastation after a strike that hit a local charity in Jabaliya, with several torn bodies near a donkey cart on a street filled with rubble and twisted metal. At least 27 people were killed in that strike and others in the district Tuesday, according to Munir al-Bursh, a senior Health Ministry official.

The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday the death toll since the start of the war had risen to more than 19,600. It does not distinguish between civilian and combatant deaths.

Hamas has continued to put up stiff resistance and lob rockets at Israel. The militants said they fired a barrage toward Tel Aviv on Tuesday, and air raid sirens went off in central Israel. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The war began after Hamas and other militants killed some 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and abducted 240 others.

Israel’s military says 131 of its soldiers have been killed in the Gaza ground offensive. Israel says it has killed some 7,000 militants, without providing evidence, and blames civilian deaths on Hamas, saying it uses them as human shields when it fights in residential areas.

Israeli forces raided the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City overnight, according to the church that operates it, destroying a wall at its front entrance and detaining most of its staff.

The facility was the scene of an explosion early in the war that killed dozens of Palestinians, and which an Associated Press investigation later determined was likely caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket.

Don Binder, a pastor at St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, which runs the hospital, said the raid left just two doctors, four nurses and two janitors to tend to over 100 seriously wounded patients, with no running water or electricity.

Binder said an Israeli tank was parked on the rubble at the hospital’s entrance, blocking anyone from entering or leaving.

Israeli troops seized northern Gaza’s Al Awda hospital on Sunday after besieging it for 12 days, the international aid group Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. The troops stripped, bound and interrogated all males over 16, including six of the group’s staff, it said. Most were sent back into the hospital, which the troops still hold, with dozens of patients inside but no essential supplies, it said.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military about the hospital raids.

Forces have raided other hospitals across northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of using them for military purposes. Hospital staff have denied the allegations and accused Israel of endangering critically ill and wounded civilians.

U.N. Security Council members continued intense negotiations on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting. A vote on the resolution, first postponed from Monday, was pushed back again until Wednesday as talks continued to get the U.S. to abstain or vote “yes” on the resolution after it vetoed an earlier cease-fire call.

France, the United Kingdom and Germany — some of Israel’s closest allies — joined global calls for a cease-fire over the weekend. In Israel, protesters have called for negotiations with Hamas to facilitate the release of scores of hostages still held by the group.

CIA Director William Burns met in Warsaw with the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and the prime minister of Qatar on Monday, the first known meeting of the three since the cease-fire and the release of some 100 hostages in a deal they helped broker.

But U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the talks were not “at a point where another deal is imminent.”

Hamas and other militants are still holding an estimated 129 captives.

Netanyahu has insisted that Israel will keep fighting until it ends Hamas rule in Gaza, crushes its military capabilities and frees all the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack.

Magdy and Jeffery reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Melanie Lidman in Jerusalem contributed.

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Chargers ‘playing to win’ under interim head coach Giff Smith

• December 20, 2023

COSTA MESA — It’s a three-week season, Giff Smith said after conducting his first practice as the Chargers’ interim coach Tuesday. He also said the final three games of the 2023 season should not be viewed as meaningless because there’s plenty at stake for the coaches and players alike.

So, he asked the team captains, including running back Austin Ekeler and safety Derwin James Jr., to lift the energy at practice if they believed it was falling. Smith asked them to raise the spirits of their teammates if it seemed like they were bottoming out on the field, in the locker room or in meetings.

It seemed like a tall order given all that’s happened since the season began Sept. 10, but particularly since Chargers coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco were fired Friday, only hours after a 63-21 loss to the AFC West rival Raiders on Thursday night in Las Vegas.

“It’s a team game and it’s a player-driven league and the teams that have been successful that I’ve been a part of, you have great leaders,” said Smith, who was elevated from outside linebackers coach. “In times of adversity, those are the guys who’ve got to lead. Even if it’s out of your nature to step up and be aggressive, this is what this team needs for these three weeks. We’ve got a three-week season and we’re going to play to win.”

Smith and the Chargers do not have an easy route to the season’s finish line. They face the Buffalo Bills, the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs, three teams either fighting for AFC playoff spots or to improve their postseason seeding. None of the three will hold a pity party for the Chargers, in other words.

As embarrassing as the loss to the Raiders might have been, and it was impossible to find anyone in the Chargers’ headquarters the past few days who would argue the point, Smith said it was time to move on. He was thrilled to be elevated to the head coaching position, but it wasn’t a time for personal reflection.

“Well, I wish I would have lost some weight a few weeks back,” Smith joked. “That would have been a positive. I wasn’t expecting this, in all seriousness. I’ve been in this game a while and there are always new things that come up. I’ve been around a lot of great coaches through the years. You just roll with it. You give to these players, you give to this organization then whatever happens, happens.”

Smith said he got some pearls of wisdom from an old friend, a former NFL coach.

“I thought Chan Gailey had a great one,” Smith said. “He said, ‘All of those suggestions and thoughts that you had are now decisions. Good luck.’”

COACHING ASSIGNMENTS

Defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley will call the plays, taking over for Staley. Offensive coordinator Kellen Moore will continue in his role as offensive play caller. John Timu will replace the fired Jay Rodgers as defensive line coach, a promotion from assistant defensive line coach.

Robert Muschamp, who was a defensive quality control coach, will slot into Smith’s old position for the final three weeks of the season. Smith also said he would likely oversee the outside linebackers and the defensive linemen, as well.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Giff is short for Gifford, of course, but Smith revealed there’s more to the story of his first name.

“I created a story to kind of make it cool, that my mom was in labor and ‘Monday Night Football’ was on and they saw Frank Gifford (on TV),” Smith said, breaking into a wry smile. “But I’m just making that up.”

ROSTER MOVES

The Chargers signed quarterback Will Grier to the active roster from the New England Patriots’ practice squad to serve as Easton Stick’s backup for the rest of the season, and they also waived quarterback Max Duggan. … The team also placed center Will Clapp on injured reserve, signed center Cameron Tom to the active roster from the practice squad and signed center Brent Laing to the practice squad.

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USC’s Korey Foreman, a former Corona Centennial blue-chip football recruit, to transfer

• December 20, 2023

LOS ANGELES — It’s strange to call this an exodus, when the majority of those exiting have clear and oft-speculated reasons for leaving.

But make no mistake: justifiable or not, what’s happening at USC is an exodus en masse.

Former Corona Centennial High defensive lineman Korey Foreman intends to enter the transfer portal, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Southern California News Group after reports of his decision broke on Tuesday afternoon. Foreman is the fourth former high-profile recruit who has headed for the portal since Sunday night – with quarterback Malachi Nelson, linebacker Tackett Curtis, and cornerback Domani Jackson all set to leave USC.

All were considered foundational pieces of USC’s future upon their recruitment and entry into the program; Foreman, for one, was one of the most-hyped recruits in recent Trojans memory, with former head coach Clay Helton calling him “one of the best players in the world,” as reported by the SCNG’s Adam Grosbard in 2021.

His potential never quite materialized through three years at USC, though, as injuries marred his tenure and Foreman struggled to carve out a consistent role on the defense. He showed flashes during his freshman and sophomore seasons, including a game-sealing interception in a victory over UCLA in 2022 that seemed to set the stage for a potential breakout as a junior – but Foreman was sidelined for much of training camp last summer and never found a role, eventually electing to redshirt.

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“Occasionally, if a guy maybe is not going to have a huge role in a game, you might hold him back right now and then if an opportunity presents itself to have a bigger role, you can obviously revisit that down the line,” head coach Lincoln Riley said in early October. “And I would put Korey in that category.”

That opportunity was never revisited, however, and Foreman is entering the portal because he “wants a consistent role and position to play,” the source told the Southern California News Group.

It’s undeniably true that there’s a simple justification for each transfer: Curtis and Jackson are leaving amid changes with the position coaches that recruited them, Nelson and Foreman are leaving after rough and injury-plagued seasons. But it’s undeniably true, too, that they were all revered recruits upon entering USC – and such a widespread wave of talent heading for other shores should indicate apparent flaws in either the program’s ability to develop and/or evaluate talent.

“We’re kind of caught in this period where transfer portal and NIL have even gone up a level in terms of kind of the craziness, and the impact on it more than ever before, so it’s just going to be part of it when you have the changes that we’ve had,” Riley said Monday of USC’s transfers.

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Southern California drops another 37,149 residents as pace of population loss slows

• December 20, 2023

Southern California lost 37,149 residents in the past year, a drop one-third of what was seen in the previous two years.

The six-county region had 21.7 million residents, according to the state Department of Finance tally as of July 1. The past year’s population decline was 68% less than the average 115,187 yearly loss in the previous 2 years.

The high cost of living plus tight pandemic-era restrictions nudged more than a few local residents to leave in 2021-22. At the same time, foreign immigration cooled.

But a robust regional economic rebound, life back to near normalcy, and an immigration revival helped to slow population losses in the past 12 months.

Yes, there were still more moves out of these counties than arrivals – a total 159,209 net exits in the past year. But that outmigration is down from the 183,016 yearly pace in 2021-22.

The region’s population benefited from 58,476 more births vs. deaths – up from a 42,524 average in 2021-22.

And 63,584 foreigners moved to the six counties in the past year, immigrants that’s up from the 25,305 pace in 2021-22.

The population swings, by county …

Los Angeles: 9.8 million residents, down 15,217 in a year vs. 86,962 average dip previous 2 years. There’s 21,070 more births vs. deaths compared to 13,324 average in 2021-22, 67,680 net outmigration vs. 113,097 outflow pace in 2021-22, and 31,393 immigrants vs. 12,811 average of 2021-22.

San Diego: 3.3 million residents, up 3,949 in a year – the region’s only gain – and a reversal from a 5,445 average decline previous 2 years. There’s 12,396 more births vs. deaths compared to 11,199 average in 2021-22, 17,968 net outmigration vs. 20,101 outflow pace in 2021-22, and 9,521 immigrants vs. 3,458 average of 2021-22.

Orange: 3.1 million residents, down 11,765 in a year vs. 17,305 average dip previous 2 years. There’s 7,241 more births vs. deaths compared to 5,601 average in 2021-22, 31,075 net outmigration vs. 26,662 outflow pace in 2021-22, and 12,069 immigrants vs. 3,756 average of 2021-22.

Riverside: 2.4 million residents, down 949 in a year vs. 4,458 average gain previous 2 years. There’s 6,813 more births vs. deaths compared to 4,631 average in 2021-22, 12,509 net outmigration vs. 2,464 pace in 2021-22, and 4,747 immigrants vs. 2,291 average of 2021-22.

San Bernardino: 2.2 million residents, down 8,670 in a year vs. 3,043 average decline previous 2 years. There’s 9,196 more births vs. deaths compared to 6,239 average in 2021-22, 22,203 net outmigration vs. 11,628 outflow pace in 2021-22, and 4,337 immigrants vs. 2,347 average of 2021-22

Ventura: 825,937 residents, down 4,497 in a year vs. 6,890 average decline previous 2 years. There’s 1,760 more births vs. deaths compared to 1,531 average in 2021-22, 7,774 net outmigration vs. 9,065 outflow pace in 2021-22, and 1,517 immigrants vs. 644 average in 2021-22

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Poverty: Here’s how many Americans are struggling to get by

• December 20, 2023

Poverty in the U.S.

The number of Americans struggling to get by has increased in the past few years.

The U.S. Census Bureau produces annual poverty estimates to measure the economic well-being of households, families and individuals.

The report offers the official poverty measure and the supplemental poverty measure. The official figure, produced since the 1960s, defines poverty by comparing pretax income to a national threshold adjusted by family composition. This is used to determine eligibility for several government programs and has been used as a benchmark of economic well-being since its adoption.

The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5%, applying to 37.9 million people.

All comparative statements have undergone statistical testing and are statistically significant at the 90% confidence level unless otherwise noted.

• The official poverty rate for African Americans decreased from 2021 to 2022. The 2022 rate was the lowest on record.

• Official poverty rates increased from 2021 to 2022 for the White and non-Hispanic White populations. Poverty rates were not statistically different for the Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, two or more races, or Hispanic (any race) populations.

The USDA Economic Research Service Poverty Area Measures identify counties and census tracts with high (20% or more) and extreme (40% or more) poverty rates over various periods from 1960 to 2021. This information is used to derive persistent and enduring poverty area measures for the same levels of geography.

In 1960, 78% — or 2,412 of all counties for which poverty status was determined (3,110 out of a total of 3,142) — had poverty rates of 20% or more. Among them, 680 (28%) continued to have high poverty through 1980.

High-poverty counties over time

These first five maps show the number of consecutive decades counties have had high poverty from 1960 to about 2019 (using five-year estimates for 2015–19).

Most recent figures

Differences in poverty rates by state using the official and supplemental poverty measures: three-year average 2020 to 2022.

California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of this year, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute said, with 5 million people struggling.

Higher rates may occur for many reasons. Housing costs, as well as different mixes of housing tenure, may result in higher thresholds.

Higher nondiscretionary expenses, such as taxes or medical expenses, may also drive rates higher.

Sources: Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Policy Institute of California

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Galaxy makes trade with Atlanta United, selects two in MLS SuperDraft

• December 20, 2023

The Galaxy made two selections in Tuesday’s MLS SuperDraft and made a trade with Atlanta United.

In the second round, the Galaxy selected Western Michigan goalkeeper Ethan Brandt with the 46th overall pick. Brandt, who attended West Torrance High, made 22 appearances last season, allowing 16 goals (0.71 GAA).

The Galaxy selected UCLA midfielder Tucker Lepley (No. 62 overall) in third round. Lepley earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for as a senior. Lepley scored three goals with two assists in 18 games.

Before the draft, the Galaxy traded one of their second-round picks to Atlanta United for the rights to forward Miguel Berry.

Berry, 26, made 27 appearances last season, scoring just one goal. In 2021, he scored eight goals in 18 games with Columbus Crew.

“We are excited to work with Miguel and look forward to adding his attacking experience to our roster,” Galaxy general manager Will Kuntz said.

Berry is out of contract, so the Galaxy must sign him to new deal or he will go into the MLS Re-Entry Draft. Berry made $135,000 last season.

LAFC makes two selections

Near the end of the first round, LAFC selected West Virginia goalkeeper Jackson Lee 28th overall. Lee made 24 appearances last season. Lee holds dual citizenship of Australia and the U.S. Abraham Romero is currently the only goalkeeper under contract for LAFC.

In the second round, LAFC selected Georgetown defender and Irvine native Kenny Nielsen (University HS) at No. 57 overall.

Locals selected

UCLA defender Grayson Doody (Loyola HS/Hermosa Beach) was selected 10th overall in the first round by CF Montreal.

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Cal State Northridge’s Jamar Ricketts was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes at No. 13. One pick later, Loyola Marymount’s Tyger Smalls was selected by Charlotte FC.

Oregon State defender Turner Humphrey (Redlands HS) was selected in the second round by FC Dallas (No. 44 overall).

Cal defender Kevin Carmichael (Oaks Christian HS) was selected by Nashville SC in the second round (No. 50 overall).

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