Euro 2024 semifinal: What you need to know for England vs. Netherlands

• July 9, 2024

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writers

DORTMUND, Germany — England can reach back-to-back European Championship finals when it meets the Netherlands in Dortmund in the second semifinal. The winner plays Spain in Sunday’s final. Kickoff is at noon PT. Here’s what to know about the match.

Match facts

• Both teams conceded the opening goal in their quarterfinals before coming back to win, with England beating Switzerland in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw and the Netherlands winning, 2-1, against Turkey.

• After a win on penalties in his 100th game in charge of England, Coach Gareth Southgate defending his often-cautious tactics as the kind of “streetwise” style successful teams use. The backlash from England fans, including some who threw plastic cups at him after a group-stage game, is “quite difficult” to deal with, he added.

• The Netherlands will be by far the highest-ranked team England has faced after group games with Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia, followed by knockout games with Slovakia and Switzerland.

• The referee for the game is Felix Zwayer, who once had ties to a match-fixing scandal in Germany. England midfielder Jude Bellingham was fined 40,000 euros ($43,400) in 2021 while playing for Borussia Dortmund for criticizing Zwayer.

• The Dutch endured some travel disruption on the way to Dortmund on Tuesday when their scheduled train journey from Wolfsburg was canceled because of what the team said was a “blockage” on the line. The squad had to fly instead, meaning the Netherlands’ news conference with Ronald Koeman and defender Nathan Aké was called off.

Team news

• England has relied on the right-footed Kieran Trippier at left wing back, but his tendency to cut inside has meant England has made little use of the left wing all tournament. Left-footed Luke Shaw came off the bench against Switzerland for his first minutes since February after injury. Shaw says he’s fit to start against the Netherlands if Southgate picks him, and the coach said Tuesday he had a tough decision to make.

• Southgate has to choose whether to stick with Ezri Konsa in the center of defense after he replaced the then-suspended Marc Guéhi against Switzerland. Guéhi is eligible again.

• There’s scrutiny of Harry Kane’s fitness after the England captain went off with cramp in extra time against Switzerland. Ivan Toney came off the bench and scored one of England’s five successful penalties in the shootout.

• Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman could keep his lineup unchanged for the third game in a row, with Memphis Depay starting alongside Cody Gakpo and Steven Bergwijn up front.

By the numbers

• England has played a full hour more than the Netherlands in the last 10 days, after beating Slovakia in extra time and then Switzerland on penalties. The Dutch wrapped up their wins over Romania and Turkey without needing extra time.

• The Netherlands scored the opening goal in only one of its five games so far at Euro 2024, against Romania in the last 16. England last scored the opening goal against Denmark in the group stage.

• The Netherlands hasn’t reached a European Championship final since it won the tournament in 1988 and was last a semifinalist in 2004.

• England’s first shot on target against Switzerland was Bukayo Saka’s goal to level the score in the 80th minute. One round earlier, Bellingham’s spectacular overhead kick was England’s first shot on target. That came in the fifth minute of second-half added time.

• Gakpo and Spain’s Dani Olmo are the top-scoring players left at Euro 2024 with three goals. What was initially thought to be a fourth for Gakpo against Turkey was instead ruled to be an own-goal. Kane and Bellingham are England’s top scorers with two.

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What they’re saying

“I don’t really understand the criticism. What he’s done for the country, for us as players as well, he really took us to the next level … I’ve got a lot to thank him for because he showed a lot of faith and trust in picking me when he didn’t have to.” — England defender Luke Shaw on manager Gareth Southgate

“You’re now into that moment of the tournament where it’s what’s possible, what’s achievable rather than what might go wrong. That is different for a player, an athlete.” — Southgate on the mentality shift in the England squad

“Hopefully it’s us that will have the ball more than England. So it’s more England that’s running. I expect a high intensity game.” — Netherlands defender Micky van de Ven

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USC President Carol Folt has her contract extended, despite a tumultuous spring

• July 9, 2024

LOS ANGELES — After months of on-campus turmoil stemming from nationwide protests over the Israel-Hamas war and criticisms over her handling of commencement ceremonies, USC President Carol Folt will remain the university’s figurehead for the near future.

A spokesperson for the university told the Southern California News Group that Folt’s contract has been “amended and extended,” and the university’s Board of Trustees was “looking forward to her continued service.” The spokesperson declined to pinpoint the specific length of Folt’s extension.

Folt has served as USC’s president since 2019, when she was hired in the midst of the university’s involvement in the nationwide “Varsity Blues” collegiate admissions scandal. Her contract was set to expire at the end of June, and student newspaper Annenberg Media reported Monday that Folt was remaining as president even after her contract had ended.

Her contract had already been ratified, however, the spokesperson said, before her original five-year deal had terminated. The spokesperson also confirmed with the SCNG that no other candidates, or external names, were interviewed by USC to replace Folt.

Under Folt’s tenure, USC has steadily grown admissions — with a record 82,000 students applying to become first-years in 2024 — and opened the university’s first new school in over a decade, the School of Advanced Computing. But her five years at USC have become a mixed bag, as Folt successfully navigated the university through the wake of Varsity Blues and the COVID-19 pandemic, but has seen the last couple years of her tenure marred by scandal and campus unrest.

A few short months after her arrival in 2019, Folt orchestrated the hire of Mike Bohn as USC’s newest athletic director, coming from Cincinnati as just the second AD in the school’s history without a previous USC connection. The pair guided USC’s athletic department into a conference change that sent shockwaves throughout collegiate sports, announcing in 2022 that USC — along with UCLA — would leave the Pac-12 and join the Big Ten, a move that promised greater national exposure and television revenue. A year later, however, Bohn abruptly resigned amid a Los Angeles Times investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct and mismanagement of the department, a scandal Folt has still never publicly addressed even with the August hire of widely-praised Jennifer Cohen from Washington.

In April, too, Folt’s handling of growing tensions made national news after USC didn’t allow its valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, to deliver a commencement speech after reports surfaced showing criticism of Zionism on her social media. Pro-Palestinian protests, and pro-Israel counterprotests, quickly spawned across USC’s campus, leading to a massive LAPD presence and 93 protestors being arrested on April 24. As universities across the country altered their graduation celebrations in the wake of widespread protest, USC canceled its traditional main-stage commencement ceremony at Alumni Park and pivoted to a large-scale family celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which earned Folt praise by some and widespread criticism from others.

Now, Folt’s extension ensures she’ll continue to lead USC’s students into the fall after a tumultuous spring.

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John Force moving to rehab center closer to Yorba Linda home

• July 9, 2024

John Force has left a Virginia hospital to move to a rehabilitation center closer to his home in Yorba Linda and the NHRA great celebrated the news by taking his daughter for ice cream on her birthday.

Brittany Force wrote on social media the stroll outside the hospital — Force appears to be in a wheelchair and has a cast on his right arm — was in celebration of her 38th birthday.

Force suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fiery, 300-mph crash June 23 at the Virginia Nationals. The 75-year-old was first in neurological intensive care and then moved into acute neuro care at the Virginia hospital. Among his other injuries is a fractured sternum.

Force’s car had a catastrophic engine failure at the finish line and his dragster slammed driver-side into the left concrete guard wall and then careened back into the right wall.

Force spent 15 days at the VCU Medical Center and on Tuesday boarded an AirMed ambulance for the three-hour flight to a neurological rehab center to treat his brain injury.

John Force Racing said in a statement that the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion is still suffering from cognitive and behavioral symptoms from the TBI, but has been able to converse with family and staff. He’s still prone to periods of confusion, but enjoyed Monday’s birthday celebration with Brittany.

Graham Rahal, the IndyCar driver who is married to Force’s daughter, Courtney, said Tuesday he was watching the Virginia Nationals on television as he prepared for his own race in Monterey. He said Courtney was asleep and he immediately awakened her because “unfortunately I’ve seen a lot of crashes in NHRA. Courtney’s explosion in 2017 and Brittany had hers and John’s had a lot over the last five or so years. But you know, you know when it’s different.”

He said it was an agonizing day in Monterey, as Force’s wife, Laurie, was also with them at the IndyCar race and the trio was desperately trying to get any updates possible. Rahal praised the IndyCar medical team for quickly scrambling into action to assist in Force’s care from afar, and once the IndyCar race was over, Rahal called in a favor from NetJets to get Courtney and her mother on a flight to Virginia.

“There were just so many questions to be asked, what was his condition? And it wasn’t until really a day-and-a-half later that we started to get some clarity,” Rahal said. “But you know, this is racing, and as much as I hate to be tone deaf to it — because I am not — these things happen.”

Rahal also added that it took him years to get over the 2015 death of fellow IndyCar driver Justin Wilson, something Rahal said he’s never before discussed publicly.

“He was a very close friend of mine and it took me years to move past the mental side of sitting in a car, particularly at Indianapolis or just a superspeedway, and not have a flash through me,” Rahal said. “And so on that given Sunday with John, it was hard. But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do and go out there.

“From there, our focus is just get the girls to him as fast as we could.”

In 2007, at age 58, Force was seriously injured in a racing crash in Ennis, Texas. He has continued to race at the highest level and has two wins this season, including his record 157th NHRA victory in New Hampshire.

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Force’s daughter, Brittany, is a two-time world champion, while Courtney stepped away from NHRA as she and Rahal started a family. They share two young daughters that Rahal has been caring for while Force was surrounded in the Virginia hospital by his own four daughters and wife.

Rahal is the son of Bobby Rahal, a former Indianapolis 500 winner and three time IndyCar champion.

He said the Force family will rotate who is with John Force during his recovery as the family continues its respective racing careers.

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14,000 Disneyland employees to vote on union strike

• July 9, 2024

Nearly half of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney cast members could soon be on strike if the workers authorize a mass walk-out as union negotiations continue over a new contract for 40% of the 35,000 park employees.

Master Services Council, which represents 14,000 Disneyland employees from four unions, announced on Tuesday, July 9 that a strike authorization vote will be held next week.

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The results of the strike authorization vote are expected to be announced by July 20 after voting ends.

“We won’t accept less than what we deserve because we know our value to Disney,” according to a joint statement released by the Disneyland unions. “The theme parks’ profits come from our hard work making a trip to Disneyland a magical experience for guests.”

Disney negotiators and union officials are scheduled to meet again on July 22, according to Disneyland officials.

“We respect and value our cast members and recognize the important role they play in creating happiness for our guests,” according to Disneyland officials. “We remain committed to continuing discussions and to reaching an agreement with the Master Services Council that focuses on what matters most to our current cast members, helps us attract new cast and positions Disneyland Resort for growth and the creation of more jobs.”

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The union coalition filed unfair labor practice charges in June on behalf of more than 500 workers who were disciplined for wearing union buttons with Mickey’s raised fist.

The union coalition — which has been negotiating with Disney over a new contract since April — represents ride operators, store clerks, custodians, candy makers, ticket takers, parking attendants, tram drivers, uniform costumers and other cast members, Disney parlance for employees.

The Disneyland contract expired June 16. The Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney contracts expire on Sept. 30.

Master Services Council declined to enter into a contract extension after the Disneyland contract expired, according to Disneyland officials.

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$7,600 reward offered for info on German shepherd zip-tied, abandoned in Malibu Canyon

• July 9, 2024

A reward offer more than doubled Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who abandoned a German shepherd dog in a remote area of Malibu Creek Canyon with zip ties around its mouth and neck.

The animal-advocacy group In Defense of Animals on Monday announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest in the dog’s abandonment. According to IDA, the group Peace 4 Animals and some members of the public donated an additional $5,100 in reward funds for information leading to a conviction.

The German shepherd was found by hikers around 7:45 p.m. last Wednesday. They were able to remove the zip ties and summoned law enforcement and county animal control officials.

Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control officials said in a statement the dog — a 7-year-old male who has since been named Argon — was found about 250 feet down the side of the road near the 500 block of North Malibu Canyon Road.

“The dog had a lot of inflammation, and warts/skin tags on the stomach and groin area,” according to the agency. “The (animal control) officer suspected the dog had been exposed to poison oak.”

Argon was taken to Palmdale Animal Care Center for medical treatment then taken to the county’s Agoura Animal Center.

“Based on a work up from our vet, we unfortunately believe that he has lymphoma,” according to county Animal Care. “We are arranging for further testing at an oncologist ASAP for a full work up so we know what we’re dealing with and what his prognosis is. If it’s treatable, we have the resources through our nonprofit partners to treat him, and can put him in foster care.”

One of the people who found the animal told KTLA5 in an email that he and a friend were rock climbing when they discovered the dog and were able to gain his trust enough to remove the zip ties.

“He is such a sweet dog,” the climber told the station. “He allowed my friend and I to pet him and he gently ate our food out of our hands.”

He said the person who abandoned the dog “left him stranded, down a hill in the middle of nowhere off the side of the road. They left him suffering. They left him for dead.”

Fleur Dawes, communications director for In Defense of Animals, said in a statement the group is grateful for the hikers’ actions in saving the dog, but added, “our efforts must continue.”

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“This dog was left to suffer and die in a remote location,” Dawes said in a statement. “We urge anyone with information about this cruel act to come forward. We are determined to find the person responsible for this horrific abuse and hold them accountable since they are a danger to others.”

Katie Cleary, founder of Peace 4 Animals, said in a statement, “This cruel and heartless act of abandoning an innocent German shepherd in scorching temperatures with his mouth zip-tied over the 4th of July weekend is reprehensible. The individual responsible must be swiftly and decisively brought to justice to the fullest extent of the law.”

Dawes asked anyone with information to contact IDA at 415-879-6879.

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FTC slams pharmacy benefit managers CVS, Cigna, UnitedHealth for high drug prices

• July 9, 2024

By Leah Nylen and John Tozzi | Bloomberg

Drug middlemen paid their own mail-order pharmacies as much as 200 times more than rival pharmacies for common cancer medicines, generating at least $1 billion in excess revenue and potentially raising patient costs, the Federal Trade Commission found in an interim study.

Pharmacy benefit managers — the middlemen that negotiate with drugmakers and manage prescription plans for employers and health insurers — influence what drugs are available and at what cost. Years of dealmaking have wrapped them into much larger health-care enterprises that the FTC says exert “significant control over which drugs are available, at what price, and which pharmacies” patients can go to.

Consolidating with health insurers, pharmacies and other medical businesses lets them favor affiliated businesses under their own corporate parents, the agency said.

Today the six largest PBMs – which include units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. – account for 95% of US prescriptions, the agency found.

Investors were warily awaiting the FTC report, but Wall Street shrugged at the initial findings. Shares of Cigna rose 1.2% and UnitedHealth was up less than 1% at 12:35 p.m., while CVS was little changed.

“We do not believe this report has the teeth to meaningfully change the PBM landscape” without charges or clearer proof of wrongdoing, JPMorgan analysts led by Lisa Gill wrote in a research note.

Pressure on industry

Pharmacy benefit managers have attracted growing attention in Washington, and the FTC’s study adds to pressure on the industry. Drugmakers have long accused PBMs of pushing up medication costs. Both employer groups that fund prescription benefits and independent pharmacies that get paid by PBMs have criticized them. Lawmakers are weighing new restrictions, and some states have enacted reforms.

The FTC described how PBMs “steer” patients to their own dispensaries including mail-order and specialty businesses, to “advantage their own pharmacies while excluding rivals.” It cited internal emails where executives at top pharmacy benefit managers said client “concerns” about the pricing discrepancy on common drugs and strategized about how to manage the “optics.”

In one internal communication cited by the FTC, an unidentified executive noted that patients could get a commonly prescribed treatment for leukemia, a generic version of Novartis AG’s Gleevec, for $97 at Costco Wholesale Corp., while the company’s own mail-order pharmacy charged $19,200. The agency didn’t identify which company that message was from.

Optics ‘not good’

“We’ve created plan designs to aggressively steer customers to home delivery where the drug cost is ~200 higher,” the executive wrote. “The optics are not good and must be addressed.”

The FTC estimated that those increased reimbursement rates for two drugs led to $1.6 billion in excess revenue for pharmacies affiliated with the three largest PBMs between 2020 and 2022.

The agency also flagged concerns over how PBMs have restructured their entities that negotiate rebates with drugmakers, creating new corporate units for that job and moving some of them overseas. These entities, known as group purchasing organizations, can generate new fees and rebates from drugmakers that aren’t passed on to the PBM’s ultimate client.

The FTC opened the study into the market in 2022, seeking a wide swath of information on what is widely considered one of health care’s most opaque sectors. As part of the study, the FTC sought information from the six largest companies: CVS, Cigna’s Express Scripts, UnitedHealth’s Optum, Humana Inc., Prime Therapeutics LLC and MedImpact Healthcare Systems Inc.

‘Root cause’

Critics say the PBMs operate in obscure ways, making money from health plan clients, rebates and fees collected from drugmakers. The industry says it lowers prices and has blamed drugmakers as the “root cause” of prescription drug costs.

The FTC said in its interim report that it would continue to investigate as several of the companies it subpoenaed had yet to fully turn over documents.

The agency’s commissioners voted 4-1 to issue the interim report, with Republican Commissioner Melissa Holyoak dissenting. In a separate statement, Holyoak faulted the FTC for a lack of empirical analysis on how PBM behavior has affected the prices that patients pay for drugs.

“Relying upon two examples, without any evidence (empirical or otherwise) that demonstrates they are representative, is not a substitute for rigorous analysis,” she wrote.

CVS said its members pay on average less than $8 for a 30-day prescription. Limits on PBMs would benefit drugmakers, the company said in a statement after the FTC issued its report. A representative for Cigna’s Express Scripts said the agency’s “biased conclusions” won’t address rising drug prices. Humana declined to comment.

The other companies the FTC is probing didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Albertsons unveils list of 63 California stores to be sold ahead of trial

• July 9, 2024

By Jaewon Kang and Leah Nylen | Bloomberg

Kroger Co. released the full list of stores, distribution centers and plants — including 63 supermarkets in California — that it plans to divest to secure approval for the proposed merger with Albertsons Cos.

The companies have started notifying staff at affected locations, Chief Executive Officer Rodney McMullen wrote in a memo to employees on Tuesday.

Workers will become employees of C&S Wholesale Grocers after the transaction closes, McMullen wrote, and will remain as Kroger and Albertsons staff until then. C&S has committed to transferring pay and health plans and assuming all collective bargaining agreements, he added.

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The grocers, which announced their $25 billion merger in October 2022, are sharing the list ahead of a trial expected in August that will decide the outcome of their deal.

Kroger and Albertsons agreed to sell a package of stores and other facilities to C&S, boosting the number to 579 from 413 in April after the Federal Trade Commission blocked the tie-up.

The list also includes 124 stores in Washington state, 101 in Arizona and 91 in Colorado, among others. Most of the California stores are in Southern California.

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The divestment package also includes a dairy plant in Colorado, as well as six distribution centers across four states.

Together, Kroger and Albertsons have nearly 5,000 stores across the country, including banners like Kroger, Ralphs, and Harris Teeter as well as Albertsons, Safeway, Acme and Jewel-Osco.

Kroger and Albertsons say they need the merger to compete with larger, non-unionized rivals Amazon.com, Walmart and Costco. The companies have pledged to invest $500 million to cut prices and $1 billion to raise worker wages and benefits, in addition to $1.3 billion to improve Albertsons stores.

The FTC’s complaint alleges the deal would harm consumers by eliminating competition on prices and quality, making the combined firm less likely to improve its services by offering flexible hours and pickup services. It also would give the grocers increased leverage over workers, slowing wage growth and worsening benefits, according to the complaint.

Union workers in California also are protesting the planned merger, saying their jobs could be in jeopardy in any divestiture.

The FTC has also alleged that C&S would face significant challenges stitching together the various stores acquired from the grocers, and deems the grocers’ proposed divestiture package inadequate. In 2015, the agency allowed Albertsons to buy Safeway after it sold 168 stores, the bulk of them to Washington state grocer Haggen Holdings LLC. Less than a year later, Haggen filed for bankruptcy and Albertsons bought back a number of the stores.

The list of stores to be sold to C&S includes dozens of locations that Albertsons reacquired, including 12 Haggen stores in Washington.

The Haggen brand will spark the many memories among Southern California shoppers, who saw 70 grocery stores in the region convert to the Pacific Northwest banner nine years ago.

The grocer bought 146 stores in the Albertsons-Safeway divestiture in 2015. Haggen’s concept, which touted itself as Albertsons meets Whole Foods, didn’t take with shoppers who complained of high prices. The banner would be gone in just six months. The vacant properties left behind in Haggen’s exit languished for years, only recently updating to new names such as Rivera Food Service or familiar chains like Gelson’s and 99 Ranch Market.

Here is the list of California stores that Kroger and Albertsons said would be sold to C&S Wholesale:

15 Albertsons changing banners

Albertsons — 33601 Del Obispo St., Dana Point

Albertsons — 7201 Yorktown Ave., Huntington Beach

Albertsons — 16600 Bolsa Chica St., Huntington Beach

Albertsons — 804 Avenida Pico, San Clemente

Albertsons — 200 E Sepulveda Blvd., Carson

Albertsons — 3901 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles

Albertsons — 9022 Balboa Blvd., Northridge

Albertsons — 541 S Reino Road, Newbury Park

Albertsons — 543 Sweetwater Road, Spring Valley

Albertsons — 42095 Washington St., Palm Desert

Albertsons — 1751 N Sunrise Way Ste 1, Palm Springs

Albertsons — 2899 Jamacha Road, El Cajon

Albertsons — 23893 Clinton Keith Rd, Wildomar

Albertsons — 1500 N H St., Lompoc

Albertsons — 730 Quintana Road, Morro Bay

31 Vons stores changing banners

Vons — 5671 Kanan Road, Agoura Hills

Vons — 301 N Pass Ave, Burbank

Vons — 500 E Manchester Blvd., Inglewood

Vons — 3233 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta

Vons — 3118 S Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles

Vons — 3461 W 3rd St., Los Angeles

Vons — 1430 S Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles

Vons — 6571 W 80th St., Los Angeles

Vons — 2039 Verdugo Blvd., Montrose

Vons — 17380 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades

Vons — 410 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach

Vons — 25850 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch

Vons — 4033 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Studio City

Vons — 18439 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana

Vons — 7789 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga

Vons — 6040 Telegraph Road, Ventura

Vons — 1440 W 25th St., San Pedro

Vons — 185 E 17th St., Costa Mesa

Vons — 11322 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos

Vons — 1820 Ximeno Ave., Long Beach

Vons — 78271 Hwy 111, La Quinta

Vons — 6951 El Camino Real, Carlsbad

Vons — 3439 Via Montebello, Carlsbad

Vons — 2606 Del Mar Heights Road, Del Mar

Vons — 4733 E Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs

Vons — 11986 Bernardo Plaza Drive, San Diego

Vons — 1702 Garnet Ave., San Diego

Vons — 2495 Truxtun Road, Suite 100, San Diego

Vons — 9643 Mission Gorge Road, Santee

Vons — 820 Arneill Road, Camarillo

Vons — 163 S Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara

16 Pavilions changing banners

Pavilions — 600 N Pacific Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach

Pavilions — 2660 San Miguel Drive, Newport Beach

Pavilions — 1000 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach

Pavilions — 989 Avenida Pico, San Clemente

Pavilions — 1101 Pacific Coast Hwy., Seal Beach

Pavilions — 4365 Glencoe Ave, Marina del Rey

Pavilions — 29211 Heathercliff Road, Malibu

Pavilions — 9467 W Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills

Pavilions — 1110 W Alameda Ave., Burbank

Pavilions — 11030 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City

Pavilions — 7 Peninsula Center, Palos Verdes Peninsula

Pavilions — 14845 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks

Pavilions — 6534 Platt Ave., West Hills

Pavilions — 8969 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood

Pavilions — 3850 Valley Centre Drive, San Diego

Pavilions — 7544 Girard Ave., La Jolla

One lone Safeway at 1499 Washington Ave. in the Bay Area city of San Leandro is switching banners.

Staff writer Samantha Gowen contributed to this report.

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Record-setting heat continues to cook Southern California

• July 9, 2024

Unprecedented temperatures are baking the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County with record-breaking highs and streaks that are expected to continue Tuesday and for the rest of the week — and the rest of Southern California isn’t far behind in terms of sweltering conditions.

Lancaster and Palmdale set records for the most consecutive days over 110 degrees. The streak in Lancaster is five days in a row with temperatures above 110 degrees, breaking the mark set in 1945. The streak in Palmdale is five days in a row with temperatures above 110 degrees, breaking the mart set in 1931.

The high in Lancaster was 113 Monday, breaking the record for the day set in 2008. The high in Palmdale was 112 Monday, breaking the record for the day of 110 set in 2008.

A brief onshore flow is slowly backing off and promising to push temperatures a little higher through at least Wednesday.

An excessive heat warning will be in place through 9 p.m. Saturday for the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Antelope Valley and the Antelope Valley foothills, along with the 5 and 14 freeway corridors, with forecasters predicting temperatures of up to 116 degrees.

The eastern San Gabriel Mountains will be under an excessive heat warning until 9 p.m. Thursday, thanks to predicted temperatures of up to 105.

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A heat advisory was in effect in the Santa Clarita Valley, Calabasas and the western San Fernando Valley until 10 a.m. Tuesday, when it be was replaced with a more severe excessive heat warning, with temperatures potentially reaching 108 degrees. The warning will be in place until 9 p.m. Thursday.

An excessive heat warning was also slated to be in effect from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 9 p.m. Thursday in the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, the eastern San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley, where temperatures could reach 106 degrees, according to the NWS.

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It was 101 in Sandberg on Sunday, breaking the record for the day of 100 set in 2018.

A heat advisory was in effect for the Santa Ana mountains and foothills, with temperatures expected to be between 95 and 102, from 11 a.m. Tuesday until 9 p.m. Thursday.

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A heat advisory was also in effect in Fullerton, Orange, Garden Grove, Irvine, Mission Viejo Santa Ana and Anaheim from 11 a.m. Tuesday until 9 p.m. Thursday. High are expected to be in the 90s.

Authorities reminded the public to never leave pets or children inside vehicles on days that are even a little warmer than normal, as locked cars can turn into death traps in mere minutes.

The city and county of Los Angeles both operate cooling centers for people who need a place to escape the heat. To find a location, visit https://ready.lacounty.gov/heat, or call 211.

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The city of Los Angeles is operating four “augmented” cooling centers that will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through at least Thursday. The centers are located at:

— Fred Roberts Recreation Center, 4700 Honduras St., Los Angeles

— Mid Valley Senior Center, 8825 Kester Ave., Panorama City

— Lake View Terrace Recreation Center, 11075 Foothill Blvd.

— Jim Gilliam Recreation Center, 4000 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles

City officials also noted that climate stations are available for the homeless on Skid Row, offering cold beverages, shade and seating. The stations are on Towne Street between Fifth and Sixth streets; and at San Pedro Street between Sixth and Seventh streets. Another station will be open by July 16 at Fifth and Maple streets.

The homeless can also visit the ReFresh Spot, 544 Towne Ave. The facility is open 24 hours a day, providing drinking water, restrooms, showers and laundry facilities.

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