Laiatu Latu, UCLA football live updates vs. Stanford

• October 22, 2023

Follow along for live updates from UCLA football reporter James H. Williams before, during and after UCLA’s game against the Stanford Cardinal.

Redshirt junior quarterback Ethan Garbers is likely to start against Stanford, according to reports. Garbers started the season opener before true freshman Dante Moore took over the role in the last five games. Moore has thrown a pick-six in each of the last three games during Pac-12 Conference play.

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The UCLA Bruins are coming off another Pac-12 road loss as the Stanford Cardinal ride the high of a thrilling double-overtime win. https://t.co/jec47YYomZ

— James H. Williams covers UCLA football (@JHWreporter) October 20, 2023

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Long Beach’s Airport’s Festival of Flight celebrates aeronautics history

• October 22, 2023

History took flight at the Long Beach Airport on Saturday, Oct. 21.

The annual Festival of Flight, a free celebration of aeronautics, took place on the west end of the air field, featuring myriad planes from different eras — and this year’s iteration of the event was particularly poignant. The Long Beach Airport, after all, will celebrate its 100th anniversary next month.

The airport lined up a special show to display several historic aircraft built in the city, among them one of only four in the world still active that was manufactured for combat during World War II: a B-17 bomber called Sentimental Journey.

The B-17 was a heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces to bombard Germany’s industrial and military targets to help secure air superiority over Western European cities, factories and battlefields before the invasion of France in 1944, according to the plane’s description compiled by the Commemorative Airforce on its website. It also flew missions in the Pacific.

About 12,000 of the aircraft were produced by Boeing in Long Beach from 1936 to 1945 to fight during WWII.

Sentimental Journey, in particular, is a heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Force to bombard Germany’s industrial and military targets to help secure air superiority over Western European cities, factories and battlefields before the invasion of France in 1944.

“It’s challenging to get these military aircrafts to our event,” LGB spokesperson Kate Kuykendall said in a previous interview. “It was really special we were able to get it this year.”

It is “extremely rare,” she said, to have the B-17 bomber on display and available for flyovers.

Other airplanes on display as part of the the centennial celebration were a C-17, a KC-10 and a P-51, the latter flown by a group of African American military pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.

The C-17 Globemaster III, meanwhile, is also a large military plane manufactured by McDonnell Douglas/Boeing at a Long Beach plant. The U.S. Air Force used the C-17 in famous operations, such as in the evacuations of personnel and civilians from Afghanistan in August 2021, and during the Iraq War from 2003 to 2011.

More than 250 C-17s were assembled in Long Beach over the course of two decades. But with a lack of foreign orders, Boeing announced in 2013 that it would close the plant. The final C-17 Globemaster III built in Long Beach flew away in November 2015.

There are 200 C-17 active planes in the world, Kuykendall said.

“We are also very excited by the C-17,” she said previously. “It is a huge massive aircraft for people to check its belly.”

Saturday’s festival drew thousands of visitors, with airport officials saying before the event that they expected around 15,000.

Besides static airplan displays and flyovers, the festival, which launched in 2013 to celebrate the airport’s 90th anniversary, also featured games for children, live music, food and beer trucks and helicopter flyovers for purchase.

The musical acts included the Satin Dollz, Brazilian funk singer and producer DJ Dennis and blues, jazz and ragtime band the California Feet Warmers.

“Festival of Flight is the perfect way to showcase our historic airport,” Fifth District Councilmember Megan Kerr said previously, “by allowing the public to walk directly onto the airfield to see and interact with aircraft up close.

“It’s a truly special community event,” she added, “that has become an annual tradition for many families in Long Beach.”

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Lakers’ LeBron James sustaining self-motivation entering Year 21

• October 22, 2023

EL SEGUNDO — By the time Tuesday’s regular-season opener rolls around, it would’ve been 156 days since the Lakers were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals.

Plenty of time for the Lakers to reflect on the four-game sweep and the aftermath of the series – including the Nuggets eventually beating the Miami Heat to win the NBA title.

The Lakers’ matchup against the Nuggets at Ball Arena in Colorado will also be Denver’s ring night.

“I’m looking forward to the game,” coach Darvin Ham said after Saturday’s practice. “It’s been a huge motivational factor. It’s been on our minds as far as trying to come together as a group and making sure we lay the right foundation and start off on the right foot. Just playing the right way on both sides of the ball.

“Definitely losing, getting swept or whatever…it’s a motivational piece for us. Just seeing how much we had turned it around and then now bringing the core back and adding what we’ve added. It’s a huge motivation for a chance to taste the conference finals and now the chance to really go beyond that.”

Because of how last season ended and the offseason chatter, some of the Lakers have had their eyes set on the regular-season opener for weeks – if not months.

Nuggets coach Michael Malone was introduced as “the Lakers’ daddy” during the Nuggets’ championship parade celebration.

Malone also joked that he was “thinking about retiring” during an offseason interview – seemingly making a joke at the expense of LeBron James, who cryptically hinted at retiring after the Lakers-Nuggets series ended.

James didn’t directly respond to the quip but appeared to address Malone on Instagram during the offseason. When asked how he’s decided whether or not to respond to trash talk, he responded “there will be a time.”

“When that time is, I don’t know,” James added. “I don’t know if it’s now or…there will be a time. There will be a time when everybody will get it, for sure.”

James, who’s entering his 21st NBA season, said the external noise doesn’t motivate him anymore.

“I don’t need it,” James added. “I don’t want to say I don’t get motivated to play, because I do get motivated to go against the competition, I love competing against the best. But I don’t need an individual or a team to motivate me.”

What motivates James – outside of his family – is simple.

“It’s just my motivation to continue to be as great as I can be and solidify what I want to do in my career and still seeing that Larry O’Brien trophy in my mind on a daily basis,” James said. “That’s one of the best four moments of my career, being able to hoist up that trophy. [That’s] motivation alone. But also wanting to be legendary in this game and let my game speak for itself long after I’ve played. But this team has motivated me as well.”

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Ham said guard Gabe Vincent will be available against the Nuggets after missing the last three preseason games because of lower back soreness.

Jarred Vanderbilt (left heel soreness) and Jalen Hood-Schifino (right knee contusion) remain day-to-day.

It’s unlikely Vanderbilt will be available against the Nuggets.

“We’ll see,” Ham said. “There’s some hurdles that we got to go through and some boxes that we got to check with him and in all likelihood he probably won’t be available.”

Taurean Prince will be the fifth starter alongside James, Anthony Davis, D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves against Denver, Ham said.

That quintet started all three preseason games James and Reaves played.

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Lukas Dostal’s 25 saves not enough in Ducks’ 2-1 loss to Coyotes

• October 22, 2023

TEMPE, Ariz. — Lukas Dostal made 25 saves in his second start of the season but it wasn’t enough as the Ducks fell 2-1 to the Arizona Coyotes in a Saturday matinee at 5,000-seat Mullett Arena on the Arizona State University campus.

The Ducks’ Frank Vatrano tipped in a cross-ice pass from Jakob Silfverberg for his fourth goal of the season on a power play to cut the Coyotes’ lead to 2-1 at 7:47 of the third period.

Pulling Dostal with two minutes remaining proved fruitless for the Ducks (1-3), who could not score again in a contentious game that included 14 penalties – eight by the Ducks – and a fight between Coyotes forward Liam O’Brien and Ducks forward Ross Johnston that knocked the goal off its moorings midway through the second period. Both were given five-minute fighting penalties.

Playing in their home opener, the Coyotes (3-2) have won three of their first five games for the first time since the 2015-16 season when they won their first three, and they won their home opener for the first time since 2016-17.

Clayton Keller and Jason Zucker scored in the victory and Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves.

Keller gave the Coyotes a 2-0 lead with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle at 14:01 of the second period. The Coyotes spent almost a minute working the puck around in their offensive zone before Keller’s score following a delayed penalty call.

Just nine seconds into a power play, Zucker opened the scoring with a quick wrist shot from the top of the right circle that squeaked under Dostal’s glove with 2:19 remaining in the first period.

Dostal saved two shots from Nick Schmaltz from point-blank range minutes earlier on the first of the Coyotes’ two power plays.

The most consistent pressure from the Ducks on Vejmelka came during a power play early in the second period. Vejmelka turned aside three shots, two by Trevor Zegras, and the defense blocked three others in the first 80 seconds.

Center Adam Henrique, who missed the previous game with an illness, returned for the Ducks, who were without forward Brock McGinn (lower body), center Alex Kilorn (broken finger) and defenseman Jamie Drysdale (lower body).

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The Ducks have six rookies on the roster, the most in the league, and also have the most players who are 19 and under (three), 20 and under (four), and 22 and under (seven). Leo Carlsson, at 18 years and 297 days, is the third-youngest player in the league and the third-youngest player in Ducks’ history.

The Ducks return home for a 5:30 p.m. clash Sunday the Boston Bruins at Honda Center.

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Caleb Williams, USC football live updates vs. Utah

• October 22, 2023

Follow along for live updates from USC football reporter Luca Evans before, during and after the Trojans’ game against Utah

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USC safety Bryson Shaw (#27) exited last week’s game with injury — he’s warming up with the rest of the secondary pregame for USC-Utah. pic.twitter.com/102f0YVsqJ

— Luca Evans (@bylucaevans) October 21, 2023

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Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Oct. 21

• October 22, 2023

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SATURDAY’S SCORES

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

CIF-SS PLAYOFFS

Second round

DIVISION 6

Moorpark def. Costa Mesa, 25-19, 25-10, 25-23

Linfield Christian def. Calvary Chapel, 25-12, 25-14, 18-25, 25-7

GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL

CRESTVIEW LEAGUE

Esperanza 34, El Dorado 6

Esperanza 26, Villa Park 0

BOYS WATER POLO

STEVE PAL TOURNAMENT

Damien 14, Beckman 8

Westlake 14, San Juan Hills 9

Northwood 13, Yucaipa 10

Dos Pueblos 12, Irvine 10

Servite 11, Riverside Poly 9

Costa Mesa 14, Redlands 9

Tesoro 16, Arlington 8

Villa Park 11, Dana Hills 7

Costa Mesa 12, Tesoro 11

Crespi 11, Dana Hills 8

Esperanza 12, Valley View 10

Beckman 11, Torrey Pines 7

GARDEN GROVE TOURNAMENT

El Segundo 16, Woodbridge 7

Mission Viejo 16, Estancia 10

Capistrano Valley 12, Etiwanda 11

Yorba Linda 16, Segerstrom 6

Mission Viejo 13, St. John Bosco 9

Woodbridge 10, Etiwanda 6

SANTA ANA VALLEY TOURNAMENT

Paramount 18, Santa Ana Valley 8

Anaheim 16, Paramount 7

MEMORIAL CUP (SAN JOSE)

Jesuit 11, San Clemente 5

Foothill 12, Campolindo 6

Wilson 11, Orange Lutheran 10

Los Alamitos 12, St. Francis 11

Valley Christian 13, San Clemente 9

Semifinal

Corona del Mar 7, De La Salle 5

Fifth place

Davis 9, Foothill 8

Seventh place

Campolindo 13, Archie Williams 12

Ninth place

Los Alamitos 14, Wilson 8

11th place

St. Francis 12, Orange Lutheran 9

CENTRAL OC TOURNAMENT

Sage Hill 8, Peninsula 5

VALHALLA TOURNAMENT

Steele Canyon 11, Saddleback 7

Bonita Vista 10, Saddleback 5

SAN DIEGO OPEN TOURNAMENT

Canyon 11, Lake Oswego 8

AYALA TOURNAMENT

Great Oak 9, Fullerton 8

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Los Alamitos exercise rider dies in horse training incident

• October 22, 2023

CYPRESS — A 53-year-old exercise rider died Saturday in a training incident at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Alfredo Luevano was riding the 2-year-old filly Fly From The Fire on the backstretch during morning training hours at the Cypress track when the incident occurred, according to Los Alamitos Race Course publicity director Orlando Gutierrez.

Luevano was on the ground when assistance arrived, then taken to Long Beach Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Gutierrez said.

There have been no eyewitness accounts with any precise details on the incident, according to Gutierrez.

Fly From The Fire ran off under her power and was not injured. The quarter horse was entered in Saturday’s seventh race but scratched as a precaution, Gutierrez said.

Luevano was born in Luis Moya in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. He had 33 mounts as a jockey, mostly in Mexico and Colorado.

Luevano was issued an exercise rider license by the California Horse Racing Board this year.

Luevano is survived by his wife, Marisela Martinez; their children, Lisbet, Alfredo Jr., Alex, Aldo, and Camila; six grandchildren; and his father, Augustine.

A moment of silence will be held in Luevano’s memory before Sunday’s race card at Los Alamitos.

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“On behalf of the Los Alamitos Race Course family, we express our deepest condolences to Mr. Luevano’s family members and friends,” Gutierrez said.

Fly From The Fire has run in five races in her career, all at Los Alamitos. A second-place finish in a handicap race July 30 was the only time she has finished in the money.

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FivePoint Amphitheatre will close permanently after Saturday’s show

• October 22, 2023

FivePoint Amphitheatre, which opened in 2017 as a temporary bridge between the demolished Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre and a permanent venue to be built in the Irvine Great Park, will close permanently after tonight’s concert by the Zac Brown Band, concert promoter Live Nation announced Saturday, Oct. 21.

Live Nation had been in discussions with the city of Irvine to built a permanent venue in the heart of the Great Park, but the city ended its partnership with the promoter in July after residents and council members expressed concern about the size of the proposed amphitheater and its potential noise impacts on surrounding areas.

“Our venue was always planned to be a temporary location to keep live music in Irvine until a new permanent venue could be developed with the city,” Live Nation said in a statement released Saturday afternoon. “However, this doesn’t make saying goodbye any easier. Due to FivePoint residential development, there will no longer be road access or parking for the venue, making fan and production logistics unfeasible.”

Sir Sly performs during opening night at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Thursday, October 5, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)

Live Nation had proposed building a 14,000-seat amphitheater that it would operate. Concerts could last until 11 p.m. and Live Nation would retain the ability to sell naming rights for the complex. Councilman Larry Agran raised concerns that concert patrons would drive drunk through the city while leaving the venue; he also described Live Nation’s retention of naming rights as “one-sided.”

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Instead of a Live Nation-run venue, city officials have proposed a 10,000-seat amphitheater that would be operated by a third party.

Live Nation contends that a larger venue is a more viable proposal for several reasons.

“The 14,000 cap venue would be similar to Irvine Meadows and FivePoint — which many fans in the community have expressed support for,” the promoter said in a statement. “It’s also important to note that a smaller venue could result in less economic revenue for the city, will likely attract less big-name talent, and has less infrastructure for noise buffering.”

In its statement, Live Nation said it remains open to working with Irvine.

“If the city decides to build a new home for concerts one day, Live Nation will always stand ready to support,” the promoter said. “In the meantime, we are exploring options to bring a new venue to the broader Orange County area.”

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