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Lakers' Jordan Clarkson fits mold of score-first point guards

Written By kolimtiga on Sabtu, 28 Februari 2015 | 12.18

In many ways, Lakers rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson has shown he has the similar skills and makeup of today's shoot-first point guards in the NBA.

At 6-foot-5, Clarkson is tall for a point guard and he's really more of a combo guard, Lakers Coach Byron Scott said.

Scott said that's not a bad thing for Clarkson, considering the success of point guards who seek to score such as Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, Golden State's Stephen Curry and Chicago's Derrick Rose.

"I think more of the point guards that we have, especially the ones that are very successful, are all score-first-type point guards," Scott said. "I think Jordan is in that same mold, where he's looking to score and he's looking for those opportunities."

Clarkson started his 14th game of the season for the Lakers on Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.

In his first 13 starts, Clarkson averaged 13.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 29.3 minutes. He had a career-high 22 points Wednesday night at Utah.

"He's still trying to find a way to be a true point guard," Scott said. "But I don't think his natural instincts are going to ever be that. But I think he can be very successful in being a point guard in this league because of all of the other guys that we've seen that's been able to do that as well."

Scott said Clarkson's improvement as a point guard will come with "more experience" and the "game slowing down a little bit for him."

"He's starting to find some of those things, as far as running the offense and hitting the guy at the right time and things like that," Scott said. "He's starting to find those things. But it takes time."

Young still injured

Nick Young missed his second consecutive game with a swollen left knee.

Scott said he's not sure when Young will be able to return.

"He's getting better," Scott said. "It's just slow. The swelling is going down, but it's just not going down to the point where he can go out there and perform."

broderick.turner@latimes.com

Twitter:@BA_Turner

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Lakers' Jordan Clarkson fits mold of score-first point guards

In many ways, Lakers rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson has shown he has the similar skills and makeup of today's shoot-first point guards in the NBA.

At 6-foot-5, Clarkson is tall for a point guard and he's really more of a combo guard, Lakers Coach Byron Scott said.

Clarkson started his 14th game of the season for the Lakers on Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.

In his first 13 starts, Clarkson averaged 13.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 29.3 minutes. He had a career-high 22 points Wednesday night at Utah.

Scott said Clarkson's improvement as a point guard will come with "more experience" and the "game slowing down a little bit for him."

Young still injured

Nick Young missed his second consecutive game with a swollen left knee.

Scott said he's not sure when Young will be able to return.

"He's getting better," Scott said. "It's just slow. The swelling is going down, but it's just not going down to the point where he can go out there and perform."

broderick.turner@latimes.com

Twitter:@BA_Turner

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Lakers' Jordan Clarkson fits mold of score-first point guards

In many ways, Lakers rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson has shown he has the similar skills and makeup of today's shoot-first point guards in the NBA.

At 6-foot-5, Clarkson is tall for a point guard and he's really more of a combo guard, Lakers Coach Byron Scott said.

Clarkson started his 14th game of the season for the Lakers on Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.

In his first 13 starts, Clarkson averaged 13.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 29.3 minutes. He had a career-high 22 points Wednesday night at Utah.

Scott said Clarkson's improvement as a point guard will come with "more experience" and the "game slowing down a little bit for him."

Young still injured

Nick Young missed his second consecutive game with a swollen left knee.

Scott said he's not sure when Young will be able to return.

"He's getting better," Scott said. "It's just slow. The swelling is going down, but it's just not going down to the point where he can go out there and perform."

broderick.turner@latimes.com

Twitter:@BA_Turner

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Council proposal to declutter L.A. should be rejected

Written By kolimtiga on Jumat, 27 Februari 2015 | 12.18

It goes without saying that being homeless means not having a closet or an attic or a basement to store your belongings. Those worn and filthy shopping carts, boxes, and plastic bags that homeless people are dragging around on the streets of Los Angeles are their possessions, the net worth of their lives.

But when those belongings clutter sidewalks, they can be a physical or public health hazard and a breeding ground for vermin. They can be unsightly and annoying to others, and they can be bad for businesses and for economic development.

One of the jobs of the city is to balance the rights of the homeless against Los Angeles' other needs. To that end, the City Council is considering a new ordinance that addresses the "storage of personal property" in public spaces. Under the new measure, which seeks to "maintain public areas in clean, sanitary, and accessible condition," sanitation workers would be able to tag items on the streets with a written warning stating that the owner has 24 hours to remove them. If the items are still there a day later, sanitation workers can take them — even if the owner is standing there — leaving a written notice identifying what was taken and where it will be stored. The owner will then be given 90 days to claim the belongings before the city disposes of them.

The council should reject this proposal.

Not because there's no problem. Anyone who lives or works downtown has seen the mountains of belongings that have turned some homeless people into mobile hoarders.

But this measure is vague and unfocused and won't really solve anything. It doesn't define what sorts of property need to be removed from the streets, or how many items constitute a nuisance. It sets no limits: It doesn't say, for instance, that only hazardous property or property that is blocking public access may be taken.

Besides, the city already is allowed to seize, without notice, bulky items such as sofas, mattresses, and refrigerators, as well as property that is believed to be dangerous to public health or safety.

Another problem is that the ordinance makes no distinction between attended property and unattended property. Do we really want to see sanitation workers in a tug-of-war with homeless people hanging on to their bags and carts for dear life?

City officials acknowledge that this ordinance will not solve homelessness; it's just one tool for dealing with the effects of it, they say. But seizing the possessions of homeless people — many of whom are mentally ill or addicted — does nothing to help the people who are truly in need. In any case, handing out the equivalent of a coat check ticket is not likely even to declutter the city. Most people will retrieve their belongings and be back on the streets quickly. Or they'll move their tagged items two blocks away or to another neighborhood nearby. The city would do better to install more permanent storage bins for homeless people and to put more outreach workers on the streets.

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High-density development on voters' radar in L.A.'s Council District 6

Jim Stein stands before a wooded lot across from Birmingham High School and describes a 187-unit apartment complex that a builder hopes to put there.

It would rise six stories and add 1,000 car trips through the area each day. And there would be just one way in and out — onto busy Victory Boulevard.

As a hawk idling overhead takes a steep dive into brush, the 60-year Lake Balboa resident shakes his head. "From this to a six-story apartment building?" Stein says. "I don't think so."

To Stein and other residents, the planned Balboa Park Terrace exemplifies their concern that developers are eyeing empty lots in the central San Fernando Valley for new, high-density housing developments, threatening the character of their single-family residential neighborhoods. And they especially want to know who is giving money to the two candidates vying March 3 to represent them on the Los Angeles City Council.

District 6 incumbent Nury Martinez is backed by an array of development and real estate interests that voters like Stein find troubling. Of the more than $480,000 that Martinez and independent groups supporting her run have raised so far, campaign finance records show that $91,400 has come from real estate and construction interests.

Martinez's biggest source of support, $141,700, is from unions.

Challenger Cindy Montanez, by contrast, has raised a total of $58,200. Her biggest support groups are lawyers, who gave $10,070; financial services, $7,100; and retirees, $6,279. She received $5,900 from contributors connected to real estate and construction.

Stein, who is supporting Montanez, joined three other Lake Balboa residents last week to protest Martinez's appearance at a $700-a-plate fundraiser at an Encino law firm, co-hosted by Brad Rosenheim, a consultant hired by the Moss Group, the Balboa Park developer.

The project is on hold while Moss attempts to work out differences with Lake Balboa residents.

Longtime Valley developer David Spiegel, meanwhile, has given $20,700 to the Martinez reelection effort. His company, Spiegel Development, is seeking approval to build a single-family home and 25 townhouse-style units on lots zoned for single-family residences in Panorama City. That development, too, has drawn objections from local residents.

Both projects require zoning changes that would have to be approved by the Council. And members generally follow the wishes of the colleague in whose district the change would occur.

"Anybody who is conscious of how things appear to the public would be ashamed to be anywhere near that,'' Lake Balboa music teacher Bill Haller said of last week's Martinez fundraiser. "But she doesn't seem too concerned. She thinks we're an electorate that is not interested in what's going on."

Roy Behr, Martinez's campaign consultant, called the protests over the apartment project a "fake issue created by the Montanez campaign." Moss withdrew its application after Martinez wrote a Jan. 22 letter saying she would not support it without neighborhood backing, he said. Behr did not mention that a working group, made up of local residents and Moss officials, has been convened to try to work out differences.

"Moss contributed to Nury despite the fact that she is opposed to their project, clearly demonstrating that Nury is an independent vote," Behr said. "In addition, Moss contributed to Cindy Montanez in 2013, so she has no standing to make accusations about their contribution." City records show that Moss gave Montanez $1,200 and Martinez $500 in the 2013 special election that Martinez won in a come-from-behind vote. For their matchup next week, Moss contributed $700 to Martinez only.

Behr said Martinez turned down another project on Louise Street in Lake Balboa after hearing from neighbors. He accused Montanez of running a campaign "devoid of real issues." Lake Balboa resident Carol Newman, meanwhile, said Martinez's stance on the Balboa Park Terrace complex earned her admiration.

"That letter was stronger than anything I've expected for someone on the City Council to write,'' said Newman, a real estate lawyer who hopes that a compromise on the project can be reached.

Haller, the music teacher, said the temporary halt to the apartment project doesn't allay his concerns.

"This will be the typical 'we'll wait until after the election and if Nury Martinez is elected, here's your brand new building folks,''' he said. "And we get the traffic problems, the congestion and the pollution."

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Mayor Eric Garcetti's silence on L.A. issues helps no one

Averse to controversy and hesitant to take sides, Mayor Eric Garcetti has often avoided staking out positions on divisive issues over his 19-month tenure. But finally, he has taken an unambiguous stand, telling Angelenos that … his favorite movie is "Airplane!"

OK, fine, good to know. But on too many other significant decisions facing local lawmakers and voters, Garcetti is still mum.

Garcetti has declined, for instance, to take a position on Charter Amendments 1 and 2, the measures on next week's ballot that would move local election dates from March and May of odd-numbered years to June and November of even-numbered years to coincide with gubernatorial and presidential elections. The idea is to boost L.A.'s dismal voter participation by merging local elections with state and national contests that tend to have higher turnout.

But when asked if he supported the ballot measures, Garcetti told the Daily News that he would not take a position. Why? "Because I can see both sides of the issue," the mayor said. What kind of cop-out is that? Voters have to make a choice about this complicated question — one that Garcetti himself agreed should be put to them — so why shouldn't he tell them where he stands on it?

Garcetti also said that he didn't want to take a public stand on a ballot measure from which he could benefit personally. (City officials elected in 2015 and 2017 would serve a one-time 51/2 -year term to adjust to the new election schedule.) But if he stands to gain from it, all the more reason to explain why it is in voters' interests to pass it — or why it is not. Staying out of the fray helps no one.

Taken in isolation, Garcetti's silence on the charter amendments wouldn't be that big of a deal. But he has repeatedly punted, rather than confronted, controversial issues. When the City Council overruled the recommendation of Garcetti's Recreation and Parks Commission and his general manager to give the multimillion-dollar Greek Theatre contract to a new operator, the mayor was silent, not even bothering to defend the department head who works for him. Garcetti also had no comment when the council, charged with getting a second opinion on the impact of raising the city's minimum wage, attempted to hire the same U.C. Berkeley economists who had given the first opinion. And while past mayors have worked to elect school board members and shape education policy in the L.A. Unified School District, Garcetti has largely avoided the discussion.

L.A. needs a mayor with opinions. Garcetti should be at the forefront of the city's controversies. He should tell voters what he supports and opposes because his positions and his reasoning are indicative of his priorities and his leadership. It's time to speak up, Mr. Mayor, and tell the people what you think.

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Lakers rise up in Utah to beat Jazz, 100-97

Written By kolimtiga on Kamis, 26 Februari 2015 | 12.18

Lakers 100 - Utah Jazz 97 (end of regulation)

The Lakers won their second-straight game, beating the Jazz in Utah on Wednesday night overcoming a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit.

Elijah Millsap's driving layup with 11:15 left in the game put the Jazz up 82-69. Over a seven-minute span, the Lakers pulled ahead on a Jordan Clarkson layup 90-88, a 21-6 run.

Clarkson finished with a career-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting, along with three assists in 34 minutes. Wayne Ellington notched his first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Ed Davis was big off the bench while the Lakers made their run, scoring 12 points with nine rebounds. Jordan Hill (16 points) and Carlos Boozer (14 points) also hit double figures as the Lakers shot 44.9% from the field but just 18.2% from three-point range (2-11).

The Lakers hit 18 of 21 free throws (85.7%), including a pair from Robert Sacre with 1.2 seconds left in the game.

Gordon Hayward scored 20 points but turned the ball over six times. Rudy Gobert had a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds, along with three blocked shots.

The Jazz shot 46.6% from the field (34-73) and 58.3% from three-point range (7-12), but the team missed 12 free throws (22-34, 64.7%) and turned the ball over 21 times. The Lakers had just 10 turnovers.

Derrick Favors added 18 points, Millsap 17 and Rodney Hood had 11.

With the win, the Lakers climb to 15-41. They'll return home Friday to host the Milwaukee Bucks (32-25). The Jazz (21-35) visit the Denver Nuggets (20-37), also on Friday.

Utah Jazz 78 - Lakers 69 (end of third quarter)

Despite falling behind by as many as 11 points, the Lakers were able to catch the Jazz at 59 with 4:41 left in the third.

Utah closed out the period well, pulling ahead in the final two minutes on a seven-point run, until Jordan Hill hit a baseline jumper with five seconds left.

Rodney Hood's three-pointer ended the period, putting the Jazz back up by nine.

Jordan Clarkson led all scorers with 18 points. Gordon Hayward paced the Jazz with 16.

The Lakers shot 42.4% from the field with eight turnovers; the Jazz hit 54.9% with 16 miscues.

Utah Jazz 51 - Lakers 45 (halftime)

The Lakers rallied in the second period, staying close to the Jazz by forcing nine turnovers.

Jordan Clarkson scored 12 points with three assists, but the Lakers shot just 39.1% from the field.

The Jazz were led by Gordon Hayward with 16 points. Utah shot well from the field (54.1%) but only forced the Lakers into two turnovers.

Rodney Hood scored eight off the bench for the Jazz, hitting all three of his shots in just 8 1/2 minutes.

Utah Jazz 29 - Lakers 21 (end of first quarter)

The Jazz held the Lakers to just 35.0% shooting and 21 points in the first quarter at Utah.

Gordon Hayward led all scorers with 10 points, as the Jazz hit 57.1% from the field.

Jordan Clarkson scored six for the Lakers. Wesley Johnson added five off the bench.

Rudy Gobert was both an offensive and defensive presence for the Jazz, scoring nine points with three rebounds and a block.

Pregame

The Lakers (14-41) visit the Utah Jazz (21-34) on Wednesday night.

The Jazz are coming off a win over the San Antonio Spurs while the Lakers ended a seven-game losing streak on Sunday over the Boston Celtics.

Nick Young won't play (knee) and the Lakers will be without Ronnie Price (elbow), Kobe Bryant (shoulder), Julius Randle (knee) and Steve Nash (back), who are all done for the season.

Alec Burks (shoulder) is also out for the year.

For an in-depth breakdown, check out check out check out Preview: Lakers at Utah Jazz.

Email Eric Pincus at eric.pincus@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @EricPincus

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Boys' soccer: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff scores and updated pairings

SOUTHERN SECTION

DIVISION 1

Second round, Wednesday

Servite 4, Mira Costa 1

Paramount 3, San Clemente 2

Santa Margarita 3, Santa Barbara 1

Loyola 1, Royal 1 (Loyola advances on penalties, 5-3)

El Toro 1, Downey 1 (El Toro advances on penalties, score not reported)

Los Alamitos 1, Harvard-Westlake 1 (Los Alamitos advances on penalties, 5-4)

Corona 4, Palos Verdes 2

Edison 1, Warren 1 (Edison advances on penalties, 5-4)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Paramount at #1 Servite

#4 Loyola at Santa Margarita

Los Alamitos at #3 El Toro.

Edison at Corona

DIVISION 2

Second round, Wednesday

Millikan 2, Loara 0

La Quinta 2, Riverside North 0

California 3, Century 1

Sunny Hills 0, Laguna Hills 0 (Sunny Hills advances on penalties, 5-4)

Santa Ana 3, La Serna 0

Long Beach Cabrillo 1, Fontana 0

Rancho Verde 4, Troy 2

Long Beach Jordan 2, Palm Desert 1 (OT)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

La Quinta at #1 Millikan

California at #4 Sunny Hills

#3 Santa Ana at Long Beach Cabrillo

Long Beach Jordan at Rancho Verde

DIVISION 3

Second round, Wednesday

Cathedral 2, Arroyo Grande 0

Littlerock 2, Damien 1

Redlands East Valley 1, San Luis Obispo 1 (Redlands East Valley advances on penalties, 3-0)

Alta Loma 2, Norte Vista 0

Chaffey 3, Woodbridge 0

Santa Maria 5, Chino Hills 2

Pasadena 4, Oxnard Pacifica 3

Claremont 1, Ontario 1 (Claremont advances on penalties, 4-3)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Littlerock at #1 Cathedral

Redlands East Valley at #4 Alta Loma

#3 Chaffey at Santa Maria

Pasadena at #2 Claremont

DIVISION 4

Second round, Wednesday

Hart 0, Laguna Beach 0 (Hart advances on penalties, 3-1)

Great Oak 3, Oak Hills 1

El Segundo 0, Brea Olinda 0 (El Segundo advances on penalties, score not reported)

Chaparral 1, Carpinteria 0

Godinez 3, Sierra Vista 0

Norwalk 1, Vista Murrieta 0

Bellflower 2, Cate 1

Lawndale 1, West Torrance 1 (Lawndale advances on penalties, 6-5)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Great Oak at #1 Hart

El Segundo at Chaparral

Norwalk at #3 Godinez

Lawndale at Bellflower

DIVISION 5

Second round, Wednesday

Arroyo 2, Granite Hills 1

San Gorgonio 4, Los Amigos 3

Garey 1, McAuliffe 0

Garden Grove Santiago 3, Adelanto 0

Arroyo Valley 1, Animo Leadership 0

Chino 2, Garden Grove 1

La Puente 1, Charter Oak 1 (La Puente advances on penalties, 4-3)

Rialto 3, Tahquitz 2

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

San Gorgonio at Arroyo

#4 Garden Grove Santiago at Garey

Chino at #3 Arroyo Valley

Rialto at La Puente

DIVISION 6

Second round, Wednesday

South Pasadena 2, Cerritos Valley Christian 1

Rancho Mirage 1, Banning 0

Sage Hill 3, Covina 0

Moreno Valley 5, Flintridge Prep 2

Vista del Lago 4, Crean Lutheran 2

La Canada 3, Desert Mirage 2

Rowland 2, Ontario Christian 0

Monrovia 4, Linfield Christian 0

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

#1 South Pasadena at Rancho Mirage

Sage Hill at #4 Moreno Valley

La Canada at #3 Vista del Lago

Rowland at #2 Monrovia

DIVISION 7

Second round, Wednesday

New Community Jewish 3, Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 2

University Prep 4, Nuview Bridge 1

Dunn 4, Lancaster Desert Christian 1

Buckley 1, St. Anthony 1 (Buckley advances on penalties, 4-1)

Webb 3, Riverside Prep 0

Laguna Blanca 4, Calvary Murrieta 0

Santa Rosa Academy 3, La Sierra Academy 0

West Shores 5, Grace Brethren 2

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

University Prep at New Community Jewish

Buckley at Dunn

#3 Webb at Laguna Blanca

#2 West Shores at Santa Rosa Academy

NOTES: Semifinals, Tuesday. Championships, Mar. 6-7 at at Downey, Warren, and Corona.

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Boys' soccer: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff scores and updated pairings

SOUTHERN SECTION

DIVISION 1

Second round, Wednesday

Servite 4, Mira Costa 1

Paramount 3, San Clemente 2

Santa Margarita 3, Santa Barbara 1

Loyola 1, Royal 1 (Loyola advances on penalties, 5-3)

El Toro 1, Downey 1 (El Toro advances on penalties, score not reported)

Los Alamitos 1, Harvard-Westlake 1 (Los Alamitos advances on penalties, 5-4)

Corona 4, Palos Verdes 2

Edison 1, Warren 1 (Edison advances on penalties, 5-4)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Paramount at #1 Servite

#4 Loyola at Santa Margarita

Los Alamitos at #3 El Toro.

Edison at Corona

DIVISION 2

Second round, Wednesday

Millikan 2, Loara 0

La Quinta 2, Riverside North 0

California 3, Century 1

Sunny Hills 0, Laguna Hills 0 (Sunny Hills advances on penalties, 5-4)

Santa Ana 3, La Serna 0

Long Beach Cabrillo 1, Fontana 0

Rancho Verde 4, Troy 2

Long Beach Jordan 2, Palm Desert 1 (OT)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

La Quinta at #1 Millikan

California at #4 Sunny Hills

#3 Santa Ana at Long Beach Cabrillo

Long Beach Jordan at Rancho Verde

DIVISION 3

Second round, Wednesday

Cathedral 2, Arroyo Grande 0

Littlerock 2, Damien 1

Redlands East Valley 1, San Luis Obispo 1 (Redlands East Valley advances on penalties, 3-0)

Alta Loma 2, Norte Vista 0

Chaffey 3, Woodbridge 0

Santa Maria 5, Chino Hills 2

Pasadena 4, Oxnard Pacifica 3

Claremont 1, Ontario 1 (Claremont advances on penalties, 4-3)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Littlerock at #1 Cathedral

Redlands East Valley at #4 Alta Loma

#3 Chaffey at Santa Maria

Pasadena at #2 Claremont

DIVISION 4

Second round, Wednesday

Hart 0, Laguna Beach 0 (Hart advances on penalties, 3-1)

Great Oak 3, Oak Hills 1

El Segundo 0, Brea Olinda 0 (El Segundo advances on penalties, score not reported)

Chaparral 1, Carpinteria 0

Godinez 3, Sierra Vista 0

Norwalk 1, Vista Murrieta 0

Bellflower 2, Cate 1

Lawndale 1, West Torrance 1 (Lawndale advances on penalties, 6-5)

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

Great Oak at #1 Hart

El Segundo at Chaparral

Norwalk at #3 Godinez

Lawndale at Bellflower

DIVISION 5

Second round, Wednesday

Arroyo 2, Granite Hills 1

San Gorgonio 4, Los Amigos 3

Garey 1, McAuliffe 0

Garden Grove Santiago 3, Adelanto 0

Arroyo Valley 1, Animo Leadership 0

Chino 2, Garden Grove 1

La Puente 1, Charter Oak 1 (La Puente advances on penalties, 4-3)

Rialto 3, Tahquitz 2

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

San Gorgonio at Arroyo

#4 Garden Grove Santiago at Garey

Chino at #3 Arroyo Valley

Rialto at La Puente

DIVISION 6

Second round, Wednesday

South Pasadena 2, Cerritos Valley Christian 1

Rancho Mirage 1, Banning 0

Sage Hill 3, Covina 0

Moreno Valley 5, Flintridge Prep 2

Vista del Lago 4, Crean Lutheran 2

La Canada 3, Desert Mirage 2

Rowland 2, Ontario Christian 0

Monrovia 4, Linfield Christian 0

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

#1 South Pasadena at Rancho Mirage

Sage Hill at #4 Moreno Valley

La Canada at #3 Vista del Lago

Rowland at #2 Monrovia

DIVISION 7

Second round, Wednesday

New Community Jewish 3, Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 2

University Prep 4, Nuview Bridge 1

Dunn 4, Lancaster Desert Christian 1

Buckley 1, St. Anthony 1 (Buckley advances on penalties, 4-1)

Webb 3, Riverside Prep 0

Laguna Blanca 4, Calvary Murrieta 0

Santa Rosa Academy 3, La Sierra Academy 0

West Shores 5, Grace Brethren 2

Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m.

University Prep at New Community Jewish

Buckley at Dunn

#3 Webb at Laguna Blanca

#2 West Shores at Santa Rosa Academy

NOTES: Semifinals, Tuesday. Championships, Mar. 6-7 at at Downey, Warren, and Corona.

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Donors help east Hollywood youth baseball team regain field access

Written By kolimtiga on Rabu, 25 Februari 2015 | 12.19

A cash-strapped east Hollywood youth baseball team has been guaranteed access to its neighborhood Dodgers Dreamfield after dozens of people around Los Angeles donated enough money to pay for permits to use the field and even provide a large financial cushion.

The Times reported Monday that the L.A. Bulldogs had been locked out of the field in Lemon Grove Recreation Center by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks after a group of Hancock Park parents bought all the premium weekday time slots for their girls' softball league, the Wilshire Girls Softball Assn.

The Bulldogs had played for years on the field for free. After learning that they were shut out, parents of the 18 team members — ages 8 to 12 — said they would not be able to raise the $436 permit fee for the spring season even if a few hours of time were available.

To make the best of a difficult situation, the Bulldogs practiced on a 20-foot wide strip of grass between the Dreamfield perimeter fence and a parking lot: jogging around trees, tossing balls back and forth beside parked cars and swatting balls against the field's fence from three feet away.

The city backtracked Monday, saying that the hours of 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays had become available for a reduced fee of $262. The same day, Diego and Annie Chavez of Culver City personally delivered the first donation in the team's history — $262.

"I feel awfully happy about this," said Diego Chavez, 88, who retired after a career of manufacturing crown molding. "I hated the thought of those kids having to play in the street instead of the Dreamfield field in their own neighborhood."

Johanna Sarmiento, who is in charge of the Bulldogs' financial matters, described the donation as "absolutely awesome."

"Now, nobody can say, 'Hey, Bulldogs, you can't step foot on the Dreamfield because you don't have a permit,' " she said. "I bought the city permit — our first — Monday afternoon, and it feels terrific."

The Bulldogs are also receiving help from the Wilshire girls league, whose board of directors on Monday approved donation of its unused Friday night time slots to the Bulldogs. It is also considering a proposal to donate its unused time slots on Tuesdays through Thursday to the Bulldogs.

"Running a youth baseball league in this city involves parents, coaches, city officials and politics," said Adam Glickman, president of the Wilshire league. "But at the end of the day, we must honor the belief that the kids come first."

There's more. On Monday, the Bulldogs, who had raised money for bats, balls and uniforms by selling caramel apples and jalepeño popcorn to fans, established a funding site for the donations that have been pouring in over the last few days.

"The last time I looked, the fund had grown to more than $4,000," Sarmiento said. "Wow. We are grateful for all the support."

louis.sahagun@latimes.com

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Arrive early for your cruise

Don't miss the boat. Extend your vacation by arriving at your departure port at least a day before. It will save you rushing from the airport to the ship, and arriving for embarkation feeling calm helps you slip more easily into vacation mode.

—Rosemary McClure

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Arrive early for your cruise

—Rosemary McClure

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Snoozing can lead to losing; Ducks are living proof

Written By kolimtiga on Selasa, 24 Februari 2015 | 12.18

After a good start carried them to the top of the Pacific Division, the Ducks understandably slipped into cruise control in early February.

"It's a tough time of year whether you're at the bottom or the top. When you're at the top it's almost tougher," center Ryan Getzlaf said. "You get a little complacent and lose a game here or there and you don't think it's that big a deal, and all of a sudden it's two or three and you decide you've got to wake up."

They believe they're awake now. "I hope so," Getzlaf said Monday before they faced the Detroit Red Wings at Honda Center. "I thought we looked good the last couple days. I think our game's rounded a little bit better and the excitement around the room seems a little bit higher than it was."

The Ducks are following a familiar pattern with a third straight strong regular-season performance. The trick is avoiding a third straight early playoff exit.

"You take the last two years and how the playoffs went to Game 7s — Game 7s that we haven't exactly come out ready to play — and it's tough," winger Kyle Palmieri said of losses to Detroit and the Kings. "Ninety percent of this group was there and went through it. It's one of those things you never want to experience again."

Home games this week against Detroit, Ottawa and the Kings should provide a measure of where they stand. They'll also play Sunday at Dallas before Monday's NHL trade deadline.

A shaky defense has forced them to rethink the idea that center Ryan Kesler, acquired last summer, was the final piece for a Stanley Cup run. Defenseman Eric Brewer, acquired from Tampa Bay on Nov. 28, has looked painfully slow — and he's not alone in that. General Manager Bob Murray needs a second-pair defenseman and might have to trade a roster player for one. He isn't looking for a rental player and has rejected requests for top prospect Shea Theodore. The Ducks have salary cap space but don't spend to the limit.

Coach Bruce Boudreau said he has been most bothered by the high number of goals against, a lack of consistency, and a tendency to unravel after allowing a goal. "But I think they're very correctable and there's a lot of time to correct them," he said.

Only if they're fully awake.

Gold medal anniversary

Tuesday is the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Olympic hockey team's gold medal-clinching victory over Finland at Lake Placid, a feat no U.S. men's team has matched. Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 team, would welcome company in the U.S. Olympic history books.

"We're not the '72 Dolphins. We want to see gold medals," he said.

The college kids-vs.-Goliath theme that made the 1980 triumph over the Soviets and Finns so stunning was removed from the equation when NHL players began representing their homelands at the 1998 Nagano Games. However, the NHL, the NHL Players' Assn. and the International Olympic Committee haven't yet reached agreement on sending NHL players to the 2018 Games at Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Eruzione favors reverting to sending college kids. "I would like to see it, but I still root for the pros as well. Every time our country competes at the international level, whether it's the world championships, the world juniors or the Olympic Games, I hope they win," he said. "We go into a tournament now as one of the favorites, and that's great to see. The sport has grown so much. . . .

"Whether we send college kids or pro players, I still want to see our teams be competitive and win because it's a great message to the world about how far we've come in hockey."

Outdoors and outstanding

Levi's Stadium lacked the charm of Dodger Stadium, where the Kings and Ducks played outdoors last year, but what the NHL lost in ambience last Saturday it gained in revenue: The crowd of 70,205 at the Kings' 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks was the third-largest for an NHL outdoor game.

Commissioner Gary Bettman, who initially opposed staging outdoor games in California, is willing to return here. But he hedged when asked if it will happen soon.

"The 'soon' part I don't know the answer to because the outdoor games remain in such demand," he said. "Do I envision us coming back at some point for more outdoor games? The answer is absolutely. It's been great and we couldn't ask for a better time, whether it was last year at Dodger Stadium or here at Levi's.

"The combination of seeing this many NHL/hockey fans in California shows you exactly what the game has accomplished, what these three franchises have accomplished in a relatively brief period of time, if you compare their history to, say, the Original Six."

A game at the Rose Bowl would be spectacular, but waiting a few years is fine. Too many outdoor games would spoil the novelty.

Slap shots

The teetering Bruins lost center David Krejci for four to six weeks because of a torn knee ligament. . . . Jaromir Jagr, unhappy with reduced ice time since General Manager Lou Lamoriello became New Jersey's interim coach, reportedly is open to being traded. . . . Left wing Curtis Glencross, unable to negotiate a contract with Calgary, gave the Flames a list of acceptable trade destinations. It's believed his list includes the Kings and Ducks but he's not among the Kings' targets. Any move they make would likely be on defense. . . . Defenseman Jeff Petry, prized as a right-handed shooter, missed Edmonton's last two games because of a rib injury but that won't hurt his trade value as a rental player.

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San Francisco residents relying less on private automobiles

San Franciscan Rian Adams has broken her reliance on the automobile. Parking in the city's congested urban core where she lives and works is too much hassle, and her two-mile commute typically takes five minutes on BART.

Around town, the 34-year-old says, "I don't drive anywhere."

Nor do a lot of others in the City by the Bay.

In stark contrast to car-dependent Los Angeles, studies show that most trips in the burgeoning tech metropolis are now made by modes of transportation other than the private automobile.

Travel surveys by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency over the last two years have shown that 54% and 52% of all trips, respectively, involved public transit, walking, bicycles and various car-share or ride-share operations such as Uber and Lyft.

Researchers found that 25% of the trips, whether commuting to work, going to dinner, shopping or other outings, were on transit, while nearly as many — 23% — were on foot. Use of a bicycle, taxi, car-share or ride-share accounted for 4%. In 2012, trips were split 50-50 between personal vehicles and the other modes.

Some earlier and admittedly less accurate studies done a few years ago found that more than 60% of trips involved private vehicles.

Driving solo still was the leading means of getting around in San Francisco last year, representing 27% of all trips. Carpooling accounted for about one in five private vehicles trips — double the national average.

"We are encouraged," said Tom Maguire, director of the transportation agency's Sustainable Streets program. "The goal is to make walking, cycling, transit and ride-sharing so attractive that people will choose to get around that way."

Transportation experts say the city's compact development pattern is especially conducive to leaving the car behind — and contrasts sharply with the urban sprawl and high rates of solo driving prevalent in Los Angeles.

At 47 square miles, San Francisco is relatively small and densely populated. There are more than 17,000 residents per square mile — twice that of Los Angeles.

Moreover, the city has numerous walkable neighborhoods, a dominant commercial and residential core, and a far stronger tradition of transit use across socioeconomic classes.

And, of course, it has some of the worst rush-hour congestion in the nation along with scarce, high-priced parking in the central business district.

Whitney Miller, who lives in Oakland and usually takes BART to her job at a landscape architecture firm in San Francisco, says Bay Area residents gravitate to public transit partly because they are "a little bit more self-conscious" about their greenhouse gas footprint.

But mostly she suspects the city's "unbearable" traffic and parking are pushing people to seek other ways to get around.

"I drive sometimes, but driving home is really awful," says Miller, whose 11-mile commute home can take an hour by car. "There's nowhere to park when you do drive here."

Alan E. Pisarski, a transportation expert and author of a series of books on American commuting, said gentrification and urban core population growth that rivals or exceeds the suburbs also are affecting transportation preferences in San Francisco.

When those factors occur, "all the transportation options begin to fall into place," Pisarski said.

Like San Francisco, the Los Angeles area is moving rapidly to expand transportation options, with tens of billions of dollars of new investment in rail lines, carpool lanes, ride-sharing programs and bicycle routes. But Pisarski and other transportation experts say the nation's second-largest city faces major challenges not shared by its counterpart to the north.

Los Angeles has an entrenched car culture and the city alone is spread out over nearly 10 times the area of San Francisco. Its population density of 8,100 people per square mile is less than half that of the Bay Area city.

Countywide, the land area is an enormous 4,752 square miles, and the density drops to about 2,100 people per square mile. Across this vast region are many large job centers, making downtown Los Angeles less significant as a destination.

Though not strictly comparable to the San Francisco survey, which involves a random sample of residents and asks different questions, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey has found that 77% of commuters in L.A. drive to work alone or in carpools, 11.4% take public transit and 11.6% use other ways to get around.

In the larger county region, 83% of commuters drive to work alone or in carpools and just 7.3% use public transit.

Hasan Ikhrata, executive director of the Southern California Assn. of Governments, a regional planning organization, said local transportation agencies have been investing heavily in light-rail lines, subways and transit buses, as well as cycling and walkable community programs.

"As these systems mature and land use changes, I think the transit share will increase," Ikhrata said. "Will we get to 50% like San Francisco any time soon? No. Are we heading in the right direction? Yes."

Maguire said the most recent survey results for San Francisco show that the region's transportation agency is meeting its goal of having less than half of all trips made by private vehicle.

That's likely to suit Grant Bruce, who opened the Nano Cafe in San Francisco's Mission District five months ago. He chose the location because it was near a transit stop. His commute from the Twin Peaks neighborhood in the geographic center of the city takes about 15 minutes.

A resident of San Francisco for more than two decades, Bruce has always relied on public transit. He doesn't even have a driver's license.

"The driving thing leads to the parking thing," he says. "I don't need it."

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Snoozing can lead to losing; Ducks are living proof

After a good start carried them to the top of the Pacific Division, the Ducks understandably slipped into cruise control in early February.

The Ducks are following a familiar pattern with a third straight strong regular-season performance. The trick is avoiding a third straight early playoff exit.

Home games this week against Detroit, Ottawa and the Kings should provide a measure of where they stand. They'll also play Sunday at Dallas before Monday's NHL trade deadline.

Only if they're fully awake.

Gold medal anniversary

"We're not the '72 Dolphins. We want to see gold medals," he said.

"Whether we send college kids or pro players, I still want to see our teams be competitive and win because it's a great message to the world about how far we've come in hockey."

Outdoors and outstanding

Commissioner Gary Bettman, who initially opposed staging outdoor games in California, is willing to return here. But he hedged when asked if it will happen soon.

A game at the Rose Bowl would be spectacular, but waiting a few years is fine. Too many outdoor games would spoil the novelty.

Slap shots

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Twitter: @helenenothelen

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Oscars 2015: 'Selma' wins original song as the show turns political

Written By kolimtiga on Senin, 23 Februari 2015 | 12.18

Favorites Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne nabbed the top acting prizes at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre.

Moore won for lead actress for playing a professor with early Alzheimer's in "Still Alice," while Redmayne won for lead actor for portraying theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and his struggle with ALS in "The Theory of Everything."

FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2015

The pair had been awards season favorites, nabbing nearly every top honor including the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA.

The director award went to Alejandro G. Iñárritu for "Birdman," the dark comedy about a washed-up former superhero actor seeking redemption. Iñárritu also won as one of the writers for original screenplay for "Birdman," and it also won for cinematography.

Earlier, equal pay, women's rights, and the struggle for justice -- especially for minorities -- took center stage.

Singer-songwriters John Legend and rapper Common earned Oscars for original song for "Glory" from the movie "Selma," the historical drama about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s crusade for voting equality. And Legend took the moment to eloquently question how much has really changed in the past half century.

"Selma is now," Legend said, "because the struggle for justice is right now." He went on to say that voting rights are being compromised in some parts of the country and called America "the most incarcerated country in the world," adding that more black men are under the control of the correctional system than were enslaved in 1850.

Earlier, Patricia Arquette collected her trophy for supporting actress for playing a beleagured single mom in "Boyhood." She used her acceptance speech to call for equality and wage parity for women.

INTERACTIVE: How to win an Oscar

The show quickly returned to entertainment, with Lady Gaga performing a rousing medley from "The Sound of Music," which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. She was hugged at the finish by the film's star, Julie Andrews, who gave the original score Oscar to Alexandre Desplat for "The Grand Budapest Hotel."

The win meant that Wes Anderson's whimsical comedy about an eccentric hotel concierge pulled ahead on the Oscars scorecard, with four wins. Besides score, "Budapest" has won Oscars for production and costume design as well as makeup and hairstyling.

Meanwhile, "Whiplash," a drama about a young drummer and his ruthless teacher, has won three -- for editing, sound mixing and for supporting actor J.K. Simmons.

PHOTOS: Oscars 2015 top nominees | Presenters | Nominee reactions | Awkward moments

It represented a sweep for Simmons, who was the odds-on favorite, having earned critics honors as well as all the major awards, including the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.

"I am grateful every day for the most remarkable person I know, my wife," Simmons said, commenting on her "love, kindness, wisdom, sacrifice." He then goaded his two kids -- as well as kids everywhere -- to call, not text, their parents.

Graham Moore got a rousing standing ovation from the star-studded audience as he accepted his trophy for adapted screenplay for "The Imitation Game," about the struggles of gay Enigma code breaker Alan Turing, who eventually committed suicide.

FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2015

After thanking friends, family and co-workers, Moore said that at 16 he tried to kill himself because "I felt weird and different, and I felt like I didn't belong." He said his trophy sends a message to all of those who feel like they're weird and don't belong. "Yes, you do," he said, welling with emotion. "Stay weird, stay different, and then when it's your turn, and you're standing on the stage, pass along the same message."

Cinematography went to Emmanuel Lubezki for "Birdman." (He won this honor last year for "Gravity.") "Birdman" also won for best original screenplay. Disney claimed two Oscars -- one for animated feature for "Big Hero 6" and the other for animated short for "Feast." "Interstellar" took honors for visual effects. "American Sniper" won for sound editing. The best foreign language film went to Poland's "Ida," which has been an awards season favorite. And "The Phone Call" won for live action short film. "Citizenfour won for documentary. "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" won for documentary short subject.

Host Neil Patrick Harris kicked off the awards with a valentine to the movies -- but with a bite.

"Tonight we honor Hollywood's best and whitest, er, brightest," he quipped as he opened the show, referring to controversy over the lack of diversity in the nominees. He then moved into a lavish musical number celebrating the films with dazzling special effects that placed him in such films as "Star Wars" and "Risky Business."

Harris is known for revitalizing the Tony Awards and the Emmys as a multi-faceted host, and he appeared to be well on his way to making his mark on the Academy Awards.

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Oscars 2015: 'Selma' wins original song as the show turns political

Favorites Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne nabbed the top acting prizes at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre.

FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2015

The pair had been awards season favorites, nabbing nearly every top honor including the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA.

Earlier, equal pay, women's rights, and the struggle for justice -- especially for minorities -- took center stage.

Earlier, Patricia Arquette collected her trophy for supporting actress for playing a beleagured single mom in "Boyhood." She used her acceptance speech to call for equality and wage parity for women.

INTERACTIVE: How to win an Oscar

Meanwhile, "Whiplash," a drama about a young drummer and his ruthless teacher, has won three -- for editing, sound mixing and for supporting actor J.K. Simmons.

PHOTOS: Oscars 2015 top nominees | Presenters | Nominee reactions | Awkward moments

It represented a sweep for Simmons, who was the odds-on favorite, having earned critics honors as well as all the major awards, including the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.

FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2015

Host Neil Patrick Harris kicked off the awards with a valentine to the movies -- but with a bite.

Harris is known for revitalizing the Tony Awards and the Emmys as a multi-faceted host, and he appeared to be well on his way to making his mark on the Academy Awards.

Twitter: @mymackie; @renelynch

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Oscars 2015: 'Birdman' quartet wins for original screenplay

Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo won the Oscar for original screenplay Sunday for "Birdman," their daring black comedy about a washed-up superhero actor attempting a career comeback.

Accepting the award, director and co-writer Inarritu said, "The journey of 'Birdman' started three years ago when I asked Nico, Armando and Alexander to follow me in a crazy idea, and because they are crazy, they did it and we wrote together 'Birdman.' For that, I am … grateful and thankful."

Inarritu also gave kudos to his cast, including Emma Stone, Edward Norton and "the maestro of maestros, Mr. Michael Keaton, for making this film fly."

FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2015

The win represents the first Oscar for each of the four writers, and the first nomination for Giacobone, Dinelaris and Bo. Inarritu had Oscar nominations in two previous years and is also up for director and best picture for "Birdman."

In the original screenplay category, the quartet beat out Wes Anderson for "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Richard Linklater for "Boyhood"; E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman for "Foxcatcher"; and Dan Gilroy for "Nightcrawler."

Inarritu's fifth feature film, "Birdman" stars Michael Keaton as a past-his-prime actor grappling with ego and self-doubt while trying to regain his mojo by mounting a Broadway play.

OSCARS 2015: Complete list | Top nominees | Red carpet blog | Live updates | Red carpet photos

Speaking to The Times when Oscar nominations were announced in January, Giacobone said the film's creative challenges brought out the best in the foursome.

"I think that for a writer, facing a huge question mark all the time — not knowing what that is and trying to learn what that is and trying to learn how to make it — it's very useful," he said. "It's how special things happen at the end."

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NFL says this time it's more serious about stadium

Written By kolimtiga on Minggu, 22 Februari 2015 | 12.18

For two decades, billionaires, business leaders, Hollywood celebrities and high-powered politicians have taken turns trying to coax the NFL back to Los Angeles. Their efforts have been futile.

Football fans in the region, fatigued by broken promises and dead-end deals, have been largely skeptical. They've revealed their feelings in letters and online posts that can best be summarized: Don't call us until you start pouring cement.

Now, in the last few weeks, NFL owners have muscled their way onto the stage, throwing in their own money and making their stadium plans very public. For the first time since 1994, the NFL's return to Los Angeles might be more than a dream.

"People are actually investing dollars into getting something done," said Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, chairman of the league committee looking into the L.A. market. "People can take that as maybe we're more serious than we've been over the last decade or so."

The owner of the St. Louis Rams announced last month that he intends to build a football stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, and Thursday the owners of the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders unveiled a plan to share a venue in Carson. Neither proposal requires public money.

"There's a big difference between the league making something out of a market, and an owner doing that," said Eric Grubman, an NFL senior vice president and point man on L.A.

"Now that there are multiple clubs in it, the passion is building, and the commitment to get something done on the part of those clubs is very public. That changes the dynamics, and it does increase the complexity."

No one has yet committed to move a team to L.A. But the owners have made it clear that they are ready to relocate if they are unable to negotiate a new publicly subsidized stadium in their home cities. The stakes are high as they jostle for position in the nation's second-largest market, where the Dodgers and Clippers each sold for $2 billion or more.

The pressure now is on the NFL to make it work.

"There are some in the league office who would prefer a much more orderly process," said Amy Trask, former chief executive of the Raiders. "And I also believe that there are others who believe this sort of competition is essential to achieve the sort of resolution that the league wants."

In the end, the decision on L.A. could drive wedges into a historically cohesive group whose 32-team enterprise generates almost $10 billion in annual revenue. It's extremely unlikely that two stadiums will be built.

It's a delicate situation for a league coming off the most turbulent year in its history, when Commissioner Roger Goodell was under intense scrutiny for his handling of star players who found trouble off the field.

The Chargers and Raiders formed an unlikely pairing when their hand was forced by Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who set off the competition when he joined forces with a developer for a stadium on the former Hollywood Park property. The Raiders and Chargers, AFC West rivals on the field, say they are pursuing Carson as a fallback, in case they cannot get sufficient stadium subsidies in Oakland and San Diego.

St. Louis is scrambling to hang onto the Rams, and has proposed a new riverfront stadium that would be about 40% publicly funded.

"It's fluid because there are multiple sites and multiple clubs," Grubman said. "The home markets have not yet fully responded to the possibility that their teams might leave."

If the Rams make a deal to stay in St. Louis, it would take the pressure off the Chargers and Raiders to make an immediate move to seize a share of the L.A. market.

The Chargers and Raiders said they expect to know by the end of this year whether they have workable deals in their home cities.

There has been speculation that Kroenke, the league's second-richest owner, might decide to move without league approval. Al Davis did it with the Raiders and Robert Irsay with the Baltimore Colts in the early 1980s.

Rooney predicts all three owners would adhere to league rules stipulating that any major decision such as a relocation requires a three-quarters vote of the 32 owners.

"I don't sense that any owners are taking the position of, 'I'm going whether you like it or not,'" he said. "We've been in contact with all of them. They all are working with our committee."

Since World War II, every city that has lost an NFL team eventually landed another one — except Los Angeles, which lost the Rams and Raiders after the 1994 season.

There are various reasons given as to why L.A. has gone so long without a franchise. One is the league depends on using the L.A. vacancy as leverage to get stadium deals done in other cities. Since 1995, 27 of the 32 teams have either gotten new stadiums or had at least $400 million in renovations on their existing ones.

Another reason is that while every other city talks about what it will do to either lure an NFL team or keep the one it has, L.A. talks about what it will not do — namely it will not help finance a venue with taxpayer money. Both the Hollywood Park and Carson plans call for privately financed stadiums.

Then there are those who say the league has just been too choosy.

"There's no one site that's perfect," Trask said. "One thing I've noted over the years is that the league may have gotten too focused on looking for the perfect site that they passed up the terrific one."

Twitter: @latimesfarmer

Times staff writer Nathan Fenno contributed to this report.