Highlights from USC’s 76-66 victory over Nevada on Saturday.

RENO, Nev. — 

Nick Rakocevic scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and USC beat Nevada 76-66 on Saturday night.

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Daniel Utomi added 12 points and Elijah Weaver scored 11 for USC.

After Nevada took a 21-18 lead with 8:33 left in the first half, USC went on a 13-0 run over the next five minutes and never trailed.

USC’s size advantage proved too much for the Wolf Pack and its senior-laden backcourt. The Trojans (4-0) outrebounded Nevada 42-37 and outscored the Wolf Pack 42-10 in the paint.

Rakocevic, a 6-foot-11 senior, made 10 of 15 from the field. Onyeka Okongwu grabbed 11 rebounds and Ethan Anderson had eight assists.

Nevada (2-2) hit 11 of 36 (30.6%) from 3-point range and shot 32.8% (20 of 61) overall.

Nevada guard Jazz Johnson scored 26 points, one shy of his career high, on 8-of-18 shooting, including 6 of 14 from beyond the arc. Lindsey Drew added 12 points.

The game saw eight lead changes in the first half and USC took a 40-35 lead into the break.

Big picture

USC: The Trojans stayed undefeated in their biggest test of the season so far, winning in front of 9,833 fans in Reno with three freshmen playing their first collegiate road games.

NEVADA: The Wolf Pack lost their second home game this season. Nevada was undefeated at home (15-0) last season.

Up next

USC: Returns to Galen Center for a two-game home stand against Pepperdine on Tuesday and Temple on Friday.

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Bob Baffert has another good 2-year-old.

The big news of the weekend is that a federal judge in Kentucky dismissed the lawsuit that would have restored Maximum Security as the winner of the Kentucky Derby. The ruling came Friday afternoon and the 25-page opinion pretty much didn’t buy the arguments made by Gary and Mary West’s attorneys.

Maximum Security was the first horse in 145 years to be disqualified on race day after seemingly winning the Kentucky Derby. Country House was made the winner after the disqualification giving Flavien Prat his first Kentucky Derby win. Country House hasn’t raced the rest of the year. His owners say he will race as a 4-year-old. We’ll see.

As for Maximum Security, we may see him in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Dec. 7, the same day as the Los Alamitos Futurity. Don’t know why being on the same date actually matters. After that he may go to the Pegasus at Gulfstream and eventually wander across the pond for the Saudi Cup.

Interesting thing is the p.r. firm that was handling this for the Wests sent out releases all along the way until the ruling. I didn’t seem to get anything about the decision.

Del Mar review

At the top of the newsletter Gary and Mary West lost a court battle, but on Saturday they won a race when High Velocity won the Grade 3 $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes for 2-year-olds going seven furlongs. A couple of scratches turned the race into a four-horse race and after the break it became a two-horse race between High Velocity and Strongconstitution.

It was a fight until mid-stretch when High Velocity drew out and won by 1 ¼ lengths. High Velocity paid $4.00 and $2.10 and Strongconstitution paid $2.10 to place.

Here’s what the winning connections had to say.

Bob Baffert (winning trainer): “He handled everything well for his second out. It’s always a tough test after you break a maiden and he didn’t have a lot of time between races. But the way he worked we thought he would run well. I liked the way that when that other horse (Strongconstitution) came to him he dug in and took off again. And that’s a nice horse that ran second.”

Drayden Van Dyke (winning jockey): “I was loaded all the way. He’s a fast horse, I knew that. I broke him out of the gate the other morning. I got away with some pretty easy fractions here, so I was feeling good about that. I told Bob that he was just hitting his best stride as we went past the wire. He’s a nice one.”

Del Mar preview

Del Mar comes back with its second $100,000 stakes this weekend on Sunday’s eight-race program beginning at 12:30 p.m. Half of the races are on the turf and there are three races for 2-year-olds.

The stakes is named after Betty Grable and it’s for Cal-bred fillies and mares going seven furlongs. It’s a six-horse field. The favorite, at 5-2, is Mo See Cal for trainer Peter Miller and jockey Abel Cedillo. She finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which is pretty rarified air. She is fiveof-17 lifetime running mostly on the allowance level.

The second favorite is Queen Bee to You at 3-1. She’s trained by Andrew Lerner and picks up Prat in the saddle. Her last win came in the Bertrando Stakes at Los Alamitos. She is five-of-30 lifetime and most recently has been running on the stakes level. Post time is around 3:30 p.m.

Here are the field sizes, in order: 7, 8, 7, 5, 7, 9, 6, 10 (1 also eligible).

Bob Ike’s Dmr pick of the day

SIXTH RACE: No. 6 Madame Bourbon (5-2)

New face from the Mark Glatt barn was last seen running a good second in a small stakes at Gulfstream Park, finishing well clear of the third horse but no match for the odds-on winner, who was taking her third straight. Joins a good barn, gets the best turf rider and should get a realistic pace in front of her, so “single” in the rolling exotics.

Saturday’s result: Moonlight Drive sat in a good spot behind the leader, had dead aim turning for home but lacked the needed punch and was all out to hold third.

Bob Ike is a Partner/VP of Horsebills.com (here’s a video) and the proprietor of BobIkePicks.com (full-card picks, 3 Best Plays and betting strategy).

Big races review

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Saturday or late Friday.

Woodbine (3): $100,000 South Ocean Stakes, Ont-bred fillies 2-years-old, 1 1/16 miles. Winner: Gun Society ($16.10)

Laurel (6): $100,000 James F. Lewis Stakes, 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs. Winner: Newstome ($5.60)

Laurel (7): $100,000 Smart Halo Stakes, fillies 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Cofactor ($4.40)

Aqueduct (8): $100,000 Key Cents Stakes, NY-bred fillies 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Big Q ($20.80)

Churchill (10): Grade 3 $125,000 River City Handicap, 3 and up, 1 1/8 miles on turf. Winner: Mr. Misunderstood ($11.20)

Del Mar (8): Grade 3 $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Winner: High Velocity ($4.00)

Big races preview

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Sunday. All times PDT:

12:50 Aqueduct (9): $100,000 Notebook Stakes, NY-bred 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs. Favorite: Dream Bigger (8-5)

3:33 Del Mar (7): $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes, Cal-bred fillies and mares 3 and up, 7 furlongs. Favorite: Mo See Cal (5-2)

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

FIRST RACE: No. 3 Sheza Kathy (3-1)

She got hooked up in a speed duel to the 1/8-pole before fading to fourth in last start when facing stretch-running winner who was dropping down from a $5,000 claimer. Now, she drops a class notch and catches a relatively paceless field. Making her second start for trainer Sergio Morfin, who is clicking at a 22 percent win clip, this filly is expected to make a clear early lead.

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And now the stars of the show, Saturday’s results and Sunday’s entries.

Del Mar Charts Results for Saturday, November 16.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. All finishes confirmed by Plusmic USA. Official program numbers may not correspond with post position. 6th day of a 15-day meet. Clear & Fast

FIRST RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000. Time 22.46 46.07 58.39 1:10.54

Winner–Buck Duane B.g.4 by Into Mischief out of Malley Girl, by Malek (CHI). Bred by Nick Alexander (CA). Trainer: Steve Knapp. Owner: Steve R. Knapp. Mutuel Pool $162,084 Exacta Pool $88,649 Quinella Pool $3,540 Superfecta Pool $31,178 Trifecta Pool $52,997. Scratched–none.

BUCK DUANE pulled and stalked between horses, waited off heels leaving the turn and into the stretch, came out for room nearing midstretch and rallied under an energetic hand ride, a tap of the whip a sixteenth out to gain the lead in deep stretch and was under a hold late. DUBNATION close up stalking the pace three deep, came four wide into the stretch, took the lead three wide approaching midstretch, fought back in deep stretch but could not match the winner late. TWO FIFTY COUP bobbled at the start, dueled three deep, fought back off the rail in midstretch, drifted in some and bested the others. INTO A HOT SPOT had speed off the rail then dueled between horses, put a head in front leaving the turn, drifted to the inside in the stretch and weakened. BULLY FOR ERIC broke out, bumped a rival and bobbled in a bit of a slow start, stalked inside, was in tight off heels leaving the turn, came out into the stretch and lacked a further response. BIG BAD GARY bumped at the start, went up inside to duel for the lead, fought back on the turn, dropped back into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $55,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $62,500. Time 22.83 47.21 1:12.26 1:24.43 1:36.99

Winner–King Abner Grr.g.5 by Hansen out of Margarita Salt, by Salt Lake. Bred by Golden Eagle Farm (CA). Trainer: Philip D’Amato. Owner: Little Red Feather Racing, Summit Racing LLC, Ticket to Ride LLC, and Rojas, Jackie. Mutuel Pool $117,735 Daily Double Pool $37,986 Exacta Pool $48,775 Quinella Pool $2,215 Trifecta Pool $28,486. Scratched–Jalen Journey.

KING ABNER stalked off the rail, bid three deep between horses on the second turn to gain the lead, kicked clear in hand then was mildly hand ridden for a few strides in deep stretch while drifting in a bit to prove best. ROCKY TOUGH settled off the rail chasing the pace, ranged up four wide on the second turn and into the stretch, also drifted in some and was clearly second best. FEDERAL CASE stalked a bit off the rail, bid outside the leader on the backstretch and between horses on the second turn, fell back some and angled in entering the stretch and weakened. CURLIN RULES bobbled a bit at the start, sped to the early lead, set the pace inside, dueled leaving the backstretch and on the second turn, was in a bit tight nearing the quarter pole, came out into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

THIRD RACE.

5 Furlongs Turf. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 22.79 45.13 56.53

Winner–League of Shadows B.g.5 by Gotham City out of Siberian Song, by Siberian Summer. Bred by Daehling Ranch LLC (CA). Trainer: Kerri Raven. Owner: George A. Sharp. Mutuel Pool $192,370 Daily Double Pool $19,137 Exacta Pool $93,444 Quinella Pool $2,906 Superfecta Pool $32,434 Trifecta Pool $59,093. Scratched–Older Brother.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-2-1) paid $45.30. Pick Three Pool $51,415.

LEAGUE OF SHADOWS had good early speed and dueled inside, put a head in front past midstretch, drifted out a bit late and gamely prevailed. HIT THE SEAM between horses early, dueled outside the winner, fought back in the stretch, also drifted out a bit and continued gamely to the wire. ZIPPER MISCHIEF had speed between rivals then stalked a bit off the rail, came out some in the stretch and bested the others. JOE JACKSON hopped some in a bit of a slow start, went up inside to stalk the pace, came out a bit in the stretch and lacked the needed response. YOUNG HENDRICK had speed four wide then stalked outside a rival, fell back some off the rail leaving the turn, was three deep into the stretch and weakened.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $18,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 24.57 1:28.30 1:40.85

Winner–Brazilian Summer B.g.3 by Gervinho out of Marry by Summer, by Siberian Summer. Bred by James Weigel (CA). Trainer: Matthew Chew. Owner: James Weigel. Mutuel Pool $247,954 Exacta Pool $129,343 Quinella Pool $4,060 Superfecta Pool $61,267 Trifecta Pool $90,801 Consolation Double Pool $21,896. Scratched–Spectator’s Dream.

50-Cent Pick Three (2-1-6) paid $25.60. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (2-1-1) paid $6.00. Consolation Pick Three Pool $30,385.

BRAZILIAN SUMMER angled in and pressed the pace outside a rival, put a head in front between horses leaving the second turn, inched away in midstretch and held on gamely under some urging. DERBY STORM had good early speed and dueled inside, fought back into the stretch, continued along the rail and held second. BARREL AGED three deep early, stalked outside a rival, bid three wide leaving the second turn and into the stretch and was edged for the place. LUCK IS MY NAME saved ground stalking the pace, came out into the stretch and lacked the needed late kick. STARSHIP CHEWY settled outside a rival then a bit off the rail, continued inside on the backstretch, went around a foe on the second turn, angled back to thee rail into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. WESTERN FLYER came off the rail early, chased outside a rival, came out into the stretch and did not rally. NIL PHET a bit washy at the gate, stumbled after the start, settled inside then a bit off the rail on the backstretch, angled back inside on the second turn and weakened.

FIFTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile Turf. Purse: $30,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $25,000-$22,500. Time 23.14 47.81 1:12.26 1:36.48 1:42.54

Winner–French Getaway Dbb.g.6 by Giant’s Causeway out of Modesty Blaise, by A.P. Indy. Bred by Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY). Trainer: Robert B. Hess, Jr.. Owner: Schroeder Farms LLC. Mutuel Pool $367,245 Daily Double Pool $45,392 Exacta Pool $216,746 Quinella Pool $5,716 Superfecta Pool $108,035 Trifecta Pool $157,916. Scratched–Forever Juanito, Many Roses, Real Master (FR).

50-Cent Pick Three (1-6-1) paid $41.70. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (1-1-1) paid $10.55. Consolation Pick Three Pool $57,401. 50-Cent Pick Four (2/4-1-1/6-1/2/8/11) 4 correct paid $67.90. Pick Four Pool $187,352. 50-Cent Pick Five (3-2/4-1-1/6-1/2/8/11) 5 correct paid $422.95. Pick Five Pool $446,804.

FRENCH GETAWAY saved ground stalking the pace, steadied between horses leaving the second turn, angled back to the inside in the stretch and rallied under urging along the rail to get up late. TEQUILA JOE four wide leaving the chute, angled in and chased outside a rival, went three deep on the second turn and four wide into the stretch, took the lead outside a foe in midstretch, drifted in and inched away past midstretch and was caught nearing the wire. MOONLIGHT DRIVE (ITY) stalked just off the rail then between horses into the first turn, continued outside rival on the backstretch and second turn, bid alongside the pacesetter leaving that turn to take the lead into the stretch, fought back in midstretch and held third. TOUGH IT OUT saved ground chasing the pace, steadied in tight leaving the second turn, came out into the stretch and was edged for the show. BLUE DANCER angled in leaving the chute and pulled along the inside stalking the pace, also steadied off heels leaving the second turn, was in tight off the heels of the pacesetter in upper stretch, came out and went around that rival then lacked the needed rally. OFFSHORE three deep into the first turn stalked outside a rival then three wide on the second turn and into the stretch and could not summon the necessary late kick. MAGIC MUSKETIER broke a bit slowly, angled in and pulled his way along outside a rival, steadied in tight leaving the second turn, came three wide into the stretch and did not rally. START A RUNNIN sped to the early lead, angled in and set the pace a bit off the rail then inside, dueled leaving the second turn, dropped back into the stretch and gave way, then did not return to be unsaddled when bleeding from the nostrils and was vanned off.

SIXTH RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 22.65 45.74 1:10.84 1:17.57

Winner–Mundaye Call B.f.2 by Into Mischief out of Reve d’Amour, by Warrior’s Reward. Bred by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY). Trainer: Don Chatlos. Owner: OXO Equine LLC. Mutuel Pool $314,549 Daily Double Pool $33,533 Exacta Pool $154,351 Quinella Pool $5,557 Superfecta Pool $67,903 Trifecta Pool $103,765. Scratched–Majestic Blend, Night On the Town.

50-Cent Pick Three (6-1-1) paid $12.75. Pick Three Pool $79,926.

MUNDAYE CALL sped to the early lead, inched away and set the pace a bit off the rail, kicked clear on the turn and won clear while mildly hand ridden for a few strides in the stretch. PAIGE ANNE stalked outside then three deep between foes, continued three wide on the turn and into the stretch and edged a rival for second. BRISTOL BAYOU angled in and stalked inside, came a bit off the rail in the stretch then drifted in and was edged for the place. PARKOUR bobbled at the start, stalked four wide then outside foes into and on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. AWESOME DRIVE settled outside then off the rail, went between rivals on the turn and into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. MAP MAKER chased between horses then a bit off the rail leaving the backstretch, angled to the inside on the turn and weakened. FROZEN BELLE fractious in the post parade, broke a step slowly, went up between horses then stalked just off the rail, was between foes into the stretch and weakened.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile Turf. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies. 3 year olds. Claiming Price $80,000. Time 22.79 46.91 1:10.98 1:35.42 1:41.50

Winner–Sedamar B.f.3 by Richard’s Kid out of Win Allison Win, by Stormy Atlantic. Bred by Mick Ruis (CA). Trainer: Shelbe Ruis. Owner: Ruis Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $344,418 Daily Double Pool $34,655 Exacta Pool $208,141 Quinella Pool $6,469 Superfecta Pool $95,753 Trifecta Pool $146,114. Scratched–Harmless, Mulhima (IRE).

50-Cent Pick Three (1-1-5) paid $15.10. Pick Three Pool $61,997.

SEDAMAR chased outside a rival then a bit off the rail, continued inside on the second turn, swung out into the stretch and rallied under left handed urging to get up in the late stages. COURTEOUS had speed three deep then dueled outside a rival, kicked clear and angled in on the backstretch, set the pace inside and held on well but was caught late. OUT OF BALANCE angled in after the chute and settled a bit off the rail, came out leaving the second turn and four wide into the stretch and finished well. PRETTY POINT saved ground off the pace, swung out three wide into the stretch and found her best stride late. PRIMA VALENTINA stalked the pace inside, came a bit off the rail in the stretch and lacked the needed late kick between foes. KITTY BOOM BOOM pulled and angled in early, stalked inside, came out a bit into the stretch then drifted back in and did not rally. HELLO BUBBLES chased outside a rival to the stretch and also lacked a rally. INVINCIBELLA (GB) angled inward in the chute and settled outside a rival, came out into the stretch and did not rally. DEVILS DANCE had speed between horses then angled in and dueled inside, stalked a bit off the rail on the backstretch then outside a rival on the second turn, drifted three wide into the stretch and weakened.

EIGHTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $100,000. ‘Bob Hope Stakes’. 2 year olds. Time 23.28 46.60 1:10.70 1:23.16

Winner–High Velocity B.c.2 by Quality Road out of Ketel Twist, by Dixie Union. Bred by Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY). Trainer: Bob Baffert. Owner: West, Gary and Mary. Mutuel Pool $301,659 Daily Double Pool $40,873 Exacta Pool $110,847 Quinella Pool $5,823 Trifecta Pool $80,464. Scratched–Howbeit, Thousand Words.

50-Cent Pick Three (1-5-5) paid $9.25. Pick Three Pool $47,709.

HIGH VELOCITY broke out a bit, dueled off the rail then a bit off the fence leaving the backstretch, battled inside on the turn and into the stretch and inched away under left handed urging in the final sixteenth. STRONGCONSTITUTION also broke out a bit, dueled outside the winner, fought back in the stretch, drifted out then in from the whip in the final furlong and could not quite match that one late. ZIMBA WARRIOR close up stalking the pace outside a rival to the stretch, continued just off the inside in the drive and lacked the necessary response. RAGER broke in a bit, saved ground stalking the pace, came out in upper stretch and had little left for the drive.

NINTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds and up. Time 23.23 48.22 1:12.43 1:24.40 1:36.29

Winner–Play Money Dbb.c.3 by Unusual Heat out of Money Plays, by Mr. Greeley. Bred by Patricia Ann Elia Trust (CA). Trainer: David E. Hofmans. Owner: Belott, Peter, Belott, Lisa, Boud, Andrew, Boud, Coleen, Dewarvin, Frederique, Patricia A. Elia Trus. Mutuel Pool $346,943 Exacta Pool $164,645 Quinella Pool $6,607 Superfecta Pool $78,901 Super High Five Pool $23,561 Trifecta Pool $117,283 Consolation Double Pool $122,354. Scratched–Endless Tale.

20-Cent Pick Six Jackpot (1/6-1/8-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) . Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $72,232. 50-Cent Pick Three (5-5-8) paid $10.95. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (5-5-1) paid $3.50. Consolation Pick Three Pool $135,884. 50-Cent Pick Four (1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 4 correct paid $28.15. Pick Four Pool $546,941. 50-Cent Pick Five (1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 5 correct paid $110.40. Pick Five Pool $488,542. $2 Pick Six (1/6-1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 5 out of 6 paid $9.80. $2 Pick Six (1/6-1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 6 correct paid $538.60. Pick Six Pool $117,275. $1 Place Pick All 9 correct paid $1,409.00. Place Pick All Pool $25,925.

PLAY MONEY three deep early, stalked outside a rival, bid three deep on the second turn, took the lead in upper stretch, inched away in midstretch and won clear under a tap on the shoulder with the whip turned down and steady handling. FRAVEL pulled a bit off the rail early then stalked outside a rival, continued between foes on the second turn and in the stretch and edged rivals for the place. BUD KNIGHT saved ground stalking the pace, awaited room along the rail leaving the second turn to midstretch, split rivals past midstretch and finished well between foes. BRIX pulled his way along three deep then stalked outside a rival, bid alongside the pacesetter on the backstretch, took a short advantage between horses leaving the second turn, drifted inward in the stretch and was edged for third. ABUSIVE GARY broke a bit slowly, pulled outside a rival then between foes on the first turn, stalked outside a foe, continued just off the rail on the second turn, came out in the stretch and found his best stride late four wide on the line. COOL YOUR JETS chased outside a rival then three deep into and on the second turn and into the stretch and could not quite summon the needed late kick. CAFE CLARA sped to the early lead, set the pace inside then dueled along the rail, fought back on the second turn and weakened in the final furlong.

Del Mar Entries for Sunday, November 17.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. $2 Win, Place and Show; $1 Exacta, $2 Quinella, 50-cent Trifecta, $2 Rolling Double, 50-cent rolling Pick 3; 10-cent Superfecta; 50-cent Pick 4 last 4 races; 50-cent Players Pick 5 first 5 races; $2 Pick 6 last 6 races; $1 Place Pick All; $1 Super High Five last race. Trifecta needs 4 betting interests; Superfecta needs 6. 7th day of a 15-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000.

SECOND RACE.

5 Furlongs Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds.

THIRD RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. State bred.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $55,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $62,500.

FIFTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $33,000. Claiming. Fillies. 3 year olds. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000.

SIXTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $30,000. Starter Optional Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000.

SEVENTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $100,000. ‘Betty Grable Stakes’. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. State bred.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. State bred.

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Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Talk of that UCLA football resurgence may have been premature.

UCLA FOOTBALL

Remember when UCLA won three games in a row, and fans thought maybe the program had turned a corner? Remember when Bruins fans were excited that the team could reach the Rose Bowl game? Remember when Bruins fans thought, while it would be tough to beat Utah, it was certainly possible, and seemed almost likely after the offense began clicking the last three weeks? Remember all of that? Keep that memory, because here is what happened Saturday:

Utah 49, UCLA 3.

That’s not a misprint. Let me run that again for you: Utah 49, UCLA 3. To paraphrase Harry Doyle in “Major League,” “That’s all we got, three lousy points?”

UCLA (4-6 overall, 4-3 Pac-12) had won three consecutive games against average-to-good teams but did not stack up against one of the nation’s best. Now the Bruins’ margin for error in reaching a bowl is zero with games remaining against USC and California.

Their upset bid was effectively over by halftime after quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson committed two of his four turnovers and the UCLA defense reverted to its bad early season habits, surrendering 269 yards and allowing the Utes to go 85 yards for a touchdown in just 46 seconds on their final drive of the half.

Then, on the third play of the third quarter, UCLA safety Stephan Blaylock missed a tackle after Utah tight end Brant Kuithe found an opening in the defense for an easy catch and scurried for a 69-yard touchdown. The Utes led 35-3 and it felt even more lopsided given their defense left no hope for another 32-point comeback a la UCLA’s miracle earlier this season against Washington State.

The Bruins managed a season low for points after entering the game leading the Pac-12 in multiple offensive categories in conference play, averaging 37 points per game.

UCLA was outgained in yardage, 536-269, and couldn’t reliably move the ball on the ground against Utah’s best-in-the-nation run defense. They generated 50 rushing yards, ending their streak of having topped 200 yards in that department at five games. Tailback Joshua Kelley managed 78 rushing yards, averaging 4.1 yards per carry.

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UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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at Cincinnati 24, UCLA 14

San Diego State 23, at UCLA 14

Oklahoma 48, at UCLA 14

UCLA 67, at Washington State 63

at Arizona 20, UCLA 17

Oregon State 48, at UCLA 31

UCLA 34, at Stanford 16

at UCLA 42, Arizona State 32

at UCLA 31, Colorado 14

at Utah 49, UCLA 3

Nov. 23 at USC, TBD

Nov. 30 vs. California, TBD

USC FOOTBALL

One after another, the deep passes fell from the pitch-black sky over Memorial Stadium, originating from the cannon right arm of Kedon Slovis.

The freshman quarterback sent pass after pass soaring into a stalwart Cal secondary, letting them fly for 33 yards, for 50, for 45 — each perfectly placed into the outstretched arms of Michael Pittman Jr. or Amon-ra St. Brown or Drake London, each doing more damage than the last.

When Slovis had finally stopped firing, one of the Pac-12’s best defenses had long since waved the white flag, leaving USC with the spoils of a 41-17 victory, their third straight on the road.

In perhaps his best game of an already stellar freshman season, Slovis finished 29-of-35 with 406 yards and four touchdowns.

The young quarterback had long since blown away any reasonable expectations for a freshman season that began with him as a backup. Almost three months earlier, he was an unheralded three-star recruit behind JT Daniels, with no likely path to playing time. Now, as the end of an uneven USC season nears, Slovis had begun to unleash on opposing secondaries unlike any Trojan quarterback in recent memory.

USC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: 790 KABC

USC 31, Fresno State 23

USC 45, Stanford 20

at BYU 30, USC 27 (OT)

at USC 30, Utah 23

at Washington 28, USC 14

at Notre Dame 30, USC 27

at USC 41, Arizona 14

USC 35, at Colorado 31

Oregon 56, at USC 24

USC 31, at Arizona State 26

USC 41, at California 17

Nov. 23 vs. UCLA, TBD

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

College football columnist J. Brady McCollough on Tua Tagovailoa’s injury:

One of the criticisms of California’s “Fair Pay for Play Act” and similar bills being floated in state legislatures across the country is that only a select handful of players would have the power in the marketplace to earn significant compensation from the use of their name, image and likeness.

And so?

Tua Tagovailoa is one of those special young men. No matter what the specific wording of state laws, federal law or the eventual NCAA attempt at a rule change on NIL, we can all agree that Tagovailoa, the best quarterback in University of Alabama history, would already be worth millions of dollars if he were allowed to cash in on his fame, talent and handsome face.

For anyone who loves college football yet wants to enjoy it without near-constant ethical dilemma, Tagovailoa suffering a dislocated hip injury that will end his season and possibly affect his NFL draft stock and long-term ability to play at a high level is a punch to the gut.

“Tank for Tua” has been the theme of the Miami Dolphins’ season. For anywhere from $20-30, you can purchase a variety of T-shirts featuring that catch phrase. Will Tagovailoa receive a dime of that money? You know the answer.

When will this end? It’s criminal.

Read the rest of his column by clicking here.

As soon as Tagovailoa went down in pain late in the second quarter of No. 5 Alabama’s 38-7 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday, people lashed out at Alabama coach Nick Saban for having started Tagovailoa to begin with.

SATURDAY’S TOP 25 SCOREBOARD

No. 1 LSU 58, Ole Miss 37

No. 2 Ohio State 56, Rutgers 21

No. 3 Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3

No. 4 Georgia 21, No. 12 Auburn 14

No. 5 Alabama 38, Mississippi State 7

No. 6 Oregon 34, Arizona 6

No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3

No. 20 Iowa 23, No. 8 Minnesota 19

No. 9 Penn State 34, Indiana 27

No. 10 Oklahoma 34, No. 13 Baylor 31

No. 11 Florida 23, Missouri 6

No. 14 Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21

No. 15 Michigan 44, Michigan State 10

No. 16 Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

No. 17 Cincinnati 20, South Florida 17

No. 18 Memphis 45, Houston 27

Iowa State 23, No. 19 Texas 21

No. 21 Boise State 42, New Mexico 9

No. 22 Oklahoma State 31, Kansas 13

West Virginia 24, No. 24 Kansas State 20

No. 25 Appalachian State 56, Georgia State 27

SATURDAY’S PAC-12 SCOREBOARD

at No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3

USC 41, at California 17

at No. 6 Oregon 34, Arizona 6

at Washington State 49, Stanford 22

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at Oregon State 35, Arizona State 34

PAC-12 STANDINGS

North

Oregon, 7-0 in Pac-12, 9-1 overall

Oregon State, 4-3, 5-5

Washington, 3-4, 6-4

Stanford, 3-5, 4-6

California, 2-5, 5-5

Washington State, 2-5, 5-5

South

Utah, 6-1, 9-1

USC, 6-2, 7-4

UCLA, 4-3, 4-6

Arizona State, 2-5, 5-5

Arizona, 2-5, 4-6

Colorado, 2-5, 4-6

CLIPPERS

With Kawhi Leonard absent for his fourth game of the season, Paul George provided a commanding performance in his first home game as a Clipper by scoring 37 points in 20 minutes in his team’s 150-101 victory over Atlanta at Staples Center.

The victory ended a two-game losing streak and also provided further evidence that George, who hadn’t played in 207 days until he scored 33 points in 24 minutes during his season debut Thursday, is already far along in his progression back to the court after offseason surgery on both shoulders. George called that performance “terrible,” in part because it occurred during a loss in New Orleans.

He didn’t grade Saturday’s effort so critically.

“It means everything,” George said afterward, on the television broadcast. “I could get used to this.”

When he went to the bench with 8:07 remaining in the third quarter, George had already scored 34 points in his first 18 minutes. Had he not returned for the fourth quarter, it would not have been shocking. The Clippers (7-5) were already leading by double digits and there was no need for an encore. Fans had already chanted “6-6-1!” during his free-throw attempts – the number for the area code of Palmdale, where George grew up.

But then, during the break between the third and fourth quarters, George wiped his shiny, silver sneakers on a traction pad at the scorer’s table and returned to the court.

Within 18 seconds, George caught a pass from JaMychal Green and drilled a three-pointer from 28 feet, and as he jogged backward on defense, he shrugged while rapper Quavo cheered from a courtside seat. Four possessions later, he provided an emphatic coda on his first home game as a Clipper when he sprinted ahead of Atlanta’s defense in transition and bounced a pass off the backboard that was caught and dunked by teammate Montrezl Harrell.

When George finally checked out for good shortly thereafter, Hall of Famer Jerry West, a Clippers adviser, was among the fans who rose to applaud.

Lou Williams added 25 points off the bench and Jerome Robinson scored a career-high 21 points.

USC BASKETBALL

Nick Rakocevic scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and USC beat Nevada 76-66.

Daniel Utomi added 12 points and Elijah Weaver scored 11 for USC.

After Nevada took a 21-18 lead with 8:33 left in the first half, USC went on a 13-0 run over the next five minutes and never trailed.

USC’s size advantage proved too much for the Wolf Pack and its senior-laden backcourt. The Trojans (4-0) outrebounded Nevada 42-37 and outscored the Wolf Pack 42-10 in the paint.

Rakocevic, a 6-foot-11 senior, made 10 of 15 from the field. Onyeka Okongwu grabbed 11 rebounds and Ethan Anderson had eight assists.

KINGS

From his back, the man of the night pumped his fists and wildly nodded his head. First, he screamed. Then, he cracked a smile.

This wasn’t the calm, quiet Jeff Carter the hockey world has come to know over the last 15 years. But after scoring the game-winning goal in his 1,000th NHL game, even the Kings’ usually stoic scorer recognized the moment. The story line was too perfect for him to not break character, too poetic for anything other than a candid celebration.

“I just felt like that was going to happen,” Kings defenseman Drew Doughty told Fox Sports West. “Jeff’s a goal-scorer and has scored big goals like that his whole career. I don’t think anyone is too shocked in here.”

So much of Saturday’s game, a 4-3 Kings win over the Vegas Golden Knights that was decided by Carter’s tie-breaking tip-in with 7:18 remaining, was befitting of the forward’s landmark career.

When Carter was recognized on the video board in the opening minutes, cameras caught him challenging an official. Later in the game, the public address announcer revealed Carter’s 1,000th game jersey would be auctioned off for the Kings Care charity. Earlier in the week, his wife, Megan, asked the franchise not to give her family any gifts, but make a donation to the club’s foundation instead.

And, after his brief burst of excitement, Carter tried to downplay his emotions postgame.

“Nothing special about it,” he claimed of the goal, reverting back to his normal non-attention-seeking self. “Won a faceoff, shoot a puck, go to the net.”

DUCKS

Derek Grant completed his first career hat trick, Ryan Getzlaf added a goal and an assist, and the Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1.

It was just the second multigoal game of Grant’s 229-game career and first since Oct. 20, 2017.

John Gibson made 37 saves as the Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak.

RAMS

Not so long ago — circa 2018 — Sean McVay was the toast of the NFL, a coaching wunderkind and whiz kid play-caller on his way to leading his team to the Super Bowl.

A year later, Sean McVay is trying to keep the teetering Rams from falling out of playoff contention.

That could happen if they lose to the Chicago Bears today at the Coliseum.

It’s a far different scenario than last season, when the Rams won their first eight games en route to a second consecutive NFC West title.

They enter Sunday’s game with a 5-4 record and a distant view of the first-place San Francisco 49ers and surging Seattle Seahawks in the division.

“I would be lying to say that this hasn’t been more challenging,” McVay said. “But that’s also why there’s a motivation to make sure to do right and to use this as an opportunity to try to respond in the way that you challenge your players and everybody else to.

“You want to make sure that you’re epitomizing those things as well.”

RAMS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: 710 ESPN, 93.1 JACK FM

Rams 30, at Carolina 27

at Rams 27, New Orleans 9

Rams 20, at Cleveland 13

Tampa Bay 55, at Rams 40

at Seattle 30, Rams 29

San Francisco 20, at Rams 7

Rams 37, at Atlanta 10

Rams 24, Cincinnati 10 (at London)

at Pittsburgh 17, Rams 12

Today vs. Chicago, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Nov. 25 vs. Baltimore, 5:15 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 1 at Arizona, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 8 vs. Seattle, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Dec. 15 at Dallas, 1:15 p.m., Fox

Dec. 22 or 23 at San Francisco, TBD

Dec. 29 vs. Arizona, 1:15 p.m., Fox

CHARGERS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: KFI-AM 640, KFWB-AM 980

at Chargers 30, Indianapolis 24 (OT)

at Detroit 13, Chargers 10

Houston 27, at Chargers 20

Chargers 30, at Miami 10

Denver 20, at Chargers 13

Pittsburgh 24, at Chargers 17

at Tennessee 23, Chargers 20

Chargers 17, at Chicago 16

at Chargers 26, Green Bay 11

at Oakland 26, Chargers 24

Nov. 18 vs. Kansas City, 5:15 p.m., ESPN (at Mexico City, counts as home game for Chargers)

Dec. 1 at Denver, 1:15 p.m., CBS

Dec. 8 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 15 vs. Minnesota, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Dec. 22 or 23 vs. Oakland, TBD

Dec. 29 at Kansas City, 10 a.m., CBS

TODAY’S LOCAL MAJOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific

Chicago at Rams, 5:15 p.m., NBC, 710 ESPN

Atlanta at Lakers, 6:30 p.m., Spectrum Sportsnet

BORN ON THIS DATE

1930: Decathlete Bob Mathias (d. 2006)

1944: Baseball player Tom Seaver

1945: Basketball player Elvin Hayes

1983: Baseball player Ryan Braun

1983: Baseball player Nick Markakis

DIED ON THIS DATE

1982: Boxer Duk Koo Kim, 23

1998: Football coach Ween Ewbank, 91

2006: Football coach Bo Schembechler, 76

AND FINALLY

Tom Seaver‘s 1978 no-hitter. Watch it here.

That concludes the newsletter for today. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you’d like to see, please email me at [email protected]. If you want to subscribe, click here.

SAN DIEGO — 

Days after a gunman’s April 27 attack on Chabad of Poway, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein took to the road. His wounded hands wrapped in blue bandages, he became a public symbol of resilience and hope.

Speaking at the White House and the United Nations; to gatherings in Brazil, Poland and New York; and to news outlets ranging from global TV news networks to the local newspaper, he delivered an upbeat message.

“If hate can leap across continents, so can love and light that will defeat it,” the rabbi told the U.N. General Assembly in June. “If darkness can be spread throughout the world, so can light that can outshine it.”

Privately, though, pressures were building. This week, it was announced that the 58-year-old rabbi had retired as the leader of Chabad of Poway, the synagogue he founded in 1986.

“It was a really rough year and then he immediately made himself a spokesperson,” said Elisheva Green, a leader of the Friendship Circle, a synagogue program for people with special needs. “He needs some downtime now. He’s really exhausted.”

One of his five sons, Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, has assumed leadership of the synagogue and its school.

Another son, Rabbi Shuie Goldstein, and his wife, Devorah Goldstein, took charge of the Friendship Circle.

“We are grateful for Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein’s thirty-plus years of leadership, especially in the aftermath of the terror attack, and he will forever be a part of our community’s story,” the synagogue said in a statement Friday. “We are thrilled to have Rabbi Mendel Goldstein take the reins of our center, and have great confidence in his skills and ability to lead. He has served the community since 2015, and comes to the position with years of experience and a contagious enthusiasm.”

Even before the Passover assault on Chabad of Poway, an attack that left congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye dead and Goldstein and two others wounded, the rabbi had been grooming his sons to succeed him. But the tragedy complicated Goldstein’s schedule and tore at his heart.

He mourned Gilbert-Kaye, a friend as well as a congregant. Phantom pains emanated from where his right index finger had been shot off. His left index finger, shattered by a bullet fragment, required surgeries and physical therapy. Demands on his time became so overwhelming that he stopped giving interviews and even declined the chief rabbi of Israel’s invitation to speak in Jerusalem.

Chabad of Poway also struggled to heal. The Anti-Defamation League reported a rise in anti-Semitic threats after the shooting, including at least two directed at the synagogue.

A Washington state man was arrested after threatening violence against President Trump’s family, media figures and Jews, specifically calling for the murder of Goldstein. And a Concord, Calif., man boasted online of his desire to imitate the Chabad of Poway shooter. Upon his arrest, he was found to have an illegal, homemade assault weapon.

“As a community we have suffered a great deal, more than any community should know of,” a statement from Chabad of Poway said. “We are working hard to heal and get back on our feet, and now, under the leadership of Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, we look forward to continue to grow and create more light and goodness around us.”

In fact, the synagogue has been buoyed by expressions of support.

“We have a whole new garden that was planted by our neighbors,” Green said. “An Eagle Scout made a bench for elderly congregation members to rest on. The community has just been wonderful, so many people have really been so supportive.”

What next for Yisroel Goldstein? In interviews and speeches this year, he mentioned a dream project he calls “a billion good deeds.” The venture, he said, was rooted in the teachings of his mentor, or “rebbe,” Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

“We are going to conquer the world with a billion good deeds, an initiative that we are going to flood the internet with,” Goldstein said in June. “We are going to flood social media to excite people to start doing good deeds. As the rebbe taught us, through random acts of goodness and kindness, you create light in the world.”

A nonprofit with that name — A Billion Good Deeds — has been established in upstate New York, near the home of the rabbi’s brother Zalman Goldstein.

“It’s moving along, getting all the pieces in play,” Zalman Goldstein said in an email this week, “still a while before it debuts.”

Rowe writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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A small group of President Trump’s supporters and rival demonstrators clashed with one another Saturday in Long Beach, where the state Democratic Party is holding its annual convention.

Chanting “four more years,” supporters of Trump had taken to the streets with bullhorns and placards, said Arantxa Chavarria, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department, and a fight among three men ensued. Officers intervened and “separated the combatants.”

Speaking to witnesses, the Long Beach Post reported that two men approached the Trump supporters and started arguing. While it was unclear who started the fight, an anti-Trump protester hit a Trump supporter “in the face with a manual scooter.”

The three individuals will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon that is not a firearm, Chavarria said. Two of the suspects were taken to a local hospital for lacerations.

The incident occurred at Pine Avenue and Ocean Boulevard, near the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center.

Nearly 5,000 California Democrats have gathered in Long Beach this weekend to strategize their approach to the 2020 election. The main event, billed as the Presidential Forum, will feature eight presidential candidates addressing a series of questions focusing on Latino issues.

In anticipation of possible protests, the city of Long Beach mobilized a combined command post with the police, fire and health departments.

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Not long after the individuals who were involved in Saturday’s scuffle were taken away, the Trump supporters dispersed, Chavarria said.

In a tweet, the Long Beach Police Department wrote that its officers are “committed to ensuring everyone’s 1st Amendment rights” but that “any violence of any kind will not be tolerated in our community.”

For anyone hoping to see a turnaround in the battle to rein in homelessness in Los Angeles County, 2019 has been a disappointing year.

We learned in June that the county’s homeless count was up 16%, to nearly 60,000, but we didn’t need the statistics to tell us what we could plainly see. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on services and housing, we’re losing ground, and the evidence is everywhere — in parks, along rivers, in the hills and in the valleys, in underpasses and on street corners.

One day last summer I was talking about this with my editor, Sue Horton, and told her about some Hollywood residents who were exhausted by worsening conditions in homeless encampments on their doorstep.

I had talked to a young homeless woman on that street who said she and her crew couldn’t afford the going rents in Los Angeles even when they had jobs, and they had nowhere to go. And I had spoken to an LAPD detective who was caught in the middle and felt frustrated by how little she could accomplish without more support from City Hall.

Horton suggested I spend more time in the neighborhood and write three columns, one about the residents, one about the homeless people and one about the detective.

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It seemed like a good plan, and I had a running start.

I’d followed the effort to identify Hollywood’s 14 most vulnerable homeless residents, and the tireless efforts of a dedicated social worker — Anthony Ruffin — to get to them before they were dead. I’d written about Kerry Morrison’s leadership role in that effort as a member of the Hollywood business community, and I’d traveled to Italy with her and a local delegation studying a mental health system that will serve as the model for a Hollywood pilot.

Several years ago, my buddy Nathaniel Ayers moved out of skid row and into supportive housing in Hollywood, managed by a nonprofit called Housing Works. So I got to know Hollywood a little better on my frequent visits.

Hollywood has never been as dominated by homelessness as skid row, but in both places you can find the stark juxtaposition of thriving commerce and intractable collapse. Hollywood trends younger, at least in some quarters, and for this series I focused mostly on that demographic.

To begin my reporting, I checked in with Rudy Salinas, who works as programs officer at the Center at Blessed Sacrament. Among other things, Salinas and I talked about the drug epidemic in Hollywood, where overdoses have become common. In one week not long ago, there were three overdoses, two of them fatal.

For the next three weeks, as I made the rounds in Hollywood, a couple of things stood out.

First of all, drugs are indeed a scourge. Methamphetamine, in particular, is ravaging users’ physical and mental health and driving the disorder and neighborhood tension.

Second, plenty of good work is done daily by outreach workers on the front lines, and by many other service providers, including the LAPD detective you’ll read about in Part 3 of this series. But it’s as if they’re doing triage on a beachhead as more tsunamis barrel toward them.

Even if, miraculously, we could get 10,000 people off the streets in the next year or so, we’d have another 50,000 still out there and more on the way. On Friday, the L.A. City Council floated proposals to give Mayor Eric Garcetti more authority to rezone property and suspend rules that make it difficult to site new housing, bathrooms and safe overnight parking. Another proposal would create managed homeless encampments, with services.

No certainty any of that will happen, but it’s nice to see a few elected officials wake up from their naps. The question is, what took them so long?

Homelessness is a complicated problem triggered by broken social institutions, a rags-or-riches economy, troubled schools, too little housing and a thousand other forces. There are no easy, practical solutions. More housing, yes. Better-paying jobs, sure. More drug intervention, absolutely.

But taxpayers, who have been generous in L.A. County when it comes to funding homeless services, want to see a better return on their investment before ponying up more money. And they want more honesty from local leaders.

Is the problem money and resources, or management and leadership? For Hollywood and the rest of the county, if we can’t get better results, is there a Plan B?

If not, why not?

If so, now would be the time to roll it out.

When gunfire erupted in the Saugus High School quad Thursday morning, students had mere seconds to react. They sprinted and threw themselves in a ditch for cover. They hid in closets, locked and barricaded doors with desks. And some readied for a possible fight, arming themselves with scissors or a fire extinguisher.

The range of quick actions by some 2,000 students and staff reveals not only how detailed active shooter training has become at schools across the country, but highlights a growing debate among school safety experts, some who are alarmed that increasingly aggressive drills have gone too far and risk becoming trauma-inducing events of their own.

The trainings sometimes contain graphic and realistic enactments — one in Indiana recently involved shooting teachers “execution-style” with a pellet gun — and may cause distress or even injuries for those involved, critics said.

“Going through these drills can be itself a traumatic event,” said Deborah Temkin, senior director of education research at Child Trends, a nonprofit research organization. “We really have to weigh that potential trauma with the benefit that could be gained.”

But lockdowns and sheltering in place are no longer enough, some school safety experts said.

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Students are increasingly being taught a “run, hide, fight” strategy that focuses on how to decide whether to flee, hole up or go on the attack themselves — and how to make split-second decisions on what option could offer the best chance of survival.

The Saugus High shooting lasted only 16 seconds, killing two students and wounding three others. The 16-year-old student shooter died Friday of a self-inflicted gunshot.

The swift outburst of violence at Saugus reflected the time duration of school shootings nationwide. An analysis of 41 school shootings between 2008 and 2017 by the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center found two-thirds of attacks lasted less than two minutes and nearly half were over in under 60 seconds.

“What is so important is to really empower every individual to make a quick 15-second or shorter decision, ‘What am I going to do now?’,” said Joe Deedon, a former SWAT officer who runs an active shooter training company in Denver that teaches kids as young as sixth grade how to go on the offensive.

“We don’t want you to be a hero … and die,” Deedon said, “but yet, here are the options you have.”

But it’s this choice-based approach that deeply concerns some safety consultants and educators who say it creates physical and psychological dangers with no evidence that it saves lives.

Sixteen states, including California, now require or encourage schools to carry out active shooter drills, according to one analysis, and 95% of schools nationwide conducted a drill in the 2014-2015 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

At many Santa Clarita Valley schools, including Saugus High, law enforcement coordinates training, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Robert Lewis. The local sheriff’s station runs two impromptu drills at elementary schools every year. High school and middle school administrators practice at least once a month — Saugus drilled just three weeks ago.

As school districts seek new ways to protect their charges, an industry of crisis experts has sprung up with courses largely based on law enforcement and security protocols — many with methods that have not been rigorously evaluated for a school environment.

“There is not a lot of consistency,” said Ken Trump, an Ohio-based school safety consultant who opposes choice-based training in schools. “The devil is in the details of implementation.”

After the Columbine shooting in 1999, in which 13 people were killed and more than 20 wounded by two shooters, schools began practicing lockdowns to handle a crisis on campus. Yet recent attacks suggest shooters may have learned to circumvent them, safety experts said.

Last year, when a former student opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17, he first set off the fire alarms to draw people out of classrooms. Thursday, at Saugus, the shooter opened fire in an outdoor quad early in the morning, before many classes had started. Friday night, a gunman attacked during a high school football game in New Jersey.

Deedon said more aggressive training is needed because students, faced with situations where lockdowns don’t work, are already taking matters into their own hands regardless of what is being taught.

In October, a 14-year-old freshman at La Habra High School in Orange County was wrestled to the ground and disarmed by classmates after brandishing an unloaded gun in a shop class. In May, four Colorado teens charged a classmate after he pulled a gun in a British literature class. The first student to reach him, Kendrick Castillo, was killed, but the gunman was disarmed before there were more fatalities.

Deedon said Castillo’s death represented a “huge turning point” for how some safety experts view what kids and educators should be taught about active shooters.

“You are starting to see young people, young adults, start to jump into action at their own doing, without any coaching and without any training,” Deedon said. “The last six months to a year has really shown us that really the whole shelter-in-place, lockdown mentality is way behind the curve.”

Teaching kids to fight or self-evacuate in a shooting is a fear-based response to a rare danger, said those who favor a more cautious approach.

“We have to make sure we are not doing more harm than good,” said Trump, the school safety consultant. He believes lockdowns are the “gold standard” for a reason.

“We know that lockdowns work,” he said.

The tactic provides the most benefit with the least risk, Trump said. He added there is little empirical evidence that fighting or running saves more lives — and few kids have the mental maturity to make accurate assessments of their best options.

Trump pointed to instances in which one Alabama school considered having students keep canned goods nearby to throw at assailants if needed, and a Pennsylvania school that put buckets of rocks in each classroom last year as examples of how the trend toward fighting back might scare kids without providing a documented benefit.

With choice-based models, Trump said, “We are asking kids in these programs to make adult decisions when their brains have not reached that capacity.”

School safety consultant Chris Dorn said that many of the current run, hide, fight models used in schools aren’t appropriate because they were never intended for educational settings. The model was developed by the city of Houston for settings such as airports and malls, he said.

Trump also pointed out that moving away from lockdowns may leave students with disabilities or special needs behind.

The issue of disabled kids is bubbling up in crisis planning in many schools, including those in Southern California. Los Angeles Unified school board members voted in September to require schools to conduct a lockdown drill within the first month of each semester, and that each school’s safety plan should include provisions for students with disabilities.

The new policy will take effect next school year; currently schools are supposed to conduct two lockdown drills a year.

“LAUSD is currently reviewing several age-appropriate and trauma-informed active shooter drills and training programs,” Los Angeles School Police Department Lt. Aaron Pisarzewicz.

Melissa Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, says active shooter drills are necessary and whether they are traumatic depends on how they are implemented.

Like Trump, she thinks surprise drills or simulations that include shooting blanks or using fake blood, can be unnecessarily anxiety provoking for students and staff.

“We need to make sure we’re doing it in an environment that is conducive to learning,” Brymer said. “In fire drills, we don’t actually cause a fire in the building for kids and staff to take that drill seriously.”

But Pete Blair, a criminal justice professor at Texas State University who helped develop the choice-based strategy, said that additional tactics and training could also have the opposite effect and make students feel more secure.

“Kids are aware these things are happening and the fact that you address it and give them a set of strategies to deal with these situations, they actually like that because it allows them to feel empowered,” he said.

Ideally, Blair and others said, instinct and training blend in a moment of crisis and students and teachers simply implement what they have learned.

Blair called out the actions of Saugus High’s 26-year-old choir teacher Kaitlin Holt as an example of exemplary preparation.

Thursday morning, Holt’s pupils were listening to a recording of themselves singing at a jazz festival when some students fled into her room. She locked and barricaded the door, moving students into an office within the classroom.

There, a female freshman realized she had been struck by gunfire.

“Her adrenaline was so high she didn’t know she had been shot,” Holt said.

Holt recalled a training video on gunshot wounds she had watched at a staff meeting, and reached for the “gunshot wound kit” kept in each classroom to stanch the bleeding while a senior guarded the office door with a fire extinguisher, ready to attack. The were eventually escorted to safety by police, and the girl is expected to fully recover.

Blair said Holt’s fast and effective response was “a fantastic thing that absolutely should be recognized.”

But the young teacher doesn’t see it that way.

“It was just fight or flight,” Holt said. “I didn’t have time to think of anything except survival for my students.”

Times staff writers Sonali Kohli and Brittny Mejia contributed to this report.

Here is a list of theater openings, Critics’ Choices, etc., for Nov. 17-24. Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.).

Cambodian Rock Band A young woman whose immigrant father survived the brutal reign of the Khmer Rogue in the 1970s seeks the truth about his past in Lauren Yee’s drama featuring songs by local rock band Dengue Fever. La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla. Sun., 7 p.m.; Tue.-Wed., 7:30 p.m.; Thu.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 and 7 p.m.; ends Dec. 15. $25-$81. (858) 550-1010. LaJollaPlayhouse.org

Harlem 100 Variety show featuring the music of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, etc., celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos. Sun., 7 p.m. $50-$70. (562) 916-8500. cerritoscenter.com

A Sad Tale’s Best For Winter Staged reading by Anna Miles’ feminist adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.” A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Sold out; standby list available. (626) 356-3121. anoisewithin.org

StoryTime Storytellers share personal tales; for ages 18 and up. The Group Rep, Lonny Chapman Theatre, 10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood. Sun., 7 p.m. $12. (818) 763-5990. thegrouprep.com

Celebrity Autobiography Will Forte, Laraine Newman, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly and others give comedic readings read from the memoirs of Oprah, David Hasselhoff, Beyonce, et al. The Groundlings Theater, 7307 Melrose Ave., L.A. Mon., 8 p.m. $25. (323) 934-4747. groundlings.com

#Hash(tag) America Anthony Fedorov, Isa Briones and Eden Espinosa are featured in this new rock musical that explores social justice issues. Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Mon., 8:30 p.m. $25–$35; food and drink minimums apply. (866) 466-2210. catalinajazzclub.com

The Living Room Series Staged reading of Mousa Kraish’s “The Troubled.” The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Mon., 8 p.m. $15 suggested donation. (323) 661-9827. theblank.com

Mermaid Palace Launch Party Podcast production company dedicated to exploring queerness, feminism and diversity presents an evening of theater and performance art; for ages 18 and up. Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth Theater, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Wed., 8 p.m. $15. dynastytypewriter.com

Anka Sings Sinatra: His Songs, My Songs, My Way Singer and songwriter Paul Anka salutes Ol’ Blue Eyes. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos. Thu., 8 p.m. $100-$135. (562) 916-8500. cerritoscenter.com

Frankie Avalon The showbiz veteran and former teen idol shares songs and stories. Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Thu., 8 p.m. $39-$86. (818) 677-3000. TheSoraya.org

Bandstand G.I.s form a band and enter a nationwide talent search after returning home from WWII in this Tony-winning musical. Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Fred Kavli Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Thu., 7:30 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m., next Sun., 1 and 6:30 p.m. $45-$100. (805) 449-2787. civicartsplaza.com

Broadway Princess Party Laura Osnes, Susan Egan and other musical-theater veterans share the stage in this revue. Rockwell Table & Stage, 1714 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. Thu., 7 and 9:30 p.m. $35-$55. (323) 669-1550. rockwell-la.com. Also at Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. Fri., 8 p.m. $42-$50. (909) 477-2752. lewisfamilyplayhouse.com

Chicas in Space Drag trio Chico’s Angels stars in this comedic sci-fi adventure. The Colony Theatre, 555 N. 3rd St., Burbank. Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 3 p.m. $40. (866) 811-4111. colonytheatre.org

Embridge A dashing suitor changes a cynical woman’s ideas about romantic love in Kathryn Farren’s comedy set in Victorian-era England. Little Fish Theatre, 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro. Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Dec. 15. $15-$28. (310) 512-6030. littlefishtheatre.org

For the Loyal Sixty-Six Theater Co. stages the West Coast premiere of Lee Blessing’s drama about a secret that threatens the futures of two grad students and parents-to-be. Marilyn Monroe Theatre, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Dec. 14. $20, $40. (213) 926 3150. sixtysixtheater.com

Annie Center Stage Players and Arts Repertory presents the classic musical based on the Depression-era comic strip about a plucky red-headed orphan. Studio Channel Islands, 2222 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 7 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends Dec. 1. $20, $25. csparepertory.net

Bad Habits Nuns go to great lengths to keep their convent and school from closing in Steve Mazur’s comedy; with Orson Bean and Alley Mills. Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends Jan. 26. $20-$35. (310) 397-3244. ruskingrouptheatre.com

Bianca Del Rio: It’s Jester Joke Tour The drag artist/comedian (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) performs. The Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway, downtown L.A. Fri., 8 p.m. $39, $40. axs.com

Dirty Disney Drag artists perform off-color musical parodies. Cavern Club Celebrity Theater, Casita del Campo, 1920 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. $20. (800) 838-3006. brownpapertickets.com

Dorian Wood: Xavela Lux Astern L.A.-based artist Wood pays tribute to legendary Latin American music pioneer Chavela Vargas in this U.S. premiere. REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd St., downtown L.A. Fri.-Sat., 8:30 p.m. $18, $22. (213) 237-2800. redcat.org

Millennium Magic XX Fundraiser features magicians from the Magic Castle. Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. W., L.A. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m. $15 and up. (866) 811-4111. theatrewest.org

Niki Haris and Donna De Lory: Songs and Stories The veteran backup singers share the stage in this cabaret show. Mmhmmm at The Standard Hotel, 8300 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Fri., 7:30 p.m. $35–$75. (866) 468-3399. ticketweb.com

The Plot to Overthrow Christmas Historical villains try to put a stop to the holiday in a fully staged, family-friendly version of Norman Corwin’s 1930s-era radio play. Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Blvd., Long Beach. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 2 p.m.; ends Dec. 15. $12.50, $22.50. (562) 997-1494. LBShakespeare.org

Champions of Magic Five world-class illusionists perform in this theatrical show. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Sat., 4 and 8 p.m. $39 and up. (714) 556-2787. scfta.org

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Seven Elan Ensemble presents a new adaptation of this documentary play that interweaves the stories of seven female activists who overcame obstacles and opposition to improve the lives of women and girls in their home countries. Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave, L.A. Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 3 p.m.; ends Dec. 16. $25, $35. (310) 990-2023. brownpapertickets.com

Todrick: House Party Broadway and YouTube star Todrick Hall performs. The Saban Theater, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Sat., 8 p.m. $29-$59. wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com

A Very Merry MagicMania Albie Selznick (“Smoke and Mirrors”) hosts this showcase featuring different magic and variety acts each weekend. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. Sat., 8 p.m.; next Sun., 3 p.m.; ends Dec. 29. $40. (310) 586-1166. MagicMondayLA.com

Hot Off the Press Staged readings of excerpts from new solo works by female writer-performers; presented by Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival. Secret Rose Theatre, 11246 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. Next Sun., 7 p.m. $10. (818) 760-0408. lawtf.org

Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries The film, TV and Broadway star sings show tunes, standards and more. Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University, 415 N. Glassell, Orange. Next Sun., 4 p.m. $63-$113. (844) 626-8726. muscocenter.org

Jitney Assorted characters try to get by while driving unlicensed taxicabs in 1970s Pittsburgh in the Tony-winning revival of August Wilson’s drama. Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Next Sun., 6:30 p.m.; ends Dec. 29. $25-$110. (213) 628-2772. centertheatregroup.org

The Legend of Georgia McBride Crown City Theatre Company stages the Matthew Lopez comedy about a struggling Elvis impersonator who loses his spot to a drag show. Secret Rose Theatre, 11246 W. Magnolia St., North Hollywood. Next Sun., 3 p.m.; ends Feb. 9. (818) 605-5685. crowncitytheatre.com

Critics’ Choices

Andy Warhol’s Tomato In this deftly staged debut, Vince Melocchi’s two-hander imagines an encounter in 1946 Pittsburgh between 18-year old Warhol (only an aspiring commercial artist at that point) and a blue-collar barkeep harboring secret dreams of becoming a writer. Carefully researched factual accuracy notwithstanding, the play isn’t so much a biographical portrait as a touching exploration of cultural division bridged by a fundamental human need to create. (P.B.) Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. Sun., next Sun., 3 p.m.; Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Nov. 24. $25-$34. (310) 822-8392. pacificresidenttheatre.com

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn An intimate environmental staging and stellar performances draw urgent lessons from this 1985 musical adaptation of the Mark Twain slavery-era classic about Huck Finn’s hard-won conquest of his own racial prejudice. (P.B.) Rubicon Theatre Company, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. Ends Sun., 2 p.m. $31-$71. (804) 667-2900. rubicontheatre.org

Buried Child You can’t go home again, and you can never escape it. With an uncompromising mix of dark humor, menace, and mystery, Sam Shepard’s 1978 Pulitzer Prize-winner shows the remarkable staying power in its deconstructed American dream. (P.B.) A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena. Sun., 2 and 7 p.m.; Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; ends Nov. 23. $25 and up; student rush, $20; group discounts available. (626) 356-3121. anoisewithin.org

Department of Dreams Preeminent Kosovar playwright Jeton Neziraj’s dystopian fable concerns a repressive system in which citizens are forced to “deposit” their dreams at a monolithic government agency in an ongoing campaign of intimidation and terror. The fact that the play is a world premiere represents a real coup for director Frédérique Michel and designer Charles A. Duncombe, the movers and shakers behind City Garage for almost 35 years now. They do full service to Neziraj’s surreal vision, an Orwellian portrait of a mad world in which all individuality is suppressed by a totalitarian state. Sometimes abstruse to the point of the incomprehensible, this is not an easy play. But is in an important play by a world-class playwright who challenges our complacency at every twist and turn. (F.K.F.) City Garage, Bergamot Station, building T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. Sun., next Sun., 3 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Dec. 8. $20, $25; Sundays: pay what you want, at the door only. (310) 453-9939. citygarage.org

Elijah Set in a Texas TGI Fridays during raging hurricane Elijah, Judith Leora’s play commences on a deceptively polemical note, as the pro-and-anti death penalty activists who had gathered at a nearby prison for the execution of a notorious serial slayer are forced to shelter in place for the duration. In this case, patience is a virtue. Leora’s initial didacticism deepens into a beautifully realized, classically structured drama that subtly illustrates what can occur when individuals are forced out of their ideologically ossified “tribes” to seek a common humanity. Never striking a false note, director Maria Gobetti takes us on a journey that accelerates to a shattering emotional whirlwind. Among the superlative performers, Molly Gray particularly stands out in her raw portrayal of a woman coping with a sad and shocking legacy that will forever define her. (F.K.F.) The Big Victory Theatre, 3326 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank. Sun., next Sun., 4 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; ends Dec. 15. $28-$40. (818) 841-5421. thevictorytheatrecenter.org

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The Great Leap BD Wong, who starred in two previous productions of Lauren Yee’s exhilarating, witty, heartbreaking play about Chinese-American relations seen through the lens of basketball, directs its L.A. premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse. Unbeknownst to many Americans, basketball is huge in China, and Yee uses this shared affinity between our otherwise clashing cultures as a mutual way in. This lavish coproduction with East West Players features four dazzling performers, including James Eckhouse (of “Beverly Hills 90210”) as you’ve never seen him before. (M.G.) Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Sun., next Sun., 2 p.m.; Tue.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; ends Dec. 1. $25 and up. (626) 356-7529. PasadenaPlayhouse.org

Here is a list of classical music performances in L.A. for Nov. 17-24:

Colburn Rising Stars: Rodolfo Leone The young pianist plays pieces by Schubert and Chopin. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Sun., 2 p.m. $15 and up. (310) 434-3200. thebroadstage.org

Grace/Landing Rachael Worby’s Muse/Ique Orchestra is joined by Acabella, DC6 Singers, First New Christian Fellowship Band, RAISE and Pasadena Master Chorale for a celebration of Elvis Presley’s Southern gospel roots. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Sun., 7 p.m. Members only. (626) 539-7085. muse-ique.com

LACMA’s Sundays Live Spanish Brass performs. St. James’ in the City, 3903 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Sun., 6 p.m. Free. (323) 857-6234. lacma.org

Les Maîtres du violon: The Rise of the French Violin Sonata Guts Baroque Duo performs works by Rebel, Francoeur, Bouvard, Leclair, et al. St Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1020 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Sun., 4 p.m. $15 suggested donation. (800) 838-3006. gutsbaroque.com

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jaime Martín leads the orchestra in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, “Classical,” plus Ravel’s “Le tombeau de Couperin,” Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella” Suite and the West Coast premiere of Missy Mazola’s “Dark with Excessive Bright” for Double Bass and Strings. Royce Hall, UCLA, 10745 Dickson Court, Westwood. Sun., 7 p.m. $28 and up. (213) 622-7001. laco.org

Mt. Lowe Chamber Players The ensemble performs works by Beethoven and Debussy in this benefit. Private residence, address provided to ticket holders, Altadena. Sun., 3 p.m. $100. RSVP to [email protected]

Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart & Brahms with Simone Porter The young violinist joins the orchestra for Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D; program also include the overture to Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.” Soka Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo. Sun., 3 p.m. $40-$85. (949) 480-4278. soka.edu

A Portrait of Fall Benefit for the Caesura Youth Orchestra features the Donald Brinegar Singers, the JPL Singers and cellist David Lockington. Glendale City Church as a benefit for the Caesura Youth Orchestra. Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave., Glendale. Sun., 4 p.m. By donation. (818) 244-7241. glendalecitychurch.org

Restoration Concerts The Girsky String Quartet is joined by guitarist Almer Imamovic for a program of works by Boccherini, Dvorak and Shostakovich. South Pasadena Public Library, Community Room, 1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena. Sun., 4 p.m. $20. (626) 799-6333. friendsofsopaslibrary.org

Rigoletto Vineyard Touring Opera puts a 1980s-style spin on Verdi’s tragic tale of a hunchbacked court jester, his beautiful daughter and a lecherous duke. Woman’s Club of Claremont, 343 W. Twelfth St., Claremont. Sun., 2:30 p.m. $20-$30. (909) 229-4410. vtopera.org

Sound and Fury The Verdi Chorus and guest vocalists sing works by Verdi, Puccini and Lehár. First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th St., Santa Monica. Sun., 2 p.m. $10-$40. (800) 838-3006. verdichorus.org

Sunday Musicale Vieness, the duo consisting of pianists Eva Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh, performs. Newport Beach Public Library, Central Library Friends Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Sun., 3 p.m. Free. (949) 717-3800. newportbeachlibrary.org

Topanga Symphony Schubert’s Symphony No. 3, Rossini’s Overture to “An Italian Girl in Algiers,” and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D with violinist Aubree Oliverson. Topanga Community House, 1440 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga. Sun., 3 p.m. Free. topangasymphony.com

Trip the Light Fantastic New West Symphony perform works by Bartók, Piazzolla, Copland and Gabriela Lena Frank, plus the world premiere of Julien Labro’s “Canvas” Double Concerto featuring guitarist Jason Vieaux and Labro on bandoneon. Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center, 4235 Mar Vista Drive, Camarillo. Sun., 3 p.m. $30-$120. (866) 776-8400. newwestsymphony.org

Danish String Quartet Works by Bach, Beethoven and Bartok. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Samueli Theater, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tue., 8 p.m. $38 and up. (949) 553-2422. PhilharmonicSociety.org

Vicki Ray — Spectral The pianist performs works by Tristan Murail and Gérard Grisey plus “Hybrid Vowels,” her new collaboration with Stephen Lehman. Zipper Hall, the Coburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Tue., 8 p.m. $20, $40; series passes, $130. pianospheres.org

Glendale Noon Concerts Aviara Trio plays pieces by Brahms and Piazzolla. Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave., Glendale. Wed., 12:10 p.m. Free. (818) 244-7241. glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Tenebrae Choir of London The vocal ensemble makes its West Coast debut, joined by the Chamber Choir of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral), 13280 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove. Wed., 7:30 p.m. $10-$40. occatholic.com

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Zurich Chamber Orchestra is joined by violinists Daniel Hope and Willi Zimmerman for a program that includes the Vivaldi favorite plus pieces by Bach, Mendelssohn and El-Khoury. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Wed., 8 p.m. $28 and up. (949) 553-2422. PhilharmonicSociety.org

What Makes It Great? Composer-conductor Rob Kapilow is joined by the Cal State Fullerton University Symphony Orchestra for an exploration of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos. Wed., 7:30 p.m. $55. (562) 916-8500. cerritoscenter.com

Baroque Conversations This series presented by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra launches a new season with Handel’s “Water Music” plus works by Telemann and Richard Strauss. First Presbyterian of Santa Monica, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. Thu., 7:30 p.m. Also at The Huntington, Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Fri., 7:30 p.m. $52 and up. (213) 622-7001. laco.org

The Magic Flute Performers interact with projected animations as LA Opera reprises it staging of Mozart’s fantastical romantic fable; sung in German with English subtitles. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Thu., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 7:30 p.m.; ends Dec. 15. $19 and up. (213) 972-8001. LAOpera.org

Kun-Woo Paik The Korean pianist performs in recital. Zipper Hall, the Coburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Fri., 7:30 p.m. Tickets and info at (323) 692-2070.

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Apollo 13 in Concert American Youth Symphony performs James Horner’s score to accompany a screening of Ron Howard’s 1995 historical drama starring Tom Hanks. UCLA’s Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Court, Westwood. Sat., 4 p.m. $18. (310) 470-2332. AYSymphony.org

Mozart + Violin California Chamber Orchestra is joined by violinist Annelle Gregory for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1.; program also includes works by Haydn and Anna Amalia. Gershwin Performing Arts Center, Murrieta Mesa High School, 24801 Monroe Ave., Murrieta. Sat., 7:30 p.m. $10-$35. (800) 595-4849. CalChamberOrchestra.org

Passion Parnassus Chamber Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Italian,” plus Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D with violinist Emily Uematsu and selections from Bizet’s “Carmen” with mezzo-soprano Milena Kitic. Soka Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo. Sat., 7 p.m. $15, $25. (949) 480-4278. soka.edu

Sounds Unknown: The Black Violin Salastina performs works by black composers including Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Florence Price and Derrick Spiva Jr. Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Barrett Hall, 100 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena. Sat., 8 p.m. Also at the Edye Second Space at the Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Next Sun., 3 p.m. $10-$40. salastina.org

Back to Back Bach Tesserae Baroque presents solo lute and chamber works by Bach featuring lutenist Thomas Dunford. Contrapuntal Recital Hall, address provided to ticket holders, Brentwood. Next Sun., 5 p.m. $20-$40; advance tickets required. tesseraebaroque.org

Colburn Orchestra The student ensemble performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and more. Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Next Sun., 3 p.m. $15, $30. colburnschool.edu

Zlatomir Fung The cellist plays pieces by Brahms, Gabrieli, et al., in recital. Pepperdine University, Raitt Recital Hall, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. Next Sun., 2 p.m. $28; sold out; waiting list available. (310) 506-4522. arts.pepperdine.edu

Juana The UCLA School of Music presents the world premiere of L.A.-based composer Carla Lucero’s opera about 17th-century Mexican poet, philosopher and composer Juana Inés de la Cruz. Freud Playhouse, UCLA, 245 Charles E. Young Drive East, Westwood. Next Sun., 2 p.m. $25. schoolofmusic.ucla.edu

LACMA’s Sundays Live Pianist Andrew Brownell performs. St. James’ in the City, 3903 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Next Sun., 6 p.m. Free. (323) 857-6234. lacma.org

Los Angeles Baroque: Surf ’n’ Turf The orchestra’s season opener includes pieces by Rebel, Vivaldi, Telemann and Costeley. St. James Episcopal Church, 1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena. Next Sun., 4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. losangelesbaroque.org

The Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Haydn’s Symphony No. 5, plus works by Bartok, Copland, Verdi and Saint-Saëns. Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. Next Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5-$25. losangelesyouthorchestra.org (also in Pasadena, Mon., Nov. 25)

Why Music Matters: Intro to the Orchestra Musicologist Nuvi Mehta is joined by Orange County Youth Symphony and others for an exploration of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Next Sun., 3 p.m. Free. (949) 553-2422. PhilharmonicSociety.org

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Some weeks, you almost feel bad for “Saturday Night Live.” A few years into mining comedy from a news cycle that regularly stretches the bounds of reality, “SNL” went into Saturday with a presumptive target of the first week of impeachment hearings.

And, in their first crack at an event that’s happened only three other times in U.S. history, the series showed signs of fatigue with a cold open to an episode hosted by musical guest Harry Styles that was built around a tweak of its own network.

Answering a critique by an NBC pundit who said the hearings lacked “pizzazz,” “SNL” recast the hearings as an episode of “Days of Our Lives.” As the sands of the hourglass fell, “Days of Our Impeachment” imagined a windswept political drama “where the only thing at stake is democracy.”

The timing of a “Days of Our Lives” homage carried a wistful edge given this weeks’ news that the long-running soap opera has entered “indefinite hiatus,” but “SNL” offered a justification tough to argue in calling their sketch “a ridiculous melodrama that’s somehow less crazy than what’s really happening in our government.”

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Jon Hamm was on hand to portray the hearings’ first-day witness in ambassador Bill Taylor, and Cecily Strong played Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to the Ukraine who President Trump attacked midway through her Friday testimony, which in the sketch caused “SNL’s” Heidi Gardner to faint in the gallery amid a swell of soapy strings. “If the president wanted to intimidate you he would’ve shot you on Fifth Avenue,” Mikey Day’s Rep. Jim Jordan argued.

Although Alec Baldwin was not on hand as the Tweeter in Chief, Kate McKinnon offered her haunting impression of Rudy Guiliani (“Mercury is in retrograde so my powers are at an all-time high,” she crowed), and Beck Bennett arrived as a frowning Mitch McConnell just before Melissa Villasenor’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Further exemplifying the kitchen sink approach, Kenan Thompson also appeared as the Cleveland Browns’ helmet-swinging defender Myles Garrett, and a consciously disinterested Pete Davidson (“Who am I playing again?”) as Michael Avenatti to remind the hearings of the president’s extramarital affair. “That story was from last season,” Hamm’s Taylor reminded him. As Davidson went on, Strong’s Yovanovitch added, “We know, no one seems to care.”

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