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WASHINGTON — 

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed a St. Louis County attorney known for her opposition to abortion and support for religious rights to a federal judgeship in St. Louis.

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Sarah Pitlyk’s appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri came despite the American Bar Assn. rating her as “not qualified” because of her lack of experience in the courtroom.

Pitlyk is special counsel to the Chicago-based Thomas More Society, a not-for-profit law firm that says it is “dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty.” She worked to defeat an “abortion sanctuary city’’ ordinance in St. Louis and was involved in a dispute over whether a St. Louis couple’s frozen embryos were property or unborn children, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a statement after the vote that Pitlyk’s “strong legal experience, sharp intellect, and commitment to the rule of law” made her an outstanding choice for the court. He recommended Pitlyk to President Trump, who nominated her.

WASHINGTON — 

Lawyers for President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday the Constitution shields the chief executive from being forced to disclose his tax returns in response to a subpoena from Congress.

“Imposing financial disclosure requirements on the president intrudes in an area that the Constitution fences off,” they said in Trump vs. Mazars. “Requiring the president to disclose his personal finances as a condition of holding office is unconstitutional.”

The justices probably will ask the House to respond next week to Trump’s claim and could announce by the end of next week whether they will consider the case, which involves a House effort to compel Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to turn over his financial records and tax returns.

The justices also could look at a second case in which the district attorney in New York City, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., has subpoenaed the accountants to turn over several years of Trump’s taxes. That case involves the district attorney’s investigation into hush-money payments that Trump and his company made to at least one woman who alleged she had an affair with him.

If the high court turns down the appeals, the accountants have said they would move quickly to comply with the subpoenas. If the justices agree to hear one or both cases, however, that would set the stage for a high-stakes constitutional clash between the White House and Congress.

Trump’s broadly worded claim is the latest of a series of assertions of executive power by the president’s personal attorneys. In other cases, they have contended the president has “absolute immunity” or a constitutional shield against outside investigations.

So far, those claims have mostly fared poorly in court. Federal district judges and two federal appeals courts, in New York and Washington, have upheld the subpoenas, but Trump’s lawyers hope to get a more receptive hearing from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority.

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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform said it was looking into possible conflicts of interest involving Trump and potential violations of disclosure laws. The appeals court, in a 2-1 ruling, said the House has broad power to conduct investigations and to recommend new legislation.

Disagreeing with that conclusion, Trump’s lawyers said the Constitution vests special authority in the president and cited an 1838 decision which said the president “is beyond the reach of any other department, except in the mode prescribed by the Constitution through the impeaching power.”

Even though Trump is the subject of an impeachment inquiry, his lawyers say the House committee’s demand for his taxes came in April, well before the inquiry began. They said it amounts to inappropriate meddling in the president’s personal affairs.

The justices already have shielded the documents from being turned over while they consider whether to hear Trump’s case as well as his separate appeal of a court order that requires the same accounting firm to give his tax returns to the district attorney in New York City. The court could say as early as mid-December whether it will hear and decide the cases.

Yet another case involving House subpoenas for Trump’s records from New York banks also is headed for the Supreme Court, and the justices are likely to prevent the handover of any documents for the time being.

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — 

John Kerry, the former secretary of State and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, is endorsing Joe Biden for president, buoying the former vice president’s argument that his international experience should be a deciding factor for voters in 2020.

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The Biden campaign rolled out Kerry’s endorsement as it continues to hammer President Trump as a dangerous and erratic commander in chief and head of state. The campaign hammered the argument Wednesday with an online ad featuring video of other world leaders mocking Trump at a Buckingham Palace reception held alongside a NATO summit.

“I’ve never before seen the world more in need of someone who on Day 1 can begin the incredibly hard work of putting back together the world Donald Trump has smashed apart,” Kerry said in a statement.

That echoes applause lines Biden uses often as he campaigns.

“The next president will inherit a world in disarray,” Biden said Thursday, touting his decades of foreign policy experience as a six-term Delaware senator and two-term vice president.

Amazon.com Inc. says it lost a Pentagon cloud contract valued at as much as $10 billion because of political interference by President Trump, according to the judge overseeing the case.

Federal Claims Court Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith said during a court proceeding last week that Amazon’s lawsuit argues that the Pentagon didn’t award the cloud deal to Microsoft Corp. on the basis of a fair evaluation of the companies’ bids.

Amazon “contends that the procurement process was compromised and negatively affected by the bias [against Amazon] expressed publicly by the president and commander in chief, Donald Trump,” Campbell-Smith said in a recording of a status hearing released Thursday by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington.

The judge’s comments were the first public confirmation that Amazon cited bias by Trump as grounds to overturn the award to Microsoft. Trump has long criticized Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on matters such as the shipping rates his company pays the U.S. Postal Service and his personal ownership of what Trump calls “the Amazon Washington Post.”

The contract was awarded to Microsoft “despite what plaintiff characterizes as its depth of experience, superior technology and proven record of success in handling the most sensitive government data,” Campbell-Smith said.

Amazon filed a lawsuit under seal with the court last month to formally protest its loss of the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, also known as JEDI.

Campbell-Smith said Amazon is seeking to prohibit the Defense Department from proceeding without a new evaluation or award decision. The company is requesting that the Pentagon either reevaluate bids or reopen the procurement to allow for bid revisions, the judge said.

Campbell-Smith also granted Microsoft’s request to intervene in the suit.

In July, Trump stunned lawmakers and technology companies when he openly questioned whether the JEDI contract was being competitively bid, citing complaints from Microsoft, Oracle Corp. and International Business Machines Corp.

Dana Deasy, the Pentagon’s chief information officer, said during his confirmation hearing in late October that to the best of his knowledge, no one from the White House reached out to any members of the JEDI cloud contract selection team.

The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud project is designed to consolidate the department’s cloud computing infrastructure and modernize its technology systems. The contract is worth as much as $10 billion over 10 years and could offer the winner a bigger foothold in the burgeoning federal cloud market.

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A look at the regional bowl game pairings for Friday and Saturday.

DIVISION 1-AA

South: Sierra Canyon (13-1) at La Mesa Helix (11-1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Fresno Central (13-0) at El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge (10-2), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 1-A

South: Oceanside (11-3) vs. Corona del Mar (14-0) at Newport Harbor, Saturday, 6 p.m.

North: Fresno San Joaquin Memorial (12-1) at San Mateo Serra (12-1), Saturday, noon

DIVISION 2-AA

South: Aquinas (12-2) at San Juan Hills (11-3), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Elk Grove (10-4) at Concord Clayton Valley (8-5), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 2-A

South: Oxnard Pacifica (13-1) at Birmingham (8-4), Saturday, 6 p.m.

North: Manteca (11-2) at Oakland McClymonds (10-0), Saturday, 6 p.m.

DIVISION 3-AA

South: Temecula Valley (12-2) at Oceanside El Camino (8-6), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Los Gatos (12-1) at Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman (12-1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 3-A

South: Sunny Hills (12-2) at Bakersfield Christian (10-3), Saturday, 6 p.m.

North: Rohnert Park Rancho Cotate (10-3) at Manteca Sierra (11-3), Saturday, 6 p.m.

DIVISION 4-AA

South: Selma (11-2) vs. Highland (11-3) atAntelope Valley College, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Sutter (12-1) at Ripon (12-1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 4-A

South: La Jolla (9-4) vs. Marina (12-2) at Westminster, Saturday, 6 p.m.

North: Escalon (12-1) at Chico Pleasant Valley (7-5), Saturday, 6 p.m.

DIVISION 5-AA

South: San Diego Serra (11-2) at El Monte (13-0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Crescent City Del Norte (12-1) at Sunnyvale King’s Academy (10-3), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 5-A

South: Reseda (10-3) vs. Esperanza (10-4) at Yorba Linda, Saturday, 6 p.m.

North: Milpitas (7-6) at Caruthers (13-1), Saturday, 6 p.m.

DIVISION 6-AA

South: Canoga Park (12-2) at South Torrance (10-4), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: Eureka St. Bernard’s (10-3) vs. Nicolaus East Nicolaus (12-1) at Yuba City River Valley, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

DIVISION 6-A

South: Bishop (12-2), bye

North: Richmond Salesian (10-2) at Santa Cruz (10-3), Saturday, 6 p.m.

DIVISION 7-AA

South: Gardena (10-4) at San Diego Parker (8-5), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

North: San Francisco Lincoln (10-1) vs. Mariposa County (8-4) at Merced Golden Valley, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

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Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as we welcome back Michael Wrona to race calling in Southern California.

Los Alamitos is back and running Friday in a short seven-day thoroughbred meeting. This week is Friday through Sunday and next week is Thursday through Sunday. Weekday posts are 1 p.m. with 12:30 p.m. on the weekends.

Next year during this timeframe it will be a three-week meeting run under the auspices of the L.A. County Fair. It will be the first time in more than 70 years that this meeting will not be run in September.

Los Al was a casualty in the California Horse Racing Board’s attempt to reduce racing dates in California. It is going from eight weeks to five. Forgive me if you’ve heard this before, but it is in the financial interest of the state to have as much racing at the big tracks as it can. It just generates more money for everyone. And, that’s a good thing. So, intellectually you can understand why Los Al gets screwed.

But those of us with a memory will remember how Los Alamitos stepped up big after Hollywood Park closed. The local racing calendar was in tatters. Santa Anita and Del Mar took more dates but there were stll gaps. That when Ed Allred and the late Brad McKinzie engineered a plan to expand the track to a mile. Let’s face it, Doc Allred’s first love is the quarters but he did what was best for racing in Southern California.

Given what’s happened I think it’s apropos to bring up one of my favorite expressions and I think it applies here to Doc Allred. “Other than that one thing, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?”

I know I just argued both sides. And it could have been worse, Los Al was originally cut to four weeks but Santa Anita’s Aidan Butler, the acting executive director for California racing for the Stronach Group (maybe we should just use AEDCRTSG as his title?) stepped up and surrendered a week costing TSG about a million bucks. The track wasn’t going to race then but it owned the simulcast signal that week.

Now, I’m sure I’ll be cursing that decision when I don’t get a week off before Christmas next year. Oh, well, Allred deserved a “W.”

Back to this year. Saturday is a really big day with the Grade 1 Starlet and Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. Now, we know the fields have been small for the Futurity—in fact, this year it is four—but some mighty fine horses have come out of that race dating back to Hollywood Park. We’ll talk more about those races on Saturday. But, if you plan to go one day this meeting, make it Saturday.

Finally, we welcome back the popular Michael Wrona to his new gig at Los Alamitos. He’ll be calling the thoughbreds for two weeks and starting Dec. 27 will also be calling the nighttime races after the legendary Ed Burgart retires.

Michael, as you remember, was calling at Santa Anita when then boss Tim Ritvo sent him, and subsequently racing secretary Rick Hammerle, packing. Wrona has been doing some short meets around the country including Kentucky Downs.

Wrona was replaced by Frank Mirahamadi, who by everyone’s opinion, did a fantastic job at Santa Anita. The racing office hasn’t been as smooth a transition.

Now there is no doubt that Wrona will do an equally exceptional job at Los Alamitos. Think about it, we’ve got Burgart, for a few more days, Mirahamadi and Wrona. It just doesn’t get any better than that. Anywhere.

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Los Alamitos preview

Not surprisingly, it’s not a card that has the big “wow factor,” but the field size is pretty decent. There are eight races, starting at 1 p.m. Of course, there are no turf races because there is no turf course. Five are claiming races and a starter allowance basically makes it six.

The feature is an allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares going six furlongs for a purse of $45,000. Tijori is the 5-2 favorite for trainer Simon Callaghan and jockey Flavien Prat. She’s only one-for-four lifetime, including a fourth at the Astoria Stakes at Belmont Park. But what gives her some street cred is that Kaleem Shah paid $525,000 for her at a 2-year-old sale.

The second favorite, at 3-1, is a Love a Honeybadger for Peter Miller and Abel Cedillo. She is five-for-14 lifetime. Like Tijori, she also won her first race and has been running mostly at the allowance level. One big difference is Love a Honeybadger was purchased for $10,000. Post is around 3:30 p.m.

Here are the field sizes, in order: 6, 6, 6, 10, 9, 7, 10, 10.

Ciaran Thornton’s Lrc picks of the day

Race Three: No. 3 Rineshaft (12-1)

Race Four: No. 3 Buster Douglas (10-1)

Rineshaft won at this distance in October for trainer Hector Palma with Tiago Pereira riding. Next out at Del Mar in a jump to an allowance race the horse ran 11th. Win jockey Tiago hops back on and they dropped the horse into this claimer for the paycheck. 12-1 morning line is great value with Tiago returning. Has the top speed in this race as well.

Buster Douglas makes his first start since last year and tries dirt for the first time and takes a huge plunge in class for a winless small trainer. The 57-second claim bait workout last week and a sharp work prior for a small stable intrigues me. I hope we get 12-1 but watch the early money here, if there is a drop in odds the horse is live. The class towers above the rest of these so why not swing in this low-level claimer. I am going two deep in my value plays today because these are it on the card. Let’s also try a small daily double using these two plus the favorites in each race.

Ciaran Thornton is the handicapper for Californiapick4.com, which offers daily full card picks, longshots of the day, best bets of the day.

Golden Gate weekend preview

Here’s our weekly look at the best racing going on at Golden Gate Fields. As with the last meeting, we’re delighted to have race caller and all-around good guy Matt Dinerman as our host for previews and other musings. So, take it away, Matt.

“We’ll start with a quick update: Mugaritz won the marquee race of the Golden Gate fall meet, the Grade 3 Berkeley Handicap, by a decisive 3 ½ lengths. His trainer, Jonathan Wong, confirmed Mugaritz exited Saturday’s 1 1/16 mile contest in good order. His next start is undetermined.

“’More likely than not, his next race will be in 2020,’ Wong said. ‘We’re leaving all options on the table at this point. We want to continue to run him in graded stakes races. We’re even thinking of sending him over to Dubai for a race. We’ll see.’

“This week, our feature race comes on Saturday with the $75,000 Gold Rush Stakes for 2-year-olds. A full field of 10 is entered and one also eligible looks for a single defection: #11 Ajourneyofreedom, the half sibling to El Camino Real Derby winner Anothertwistafate. He showed promise in a better-than-looked runner up finish last time out.

“Golden Nugget Stakes winner Bettor Trip Nick makes his route debut for trainer Bill Delia and is certainly the local contender with the most class. The son of first-crop stallion Boat Trip sports a three for four sprint record heading into the Gold Rush. Recent maiden winners Final Final, Indian Peak and Sacred Rider may also get play.

“From Southern California, trainer Andrew Lerner sends up Rager and Absolute Weapon. Rager, to be ridden by Luis Reyes, broke his maiden at first asking in a maiden special weight at Santa Anita before finishing fourth in his most recent start, The Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar. Absolute Weapon, with Southern California jockey Aaron Gryder set to navigate, raced two-turns for the first time on Oct. 31 in a starter optional claiming race at Santa Anita and won by more than six lengths.

“Post time for the Gold Rush is about 4:15 p.m. and goes as the eighth race in a 10-race card on Saturday.

“Lastly, we wish Golden Gate Fields based 2-year-old Anneau D’Or the very best in his third lifetime start, the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday. He drew the rail with regular rider Juan Hernandez slated to ride. Most recently, Anneau D’Or finished second behind Storm the Court in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

“’After the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, he came back to the barn and was tearing the place down,’ joked trainer Blaine Wright. “He was full of energy and bounced out of [the race] in great shape. He’s worked three times since the Juvenile and every time he worked well. His blood count is good, his weight is good and we’re looking at a pretty happy and healthy horse heading into the Los Al’ Futurity.’”

Los Alamitos weekend preview

It’s time to turn things over to marketing and meda guru Orlando Gutierrez, who will tell us about the upcoming weekend at Los Alamitos. Orlando, the floor is yours.

“Doubleheaders are back at Los Alamitos Race Course, as nighttime action follows the daytime thoroughbred racing program. Friday’s eight-race program will start at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s card is set for 6 p.m. Sunday’s first post at night will be about 5:30 p.m.

“It’s been a solid 2019 season for owner Martha Wells. The accomplished quarter-horse owner has enjoyed stakes wins with Yanque and has been a part of graded stakes finals with runners such as Tell Cartel, Red Hawk Cartel, Chicks Fayvorite and Fire By Night.

“Wells enjoyed a runner-up effort by Tell Cartel in the Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity, while Red Hawk Cartel was second as well in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby and will next race in the Grade 2 Southern California Derby next Friday night. Yanque has won a pair of 550-yard stakes, while Chicks Fayvorite is a multiple winner at the Orange County track.

“It’s now Fire By Night’s turn as he’ll be one of the favorites in the seventh on Friday night. Fire By Night will be hoping for a better result than his last start when he was disqualified from second and placed fifth for interference in a trial to the Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity. While still a maiden after seven career starts, Fire By Night showed his promise by finishing second in a trial that featured the outstanding filly Geothermal, third place finisher in the Ed Burke Million Futurity earlier this year. Ruben Lozano retains the mount aboard Fire By Night for Friday’s event at 330 yards.

“Jest Famous, who was so impressive when winning the Town Policy Handicap against 3-year-olds on Nov. 9, will make his final tune-up before the trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Championship when he faces six in the First Down Dash Handicap for 3-year-olds and up Saturday night.

“Trained by Chris O’Dell and ridden by Cody Jensen, Jest Famous was outstanding in his first local start, as he won the Town Policy by a half-length as the even-money favorite. Jest Famous had excellent freshman campaign, winning the Southwest Juvenile Championship last year after running third in the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity. Bred by Jon and Donna McPherson, the Louisiana-bred son of Mr Jess Perry will enter with seven wins in 12 starts.

“Los Alamitos will have a special post-position draw about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and Grade 1 Champion of Champions. The draw will take place in the Finish Line Room at Los Alamitos and will be televised by TVG.

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“Everyone is invited to attend the draw. Los Alamitos track announcer Ed Burgart will also announce the morning line for the Dec. 14 Champion of Champions and Dec. 15 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity. Burgart will call both races for a final time before retiring from the announcer’s booth on closing night, Dec. 15.”

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

EIGHTH RACE: No. 2 Alamode (3-1)

Entered not to be claimed after 18 months on the sidelines, this 4-year-old gelding was ultra impressive in beating a $12,500 claiming field by a neck five weeks ago despite missing the break by nearly one length. I loved his acceleration midway and trainer John Cooper shows confidence by raising him to the $16,000 claiming level. He broke super in his final two 2018 outings.

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Now, the star of the show, Friday’s entries.

Los Alamitos Race Course Entries for Friday, December 6.

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos, California. 1st day of a 8-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $16,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $12,500-$10,500.

SECOND RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $21,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $50,000-$40,000. State bred.

THIRD RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. 3 year olds. Claiming Prices $12,500-$10,500.

FOURTH RACE.

5 Furlongs. Purse: $15,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $10,000-$9,000.

FIFTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $25,000. Starter Allowance. 3 year olds and up.

SIXTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $45,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $40,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up.

EIGHTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $15,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000.

Earlier this week, before the controversial decision on USC’s football coach and the inevitable fallout still to come for his staff, Clancy Pendergast was outside of Dallas, in the living room of a four-star safety, carrying on with his duties as usual.

The Trojans’ defensive coordinator was one of many assistants out on the recruiting trail the past week, hoping to save a 2020 class ranked 67th in the nation. Part of that difficult job meant dispelling any doubts they may have about Clay Helton’s future, even as their own futures hung in the balance.

Arguably no assistant’s job was in greater jeopardy than Pendergast, whose defense largely underachieved the last two seasons. But amid simmering uncertainty, the staff soldiered on, posing for photos with recruits and flashing “Fight On” signs, hoping to show some semblance of stability at USC.

The most pressing question about the program’s direction was answered Wednesday, as new athletic director Mike Bohn announced that Helton would be retained.

No staff changes were announced with news of Helton’s return. When asked if any changes are expected, Bohn said, “We’re not going to reveal any of those details now.”

He noted, however, that “there is nothing off the table associated with what we’re looking at to improve upon.”

Recent history suggests that changes — and probably sweeping ones — are coming. A year ago, when former athletic director Lynn Swann announced Helton’s return as coach, a purge of assistants followed, including offensive coordinator Tee Martin. Two days after the announcement, only five of Helton’s 10 assistants were still on staff.

It wasn’t the only time Helton tried wholesale changes. In November 2015, six days after his interim tag was removed, Helton fired defensive coordinator — and future California coach — Justin Wilcox, along with three other assistants.

In his place, Helton hired Pendergast. This season, the defense has largely been inconsistent and in the last game gave up a season-high 540 yards to UCLA.

The performance was indicative of other issues that plagued Pendergast defenses. Despite boasting top talent at every level, his defenses at USC have declined in total yards allowed and scoring defense in each of the last four seasons.

Still, last month, when asked about Pendergast’s status, Helton praised USC’s progress on defense. “The future is bright with that squad and a lot of that has to do with Clancy,” Helton said.

He offered similar support last month for longtime assistant John Baxter, whose work on special teams has also been far from the “special” standard Helton set for this season. The kickoff teams especially have struggled since the season’s opening return, when USC was penalized for two players wearing the same jersey number. The kickoff coverage unit has allowed the second-most yards per return in the nation (28.24).

Helton chose to bring back Pendergast and Baxter after last season, despite reasons for concern. This season, it appears much more likely that both top assistants won’t get that benefit of the doubt.

The most pressing staffing decision facing USC, however, likely won’t be its own to make. After a successful first season ushering in the Air Raid offense at USC, offensive coordinator Graham Harrell has emerged as a possible candidate to take the same job at Texas.

Losing Harrell, who was hired inJanuary in the wake of Kliff Kingsbury’s departure to the NFL, would be a devastating blow for a USC offense that found its stride late in the season behind quarterback Kedon Slovis.

Under Harrell’s watch, the unheralded three-star recruit developed into one of the most promising young passers in college football, while a mostly shorthanded USC offense thrived, ranking fifth in the nation in passing offense and 19th in total offense.

Slovis should have a substantial lead for the starting job heading into next season. He’ll have some competition from JT Daniels, who won the job last fall before being injured. Daniels confirmed Thursday that he has no plans to transfer.

But a change in offense could directly alter the competition — as well as both quarterbacks’ college paths.

Max Slovis, Kedon’s father, said Thursday that Harrell, along with the other offensive assistants who call themselves “Team Texas,” have been “the single most influential people in Kedon’s growth.

“[Harrell] was able to identify the parts of Kedon that he felt made him special and help him put those traits and skills on display on game day,” Slovis said in a text message.

The Slovis family is hardly the only group hoping for Harrell’s return. Several parents of USC players expressed to The Times over the last two days that it was crucial for USC to retain Harrell.

Bohn seems to understand that urgency. On Wednesday, he offered unprompted praise of Harrell and his offense, calling it “impressive by any standard.”

With a potentially lucrative offer from Texas looming, how much will USC pay to maintain that standard?

Both Bohn and USC President Carol L. Folt offered some hope, committing publicly this week to provide more resources for Helton and the program. Bohn said there would be a “redoubled commitment to tools, resources and access to things that are going to help them be successful.”

Those additional resources — and the extension offer that’s likely to accompany them — may keep Harrell from heading to his home state. But as the rest of USC’s staff remains in limbo, the uncertainty surrounding the program continues to be a problem on the recruiting trail.

“There’s all this talk about there being staff changes,” said Brandon Huffman, the national recruiting editor at 247Sports. “But who are those staff changes affecting? The uncertainty with less than two weeks until the early signing period starts [on Dec. 18], it’s going to cause some consternation.”

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Quarterback Bryce Young of Santa Ana Mater Dei has been selected the Gatorade state player of the year in football and is one of three finalists for national player of the year.

Young passed for 4,528 yards and 58 touchdowns in leading the Monarchs to a 12-1 record. He’s committed to Alabama.

The other finalists for national player of the year are Julian Fleming, a receiver from Catawissa, Pa., committed to Ohio State, and Arik Gilbert, a tight end from Marietta, Ga., committed to LSU.

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The behavior of a prominent UCLA Health gynecologist during an exam with a married mother of four amounted to sexual assault and harassment, according to an investigative report by the university made public Thursday.

It took UCLA almost two years to complete the investigation into allegations raised by a patient against Dr. James Heaps, a 63-year-old physician who was arrested in June on sexual battery and exploitation charges.

The woman saw Heaps in June 2017 to have an intrauterine device, or IUD, removed after she experienced intense uterine cramping shortly after the device was inserted. During the appointment, Heaps allegedly grabbed the woman’s left breast and her buttocks and fondled her clitoral piercing. The doctor’s behavior frightened and alarmed the woman, who was seeing Heaps because her usual gynecologist was unavailable, and she later told her doctor what happened in the appointment, according to the report and interviews with the patient and her attorneys.

A panel of three board-certified physicians and third-party evaluator who reviewed the case were unanimous that Heaps acted inappropriately in touching the woman’s breast and buttocks because she didn’t report pain in either.

They were especially concerned that Heaps touched the piercing for an extended period of time, noting it was “the most alarming conduct that cannot be explained as even remotely appropriate in the context of the problem focused patient encounter,” according to the report.

The Title IX investigation was launched Dec. 22, 2017, and completed Nov. 13 of this year, drawing criticism and questions from both the patient’s and Heaps’ attorneys.

The patient’s attorneys, Jennifer McGrath and Darren Kavinoky, have alleged that Heaps’ celebrity as a high-profile UCLA Health gynecologist whose practice generated millions of dollars to UCLA might have played a role in the way he was treated.

“They say one thing and do another,” Kavinoky said. “UCLA makes promises and assurances to the Los Angeles community that they’re doing the right thing, and in fact what this evidence shows is they attempted to sweep this under the rug and put women in harm’s way while they were doing it.”

Such investigative reports typically take universities no more than a year to complete, a Title IX expert told The Times.

In a statement, UCLA said there were several complicating factors for why the investigation took almost two years to complete — including that this was the first time since Title IX’s inception in 1972 that UCLA conducted such an investigation involving a physician and patient in a clinical setting.

“Second, since Dr. Heaps claimed that his actions were medically appropriate, we had to consult an expert outside medical review team to provide an independent analysis and judgment,” the university’s statement reads.

“The complexity and novelty of the case made the investigation take longer than we would have liked. UCLA seeks to do better and is conducting a thorough review of its policies and procedures related to sexual misconduct in clinical settings. UCLA is also implementing necessary changes across all of its clinical sites to achieve the highest standard of patient care we demand of ourselves.”

Heaps’ attorney Tracy Green said Heaps was interviewed only once for the investigation and that the physicians who reviewed the case weren’t given the medical records from the patient’s appointment. Green said Heaps had anticipated that he would have the opportunity to meet with a panel of physicians and explain his medical approach with the patient.

Green said Heaps checked the patient’s breast to determine whether she had any tenderness caused by the hormones from the IUD and pressed on her backside to check for pain caused by cysts. He checked the piercing to see if it was infected, Green said.

“Dr. Heaps was very proud to be associated with UCLA for his entire career, cared about his patients and would think that a full and fair investigation would be in the best interest of all. Dr. Heaps is dismayed at how this was handled,” Green said in an email. “…If this had been handled in a manner that preserved Dr. Heaps’ due process rights or at least sought his medical clinical input and a full interview regarding his treatment of the patient at issue, it would have been better for all parties.”

Heaps, through his attorneys, has said everything he did was medically appropriate, and his attorneys have said Heaps was a talented physician who saved women’s lives through his work in gynecological oncology.

Federally funded educational programs like UCLA are legally required to launch Title IX investigations when such allegations are made to determine whether a complainant experienced a hostile environment on the basis of sex.

Under UCLA’s policy, its Title IX office “will complete the investigation promptly, typically within 60 to 90 business days of notifying the parties in writing of the charges. However, the Title IX Officer may extend the time frame past 90 days for good cause. The Title IX Officer will notify the parties in writing of the reason for any extension and the projected new timeline.”

Neither Heaps nor the patient were notified of any extensions or a projected timeline, according to their attorneys.

Besides one follow-up interview conducted in March 2018, UCLA conducted all its interviews of the patient, Heaps and UCLA staff for the investigation by Jan. 12, 2018. The university then referred the case to outside medical professionals for review, which UCLA says further delayed the investigation.

The university has declined to answer why Heaps wasn’t placed on leave while the investigation was being conducted. He retired from UCLA in June 2018 and was arrested a year later. Following his arrest, the district attorney asked for a $70,000 bail, and Heaps was released on his own recognizance. No preliminary hearing date has been set.

“An independent committee is examining what occurred and whether our policies and procedures are consistent with best practices and reflect the high standard of patient care we demand of ourselves,” the university said in a statement. “We cannot speak for the committee, but we anticipate that it will make a report to the Regents on its review in the new year and release a public report in 2020.”

Brett Sokolow, president of the Assn. of Title IX Administrators, said the industry standard to complete a Title IX investigation is essentially UCLA’s policy, which gives the university 60 to 90 days, with some ability for extensions when appropriate.

Sometimes investigations take longer, but a potential victim must be provided services and support in the interim while the university completes its report, he said.

Sokolow said UCLA’s approach of only interviewing the patient and Heaps once and not communicating the timeline of the investigation, especially given how long it took, was “odd” and outside industry standards.

“Why on earth wouldn’t they have interviewed her in person? How do you judge someone’s credibly on a street corner over the phone? And industry standard is also to follow up with a secondary interview if not more than one secondary interview,” said Sokolow, who has conducted more than 1,000 investigations. “Typically if we’re interviewing the respondent and witnesses, there’s information those individuals share, and you need to bring it back to the complaining party to get their response.”

Sokolow said it was also surprising Heaps wasn’t placed on some type of leave and instead was allowed to practice for about six months after the patient made her complaint.

“These are fairly significant allegations to not have suspended the respondent pending the investigation,” Sokolow said. “It is also outside the industry norm, especially in a sensitive position where he’s got a lot of patient contact of an intimate nature.”

Since Heaps’ arrest, dozens of former patients have joined civil lawsuits against the physician, alleging that, among other things, he groped their breasts, made crude comments about their bodies, sex lives or the size of their partners’ penises, used the wand during transvaginal ultrasounds in a way that mimicked intercourse, and touched their vaginas in a sexual nature, including stroking their clitorises during annual exams.

Green, Heaps’ attorney, has pointed to the dozens of former patients and colleagues who have written letters of support for Heaps since his arrest.

Heaps worked part time at the UCLA student health center from about 1983 to 2010, was hired by UCLA Health in 2014 and held medical staff privileges at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center from 1988 to 2018, according to the university.

Last year, Heaps earned more than $1 million, substantially more than the 629 other UC employees in the same job category of Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series. The next highest-paid employee, at UC San Francisco, earned about $477,000. Heaps was listed by the Hollywood Reporter in 2015 as one of the top gynecologists and obstetricians in Los Angeles.

The patient whose complaint started the investigation — and later led to Heaps’ arrest — said in an interview with The Times that UCLA’s handling of the investigation made her feel like they wanted to protect Heaps, not her.

She was surprised a few weeks ago to find the 16-page Title IX investigative review in her mailbox after not hearing from the university after her initial interview in early 2018.

“I respected UCLA — I respected them,” she said. “That’s why I had all my kids there. I wanted to send my kids to UCLA. I wanted to go to UCLA …. I’ve always just loved the Bruins.”

Times staff writer Teresa Watanabe contributed to this report.