Michel Drucker est très admiratif du président de la République. Emmanuel Macron, avec qui il a passé du temps en décembre dernier au Tchad, a de l’énergie à revendre. Une forme olympique qui a totalement soufflé l’animateur.

Michel Drucker n’avait jamais vu ça. L’animateur phare de France Télévisions, qui vient tout juste de signer pour sa 56e saison, a été totalement bluffé par Emmanuel Macron il y a quelques mois. La star du PAF et le président de la République se sont retrouvés au Tchad le 22 et 23 décembre dernier, à l’occasion des vœux de fin d’année aux soldats français. Michel Drucker a pris une véritable claque ! « J’ai vu objectivement un extraterrestre, qui n’avait dormi que quatre heures, avait trouvé le moyen de faire un footing à l’aube dans une caserne, avant de passer cent coups de fil en pleine crise des Gilets Jaunes, dont c’était encore le pic », a expliqué le présentateur de 76 ans.

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Les deux hommes étaient assis côte à côte dans l’avion du retour. Un vol dont l’époux de l’actrice Dany Saval se souviendra longtemps : « J’ai dû lutter tout le voyage pour ne pas piquer du nez alors qu’il me parlait politique, musique classique, télévision et que sais-je encore. Il est insatiable. J’étais HS ! »

Malgré sa forme olympique, c’est paradoxalement Emmanuel Macron qui a voulu tout savoir des secrets de son aîné pour durer. Une question à laquelle l’animateur a répondu avec beaucoup de sagesse, en énumérant leurs nombreux points communs : « Un, comme vous, j’ai beaucoup travaillé. Deux, comme vous, également, j’ai eu de la chance. Et trois, comme vous, je me suis autant inquiété dans le succès que dans l’attente du succès. »

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Oui, tous les films Pixar sont bel et bien connectés. La preuve en images avec cette video officielle, qui lève le voile sur les nombreux easter eggs.

Cela fait des années que les fans avaient percé le mystère mais c’est désormais officiel et confirmé : tous les films Pixar sont liés ! La chaîne officielle Oh My Disney vient de publier une video qui révèle les connexions entre les différents films d’animation, d’Arlo à Nemo, en passant par Vice Versa, Ratatouille, Les Indestructibles, Wall-E, 1001 pattes, Là-haut… Pour ne citer qu’eux ! 

En 2’41, le studio dévoile l’intégralité de ces easter eggs – clins d’œil en français – dans une video du plus bel effet, qui ravira l’ensemble des spectateurs. Alors, à votre avis, simple hommage ou véritable “univers partagé”, à l’instar de Marvel et DC ? A vos théories.

Cars 3 sort au cinéma le 2 août, ouvrez bien l’oeil… 

Cars 3 Bande-annonce (3) VF

Comme vous pouvez le constater, AlloCiné n’était pas passé à côté de ces easter eggs…

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SACRAMENTO  — 

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected Pacific Gas & Electric’s proposal to pull itself out of bankruptcy, saying its reorganization plan falls “woefully short” of safety requirements set under state law and demanding the company make major changes if it wants to access billions of dollars in a fund to pay wildfire claims.

The move complicates PG&E’s ability to remain in control of the company in a bankruptcy process that has seen financial interests vying to take over and local politicians preparing models for an entirely new utility. PG&E triggered the bankruptcy in January citing an estimated $30 billion in financial liabilities from California wildfires sparked by its equipment.

“In my judgment, the amended plan and the restructuring transactions do not result in a reorganized company positioned to provide safe, reliable, and affordable service to its customers, as required by AB 1054,” Newsom wrote in a letter to PG&E. “The state remains focused on meeting the needs of Californians including fair treatment of victims – not on which Wall Street financial interests fund an exit from bankruptcy.”

Newsom’s approval was not required under state law, but PG&E asked the governor to weigh in after reaching a $13.5-billion settlement with victims of some of California’s worst wildfires on record last week.

The request was a political gamble for the company, which gave Newsom and his team of advisors five days to review whether the proposal fulfilled the requirements of a new state law that allows utilities that meet certain requirements to dip into a fund to pay costs from California wildfires. Without access to the fund, Newsom said the company’s plan isn’t feasible.

PG&E pushed back and said it believes the plan conforms to requirements under state law. Jennifer Robison, a spokeswoman for the company, said PG&E was committed to working “diligently in the coming days to resolve any issues that may arise.” The company has until Tuesday to revise its proposal.

The request for the governor’s blessing forced Newsom to take a public position on the company’s reorganization long before state regulators perform an extensive review and must formally sign off on the PG&E proposal or a competing plan next year.

Rejecting the plan could risk delaying the bankruptcy process and payments to wildfire victims, said Jared Ellias, a bankruptcy law professor at UC Hastings.

“The company is kind of saying now, ‘You’re going to have to sign off on this,’” Ellias said. “‘We’re not going to let you have the benefit of distance from what we’re doing. If you say no, this thing could crash and burn, and you’re going to own the wreckage.’”

Richard Bridgford, an attorney who is part of a team representing wildfire victims, said the bankruptcy involves complex matters and balancing multiple interests.

“I’m hopeful that all the parties can move together to finally provide compensation for the victims who have suffered for over two years and experienced death, serious personal injury, loss of real and personal property and endured severe emotional distress, but in a manner that guarantees we avoid PG&E’s past mistakes and these fires — which is clearly where the governor is coming from,” he said.

In order to access the wildfire fund, Assembly Bill 1054 requires PG&E to exit bankruptcy by June 30, 2020, satisfy wildfire claims, preserve its efforts to meet the state’s climate goals and establish a governance structure that prioritizes safety.

Among his list of concerns, Newsom said the utility should have a new board of directors and a better financial model to ensure that ratepayers aren’t saddled with high rate increases to fund future safety investments.

“PG&E’s board of directors and management have a responsibility to immediately develop a feasible plan,” Newsom said. “Anything else is irresponsible, a breach of fiduciary duties, and a clear violation of the public trust.”

A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted last month for the Los Angeles Times shows Californians share Newsom’s concerns — fewer than 1 in 8 likely voters surveyed want PG&E to fix its own problems and maintain its current structure once it emerges from bankruptcy.

“We all know that we can’t trust PG&E to do the right thing or even follow the law,” state Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) said. “We need to achieve systemic change in the structure and governance of PG&E to ensure safe, reliable power. The stakes for California are too high to leave it to PG&E executives and their narrow self-interests.”

Newsom has become a vocal critic of PG&E during his first year in office, taking the company to task in October as public anger swelled in Northern California over power shut-offs that left millions of customers in the dark for days on end. He has committed to increasing state oversight of the troubled company and has said the state’s ongoing intervention in the bankruptcy process would help ensure the utility that emerges from bankruptcy prioritizes safe, reliable and affordable service.

The governor held a news conference in early November and threatened to craft his own reorganization plan unless PG&E quickly reached settlement agreements with wildfire victims and other parties in the bankruptcy, and came up with a proposal that fulfilled the requirements of AB 1054. Newsom has charged his cabinet secretary Ana Matosantos to lead a task force to develop a state-backed proposal.

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WASHINGTON — 

Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who has long opposed House Democrats’ impeachment effort, discussed switching parties in a meeting with President Trump, an administration official said Saturday.

The official, who was not authorized to discuss the private conversation and spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Van Drew met with Trump at the White House on Friday.

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Drew, a longtime state senator serving his first term in Congress, is one of his party’s more endangered lawmakers in next November’s elections. His southern New Jersey district narrowly favored Trump in 2016 and the congressional seat he won in 2018 had been under Republican control for nearly two decades.

The House is set to approve two articles of impeachment against Trump this coming week. Democrats, who hold the majority, expect support from all but a few of their members. No Republicans are expected to join them.

The Republican-controlled Senate is then all but certain to acquit Trump after a trial in January.

Van Drew has argued that the process is likely just to further divide the country and it would be better to let voters decide Trump’s fate in next year’s election.

In the first article of impeachment, Trump is accused of abusing his presidential power by asking Ukraine to investigate his 2020 rival Joe Biden while holding military aid as leverage. In the second article, he’s accused of obstructing Congress by blocking the House’s efforts to investigate his actions.

WASHINGTON — 

In 1998, when House Republicans set out to impeach President Bill Clinton for lying about sex, they claimed lofty ambitions.

“This has to be a bipartisan exercise,” Rep. Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told me back then.

He failed. His committee produced four articles of impeachment, all but one on strict party lines. The full House approved only two: perjury and obstruction of justice. The Republican-led Senate acquitted Clinton of both charges; no one in the president’s party voted against him.

History repeated itself last week in mirror image. This time the president was Donald Trump, and the committee chairman was Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat. Just as in Clinton’s day, members of the majority party pleaded with the president’s supporters to wrestle with their consciences.

But no Republican broke ranks. No consciences were wrestled — not visibly, anyway. Just as with Clinton, Congress is heading for impeachment on a near party-line vote.

Back then, the House included mavericks, fiercely independent members who sometimes ignored the wishes of party leaders. In the full House vote in 1998, five Democrats registered their distress at Clinton’s conduct by voting yes for at least one article of impeachment.

With Trump, not one of the 197 House Republicans is expected to vote in favor of impeachment. A half a dozen Democrats may vote no, but they’ll have permission from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) because they face reelection in Trump-friendly districts.

So while last week’s acrimonious Judiciary Committee hearings sounded as if they were aimed at wooing potential defectors, nobody expected any votes to change.

Instead, all of those five-minute diatribes were aimed at the public, which is split right down the middle: Democrats favor impeachment, Republicans oppose, independents are divided.

Ambitious House members got to show off their oratory — from Matt Gaetz, the ferociously loyal Trump defender from Florida, to Eric Swalwell, the East Bay Democrat who briefly ran for president this year.

Each side got to make its case before history. The outcome was never in doubt, but the performances were still worth watching —whether in person, as I did for part of the proceedings, or on television. (I sat through Hyde’s hearings in 1998 and attended the Watergate hearings in 1973, so I consider myself a connoisseur.)

It wasn’t an even fight. Democrats had most of the facts on their side, even though their prosecution came with a flaw.

They presented a clear case of presidential abuse of power: Trump publicly asked Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate for president. The president blocked military aid to Ukraine for 12 weeks while he pressed his demand. Those facts are not in dispute.

Here’s the flaw: The Democrats’ case against Trump would be stronger if they had gone to court to enforce subpoenas against administration witnesses, including the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney.

But those court fights could have taken a year or more — and Trump has made clear that he wants to run out the clock past the presidential election 11 months from now.

Pelosi and Nadler chose not to wait. They don’t want impeachment to interfere with their 2020 campaign to hold on to the House. They also argued that impeachment is the only way to deter Trump from seeking further foreign help with his reelection campaign.

The Republicans responded with a barrage of objections — some relevant, some not. They contested every fact, even some based on Trump’s public statements.

They argued that “abuse of power” isn’t grounds for impeachment, although the constitutional scholar they called as a witness said it is. They argued that Trump was crusading against corruption in general, but never explained why the only investigations he asked for focused on Biden and other Democrats.

When all else failed, they brought up the name of Biden’s son Hunter, who worked for an unsavory Ukrainian energy company.

It didn’t hang together. But the GOP is hamstrung by Trump’s insistence that his conduct was “perfect.” That didn’t leave Republicans room to argue that while he may have gone too far in muscling Ukraine, his misconduct doesn’t merit impeachment.

The only thing likely to change when the full House votes this week is the decibel level. Pro-impeachment demonstrations are planned in Washington and more than 400 other cities to stiffen Democrats’ spines and worry Republicans.

The Senate trial, expected in January, will be more dramatic. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will preside; prosecution and defense teams will present evidence, arguing on roughly equal conditions. There may be a fight over Trump’s demand that the Senate call witnesses, including Hunter Biden. A few jurors could flip sides, including Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).

Even so, the outcome isn’t in doubt. Removing a president requires a two-thirds majority, which means 20 GOP senators would have to switch sides. That won’t happen.

Besides, the foreman of the jury, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has boasted that he’s collaborating with the president’s lawyers.

That doesn’t mean the proceedings will be inconsequential. Trump’s prestige and legacy will be on the line. Every Republican defection, if any, will be a blow to his self-regard. And when it’s over, he will have earned impeachment as a permanent stain on his record.

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As quarterback DJ Uiagalelei kept throwing dart after dart and receiver Kris Hutson made catch after catch on a cool Saturday night at Cerritos College, the crowd of more than 8,000 was witnessing the continuing changing of the guard.

When the decade began, Concord De La Salle was still on top and Bellflower St. John Bosco was embarking on an ambitious plan to one day get there in California high school football.

Ten seasons later, it’s the Braves (13-1) and coach Jason Negro occupying the penthouse while inflicting the fourth consecutive bowl defeat for the Spartans (12-2).

Uiagalelei, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound senior headed to Clemson, was close to unstoppable in leading the Braves to a 49-28 victory in the CIF state championship Open Division bowl game. He completed 23 of 28 passes for 398 yards and four touchdowns. He ran for 64 yards and scored one touchdown.

The game was clinched when Matthew Jordan picked up a De La Salle fumble and ran 96 yards for a touchdown with 3:27 left.

Uiagalelei was 13 of 15 passing for 176 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. He literally dragged a De La Salle defender clinging to his back five yards.

Hutson caught five passes for 103 yards and one touchdown in the first half and was so energized that even though he lost a shoe, he still returned a kickoff 30 yards. He was one of three St. John Bosco players to generate more than 100 yards in receiving. Hutson had seven catches for 133 yards. Logan Loya caught eight passes for 117 yards. Beau Collins made four catches for 102 yards.

“We’re No. 1,” Hutson said.

St. John Bosco’s defense looked well-prepared for De La Salle’s quarterback option play, doing a good job containing the Spartans. Quarterback Dorian Hale did break loose for a 10-yard touchdown run at the end of the second quarter to cut St. John Bosco’s lead to 14-7.

But Uigalelei marched the Braves down field and connected with JonJon Vaughns for a six-yard touchdown and a 21-7 halftime lead.

Shamar Garrett used his speed to give De La Salle a boost in the second half. He had touchdown runs of 60 and two yards, pulling the Spartans within 35-28 with 9:49 left. And Hale, a junior, gained in confidence despite a consistent pass rush from the Braves, directing three scoring drives. He finished with 207 yards passing. But Uiagalelei responded with a 73-yard drive and ran it in for a nine-yard touchdown with 8:11 left and a 42-28 lead.

Near the end of the first half, the game was briefly delayed because power went out in the Spectrum TV truck. Viewers were informed of “technical difficulties.” Halftime was extended five minutes as the TV officials tried to fix the problem. Early in the second half, the broadcast continued with one camera and no commentators.

The last 10 years will be remembered in Southern California high school football as a period in which St. John Bosco’s consistency thrust the Braves to a level unseen in school history.

They made it to seven consecutive Southern Section Division 1 finals, winning three times. They made it to three CIF state championship Open Division bowl games, going 3-0.

And it all happened after Negro was hired in 2010.

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Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as there is one more day before Southern California racing hits the reset button for next year.

Everyone was on such a high this weekend celebrating the impending retirement of longtime announcer Ed Burgart. But things went way south in the first race on Saturday at Los Alamitos when two horses died after racing in a $15,000 maiden claimer.

It’s a tough way to end the year. One broke down and the other collapsed while being unsaddled. The one that broke down was trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, making it the eighth fatality he has had this year. If you want to know all the details, just click here.

Here’s the deal, this story is not going away. I think everyone was hoping a clean Breeders’ Cup and a clean Del Mar meeting would ease the tension. Neither happened.

So, let’s take a deep breath during the 10-day break coming up and hope nothing happens in training. Santa Anita was touting its new safety machinery for this coming meeting. That’s encouraging, but, along with new protocols, is it enough?

Whatever your position, this is going to be the most critical year ever in California racing. The one thing I’m certain about is that both sides are hoping for a huge reduction in fatalities. If not, the consequences could be devastating.

Enough bad news for a Sunday. Let’s get to the regular features.

Los Alamitos daytime review

The feature was the $100,000 Soviet Problem takes for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies going a mile. Choluta Lips applied the right amount of pressure to the leader, took the lead with more than a quarter-mile to go, and won by a comfortable three lengths. The heavy favorite, Been Studying Her, finished a disappointing fourth.

Chuluta Lips paid $18.40, $6.80 and $5.60. Smiling Shirlee was second and Warrior’s Moon finished third.

Here’s what the winning connections had to say.

Mike Harrington (winning trainer): “[Jockey] Tyler [Baze] rode a heck of a race. He said he could have gone to the lead sooner with her than he did. It came out just like we drew it up and how often does that happen? I thought she would run well, but [Been Studying Her] had beaten her twice, so you have to think about that, but this filly trains super over this track.’’

Tyler Baze (winner jockey): “This is a nice filly. I knew I had a ton of horse once we hit the lead and she really kicked home.’’

Los Alamitos daytime preview

The final day of the meeting is nine races starting at 12:30 p.m. The feature is the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes for Cal-bred 2-year-olds going a mile. The favorite, at 7-5, is Tap Back for trainer Jeff Bonde and jockey Drayden Van Dyke. He has won two-of-four starts, including the Golden State Juvenile Stakes in his last start.

Govenor Cinch, at 5-2, is the second favorite for Tim Yakteen and Ruben Fuentes. He has won two of five including his last two races, a starter optional claimer and a maiden claimer. Post time is near 3:30 p.m.

Here are the field sizes, in order: 6, 8, 9, 6, 10 (2 also eligible), 8, ,6, 10, 10 (1 ae).

Ciaran Thornton’s Lrc picks of the day

RACE ONE: No. 1 Tinsel Town Queen (12-1)

Tinsel Town Queen won the debut on dirt at Santa Anita in November going 6 furlongs and then tried a mile on turf in the same race the favorite Girona ran 3rd in November 14th at Del Mar (Tinsel was nowhere). Back to dirt today we see a sharp workout last week with the horse racing protected today. Trainer Kristin Mulhall gives Edwin Maldonado the mount and with this inside post gate-to-wire is the plan. Based on the race prior and the addition of this jockey the trainer believes the same – this horse needs the early lead to win. 12-1 is a great value price.

Saturday’s result: Darkhawk finished third at 25-1 after tracking seven wide in a six-horse race in a strange ride. Into the turn the horse looked ready to go but the extra distance was no help. If the jockey had ducked in early we could have had a chance.

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

Big races review

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

Tampa Bay (3): $125,000 FTBOA Marion County Florida Sire Stakes, Fla-bred fillies 3-years-old, 7 furlongs. Winner: J.P.’s Delight ($6.40)

Woodbine (3): $100,000 Display Stakes, 2-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles. Winner: Vanzzy ($8.40)

Tampa Bay (5): $125,000 FTBOA City of Ocala Florida Sire Stakes, Fla-bred 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Winner: Jackson ($8.20)

Gulfstream (6): Grade 3 $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 6 furlongs. Winner: Lady’s Island ($8.60)

Fair Grounds (5): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie Stakes, La-bred fillies 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Vacherie Girl ($4.00)

Gulfstream (7): $100,000 My Charmer, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 mile on turf. Winner: Mitchell Road ($280)

Gulfstream (8): Grade 3 $100,000 Rampart Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 mile. Winner: Pink Sands ($11.00)

Aqueduct (8): $500,000 New York Stallion Series, NY-bred 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Winner: Bank On Shea ($23.40)

Fair Grounds (7): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint Stakes, La-bred fillies and mares 3 and up, 6 furlongs. Winner: Minit to Stardom ($3.80)

Gulfstream (9): Grade 2 $200,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes, 3 and up, 1 1/8 miles on turf. Winner: Instilled Regard ($8.60)

Fair Grounds (8): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes, La-breds 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Chimney Rock ($4.80)

Gulfstream (10): Grade 3 $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes, 3 and up, 1 1/16 miles. Winner: War Story ($27.20)

Fair Grounds (9): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes, La-breds 3 and up, 1 1/16 miles on turf. Winner: Ninety One Assault ($11.00)

Fair Grounds (10): $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic, La-breds 3 and up, 1 1/8 miles. Winner: Pound for Pound ($18.60)

Fair Grounds (11): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Turf Stakes, La-bred fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 1/16 miles on turf. Winner: Net a Bear ($26.20)

Fair Grounds (12): $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint Stakes, La-breds 3 and up, 6 furlongs. Winner: Laughingsaintssong ($13.40)

Los Alamitos (8): $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes, Cal-bred fillies 2-years-old, 1 mile. Winner: Cholula Lips ($18.40)

Big races preview

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

12:46 Aqueduct (8): $500,000 New York Stallion Series Stakes (8), NY-bred fillies, 2-years-old. Favorite: Big Q (1-1)

2:08 Woodbine (9): Grade 3 $125,000 Valedictory Stakes, 3 and up, 1 ¾ miles. Favorite: Pumpkin Rumble (1-1)

3:28 Los Alamitos (7): $100,000 King Glorious Stakes, Cal-bred 2-year-olds, 1 mile. Favorite: Tap Back (7-5)

4:23 Remington (8): $100,000 Trapeze Stakes, fillies 2-years-old, 1 mile. Favorite: Princessinha

4:52 Remington (9): $100,000 She’s All In Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 mile, 70 yards. Favorite: Remedy (7-5)

6:19 Remington (12): $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile, 2-year-olds, 1 mile. Favorite: Answer In (5-2)

6:48 Remington (13): $100,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial Stakes, 3 and up, 1 mile, 70 yards. Favorite: Shotgun Kowboy (5-2)

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

FIRST RACE: No. 3 Princess Bye (2-1)

This filly completely missed the break in her third-place debut at shorter route of 870 yards three weeks ago and moved nicely during the final 1/8 vs. two-length winner who had finished second in two prior starts. Princess Bye now stretches out to 4 ½ furlongs and catches softer-than-normal field for the maiden $3,500 level. She is a single for me in the early Pick Four.

Final thoughts

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

Los Alamitos Race Course Charts Results for Saturday, December 14.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos, California. 6th day of a 8-day meet. Cloudy & Fast

FIRST RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $15,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 22.29 46.00 58.29 1:11.12

Winner–Norski B.g.3 by Liaison out of Ederle, by English Channel. Bred by Pegasus Stud LLC & Kathryn Nikkel (KY). Trainer: Hector O. Palma. Owner: Palma, Hector O. and Riggio, Dolores. Mutuel Pool $69,379 Exacta Pool $32,002 Superfecta Pool $16,203 Trifecta Pool $20,005. Scratched–An American Jet.

NORSKI stalked the leaders three deep on the turn, came into the lane three wide, bid outside the pacesetter in the lane, took a short advantage at the furlong and held to the wire. MIKE OPERATOR steadied between horses after the start, moved up to duel for the lead inside a rival, was challenged by the winner in the lane, fought back in the final furlong and was a clear second. DARKHAWK chased inside a rival on the backstretch and turn, came into the lane four wide, and outfinished that foe late to gain third. FORTNITE DANCE was off slowly, chased outside a rival, came into the stretch five wide and was edged for third at the wire. INTO A HOT SPOT broke out and bumped a rival at the start, was hustled along early, fell back into the turn, gave way and collapsed after being unsaddled. MIGHTY ELIJAH dueled outside a rival on the backstretch and turn, weakened between horses in the lane, was injured and pulled up inside the furlong marker and was vanned off.

SECOND RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $30,000. Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000. Time 21.60 45.47 58.17 1:05.16

Winner–Biddy Duke Dbb.f.2 by Bayern out of Ghostslayer, by Ghostzapper. Bred by Machmer Hall & D + J Racing LLC (KY). Trainer: Andrew Lerner. Owner: Alydom Racing, LLC. Mutuel Pool $91,155 Daily Double Pool $22,293 Exacta Pool $46,638 Superfecta Pool $31,114 Trifecta Pool $34,073. Scratched–Perfect Rush.

BIDDY DUKE was sent up between to gain narrow lead, set pace around the turn, resisted when challenged in upper stretch, briefly lost lead then fought back inside rival to gamely prevail. SMILING TO EXCESS forced the early issue from the inside, angled out on the bend, engaged leader past quarter pole, poked her nose in front in mid stretch but was out finished. ACAI broke in bit and a step slow, chased four wide into and on the turn and five wide into the stretch then was up late for minor award. SCREEN GOSSIP chased from the outside early, angled over leaving the backstretch, raced on two wide path on the turn, remained off the rail and three across in mid stretch and missed the show. ROSES FOR LAURA showed brief early foot, dropped into and around the turn, had rider stand up briefly past sixteenth marker then was edged for fourth. CAT’S DESSERT briefly dueled outside winner then stalked three wide, lost contact into the lane and gave way.

THIRD RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $17,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $30,000-$28,000. Time 23.96 48.50 1:14.47 1:27.28 1:40.40

Winner–K P Whirlwind Ch.f.2 by Congrats out of Stormy Antics, by Stormy Atlantic. Bred by C. Kidder, N. Cole & Linda Griggs (KY). Trainer: Jeff Mullins. Owner: Karl Pergola. Mutuel Pool $127,236 Daily Double Pool $11,572 Exacta Pool $76,619 Superfecta Pool $56,161 Trifecta Pool $56,649. Scratched–none.

$1 Pick Three (5-4-1) paid $19.70. Pick Three Pool $25,550.

K P WHIRLWIND reserved early and stalked from along the rail, shifted out bit on the second turn, came three wide into the lane, surged past leader past three-sixteenth pole and powered away. VANNAVANNA BO BANA forced the pace from the inside, continued inside pacesetter to second turn then two wide into the lane, had little resistance for winner but cleared late to prove second best. MAGICALLY HONORED settled three wide early, chased from off the rail, had rider lost his stick past five-sixteenths marker, caught five wide into the stretch, continued on far outside and gained the show. SALSA VERDE settled inside, saved ground chasing the pace, exited last turn two wide, shifted back to the rail and found her best stride late. K P CATS WILD four wide early, chased from off the rail then between rivals into second bend, continued on same path to the stretch and was no threat. AKUBA was sent up three wide to gain early lead, set pace from slightly off the fence, relinquished control in upper stretch and weakened later in the drive. KEEPINMYPROMISE pulled around first turn while three turn to gain forward position, stalked while three wide to second turn and also weakened. HAY BELLES settled inside, moved up some on the backstretch, continued inside into the stretch but failed to sustain effort and gave way late.

FOURTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $40,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 22.44 45.34 57.23 1:09.42

Winner–Speech B.f.2 by Mr Speaker out of Scribbling Sarah, by Freud. Bred by Gail Rice (FL). Trainer: Michael W. McCarthy. Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. Mutuel Pool $147,846 Daily Double Pool $13,768 Exacta Pool $76,878 Superfecta Pool $41,672 Trifecta Pool $50,660. Scratched–Agave Queen.

$1 Pick Three (4-1-5) paid $25.60. Pick Three Pool $13,679.

SPEECH dueled between horses on the backstretch then outside a foe on the turn, took the lead in upper stretch, drifted out through the lane but was well clear. PRINCESS MO broke outward at the start then stalked outside a foe on the backstretch, angled out leaving the turn, came into the stretch three wide, could not catch the winner but was a clear second. DEL MAR DRAMA broke out at the start, dueled three deep on the backstretch, stalked three wide on the turn, came into the lane four wide, lacked the needed rally but held third. TALE OF THE TAVERN was off slowly, stalked inside a rival into the turn, saved ground around the turn and did not offer a bid in the lane. MAJESTIC GIGI broke in at the start then dueled inside rivals into and around the turn then weakened along the inside in the lane. BABY BOO was bumped between rivals at the start, chased off the rail and did not offer a bid in the lane. INTENTONSEDUCTION chased on the outside throughout and did not threaten.

FIFTH RACE.

5 Furlongs. Purse: $14,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $8,000. Time 21.96 46.01 58.65

Winner–Speedy Ride Ch.g.3 by Clubhouse Ride out of Espeedytoo, by Ghost Ranch. Bred by Rayburn Evans (CA). Trainer: Yanet Rodriguez. Owner: Guillermina G. Mena. Mutuel Pool $175,294 Daily Double Pool $17,994 Exacta Pool $129,023 Superfecta Pool $96,740 Trifecta Pool $104,754. Scratched–Dr. Bagley, Lake Show, Passing. DQ–#3 Royal Blue Grass–finished 4th, disqualified, placed 6th.

$1 Pick Three (1-5-2) paid $271.40. Pick Three Pool $35,487. $1 Pick Four (1/4-1-5/8-2) 4 correct paid $578.70. Pick Four Pool $93,853. 50-Cent Pick Five (5-1/4-1-5/8-2) 5 correct paid $947.55. Pick Five Pool $340,465.

SPEEDY RIDE lightly bumped at the start, stalked from the inside, came two wide into the lane, swung out in upper stretch, reached front passing eighth marker and held late under urging. IRISH BALLAD chased two or three wide into and on the turn, found clear path along the rail into the stretch, rallied strongly and was along for the place. HOSS CARTWRIGHT forced the early issue then bid outside rival late on the turn, gained brief lead nearing eighth marker but failed to sustain effort and lost the place in final yards. ROYAL BLUE GRASS bumped lightly at the start, lugged out early on the turn, had its rider lost his irons, drifted out badly later on the turn, rider regain irons and had mild late rally outside. PAPA SPLASH broke out, stalked b it off the rail then between rivals, continued on same path and finished evenly. VERMEER close up early from between foes, steadied early on the turn then forced to alter course, continued well off the rail, bumped nearing quarter marker and never recovered. ABDICATION flashed good early foot from along the rail, held lead around the turn, was overtaken in the drive and weakened. RAW DIAMOND reserved early chased four wide, angled in bit on the turn, bumped with outside rival in upper stretch and weakened. TIGER ON YOUR SIX was slow into stride, chased five wide into the turn, continued outside, was fanned out further entering the stretch and lacked any response. Following a stewards inquiry, ROYAL BLUE GRASS was disqualified and placed sixth for interference on the turn.

SIXTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Maiden Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $30,000-$28,000. Time 22.02 46.03 58.24 1:04.84

Winner–Temple Bar B.c.2 by Temple City out of Obregon, by Forest Wildcat. Bred by Jay Goodwin & Rick Smith (KY). Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer. Owner: Hollendorfer, LLC and Thor-Bred Stable LLC. Mutuel Pool $132,399 Daily Double Pool $17,571 Exacta Pool $84,920 Superfecta Pool $52,821 Trifecta Pool $60,977. Scratched–Capital Reef, Pastor Mike, Sixfourthree.

$1 Pick Three (5-2-2) paid $288.00. Pick Three Pool $35,767.

TEMPLE BAR forced the early issue outside leader, bid between foes later on the turn, gained lead, resisted inside when challenged in upper stretch, edged away, turned back another challenge later in the drive and inched away late under urging. DREAM PALACE pressured the pace three wide, engaged leader past quarter marker, hooked up in stretch-long duel outside winner but could not match that rival in deep stretch. NIETZSCHE stalked from off the rail then four wide into and around the turn, continued wide in the lane and drew clear from others. MOUNTAIN VIEW chased early from the outside, continued five wide on the turn then six wide entering the stretch and finished evenly on the far outside. CODE GRAY bobbled leaving the gate, fell back early, chased just off the rail, angled out some leaving the bend and was no threat. MADECENTS was slow to begin, chased from the inside, angled out passing quarter marker then came back in some through the stretch. FLAWLESS CLYDE settled off the rail, raced four wide into and on the turn, came in some in upper stretch and weakened. CIRCLE THE RED broke inward, quickly recovered and sped to short lead along the rail, relinquished control midway on the turn then gave way in the stretch and was eased then walked off. TIMETOTHINKRICH settled off the pace, raced three wide into the bend, dropped back around the turn, was also eased in the stretch and walked off.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000. Time 23.29 47.17 1:11.78 1:37.33 1:44.12

Winner–Implicitly B.c.4 by Artie Schiller out of Ruminate, by Vindication. Bred by Emily Wygod (KY). Trainer: Jorge Periban. Owner: Zolotas, Steven and Zolotas, Sabina Romo. Mutuel Pool $155,299 Daily Double Pool $20,104 Exacta Pool $97,519 Superfecta Pool $65,515 Trifecta Pool $72,837. Claimed–Implicitly by Robert Newport. Trainer: Mark Rheinford. Claimed–Big Barrel by Tyree Wolesensky. Trainer: Anthony Saavedra. Scratched–none.

$1 Pick Three (2-2-7) paid $107.40. Pick Three Pool $49,302.

IMPLICITLY pulled up to pressing position outside leader into backstretch, continued to force pace into last turn, bid then gained lead a quarter mile out, edged away despite lugging out some then came back in under right hand urging and padded margin late. UNION STATION reserved while outside rival, continued two or three wide into the stretch, made steady progress from far outside through the lane and was along late for the place. BIG BARREL content to track leaders from off the rail, remained three wide into and around the last turn, came out slightly in the drive but could not hold rival late for second. WILSHIRE DUDE stepped to the front and set pressured pace from the inside, was overtaken by winner passing quarter marker and weakened later in the drive. TIZ A SLAYER settled well off the pace and bit off the rail, chased three wide then on two path around last turn and lacked needed late response. MAD AT MONEY unhurried while slightly off the rail, later gained the rail, remained inside thereafter and failed to reach contention. SUPER CLASSIC stalked from the inside to the second turn, angled out some passing quarter marker and also lacked needed rally. ORIGINAL INTENT reserved from the rail, came off the fence on the backstretch, saved ground into the lane but was outrun throughout.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $100,000. ‘Soviet Problem Stakes’. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 23.35 47.83 1:12.62 1:24.85 1:37.85

Winner–Cholula Lips Dbb.f.2 by Empire Way out of Sweet Lips Pooh, by Rio Verde. Bred by Terry C. Lovingier (CA). Trainer: Mike Harrington. Owner: Lovingier, Terry C. and Navarro, Amanda. Mutuel Pool $266,557 Daily Double Pool $27,108 Exacta Pool $149,006 Superfecta Pool $104,482 Trifecta Pool $119,668. Scratched–Warren’s Showtime.

$1 Pick Three (2-7-7) paid $34.20. Pick Three Pool $34,376.

CHOLULA LIPS pressured the pacesetter into and through the backstretch, bid then gained lead early on last turn, shook loose under asking in upper stretch and won clear under steady handling. SMILING SHIRLEE stalked three wide then three deep passing half mile marker, moved up four wide on the last turn, bumped with inside rival nearing eighth pole then fought back in late stages to earn second. WARRIOR’S MOON settled along the rail then angled out into backstretch, moved up three wide, came in slightly into the stretch, dueled inside rival then bumped with that rival near mid stretch and was out finished for second. BEEN STUDYING HER chased three then four wide into backstretch, continued well off the rail around second turn and into the stretch and only gained minor award. ALMOST A FACTOR caught four wide early, chased from the outside then five wide leaving last turn and lacked needed late response from the outside. NOCHERYLIKEMYCHERY chased from off the rail then either three wide or between rivals, came in bit into the stretch and weakened from the inside. JODIE FASTER stalked from the inside, saved ground throughout and weakened. CALIFORNIA KOOK pulled her way around first turn and into backstretch, stalked between rivals, remained three or four wide into the stretch and failed to threaten. PHOENIX TEARS stepped to the front, set pressured pace inside winner, relinquished control early on last turn, dropped back readily and was eased in the stretch.

NINTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $45,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 22.12 45.38 57.06 1:03.29

Winner–Dialed Up B.g.4 by Dialed In out of Boro, by Siphon (BRZ). Bred by Willow Tree Farm, Inc. (CA). Trainer: Rafael Becerra. Owner: Supreme Racing. Mutuel Pool $242,323 Daily Double Pool $52,746 Exacta Pool $151,297 Superfecta Pool $97,268 Super High Five Pool $12,051 Trifecta Pool $108,609. Scratched–Buck Duane, Rickey B.

$1 Pick Three (7-7-9) paid $50.30. Pick Three Pool $79,201. $1 Pick Four (2/7/12-7-7-8/9/12) 4 correct paid $144.70. Pick Four Pool $486,252. $2 Pick Six (5/8-2-2/7/12-7-7-8/9/12) 5 out of 6 paid $177.20. $2 Pick Six (5/8-2-2/7/12-7-7-8/9/12) 6 correct paid $20,632.60. Pick Six Pool $91,036.

DIALED UP was off bit slow, stalked 3wide on the turn, angled five wide departing the bend, rallied strongly from the far outside, reached front at furlong marker and edged away under urging. GOLDIE’S HILLS dueled four deep into the bend, then two wide and inside rivals into the lane, gained slim advantage, was collared in mid stretch and safely held second. RINSE AND REPEAT stalked from the inside, continued two then three wide into the stretch, came out further in the drive and passed tiring rivals to gain third. SATANTA reserved from off the fence, chased three then four wide leaving the turn, also rallied from the outside and found his best stride in the final furlong. I BELONG TO BECKY forced the early issue from the outside and five deep, dueled three abreast leaving the turn, came in through the drive and weakened in the late stages. DUBNATION chased from the inside, raced on two path into the stretch, split foes in upper stretch and lacked rally late from the inside. BOUNCING AROUND chased four wide into and around the turn, remained well off the rail and was no late threat. ZIPPER MISCHIEF dueled three deep and between foes into and early on the turn, continued prominently into the lane and weakened. OCCAM’S RAZOR flashed early foot from along the rail, dropped back around the turn and weakened. KING EDDIE forced the pace from between foes, angled three wide into the lane and weakened from between rivals.

Los Alamitos Race Course Entries for Sunday, December 15.

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos, California. 7th day of a 8-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $28,000. Starter Allowance. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up.

SECOND RACE.

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

THIRD RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $12,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $6,250.

FOURTH RACE.

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

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FIFTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $12,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $6,250.

SIXTH RACE.

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

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $100,000. ‘King Glorious Stakes’. 2 year olds. State bred.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $40,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds.

NINTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $30,000-$28,000.

Have a question about the NFL? Ask Times NFL writer Sam Farmer, and he will answer as many as he can online and in the Sunday editions of the newspaper throughout the season. Email questions to: [email protected]

I am of the opinion that there is offensive holding and defensive pass interference on every play, and the rhythm of games is interfered with by the capricious decision of a referee to throw a flag. Does the NFL track how many flags are thrown during games, and which referees are more prone to throw a flag? And do they do anything about it?

Martin Zaehringer, Ventura

Farmer: Each week during the season, every officiating crew is evaluated by one of the league’s officiating supervisors, all former game officials. Those supervisors study every play of a given game, each requiring about 4½ hours to grade.

The supervisors are looking for infractions that were and were not called, and selected video clips are splashed on a cinema-size screen so the entire group can discuss what should have happened. Officiating crews are downgraded for mistakes.

In the past, the NFL has fined officials game checks and issued suspensions because of rule misapplications, faulty judgment calls or administrative errors.

But I wanted to follow up on the statement at the beginning of your question, that holding and pass interference could be called on every offensive play. I asked Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth about this, and he finds it really frustrating that the standard for what constitutes a holding penalty seems to shift from crew to crew.

“The biggest complaint for most players right now is the gray area is just extreme,” Whitworth said. “One officiating crew calls something one way, and another calls it another. All of a sudden one week they’re just calling everything under the sun that even looks like it’s something, and then the next crew calls nothing. You’re so in a world of, man, I have no idea what the actual standard rule is. That’s where the frustration comes from.

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“You look at some of these offensive holdings that are called, and every week you can find something that are just not even close to something that should be called holding, and some egregious ones that aren’t. … When I first got in the league it was, ‘Hey, if your feet are beat, and your hands are outside and you’re tugging on a guy, where there’s jersey pull, then they’re going to call it.’

“Everybody understood that. Like you knew, ‘I got away with a hold there,’ or, ‘Yeah, I held that guy. That was a good call.’ And now, you could literally have your hands inside the framework, feet not beat, but the guy just makes a move like he got held, or it just looked bad to the ref because he turns around and sees that the guy fell down or something and they call stuff. To me, it makes more sense when you just make hard-cut rules.”

In short, the entire topic touches a nerve.

Breaking down how the Chargers (5-8) and Minnesota Vikings (9-4) match up heading into Sunday’s game at Dignity Health Sports Park.

When Chargers have the ball

A week after dominating a depleted and defeated Jacksonville team, the Chargers offense faces a more suitable challenge in Minnesota, which has every reason to want to win Sunday. Only three teams have better prevented red-zone touchdowns than the Vikings this season, a particularly relevant statistic given the Chargers’ red-zone issues all season. They have reached the end zone only half the time they’ve moved inside the opposition’s 20-yard line, ranking 25th league-wide. Minnesota also is tied for sixth-best with 20 takeaways, while the Chargers are tied for sixth-worst with 22 turnovers. The Vikings have forced at least one turnover in 12 of their 13 games. They have two apiece the last two weeks. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers finally had no turnovers in a 45-10 win over the Jaguars after throwing eight interceptions over three games. Asked to identify the most important reason why the Chargers succeeded as convincingly as they did against Jacksonville, coach Anthony Lynn said it was taking care of the football. A week after Austin Ekeler gained 100 yards in both rushing and receiving, the Chargers could turn more to running back Melvin Gordon, who has played much better in recent weeks. But it won’t be easy. Minnesota is giving up only 19.2 points per game to rank seventh.

When Vikings have the ball

Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley identified the Vikings as a “committed run team” and added, “This will be a challenging, put-the-big-boy-pants-on type game for us.” Behind Dalvin Cook (1,108 yards rushing, 503 yards receiving, 13 touchdowns) Minnesota has the NFL’s fourth-best ground game, averaging 135.8 yards. The Vikings have run 397 times and passed 388 times so far. The Chargers have passed 473 times compared with 306 rushes. So the Vikings will attempt to run down the throat of the Chargers defense, meaning middle linebacker Denzel Perryman will have to be especially effective. Perryman missed the game last week after being sent home from Jacksonville for unspecified reasons. His punishment served, he is back in good-enough standing with Lynn. Working off their running success, the Vikings like to go heavy with play action, a pass game that has been efficient and effective. Among quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts, Kirk Cousins is fourth in the league in completion percentage behind Drew Brees, Ryan Tannehill and Derek Carr. Cousins also has thrown for 24 touchdowns with only four interceptions. Rivers had four interceptions in a Week 11 loss to Kansas City.

When they kick

With another close game being anticipated, this could be the week that Michael Badgley again plays a prominent role. The Chargers kicker made four field goals in his 2019 debut, against Green Bay in Week 9, after missing eight games because of a groin problem. He has been steady — but mostly quiet — since. Dan Bailey is a former long-time Dallas Cowboy in his second year with Minnesota. He’s 18 for 20 on field-goal attempts and 35 of 38 on extra-point tries this season.

Jeff Miller’s prediction

In this space last week, the prediction had the Chargers losing by a point. Instead, they won by five touchdowns. So the Chargers aren’t the only ones failing to meet expectations in 2019. Facing a much tougher assignment now, the Chargers should be fully capable of competing against a team that right now would qualify for the NFC playoffs. But, on another afternoon when Dignity Health Sports Park figures to be packed with rival rooters, this game just means much more to Minnesota.

VIKINGS 20, CHARGERS 19

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SAN DIEGO — 

Construction began Friday on a Navy ship named after Harvey Milk, a former San Francisco supervisor and activist who was fatally shot months after becoming the first openly gay man elected in California more than forty years ago.

Milk was elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors in 1978 and was assassinated 10 months later along with then-Mayor George Moscone by a former county supervisor. His life was the subject of the 2008 film “Milk.”

Almost 30 years before his election, Milk was a Naval dive officer based in San Diego. His nephew, Stuart Milk, attended Friday’s event and said naming the ship — known as a fleet oiler — after his uncle sends a message to people around the world.

This “sends a global message of inclusion more powerful than simply ‘We’ll tolerate everyone,’ ” Milk said. “[It says,] we celebrate everyone.”

Milk said his uncle was forced to resign from the Navy in the 1950s after being caught in a San Diego park popular with gay men. To be honored now with a Navy ship showed how much things have changed, he said.

Stuart Milk was speaking at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, where the ship is being built. He was joined by NASSCO representatives and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assemblyman Todd Gloria, and San Diego City Councilman Chris Cate.

Gloria told the San Diego Union-Tribune that progress for gay and lesbian service members has been swift.

“I was a congressional staffer when we were working to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ and you think about how difficult a challenge that was,” he said, referring to the military’s ban on out gay, lesbian and bisexual service members that was repealed in 2010.

“Today, the Navy’s constructing a ship named after the first openly gay elected official in California,” he said. “It shows the progress we’re making and a deepening of the commitment the military has to including gay and lesbian service members.”

Fleet oilers like the future Harvey Milk are used to replenish fuel oil and dry goods to Navy ships at sea. The Milk will be the second ship in the new John Lewis class of fleet oilers. The future John Lewis, named for the civil rights leader and congressman, also is being built at NASSCO San Diego.

Kathy Baker, a logistics engineer with 45 years at NASSCO, got to make the ceremonial first cut of steel for the ship. She said it was the first time she’d been selected to do so.

“I was shocked,” she said. “I was honored. I felt all the time, effort and hard work I put in all these years was appreciated.”

Nicole Murray Ramirez, the chairman and executive director of the San Diego International Imperial Court Council, an LGBTQ organization, was a leader in the push to name a vessel after Milk.

“When ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ was lifted, I researched, and one guy picks all these [ship] names — the Secretary of the Navy,” Ramirez said.

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His organization, which has chapters nationwide, organized a national letter-writing campaign in 2011 to push then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to name a ship for Milk.

But while the naming of the Harvey Milk is a sign of progress, Gloria said, there is still work to be done. Under President Trump, transgender people are still banned from military service.

Stuart Milk told the Union-Tribune his uncle dreamed of a day when members of his community would be accepted, and he knew his advocacy would result in his death.

“I think people should know it’s not Hollywood — he did know that he was going to be killed,” Milk said of his uncle. “He didn’t know who, and he didn’t know when, but it gave him the courage to continue doing what he was doing.”

Stuart Milk carries on his uncle’s work as the founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation. He said Friday’s ceremony fulfills one of Harvey Milk’s dreams.

“He dreamed of a day like today, when not only would we have the military honoring LGBT, but we have a mayor from the Republican Party and we have everyone that represents the San Diego community coming out,” Milk said. “This would have been un-dreamable for people back in 1978.”

Dyer writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.