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.

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Thursday night at 9:33 p.m. Pacific time 30 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred 57 miles from California City, 62 miles from Porterville, 67 miles from Lindsay and 69 miles from Bakersfield.

In the last 10 days, there have been five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three-year data sample.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.5 miles. Did you feel this earthquake? Consider reporting what you felt to the USGS.

Even if you didn’t feel this small earthquake, you never know when the Big One is going to strike. Ready yourself by following our five-step earthquake preparedness guide and building your own emergency kit.

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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Dec. 6, and I’m writing from Los Angeles.

Does the United States Constitution guarantee the right of homeless people to sleep on the sidewalk? That’s the question the Supreme Court will be considering on Friday, as it weighs an appeal of a much-disputed ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit held that enforcing criminal laws against homeless people for living on the street was cruel and unusual punishment if a city couldn’t offer enough shelters as an alternative. The ruling struck down a Boise, Idaho, ordinance that made it a misdemeanor to camp or sleep on sidewalks, parks or other places without permission.

[Read the story: “Supreme Court confronts homeless crisis and whether there’s a right to sleep on the sidewalk” in the Los Angeles Times]

The original case: Boise v. Martin

The case began in 2009, when several individuals who had been cited or convicted under the Boise ordinance filed a complaint against the city, saying that the statute constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore violated their 8th Amendment rights. The case then made its way through the legal system for nearly a decade before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made its ruling in September 2018.

In a ruling that would have repercussions far beyond the Idaho city where the case originated, the appeals court unanimously overturned an earlier district court’s decision in favor of Boise. The 9th Circuit’s decision not only protected Boise’s homeless people from sleeping on the street when adequate shelter wasn’t available, but also did the same for homeless individuals in nine other western states where the court has jurisdiction, including California.

See also: “This city in Idaho is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of homeless encampments”

The role of California cities

Los Angeles is one of several California cities that have supported challenging the Boise ruling. Both the city and the county joined dozens of other municipalities in submitting an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear the case.

[Read the story: “Homeless people could lose the right to sleep on sidewalks if western cities have their way” in the Los Angeles Times]

In addition to L.A., others in California who submitted briefs include Sacramento, San Diego, Fresno, Riverside and Orange counties, as well as a slew of cities, including Sacramento, Fullerton, Torrance and Newport Beach. The decisions to file or join amicus briefs set off political disputes across California, in which some elected officials, like Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, condemned the actions of their own cities or counties. (Steinberg opposed his city’s decision to ask the Supreme Court to take the case.)

And now, here’s what’s happening across California:

TOP STORIES

State regulators have pulled the emergency brake on insurers fleeing California’s fire zones: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a one-year moratorium banning insurers from not renewing policies for homeowners in wildfire-ravaged areas of the state. As fires have grown increasingly destructive, the state has seen a corresponding exodus of insurers from the hardest-hit areas. Los Angeles Times

Soggy weather will continue in Southern California, with more rain and snow on the way. The rain convoy is continuing as a cold front from the Pacific Northwest begins to move into California. The northern part of the state is expected to see the first rain early Friday. The storm will roll into Southern California by Friday night and will linger across the state through Sunday, bringing widespread rain and snow, according to the National Weather Service. Los Angeles Times

L.A. STORIES

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Los Angeles city officials won a key battle Thursday over a pair of local laws meant to ease the way for more housing for homeless people, defeating a challenge from a Venice group that sought to overturn the ordinances. Los Angeles Times

Father Gregory Boyle has an ambitious plan to expand Homeboy Industries. He wants to add a transitional housing facility intended for former gang members enrolled in Homeboy’s flagship 18-month training program. Los Angeles Times

An indicted USC senior associate athletic director ran a thriving side business that was tightly entwined with her duties at USC. USC Annenberg Media

Here are five spots in L.A. to get great khao soi this winter: “The northern Thai soup-noodle dish is made with coconut milk and laden with chewy boiled noodles, your choice of meat or tofu, and topped with crunchy fried noodles and cilantro.” L.A. Taco

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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Bernie Sanders has moved ahead and and Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden have lost ground in California’s shifting Democratic presidential contest. The California race remains extremely fluid. Los Angeles Times

Plus: Kamala Harris’ exit has left a void in California as rivals rush in. Los Angeles Times

The Trump administration has formally tightened work requirements for the federal food stamp program, probably meaning that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their benefits. Here’s why the move will have a disproportionate impact on one Central Valley county. Visalia Times-Delta

[Read our previous newsletter coverage on how proposed cuts to SNAP could affect the Central Valley.]

CRIME AND COURTS

Bill Nye’s $28-million profit fight with Disney can go to trial, a judge has ruled. Los Angeles Times

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Many Californians are turning to vending machines for safer water. Are they being swindled? The Guardian

CALIFORNIA CULTURE

Have we entered the era of drive-through cannabis shops? They are technically forbidden under state law, but this Desert Hot Springs dispensary navigated through a loophole to open Southern California’s first drive-through pot shop. Desert Sun

California’s economic growth will slow next year, but it is likely to outshine that of the nation overall, as Golden State employers boost payrolls, according to a new UCLA Anderson School forecast. Los Angeles Times

Can a beloved local cheese company survive foreclosure? Even the region’s congressman is trying to help Loleta Cheese Factory. Lost Coast Outpost

Need a job? Tahoe ski resorts are scrambling to hire early-season help after the big Thanksgiving storm brought nearly 80 inches of snow to some mountains. San Francisco Chronicle

This Healdsburg nonprofit opened a free “store” for those whose lives were disrupted by the Kincade fire. The building is stocked with thousands of items — from clothing to strollers to flashlights, diapers and toiletries, all free of charge. Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

This 26-year-old San Diego author has been compared to J.K. Rowling. Meet Tomi Adeyemi. Los Angeles Times

CALIFORNIA ALMANAC

Los Angeles: partly cloudy, 69. San Diego: cloudy, 67. San Francisco: rain, 62. San Jose: rain, 64. Sacramento: rain, 63. More weather is here.

AND FINALLY

-Michelangelo Antonioni on Los Angeles

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Please let us know what we can do to make this newsletter more useful to you. Send comments, complaints, ideas and unrelated book recommendations to Julia Wick. Follow her on Twitter @Sherlyholmes.

The U.S. government has weighed in on a long-running court battle over how much a high profile group of songwriters, from Drake to Justin Bieber, can earn from radio play and potentially boosting the chances of their antitrust case against a powerful body representing U.S. radio stations.

The two bodies, Global Music Rights, representing a small group of popular songwriters, and the Radio Music Licensing Committee, which represents some of the country’s largest radio stations, have been trading legal barbs over how much radio stations should pay songwriters for playing their music.

The Justice Department said Thursday that a California judge should reject arguments from RMLC when considering the price-fixing case against the radio stations. If the judge agrees, it would allow the songwriters’ suit against RMLC to proceed.

The move is a blow to the stations, after RMLC filed suit in 2016 arguing anticompetitive behavior by songwriters. GMR counter-sued, calling RMLC a 78-year-old cartel that suppresses rates paid to songwriters’ works in the $22 billion radio industry.

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The filing “reaffirms the legal position of GMR and vindicates the rights of artists and songwriters to be free from illegal price-fixing by radio stations,” said Daniel Petrocelli, lead counsel for Global Music Rights. Representatives for RMLC did not respond to a request for comment.

Radio play is a big source of revenue for songwriters and Nashville-based RMLC represents some of the most powerful broadcasters.

Irving Azoff, who manages Bon Jovi and Harry Styles, founded Los Angeles based Global Music Rights in 2013 as a way to raise compensation for songwriters. RMLC negotiates licenses on behalf of radio stations.

While Justice Department attorneys took no position on the facts alleged, it found fault in arguments from the Radio Music Licensing Committee, arguing that a buyer’s cartel can be”equally destructive of competition as a seller’s cartel,” even though these cases come up less frequently. The DOJ said RMLC was wrong to argue that the songwriters’ group would have to prove its intent to cause harm by price fixing.

RMLC first sued GMR in 2016 in Philadelphia, alleging that GMR had attempted to “force commercial radio stations to pay historically high-priced music performance licenses which the RMLC believed to be anticompetitive in nature,” according to a statement on RMLC’s website. The fight has since been moved to California. A trial date is set for November 2020.

SERIES

Hawaii Five-0 When Adam’s (Ian Anthony Dale) girlfriend (Brittany Ishibashi) is kidnapped in front of him, he breaks all the rules to get her back in this new episode of the police drama. 8 p.m. CBS

The Blacklist Red and Liz (James Spader, Megan Boone) investigate a clandestine organization called Orion Relocation Services, which arranges for criminals in jeopardy to disappear. Diego Klattenhoff also stars with guest star Laila Robins. 8 p.m. NBC

America’s Most Musical Family Five bands take the stage in the hopes of winning the last two spots in the semifinals in this new episode of the unscripted competition. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon

Dynasty Blake’s (Grant Show) trial begins, and everyone in the Carrington family and their circle gets pulled into the fray in this new episode of the prime-time soap. 9 p.m. CW

Blue Bloods After a woman is found dead at a men’s-only club, Danny and Maria (Donnie Wahlberg, Marisa Ramirez) investigate to determine if the death was an accident. Frank Tom Selleck also stars in this new episode of the police drama. 10 p.m. CBS

MOVIES

The Mustang French actress-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s 2019 drama follows convict Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) as he participates in a rehabilitation program involving the training of wild horses. Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton and Josh Stewart also star. 8 p.m. Cinemax

A Storybook Christmas As the pace of her holidays pick up an event planner (Ali Liebert) realizes that she has to hire some domestic help if she wants to stay in business and make sure her niece (Habree Larratt) enjoys her Christmas season, so she hires a nanny who turns out to be a “manny” (Jake Epstein) in this new holiday romantic comedy. 8 p.m. Lifetime

The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland stars as Dorothy in this 1939 classic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s book. Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan costar. 8 p.m. TNT

A Bad Moms Christmas This 2017 sequel to the 2016 comedy “Bad Moms” finds Amy, Kiki and Carla (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn) struggling to keep it together when their own mothers (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon) visit unexpectedly. 8:15 p.m. Showtime

An En Vogue Christmas In this 2014 holiday musical, some old friends turn to En Vogue vocalists Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron and Rhona Bennett for help to keep a beloved family-owned music club in business. 9 p.m. OWN

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Gaby Dalkin. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Tory Johnson. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Vivica A. Fox (“Christmas Matchmakers”); Marcellas Reynolds. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Ryan Laura Dern; Pentatonix performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View (N) 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Kristin Chenoweth; Barbara Corcoran (“Shark Tank”). (N) 10 a.m. KTTV

The Wendy Williams Show Sandra Bernhard; chef Ingrid Hoffmann. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Cyndi Lauper performs. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Tamron Hall Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”). (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show A young girl cries blood from her eyes; radio personality Delilah discusses her life. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV

The Kelly Clarkson Show “Love Will Never Do”; Patti LaBelle; Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“A Million Little Pieces”). (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

Dr. Phil Five-year-old girl vanished without a trace, reportedly while playing in a park. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Oscar Isaac (“Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker”); Sean Hayes; Camila Cabello performs. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Safaree (“Love & Hip Hop: New York”); BeBe Winans (“Born for This: My Life in Music”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Doctors Surprising families and fulfilling underprivileged kids’ letters to Santa; a veteran’s big surprise. (N) 3 p.m. KCOP

Washington Week Impeachment; the NATO summit: Kimberly Atkins, WBUR; Susan Davis, NPR; Josh Dawsey, the Washington Post; Anna Palmer, Politico. (N) 7 p.m. KOCE

Nightline 10 p.m. KABC

The Issue Is: Elex Michaelson (N) 10:30 p.m. KTTV

Amanpour and Company (N) 11 p.m. KCET; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Will Ferrell; Alan Cumming; Jessica Kirson. 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Pharrell Williams; Chris Parnell; the Weeknd performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tom Hanks; Jameela Jamil; Brittany Howard performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Michelle Pfeiffer; Chiwetel Ejiofor; George Salazar. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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Late Night With Seth Meyers Jessica Biel; Jesse Plemons; Brooks Wheelan; Terence Higgins performs. 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

A Little Late With Lilly Singh Rapper Snoop Dogg. 1:38 a.m. KNBC

SPORTS

College Basketball Iowa visits Michigan, 3:30 p.m. FS1; Providence visits Rhode Island, 4 p.m. ESPN2; USC visits TCU, 6 p.m. ESPN2
FS1

NBA Basketball The Denver Nuggets visit the Boston Celtics, 5 p.m. ESPN; the Clippers visit the Milwaukee Bucks, 5:30 p.m. FS Prime; the Lakers visit the Portland Trail Blazers, 7:30 p.m. ESPN and SportsNet

NHL Hockey The Kings visit the Edmonton Oilers, 6 p.m. Fox Sports Net; the Washington Capitals visit the Ducks, 7 p.m. KCOP

For more sports on TV, see the Sports section.

Before he starred as Elton John in “Rocketman,” a 17-year-old Taron Egerton auditioned for drama school in London with one of John’s songs.

“I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling like the presence of his music has always kind of been there,” Egerton said. “It has weirdly felt like the cosmos has been bringing us together for some time.”

These early encounters between the two continued over the years. John had a cameo in the 2017 “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” movie, which stars Egerton. And in the animated film “Sing,” Egerton, who plays a gorilla, sings John’s “I’m Still Standing” for a concert at the end of the film.

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“There have been these, kind of, strange encounters that have led to this moment of portraying him in his life,” Egerton told host Mark Olsen in this week’s episode of “The Reel” podcast.

So when it came time for Egerton to depict the music-icon in the movie “Rocketman,” he was all in.

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“I felt very excited at the prospect,” Egerton said. “One, it was an incredible opportunity. Two, I loved the mode of storytelling, the style of it. And three, I just felt that there’s something in my personality that would lend itself to portraying him and what I knew of him.”

Egerton goes on to explain how he prepared to depict such a well-known musical icon. He received access to read John’s personal diaries and unpublished memoirs, which he calls an “invaluable insight” for his portrayal of the character. Outside of the movie, Egerton and John have become real-life friends and formed a bond that Egerton could have never imagined.

“To have this duel experience of playing an icon and probably one of the 10 most recognizable people in the world. But to also become his friend,” Egerton said. “It’s been a really weird feeling to have both, the depicting of him and creating the movie about his life but to also become a part of his life, which I really do feel like I have.”

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Shopping done? Mine neither. But you know that holiday sales have gotten out of hand when you get an email from the Richard Nixon Foundation offering you 15% off in its museum store. I am not making that up.

My name is Catharine Hamm, and I’m the travel editor for the Los Angeles Times. Today’s newsletter is a veritable shopping arcade of great ideas for vacations and information on how to make those trips easier.

We have lovely suggestions from two Times staff writers who will direct you to lesser-known places in Peru, and we offer a weekend getaway that takes you to San Francisco where you surely will see the light.

At the other end of the climatological spectrum, we give you desert oases and a dreamy Tahitian vacation that opened one man’s eyes to what’s important. Plus we’ll open your eyes to how a seemingly innocent act can make you vulnerable to identity theft, then scold you (mildly) over something else you’re doing that’s making you vulnerable to regular old theft.

The good news: This newsletter’s a steal, even at twice the price. More on that below.

Different parts and visions of Peru

Times staff writer Thomas Curwen and his wife, Margie, visited Peru and left with a deeper, if incomplete, understanding of the day-to-day existence, because “everywhere we turned, we were challenged to see beyond the surface of everyday life,” he said in an email.

He recalled how, on their last day in Peru, guide Edgar Frisancho explained his understanding of Incan and Andean cosmology.

“Well before the Inca, the people of this region honored their dead with a burial rite that included entire households with presumably many of their prized possessions. These tombs played a symbolic role in the journey to afterlife,” Frisancho said. “Who were these people,” he asked, “with perceptions of life and death so different from ours?

“We lead our lives based on our perception of death, but Andean culture was not afraid of death,” he continued. “We are. We are worried about death because we love life. But here, we can be reminded that eternity is in the present moment. Ancient cultures teach us to be alive in our lives.”

Curwen’s note to me ended this way: “If eternity could ever exist in the present moment, surely it was here at 12,500 feet, somewhere between heaven and earth.”

Read his fascinating piece about the constant balancing act that is life in Peru.

Where real life dwells in the Andes

Times staff writer Maya Lau found her authentic piece of Peru in the Sacred Valley. Her gateway was a pair of culinary experiences — one that was almost performance art and another that held with tradition to create a masterpiece of a meal. Her prose just as delicious as her meals.

A more perfect Union

We speak, of course, of San Francisco’s Union Square, which is already pretty perfect but “ups its game,” Dorothy O’Donnell writes, around the holidays. It’s a good starting point for a weekend getaway that lets you live the fairy tale, complete with ice skating, gingerbread houses and kittens and puppies.

A refresher course

Desert oases just don’t make sense. You’re in a very hot place and suddenly, there is life, there is water, there are plants and there is relief. Mike Morris writes about five places in California where you can find these unexpected, lush spots.

Life lessons about what matters most

We are privileged to run a column called Departure Points, a personal essay about how travel has changed you. There have been some dandies — a poignant one about a daughter visiting France with her veteran father, a hilarious one about the humiliation of travel. But my new favorite is Jim Payne’s tale of how a trip to Tahiti, celebrating his triumph over cancer, taught him a lesson that took a lifetime to learn.

The perils of USB ports

Who knew a free charging station could threaten your personal data? I certainly didn’t, until I was awakened to the practice of so-called juice jacking, which, by the malevolent magic of malware, can steal your phone or tablet’s data. If you’re like most people, you have a lot of info on your device that thieves are only too happy to share with the world. On the Spot delves into that danger.

What we’re reading

The movie “Harriet,” about Harriet Tubman’s fight to free hundreds of slaves, is but one story of courage; Nancy Adams’ is another. Writing for Atlas Obscura, Sabrina Imbler details the history of Uxbridge, Mass., where Adams lived out her 93 years and is buried. Her grave, which had been forgotten, has now been accepted for inclusion in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

I laughed when I read “Nine Secrets I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked at LAX” by Brandon Presser, writing for Bloomberg Businessweek. He worked with the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection and got a first-hand look at human behavior, which seems to change in an airport. Celebrities and snakes, dead people and discarded items, bomb scares and bottles of water that cost $6 — he details all of it. (Prepare to spend some time on this one: It also will direct you to a list of other “Things I Never Knew” stories about being a flight attendant, a personal shopper, manager of the high-roller suite in Vegas and more.)

One airline thinks people will love its food so much that they’ll pay for it on the ground too. What’s on the menu? Peanuts and Biscoff cookies? No, Jordan Valinsky reports for CNN Business. AirAsia’s restaurant in a mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, offers such meals as chicken rice and the airline’s signature dish, Pak Nasser’s Nasi Lemak, Valinsky writes. The airline is betting big on its menus, planning 100 such eateries in the next five years.

And in your other reading spare time …

You’re already reading this newsletter, so we can’t really nag you about that. But if you like it, tell others to go to our newsletter center and check out other L.A. Times newsletters.

If you don’t like what you’re reading, tell me. Write a note to [email protected]. Or if you do like it, tell us that. If you think I blather on too much, tell us that too. All feedback is good.

If you were looking out the window as I am at the moment (touch-typing is a wonderful thing), you’re probably a little downcast. Weather can do that. But the Los Angeles Times is a great antidote. Yes, it tells about the world’s issues, but you’ll also find our Food staff’s 12 days of holiday cookies (please, someone make me those salted butterscotch thumbprints!), our holiday gift guide (I know what to buy the cats now) and an article by Alejandro Maciel about a woman intent on making sure the children of asylum seekers at the border have a school to attend. Do yourself a favor and lift your own spirits by subscribing. We thank you.

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A reader recently described part of my style in this newsletter as “mother finger-wagging,” which wasn’t meant as a criticism but more of an observation. So, dear readers, you are warned: I’m bringing out that wagging finger once again. As my mom used to tell me before she’d swat me, “It’s for your own good.” (Fortunately for me, my mom was petite, and her hand stung about as much as a piece of tissue paper.)

The last newsletter went out on Thanksgiving, and all of the out-of-office messages bounced back to [email protected]. Judging from the number received, the good news is that you’re traveling. We applaud that.

The bad news: Some of you are sending up a digital flare that you’re not home. You might as well keep a sign on your house that says, “Come on in. We’re not home. Take what you need. We’re happy to share.”

One bounceback noted that the subscriber was traveling internationally. Another said the person was currently out of town.

Bring on the crowbars.

I like to call the times we live in the Age of Information Leakage. Actually, I don’t like to call it that, but that’s what it is. Looking for a friend’s address online the other day (too lazy to dig out my address book — do people have those anymore?), I found it in about a nanosecond in several places — alarmingly, because she is very security-conscious.

As we prepare for the year-end holidays, please be conscious of what your out-of-office (or OOO) message says. I did chuckle at one that said the person was “out of the officer” and another’s that said the person was on vacation through July 2 — that’s a heckuva break, and I want to work where that person works. (Old OOOs are certainly the result of pre-trip brain scramble; I know from embarrassing experience.)

Please be aware that you are broadcasting your whereabouts to the world. Most of the world is nice, but there’s a certain percentage that will profit from your honesty. You don’t have to lie. You just don’t have to tell the whole truth.

And remember, wherever you are, travel safely and well and know that we’ll be here to welcome you home.

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My wife and I have been to Monterey many times with our two kids, but we saw this coastal city with a fresh perspective when we joined my parents on their first visit to California’s Central Coast. We skipped Monterey’s famed aquarium in search of tide pools, got lost on a well-known scenic drive and tried out a new brewery.

The tab: Two nights at Monterey Tides cost $710; lunch and a couple of rounds of beers at Dust Bowl Brewing Co. was $90; and entry to 17-Mile Drive was $10.50 per vehicle.

THE BED

We have stayed at Monterey Tides several times. Its direct beach access to Monterey Bay has kept us coming back, despite changes in name, owners and decor. We love falling asleep to the sound of waves crashing. My parents had a room with a king-size bed, and my family’s room with two queen beds was just a short walk away. The hotel offers amenities including beach-side yoga on Saturday mornings. We saw a group stretch into their poses as we, coffee and pastries in hand, chased our kids. Maybe next time.

THE MEAL

I’ve been a fan of Dust Bowl Brewing Co. for years. The Turlock, Calif.-based brewery opened its Monterey Tap Depot this year in a former train station near Fisherman’s Wharf. Along with a bar inside, there’s an outdoor seating area. My dad and my 13-year-old daughter bonded over a game of corn hole set up in front of the Wedo’s Tacos truck (wedostacos.com). We ate flavorful tacos, including seasonal veggie, hot agave chicken and baja fish with slaw, pico de gallo and avocado crema. My wife, Amber, ordered a Taco Truck Amber lager that paired well with her nachos. I went with one of my favorite beers, Hops of Wrath, an India pale ale that nods to John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath.”

THE FIND
“Cannery Row,” another Steinbeck novel, takes place in Monterey during the Great Depression. The current Cannery Row is lined with restaurants, hotels, shops and the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium. On our trip in early October, we bypassed Cannery Row to explore the coast from Pacific Grove south to Asilomar State Beach, which has easy-access tide pools. Our 4-year-old son continues to talk about the baby hermit crab he saw. We then continued a short distance to 17-Mile Drive and Pebble Beach. We missed a key turn and ended up going on what we joked was more like a 117-Mile Drive.

THE LESSON LEARNED

When you’ve been somewhere countless times, you sometimes take it for granted, but when you go with someone who has never been there, you see it from a new point of view. When I asked my mom if she would have changed anything about our trip to Monterey, she had a quick reply: “Stay longer.”

Monterey Tides, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive, Monterey; (831) 394-3321. Wheelchair accessible.

Dust Bowl Brewing Co. Tap Depot, 290 Figueroa St., Monterey; (831) 641-7002. Wheelchair accessible.

Asilomar State Beach, Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove; (831) 646-6440. Select trails are wheelchair accessible. One beach wheelchair and one beach walker are available, free of charge, for use at any Monterey County beach. Call (831) 372-8016 for information.

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