The city will be cited for a violation, and water use may not be restored until this weekend.

POWAY, Calif. — 

A state official said Wednesday he intends to notify the city of Poway that its water storage reservoir is out of compliance, a situation he said directly contributed to last week’s storm water overflow that has left the entire community under a boil-water advisory and temporarily shuttered nearly 200 businesses.

Sean Sterchi, San Diego district engineer for the state’s Water Resources Control Board division of drinking water, said regulations say reservoir overflow connections can’t be directly connected to a sewer or storm drain.

But Poway’s clear-well reservoir, built in the 1960s, is connected to the storm water system and the state will now require the city to prepare a plan to fix what is probably going to be a very expensive problem, he said.

“The city of Poway’s clear well is in fact directly connected to the storm drain, and that was the cause of the back-flow incident which resulted in the boil-water advisory,” Sterchi said. Last week’s heavy rainfall “caused the storm drain to back up into the reservoir.”

“Because we now know this is an issue and that it doesn’t meet the current standards, we will be issuing a citation to the city of Poway to ask them to submit a plan for a long-term solution — to either meet the current water works standards or propose an alternative design that would be equivalent public health protection.”

Poway Public Works Director Eric Heidemann explained that a 48-inch storm water pipe runs beneath the clear well, which holds about 10 million gallons of treated water ready for distribution. He said attached to the pipe is an “overflow weir box” that is adjacent to the reservoir and is there as a safety precaution. Should the clear well become too full, water spills into the box and then into the drain.

But when last week’s rains came, the storm water pipe became engorged and water went up into the weir box where a flap designed only to open if water was being discharged into the pipe became stuck, allowing storm water, and the debris it contained, to enter the well.

The next day some customers noticed the water was discolored. The state was notified, and the boil-water advisory was issued and testing began.

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City officials were caught off guard by Sterchi’s comments and said they had never been notified of any compliance problem, despite yearly inspections.

“Today we learned a representative with the State Water Resources Control Board told the media the city’s clear well is out of compliance because of its proximity to a storm drain,” said a statement released late Wednesday afternoon.

“This comes as a shock to the city because in September 2019 we received a report from SWRCB with no indication that there was any storm drain compliance issue at the clear well. In fact, in the more than 50 years the facility has been in operation and under regular inspection by the state, the city has never been made aware of a compliance issue of this nature,” the statement said.

It continued: “Since the precautionary boil-water advisory was put in place, city staff have been working around the clock in accordance with state guidelines to get the Poway water system back online. As we have previously stated, testing results show that Poway water continues to meet health standards, including three certified test results showing that the water is absent of bacteria.”

Sterchi said he wasn’t sure what past inspections had shown because he wasn’t in his office and didn’t have immediate access to those records. But he said it doesn’t matter.

“It’s really irrelevant,” he said. “It’s an old design that has obviously a sanitary risk to it, and moving forward it’s something we will expect them to address.”

The boil-water advisory has caused the county’s health department to order all restaurants and bars closed in the city of 50,000 people, causing continuing and worsening economic hardships for employees and owners.

Residents are also being told not to drink or cook with tap water without first boiling it. The city has given out hundreds of thousands of bottles of water to residents since the advisory went into effect Saturday night.

Sterchi said water testing is ongoing, and it’s possible the advisory could be lifted as early as Friday, should the tests continue to show no problems, but perhaps not until Saturday or Sunday.

The city has been flushing out pipes all over the community, officials said.

Jones writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported at 12:55 a.m. Thursday less than a mile from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred 29 miles from California City, 58 miles from Tehachapi, 61 miles from Rosamond and 61 miles from Barstow.

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 4.9 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.

This story was automatically generated by Quakebot, a computer application that monitors the latest earthquakes detected by the USGS. A Times editor reviewed the post before it was published. If you’re interested in learning more about the system, visit our list of frequently asked questions.

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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Dec. 5, and I’m writing from Los Angeles.

The House Judiciary Committee held its first impeachment hearing over the Ukraine scandal on Wednesday — and much of the internet was talking about Pamela Karlan, a bespectacled 60-year-old Stanford University law professor. Karlan, a leading constitutional scholar and voting rights expert, was one of four legal scholars chosen to discuss the “constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment.” Aside from being a semi-frequent NPR guest, hers was not a name previously widely heard outside legal circles.

[See also: “Democrats outline potential articles of impeachment against Trump” in the Los Angeles Times]

So why was seemingly everyone talking about her?

There are two reasons — one involved a savage rebuking of the House Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, and the other a probably ill-advised mention of the president’s son Barron Trump.

The first came early on in the proceedings, when Karlan excoriated Rep. Doug Collins for insinuating that she was unprepared for the proceedings. “I’m insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don’t care about those facts,” she shot back. And that was far from her only bout of verbal sparring with House members during the hearing.

[See also: “Lawmakers are studying ‘what’s impeachable.’ Do you know?” in the Los Angeles Times]

Karlan’s second viral moment came a little later, when the law professor invoked the name of Trump’s teenage son while discussing the limits of presidential power, saying, “while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.” The comment was either a relatively harmless pun about a topic that shouldn’t have been mentioned, or a morally egregious offense, depending on whom you ask. It drew a Twitter rebuke from Melania Trump, and Karlan apologized for it later in the proceedings.

Who is she?

By the end of Wednesday’s hearing, CNN was calling Karlan “a new hero for liberal law professors across the country” for her sharp testimony in favor of impeachment. But the lefty law professors of the country might quibble with the designation of their admiration as new. Karlan, who has argued nine cases before the Supreme Court, has long been lionized in the left-leaning legal community for her case work, outspoken nature and championing of gay rights, criminal defendants’ rights and voting rights. She also founded the U.S. Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford, which was the first of its kind at any law school.

The New York Times described her as “an Antonin Scalia for the left” back in 2009, when her name was being tossed around as a potential Obama Supreme Court nominee. There was speculation at the time that Karlan, who identifies as bisexual, might become the first openly LGBTQ Supreme Court nominee.

“Would I like to be on the Supreme Court? You bet I would,” she said during a commencement address in 2009. “But not enough to have trimmed my sails for half a lifetime.”

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

TOP STORIES

A consultant who wanted to ban feeding homeless people has been tapped to lead the agency that coordinates the federal government’s response to homelessness. The shift in leadership at the federal level comes as President Trump has repeatedly vowed to crack down on street encampments in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere in California. Still, it remains unclear what Robert Marbut’s appointment will mean for California, home to the nation’s largest homeless population. Legally, the Trump administration has limited options to open shelters or use police to clear encampments — although there is some appetite among L.A. County residents to have law enforcement be more involved. Los Angeles Times

L.A. STORIES

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a law Wednesday that will crack down on campaign contributions from real estate developers, despite warnings from critics who said it had been too watered down to curb the power of political spending. Los Angeles Times

Why are symbols of the Cuban revolution plastered on a cluster of apartment buildings in Santa Monica? Meet the 86-year-old landlord who pays tribute to Cuba and her pro-Castro ideals through her rental properties. Los Angeleno

With Sen. Kamala Harris out of the race, where do her celebrity donors go next? The Hollywood primary continues… Los Angeles Times

L.A. will pay $4 million to end a lawsuit from a woman whose car plunged into a sinkhole in Studio City. The gaping hole abruptly opened up under her car near the intersection of Woodbridge Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard in 2017. Los Angeles Times

These L.A. homes come with a $1-million property tax bill. Yes, you read that right. (And yes, property taxes need to be paid by Tuesday to avoid a penalty.) Here are the 12 L.A. homeowners expected to cough up at least seven figures, and their respective mansions. Los Angeles Times

New USC President Carol L. Folt is standing behind Mike Bohn and the process that led the new athletic director to retain head football coach Clay Helton. USC football fans are less enthusiastic, to say the least. Los Angeles Times

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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

California’s campaign watchdog agency has suspended a long-standing policy banning its members from contributing to federal candidates after one commissioner donated to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid. Los Angeles Times

Pasadena is suing itself to try to remove a cannabis initiative from next year’s ballot. “Yes, this is highly unusual,” said the local paper. Pasadena Star-News

CRIME AND COURTS

Body-camera footage shows a police officer firing repeatedly as a 15-year-old runs into an orchard in a rural part of the Central Valley near Ceres. The officer fatally shot the boy after a high-speed car chase. Modesto Bee

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Tainted romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley has been linked to 102 illnesses in 23 states, health authorities reported Wednesday. Los Angeles Times

CALIFORNIA CULTURE

The four victims of the Fresno mass shooting will be laid to rest this month with traditional Hmong funerals. Here are some ways to support their families. Fresno Bee

There will be only one video rental store left on the Central Coast after the beloved John’s Video Palace closes its doors in Atascadero later this month. San Luis Obispo Tribune

The Angels and Anaheim have reached a deal for the team to stay in city through 2050. Los Angeles Times

Upgrades will silence San Francisco’s emergency sirens for the next two years. Yes, there are still text alerts, but not everybody gets them. “If you do receive the alerts, it’s really important to check on your neighbors to make sure they got it as well.” San Francisco Chronicle

CALIFORNIA ALMANAC

Los Angeles: cloudy, 65. San Diego: partly sunny, 67. San Francisco: cloudy, 59. San Jose: cloudy, 62. Sacramento: cloudy, 60. More weather is here.

AND FINALLY

Today’s California memory comes from Michael Bettendorf:

“Last month, my Berkeley-born daughter, now at UCLA, invited me to see Brian Wilson speak on the UCLA campus. I struggled to explain to her what it was like growing up in Iowa and listening incessantly to Beach Boys records on the tiny record player in my room, images of fantasy-world California flooding my head. When I got admitted to Cal in 1987, of course I came to Berkeley; I found the fantasy real, and I never left. I told her: ‘Brian Wilson is probably the reason I live in California. And, by extension, the reason *you* live in California.’ ”

If you have a memory or story about the Golden State, share it with us. (Please keep your story to 100 words.)

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NBC issues another statement

Amid mounting pressure to make amends, NBC finally issued a statement Sunday specifically addressing its controversial decision to fire Union.

“We remain committed to ensuring a respectful workplace for all employees and take very seriously any questions about workplace culture,” the statement read. “We are working with Ms. Union through her representatives to hear more about her concerns, following which we will take whatever next steps may be appropriate.”

Hours after the network’s comments went public, Union returned to Twitter to share a post about what makes a “solid apology,” seeming to throw shade at NBC’s non-apology.

SAG-AFTRA announces investigation

The same day NBC released its statement, the Hollywood actors union SAG-AFTRA announced its own plans to investigate what went down behind the scenes of the reality series.

“We take issues of workplace health and safety very seriously,” SAG-AFTRA said in a statement provided to The Times. “We immediately reached out to Ms. Union’s representatives when these reports came to light. It is our practice to work closely with members who reach out to us and their representatives in instances like this, as that usually affords the best protection and best resolution for the affected member.”

While the guild promised to continue to monitor the situation and “handle this issue accordingly,” it had “nothing to report now.”

Time’s Up launches petition

Advocacy group Time’s Up also has joined Team Union, releasing a statement and launching a petition calling on NBC to correct and own up to the “racist and inappropriate behavior” Union allegedly experienced during her brief “America’s Got Talent” stint.

“Gabrielle Union’s experience at ‘America’s Got Talent’ is exemplary of the double bind that black women face at work,” the Hollywood-led organization said in a statement provided to The Times. “Union’s story is deeply troubling on its own, but her experience is particularly problematic because it follows a pattern of NBCUniversal protecting the careers of powerful men at the expense of women who speak out.”

The petition, titled “Stand With Gabrielle Union and Demand Accountability From NBC,” urges network execs “to take Union’s allegations seriously and take concrete steps to foster a safe and equitable workplace.”

“Union’s experience shows that NBCUniversal still has a lot of work to do to change its culture so discrimination, harassment and retaliation are no longer tolerated at the company,” the Time’s Up statement said. “Building a culture of safety and equity requires continuous, intentional work sustained over a long period of time — even when a company isn’t in the throes of a crisis.”

Multiple celebrities responded to Time’s Up’s call, including “Charlie’s Angels” mastermind Elizabeth Banks, “Desperate Housewives” alum Eva Longoria, TV actress Amber Tamblyn and producer Shonda Rhimes. All pledged their allegiance to Union and shared the petition Monday to their combined millions of social media followers.

“Thank you [Gabrielle Union] for speaking up about a toxic culture at @NBC‘s #AmericasGotTalent,” Banks tweeted, along with a link to the sign-up. “It’s time for NBC to take these allegations seriously.”

Howard Stern comes for Cowell

Howard Stern, a former “America’s Got Talent” judge, did not mince words when addressing Union’s departure on his radio show Monday, hurling accusations at the show’s mastermind.

“How is it that Simon Cowell has orchestrated this?” Stern said. “He sets it up that the men stay, no matter how old they are, no matter how fat they are, no matter how ugly they are, no matter how talentless they are. But what he manages to do on all his shows is he constantly replaces the hot chicks with hotter chicks and younger chicks. Which is so obvious.”

Cowell, who also reportedly bothered Union with an alleged habit of smoking indoors, has so far remained silent on the scandal.

“Howie’s doing a fine, serviceable job — why don’t they change him? And why don’t they change Simon?” Stern mused. “This is the ultimate example of a boys’ club.”

NBC opens investigation

On Wednesday, NBC announced plans to launch a deeper investigation into “America’s Got Talent” after speaking with Union personally. According to a report by Variety, the two parties had a five-hour fact-finding meeting Tuesday, leading the network to pursue the matter further.

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Union offered an update on Twitter Wednesday, reflecting on the conversation with a positive outlook.

“We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday,” the actress wrote. “I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth. I led with transparency and my desire and hope for real change.”

NBC provided a similar take on the session.

“The initial conversation was candid and productive,” an NBC spokesperson told Variety. “While there will be a further investigation to get a deeper understanding of the facts, we are working with Gabrielle to come to a positive resolution.”

After meeting with fired “America’s Got Talent” host Gabrielle Union at length on Tuesday, NBC says it will open an investigation regarding the talent show.

“We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday,” Union said Wednesday on Twitter. “I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth. I led with transparency and my desire and hope for real change.”

NBC agreed, saying in a statement Wednesday afternoon, “The initial conversation was candid and productive. While there will be a further investigation to get a deeper understanding of the facts, we are working with Gabrielle to come to a positive resolution.”

Union, along with fellow celebrity judge Julianne Hough, found herself out of a job recently when “AGT” decided not to extend the women’s contracts for a second season. Series creator Simon Cowell, longtime judge Howie Mandel and more recent addition Terry Crews will continue on the panel.

Details about the women’s experiences on the show emerged a little more than a week ago in a Nov. 26 Variety story alleging that they’d faced excessive on-set criticism of their physical appearance.

Union in particular reportedly received notes about her changing hairstyles being “too black” for the audience. She also complained to producers about a joke guest judge Jay Leno allegedly made about dogs and Korean restaurants, as well as a white male contestant impersonating people of color in an audition, according to the Variety story, but her concerns about racism were dismissed. (Both the joke and the audition were edited out of their respective episodes before air, according to Variety.)

A story by Vulture the following day further detailed the allegations in those cases, as well as additional allegations of racial insensitivity, Cowell’s indoor smoking and the misgendering of contestants.

In addition, Union’s husband, former NBA star Dwyane Wade, set Twitter on fire the day before Thanksgiving, saying in part, “when i got the news that my wife was being fired—my first question was obviously why!? I am still waiting on a good answer to that question. But if anyone knows @itsgabrielleu or have heard of her you know she’s an advocate for our community and culture.”

Before the weekend ended, SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, announced its own plans to investigate what happened behind the scenes on the reality series.

“We take issues of workplace health and safety very seriously,” SAG-AFTRA said in a statement provided to The Times. “We immediately reached out to Ms. Union’s representatives when these reports came to light. It is our practice to work closely with members who reach out to us and their representatives in instances like this, as that usually affords the best protection and best resolution for the affected member.”

Advocacy group Time’s Up released a statement and launched a petition calling on NBC to correct and own up to the “racist and inappropriate behavior” Union allegedly experienced during her “America’s Got Talent” stint.

Celebrities including Ellen Pompeo, Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Banks, Jameela Jamil, Shonda Rhimes and former “AGT” judge Howard Stern have also stepped up in recent days to express support for Union.

Yola knows what you might be thinking.

If you’ve never heard a lick of her music, you’ll likely have the wrong idea when you see her in photos.

“Oh, hell yeah, because racism is real,” she says. “They don’t expect me to do what I’m doing. I’m not playing to any kind of trope, which can be confusing to people who don’t have any black friends.”

We see a dark-skinned black woman with bountiful natural curls, she says, and have immediate expectations of how she sings. R&B belter or a gospel shouter with a powerhouse voice to part your hair. Maybe a club diva of thumping house music. Or perhaps she’s a backup singer in the band.

At 36, Yola revels in upending those stereotypes. Born Yola Carter in England to parents of Caribbean and African heritage, she’s a singer-songwriter who’s reshaping our perceptions of American roots music.

The Recording Academy was impressed too, nominating Yola for four awards at the upcoming Grammy ceremony: three in the Americana categories and a nod for best new artist (alongside commercial juggernauts Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X).

“Walk Through Fire,” Yola’s warmly received full-length debut released in February, is Americana painted in broad, pastoral strokes, the kind of record meant to be played from start to finish. It’s cozy — with the grace and economy of early Roberta Flack — but also unflinching in how it processes heartache and the redemption and self-actualization that often follow.

“Your art has to tell your story, and you have to show it as much as talk about it, you know? It’s all the more important, specifically for a portion of the black community [that’s] darker than Oprah, if you will, that really don’t get a just representation,” Yola says on the phone recently from Paris, where she’ll perform that night.

“So yeah, it seems so simple, the subject matter of this record about heartbreak, about being broken. But it’s not something that’s expected from somebody who looks like me.”

She’s lived the tales she revisits on “Walk Through Fire.” The title track can be taken literally: Yola survived a house fire in which she was engulfed in flames. “Ride Out in the Country” is a breezy ode to the simple pleasures of a road trip, but its accompanying video hints at darker undertones. She buries what looks like her dead doppelganger to bid farewell to her former self and an abusive relationship she escaped.

Produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, the album skirts the fringes of roadhouse country, dusky soul and majestic 1960s pop, with Yola often singing with restraint to make the climactic moments more meaningful. She could blow your house down but would rather knock on your door to tell you her story.

Someone sent Auerbach a video of Yola performing live, and he was baffled that she wasn’t already signed before joining his Easy Eye Sound label.

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“Come to find out, she’d been coming to Nashville for years, trying to get a break from all these different labels in town and nobody paid any attention,” Auerbach says. Yola’s been living on the road recently but plans to put down roots in Nashville soon.

Enlisting a cast of musicians who had played with Elvis Presley, Dusty Springfield and Johnny Cash, Yola and Auerbach co-wrote the songs for “Walk Through Fire” in about a week.

“We didn’t do a lot of talking about music,” Auerbach says. “We just started writing and she was wide open and I was wide open. A lot of the songs on the record have such a natural feel to them because they came so easy.”

It paid off. For January’s Grammys, “Walk Through Fire” is nominated for Americana album, with breakout track “Faraway Look” vying for American roots performance and American roots song (the latter of which scored a nomination for Auerbach, who’s also up for producer of the year, non-classical).

No one is more rattled by the Grammy recognition than Yola, who has triumphed over hardships that could have derailed someone less assured of her calling: poverty; racism in the small town where she grew up just outside Bristol, England; and even her own mother’s disapproval.

“My mother was not keen. It’s quite a typical thing in black and brown parentland. You’re either a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer, or don’t even bother,” she says.

Her mother, who was from Barbados, died in 2013 before Yola’s career took off, but she eventually appreciated that her daughter’s talent was being recognized. Not that Yola needed permission from her or anyone else.

“The good thing is I’ve always been confident in my voice,” she says. “I said to my mother at age 4, I want to sing and write songs. It wasn’t a ‘maybe I’ll get into it.’ It was like, ‘this is happening.’ What I’m doing now is what I’m supposed to be doing.”

Her ascent this year has been swift, ushered in by high-profile admirers such as Elton John and Brandi Carlile. A testament to Yola’s wide appeal, country-pop sweetheart Kacey Musgraves took her out on the road as her opening act, and she’s shared stages with Greta Van Fleet, Dolly Parton, Massive Attack and James Brown. (Yola’s headlining show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood in February is already sold out.)

Carlile invited Yola to be an honorary member of the Highwomen, this year’s country supergroup of Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby. (“You get a lovely golden necklace,” Yola says of the perks of being an adjunct member; she also sang on the quartet’s No. 1 country album.)

And while Yola’s success has defied the odds, she asserts she’s certainly not the first artist to blaze this trail, noting the legacy of Charley Pride and Lil Nas X’s hybrid of country and trap music this year. Linda Martell, an African American country singer from South Carolina, had a hit with 1969’s “Color Him Father.” And Yola is in good company with other contemporary women of color, including Rhiannon Giddens and Mickey Guyton, who are making important inroads into Americana and country music.

“The erosion of bias is probably the one thing that can make music endlessly better — letting people just be good regardless of who or what they are,” Yola says.

Sounds like someone’s Grammy acceptance speech is already written.

SERIES

Young Sheldon Mary (Zoe Perry) gets Pastor Jeff (Matt Hobby) involved when Sheldon (Iain Armitage) isn’t invited to Billy’s (Wyatt McClure) birthday party. Also, George Sr. (Lance Barber) spends time with Dr. Sturgis (Wallace Shawn) in this new episode. 8 p.m. CBS

Whale Wars: Watson’s Last Stand After seven years battling at sea, the Sea Shepherd’s victory is short-lived after Japan promises to resume hunting whales in Antarctica in the opener of the two-episode season premiere. 8 and 10 p.m. Animal Planet

Ghost Adventures The crew travels to San Francisco to investigate a mysterious castle in this new episode. 8 p.m. Travel

The Unicorn Wade (Walton Goggins) pretends to be dating Caroline (guest star Betsy Brandt) to avoid being set up on blind dates in this new episode of the family comedy. 8:30 p.m. CBS

Court Cam ABC chief legal analyst Dan Abrams is host and an executive producer behind this new half-hour unscripted series, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at courtrooms across the country. In the first of the two-episode premiere a defendant leaps over a balcony headfirst in a dangerous escape attempt. 9 and 9:30 p.m. A&E

Santa’s Baking Blizzard Host Casey Webb challenges three teams of holiday bakers and ice sculptors to show off a new side of Santa’s better half with cake designs and displays in this new episode of the holiday competition. 9 p.m. Food Network

Project Runway Host Karlie Kloss welcomes 16 new designers as the unscripted competition opens its 18th season in New York. Former “Project Runway” winner Christian Siriano returns as mentor, along with judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell and Elaine Welteroth. 9:30 p.m. Bravo

Evil David (Mike Colter) learns he is being sued for inflicting psychological harm on Caroline Hopkins (guest star Karen Pittman) after he assisted in her exorcism and begins to question his future as a priest. Katja Herbers and Aasif Mandvi also star. 10 p.m. CBS

Making It The makers celebrate the holidays with Nick and Amy by making a wreath out of unconventional materials for the “faster craft” challenge and then building an interactive lawn display. 10 p.m. NBC

SPECIALS

A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown needs Linus’ help to learn the true meaning of Christmas in this 1965 animated classic. 8 p.m. ABC

MOVIES

Same Time, Next Christmas Lea Michele (“Glee”) and Charles Michael Davis (“The Originals”) star in this 2019 holiday romance as a pair of childhood sweethearts who are unexpectedly reunited in Hawaii during their Christmas vacations. Bryan Greenberg (“The Mindy Project”), Nia Vardalos, George Newbern, Phil Morris and Dannah Lockett also star. 9 p.m. ABC

At Eternity’s Gate Willem Dafoe stars as artist Vincent Van Gogh in director Julian Schnabel’s 2018 biopic, which chronicles the final years in the life of the troubled artist. Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner also star. 9 p.m. Showtime

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Jennifer Beals; cooking with Carla Hall, Michael Chernow and Stephen Hopcraft. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Elizabeth Perkins (“The Moodys”); Ashanti (“Christmas Movie”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Ryan Jimmy Smits; Lea Michele performs; Monica Mangin. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Bari Weiss; Josh Groban. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Cary Elwes (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”). (N) 10 a.m. KTTV

The Wendy Williams Show Fashion designer Christian Siriano (“Project Runway”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Jimmy Kimmel. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Tamron Hall Elaine Welteroth (“Project Runway”). (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show The death of a woman found stabbed 20 times inside her locked apartment was labeled a suicide. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV

The Kelly Clarkson Show Chrissy Metz performs; Iain Armitage; Diane Warren. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

Dr. Phil Women speak of their experiences with ex-Olympic and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”); Sean Hayes. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Doctors Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. (N) 3 p.m. KCOP

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

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Jameela Jamil. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jennifer Lopez; Camila Cabello performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Scarlett Johansson; Joe Pera; the Weeknd performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Sam Rockwell; Francesca Hayward; Andy Ruiz Jr.; Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks perform. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Rebel Wilson; Kacey Musgraves. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Mariska Hargitay; Lizzy Caplan; Sam Fender performs; Terence Higgins performs. 12:37 a.m. KNBC

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

A Little Late With Lilly Singh Anna Faris. 1:38 a.m. KNBC

SPORTS

NFL Football The Dallas Cowboys visit the Chicago Bears, 5 p.m. Fox

For more sports on TV, see the Sports section.

San Francisco becomes transformed during the holidays, with an ice-skating rink, a two-story gingerbread house and a Winter Walk not far from Union Square. It’s also a time when the boutique hotel the Marker, at 501 Geary St., puts rooms on sale for as little as $109 a night.

The deal: You can get 20% off standard prices for one- to three-night stays, 30% off for four or more nights. The promotion, called (Not My) Home for the Holidays, furnishes guests with a framed family photo on your bedside (send a digital pic in advance) plus spiked warm milk punch and cookies.

When: The offer is good for stays through Dec. 30.

Tested: I found rooms for $118 a night for a three-night stay and $104 a night for a stay of four nights or longer in mid-December. Prices exclude tax and fees.

Insider tip: If your are a dog lover, you can pay $75 ($10 of which goes to a local dog rescue operation) to have some pooches sent to your hotel room for 30 to 45 minutes of puppy love. It’s on the hotel’s Levity Menu.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has agreed to a pay package providing a typical United Auto Workers union member with $29,500 in wage increases and bonuses over the next four years, according to a summary of a pact reached with the union.

The hefty disbursements, details of which were revealed Wednesday, is a result of concessions Fiat Chrysler made to the UAW to boost wages for less-senior and temporary employees in their tentative deal reached last week.

The sweeter payments bring Fiat Chrysler closer to the packages for UAW members working at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. and come after the once cash-poor automaker posted double-digit profit margins in North America last quarter.

Newer hires who started at lower wages and have progressed up the pay scale will reach the top hourly rate by the end of 2023, the summary said. Fiat Chrysler will also widen a pathway for temporary workers to reach full-time status and receive top pay. About 3,800 temporary workers will become full-time next year, according to a UAW spokesman.

The UAW’s national Fiat Chrysler council voted in a daylong meeting in Detroit on Wednesday to send the new four-year contract to members for ratification. Members will start casting ballots Friday.

The company and the union negotiated against a tumultuous backdrop. Talks heated up Nov. 15, just two weeks after Fiat Chrysler announced a plan to merge with France’s PSA Group.

Since then, the UAW expelled its president for allegedly unethical behavior exposed by a federal corruption probe, and Fiat Chrysler was hit by a lawsuit from GM alleging the Italian American automaker cost it billions of dollars by bribing union officials and tainting labor contracts. The UAW denied the contracts were tainted, and Fiat Chrysler called the lawsuit meritless.

As the last in line to bargain, following deals clinched with GM and Ford, Fiat Chrysler had little room to depart from the richer wage and benefit packages the UAW secured from the other two companies. That may have been compounded by GM’s lawsuit, which put pressure on Fiat Chrysler to show it’s not getting special concessions from the union, analysts said.

Here are some highlights of what’s in the contract:

• Newer workers reach top wages by end of 2023.

• Temporary workers have a path to full-time employment and top wages.

• Full-time employees receive a $9,000 signing bonus; temporary workers get $3,500.

• The cap on profit sharing is removed, and the formula is increased to $900 from $800 per 1% of profit margin.

• Health benefits for newer workers match those of senior employees.

About 59% of Fiat Chrysler’s U.S. workforce are “in progression” and 13% are temps, Chief Executive Mike Manley told analysts during an Oct. 31 earnings call. Because those percentages are much lower at both GM and Ford, the pay bumps will have a greater effect on Fiat Chrysler’s labor costs.

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Tainted romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley has been linked to 102 illnesses in 23 states, health authorities reported Wednesday.

The tally, including a case reported as recently as Nov. 18, more than doubles the magnitude of an ongoing outbreak linked to E. coli bacteria generally found in animals.

Consumers should check whether their lettuce is labeled with a place of origin, and throw it out if it came from the Salinas Valley, the Food and Drug Administration advised. Unlabeled romaine should be discarded as a precaution, the agency said.

No lettuce from other regions or from indoor facilities has been linked to the outbreak, the FDA said. The season in Salinas is winding down, and harvest is moving south to the desert region around Yuma, Ariz., and California’s Imperial Valley.

Salinas Valley romaine was first implicated last month through illnesses traced to salads packed by a New Jersey food company, which voluntarily recalled about 75,233 pounds of salad products, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The outbreak is the second announced by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year. In late October, those agencies belatedly announced that 23 people in 12 states had been sickened by fecal bacteria traced to romaine lettuce between July and early September.

Last year, a series of outbreaks linked to California romaine lettuce sickened more than 250 people.

The culprit in all of those outbreaks was identified as a strain of E. coli known as 0157:H7 that produces a potent toxin that causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea and vomiting to kidney failure. The bacteria is commonly found among stockyard animals such as cows.