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Marco Capaldo and Federica Cavenati, the founders behind cult label 16Arlington, know how to make conversation-starting party pieces. The design duo met while studying at the London branch of Istituto Marangoni, the legendary Italian school of fashion and design. Both took inspiration from their own Italian heritage (Capaldo was raised in London, while Cavenati is from Bergamo, near Milan), but their practices varied greatly: Cavenati had a minimal, sculptural aesthetic, while Capaldo loved glitter, crystals and all-out glamour. When they became a couple and decided to collaborate, the outcome was a brand that was equal parts elegance and exuberance.  

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They founded 16Arlington in September 2017, working firstly out of their shared flat on Arlington Street, London, and then from a studio. Global stockists took notice — Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Lane Crawford in China, Selfridges in the UK, Penelope in Italy — and the brand quickly amassed a celebrity clientele. Lady Gaga wore their silver midi-dress to a Q&A for in November 2018; Jennifer Lopez sported a purple-hued feather coat backstage at Met Gala 2019; and in July, Lena Dunham donned an orange-sequinned gown with marabou trimming for the London premiere of . In February 2019, they passed yet another milestone: joining the London Fashion Week show schedule for the first time, furthering the global reach of the company.                 

Below, meets the pair to discuss the growth of their brand, their “Cher of Italy” Raffaella Carrà-inspired spring/summer 2020 collection and what we should all be wearing when the festive invitations start pouring in.

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The brand is named after your first studio on 16 Arlington Street, London. How did that location inspire the label?
Marco Capaldo [MC]: “We wanted to live together after university, and needed a place where we could set up a studio in our home. We found this derelict building on Arlington Street that was being resold, and we had it for eight months.” 

Federica Cavenati [FC]: “We found out that the flat was above a brothel on our first night there. Our dog escaped, ran down our stairs and somehow went into it. I followed him and when I looked up, all I could see were fishnets and glossy trench coats.”

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MC: “It was a bit mad, but we loved the flat because all our friends and family would come round and crash at ours, steal the samples we were making and wear them on nights out. They’d come back the next day with their friends to place orders.” 

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What was your big break?
MC: “We put together a small collection in 2017 and took it to tradeshows in Paris. Then, [chief brand officer of Moda Operandi] Lauren Santo Domingo wore one of our coats! She got it through [celebrity stylist] Rebecca Corbin-Murray who’d seen our graduate collection and reached out to us for a piece. After that, Moda Operandi came on board and it just snowballed from there.”

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Now you’re stocked across four continents. Why do you think the brand has such a global appeal?
MC: “We’re all about promoting a good time and there’s definitely an element of escapism, especially with what’s going on around the world politically. It’s not necessarily about forgetting what’s going on right now, but rather creating a sort of safe haven.”

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Was that a jumping-off point for the spring/summer 2020 collection, too?
MC: “There were nostalgic nods to the 1960s and we took disco queen [Italian singer] Raffaella Carrà as our muse. She’s the Cher of Italy. The collection had beaded gowns, feathered cocktail dresses and lamé suits. We’re always thinking about what our core customer wants to wear and how we can turn up the volume.”

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What have been your highlights so far?
MC: “It’s amazing to see VIPs — Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Lena Dunham, Jorja Smith — in the brand, but then the other day we were rushing down the stairs of the Tube at Oxford Circus station because we saw someone wearing our coat. Real women are parting with their money to buy something we’ve designed.” 

FC: “We get tagged in so many posts on Instagram. I look through the tags daily, plus every weekend we have a routine where we go to Selfridges and Harvey Nichols to see the collection.”

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If we only buy one item from 16Arlington this party season, which one should it be?
MC: “Our strapless Minelli dress with the feather hem is always a bestseller. It’s timeless.”

FC: “And looking ahead to spring/summer 2020, we love the black-and-white leather coat. It’ll be a staple in my wardrobe for the coming season.”

WASHINGTON — 

A rare, underappreciated drama broke out in last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio: The candidates had a serious argument over foreign policy.

Asked about President Trump’s decision to let Turkey seize northern Syria, the Democrats unleashed a predictable flood of condemnation: “outrageous,” “shameful,” “a betrayal of American values.”

But they divided on what U.S. strategy in Syria ought to be.

“I would not have withdrawn the troops,” former Vice President Joe Biden said. “I would … make it clear that they’re not going anywhere.”

“A small number of specialized, special operations forces and intelligence capabilities were the only thing that stood between that part of Syria and what we’re seeing now, which is the beginning of a genocide and the resurgence of ISIS,” added Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren dissented.

“I think that we ought to get out of the Middle East,” she said. “I don’t think we should have troops in the Middle East.”

Warren’s campaign later clarified that she doesn’t propose to abandon the Middle East entirely, but only wants to withdraw all “combat troops.”

Even so, the Massachusetts senator made clear that one of her first priorities is to remove U.S. troops from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf.

So next year’s presidential election could offer voters two choices when it comes to foreign policy that haven’t been seen since the 1930s: A race between two candidates who both want to scale back U.S. commitments or a contest between an isolationist Republican and a more hawkish Democrat.

Since World War II, both parties have shared a rough consensus on U.S. engagement abroad — except when they divided between Republican hawks and Democratic doves.

This time, the cleavage between hawks and doves splits both parties, thanks to Trump, who often talks like a hawk, threatening “fire and fury” against countries that get in his way, but acts like a dove, avoiding real confrontations.

The Democrats’ internecine debate is nothing new. The contest of relatively centrist, internationalist candidates (Biden, Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota) against progressive insurgents more skeptical of U.S. engagement abroad (Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii) would be familiar to anyone who has watched a primary contest since the Vietnam War.

The Republican fracture is more unusual, more disruptive — and perhaps more portentous.

Trump is breaking with a Republican foreign policy tradition that’s been in place since 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated the isolationist Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the GOP nomination.

Republican internationalism persisted through the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and (in an assertive variant) George W. Bush, who launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Trump, who was a registered Democrat during most of that period, doesn’t see himself as an heir to that tradition. His closest Republican forebear is Patrick J. Buchanan, who campaigned for president in 1988 as a neo-isolationist.

The president disdains traditional military alliances like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He has campaigned for increased military spending, but less use of military force.

“I campaigned on bringing our soldiers back home, and that’s what I’m doing,” he told reporters last week.

In a not-very-Republican vein, Trump blamed the “military-industrial complex” for some of America’s wars.

“A lot of companies want to fight, because they make their weapons based on fighting, not based on peace,” he said.

He’s getting furious rhetorical pushback from a few traditionalist Republicans in Congress, including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

“Withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria is a grave strategic mistake,” McConnell wrote in the Washington Post on Friday. “It will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances.”

“There is no substitute for American leadership,” McConnell added. “As neo-isolationism rears its head on both the left and the right, we can expect to hear more talk of ‘endless wars.’ But rhetoric cannot change the fact that wars do not just end; wars are won or lost.”

Public opinion polls suggest that McConnell, not Trump, speaks for a majority of Americans — including many Democrats.

A survey in June by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that 59% of Americans supported military intervention in Syria and Iraq to quash Islamic terrorist groups. That included 59% of Democrats and 71% of Republicans. But surveys also indicate that support for internationalism is broad, but shallow — while voters on the left and right who want to bring troops home often feel passionately about the subject.

Trump “may be right on the politics,” said David Axelrod, a former strategist for President Obama. “A lot of his voters are nodding their heads in agreement with him, and I think he knows that.”

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Those survey numbers also suggest that there may be an opportunity for a Democrat who differs sharply with Trump to woo a few crossover votes from traditionalist Republicans.

Will this issue decide the presidential election? Almost certainly not — unless another blunder by Trump makes foreign policy a front-burner issue. International issues typically rank low among voters’ concerns except in times of crisis.

But that doesn’t mean the stakes are low.

Will the next president continue the work of Trump’s first term and disengage the United States from alliances that have lasted for 75 years?

Or will he or she stay engaged overseas without falling prey to new military interventions?

America’s role in the world will be on the ballot, too.

WASHINGTON — 

President Trump on Saturday abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral, Fla., golf resort next year.

Accused of using the presidency to enrich himself by hosting the international summit at a private resort owned by his family, Trump announced a rare backtrack Saturday night.

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“Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020,” Trump tweeted. He said his administration “will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately.”

The president’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, held a press conference Thursday announcing the choice of Doral for the summit. He insisted his staff had concluded it was “far and away the best physical facility.” Mulvaney said the White House reached that determination after visiting 10 sites across the country.

Trump had been the first administration official to publicly float the selection of his property to host the summit when in August he mentioned it was on the short list and praised its facilities and proximity to Miami’s international airport. His comments, more than a month before the official announcement, drew instant criticism from good governance groups and Democrats, who said it raised concerns that Trump was using the White House to boost his personal finances

The vociferous criticism did not die down, even as Trump insisted he would host the summit at cost, though he refused to disclose financial details. The annual heads-of-state gathering would at minimum have provided good-will value to his property.

An hour before Trump’s announcement, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden condemned the selection of Doral for the summit. “Hosting the G7 at Trump’s hotel? A president should never be able to use the office for personal gain,” said the former vice president.

On Thursday, Mulvaney had discounted Camp David, the government-owned presidential retreat, as the site for the summit, saying, “I understand the folks who participated in it hated it and thought it was a miserable place to have the G-7.” He added that it was too small and remote for the international summit.

Mulvaney said then that unspecified sites in Hawaii and Utah had also been on the short list. It was unclear if they were still under consideration.

WASHINGTON — 

President Trump’s reversal on hosting a major international meeting at one of his own resorts was a rare retreat for the famously stubborn man, who was taken aback by a bipartisan barrage of criticism for a proposal that smacked of self-dealing.

Trump announced late Saturday he was abandoning plans to host the Group of 7 summit at his Doral resort near Miami in June, and on Sunday acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said in a television interview that Trump “was honestly surprised at the level of push back.”

“At the end of the day, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business, and he saw an opportunity to take the biggest leaders from around the world and he wanted to put on the absolute best show,” Mulvaney said on Fox News Sunday. “He’s in the hotel business, or at least he was before he was president.”

The turnaround, which Trump announced on Twitter, came just two days after the G-7 site had been announced to a chorus of complaints that the president stood to benefit financially from hosting the large international conference. Trump said Saturday he was backing down because of criticism from Democrats and the media, but many Republicans were also openly critical.

The firestorm is a self-inflicted political wound for Trump at a time when the White House is battling on a dizzying array of other, more consequential, fronts.

Trump has faced unprecedented GOP opposition to his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, including blunt criticism from the usually loyal Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and a stampede of Republicans supporting a House resolution denouncing his Syrian policy.

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All this comes at a time when Trump needs Republicans to stick with him as the House impeachment inquiry is rattling his presidency and shadowing his bid for reelection in 2020.

The burgeoning inquiry is probing allegations that the president abused the power of his office by withholding U.S. aid to Ukraine while demanding that the country investigate his domestic political adversaries.

Michael Steel, a former aide to House GOP leaders, said it was a singularly bad time to ask Republicans to defend an “indefensible” decision to hold the G-7 at one of Trump’s for-profit properties.

“It was one more front he couldn’t fight on when he was already fighting on Syria and Ukraine,” said Steel, on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Some Trump critics argued that the controversies surrounding the G-7 and Ukraine were linked.

“The Doral reversal and Ukraine scandal both revolve around the same issue: the president abusing his power for self-interest,” said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton historian, on Twitter. “This is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.”

In his Fox interview Sunday, Mulvaney again insisted there was no quid pro quo in Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

That contradicted what Mulvaney said at a news briefing last Thursday, when he openly confirmed that the administration’s decision to delay congressionally approved aid to Ukraine was linked to Trump’s demand for the country to investigate what, if any, role that country played in the 2016 U.S. election, despite a lack of evidence.

When a reporter asked if that amounted to a quid pro quo, Mulvaney responded, “We do that all the time.”

Hours after the briefing, Mulvaney tried to reverse his statement. He again argued Sunday that he was misunderstood, and that Trump’s request for a Ukrainian investigation was not connected to aid.

“That’s what people are saying that I said, but I didn’t say that,” Mulvaney said. “Can I see why people took that the wrong way? Absolutely.”

In announcing his reversal on the location of the G-7 summit, Trump said the administration would look for a new site, including possibly the presidential retreat at Camp David.

Mulvaney said he had talked to the president “at great length” about the controversy Saturday night.

“I think we were all surprised at the level of push back,” he said. “I think it’s the right decision to change and we’ll have to find someplace else, and my guess is we’ll find someplace else the media won’t like for another reason.”

After seeing several seasons marred by untimely injuries, USC coach Clay Helton had learned a lesson. To weather the inevitable storm of injuries, developing depth was essential.

So this past spring, Helton and the rest of his Trojans staff made more of a point to develop where they could, offering up extra repetitions and extra attention. Through fall camp, they rotated as many young players as possible in hopes that the experience might one day prove worth it.

That moment came fast and furious for USC’s defense Saturday night at the Coliseum as a ragtag unit down two cornerbacks, two defensive ends and two linebackers came together for a phenomenal fill-in performance in a 41-14 victory over Arizona. The same was true on the other side of the ball, where USC turned successfully to its fifth-string running back, Kenan Christon, to speed past the Wildcats.

That might not be a strategy built for the long term, but for now the statuses of injured safety Talanoa Hufanga, defensive end Drake Jackson, wide receiver Munir McClain, linebacker Abdul Malik-McClain, and running backs Stephen Carr and Markese Stepp remain uncertain. Helton said he will offer a full update Monday, when USC has a complete set of MRI exam results from the many who were injured Saturday.

For one more day, Helton wanted to praise those who stepped up in their place — and the coaches who helped get them there.

“Thank goodness you’ve trained the next guy to be ready for that job,” Helton said. “I told our staff today: It’s a great lesson for us all. Always remember to coach each and every person on your team as hard as you can and lift them up to be the best player they can possibly be.”

A few of those replacements might have to fill in for the foreseeable future. Jackson was carted off the field with an ankle injury against Arizona, and on Sunday, his stepmother tweeted that he was “on the road to recovery now.”

“Everything happens for a reason,” Kristin Jackson tweeted. “He is in Gods hands.”

Hufanga, who has suffered two collarbone breaks in the past year, left Saturday’s game in a sling. The sophomore safety leads the Trojans in tackles per game, while Jackson, a standout freshman, has the most sacks (3½).

Helton said Saturday night that he hoped to have at least one running back return when USC (4-3, 3-1 Pac-12) faces Colorado (3-4, 1-3) on Friday night in search of its first road win this season. That back is more likely to be Carr, who called his hamstring injury “just a tweak” after the game.

Regardless, Christon showed enough that he’s expected to have a role going forward. The freshman speedster is able to play in three more games while still retaining his ability to redshirt. Unless USC finds itself desperate down the stretch or the freshman forces his way into the rotation ahead of Stepp or Carr, Christon is likely to sit out at least two more games.

On Sunday, Helton was still stunned by how far the Trojans had to reach down the depth chart at running back. But Christon’s stunning two-touchdown performance begged the question: Why hadn’t USC seen his potential before now?

“You never know until you throw them out there to see what they are,” Helton said. “Last night, you saw a true freshman walk out there and explode. We’ve seen it on tape as a high school player, and I’m just glad he got the opportunity to go out there and he made the most of it and he was prepared to make the most of it. We’re fortunate to have a bunch of good players here, and thank goodness for right now. We need them because of the injuries.”

Injuries aside, one of those replacements guaranteed himself a larger role moving forward. Kana’i Mauga — who had 13 tackles, a sack, an interception and a forced fumble against Arizona — is expected to rotate at linebacker, even after Palaie Gaoteote returns from a high ankle sprain that held him out of Saturday’s win.

“We always say put your resume on tape,” Helton said, “and [Mauga] produced a great resume.”

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For the first time this season, fans filed out of Honda Center silently.

They had been anything but for most of the final minutes Sunday, roaring as the Ducks put the Calgary Flames’ net under siege in search of a game-tying goal. Over the final 20 minutes, the Ducks fired 11 shots on net. They created chances off of rushes, on the power-play and with the goalie pulled.

But, for the first time in five home games, they couldn’t break through. After Flames forward Mikael Backlund buried a go-ahead goal with 11:03 remaining, goalie Cam Talbot shut the door. Despite dominating down the stretch, the Ducks lost 2-1.

“I liked our resiliency,” coach Dallas Eakins said. “I thought we had numerous chances to not only tie it but probably go ahead by a couple. We just couldn’t get it in the net.”

Leading up to the Flames’ eventual winning goal, the Ducks had seemed to be on the verge of a go-ahead tally of their own. One mistake, however, proved costly.

Just shy of the nine-minute mark, Ducks forward Sam Steel had a bouncing puck poked off his stick in the neutral zone, sending the Flames on a two-on-one chance the other way. Matthew Tkachuk fed Backlund with a cross-ice pass. Ducks goalie John Gibson had little chance to stop the puck while attempting diving glove save.

“We just want to bat that thing ahead,” Eakins said of the Ducks’ neutral zone turnover. “We got caught up in both trying to make a play and being a little too aggressive with the jump. But that’s going to happen right now. We’re encouraging our guys to make plays, encouraging our guys to get up in the play. That’s where we’ll have to find a balance.”

The loss dropped the Ducks to 6-3-0, still good enough to keep them in second place in the Pacific Division through the opening three weeks.

“Tough not getting the points we wanted tonight,” forward Jakob Silfverberg said. “But definitely a lot of positives out of the game.”

After falling behind in the third, the Ducks turned up the pressure. Talbot didn’t crack.

During a power-play with less than 10 minutes remaining, Max Comtois couldn’t bury back-to-back tries from close range. After play returned to even-strength, Nick Ritchie also was robbed trying to one-time a back-door pass.

Their last gasp came with 11 seconds left, after Rickard Rakell slipped a centering feed to Ritchie. Again, Talbot turned the puck aside. In all, the Flames goaltender stopped 29 of the 30 shots he faced, becoming the second netminder this year to hold the Ducks to one goal.

“I thought we had a lot of good looks,” defenseman Josh Manson said. “It just somehow hit the goalie, or maybe a little bit missed the net or hit the post.”

The Ducks scored first Sunday night, taking the lead 12 seconds into the second period. After a quick passing sequence through the neutral zone, defenseman Hampus Lindholm received the puck near the top of the circles. To his left, Silfverberg was streaking down the wing. Lindholm slid him a backhanded feed and Silfverberg buried a snapshot past Talbot’s blocker.

The Ducks came close to doubling their lead later in the second, including a Ritchie shot that smacked the post. But less than five minutes before the second intermission, Flames defenseman Michael Stone blasted a slap shot from the point into the upper corner. Gibson, who made 27 saves in his third loss of the season, was screened in front and barely flinched.

“It was one of those games that felt like it could have gone either way,” defenseman Cam Fowler said. “A couple of the mistakes that we had ended up in the back of our net, and their goaltender made some huge saves at the end.”

NASHVILLE — 

Seven games into the season, the Chargers are still searching for an identity on defense. They are neither a great run-stuffing or pass-stopping unit. They don’t create a ton of turnovers. They’re not the best of tacklers. They’re not especially fast or overly physical.

It might help if the crew hadn’t become so short-handed that wearing name tags to work would be appropriate.

A unit that already lost All-Pro safeties Derwin James and Adrian Phillips to the injured reserve list played Sunday without three of its four starting linemen — end Melvin Ingram (hamstring), and tackles Brandon Mebane (knee) and Justin Jones (shoulder).

Rookie Jerry Tillery (first-round pick) started with Damion Square at tackle in the Chargers’ 23-20 loss to Tennessee, and rookie Cortez Broughton (seventh round) and recently signed free agent T.Y. McGill rotated through the tackle spots.

With linebacker Uchenna Nwosu starting in place of Ingram at end, rookies Drue Tranquill (fourth round) and Emeke Egbule (sixth round) were given considerable playing at linebacker. Roderic Teamer, an undrafted free agent who was a third-stringer to open the season, started at strong safety again.

“It’s really a next-man-up mentality, but I’m not gonna lie, it sucks,” edge rusher Joey Bosa said of the mounting injuries. “You get to the point where you’re like, ‘OK, you might need to fly someone into the game to get some reps.’ ”

Bosa was clearly the best Chargers defender Sunday, getting two sacks for a loss of 17 yards and six combined tackles. He also forced a fumble and tackled quarterback Ryan Tannehill for no gain on a fourth-and-one play with 2 minutes 35 seconds to go that gave the Chargers possession and a chance to win.

“This was by far Joey’s best game all year,” Nwosu said. “Joey has great games every game, but he really came to play today. We really needed that, especially with how depleted we are on the D-line. …

“I’m feeding off his energy. I’m feeding off his play. I’m trying to compete with him. You know, like, Joey has two sacks, I’m going to try to get a sack. It just makes all of us better.”

The rest of the defense was inconsistent, mixing flashes of brilliance with lapses in execution, wrapping up running backs and receivers more firmly than they did in last week’s loss to Pittsburgh but still missing a few key tackles.

Tannehill, who replaced the struggling Marcus Mariota during the last week, completed 23 of 29 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns, leading quick-strike scoring drives in the second (eight plays, 86 yards, 3:15) and fourth (seven plays, 75 yards, 4:16) quarters. And he had some long strikes, connecting on passes of 16, 15, 18 and 28 yards.

But Bosa sacked Tannehill twice on Tennessee’s first possession of the third quarter, and Teamer snagged his first career interception later in the period on a pass that was deflected by Nwosu.

Tennessee running back Derrick Henry had 90 yards, but it took 22 carries to do it, and his longest run was 12 yards. The Chargers ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing defense entering the game.

“My two young tackles, Tillery and Broughton, I thought they did a hell of a job stepping up in the absence of Mebane and Jones,” coach Anthony Lynn said. “They strained. The linebacker came downhill. The corners even came in and helped on the edges. Henry is a big back, but they did a good job against him.”

The defense came up with a huge play in the fourth quarter after a questionable decision by Titans coach Mike Vrabel, who last year gambled and lost when the Titans’ two-point conversion failed with 35 seconds left in a 20-19 loss to the Chargers in London.

On fourth and one from the Chargers 49 with 2:39 left and Tennessee leading 23-20, Vrabel elected to go for a first down instead of punting and pinning the Chargers, who were out of timeouts, deep in their territory. A first down would enable the Titans to run out the clock, but Bosa stuffed Tannehill for no gain.

“I thought we could pick up two inches,” Vrabel said, “but somehow, some way, we ended up losing yardage on that.”

The Chargers drove to the one-yard line but couldn’t punch the ball into the end zone on two tries. Players on defense can take pride in knowing they gave the offense a chance to pull out a win, but there is still plenty to clean up on their side.

“It comes down to execution,” Bosa said. “When we execute, you see what happens, and when we don’t, you see what happens. We have a lot of second-string guys, rookies, coming in. It’s tough on them, but you have to step up when your name is called.”

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Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as I learn the difference between Tucson and Tempe.

OK, OK, I’ll keep repeating it until I get it right, the Race Track Industry Program is at Arizona, not Arizona State. It was my goof that brought responses from seemingly everyone who has ever graduated from Arizona. In Sunday’s newsletter I was writing about Rick Hammerle’s new job as a professor at Arizona, you know, the school that lost to USC, 41-14, on Saturday. (I know, cheap shot.)

Rick was pretty good about my faux pas, pointing out, “I thought there was only ONE college in Arizona.”

I will say that the Arizona folks that emailed me to tell me how stupid I was were much nicer than the normal newsletter readers who email me to tell me how stupid I am. My sincere apologies.

On to business.

Stewards’ rulings

The stewards were a little busier than the last report. So, let roll.

–Jockey agent Nelson Arroyo was fined $200 for improperly handling his duties as a jockey agent. Arroyo named his jockey Heriberto Figueroa to ride a horse for trainer Peter Miller at a draw on Oct. 6. Miller did not want Figueroa to ride his horse.

–Trainer Jesus Nunez was fined $100 for failure to be present during the saddling of Suezaaana in the fifth race on Oct. 6. Suezanna finished third in the six-horse race.

–Jockey Edwin Maldonado was fined $100 for using his riding crop four straight times before allowing his mount, Bulletproof One, to respond in the Speakeasy Stakes on Oct. 6. Bulletproof One finished second. Maldonado called the steward’s office after the race and “plead guilty.”

–Owner Mable Roberts had her license suspended for failure to appear at a hearing on Oct. 10. The hearing was over a complaint that she owed veterinarian Ronald Magrini $710.68 for treatments. Roberts is denied access to the track and backstretch.

–Jockey Ruben Fuentes was fined $100 for using his riding crop more than three times while riding Cool Your Jets in the third race on Oct. 11. Cool Your Jets finished fourth. It was one of three complaints from that race against Fuentes. The stewards looked into the idea that Cool Your Jets angled in entering the turn and caused Summer Fun to have to steady and at the 1/8 pole that Cool Your Jets drifted in and bumped third-place horse Jetovator. The stewards only cited him on the riding-crop violation.

–Exercise rider Jose Arturo Mares was fined $100 for disrespecting an outrider. Cindy Ellet asked Santa Anita security to issue a violation to Mares because of verbal abuse. We’ll let the stewards’ minutes tell the story: “She told the stewards that on Oct. 10 she yelled at Mr. Mares to “get off the rail” while he was galloping his horse due to the allegation that two other horses were conducting a workout along the rail. According to Ms. Ellet, exercise rider Mares responded by verbally abusing her. Mr. Mares disagreed with the exact details of the morning’s incident but agreed he could have handled things better.”

–We previously covered Steve Knapp being fined $1,500 for a Phenylbutazone overage on Emtech on Aug. 25 at Del Mar. The only new details are that Knapp did not request that the split sample be tested (explaining the speed with which this ruling came down) and that he had no idea how the horse had the drug in his system. Emtech broke down and was euthanized on Sept. 28 at Santa Anita.

–Trainer Kelly Castanada was fined $200 for failure to bring his horse Four Gaels to the receiving barn on time on Sept. 8 at Los Alamitos. The horse was supposed to arrive at 2:20 p.m. but did not arrive until 2:34 p.m. Castanada said his groom had a difficult time putting a bridle on the 8-year-old gelding. The horse finished third.

Tough day for Alexander and D’Amato

Nick Alexander is a longtime horse owner and breeder and is chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. On Saturday, he and trainer Phil D’Amato had a pretty lousy day.

In the morning, Pee Wee Reese, a graded stakes winner who was scheduled to run in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, suffered an injury to his right fetlock after a workout at San Luis Rey Downs. It is certainly career ending for the 6-year-old horse and the hope is that he can be saved. Brad Free of the Daily Racing Form has the most details. Just click here.

D’Amato told Free that Pee Wee Reese was “comfortable” on Sunday at the San Luis Rey Equine Hospital and that surgery was scheduled for Monday.

Later on Saturday, Satchel Paige, for Alexander and D’Amato, became the second racing fatality of this short Santa Anita meeting.

Siegel to offer expertise

As the Breeders’ Cup nears, the newsletter will be adding XBTV’s Jeff Siegel to our arsenal of information. And, unlike what I write, what he brings will actually be worth something. Jeff will be providing video features, commentary and expertise. His first report should be on Thursday when the newsletter returns.

Santa Anita review

When you have two horses in a four-horse race, there is a reasonable chance things will turn out well. That’s what happened when trainer Doug O’Neill ran one-two in the $70,000 Sunny Slope Stakes for 2-year-olds going 6 ½ furlongs.

Fore Left went to the front and held off stablemate Strongconstitution by a neck. The rest of the field were Zimba Warrior and Mo Hawk, the favorite. Fore Left paid $6.20 and $3.60. There was no show betting.

Here’s what the winning connections had to say.

Doug O’Neill (winning trainer): “He got back to what he does best [Sunday] and it was great to see. I’m really happy with both of my horses, they ran big. We tried two turns with (Fore Left) last time and this is much more what he’s comfortable with. … Really happy.”

Mario Gutierrez (winning jockey): “He showed us what he can do. We know he’s a good horse, but it’s great to have him prove it again today. He showed a lot of heart and hopefully he can keep running like this.”

Paul Reddam (winning owner): “I think the fact that Mario drifted off the rail enough to put the other horse (Strongconstitution) up in the inside was smart. Being a young horse it’s a little harder to pass that way, I thought we had him.

“He fit into the conditions, this has been a funny horse because early on it looked like he would be a nice horse then he had a couple horrible efforts, I think we have figured him out which is just go.

“Fore Left is named after a good friend of ours who lives in the Bahamas. It’s after the way he hits the golf ball, meaning it’s going way left.”

Big races review

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

Late Saturday

Delta Downs (8): $100,000 Louisiana Legacy, La-bred 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Winner: Relentless Dancer ($3.60)

Sunday

Woodbine (3): $125,000 Carotene Stakes, Ont-bred fillies 3-years-old, 1 1/16 miles. Winner: Amalfi Coast ($4.60)

Woodbine (7): $100,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes, Ont-bred 3 and up, 1 mile on turf. Winner: Cooler Mike ($16.50)

Keeneland (8): Grade 3 $125,000 Dowager Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 ½ miles on turf. Winner: Gentle Ruler ($6.20)

Belmont (9): Grade 3 $200,000 Athenia Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 1/16 miles on turf. Winner: Xenobia ($16.40)

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Santa Anita Charts Results for Sunday, October 20.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Santa Anita, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California. 15th day of a 23-day meet. Clear & Fast

FIRST RACE.

1 1/16 Mile. Purse: $22,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $25,000. Time 25.31 49.84 1:14.74 1:41.58 1:48.76

Winner–Discreet Diva B.f.3 by Discreet Cat out of Time to Enjoy, by Distorted Humor. Bred by Millennium Farms (KY). Trainer: Vann Belvoir. Owner: Stuart Tsujimoto. Mutuel Pool $121,248 Exacta Pool $63,117 Trifecta Pool $56,424. Scratched–none.

DISCREET DIVA had speed outside a rival then angled in approaching the first turn, stalked toward the inside then came out into the backstretch, tracked the leader outside a foe, bid three deep into the second turn to gain the lead, inched away and angled in on that turn, drew off under urging in the drive and was under a long hold late. CHALKY (IRE) broke a bit slowly, went up three deep to the lead into the first turn, inched away and angled in, set the pace a bit off the rail then between foes into the second turn, angled in nearing midway on that turn while relinquishing the advantage, came out into the stretch and held second. REDS SACRED APPEAL between horses early, stalked outside a rival then chased off the rail on the backstretch and second turn, swung four wide into the stretch and was edged for the place. MESO pulled along the inside and steadied behind the winner in the run to the first turn, was in a bit tight into that turn, saved ground stalking the pace, bid along the rail into the second turn, steadied again in tight nearing midway on that turn, came out leaving that turn and three deep into the stretch, drifted in late and lacked the needed rally. GIRL CAN PARTIE chased a bit off the inside, angled to the rail on the second turn, cut the corner into the stretch and lacked a response in the drive.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Time 22.94 46.83 1:11.02 1:23.03 1:34.81

Winner–Bodhicitta (GB) Ch.f.3 by Showcasing (GB) out of Solfilia (GB), by Teofilo (IRE). Bred by Fonthill Farms & Mr & Mrs A. Scott (GB). Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: Calvin Nguyen. Mutuel Pool $129,874 Daily Double Pool $40,492 Exacta Pool $55,669 Superfecta Pool $16,615 Trifecta Pool $34,499. Scratched–Wicked Liar.

BODHICITTA (GB) broke a bit slowly, saved ground chasing the pace, came out leaving the second turn and three wide into the stretch, was briskly ridden to gain the lead outside nearing midstretch, kicked clear under a mild hand ride and was under a hold just inside the sixteenth pole to the wire. SO MUCH HAPPY sped to the early lead, set the pace inside, fought back leaving the backstretch and on the second turn, battled briefly along the rail in midstretch, then could not match the winner while clearly second best. UNICORN three deep into the first turn, chased off the rail then outside the winner on the second turn, came out into the stretch and bested the others. GOLDEN NECKLACE broke outward and a bit slowly, settled outside a rival chasing the pace, went three deep into the second turn then off the inside, angled to the rail leaving that turn and weakened along the fence in the stretch. LA SHIRIMP came off the rail and tugged between horses early then stalked a bit off the fence, bid outside the pacesetter leaving the backstretch and on the second turn and weakened in the final furlong.

THIRD RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $22,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $25,000. Time 22.38 45.87 1:11.26 1:17.81

Winner–Bouncing Around Dbb.g.4 by Suances (GB) out of Miss Rebound, by Speightstown. Bred by Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte (CA). Trainer: Jack Carava. Owner: Red Baron’s Barn LLC and Vayaconsuerte, LLC. Mutuel Pool $229,896 Daily Double Pool $16,419 Exacta Pool $118,623 Superfecta Pool $61,132 Super High Five Pool $9,857 Trifecta Pool $90,084. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-2-7) paid $33.15. Pick Three Pool $47,939.

BOUNCING AROUND stalked outside then five wide on the turn and into the stretch, gained the advantage well outside the runner-up in midstretch, drifted in under urging in the final furlong and edged away late under steady handling. CAMBY sped to the early lead, set a pressured pace inside, inched away on the turn, came out a bit in upper stretch then angled in, fought back along the fence in the final furlong but could not quite match the winner late. SURPRISE FASHION settled a bit off the rail then inside, continued along the fence on the turn and in the stretch and picked up the show. JEN GO UNCHAINED dueled between horses then three deep, stalked between foes on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and weakened. INTO A HOT SPOT prompted the pace three deep then four wide, stalked off the rail on the turn and four wide into the stretch and also weakened. SHAKE N FRIES came off the rail and bid between horses to duel for the lead, stalked just off the inside on the turn and into the stretch, drifted in some late and also weakened. BIG BAD GARY settled off the rail then outside a rival, continued off the inside on the turn, came out into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds and up. Time 22.70 45.93 1:09.66 1:21.69 1:33.78

Winner–Never Easy B.g.3 by Candy Ride (ARG) out of Wasted Tears, by Najran. Bred by Bart Evans & Stonehaven Steadings (KY). Trainer: Richard E. Mandella. Owner: Bart B. Evans. Mutuel Pool $129,870 Daily Double Pool $26,365 Exacta Pool $61,064 Superfecta Pool $33,768 Super High Five Pool $5,867 Trifecta Pool $45,276. Scratched–none.

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50-Cent Pick Three (2-7-7) paid $20.00. Pick Three Pool $19,925.

NEVER EASY stalked outside a rival then off the rail leaving the second turn, bid alongside the pacesetter into the stretch to gain a short lead between foes nearing midstretch, drifted out from the whip in deep stretch and held gamely. FARQUHAR broke out and bumped a rival, settled inside then went up three deep on the backstretch and second turn, came four wide into the stretch, bid outside foes in midstretch then outside the winner and continued willingly late. COMMANDING CHIEF chased outside a rival then between horses on the backstretch and second turn, came three wide into the stretch, continued between foes through the drive and shared third. GO DADDY GO stalked outside a rival then off the rail on the second turn, also continued between rivals through the drive, came in some on a foe late and also shared the show. GHOST STREET saved ground stalking the pace, came out some for room nearing midstretch, split rivals in deep stretch then clipped heels when crowded approaching the wire. MONTANA MOON washy at the gate, speed between horses to the early lead, set the pace inside, fought back along the rail in midstretch and weakened in the final furlong. FRIENDLY OUTTHEDOR bumped at the start, saved ground chasing the pace, came out a bit in deep stretch and lacked the needed rally outside the pacesetter on the wire. The stewards conducted an inquiry into the run in late stretch but made no change when they ruled the trouble to GHOST STREET did not alter the original order of finish.

FIFTH RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $70,000. ‘Sunny Slope Stakes’. 2 year olds. Time 22.51 45.74 1:10.64 1:17.54

Winner–Fore Left B.c.2 by Twirling Candy out of Simply Sunny, by Unbridled’s Song. Bred by Machmer Hall (KY). Trainer: Doug F. O’Neill. Owner: Reddam Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $142,495 Daily Double Pool $17,247 Exacta Pool $57,030 Trifecta Pool $41,422. Scratched–Raging Whiskey.

50-Cent Pick Three (7-7-4) paid $28.50. Pick Three Pool $38,743. 50-Cent Pick Four (2-7-7-4) 785 tickets with 4 correct paid $91.60. Pick Four Pool $94,232. 50-Cent Pick Five (3-2-7-7-4) 599 tickets with 5 correct paid $515.45. Pick Five Pool $358,743.

FORE LEFT sped to the early lead, set the pace inside, came a bit off the rail on the turn, fought back outside the runner-up through a long drive under steady handling while being shown the whip then was shaken up with the reins late and gamely prevailed. STRONGCONSTITUTION bobbled some at the start, stalked inside, bid along the rail in close quarters into and through the stretch and continued gamely to the end. ZIMBA WARRIOR chased off the rail, came out into the stretch and gained the show. MO HAWK close up stalking the pace outside the runner-up, continued off the rail into the stretch and weakened.

SIXTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs Turf. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. 2 year olds. Time 22.34 45.43 57.28 1:03.14

Winner–Rager B.c.2 by Into Mischief out of Distorted Champ, by Distorted Humor. Bred by Eduardo Vargas (KY). Trainer: Andrew Lerner. Owner: ERJ Racing, LLC, Kenney, Dave and Strauss, William. Mutuel Pool $254,167 Daily Double Pool $26,983 Exacta Pool $129,951 Superfecta Pool $62,996 Super High Five Pool $17,405 Trifecta Pool $93,093. Scratched–Champers, Drasario (IRE), Nineeleventurbo, Phast Pharoah.

50-Cent Pick Three (7-4-2) paid $65.95. Pick Three Pool $33,514.

RAGER broke a bit slowly, saved ground stalking the pace, came out some in upper stretch, rallied between foes under urging in deep stretch to prevail. GOALIE broke slowly, settled off the pace inside, continued along the rail on the turn and in the stretch and finished well. ROOKIE MISTAKE had good early speed and dueled a bit off the rail, drifted out into the stretch, fought back in the final furlong and held third. KNIFES EDGE stalked outside a rival then just off the rail on the turn, drifted out from the whip in the drive and was edged for the show. MUCH MORE HALO chased off the rail then between horses on the backstretch and three deep between foes on the turn, came three wide into the stretch, angled out in upper stretch, steadied when forced out nearing the sixteenth marker and finished with interest. KISS TODAY GOODBYE off a bit slowly, chased inside, split horses on the turn and into the stretch and was outfinished. FANTASY GAME had good early speed and dueled outside a rival, was fanned out into the stretch, fought back in the drive and weakened late. JAMASON chased outside a rival then three deep on the backstretch and four wide on the turn and into the stretch and weakened in the final furlong.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $51,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000. Time 24.01 48.33 1:13.09 1:25.73 1:38.69

Winner–Curlin Rules Ch.g.6 by Curlin out of Awe That, by Boundary. Bred by W. S. Farish (KY). Trainer: John W. Sadler. Owner: Hronis Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $243,229 Daily Double Pool $31,556 Exacta Pool $122,025 Superfecta Pool $63,232 Super High Five Pool $15,012 Trifecta Pool $90,878. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (4-2-5) paid $93.70. Pick Three Pool $29,426.

CURLIN RULES sped to the early lead, angled in and dueled inside, came a bit off the rail into the stretch, drifted back to the inside and fought back under urging to regain the advantage in deep stretch and gamely prevailed. PROVERB angled in and dueled outside the winner, was fanned out a bit into the stretch, took a short lead in upper stretch, battled outside the winner in the final furlong and was outgamed late. MUTINEER stalked the pace between horses then a bit off the rail on the second turn and into the stretch and held third. STREET CLASS settled off the pace inside, came out on the second turn and three wide into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. SOUL BEAM chased between horses then off the rail, went up three deep on the second turn and into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. FRENCH GETAWAY hopped slightly in a bit of a slow start, went up four wide into and on the first turn then stalked three deep, angled in between horses on the second turn, drifted in some in the stretch and weakened. BOLD ENDEAVOR saved ground stalking the pace, dropped back on the second turn and gave way.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. 2 year olds. Time 23.60 47.51 1:11.06 1:23.18 1:35.56

Winner–Fly the Sky Ch.g.2 by Boisterous out of Sky Diver, by Tale of the Cat. Bred by Gary Barber (CA). Trainer: Steven Miyadi. Owner: Barber, Gary, Barber, Cecil and Tsujihara, Kevin. Mutuel Pool $327,146 Daily Double Pool $144,498 Exacta Pool $181,592 Superfecta Pool $100,750 Super High Five Pool $29,341 Trifecta Pool $138,642. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (2-5-3) paid $298.85. Pick Three Pool $178,581. 50-Cent Pick Four (4-2-5-3) 396 tickets with 4 correct paid $669.95. Pick Four Pool $347,211. 50-Cent Pick Five (7-4-2-5-3) 110 tickets with 5 correct paid $1,847.65. Pick Five Pool $266,789. 20-Cent Pick Six Jackpot (7-7-4-2-5-3) 13 tickets with 6 correct paid $5,803.72. Pick Six Jackpot Pool $141,231. Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $271,355.

FLY THE SKY broke out a bit, dueled between horses then outside a rival, battled between foes leaving the backstretch, took a short lead into the second turn, fought back along the inside, inched away under urging past midstretch and held gamely. CANYON CREST broke a bit slowly and steadied when crowded, settled just off the rail then outside a rival on the second turn, came three wide into the stretch, angled out some in the stretch and closed willingly late. ONE FAST BRO stalked outside a rival, bid four wide leaving the backstretch and three deep on the second turn and in the stretch and held third. IF ID TOLD YOU angled in and chased inside, went outside a rival on the second turn, came out in midstretch and finished well to be edged for a minor award. TROPICAL TERROR broke slowly, angled in and saved ground, moved up inside leaving the backstretch then steadied off heels into the second turn, came out in the stretch and also finished with interest. I WILL NOT dueled three deep then stalked outside a rival, re-bid three wide between horses a half mile out and between foes on the second turn and in the stretch and weakened late. BLUES RAPPER angled in and chased a bit off the rail then inside, came out some into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. ROCKS AND SALT saved ground stalking the pace, went outside a rival on the second turn and three wide into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. CLEVELAND CAT had good early speed and dueled inside, dropped back into and on the second turn and weakened.

Southern California remains on fire watch as warm temperatures, low humidity and strong northerly winds, known as sundowner winds, continue to pose a fire danger for much of the region on Sunday.

Red flag warnings for the mountains in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties remain in effect until 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Mountain areas could experience gusts of up to 60 mph with isolated gusts of 75 mph near the peaks.

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The Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys will experience similar weather conditions, with the foothills expected to see gusts of up to 50 mph.

Humidity levels are also expected to be in the range of 12% to 20% by evening, according to forecasters. That low humidity, combined with the high winds and dry brush, are a recipe for extreme fire behavior. The strong winds can potentially take down trees and power lines, as well as make driving difficult on mountain roads.

The sundowner winds, similar to Santa Ana winds, have fueled many brush fires in Southern California, including the massive Thomas fire, which burned more than 281,000 acres in 2017.

Temperatures in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties will climb to the mid-80s on Sunday, while Los Angeles County will see temperatures range from the high 80s to the low 90s.

The elevated fire risk has led Southern California Edison to consider shutting power off to about 45,000 customers in those three counties. The utility already has warned customers that their electricity could be turned off in the coming days. The largest concentration of customers who could be affected — more than 21,000 — is in Santa Barbara County.

Meanwhile the Los Angeles Fire Department continued to make headway on the Saddleridge fire, which has burned more than 8,700 acres in the hills of the north San Fernando Valley since it began on Oct. 10. As of Sunday, the fire was 80% contained.

A multi-vehicle crash in Canoga Park on Sunday evening left nine people injured and a nearby shoe store flooded, according to officials.

One of the cars involved in the collision at Sherman Way and De Soto Avenue sheared a fire hydrant from the sidewalk, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. For nearly an hour, the deluge of water from the hydrant shot into the air, flooding both the intersection and the roof of the WSS store.

Part of the building, including the roof, collapsed under the weight of the water, causing significant flooding and structural damage, officials said.

Power lines also were downed in the crash, which happened about 9 p.m. The scene has since been secured, but all four directions of the intersection remained closed as of 10 p.m., Humphrey said. Electricity also remained shut off in the immediate area.

Officials could not say what caused the crash or how many vehicles were involved.

Five people were sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, while four others were being treated for lesser injuries. It was unclear whether those hurt were pedestrians, in vehicles or inside the store. A WSS manager told authorities that all employees had been accounted for, though it wasn’t clear if any were among the injured.