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A storm system originating in the Gulf of Alaska will drop south and bring rain chances to SoCal beginning late Monday.
Rain is likely for all of SoCal beginning early Tuesday morning in Ventura County and spreading south and east through the day.
It will be a cool system that will bring temperatures 10-20 degrees below seasonal averages.
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1. LA city, county offices to be closed for Indigenous Peoples Day
Los Angeles city and county offices will be closed Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day while federal offices will be closed for Columbus Day, which remains a federal holiday.
Indigenous Peoples Day is not a state holiday, so state courts and other state offices will be open. A bill approved by the Legislature in 1998 and signed into law by then-Gov. Pete Wilson designated the fourth Friday in September as Native American Day, a state holiday when state courts and other state offices are closed.
Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District will also be open. Buses, rail services and Metrolink trains in Los Angeles run on a regular schedule. The U.S. Postal Service does not deliver regular mail on Columbus Day, and post offices will be closed as will most major banks.
A multicultural Indigenous Peoples Day celebration highlighting Indigenous identity, art, dance and history will be held from noon-2 p.m. at Cal State Los Angeles and include performances, art workshops and educational videos.
2. Out of jail, Mark Sanchez says he’s `focused on recovery’
Former USC and NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez publicly addressed his violent altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver for the first time Sunday, as he left an Indianapolis jail after being fingerprinted on a felony battery charge.
“I’m just focused on my recovery, and I just wanted to thank the first responders, Eskenazi hospital, Marion County sheriff and the Indianapolis Police Department,” the 38-year-old Sanchez said, adding that he also wanted to “thank Dr. (Lindsey) Mossler, the surgeon. She saved my life, I’m grateful for that.”
“I’m recovering slowly,” Sanchez added as he walked away from reporters. “It’s a long process.”
Sanchez was released from a hospital Sunday morning, where he was treated for a stab wound he suffered in the encounter, which took place in the early minutes of Oct. 4 in an ally behind a bar in the 300 block of West Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis.
Sanchez was arrested and charged but not immediately booked into jail because of his injuries. He appeared briefly at the police station Sunday morning to be fingerprinted and have a mug shot taken, according to CBS Sports.
3. Dodgers to face Brewers in championship series
The Dodgers will face Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series beginning Monday in Milwaukee after losing all six of their regular season games against the Brewers.
Milwaukee advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 2018 with a 3- 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of their National League Division Series in Milwaukee Saturday night to win the best-of-five series three games to two.
The Brewers had the best record in Major League Baseball, 97-65, one game better than the Philadelphia Phillies, 96-66, who the Dodgers defeated three games to one in their NLDS. The Dodgers had the fifth-best record, 93-69.
The Dodgers have a 70.1% chance of winning the series, Milwaukee a 29.9% chance, according to FanGraphs. The baseball statistics and advanced analytics website has made the Dodgers the favorite to win the World Series at 43.2%, with the Brewers the fourth choice at 11.8%, also behind the Seattle Mariners (27.5%) and Toronto Blue Jays (17.6%).
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, second from left, hits a two-run home run as Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta, left, and catcher William Contreras watch during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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‘littleboy/littleman’ erupts with rhythm and poetry as it explores immigrant experience
There is nothing small about the play “littleboy/littleman.”
In fact, it’s much bigger than the word “play” conveys, just as Rudi Goblen is much more than a playwright.
“I’m a musician. I’m a poet, a spoken word artist, a B-Boy, a playwright, an actor,” he said, adding that theatre is the one vessel where he can pour all of those expressions.
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SoCal Snapshot
The University of Southern California marching band performs before Saturday’s NCAA college football game between USC and Michigan in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)