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A brief ridge of high pressure will build over SoCal, leading to continued warming and above-average temperatures through Friday.
A compressed marine layer will lead to patchy fog and low clouds confined to the coast and basins Friday morning.
Temperatures will quickly cool through the weekend with highs close to seasonal averages.
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1. Vote centers to open in LA County this weekend for special election
More than 100 vote centers will open this weekend for the California special election, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced Thursday.
A total of 111 vote centers will open on Saturday for the statewide election on Proposition 50, which would authorize the state to use new, legislatively drawn congressional district maps starting in 2026.
Vote centers will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. for in-person voting, voter registration and vote-by-mail ballot returns. The RR/CC has mailed all voters a postcard listing the nearest 11-day and 4-day vote centers to their residence.
A complete list and map of vote center locations is available here.
2. As Dodgers try to become first repeat champion in quarter-century, Roberts hopes he’s not a villain
Asked whether he felt like a villain, Dave Roberts tilted his head and widened his eyes, startled that he was being categorized as some baseball equivalent of Darth Vader or Lex Luthor.
His Los Angeles Dodgers have been criticized for spending $509 million on its big league roster, more than seven times the $69 million of the big league-low Miami Marlins. The affable manager had yelled to LA fans after last week’s National League pennant clincher: “They said the Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball!”
Los Angeles is the first defending champion to reach the World Series since the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies, who lost to the New York Yankees. No team has won consecutive titles since three in a row by the 1998-2000 Yankees, and no NL team has achieved the feat since Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine in 1975-76.
Members of the Los Angeles Dodgers warn up during a World Series baseball media day on Thursday in Toronto. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
3. Dodgers LHP Alex Vesia not with team in Toronto on eve of World Series because of family matter
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia was not with the team in Toronto on Thursday, one day before Game 1 of the World Series, because of a “deeply personal family matter,” the Dodgers said in a statement posted on social media.
Manager Dave Roberts said the defending champions were still working through how the left-hander’s absence would impact their World Series roster, which must be finalized Friday morning.
Asked whether Vesia would definitely not be on the roster for the best-of-seven series against the AL champion Blue Jays, Roberts said he didn’t know for sure.
4. In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
In some of the most agriculturally rich regions in the U.S., researchers from San Diego State University are working to understand how climate change is impacting heat in rural areas and the farmworkers who toil in them.
They’re putting sensors on workers to measure their heart rates and core body temperatures while they work and evaluating environmental temperatures to assess occupational heat risk.
Rising temperatures, decreased water supplies and shifting crop patterns are changing microclimates and increasing exposure to extreme heat for farmworkers, who are already among the most vulnerable to it.
The project aims to map rural heat islands to better protect California farmworkers from scorching heat.
Around the Nation
1. Trump touts ‘waging war’ on cartels, says administration will brief Congress on vessel strikes
2. Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
3. Democrats launch new strategy in Ohio’s redistricting wars
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Anaheim schools turn mental health funding into long-term care for students
Fifty-three percent of public schools report increased demand for mental health services. The Trump administration cut $1 billion in federal youth mental health grants and staff from the Office of Special Education.
Anaheim Elementary School District has recovered $810,000 through state reimbursements via TadHealth.
The district expects to surpass $1 million in reimbursements soon, setting a model for other California schools.
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SoCal Snapshot
Los Angeles Chargers tight end Oronde Gadsden II (86) catches a pass ahead of Minnesota Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman (51) during the first half of Thursday’s NFL game in Inglewood. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)