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Picking up the phone himself, Schwarzenegger started canvassing nearby hospitals for vacant beds. “He was talking to generals, admirals, basically shaking the trees,” says Navy Cmdr. Paul Russo, a medical logistics coordinator assigned to help with disaster relief. “He had everyone he talked to accepting these patients.” Within hours, National Guard troops showed up from the U.S.-Mexico border to help; buses and ambulances pulled up. Russo was amazed when Schwarzenegger came back by helicopter twice more during the night to make sure the patients were on their way to new hospitals....

Andrew Hall was convicted of assault with a firearm, a violent felony that requires him to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence in prison before becoming eligible for parole, KGO-TV reported. Hall’s multiyear sentence came amid widespread scrutiny on shootings and other deadly or harmful encounters involving cops. One California police department, for example, is facing a lawsuit from a woman who alleged a police dog bit into her scalp during an arrest, Newsweek reported....

A highly contagious organism, C. diff primarily impacts people over age 65, particularly those who are taking antibiotics and are in the hospital or living in a facility such as a senior care center. This article covers the foods you can and can’t eat with C. diff, how long to keep up a C. diff diet, side effects of the diet, and prevention strategies if you are at risk of becoming infected....

Moeen, who is of Islamic faith, made the claim in his soon-to-be released autobiography. The alleged abuse occurred during the first Test of the series in Cardiff, in which the Englishman made a fine Ashes debut, scoring 77 and taking five wickets in a comfortable win for the hosts. “It was a great first Ashes Test in terms of my personal performance,” Moeen wrote. “However there was one incident which had distracted me....

Suffice it to say, Cabinet of Curiosities is still brilliant. Its existence alone is proof that Del Toro is willing to back his oath to do what is needed to ensure great cinema is made, especially in the horror genre that he loves so much. If Netflix and the Spaniard do agree to produce another round of Curiosities for next year’s Halloween, can the formula be improved? Arguably, yes — though that may involve tinkering with the series’ entire premise....

The Al Ahly vs Esperance encounter has revenge written all over it as it’s a repeat of last year’s quarter-final. Al Ahly beat Esperance in both legs (4-3 on aggregate) en route to the final where they eventually lost to Wydad Casablanca of Morocco. Both teams are strong favourites to go through to the knockout stages, but how they start the campaign will determine if they’re good enough to progress....

Neymar, who suffered a fractured foot against Marseille in Le Classique on Sunday, moved to Ligue 1 giants PSG in a world-record €222 million deal in August, but the 26-year-old Brazil international has already been linked to Madrid. The former Barcelona player continues to be at the centre of growing speculation amid talk of a sensational switch to the European and Spanish champions. La Liga titleholders Madrid lead PSG 3-1 after the first leg of the blockbuster Champions League last-16 tie....

However, more than the teams, the eyes will be on a certain 38-year-old. Zlatan Ibrahimovich, the Swedish wizard is back in Italy, and he is entrusted with the huge task of anchoring AC Milan’s wrecked ship to glory. Having scored 56 goals in just 85 games, Ibrahimovich has a lot of good memories. He won the 2010-11 edition of the Serie A with the Rossoneri, and has also won the Supercoppa Italiana of 2011 with them....

The press conference was her first as a Republican candidate after deciding to enter the recall election that could determine whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom stays in office. Although she previously supported Trump in 2016, she has since been critical of him. When a reporter asked if she was looking for Trump’s endorsement as a candidate, she said “no.” “I am a private citizen of the state of California, I have every right in the world to be able to run for this office and I am on the Republican side, obviously I’m on the Republican side,” she added while explaining she has “conservative economic values....

Late Friday night/early Saturday morning, while trying to earn an upset victory over No. 8 ranked Washington State, Cal Golden Bears QB Ross Bowers took to the skies with an absolutely insane front-flip touchdown. Sure, he was given a little bit of a boost from the Wazzou defenders there to finish the rotation, but the launch angle is impressive enough. While he didn’t stick the landing — and, reasonably so, considering the mass of chunky football players in his landing spot — the athleticism to get into the air was wild....

Team News East Bengal East Bengal overcame a one-goal deficit against a dominant Bengaluru FC side to win 2-1 in their last match on Wednesday evening. But, that was a different tale altogether. It was the Durand Cup, where Bengaluru FC played with their reserves and the match was at the Salt Lake Stadium. The ‘red and gold’ brigade will be back in action at the muddy pitches of the ‘Maidan’, where things are not that easy....

Steve Cox, an Independent candidate running in California’s 39th District, has sent several tweets doubling down on his remarks, even complaining of being misquoted in a post detailing examples of high-profile names hoping the president and first lady die from COVID-19. “By ‘I hope they both die’ I was talking about Trump and Biden. Not Melania. She seems nice,” Cox wrote in response to the tweet from Twitter user @zwetchkenstiel....

Drought parched much of the Western U.S. this past summer. In July, one-third of all land in California, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico was classified as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, according to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor. “This year has seen the highest percentage of the country, over 80 percent of the continental U.S., be classified as being in a drought since the U.S. Drought Monitor was established a little over 20 years ago,” Antonia Hadjimichael, an assistant professor in geosciences at Penn State University, previously told Newsweek....

The South Zone of the Creek Fire was reported to be “actively burning and torching in the trees,” while fire behavior increased in the western edge of the North Zone and was “very active” at the northwest edge, according to the latest report Wednesday from the Incident Information System of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). Yosemite National Park, which was “closed due to unhealthy to hazardous air quality” caused by the Creek Fire and other wildfires in the area, will be reopened to visitors from Friday....

The Let Freedom Right event, which was planned by former GOP congressional candidate Chris Bish, aimed to host 3,000 people on Sunday in a protest against the outcome of the presidential election. The event was previously listed on the California Highway Patrol’s calendar but was removed after the violent pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, which resulted in five deaths. California Highway Patrol officer John Ortega said in an email to The Sacramento Bee on Wednesday that the permit was “denied because the proposed number of attendees are more than what’s being allowed as a result of COVID-19 and due to the potential for civil unrest this weekend....

An officer with the California Highway Patrol noticed the unusually rigid passenger traveling in a Toyota Tacoma in the carpool lane in the Baldwin Park area on Friday. The concerned officer saw the passenger was not moving and pulled the driver over for tinted windows on the 210 Freeway near the Grand Avenue exit in Glendora, NBC Los Angeles reports. However, after the windows were rolled down, it became clear the passenger was nothing more than a clever ruse....

Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 34, was charged in court on Tuesday on two counts of murder the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. Taylor Sr., was not in court due to COVID-19 procedures but he was ordered to be held in lieu of $4.2 million bail while awaiting arraignment on December 21. He was also charged on two counts of child endangerment in relation to two other children, reportedly two boys aged 8 and 9....

The unprecedented warning was issued from 11 p.m. (local time) Tuesday and is effective through 6 p.m. (local time) Thursday. A Red Flag Warning is issued when warm temperatures, very low humidities, and stronger winds are expected to combine to produce an increased risk of fire danger within the next 24 hours, according to the NWS. The latest enhanced Red Flag Warning indicates an extremely elevated level of dangerous fire weather conditions....