LOS ANGELES   The California coast grew and prospered during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest. But the mighty Pacific, unbeknownst to all, was nearing its final years of a calm but unusual cycle that had lulled dreaming settlers into a false sense of endless summer. Elsewhere, Miami has been drowning, Louisiana shrinking, North Carolina's beaches disappearing like a time lapse with no ending. While other regions grappled with destructive waves and rising seas, the West Coast for decades was spared by a rare confluence of favorable winds and cooler water. This "sea level rise suppression," as scientists call it, went largely undetected. Blinded from the consequences of a warming planet, Californians kept building right to the water's edge. But lines in the sand are meant to shift. In the last 100 years, the sea rose fewer than 9 inches in California. By the end of this century, the surge could be greater than 9 feet. Wildfire and drought dominate the climate change debates in the state. Yet this less-talked-about reality has California cornered. The coastline is eroding with every tide and storm, but everything built before we knew better   Pacific Coast Highway, multimillion-dollar homes in Malibu, the rail line to San Diego   is fixed in place with nowhere to go. But the world is getting hotter, the great ice sheets still melting, the rising ocean a slow-moving disaster that has already swept past California's front door. Seaside cliffs are crumbling in Pacifica, bringing down entire buildings. Balboa Island, barely above sea level, is spending $1.8 million to raise the wall that separates it from the ocean. Winter storms pummeled a Capistrano Beach boardwalk, turning the idyllic shoreline into a construction zone as bulldozers rushed to stack boulders into a barricade. From San Diego to Humboldt counties, homeowners scramble to fend off increasing erosion and storm surges, pleading with officials for bigger seawalls that can hold back the even bigger ocean. There are only so many ways to play against the rising sea. Seawalls are one option, but they come with a hidden cost   forcing the sand before them to wash away. For every new seawall protecting a home or a road, a beach for the people is sacrificed. Adding sand to disappearing beaches is another tactic, but that race against nature lasts only so long as there's money and enough sand. Then there's what scientists and economists and number-crunching consultants call "managed retreat": Move back, relocate, essentially cede the land to nature. These words alone have roiled the few cities bold enough to utter them. Mayors have been ousted, planning documents rewritten, campaigns waged over the very thought of turning prime real estate back into dunes and beaches. Retreat is as un-American as it gets, neighborhood groups declared. To win, California must defend. But at what cost? Should California become one long wall of concrete against the ocean? Will there still be sandy beaches or surf breaks to cherish in the future, oceanfront homes left to dream about? More than $150 billion in property could be at risk of flooding by 2100   the economic damage far more devastating than the state's worst earthquakes and wildfires. Salt marshes, home to shorebirds and endangered species, face extinction. In Southern California alone, two-thirds of beaches could vanish. The state has both no time and too much time to act, spiraling into paralyzing battles over the why, who, when and how. It's not too late for Californians to lead the way and plan ahead for sea level rise, experts say, if only there is the will to accept the bigger picture. Returning after mudslides and wildfire. Rebuilding in flood zones. The human urge to outmatch nature is age-old. We scoff at the fabled frog that boiled to death in a pot of slowly warming water   but refuse to confront the reality of the sea as it pushes deeper into our cities. We've all played by the shore and built castles in the sand, but seem to forget what happens next: The ocean always wins.     P ACIFICA A town on the edge On the bluffs and shores of Pacifica, a postcard stretch of coastal hamlets just south of San Francisco, residents fear that planning for sea level rise means condemning their own community to extinction. Here, what other cities in California are only beginning to worry about in the abstract is already a much-lived reality. Powerful waves crest over the main pier and threaten roads with names such as Beach Boulevard and Shoreview Avenue. Blasts of sand batter walls and homes. Windows shatter. Cliffs collapse. Residents bear witness to entire chunks of hillside crumbling into the surf below. In one part of town, the ocean chewed away more than 90 feet of bluff in less than a decade. People were able to walk Pacifica as an entire stretch of beach in the 1970s, but the open shoreline shrank over the years as the city built seawalls, piled rocks, coated its fragile sandstone cliffs with special concrete to protect what nature was taking by force. Today, most of Pacifica's coast is armored. But even with these defenses, the city still had to buy out a row of bluff-top homes, later converting the street into a trail. Down by the sand, more homes were removed and a public parking lot rebuilt 50 feet farther inland. Along Beach Boulevard, signs caution dog walkers and joggers that waves may break over the seawall. The pavement is often wet from high surf. Cars are urged to keep moving. Locals are wise enough to not linger too long by the aging pier. A woman who did was hit in 2006 by a wave that blew over. When she was finally able to breathe and open her eyes, she was stunned to find she had been swept to the back of someone's garage, her arm hooked through a barbecue pit. The shocks continued. Years of drought followed by heavy storms in 2016 forced more than a dozen bluff-top residences to be tagged as unsafe. Three apartment buildings   suddenly dangling off the edge   could not be saved and were demolished. Responding to just this most recent El Niño season has cost Pacifica $16 million   no small change for a town whose $36 million operating budget relies mostly on property taxes. Officials are still seeking funds to cover damage from 2016 and remain mired in an eminent domain battle over two of the buildings. Pacifica has become this story of unplanned, forced retreat, experts say, and the public got stuck with the bill. "There's a public cost and a private cost in any choice that we make, and we need to start doing that cost-benefit analysis," said Charles Lester, director of UC Santa Barbara's Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, who has consulted for a number of towns, including Pacifica, on sea level rise planning. "If we don't start managing retreat now, how much is it going to cost later?" In hundreds of pages of planning documents, officials concluded that moving inland in future decades might pencil out to be the most cost-effective option for a number of neighborhoods. Seawalls keep failing, they said, and the ocean is winning. Much of the shoreline protection could be overwhelmed with as little as 1 foot of sea level rise. But many lambasted the proposal, fired up by a property rights campaign by the real estate industry. Homeowners flooded city meetings, knocked on neighbors' doors and plastered signs around town. The mayor became the town punching bag, and new leaders were voted in to help Pacifica stand its ground. "'Managed retreat' is code word for give up   on our homes and the town itself," said Mark Stechbart, who worries that Pacifica, and in turn his own home's value, will be dismissed by future developers, insurers and buyers. "This is not just some intellectual exercise. These are real people and a real town at stake." For Suzanne Drake, a volunteer at the historical society who cobbled together enough money during the recession to buy "the ugliest house on the prettiest street in town," talk of managed retreat has kicked up an anger she didn't know she had. The words are like a scarlet letter, she said. How could anyone get a 30-year-mortgage if city documents say the entire street might be condemned in the future and turned into a beach? How will she get insurance or permits to remodel her home? "The public has rights to the beach, but I apparently don't have rights to my house," she said after one particularly heated meeting that pitted homeowners against conservationists. "I'm a left-of-left Democrat, but these environmental zealots are next level." The issue has divided this close-knit town, whose residents open conversations by touting the number of years they've lived here and   in recent months   by how many feet they live above sea level. Outbursts at council meetings have become the norm, and depending on who's angriest that day, environmentalists, the real estate industry, the city or the California Coastal Commission is Enemy No. 1. The specter of managed retreat has galvanized retired engineers, policy wonks   even the president of the local Democrats club   to speak alongside real estate groups, worried that Pacifica will become "an economic wasteland" if the long-term vision is retreat. They accuse the city's study of undervaluing homes, businesses, hiking trails and golf courses when calculating the public benefits of letting go. Preserving tourism, businesses and development opportunities, they said, should play into any future plan. Others say Pacifica has already outlived its time. There's a reason why an empty parcel by the water has failed for years to attract developers, they said, and why the Taco Bell can still afford prime oceanfront views. How much Pacifica ultimately decides to retreat, both sides agree, could be the litmus test for what's going to happen to the rest of California. One recent morning, Drake stood on her second-story deck and talked over the roar of sand dozers clearing roads. The area floods whenever waves top the seawall or there's a break in the berm. The city brings in a pump during the winter to push stormwater back into the ocean. Without that seawall or berm, her neighborhood and the nearby golf course would easily flood. Without these kinds of defenses, sewage lines, wastewater treatment plants, schools and other public infrastructure would be at risk. What officials need to do, Drake said, is build larger seawalls and commit to saving the town. She sees Pacifica on the cusp of becoming something special   a town that could finally have a nice library, perhaps, or a beautiful downtown with coffeehouses and places to shop. The big white house next door sold not long ago for more than $1.5 million, she said. Pacifica is still worth something, so why would officials let it go? City officials have heeded the backlash and rewritten their plan to address the rising sea. Key seawalls will be extended, and the words "managed retreat" have been replaced with references to environmental triggers for "adaptation strategies" in the coming decades. Many still distrust where this document is headed. John Keener, who championed the issue as mayor before losing his bid for reelection, wonders how much will change under the new leaders in power. Walking along Esplanade Avenue one recent afternoon, Keener points to the orange tape and bits of foundation still poking out from where apartment buildings once stood. Only the odd-numbered homes on this block remain, the even-numbered side making way for sweeping ocean views. Keener, a retired biochemist, winces at the words "managed retreat" and said he didn't want to devalue anyone's home or give up on the town. He just looked at the data and tried to think ahead. The city has little money to build bigger seawalls, no money for sand replenishment, no money to compensate homeowners for the loss of their property. So he reasoned that Pacifica had a better shot of getting outside funding by showing it had thought through every option and come up with a plan. Worrying about what this planning document would do to home values is a privilege with an expiration date. He fears that by 2050, "this stuff will all become moot." "We'll be in survival mode," he said. "The other aspects of climate change are going to simply just overwhelm us as a society." He takes out his new business card, embossed with the words "Environmental Advocate." "What kind of world," he wondered, "are we leaving for our kids and grandkids?"     SEAWALLS Protection at what cost? Your home is your castle, the biggest investment most families make. So the impulse, of course, is to defend it. The go-to tactic is the seawall. Made from piles of boulders, gunite-coated cliffs or concrete slabs as high as two stories, seawalls dissipate wave energy and fend off surging water. But these defenses aren't cheap. A single homeowner can spend as much as $200,000. A mile-long wall can cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Repairs sometimes cost as much as the wall itself. Defending the entire state could cost homeowners and taxpayers more than $22 billion in the next 20 years if the sea rises even a moderate amount, according to a recent study by the Center for Climate Integrity. And each seawall is a choice, conscious or not, to sacrifice the beach in front. The barriers disrupt the natural replenishment of sand, stripping away beaches until they narrow or vanish altogether . Some states have banned new seawalls: Oregon, North Carolina, Maine. Others have imposed significant restrictions. In California, environmentalists have called seawalls a coastal crisis. The Coastal Commission, in charge of regulating and shaping the state's 1,200-mile shoreline, has historically OK'd them in emergencies   temporary solutions after a rough storm. But temporary often becomes permanent. About 30% of Southern California's shoreline today is behind some form of seawall   locking in Navy bases, rail lines, harbors and multimillion-dollar homes at the expense of open space. "Seawalls kill beaches," said Jennifer Savage, California policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation. "I feel like a broken record saying this, but there is still such a disconnect with the public on such a key, simple message: Sea level rise doesn't just impact homeowners; it impacts every person who wants to go to the beach." And the beach, state law declares, belongs to everyone. So the Coastal Commission in recent years has gotten tougher on seawalls. It urged city leaders to do everything within their power to consider alternative options, including managed retreat. But that position has not won the commission friends among homeowners and local planners. City leaders often blame the state and the commission when taking unpopular steps. But the commission, when confronted by the public, says it's just offering guidance. More than 30 cities and counties are now left paralyzed, tugged left and right to do something   but not sure what that is. There's no clear set of directions, no one-size-fits-all solution. For the homeowner, insurance policies, hazard grants and federal disaster relief are all set up in a way that encourages rebuilding rather than relocating. There's no incentive for owners to consider options beyond hunkering down with bigger and better walls. The way the state pushes down insurance prices also masks the true cost of living in a hazardous area. But the more hazardous it gets, the more the public could pay: As rising seas and storms exacerbate property damage, experts worry that the inability of insurers to charge prices that reflect actual risk could lead them to stop offering coverage in California. If insurers stop covering risky properties, the state becomes the last resort. That happened with earthquake insurance, when California stepped in to stabilize the market with insurance that companies could sell in lieu of their own. Officials are now confronting this in wildfire areas. Similar pressures are playing out in hurricane-prone states, according to a Stanford study led by a former coastal commissioner. And so states, and ultimately taxpayers, are the ones subject to the biggest financial risks when a disaster hits. Judy Taylor, a state director of the California Association of Realtors who has lived along the coast in the Half Moon Bay area for 45 years, said uncertainty over sea level rise planning has upended her world of clear rules and clean transactions. Realtors are in a bind. Unlike other hazard zones in California, there are no mandatory disclosures for homes that might be subject to relocation or other sea level rise plans in the future. Clearly defined disclosures would help people better understand whether the home they're buying could actually be a long-term investment. "Right now if we over-disclose, it's going to sabotage the seller's transaction," Taylor said. "If we under-disclose, then the buyer is going to have serious heartburn." What's debated by her industry is not so much climate change, she said, but how much longer owners can extend the life and value of homes   and how they can do so while navigating the bureaucratic system of coastal permits. "We have dealt with property being taken for bridges, for roads, for even shopping centers. But we have never before dealt with the fact that Mother Nature's going to do what she's going to do, and we can't do anything about it," Taylor said. "So how do we treat this issue sanely and fairly? Do these policies actually further the goal, do they create a better environmental outcome   and is your ox getting gored and mine left free?"     SAN FRANCISCO Choosing casualties On one side of San Francisco, a century-old seawall keeps the city's iconic towers and skyscrapers firmly on land. On the other side, a rock wall protects a road, a parking lot and a sewage treatment system   squeezing away one of the city's few beaches. Something needs to give. But even in a city as climate-aware as San Francisco, making sacrifices is not easy. What is now the city's commercial core was once mostly a marsh   the shoreline a muddy half-mile farther inland. Over the decades, settlers filled in these wetlands and created more than 500 acres of new land atop old coves and abandoned ships. Holding back all the water is the Embarcadero, doubling as a tourist attraction and bustling today with visitors and schoolkids, markets and museums. Humming beneath their feet is a network of critical infrastructure   sewer and water systems, utility lines, public transportation, communication cables   that could cave to the ocean without this seawall. There's no doubt defenses here must survive. This colossal feat of rock and concrete keeps San Francisco Bay from drowning the financial district and Market Street, safeguarding some $100 billion in business and buildings. But the wall is crumbling and in desperate need of backup. High tides routinely spill over and flood sections of the boardwalk. With just 3 more feet of sea level rise, the iconic Ferry Building could flood every single day. Updating this seawall will cost at least $2 billion, probably much more. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey recently found that the cost of building levees, seawalls and other measures to withstand 6 ½ feet of sea level rise and a 100-year storm could cost as much as $450 billion for San Francisco Bay. Making people care has not been an overnight process. Lindy Lowe, the Port of San Francisco's resilience officer, reflected on all the neighborhood meetings, family nights and door-knocking to get taxpayers to understand the issue. It was crucial, she learned, to actually work with the community from the beginning rather than doing all the research behind the scenes and then dropping a report full of government mumbo-jumbo declaring the city doomed. "Never start a conversation with sea level rise is what we learned. Start the conversation with: 'What do you care about? What do you want your community to look like?' " Lowe said. "We're asking people to do some really big things, and we need to make sure we're not asking them to do it all at once." So San Francisco started by asking voters for $425 million to lay the foundation for a bigger seawall. Last fall, 82% of them said yes   a huge feat in a world where shelling out this much money usually comes only after a big disaster. Defense proved to be a feasible sell, but retreat on the other side of town took much more convincing. At South Ocean Beach, a popular spot for big surf and bonfires, more than 275 feet could disappear by 2100. The waves once devoured more than 40 feet of bluff in one season. For years, city officials fought   even sued the state   to keep a protective rock wall. There was Great Highway to defend, they argued, and also critical facilities underground. The city, in compliance with the Clean Water Act, had just spent close to $1 billion building infrastructure to prevent untreated sewage from overflowing into the ocean. Utility officials balked at the thought of retreat. But with each season, more beach disappeared. It was a choice between two environmental imperatives: Preserve a popular beach or have clean water? SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, finally stepped in to referee all the city, state and federal agencies as they picked their casualties. They had few examples to look to for guidance. Only a handful of managed retreat efforts were underway in California at that time   and each was a lesson in the cost and time it takes to give something up. More than 200 miles south on the coastal highway, by Hearst Castle and the Piedras Blancas Light Station, Caltrans spent $57 million moving a 2.8-mile stretch of Highway 1 more than 400 feet inland. Coastal bluffs by then were eroding an average of almost 5 feet a year. Planning and approvals took almost 15 years. Moving the roadway and three homes was a win for the public, adding 75 acres to Hearst San Simeon State Park and creating new coastal trails. The open area is now a popular stop for motorists, who marvel at the many elephant seals returning each year to mate and care for their pups. Officials in Ventura County spent nearly two decades getting all the pieces in place to turn an eroding parking lot and collapsing bike path into a cobble beach backed by vegetated dunes. This has fended off storm surges, and the beach is now one of the most popular in the county. And across the nation, buyout programs so far have occurred mostly after disasters and predominantly in less wealthy communities. These, too, have taken time. Two years after Hurricane Harvey, some residents in Texas are still waiting their turn. In New York, numerous neighborhoods begged for buyouts after Superstorm Sandy   but officials could afford only so many. And even with $120 million, which bought out 300 homes on Staten Island, that funding would probably amount to 10 or so homes in Malibu. After years of deliberation, San Francisco finally agreed to take down the rock wall, remove two lanes of the coastal highway and turn the open space into a coastal trail. Even this plan for retreat came with some compromises: A shorter, "low-profile wall" will protect the wastewater treatment facilities. Sand replenishment, on the order of 2 million cubic yards every few decades, will balance any beach loss from this wall. Homes and personal fortunes weren't even at stake in this case, but choosing one public good versus another proved similarly fraught. "Nobody was in charge of thinking about the big picture," said Benjamin Grant, who led SPUR's Ocean Beach Master Plan. "But if you start early, it can be considerably less painful … than waiting for a crisis." Officials have since convened a sea level rise task force, created an action plan, established new regional strategies. Finding the long-term answers, many now say, requires thinking beyond parcel by parcel and instead coordinating across city boundaries and looking at the entire shoreline. "The whole region is going to need to see these trade-offs on a grand scale. It may well be that you wipe out beaches in one section of coast and preserve them on other sections of coast … but we're ill-equipped for that," said Aaron Peskin, a San Francisco supervisor who serves on both the California Coastal Commission and San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. "It's either planned retreat or unplanned retreat. One way or another, we'll have to give something up. … So if we're going to do it right, shouldn't we have a sensible set of plans?" Big-picture planning has proved possible elsewhere. In the state of Washington, leaders are pledging no overall net loss of the coast's remaining wetlands. A similar approach in California could help decide what to save and what to abandon: Destroy a beach here to protect critical infrastructure; move back elsewhere and restore a beach. David Revell, a coastal geomorphologist who has consulted for a number of cities, said this kind of policy forces leaders to consider what sacrifices could be made versus where along the coast must be defended. "Pick where," he said. "Just don't say everywhere."     REPLENISHING BEACHES A race against nature People often talk about the beach as a thing, a place, an area that doesn't move. In reality, a beach is more of a process. Imagine a river of sand moving parallel to the shore, from Malibu to Santa Monica to Manhattan Beach, until the ocean pulls it offshore. This sand is always on the move, flowing down from mountain streams and waterways and stopping only temporarily on any specific beach. Any human disruption to this river of sand could reveal itself elsewhere. Pacifica may be eroding so quickly in part because of all the sand dredging farther up the coast in San Francisco Bay. Many Malibu beaches have lost significant amounts of sand after the building of Pacific Coast Highway. In Santa Monica, fresh sediment rarely reaches the coast now that humans have dammed up the creeks and turned the L.A. River into a concrete channel. Los Angeles responded to these alterations of nature with more alterations. Adding sand to the beach began as early as the 1930s in Santa Monica Bay. Breakwaters, jetties and other retention structures have also been constructed to help hold in all the sand. As a result, these iconic beaches are 150 to 500 feet wider than normal. Beach towns like Del Mar, a tiny affluent enclave north of San Diego, have all but declared this to be their survival tactic. Tucked among sandstone bluffs, two lagoons and the rarest pine trees in America, the picturesque town bustles every summer when the fairgrounds and horse track come to life. Prime real estate clusters around where the San Dieguito River meets the Pacific. Dry sand here was once abundant, the beach twice as wide today. Private seawalls now protect multimillion-dollar homes that early settlers had built right on the sand. On the southern end of town, train tracks run precariously close to the edge of rapidly crumbling cliffs. But as word got out that those in charge were considering managed retreat, the town exploded. Relocating could mean allowing the ocean to claim as many as 600 homes. If you start retreating, residents demanded, where do you stop? "If you let the first row of homes go, the whole area behind it floods," said Jon Corn, a resident and attorney representing dozens of homeowners in the Del Mar Beach Preservation Coalition. "And then what about the next road? And the road after that? … At some point, everyone is going to say: 'No, we're not just going to retreat away from the ocean.'" City leaders finally agreed and said they would keep an open mind about relocating the rail line, the fire station and other city-owned infrastructure   but took out any mention of private property. The land here is too valuable, they reasoned, and the threat of lawsuits too high. Adding sand will be the solution for now. Terry Gaasterland, a data scientist who led the sea level task force and ended up running for office over the issue, said she's confident more studies and more time will uncover ways to coexist with the ocean and save the town. Del Mar can afford to both protect homes and save the beach, said Gaasterland, who's now on the City Council. "We're not going to be packing our bags." But if past sand projects are any indicator, Del Mar and its neighbors might be in for a surprise. For every jetty and breakwater that has helped keep Santa Monica and Venice wide and sandy, Dockweiler and beaches farther down the coast in turn needed their own supply of sand, which then disappeared and flowed onto beaches farther south. Sand, although it might seem limitless, is not free. It's the most exploited and consumed natural resource in the world after fresh water. Federal agencies, states, cities and private companies across the nation are all trying to stake their claim. And because sand is always on the move, adding more of it is anything but permanent. Erosion runs its course all the same. This makes "beach nourishment" difficult to sustain. Adding 240,000 cubic yards of sand   the amount, for example, to make a half-mile-long beach about 100 feet wide   requires 24,000 dump trucks full of sand. Even working seven days a week, it would take more than 16 months to bring in that much sand. Depending on how fast the sand washes away, a project of this scale would need to be repeated every few years, according to reports by Gary Griggs, who has studied coastal systems across California and taught at UC Santa Cruz's Institute of Marine Sciences for more than 50 years. In 2001, officials in San Diego County pumped about 2 million cubic yards of sand from offshore onto 12 beaches   the first large-scale attempt by California officials to add sand to disappearing beaches. It cost city, state and federal taxpayers $17.5 million. The effort was short-lived. Most of the beaches had narrowed significantly by the following year. The extra sand, Griggs found, "was removed within a day when the first large waves of the winter arrived." A second attempt by the county   with twice as much money   yielded similar results. These costs have also paralyzed communities along Malibu's disappearing shoreline. Broad Beach, once so wide that dunes had room to grow along the sand, now hardly lives up to its name. Building mansions on the sand also took up about 200 feet of the beach and dunes, leaving only a narrow buffer against the rising sea. Sand was disappearing so rapidly that a rock wall was built to protect the septic system and the homes. These days, there is little beach left during high tide. The public stairs drop straight down into water. Owners years ago agreed to pay $19 million to add sand to the beach. The project has been delayed by disputes over the source of sand and legal challenges over the costs, which keep going up. The current price tag to save this stretch of beach: $65 million.     IMPERIAL BEACH Grappling with retreat At the very southernmost edge of California, a world away from Malibu, the border town of Imperial Beach seems to be living on borrowed time. One-fifth of the residents here are lower-income. High tide soaks the road every winter. Sewage spilling from Tijuana regularly shuts down the beach. Those living below sea level recall floodwaters so high in the 1980s that they had to use canoes. Today, they board up windows and brace for storms. Surrounded by the ocean, a bay and a river, Imperial Beach is looking at losing one-third of the town if nothing is done, one official said. Hazard maps show blocks and blocks of homes that could be flooded by 2100. A beach nourishment effort seven years ago went awry because the sand grains were too coarse. Sand berms and rock walls will last only so long. Moving back seems inevitable, even if the community isn't ready to say so. The reptilian frenzy over managed retreat has overtaken Imperial Beach, as it has in other cities. Fear overwhelms reason. Conspiracy theories and misinformation abound. Some think the mayor, an environmentalist known for his history of preserving open space, just wants to turn the town into one giant lagoon. With the city barely able to scrap together a $20-million budget every year, others say letting go of prime real estate means abandoning the whole town. "If you get rid of the waterfront, the municipal tax base, how do you support the city?" said City Councilman Ed Spriggs, who lives along the water and questioned managed retreat as a strategy. He points to the city's first upscale hotel, which was built in 2013 with coastal defenses, as a sign that Imperial Beach has time to survive and thrive well into the future. As chair of the coastal cities group for the League of California Cities, Spriggs sees what's been happening across the state and calls managed retreat an ideology being pushed by extreme environmentalists with no rules or standards. "Nobody has explained how urbanized managed retreat works, what it would look like and how it would be paid for," he said. "We need time to build a consensus. We don't even have money for … more detailed studies on what the actual costs will be." But time is ticking. Earlier this year, a group of scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography gathered on an apartment balcony and watched in awe as the ocean devoured more than 3 feet of sand in one morning. "When that surge came over the seawall, it was just a blanket of water. There was so much force," said Mark Merrifield, director of Scripps' Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. "It was just crazy." His team has been studying ways to forecast floods and were watching that morning because they knew the waves would be particularly powerful. Their data had projected that this would come just ahead of a king tide   when the sun, moon and Earth are aligned closest together, creating a higher-than-high tide. They had alerted Imperial Beach, which filled more than 500 sandbags just in time and warned residents to board up their homes. These king tides are becoming a new normal, said Merrifield, whose team hopes to fill in data gaps that could help more communities better understand their risks. Imperial Beach doesn't even track the number of times the ocean tops the seawall   crews just clean the road before most residents wake up. Tracking the frequency of flood events, and how much it's increasing, will make these truths harder to ignore. There's no debate, he said. "Sea level rise is the heart of climate change. That's where all the heat is going: into the ocean." That rising ocean, for decades, had spared California. Much of the state's coastal development took place in the years after World War II, during the less stormy period of a climate cycle known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Favorable winds pulled warmer water offshore and the West Coast had cool, denser water that took up less volume   suppressing the rate of sea rise below the global average. But scientists in the last decade have seen a dramatic shift: The waters off the West Coast are now much warmer; the sea is now rising faster here than elsewhere in the world. The morning after the worst of the surge, Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina parked his Prius and hopped around puddles still pooling down Seacoast Drive. Waves, still breaking over the rock barriers, spewed sand across the road. A maintenance worker sprinted toward the nearest driveway, startled by yet another rush of water. An avid surfer, Dedina has watched this ocean obsessively his whole life. But taming the water has been all-consuming. Cleaning up just from this king tide cost Imperial Beach $16,000 and left 350 hours of calls unanswered and other work unattended to around town. Imperial Beach can't afford more seawalls, more sand, more meetings filled with 150 people yelling at him about managed retreat, he said. The town doesn't even have a Parks Department. It just got its first real grocery store. The city and its consultants have come up with some big ideas   but lack the political support and capital to get started. Buy out these first few row of homes along the coast, for example, and rent them at market value. Three decades of rent should be enough to recoup the costs. The city or a land trust at that time could then decide what to do with the properties. For now, Dedina is focused on relocating some public infrastructure and building more homes and businesses further inland. He's also suing a number of oil companies in hopes of funding, arguing that they should be held responsible for the costs of coastal flooding because their emissions contribute to sea level rise. "Ultimately, the city can't protect private property owners. We need to be upfront about that," he said. "The insurance industry or the state needs to figure that one out." The state has taken some action but is largely still confronting this 21st-century problem with decades-old laws and thinking. The California Coastal Act   the defining road map to managing the state's shoreline   did not factor in sea level rise when it was written in 1976. Lawmakers are aware of the problem, and they have told cities they must start addressing climate adaptation in their planning. But Sacramento has otherwise shied away from issuing mandatory directions. The California Coastal Commission, through modest grants and some general guidance, has been encouraging local officials to consider "everything in the toolkit, including managed retreat," when updating city policies. Phil King, an economist and professor at San Francisco State University who has consulted for a number of beach cities, said that what Californians need is a clear statewide plan. Managed retreat sounds scary, but it just means retreating with everyone knowing what the rules are, he said. Will there be a public subsidy, how is it going to be applied, who's going to get it, and does everyone think it's fair? Bankruptcy law could be a model, he said, because it makes a messy process as orderly as possible. Managed retreat is similar: Dealing with a loss and making sure that everyone absorbs the loss in the most reasonable, equitable way. "Right now, managed retreat is just a slogan. It needs to become a reality where we actually talk about: How are we going to actually manage the retreat?" said King, whose studies showed that retreat does end up penciling out for many communities as the most cost-effective solution in the long run. "If we start to think about managed retreat today, we can avoid the problems that people had with the fires in Paradise, where all of a sudden everything just disappears." Imperial Beach's buyback-and-rent proposal is one idea, he said. And if a seawall has to exist in the short term to protect private property or infrastructure, perhaps a greater authority like the State Lands Commission could charge rent for it. These funds could then be used toward other efforts to manage and preserve the coastline. Much of California's climate change efforts have centered on reducing carbon emissions and the rate of global warming, rather than dealing with how to live with these increasing hazards, said Heather Cooley, research director of the Pacific Institute, an Oakland think tank that has studied the economic impact of sea level rise. "We need to do both," she said. "We're already locked into a certain amount of climate change, and we need to adapt to the effects that we know we're going to be experiencing." A few bills under consideration now in Sacramento acknowledge these problems   appointing a chief climate resilience officer, calling for a plan to reuse dredged sand for coastal restoration projects, creating an inventory of the state's wetlands and a special fund for "coastal adaptation, access and resilience"   but none tackles managed retreat head-on. "Living shorelines," which substitute seawalls with vegetation that could serve both as protection and public open space, has been gaining popularity as a less politically fraught approach. Some lawmakers see this as a way to buy more time as the backlash over relocation continues. The fear of political suicide should not paralyze those in power from studying the how, where and why of managed retreat, said Katharine Mach, a senior research scientist at Stanford who has helped lead national and global climate change assessments. In the same way state leaders paved the way on other environmental issues, what California does now on managed retreat could help set some standards for others across the country, she said. Jack Ainsworth, executive director of the Coastal Commission, points to the work his agency has done within its legal power. Commissioners are tough on any new construction that gets in the way of the rising sea. They passed a resolution last year pledging that seawalls would be permitted only if absolutely necessary. They're butting heads with homeowners and real estate groups, drafting a new guidance document for cities to use to balance preserving coastal resources and protecting homes. Beyond that, he said, the commission is stuck. Only lawmakers can establish new disclosure laws. Only state, city and federal leaders can determine how much money they are willing to spend to come up with a clear plan for the future, and ultimately, how to pay for the retreat where necessary. Across the state, and the nation, many people know the sea is coming and exactly what's at risk   but no one seems ready to drop that first domino and rattle the status quo. "This conspiracy of silence," as one economist from the Union of Concerned Scientists publicly called it, can go on for only so long. Society as a whole saves $6 in avoided costs for every $1 spent to acquire or demolish flood-prone buildings before disaster hits, Ainsworth said. When staff is short or pressure comes from those wealthy enough to fight back in perpetuity, the Coastal Commission has in the past pushed tough issues down the road. But Ainsworth said California cannot afford that with sea level rise. "People have to understand," he said, "that this is a crisis."     GLEASON BEACH A lost coast A few winding turns past Bodega Bay, about an hour north of San Francisco, relentless waves pound against a stretch of coastline whose fate has been paralyzed by political inaction. Once referred to as Malibu North, Gleason Beach now feels more like the edge of the world   a window into the future if California does not change course. Nine homes perch on crumbling cliffs that drop 30 some feet onto a beach that appears only during low tide. A pile of seawalls, smashed into pieces, clutters the shore. Rebar and bits of concrete poke out here and there   a graveyard of more than 10 other homes that once also faced the sea. Highway 1, hanging inches from the edge, had to shut one traffic lane this year. "Behold your highway tax dollars falling into the ocean," locals say. But efforts to move 0.6 miles of this critical road about 400 feet inland have taken more than a decade. Residents, environmentalists, and state, county and transportation officials are still arguing over the details. Mary Cook remembers moving into a seaside cottage from the 1930s. Photos back then showed the house with a 20-foot yard. Stairs led down to the beach. Her husband, an architect, made a few additions to their home as the bluff continued to erode about a foot a year. They put up a seawall. But then in the winter of 1997, one big storm took out the entire cliffside. Officials came in and declared an emergency. When Cook opened her sliding door, "there was nothing," she said. "You looked straight down into the ocean." Life for her neighbors eventually carried on. The storm ebbed from memory. The sun reemerged. The Cooks, however, were tired of buying time. They jacked their home up from its foundation, called in a truck and moved to higher ground.     ©2019 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


SPRINGFIELD TWP., Ohio (FOX19) -An 18-year-old was charged Saturday with robbing a United Dairy Farmer's store and hitting an employee with her car in Springfield Township. Court documents say Emma Kraus stole items from the UDF store in the 900 block of West North Bend Road Friday. While she was confronted by employees in the parking lot, she hit an employee with her 2001 Honda Civic and then drove off. Kraus is charged with felonious assault and aggravated robbery. She is held at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Copyright 2019 WXIX. All rights reserved.


"Just win" On top of being a directive the Lakers haven't followed in recent seasons, those words were the final uttered by a former or recently-resigned Laker figurehead on a wild day even when judging on the Lakers' recent bonkers curve. Hours prior to Vogel's concluding words, Magic Johnson appeared on ESPN's First Take and blazed through the Lakers front office, seemingly name by name at times. The systematic takedown featured Johnson carpet-bombing anyone from Lakers COO Tim Harris to Ivica Zubac. In the midst, he appeared to open up dozens of fresh wounds fans had been agonizing over in recent weeks. Pair that hour of television with the Lakers debacle of a coaching search and their lack of virtually any sort of meaningful public comment since Johnson's resignation and Monday's press conference intended for Vogel felt like it'd be a furthering of the Laker sideshow. Instead, Vogel took the podium and looked like the badly-needed adult in the room. He was commanding in his tone, which helped his directive that the franchise must move forward together seem all the more powerful. When he stepped off the stage and met with beat writers in an ensuing media scrum, he continued delivering a strong message of being in control. Needing Vogel to be the guy to step into the room and be the adult raises concerns and questions itself but the fact he naturally stepped into that role raises just as many reasons for optimism. The power vacuum the Lakers have found themselves in during recent weeks has needed a plug. Many expected that plug to come in the form of a new President of Basketball Operations, but Rob Pelinka confirmed what was basically known on Monday in that the franchise won't be replacing Johnson. As has been the case for the front office in recent years, though, is that someone has stepped in to bail them out. Last year, it was LeBron James. This year, it appears to be Vogel. Where the Lakers go from here remains to be seen. Vogel isn't even a bandaid on the their issues. But he could be the driving force behind the change. Unlike the last coach who was thought to be the culture changer, Vogel is bringing in an analytics-focused approach . But he's also bringing with him a level of maturity and leadership the Lakers need. Now he needs to just win. MORE: Kevin Durant fired back on Twitter after Chris Broussard questioned his Warriors titles Magic Johnson confirms rumor that Lakers want to sign Kyrie Irving Injury to Reuben Foster could help Chiefs, Redskins strike a deal NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players Browns players quickly start recruiting freshly cut DT Gerald McCoy


Looking to get out into the community this week? From a neighborhood home tour to a refugee and immigrants arts feast, there's plenty to do when it comes to community and cultural events coming up in Baltimore this week. Read on for a rundown. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Hamilton-Lauraville Neighborhood Tour for Homebuyers From the event description: Hamilton-Lauraville Healthy Neighborhood is hosting a guided and self-guided tour featuring the neighborhoods in northeast Baltimore City. Tours will take you inside homes and Harford Road businesses and discover neighborhood surprises. Representatives from real estate and financial agencies will be available to discuss the home-buying process. When: Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Function Co-Working Community, 4709 Harford Road Price: Free, includes lunch Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Mera Kitchen Collective's Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast From the event description: Please join Mera Kitchen Collective for our third Refugee and Immigrants Arts Feast as we celebrate the incredible talents of our newest neighbors. We're excited to welcome various food, craft and arts vendors from around the world   and special performances. Come hungry so you can purchase food from our first-time refugee women vendors. Stay to shop, listen to music and enjoy the event with us. When: Saturday, June 8, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul St. Price: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Vibes & Views - Summer Block Party From the event description: Please join us for the proper kickoff to your summer as we bring you Part III of Vibes & Views. We are excited to bring you one of Baltimore's dopest summer block parties. When: Saturday, June 8, 3-8 p.m. Where: The Lot, 888 W. Lombard St. Price: $10 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


For all the anticipation created by the NHL Entry Draft, fans were left somewhat disappointed Friday night when not a single player was traded. All the viewers got from the floor in Vancouver was the Arizona Coyotes moving up three spots and the Philadelphia Flyers adding a second-round pick. The kind of movement that had been hinted at never materialized, perhaps thanks to the still-not-finalized cap ceiling. The league is expected to release the final number today, hopefully kicking the market into gear. Nevertheless, here are some notes from Friday night's show: The player most rumored to be on the move Friday may have been Colorado's Tyson Barrie , who was linked to the Vancouver Canucks. The offensive defenseman's name came up even more when the Avalanche selected Bowen Byram fourth overall, but GM Joe Sakic wants everyone to calm down. Sakic told A.J. Haefele of BSN Denver that there is no truth to the idea that Barrie is already traded, and Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now says the rumors are "news to him." Even with the apparent denials, Barrie's name will continue to float around in trade speculation until he has a new deal with the Avalanche. The 27-year-old Barrie is entering the final year of his current contract and carries a $5.5M cap hit. Another defenseman drawing plenty of speculation is Nashville Predators star P.K. Subban , who is apparently on the market as the team tries to clear cap space. Subban has three years remaining at a huge $9M cap hit, but Darren Dreger of TSN suggested the Predators may be willing to retain up to $3M of that. If that's true, there will likely be teams lined up to take on the Norris-winning defenseman. After a disappointing season from the Pittsburgh Penguins and some frustrated comments from GM Jim Rutherford , some expected the team to make a huge move and send one of their superstar talents packing. While the Penguins did try to move Phil Kessel to the Minnesota Wild, it won't be dangling Evgeni Malkin or Kris Letang . Rutherford spoke to Jonathan Bombulie of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and told him it's "highly unlikely" that either one is moved and there was never an intention to have a ton of roster turnover in Pittsburgh.


Drivers do not always stay with the same team thier whole career. Take a look at our active drivers with the most wins with different teams. In NASCAR, a driver does not always stay with the same team for an entire career -- the chance to get wins with various organizations is prevalent. Bobby Allison (pictured), for example, won with 12 different teams, the most all-time. Take a look at active drivers with the most wins with different teams, with Kurt Busch moving into a tie at the top of the list. Kurt Busch Total wins: 31 Team count: 4 Teams: Roush Fenway Racing, Team Penske, Stewart-Haas Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing Martin Truex Jr. Total wins: 23 Team count: 4 Teams: Dale Earnhardt Inc., Michael Waltrip Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing Clint Bowyer Total wins: 10 Team count: 3 Teams: Richard Childress Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing Ryan Newman Total wins: 18 Team count: 3 Teams: Team Penske, Stewart-Haas Racing, Richard Childress Racing Ryan Blaney Total wins: 2 Team count: 2 Teams: Wood Brothers Racing, Team Penske Kyle Busch Total wins: 55 Team count: 2 Teams: Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing Kevin Harvick Total wins: 45 Team count: 2 Teams: Richard Childress Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing Brad Keselowski Total wins: 30 Team count: 2 Teams: Phoenix Racing, Team Penske Joey Logano Total wins: 23 Team count: 2 Teams: Joe Gibbs Racing, Team Penske David Ragan Total wins: 2 Team count: 2 Teams: Roush Fenway Racing, Front Row Motorsports Aric Almirola Total wins: 2 Team count: 2 Teams: Richard Petty Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Racing


Robert MacIntyre made the cut in his Open Championship debut, shooting rounds of 68 and 72 to advance to the weekend at Royal Portrush. However, it was the Scotland native's words, not play, that made headlines Friday night. After his second round, MacIntyre took exception with Kyle Stanley for a perceived lack of etiquette. "Yeah, there's a few things that I've been not happy about today. And coming down the last, I wasn't happy with the one on 17. Not just with me," MacIntyre said. The 22-year-old elaborated that his ire was directed at one of his playing partners. Though MacIntyre was also paired with Andrew (Beef) Johnston, the Scotsman reports MacIntyre was referring to Stanley. "The ball is going in the crowd. We're shouting 'fore,' the ball is coming down," MacIntyre said. "We're shouting as it's coming into the crowd, and he's just standing watching it. People don't have enough time to react after we shout." According to MacIntyre, the errant ball hit the mother of Greg Milne, MacIntyre's caddie, on the 17th hole. According to the Scotsman, it was the second time during the round Stanley didn't give warning, hitting a marshal on the shin on the 14th hole. After the wayward shot at the 17th, MacIntyre said he confronted his playing partner. "I said I wasn't happy. And I didn't really like the response," MacIntyre said. "He's the only one I've seen. Straight in the crowd. It was in the crowd from the word go. And we expect them to shout 'fore.' "It wasn't too pleasant. But you've got to tell them." MacIntyre reiterated that Stanley did not take the news well, but believes that Stanley had an obligation to protect the gallery. "Just shout, simple as that. Us, too, shouted as it was coming down, but you don't have time," MacIntyre said. "It's too late then. People are diving out of the way of things when they should have more time." MacIntyre is in his rookie season on the European Tour. Stanley, who also made the cut with rounds of 75-67, had not returned Golf Digest's requests for comment as of writing. See the video.


Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stood side by side on the first night of the second Democratic presidential debate as they fended off criticism from more moderate rivals competing for the party's nomination to take on Trump in the 2020 election. Here are some highlights from the debate. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stood side by side on the first night of the second Democratic presidential debate as they fended off criticism from more moderate rivals competing for the party's nomination to take on Trump in the 2020 election. Warren and Sanders struck back, saying the rivals have adopted the Republican Party playbook in criticizing progressive policies and they are tired of hearing Democrats shy away from big ideas. Here are some highlights from the debate. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson MEDICARE-FOR-ALL The first question went to Sanders, of Vermont, when the interviewer quoted former Representative John Delaney as saying the senator's Medicare for All plan was unworkable and would amount to political suicide that will get Trump re-elected. "What would you say to Congressman Delaney?" "You're wrong!" Sanders replied to laughter. He said middle-class citizens may pay more in taxes, but they will no longer pay private insurance premiums and thus overall less money. They would not have to worry about their care, he added. "Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege," Sanders said. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson MEDICARE-FOR-ALL Delaney said there can be a universal healthcare system that guarantees basic care without eliminating private insurance. "We don't have to go around and be the party of subtraction and telling half the country who has private health insurance that their health insurance is illegal," he said. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson MEDICARE-FOR-ALL Warren interjected after their exchange: "We're not trying to take healthcare away from anyone. That's what Republicans are trying to do." REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 'CRAZY SOCIALISTS' Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said it was time to stop worrying about what Republicans will say. "Look if it's true that if we embrace a far-left agenda, they're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists. If we embrace a conservative agenda you know what they're going to do? They're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists. So let's just stand up for the right policy and go out there and defend it," Buttigieg said to a round of applause. Democrats have made access to affordable healthcare one of their defining issues as the Trump administration has worked to chip away at his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama's signature 2010 Affordable Care Act. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 'PLAYING INTO TRUMP'S HANDS' Montana Governor Steve Bullock, trying to make his mark during his first debate appearance, challenged Warren over her proposal to decriminalize border crossings, an issue that has tripped up several candidates this election season. Bullock said the United States can have a humane approach to immigration with the right leader. "The biggest problem we have right now that we have with immigration is Donald Trump. He's using immigration to not only rip apart families but rip apart this country," he said. "You don't have to decriminalize everything." REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 'PLAYING INTO TRUMP'S HANDS' Warren said Trump and the existing laws are the problem. She called for expanding legal immigration and fixing the border crisis without demonizing immigrants. "We need to fix the crisis at the border and a big part of how to do that is we do not play into Donald Trump's hands," she said. "But you are playing into Donald Trump's hands," Bullock retorted. "A sane immigration system needs a sane leader. And we can do that without decriminalizing and providing healthcare for everyone." (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Soyoung Kim and Jonathan Oatis) REUTERS/Lucas Jackson


WILLIAMSBURG, Va.   Playing partners Jennifer Song and Jacqui Concolino stuck together in the Pure Silk Championship. Bronte Law kept up, too. Rebounding from a bogey on the par-4 14th with three straight birdies, Law shot a 3-under 68 on Friday afternoon at Kingsmill Resort to match early starters Song and Concolino at 9-under 133. Full-field scores from the Pure Silk Championship Song, tied for the first-round lead with Law and Anna Nordqvist, also had a 68. Concolino had a 67 alongside Song in the first group of the day off the 10th tee. The three leaders are winless on the LPGA Tour. Carlota Ciganda and Madelene Sagstrom were a stroke back in the final event before the U.S. Women's Open next week at the Country Club of Charleston in South Carolina. Ciganda had a 65, and Sagstrom shot 66.


COLUMBUS - From "Carol" to "The Old Man and the Gun," Cincinnati has been featured in a slew of movies thanks to a tax break Ohio gives to productions doing business here. But lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives voted to eliminate that tax break in the state's two-year budget. Instead, they want to cut income tax rates. "We shouldn't try to pick winners and losers," said Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford in Perry County. "What we should try to do is set a balanced field out there." The liberal-leaning Policy Matters Ohio and conservative Buckeye Institute have both called the break a waste of taxpayer money. But proponents of the tax breaks say they bring business to Ohio. Film Cincinnati wrote that eliminating the credit would be a "grave error." A recent study from the University of Cincinnati Economics Center found $3.69 was spent in the Cincinnati area for every $1 contributed in tax breaks. Statewide, for every dollar put into the program, Ohioans see a $1.98 return. Lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Ohio Senate would rather keep that money flowing. In fact, legislators there voted unanimously to expand the tax break to Broadway productions developing new shows. That division between the Ohio House and Senate sets up a battle over the tax credit that must be resolved before the state's two-year budget is sent to Gov. Mike DeWine. Lawmakers must pass a balanced budget by June 30. Loading... How the motion picture tax credit works Since 2009, Ohio has spent $109.2 million on tax breaks for 110 movies and other productions. Here's how they work: anyone spending at least $300,000 in Ohio to make a film, documentary, miniseries, music video, trailer, interactive web series or other production can ask Ohio for a break on the income taxes paid to cast and crew. If approved by the Ohio Film Office, the production will receive up to 30 percent of its wages and other approved spending as a credit, which is turned into the Ohio treasurer to offset some taxes. Each fiscal year, Ohio can dole out up to $40 million for these motion picture tax credits. The state can carry over extra money from previous years. The largest credit to date was nearly $4.9 million. The recipient was "Captain America: Winter Soldier" to shoot a chase scene with Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, in Cleveland . Nearly 30 movies received $27 million in tax breaks to shoot scenes in Southwest Ohio, according to applications submitted to the Ohio Film O. Robert Redford's "The Old Man and The Gun" received the largest credit in the area: nearly $3.2 million. Loading... More: Cincinnati-shot 'Gotti' makes 2018 biggest movie bombs list More: 'Carol' director's next film looking for extras in Cincinnati More: Taxpayers foot bill to bring Hollywood here This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio taxpayers helped foot the bill for these movies. Should that continue?


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has earned many nicknames throughout his time in Congress. The newest one: McTreason. The hashtag #MoscowMitchMcTreason is trending one day after the Kentucky Republican gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor in response to accusations of being a Russian sympathizer. More specifically, McConnell took umbrage with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and Washington Post opinion columnist Dana Milbank, who called him "Moscow Mitch" and "a Russian asset." These comments came after McConnell blocked two measures aimed at preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections. Background: McConnell lashes out on Senate floor about 'Moscow Mitch' accusation In his roughly 25-minute speech Monday afternoon, McConnell called out media outlets for hosting "hyperventilating hacks" and compared attacks on him to "modern-day McCarthyism." "I don't normally take the time to respond to critics in the media when they have no clue what they're talking about," McConnell said in his speech. "But this modern-day McCarthyism is toxic and damaging because of the way it warps our entire public discourse. Facts matter. Details matter. History matters. And if our nation is losing the ability to debate public policy without screaming about treason   that really matters." Some on Twitter did not take kindly to McConnell's speech. Just as the hashtag #MoscowMitch quickly began trending on Twitter following Scarborough's comments, people were using the hashtag #MoscowMitchMcTreason to express frustration with McConnell on Tuesday. Scott Dworkin, co-founder of the Democratic Coalition super PAC, wrote on Twitter that "if Mitch McTreason doesn't want to be called a traitor, then he should stop being one. #MoscowMitchMcTreason." If Mitch McTreason doesn't wanna be called a traitor, then he should stop being one. #MoscowMitchMcTreason   Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 30, 2019 More coverage: McConnell called 'Moscow Mitch' for blocking election security bills Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., rejected McConnell's definition of McCarthyism. "McCarthyism is the practice of baselessly accusing political opponents of being communists as unjust grounds for targeting & harassment," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. "You are blocking action to protect US elections despite official DoJ pleas. That doesn't make you a communist. It just makes you a bad leader." McCarthyism is the practice of baselessly accusing political opponents of being communists as unjust grounds for targeting & harassment. You are blocking action to protect US elections despite official DoJ pleas. That doesn't make you a communist. It just makes you a bad leader. https://t.co/qLqR2vtOfI   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 30, 2019 President Donald Trump came to the defense of McConnell on Tuesday morning, telling reporters outside the White House that McConnell "knows less about Russia and Russian influence than even Donald Trump, and I know nothing." "I think the Washington Post is a Russian asset by comparison," Trump told Fox News earlier Tuesday. "Mitch McConnell loves our country." Washington Post politics reporter Colby Itkowitz wrote an article titled "Trump makes unfounded claim The Washington Post is a 'Russian asset'" following Trump's comments. McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer referred the Courier Journal to McConnell's remarks from the Senate floor Monday and Trump's remarks Tuesday when asked for comment. McConnell spokeswoman Stephanie Penn referred the Courier Journal to editorials featured in the Wall Street Journal and New York Post defending McConnell. Mitch McConnell: Dan Coats delivered 'unvarnished hard truths' Contact Ben Tobin at bjtobin@gannett.com and 502-582-4181 or follow on Twitter @TobinBen . Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: subscribe.courier-journal.com . This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: #MoscowMitchMcTreason trends after McConnell lashes out at McCarthyism


A 36-year-old man wanted in relation to a 4th of July hit-and-run wreck in Parker that killed a bicyclist was arrested in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on Tuesday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Sheriff Tony Spurlock identified the suspect as Preston James Dorris. He was taken into custody on two separate warrants -- one in relation to the hit-and-run, and one for a previous robbery charge, according to District Attorney George Brauchler. RELATED: Bicyclist dies after hit-and-run crash in DougCo At 6:25 a.m. on July 4, deputies received a call about a hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist on Pine and Centennial drives in Parker. Edward "Chuck" Vogel, who was about to become a grandfather, was struck and taken to Parker Adventist Hospital where he died a short time later. "Chuck was a retired man who worked tirelessly to get where he was at," Spurlock said. "He was married, a father, and in 40 days from the time of his death, was going to be a grandpa for the first time." The vehicle that was involved fled the scene, but was later found abandoned in an apartment complex in a neighboring community. Spurlock said the registered owner of the vehicle was not involved in the crash, but that the vehicle was not stolen. During the press conference, Spurlock thanked the group of detectives, traffic accident investigators and support staff that worked every day around the clock since the wreck to track down a suspect. "The majority of information that led to the arrest was really generated by the work of the police officers next to me doing basic cop work," Spurlock said. RELATED: Arrest made in deadly hit-and-run crash involving cyclist in DougCo According to Brauchler, formal charges in the case are expected to be filed on July 22. "When someone is involved in an accident with someone on a bike, whatever fear sets in, you cannot make it better by fleeing," Brauchler said. "You must stay and own up to the conduct and be there. That is humanity, that is who we are as Coloradans." Dorris has since been transported back to Colorado and remains in custody at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. He faces the following charges: Failure to remain at scene/give information and/or aid after accident involving death Vehicular homicide Robbery First-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft Failed to notify police of an accident His bond has been set at $275,000. SUGGESTED VIDEOS | Local stories from 9NEWS


Hey everyone… HOUSKEEPING • Amid the tumult plaguing the ATP Tour , I summoned my colleague Michael McCann to approach the landscape with a fresh perspective and set up some guidelines for monitoring conflicts of interest. Behold! • Last week's podcast: Rennae Stubbs swung by the studio to talk shop. • Next up: Sonya Kenin, the 20-year-old American, now up to No. 37 in the world. • A vow: this will be the rare sports column that will be free of Game of Thrones references. Onward… MAILBAG Have a question or comment for Jon? Email him at jon_wertheim@yahoo.com or tweet him @Jon_Wertheim . I'm pretty sure everyone loves Ferrer…so why is Madrid going to be his last tournament? Why isn't he going to get a send off at Roland Garros? I know his ranking has tanked, but it's probably close enough to get in to RG. And besides, if anyone deserves a wild card, it's him. I know he's from Spain, but I wish he was getting a bigger and better sendoff. After all, he got to the final there once, his best result in a major.   P . • True to form, Ferrer has been grinding out this retirement tour. Here's a video tribute we did at Tennis Channel. While it's two years old, I stick by the premise. For all the young players who seek to emulate Federer and Nadal and Serena, those three are extraordinary talents, sports' equivalent of unicorns. Ferrer, by contrast, has been a player who simply wrung everything possible from his talent, his body and his game. Which is just as admirable as the numinous stars. Why wouldn't Ferrer get a send-off at Roland Garros his best Slam, played on a surface that encapsulates his dirty work sensibilities? I dunno. I rather like the idea of Ferrer retiring in Spain, his home, where he can be celebrated and not rushed off the court to keep the schedule moving, or lost amid a bigger news story that day. Regardless, let us take a moment to toast an extraordinary career. Alas, we like things we can measure. And Ferrer won no Slams, playing as he did in Federer/Nadal/Djokovic era. But if "respect among peers" or "respect among the tennis public" could be quantified, we'd be clearing wall space in Newport for David. Does Dominic Thiem's game remind you of younger Roger Federer? Can you put him on your list of potential Grand Slam  winners?   Rajesh S. • In reverse order: 1. Totally. Before it's all said and done, Thiem wins the French Open at least once. I still worry about the best-of-five versus best-of-three proposition when he plays the Big Three. But, long term, we have Thiem spirit. (Dad jokes!) 2. A bit. One-handed backhand. Smooth mover. Likable disposition. Hails from an Alpine country. But I think the Federer-Thiem comparisons only get us so far. Federer has more variety, better hands, better closing skills and at Thiem's current age of 25, he was already well on his way to Der GOAT pasture. Social media should take a bow, having played a key role in the court of public opinion and vetting of the Gimelstob case. Gimelstob got what he deserved and the public (via social media) deserves a lot of credit for the outcome.   @ace-tenn • I would agree with that. Tennis Twitter was, collectively, vigilant and rightly outraged. If we are to going to venture down this road, though, the British media starting with Simon Briggs of the Telegraph must come in for credit. Again, I'm hopeful tennis can use this as an opportunity not just for some soul-searching and finger-pointing, but to make some material changes to its governance. This was note the optimism-saturated past tense an ugly chapter. It will be even uglier if no lessons are learned. Bottom line: conflicts-of-interest are the enemy of growth and health. They must be eradicated. [Dimitrov] is out of the top 40?!   James, Portland • Grigor Dimitrov is, indeed, now ranked No. 46 in the world. This is like a dialect of schadenfreude. When misfortune befalls a decent person, we are perhaps reluctant to pile on. So it is that the fall of Dimitrov, a lovely guy, has probably been overlooked. Here's a player who is so extravagantly talented and just can't quite put it all together. It starts with his ball toss, which often has a case of wanderlust. And as is so often the case the misfortune is accompanied by a personnel change. Dimitrov has announced that he is parting with Danny Valverdu, his coach of more than two years. I bet Roger is rubbing his hands together and looking forward to the clay court season. With Novak/Rafa on the outs, it just might be his time to pile up some hardware. What are his chances in winning in Paris?   Patrick Kramer, nesøya Norge • Can you give us a week? I think we need to see his level of play at least a smidge before making a judgment. But your larger point is well-taken. Djokovic has been a shell of himself since Australia. (While unquantifiable, the time and mental energy of his role in L'Affaire Gimelstob may well have exacted a price on his tennis.) Nadal, too, has looked depleted. If I'm laying French odds today, I go: 1. Nadal 2. Thiem 3. Djokovic 4. Federer 5. Wawrinka But unquestionably, Federer is deep in the conversation. The the Sweet 16 teams below in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Team Tennis Championships are all tennis powerhouse schools. Does the ITA have readily available data to identify what player percentage of these tennis power teams are non-US? We know that, historically, across the nearly 90 NCAA sanctioned varsity sports, Division I Men's and women's tennis far and away have had the highest percentage of foreign players as compared to all other NCAA sport.   Bryan, Brooklyn, N.Y. • Great question. Though I would dive deeper into the data. What percentage of the scholarships are going to overseas players? If the ITA would kindly provide this data, it would be appreciated. If someone wants to take this on as an independent research project, we would be grateful as well. To get us started, here's Mississippi State  six internationals, two Americans. We're all for globalization. Want to recruit a player or two from outside the U.S.? Great. Everyone benefits. But does anyone really think that fielding a team like this is consistent with college athletics? (A taxpayer-funded funded school?) Following Justin Gimelstob's resignation from the ATP board of directors, I looked for statement from management of the Tennis Channel about his status as a commentator, and have found none not in the general press, tennis press or TC's website. Yes, I know that you work with TC, and do not mean to put you in an awkward position. But I am curious. TC's website has no "contact us" link, so I have not been able to put the question to management directly.   Margaret, New York City • Hours after Justin's resignination from the ATP board, Tennis Channel released this statement: "Justin has informed us that the leave of absence he began in November is ending with his resignation from Tennis Channel. We wish him well in this challenging time." Do you think the Grand Slam finals lost could be used as an important stat in the GOAT race? Federer has lost more finals than Nadal and Djokovic and has lost finals in all four Slams, whereas Djokjovic and Nadal have only lost in three of the four. Federer's Slam final losses: one Australian Open, two French Open, three Wimbledon, two U.S Open. Total: 11. Nadal: four Australian Open, three Wimbledon, one U.S. Open. Total: 8. Djokovic: three French Open, one Wimbledon five U.S. Open. Total: 9   Igor Wright, Rio de Janeiro • Nah. On the one hand, a player's performances in finals says something about their ability to meet the moment. Look at Serena Williams. Even on her current two-finals losing streak, she is 23-8 when the trophy is on the line. That ain't a coincidence. But according too much "negative" weight to a finals record overlooks the fact that the player won six matches to get there. Let's pick on Djokovic, who lost in zero Grand Slam finals in 2017. Why? Because he went out early or didn't play at all, falling deep outside the top 10. I suspect he would rather have gone 0-4 in major finals that season. As a nurse and woman I believe there is a double standard you're unintentionally applying to the understandably difficult Justin Gimelstob situation. If Justin had assaulted a woman in this situation, not just a male friend, would there even be any discussion on whether he should be asked to step down from his role on the ATP board or tennis channel? I believe when men are assaulted by other men we tend to devalue the seriousness of the attack when compared to men attacking women. As an ER nurse I can't tell you how many men I've treated for injuries as a result of assault, including some men left permanently disabled or even dead. Look no further than the Giants fan left disabled after being attacked by a Dodgers fan at a game eight years ago.   Kayla • There's probably a broader discussion here about sex and gender and social constructs. But for now, we'll simply say: thanks for calling this to our attention. I absolutely love the combo of Delpo and Nishikori at Madrid. I hereby declare that all doubles matches should involve the highest height disparity possible between partners. Delpo-Nishikori, Ivo-Dudi Sela, and Isner-Schwartzman. Opelka-anybody. Sabalenka-CSN on the women's side. Let's make this happen.   Paul R. • Amen. This also gives us a chance to issue a periodic repeat of one our favorite tennis stats: both Federer and Nadal are listed as the exact same height and weight, 6'1", 187 lbs. SHOTS, MISCELLANY • Tennis Channel and the USTA, in conjunction with the NCAA, have entered a three-year partnership that makes the network the exclusive television home of the NCAA Division I men's and women's tennis national championships. The agreement begins with this year's events, to be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., May 16-25. • Last year's Wimbledon and U.S. Open finalists Kevin Anderson and Juan Martin del Potro have added their names to the final entry list for the 2019 Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen's Club, and Britain will have two direct entrants other than Andy Murray for the first time since 2006. British No.1 Kyle Edmund and No.2 Cameron Norrie have both made the cut. A wild card is being held in reserve for Murray, who will let Tournament Director Stephen Farrow know nearer the time of the event if he is fit enough to take it. The last time Britain had this many direct entrants was in 2006 when Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski joined Murray in a 56-man draw (as opposed to the current 32). • Canada does Fed Cup • Wilson and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced the 2019 Wilson/ITA National Promoter of the Year Award winners on Monday (May 6 ). Anastasia Rentouli of Mississippi State University and Connor Christian of Ohio Northern University will receive a paid summer internship in the Grassroots Marketing department at Wilson's global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. • Angelique Kerber has committed to play in the 2019 Hawaii Open Tennis Tournament, presented by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. She joins U.S. Open semifinalist and ATP World Tour No. 7 Kei Nishikori. The Hawaii Open will be held Dec. 27-29, 2019, in Honolulu. READER RIFF Joseph Tedino, a PTR-Certified Tennis Coach, takes us out: Junior Tennis Players Deserve Better Behavior from Spectators A girl preparing to serve in a high school tennis match in Charleston, S.C., disagreed with her opponent's call of the previous point. Urged on by spectators, she called the point score in her favor. The other girl invited the server to the net, where a forceful discussion took place. On the sidelines, the server's mother shook her head, calling the mid-court pow-wow "a terrible thing." The other player stood firm after all, it was her call and she went on to win the match. Later, her coach got an earful, too. "I sure hope you're not encouraging that kind of behavior," the woman said. And at a scholastic tournament in Chicago last year, the father of a high school player disagreed so loudly and forcefully with line calls made by his son's opponent that the players were forced to stop the match entirely and call for official intervention. As a high school coach, I see junior tennis players facing the kind of belligerent, game-changing taunting that has invaded youth football, soccer and other sports. Bad behavior from spectators has crept into a sport where courtesy and decorum have prevailed for more than 140 years. Junior tennis players deserve better. "The perfect sports parents would be ones you never hear from the sidelines," says two-time Olympic medalist Hannah Kearney, a freestyle skier who played soccer as a kid. "They should be there after the game, to be supportive, when the heartbreaking things happen." Parents of student-athletes are known to be a vocal and passionate group. But overzealous spectators sounding off on the sidelines can hurt the game and the athletes trying to do their best in a sport they train hard for and love. Tennis spectators would do well to consult resources like the USTA's rulebook, which covers a range of behavioral issues. For one thing, USTA states quite clearly that spectators "never make line calls." Besides that, it notes that parents, grandparents, siblings and teammates are duty-bound "to encourage and maintain high standards of proper conduct, fair play and good sportsmanship." Col. Nick Powell, the World War II officer who became chairman of the USTA's rules committee in the 1970s, produced a list of behaviors that became known as "the code." The first principle is that tennis requires cooperation and courtesy. Parents and fans of today's junior game can apply the code as spectators by following a few simple steps: • Respect and acknowledge the integrity of the officials, which at many high school matches are the coaches. • Keep comments respectful vocal only between points and allow those on the court to make the calls without interference, interjection or instigation. • Display positive behavior in person and on social media. State high school sports organizations offer guidelines, too. The Do What's Right program in Illinois, for example, asks spectators to control their zeal and create "a positive game experience" for all. It recommends using "positive yells, chants, songs or gestures" and asks that people display modesty in victory and graciousness in defeat. Yet despite these efforts, tennis is going the way of sports where parents and fans let their emotions show: verbally attacking officials, bad-mouthing coaches and disparaging the players. Exhibiting good behavior at junior events is not only good for the game, it also helps student-athletes have the right mental framework to do their best -- on and off the court. Play Like a Champion, the educational resource for schools, encourages parents to be "respectful guests" at athletic competitions. "The game belongs to the kids," it says, "and the game can go on without the spectators."


Looking to satisfy your appetite for Indian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Indian spots around Saint Paul, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture when cravings strike. 1. India House Topping the list is India House . Located at 758 Grand Ave. in Summit Hill, the Indian spot is the highest-rated Indian restaurant in Saint Paul, boasting four stars out of 176 reviews on Yelp. 2. Everest On Grand Next up is Macalester-Groveland's Everest on Grand , situated at 1278 Grand Ave. With four stars out of 302 reviews on Yelp, the Indian and Himalayan/Nepalese spot has proven to be a local favorite. 3. Khyber Pass Cafe Macalester-Groveland's Khyber Pass Cafe , located at 1571 Grand Ave., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the Indian, Afghan and Middle Eastern spot four stars out of 100 reviews. This story was created automatically using local business data, then reviewed and augmented by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


The Lakers are in negotiations with Tyronn Lue to make the former Cavaliers head coach their new coach, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports. Lue has not yet accepted the job, as both sides are hammering out contractual parameters, Haynes continues. Former Pacers and Magic assistant Frank Vogel may become the lead assistant if Lue accepts the job, Haynes adds. Kurt Rambis , currently an adviser to owner Jeanie Buss, has played a significant role in the hiring process. Reports surfaced over the weekend that Lue was the Lakers' top choice after Sixers assistant Monty Williams opted to become the Suns' coach. LeBron James ' former coach reportedly struck an emotional chord during the interview process. Juwan Howard and Jason Kidd were also interviewed for the position.


Former Baltimore Ravens running back Alex Collins was set to have a trial begin on Monday for drug and weapons charges stemming from a March arrest. Instead, the trial has been delayed a month. According to Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun , Collins was in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday with his representatives. He now has a plea hearing scheduled for July 3 and a new court date of July 22 . Collins was arrested on March 1 after crashing his car into a tree about a mile from the Ravens' headquarters in Owings Mills. Police said they could smell marijuana , and searched the car to find approximately five ounces of marijuana and a handgun. Collins then told police that there was more marijuana and guns at his residence. Officers found the marijuana, two rifles and ammunition upon executing a search warrant. Collins has been charged with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, which are both felonies, and possession of more than 10 grams of marijuana and possession of a handgun in a vehicle, which are misdemeanors. The Ravens released Collins within hours of his arrest .


Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, in unveiling phase three of his Democratic presidential candidacy's climate agenda , has an eye cast towards the global stage - and is looking to reimagine American foreign policy through the lens of combating climate change . "The United States and the world stand at a crossroads unlike any we have encountered before," Inslee said in a statement on Wednesday. "Within the next decade, either inaction will set in motion a worsening global climate crisis that will lead to devastation, or our nation and the world will respond decisively to build a modern, green and just global economic future. The choice is ours." He detailed his policy during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, on World Environment Day   and timed close to the anniversary of President Trump pulling America out of the Paris Climate Accord. Climate change is emerging as one of the 2020 election cycle's most pressing issues. This weekend many in the Democratic presidential field, including Inslee, will descend upon Iowa to campaign   those events will include calls to highlight the perils of climate change and the importance of action. A recent poll conducted by Harvard Institute of Politics of young people, ages 18 to 29, found a substantial 14-point increase from the same poll they conducted in 2015 in those who said they believed "government should do more to curb climate change, even at the expense of economic growth." Inslee, supported by a number of other 2020 presidential contenders, pushed for the Democratic National Committee to dedicate one of its presidential primary debates to the issue of climate change completely and he even wrote a letter to the DNC Chairman Tom Perez urging the party to "ensure that the climate crisis is on the agenda." However Wednesday, Inslee said that the DNC informed him it will not hold a separate debate on the issue. He said his campaign was told that the DNC will bar him from future debate should he participate in any other organization's climate change debate. "...While climate change is at the top of our list, the DNC will not be holding entire debates on a single issue area because we want to make sure voters have the ability to hear from candidates on dozens of issues of importance to American voters," DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement. This decision comes as a flashpoint amongst the Democratic field and amid a furious push from progressives and environmentalists, as well as strong support across the Democratic spectrum, for climate change to be front and center in the minds of voters and on the debate stage. Inslee squarely targeted President Trump for his "cowardly path of ignorance," and "foreign policy based on isolationism and xenophobia," and challenging America to lead by example on the vanguard of climate science. "This is the defining challenge of our time. If anyone thinks of us 100 years from now - we will be judged on this issue," Inslee told the small crowd on Wednesday. Inslee's latest rollout came on the heels of former Vice President Joe Biden 's first climate policy rollout on Tuesday during which he called for a "clean energy revolution and environmental justice" in his new proposal to address "the climate disaster facing the nation and our world." The most progressive wings of the Democratic party when it comes to climate change   chief among them, Inslee   have voiced criticism for what they view as Biden's middle of the road stance. "I have to express disappointment that the Vice President's proposals really lack teeth, they lack the ambition that is necessary to defeat the climate crisis," Inslee said reacting to Biden's rollout, contrasting Biden's plan with his own. "My plan puts up stop signs, and I'm afraid the vice president's plan does not. He has some wishes for thirty years from now, but we can't wait thirty years." It's not the first time Inslee has called out Biden for what he sees as a middle-of-the-road stance on climate: when Inslee unveiled the second leg of his climate plan in mid-May, he named Biden directly, saying that he needed to "step up his game." The latest portion of Inslee's plan rests on five tenets, meant to flow from the domestic examples that the U.S. would set under his administration, detailed in his first two portions of his proposal. This latest phase focuses on rejoining and expanding several commitments the U.S. has previously made in the international arena, including the Paris Accord - additionally, phasing out coal, and advancing international efforts to slash super pollutants like methane and black carbon. It rejects the notion of "freedom gas" as put forth by the Trump Administration - promoting U.S. fossil fuels abroad - as well as forging more collaboration with sustainable land use, ocean conservation and clean air - addressing the fluidity of what knows no border lines: water, and the air we breathe. Inslee also emphasizes studying the impact and treating the cause of climate migration including pledging to increase the number of refugees resettled by the U.S.; including enforceable climate and labor standards for new trade agreements; doubling the investment the U.S. will make in the Global Climate fund previously pledged by the Obama Administration, which President Trump's pulled out of; cutting fossil fuel subsidies as well as considering targeting climate deniers overseas with anti-corruption laws. Other candidates' plans also echo the need for America to reassume responsibility on the world stage   rejoining the Paris Accord   as well as investing in clean energy infrastructures. Former Vice President Biden's also aims to make the U.S. a 100% clean energy economy , reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke' s asks similar with a goal of being halfway there by 2030. His four-pillar, $5 trillion plan would use executive and legislative action to "transform" the nation's infrastructure and "empower our people and communities to lead the climate fight," according to the campaign. Biden also addresses "environmental justice," holding polluters, like fossil fuel companies, to account for environmental damage. He has vowed to reject fossil fuel money   though has yet to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge. As climate weighs more heavily as an issue in the 2020 campaign, it likewise becomes more fraught   an ideological tug-o-war putting pressure on politicians to ante up a cohesive policy; more 'progressive' notions from candidates and organizations like Greenpeace alike now seem to move the needle forward. Experts agree that plans from Inslee and O'Rourke are significant motivators for more middling candidates who don't want to get left standing out as the lone conservative. "I think we're seeing a lot of one-upmanship across the span of candidates with climate," Dana R. Fisher, a professor whose work centers on understanding the relationship between environmentalism and democracy - most recently, studying activism and American climate politics. "This is the first time that climate is legitimately going to be an issue on the campaign - and, candidates are now starting to realize that it may, in fact, be a voting issue. I think we're about to see a tipping point - people like Gov. Inslee are on the vanguard - he's pushing the conversation to the left, he's making others look mainstream - and his position is being reinforced by polling data."


Parkland school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv lost his spot at Harvard after racist comments he made at the age of 16 were discovered. Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore, former Republican Congressman David Jolly, and Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss if he should have lost his acceptance over his past racist comments?


Curious just how far your dollar goes in Berkeley? We've rounded up the latest places for rent via rental sites Zumper and Apartment Guide to get a sense of what to expect when it comes to hunting down apartment rentals in Berkeley if you've got up to $2,700/month earmarked for your rent. Read on for the listings. (Note: Prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 2110 Haste St. (Downtown Berkeley) Listed at $2,602/month, this 541-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment is located at 2110 Haste St. In the unit, you can anticipate high ceilings. The building features a roof deck and secured entry. Good news for pet lovers: This rental is both dog-friendly and cat-friendly. The listing specifies a $500 pet fee. According to Walk Score's assessment, this location is a "walker's paradise," is a "biker's paradise" and has good transit options. (See the complete listing here .) 2007 Haste St. (Downtown Berkeley) Next, there's this two-bedroom, one-bathroom abode located at 2007 Haste St. It's listed for $2,695/month. The building features on-site laundry and garage parking. The unit also has hardwood flooring. Animals are not allowed. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. Per Walk Score ratings, this location has excellent walkability, is a "biker's paradise" and has good transit options. (See the complete listing here .) 2450 Milvia St. (Downtown Berkeley) Here's a two-bedroom, one-bathroom spot at 2450 Milvia St. that's going for $2,695/month. You can expect to see hardwood flooring in the unit. Amenities offered in the building include outdoor space, on-site laundry and garage parking. Animals are not welcome. Future tenants needn't worry about a leasing fee. Per Walk Score ratings, this location has excellent walkability, is a "biker's paradise" and has good transit options. (See the full listing here .) Working with a tight budget? Here are the cheapest rentals recently listed in Berkeley . This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


HOUSTON   Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is leaving open the possibility of centers DeMarcus Cousins and Damian Jones returning at some point during the playoffs. "It's a possibility he could be back," Kerr said of Jones. "Same with DeMarcus. He's coming along pretty well. We'll just wait and see." Jones, who has spent the past five months rehabbing a torn left pectoral muscle, will be cleared for contact work   including full games of 3-on-3   in coming days. In late March, he began on-court work. After recent shoot-arounds and practices, Jones was seen participating in shooting drills, strength-building exercises and non-contact 3-on-3 scrimmages. Cousins, who tore his left quadricep muscle in Game 2 of the Warriors' first-round series against the Clippers, was cleared to return to shooting drills last week. After missing Golden State's two recent Los Angeles trips, Cousins opted to join his team in Houston for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. On Saturday night, he was seen sitting on the bench and offering encouraging words to teammates. Kerr said that Cousins has made "normal progression" in his recovery from the quad injury. Without Cousins and Jones, the Warriors have started Draymond Green at center against the Rockets, with Kevon Looney serving as the primary backup. Andrew Bogut and Jonas Jerebko have also gotten some minutes off the bench at center. Kerr has yet to put a timetable on when Cousins and Jones could return to game action, but it's clear neither will play against Houston. The Warriors play Game 4 on Monday and Game 5 on Wednesday, with a potential Game 6 on Friday and Game 7 on Sunday. "Getting either of those guys back, or both, will be good," Green said. "But right now, we have to focus on what we got. I think we have more than enough to win it all with what we have now. Getting those guys back will be an added bonus if we can." Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com . Twitter: @Con_Chron Related slideshow: Best of the 2019 NBA playoffs (provided by imagn)