Even in Major League Soccer, time will eventually run out.

That’s approaching rapidly for the Galaxy.

Including Saturday night’s meeting against New York City FC, the Galaxy have 12 games remaining, and to complicate matters, the club begins the week in ninth place in the Western Conference, nine points behind the sixth and final playoff spot.

“I think we’re at home and at one point we have to switch it,” Galaxy midfielder Jermaine Jones said. “It’s time now, especially if you want to slide into the playoff spots.”

Unfortunately for Jones and the Galaxy, the results at home this season have contributed to the disappointing current form.

The Galaxy (6-11-5) has won only one of its last 11 home games, mustering a 1-6-4 record.

“Establishing your abilities at home is really important,” Coach Sigi Schmid said. “If you can reverse those records, home and away, you’d probably rather reverse them. You want people to come into this building and you want people to be afraid and they come into the building knowing that this is going to be a really tough game.

“We can talk about it all we want, yeah, they are things you can do, but at the end of the day, all that reestablishes that confidence and rekindles that fear in the opponent is you have to start winning games.”

Schmid said he still believes this team is a playoff team.

The Galaxy are on a six-game winless streak (0-5-1) and are averaging just 1.05 points per game.

The lone home victory came all the way back on April 7.

“If you can get one (a goal) early, it sets the tone and opens up the other team,” Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe said. “The longer the score stays tied at zero, or if you’re trying to come back, you put yourself kind of in a hole.

“You want to get an early goal if you can and then kind of open up and play from there. It is something that we ideally would like.”

JONATHAN DOS SANTOS SET FOR HOME DEBUT

Jonathan dos Santos made his Galaxy debut Sunday, playing 26 minutes as a substitute in the 3-1 loss to Portland. After a full week of training, dos Santos should see an extended run Saturday night.

“Yes, I only have four training sessions with the team. I am training more at my rhythm each time,” he said. “It’s difficult because I hadn’t played in some time, but the important thing is that I am here to contribute to the team.

“It’s what I have always done, to help the team in defense, in offense, and to help balance the team, and that is what I will intend to do for the team.

“The important thing is that as a team we are united and can play well together … If we depend on the individual qualities, we won’t do well. The important thing is that the team is connected.”

NEW YORK CITY FC at L.A. GALAXY

Kickoff: 8 p.m. at StubHub Center

TV/radio: ESPN2, KTMZ/1220; LAGalaxy.com (English)

Update: New York City FC began the week in third place in the Eastern Conference (12-7-4) with 40 points. The Galaxy will have to contend with David Villa, the 35-year-old Spanish midfielder who leads MLS with 17 goals, including a hat trick in last week’s 3-2 victory over the rival New York Red Bulls. “You look at his age, he still has the quickness, he still has the instincts, he’s still a very dangerous person in and around the box,” Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said. “We have to know where he is and we have to be aware of him. The biggest thing when you’re trying to shut down a goal scorer is take away his service and if we can do that, he becomes less of a concern.” The Galaxy will have to defend against Villa without defender and captain Jelle Van Damme, who will be serving the second game of his two-game suspension due to yellow-card accumulation.

If you’re looking for a good, sleeper recruit to follow this football season, Orange senior quarterback Jason Wilkinson could be your player.

Wilkinson (6-4, 195) didn’t play quarterback for the improved Panthers in 2016 but his play this summer has drawn positive reviews from opposing coaches. And on Thursday, he landed his first college offer.

Wilkinson was offered a 2018 roster spot by Division III Puget Sound in Washington, Panthers coach Robert Pedroza reports.

Wilkinson showed flashes at quarterback at Santa Ana Valley as sophomore but contributed more at safety last season at Orange, which went 7-3.

The Panthers didn’t throw much in 2016 but Pedroza said they plan to pass more this season with Wilkinson. Orange has moved ’16 quarterback Miguel Orendain to running back. The Panthers hope to reach the playoffs in Division 13 but will need to navigate the Golden West League.

Please send football recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter 

LOS ANGELES — It has been a whirlwind several days for Carlos Vela and he still has to travel back to Spain.

“It has been crazy,” Vela said.

Finally, there’s some sort of normalcy as Vela was officially introduced as the first Designated Player for the Los Angeles Football Club.

“This is a statement that reaffirms what our club is all about,” LAFC coach Bob Bradley said. “This is the start of building a team that everyone will be proud of.”

Vela, 28, has played in Spain with Real Sociedad since 2012 and will do so until the end of the year. Then he will head to the U.S. to become the cornerstone of the new LAFC expansion team.

Vela said conversations between the sides began three or four weeks ago.

“It’s a big move, the league, I have family and I have to move a lot of things,” he said. “It is a crazy move, but it is fun. I’m so happy to be here and proud to come to this new club and to be first player. I’m excited.”

Vela, who is also a prominent member of the Mexican national team, said he had offers from clubs from Spain, Italy and England.

Vela played at Arsenal in the English Premier League from 2005-12 and has had loan stints at Osasuna, West Bromwich Albion and Salamanca.

“I think it is the right moment to come here,” Vela said. “Because of the ambition of the team and the club is very good. The people have made me feel like this is my club, like I’m important. I’m very excited and proud to be here.”

Aside from Carlos Alvarez and Bassey Etim currently on loan with USL affiliate Orange County, Vela is the LAFC roster now. He joked that he could pick any jersey number he wanted.

“I’m at a good age, this is a good opportunity, the club is building around me,” he said. “I feel important and I want to make good history with this team.”

Vela will be the third member of the Mexican national team playing club soccer in the U.S. The Galaxy, just a few minutes away, has brothers Giovani and Jonathan dos Santos. Vela said he talked with Giovani before making the move.

“He said to me all the great things about the league, the city and the country,” Vela said. “I say, ‘Why not?’”

There’s no hotter topic in the U.S.-Mexico soccer region like a Mexican international player choosing to come to MLS. The criticism started from national team coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who once said he’d rather his players find jobs in Europe.

Osorio also once stated MLS is best for a player at the end of his career, rather than “for a player who still has much to give.”

El Tri fans have also been extremely critical through social media.

Osorio has since walked back those comments, but Vela isn’t concerned.

“If I feel good, I’m good,” Vela said. “They don’t know about all the time I’ve spent in Europe, all the difficult years there, they don’t know my life. I want to be the best in the league, so I have to work hard to be one of the best.”

When you’re in search of a new place to call home, how far is too far to go when checking things out during home tours?

Here’s one Realtor’s perspective.

Kitchen drawers and cabinets: Since these are staying with the house when you buy it, by all means, open all the drawers and cabinets you want to satisfy yourself as to the suitability for your cooking, baking, storing, and serving paraphernalia. Or for your re-painting or re-finishing ideas.

As for touching or moving the contents of the drawers and cabinets, that’s probably not a good idea. The contents are the personal property of the home’s occupant and won’t become yours should you successfully purchase the house. As I used to admonish my daughter during her toddler years, “eyes only.”

If you see something you might want to investigate more carefully, make a note of it and hold off until you do the home inspection. If you end up with another house, you stayed completely within your bounds. If you end up in escrow, show your home inspector the area in question. I’ve often seen home inspectors remove the contents from the cabinet under the sink to see if there’s a leak or any evidence of a past leak.

This same rule of thumb holds true for bathroom drawers and cabinets.

Closets: It is perfectly OK to open the closet doors, including the coat closet, the bedroom closets, any outside storage closets, the furnace closet, and the water heater closet.

You need to see how much space there is, if there are any nifty closet organizers, or if there’s room for that wine cellar you’ve always wanted.

If any of these have room to walk in, feel free to do so. Just don’t disturb any of the items inside the closets. As with the kitchen, if there’s something you’re concerned about, make a note and wait until the home inspection.

Appliances: Again, since most of the appliances are staying with the house, they’ll soon be yours. Please do open the oven doors, the microwave door, and the dishwasher. That way you can see how meticulously they’ve been maintained or alternatively, how hard they’ve been worked.

If the refrigerator is included, go ahead and open it up and check it out. Just don’t help yourself to that ice cold Diet Coke. If you are unsure whether or not the fridge stays, take a look anyway – you may decide to ask for. The same is true for the washer and dryer.

Lids: The only lids I can think of mentioning are the toilet lids. If the toilet seats are down, which they usually will be in preparation for your visit, go ahead and take a peek inside.

And if you need to actually use the toilet during your tour, please make sure to leave the bathroom just as clean and tidy as you found it.

Contributing columnist Leslie Sargent Eskildsen is an Orange County real estate agent. She can be reached at 949-678-3373 or leslie@leslieeskildsen.com. Her website is leslieeskildsen.com.

Headed to the fair today? Here are a few things to do.

iBUYPOWER / OC Fair GameFest

Experience the stunning world of virtual reality with Oculus Rift, or enjoy a variety of carnival-style activities for chances to win prizes. Brought to you by iBUYPOWER, a custom gaming PC company. Families are welcome to come out and enjoy a world of technological fun for all ages.

Where: The Hangar

How much: Tickets start at $17.50 and include admission into the fair.

Motor Home Madness Demolition Derby

This isn’t your typical RV road trip! Class-C motorhomes will bash and crash into each other unlike a traditional demolition derby. Show begins at 8 p.m.

Where: Action Sports Arena

How much: Tickets start at $20 and include free admission into the fair.

Rebelution

Listen to Californian band Rebelution, performing songs with reggae and calypso rhythms. Special guests include Nahko and Medicine for the People, Hirie and DJ Mackle. Show begins at 6 p.m.

Where: Pacific Amphitheatre

How much: Tickets start at $27.50 and include admission to the fair.

Karaoke Rockstarz

Release your inner rock star and perform a karaoke song with a live band at 7 p.m.

Where: Plaza Stage

How much: Included with fair admission

Hilary Matson: Hoop Extraordinaire

Be enchanted by a trio of Hula-Hoop masters. Showtimes between 7 and 10 p.m.

How much: Included with fair admission.

Where: Plaza Pacifica

Recent JSerra graduate Royce Lewis, the No. 1 overall draft pick by Minnesota in the major league baseball amateur draft in June, is moving up the ranks fast.

Lewis has been promoted to the Twins’ Single-A Cedar Rapids club, the affiliate announced Saturday morning.

BIG NEWS today. The #1 overall pick joins the Kernels roster! 9 home games left including tonight and tomorrow. https://t.co/6wKuGdGmWO pic.twitter.com/dpUcVDnBxq

— Cedar Rapids Kernels (@CRKernels) August 12, 2017

Lewis was promoted after batting .271 with 15 stolen bases in 17 attempts for the Gulf Coast Twins in rookie ball.

Lewis was the first high school baseball player from Orange County drafted No. 1.

Did you see?

Five standout O.C. baseball players could make history in MLB draft

By COLLEEN SLEVIN

DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift’s allegation that a former morning radio host reached under her skirt and grabbed her backside during a photo op is bringing attention to a common but largely hidden outrage for many women, one that few report.

A 2014 survey found nearly 1 in 4 women in the United States had been groped or brushed up against in a public place by a stranger at least once.

But many never talked about it, let alone went to the police. A 2015 survey of more than 16,000 people globally found more than half of the respondents outside the U.S. had been fondled or groped.

The then-girlfriend of former DJ David Mueller, who was standing with Mueller and Swift when the singer says he groped her, even testified that a co-worker had grabbed her backside at another concert.

Mueller denies groping Swift and sued the singer, saying he was fired because of her false allegation.

Late Friday, just as closing arguments were set to begin, the judge threw out Mueller’s claims against Swift — saying after he’d heard all of the evidence that Mueller could not prove Swift had anything to do with his losing his job. U.S. District Judge William Martinez also said there was no indication that Swift had made up her story.

Even before that ruling, women around the world, not all of them fans of Swift’s music, had been cheering the pop superstar for confronting the issue in federal court and keeping an unflinching attitude on the witness stand.

On social media, some are using a teal ribbon that represents opposition to sexual violence and praising Swift as an example for other women.

Paige Brasington, 21, a Swift fan from The Woodlands, Texas, said she was groped on public transportation while studying abroad and was glad Swift was giving attention to the issue with the same honesty she brings to her music.

The University of Georgia student was stunned the first time it happened to her on a crowded tram in Budapest, thinking there must have been an object pressed against her. After she reached down, she found a man’s hand on her butt. He exited at the next stop. When she told a male friend, he asked if she had enjoyed it.

“The most important thing about this trial is it gets people talking about this issue,” Brasington said. “It forces them to confront that it is wrong and should never happen.”

Holly Kearl, founder and director of Stop Street Harassment, which commissioned the 2014 U.S. survey, said women who speak out face not being believed or being blamed for groping, something many women have reported in sharing their stories on the group’s website.

Sometimes they do not know their rights or what the law says, or lack the time or energy to report it. However, sharing those stories online, especially through video, is helping show victims it is not uncommon and proves to others it is a problem, she said.

Kearl was standing outside a house after leaving a party in college when a group of men ran by and one of them grabbed her crotch.

Even though she was a domestic violence advocate and well-versed in women’s issues, Kearl said she froze as the men left laughing, and she never reported it.

“It’s just something that happens in our society, and if we don’t challenge it, it’s going to keep happening,” she said.

Swift did not go to the police either. Her mother, Andrea Swift, testified they had hoped to keep the matter private and did not want it to define the singer’s life.

As a star, Swift had another way to take action. Andrea Swift and other members of Swift’s team pushed for Mueller to be fired, which led to his lawsuit against Swift and her representatives.

Mueller’s ex-girlfriend, Shannon Melcher, testified Friday that she saw nothing happen during the brief encounter at the photo session at a Denver arena in 2013 before a Swift performance.

Swift and her legal team have pointedly framed what Mueller allegedly did to her as a sexual assault, not “inappropriate touching” as Mueller’s lawyer, Gabriel McFarland, refers to it.

In Colorado, what Swift alleges is considered unlawful sexual contact or harassment, a misdemeanor, which victims have five years to report to police to prompt an investigation, said Karen Steinhauser, a former chief deputy prosecutor for the Denver District Attorney’s Office. It is unclear if Swift would reconsider pursuing a criminal charge.

On the witness stand, the singer defiantly told McFarland that she was not going to let him or his client make her feel that what happened was her fault.

Swift is countersuing Mueller, alleging assault and battery, and seeking a symbolic $1 judgment holding him responsible. Jurors will still get to decide that, along with whether Swift’s mother and radio liaison interfered with Mueller’s career.

Even though she’s not a fan of Swift’s music, Samaria Alli, 21, lined up for a spot inside federal court to show to her support for Swift’s stand. Alli, a musician, said women often are harassed in her male-dominated field, then face a backlash for complaining about it.

“I just want to see how this plays out for the sake of women anywhere,” she said.

Swift has a somewhat complicated history with feminism. She is known for her “squad,” a group of famous girlfriends that includes Lena Dunham and Selena Gomez, showing off her female friendships in the entertainment industry. And she has posted music from rising female singers on her social media pages, giving them extra exposure.

But Swift also has had a high-profile dispute with fellow female performer Katy Perry. And Swift was criticized by some when she tweeted about the Women’s March hours before it began in January because she did not personally attend, despite other celebrities showing up.

Swift was supportive of fellow singer Kesha, who is at war with her former mentor and producer, Dr. Luke. Kesha claims Dr. Luke drugged, sexually abused and psychologically tormented her. He denies the allegations.

Swift donated $250,000 to Kesha in a “show of support” to help in her legal fight. Adele, Lady Gaga and others also offered support to Kesha.

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Associated Press writers P. Solomon Banda and Thomas Peipert in Denver and Mesfin Fekadu in New York contributed to this report.

By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press

A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white supremacist rally in downtown Charlottesville Saturday afternoon, ratcheting up the tension in an increasingly chaotic confrontation in this usually quiet college town.

Update: 1 dead after car plows into group at white nationalist rally in Virginia

It is unclear how many were injured; an Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately after the car careened into the line of several hundred people.

Matt Korbon, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student, said counter-protesters were marching when “suddenly there was just this tire screeching sound.” A silver sedan smashed into another car, then backed up, plowing through “a sea of people.”

People scattered, running for safety in different directions, he said.

It happened about two hours after violent clashes broke out between white nationalists, who descended on the town to rally against the city’s plans to remove a statue of the

Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee, and others who arrived to protest the racism.

Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays. At least eight were injured and one arrested in connection to the earlier violence. It remains unclear if the driver of the car has been apprehended.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency, and police dressed in riot gear ordered people out.

Small bands of protesters who showed up to express their opposition to the rally were seen marching around the city peacefully by midafternoon, chanting and waving flags.

Helicopters circled overhead.

Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for what he termed a “pro-white” rally to protest the city of Charlottesville’s decision to remove the confederate statue from a downtown park.

Colleen Cook, 26, stood on a curb shouting at the rally attendees to go home.

Cook, a teacher who attended the University of Virginia, said she sent her son, who is black, out of town for the weekend.

“This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said.

Cliff Erickson leaned against a fence and took in the scene. He said he thinks removing the statue amounts to erasing history and said the “counter-protesters are crazier than the alt-right.”

“Both sides are hoping for a confrontation,” he said.

It’s the latest confrontation in Charlottesville since the city about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C., voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Lee.

In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.

Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”

“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.

Between rally attendees and counter-protesters, authorities were expecting as many as 6,000 people, Charlottesville police said this week.

Among those expected to attend are Confederate heritage groups, KKK members, militia groups and “alt-right” activists, who generally espouse a mix of racism, white nationalism and populism.

Both the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which track extremist groups, said the event has the potential to be the largest of its kind in at least a decade.

Officials have been preparing for the rally for months. Virginia State Police will be assisting local authorities, and a spokesman said the Virginia National Guard “will closely monitor the situation and will be able to rapidly respond and provide additional assistance if needed.”

Police instituted road closures around downtown, and many businesses in the popular open-air shopping mall opted to close for the day.

Both local hospitals said they had taken precautions to prepare for an influx of patients and had extra staff on call.

There were also fights Friday night, when hundreds of white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus carrying torches.

A university spokesman said one person was arrested and several people were injured.

Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming racial prejudices with his campaign last year.

“I’m not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president.”

Charlottesville, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a liberal-leaning city that’s home to the flagship University of Virginia and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

The statue’s removal is part of a broader city effort to change the way Charlottesville’s history of race is told in public spaces. The city has also renamed Lee Park, where the statue stands, and Jackson Park, named for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. They’re now called Emancipation Park and Justice Park, respectively.

For now, the Lee statue remains. A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to a temporary injunction that blocks the city from removing the statue for six months.

In 2017’s first six months, the Placentia housing market looked strong.

CoreLogic statistics for the first half of 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these trends for Placentia …

1. 64 homes sold this year vs. 36 a year ago.

2. That’s a sales gain of 78 percent vs. a homebuying gain of 2.2 percent countywide.

3. Median selling price this year of $661,000 vs. $608,500 in 2016.

4. That’s a price gain of 8.6 percent. Countywide median was $675,000, up 3.1 percent vs. first-half 2016.

Here are six countywide trends to ponder, first half 2017 vs. first half 2016 …

1. Prices rose in 70 of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales rose in 50 of the 83.

2. In the 27 least expensive ZIPs — median price at $597,500 and below -– 5,258 homes sold. That’s up 0.8 percent.

3. In the 27 priciest ZIPs — median price of $755,000-plus -– 6,431 homes sold. That’s up 5.7 percent.

4. In nine ZIPs with medians above $1 million, sales totaled 1,256 homes, up 7.8 percent.

5. In 16 beach-close ZIPs, 3,158 homes sold, up 3.27 percent.

6. There were 10 ZIPs with median prices under $500,000 with total sales of 1,799 homes. A year ago, 18 ZIPs had medians under $500,000 with 2,793 sales.

DID YOU SEE? It’s been 10 years since Orange County’s housing bubble … or … Half of us rent: L.A.-Orange County homeownership rate 2nd lowest in U.S.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.

The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade: the governor declared a state of emergency, police dressed in riot gear ordered people out and helicopters circled overhead. The group had gathered to protest plans to remove a statue of the Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee, and others who arrived to protest the racism.

Matt Korbon, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student, said several hundred counter-protesters were marching when “suddenly there was just this tire screeching sound.” A silver sedan smashed into another car, then backed up, barreling through “a sea of people.”

The impact hurled people into the air. Those left standing scattered, screaming and running for safety in different directions.

The driver was later arrested, authorities said.

The turbulence began Friday night, when the white nationalists carried torches though the university campus in what they billed as a “pro-white” demonstration. It quickly spiraled into violence Saturday morning. Hundreds of people threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays. At least eight were injured and one arrested in connection.

President Donald Trump condemned “in the strongest possible terms” what he called an “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” after the clashes. He called for “a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives.”

Trump says he’s spoken with the governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, and “we agreed that the hate and the division must stop and must stop right now.”

VIDEO: Trump says there was “no place” in US for kind of violence that broke out at white nationalist rally in Va. https://t.co/NcYE48wTnN

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2017

But some of the white nationalists cited Trump’s victory as validation for their beliefs, and Trump’s critics pointed to the president’s racially tinged rhetoric as exploiting the nation’s festering racial tension.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson noted that Trump for years publicly questioned President Barack Obama’s citizenship.

“We are in a very dangerous place right now,” he said.

Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for what he termed a “pro-white” rally in Charlottesville. White nationalists and their opponents promoted the event for weeks.

Oren Segal, who directs the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, said multiple white power groups gathered in Charlottesville, including members of neo-Nazi organizations, racist skinhead groups and Ku Klux Klan factions.

The white nationalist organizations Vanguard America and Identity Evropa; the Southern nationalist League of the South; the National Socialist Movement; the Traditionalist Workers Party; and the Fraternal Order of Alt Knights also were on hand, he said, along with several groups with a smaller presence.

On the other side, anti-fascist demonstrators also gathered in Charlottesville, but they generally aren’t organized like white nationalist factions, said Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Many others were just locals caught in the fray.

Colleen Cook, 26, stood on a curb shouting at the rally attendees to go home.

Cook, a teacher who attended the University of Virginia, said she sent her son, who is black, out of town for the weekend.

“This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said.

Cliff Erickson leaned against a fence and took in the scene. He said he thinks removing the statue amounts to erasing history and said the “counter-protesters are crazier than the alt-right.”

“Both sides are hoping for a confrontation,” he said.

It’s the latest confrontation in Charlottesville since the city about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C., voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Lee.

In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.

Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”

“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.

Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed Trump for inflaming racial prejudices.

“I’m not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president,” he said.

Charlottesville, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a liberal-leaning city that’s home to the flagship University of Virginia and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

The statue’s removal is part of a broader city effort to change the way Charlottesville’s history of race is told in public spaces. The city has also renamed Lee Park, where the statue stands, and Jackson Park, named for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. They’re now called Emancipation Park and Justice Park, respectively.

For now, the Lee statue remains. A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to temporarily block the city from removing the statue for six months.

Lottery tickets. Bubble wrap. Paint chips. Crayon wrappers.  These are just a few of the items that made up the outfits in the Festival Runway Fashion Show at the Festival of Arts, Saturday, August 12.

Models walked the runway wearing “found” designs – in which at least 80 percent of the material is reclaimed, reused or recycled – from seven artists.

The runway show was hosted by actress Kate Flannery, known for her role in “The Office.”

This is the 9th year for the show, organized by special events director Susan Davis. Davis said she came up with the idea after attending a theater production in Los Angeles where everything was made from items found at a 99-cent store.

“I thought we could do some amazing things if we had a fashion show and had our artists creating ensembles,” Davis said.

Instead of making looks with items found at the 99-cent store, Davis decided looks would be made from recycled materials.

“It has grown and become highly competitive, which stimulates people to do bigger and better and greater things,” she said.

One notable look by ceramics artist Richard Moren was a dress made of 1,600 lottery tickets, worth more than $4,800.

Another standout piece was a dress by acrylic painter Brad Elsberry. The look was made of plastic water bottles, plastic soda bottles and plastic food bins all painted with sunset colors.

After the runway show, the public and judges were given the opportunity to look at how the outfits were made before the winners were announced.

Fashion show winners:

Most creative concept: Elizabeth McGhee

Most exciting ensemble: Brad Elsberry

Most innovative use of materials: Kirsten Whalen

Most “red carpet”-worthy creation: Richard Moren

People’s choice award: Richard Moren

Artists

It wasn’t just the materials that were unusual for a fashion show. The artists featured were not fashion designers.

“We have people who are ceramists, sculptures, painters, people from all different art forms are competing,” Davis said. “They are artists and creative thinkers. They show an incredible ability to step outside of their area of expertise and come up with these incredible pieces.”

Mike Tauber, a ceramic artist, brought his art form to his design – a dress made of paint chips.

“I’m using paint chips like the color of the ocean,” Tauber said. “I’m calling it the paint chip dress. I wanted to do something fun at the festival that’s beyond my regular booth and my tile work. I wanted to do something a little crazy.”

Tauber does paintings of the ocean and landscapes. The blue and green paint chips found in the dress are his normal color palette.

His model, Sophie Higuchi, works at the ground crew at the Festival of Arts. She helped Tauber with the dress by building a bodice of duct tape, while Tauber attached paint chips with hot glue. The outfit also featured a headpiece made of sea shells.

“Fingers crossed it holds together. I’m pretty nervous,” Tauber said before the show.

Elizabeth McGhee, an oil painter, has been participating in the runway show for eight years—first as a model before entering designs of her own.

On Saturday, McGhee modeled a dress with a bodice made from crayon wrappers laced together.

“I used leftover craft supplies,” McGhee said. “I used more than 600 crayon wrappers and sewed them and laced them all together to make the bodice of the dress. I went for a playful, kids-craft-supply dress.”

In addition to the crayon-wrapper bodice, the bows were made from purple duct tape and the skirt and collar were made from scrap construction paper from children’s art classes McGhee teaches through the Laguna Outreach Community Arts.

“It’s another way of exercising my brain. It’s like playing. Getting to solve the problem of putting a dress together,” she said.

After the runway show, McGhee plans to display her dress at her booth at the Festival of Arts.

The outfit, she jokes, may be her Halloween costume.

Longtime NHL coach and executive Bryan Murray, who left a significant impact on the Ducks and the four other teams that he led, lost his battle with cancer and died Saturday. He was 74.

Murray was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer three years ago. Most recently, the native of Shawville, Quebec was serving as a special advisor to Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion after stepping down from that position in April 2016.

In three seasons with the Ducks from 2001-04, Murray presided over a team that reached the 2003 Stanley Cup Final before losing to New Jersey in seven games. He also set the franchise up for the future by drafting cornerstones Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry before leaving for Ottawa.

Ironically, it was Getzlaf and Perry as promising second-year players that would help deny Murray a Cup in 2007 when the Ducks won in five games with the personable, competitive coach behind the Senators bench. Murray also reached the Cup Final in 1996 with Florida among his 22 years as a GM.

“The Anaheim Ducks family mourns the loss of Bryan Murray, who passed away this morning,” the Ducks said in a statement. “As both head coach and general manager of the team (2001-2004), Bryan led our organization with class, dignity and charisma.

“But Bryan’s legacy goes far beyond his success on the ice, including his courageous fight with cancer and countless contributions to the communities he served. He will be forever remembered by all he touched.”

Getzlaf, who has become the captain and leader of the Ducks, also extended his “prayers and thoughts” to Bryan’s family.

“He gave me my first look at the NHL by drafting me, which I’m so grateful for,” Getzlaf told the Southern California News Group. “He was a great man who left his mark on our great game.”

Along with coaching the Ducks (2001-02) and Ottawa (2005-08), Murray also helmed Washington (1981-89), Detroit (1990-93) and Florida (1997-98) as he compiled a 620-465-131-23 record in 1,239 games. He also took his teams to the playoffs 12 times and, in 2007, became the fifth NHL coach to reach 600 victories.

Known throughout the hockey world for his quick, acerbic wit, sharp eye for talent and vast knowledge of the game, Murray also had tremendous communication skills and put those to use after his cancer diagnosis in imploring people to get a colonoscopy.

“Bryan Murray’s strength and character were reflected in the teams he coached and the teams he built over decades of front office excellence,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “While his warmth and dry sense of humor were always evident, they were accompanied by the fiery competitiveness and determination that were his trademarks.

“As we mourn Bryan’s passing, we celebrate his many contributions to the game – as well as his courage. The National Hockey League family sends our deepest condolences, comfort and support to Bryan’s family, his many friends and all whose lives he influenced.”

One of 10 children born to Clarence and Rhoda Murray, Bryan Murray spent 35 consecutive years in the NHL after becoming Washington’s coach in 1981. Murray’s brother, Terry, also coached four teams including the Kings for three-plus seasons. His nephew, Tim, spent time in the Ducks organization and served as Buffalo’s GM from 2014-17.

Bryan Murray is survived by his wife, Geri, and their daughters, Heide and Brittany.

By JONATHAN LEMIRE

BEDMINSTER, N.J. – President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed “many sides” for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the “hatred and bigotry” broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.

Related: 1 dead, 26 injured after car plows into group at white nationalist rally in Virginia 

That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led the governor to declare a state of emergency, contending that Trump’s campaign fed the flames of prejudice.

Trump, on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, had intended to speak briefly at a ceremony marking the signing of bipartisan legislation to aid veterans, but he quickly found that those plans were overtaken by the escalating violence in the Virginia college town. One person died and at least 26 others were sent to the hospital after a car plowed into a group of peaceful anti-racist counterprotesters amid days of race-fueled marches and violent clashes.

Speaking slowly from a podium set up in the golf clubhouse, Trump said that he had just spoken to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va. “We agreed that the hate and the division must stop, and must stop right now. We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation and … true affection for each other,” he said.

VIDEO: Trump says there was “no place” in US for kind of violence that broke out at white nationalist rally in Va. https://t.co/NcYE48wTnN

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2017

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides,” said Trump. “It’s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump. Not Barack Obama. It’s been going on for a long, long time.”

The president said that “what is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives.”

After completing his statement and the bill signing, Trump then walked out of the room. He ignored reporters’ shouted questions, including whether he wanted the support of white nationals who have said they backed him or if the car crash in Virginia were deemed intentional, would it be declared to be terrorism.

The previous two days, Trump took more than 50 questions from a small group of reporters. A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for an explanation as to what Trump mean by “many sides.”

White nationalists had assembled in Charlottesville to vent their frustration against the city’s plans to take down a statue of Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee. Counter-protesters massed in opposition. A few hours after violent encounters between the two groups, a car drove into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the rally. The driver was later taken into custody.
Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed Trump for inflaming racial prejudices with his campaign last year.

“I’m not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president,” he said.

Disturbances began Friday night during a torch-lit march through the University of Virginia before escalating Saturday.

The White House was silent for hours except for a tweet from first lady Melania Trump: “Our country encourages freedom of speech, but let’s communicate w/o hate in our hearts.”

Trump later tweeted: “We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for.” He also said “there is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!”

Trump, as a candidate, frequently came under scrutiny for being slow to offer his condemnation of white supremacists. His strongest denunciation of the movement has not come voluntarily, only when asked, and he occasionally trafficked in retweets of racist social media posts during his campaign. His chief strategist, Steve Bannon, once declared that his former news site, Breitbart, was “the platform for the alt-right.”

Other Republicans were far more explicit in their denunciation of white supremacists.

Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner tweeted “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.”

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio wrote “Nothing patriotic about #Nazis,the #KKK or #WhiteSupremacists It’s the direct opposite of what #America seeks to be.”

And former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, father of Trump’s press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, posted “‘White supremacy’ crap is worst kind of racism-it’s EVIL and perversion of God’s truth to ever think our Creator values some above others.”

The president’s reluctance to condemn white bigots also stood in stark contrast by his insistence of calling out “radical Islamic terrorism” by name.

“Now, to solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name,” Trump said in a general election debate.

In his remarks Saturday, Trump mentioned the strong economy and “the many incredible things in our country, so when I watch Charlottesville, to me it’s very, very sad.”

Will the likes of Lido Marina Village get us off the couch?

Today you can shop — even dine — to your heart’s content with just a little bit of technology bringing goods, services, and even groceries or hot food to your door. So why would anybody think about creating another shopping center?

Or two? Or three?

Executives at DJM Capital Partners are betting they have one answer to the brick-and-mortar retailing blues tied to the explosion of online shopping. Just ponder what’s up at Lido Marina Village: a swanky-but-thoughtful retooling of a 1970s-vintage tourist-trap relic on the peninsula side of Newport Bay.

For much of the past three years, DJM has pushed the 116,000-square-foot Lido Marina Village into the 21st Century. This has long been an odd collection of bay-front shopping, dining and office property that under previous ownership became badly neglected. The center’s perhaps best memory was the quirky, tiki-themed Warehouse restaurant.

Circa 2017, Lido Marina Village has re-emerged as a new member of retail’s latest survival niche: offering the visitor more focus on the experiences than the transactions. You know, the intersection of unique goods and quirky tastes, with a dollop of fun on top.

And if that name DJM sounds familiar, it should to Orange Countians.

The company from San Jose — named for founder David John Miller — likes a challenge. Its first line of work was squeezing value out of properties jettisoned by failed savings and loans in the 1990s.

These are the real estate developers and operators who helped convert the area on Beach Boulevard around the dying Huntington Beach Mall into the pleasant Bella Terra shopping center. And these same people who turned vacant land near the Huntington Beach Pier into the Pacific City dining-and-shopping hub.

And it’s pretty obvious looking at these three disparate Orange County shopping spots that DJM doesn’t create cookie-cutter centers. In fact, DJM executives see the commonality of shopping options at many retail centers as a key reason why online shopping has succeeded.

Essentially, if every mall is the same, why bother? Just click at home to buy.

As DJM’s CEO Miller told me three years ago: “You must create a retail opportunity that cannot be created on the Internet.”

First impressions

So what is the secret sauce at Lido Marina Village?

Start with enhancing the physical appeal of the Balboa Peninsula site, with its eye-catching views of Newport Bay.

DJM wanted something different to meet this community’s style, even if its just down the road from Pacific City. The restoration back to a look and feel of “old Newport,” says Stenn Parton, DJM’s development chief.

Significant efforts were used to maintain traditional charms and blend it with modern colorings. Like lots of white paint. And black, too. Even the neighboring Elks Lodge got a matching coat, courtesy of DJM.

Red bricks were reused on the reconstruction of the center’s main thoroughfare — Via Oporto — to update utilities and create traditional sidewalks. Building exteriors and interiors were cleaned up and restored, with some items put back to original condition.

Many of the shops are actually former residences from the ’30s and ’40s that were converted to stores four decades ago. Renovations brought out some of the old quirks from exposed ceilings showing pipes and duct work to refurbishing working fireplaces.

Perhaps the most spectacular work was done at an old bank now home to Elyse Walker, the women’s apparel boutique from Pacific Palisades. A gorgeous raw wood roof was discovered above a false ceiling. It’s been now fully exposed for all its glory and the bank’s old vault has been converted to host the store’s jewelry displays.

“It would have been easier if we could have torn it down and build it new from a pure development perspective,” says Lindsay Parton, DJM’s president and Stenn’s father.

To DJM, eye-catching architecture required a name-dropping mix of merchants, many debuting their first Orange County locations at Lido Marina Village: Warby Parker eyewear and Faherty clothing from New York; Sweaty Betty fitness wear from London; and Japanese restaurant icon Nobu.

And in a nice tip of the cap to history, the retail lineup still includes the marina’s long-time Lido Village Books bookstore and newspaper stand.

There’s also a bay-view deck providing a welcome space for chilling or enjoying the frequent musical performances the center provides. And there’s a supervised area for kids – we’ll assume so parents can shop without interruption – which reinforces Lido Marina Village’s nautical theme with a boat-filled play area.

Plus, the boat-slip lineup has been tweaked to allow boaters to pull up and dock and go dine or shop. Significant refurbishment of the boardwalk area and many slips will begin soon.

As Stenn Parton put it, the restoration project allows Lido Marina Village to “pay homage to a golden era of California.”

Pioneering spirit

It’s awfully hard to bet against DJM’s track record in Orange County.

Apparently, they missed the memo that the shopping center is a dinosaur headed for extinction. Ponder that Lido Village’s shopping and dining spaces are 97 percent leased; Bella Terra is 95 percent full, and Pacific City has topped 90 percent.

“Same-old-same-old won’t work,” says retail expert Geoff Tranchina, executive vice president for the JLL real estate brokerage. “DJM is a perfect example of people who understand that. They’re the poster child for what’s successful.”

In 2004, DJM acquired control of the slow-moving Bella Terra shopping project in Huntington Beach. At the time, the thought of a successful inland retail center on what numerous people saw as the wrong side of the beach-centric city seemed like a long shot.

This was a neighborhood centered by a dying shopping center including the skeleton of a Montgomery Ward store. Who remembers them?

DJM got Bella Terra finished even as a few early warning signs of retailing challenges popped up. The developers had to replace two tenants that flamed out — Mervyn’s and Circuit City, early victims of the shopper’s changing habits. The replacements give you a clue about DJM’s savvy: Whole Foods and Costco.

In fact, this 1 million-square-foot shopping-and-entertainment center has sparked a revival of the neighboring blocks with several new collections of apartments erected nearby, creating a noteworthy mini-urban hub. It’s a success that could spur innovation at some other freeway close locations — off the 405 in Fountain Valley near Euclid or at the Westminster Mall or off the 5 in Santa Ana at Grand, around the old home of The Orange County Register.

Next, DJM took on creating a shopping and dining experience on the coast in Huntington Beach.

Pacific City encompasses nearly 200,000 square feet of shopping, dining, workout spaces and entertainment with a reported price tag of $135 million. It opened two years ago to serve a potential need for more shopping and dining options than nearby Main Street offers Huntington Beach visitors.

This place offers a far different beach vibe vs. the somewhat traditional suburban shopping center feel of Bella Terra. There’s lots of wood and stone and ocean views from decks and outdoor dining patios. There’s a trendy food hall. And outdoor movie nights and music for visitors.

Roughly one-third of Pacific City is spaced leased to food providers — well above the norm for a traditional shopping center. But Stenn Parton says that’s how his industry must change to survive.

“It’s part of the evolution. People don’t need to shop every day. But you need to eat every day,” he says.

While it’s a bit early to judge Pacific City’s true success, it’s worth noting that last year investment giant TIAA was impressed enough to buy 70 percent of the project. That followed Prudential Insurance’s real estate group buying 75 percent of Bella Terra the year before. In both cases, DJM retained a minority stake and control of day-to-day operations.

It’s likely a similar partner will eventually be found for Lido Marina Village, but DJM leaders say those are just financial arrangements. The company is committed to coastal California projects … and would want more if the price was right.

“We’re in this for the long term,” Lindsay Parton says. “They’re not making any more beach.”

Next chapter

Now comes the hard part at Lido Marina Village. DJM has to prove that the $70-million-plus shopping-space-as-communal-hub works on Newport Bay.

For starters, there’s stiff competition at shopping’s high end that DJM is targeting in Newport. It’s only a few minutes drive to Fashion Island, billionaire Don Bren’s complex that has mastered the marriage of fancy retail, trendy dining, high-rise offices and hotels from a perch with a Pacific view.

And just a bit farther away, DJM can’t overlook South Coast Plaza – the Segerstrom family’s luxury mall that basically invented this concept of the ritzy “experiential” shopping center experience.

It’s a good bet the folks who live on the Newport’s peninsula and nearby will enjoy the new dining and shopping options. And the ocean-close location of Lido Marina Village is both a plus – visitors will come, at least for the beach – as well as a minus – that’s politely called “congestion.”

But what of the long-run viability of upscale concepts currently in vogue at Lido Marina Village and at many retailing complexes? For now, these tactics are blunting stiff competition from online, the likes of Amazon or Doordash, that can make “going out” seem tedious.

Is the popularity of “brand-name” shopping and/or “gourmet” eating a serious consumer movement? Or is catering to upper crust tastes — from fine fabrics to hot looks to burgers made of exotic meats — simply this era’s symbols of good economic times?

That’s what will make Lido Marina Village project so fascinating to watch in the coming years. So as you’re having a steak at Lido Bottle Works or quiche at Zinque or picking out shirts at Marine Layer, consider if society has truly and permanently changed how we do leisure time. Especially those hours spent on any shopping excursion.

“We’re going through a generation shift. This is not cyclical,” says property broker Tranchina. “The next generation of retailers have to figure what works for millennial shoppers.”

Because it’s pretty darn easy to spend money from one’s couch.

Two hikers were found dead Saturday afternoon around the scorching Amboy Crater, an extinct cinder cone volcano halfway between Barstow and Needles where temperatures hit 104 degrees, authorities said.

CBS Local reported the man and woman, reportedly from Yorba Linda, were said to be in their 50s. Their names were not released.

At 1:36 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to the area of the Amboy Crater and National Trails Highway after receiving a report of two lost hikers, according to an email from San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller.

The Amboy Crater is a barren, almost black geological structure that fascinates tourists – particularly those from Europe, said Manny Lopez, the manager of the Roy’s Motel Cafe & Gas Station on Saturday afternoon. Often, he said, hikers are unprepared for the heat.

The high in Amboy hit 104 degrees at 1:56 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures didn’t dip below triple-digits until about 7 p.m.

But, Lopez — a veteran explorer of the crater — said it’s not unusual for temperatures to soar 7 degrees hotter on the lava field.

CBS reported that the woman called 911 for help but rescue crews didn’t reach the couple in time. Crews had also searched by air.

The man and the woman were found about 100 feet from each other, officials said.

Sheriff’s deputies noted the couple is not the missing couple that was last seen more than three weeks ago in the Joshua Tree area. Joshua Orbeso, of Lakewood, and Rachel Nguyen, of Westminster, both 20 years old, were last seen July 27.

More to come.

Digital Map Products is moving its headquarters in late fall to the Broadcom campus at University Research Park next to UC Irvine.

The company, a provider of cloud-based location technology and data solutions, will occupy an entire 22,000-square-foot floor of one of the buildings. Digital Map Products’ new neighbor will be Toshiba America’s electronics components, information systems and logistics divisions. Digital Map Products currently has space on Von Karman Avenue.

Broadcom plans to shift to its newer campus in Irvine next year.

University Research Park, or URP, is currently 99 leased and has been consistently full for the past decade, according to its landlord, the Irvine Company. The campus on a 185-acre park will see a major reinvestment in the months ahead. The campus currently is home to more than 75 companies and 8,000 employees.

URP also houses Irvine Co.’s tech incubator, The Vine, where startups have generated more than $24 million in funding, and UCI Applied Innovation.

Transactions

Morgan Skenderian Investment Real Estate Group has brokered the sale of a 25-unit apartment complex at 1600-1610 Mabury St. in Santa Ana for $9.4 million. Paul Espinosa of the firm’s Newport Beach office represented the buyer, O.C. Apartments LLC, in this transaction, and Jay Skenderian and Rick Applebaum of the firm’s Newport Beach office represented the Seller, Ohana Investors 3 LLC.

Property management

Powerstone Property Management in Irvine has been awarded its largest active adult association to date, the 1927-unit, 55-and-older community, Casta del Sol in Mission Viejo. There are 18 staff members with the on-site management team led by General Manager Josh Hodosh.

New ventures

PLC in Newport Beach and Colorado-based Milender White have broken ground on The Murphy, a luxury apartment community in Irvine. The 3-acre development includes four-stories and 170 units with a mix of one- and two-bedroom flats, townhomes and mezzanine units. The complex is at the corner of Alton Parkway and Murphy Avenue in the Irvine Business Complex. Amenities include multiple club facilities, a pool and fitness center, a covered outdoor lounge, children’s play area, outdoor lounge and barbecue areas, dog run, and roof-top deck. The community’s concrete 144,200-square-foot parking structure with five-tiers of 378 covered and roof-top parking spaces. Construction is scheduled for completion in spring 2019.

Stan Johnson Company, a net lease brokerage firm, has opened a new office in Newport Beach. The firm said senior director Brett Butler would relocate from Houston to oversee the office with regional managing director Myles Helm. Tyler Wollmershauser also joins the team as associate. Butler started with Stan Johnson Company in 2009 in Houston and has developed into one of the firm’s top dealmakers. Before joining Stan Johnson Company, he served as a broker for Marcus & Millichap in Dallas. Stan Johnson Company focuses exclusively on net lease transactions involving retail, office, industrial, healthcare and sale leaseback properties. The firm provides acquisition, disposition, capital markets and advisory services for institutions, developers, investment funds and private investors across the United States. The company says it has completed more than $25 billion in transactions nationwide.

JLL, a real estate investment management firm in Irvine, has acquired the Orange County affiliate of Integra Realty Resources, a network of independent U.S. commercial real estate valuation, counseling and advisory firms. Seven professionals will join JLL, expanding the firm’s Valuation & Advisory Services in the U.S. to the West Coast. JLL previously made acquisitions of the Houston, Dallas and Chicago affiliates of IRR last year hired 15 professionals in Florida. Steve Calandra will lead the Valuation & Advisory Services platform in Southern California.

People in real estate

Jaimeson Hearne has been promoted from associate to principal at the Orange office of Lee & Associates. At age 26, Hearne is one of the youngest to make principal in the office’s 35-year history. Hearne started his commercial real estate career four years ago as an office property specialist and has completed more than 75 transactions for nearly $50 million in total consideration. He is an Orange County native and graduate of the UC Irvine where he played NCAA Division I soccer. Hearne is a founding member of the Office Advisory Group of Lee & Associates.

The real estate briefs are compiled by contributing writer Karen Levin and edited by Business Editor Samantha Gowen. Submit items to sgowen@scng.com. High-resolution images also can be submitted. Allow at least one week for publication. Items are edited for length and clarity.

Headed to the fair today? Here are a few things to do.

Jake Owen & Honey County

Country singer Jake Owen will perform hit singles including “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Alone With You” and “Beachin.” There will be a guest performance by female country trio Honey County. Show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Pacific Amphitheatre

How much: Tickets start at $47.50 and include admission into the fair.

Orange Crush Demolition Derby

Derby cars will bash and crash in this heated competition, until there’s only one remaining. Show begins at 7 p.m.

Where: Action Sports Arena

How much: Tickets start at $17.50 and include free admission into the fair.

iBUYPOWER / OC Fair GameFest

Experience the stunning world of virtual reality with Oculus Rift, or enjoy a variety of carnival-style activities for chances to win prizes. Brought to you by iBUYPOWER, a custom gaming PC company. Families are welcome to come out and enjoy a world of technological fun for all ages. Begins at 8 p.m.

Where: The Hangar

How much: Tickets start at $17.50 and include admission into the fair.

Wolf Corp. Robotics Team Demonstration

Enjoy a day with robots and their creators. The Wolf Corp Robotics Team, which consists of young students, will explain to guests the process of building robots for competitions. They aim to inspire children to get involved in STEM education. Demo begins at 9 p.m.

How much: Included with fair admission.

Where: Crafts & Woodworking

Livestock Exhibits

Watch as livestock breeders show off turkeys, urban chickens, and horses. Show begins at 11 a.m.

Where: Livestock Pavilion

How much: Included with fair admission.

COSTA MESA    A 29-year-old Anaheim man with four prior driving under the influence convictions was found passed out behind the steering wheel of his car and arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police said.

The incident was reported to Costa Mesa Police on Sat. August 12 at 7:53 p.m., when a motorist driving on the 405 freeway called 911 reporting a Honda swerving across multiple lanes of the freeway, said Sgt. Matt Selenske.

The motorist followed the Honda as it exited at Fairview Road and then watched the car stop at the intersection with Paularino Avenue blocking several lanes of traffic.

Police officers arrived at 8:03 p.m. and found the man, identified as Ruben Gonzalez, passed out behind the steering wheel, Selenske said.

“They conducted a DUI investigation and arrested him for drunken driving,” Selenske said. “He had four prior DUI convictions within the last seven years, two pending DUI cases and was on probation for DUI.”

COSTA MESA A woman in her 20s was killed late Saturday, Aug. 12,  while riding in one of three vehicles that crashed on the southbound 405 freeway near Bristol Street, officials said.

At 11:58 p.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to a report that two cars had collided and were then hit by a third car, said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Kovaletz

Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue responded and worked with Orange County Sheriff-Coroner authorities to free the trapped passenger. The woman, who was a passenger in one of the cars, was later declared dead by paramedics.

Three people were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, said Costa Mesa Fire Capt. Chris Coates. One other person refused medical assistance, he said.

The “Conjuring” spinoff “Annabelle: Creation” took in an estimated $35 million in North American theaters over the weekend, making it easily the top film and giving the lagging August box office a shot in the arm.

The opening came close to matching the film’s predecessor, “Annabelle,” which opened with $37.1 million in October 2014. Warner Bros. could celebrate not only the month’s biggest debut but also having the week’s top two films. Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” followed in second with $11.4 million in its fourth weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Even amid an especially weak August, the well-reviewed horror sequel and modestly budgeted “Annabelle: Creation” found eager audiences.

“That we were able to do $35 million in what is a very sluggish marketplace was very impressive,” said Jeffrey Goldstein, Warner Bros.’ distribution chief. “We all know that moviegoing begets moviegoing and right now it’s a dip in the content overall.”

The film, the third to spiral out of 2013’s “The Conjuring,” cost only about $15 million to make. More sequels and spinoffs are being developed in what has become for Warner Bros. a steadily profitable horror franchise bent on old-school frights. The “Annabelle” offshoot centers on a possessed doll.

Last week’s top film, the poorly received Stephen King adaptation “The Dark Tower,” slid dramatically. The Sony Pictures release, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, toppled nearly 60 percent on its second weekend with an estimated $7.9 million.

The week’s other new entry, the Open Road animated release “Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature,” edged just above “The Dark Tower” with $8.9 million. That was well below the 2014 debut of the original, “The Nut Job,” which opened with $19.4 million.

But the solid returns for “Annabelle: Creation” did little to counter the box-office slide. Ahead of the weekend, the domestic box office was 11 percent off the pace of 2016’s summer. This weekend was also down considerably from the same timeframe last year, when “Suicide Squad” was leading the box office despite brutal reviews.

Some of July’s bright spots, however, have continued into August. The summer’s top comedy, “Girls Trip,” will soon surpass $100 million domestically. The movie, starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah, took in $6.5 million in its fourth week to bring its cumulative total to $97.2 million. It may end up doubling the gross of its closest summer comedy competition: the starrier and pricey “Baywatch” ($58.1 million in its entire run).

In limited release, the A24 crime thriller “Good Time,” starring Robert Pattinson, debuted with a robust $34,000 per-screen average on four screens. That was bettered, though, by the $47,000 screen-average of Neon’s “Ingrid Goes West,” with Aubrey Plaza, on three screens. Both films expand in coming weeks.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers also are included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Annabelle: Creation,” $35 million.

2. “Dunkirk,” $11.4 million.

3. “Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature,” $8.9 million.

4. “The Dark Tower,” $7.9 million.

5. “The Emoji Movie,” $6.6 million.

6. “Girls Trip,” $6.5 million.

7. “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” $6.1 million.

8. “Kidnap,” $5.2 million.

9. “Glass Castle,” $4.9 million.

10. “Atomic Blonde,” $4.6 million.