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Around SoCal
1. Dodgers clinch 12th straight playoff berth on Shohei Ohtani's historic night
In what has become a fall custom, the Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to the playoffs.
The Dodgers clinched their 12th consecutive postseason berth Thursday with a 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on the same night that star slugger Shohei Ohtani homered three times and stole two bases to become the first player in major league history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.
The magic number for the NL West-leading Dodgers to clinch the NL West dropped to six. They hold a 2 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in their pursuit of the NL's No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs. They lead the San Diego Padres by four games in the division.
Los Angeles has won at least 90 games in each of the last 11 162-game seasons. The Dodgers' only non-division title during the span was in 2021, when they won 107 games and finished one game behind NL West champion San Francisco.
However, the Dodgers have only one World Series title during that stretch. They won it all during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
2. 8 Orange County firefighters injured in Irvine tollway crash
Eight members of an Orange County Fire Authority hand crew injured — six critically — in a solo-vehicle crash of their transport truck on the northbound Foothill (241) Toll Road in Irvine are recovering Friday.
The crash occurred around 6:57 p.m. Thursday near Tomato Springs Road, the California Highway Patrol confirmed to City News Service.
The injured firefighters were returning from a 12-hour shift fighting the Airport Fire, OCFA Chief Brian Fennessy told reporters at a news conference.
A local news station reported the firefighters were taken to various hospitals and trauma centers. The station reported the truck struck a ladder on the toll road and then slammed into a guardrail before rolling over.
Two firefighters were taken to a hospital in moderate condition.
3. Marqueece Harris-Dawson prepares to take the reins of LA City Council
Marqueece Harris-Dawson will be installed Friday as the next City Council president, leading the 15-member board in tackling homelessness, meeting housing goals, and setting policies to address issues for the nearly 4 million residents who call Los Angeles home.
Harris-Dawson, who currently serves as the Council President Pro Tem, will be sworn in as leader of the City Council during Friday's meeting — after which he will host a news conference in the John Ferrero Council Chambers Media Room to share his vision for Los Angeles.
Councilman Bob Blumenfield, who chairs the council's Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee, will serve as the next pro tem.
The transition in leadership comes after Council President Paul Krekorian announced he would step down from the role earlier this year due to his pending departure from the horseshoe in December due to term limits. Krekorian officially led his final council meeting Wednesday.
4. Line Fire: Big Bear Alpine Zoo animals were driven to safety
The animals of the Big Bear Alpine Zoo are returning home after spending a week in Palm Springs evacuating from wildfires. Zookeepers began driving the assortment of birds, foxes and other rehabilitated animals back to Big Bear early Thursday morning.
The animals were initially transported to the Living Desert Zoo and Garden last week as the Line Fire burned through the San Bernardino wilderness, bringing on hazardous air quality for the birds and small mammals.
The Living Desert had previously hosted animals from the Big Bear zoo during a wildfire in 2002.
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Pasadena Playhouse's 'Cyrano' crackles with vibrant new verse sharper than a sword
The tale of “Cyrano de Bergerac” is one that by now seems as old as time. After all, the play by Edmond Rostand was written in 1897 and has been translated and reimagined countless times on stage and film.
In fact, it was even done at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1927. So what is it about this story that keeps us coming back for more?
Chukwudi Iwuji said it’s really quite simple. A good love story, told in a beautiful language, about something we can all relate to…no matter the size of our nose.
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SoCal Snapshot
Viveca Paulin, from left, Will Farrell, Mattias Ferrell, Magnus Ferrell, and Axel Farrell arrive at the premiere of "Will & Harper" on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)