Forget the Oscars — Laguna Woods Video Club has own awards show

They couldn’t gather in person with food and wine this year, but Video Club members and their friends nonetheless celebrated their medium’s best with this year’s “Goldies” awards presented via Zoom.

Fifty-two Zoomers watched 10 four-minute videos on Feb. 18, and club members chose three entries for the top statuette awards, the Goldies — named for Laguna Woods’ Golden Rain Foundation and to pay tribute to the members themselves, the “golden oldies.”

This year would have been the club’s 11th annual awards banquet, and members expressed optimism that a makeup banquet might be held later, whenever the community returns to some form of normal.

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  A scene in Laguna Woods Video Club member Fred Harshbarger’s video “Lion Greeting Behavior,” filmed in Tanzania in 2012.
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  Laguna Woods Video Club member Stephanie Brasher’s video “Brig Pilgrim,” about the Dana Point Ocean Institute’s tall ship Pilgrim, took first place in the club’s 2021 “Goldie” awards.
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  Laguna Woods Video Club member John Glassco’s video “Lego Houdini,” created entirely out of Lego components, earned second place in the club’s 2021 “Goldie” awards.
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  Laguna Woods Video Club member Don Hill is seen in pandemic isolation in his third-place video, “The Year 2020 in Four Minutes.”
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  Laguna Woods Video Club member Lucy Parker inspires with her video “Timepacing,” in which she presents quotations on time and spirituality.
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  A still from Laguna Woods Video Club member Tom Nash’s video “Beautiful Danger,” showing the Oregon coast.
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Meanwhile, the internet enabled one participant to Zoom in from Bulgaria. The 15-year-old student presented her own short video of a piano player and was encouraged by the “golden oldies” to keep up her work.

Video Club member Stephanie Brasher earned first place in the Goldies for her video “Brig Pilgrim,” a eulogy to the Dana Point Ocean Institute’s tall ship Pilgrim, which sank in March 2020 while anchored in harbor. Brasher’s opening shot of the once proud, doomed vessel listing starboard is heartrending.

In the same video narrative, Brasher also pays homage to her daughter Jessica’s lifelong love for everything connected with the ocean. Jessica, a marine biologist, is now the director of husbandry at the Ocean Institute.

“All our vacations revolved around water and the ocean,” Stephanie  Brasher recalled.

“Brig Pilgrim” is a seamless stream of video clips and stills of Jessica over the years and other kids connecting to the ship and its environs.

“The Pilgrim is such a loss to the community. It was more than a ship, it was a school and a chance for kids to live history,” Brasher said. “Kids worked the ship like old sailors.”

Brasher treasures her Video Club membership as her own ongoing learning experience.

“When I moved here in 2016, I could barely turn on an iPad,” she said. “If you want to learn, you can.”

It’s a leap from a sunken tall ship to Legos, but club members provided just that in their choice of John Glassco’s “Lego Houdini” for second place in the Goldies awards. All the props and figures in the video are made of Lego components, and the result is at once masterful and playful, paying homage to that ultimate illusionist and escape artist, Harry Houdini.

For the contest, Glassco cut the action in the video from the original 10 minutes to the requisite four. It took him and his Paraglass Production partner Randy Parada 40 hours to shoot the entire video because of the painstaking animation process; one segment took 11 hours alone.

The project was a labor of love for Glassco’s grandson Luke, who was 10 when it began and 13 when it was completed.

“Luke was into magic and Legos, and he helped create the script and the sets,” Glassco said.

Glassco, a retired physician, is a Video Club member who lives in Laguna Niguel. (The club allows 10 percent of its members to be non-Village residents.) He and Parada began collaborating in 1971 but took a prolonged hiatus from filming. “Life happened,” Glassco said. Now, they collaborate on documentaries and animation.

A humorous, COVID-19-inspired video, “The Year 2020 in Four Minutes,” won third place for club member Don Hill. The lifelong (nonprofessional) photographer said he came to videography late in life.

“I am not normal when it comes to video,” said Hill, 88. “You should always write a good story first before you film — I only had a subject, COVID-19.”

Hill’s video shows him sunk in pandemic isolation: The house is a mess, he’s slumped in his recliner, and his slack features are topped by long hair with bangs. Even the scattered empty wine bottles look drunk.

“I don’t drink,” Hill said with a laugh. “I had to play-act.”

After his wife died more than two years ago, Hill threw himself into learning videography, including visual effects such as working with green screens, he said. In his award-winning video, he applies some of his newly acquired knowledge: In one scene, when he fantasizes about being in an Italian village, we see him inside a painting of such a village.

“I love to learn and then apply what I have learned in my videos. That way I am also providing a service to others,” Hill said.

Fred Harshbarger’s video shows how a group of lions deserves to be called a “pride.” His video “Lion Greeting Behavior” depicts the big cats returning to their group or family after a day of hunting. Their behavior, conveying joy, affection, a sense of connectedness and accomplishment, is captivating. It raises the question of why humans in their infinite arrogance could shoot them for sport.

“Most of the time when you see lions on safaris, the lions are asleep,” Harshbarger said. “Most of the time one does not see them on the move.”

Harshbarger said he has traveled in East Africa alone in rented vehicles and with hired guides. He took the noteworthy video in Tanzania in 2012. He credits his guides for pointing out that the lions, once they’re done hunting, show unique displays of affection for one another.

Tom Nash captured the majesty of the Oregon coast in “Beautiful Danger.” Why the title? While the rocky coastline has always been a photogenic treat, it also has spelled great danger for approaching ships.

To save the vessels, lives and commerce, 12 lighthouses were built along the coast. As Nash tells it, those lighthouses with their Fresnel lenses were technical marvels of their time, coded to warn ships where and when, if at all, it was safe to approach. Nash grew up in Oregon and said he was drawn to the structures because of their beautiful settings.

Lucy Parker’s video “Timepacing” is worthy of acclaim not only for its visual beauty but for the concept behind it. All of us wonder how and why and where to time flies after a certain age. Parker has made it into a subject of exploration.

“As a retired freelance writer, I have become interested in time management for seniors as a possible book or blog,” she said.

For her video, she gathered quotations on time and spirituality and curated them into a video conveying her message that memories matter and adaptation to change is essential for survival on spiritual and physical levels.

To make the video, she relied on clips, photos and music available online.

It begins: “Live each season as it passes … and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

Most certainly,  words to live by.

To find out more about the Video Club and its classes, go to https://ift.tt/3dR6ChP. The 10 videos will at some point appear on the club’s website and will also be shown on Village Television.

 

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What’s next after COVID-19 spending plan? Roads, bridges and more

WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority — a long-sought boost to the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could run into Republican resistance to a hefty price tag.

Biden and his team have begun discussions on the possible outlines of an infrastructure package with members of Congress, particularly mindful that Texas’ recent struggles with power outages and water shortages after a brutal winter storm present an opportunity for agreement on sustained spending on infrastructure.

Republicans say if the White House approach on the COVID relief bill — which passed the House Saturday on a near party-line vote and now heads to the Senate — is a sign of things to come for Biden’s plan on infrastructure and other initiatives, it could be a difficult road ahead in Congress.

A White House proposal could come out in March.

“Now is the time to be aggressive,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a former South Bend, Indiana, mayor who knows potholes.

At a conference with state and local highway officials Thursday, he referred to the often-promised, never-achieved mega-initiative on roads, bridges and the like from the Trump administration.

“I know you are among those who are working and waiting most patiently, or maybe impatiently, for the moment when Infrastructure Week will no longer be a kind of Groundhog’s Day promise — but actually be something that delivers generational investments,” he said.

Much of America’s infrastructure — roads, bridges, public drinking and water systems, dams, airports, mass transit systems and more — is in need of major restoration after years of underfunding, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. In its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, it gave the national infrastructure an overall grade of D+.

Both chambers of Congress will use as starting points their unsuccessful efforts to get infrastructure bills through the last session.

Democrats passed a $1.5 trillion package in the House last year, but it went nowhere with the Trump administration and the Republican-led Senate. A Senate panel approved narrower bipartisan legislation in 2019 focused on reauthorizing federal transportation programs. It, too, flamed out as the U.S. turned its focus to elections and COVID-19.

Biden has talked bigger numbers, and some Democrats are now urging him to bypass Republicans in the closely divided Congress to address a broader range of priorities urged by interest groups.

During the presidential campaign, Biden pledged to deploy $2 trillion on infrastructure and clean energy, but the White House has not ruled out an even higher price tag.

Pointing to the storm in Texas as a “wake-up call” for the need to improve energy systems and other infrastructure, Gina McCarthy, Biden’s national climate adviser, told The Associated Press that Biden’s plan will specifically aim at green and other initiatives that promote job creation. She cited as an example federal investments to boost “workers that have been left behind” by closed coal mines or power plants, as well as communities located near polluting refineries and other hazards.

“He’s been a long fan of investing in infrastructure — long outdated — long overdue, I should say,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. “But he also wants to do more on caregiving, help our manufacturing sector, do more to strengthen access to affordable health care. So the size — the package — the components of it, the order, that has not yet been determined.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, recently told the White House that he’s ready to use the budget maneuver known as reconciliation to pass a broad economic recovery package with only Democratic votes. That drew stern warnings from Republicans, who have already closed ranks against Democrats’ COVID-19 relief bill.

“They made a conscious decision not to include us,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Sunday, calling the White House’s assertion that the views of Republicans were taken into account with the COVID bill a “joke.”

Cassidy, one of 10 centrist Republicans who met with Biden in early February about getting bipartisan support on that bill, said Biden “so far has been about rhetoric” when it comes to his pledge of seeking unity and bipartisanship. He called it worrisome for other legislative initiatives.

“Republicans remain willing and are working on issues that require bipartisan cooperation,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican who will be helping to craft legislation on the Senate side, said there’s bipartisan support for ambitious steps on infrastructure. But that “should not extend to a multitrillion-dollar package that is stocked full with other ideologically driven, one-size-fits-all policies that tie the hands of our states and our communities,” said Capito, the ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told the AP that he foresees a comprehensive House package that will go beyond roads, bridges and public transit. He also expects it to have money for water systems, broadband and the power grid — addressing a weak infrastructure laid bare after the crippling blackouts in Texas.

He’s not ready to talk overall costs yet. DeFazio, D-Ore., said it will be up to the Biden administration and the House Ways and Means Committee to figure out how to pay for it.

DeFazio said General Motors’ recently announced goal of going largely electric by 2035 demonstrates the need for massive spending on charging stations across the country. Biden campaigned on a plan to install 500,000 charging stations by the end of 2030.

“I’m totally willing to work with (Republicans) if they’re willing to recognize climate change,” DeFazio said, “or if they don’t want to recognize climate change, they can just recognize that electric semis and electric vehicles are a flood on the horizon and we’ve got to get ahead of it.”

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., expressed a similar sentiment, urging strong action on carbon emissions and the vehicle charging stations to help achieve a “full transition to electric.” She also wants states to have more federal grants for infrastructure repairs after natural disasters and extreme weather.

At the Senate hearing where she spoke, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said there’s bipartisan support among governors for relieving congestion, cutting red tape, leveraging private sector investment and ensuring projects can better withstand cyber attacks and natural disasters.

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, the new chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said his goal is for his committee to pass an infrastructure bill by Memorial Day.

In the House, Rep. Sam Graves, the top Republican on the transportation panel, said Republicans would be open to a larger package as long as it didn’t greatly add to the national debt.

But many lawmakers oppose an increase in the federal gas tax, one way to help pay for the spending, while groups such as the Chamber of Commerce argue against increasing taxes on companies during a pandemic.

White House aide Cedric Richmond, a former congressman from Louisiana, told state transportation officials the president intends for most of the spending to be paid for, not added to the debt. In part, this would be by reversing some of the Trump administration tax cuts.

Ed Mortimer, a vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said removing items in last year’s infrastructure bill for renovating schools and low-income housing could lower the price tag, because the COVID relief measure passed by the House already has hundreds of billions of dollars for those purposes.

“Affordable housing, school construction, very meritorious, but we’re not sure that that’s a key focus that’s going to get a bill signed into law,” Mortimer said.

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Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87

Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced.

Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87.

In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped personify the high-fashion but casual Los Angeles lifestyle, sparking a revolutionary shift in retail that lasted decades. As a pioneer of the shop-in-shop concept, his stores were both entertainment and a social event in themselves.

Segal’s first namesake shop debuted as a designer denim emporium on Santa Monica Boulevard, growing into a cutting-edge outpost on Melrose Avenue for such then-up-and-coming lifestyle designer brands as Juicy Couture, Hard Candy, Earl Jeans and Kate Spade.

His ivy-covered boutiques drew such Hollywood stars as The Beatles, Diana Ross, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Fred Segal name has also surfaced in films, including “Clueless” in 1995.

In 2012, New York-based media company Sandow acquired global licensing rights to the Fred Segal name. The company is now owned by Sandow in conjunction with Evolution Media Partners, a joint venture of CAA, private equity firm TPG Growth and Participant Media.

Current locations include Sunset Boulevard and Malibu stores, along with shops in Bern, Germany, and Taipei. News reports this week said that new stores are planned in Las Vegas.

Segal “was a true artist who dedicated his life to evolving as a human being in every aspect,” according to a statement from Alex Leon, account manager at Autumn Communications, which represents Segal. “He challenged us to expand our minds and our hearts, to go deeper and to do better.

“He was an innovator, a forward thinker, a rule breaker, a mentor to so many, such a lover of life and a humanitarian. Anyone who knew him felt his powerful energy. He worked his whole life to have self love and to teach all of us to love one another. To the very end, he inspired us to never give up. He will be forever loved and celebrated.”

Segal is survived by his wife, Tina, five children, 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and Tina’s two children and grandson.

The family asks that anyone wishing to honor his legacy should consider donating to the Segal Family-United World Foundation at 10960 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

 

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California wolf tracked near Yosemite, furthest south ‘in modern times’

A young male gray wolf has been tracked to Mono County, east of Yosemite National Park, the furthest south a wolf has been spotted in the state “in modern times,” the Center for Biological Diversity said.

OR-93 started life in Oregon’s White River pack, which lies south of Mount Hood. As a youngster, he was fitted with a tracking collar, which has helped fish and wildlife officials monitor his journey. Early this year, he departed Oregon, likely in search of a new territory.

“Given the time of year, we assume OR-93 has traveled such a long way in search of a mate,” Center for Biological Diversity wolf advocate Amaroq Weiss said in a statement. “I hope he can find one.”

In early February, OR-93 was tracked to Modoc County before he quickly traversed hundreds of miles south, trotting between Sierra state highways 4 and 208. Recently, he moved to Mono County, just east of Yosemite National Park. Previously, the furthest south a gray wolf was spotted was the Lake Tahoe Basin; that wolf, OR-54, then went back north after his Tahoe vacation.

The gray wolf was hunted into extinction in California by the 1920s, primarily by farmers concerned about the threat to livestock. OR-93 is only the 16th documented gray wolf found in California since then. The state has two wolf packs — although one disappeared in 2015.

The Lassen pack has reproduced each year since 2017, but the Shasta pack only had pups in 2015. That year, a breeding pair had five pups and a few months later, fell off the map. One of the then-grown pups was found in Nevada in 2016.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue to monitor OR-93 as he travels through the state.

“We’re thrilled to learn this wolf is exploring deep into the Sierra Nevada, since scientists have said all along this is great wolf habitat,” Weiss said. “He’s another beacon of hope, showing that wolves can return here and flourish as long as they remain legally protected.”

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Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87

Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced.

Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87.

In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped personify the high-fashion but casual Los Angeles lifestyle, sparking a revolutionary shift in retail that lasted decades. As a pioneer of the shop-in-shop concept, his stores were both entertainment and a social event in themselves.

Segal’s first namesake shop debuted as a designer denim emporium on Santa Monica Boulevard, growing into a cutting-edge outpost on Melrose Avenue for such then-up-and-coming lifestyle designer brands as Juicy Couture, Hard Candy, Earl Jeans and Kate Spade.

His ivy-covered boutiques drew such Hollywood stars as The Beatles, Diana Ross, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Fred Segal name has also surfaced in films, including “Clueless” in 1995.

In 2012, New York-based media company Sandow acquired global licensing rights to the Fred Segal name. The company is now owned by Sandow in conjunction with Evolution Media Partners, a joint venture of CAA, private equity firm TPG Growth and Participant Media.

Current locations include Sunset Boulevard and Malibu stores, along with shops in Bern, Germany, and Taipei. News reports this week said that new stores are planned in Las Vegas.

Segal “was a true artist who dedicated his life to evolving as a human being in every aspect,” according to a statement from Alex Leon, account manager at Autumn Communications, which represents Segal. “He challenged us to expand our minds and our hearts, to go deeper and to do better.

“He was an innovator, a forward thinker, a rule breaker, a mentor to so many, such a lover of life and a humanitarian. Anyone who knew him felt his powerful energy. He worked his whole life to have self love and to teach all of us to love one another. To the very end, he inspired us to never give up. He will be forever loved and celebrated.”

Segal is survived by his wife, Tina, five children, 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and Tina’s two children and grandson.

The family asks that anyone wishing to honor his legacy should consider donating to the Segal Family-United World Foundation at 10960 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

 

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Colorado victory is a missed opportunity for UCLA in Pac-12 race

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  Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV, right, drives past UCLA guard Tyger Campbell in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Jeriah Horne, right, passes the ball as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Mac Etienne, left, defends as Colorado guard D’Shawn Schwartz looks to pass the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, left, fires the ball to the rim as Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV defends as time runs out in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Mac Etienne, left, deflects a shot by Colorado forward Evan Battey in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV, right, recovers the ball as UCLA guard Tyger Campbell defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Cody Riley, center, shoots between Colorado forward Jeriah Horne, left, and guard McKinley Wright IV during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Evan Battey, right, is trapped with the ball by UCLA guard Jules Bernard, center, and forward Cody Riley in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Dallas Walton, left, looks to pass the ball as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., center, and guard Jules Bernard defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, left, looks to pass the ball as Colorado forward Evan Battey defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Evan Battey, right, drives to the basket as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Dallas Walton, left, slams the ball on the floor after being called for a foul as guard Eli Parquet looks on in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UCLA Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. Walton was called for a technical foul for his action. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA head coach Mick Cronin directs his players against Colorado in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Last weekend, a USC loss earlier in the day allowed UCLA to take advantage of an opportunity to climb in the Pac-12 standings, which it did. The Bruins topped Arizona State in the final second to regain top spot in the conference.

The same opportunity presented itself Saturday after USC lost to Utah, the Bruins had the chance to create a sizable gap at the top, but wasn’t able to capitalize in a 70-61 defeat to Colorado in Boulder Saturday night on ESPN2.

Despite the loss, UCLA (17-6, 13-4 Pac-12) is still in first place in the Pac-12, a half game ahead of USC. Colorado (19-7, 13-6) is now just one game back of first place with the victory.

Just two players scored in double figures for UCLA, Johnny Juzang led the Bruins with 25 points on 7 of 12 shooting and five rebounds. Freshman Jaylen Clark had a career-high 10 points.

The Buffs finished the game on a 13-3 run in the final 6:20. UCLA committed 14 turnovers in the game, five of which came in that 6:20 stretch.

“Candidly, I thought we tried to play too much individual basketball down the stretch,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “Therefore, we had guys out of control. That’s why we had turnovers.”

The Bruins went almost seven minutes without a field goal. Tyger Campbell converted on a 3-pointer that gave UCLA a 57-55 lead with 7:11 left. The next Bruin field goal was made by Juzang, a meaningless 3-pointer with 19 seconds left with the game already in hand.

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The game had 14 lead changes and 11 ties. The opening half had seven ties and five lead changes.

UCLA’s first lead didn’t come until the 11-minute mark on a Juzang layup, 13-11, but it was stolen away with a 3-pointer by Colorado’s Tristan da Silva on the ensuing possession. It was a tell of how the night was going to be, especially with Pac-12 position on the line ahead of March.

“This kind of sucked because USC lost,” Clark said. “We could have put ourselves a game and a half ahead.”

UCLA took a 23-20 lead after a Clark floater, his second elusive finish of the opening half. A 3-pointer from Jules Bernard created a 26-22 lead for the Bruins – part of a 6-0 run. UCLA made 7 of 8 shots during the stretch.

Colorado forward Dallas Walton was given a technical foul after slamming the ball into the floor in reaction to a shooting foul. UCLA made four straight free throws to give the largest lead of the half, 32-24. It seemed UCLA was ready to make its move before halftime, but it was Colorado that did instead – well, McKinley Wright IV, really. Wright made four of the Buffs’ six field goal attempts in the final five minutes to pull Colorado to within one point at halftime, 35-34.

“When we had that eight-point lead, he just said, ‘we ain’t losing on my senior night,’” Cronin said of Wright’s effort.

Wright, who became the first player in conference history to tally 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists, had 17 of his 26 points at halftime. He shot 10 of 16 from the field with five rebounds and six assist.

“We did a bad job defending him,” Cronin said. “He’s a great player, he made a lot of tough shots.”

NCAA Tournament talk

ESPN bracketology expert Joe Lunardi was interviewed during Saturday night’s broadcast, and was asked about what the Pac-12’s contribution was going to be to the NCAA Tournament.

As of Saturday night, Lunardi has USC (projected No. 5 seed), Colorado (No. 7), UCLA (No. 8), and Oregon (No. 9) as locks for the national tournament, but said Stanford’s most recent losses to Oregon and Oregon State (without leading scorer Oscar da Silva, injury) has the Cardinal on the outside looking in. Stanford is listed on Lunardi’s “First Four Out”.

During such a wild year that’s had over 1,000 games canceled due to COVID-19, Lunardi says that’s not a huge factor in selection.

“When I look at it, I don’t look at the 1,000, I look at the 4,000 that have been played,” Lunardi said. “That’s the on only logical way to approach the selection and seeding process.”

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Colorado victory is a missed opportunity for UCLA in Pac-12 race

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  Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV, right, drives past UCLA guard Tyger Campbell in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Jeriah Horne, right, passes the ball as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Mac Etienne, left, defends as Colorado guard D’Shawn Schwartz looks to pass the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, left, fires the ball to the rim as Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV defends as time runs out in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Mac Etienne, left, deflects a shot by Colorado forward Evan Battey in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV, right, recovers the ball as UCLA guard Tyger Campbell defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA forward Cody Riley, center, shoots between Colorado forward Jeriah Horne, left, and guard McKinley Wright IV during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Evan Battey, right, is trapped with the ball by UCLA guard Jules Bernard, center, and forward Cody Riley in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Dallas Walton, left, looks to pass the ball as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., center, and guard Jules Bernard defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, left, looks to pass the ball as Colorado forward Evan Battey defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Evan Battey, right, drives to the basket as UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  Colorado forward Dallas Walton, left, slams the ball on the floor after being called for a foul as guard Eli Parquet looks on in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UCLA Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. Walton was called for a technical foul for his action. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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  UCLA head coach Mick Cronin directs his players against Colorado in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Last weekend, a USC loss earlier in the day allowed UCLA to take advantage of an opportunity to climb in the Pac-12 standings, which it did. The Bruins topped Arizona State in the final second to regain top spot in the conference.

The same opportunity presented itself Saturday after USC lost to Utah, the Bruins had the chance to create a sizable gap at the top, but wasn’t able to capitalize in a 70-61 defeat to Colorado in Boulder Saturday night on ESPN2.

Despite the loss, UCLA (17-6, 13-4 Pac-12) is still in first place in the Pac-12, a half game ahead of USC. Colorado (19-7, 13-6) is now just one game back of first place with the victory.

Just two players scored in double figures for UCLA, Johnny Juzang led the Bruins with 25 points on 7 of 12 shooting and five rebounds. Freshman Jaylen Clark had a career-high 10 points.

The Buffs finished the game on a 13-3 run in the final 6:20. UCLA committed 14 turnovers in the game, five of which came in that 6:20 stretch.

“Candidly, I thought we tried to play too much individual basketball down the stretch,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “Therefore, we had guys out of control. That’s why we had turnovers.”

The Bruins went almost seven minutes without a field goal. Tyger Campbell converted on a 3-pointer that gave UCLA a 57-55 lead with 7:11 left. The next Bruin field goal was made by Juzang, a meaningless 3-pointer with 19 seconds left with the game already in hand.

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The game had 14 lead changes and 11 ties. The opening half had seven ties and five lead changes.

UCLA’s first lead didn’t come until the 11-minute mark on a Juzang layup, 13-11, but it was stolen away with a 3-pointer by Colorado’s Tristan da Silva on the ensuing possession. It was a tell of how the night was going to be, especially with Pac-12 position on the line ahead of March.

“This kind of sucked because USC lost,” Clark said. “We could have put ourselves a game and a half ahead.”

UCLA took a 23-20 lead after a Clark floater, his second elusive finish of the opening half. A 3-pointer from Jules Bernard created a 26-22 lead for the Bruins – part of a 6-0 run. UCLA made 7 of 8 shots during the stretch.

Colorado forward Dallas Walton was given a technical foul after slamming the ball into the floor in reaction to a shooting foul. UCLA made four straight free throws to give the largest lead of the half, 32-24. It seemed UCLA was ready to make its move before halftime, but it was Colorado that did instead – well, McKinley Wright IV, really. Wright made four of the Buffs’ six field goal attempts in the final five minutes to pull Colorado to within one point at halftime, 35-34.

“When we had that eight-point lead, he just said, ‘we ain’t losing on my senior night,’” Cronin said of Wright’s effort.

Wright, who became the first player in conference history to tally 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists, had 17 of his 26 points at halftime. He shot 10 of 16 from the field with five rebounds and six assist.

“We did a bad job defending him,” Cronin said. “He’s a great player, he made a lot of tough shots.”

NCAA Tournament talk

ESPN bracketology expert Joe Lunardi was interviewed during Saturday night’s broadcast, and was asked about what the Pac-12’s contribution was going to be to the NCAA Tournament.

As of Saturday night, Lunardi has USC (projected No. 5 seed), Colorado (No. 7), UCLA (No. 8), and Oregon (No. 9) as locks for the national tournament, but said Stanford’s most recent losses to Oregon and Oregon State (without leading scorer Oscar da Silva, injury) has the Cardinal on the outside looking in. Stanford is listed on Lunardi’s “First Four Out”.

During such a wild year that’s had over 1,000 games canceled due to COVID-19, Lunardi says that’s not a huge factor in selection.

“When I look at it, I don’t look at the 1,000, I look at the 4,000 that have been played,” Lunardi said. “That’s the on only logical way to approach the selection and seeding process.”

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Passing down a business? Here’s how to keep it fair for heirs

Some of our clients will tell you there was nothing more satisfying than to start and grow a successful business and see their children (and sometimes grandchildren) assume its management.

In fact, multigenerational family businesses are the oldest and most common form of financial organization globally and include not just small mom and pop corner shops but also over 40% of public companies like Walmart and Samsung.

We have also heard stories of family members who left the farm to “make it big” or had no interest in learning the family trade. Often, those who left had valid reasons and were successful — not at all like in the parable of the prodigal son. What should you do if not all of your kids are on board to run the family business? To continue to be successful, you must sometimes prioritize business concerns over individual family members’ feelings, but, as a parent, you want to be fair to all of your children.

Suppose you want to leave stock in the business only to those who will continue to run it, but you want to be fair to your other children. In that case, the easiest solution is to leave the “non-business” children other assets from your estate.

What’s it all worth?

You should know how much your business and your other assets are worth. Intriguingly, most new clients are wildly uninformed about their business’s value. They either have a grossly inflated or an extremely low “fire sale” estimate of what they think their company is worth.

Ask your business attorney, business broker, or valuation specialist how to make a “rule of thumb” calculation to get a rough idea of the value for pre-planning. (A formal valuation report will be required later.)

What is a buy-sell agreement?

Once you have estimated your business and other assets’ values and have met with your succession planning team, you might decide that there are better options for leaving a legacy to all of the children.

For example, two brothers own a successful construction company. Some of their many children wanted to work in the business and some did not. Since the family homes were not paid off and the biggest asset was the business, the brothers decided to use a buy-sell agreement and life insurance to compensate their surviving spouses and “non-business” children for their share of the estate upon the brothers’ deaths.

A buy-sell (or buyout) agreement is a contract that states how a partner’s share of a business may be reassigned if that partner dies or otherwise leaves the company. In the event of a death of a partner, the proceeds from a life insurance policy can be used to purchase the deceased’s business interest.

You will find that once you start succession planning, like with our brother-partners above, other essential family management considerations come to light. One issue facing this construction company: Is it profitable enough to support so many family members?

Focus on growth

As CPAs, we often work with the family business to “make the pie bigger,” anticipating there could be potential management conflicts between the second generation if there are not enough profits to support everyone. We also want to make sure family members will not be stepping (physically and managerially) over each other to control the company. We most often accomplish this by expanding the operations geographically and by separating management responsibilities.

In this case, the family purchased a similar construction company in another part of the state for some of the adult children to operate. In another example, a winery owner put one daughter in charge of production and another in charge of marketing. One daughter works at the vineyard, and the other works at the tasting room. The family peace that can be achieved when you give family member managers their own domain and physical space is impressive.

Using a rental LLC

For some very profitable family businesses, there are sufficient profits to share, but management would like to limit the involvement of family members to those who are actively involved in the business and who are sufficiently qualified to participate.

One client wanted the children not involved in management to have a stable income from the business. The company had significant property, plant, and equipment (PPE) in LLCs (limited liability companies) that were rented to the family business. We suggested the parents gift the LLC ownership in the rental business to the “non-business” children and company stock to the children who managed the company.

Voting and non-voting stock

A large manufacturer, now celebrating four generations of successful family management, instituted stock agreements early on for voting and non-voting shares. Children can inherit non-voting shares of company stock from their parents. If they are not interested in working for the company, they can receive dividends as passive investors during their lives and pass on their non-voting stock to their children.

However, if the descendent wants a seat at the board, they must work several years for the company to be eligible to trade their non-voting shares for voting shares. The benefit of this system is that talented and driven future descendants are encouraged to pursue a career with the company, thereby maintaining family management as the company grows.

Implementing the plan

Of course, none of these great ideas can be put in place until you physically (or virtually) meet with your estate attorney, draft, and sign your will and trust agreements, and until the assets are actually transferred to the trusts. Up until that point, all of this planning is just in your head. (We have also found many excellent plans sketched on note pads but never formalized.) I have witnessed several families and businesses disintegrate into years of litigation and bankruptcy because all the grand and just succession planning was never put into place. So, please talk with a qualified estate attorney as soon as possible.

Congratulations on being part of the only 30% of businesses that survive long enough to be passed down. Now let’s find out how much your business is worth and formalize the transition.

Michelle C. Herting, CPA, ABV, AEP, specializes in estate, trust and gift taxes, and business valuations. She has three offices in Southern California and is president of the Charitable Gift Planners of Inland Southern California.

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Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87

Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced.

Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87.

In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped personify the high-fashion but casual Los Angeles lifestyle, sparking a revolutionary shift in retail that lasted decades. As a pioneer of the shop-in-shop concept, his stores were both entertainment and a social event in themselves.

Segal’s first namesake shop debuted as a designer denim emporium on Santa Monica Boulevard, growing into a cutting-edge outpost on Melrose Avenue for such then-up-and-coming lifestyle designer brands as Juicy Couture, Hard Candy, Earl Jeans and Kate Spade.

His ivy-covered boutiques drew such Hollywood stars as The Beatles, Diana Ross, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Fred Segal name has also surfaced in films, including “Clueless” in 1995.

In 2012, New York-based media company Sandow acquired global licensing rights to the Fred Segal name. The company is now owned by Sandow in conjunction with Evolution Media Partners, a joint venture of CAA, private equity firm TPG Growth and Participant Media.

Current locations include Sunset Boulevard and Malibu stores, along with shops in Bern, Germany, and Taipei. News reports this week said that new stores are planned in Las Vegas.

Segal “was a true artist who dedicated his life to evolving as a human being in every aspect,” according to a statement from Alex Leon, account manager at Autumn Communications, which represents Segal. “He challenged us to expand our minds and our hearts, to go deeper and to do better.

“He was an innovator, a forward thinker, a rule breaker, a mentor to so many, such a lover of life and a humanitarian. Anyone who knew him felt his powerful energy. He worked his whole life to have self love and to teach all of us to love one another. To the very end, he inspired us to never give up. He will be forever loved and celebrated.”

Segal is survived by his wife, Tina, five children, 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and Tina’s two children and grandson.

The family asks that anyone wishing to honor his legacy should consider donating to the Segal Family-United World Foundation at 10960 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

 

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Rickard Rakell, Adam Henrique score goals, but Ducks lose in overtime

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  Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, left, blocks the shot by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk in the overtime during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks players celebrate center Adam Henrique ’s goal in the third period during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson reacts after giving up a goal to Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson in the second period during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson reacts after giving up a goal to Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson in the second period during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers, left, shots pas Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson reaches for the puck during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Trevor Zegras during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Vegas Golden Knights team celebrate defenseman Alex Pietrangelo’s goal in the first period during a game against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, front, body checks Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Trevor Zegras during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Adam Henrique, center, looks up to the video board during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Henrique returned to the team after clearing the waivers. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell celebrates his goal in the first period with the bench during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Adam Henrique enters the game before a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Henrique joined the team after clearing the waivers. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell shoots to score the goal in the first period during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf, right, trips Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell, center, celebrates his goal in the first period during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins, top, watches his players during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell, front, celebrates his goal in the first period during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson, right, scores the game-winning goal past Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson in the overtime during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson, right, blocks the shot by Vegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch in the overtime during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)

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ANAHEIM — Adam Henrique was the Ducks’ forgotten man for more than a week, after the Ducks placed him on waivers, after he went unclaimed, after he joined their taxi squad, and before he returned to their lineup for a 3-2 overtime loss Saturday to the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center.

“Brutal,” he said. “You’re put on that forgotten squad. You walk into the room and the next day it’s like everybody’s seen a ghost. I did what I had to do. Lineup decisions are out of my hands, so I just focused on controlling what I can control and that’s myself and my game and that’s it.”

Henrique scored the goal that sent the game to overtime tied 2-2, a close-range shot past Marc-Andre Fleury at 11:05 of the third period. The cheers of his teammates on the ice and on the bench pierced the quiet of the empty arena as he raised his arms in triumph.

It certainly would have made for a better story if Isac Lundestrom had beaten Fleury on one of his glorious scoring chances in OT or if William Karlsson hadn’t converted on a breakaway to win it for Vegas at 3:23 of the extra period. But the Ducks fell to 0-4-2 in their last six games.

“One point is not enough,” Henrique said. “It’s as simple as that, really.”

Henrique was credited with three shots on goal and 11 wins in 12 faceoffs while logging 14:43 of ice time. He skated between wingers Nicolas Deslauriers and Derek Grant to start the game and earned a promotion by the second period to play with Trevor Zegras and Jakob Silfverberg.

His mere presence seemed to ignite his teammates.

“I think the whole team was pumped to have ‘Rico’ back in the lineup,” Rickard Rakell said, referring to Henrique by his nickname. “We were even happier because he was the one who tied the game up for us, so he feels like he’s a part of the progress and helping the team.

“Hopefully, it gives all of us a boost.”

Rakell ended a 14-game drought without a goal when he scored 10:09 into the first period, smiling broadly and celebrating with his teammates, a mixture of joy and relief spreading across his face after he gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead that they failed to maintain by period’s end.

“It’s easy to get frustrated, and it has been a frustrating time, especially since I felt I had the scoring chances and had the shots on net,” Rakell said. “Just that final touch to make the puck go in hasn’t been going my way. I can look at the past and be really frustrated by it.

“Or I can take it game by game and try to improve and try to do something about it.”

The Ducks played a crisp game, all things considered. Their passes hit their intended targets. They had plenty of scoring chances. Their checking was sound. The second-to-last-place Ducks (6-10-5) certainly weren’t outplayed by the West Division-leading Golden Knights (12-4-1).

Ducks coach Dallas Eakins welcomed defenseman Hampus Lindholm back from a three-game layoff because of an unspecified lower body injury. The Ducks were 0-2-1 without Lindholm, who was reunited with Kevin Shattenkirk, his regular defense partner.

Despite the changes, the new-look Ducks took halting steps at the start and were outshot 5-0 in the opening minutes. They regrouped, though, and Rakell gave them a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, his first goal since Jan. 24 against the Colorado Avalanche.

There were plenty of chances to extend their lead, but the Ducks failed to convert them into goals, and by the end of an evenly-played second period, they trailed 2-1 after Alex Pietrangelo, at 16:28 of the first, and Karlsson, at 9:10 of the second, scored for Vegas.

“Overall, we played hard,” Eakins said. “That’s some steep competition over there. I thought maybe we could have been more assertive early. Eventually, we got our feet underneath us and started believing a little bit more in ourselves. We played a hard game, a gritty one to tie that up.”

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