Matvei Gridin scored the go-ahead goal with 8:39 remaining and the Calgary Flames held off the Kings 3-2 on Saturday night.
Yegor Sharangovich had an empty-net goal and an assist, and Morgan Frost also scored for Calgary. Dustin Wolf made 29 saves, helping the Flames improve to 2-0-1 in their last three road games after winning just one of their first six away from the Saddledome.
Sharangovich’s empty-netter with 1:14 left gave Calgary a 3-1 lead. Mats Zuccarello scored his first goal for the Kings just 18 seconds later on a six-on-five advantage.
Wolf, a Northern California native who moved to suburban Los Angeles and then Orange County to participate in the Kings’ youth hockey program during his formative years, has won five of six games against them in his NHL career.
Joel Armia also scored and Anton Forsberg stopped 21 shots for the Kings, who lost five of seven games on their homestand. It concluded with four straight defeats in which they totaled six goals.
Frost converted Sharangovich’s pass off the rush with a one-timer from the right circle 2:13 into the second period. Armia tied it at 6:21 of the third with a wrist shot from the slot.
Gridin and Martin Pospisil created pressure in the offensive zone, leading to a turnover and Gridin’s one-timer for his sixth goal of the season at 11:21 for Calgary (9-10-1).
The Kings (5-11-2) did not have star winger Artemi Panarin in the lineup following the death of his grandfather. The Kings are 5-0-1 when Panarin has multiple points in a game and 0-11-1 when he does not.
It will be an all-Marine League championship game on Saturday in the City Section Open Division girls’ flag football final, with No. 4-seeded San Pedro facing No. 7 Banning at 6 p.m. at Contreras High.
Banning won the title in 2024 and reached this year’s final despite going 5-5 in the Marine League and finishing fourth. The Pilots have lost twice to San Pedro in close games. Sophomore quarterback Daniela Ardaiz has led San Pedro with more than 4,000 yards passing.
Cleveland hopes to continue its success in fall sports in the Division I final at 4 p.m. against King/Drew. The 11-man football team is 10-0. The boys’ water polo team won a City title on Thursday. The girls’ volleyball team was City runner-up.
This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.
King Charles and Sir Elton John joked about the problems of ageing as the pair joined for a special radio show to coincide with the monarch’s 78th birthday.
Sir Elton was joined on his regular Rocket Hour radio show for a special episode during which the King shared his musical memories as the pair chose 14 songs together.
The programme also marked the 50th anniversary of the King’s Trust and highlighted how musicians have supported the charity’s efforts.
“We and the Trust are definitely still standing,” the King said, as he highlighted Sir Elton’s track I’m Still Standing as one of his favourites because of the song’s “message of resilience”.
The music legend joked in reply: “I’m still sitting now, though” giving a large laugh, with the King chuckling: “With occasional bits dropping off here and there. I know this is a terrible problem as we get older.”
The special was recorded last month at Apple Music Studios in south London and premiered on Saturday morning.
The King recalled Sir Elton’s 1986 performance at Wembley Arena, which marked the charity’s 10th anniversary.
“I suspect that no-one who was present on that night in 1986 could possibly forget your performance of I’m Still Standing,” King Charles said.
“I know people in all kinds of circumstances find this song inspiring, not only for its marvellous spirit, but also its message of resilience. And certainly, 40 years on from that remarkable concert, we and the Trust are definitely still standing.”
The pair selected a total of 14 tracks. King Charles picked Giant by Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man, telling Sir Elton that the song summed up his charity because of its message of finding strength from others.
Also selected was Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody, Muse’s Feeling Good and Nectar Woode’s Wine into Water, which features Sir Elton on piano.
The Rocket Man star asked the King to highlight a song that he found “extremely meaningful”.
Replying that there is “nothing more meaningful than love”, the King described an “unforgettable performance” of The Beatles’ 1967 hit All You Need is Love by Sir Paul McCartney in 2002 at a concert in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee.
“I shall never forget the magic of witnessing a simply unforgettable performance of All You Need Is Love for my late mother’s Golden Jubilee at the Party At The Palace concert with Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker, and I think with Phil Collins on drums, Brian May and Eric Clapton on guitar and an all-star backing choir,” the King said.
“It really is a totally timeless song with a timeless message.”
The show opened with Tina Turner’s hit Proud Mary. The King described the late pop icon as an “electrifying character” and recalled that the guard at Buckingham Palace played her hit Simply the Best following her death in 2023.
“It was, I hope, a small way of thanking her for the times she has performed for my charities and indeed for the joy she brought to millions of people,” the King said.
The pair also chose Sir Rod Stewart’s Handbags And Gladrags, Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog, Pete Townsend’s Let My Love Open The Door and Raye’s Joy.
The programme will be rebroadcast on Apple Music One at 17:00 and 22:00 Saturday and again on Sunday at 02:00 and 06:00. It will also feature on Apple Music Hits on Sunday at 10:00 and 14:00.
EVERY girl dreams of being whisked away to a castle by a handsome prince.
So when an opportunity came for a one-night stay at the boutique Castle Hotel in the centre of Windsor, I jumped at the chance.
Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century by William the ConquerorSource: AlamyEvensong is held daily at 5.15pm inside St George’s Chapel and is open to the publicSource: Getty
But I took my own dashing husband in place of royalty. However, the prospect of a rare evening away from our three kids — along with a peaceful, uninterrupted meal — was a fairytale enough.
The hotel sits in a prime spot on Windsor High Street opposite the historic Guildhall, where King Charles and Queen Camilla tied the knot in 2005, and right across the street from Windsor Castle.
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Queen Elizabeth II famously loved escaping her Buckingham Palace “office” for the tranquillity of Windsor in Berkshire every weekend. And I can see why.
Steeped in centuries of royal history and lying on the banks of the River Thames, Windsor is a charming place, with cobbled streets, old pubs and quaint shops.
The hotel makes a great impression too, with an imposing, creamy white stucco Georgian facade and intricate wrought-iron balcony.
Inside, the 500-year-old historic royal coaching inn has recently had a multi-million-pound refurbishment that has stripped away stuffy decor in favour of a fresh, modern feel.
While here, it would have been a wasted opportunity not to visit our hotel’s namesake, so we strolled across the street to join a free walking tour of Windsor Castle.
Our guide told us how the castle, built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror, remains the longest-occupied palace in Europe.
The scarlet jackets of the brass marching band are an unmissable sightSource: GettyStay at the boutique Castle Hotel in the centre of Windsor – the perfect stop for nearby sightseeingSource: Supplied
It is the only one of eight castles he built — all a day’s ride out from the Tower of London — that is still standing.
We then used brilliant audio guides to tour the impressive St George’s Chapel, familiar to me as the setting for Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018.
We then spent over an hour exploring the castle’s network of exquisite State Apartments which are still used by royals for ceremonies such as investitures.
The castle shuts at 5pm, but Evensong is held daily at 5.15pm inside St George’s Chapel and is open to the public.
We joined for the service and occupied the famous quire seats where the Royal Family and Knights Companions are usually seated.
The service, which is entirely sung, was both memorable and haunting thanks to the exquisite voices of the choir — one of Britain’s oldest musical ensembles. The young choristers are all drawn from St George’s College school which lies in the shadow of the castle.
Feeling spiritually uplifted, it was back across the road for some down time before dinner.
The newly opened Pennington’s brasserie in Windsor also has a seasonal menuSource: SuppliedCaroline Iggulden jumped at the chance to stay the night in WindsorSource: Supplied
The Castle Hotel is luxurious and classy throughout. Our room had a separate sitting room and swish marble bathroom with freestanding bath.
The coffee machine and complimentary mini bar drinks and snacks were nice touches, too.
The smart bar, buzzy on a Friday night, was perfect for a pre-dinner glass of bubbles.
We then moved through to the newly opened Pennington’s brasserie where we were well taken care of by friendly staff. The menu is seasonal and British, the food beautifully cooked and plentiful.
I enjoyed scallops with smoked coral butter to start, followed by pollock on a bed of white beans and rapeseed aioli, both cooked to perfection.
My husband opted for heartier fare with venison tartare and an ox cheek pie.
The meal was rounded off with a wonderful piece of theatre in the form of a carved, wooden sweet trolley that was wheeled tableside, laden with cakes and sweet treats.
Well fed, we slept like kings in a very comfy bed and then it was back down to Pennington’s in the morning to enjoy a late breakfast.
Thanks to the hotel’s fantastic location, we stepped outside the restaurant and found ourselves in the perfect spot for the 11am changing of the guard at Windsor Castle, which happens on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
It was a rousing spectacle you could hear coming through Windsor before you spotted the scarlet jackets of the brass marching band.
With the festive season on the way, Windsor Illuminated has now transformed the greater Windsor Great Park into a dazzling after-dark trail of light and colour.
And after our wonderful mini-break, I am sorely tempted to book another to go and see it.
GO: Windsor
STAYING THERE: Double rooms at the Castle Hotel, Windsor, from £158 a night. See castlehotelwindsor.com.
OUT & ABOUT: Adult tickets to visit Windsor Castle from £32. See rct.uk.
Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists, Victor Eklund scored for the fourth straight game, and the New York Islanders ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Kings on Thursday night.
Matthew Schaefer scored in his 100th NHL game, Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist, Bo Horvat scored a late empty-netter, and the Islanders picked up at least a point for the third straight game. Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves.
Schaefer and Eklund, two of the Islanders’ young cornerstones, came up with key contributions while each picking up a point for the fourth straight game.
Schaefer had a power-play goal to put New York up 2-1 midway through the first period, his 29th career goal and 77th point. Schaefer moved up to fourth in career points by a teenage defenseman, behind Hall of Famers Phil Housley (132) and Ray Bourque (79) and Buffalo Sabres star Rasmus Dahlin (84).
Eklund made it 3-1 early in the second period, becoming the third New York rookie to score in four straight games in the past 20 years and 11th overall.
Fiala played for the first time since breaking his left leg at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February, but the offensive-minded winger’s presence was not enough to get the Kings back on track. Fiala did have the secondary assist on Byfield’s power-play goal, which marked the 300th helper of his career.
Up next for Kings: vs. Calgary at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.
Shane Wright, Nils Hoglander and Jayden Struble had a goal and an assist apiece, and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the Ducks on Wednesday night.
Hoglander put Nashville ahead with a remarkable between-the-legs goal in the second period, and Justus Annunen made 27 saves to win his fourth consecutive start. Steven Stamkos also scored late in the third period.
One night after a comfortable shutout of the Kings, the Predators completed the Southern California sweep by cooling down the surging Ducks, whose five-game winning streak ended.
Cutter Gauthier extended the NHL’s most prolific seven-game goal scoring binge in more than three decades with a first-period score for the Ducks. Captain Mikael Granlund also had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who had been the first team since the 1988-89 Kings to score at least five goals in eight consecutive games.
Laurent Brossoit stopped 18 shots in his first loss in his five starts for Anaheim. The Ducks’ power play went 0 for 3 after scoring in eight consecutive games since Oct. 22.
Gauthier extended his streak in the first period, sweeping home his 16th goal in 18 games. He is the first player since 1921-22 to score 12 goals in his team’s first six games of a calendar month.
Gauthier became the first player to score 14 goals in a seven-game stretch since Mario Lemieux and Alexander Mogilny did it in the 1992-93 season. He also extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games and his point streak to a career-best nine games.
But 21 seconds later, Wright batted a loose puck to Struble for his third goal. Wright’s assist was his first point in his fifth game with the Predators, who acquired him from Seattle on Nov. 1.
Hoglander put Nashville up when he got alone in the slot and put his stick between his legs to roof an exceptional shot for his fourth goal. Wright extended the Predators’ lead with a goal set up by Hoglander and captain Roman Josi, who earned his 800th NHL point with the first of two assists.
Veteran forward Troy Terry made his season debut for the Ducks after missing 18 games while recovering from hip surgery in June.
For many children living in remote towns across the Peruvian Andes, movies only exist in the form of bootleg DVDs — Hollywood films dubbed in Spanish or in English with Spanish subtitles.
Many of these kids, however, only fully understand Quechua, an Indigenous language spoken by around 10 million people across multiple South American countries.
Enter Fernando Valencia, a voice actor raised in the Andean town of Huanimpampa.
“I thought, ‘I’d love to give this group of kids a chance to watch at least a little bit of these movies in their own language.’ And I didn’t want to only do a literal translation but make the extra effort to provide a proper dub with lip-sync where the characters’ voices sound exactly the way they should,” Valencia said in Spanish, changing his voice to a cartoonish tone during a recent video interview from his home in Cusco.
And so Valencia, in a makeshift recording studio, started dubbing fragments of popular Hollywood films into Quechua. The end result — scenes from movies like “The Lion King,” “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” and “Ice Age” — became known as the Quechua Clips.
When the videos went viral online and received local news coverage, institutions started asking Valencia if he had dubbed any of those titles in full. He had not but wished to try. Thus began his ongoing quest to dub Disney’s animated classic “The Lion King” into Quechua in its entirety.
Valencia’s efforts over the course of several years are documented in filmmaker Augusto Zegarra’s first feature, “Runa Simi,” a heartfelt story of language activism in action that premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival and is currently playing in theaters in L.A.
The challenge, as depicted in the film, is twofold for Valencia.
In the documentary “Runa Simi,” filmmaker Augusto Zegarra (left) chronicles the Herculean journey of voice actor Fernando Valencia (center) to dub ‘The Lion King’ into Quechua. Valencia’s son, Dylan (right), voices Simba.
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First, he needed to cast a group of Quechua speakers to voice the characters. In the original clips, his young son Dylan voiced Simba, while Valencia took on Timon and Pumbaa.
Valencia entered a David versus Goliath dynamic by attempting to reach out to the Walt Disney Co. in order to obtain permission to legally create the Quechua dub of the film.
Zegarra first became aware of Valencia’s work when a documentarian friend showed him the Quechua clip of “Hakuna Matata.” Valencia found the perfect Quechua adaptation for the carefree song, naming it “Hakuchu Munayta,” which roughly means “let’s move forward with love.” The filmmaker says he was surprised to learn Valencia created the dubs all on his own with only his son as ally.
Zegarra initially proposed a short film, but given Valencia’s larger quest to connect with Disney, the project quickly evolved into a feature film.
“From the start, we knew it would be difficult, but the world has also been getting smaller thanks to social media,” said Zegarra. “I generally consider myself a positive person and a dreamer, but then I met Fernando and realized that the way he dreams is on another plane entirely.”
Valencia says he partnered with with Zegarra because he understood his intent better than most institutions. That kinship, he said, is a gift that made for a collaboration between two artists with equal agency.
“This is not a film where an outsider observes an Indigenous individual as an object of research with admiration, pity or any other emotion,” Valencia said. “Instead, Augusto has allowed me to take part in the decisions he made regarding the film.”
Though there are those who think Indigenous cultures must be kept in isolation so that they are not tainted or transformed by outside influences, Valencia believes in preservation through dissemination. The more a language like Quechua can find ways to exist in our globalized world, especially in pop culture, the stronger its foothold will be.
“If I keep my language and culture in a fragile little jar, someone will come along and trample it, and it will disappear forever,” he said. “But if I open this little jar and build bridges, it will be difficult to eliminate it because it will be integrated into the world.”
To that end, there are plenty of other creative people bringing the Quechua language into unexpected spaces. “There’s a young woman singing trap music in Quechua, a young man making “Q-pop,” which is a Quechua take on K-pop, and others producing poetry and literature,” said Zegarra. “Every drop helps to bring greater visibility to the language.”
But why “The Lion King”? Of all the movies Valencia could have chosen to dub in full, what made the “Hamlet”-inspired 1994 hit about a lion cub fighting for the throne the ideal vehicle for his pursuit?
It was the first movie Valencia watched in its entirety as a child. During the interview, he pointed to the outdated black-and-white television set where he watched the animated gem with commercials on a broadcast channel.
Valencia also finds a clear parallel between the narrative about a young lion being exiled and how the Quechua language has been neglected.
“We see a character who is banished, who lives on the margins, and who eventually must return to where he belongs,” he said.
At one point, Valencia considered focusing his efforts on dubbing a “Star Wars” film, but, aside from the complex mythology of that saga, he felt “The Lion King” would have a stronger connection with people who live in the countryside given how significant the intricacies of the cycle of life and the connection to nature are to the family-friendly tale.
Curiously, there are no words for “lion” or “king” in Quechua (neither existed in the reality of the ancient Quechua speakers). That’s why Valencia’s version uses the Spanish-language title and it’s called “El Rey León Runasimipi” (“The Lion King” in Quechua). As for the title of the documentary, “Runa Simi,” it’s the name of the Quechua language in Quechua and translates to ”language of the people.”
“It felt like a statement to have someone who has never heard of the Quechua language, maybe someone in Europe or the U.S., ask what runa simi is and then being able to tell them: ‘You’re already speaking it! By saying the words runa simi, you’re already using the language,’” said Zegarra.
“Runa Simi” is allowed to screen commercially in the U.S. thanks to the fair use doctrine, which grants the filmmakers permission to use images from “The Lion King,” a copyrighted work. Internationally, however, the documentary doesn’t have permission for using them. It’s why the film hasn’t been released in commercial theaters in Peru, even though Zegarra and Valencia have already dubbed the documentary into Quechua.
Zegarra remains hopeful that he and Valencia will eventually be able to directly approach someone at Disney both about the documentary and about Valencia’s Quechua-language version of “The Lion King.”
That their goal is not without precedent keeps their faith alive.
Zegarra points to how Tweedie Waititi, the sister of Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi, has partnered with Disney to dub multiple titles into te reo Māori, a language spoken by about 200,000 people. If a language with such a small number of speakers merits a dub, their hope is that Disney would consider the 10 million people who speak Quechua.
Zegarra is conscious that, as with most things in the entertainment business in the U.S., it’s often about who you know. Thankfully, his documentary has caught the attention of notable champions. Peter and Benjamin Bratt, whose mother Eldy Banda is an Indigenous activist of Quechua descent, signed on to support the project as executive producers.
“We were drawn to ‘Runa Simi’ because the film brings together so much of what matters to us: Indigenous voices, stories rooted in community, and the right of every culture to see itself represented with dignity,” the Bratt brothers said in a joint statement.
“There’s an irrepressible charm to this father and son, but what moved us most was the intimacy of Fernando and Dylan’s story. Their dream of bringing Quechua to the screen is an act of love for their language and their people, and for the generations who deserve to hear it,” the siblings added.
Valencia knows the odds aren’t in his favor. Getting a corporation like Disney to approve and legitimize his Quechua dub is a tall order. But the smiles of the children and even adults who had never watched a movie in their native language before he screened it for them in their communities is proof enough that what he’s doing responds to a higher calling.
Although Valencia’s first contact with voice work happened through cassette tapes of El cholo Cirilo, a stereotypical Indigenous character performed by comedian Ubaldo Huamán, he soon discovered there was power in what he could do with his voice. And while he describes himself as a “walking cliché” because what he watched on TV, especially U.S. productions, shaped his worldview, Valencia has taken those lessons and repurposed them.
“There’s a line of dialogue from ‘The Simpsons’ that my brother always reminds me of. Homer is talking to someone and they say, ‘To succeed in this world, you only need one good idea,’” Valencia recalls speaking in Homer’s voice, as the beloved jaundiced character sounds in the voice of actor Humberto Vélez in the Latin American Spanish dub.
That bright idea could be the key to not only preserve Quechua, but to further spread its seeds.
“Runa Simi” is currently showing at the Laemmle Monica Film Center.
Sidney Crosby scored two goals while moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s career scoring list, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended their skid at four games with a 5-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday night.
The 39-year-old Crosby broke his tie with Kings great Marcel Dionne by scoring his 1,772nd point when Evgeni Malkin’s one-timer deflected in off him in the second period. Crosby added a late empty-net goal, diving face-first on the ice to tip it home.
Tommy Novak got two goals in the first six minutes and Egor Chinakhov also scored for the Penguins (6-9-2), who moved Crosby and the 40-year-old Malkin onto their top line before the game in an effort to spark their struggling lineup. Sergei Murashov made 26 saves as Pittsburgh opened a three-game California trip with just its third win in 11 games.
Corey Perry and Alex Laferriere scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped only 14 shots for the Kings (5-8-2), who have lost two of the last three during their seven-game homestand.
Novak put the Penguins ahead less than two minutes after the opening faceoff after controlling a rebound in front. Less than 3½ minutes later, he carried the puck into the zone and followed behind Ben Kindel to cash in another rebound for his seventh career multi-goal game.
Perry scored midway through the first when Mikey Anderson’s high shot off the end boards ricocheted down toward the crease, where he slapped it out of mid-air for the second goal of his 22nd NHL season.
Chinakhov scored on a power play late in the first to put the Penguins up 3-1, but Laferriere scored on a power play early in the second.
Artemi Panarin appeared to score a tying rebound goal for the Kings late in the second period, but it was disallowed after a video review determined the Kings’ zone entry had been offside. Moments later, Erik Karlsson’s backhand pass set up Malkin’s shot off Crosby.
Up next for the Kings: vs. Nashville at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday.
England have made medical checks on Cole Palmer as Thomas Tuchel considers whether to select the Chelsea forward in his next squad.
The 24-year-old missed all four games during the previous international window with a minor injury.
He completed 90 minutes for Chelsea against Brentford before those matches, and started for the Blues in the first game afterwards.
Tuchel, who names his squad to face Croatia and Spain on Friday, said at the time that Palmer was “playing with discomfort and pain” but was “missing too many opportunities” with England.
Whether he is recalled will be a key theme on Friday. While it is normal for England medics to check on players under consideration, it also underlines that Palmer remains on Tuchel’s radar despite his stark comments last month.
In addition to deciding whether to select Palmer, head coach Tuchel has a number of other dilemmas to resolve.
Bukayo Saka’s injury absence opens the door to another attacker, with his Arsenal team-mate Noni Madueke pushing for a recall following a string of impressive performances.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has not played since mid-October and is not fit for selection, while Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah is a major injury doubt.
Defenders Ben White and Djed Spence are pushing for recalls after missing out on the previous squad through injury.
The likes of Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice and many others are now stonewall selections – but the intrigue is around the remaining few spots still seemingly up for grabs.
Will some old faces earn a recall or will there be new faces soon pulling on the England shirt? BBC Sport runs down some of the potential candidates for selection.
Adrian Kempe had a hat trick and an assist, Quinton Byfield scored two goals, and the Kings routed the San José Sharks 7-2 on Wednesday night.
Erik Haula and Joel Armia also scored for the Kings and Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves. Artemi Panarin had four assists.
It was the 37th multigoal game Kempe has had with the Kings, moving him past Dustin Brown for sole possession of ninth place in the history of the franchise. Kempe returned to the lineup after missing a 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday because of an undisclosed injury.
Macklin Celebrini and Ivar Stenberg scored power-play goals and Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves for the Sharks, who have now lost three games in a row. Erik Gustafsson assisted on both goals.
Kempe scored his first goal just 1:23 into the game and added a second later in the first period as the Kings jumped to a 3-0 lead after one. Kempe completed the hat trick with a power-play goal with 4:09 left in the second period. The Kings were three for five on the power play.
The game marked the NHL debut for San Jose defenseman Eric Pohlkamp, called up from the AHL before the game.
The only grandchild of celebrated civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King just voted for the first time, and she says she wants to lead the way her grandparents did.
Yolanda Renee King took a break from her social justice studies at Columbia University in New York City to return to her hometown of Atlanta to vote in the 2026 midterm elections alongside her parents, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King. The occasion was a momentous one for Yolanda, who turned 18 in May. “It’s such a full-circle moment,” she told ABC. “Finally, I can actually go.
“For such a long time, I would always tell people the importance of voting, but I could never participate myself as a voter firsthand,” she said. “But now I think it’s so special that I have a say.”
Yolanda King, who penned the children’s book “We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents” back in 2024, has been especially busy this year, putting out calls to action for fellow teens who are now eligible to vote — in the media, on Instagram, and even at the Lincoln Memorial in August, for the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington, where she spoke during the “Defend the Vote” rally.
According to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, close to 50 million youth ages 18 to 29 are eligible to cast ballots, including more than 8 million newly eligible voters since the 2024 election. Although data are still being collected, at the time this article was published, 66% of that group of voters cast their ballot for a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, compared with 31% for a Republican candidate. And 11% of all votes in the 2026 midterms were cast by young voters.
In an op-ed published by Teen Vogue on Monday, King wrote of the unique challenges she sees her generation facing including inflation, immigration enforcement, climate change, the rising cost of education paired with dwindling hopes for homeownership, restrictive voting policies and more. “The cost of living is reaching a breaking point, as a war in Iran continues with seemingly no solution in sight,” she wrote. “And the rise of AI brings a kind of uncertainty to jobs and the environment that no one has known before.
“This doesn’t take anything away from what came before us,” she continued. “My grandparents’ generation faced segregation, violence, and jail cells, and their challenges were staggering. But our time is ours, and so is what we feel living through it.”
King said that she felt the weight of those challenges in August, when she spoke at the same place, on the same day, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. “It wasn’t just about using my voice; it was about my first vote,” she wrote. “And it felt like my grandparents were right there with me, whispering: ‘It’s your turn.’
“I want to lead the way they did. But know I am still learning.”
King’s mother posted CNN coverage of her daughter’s first vote on Instagram, writing alongside the clip that the election day was a personal one for the family. “The little girl whose hand we held is stepping into a responsibility her grandparents — and so many others — sacrificed so much to secure. … There is something deeply moving about watching your child take her place in a story that began long before her.”
King’s father commented on the post as well, sharing words from his own dad: “My father said, ‘A voteless people is a powerless people.’ When [Yolanda] was little, we took her to the polls with us, and she’d wear our ‘I voted’ stickers and pretend she’d voted too. This morning on CNN, she shared why she’s finally ready to use her own voice, especially now that the Voting Rights Act has been hollowed out. There is nothing more powerful than our vote.”
HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS TUESDAY’S RESULTS First Round
DIVISION III #1 Maywood CES 19, #16 Stern 0 #9 RFK Community 12, #8 Legacy 0 #5 Torres 18, #12 L.A. University 0 #4 Santee 27, #13 Sylmar 0 #3 Palisades 22, #14 Brio College Prep 0 #6 San Fernando Arroyo 37, #11 Orthopaedic 6 #7 Hawkins 19, #10 Hollywood 12 #2 Sotomayor 21, #15 Fairfax 0
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE (Games at 3 p.m. unless noted) First Round
DIVISION I #16 Verdugo Hills at #1 Panorama #9 Jefferson at #8 Cleveland #12 L.A. Roosevelt at #5 Birmingham #13 Van Nuys at #4 El Camino Real #14 San Fernando at #3 Garfield #11 L.A. Hamilton at #6 King/Drew #10 Venice at #7 GALA #15 L.A. Marshall at #2 Granada Hills Kennedy
DIVISION II #16 SOCES at #1 Bell #9 Westchester at #8 Washington Prep #12 Angelou at #5 Taft #13 Contreras at #4 Arleta #14 East Valley at #3 North Hollywood #11 Manual Arts at #6 Fremont #10 Huntington Park at #7 Dorsey #15 Sun Valley Magnet at #2 Foshay
DIVISION IV #17 Elizabeth or #16 Marquez at #1 South East #9 New Designs University Park at #8 Los Angeles #12 VAAS at #5 Chatsworth #13 Rise Kohyang at #4 Crenshaw #14 Bernstein at #3 Collins Family #11 Alliance Levine at #6 Monroe #10 View Park at #7 Port of Los Angeles #15 Grant at #2 South Gate
THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE (Games at 3 p.m. unless noted) Quarterfinals
OPEN DIVISION #8 Franklin at #1 Carson #5 L.A. Wilson at #4 San Pedro #6 Lincoln at #3 Narbonne #7 Wilmington Banning vs. #2 Eagle Rock at Contreras, 7 p.m.
DIVISION III RFK Community at #1 Maywood CES #5 Torres at #4 Santee #6 San Fernando Arroyo at #3 Palisades #7 Hawkins at #2 Sotomayor
Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions I, II, IV) Friday, Nov. 6 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Tuesday, Nov. 10 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Saturday, Nov. 14.
The national fight over who controls the House of Representatives has made its way to California.
The congressional map, redrawn with the passage of Proposition 50, includes new districts that favor Democrats. Many districts shifted only slightly, some Republican districts were split, some Democrat districts were strengthened, and in one district, lines were redrawn with no overlap at all with their 2024 boundaries.
Several seats are competitive — either with a tight race between Republicans or because the seat is expected to flip from red to blue. With redistricting, only four seats are considered solidly Republican, according to the Cook Political Report, down from the nine GOP seats won in 2024.
In the Central Valley, Republican Rep. David Valadao and Democrat Randy Villegas are competing for the 22nd District. The boundaries of the Republican-held seat were adjusted in the new map to add about 100,000 Fresno residents. The district covers swaths of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties, along with a piece of Madera County.
The 48th District, a seat previously held by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, is another one that could flip, according to the Cook Political Report ratings. Democrat Marni von Wilpert is running against Republican Jim Desmond in the district stretching across San Diego and Riverside counties.
Also on this page are noncompetitive local districts that still may be of interest to The Times’ readers in Southern California.
King tells parliament attackers ‘are not of us’ and warns that Israeli expansionism is greatest threat to the region.
Published On 2 Nov 20262 Nov 2026
Jordan’s King Abdullah II says the kingdom would not be shaken by a deadly attack on a church in the southern city of Karak last month.
Opening a new session of parliament in the capital, Amman, on Monday, Abdullah said “the treacherous hand of terrorism” had reached out “to test the resilience of our state and the resolve of our people”.
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“They are not of us,” he said of the attackers. “There is no place for them among us, not today and not tomorrow.”
The attack about two weeks ago killed nine people and wounded dozens. The king asked lawmakers to stand for a minute of silence for the victims, whose relatives attended the session.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Jarrar, reporting from Amman, said Abdullah made clear that Jordan would confront “terrorism and extremism” by relying first on national unity and public awareness, backed by the army and security services, which would strike “with an iron fist”.
Abdullah also addressed regional tensions, warning that Israeli expansionism is the greatest threat to the Middle East.
“Israeli expansionist ambitions are the greatest threat to the future of the region and its security,” he said, adding: “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues, and successive assaults persist in the West Bank and Jerusalem.”
The king also pledged to protect Jordan’s scarce water supplies, Jarrar said.
“We will not allow the thirst of Jordanians to be held hostage by any party,” he said. Jarrar said this reflected concerns that Israeli projects threaten the kingdom’s water security.
Jordan, a close United States ally, signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, and millions of its citizens are of Palestinian origin.
Jarrar said the king’s third message was directed at lawmakers as he stressed that the nation is the source of authority and debate in parliament is healthy as long as it serves the national interest.
“Your differences of opinion are a strength so long as Jordan’s interest is the goal,” Abdullah said, urging the government to improve living conditions.
He also warned officials against abusing their positions. “The law knows no name, no position and no influence,” he said.
Kimi Antonelli has sparked affectionate tributes from all quarters of the Formula One paddock after becoming the sport’s youngest world champion at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old Italian finished third for Mercedes on Sunday behind Red Bull’s four-time champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton – who then hoisted him aloft as a carnival of celebrations began.
Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli celebrates with this team after finishing third in the race and clinching the 2026 Formula One World Championship [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]
“It’s a very special day,” said Antonelli’s race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington, who has worked with seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Hamilton and regards the new champion – Italy’s first since 1953 – as another generational talent.
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“I feel privileged to work with him and to put up with his pranks and tricks, including the water pistols and the rest. It’s him all over.”
Antonelli said it was “truly incredible” to share the podium with multiple champions Verstappen and Hamilton.
“I’m looking forward to more battles with them in the future,” he said. “This is just the beginning. This win is just going to mark a beginning, a new point to build on and keep improving and keep trying to win a championship.”
Lived and breathed motorsports his whole life
The sound of engines and smell of exhausts have been part of Antonelli’s life since he was a child.
The Mercedes driver was barely 10 when he sat on his father Marco’s lap behind the wheel of a competition Lamborghini, changing gears and guiding the car around a racetrack while his father operated the brake and accelerator pedals.
He was eight when his racing driver dad smuggled him into the Formula One paddock for the first time inside a stack of tyres with an umbrella on top.
“Sometimes we may look like lunatics because we just talk about racing,” Antonelli said of his close relationship with his father and the passion they share.
“We like to analyse things together. Racing is always in our minds. We have a lot of fun together, and racing is our passion. It’s what I live for.”
The son of Elisabetta, who stays out of the spotlight, and Marco, a former driver and team principal, Andrea Kimi Antonelli started karting at seven although his father, surprisingly, opposed a career in the sport.
“He didn’t want me to become a driver because motorsports can be very cruel at times, especially financially, since it’s very hard to succeed without the support of the right people,” the younger Antonelli said before the US Grand Prix last month.
“He taught me everything he knew, first about racing and now about life. It’s really important to have him by my side during races.”
Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli celebrates on the podium with team principal Toto Wolff after winning the Monaco Grand Prix [Yves Herman/Reuters]
Prodigy picked up by Mercedes at 11
Antonelli was spotted and, at the age of 11, recruited by Frenchman Gwen Lagrue, head of the Mercedes junior driver programme, where Hamilton was his mentor.
“He’s incredibly impressive and deserves to be world champion,” said the Englishman, whose record of seven world titles may one day come under threat from his protege.
Antonelli began in karting, dominating the sport in 2020 and 2021. He was Italian and German F4 champion in 2022 and champion in Formula Regional in F3 cars in 2023.
He skipped F3 and went straight into F2 in 2024. Although he finished only sixth, another leap followed when Hamilton left Mercedes for Ferrari.
There were a few bumps and brushes in his rookie year in F1, but he still managed a second place in Sao Paulo and two other podiums, finishing seventh in the championship.
“I said from the start that he had tremendous talent and a great personality but that he would need a season in F1 to grow and learn through both great moments and setbacks,” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said.
“He was catapulted into F1, and it wasn’t easy, even though he had always driven very well. He had to handle the pressure, the media and the expectations.”
Always cheerful, smiling and full of jokes, Antonelli has become the life and soul of the paddock. Every news conference is laced with humour with other drivers joining in the fun.
Congratulations from across the world poured in for the new champion, including from Italian compatriots, such as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, football clubs and multiple-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner, who teamed up with Antonelli to give Italy several victorious weekends as the duo triumphed concurrently in their sports.
Six races that made Antonelli world champion
March 15: China
Not only did he become the youngest driver ever to take pole position, but Antonelli, still only 19, went on to win his first grand prix, becoming the second youngest F1 winner behind Verstappen.
May 24: Canada
Despite teammate George Russell taking pole, the race again belonged to Antonelli, who made it four wins on the bounce as Russell was forced to retire on lap 30 due to a battery/power unit failure, costing him a potential 18 points and widening the gap.
June 7: Monaco
Two weeks later, the Italian again started from pole to make it five wins from five with a first victory on the tight, legendary Monaco street circuit. After six races, Antonelli led Hamilton and Russell by 66 and 68 points, respectively.
September 6: Italy
While Russell started on pole, Antonelli, in his first race as a 20-year-old, was forced to start from 19th on the grid due to an engine penalty. He then proceeded to pick his way through the field and passed Russell to become the first Italian to win the race since Ludovico Scarfiotti 60 years earlier.
September 26: Azerbaijan
On another street circuit in Baku, Antonelli made a rare error when he pranged his car into a wall during qualifying while Russell took pole. Antonelli didn’t make it on o the podium this time but worked his way up to fifth to puncture Russell’s optimism and close in on the title.
October 4: Malaysia
Antonelli finished second behind a resurgent Verstappen but stretched his lead after Russell, who was running third at the time, was forced to retire just a few laps from the finish.
That took his lead in the championship race to 84 points, essentially ending Russell’s bid to challenge him and signalling the dawn of a new era in Formula One.
Antonelli celebrates with champagne on the podium after winning the Italian Grand Prix with with his Mercedes teammate George Russell in second place [Claudia Greco/Reuters]
Quinton Byfield scored at 3:37 of overtime and the Kings beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 on Thursday night after blowing a four-goal lead in the third period.
Byfield beat goalie Samuel Ersson with a snap shot from the high slot, with Drew Doughty picking up his third assist of the night on the play.
Erik Haula tied it for the Kings (4-6-2) on a first-period power play and Trevor Moore, Mikey Anderson, Joel Armia and Artemi Panarin scored in the second to make it 5-1. Panarin capped the run on a power play after Ottawa’s Hayden Hodgson was tossed for boarding defenseman Brandt Clarke.
Clarke missed the rest of the game because of an upper-body injury.
Ottawa roared back in the third, with Shane Pinto tying it 5-5 with 1:40 left and Ersson off for an extra attacker.
Dylan Cozens scored twice in the period and Drake Batherson also connected. Cozens and Batherson struck in a 33-second span, and Cozens cut it to a goal with 7:26 remaining. Tyler Kleven opened the scoring for Ottawa (8-5-1) in the first period.
Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves for the Kings.
Jonas Johansson stopped 12 of 16 shots before giving way to Ersson in the second. Ersson made 20 saves on 22 shots.
Up next for the Kings: vs. the Buffalo Sabres at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.
Protecting this region from climate change is a theme of the King’s trip and was the focus of his visit to the Bonefish Pond National Park. The site was once a rubbish dump but has been redeveloped and now protects 1,235 acres of mangroves.
The King walked along a new boardwalk through the wetlands to see the conservation work being done to protect this vulnerable, low lying island from climate change.
He met students carrying out field work in the wetland waters asking them about their exams and ambitions to be marine biologists.
“We’ve so been looking forward to this,” said Joanne Smith, president of the Bahamas National Trust Council.
“We want more Bahamians to get involved in our national parks so they can use it to better themselves… we are so pleased to have the King here, this is really significant for us.”
Then it was on to the Junkanoo, where the King could be seen dancing alongside attendees dressed in feathered headdresses and bright costumes.
The history of the Junkanoo is not clear but it’s believed it emerged out of the slave trade when enslaved men and women were given time off to mark Christmas.
A small protest near the parade, which had activists holding placards with the words “Pay us what you owe us”,was moved on by the police.
The small group of protesters were from the Bahamas National Reparations Committee.
The King acknowledged the “great suffering of the past” when he first arrived in the Bahamas, as he faced calls for slavery reparations.
Noelle Nicholls, chair of the reparations committee, said :”We are demanding an apology for those crimes, and reparations for the harm that was done.”
Nicholls said the protesters’ presence “amidst the pomp and pageantry of the celebrations… are for us also a sombre occasion, because this is the King returning in a way that has still not atoned for the sins of the past.”
The King has confirmed that Commonwealth leaders will discuss the legacy of slavery at a major summit in Antigua next week.
CHICAGO — Wyatt Kaiser snapped a third-period tie, Spencer Knight made 25 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Samuel Helenius scored for the Kings in the finale of a 3-2-0 trip. The Kings’ Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots.
Chicago stopped a three-game slide while improving to 3-4-0 on a seven-game homestand. Roman Kantserov scored in the second, and the Blackhawks killed off a double-minor penalty on defenseman Sam Rinzel for high-sticking.
Kaiser picked up his first goal of the season at 7:17, beating Forsberg through the goaltender’s legs with a well-placed shot from the left circle. It was the 11th goal for the defenseman in 187 career games.
Kings captain Drew Doughty and forward Corey Perry were scratched after they played in Monday night’s 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
The Blackhawks played without defenseman Bowen Byram, who missed his fifth consecutive game with an upper-body injury.
The Kings got off to a fast start. Jared Wright’s shot trickled past Knight, and Helenius poked it home at 2:31 for his first goal of the season.
The Kings carried their 1-0 lead deep into the second period. But Joel Armia was whistled for tripping at 14:26 and interference at 16:29, and Connor Bedard set up Kantserov for the rookie’s team-high fifth goal at 16:40.
The Blackhawks improved to four for 38 (10.5%) on the power play in 12 games. They converted 16.9% of their chances last season, ranking 29th in the NHL.
The United Kingdom’s King Charles lll is travelling to the Bahamas on Tuesday, where he will begin a nine-day tour of the Caribbean.
The tour will take him to the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda, where he will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from November 1-4.
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This comes as demands for reparations over Britain’s notorious role in the slave trade grow louder, and as the monarchy faces questions about its future in the region.
So what is the significance of this tour? And what does the Caribbean want?
Here’s what we know.
What’s on the itinerary?
King Charles will visit three countries in nine days.
His tour begins on Tuesday with the archipelagic country of the Bahamas, where he will be staying for three days.
Then he will make his way to Guyana, a former British colony that had more than 100,000 slaves when the trade was abolished in 1807.
After two days in Guyana, where he is expected to meet the president and elected leaders of Amerindian villages, he will head to Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The meeting, from November 1-4, is expected to include discussions about the environment and trade and development, although the question of British reparations for slavery is also likely to feature.
What do the countries King Charles is visiting want?
Government officials in the Bahamas and in Antigua and Barbuda – both of which are part of the British Commonwealth with King Charles as their ultimate head of state – have signalled that they want to become republics. Guyana gained independence from the UK in 1966, and has a president as its head of state.
Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said in an interview with ITV News that while Charles “rightfully” recognised slavery as the “darkest days in human history” during a visit to Barbados in 2021 when he was still the prince of Wales, an apology should be his next step.
“You exploited the region. You destroyed lives. You created underdevelopment,” Ali said, in a reference to the lingering legacy of the British Empire and the slave trade.
In 2023, a Lord Ashcroft Poll revealed that 51 percent of surveyed respondents in the Bahamas wanted to become a republic, while 27 percent preferred to retain the British monarchy as head of state.
Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, chair of the Bahamas National Reparations Committee, was critical of the king ahead of his arrival. “Why do we still have a king? What does this person really represent to us? Why is he coming and how will that benefit us?” she asked.
King Charles III holds an audience with Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali at Buckingham Palace in London, England, on January 27, 2026 [File: Aaron Chown/Getty Images]
What do other countries in the Caribbean say about slavery?
Jamaica, which is not on the itinerary for this trip by King Charles, made its stance clear in September, when it filed a $10bn slavery reparations petition in London, addressing it to the king.
That was the first time a British Commonwealth state has taken legal action pursuing “the cause of reparatory justice”, as the Jamaican delegation called it.
The petition is due to be heard by a UK privy council in March next year. The UK has, so far, refused to formally apologise or pay reparations for slavery.
Also in September, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Secretary-General Carla Barnett said reparations are “fundamentally about justice”.
“It is about recognition, accountability and transformation, and about building a just and equitable future for the descendants of those who, as the chattel of colonial owners, endured untold suffering, loss of life and freedom,” she said.
The transatlantic slave trade was recently declared the “gravest crime against humanity” in a United Nations resolution in March this year.
The last time a British royal visited Jamaica was when Prince William and Kate Middleton, then the duke and duchess of Cambridge, toured the island in 2022 during their Caribbean Platinum Jubilee tour.
The more memorable moment of the trip was when the couple was pictured shaking hands with Jamaican children with a fence separating them, which many criticised for being “tone-deaf”.
Duke of Cambridge Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine shake hands with children during a visit to Trench Town in Kingston, Jamaica in 2022 [Chris Jackson/Getty Images]
What’s likely to happen at the Commonwealth meeting?
The meeting in Antigua and Barbuda is expected to cover climate resilience as well as trade and development.
Leaders and representatives of 56 Commonwealth countries will be attending. Many want an apology for slavery from the king, but Buckingham Palace recently announced that will not be happening.
“The visit programme will…not shy away from ‘the darkest days of our past’, as his majesty has described them, but – in keeping with the wishes of our host nations – it will principally be oriented to the vibrant present and promising future of each country,” a palace spokesperson said in a statement.
The palace added that it is “important” to acknowledge the “creative” ways that Charles has tried to right “enduring inequalities”.
The chair of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Afrikan Reparations, Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, said the royal family and the UK government had failed to recognise the demands of those wanting reparations.
“I think it would be wrong to think that we can continue with platitudes. You’ve got ‘atrocity’, ‘deep regret’, ‘sorrow’, and now they’re going to say ‘darkest days’,” she said. “I think the king needs to realise that people wouldn’t keep raising it if what he was doing was anywhere near enough.
“You can tell that the Commonwealth means something to the monarchy, and I’m sure he would not want to be the monarch under which it crumbles.”
