With the USS Iowa’s maritime museum providing a vast ash-colored backdrop Saturday night, Hawthorne-born surf-music legends The Beach Boys helmed by original member Mike Love delighted the crowd at San Pedro’s third LA Fleet Week celebration.

Joining them onstage: Honorary Beach Boy and Cypress native John Stamos. You can’t get any more Southern California than this.

“We all remember what school we were going to when ‘Be True To Your School’ came out, and it became everyone’s fight song,” LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn said to the crowd before The Boys took the stage. “The Beach Boys wrote about California, and Southern California life.”

Related: A night of stars (like John Krasinski) and stripes as “Jack Ryan” debuts at Fleet Week

Though the evening was steeped in such surfer-strutting fun, the Boys remembered the Fleet Week military mission by honoring men and women in uniform and urging the crowd to take a moment to pay their respects to “third-generation Navy man,” Sen. John McCain.

Earlier that morning, on the other side of the nation, Washington’s leaders gathered at the National Cathedral Saturday to say farewell to McCain, capping days of tributes to the war hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate who died last week of brain cancer at 81.

Stamos, former star of such TV hits as “Full House” and “ER,”  took to the microphone to share one of the former U.S. senator’s most memorable quotes. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act despite our fears,” he quoted from McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War.

Video screens around the Iowa, also known as Battleship of Presidents or the Big Stick, displayed images of McCain while the crowd paused.

“That’s Fleet Week to me,” said Stamos. “I’m very humbled to be here.”

Stamos is an executive producer of the current Netflix kickstart of his old show, “Fuller House,” and intermittently returns onscreen as “Uncle Jesse” Katsopolis.

Stamos has oft mentioned that he saw the Beach Boys at age 15 and was transfixed. He has become an adjunct member of the band, performing with them frequently – including this year at the big national celebration in Washington DC, “A Capitol Fourth.” He’ll also join them at the Kern County Fair later this month.

When the spotlight shifted back to music, those video screens turned their attention to the surf-music scene, beaming images of The Beach Boys’ highlights from their five decades together.

The band, founded in 1961 by original members Mike Love, his cousins  Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and pal Al Jardine –  opened with old favorites “Do It Again,” “Surfin’ Safari,” “Catch A Wave,” “Little Honda,” and “Surfin’ USA.”

And they ripped through many more of their vast playlist, the crowd singing along with: “Surfer Girl,” “Getcha Back,” Don’t Worry Baby,” “Little Deuce Coupe,” “409,” “Shut Down,” “I Get Around,” “Be True To Your School,” “Belles of Paris,” “Darlin’,” “Kiss Me Baby,” “The Warmth of the Sun,” “Forever,” “God Only Knows,” “Pisces Brothers,” “Unleash the Love,” “Sail on Sailor,” “Sloop John B.,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “California Girls,” “Do You Wanna Dance,” “Rock and Roll Music,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Barbara Ann,” “Good Vibrations,” “Kokomo,” “Summertime Blues,” and “Fun Fun Fun.”

At one point, the Boys asked the audience to take out their cellphones and turn on the flashlight feature. “”If you can’t find it,” joked Love, “ask someone younger than you.”

It was all Bic lighters back in the 1980s when audience member Monique Modica first saw the Boys at The Queen Mary when she was only 16 years old.

Modica was having a great time Saturday at her first Fleet Week. “My mom had a blast last year when she came with my daughter,” said Modica, who brought along her sister-in-law Sandra Chor. “And my boyfriend is military. He was army and did two tours.”

With multiple agencies on site – including officers from the LAPD, Los Angeles Port Police, a private security team and both American and Canadian Navy personnel  – you didn’t have to look far to find someone clad in uniform to honor.

But you didn’t have to know anyone in the military to have a good time Saturday night in San Pedro.

““(Fleet Week) is big for San Pedro, it’s beautiful,” said Tony Accetta, whose cousin is Leonard Russo, lead guitarist of The Wing Tips, who warmed up the crowd along with Navy Band Southwest, One Ten South and Steve Morris.

More from the Fleet

Here are highlights from Fleet Week’s final two days:

Sunday, Sept. 2

• Public ship tours, indoor and outdoor exhibits, dining and music (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.);
• 5-on-5 Basketball Tournament Day 2 (9 to 2 p.m. with championship game at noon and champions vs. celebrities 1 p.m.);
• Aerial demonstrations (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.);
• Battleship Blast High School Robotics Competition (9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stemp Expo Village);
• Brews, Blues & BBQ at the SS Lane Victory (3 to 7 p.m., 3600 Miner St.);
• Navy Band Southwest performance (4:30 p.m., Bob Hope USO Delta Air Lines Main Stage);
• Navy Film Festival with Navy Air Night (“Hell Divers” 5 p.m. and “Top Gun’ 8:15 p.m., Warner Grand Theatre);
• Live music with Soul Sacrifice, Rich Girl and Bay Side High Navy Band Southwest (4:30-9 p.m., Bob Hope USO stage); laser show (9:15 p.m.)

Monday, Sept. 3

• 10th Annual Conquer the Bridge 5.3-mile run-walk over the Vincent Thomas Bridge (7-10 a.m., Harbor Boulevard and Fifth Street;
• Victory breakfast 9-11 a.m. outside dining ten at main LA Fleet Week event site);
• Public ship tours, indoor and outdoor exhibits, dining and music (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.);
• Battleship Blast High School Robotics Competition (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. STEM Expo Village);
• Aerial demonstrations (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.);
• Galley Wars culinary competition between the sea services (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bob Hope USO stage);
• Live music with Brent Payne and Faultlines (2-6 p.m., Bob Hope USO stage);
• Navy Film Festival with Navy Ships and Subs Night (“Mister Roberts” 5 p.m. and “Hunt for Red October” 8:15 p.m., Warner Grand Theatre).

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

UCLA (0-1) at No. 7 Oklahoma (1-0)

When: 10 a.m. PT, Saturday, Sept. 8

Where: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Okla.

Watch/listen: FOX/ AM 570

UCLA update: After an offseason of high hopes, UCLA got a harsh dose of reality in Saturday’s 26-17 loss to Cincinnati. Chip Kelly has a big rebuilding project on his hands as the Bruins faltered in key situations, letting small mistakes — drops, missed tackles, a substitution infraction that positioned Cincinnati for the game-sealing touchdown — cost them a chance at one of the more manageable wins on a tough schedule. … Starting quarterback Wilton Speight suffered a back injury in the first half and did not return. Kelly said after the game that he hadn’t received word from the medical staff about Speight’s availability going forward. The Michigan grad transfer is less than a year removed from cracking three vertebrae in a game against Purdue that ultimately led to him transferring to UCLA. … The Bruins played 11 true freshmen in the game, including quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who replaced Speight.

Oklahoma’s last game: The Sooners didn’t have trouble replacing their Heisman-winning quarterback as redshirt junior Kyler Murray threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns on 9 of 11 passing in the Sooners’ 61-14 rout over Florida Atlantic. Murray didn’t even have to play a whole half as he bowed out with more than four minutes remaining in the second quarter with Oklahoma up 42-0. “I’d be shocked if there’s a better team in the country,” FAU coach Lane Kiffin told reporters of Oklahoma. … The Sooners had 650 total yards, including 316 on the ground, led by 100 from running back Rodney Anderson. They averaged 8.1 yards per carry.

Walking into Systems Training Center in Hawthorne, guests immediately see six championship belts and multiple trophies hanging above a walkway into two matted training rooms.

A trophy in the center of that display was earned for Fight of the Night at a Sin City Fight Night in 2012.

But for gym owners Marcus Kowal, a former professional mixed martial arts fighter, and Mishel Eder, a banner to the right of the walkway on fencing is a reminder they are in the midst of a more significant fight.

Two years ago Monday, Sept. 3, the couple’s first son, Liam, and Eder’s sister, Allison Bell, were hit by a drunk driver while crossing Hawthorne Boulevard at 133rd Street. Bell had been pushing her 15-month-old nephew along in a stroller.

The couples lives three blocks away, above the gym.

“It changed our lives in a second,” Eder said. “One moment, I was studying and the next I saw my baby’s stroller in two pieces on the (street).”

The next day, they took Liam off of life support after they were told he was brain dead. Bell, 15, was injured but survived.

The driver of the vehicle, Donna Marie Higgins, 72 attempted to drive away but was stopped by witnesses. She ultimately accepted a plea deal to plead guilty to a vehicular manslaughter charge in August 2017. She was sentenced to six years in prison.

At the sentencing hearing, Kowal told reporters that Higgins’ blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent with a breath test, and later 0.09 percent with a blood test.

Fueled by the pain of losing their son, Kowal and Eder have advocated for change to California’s regulations on drunk driving for nearly two years. They want to change what they call the casual culture of drinking and driving in order to prevent another family from experiencing the same tragedy.

For Kowal and Eder, that starts with lowering the legal limit of .08 percent blood-alcohol concentration to .05.

“We know we’re facing an uphill battle, but we’re not going to stop,” said Kowal, a Cal State Long Beach graduate. “It’s not a question of if we’ll win, it’s when.”

That decision to seek change came within days of Liam’s death.

The couple created a nonprofit, the Liam’s Life Foundation (liamslife.org), to raise awareness of the dangers of drunk driving and to lobby for policy change.

The couple released a book, “Life is a Moment,” earlier this year, stemming from a collection of 90,000 words Kowal wrote over three months to deal with his emotions. Twenty percent of proceeds from book sales go to the foundation, Kowal said.

A documentary, “Letters to Liam,” based on those writings and letters both parents have written to their son, will be released later this year, the couple said. Crews filmed the couple for more than a year, including scenes surrounding the birth of their second son, Nico, two weeks before Higgins’ sentencing.

There were plenty of moments when the couple wanted the cameras off, but in order for people to understand the aftermath of drunk driving, they had to be OK with the filming of those times, Kowal said.

“There’s a stigma of being macho and being a fighter and being tough,” Kowal said. “This is a very honest book. … Grief is something that every human will go through at some point in their life.”

After Liam was born in May 2015, Kowal figured he could be whatever he wanted to be when he grew up so long as he made the world a better place. His parents remember him as a happy baby who loved to eat. He would share his favorite toys and fruit, even with strangers.

For his giving nature, his parents knew that donating his organs was the right decision.

“This was not at all the plan we had for him, but he’s already given more than a lot of people in this world,” Kowal said.

Along the campaign, they’ve spoken to more than 5,000 high school students on the dangers of drunk driving. They’ve collaborated with the California Highway Patrol. They were involved in a Super Bowl commercial on the effects of drunk driving that aired in Missouri, they said.

In Kowal’s home country of Sweden, the legal limit for drinking and driving is .02 with, he said, getting behind the wheel after drinking frowned upon more severely than in the United States.

Lowering the legal limit in California could improve the mindset here, he said. It could also lead people to think about Uber or Lyft instead of driving home.

But while calls to politicians are answered, those politicians have not followed up. Lobbyists and organizations such as the American Beverage Institute have opposed lowering the legal limit, saying the move would be an attack on the restaurant and hospitality industries and criminalizes social drinking.

“Our fight isn’t with the alcohol companies,” Kowal said. “Our fight is just don’t get behind the wheel when you’ve been drinking.”

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2016, which accounted for 28 percent of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. Of those who died in alcohol-related crashes, 214 were children under age 15.

“Once you’re faced with the statistics and effects of drunk driving, how are you going to go against it?” Kowal said. “It’s something that could very easily be changed.”

Despite little political traction, Kowal and Eder, who also own gyms in Inglewood, Encino and Westwood, say they won’t stop fighting.

Kowal may have hung the gloves up months ago, finishing his mixed martial arts career in Sweden, but he and his wife have not stopped fighting.

“This is a fight we’re going to win, we’re not going to stop and we know we’re fighting for the right thing,” he said. “When someone fights for profit and I fight for my son’s life – and I’ve been fighting my whole life – there’s no way I’m not going to win this fight.”

Jamie Lee of Cerritos stood at the door waiting for Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia to open.

It would be her second visit to the shop and she had already planned to eat the same thing: Sun Moon & Stars ice cream, a mix of oolong, jasmine and green tea flavors, served in a puffle cone.

“It was good,” Lee said of her previous treat. “It’s not that sweet. (The ice cream) matches well with the puffle cone.”

Cauldron’s puffle ice cream cones are a take on Hong Kong-style egg waffles. The batter is cooked in a special waffle iron for a crisp outside, chewy inside and an appearance akin to bubble wrap. The cone is filled with your choice of nitrogen-infused ice cream which can also be shaped to resemble a flower if you wish.

Cauldron is the culmination of Desiree Le and Terence Lioe’s dream. The dream began because the engaged couple wanted to leave their corporate jobs behind and open a restaurant.

“One day he calls me at 3 a.m. and he’s like, ‘I bought an ice cream machine. It was $16,000. Do you want to open an ice cream shop with me?’” Le said.

Le mumbled that she would and went back to sleep. In the morning, the two began researching their next steps. They remembered visiting an ice cream shop in Singapore that had delicious flavors.

“We wanted to try to bring that to our own community, and bring it home to our neighbors and family and friends and see how they would receive it,” Le said.

They experimented with nitrogen-infused ice cream recipes in Lioe’s garage for six months with the neighbors often stopping by to see what was going on.

“We invited all our friends and family. We were making ice cream all day, every day for months. It sounds fun at first, but when you get into it it’s just too much ice cream and we ate so much ice cream every day we were sick to our stomachs,” Le said.

Le and Lioe opened Cauldron Ice Cream in Santa Ana in May 2015.

“About two months in, we realized that we needed to put our ice cream in something special that would complement it,” Le said.

Again, they looked to their cultural backgrounds and previous travels for ideas. Lioe is Chinese and grew up eating Hong Kong-style waffles, so they bought a waffle iron, but they didn’t have a recipe. After much trial and error, the puffle cone was born.

“I think the first time we went viral online it was because of the puffle cone. It was something that nobody had seen before and it’s very nice to look at,” Le said.

There was soon a line around the block with a two-hour wait for ice cream. Realizing that they could lose customers over the wait, the couple closed the space for a week to upgrade it with more equipment and retrain their employees to handle the larger crowds at a quicker pace.

Today, it takes about three minutes to create a puffle cone filled with ice cream, which are both made-to-order. The batter comes out of the waffle iron flat and is hand-rolled into a cone shape. There are original, red velvet and churro flavors.

The ice cream begins as a prepared liquid base in the flavor you select. Mixed in a large metal bowl and infused with liquid nitrogen, the ice cream base freezes quickly at a low temperature, which results in a smooth, creamy texture akin to pudding or custard.

“Nitrogen is flavorless, but the texture influences how you taste it in your mouth. It’s not overly icy, so it’s not freezing your tastebuds and you can get the full flavor,” Le said.

Cauldron’s ice cream flavors reflect a range of cultures from around the globe. The standard menu includes a nod to England with Earl Grey tea with lavender, Vietnamese coffee and condensed milk, all-American s’mores and more.

Jessica Wrightington of Rancho Cucamonga had just finished a scoop of s’mores ice cream in a red velvet puffle cone during her second visit to Cauldron in Artesia.

“It’s so good,” Wrightington said. “The marshmallow was amazing. It was like a campfire.”

She had driven with a friend from La Verne just to eat at the ice cream shop.

“We have a Yelp bucket list,” Wrightington said.

Cauldron also serves a selection of drinks, including hot chocolate topped with a marshmallow mountain, Froze, an ice-blended coffee with a floating rose of ice cream, and Blue Bantha, cappuccino and blue milk a la Star Wars.

“We really want to give back to our community. We have lived here our whole lives and we’ve traveled to a lot of different places and the amazing flavors that we take from traveling — and even from our own cultures and cultures that we learn about — we want to bring them back to our community so they can try them,” Le said.

Currently Cauldron Ice Cream has locations in Santa Ana, Artesia, Glendale and San Diego. It will be opening in Pasadena and Toronto, Canada in September and Dallas, Texas, by the end of the year.

Cauldron Ice Cream

When: Noon-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and noon-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Where: 12154 Artesia Blvd. Suite B, Artesia.

Information: 562-219-5346, www.cauldronicecream.com.

When: Noon-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and noon-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Where: 204 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

Information: 818-945-5890, www.cauldronicecream.com.

When: Noon-10 p.m. daily.

Where: 1421 W. MacArthur Blvd., Santa Ana.

Information: 657-245-3442, www.cauldronicecream.com.

He’s back.

After months of speculation, the Chargers have reached a one-year deal with tight end Antonio Gates, the future Hall of Famer who will eventually retire as one of the greatest players in franchise history. It’s unclear how much Gates has left in the tank at 38 years old, but he reunites with a team that desperately needs help at his position.

The Chargers had publicly said goodbye to Gates in April, but were forced to reconsider a month later when Hunter Henry tore his ACL. Henry, 23, caught 81 passes for 1,057 yards and 12 touchdowns in his first two seasons, and was expected to blossom into a Pro Bowler before his injury.

In Gates, they bring back a tight end who once made eight straight Pro Bowls from 2004-11. He finished 2017 with a career-low 316 receiving yards — but recorded 127 of those in the final two games of the season, when Henry was out with a lacerated kidney.

He is one of just three tight ends on the Chargers’ 53-man roster, joining veteran blocker Virgil Green and undrafted second-year pro Sean Culkin.

Because @AntonioGates85 is back.
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— Los Angeles Chargers (@Chargers) September 2, 2018

Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Monday, Sept. 3 at Del Mar.

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A game of dice between neighbors in the courtyard of a San Bernardino apartment complex erupted into gunfire Sunday night, leaving two people, including a 17-year-old boy, in extremely critical condition and wounding six others, police said.

The teenager and an adult were shot in the head, while the others had non-life threatening wounds, police told reporters Monday from a bloodied sidewalk in front of the apartment complex.

Police said finding cooperative witnesses has been challenging.

“There were multiple weapons used, and it appears there were multiple shooters, but we need someone to come forward to tell us that,” Capt. Richard Lawhead said. “There is evidence for us to believe there was a back-and-forth gun battle.”

Witnesses and victims were tight-lipped about the incident that erupted around 10:45 p.m. Sunday during a dice game at the two-story apartment complex at 1277 E. Lynwood Drive, north of the 210 Freeway and east of Waterman Avenue, officials said.

Officers in the area heard the shots ring out and responded while numerous calls came in reporting shots fired and people down, police said. Arriving police officers found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, including some who were unresponsive.

While officers applied first aid and called for medical aid, a hostile crowd came out of the complex, police said, so they called in back up from other agencies.

.@SanBernardinoPD Capt. Richard Lawhead asks for cooperation from witnesses but says he understands witnesses could fear for their safety if they come forward. pic.twitter.com/Fad6rBS1Yy

— Beatriz Valenzuela (@BeatrizVNews) September 3, 2018

The shooting started when someone showed up to the gathering, Lawhead said, but it was unclear if it was directly related to the game itself.

No one had been arrested as of early Monday.

Descriptions of the suspects were limited, and there wasn’t any vehicle description. No firearms had been recovered from the incident that Lawhead said included handguns and rifles.

“We did get a number of things here at the scene that take a lot of time to put together, however without that person who saw something, without that person who’s willing to come forward and cooperate, the good people that live in this neighborhood remain captive,” Lawhead said.

The stretch where the shooting occurred suffers from gang activity.  But Lawhead said it is too early in the investigation to attribute the shooting to a gang rivalry. The neighborhood often generates calls for loud parties, but has not seen any violent crimes in recent months, Sgt. John Echevarria said.

Investigators are bagging up evidence from a bloody scene on Lynwood Drive in #SanBernardino, where police say 8 people, including a 17-year-old boy, were shot last night while playing dice at an apartment complex. 2 are in critical condition, 6 have non-life threatening wounds. pic.twitter.com/0aLSfKr0N3

— Megan Barnes (@meg_barnes) September 3, 2018

The incident comes as community leaders have already expressed concern about violence in the city this summer.

Monday morning, investigators were seen collecting bags of evidence behind crime tape from the courtyard of the middle of three green apartment buildings in the complex. Gates to the courtyard were mangled from someone driving into them earlier in the day Sunday, police said. It was unknown whether the incident was related to the gunshots.

One neighbor said an argument had taken place at the complex hours before the shooting. Later, she heard the gunfire and ran outside to see a swarm of police and paramedics.

“I didn’t see the shooting, I just saw the bodies,” said Mystica Alcocer, who has lived in the complex for more than a year.

“Whoever did it, these people didn’t deserve it,” she said. “They could’ve duked it out like men and fought it out instead of bringing over a bunch of people and shooting. That was wrong.”

Residents of the apartments play dice on the ground outside just about every day, she said.

“It’s one of the past times here, and it’s usually fun and games,” Alcocer said. “You hear them laughing and joking around.”

Some residents were unable to leave their apartments Monday morning because they were blocked in by crime scene tape.

As media vans pulled up outside, a group of teenagers stood around recounting the events of the previous night. They said they were awoken by dozens of gunshots and knew the victims they saw bleeding out on the ground. The shooting has left them not only worried about whether the victims will survive, but on edge for their own safety.

“I couldn’t really sleep last night, every time I dozed off, I saw pictures pop into my head,” said a 12-year-old. “I tried to tell myself not to think about it, but it didn’t work.”

Gloria Heard, who doesn’t live at the complex, said she often sees dice games being played when she visits her sister, who lives there.

“I would’ve been here yesterday, too, and it scares me to think it could’ve been me, too,” she said.

Police asked anyone with information to call 909-384-5655 or to send text messages anonymously to 909-953-4673.

Pechanga Resort & Casino has a couple of new high-tech machines, and they aren’t part of the resort’s gaming collection. The Temecula resort added two security robots in July to enhance safety at the property.

One, named “Buddy,” resembles a giant R2-D2 combined with a Roomba that glides around the hotel lobby and atrium floor, constantly filming and surveying the scene, including concert-goers waiting in line to enter Pechanga Summit. The other, named “Rudy,” sits stationary outside of the main casino valet entrance.

“I had been looking for ways to increase visibility and security on the property,” said Robert Krauss, Pechanga’s vice president of public safety. “If we are not leaders in the industry we will fall behind and the one place not to fall behind in is security.”

Like many casinos, Pechanga has  no shortage of surveillance cameras as well as a fleet of security staff keeping a close eye on every aspect of the property. With the robots, surveillance is brought down to eye-level.

“Most cameras give us an overview,” Krauss said. “Now we are seeing things from a different perspective.”

On a recent afternoon, casino guests who were passing through the large atrium near the hotel lobby stopped and stared at the moving robot while others took photos with Buddy.

“When I first saw it, I was like, ‘What is that?’” said Mary Casamale, a Mississippi resident who was checking out of the hotel. “I see that it says public safety on it, so I guess it makes me feel safer even though I don’t know what it does.”

Another guest noticed it and wandered over to get a closer look while she was on FaceTime with her sister.

“It’s quite interesting to see and it kind of reminds me of the ‘I, Robot’ movie,” Corona resident Lori Terry said. “It seems like it has good views of the surroundings at a lower level than the ceiling cameras.”

Both robots were designed by the Silicon Valley-based company Knightscope.

The roaming one continuously films and transmits 360-degree high definition video and audio along with photos which are streamed to the resort’s security dispatch center 24 hours a day,. It also has thermal imaging technology and license plate recognition. The stationary robot has similar functions.

“As of late people are talking about active shooter situations and how to bring those situations to some form of resolution,” Stacy Stephens, executive vice president of Knightscope, said in a phone interview. “Instead of putting someone in harm’s way, we can potentially send in a robot to communicate with a threat or even help with a benign situation like someone in distress.”

Stephens said one of the company’s robots helped identify three suspects in a smash-and-grab robbery at a store while others have assisted in helping people in parking garages who were having trouble finding their vehicles.

Robots are being added to other types of businesses to do things that employees also do. In San Gabriel new robots have been added to help at the Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel, while a burger making robot named Flippy is in service at Caliburger in Pasadena.

As of press time, Twin Arrows Casino Resort in Arizona is the only other casino in the country with a Knightscope security robot.

Krauss said the security robots have been a huge hit and he plans to get five more stationary ones to post up at every entrance at Pechanga as well as a smaller roving one that will take the place of Buddy, which will be assigned to patrol the new parking structure.

“With what happened at the mass shooting in Las Vegas, we have to be on the cutting edge of safety,” Krauss said. “If people feel safe, they will keep coming back.”

Head coach Chip Kelly updates Wilton Speight’s injury status, saying the quarterback is ‘day-to-day’ with a back injury, talks about his impressions of Dorian Thompson-Robinson after watching the tape and what he took away from UCLA’s season opener.

Safety Quentin Lake talks about what the defense did right against Cincinnati, what is has to do to get better against Oklahoma and what he learned him his father Carnell about playing the Sooners.

Offensive lineman Andre James talks about the good things the offensive line did against Cincinnati, the bad things the unit needs to improve and what he was thinking when Kazmeir Allen ripped off that 74-yard touchdown run.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Smoke rose Monday from the burned-out hulk of Brazil’s National Museum, as recriminations flew over who was responsible for a huge fire that destroyed of at least part of Latin America’s largest collection of historical artifacts and documents.

A few hundred protesters who gathered outside the museum gates tried several times to push into the site, demanding to see the damage and calling on the government to rebuild. Police held the crowd back with pepper spray, tear gas and batons.

The museum’s director said a portion of the collection was destroyed and that it was impossible to say yet how much. But the deputy director suggested that the damage could be catastrophic, with most objects in the main building probably lost, except for some meteorites.

The main building, which was once the home of the Brazilian royal family, housed a collection of 20 million items that included Egyptian and Greco-Roman relics and the oldest human skull found in the Western hemisphere, known as Luzia.

On Monday, the building was still standing, but much of it appeared to have been gutted. Civil defense authorities warned that the structure was not safe to enter because the roof and internal walls had been compromised and could collapse further.

It was not clear how the fire began Sunday evening, when the museum was closed. But the flames quickly fueled criticism of Brazil’s dilapidated infrastructure and budget deficits as the nation prepares for national elections in October.

Several officials have said the building was known to be in serious disrepair and at significant risk of catching fire.

“Just crying doesn’t solve anything,” Alexander Kellner, the museum’s director, told reporters at the scene. He became emotional as he described plans to salvage what was left of the collection and rebuild. “We have to act.”

The museum has suffered underfunding for years that prevented renovations and forced it to close exhibits. The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported in May, as the museum was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, that its annual budget had fallen from around $130,000 in 2013 to around $84,000 last year.

In a sign of how strapped the museum was, when a termite infestation last year forced the closure of a room containing a 39- foot dinosaur skeleton, officials turned to crowdfunding to raise the money to reopen the room.

The institution had recently secured approval for a planned renovation, including an upgrade of the fire-prevention system, Kellner said.

“Look at the irony. The money is now there, but we ran out of time,” he said.

Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, the deputy director, noted another irony: He said museum officials were seeking renovation funds in 2013, at the same time that Brazil was spending millions to build stadiums for the World Cup, which it hosted the following year.

“The money spent on each one of those stadiums — a quarter of that would have been enough to make this museum safe and resplendent,” he told Brazilian TV. He said the responsibility for the museum’s destruction lay squarely with federal authorities.

On Monday, President Michel Temer announced that private and public banks, as well as mining giant Vale and state-run oil company Petrobras, have agreed to help rebuild the museum and reconstitute its collections. French President Emmanuel Macron offered in a tweet to send experts to help.

Fire department spokesman Roberto Robadey said firefighters got off to a slow start because the two fire hydrants closest to the museum did not work. Instead, trucks had to gather water from a nearby lake.

Kellner said there were fire extinguishers on the site, but it was not clear if there were sprinklers, which are problematic for museums because water can damage objects.

Employees had recently received training from firefighters in how to prevent and respond to a blaze in the building, Duarte said. He lamented that no one was on hand Sunday night to put that training into practice.

“It was a constant worry,” he said, adding that he would unplug everything in his office before leaving because of the fire risk.

On the massive site where the museum sits, signs of disrepair were evident: The fencing was dilapidated. Stonework was cracked, and lawns appeared untended.

“This fire is what Brazilian politicians are doing to the people,” said Rosana Hollanda, a 35-year-old high school teacher, who was crying Monday at the gates. “They’re burning our history, and they’re burning our dreams.”

Roberto Leher, the rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, of which the museum is a part, told reporters that the building needed an upgrade to its electrical and water systems and a new fire-prevention plan.

“We all knew the building was in a vulnerable state,” he told reporters. Officials had been working with firefighters to reduce those risks, he added.

Asked by a reporter why such disasters don’t happen at cultural institutions in other countries, Kellner, the museum director, replied: “Ask yourself that. That’s a good question.”

Latin America’s largest nation has struggled to emerge from its worst recession in decades. The state of Rio de Janeiro has been particularly hard hit in recent years thanks to a combination of falling prices for oil, one of its major revenue sources, mismanagement and massive corruption.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gordon lashed South Florida with heavy rains and high winds on Monday, forcing holiday beachgoers to drier ground. Weather forecasters said the storm could strengthen to near-hurricane force by the time it hits the central U.S. Gulf Coast.

Gordon formed into a tropical storm near the Florida Keys early Monday as it moved west-northwest at 16 mph. The storm was expected to reach coastal Mississippi and Louisiana by late Tuesday and move inland over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 2 p.m. EDT that the storm was centered 15 miles west-southwest of Marco Island on Monday. Maximum sustained winds were clocked at 50 mph.

Miami Beach Police said via Twitter that the Labor Day holiday was “NOT a beach day,” with rough surf and potential rip currents. Red flags flew over Pensacola-area beaches in Florida’s Panhandle, where swimming and wading in the Gulf of Mexico was prohibited. More than 4,000 Florida Power & Light customers lost power Monday due to weather conditions.

The National Weather Service said current conditions were “somewhat favorable” for tornadoes in affected parts of South Florida on Monday.

The storm left many businesses on Florida’s Gulf Coast feeling shortchanged by the holiday weekend. The area has already been heavily impacted by this summer’s so-called “red tide”— massive algae blooms that have caused waves of dead marine life to wash up along the coast.

Jenna Wright, owner of a coffee shop in Naples, Florida, told the Naples Daily News that she had expected higher numbers for the Labor Day weekend.

“This is normally a decent weekend, but the storm and red tide aren’t helping,” Wright said. “We’re a beach coffee shop, and if people can’t go to the beach, then we won’t get any customers.”

A hurricane watch — meaning that hurricane conditions are possible — was put into effect for the area stretching from the mouth of the Pearl River in Mississippi to the Alabama-Florida border.

The Miami-based center said the storm is also expected to bring “life-threatening” storm surge to portions of the central Gulf Coast. A storm surge warning has been issued for the area stretching from Shell Beach, Louisiana, to the Mississippi-Alabama. The warning means there is danger of life-threatening inundation. The region could see rising waters of 3 to 5 feet.

“The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to the east of the landfall location, where the surge will be accompanied by large waves,” the center said.

Separately, Tropical Storm Florence continues to hold steady over the eastern Atlantic. Forecasters say little change in strength is expected in coming days and no coastal watches or warnings are in effect.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, suggesting the Department of Justice put Republicans in midterm jeopardy with recent indictments of two GOP congressmen.

In his latest broadside against the Justice Department’s traditional independence, Trump tweeted that “Obama era investigations, of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.”

He added: “Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……”

The first two Republicans to endorse Trump in the Republican presidential primaries were indicted on separate charges last month: Rep. Duncan Hunter of California on charges that included spending campaign funds for personal expenses and Rep. Chris Collins of New York on insider trading. Both have proclaimed their innocence.

Another blow in Trump’s long-running feud with Sessions, the president’s complaint fits with his pattern of viewing the Department of Justice less as a law enforcement agency and more as a department that is supposed to do his political bidding.

Trump, who did not address the specifics of the charges, just the political impact, has previously pressed Sessions to investigate his perceived enemies and has accused Sessions of failing to take control of the Justice Department. Trump has also repeatedly complained that Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation.

Some of the issues Trump has raised have either already been examined or are being investigated.

The tension between Trump and Sessions boiled over recently with Sessions punching back, saying that he and his department “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” Still, Sessions has made clear to associates that he has no intention of leaving his job voluntarily despite Trump’s constant criticism.

A spokeswoman for Sessions declined comment, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

By PETER PRENGAMAN and SARAH DiLORENZO

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Smoke rose Monday from the burned-out hulk of Brazil’s National Museum, as recriminations flew over who was responsible for a huge fire that destroyed of at least part of Latin America’s largest collection of historical artifacts and documents.

A few hundred protesters who gathered outside the museum gates tried several times to push into the site, demanding to see the damage and calling on the government to rebuild. Police held the crowd back with pepper spray, tear gas and batons.

The museum’s director said a portion of the collection was destroyed and that it was impossible to say yet how much. But the deputy director suggested that the damage could be catastrophic, with most objects in the main building probably lost, except for some meteorites.

The main building, which was once the home of the Brazilian royal family, housed a collection of 20 million items that included Egyptian and Greco-Roman relics and the oldest human skull found in the Western hemisphere, known as Luzia.

On Monday, the building was still standing, but much of it appeared to have been gutted. Civil defense authorities warned that the structure was not safe to enter because the roof and internal walls had been compromised and could collapse further.

It was not clear how the fire began Sunday evening, when the museum was closed. But the flames quickly fueled criticism of Brazil’s dilapidated infrastructure and budget deficits as the nation prepares for national elections in October.

Several officials have said the building was known to be in serious disrepair and at significant risk of catching fire.

“Just crying doesn’t solve anything,” Alexander Kellner, the museum’s director, told reporters at the scene. He became emotional as he described plans to salvage what was left of the collection and rebuild. “We have to act.”

The museum has suffered underfunding for years that prevented renovations and forced it to close exhibits. The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported in May, as the museum was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, that its annual budget had fallen from around $130,000 in 2013 to around $84,000 last year.

In a sign of how strapped the museum was, when a termite infestation last year forced the closure of a room containing a 39- foot (12-meter) dinosaur skeleton, officials turned to crowdfunding to raise the money to reopen the room.

The institution had recently secured approval for a planned renovation, including an upgrade of the fire-prevention system, Kellner said.

“Look at the irony. The money is now there, but we ran out of time,” he said.

Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, the deputy director, noted another irony: He said museum officials were seeking renovation funds in 2013, at the same time that Brazil was spending millions to build stadiums for the World Cup, which it hosted the following year.

“The money spent on each one of those stadiums — a quarter of that would have been enough to make this museum safe and resplendent,” he told Brazilian TV. He said the responsibility for the museum’s destruction lay squarely with federal authorities.

On Monday, President Michel Temer announced that private and public banks, as well as mining giant Vale and state-run oil company Petrobras, have agreed to help rebuild the museum and reconstitute its collections. French President Emmanuel Macron offered in a tweet to send experts to help.

Fire department spokesman Roberto Robadey said firefighters got off to a slow start because the two fire hydrants closest to the museum did not work. Instead, trucks had to gather water from a nearby lake.

Kellner said there were fire extinguishers on the site, but it was not clear if there were sprinklers, which are problematic for museums because water can damage objects.

Employees had recently received training from firefighters in how to prevent and respond to a blaze in the building, Duarte said. He lamented that no one was on hand Sunday night to put that training into practice.

“It was a constant worry,” he said, adding that he would unplug everything in his office before leaving because of the fire risk.

On the massive site where the museum sits, signs of disrepair were evident: The fencing was dilapidated. Stonework was cracked, and lawns appeared untended.

“This fire is what Brazilian politicians are doing to the people,” said Rosana Hollanda, a 35-year-old high school teacher, who was crying Monday at the gates. “They’re burning our history, and they’re burning our dreams.”

Roberto Leher, the rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, of which the museum is a part, told reporters that the building needed an upgrade to its electrical and water systems and a new fire-prevention plan.

“We all knew the building was in a vulnerable state,” he told reporters. Officials had been working with firefighters to reduce those risks, he added.

Asked by a reporter why such disasters don’t happen at cultural institutions in other countries, Kellner, the museum director, replied: “Ask yourself that. That’s a good question.”

Latin America’s largest nation has struggled to emerge from its worst recession in decades. The state of Rio de Janeiro has been particularly hard hit in recent years thanks to a combination of falling prices for oil, one of its major revenue sources, mismanagement and massive corruption.

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DiLorenzo reported from Sao Paulo. Associated Press writer Elaine Ganley contributed to this report from Paris.

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National Museum website: http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/

Tight end Caleb Wilson talks about what the Bruins have to improve on offense before facing Oklahoma and that play when he lined up at offensive tackle against the Bearcats.

Claire Wineland, a 21-year-old Redondo Union High School graduate who became a YouTube star by sharing her struggles with cystic fibrosis died on Sunday following a double-lung transplant.

Wineland’s death quickly became national news on Monday as she touched the lives of countless numbers with her video blogs and media interviews. In the South Bay beach cities, where Wineland lived, her death was felt especially hard.

Earlier this year was to be the fourth annual Moonlight Glow Ride, a fund-raiser Wineland started through her Claire’s Place Foundation where participants ride through the night on bicycles with fluorescent lights. Proceeds go toward families dealing with the cystic fibrosis.

When Wineland learned she would receive a double lung transplant, the Glow Ride this year became an online fundraiser instead.

Following a successful transplant surgery at UC San Diego Medical Center, Wineland was recovering when she suffered a massive stroke on Aug. 26 caused by a blood clot, according to the Claire’s Place Foundation.

“After a week of intensive care and various life saving procedures, it became clear that it was Claire’s time to go,” read a statement from the foundation. 

Wineland’s final video post came on Aug. 12 in which she spoke about her fundraising efforts.

“I keep trying to make a full video about the whole fundraising process and I get really choked up and overwhelmed because there is so much I want to say and there’s no way to articulate what you guys have done for me,” she said. “Everything I say doesn’t sound like enough.”

Stacey Armato, a councilmember in Hermosa Beach, whose 3-year-old son Massimo has cystic fibrosis and knew Wineland and her family well said she “stole everyone’s heart.”

“She had such a great personality and honesty about  her,” Armato said. “She makes people want to listen and empathize and truly appreciate what they have.”

Armato said she wasn’t surprised when Wineland’s story gained national attention.

“Claire is such an inspiration and so raw and honest and open to discussing such a serious issue of her dying and struggling with this genetic fatal disease,” she said.

Redondo Beach councilmember Christian Horvath, who met Wineland twice and participated in her annual Glow Ride, called her an “inspiration to all.”

“The world may be a little less brighter today, but I believe her spirit and legacy will glow for years to come,” Horvath said.

In the United States more than 30,000 people live with cystic fibrosis and more than 70,000 have the condition worldwide, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The disease creates a mucus buildup that affects mostly the lungs, but also other organs, which makes it difficult to breath.

Armato said the moment she heard about Wineland’s death, she committed to make sure her passion and her work are not forgotten.

“She’s pretty well known for a phrase: Death is inevitable. Living a life we can be proud of is something we can control,” Armato said. “I think she was able to deliver that message so well and inspire so many people. I truly believe that the people who know of Claire and know of her story are better people.”

Wineland’s struggle with cystic fibrosis was well documented, providing a direct look at a debilitating disease that few people ever see who are not directly affected. She used an oxygen tank to breath and received multiple  treatments per day to shake out the mucus in her lungs.

“At the same time, the fact she was going through all that and still managed to give back so passionately is so remarkable,” Armato said. “It shows how special she is.”

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to be made to Claire’s Place Foundation, which will continue to upholding Wineland’s legacy by assisting Cystic Fibrosis families in need.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors Tuesday declined to file criminal charges against a trio of celebrities who were accused of sexual assault — Kevin Spacey for an alleged 1992 assault in West Hollywood, Steven Seagal from an allegation dating back to 1993 and Anthony Anderson for allegations that arose over the past year.

Prosecutors cited the statute of limitations in the Spacey and Seagal cases, but in the allegations against Anderson, prosecutors said the alleged victim “declined to be interviewed,” and therefore there is a “lack of sufficient evidence” to proceed with a case.

The district attorney’s office confirmed last month it was reviewing another potential case against Spacey, which was presented to the office by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He is also under investigation in London.

The DA’s office also confirmed last month that it was reviewing another potential case against Seagal that was presented Aug. 8. That case is still under review, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Seagal was accused by a woman named Regina Simons, who claimed the actor raped her in 1993 when she was 18. He has also vehemently denied any wrongdoing, taking to social media to blast allegations raised by Simons and other actresses as a “modern day witch hunt.”

Anderson had been accused of assault by a woman who catered an event organized by the actor, according to the celebrity news site The Blast. He strongly denied the allegation.

Offensive lineman Christaphany Murray talks about starting at center against Cincinnati, how he reacted to Dorian Thompson-Robinson coming into the game and what he learned about the college game in his debut.

Longtime readers of this column know I’m a bit crazy when it comes to AM radio.

Unlike many – seemingly, most – owners managers or programmers, I believe that an AM station can compete if it pays the right format. And in my opinion, that usually means music – music that can’t be found on FM. Do that, and you can attract new listeners, including young people who have not had an AM station that programmed to them since the 1970s.

As I said a few weeks ago, I’ve been writing this column since 1987, and not once has anyone ever told me that they don’t listen to AM because of issues with audio quality. People tell me they don’t listen because, with rare exception, the programming just isn’t appealing.

But don’t take my word for it. Here are some of the responses you sent to me in answer to the question: Would you listen to an AM station if it played something you wanted to hear?

“What would it take to lure listeners back to AM radio? The answer is quite simple. Give them what they want to hear!” – Tom Murphy

“To me, the most important thing about me is the radio content/format, not necessarily the broadcast quality. As long as KSRF plays 60’s and 70’s music, I’ll be listening” – Randy Ouchi

“You can’t hear new music or certain styles on any station; I’d definitely listen to AM if they played new music, metal or Prog. So would my friends in school.” – Sean Rogers

“I agree with you; the AM band should have better formats. Since we already have an oldies format, I think it would be great if we had a format on the band that would play music from the Classic Rock Era (1964-1990). We really need to have more music formats on the AM radio band.” – Russell Cinque, Jr.

“AM has nothing that would interest anyone my age. My friends don’t even listen to FM stations, either. We get our music online. If an AM station played new songs and new bands, I’d definitely tune in.” – Kayleigh Marcus

“Up until 6 months ago, the only things I listened to on AM radio were broadcasts of Kings and Ducks games. Then when my favorite FM station went off the air, I discovered K-SURF. While I love their format, I would be thrilled if there were an AM station that played songs from the ’60s, ’70s and some ’80s that were not so pop, but more folk-oriented. Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Joan Baez and some of the lesser-known artists like Bob Lind, Hedge & Donna, Eric Andersen etc.” – Susanne Gilmore

“I haven’t listened to an AM station for years until you told us about K-SURF. I haven’t listened to KRTH since. I love, love, love this oldies station! I have it on all day at home and in my car. What a wonderful change from all the FM stations playing songs I’m sick of. I only wish it had better reception.” – Pat Games

“There are way too many commercials and very little content. What I believe would make for better programming is a mixture of local news, interviews of people with interesting stories or new books, with various music intertwined.” – Bill Fisher

“How about a station that blends classic country with new country? Done right, this could fill a big void, as great artists like Alan Jackson and Toby Keith no longer can get played on the current FM channel.” – Steve Keller

“I would listen to AM if they played something I liked. Maybe give exposure to some artists that aren’t played anywhere else, especially if they play real instruments. There are lots of good songs you can’t hear on the radio” – Antonio A.

“Offer something that isn’t already on the radio. ‘50s music. ‘60s music. How about a comedy station? Something new can just be something old, made new again.” – Veronica Ross

There you have it. Programming will bring people of all ages back to AM radio, especially in an era when the FMs are all too scared to take chances. AM stations – like FM stations in the 1960s – have nothing to lose … and everything to gain.

Once programming is in place, we can tackle the technical issues and find that in spite of its reputation, AM can provide good, perhaps excellent, audio quality. That topic will be covered in a future column.