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Construction personnel work at the site of the new Inglewood NFL stadium on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif. The new facility for the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers is tentatively scheduled to be competed for the 2020 NFL football season. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Rams, Chargers show off construction of new stadium

By KRYSTA FAURIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2013, file photo, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, left, and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley talk in the rain before an NFL football game in Seattle. The scheme that carried the Seahawks to consecutive Super Bowls (2013-14) has become increasingly popular around the league. It helped Atlanta get to the big game last year and was the catalyst for Jacksonville's stunning turnaround this season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

In copycat NFL, Seattle’s defensive scheme keeps spreading

By MARK LONG - Associated Press

Steve DeAngelo, CEO , center, and brother Andrew DeAngelo, chief revenue officer, right, make the first sale of recreational marijuana to Henry Wykowski at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

California rolls its own recreational marijuana sales out for 2018

By Brian Melly and Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

In this Dec. 29, 2017, photo, Khalil Moutawakkil, co-founder and CEO of KindPeoples, a marijuana dispensary, looks at different marijuana plants on display in his store in Santa Cruz, Calif. Californians may awake on New Year's Day to a stronger-than-normal whiff of marijuana as America's cannabis king lights up to celebrate the state's first legal retail pot sales. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The Latest: 40-minute wait for newly legal California pot

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In this Dec. 29, 2017, photo, Khalil Moutawakkil, co-founder and CEO of KindPeoples, a marijuana dispensary, looks at different marijuana plants on display in his store in Santa Cruz, Calif. Californians may awake on New Year's Day to a stronger-than-normal whiff of marijuana as America's cannabis king lights up to celebrate the state's first legal retail pot sales. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California pot: Smoke ‘em (or eat ‘em) if you can get ‘em

By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2010, file photo, a large marijuana joint is lit at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. California, on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. In general, the state will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of pot and grow six marijuana plants at home. Voters approved legalization in 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

Legal recreational pot in California: What you need to know

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Chargers rout Raiders 30-10, miss playoffs; Del Rio fired

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul (3) struggles to control the ball after colliding with Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart (5) during the first overtime of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Paul helps Rockets outlast Lakers in double overtime

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This 2015 booking photo released by the Glendale, Calif., Police Department shows Tyler Raj Barriss. The Los Angeles Police Department confirms it arrested Barriss Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in connection with a deadly 'swatting' call in Wichita, Kan., Thursday, Dec. 28. Information from Glendale shows that in October, 2015, Barriss was arrested in connection with making a bomb threat to ABC Studios in Glendale. (Glendale Police Department via AP)

California man arrested after fatal Kansas police shooting

By Heather Hollingsworth and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2010, file photo, a large marijuana joint is lit at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. California, on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. In general, the state will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of pot and grow six marijuana plants at home. Voters approved legalization in 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

Legal recreational pot in California: What you need to know

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, photo, Estrella Terrones, left, a &quot;budtender&quot; listens to a sales tutorial from one of the marijuana dispensary's suppliers at Golden State Greens marijuana dispensary in San Diego. Dozens of California shops have cleared a final hurdle to sell marijuana for recreational use starting Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, and regulators will work through the weekend to grant more licenses. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

California pot shops roll out hoopla as sales set to start

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

A large homeless encampment is formed in the Santa Ana Civic Center on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Santa Ana, Calif. The number of homeless living in Orange County has climbed 8 percent over the last two years. The increase is driven by soaring housing costs, though a drug addiction crisis and need for mental health services are also factors. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious

By AMY TAXIN and GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

Homeless tents are pitched on the Santa Ana River trail near the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, a $185-million transportation center, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. The number of homeless living in Orange County has climbed 8 percent over the last two years. In the United States, homelessness rose slightly in the last year to nearly 554,000, pushed up largely by increases on the West Coast, federal data shows. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Solutions to homelessness come with their own challenges

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

The Latest: No arrest after passenger got on wrong flight

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NFL Today, Week 16

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Chargers stay in AFC playoff mix with 14-7 win over Jets

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, Marijuana plants are displayed at the Green Goat Family Farms stand at &quot;The State of Cannabis,&quot; a California industry group meeting in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Los Angeles won’t begin accepting recreational-pot applications until Jan. 3

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 26, 2017 file photo, Garrison Keillor, creator and former host of, &quot;A Prairie Home Companion,&quot; talks at his St. Paul, Minn., office. Two of Minnesota's most famous people, Keillor, and Al Franken saw their legacies derailed as sexual misconduct scandals swept the political and entertainment worlds. Minnesota Public Radio fired Keillor in November after a person who formerly worked for him made allegations of inappropriate behavior. His firing is one of Minnesota's top stories in 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)

Franken, Keillor, Damond, Castile top Minnesota news in 2017

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown smiles while being honored for his 1,000th NHL hockey game, all with the Kings, during the first period against the Colorado Avalanche in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Brown caps 1,000th game with OT goal, Kings edge Avs 2-1

By STEVE DILBECK - Associated Press

In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, Marijuana plants are displayed at the Green Goat Family Farms stand at &quot;The State of Cannabis,&quot; a California industry group meeting in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Los Angeles won’t join California’s legal pot party Jan. 1

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press