Silverado Fire: 2 Firefighters Critically Injured, Evacuations For 90,000 Residents

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The usual number of die-hard fans aren’t packing Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas for this year’s World Series between the L.A. Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays. Instead, the arena is at about one-quarter capacity, with a meager 11,000 attendees each night.

But if that’s the case, where are all those crowd noises coming from? Well, we have local sound designer Fred Vogler to thank for them. Normally the principal sound designer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vogler has lent his skills to the MLB games this season.

Vogler told my colleague A Martínez that adding in realistic-sounding crowd reactions not only makes the games more fun to watch, but it has an effect on the players, too:

"To see the [players do the] happy dance, the fist pumping thing — that kind of thing — was really the kind of excitement that we wanted to provide ... I think Justin [Turner] even said something about adrenaline. It brought a little more significance to the at-bats and some of the things being done."

Keep reading for more on what’s happening in L.A. today, and stay safe out there.

A Pasadena police officer fatally shot Anthony McClain in the back as he ran away from a traffic stop. The police say he was holding a gun; Robert Garrova asks use-of-force experts to review the video.

Aaron Schrank has the latest on a legal challenge put forth by Southern California’s largest landlord group, which urges a federal judge to immediately halt L.A.’s eviction ban and rent freeze enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drive through the Upside Down at the Stranger Things experience, learn about the relocation of L.A.'s original Chinatown, check out comedy and music from Lost Moon Radio, and more in this week’s best online and IRL events. Plus, find the best ways to celebrate and explore the religious and cultural traditions of the Day of the Dead (think ofrendas, catrinas, and mezcal mummies). Christine N. Ziemba brings us all that and more.

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Make Way For Mountain Lions: Plans for a massive wildlife crossing that will span 10 lanes of the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon and allow endangered mountain lions, as well as other wildlife, to cross safely were released last week.

Coronavirus Updates: L.A. County public health officials have confirmed 830 new cases of the coronavirus and four new deaths attributed to the disease. Today’s numbers bring the total in the region to 299,760 positive cases and 6,993 deaths.

World Series: When sound designer Fred Vogler, who normally works with the L.A. Philharmonic, found he had some time on his hands, he took on a new challenge. He’s now crafting the crowd sounds you’re hearing during this year’s Dodgers-Rays World Series.

Election 2020: The Staples Center was one of 100 voting centers in L.A. County to open over the weekend for voters who want to cast their ballot (or drop it off) in person. In the interest of transparency, you can watch the L.A. County vote operation live via webcam.

A line of voters outside The Staples Center before it opened as a vote center on Saturday morning.

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