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| California Today: Female Surfers Tear Down a Big Wave Barrier | |
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| Women have been a part of competitive surfing for decades, but only rarely have they been included in big wave contests. | Women have been a part of competitive surfing for decades, but only rarely have they been included in big wave contests. |
| That may be changing. Last week, a big barrier fell as Titans of Mavericks, one of the world’s premier big wave contests held in Half Moon Bay, announced that it would add a women’s heat for the first time in its 17-year history. | That may be changing. Last week, a big barrier fell as Titans of Mavericks, one of the world’s premier big wave contests held in Half Moon Bay, announced that it would add a women’s heat for the first time in its 17-year history. |
| “It’s really exciting,” said Bianca Valenti, a top surfer in San Francisco who campaigned for the change. “It’s super important for the progression of the sport.” | “It’s really exciting,” said Bianca Valenti, a top surfer in San Francisco who campaigned for the change. “It’s super important for the progression of the sport.” |
| The move by Mavericks came after the World Surf League announced a separate decision in April that it would introduce a women’s championship event on its big wave tour. | The move by Mavericks came after the World Surf League announced a separate decision in April that it would introduce a women’s championship event on its big wave tour. |
| Ultimately, it took the state to force the change at Titans of Mavericks, which was known in its early years as the “Men Who Ride Mountains” contest. | Ultimately, it took the state to force the change at Titans of Mavericks, which was known in its early years as the “Men Who Ride Mountains” contest. |
| The decision by Cartel Management, the company that owns the tournament, followed a campaign over the last year by a small group of female surfers along with Sabrina Brennan, a San Mateo County harbor commissioner. | The decision by Cartel Management, the company that owns the tournament, followed a campaign over the last year by a small group of female surfers along with Sabrina Brennan, a San Mateo County harbor commissioner. |
| Organized under the banner “Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing,” the surfers pressured California’s Coastal Commission into demanding that Mavericks add a women’s heat or risk losing its permit to hold the event. | Organized under the banner “Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing,” the surfers pressured California’s Coastal Commission into demanding that Mavericks add a women’s heat or risk losing its permit to hold the event. |
| The campaign worked. | The campaign worked. |
| Brian Waters, chief operating officer at Cartel, said part of the hesitation to add another heat until now had been logistical. | Brian Waters, chief operating officer at Cartel, said part of the hesitation to add another heat until now had been logistical. |
| Even without the women’s heat, he said, organizers have to scramble to pull off the one-day event, which is held on short notice a half-mile from shore when the right conditions coalesce — monster swells, low wind, clear sky — from Nov. 1 to March 31. | Even without the women’s heat, he said, organizers have to scramble to pull off the one-day event, which is held on short notice a half-mile from shore when the right conditions coalesce — monster swells, low wind, clear sky — from Nov. 1 to March 31. |
| Still, now that it’s happening, everyone involved with the competition is stoked, he said. The invitation-only heat will include six female surfers competing for a $30,000 purse. | Still, now that it’s happening, everyone involved with the competition is stoked, he said. The invitation-only heat will include six female surfers competing for a $30,000 purse. |
| “We’re so glad to have this to showcase how females charge big waves,” Mr. Waters said. | “We’re so glad to have this to showcase how females charge big waves,” Mr. Waters said. |
| • Representative Darrell Issa is one of two California Republicans whose re-election bids are imperiled by their embrace of Donald J. Trump. [The New York Times] | • Representative Darrell Issa is one of two California Republicans whose re-election bids are imperiled by their embrace of Donald J. Trump. [The New York Times] |
| • A California review board denied parole for Charles Watson, who served as a right-hand man of Charles Manson. [Los Angeles Times] | • A California review board denied parole for Charles Watson, who served as a right-hand man of Charles Manson. [Los Angeles Times] |
| • The nation owes a debt to California National Guard veterans who faithfully served — not the other way around. [Opinion | The New York Times] | • The nation owes a debt to California National Guard veterans who faithfully served — not the other way around. [Opinion | The New York Times] |
| • A Chinese sailor set off from San Francisco hoping to reach Shanghai in 20 days. His boat was found drifting and unmanned. [The New York Times] | • A Chinese sailor set off from San Francisco hoping to reach Shanghai in 20 days. His boat was found drifting and unmanned. [The New York Times] |
| • Twitter said it would lay off 9 percent of its work force and discontinue Vine, the video-sharing app. [The New York Times] | • Twitter said it would lay off 9 percent of its work force and discontinue Vine, the video-sharing app. [The New York Times] |
| • Apple’s high-end laptop, the MacBook Pro, is getting a little more like the iPhone. [The New York Times] | • Apple’s high-end laptop, the MacBook Pro, is getting a little more like the iPhone. [The New York Times] |
| • The number of coyote attacks on pets and people is increasing in Southern California. [Orange County Register] | • The number of coyote attacks on pets and people is increasing in Southern California. [Orange County Register] |
| • Ten images that show how drastically California’s reservoirs have shrunk since 2001. [Lakepedia] | • Ten images that show how drastically California’s reservoirs have shrunk since 2001. [Lakepedia] |
| • A photographer went on a pilgrimage to the Joshua Tree shrine of the assemblage artist Noah Purifoy. [The New York Times] | • A photographer went on a pilgrimage to the Joshua Tree shrine of the assemblage artist Noah Purifoy. [The New York Times] |
| • George Lucas has unveiled two design plans for his would-be museum of art, one in San Francisco and another in Los Angeles. [Los Angeles Times] | • George Lucas has unveiled two design plans for his would-be museum of art, one in San Francisco and another in Los Angeles. [Los Angeles Times] |
| • More galleries from Europe and Latin America are opening or expanding in New York and Los Angeles. [The New York Times] | • More galleries from Europe and Latin America are opening or expanding in New York and Los Angeles. [The New York Times] |
| It was this week in 1871 that Los Angeles became the setting for one of the ugliest outbreaks of anti-Chinese violence in the country’s history — a mass lynching of Chinese men by a white mob. | It was this week in 1871 that Los Angeles became the setting for one of the ugliest outbreaks of anti-Chinese violence in the country’s history — a mass lynching of Chinese men by a white mob. |
| The massacre unfolded on Oct. 24 after a gun battle broke out between two rival gangs in the city’s Chinese quarter. Details of what happened next are murky, but reports said a police officer who intervened was wounded by a bullet, and a rancher named Robert Thompson was fatally shot in the chest. | The massacre unfolded on Oct. 24 after a gun battle broke out between two rival gangs in the city’s Chinese quarter. Details of what happened next are murky, but reports said a police officer who intervened was wounded by a bullet, and a rancher named Robert Thompson was fatally shot in the chest. |
| The killing ignited the passions of white resentment over cheap Chinese labor in Los Angeles, at the time an unruly town of fewer than 6,000 people. | The killing ignited the passions of white resentment over cheap Chinese labor in Los Angeles, at the time an unruly town of fewer than 6,000 people. |
| A mob descended on the street where old Chinatown was situated — Calle de los Negros, today a part of Los Angeles Street — and began ransacking the homes, one by one. | A mob descended on the street where old Chinatown was situated — Calle de los Negros, today a part of Los Angeles Street — and began ransacking the homes, one by one. |
| An eyewitness account published later in The New York Times, chronicled the mayhem: | An eyewitness account published later in The New York Times, chronicled the mayhem: |
| Reports of the death toll varied, but it was estimated that at least 17 were killed, including a boy. | Reports of the death toll varied, but it was estimated that at least 17 were killed, including a boy. |
| Justice was never fully served. The next year, prosecutors won manslaughter convictions against eight rioters, only to eventually have them overturned. | Justice was never fully served. The next year, prosecutors won manslaughter convictions against eight rioters, only to eventually have them overturned. |
| On Monday, 145 years later to the day after the massacre, Los Angeles’s Chinese American Museum held a moment of silence for the victims. | On Monday, 145 years later to the day after the massacre, Los Angeles’s Chinese American Museum held a moment of silence for the victims. |
| California Today goes live at 6 a.m. Pacific time weekdays. Tell us what you want to see: CAtoday@nytimes.com. | California Today goes live at 6 a.m. Pacific time weekdays. Tell us what you want to see: CAtoday@nytimes.com. |
| The California Today columnist, Mike McPhate, is a third-generation Californian — born outside Sacramento and raised in San Juan Capistrano. He lives in Davis. Follow him on Twitter. | The California Today columnist, Mike McPhate, is a third-generation Californian — born outside Sacramento and raised in San Juan Capistrano. He lives in Davis. Follow him on Twitter. |
| California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended U.C. Berkeley. | California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended U.C. Berkeley. |