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But after reaching the semi-finals of Africa’s elite club competition last season, Etoile are keen to claim the prestigious title this year. Group D which also contains Zambian champions and 2016 semi-finalists Zesco United and debutants Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland could prove tricky for Etoile. However, for now they will have to worry about Primero de Agosto who impressively saw off Zimbabwe’s FC Platinum and South Africa’s Wits University enroute to the group stages....

At press time, the vote count has the former Olympian barely cracking the top 20 of the 46 candidates who had entered the doomed race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in Tuesday’s election. The tally currently doesn’t include vote-by-mail or provisional ballots. Jenner’s current results stand in line with previous polling, with a recent Trafalgar poll showing that just 1.3 percent of California voters indicating intention to vote for the Republican candidate, despite her name recognition....

So what accounts for the strange lurch left? (On the following pages, four experts weigh in on that question.) It seems as soon as the economy perks up, the willingness to face tough economic realities is gone. Now, this mood threatens to stop—and even unravel—the very economic reforms that helped unleash the present boom. In response, both parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unwieldy coalition government, the center-left Social Democrats and Merkel’s own center-right Christian Democrats, seem to be falling over each other with proposals to roll back reforms, while she herself remains largely out of the fray....

Bush’s advisers are so uncertain that Simon can win–even against the unpopular incumbent governor, Democrat Gray Davis–that they are crafting a California strategy for 2004 without him. White House adviser Karl Rove hinted last week that Bush won’t do TV ads for Simon, normally a good money-saving campaign move. While Bush worked the crowd at an event last week, Simon waited outside in a car. “We take the White House lead,” says a Simon staffer....

El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office veteran Ishmael, who worked with the department for four years and a husband as well as a father of three, was killed at the scene. Both men were immediately fired upon by “an unknown number of people” when they arrived at the scene. The San Joaquin County deputy returned fire and tried to assist Ishmael but was wounded in the process. The unnamed deputy, 28 and with two years of experience, works for San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department and was riding with Ishmael at the time, was hospitalized and underwent surgery....

Around 14,000 firefighters are battling 28 major wildfires which continued to grow Wednesday. The Creek, Bobcat, Slater and Willow fires remain at zero percent containment, according to Cal Fire’s latest report Wednesday. All 18 National Forests in California, which collectively span over 20 million acres, were closed Wednesday “due to unprecedented and historic fire conditions throughout the state,” the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region announced in a statement....

Evacuation orders have been issued to residents in areas of Alameda County, Stanislaus County, Napa County and Sonoma County, with evacuation warnings in place in other areas. The SCU Lightning Complex The SCU Lightning Complex is approximately 20 separate fires broken into three zones; the Canyon Zone, the Calaveras Zone, and the Deer Zone. The fires have burned 35,000 acres so far and are currently 4 percent contained. The Deer Zone is burning in Contra Costa County and is made up of the Round Fire, Palm Fire, Marsh Fire and Briones Fire....

“Based on our data…it’s reasonable that we’re getting to a place where we can relax the statewide masking requirement. We will today not make a change. There will be no change on the masking requirement,” Secretary of California Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at the press conference. From here, state officials will go forward to evaluate the need for the school mask mandate based on factors that will include vaccination rates among children, hospital capacity and community case rates....

Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, faces charges for the foreign murders of two United States citizens, his 10-month-old son and 2-year-old daughter, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles court. The two children’s bodies were found on an agricultural property, the Rancho Del Descanso in Rosarito, about 35 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border, with multiple wounds, according to Mexican authorities. Coleman told authorities “he was enlightened by the QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories and was receiving visions and signs revealing that his wife…possessed serpent DNA and had passed it onto his children,” according to court documents....

The suspect was detained on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) after local fire authorities responded to his distress call and found his vehicle on a dairy farm in unincorporated south Sacramento County, close to the City of Elk Grove. The South Sacramento division of the California Highway Patrol confirmed in a social media post they received the call at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver—who has not been named—told police he had crashed his vehicle into an “unknown water source” and it was quickly filling up with the liquid....

The Merced Fire Department is using their aircraft rescue firefighting rig to pull residents stuck in an apartment complex to safety, according to a local reporter. This is only the second time the department has used this tool during flooding. The City of Merced issued an evacuation order for some areas Tuesday due to flooding risk from the overflowing Bear Creek. The city joined Merced County in declaring a local emergency to mobilize emergency crews together, city employee Jennifer Flachman told KGPE-TV....

All Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools are closed Friday, including around 220 campuses of the San Fernando Valley schools, Community Elementary, Roscomare Road Elementary, Topanga Elementary Charter, Valley View Elementary, Wonderland Avenue Elementary and Elementary Day School, according to CBS Los Angeles. A string of schools from the Department of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have also been closed, CBS Los Angeles reports. They include:...

The glitch in question deals with Firebase Z boss Orda. Appearing at the end of the Firebase Z main quest as well as the map’s Assault Rounds, Orda is a massive creature from the Dark Aether. Boasting some interesting attacks from the get-go, a recent health increase for the boss has helped to make him an intimidating foe that is tough to take down. While players can focus fire on the creature during the Assault Rounds, successfully killing him, they can also fail....

This will be the fourth Free Access period for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The first came in January, with players able to access the game’s original Zombies map Die Maschine. Lasting an entire week, this period had seemingly proven successful for Treyarch, as another Free Access period came in February. This time, it focused on multiplayer and Outbreak, providing new players with a solid mix of Zombies and multiplayer content....

One feature that fans have been discussing is the possibility of the Prestige system returning to Call of Duty. For a long time, this system was a badge of skill for the player community, but fans have not seen it implemented since the release of Black Ops 4. As one fan spent a long time with the alpha, he noticed something change on his profile after hours of playing, bringing hope that the Prestige system could return....

Black Ops Cold War’s integration with Warzone is helping to ensure that the future of the CoD franchise looks bright, a new message of the day in Warzone states that integration will be starting on November 13, as opposed to the previously announced date of December 10. Per the official post, “Any weapons unlocked in Black Ops Cold War” will be usable within Warzone come Black Ops Cold War’s launch day....

While Season 3 added new Zombies intel, the midseason update has added even more collectibles to the mix. Fortunately, all the items are found in Outbreak, giving players one area to focus their efforts on. However, with a few items tied directly to Outbreak’s main quest, Call of Duty Zombies fans will have to put in some work if they want to achieve full completion for the Season. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies Fan Shows Off Handmade Mimic Statue...

While the detail in question may give fans some more appreciation for the perk, Tombstone has certainly had a rough road thus far. Though the addition of perk tiers has seen its functionality combined with that of Who’s Who, essentially making it a better perk, the launch of Firebase Z saw Tombstone being entirely broken. This led to the perk getting a negative reputation amongst players, and while Tombstone has since been fixed, some fans will likely be harder to win over regarding its inclusion....

Often times these characters are directly tied to a faction or organization which can help in their recognizability. Within the Modern Warfare series, very few factions are as recognizable as Task Force 141. With characters attached to it such as Capitan Price, Soap, Ghost, and Gaz, it is quite possibly Call of Duty’s most iconic faction across all campaigns. 3 Gary “Roach” Sanderson In the original Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Roach served as the player character throughout the campaign whenever the story shifted focus to Task Force 141....

RELATED: Great Settings For A Call Of Duty Campaign It is clear that studios looking to milk a successful franchise often tend to fall into the sequel trap, and Call of Duty is no exception. But as the franchise installments grew, so did the marketing budget. The franchise had some of the best marketing campaigns and video shorts that let the fanbase forget the sub-par nature of the last installment and be excited for the upcoming ones....