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Oga’s Cantina will close for at least six weeks at Disneyland ahead of a major overhaul of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge that will bring a younger proprietor to the hive of scum and villainy and new music to the alien cocktail bar’s soundtrack. Disneyland will close Oga’s Cantina from Tuesday, Jan. 20 through at least early March for an extended refurbishment with no reopening date yet announced. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here. ALSO SEE: Disneyland brings Darth Vader, Han Solo and Princess Leia to Galaxy’s Edge The Oga’s Cantina refurbishment will last much longer than initially announced. The original 5-day closure has now been expanded to at least six weeks. Disneyland teams will perform standard maintenance during the closure of Oga’s and make some of the updates related to the upcoming expansion of the Star Wars timeline coming to Galaxy’s Edge on April 29. Patrons at Oga’s Cantina during opening day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, May 31, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Oga’s Cantina opened in 2019 along with the rest of Galaxy’s Edge as the first place in Disneyland to serve alcohol outside of the mysterious, private and exclusive Club 33 in New Orleans Square. Oga’s was designed to be reminiscent of the Mos Eisley cantina in the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie while still retaining its own unique character. ALSO SEE: Disneyland adds John Williams’ Star Wars score to Galaxy’s Edge Oga’s Cantina stopped offering reservations in August and transitioned to walk-up availability only as the popularity of the Star Wars bar waned after years of hard-to-get bookings. Patrons at Oga’s Cantina during opening day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, May 31, 2019. . (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Walt Disney Imagineering will expand the Star Wars timeline in Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge starting on April 29 to include the original trilogy of movies. The storytelling shift will have a ripple effect throughout the Star Wars themed land — including Oga’s Cantina. The exterior of Oga’s Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Oga Garra will still run the cantina, but the proprietor will now be relatively new to Black Spire Outpost in the expanded timeline and yet to take control of the Batuu underworld as the local crime boss, according to the revised backstory for the bar. The infectious Benny Goodman-esque “Cantina Band #1” by Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes heard in the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie will join the playlist inside Oga’s Cantina. An R-3X droid spins music at Oga’s Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Fans have been clamoring for an animatronic version of Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes to replace droid DJ R-3X — but don’t expect that to happen. Walt Disney Imagineering officials have said that the closure of the Rise of the Resistance attraction starting on Jan. 20 will be for an extended refurbishment. The attraction’s storyline will not be updated to reflect the upcoming Star Wars timeline expansion. Related Articles Disneyland dropped plans for 5 missions aboard Millennium Falcon ride, report says When will Disneyland add Star Wars prequel characters to Galaxy’s Edge? Disneyland adds John Williams’ Star Wars score to Galaxy’s Edge Disneyland brings Darth Vader, Han Solo and Princess Leia to Galaxy’s Edge Disney turned down Tomorrowland makeover proposed for Disneyland, report says

By BILL HETHERMAN | City News Service The lead plaintiff in a consolidated lawsuit brought by six Los Angeles police officers who allege they experienced retaliation after they spoke out about commanders’ allegedly enforcing illegal quotas for gang contact and gun-related arrests and seizures is challenging the city’s efforts to dismiss their case. Officer Samantha Fiedler and the other officers contend in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that management imposed career-impairing actions against them, including taking their guns and badges away and assigning them to home duty. Fiedler was the first to sue when she brought her complaint in August 2020 before all the suits were combined into one. Fiedler, who was a member of the LAPD Metropolitan Division, contended that management for years enforced an unofficial quota system that rewarded officers who identified and arrested a lot of alleged gang members and punished those who failed to do so. “The primary focus of my position in Metro was to acquire recap via crime suppression,” Fiedler says in a sworn declaration filed in opposition to the city’s dismissal motion. “The specific recap requested was any sort of documentation, arrest, ticket or encounter with a gang member. And the crown jewel of recap was a gang-related gun arrest.” Fiedler says that taking an alleged gang member into custody who had a weapon was the “most favored arrest, not only because it was talked about in every roll call, but if you made that arrest, you would get emails from command staff all the way up the chain congratulating you on the arrest.” Fiedler further says that a lieutenant told her that her promotions were heavily dependent on recap numbers. “From that point on, it was readily apparent that promotions were largely dependent on higher recap, but not necessarily the motivation for officers to be high recappers,” Fiedler says. “Conversely, it was also readily apparent that negative employment action was enacted if you were considered a low-producing officer.” The derisive term “coffee drinkers” or “cafecitos” was given to those officers considered by supervisors to be the low-recapping officers, according to Fiedler, who added that high-producing officers were dubbed “hard workers” or “pistoleros.” Fiedler says she heard multiple conversations on speaker phone and in person of a Metro sergeant’s disgust with the “coffee drinkers.” Fiedler says she recalls multiple roll call briefings throughout her time in Metro where officers were scolded for low performance and pressured to increase recap. Fiedler further says that one time when two officers spoke out about the recap pressure, she “chimed in and said that it was wrong and dangerous to push recap …” Fiedler says that after two years in Metro she was “harvested,” or reassigned, to be a firearms instructor in 2019 and that in January 2020 she was suddenly assigned home and stripped of her police powers, including being told to turn in her guns and badge. She also says she was downgraded. Fiedler says she later met with the sergeant who had mocked officers he considered low producers and that he told her she would lose her job and get little money from her lawsuit because she had “snitched.” Some of Fiedler’s fellow plaintiffs were charged with deliberately misidentifying people as gang members, but a judge later dismissed the case against them. Fiedler, the daughter and sister of LAPD officers, subsequently obtained a law degree and moved out of state in order to “stay afloat financially and to find a new identity outside of the stress, retaliation and things that kick the LAPD dust back up in my life,” she says. The other plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Officers Mario Fernandez, Julio Garcia, Rene Braga, Raul Uribe and John Walker. In their motions to dismiss the lawsuit, lawyers for the City Attorney’s Office contend there are no triable issues. Related Articles Judge refuses to dismiss restrictions on LAPD use of ‘less lethal’…

The Daily News girls basketball Top 15 rankings for January 19, 2026: 1. Sierra Canyon (18-2, 4-0): Sierra Canyon suffered a loss to nationally ranked Long Island Lutheran (NY) on January 19th at the Hoophall Classic in Massachusetts. The Trailblazers have won their four Mission League games this season by an average margin of 52 points. 2. Oak Park (14-5, 4-0): Oak Park has won four straight games, including a 63-44 win over a strong Redondo Union team on January 10. The Eagles will travel to take on top-ranked Sierra Canyon on January 31. Valencia’s Kamilla Basyrova (34) puts up a shot against West Ranch during a girls basketball game at West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch, CA Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) 3. Valencia (17-4, 6-0): Valencia has six more Foothill League games to end the season and also a game against a very good Flintridge Prep (16-2) team on January 24. Sophomore guard Kamilla Basyrova made her 164th career 3-point shot in a win over Santa Monica on January 17 and set the program record for made 3-point shots in a career. 4. Thousand Oaks (21-2, 5-0): The Lancers have had a strong start to Marmonte League play, winning their first five games all by over 30 points. Jillian McGillivray had 22 points in a 67-32 win over Oaks Christian on January 9. Harvard-Westlake’s Lucia Khamenia (4) is defended by Leila Goldberg (10) of Notre Dame during their game at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) 5. Harvard-Westlake (11-7, 3-1): The Wolverines will have a tall task this week when they take on top-ranked Sierra Canyon in Mission League play tomorrow night. Freshman Lucia Khamenia continued her strong season with 17 points in a win over Chaminade on January 16. 6. Village Christian (16-6, 4-0): The Crusaders are 6-1 in January. Village Christian will travel to take on Valley Christian and Whittier Christian in Olympic League play this week. 7. Campbell Hall (12-6, 2-2): Campbell Hall has lost four of their last six games, including defeats from Windward and Rolling Hills Prep. Romy D’Addario has had a very strong season, averaging 15.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. 8. Oaks Christian (14-6, 4-1): Oaks Christian has a big Marmonte League rematch this week on the road against No. 4 Thousand Oaks on January 23. Presley Kushner had 22 points and six steals in a win over Agoura on January 12. 9. Saugus (16-7, 6-1): Saugus has an important week of games in the Foothill League, with rematches against Canyon and Valencia this week. Saugus had a good 49-30 non-league win over Mira Costa on January 10. 10. Birmingham (17-3, 2-0): Birmingham opened West Valley League play with wins over Taft and Chatsworth last week. The Patriots take on Granada Hills on January 21 in the first of two games between the two best LA City Section teams in the San Fernando Valley this season. Bishop Alemany’s Kyla Lea (10) drives around South Pasadena’s Brylee Woo (23) during their game in the Dave Wilson Classic at Village Christian School in Sun Valley, CA on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) 11. Alemany (14-8, 3-0): The Warriors have won six straight and are looking like the favorites this season in the Angelus League. 12. Granada Hills Charter (14-6, 2-0): Granada Hills opened West Valley League play with wins over Cleveland and Taft last week. 13. Chaminade (6-13, 1-3): Chaminade makes its way back into the rankings after bouncing back from starting their season 1-7 and their best player, Sydney Roberson, transferring to Etiwanda early in the season. Sophomore guard Destinee Watson had 21 points in a win over Notre Dame on January 14. 14. Notre Dame (12-9, 1-3): Notre Dame has lost three straight Mission League games and will look to bounce back tomorrow night against Marlborough. The Knights have had injury issues all season. Sophomore guard and last year’s leading scorer…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN, Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests, analysts warn that the internal upheaval affecting the Iranian theocracy could carry nuclear proliferation risks. While in recent days President Donald Trump seemed to have backed away from a military strike on Iran, he called Saturday for an end to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s nearly 40-year reign in Iran. Trump’s comments came in response to Khamenei branding Trump a “criminal” for supporting protesters in Iran, and blamed demonstrators for causing thousands of deaths. Meanwhile, a U.S. aircraft carrier, which days earlier had been in the South China Sea, passed Singapore overnight to enter the Strait of Malacca — putting it on a route that could bring it to the Middle East. With those dangers, analysts warn Iran’s nuclear material could be at risk as well. Nuclear material could fall into the wrong hands David Albright, a former nuclear weapons inspector in Iraq and founder of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, said that in a scenario of internal chaos in Iran, the government could “lose the ability to protect its nuclear assets.” He said that Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile “would be the most worrisome,” adding that there is a possibility that someone could steal some of this material. There are historical precedents for such a scenario. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, highly enriched uranium and plutonium suitable for building nuclear bombs went missing due to eroded security and weakened protection of these assets. So far, Iran has maintained control of its sites, even after the U.S. bombed them in the 12-day war in June that Israel launched against the Islamic Republic. Iran maintains a stockpile of 972 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60% purity — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog. The agency said in a report last November that it has not been able to verify the status and location of this highly enriched uranium stockpile since the war in June. The agency said in November that therefore it had lost “continuity of knowledge in relation to the previously declared inventories of nuclear material in Iran” at facilities affected by the war. A diplomat close to the IAEA confirmed Monday that the agency had still not received any information from Iran on the status or whereabouts of the highly enriched uranium stockpile. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity in line with diplomatic protocol. Albright said that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium would fit in around 18 to 20 cylinders that are designed for transport, weighing around 55 pounds each. “Two people can easily carry it,” he said of each container. Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Washington-based Arms Control Association, said that there is a risk that the stockpile “could be diverted either to a covert program or stolen by a faction of the government or the military that wanted to retain the option of weaponization.” She said that this risk increases as the Iranian government feels threatened or gets destabilized. Some of the nuclear material could get smuggled out of Iran or sold to non-state actors in the event of internal chaos or potential government collapse, Davenport said. “The risk is real but it is difficult to assess, given the unknowns regarding the status of the materials and the whereabouts,” she stressed. Related Articles Chile fights wildfires that killed 19 and left 1,500 homeless What to know about the train crash in Spain Fashion designer Valentino dies at home in Rome, aged 93 Prince Harry says Daily Mail scoops made him ‘paranoid beyond belief’ Inequality and unease are rising as elite Davos event opens with pro-business Trump set…

By Paula Span, KFF Health News Let’s be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences. Related Articles RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement has picked up steam in statehouses. Here’s what to expect in 2026 Oregon baby is still battling infant botulism after ByHeart formula exposure Solving the home care quandary Skipped preventatives, now dog has worms Tylenol pregnancy study contradicts Trump claims on autism link The most important reason for older adults to be vaccinated against the respiratory infection RSV is that their risk of being hospitalized with it declines by almost 70% in the year they get the shot, and by nearly 60% over two years. And the main reason to roll up a sleeve for an annual flu shot is that when people do get infected, it also reliably reduces the severity of illness, though its effectiveness varies by how well scientists have predicted which strain of influenza shows up. But other reasons for older people to be vaccinated are emerging. They are known, in doctor-speak, as off-target benefits, meaning that the shots do good things beyond preventing the diseases they were designed to avert. The list of off-target benefits is lengthening as “the research has accumulated and accelerated over the last 10 years,” said William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Some of these protections have been established by years of data; others are the subjects of more recent research, and the payoff is not yet as clear. The first RSV vaccines, for example, became available only in 2023. Still, the findings “are really very consistent,” said Stefania Maggi, a geriatrician and senior fellow at the Institute of Neuroscience at the National Research Council in Padua, Italy. She is the lead author of a recent meta-analysis, published in the British journal Age and Ageing, that found reduced risks of dementia after vaccination for an array of diseases. Given those “downstream effects,” she said, vaccines “are key tools to promote healthy aging and prevent physical and cognitive decline.” Yet too many older adults, whose weakening immune systems and high rates of chronic illness put them at higher risk of infectious diseases, have not taken advantage of vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week that about 31% of older adults had not yet received a flu shot. Only about 41% of adults 75 and older had ever been vaccinated against RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, and about a third of seniors had received the most recent COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC recommends the one-and-done pneumococcal vaccine for adults 50 and older. An analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, however, estimated that from 2022, when new guidelines were issued, through 2024, only about 12% of those 67 to 74 received it, and about 8% of those 75 and older. The strongest evidence for off-target benefits, dating back 25 years, shows reduced cardiovascular risk following flu shots. Healthy older adults vaccinated against flu have substantially lower risks of hospitalization for heart failure, as well as for pneumonia and other respiratory infections. Vaccination against influenza has also been associated with lower risks of heart attack and stroke. Moreover, many of these studies predate the more potent flu vaccines now recommended for older adults. Could the RSV vaccine, protective against another respiratory illness, have similar cardiovascular effects? A recent large Danish study of older adults found a nearly 10% decline in cardiorespiratory hospitalizations — involving the heart and lungs — among the vaccinated versus a control group, a significant decrease. Lowered rates of cardiovascular hospitalizations and…