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Seaside teens take to the World Cup pitch
The last World Cup match in Santa Clara is tomorrow, but six Monterey County kids have already made their appearance on the pitch.
Before the Paraguay versus Australia game, teens from the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County held the Australia flag, including 14-year-old Elvis Escamilla of Seaside.
" I was excited. I was happy at the same time 'cause I never thought I was gonna get like an opportunity like this," he said.
They stayed to watch the game, and each had one additional ticket for a family member or friend.
Club staffer Samantha Tobar says World Cup sponsor Coca-Cola and the local Boys and Girls Club made the arrangements.
"They kinda just selected the six teens that they thought would be really interested," she said, "and, you know, the most (well) behaved."
Because it was a long day. She says they arrived around 12:30 p.m. and stayed until the 7 p.m. match ended in a draw.
The United States plays Bosnia Herzegovina tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium.
SCOTUS ruling keeps grace period for mailed ballots in tact
The United States Supreme Court has ruled states can continue counting vote-by-mail ballots that arrive at county registrars after Election Day.
The decision lets stand California law allowing a seven day grace period as long as ballots are postmarked by Election Day.
The Trump administration tried to strike down grace periods arguing, without evidence, that a long vote count is a sign of fraud.
Kim Alexander with the California Voter Foundation says the grace period isn’t why vote counting takes a while.
"It’s due to the fact that 25% and sometimes as many as 50% of our voters are returning ballots in envelopes on Election Day," she said.
That reporting from our partner, CapRadio.
