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2007 California Wildfires

Chargers go on as scheduled

By Kevin Baxter
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After a week of uncertainty caused by the wildfires, the San Diego Chargers announced today that they will play Sunday’s NFL game against the Houston Texans in San Diego as scheduled.

“Qualcomm Stadium will be ready for NFL football by this weekend,” San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said in a release distributed by the Chargers. “The city will be able to provide sufficient public safety personnel to manage a professional football game without impeding ongoing wildfire recovery efforts. I informed the Chargers late Thursday that should they decide to play their game at Qualcomm this weekend, the stadium will be ready.”

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-- Kevin Baxter

2007 California Wildfires
Kevin Baxter

Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and other things for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked for 27 years. He has covered seven World Cups, four Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog.

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