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Before the 2021 season, the league added a 17th game and trimmed the preseason from four games to three.

The grass verges are well trimmed, the modern, glass-fronted terminal glimmers in the muted winter sun.

The walls are trimmed in cinderblock to protect from flaming debris blowing up against the seam where wall meets ground.

The 45-year-old Covina elementary school teacher said he dutifully trimmed the tree only to be told the ivy growing on the garage also was a problem.

“Can you believe I got these shrubs out front trimmed before Christmas and they don’t even look like they were in a fire,” he said, laughing.