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Eventually, he surrendered to the wind, and the tarp became a half-torn sail — his flag.

South Gate wants to play its semifinal playoff game on Saturday so badly at home that it’s broken out a tarp so the City Section officials can’t deem it unplayable after expected rain Thursday night.

Brian’s home sits on a dirt lot, where several chickens peck at the weeds next to a table under a large tarp that blocks the sun during hot summer months.

“The entire park was full of tents and tarps and people constantly going in and out of there.”

Melendrez waved to a section of the office covered in black tarps — they’re turning that section into a room so its volunteers and workers can speak with the families of detained carwasheros in privacy.