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| 12.09.2024 | Books | Moon Zappa shines a light on growing up with celebrity parents in new memoir | Anyway, back to that first book. Why did she wait more than two decades to take another stab at publishing?
There are practical reasons, like the fact that she became a mother and was busy raising a child, and that she professes to have “a ... |
| 11.09.2024 | Movies | How the film ‘My Old Ass’ takes an unlikely premise to a surprising place | Q. Among the movie’s many fantastic qualities is dialogue that’s pitch-perfect for teens. Do you have a natural ear or did you give your young actors input?
I started out acting, so I’m a stickler for dialogue and when I’m writing I say it ... |
| 04.09.2024 | David Gilmour says new work is his best since Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ | “I really have an image of it, a visual image of the album as one whole thing,” Gilmour continues. “I’m not talking concept albums here or anything as old-fashioned as that. But there is something that is tied together all the way through w... |
| 19.08.2024 | Movies | ‘Jackpot!’ stars Awkwafina and John Cena discuss dystopian LA lottery comedy | “Jackpot!” which arrived on Prime Video on Aug. 15, is set in a slightly dystopian near-future Los Angeles. There’s no money to run things, so the state of California is in economic ruin. To raise money, and give residents just a smidgen of... |
| 13.08.2024 | The Battle for Books: Censorship and Culture in Iowa | In the heartland of America, a storm brews over the pages of books. The Iowa legislature has stirred a pot of controversy with a law that reshapes the educational landscape. This law doesn’t just alter curricula; it erases voices. It’s a di... |
| 13.08.2024 | The Satvic Revolution: A Journey to Wellness in Mumbai | The Satvic Movement is rolling into Mumbai, and it’s not just another wellness trend. It’s a revolution. Picture a wave of health crashing over the city, bringing with it ancient wisdom wrapped in modern practices. This movement is about mo... |
| 12.08.2024 | Books | 5 books of low-stress nonfiction for your summer reading list | With prose as bracing as a chilled Chardonnay tossed in your face, the New Yorker critic Nussbaum delivers an essential book on the development of reality TV, which is not the faint praise it may sound like. Some pop culture books can feel ... |
| 04.08.2024 | K-Pop Takes Center Stage at the Grammy Museum | The Grammy Museum is rolling out the red carpet for K-pop. From August 2 to September 15, fans can immerse themselves in the vibrant world of this musical phenomenon. The exhibition, titled "HYBE: We Believe In Music," promises to... |
| 02.08.2024 | Books | ‘Blade Runner,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘E.T.’ and the legacy of 1982’s summer sci-fi movies | Q. How do you define sci-fi and how do you think sci-fi fans and the general public will? Because I don’t think all of these are sci-fi movies.
You’re right, it’s a very subjective definition. The genre means different things to different p... |
| 01.08.2024 | Grammy museum goes crazy for K-pop in latest exhibition | BTS is arguably the best known K-pop band in the world and the exhibition will include outfits worn by the group in music videos such as “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment).”
The exhibition will also include rare BTS Polaroid photos, w... |
| 01.07.2024 | Why these 10 American anthems deserve a spot on your Fourth of July playlist | Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
One of the songs that constantly gets mistaken for a celebration of patriotism is “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen. The 1984 hit written by Springsteen has been used in political speeches an... |
| 18.06.2024 | Movies | ‘Fancy Dance’ director Erica Tremblay talks about creating complex Native stories | Native representation used to be either the violent warrior in a period piece or a model minority, the most perfect version of what a Native American is. But now we can have these nuanced characters. I have so many women like Jax in my life... |
| 14.06.2024 | National Politics | Biden to join Obama, salvo of Hollywood star power Saturday in LA | For example, Biden on June 13 launched a seven-figure ad in Spanish and English in battleground states on “lowering costs for food and rent,” raising wages and creating jobs, the campaign reported. Campaign ads are rarely aired in Californi... |
| 05.06.2024 | Summer songs: Going back 40 and 50 years to revisit top tracks of 1974 and 1984 | Summer songs are in the ears of the beholder. I picked 10 songs for each year, and yes, your list might differ. But I did try to cast a wide net and survey as much as personal memory and online research turned up.
So tune in, and drop out o... |
| 28.05.2024 | Movies | How Viggo Mortensen’s mother helped inspire his Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ | Q. “Falling” was personal for you in terms of parent-child bonds and being a caretaker for someone with Alzheimer’s. With this one you’ve said you started with an image of your mom as a girl in the woods, playing out the stories she later t... |
| 07.05.2024 | Health | 5 ways to stay informed about aging, ageism and being healthy | Intergenerational relationships: “What we’re missing out on when we don’t have intergenerational relationships, personally and collectively” is a headline from the Los Angeles Times (April 11. 2023). It has been acknowledged that age segreg... |
| 06.05.2024 | 4 tips to help parents avoid obstacles to good family nutrition | Offer Balance and Variety Instead of Alternate Meals
Making one meal for the entire family is the most economical and time-efficient approach to meal time. However, 60 percent of parents report making separate meals for children who don’t l... |
| 25.04.2024 | Movies | How does Zendaya tennis film ‘Challengers’ rank with other Hollywood love matches | “Challengers,” a sexy tennis love triangle from acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino and budding superstar Zendaya, has generated enough buzz and rave reviews that it may reach No. 1 in the rankings.
But even if the story, directing and actin... |
| 26.03.2024 | Things to do | Percival Everett’s new novel reworks Mark Twain. But ‘James’ has a different mission | Earlier this month, author Percival Everett put on a tuxedo to attend the Academy Awards with his wife, novelist Danzy Senna.
First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson, who adapted Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure” to make the film “American Fiction... |
| 21.03.2024 | Nathan Hochman Endorsed by Association of Deputy District Attorneys | DA Gascon’s Own Deputy District Attorneys’ Association Rejects Gascon and Backs Hochman LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 21, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nathan Hochman, the front-runner in the campaign for L.A. County District Attorney, a... |
| 18.03.2024 | Things to do | Sarah Tomlinson blends rock music, celebrity and ghostwriting in debut novel | What’s it like to be a ghost? Read Sarah Tomlinson’s debut novel and find out.
We’re not talking about the kind said to haunt houses. Tomlinson’s ghost is the publishing industry’s workhorse – a ghostwriter, the unnamed, well-paid but often... |
| 15.03.2024 | How ‘Frida’ director Carla Gutierrez rediscovered material about the iconic Mexican artist | Documentary filmmaker Carla Gutierrez still remembers the moment her obsession with Mexican artist Frida Kahlo began more than two decades ago.
“I hadn’t seen her art until I was a freshman in college,” says Gutierrez, a film editor who mak... |
| 26.02.2024 | Things to do | Olivia Rodrigo goes bigger, bolder with Guts World Tour kickoff | Though she was relatively new when her Sour Tour sold out theaters across the country, including two evenings at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles back in 2022, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo delivered a stunning performance during her fir... |
| 23.02.2024 | 5 strategies to make imaginative, delicious and nutritious home-cooked meals | Do you ever get tired of cooking and eating the same thing? It’s easy to fall into a food rut, eating the same few meals on repeat. Daily meal planning, particularly for busy folks and parents with hectic schedules, can lead to decision fat... |
| 18.02.2024 | How the candidates running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat say they'll solve California's housing crisis | Economy How the candidates running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat say they'll solve California's housing crisis
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2024-02-18T11:28:01Z
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| 16.02.2024 | In ‘Rapper’s Deluxe,’ Todd Boyd explores 50 years of rap and hip-hop | Todd Boyd started writing his new book, “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World,” about three years ago, though in many ways, it’s been underway for decades.
“I’ve been telling that in many ways, I’ve been writing this book since I was... |
| 09.02.2024 | Rockstar Singing Telegrams: Spreading Love with Music this Valentine's Day | PHILOMATH, OREGON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, February 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As Valentine's Day approaches, hearts around the world beat a little faster in anticipation of love's grand celebration. Amidst the chocolates, roses, and h... |
| 06.02.2024 | 56 celebrities you probably didn't realize were related | Entertainment 56 celebrities you probably didn't realize were related
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| 04.02.2024 | Things to do | Grammys 2024 red carpet: See what the stars wore | Music’s biggest night is underway as the 66th Annual Grammy Awards takes place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Hosted for the fourth consecutive year by comedian Trevor Noah, the ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS and available for ... |
| 04.02.2024 | Photos: Grammys 2024 performances | Music’s biggest night is underway as the 66th Annual Grammy Awards takes place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Hosted for the fourth consecutive year by comedian Trevor Noah, the ceremony is being broadcast live on CBS and available for... |
| 31.01.2024 | How ‘Moonlighting’ and ‘Hart to Hart’ inspired Donald Glover’s new Prime series | For anyone expecting Prime Video’s new series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” to be a retread of the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie action flick, don’t. Or if you’re thinking that the series, which features Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, will bear mu... |
| 24.01.2024 | Movies | How ‘Masters of the Air’ tells the stories of real-life WWII bomber crews | In June 1943, 36 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in the U.S. Army Air Force 100th Bombardment Group arrived at an airbase in England, each with a flight crew of 10 men, all of them there to battle Nazi Germany in World War II.
Four months late... |
| 22.01.2024 | 50 years later: How 1974’s No. 1 albums hold up after a half century | What a strange year 1974 was in pop music.
A total of 23 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And sure, there were some expected presences: Paul McCartney and John Lennon both topped the charts, as did the Rolling Ston... |
| 17.01.2024 | Coachella 2024 lineup: Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat — and No Doubt | The lineup is finally here!
Lana Del Rey will headline Friday evenings, Tyler, the Creator on Saturday nights and Doja Cat will close out both weekends on Sundays at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club ... |
| 16.01.2024 | Про космический мусор и другие вещи: истории космонавта | Экипаж отлетает от гориллы, проникшей в американский сегмент МКС (на самом деле — нет, но это не фотошоп)
Орбитальная станция имеет микроатмосферу. Рядом скапливаются газы и частички от прилетающих кораблей, сама станция немного газит из ра... |
| 12.01.2024 | From Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ to Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready to Die,’ these albums turn 30 in 2024 | There was something special going on in 1994.
It was a year of numerous noteworthy debut album releases and mainstream breakthrough records for several acts.
This period in time was particularly huge for Southern California acts. Garden Gro... |
| 09.01.2024 | Movies | Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo discuss their killer ‘Role Play’ in new comic thriller | In the comic thriller “Role Play,” sweetly naive Dave learns that Emma, his cheerful wife and the loving mother of their two young kids, is a world-class assassin. Suddenly, he’s thrown into an unfamiliar world of danger.
Dave, played by Da... |
| 05.01.2024 | Movies | How ‘Boys in the Boat’ star Callum Turner tackled the film’s Olympian challenge | When Joe Rantz was four years old, his mother died.
While Rantz was still a teen, his father and stepmother, viewing him as one extra mouth to feed, abandoned him at the start of the Great Depression. But Rantz persevered, living in an unfi... |
| 13.12.2023 | Movies | For 50 years, these musicians backed stars like Stevie Nicks and James Taylor. This is their story | Bassist Leland Sklar says there was no hesitation when drummer Russ Kunkel, guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Waddy Wachtel and himself were approached to do a documentary about their lives as four of the greatest Los Angeles session musicians... |
| 07.12.2023 | This indigenous chef teaches about decolonizing food, one intentional meal at a time | Growing up, Claudia Serrato’s fondest memories were eating Mexican food with her grandparents — nopales, pipian, atole, caldo, sopa de fideo, to name a few — a diet she described as “not being animal-based, heavy or highly processed.”
“I al... |
| 04.12.2023 | Movies | 10 die-hard Christmas and holiday movies full of action, horror and comedy | Christmas movies often focus on laughter – think “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” – and love – just look at all those Hallmark holiday rom-coms.
But this list isn’t that. This is where the holidays get dangerous, whether it’s li’l Ke... |
| 22.11.2023 | Movies | For 60 years, JFK’s assassination haunted Rob Reiner. Now he thinks he’s solved it | According to director Rob Reiner, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, has been a wound on the American psyche for 60 years.
“I was a junior at Beverly Hills High School,” Reiner says on a recent video ... |
| 10.11.2023 | Утерянная во время выхода в открытый космос астронавтом НАСА Жасмин Могбели сумка с инструментами летает около МКС... | Во время выхода в открытый космос астронавт НАСА Жасмин Могбели упустила сумку с инструментами, которая теперь вращается вокруг Земли рядом с МКС. Объект можно увидеть с Земли при помощи бинокля.
2 ноября 2023 года астронавты НАСА Жасмин Мо... |
| 07.11.2023 | Things to do | After nearly 200 episodes, the ‘Backlisted’ podcast isn’t running out of great books | For the past 8 years, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller have read and discussed books on Backlisted, the podcast they host that “gives new life to old books.”
And now the duo, along with producer Nicky Birch, are approaching the podcast’s 200... |
| 01.11.2023 | Entertainment | How ‘Wayne’s World’ director Penelope Spheeris became a true-crime podcaster | It’s hard to know where to start with the story of Peter Ivers.
There’s the time in 1968 when blues legend Muddy Waters declared Ivers – who sat in and played with Waters while still a student at Harvard University – to be the greatest livi... |
| 20.10.2023 | Entertainment | ‘Hitchcock’s Blondes’ explores the director’s films with Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, more | As biographer Laurence Leamer settled in front of the television to research the films of Alfred Hitchcock, he realized he had a problem.
“I started watching this as an author writing the book and trying to get material,” Leamer says on a r... |
| 19.10.2023 | Things to do | 20 scary books and horror novels to read this Halloween | You may have stocked up on treats, inflated the giant skeleton in your front yard, and dusted off your old “Monster Mash” seven-inch, but if you’re a book lover, your Halloween planning isn’t complete until you’ve shored up your spooky read... |
| 05.10.2023 | Movies | ‘Cat Person’ was a viral New Yorker story. Now it’s a film about a toxic love affair | When the New Yorker published a short story titled “Cat Person” in December 2017, writer Kristen Roupenian’s tale of a toxic romance went viral in a way that literary fiction rarely does.
The story of Margo, a 20-year-old college sophomore,... |
| 02.10.2023 | Entertainment | What you can do for Banned Books Week 2023 | They weren’t burning the books. Yet.
After a video went viral this month showing two Missouri state senators torching a pile of boxes using flamethrowers, a clarification was issued that, no, they weren’t burning books. Apparently, the fire... |
| 08.09.2023 | How Ozomatli turned its song ‘Moose on the Loose’ into a children’s book | After rocking a generation of kids with a children’s album back in 2012, Grammy-winning Los Angeles group Ozomatli are once again focusing on their young fans.
But this time Ozomatli isn’t reaching the youth through music and is instead dro... |
| 29.07.2023 | Workers at a Burger King near Atlanta say they're getting sick working with no AC in 95-degree heat | Retail Workers at a Burger King near Atlanta say they're getting sick working with no AC in 95-degree heat
Dominick Reuter
2023-07-28T21:31:06Z
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| 25.07.2023 | Things to do
Things to do | Great gardening advice is at your fingertips with new apps and books | Whether you like settling in with a photo-laden good book filled with gorgeous gardens and expert advice as to how to create your own, or you’re really happy outside, smartphone in hand, using a state-of-the-art app to give you ideas for la... |
| 11.07.2023 | 1983: 40 years ago, these were the year’s most influential albums | Imagine you sent a time traveler back to 1983 to bring back the biggest, most influential album of the year. If your time traveler didn’t return with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” well, you’d just have to send them back to get it right.
Yes... |
| 05.07.2023 | Things to do
Things to do | How married actors Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill were inspired to write a children’s book | When her daughter Kennedy was young, Jazmyn Simon would say affirmations with the child each day in hopes it would help develop her confidence and self-esteem.
“I thought, ‘Well, this seems like it would be great for a young woman to know a... |
| 26.06.2023 | Entertainment
Entertainment | 17 must-read summer romance novels | Who’s searching for a little summer romance?
Because it looks like there’s plenty of romance available: Sales in the genre increased by more than 50 percent between 2021 and 2022, according to Publisher’s Weekly.
So, feeling flirty? Swipe r... |
| 09.06.2023 | Travel
Travel | Take a tour of the pink and fab World of Barbie exhibition in California | When Barbie goes camping she does it in style, riding out in a customized pink camper van with sweet rims, purple front seats, pink headlights, plus a hammock, her own kitchen and TV.
Fans of the famous Mattel doll who attend the recently e... |
| 05.06.2023 | Another Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Gang Member Admits The Department Has Plenty Of Gang Members | The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t have a great track record. In addition to the usual stuff expected from law enforcement agencies (biased policing, zero accountability, civil rights abuses, excessive force deployment), the LASD ... |
| 01.06.2023 | Robert Englund wanted to be James Dean. Then Freddy Krueger called. | Actor Robert Englund is best known for portraying one of the biggest horror icons of all time, Freddy Krueger, in Wes Craven’s massively popular “A Nightmare on Elm Street” film franchise.
When he was approached by directors Gary Smart and ... |
| 27.05.2023 | Вечно в строю | Мало кому из крупных политиков и государственных деятелей удавалось дожить до 100-летнего юбилея. За целый век можно сделать многое. Генри Киссинджер успел побывать государственным секретарем и помощником президента США по национальной безо... |
| 11.05.2023 | Things to do
Things to do | How ‘High Desert’ brought Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon and Bernadette Peters together | When Patricia Arquette read the script for “High Desert,” the actress knew she wanted to star in the offbeat TV series about a Yucca Valley woman who decides to reinvent herself as a private investigator.
“Their voice was very clear,” Arque... |
| 27.04.2023 | Music and Concerts
Music and Concerts | Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concerts feature ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ lineup of stars | Dozens of artists and thousands of fans will come together at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on April 29-30 to wish country music icon Willie Nelson a very happy birthday.
The “On the Road Again” singer-songwriter, musician and political... |
| 22.04.2023 | A woman lived up a 180-foot, 1,000-year-old tree for 2 years to save a forest from loggers. Meet Julia 'Butterfly' Hill. | News A woman lived up a 180-foot, 1,000-year-old tree for 2 years to save a forest from loggers. Meet Julia 'Butterfly' Hill.
Elana Klein
2023-04-22T17:44:29Z
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| 04.04.2023 | Movies
Movies | Owen Wilson would FaceTime people in his Bob Ross-inspired ‘Paint’ outfit | In “Paint,” Owen Wilson plays Carl Nargle, the host of a painting show on Vermont public television, who despite his lack of artistic talent is something of a superstar.
Writer-director Brit McAdams’s new film is a comedy filled with funny ... |
| 17.03.2023 | Business
Business | Why homebuyers won’t get a break in 2023 | Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen gazes at her MacBook the way a soothsayer peers into a crystal ball. The picture is murky.
Despite falling prices, homes are more unaffordable than ever. Mortgage rates are fluctuating but look to rise. D... |
| 09.03.2023 | News
News | California professor puts Marvel’s newest Black superhero back in the spotlight | A new Black superhero has entered the Marvel comics universe, thanks to the vision and writings of a UC Riverside professor.
Dr. Al B. Harper, a physicist and friend of the Silver Surfer, is one of Marvel’s original Black characters, first ... |
| 21.02.2023 | In California Legislature, 500 bills beat the deadline | California doesn’t really need 2,600 new laws, right?
Nevertheless, state lawmakers proposed 500 new bills on Friday, the 2023 session’s introduction deadline, bringing the total to about 2,600. That’s the most in more than a decade, accord... |
| 27.01.2023 | Music and Concerts
Music and Concerts | Grammys 2023: How to watch and who’s performing at the ceremony | Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles as the 65th Annual Grammy Awards hits Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 5.
The ceremony comes home to Los Angeles this year, following 2022’s last-minute move to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las ... |
| 06.01.2023 | Newsom to lead anti-Jan. 6 march to Capitol | Over the next few days, very different events will take place in downtown Sacramento.
Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to march to the state Capitol with a group of ticketed supporters before being sworn into office for his second term, acco... |
| 20.12.2022 | UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal | A dispatch from CalMatters higher education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn: UC striking workers are facing a high-stakes game of Deal or No Deal.
Friday evening, the University of California and the negotiating team representing 36,000 striking... |
| 14.12.2022 | Will California subsidize rural police departments? | California has a police problem.
In some parts of the state, particularly rural areas, there aren’t enough of them. Tehama County, population 65,000, made national headlines last month when the sheriff announced he would be ending daytime p... |
| 12.12.2022 | Will CA keep up its climate momentum? | California has climate action on the mind.
This week state lawmakers, senior officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and prominent environmental leaders are representing California at the United Nations Convention on Biological Dive... |
| 10.12.2022 | California budget season starts off with a bang | A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step — like the one Assembly Democrats took Wednesday, when they unveiled their budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.
The move marks a start to months-long negotiations between Go... |
| 06.12.2022 | The 'office apocalypse' is upon us | Deserted downtowns have been haunting US cities since the beginning of the pandemic.
Before the pandemic, 95% of offices were occupied. Today that number is closer to 47%. Employees' not returning to downtown offices has had a domino effect... |
| 18.11.2022 | The 10 people transforming sustainability - from Patagonia's founder to the CEO of BlocPower | Jesse Grant/Getty Images; Courtesy of Vaishali Nigam Sinha; Linda Zhang; Matt Wong/Insider; Dina Averuk/Insider; Campbell Brewer; Matt Jones/Insider; Philips; Mandel Ngan/Getty Images; Insider
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| 17.11.2022 | Inside lawmakers’ climate trips to Egypt, Japan | Get ready for another raft of ambitious climate bills when California lawmakers return to Sacramento next month.
A few days after the Nov. 8 election, bipartisan groups of more than a dozen state legislators — including some who have hit te... |
| 09.11.2022 | California election drama may be yet to come | After months of anticipation and buildup, California’s general election came and went — and so far, things don’t look very different than they did before polls closed Tuesday night.
But some of the races that could be among the most consequ... |
| 07.11.2022 | California campaigns make final election push | Do you hear it?
That’s the sound of California candidates and campaigns pulling out all the stops ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for voters to cast ballots in the highly consequential general election.
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is s... |
| 14.10.2022 | Californians confront rising cost of living | If you’ve got your mind on your money and your money on your mind, you aren’t alone.
Driven largely by increases in the cost of food, housing and health care, inflation rose 8.2% in September compared to the same time last year, the U.S. Bu... |
| 13.10.2022 | Bonta floats changing definition of violent crime | If this week is any indication, Attorney General Rob Bonta is on a mission.
On Wednesday, he announced that his office would conduct an independent investigation into last year’s redistricting in the city of Los Angeles following the explos... |
| 01.10.2022 | As gas prices soar, state on brink of sending rebates | Remember when Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers struck a deal a couple of months ago to send millions of California taxpayers between $200 and $1,050 to help cover the rising cost of living?
Well, a week from today, the state is set to ... |
| 28.09.2022 | Family leave, farmworker bills come down to wire | Surrounded by members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Tuesday a package of bills he said would advance California’s “commitment to pay equity and supporting women.”
Among them: a bill requirin... |
| 31.08.2022 | Housing is so expensive in California that a school district is asking students' families to let teachers move in with them | Aerial View of Golden Gate Bridge. Getty Images
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In the city of Milpitas, many teachers cannot afford to live in the area.
The city's school district has a p... |
| 23.08.2022 | Immigration Enforcement Priorities and Presidential Duty | The Supreme Court will consider a challenge to immigration enforcement priorities this December in a case with significant implications for everyday immigration policing. The case arises from the Biden administration’s effort to narrow immi... |
| 03.06.2022 | ‘Too little too late’: Unpacking Biden’s moves to improve federal prisons’ response to Covid-19 | WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is trying to finally unsnarl the federal Bureau of Prisons’ response to the coronavirus pandemic, but experts say its latest moves also underscore just how much is still broken about the government’s re... |
| 08.05.2022 | Firebird’s director and star on forbidden romance and Top Gun | Two lovers torn apart by forces beyond their control is a tale as old as Romeo and Juliet, but how many love stories incorporate 1970s Russia, a symbolic ballet dance, and jet fighters used as metaphors for sexual climax? Firebird is in a c... |
| 01.03.2022 | How the U.K. and the Senate Judiciary Committee Are Being Dangerously Foolish About Cryptography | The story would be really funny—David Frost-biting-humor funny—if it weren’t true. Rolling Stone reported last month that the U.K. government hired M&C Saatchi Group, a U.K. advertising firm to bring to public attention “our concerns ab... |
| 28.01.2022 | Art Industry News: Critics Cry Foul After a Landowner Destroys the Long Island House That Made Marcel Breuer Famous + Other Stories | Art World Art Industry News: Critics Cry Foul After a Landowner Destroys the Long Island House That Made Marcel Breuer Famous + Other Stories
Plus, Slovenia's right-wing government slashes arts funding, and Justice Stephen Breyer will keep ... |
| 13.12.2021 | 3 Benefits of Having Your Enterprise Insured | Patrick Jones, Tech Times 13 December 2021, 09:12 pm
Employee injury, natural disasters, and client lawsuits are all possible consequences of running a business. However, there are ways to mitigate these risks. As a result of these and othe... |
| 01.11.2021 | How Nonprofit Closegap Aims to Create Mental Health ‘Guardian Angels’ in LA Schools | Rachel Miller, founder and CEO of Closegap, has always been interested in helping kids who did not win the "birth lottery," as she calls it.
She is one of them.
Growing up, her mother had schizoaffective disorder, but did not take... |
| 10.09.2021 | 6 Ways LA's Defense Industry Soared in the Years Since 9/11 | In the decade after the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001 and the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, military spending skyrocketed, at one point eating up 20% of government spending.
Although it has since fallen, its legacy can still be felt in Sou... |
| 31.08.2021 | 'It's In the Data': One Parent's Quest to Make School COVID Case Counts More Transparent | Jorge A. Caballero agonized over whether to send his toddler to preschool, but ultimately decided he couldn't teach his child how to socialize and share with other children at home. On the third day of school, he received the news all paren... |
| 27.07.2021 | Projections on Cars? Adway Gets Funding to Pioneer an Unusual Advertising Method | Culver City-based Adway is offering Uber and Lyft drivers hundreds of dollars every month to project ads on the sides of their cars.
So far, the company has signed up about two dozen drivers in Los Angeles, where competitor Firefly faced fi... |
| 07.04.2021 | How We Define Violent Crime in America Shapes Who Gets Punished for It—And Who Doesn't | The recent, horrific mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder came in the wake of nationwide spikes in the rates of homicides and domestic assaults, trends that had already prompted calls in many states for renewed law enforcement efforts on “... |
| 02.04.2021 | Glitter Worthy Store™ Teams Up with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence® to Boost Funding for LGBTQ+ Nonprofits’ Grants | "The Exorcism of Cheeto: Sisters’ Easter in the Park 2017" Shot by: CJ Knight at LeftCoastScenes.com "The Sisters are excited to be featured on the Glitter Worthy Store and grateful for their generous support of our grants fu... |
| 19.03.2021 | The Legal Landscape of Ghost Guns and Potential Reforms | The Biden administration is reportedly considering legal options, including executive orders and regulations, to curb the proliferation of ghost guns—untraceable firearms often assembled in users’ homes with prefabricated components purchas... |
| 11.03.2021 | Experts say Katie Hill’s lawsuit against media outlets that published ‘revenge porn’ probably won’t stand in court | Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) answers questions from reporters at the U.S. Capitol following her final speech on the floor of the House of Representatives October 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Katie Hill is suing her ex-husb... |
| 15.01.2021 | In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country? | LOS ANGELES — The situation here is dire. Every minute, 10 people test positive for Covid-19. Every eight minutes, someone dies. Ambulances circle for hours, unable to find ERs that can accept patients. Hospitals are running out of oxygen. ... |
| 30.12.2020 | An Abridged History of America’s Terrorism Prevention Programs: Opposition Grows, Supporters Adapt | The following is a modified excerpt from a new book, “Homegrown: ISIS in America.” To read the first part of the excerpt, click here.
While the Group of Four was attempting to coordinate programs in Washington, D.C., a more organized and so... |
| 17.12.2020 | Why Los Angeles Is In Trouble – Average Pay For 20,000 Highly Compensated City Employees Nears $150,000 | Top 10 LA public employee payouts in 2019.OpenTheBooks.com |
| 03.12.2020 | Los Angeles said it will provide $800 to thousands of food-service workers, as a 2nd stimulus plan languishes in Congress | Empty patio tables separated by plastic dividers adorned with American flags are seen at Mel’s drive-in diner in West Hollywood, California on November 30, 2020, after Los Angeles County banned outdoor dining in an attempt to stem the lates... |
