Light showers will kick off a wet week across Southern California on Monday, Dec. 18, with a heavier, second round of rainfall to arrive around Wednesday and continue through the weekend. The first storm system was expected to arrive over the region early Monday, bringing with it light, scattered showers that will carry on through … Read more
2023 is ending with a lot of turmoil, isn’t it? Following the news can be discouraging. To be honest, for me sometimes reading the headline of a front-page story is all I can take. A general sense of war or unease is enough on some days before moving on to something more pleasant. But there’s … Read more
Humans tell stories about humans. It’s a basic rule of communication, and it’s worked pretty well for everybody from Shakespeare to Tony Morrison to Dr. Seuss. But when it comes to telling stories about lots of humans – particularly lots of humans who live in the same general area – a better narrator can be … Read more
It was a long courtship but he finally said, “Yes.” Shohei Ohtani is joining the Dodgers, agreeing to a reported 10-year deal worth $700 million on Saturday. It is the largest contract for any individual in North American sports history. Ohtani revealed his destination via Instagram. Ohtani’s contract included significant deferrals, which were his idea, … Read more
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Friday afternoon at Holmby Park — across the street from where a star-studded fundraiser supporting President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign was planned — to protest the U.S. government’s support of Israel amid the Jewish state’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. The president traveled to Los Angeles on Friday … Read more
High mortgage rates continued to contort the Southern California housing market in October, resulting in rising prices even as home sales fell to near record lows, real estate data firm CoreLogic reported Thursday, Dec. 7. Home prices saw their biggest percentage gain in a year, pushing the median home price — or price at the … Read more
In 2021, more than 1.5 million people came to the United States from more than 200 countries, including nearly 640,000 people who came looking for a job. It was an unusually big year, immigration-wise. The pandemic was starting to ease up. Some (though not all) of the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies had just been … Read more
