”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: In 2022’s first six months, California builders filed permits for the second-highest number of housing units since 2007. Source: My trusty spreadsheet peeked at residential building permit data…
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The last time Allen Ma came to KCON he was a fan, a teenager from Hacienda Heights in a crowd of 50,000 there to see bands such as Twice and Seventeen at the annual celebration of Korean pop music and culture in downtown Los Angeles. Now he’s on the other side of the stage, a…
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In January, a record 109 ships awaited entry into the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, often stretching to south Orange County. It marked a peak in the supply chain congestion that has bedeviled the nation’s two busiest ports during much of the pandemic. On Thursday, Aug. 11, that number stood at nine…
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Hundreds celebrated one of Laguna Beach‘s most iconic community institutions on Saturday, Aug. 13, when the Festival of Arts marked its 90th anniversary and threw a free party for the whole city to enjoy. The festival is this seaside town’s artistic foundation. It began in 1932 when a collection of early Laguna Beach artists wanted…
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When Martha Plimpton read the script for the first episode of “Sprung,” Greg Garcia’s new comedy, it described Barb, the quirky and outspoken matriarch of a fledgling crime family, as “a Martha Plimpton type.” In other words, a role Plimpton seemed literally born to play. Plimpton was not supposed to be available for “Sprung,” but…
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BOSTON — The Yankees are optimistic they will see Giancarlo Stanton on the field Monday. The slugger, who has missed 18 games with left Achilles tendinitis, will be a welcome sight for a team coming off a 2-7 road trip that featured their mighty lineup getting shut out three times. But Stanton will only work…
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The four-game series that begins Monday between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros has many intriguing storylines, including Tuesday’s matchup of the top two American League Cy Young Award contenders in Justin Verlander and Dylan Cease. It could be a chance for the Sox to prove they’re bona fide contenders. Or it could be…
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No marinara sauce. No meatballs. No garlic bread. None of the trimmings normally included in the quintessential pasta meal were needed to construct the spaghetti-framed masterpieces built by budding engineers at the annual Spaghetti Bridge event at Cal State Fullerton. Only epoxy, a calculator, ingenuity and teamwork were needed to create a spaghetti bridge capable…
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By Elissa Lee and Albert Jiang, Contributing Writers Roger first fell in the shower. “It could have been worse,” said Roger, 83, whose name was changed for patient confidentiality. “I caught the wall first and slid down. I couldn’t get up and yelled for help for 15 minutes before my caregiver came. “When she finally…
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The Ravens know the kind of talent they have on their team. That doesn’t make general manager Eric DeCosta’s job over the next two-plus weeks any easier. By 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Ravens will have to trim their active roster to 85 players. A week later, they’ll need to get down to 80. On Aug.…
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