JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin leads in early results from Saturday’s special primary for the state’s only U.S. House seat, as voters whittled down the list of 48 candidates running for the position that was held for 49 years by Rep. Don Young. Congressional candidate Santa Claus stands in front of the North Pole post…
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The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.” Buzz: With inflation running at a 40-year high — an ugly 8.6% nationally — one would think everything is pricier. Actually, 93% of the 333 items tracked in the monthly inflation report were…
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Amid a third year of drought conditions, the message to Californians remains: Conserve, conserve, conserve. So how wise, some wonder, is opening a water park like Wild Rivers in Irvine, at a time when residents are being asked to cut back on their daily water use and officials are cracking down on quenching “non-functional” turf…
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By Robert Lewis and Joe Hong | CalMatters When the pandemic closed schools in March 2020 – abruptly ending classes and stranding children and working parents – leaders in Washington and Sacramento scrambled to provide relief. The result was a series of stimulus measures that allocated $33.5 billion in state and federal funds to California’s…
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By Nicole Gregory, contributing writer Cal State Fullerton alumnus Don DiCostanzo, ’79, is in the right business at the right time. Pedego Electric Bikes, a company he co-founded in 2008, has seen multimillion-dollar growth in the last several years. “It’s a confluence of factors,” he explained. “During the pandemic, people were locked up and they…
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Big Blue Swim School is coming to The Market Place in Tustin, its second lease for a swim school in Orange County. The swim school franchise operated by L5 Swim is expected to open in early 2023. The new pool will be on the western side of the retail complex near the 5 freeway and…
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Desert Daze will return to the Lake Perris State Recreation Area for three days starting Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 16. Ticket prices and the daily lineup schedule have yet to be announced. Last year, festival-goers experienced a scaled-down version of the event due to the…
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The calendar might say June, but Disneyland is already rolling out plans for the fall spooky season when Oogie Boogie Bash returns to Disney California Adventure and Halloween Time takes over Main Street U.S.A. and the rest of the park. The Oogie Boogie Bash after-hours, separate admission event will run on select nights from Sept.…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Associated Press A federal judge’s acquittal of a New Mexico man in April was a rare blemish on the Justice Department’s record of securing convictions in U.S. Capitol riot cases. More than two months later, a Delaware father and son hope the same judge will clear them, too. Widely published photographs…
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Last Tuesday’s election shows the compelling need for a new political party in California. California follows the “top two” system for all legislative races: candidates run at the same time, and the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, qualify for the final round in November. The system is more like a two-step run-off than a…
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