As warmer weather kicks in, big-batch cocktails can help to make gatherings delicious and easy. Whether under the stars, seated poolside, or happily gathered around the table on a patio, backyard bartenders can relax when entertaining outdoors. Chill. Pour. Cheers. Made in advance, big-batch drinks are served from a large, chilly pitcher. Depending on the…
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By LIL KALISH | CalMatters California’s reparations task force will release today its first of two reports detailing the state’s history of slavery and racism and recommending ways the Legislature might begin a process of redress for Black Californians, including proposals to offer housing grants, free tuition and to raise the minimum wage. The 500-page study…
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When Aaron Boone first got the job managing the Yankees, Aaron Hicks let him know. The 6-foot-7 slugger thought of himself as a center fielder. Through the years, Judge kept dropping hints. He played 53 games at center for Fresno State, was drafted by the Yankees as a center fielder. Now, given the chance, Judge…
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Yes, there was drama. Isn’t there always? But we made it through. Whew. My 23-year-old daughter, Curly Girl, successfully married her guy last Saturday up at Mount Baldy. Let me just tell you how things went. The minister, Donna Lee, who also happens to be my longtime friend, stopped the ceremony briefly to deliver a…
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One winter when Kevin Hiroshi Donan was a child growing up in Flint, Mich., he went to play outside with some of his father’s Frisbees – or at least he thought the round, black, grooved discs were Frisbees. Donan hurled the discs, watching as they disappeared into the deep snow. “When the snow melted away,…
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At one time, Mark Rylance hadn’t been aware of the real-life story of the worst golfer in the history of the British Open. But when a screenplay about Maurice Flitcroft, a shipyard crane operator who managed to enter the Open in 1976 despite never playing a single round of golf, came his way, well, that…
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An Anaheim residents’ group has appealed a March court ruling that quashed its lawsuit alleging the city broke the state’s open meetings law in crafting and approving the Angel Stadium sale. The People’s Homeless Task Force OC last week filed the appeal of Orange County Superior Court Judge David A. Hoffer’s ruling in favor of…
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Summer marks the return of free music to downtown Los Angeles as Grand Performances kicks off its concert series in June with a four-month lineup of shows that will feature music from all over the globe, from cumbia and classical to jazz and jam bands. “We’re really taking people on a trip around the world,”…
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Isaiah Wong will stay in Coral Gables for at least another year. The standout guard announced Wednesday that he would withdraw from the NBA draft and return to Miami for his fourth season with the Hurricanes. “Isaiah is truly one of the finest guards in the history of our program, as well as an excellent…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region. The rocket systems are part of a new $700…
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