By Daniela Sirtori | Bloomberg When customers walk into Starbucks on Monday, the vibes will be different. At least, that’s the goal. Workers will ask guests if they want drinks for here or to go, offering ceramic mugs to those who want to stay . Baristas will be more vigilant about topping macchiatos with a…
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Girl Scout Cookie season is here and the Scouts, adorned in their iconic badge-laden uniforms, will soon be out in full force approaching neighbors, their parents’ coworkers and shoppers at local stores, armed and ready to satisfy cookie cravings. Supplying the Scouts for their upcoming mission was Saturday’s “mega delivery” event at Wild Rivers Waterpark…
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America’s small businesses are optimistic about the economic results the newly minted Trump administration will deliver for Main Street. In fact, recent polling from my organization, the Job Creators Network Foundation, found that small business sentiment about the economy is at a 40-month high—buoyed by high future expectations. The Trump administration is already getting the ball rolling—signing…
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The last time the Chargers advanced to the playoffs (and lost), the coach and general manager decided it was best to simply run it back for the following season. Minimal changes. Almost all the same starters. Mostly key personnel returning. A couple of changes on the coaching staff. The Chargers then went ker-plunk in the…
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Snuggling a pair of eggs in her nest overlooking Big Bear Lake, Jackie, one of the area’s resident bald eagles, seemed unphased by the stormy skies Monday, Jan. 27. The second egg arrived late Saturday afternoon, Jan. 25, just before the weekend storm descended on the San Bernardino Mountains, bringing up to 10 inches of…
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I agree with your editorial “Rule by edict isn’t what the founders had in mind.” When President Obama’s party lost control of Congress, he said “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone” and governed largely by executive orders for the remainder of his tenure. One of those orders created the DACA program. President Trump…
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Certain questions plagued the Rams offense on nearly a weekly basis during the 2024 season. Red-zone efficiency. Third-down conversions. Slow starts. Varying levels of execution from quarter to quarter. This wasn’t how the Rams drew it up last offseason. The expectation was that the group — infused with talent along the offensive line and with…
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Federal agents seeking to deport undocumented immigrants conducted “immigration enforcement efforts” in Los Angeles over the weekend, just days after newly reinstalled President Donald Trump issued executive orders to crack down on illegal immigration. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s L.A. division shared images on social media of DEA personnel participating in the “enforcement efforts” on…
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Laughter has seemed in short supply this January. La Mirada Theatre, with its new production of the non-musical “The Play That Goes Wrong,” offers a vigorous antidote. Not scattered audience chuckles, but buckets of guffawing and rolling gales of belly-bending convulsions. For instance, on opening night the guy to my left, nursing a bum shoulder…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’ National Politics | Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid…
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