Q: Don Brennan of Chino asked if “the rules have changed” to allow semi trucks and vehicles pulling trailers to drive in the No. 2 lane on a four-lane freeway with a carpool lane. “I see it happening a lot lately and it pretty much turns the road into a one-lane freeway,” Brennan said, adding…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward. Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest coronavirus variants — and…
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Q: My wife was selected to participate on a jury. The trial is expected to last many weeks, during which time she will receive no money from her employer. The judge has expressed contempt for those experiencing financial hardship and has refused to dismiss her. We are already out hundreds of dollars in wages and…
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There are great unknowns accompanying Tom Brady’s 10-year, $375 million bombshell deal with Fox Sports making the (as of today) Bucs quarterback, and cinch Hall of Famer, its No. 1 NFL analyst. Like when will Brady ultimately exit the playing field and enter the booth? Or are Fox Sports suits finished wheeling and dealing? Much…
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The Ravens signed linebacker Vince Biegel to a one-year deal Monday, adding a versatile veteran to a position with limited depth. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Injuries have limited Biegel, 28, to just five games over the past two seasons, but he’s played both inside linebacker and outside linebacker and contributed regularly on…
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It has largely been described as the Miami Heat’s meaningless season finale, often along the lines of “The Miami Heat won six consecutive games to secure the No. 1 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference before losing their meaningless regular-season finale.” It turns out, a month after the fact, the 125-111 April 10 loss to…
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It’s been a decade since Gov. Jerry Brown faced a $27-billion budget deficit, which prompted him to take a number of extraordinary steps including lobbying for a massive tax increase and shuttering the state’s revenue-draining redevelopment agencies. Brown must no doubt be envious of the financial situation faced by his successor. On Friday, Gov.…
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Is Disneyland limiting its attendance these days or not? California ditched its pandemic capacity restrictions nearly a year ago. Disneyland now is free to cram as many fans into its parks as local fire officials will allow, just like its competitors at Universal, Knott’s and Six Flags can. But unlike most other local theme parks,…
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Even Jeff Greenberg knows this feels crazy, right? Here’s a former Chicago Cubs assistant general manager, who worked in baseball for 16 years, making the leap to professional hockey — and not just switching from another sport but occupying one of the Chicago Blackhawks’ top three front-office positions as an associate general manager. “Sure,” Greenberg…
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Mike McDaniel walked up to Erik Ezukanma before his first practice as a Miami Dolphins player and began to tease the rookie. The Dolphins’ coach was seemingly attempted to cut the tension, ease the nervous energy the team’s fourth-round pick had percolating by bringing up his body fat, and telling the former Texas Tech receiver…
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