Southern California bosses added 96,600 jobs in February — double the recovery’s pace — but the four-county region is still 180,200 workers short of pre-coronavirus employment. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found bosses had 7.71 million employees last month in the area covered by the Southern California News Group. This staffing level was…
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Known for its citrus marinated chicken, El Pollo Loco usually doesn’t do beef. But it made an exception for its latest menu item. It’s called Shredded Beef Birria, and it’s available in burritos, crispy tacos and quesadillas for a limited time. “I think our customers will love a little bit of switch-up,” said Heather Gardea,…
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MIAMI — You can teach an old player new skills. Taj Gibson, 36, has flashed a highly proficient 3-point shot that may help extend his career, delaying perhaps his eventual foray into coaching. Gibson has drained eight of his last nine 3-pointers, a stretch dating back to January. It’s a small sample size but Gibson…
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A 33-year-old man is behind bars on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, who went missing out of Mission Viejo in January of last year and whose body has never been found. Kerwin Andrew Varela, who is being held on $1 million bail, is scheduled for arraignment on April 1 in the jail courtroom in Santa…
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A late-season storm is expected to bring at least 1 to 3 inches of rain throughout the region on Monday, March 28, meteorologists said. After a few warm days this week, there will be a gradual cooling trend through the weekend with the precipitation expected to begin late Sunday night into early Monday, forecasters said…
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By Brian Fung | CNN The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to thousands of companies after Europe’s top court struck down the deal’s predecessor in 2020. In joint…
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Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now. In this file photo, Ice-T of Body Count performs at the Rock On The Range Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium on Friday, May 18, 2018, in Columbus,…
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By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil | CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say. The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees…
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The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to [email protected] or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research — not all questions will be answered the week of submission. Thanks for your understanding. Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Even though…
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By Hassan Ammar, Jerome Pugmire and Jon Gambrell | Associated Press JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom. It was the rebels’ highest-profile assault yet, though Saudi authorities pledged the upcoming grand prix would…
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