Around this time last month, I was minding my own business doing whatever it is that I do when someone sent along what can generously be called a news story about some Bay Area groups whining about Proposition 13. Run-of-the-mill stuff, I know. The piece, which was published over at the San Jose Mercury News…
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By DAVID KEYTON KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a string of attacks against Ukrainian rail and fuel installations Monday, striking crucial infrastructure far from the front line of its eastern offensive. Meanwhile, two fires were reported at oil facilities in western Russia, not far from the Ukrainian border. It was not clear what caused…
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Disneyland visitors no longer need to bring a mask to the Anaheim theme park now that face coverings are no longer mandatory on public transportation — ending one of the last vestiges of the park’s mask policy instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disneyland no longer requires masks on shuttle buses running to and from the…
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By Michael Bacon, Contributing writer Most people have heard of creating a will to leave your legacy or belongings to your family, and know the value of starting that process early. Fewer people have heard of advance directives. Michael Bacon Michael is the inpatient advance care planning facilitator at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center. (Photo…
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It was a truth-telling win, just every playoff run has a few. The truth on Sunday night was the Miami Heat defense was a goal-line-stand good the last three quarters against the Atlanta Hawks. The truth is the professionalism won Game 4 over pretense. The truth, too, came when Jimmy Butler entered the interview room…
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To put the intricacies of the Miami Heat’s defensive approach on Trae Young into perspective is to consider that the precepts sometimes are leaving Erik Spoelstra’s team as confused as the increasingly befuddled Atlanta Hawks guard. “Half the time,” Heat forward Jimmy Butler quipped, “I don’t even know what we’re doing, to tell you the…
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With the second weekend of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the books, let’s revisit some of our favorite moments of the weekend. Here are the best photos, as selected by our team of photographers and editors in the field. Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella…
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Buck Britton doesn’t consider himself a reader, and the nine books he went through last year while managing the Orioles’ Double-A affiliate did little to change that self-perception. But each one provided him with something he believed will benefit him through this year as Triple-A Norfolk’s manager. At the recommendation of Ryan Fuller, then his…
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Q: Ira, even you said this is about more that beating Atlanta. Of the top four teams in the East, I think the Heat so far have shown the least. — Michael. A: Considering the Heat, Celtics, Bucks and 76ers largely have taken care of their business to this point, I believe your comparison/concern only…
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It’s tough to win when you don’t score many runs. That has been the case for the Chicago White Sox, who recently had a stretch of nine straight games in which they scored three runs or less. That streak came to an end Sunday, but the Sox still dropped their seventh straight game with a…
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