Southern California’s jobless rate in March fell to 4.4% — a pandemic-era low — despite a slowdown in the hiring pace. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found that combined unemployment in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group declined from 5% the previous month. Unemployment in Los Angeles, Orange,…
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Coming off a 9-3 loss in which they turned in their most porous performance in 16 years, the Kings had two days to travel home and lick their wounds as they prepared to host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. They split a back-to-back set as center Blake Lizotte, who came back from injury a…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from April 7 to April 15. Kitchen at Crown Valley Marketplace, 27771 Center Drive, Mission Viejo Closed: April 13 Reason: Plumbing in disrepair Reopened: April 13 Oasis Bar, 10448 Knott Ave., Stanton Closed: April 13 Reason: Cockroach infestation…
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By YURAS KARMANAU LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under relentless bombardment and a Russian blockade, the key port of Mariupol is holding out, but weapons and supplies shortages could weaken the resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin’s invasion plans. More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly…
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Eight years ago, Army Lt. Chuck Nadd was featured in a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial when his hometown of Winter Park threw him a parade when he returned from Afghanistan. In 2022, Nadd is in the spotlight again, this time as a Republican primary challenger to Senate President Wilton Simpson in the race for agricultural…
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Four people in the Mets organization — including two players and a coach — tested positive for COVID-19 and were not present for the team’s home opener against the Diamondbacks on Friday. Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha were officially placed on the injured list Friday. Outfielder Nick Plummer and infielder Matt Reynolds were called up…
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The hunt was on for signs of the once-abundant pismo clams, tiny treasures that bury themselves below the sandy surface. The Southern California creature once made for countless seaside feasts, but that was decades ago and the species has became a scarce sight. A Pismo clam found along the surf at Huntington Beach on Wednesday,…
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By ADAM SCHRECK, ROBERT BURNS and YESICA FISCH KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia’s withdrawal — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.” The jarring number emerged shortly after…
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Here’s the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Omar Kelly answer questions from readers. Q: Is there any chatter about a Christian Wilkins extension? His draft class is gonna blow up the DT market — him, Jeffery Simmons, Dexter Lawrence, Quinnen Williams, Ed Oliver…would be…
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Father Nazari Polataiko conducts a service at the Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Silver Lake March 1, 2022. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Rev. Nazari Polataiko was accustomed to seeing people seeking comfort in church during tough times. But since the Russian forces rolled their tanks into Ukraine in February,…
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