By JOHN FLESHER LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. It’s part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology: Water is piped from a lower reservoir — the lake,…
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In 2019, L.A.-based actor and writer Sona Tatoyan traveled to her family’s abandoned home in Aleppo, Syria. Eight years had passed since she last visited and, in that time, war in the country had erupted and persisted. Her grandmother, who she last saw in early 2011, had since died and much of her extended family…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County girls athlete of the week: Name: Zoe Prystajko School: Huntington Beach Sport: Softball Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: The left-handed pitcher fired a two-hitter and struck out 14 to help the Oilers remain undefeated in the Surf League with a 2-1 win at…
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California taxpayers faced a trifecta of taxes this month as they filed federal and state income tax returns and paid their semi-annual property tax bills. Their payments underscored California’s well-deserved reputation of being a high-tax state. Measured by either a percentage of personal income or a share of economic output, California’s state and local taxes…
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A little sanity has prevailed in the dispute between a Pennsylvania-based armored car company, Empyreal Logistics, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies seized $1.1 million that the company was transporting for legal marijuana companies in three highway stops between November and January. The department intended to keep most of the money for…
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Two men were killed and a third injured in an Anaheim apartment near Angel Stadium Tuesday morning, April 19, authorities said. Anaheim police received a call about an assault and responded to a multi-story apartment building in the 2100 block of Katella Avenue, near State College Boulevard, Sgt. Shane Carringer said. Inside, they found all…
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By TALI ARBEL NEW YORK (AP) — When Mahlet Berhanemeskel gets back to her New York City home from her 90-minute commute, she doesn’t feel like cooking. So instead she orders food like BLTs, Cheez-Its and cookies from an app called Gorillas. It’s affordable and takes 10 minutes. “It’s instant gratification,” she said. Gorillas is…
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Q: Our place of worship planned a trip to, among other countries, Poland and Slovakia, which border Ukraine. We were asked to make a sizable downpayment. This was before the war between Russia and Ukraine. Many now do not want to go. We were told our money is not going to be refunded. Instead, the…
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Country and alternative rock artist Orville Peck is joining an exclusive club of musicians that have been tapped to perform at both the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its sister Stagecoach Country Music Festival back-to-back in Indio this month. Crossing over and playing to the vastly different audiences each festival attracts is a…
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel continues its 10-part series looking at the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft (April 28-30) with cornerbacks. Like most years, cornerback is one of the deepest positions in the 2022 draft. That’s a byproduct of playing 500-plus snaps each season in this pass-happy era of football. Someone has to…
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