Come summer, gardeners will feel the heat, and not just in degrees, but also in Scoville units. Even though it’s February, it’s a good time to either begin pepper seeds or start planning which varieties to grow. Pepper plants can be grown in spring and summer gardens and they come in a variety of shapes…
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Something’s wrong with Dave Grohl. With a bad case of writer’s block, the Foo Fighters’ frontman starts losing his mind as he and the rest of the band — guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylor Hawkins and keys player Rami Jaffee — settle into an Encino mansion to record their…
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The Rams are bringing back Liam Coen to be offensive coordinator after Kevin O’Connell left the Super Bowl-winning team to become head coach of the Vikings, according to a report. Coen, 36, was on Rams coach Sean McVay’s staff from 2018 to 2020 as assistant wide receivers coach and assistant quarterbacks coach before leaving to…
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By RUSS BYNUM BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery “was just looking for a reason” to hurt a Black person when he saw the 25-year-old jogging on his street, a prosecutor argued Monday, citing a slew of racist comments and videos Travis McMichael had posted online. And when McMichael, his…
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The long-awaited movie theater at the Outlets at San Clemente opens this week. The outdoor outlet mall debuted in 2015 with a substantial chunk of real estate dedicated to a future movie theater. In the ensuing years, planning and then a pandemic put the build-out on hold. Now that space has an operator and soon…
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Were I to write another book about California politics — which is very unlikely — it would be entitled “Unintended Consequences,” detailing how political policy decrees mutate to have unforeseen effects. Examples of the syndrome are legion, but here are just two: —In the 1960s, newly elected Gov. Ronald Reagan signed two pieces of legislation…
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By Dr. Jeffrey Luther Contributing writer For many, Valentine’s Day, which the country marked last week, is a beloved tradition. But for some older adults who have lost their loved ones, the holiday may bring a sense of loneliness and feelings of isolation. Loneliness is an unpleasant emotion that we all feel from time to…
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By Bill Allison | Bloomberg Donald Trump’s Save America ended January with $108 million in the bank, yet the former president’s political action committee didn’t donate any of it last month to the dozens of candidates he’s backing. Though his name won’t appear on any ballot in November, Trump will have plenty of money to…
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin convened top officials Monday to consider recognizing the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that would ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that the Kremlin could launch an invasion of Ukraine imminently. The meeting of…
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By Richard Tribou | Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX took a couple weeks off, but is ready to send up another batch of Starlink satellites to add its expanding internet empire. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with 46 Starlinks on board is scheduled for 6:44 a.m. Pacific time from Cape Canaveral Space…
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