A funny thing has happened on the way to California closing all of its nuclear power plants. Biden administration official Jennifer Granholm says the state should rethink its commitment to scrapping atomic energy. In an interview that will be released at an energy conference this week, the U.S. energy secretary said nuclear power “may be…
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So my trip to Africa was a failure. Yes, we saw elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, Cape buffaloes, zebras, hippos, warthogs, hyenas, wildebeest and more. It was a regular “Lion King” extravaganza. Sometimes, we saw them so up-close we could count their nose hairs. But I consider any trip a failure when I don’t manage to…
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A new Disneyland landmark inspired by the hometown tree that Walt Disney daydreamed under as a boy will pay tribute to the vivid imagination of the Anaheim theme park’s founder while also serving as a whimsical children’s playground. The new Dreaming Tree coming to Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland will be inspired by a Cottonwood in…
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One of the Capitol’s most enduring conflicts pits personal injury attorneys and their allies in consumer advocacy groups against corporate interests and their insurers. The two factions clash incessantly over what events are deemed wrongful acts (torts), who can sue over those acts and what monetary damages can be awarded. Dubbed “tort wars,” the conflict…
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Los Angeles County’s economy is far and away the biggest in Southern California, but the Inland Empire leads in population and job growth because of lower home prices and rising demand for warehouse workers amid the e-commerce explosion. Those revelations are included in the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast released early Wednesday, Dec. 8. Inland Empire…
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While the world still struggles with the pandemic, we yearn for a return to normalcy. In many places, this has already occurred, while in other places it is still underway. However, our society and our communities have suffered great relational damage. Too many ruptures of the social fabric have occurred. Consider the divisions that have…
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A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy fired in 2018 for discarding meth and other evidence in an office trash can must be rehired without back pay, according to a confidential arbitration decision. Arbitrator Catherine Harris ruled Dec. 3 that termination was too severe for ex-Deputy Randolph Torres, who threw out a gram of methamphetamine in…
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Southern California residents can expect cool weather and on and off showers into next week, forecasters said. San Bernardino County had some of the most precipitation Tuesday morning, but it was still relatively light and short-lived. Yucaipa Ridge saw only 0.08 inches, the second-highest in the region. Mount San Jacinto came just behind at 0.07…
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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has refused to rubber stamp an agreement between a controversial prosecutor and defense attorneys to remove a man from death row for a 1996 double murder in South Gate. In a sign that the bench is beginning to push back against some of District Attorney George Gascón’s sweeping…
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands | CNN The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead US Customs and Border Protection, Chris Magnus, on Tuesday after months of confirmation setbacks that left the agency with a void at the top amid a record number of border arrests. The vote was 50-47, with Republican Sen.…
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