Brunch at Perla Azul in La Habra is a prix fixe multi-course affair with bottomless mimosas and live music, but I don’t realize this until after the hostess seats me at a prime booth beneath a large crystal chandelier with an unobstructed view of the stage where a Cuban jazz band, Los Vecinos, is mid-set…
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The last round of $600 payments issued by California will conclude the state’s pandemic stimulus program by Jan. 11, the Franchise Tax Board said Wednesday. The 180,000 payments in this final round, valued at roughly $127 million, started in late December and will trickle through January, the agency said in an email Wednesday. A previous…
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By J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans. It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite was in the middle of it all — and was the eyes of the world in some respects. His camera recorded images that…
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By Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg Irvine-based Rivian Automotive fell after Amazon.com, one of its biggest backers and customers, agreed to buy battery-electric delivery vans from rival automaker Stellantis NV. The first vehicles under the new order are due next year, Stellantis said Wednesday. It didn’t disclose the size of the deal, but Chief Executive Officer…
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When the NHL shut the door last month on sending its players to next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, it made it possible for Ducks prospect Mason McTavish to walk through and become a member of Team Canada next month. McTavish’s name is on a long list of candidates, according to multiple reports. McTavish would…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Jan. 2 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Cloud Cuckoo Land: Anthony Doerr 2. Call Us What We Carry: Poems: Amanda Gorman 3. Beautiful…
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Long Beach City Council members on Tuesday, Jan. 4, approved a five-year extension to keep the Grand Prix in the city, which, among several things, will require reduced set-up and tear-down time, prioritize the 2028 Summer Olympics, and make the Grand Prix Association a stakeholder in development discussions on portions of the race track. The…
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ANAHEIM — The protocols giveth and the protocols taketh away. The Ducks took the ice for their matchup with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night without, among others, two of their top players in team captain Ryan Getzlaf and franchise cornerstone Trevor Zegras. But those absences were balanced out by Philadelphia’s announcement Tuesday morning that…
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USC will not allow fans at any indoor sporting events through Jan. 14, the school’s athletic department announced Tuesday evening. The decision aligns the events with the school’s move to hold classes remotely through the first week of the spring semester due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases. Only families and guests of team…
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