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The Anaheim mayor’s chair has been empty since Harry Sidhu’s resignation, and it could stay that way until voters choose a new mayor this fall. The City Council will discuss what to do about the vacancy at its June 21 meeting, after members were unable to agree on a course of action Tuesday, June 7.…
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“Rent check” offers a snapshot of the financial challenges tenants face in Southern California’s tight housing market — and how costs vary across the region. Buzz: Big-city apartment rents rose for the 19th consecutive month in May. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed ApartmentList’s monthly rent estimates for the 21 largest cities tracked in the four-county…
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When the board of University of California Hastings College of the Law sat down Friday to discuss the next steps in changing the school’s name, California tribal leaders were at the table with them. The meeting of the two groups was the latest development in a years-long process to redress violence committed against Indigenous Californians…
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You’re a hockey fan watching your team play a regular-season game. You understand there’s a home-ice advantage, but for some reason, it seems like your team — whichever it might be — doesn’t perform as well when the game gets to overtime. And if it goes to a shootout? Well, say hello to the home-ice…
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In simple, bold strokes of black on white, Emma Grove’s debut graphic novel begins and ends with a scene about a missing book in a therapist’s office. That missing book sets up the mystery that Grove must solve in “The Third Person” (available now from Drawn & Quarterly), a memoir about how her goal of…
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NBA superstar Dwyane Wade spoke out against the onslaught of laws targeting transgender youth, adding that he fears for the safety of his 15-year-old daughter Zaya, who’s trans, “every time she leaves the house.” The three-time NBA champion and philanthropist was in New York City on Tuesday, as one of the speakers at the Time…
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USC executive senior associate athletic director Brandon Sosna is leaving the athletic department for a front office job with the Detroit Lions, a source confirmed Thursday. Sosna arrived at USC in 2019 alongside athletic director Mike Bohn, whom he worked with at Cincinnati. During his tenure at USC, Sosna played a major role in revitalizing…
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By Ann Carrns | The New York Times Remember adjustable-rate mortgages? Rising interest rates are again making those mortgages attractive to homebuyers because the starting rate is generally lower than the rate on traditional fixed-rate home loans. But they can be riskier. Adjustable-rate mortgages, known as ARMs, have interest rates that can go up or…
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By Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide. In the U.S., a small box of Kleenex now has 60 tissues; a few months…
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By JILL COLVIN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Members of the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 will hold their first prime-time hearing Thursday to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.…
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