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There’s nothing like a live performance or presentation. With the easing of pandemic-related mandates, this year’s Artist of the Year contenders regained the opportunity to show off their creativity in front of a panel of judges rather than by virtual evaluation, as in the past two years. And what a welcome experience it was for…
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As an Army Ranger, Stephen Broadus didn’t flinch in the face of fierce combat training exercises. However, early on Easter Sunday, the 25-year-old who had been honorably discharged from the military just days earlier indicated he had been uncharacteristically defeated. In a text message to a friend about 20 minutes before he was fatality struck…
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For an art figure with worldwide renown, Noah Purifoy‘s namesake art museum in Joshua Tree isn’t easy to find. From 29 Palms Highway, the main drag, you drive north out of town through increasingly sparse neighborhoods, making a series of turns just as the road signs say “Pavement Ends.” The final couple of blocks, while…
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Those trade partners that didn’t materialize for Ryan Poles on Friday night came from every direction Saturday. The new Chicago Bears general manager, who made it known since January that he would love to have more draft capital, did just that, starting in the morning when he sent a 2023 sixth-round pick to the Los…
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“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: California optimism hit a 10-month high in April despite a host of worries from the war in Ukraine and a cooling-yet-inflating economy at home. Source: The Conference Board polls shoppers monthly, creating various consumer confidence indexes, including one for California.…
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Talking about what you want to do is easy. Getting it done is another matter. And all the Jets have done since the end of a 4-13 season is talk about wanting to surround Zach Wilson with more talent. It was the Jets’ New Year’s resolution. And Wilson — who was the No. 2 overall…
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California’s state Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) says it’s committed to creating safe, harassment-free workplaces. Now it’s the department itself that’s doing the harassing. DFEH was built to mediate disagreements between workers and business owners. These days, the agency goes direct to warfare – hiring private law firms to sue California companies and…
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As I’ve written countless times, commercial real estate practitioners are either the hunter or the hunted. By that I mean the nature of our assignments varies. Examples: searching for suitable opportunities for our clients to lease or buy – the hunter – to marketing available buildings – the hunted. You may be wondering, aren’t both…
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This column has often shared stories of mistakes and problems encountered when a financial, tax or estate plan went wrong. Fortunately, we also see a lot of plans go very well. When clients plan carefully, focus on their goals, and involve a team of professionals, the outcome is often not only the result the client…
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Last year, I joined more than a thousand other journalists in filling out a survey from PEN America, the writers’ group, about the impact of widespread disinformation on our work. The online world has made the practices of the evil-doers among us — the liars with a purpose, with ends who don’t care about the…
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