So you want to try birdwatching, or as some of us call it, birding. Something about our feathered friends has grabbed your attention. A Great-horned Owl outside your window hooting after the sun drops. An American Robin slurping worms from your lawn. Maybe you spied a group of birdwatchers at the park across the street,…
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Icee is a tan-and-white female Staffordshire terrier mix with a head as sweet and solid as a pound cake. She is lying on the family bed when her owner, Iris, brings her laptop and all of us participating in a Zoom workshop called “Energy Healing for Animals,” into the bedroom with her. Icee licks her…
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Some might say Cesar Millan speaks dog. The charismatic dog trainer has spent decades building something of an empire on the deceptively simple concept of educating owners about their pet’s behavior. Via his television series, New York Times best-selling books and videos, the three-time Emmy-nominated celebrity woof expert extolls the virtues of the bond between…
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COSTA MESA — It wasn’t as if Joey Bosa was the Chargers’ only pass-rushing threat last season, but it had been since 2018 that he had been paired with someone with the same sort of ferocious, tenacious drive to sack opposing quarterbacks as he might have now with the addition of Khalil Mack. Bosa and…
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Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney and Darius Slayton all dropped passes as the Giants’ offense sputtered on day two of training camp. Daniel Jones hit Golladay with two throws downfield on a rope, his best passes on the day. But safety Julian Love punched the ball out from the blind side to negate the first completion.…
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The ball sailed into right field, carrying but not quite deep enough. Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Josh Lowe camped under it, prepared to catch what could prove be the last drive at Camden Yards of Trey Mancini’s Orioles tenure. Then, the sun peeked out from the clouds in the Baltimore sky, and Lowe lost…
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An Orange County attorney for three Mater Dei High School football players in a pair of high-profile cases that have drawn national attention has been disbarred for misappropriating more than $500,000 in funds from multiple clients, the State Bar confirmed. David M. Nisson of Tustin was disbarred this month after the State Bar found that…
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Theme parks across the United States are gaining an unwanted reputation for teen brawls and hot-headed melees following a surge in fights over the past two years that threaten to brand the family-friendly playgrounds as unsafe havens of violence, chaos and panic. “It’s something we’ve never really seen in our theme parks until last year,”…
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Navigating a shift in any market is difficult. No one wants to leave any money on the table by dropping their price too much. Nor do they want to overpay for something when buying. So, dressing up a disappointing deal requires a bit of finesse. For sellers, this means your house will be on the…
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“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends. Buzz: Is it safe to say housing has “crashed” when Southern California’s homebuying pace drops by 25% in a year to the sixth-slowest June in the past 35 years? Fuzzy logic: I’m bemused by how sensitive the real estate industry is…
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