When Willson Contreras came to the plate in the ninth inning Saturday, he already had recorded his first three-strikeout game of the season. But that didn’t carry into his plate appearance that sparked the Chicago Cubs’ 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Contreras’ eight-pitch leadoff walk against closer Mark Melancon led to a three-run ninth…
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State Controller Betty Yee is facing calls for an investigation into her newly disclosed role in arranging a sketchy $600 million no-bid contract for COVID-19 masks back in March 2020. The controller is responsible for paying the state’s bills but has no role in selecting state contractors. So it was a surprise when documents from…
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Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Roe v. Wade in 1973, politicians on all sides have had a free ride on the issue of abortion. They could comfortably take positions that would never attract majority support, knowing they would never have to vote on actual legislation embodying those views. This allowed…
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Everything everyone — by which I mean the wrong ones, the NIMBYs — says about housing in Southern California is always wrong. A favorite trope, loved by letter-to-the-editor writers, who just make things up — sorry, letter-writers, whose gemlike prose I edit and publish every day — is that the coming of more and more…
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Citing the vile online manifesto attributed to the Buffalo shooter, Gov. Hochul on Sunday urged social media companies to crack down on hate speech — calling the sites “instruments of evil.” “I’m calling on the CEOs of all the social media platforms to examine their policies and to be able to look me in the…
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Facial recognition surveillance is a growing threat to constitutionally protected free speech, privacy, racial justice, and information security. We need strict federal, state, and local laws to ban law enforcement’s use of it. Companies like Clearview AI provide facial recognition services to police with little to no public oversight. Clearview claims to have amassed a…
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Q. I am female, age 67, and was laid off in December 2021 after years as vice-president in a large company. I am at a loss of what to join. Any suggestions? S.J. Thank you for asking a question that recognizes the importance of connections. So often one’s work is more than just work. It…
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Let’s test your Orange County economic memory! Who doesn’t need a refresher course on the ups and downs of the local housing market — a key driver behind those swings? The online tool in the box below lets you guess what happened in Orange County after 2004 with unemployment, median sales prices, purchase activity and…
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“Measure twice, cut once,” counsels the old adage. My grandfather would recite this to us often, as he cautioned us to assess well before acting on an idea. Expanding on this, I would say that good planning is the key to making things go right. Whether your goals are financial or otherwise, defining how you…
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers battles against Rasmus Kupari of the Los Angeles Kings during the third period in Game Seven of the First Round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on May 14, 2022 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images) Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates a…
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