A major factor in California’s startling evolution from a state with two evenly matched political parties to one utterly dominated by Democrats has been their back-scratching partnership with labor unions. Democratic politicians have delivered on the unions’ bread-and-butter priorities, from pension benefits to legislation making it easier to make public and private employees union members.…
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Starting at left tackle for the Super Bowl-winning Rams could have been a signal that Andrew Whitworth was still good enough to keep playing. Instead, it gave the Rams’ revered elder statesman a way to go out on top. Whitworth, 40, made it official Tuesday morning, the Rams announcing his retirement after a 16-year NFL…
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There are plants that Jack Carlisle, owner of The Potting Shed by Carlisle in Orange, has come to call “Instagram ‘It’ plants,” because customers always request them by pulling out their phones and showing him pictures of them on the popular app. Houseplants got even trendier in 2020 amid the start of the pandemic as…
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Bol Bol won’t play for the Orlando Magic during the 2021-22 season, team president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said Tuesday morning. The Magic acquired Bol from the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 10 ahead of the trade deadline. Bol, a 22-year-old big man who’s listed at 7-2, 220 pounds, was sidelined when the Magic traded…
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My colleague Sal Rodriguez recently lamented how “the Republicans have basically thrown in the towel this cycle on the gubernatorial race.” That will produce an even bigger landslide for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s re-election this November. It’s possible his only challenger will be a fellow Democrat. The GOP definitely needs to get its act together in…
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The latest reminder of the California Republican Party’s death spiral came recently as Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom heads to what news reports call a re-election “cakewalk.” As the June 7 primary approaches, the GOP candidates with the best name recognition have announced that they will not challenge Newsom in this election cycle. That includes…
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For R&B singer-songwriter Nicole Wray, known professionally as Lady Wray, her third solo album, “Piece of Me,” was a true labor of love. It was released earlier this year through Big Crown Records, but Wray said the album began coming together back in 2018 when she was pregnant with her first child. At that time,…
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To define these final four weeks of the Miami Heat’s regular season as a chase for the No. 1 seed would run counter to much preached by Erik Spoelstra. And, for that matter, the approach of his floor general. Yes, the Heat headed into Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons at FTX Arena leading…
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Universal Studios Hollywood’s announcement that it will open a Nintendo-themed land next year sets up 2023 as a big year for California theme park fans. Super Nintendo World, which has been under construction next to the Transformers ride on the park’s Lower Lot, will feature what Universal has called a real-life Mario Kart ride. Now…
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Southern California home prices continued a 1 ½-year, double-digit climb last month, setting a record for the 11th time in just over a year. Meanwhile, home sales dipped from a year ago, but still had the second-highest tally for the month for the last 15 years. With the 2022 spring homebuying season just getting started,…
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