Mikel Jollett, frontman of the Airborne Toxic Event, doesn’t always create a narrative around his music. Sometimes it is fine-tuned like a staticky radio frequency finding its clarity. While songwriting can be technical or formulaic, Jollett said in a phone interview that sometimes it’s a matter of telling a story or a more authentic process…
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The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, recently purchased a 9% stake in Twitter, the social media platform that permanently banned former President Donald Trump and that conservatives accuse of suppressing their content. Musk’s purchase made him Twitter’s largest shareholder, and he vowed to take it over, possibly to turn it into a private…
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Gov. Jared Polis offered up Colorado as a new home to both Disney and Twitter on Tuesday after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his criticisms of both companies. DeSantis said he was looking for ways to hold Twitter’s board of directors “accountable” in the wake of news of the board’s “poison pill” plan to stop…
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DETROIT — Gleyber Torres is the odd man out again. He went 0-for-4 Wednesday night against the Tigers, extending his hitless streak to 0-for-17. Thursday, he was also out of the starting lineup for the series finale against the Tigers at Comerica Park. It was the second time in three games as his struggles and the…
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It’s good to help the poor. The problem is finding the right way to do it. That’s complicated because California just keeps getting more expensive, with median home prices in many areas of Southern California now stretching over $1 million. AB 2589 is by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles. It would give those making $30,000…
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Amazon Fresh opened its doors Thursday in Mission Viejo, bringing its “Just Walk Out” technology to south Orange County. The 35,000-square-foot grocery store took the place of a former Office Max at 26940 Crown Valley Parkway. Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods in 2017, has been opening grocery stores across Southern California, with its first Fresh…
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Longtime tennis club owner and operator Ken Stuart, a proud member of the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame, died April 4 at age 78. Stuart was born Oct. 22, 1943, in Los Angeles and went one to become the 1964 NCAA men’s doubles champion at Long Beach State and to play briefly on…
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The motto of the Main Street Electrical Parade should be “Here We Glow Again” since nothing — not even a pandemic — can keep the fan-favorite festival of lights away for long with the venerable nighttime spectacular trotted out whenever Disneyland needs an energy boost. Disneyland hosted a media preview of the Main Street Electrical…
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Did you know that the federal judge who vacated the federal mask mandate for airline and public transit passengers on Monday is only 35? The New York Times thought that detail was important, and so did Slate legal writer Mark Joseph Stern. The fact that critics of U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s 59-page decision…
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Major fundraising committees on both sides of the aisle are already throwing serious money at the primary race for the newly drawn 47th Congressional District seat in coastal Orange County. It’s widely seen as a contest between two attorneys: high-profile Democratic incumbent Katie Porter and former GOP Assembly leader Scott Baugh. But three Republican challengers…
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