The share of Americans who say it’s a good time to buy a house hit an all-time low of 25% in a monthly Fannie Mae survey. The pandemic-era surge in U.S. housing prices, combined with increased concerns about job stability and rising mortgage rates, are deterring potential buyers from trying to purchase a home. “Younger…
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A 1-acre Laguna Beach estate topped the list of Orange County’s most expensive homes sold in 2021 and also smashed the all-time record. The $70 million off-market deal beat the previous record-holder from 2020 when LoanDepot CEO Anthony Hsieh dropped $61 million on a Crystal Cove estate one-upping “Undercover Billionaire” star Glenn Stearns’ purchase that…
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The expanded Celebrate Gospel music event returning to Disneyland for the first time in several years sets the groundwork for a Black History Month celebration that the Anaheim theme park plans to build into more of a festival-style affair. This year’s Celebrate Gospel music festival in the Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland expands from a one-day…
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Every table at Ahba and Helen’s in south Laguna Beach wobbles to some degree. Some might be a little rusty. Others are made from plywood and can be sinisterly adept at issuing splinters. Chair legs occasionally wedge themselves into cracks between the bricks that pave the various patios, which collectively accommodate no more than about…
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Rivalries have been a major part of Top Fuel drag racing since the days of Don “The Snake” Prudhomme vs. Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen and Shirley Muldowney vs. “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. More recently it was Tony Schumacher vs. Larry Dixon and then Schumacher vs. Doug Kalitta. There could be a new one brewing, or…
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New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel just about has a full coaching staff within about a week and a half of arriving in Miami. McDaniel, who last season served as offensive coordinator for the 49ers, has brought in coaches he has worked with in San Francisco, retained a number of coaches on the Dolphins’ staff and…
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There’s no mistaking the message Tuesday’s recall election sent to the San Francisco Board of Education: focus on education, not racial politics. In addition to the Board’s myopic focus on renaming schools instead of reopening them last year, the landslide results were also motivated by the Board’s decision to scrap competitive merit-based admissions at the…
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Ravens defensive lineman Calais Campbell might not be back in Baltimore for his 15th season, but he’ll be back somewhere. Campbell, who’s set to become an unrestricted free agent next month, announced at the end of Sky Sports’ telecast of Super Bowl 56 on Sunday night that he’s “definitely not retiring” this offseason. “I watch…
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Today, as Russia masses upwards of 125,000 troops on Ukraine’s border, and China sends hundreds of warplanes into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, the United States is faced with a harsh new reality; balance of power politics has returned with a vengeance. U.S. foreign policy needs to adapt and reflect the world as it is, not how we wish…
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BEIJING — A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night. It just wasn’t the one anyone expected. Even the fact that there was a podium was a surprise. Anna Shcherbakova, the overlooked world champion, delivered a clean performance in her free skate at historic Capital Indoor…
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