The pairings and schedule for the CIF Southern California Regional boys and girls soccer playoffs. First-round games are Tuesday, March 1, semifinals on Thursday, March 3 and finals on Saturday, March 5. All games start at 5 p.m. unless noted. CIF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BOYS SOCCER First round Tuesday, March 1, 5 p.m. DIVISION 1…
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San Pedro honored fallen firefighter Jonathan Flagler along with LA County Fire Station 83 (Flagler’s unit) as local first responders had a Grab & Go Pancake Benefit Sunday, Feb. 27, outside Siren’s coffee in San Pedro. Culinary Arts students from Los Angeles Harbor College handled the grill work. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer) San…
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Guns and abortion may be the two defining issues of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current term, and California politicians, with their typical arrogance, are attempting to use one issue to influence the justices’ decision on the other. “We’ll see how principled the U.S. Supreme Court is,” Gov. Gavin Newsom sneered last week. Lately the governor…
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“The Big Short” was a 2015 film about how some financial whizzes, realizing that the nation’s overheated housing market was on the verge of collapse, made billions of dollars by betting on failure. California played no small role in the housing debacle during the first decade of the century. Housing construction had surpassed 200,000 units…
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On Saturday, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States agreed to cut off several Russian banks from SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Calls continue to extend the ban to all Russian banks. That has been referred to as the last, most devastating of all sanctions. We need to be…
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Anniversaries and birthdays are usually thought of as celebratory events, but on February 16th, California marked an unhappy milestone. It started in November 2020, when voters narrowly passed Proposition 19. While the initiative contained some positive elements, it also repealed an important taxpayer protection from the California Constitution that taxpayers have relied on for nearly…
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Q. I am turning 80 this year and that number is stunning to me. I have bragged for years that I was sure I would make it to 100. Today, that will take enormous courage and I think I am faltering. I am so worn out by the world news and the pandemic that every…
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Q: Is it possible to grow rhubarb in Southern California? A: Most of the rhubarb that is grown commercially in the United States comes from Washington, Oregon, and Michigan – states with considerably more rainfall and cooler temperatures than Southern California. It is possible to grow it in certain parts of California, but it probably…
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A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in jail for stealing the credit cards of dead victims he came across while on the job, according to court records. Steve Hortz, 43, of San Dimas, pleaded guilty on Feb. 22 to single felony counts of burglary and…
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A monthly $50 occupancy fee may be implemented in Third Laguna Hills Mutual for each person above two in a household, the board discussed Tuesday, Feb. 15. The operating budget only considers two-person households, so the fee would be used to mitigate expenses from increased utility rates, most particularly water, and wear-and-tear of common areas,…
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