“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends. Buzz: California’s employment picture has cooled to either (1) a new normal or (2) a worrisome slowdown. Source: My trusty spreadsheet crafted the “HQF” index to loosely measure statewide tensions in the workplace. The math, taken from some novel federal job…
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Interference and fidelity have been the bane of AM radio broadcasters and listeners since the medium was developed in the early 1900s. In fact, what drove Edwin Armstrong to invent FM radio was that he hated the sound of AM, which he also helped develop. Over the years, technical improvements have helped make AM sound…
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In a warehouse located on the corner of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Central Los Angeles, electronic music fan and up-and-coming promoter Pasquale Rotella threw his first Insomniac rave in 1993. It was a DIY labor of love for which he personally handed out flyers that included a phone number for people to…
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A million dollars couldn’t entice a Fountain Valley woman to sell her house of 40 years even though she’d rather down-size and move closer to her children and grandchildren. It’s not because of the sentimental value of the family homestead. And it’s not because she still needs four bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms and a big…
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Over his 70 years in music, Pat Boone has almost always sung covers of pop and R&B and country – songs written by other people. Heck, he even did a whole album of heavy metal covers once. But every so often, a song just … appears. “It came to me in a dream literally,” says…
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I’ve been blessed with countless pinch-me opportunities and experiences throughout my career as a journalist and public relations professional. Crossing paths with some of the world’s most fascinating people while traveling the globe, forever learning and being challenged … if and when I retire, I’ll look back, then look up and give thanks to all…
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By Molly Castle Work, KFF Health News Teresa Johnson can’t escape the pain. It’s as if she’s getting pierced by needles all over her body, all at once. At night, she sometimes jolts out of sleep thinking bedbugs are attacking her. But it’s just the unfailing pain — day in and day out. Johnson, 58,…
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN (AP Sports Writer) HOUSTON — Jordan Montgomery outdueled Justin Verlander and the Texas Rangers received a big boost from their youngest player to open the AL Championship Series with a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night. Montgomery pitched five-hit ball over 6 1/3 innings, Leody Taveras provided a two-run…
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Bishop Tod D. Brown, who led the Dioceses of Orange for 14 years before his retirement in 2012, died early Sunday morning, church officials said. He was 86. Brown came to the diocese in 1998 from the Diocese of Boise, leading Orange County Catholics until his retirement at age 75 – the typical age of…
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President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign announced Sunday it had raised a combined $71.3 million alongside the Democratic National Committee and a joint fundraising committee during the three-month period that ended in September, a haul that eclipses what his Republican rivals have amassed but falls short of where President Donald Trump was at this point four…
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