By Kelsey Butler | Bloomberg The monthly tax-credit payments handed out by President Joe Biden’s rescue plan lifted millions of children out of poverty. Now their disappearance is sending them back. Many American families are struggling to pay for basic necessities and over 3 million kids have been pushed below the poverty line, according to two new reports released…
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I happened across two books recently, both of which have at their heart broadcasting. They are written by former stars of both radio and that trendy thing called television, and fun, excellent reads. “50 Years of Celebrity Chatter” by Bill Diehl gives a personal and behind-the-scenes look at the celebrities and stars that Diehl interviewed…
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The two local Republicans who represent portions of Orange County in the House haven’t tweeted “voting rights” or “LGBTQ” even once from their official accounts since the start of the Congressional session in January 2021, while most local Democrats have never mentioned “gas prices” and none have tweeted “rising crime.” Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Whittier, has…
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Kiaree Burns has battled drug addiction since the age of 12, and fentanyl addiction since 2020. He often used the cheap synthetic opiate with friend Arianna Jackson. The two often scored the drug for one another, usually from the same dealer, and often got together to use the drug and “blue out,” a term referencing…
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Come summer, gardeners will feel the heat, and not just in degrees, but also in Scoville units. Even though it’s February, it’s a good time to either begin pepper seeds or start planning which varieties to grow. Pepper plants can be grown in spring and summer gardens and they come in a variety of shapes…
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Something’s wrong with Dave Grohl. With a bad case of writer’s block, the Foo Fighters’ frontman starts losing his mind as he and the rest of the band — guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylor Hawkins and keys player Rami Jaffee — settle into an Encino mansion to record their…
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The Rams are bringing back Liam Coen to be offensive coordinator after Kevin O’Connell left the Super Bowl-winning team to become head coach of the Vikings, according to a report. Coen, 36, was on Rams coach Sean McVay’s staff from 2018 to 2020 as assistant wide receivers coach and assistant quarterbacks coach before leaving to…
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By RUSS BYNUM BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery “was just looking for a reason” to hurt a Black person when he saw the 25-year-old jogging on his street, a prosecutor argued Monday, citing a slew of racist comments and videos Travis McMichael had posted online. And when McMichael, his…
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The long-awaited movie theater at the Outlets at San Clemente opens this week. The outdoor outlet mall debuted in 2015 with a substantial chunk of real estate dedicated to a future movie theater. In the ensuing years, planning and then a pandemic put the build-out on hold. Now that space has an operator and soon…
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Were I to write another book about California politics — which is very unlikely — it would be entitled “Unintended Consequences,” detailing how political policy decrees mutate to have unforeseen effects. Examples of the syndrome are legion, but here are just two: —In the 1960s, newly elected Gov. Ronald Reagan signed two pieces of legislation…
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