Mick Herron’s career sounds like a classic redemption story: Years of hard work, a bruising setback, and then, finally, success with his Slough House spy novels. Yes, that’s what it sounds like – just not to him. “I feel a kind of separation between myself as a person and as an author. I can see that this…
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U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles haven’t been recalled after another person was killed by an exploding Takata air bag. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that the person was killed in a crash involving a 2002 Honda Accord when the driver’s…
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Denver (8-2) at No. 19 UCLA (7-2) When: Saturday, noon Where: Pauley Pavilion Tv/Radio: Pac-12 Network/570 AM UCLA’s latest result: UCLA isn’t coming off one good result, it’s coming off a pair of good results. The Bruins won 80-66 at Stanford last Thursday, thanks to relentless defense and Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s 27 points. They then…
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Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, app developer Matthew Snowden put his Melbourne apartment on the market. He sold it the old-fashioned way. But his frustration with the way properties are marketed, he said, led to an idea for a free social network app for real estate. Known as 1060 (ten sixty), users can scroll through…
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By Sam Kemmis | NerdWallet.com Airbnb’s business is booming. The popular platform reported its highest revenue and profit ever in the third quarter of 2022, due in large part to strong demand and higher daily rates. The surging vacation rental industry has caught the attention of real estate investors and entrepreneurs, who have been amassing…
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A look at the schedule today, Friday, Dec. 9, for the local boys basketball tournaments: Beach Bash at Corona del Mar Portola vs Crean Lutheran, 3:30 p.m. Tesoro vs. Los Alamitos, 6:30 p.m. Edison vs JSerra, 8 p.m. Beach Bash at Pacifica Christian San Clemente vs. Pacifica Christian, 7 p.m. Gary Raya Classic at El…
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By Brian K. Sullivan The odds that the drought-enhancing La Niña will fade by the end of California’s rainy season are rising, offering some hope of an easing of parched conditions across the Western US. The Pacific Ocean has a 71% chance of returning to normal temperatures between February and April, bringing an end the…
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For the first time since July, California hospitals have topped daily totals of 5,000 patients with COVID, an alarming sign as cases continue to spike from Thanksgiving with the next round of holiday gatherings on the horizon. Hospitalizations are one of the most significant indicators of the virus’ impact, because fewer people are reporting positive…
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Even though Kevin McCarthy is likely to become one of the most powerful people in Washington D.C., few could envy the position he finds himself in. Assuming McCarthy can overcome his far-right dissenters and secure the votes needed to become the next Speaker of the House, he will helm a fractured Republican Party that is…
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Millions of Americans have quit their jobs each month over the last year and a half — essentially ever since vaccines reduced the frequency and intensity of bouts with most variants of COVID-19. At the same time, some California cities emptied at generationally high rates, with San Francisco the best example, losing more than 6%…
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