The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended July 17 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Horse: Geraldine Brooks 2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin 3. Lapvona: Ottessa Moshfegh 4.…
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LOS ANGELES — Cheers can run together when every player is a star, but there were differences Tuesday night when baseball’s All-Star Game returned to Dodger Stadium. The crowd of 52,518 greeted Dodgers and Angels players like hometown heroes. It welcomed former local heroes back to Southern California. It booed introductions that began, “From the…
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National League All-Star starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws to an American League All-Star batter during the first inning of an MLB All-Star baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Fans are in place for the All-Star game…
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By EZRA KLEIN June’s just-released inflation data is startling. At 9.1%, it’s the highest year-on-year rate we’ve seen since 1981. Maybe it’s the highest we will see. Oil and other commodity prices are falling, real wage growth has turned negative, and retail inventories are thickening. None of that is fertile soil for continued inflation. If…
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After a two-year boom, the United States housing market finds itself at a pivotal moment — but pivoting to what, exactly? This spring should have been a busy time for home sellers. Instead, the season was a dud, stalled by a dramatic spike in mortgage rates that stunned even industry experts with its chilling effect…
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LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani called his shot. Sort of. Before Ohtani stepped to the plate to lead off the All-Star Game, the Angels’ two-way star announced to the world – and to Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw – in an on-deck circle interview with Fox’s Tom Verducci what he planned to do. “First pitch, first…
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LOS ANGELES — When Dodger Stadium hosted the All-Star Game in 1980, the super-sized (for their time) “Diamond Vision” screens in the outfield were the big innovation. Forty-two years later, the game returned to Chavez Ravine. Run suppression was the looming presence this time. The two teams, stocked with the best hitters baseball has to…
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The night began with Denzel Washington honoring Jackie Robinson. Moments later, members of the National League and American League teams gathered near home plate at Dodger Stadium, where Mookie Betts led the crowd in wishing Rachel Robinson a happy 100th birthday. There were big cheers when Clayton Kershaw of the hometown Los Angeles Dodgers struck…
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A Shell gas station in Orange was robbed by an armed suspect Sunday, July 10, and fled before police arrived, officials said. The suspect walked into the gas station with his skateboard at the 4300 block of east Chapman Avenue around 9:45 a.m. He went to the counter and took out a hand gun from…
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Rachel Robinson, the wife of the late Jackie Robinson, celebrates her 100th birthday on July 19, 2022. Her birthday will be recognized during the MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. The Jackie Robinson Foundation will receive a check for over $800,000 from sales of the Sony video game “MLB The Show.” Below are archive photographs…
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