Buy yellow, sell black. That’s the suggestion of a study looking at used-car prices based on a vehicle’s color by iSeeCars. The used-car tracker compared this year’s pricing on 2020 vehicles vs. the original manufacturer’s suggested retail price to determine a depreciation rate. Personally, it irks me to see Southern California streets and parking lots…
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In 2008, writer John Cotter first started hearing a ringing in his ear. It’s the kind of annoyance that everyone experiences at some point — after a loud concert, say, or time spent near a construction site. Usually, it goes away. But Cotter’s only got worse. The ringing became a roar, “made of several tones,…
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California theme parks will celebrate the Fourth of July with All-American foods, patriotic music, holiday-themed games and fireworks spectaculars. The festivities at Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and California’s Great America are included with the price of admission. Sign up…
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LAKEWOOD — A 54-year-old man was killed Sunday in a seven-vehicle crash on the 605 Freeway in Lakewood. The man was later identified as Kelly Drake, according to Medical Examiner’s office. The crash was reported at 8:14 p.m. on the southbound San Gabriel River Freeway at Carson Street, California Highway Patrol Officer Stephen Brandt told…
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For decades, U.S. employers and university admissions officers have wandered in a legal minefield, never fully certain whether racial discrimination is allowed, prohibited or mandatory. It appears that the answer now is “prohibited.” On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the race-based admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The 6-3…
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By LAURIE KELLMAN, REBECCA SANTANA and DAVID KOENIG | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport. A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as…
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By Sarah Boden, WESA, KFF Health News Angela Reynolds knew her mother’s memory was slipping, but she didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until she started to untangle her Mom’s finances: unpaid bills, unusual cash withdrawals and the discovery that, oddly, the mortgage on the family home had been refinanced at a higher interest…
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By NASSER NASSER and JOSEF FEDERMAN JENIN, West Bank — Israel struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank with drones early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in the area, in an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health…
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Several July 4 fireworks shows on Los Angeles County’s coast have fizzled this year — because of tighter environmental regulations. Recently adopted rules regulating over-the-water fireworks displays in Los Angeles and Ventura counties have caused some tension between pyrotechnic companies and environmentalists, furthering an ongoing battle over the displays and potentially changing Fourth of July…
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HARRISON, N.J. — Goalkeeper DiDi Haracic made three saves for Angel City in a 0-0 draw with Gotham FC in the lone match Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League. Haracic stopped a pair of shots by Gotham’s Delanie Sheehan and Yazmeen Ryan in the space of four minutes in the first half. Angel City…
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