There are plenty of iconic Southern California sports highlights, but possibly my favorite took place in a suburban Sears in Pasadena. Growing up in Southern California, I was a huge fan of the Dodgers, especially their classic infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, and my favorite, Ron Cey, a six-time All-Star third baseman…
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Alex Brown | (TNS) Stateline.org When wildfires and smoke swept through Oregon in 2020, Lyra Johnson’s family made plans to evacuate their home near Portland. Johnson, then 14, was told she might have to quickly learn to drive — despite not having a license — in order to get her grandmother to safety. Thankfully, the…
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Organizers announced plans Friday to launch a new women’s professional hockey league in January that they hope will provide a stable, economically respectable home for the sport’s top players for years to come. The North American league has many unanswered questions – how many teams, where they will play, will the economic model work after…
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What are the most cyclist-friendly cities in America – where the bike lanes are protected, the intersections safe and greenways stretch distantly into the horizon? According to a new ranking of 2023’s Best Places to Bike by the Boulder-based advocacy group PeopleForBikes, Minneapolis came in first for most cyclist-amenable major city, followed by San Francisco,…
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1. To germinate lupine (Lupinus spp.) seeds, chip off a piece of the seed coat with a serrated knife or nail clippers. Don’t be concerned by the embryo inside losing a significant segment of itself. Lay seeds between wet paper towels and seal them in a plastic bag. Place the plastic bag in the refrigerator…
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Dozens of businesses across Southern California that churn out popular baked goods, smoked meats and other products soon could be required to swap their gas-powered commercial ovens for emissions-free electric versions under a set of rules due for a vote by the local air quality district this summer. Major tortillerias, food dehydrators, and coffee and…
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Not long ago, the artificial intelligence (A.I.) bot ChatGPT as a “courtesy” sent me a copy of my abbreviated biography, which it had written. ChatGPT, developed by the San Francisco firm OpenAI, was wrong on both my birth date and birthplace. It listed the wrong college as my alma mater. I had not won a…
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A big yellow envelope has been showing up in the mailboxes of Southern Californians who get their health insurance through Medi-Cal, and if it’s been ignored, those who needed to have their eligibility reviewed starting July 1 are at-risk of losing their coverage. During the coronavirus pandemic, the annual process of having eligibility “redetermined” for…
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California’s home insurance challenges are a complex web of risk management, construction costs, pricing algorithms, climate forecasts and regulatory minutia. Recently, State Farm and Allstate — two major home insurers in California – chose to stop writing new property policies, citing rising costs. Their moves raise fears of a potential statewide insurance shortage. This begs…
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LOS ANGELES — Alan Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in comedy and drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died. He was 89. His sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony confirmed their father’s death through the actor’s publicist on Friday.…
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