Irvine resident Ali Kowsari is the latest addition to the slate of candidates running to represent Orange County residents in the state Senate. Running for the seat in the 37th district, Kowsari said: “We need to create a better community and state, for our children’s sake, and the future of our state and our country.”…
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrats who control the state Legislature agreed late Monday on how to spend $310.8 billion over the next year, endorsing a plan that covers a nearly $32 billion budget deficit without raiding the state’s savings account. The nation’s most populous state has had combined…
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Taylor Swift has added yet another date to her record-breaking run of shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. She’s already sold out evenings on Aug. 3-5 and 8-9 of The Eras Tour and just put Aug. 7 on sale on Tuesday morning. Swifties already registered on the SoFi Stadium waitlist and Ticketmaster Verified Fan program…
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By Kim Bhasin | Bloomberg Kim Kardashian’s underwear label Skims plans to open its first permanent stores next year as it plots retail expansion in the US and abroad. Skims is set to debut its first flagship store in Los Angeles in the first half of 2024, followed by a second opening in New York.…
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BY STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press California has cited two Northern California mushroom farms for health and safety violations and proposed more than $165,000 in potential fines five months after a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings on the farms in Half Moon Bay. Chunli Zhao, who had worked at the farms, is charged with seven counts of…
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“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends. Buzz: Deep discounts on California homes shrank this spring – especially to the south – as the purchasing pace is almost historically sluggish. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed May’s homebuying report from the California Association of Realtors. Fuzzy math: Is the…
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A barrier wall made from steel beams and wood planks is being designed to protect trains that travel the tracks along the hillside that’s been sliding beneath Casa Romantica. The wall will stretch along the tracks for as much as 300 feet and be possibly 15 feet tall. Construction could get started after the July…
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By Jack Guy | CNN Pack your bags Barbie fans, this summer’s holiday destination is clear: The Malibu DreamHouse. The pink pad will be available to rent in California this summer, but the house has been given a twist by Barbie’s beau Ken. The “life-size toy pink mansion” sits above the beach and boasts “panoramic…
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Summer has finally arrived and the warmer weather also means the return of a local tradition: free summer concerts. With eclectic lineups spanning a wide variety of music genres, these concert events that are popping up all over Southern California do not require a ticket. If plunking down hundreds or thousands of dollars to see…
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On this date five years ago, the United States Supreme Court freed public employees from forced unionization. The court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME that public employees can’t be forced to pay fees to a union if they don’t want to pay dues. Today, we remind public employees of their Janus rights. “The First Amendment…
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