In an effort to staunch the exodus of home insurers fleeing the state, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday unveiled a proposal for letting those insurers use computer models of possible future catastrophes to justify rate increases. The plan is part of yearlong effort to overhaul regulations and ease the insurance market crisis in…
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Ethan Bronner | Bloomberg News (TNS) A top Israeli official said his country’s military is ultimately going to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah and defeat Hamas “even if the entire world turns on Israel, including the United States.” “We are going to go in and finish this job, and anybody who doesn’t understand…
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In recent weeks, Anaheim Union High School District trustees voted to potentially cut more than 100 teaching positions — and AUHSD isn’t the only school district grappling with layoffs on the horizon. A wave of layoffs might seem like a shock, but this is an annual occurrence for school districts. Every spring, California school districts assess…
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By David Goldman | CNN New York — “Buy your mom an iPhone.” That was Apple CEO Tim Cook’s famous response at Vox’s 2022 Code Conference, when a reporter complained that her mother couldn’t see the videos she texted to her mom’s Android phone because they were grainy and slow. It’s also a quip that…
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By Michael Liedtke, Wyatte Grantham-Philips | The Associated Press Reddit soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the value of the company close to $9 billion seconds after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Reddit, which priced its IPO at $34 a share, debuted Thursday afternoon at $47 a share.…
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Great Maple co-owner Amanda Ho grew up splitting her time between Laguna and Newport Beach. “My mom was a teacher in the Laguna Beach School District for about 25 years and my dad lived in Newport Beach,” she recalled. She attended boarding school in Claremont and graduated from Bryn Mawr. But Ho is quick to…
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Great Maple co-owners Amanda and Wing Joe Ho stand together admiring the black-and-white images of Pixar characters hanging on their restaurant’s walls. One picture is a contemplative Miguel from “Coco” perched next to his loyal pet dog, Dante. On another wall is Jessie the cowgirl from “Toy Story.” The pictures, which were originally slated for…
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By BECKY BOHRER and GENE JOHNSON (Associated Press) OSO, Wash. (AP) — Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. They tend to garner little notice when they strike in remote, unpopulated areas, but they also have the potential to cause immense catastrophes. The landslide that destroyed a…
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Sixty years after its flagship Berkeley campus became the epicenter of a student free-speech movement, the University of California is once again at the center of debate over the cherished freedom of expression amid disputes at colleges around the country over the Israel-Hamas war. Related Articles California News | During the Israel-Hamas war, Jews will…
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The 17,600-space Eastside garage proposed by Disneyland would have a few hundred more parking spaces than the Mickey & Friends and Pixar Pals garages combined if the DisneylandForward project gets approved by the city of Anaheim. The massive Eastside parking structure would be one of the largest garages in the world — eclipsing the one-time…
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