Here’s a novel idea: Don’t spend money until you’ve got it. What a concept! Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed that as a way to head off future crippling state budget deficits. They’ve become all too common as Sacramento politicians muddle through cycles of economic booms and busts. State budgeting in California is a constant roller coaster ride because of our volatile, outdated tax system. Politicians don’t have the guts to fix it because there’d be losers as well as winners. They balk at alienating...
Southern California officials on Thursday launched an initiative aimed at curbing an invasive mosquito species that has spread rapidly in the greater Los Angeles area during the past 10 years.The effort includes releasing tens of thousands of sterilized male mosquitoes into the wild to mate with female mosquitoes, according to an April release from the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. The process is called the Sterile Insect Technique, or SIT, and was used by the California...
For much of the past year, the Southern California housing market has been defined by an extreme shortage of homes for sale. The abnormal scarcity — compounded by the region's long-running underproduction of housing — emerged when homeowners chose not to sell and give up pandemic-era mortgage rates. The so-called seller strike helped pushed home values to new records, despite rising borrowing costs. Now the inventory picture might be changing. "It's getting a little bit better," said Eneida...
SpaceX successfully launched a rocket from Southern California into orbit Thursday. The launch of 20 more Starlink satellites happened around 9:30 p.m. out of Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Los Angeles County. The Falcon 9 rocket flew through the sky with a crescent moon in sight. In March, SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, blasted off on its third test flight, successfully boosting the unpiloted upper stage into space. W
A SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 late Thursday night.Initially scheduled for Wednesday, SpaceX pushed back the Falcon 9 launch to May 9 at 9:30 p.m. PT.According to SpaceX's website, 20 Starlink satellites shot up to low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Those looking to get more information on the upcoming launch can click here.Also worth mentioning – if a friend sends pictures of a streak of light over the Southern California skies sometime Thursday night, chances...
A single fruit is being sold at a Southern California retailer that costs more than the average of $297.72 per week that households typically spend on food in the Golden State.
Like homeowners who delayed plumbing repairs to their mid-century modern house, public radio needs to act now to renovate its broadcast-centered revenue model.
Ann and Cameron Trimble's home belongs to Anne Hathaway's character in "The Idea of You."
A rare, severe solar storm reached Earth on Friday afternoon, giving the Bay Area a chance to see the aurora — the luminous, colorful bands of light commonly known as the northern lights. Officials at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which forecasts space weather events, said Friday that the G5 geomagnetic storm had reached earth at around 4 p.m. and was expected to continue through the weekend. NOAA said it was the first observed G5 event since the Halloween storms of 2003,...
Newspapers are dying. That’s old news. What’s new is that in California, they may get some state government life support. There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. These platforms are the principal villains, after all, in the downfall of so many news outlets. It’s not only newspapers that are in perilous decline. It’s much of news reporting — for print, broadcast and even digital. In financial...
See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended May 12.
See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended May 12.