The American mall is in a quandary. Stores are papered over and echos bounce around mostly empty halls. In the past decade, online shopping has taken a considerable bite out of in-person retail, leaving empty,palatial wastelands in its wake.
The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California has spent $24 billion on addressing homelessness. An audit examined how over half of that, $13.7 billion, was spent on five programs across the state. According […]
Like a lot of parents, I’ve carried a picture of my son everywhere I go for many years. Unlike a lot of them, I have a child who never ages: My son George was shot and killed on July 17, 1996. My photos of my son remind me of the days before I had to tell my grandson Gabriel, on what happened to be his 6th birthday, that his father had died. The scream I heard on the other end of the phone is one I wouldn’t wish on my enemies. Though I turned my pain into purpose as the president of the...
Of all the sounds now vanished from the heart of old downtown Los Angeles — the songs of the Tongva, the whistles of steam locomotives, the clanging of streetcars — there’s one you’d never have expected: the Rebel Yell. The battle cry of the Confederacy resounded a long way from its home, but throughout the Civil War, you could hear it in secessionist hangouts like the old Bella Union Hotel. The yell usually went along with hollering and arguing, and maybe the bibulous singing of “We’ll Hang Abe...
To the editor: As much an opponent of added bureaucracy as I am, it amazes me that California has not created a new agency whose sole job is to fight homelessness. ("California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked," April 9) Instead, some $20 billion has been spent over the last five years with no single point of management and accountability. Instead, we have a mishmash of agencies, all with different views on solutions and with little to show for the money they are...
A SpaceX rocket launch originating from Vandenberg Space Force Base left a streak of light across Southern California's skyline Wednesday night.According to SpaceX's website, the Falcon 9 launch is sending 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The liftoff happened around 7:30 p.m. April 1. The launch was originally scheduled last week for March 28, but was delayed due to weather.After the launch, a glittering streak appeared across the sky in Southern California around 1:45 a.m. KCAL News...
To the editor: Your print edition front page on April 8 had two articles about worsening circumstances in California with regard to climate change and housing, and a piece explaining the reasons conservatives don’t like us. It seems to be the norm for folks (even our friends and members of our family) to think negatively about the state. In reality, it is probable that not living within a budget leads to people thinking California is too expensive; that not knowing people different than we are...
The Post’s Cindy Adam is getting to the bottom of what’s wrong with the television industry.
With the recent global release of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, those on a quest for the ultimate cameraphone are presented with another option. Coming from a lineage of camera excellence, the Xiaomi builds on it with seemingly minor but, in fact, tangible improvements in the telephoto capabilities. Also in the zoom department is where the latest top-end Samsung made its most significant generational change. The Galaxy S24 Ultra replaced the old model's 10x zoom unit with a larger-sensor 5x one, making...
Young people were left bemused when we quizzed them about the biggest stars of the 20th century. And OAPS were left scratching their heads about Millie Bobby Brown and Timothée Chalamet.
California saw applications for unemployment benefits rise for the week ending March 30, according to the Department of Labor—a signal that the jobs market may become more challenging amid a rise in the state's jobless rate.In the Golden State, the number of jobless claims increased by 2,147, the largest rise in the nation. Pennsylvania followed with 1,913 new claims, and Iowa with 1,383. Overall, for the week ending April 6, claims declined by 11,000 to 211,000, below what economist...
Members of the Sheffield Women's Lecture Club do now after a most interesting talk from Lyndsay Jackson. Sylvia Jackson, Lindsay’s Mum, founded the Chatsworth Players in 2007. Lindsay is the Chair of the Players and has directed plays since 2018. She told us about the amazing unique Chatsworth Theatre and the players whose season starts next week with 'My Fair Lady'. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QtxmDhUmUVMq2cfaA