Photo credit: WRC9 From Autoweek Going to a stage rally to watch cars—with more aero than a jetliner—fly through the air on jumps and slide sideways on narrow mountain roads is fun. Now, driving one of these top-level WRC cars at this level is both financially and technically out of […]
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The thermometer at Calvary Church in Woodland Hills registers 117 degrees during a heat wave last month. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Despite scorching temperatures that shattered official records and led to deaths on the street, many chairs ended up sitting empty at the handful of city cooling centers […]
WESTFIELD, NJ — Union County Board of Elections Administrator Nicole DiRado announced the locations of two additional ballot drop-off boxes for the Nov. 3 General Election, bringing the number of drop-off boxes in Union County to nine. Over the coming weeks an additional 13 locations will be announced, for a […]
It’s quiet out there, and we’re wrapping up early. Thanks for following along today – we’ll be back on Monday. London-listed lenders have hit their lowest level in almost three decades, according to a gauge of bank stock values. The FTSE 350 Banks index, a capitalisation-weighted gauge of lenders’ stock […]
More than 55 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and even though the number of people filing has been decreasing since it peaked in April, people are still losing their jobs. If you’re out of work, you might be considering a career change. […]
LAGUNA BEACH, CA — Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen delivered the State of the City Address Tuesday evening from his home over Zoom. The online meetings are the new method of getting city business into the public eye since the coronavirus began. Since March, when Laguna Beach officials made swift, […]
MARYLAND — The Maryland Department of Transportation is partnering with state and local agencies, nonprofits and communities across Maryland to host Walktober, a monthlong series of activities and virtual webinars in October promoting the state’s official exercise: walking. Maryland named walking as the official state exercise in October 2008. Walktober […]
(Bloomberg Opinion) — One of the few bright spots in a very challenging year has been the monthly emails from my budgeting app showing huge declines in my spending. I can’t take much credit for the drops, given all the Covid-19 restrictions and risks that have prevented my family from spending […]
The Parks and Recreation cast is reuniting again to help get Joe Biden elected What did we ever do to deserve not one, but two (TWO!) Parks And Recreation reunions in 2020? Clearly sensing our desperate need for something nostalgic and joyful, the cast of Parks and Recreation has decided […]
MILWAUKEE — The woman was screaming. Crying. Bleeding. Hit with a rubber bullet as police cleared protesters out of Kenosha’s Civic Center Park on the night of Aug. 25, she lay on the ground, possibly in shock. Gaige Grosskreutz knelt beside her. Trained as a paramedic, he carried the equipment he needed to […]
AccuWeather Heroic woman recounts near-death experience in California inferno A Labor Day weekend camping trip to Mammoth Lake Reservoir in the Sierra National Forest of California for a mother, her boyfriend and family turned into a nightmare in a matter of minutes. Preparing for the worst as the couple became […]
Jesse and Shanni Burke were working on their laptops a few feet apart in their cramped Silicon Valley apartment this spring, sweltering without air conditioning, when it dawned on them. The coronavirus pandemic that was virtually imprisoning them in their tiny downtown San Jose walk-up also offered an unexpected escape […]
Prior to 2020, staycations — aka staying home for vacation — proved to be an excellent alternative to dropping tons of your hard-earned cash on a travel-oriented trip. And, don’t get us wrong, staycations are still fantastic at-home options for budget-friendly R&R. But thanks to travel restrictions resulting from the […]
Part rally, part concert and part worship session, the gathering that brought thousands to the west steps of California’s Capitol building over Labor Day weekend flew in the face of pandemic-related mask and social distancing requirements, as seen in photos and video clips circulating online. Yet the “Let Us Worship” […]
Tracee Ellis Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, and Regina King will be getting “Golden” TONIGHT If you’re into anything and everything Golden Girls related (and if you’re not, honestly, who even are you), then you’re going to be positively tickled to hear this news: Tracee Ellis Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre […]
Firefighters work to put out embers from the El Dorado Fire in Yucaipa on Monday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) As several wildfires raged across Southern California on a third day of excessive heat, the National Forest Service announced unprecedented closures of campgrounds and trails amid the largest fire […]
A blazing sun silhouettes power lines in North Long Beach ahead of the Labor Day weekend’s historic heat wave. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) An epic Southern California heat wave crested Sunday with numerous all-time high temperature records set, including a 121-degree reading in Woodland Hills that marked a […]
A blazing sun silhouettes power lines in North Long Beach ahead of this Labor Day weekend’s historic heatwave. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) An epic Southern California heat wave crested Sunday with numerous all-time high temperature records set, including a 121-degree reading in Woodland Hills that marked a historic milestone for […]
A blazing sun silhouettes power lines in North Long Beach ahead of this Labor Day weekend’s historic heatwave. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) As California endured another day of record-breaking heat Sunday, officials warned that it in order to conserve energy it might be necessary to impose rolling blackouts across the […]
One of Oregon’s most unique summers is coming to an end this Labor Day Weekend. A season that saw mass closures of recreation sites due to the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May, followed by an unprecedented number of people flooding outdoors from June to August, has meant nothing […]
On Thursday, Novato Police Chief Matthew McCaffrey wrote a public letter to residents addressing recent social media posts that alleged homeless people were “kicked out” of Lee Gerner Park by police. In his letter, the chief said those claims were inaccurate. His letter, in its entirety, is below: In response […]
We’ve just finished up a solid earnings season (all things considered), so it’s a good time to revisit the EPS Growth, Revisions & Positive Surprises screen. We’re looking for Zacks Rank #1s (Strong Buys) with upward earnings estimate revisions and positive surprises. The end of earnings season highlights the hottest […]