Memorial Day is the unofficial official start of summer. And while we love a kitschy red, white and blue cake as much as the next gal, we’d like to take this opportunity to celebrate all the in-season fruit and warm weather treats that make the season spectacular. With that in […]
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Middle and high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will head back to campus two days a week in late April or early May, assuming various stars align. By that time, barely any of the school year will be left to salvage — which is why state […]
Children’s book publishers have come a long way in addressing disparities in representation, but kid lit still remains disproportionately white. Estimates suggest, for example, that only about 30% of books for young children published in the last two decades or so feature Black characters. Fortunately, there has been a flowering […]
During her winter break, English teacher Keara Williams has hit the phone, making call after call determinedly trying to make contact with her students and their parents. She needs to reach 28 students, including 11 seniors, who received an “incomplete” grade at the end of the fall semester. She tells […]
When house-bound experts appear on TV interviews via Zoom, they are almost always seated in front of a large bookcase studiously purged of the usual trash. Whether an expert is deploring executive-office overreach or dissecting the baffling enigma of structural unemployment, you will usually see a gargantuan biography of Ulysses […]
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2020, CNET’s gift picks with expert advice, reviews and recommendations for the latest tech gifts for you and your family. Nintendo doesn’t have a new console this year like the PS5 or Xbox Series X and it’s entirely possible that the person […]
Holiday gatherings need to be reimagined during a pandemic. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) Despite the fact that holiday gatherings have been putting the fun in dysfunction for decades, telling folks not to gather due to COVID-19 precautions is bound to ruffle a few turkey feathers. After eight […]
Despite the fact that holiday gatherings have been putting the fun in dysfunction for decades, telling folks not to gather due to COVID-19 precautions is bound to ruffle a few turkey feathers. After eight months and counting, our inability to participate in rituals both happy and sad is likely to […]
DALLAS, Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The holiday season is typically one of the biggest travel moments of the year, but with COVID-19 still active in the U.S., a recent survey by Travelocity® finds that almost 60% of Americans report they won’t be traveling to see friends and family this year and of those, nearly […]
Good morning and happy Tuesday to you! A LABOR DAY PLEDGE A Central Valley Republican lawmaker hasn’t asked for the same pay cut California state workers are taking despite saying on social media that a request had been made on his behalf. Assemblyman Devon Mathis of Visalia made the claim […]
Democrats think it’s dangerous and unnecessary. Republicans consider it safe and essential. And both agree that, when it comes to in-person voter communication, neither side has ever experienced a dynamic like the one in this election. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a stark divide in the way the ideological […]
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in “Bill & Ted Face the Music” Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in “Bill & Ted Face the Music” Orion Picutres Making good on the promise of one of their signature catchphrases, “Catch ya’ later!” Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are back. Sure, […]