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Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer
10 months, 1 week ago

Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer

LA Times  

It’s Monday, Feb. 12. Climate change is making weather whiplash more extreme As The Times’ Hayley Smith reported, La Niña’s last visit to the Golden state lasted a rare three years straight. That weather pattern “was a notable factor in California’s most recent drought, which saw unprecedented water restrictions, shriveling groundwater supplies and record-low levels on the Colorado River,” Hayley …

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How L.A. became the epicenter of hot labor summer
1 year, 4 months ago

How L.A. became the epicenter of hot labor summer

LA Times  

Writers and actors represented by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA unions picket in Hollywood. Each set of workers — screenwriters, actors, hotel employees, city staffers and more — is fighting its own particular fight, but organized labor is having a moment on the streets of L.A. “There’s a perception that we have little in common, but we’re both fighting for our …

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Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets wants to live the American dream — Joan Laporta
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets wants to live the American dream — Joan Laporta

New York Times  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed Sergio Busquets wants to “live the American experience” when he eventually decides to leave the Camp Nou. That’s what we have agreed with all the parts.” Sections of the media have this week linked Ansu Fati — Barcelona’s 20-year-old forward — with a move to Manchester United but Laporta has insisted they may not …

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Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’
2 years ago

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LA Times  

Registered nurse Shawna Gibson prepares an IV and medications for a coronavirus-positive patient at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles in 2021. “With every increase in cases for the last almost three years, a few weeks later, we’ve always seen a corresponding increase in death,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It’s tragic, but we know that when …

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L.A. water use plummets during hot summer amid calls to conserve during drought
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. water use plummets during hot summer amid calls to conserve during drought

LA Times  

Sprinklers run on the first day of drought-watering restrictions in Los Angeles in June. Amid a record-breaking drought and calls to drastically reduce water use across California, Los Angeles residents saved a staggering 6 billion gallons during the hottest months of the summer, officials announced Monday. “We’ve notched a 9% year-over-year reduction on top of what we had done in …

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How “Barefoot and Pregnant” Became a Dark American Joke
2 years, 2 months ago

How “Barefoot and Pregnant” Became a Dark American Joke

Slate  

Back in 2014, when actress Evangeline Lilly shared her desire to have six children in Fashion magazine, she added, “There is that old mentality where some think women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen. For the past century, “Keep ’em barefoot and pregnant!” has been an old boys’ club joke, a motto, a rallying cry, a wedding …

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Playlist: The 40 best songs of 2022 so far
2 years, 6 months ago

Playlist: The 40 best songs of 2022 so far

LA Times  

Six months in, 2022 appears eager to match the chaos of the last few years. Drake, “Sticky” Whether you love or loathe Drake’s new album of Yuma Tent bummer-house, “Sticky” was the one track everyone agreed on. Health x Lamb of God, “Cold Blood” On this stellar cut from the L.A. trio Health’s collaboration album “DISCO::4,” the groove-metal veterans Lamb …

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L.A. Affairs: Who knew Home Depot was the most romantic place on Earth?
3 years ago

L.A. Affairs: Who knew Home Depot was the most romantic place on Earth?

LA Times  

It took me about two years after the death of my husband to feel like I wanted male companionship again. We went on our first date on New Year’s Day 2020. He didn’t call, text or email me once after our first date, so it was going to be a full eight days before our planned second date. I told …

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With La Liga out of reach, where has it gone wrong for Barca?
3 years, 7 months ago

With La Liga out of reach, where has it gone wrong for Barca?

The Hindu  

Defeat by Celta Vigo at Camp Nou on Sunday condemned Barcelona to a seventh loss of the season - its most since 2007-08 - meaning it can finish third at best in La Liga. Lionel Messi has 30 Liga goals to his name, and coach Ronald Koeman said after the Celta defeat: "If he's not at the club, who is …

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BOM's outlook suggests a wet summer. But never rule out fire
4 years ago

BOM's outlook suggests a wet summer. But never rule out fire

ABC  

Summer is set to be wet, according to the official outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology. Key points: BOM's summer outlook suggests wetter than average conditions are likely for most of this summer It will be a race to get crops out for many as the rains are expected to return in December Despite rain and lower-than-average temperatures, there is …

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Athletes, artists and celebrities create unique logos for the 2028 L.A. Olympics
4 years, 3 months ago

Athletes, artists and celebrities create unique logos for the 2028 L.A. Olympics

LA Times  

Nothing about Steven Harrington’s art makes you think of sports. “We knew they were going to come up with something different,” said Nicole Hoevertsz, an IOC executive overseeing the 2028 Summer Games. “We struggled for a while with this tension between traditional emblems in all of sports, which are static, and L.A., which is a dynamic, changing city,” Wassermann said, …

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Prince's protegee has soul: Lianne La Havas adds power and purpose to her classic R&B
4 years, 5 months ago

Prince's protegee has soul: Lianne La Havas adds power and purpose to her classic R&B

Daily Mail  

LIANNE LA HAVAS: Lianne La Hava Verdict: Powerful summer soul Rating: BUSH: The Kingdom Verdict: Hard-rocking confessionals Rating: RONAN KEATING: Twenty Twenty Verdict: Ballad-heavy hotchpotch Rating: Lianne La Havas sought artistic inspiration from an unlikely source when she started making her third album last summer. Lianne La Havas, pictured performing at the British Summer Time festival in London's Hyde Park …

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L.A. Affairs: He was an L.A. guy who had it all. Was I dating a unicorn?
4 years, 5 months ago

L.A. Affairs: He was an L.A. guy who had it all. Was I dating a unicorn?

LA Times  

They say if you can travel together, you’ll have success as a couple. During our walk to the cable car that would take us to our destination, we talked about the usual — traveling on a budget, how most of our friends were getting engaged or procreating, and how expensive rent is in L.A. We were our own version of …

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