Forbesflipped into Lifestyle13 hours agoSun, Sand, Surf, Sheryl Crow, Steve Miller And More: How BeachLife Is Keeping The California Dream AliveForbes - Steve BaltinLike a lot of major cities Los Angeles has had its share of problems during the COVID pandemic. From homelessness to crime, the California dream has been left in tatters for many. But this past weekend that Technicolor dream was alive and flourishing at BeachLife, a Redondo Beach-based festival that …
John Perezflipped into Gold Mountain1 day agoCommentary: Hollywood helped build the cult of the perfect green lawn into a disaster genreverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jessica GeltMy lawn spoke to me the other day. At least, I think it did. I was sitting on the porch having my morning coffee when I heard a low moan coming from the ground before me. “Thirsty grass,” it whispered with scratchy sibilance. The lawn did look like it could use a drink. We are in the midst of the …
Washington Examinerflipped into Editorials2 days agoWhat California loses in population it makes up for in bad, inflationary ideaswashingtonexaminer.com - Washington ExaminerEconomist Mark J. Perry likes to refer to it as the "Chart of the Century." It is a simple tracker of the prices of various common goods and services …
SFGateflipped into San Francisco Bay Area news4 days agoNew Calif. home buyers could soon get cash for down paymentSFGate - Hannah WileyCalifornia could soon help first-time home buyers with their down payments and mortgage costs under a proposed $1-billion program to make homeownership more financially feasible for low- and middle-income residents. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) first introduced the idea last …
2 days agoMike Davis, Los Angeles and the sins of capitalismamericamagazine.org - James T. Keane“Los Angeles is the Great Gatsby of American cities,” wrote Kevin Starr, the chronicler of California history and former state librarian, many years …
CBS Newsflipped into CBS Sunday Morning8 hours agoThis week on "Sunday Morning: By Design" (May 22)verified_publisherCBS NewsJane Pauley hosts our annual design show, presented from Santa Barbara, a California town known as the American Riviera. For more info: Lotusland • Big …
