California year one These tables show the relative volume in 2018 of online sales for various cannabis products. Many factors contribute to regional differences in cannabis sales – from local regulations to the availability of products on the black market. Southern Californians were bigger cannabis consumers this year than their northern counterparts: They purchased products…
A coalition of media groups is formally opposing an effort by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s union to block the release of police disciplinary files under a new transparency law set to take effect Jan. 1. The group, led by the First Amendment Coalition, filed papers Friday, Dec. 28, with the state Supreme Court opposing…
The theme for Tuesday’s Rose Parade is ‘The Melody of Life’ which celebrates music, the universal language. There will be 40 colorful floats in the 130th parade. Typical L.A. traffic Floats usually take about 2½ hours to travel the 5.2-mile parade route. Factoids On the air: KTLA televised the parade for the first time in…
An Orange County dove handler pleaded not guilty Friday to a felony count of making criminal threats against a man who had hired him to supply doves for a funeral. The charge stemmed from a dispute between Mitchell Ralph Todd, 51, and a Laguna Beach man who contracted Todd’s company, OC Doves,…
When Altadena native Reynolds Crutchfield passes through the Rose Bowl gates Jan. 1 to watch Washington take on Ohio State, it will be his 75th consecutive Rose Bowl game, he said. Reynolds Crutchfield of Santa Rosa by way of Altadena, says he’s been to 74 consecutive Rose Bowl games. The 2019 game will be his…
Local volunteers help their neighbors Residents of the Anaheim’s Balsam Curtis neighborhood woke up recently to see volunteers, clad in bright orange vests, with trash pickers and bags scouring their neighborhood. Thus continued what has become a semi-annual tradition sponsored by the Anaheim Rotary Club through Anaheim Beautiful’s Adopt-A-Neighborhood program. Western High School students and…
Recent races for the Los Angeles Board of Education have been the most expensive school board contests in the nation’s history — and charter school supporters spent millions more than anyone else. But a key charter group announced Friday it will sit out a March special election to fill an empty…
After more than 100 years of oil production, the soft, droning swish and rhythmic bobbing of horse heads in eastern Brea could be replaced in coming years by the clatter of earth movers and builders, and then by the sounds of children playing and cars driving to and from new neighborhoods. The change is still…
Remember when you used to have all sorts of free time to cook and prepare healthy food? No? For a lot of people, that “free time” is little more than a fantasy, and preparing healthy meals seems like a far-off dream. Even when your life is hectic, eating healthy does not have to be a…
The Trump administration quietly proposed rolling back emissions standards for coal and oil generated power plants in a move that could alter how and whether the government monitors and controls air and water pollution. The proposed ruling strikes at the economic analysis the agency uses to establish…
