By Nilesh Vora, M.D. Contributing writer March is Colorectal Awareness Month, but there is one thing that makes this year different from previous Colorectal Cancer Awareness Months: COVID-19. I’ve served our community as an oncologist for nearly two decades and while I’ve always firmly believed in colonoscopy screenings for colon cancer – this year it’s…
Month: March 2021
All-City offensive tackle Shlomo Bass of Fairfax transfers to Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo High has a new offensive tackle who is easy to spot on the field. Shlomo Bass, a 6-foot-5 1/2, 305-bound lineman from Fairfax in Los Angeles, has transferred to the reigning South Coast League champion and begins classes on Monday, March 1. The junior confirmed his transfer over the weekend. Last season, Bass…
Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87
Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced. Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87. In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped…
Coronavirus: Orange County reports 191 new positive tests, 13 additional deaths as of Feb. 28
The OC Health Care Agency reported 191 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb. 28, and another 13 deaths. The county has continued to see a positive trend in the speed and spread of the virus as the recent winter surge subsides. On Tuesday, when state public health officials release their weekly update of…
All-City offensive tackle Shlomo Bass of Fairfax transfers to Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo High has a new offensive tackle who is easy to spot on the field. Shlomo Bass, a 6-foot-5 1/2, 305-bound lineman from Fairfax in Los Angeles, has transferred to the reigning South Coast League champion and begins classes on Monday, March 1. The junior confirmed his transfer over the weekend. Last season, Bass…
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake reported near Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday evening
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook just north of Rancho Cucamonga late Sunday evening, Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake happened at 10:17 p.m. about 4.3 miles slightly to the northeast of Rancho Cucamonga, USGS reported. The earthquake’s intensity was estimated by USGS as being a level three, with “weak” shaking and…
Can the Lakers reign again, or has the league become too fast to rein in?
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, second from left, is fouled by Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., right, while shooting as forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, left, and guard Jordan Poole defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Golden State Warriors…
Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87
Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced. Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87. In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped…
Coronavirus: Orange County reports 191 new positive tests, 13 additional deaths as of Feb. 28
The OC Health Care Agency reported 191 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb. 28, and another 13 deaths. The county has continued to see a positive trend in the speed and spread of the virus as the recent winter surge subsides. On Tuesday, when state public health officials release their weekly update of…
Golden Globes 2021: ‘Borat,’ ‘The Crown,’ and ‘Nomadland’ are big winners
In this strangest of years for Hollywood — movie theaters gone dark, productions shut down — the 78th annual Golden Globes made multiple winners on Sunday of the lonely wanderers in “Nomadland,” a clueless clod in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and the British royal family in “The Crown.” And while the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had…
Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87
Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced. Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87. In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped…
Golden Globes 2021: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share cross-country monologue
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday with a bicoastal opening duologue that got the show started and … not much more. With Fey live from the Rainbow Room in New York City and Poehler live on stage at the Beverly Hilton, the Globes longtime home, the distance…
Golden Globes 2021: Chadwick Boseman’s posthumous win celebrated on social media
Chadwick Boseman won a posthumous award for best actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and it brought up a lot of emotion for those watching Sunday’s Golden Globes at home. Related: Norman Lear and Jane Fonda accept lifetime honors for TV and film “Ma Rainey” was Boseman’s last film performance. The actor, 43, died in August…
Golden Globes 2021: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share cross-country monologue
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday with a bicoastal opening duologue that got the show started and … not much more. With Fey live from the Rainbow Room in New York City and Poehler live on stage at the Beverly Hilton, the Globes longtime home, the distance…
Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87
Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced. Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87. In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped…
Fred Segal, pioneering L.A. fashion retailer, dies at 87
Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced. Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87. In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped…
Coronavirus: Orange County reports 191 new positive tests, 13 additional deaths as of Feb. 28
The OC Health Care Agency reported 191 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb. 28, and another 13 deaths. The county has continued to see a positive trend in the speed and spread of the virus as the recent winter surge subsides. On Tuesday, when state public health officials release their weekly update of…
Golden Globes 2021: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share cross-country monologue
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday with a bicoastal opening duologue that got the show started and … not much more. With Fey live from the Rainbow Room in New York City and Poehler live on stage at the Beverly Hilton, the Globes longtime home, the distance…
Golden Globes 2021: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share cross-country monologue
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday with a bicoastal opening duologue that got the show started and … not much more. With Fey live from the Rainbow Room in New York City and Poehler live on stage at the Beverly Hilton, the Globes longtime home, the distance…
New York Gov. Cuomo acknowledges behavior seen as ‘flirtation,’ will cooperate with investigation
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged for the first time Sunday that some of his behavior with women had been “misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation,” and said he would cooperate with a sexual harassment investigation led by the state’s attorney general. In a statement released amid mounting criticism from within his own party,…