Day: April 7, 2021

The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended April 4 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country: Amanda Gorman 2. Klara and…

ANAHEIM ― At 6-foot-10, Angels pitcher Aaron Slegers is an inch shorter than the tallest player in major league history. Among active big leaguers, he’s first in height, first in the alphabet and, perhaps surprisingly, far from the hardest thrower in the game. Slegers’ fastball regularly hits 91-92 mph on the radar gun. He sometimes…

Even before Ku Klux Klan pamphlets showed up on Huntington Beach doorsteps Easter morning, the City Council was scheduled to debate a trio of agenda items addressing racism. All three passed in flying colors Monday, April 5. The first was motivated by the recent spate of violence, nationally and in Southern California, against Asian-Americans. The…

Q: Our Governor opposes the death penalty, and President Joe Biden does as well. But for many of us, an “eye for an eye” is justified. Wouldn’t it serve as a real deterrent to have public executions? Is doing so illegal? -K.S., Rancho Palos Verdes Ron Sokol A: The last public execution in the United…

If you’re reading this article, it’s likely because you’re considering running digital ads. You’ve heard about Facebook Ads and Google Ads but you’re still unclear on the difference between the two platforms. In this article, we’ll cover each platform’s unique features, the key differences to keep in mind, and the factors to consider when deciding…

By Julio Cortez | Associated Press FREDERICK, Md. — An Army official says the two people shot in Frederick, Maryland were both sailors in the U.S. Navy assigned to Fort Detrick. Brigadier General Michael J. Talley released the information at a news conference and police identified the suspect as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, a Petty…

Social media advertising spend is expected to top $47.9 billion in 2021. That’s nearly 20% of the total expected advertising spend by all North American businesses this year. The amount of money spent on paid social media ads has been steadily climbing since 2019, and now, with businesses preparing to spend nearly a fifth of…

Malachi Nelson might be an excellent football coach some day, given his high football IQ. But why wait? Nelson, Los Alamitos’ sophomore starting quarterback, was the Griffins’ offensive coordinator for the second half of their 63-14 win over Huntington Beach this past Friday. He threw seven touchdown passes in the first half. With Los Alamitos…

Malachi Nelson might be an excellent football coach some day, given his high football IQ. But why wait? Nelson, Los Alamitos’ sophomore starting quarterback, was the Griffins’ offensive coordinator for the second half of their 63-14 win over Huntington Beach this past Friday. He threw seven touchdown passes in the first half. With Los Alamitos…

Q: Our Governor opposes the death penalty, and President Joe Biden does as well. But for many of us, an “eye for an eye” is justified. Wouldn’t it serve as a real deterrent to have public executions? Is doing so illegal? -K.S., Rancho Palos Verdes Ron Sokol A: The last public execution in the United…

If you’re reading this article, it’s likely because you’re considering running digital ads. You’ve heard about Facebook Ads and Google Ads but you’re still unclear on the difference between the two platforms. In this article, we’ll cover each platform’s unique features, the key differences to keep in mind, and the factors to consider when deciding…

By Julio Cortez | Associated Press FREDERICK, Md. — An Army official says the two people shot in Frederick, Maryland were both sailors in the U.S. Navy assigned to Fort Detrick. Brigadier General Michael J. Talley released the information at a news conference and police identified the suspect as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, a Petty…

FRESNO — The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence. Eighteen-year-old Marshall Hutchings’ lawsuit filed Monday alleges his father, Dana Hutchings, was not made aware of the risks and danger involved in an eating…

Remember when you’d go to the mall, see something you liked, but then leave without it? Then you’d leave the mall and think about it the whole drive home, wondering if you made the right decision until you forgot about it. That was until you saw someone else with the exact item we wanted. Ah,…