Regulators on Poseidon desalination plant received calls that are likely prohibited

Three members of the regulatory board considering approval of the controversial Poseidon desalination plant were called by the state’s environmental protection secretary at the time of last summer’s deliberations, an apparent violation of a rule that in serious cases can disqualify members from voting on the issue. While Secretary Jared Blumenfeld’s calls and texts last…

Clippers’ G League contingent gets going in the bubble

For many members of the Agua Caliente Clippers just beginning play in the G League bubble, a span of 335 days separated Thursday’s single-site, season-opening loss to Grande Valley Vipers and their last official, professional basketball action. Not so for Amir Coffey, the second-year two-way player who logged four minutes Feb. 3 in a victory…

Disneyland’s annual passholders accounted for half of attendance, analysts say

It’s easy to understand why Disneyland was forced to kill its annual pass program amid the extended coronavirus pandemic closure when you realize an estimated one in every two visitors to the Anaheim theme park was a passholder. With an estimated 1 million passholders, there would have been an impossibly long virtual queue of die-hard…