Ventura County fire helicopter patrols the coastline over heavy surf south of Ventura Pier on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in Ventura, Calif. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag A massive wave injured eight people and sent onlookers running on Thursday when unusually high surf pounded coastal areas of Ventura, a beach town … Read more
California’s fast food workers are set to get a nice bump in pay in 2024. Starting in April, California’s FAST Act kicks in and raises the state’s minimum wage for fast food workers to $22 an hour. It’s got the industry up in arms, because, you know, paying people a living wage is world-ending stuff … Read more
FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. When New York’s Adult Survivors Act expired on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, more than 3,700 legal claims had been filed, with many of the last few coming against big-name celebrities, such as Combs, and a handful of politicians. … Read more
After the market climbed walls of worries posed by two wars, a slowing global economy and higher for longer interest rates in Samvat 2079, market insiders expect strong earnings and a healthy economic outlook to support gains in Samvat 2080. The Hindu accounting year began with an upgrade from global brokerage Goldman Sachs which said … Read more
Approximate path of Hurricane Jova for the next five days as of Sept. 8, 2023. NOAA A hurricane off the coast of Baja California is not on the same track as Hurricane Hilary. Hurricane Jova will never reach land, but the system is already sending big waves to California and could push enough moisture into … Read more