Month: November 2019

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Knock Knock. Who’s there? The guy who finished second. The guy who finished second who? Exactly. CHARGERS In their most complete effort of 2019, the Chargers controlled the ball and the clock and shut down Green Bay’s offense in a 26-11 victory at Dignity Health Sports Park. The performance […]

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The third modest earthquake in a week has shaken up northern Sonoma County, striking the area burned in the Kincade fire. A magnitude 4.2 temblor was recorded in the sparsely populated Mayacamas Mountains about 13 miles northeast of Healdsburg just after 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Strong shaking was forecasted to have occurred at the mountainous […]

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My move from Sacramento to Los Angeles began with acceptance. My rent was going to go up — and it was going to go up a lot. For close to four years, I’ve been writing for The Times about California’s housing affordability problems. I’ve worked in the paper’s bureau in Sacramento, focusing on government’s response […]

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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Nov. 4, and here’s a quick look at the week ahead: Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter On Tuesday, Californians in many parts of the state will be heading to the polls for various local elections. Here’s one race to watch: San Francisco’s first […]

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‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ suffers franchise fatigue while ‘Harriet’ opens solid. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ and ‘Arctic Dogs’ both fail to crack $5 million. While Paramount’s “Terminator: Dark Fate” won the box office, opening in first place with $29 million, the result is well below analyst projections of $35 million to $40 million, according to estimates from measurement […]

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The full sustaining power of composer Andrew Norman’s mind-bending, enchanting orchestral piece “Sustain” first became evident about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 2018. That would be about 20 minutes, just over halfway, into its Los Angeles Philharmonic world premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall. At that point, a hooked listener had no choice but to go […]

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