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Here’s why this gardening guide will spice up your gardenJanuary 16, 2021 at 11:02 AM One of the discoveries I made while perusing Tasha Greer’s “Grow Your Own Spices” (Cool Springs Press, 2021) is that the licorice plant is suitable as a garden selection throughout Southern California. As long as winter temperatures do not dip below 15 degrees Fahrenheit, you can grow this vigorous perennial that develops into a five-foot-tall shrub with highly ornamental flowers. (Note: this is the confectioner’s licorice and bears no relation to Helichrysum petiolare, an attractive ground cove...Tags: Gardening, California, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Mediterranean, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Bloomington, Greer, Inland Empire 41 people like this. Like Home Chef to pay $450,000 to settle lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribersJanuary 15, 2021 at 2:39 PM Home Chef will pay $450,000 to settle a civil lawsuit that accused the online home-cooked meal delivery company of charging customers for ongoing subscriptions without their express consent, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Friday, Jan. 15.
The company’s West Coast production facility is in San Bernardino where it employs some 300 people.
The settlement, approved this week by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, requires the Chicago-based company to clearly and conspicuously...Tags: Business, California, Office, Disney, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, West Coast, Santa Barbara, Southern California, San Bernardino, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Superior Court, George Gascon, Investigative Reporting, Top Stories LADN 38 people like this. Like Extreme fire weatherJanuary 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM When the Thomas Fire raged through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in December 2017, Danielle Touma, at the time an earth science researcher at Stanford, was stunned by its severity. Burning for more than a month and scorching 440 square miles, the fire was then considered the worst in California's history.Tags: Science, California, Stanford, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Thomas Fire, Danielle Touma 48 people like this. Like Where is the cheapest place to live in California?January 13, 2021 at 2:48 PM Lifestyle bargains can be found in California according to a new study that shows the cost of living in nine of the state’s smaller metro areas runs below what the typical American pays.
Once a year, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis releases its “price parity” report comparing living expenses in 389 U.S. metropolitan areas. The math involves the cost of goods, services and housing and provides a yardstick for potential cost-of-living bargains. The report shows a 49% difference between Cal...Tags: Business, Real Estate, News, California, Housing, California News, Fresno, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, San Diego, San Jose, Modesto, Salinas, Yuba City, Ventura County 27 people like this. Like Patricia Loud, Matriarch Of America’s First Reality TV Family, Dead At 94January 12, 2021 at 9:31 AM “Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did it all in Santa Barbara and all on camera — in 1973. Loving, boisterous, witty, resilient and sometimes angry and hurt, she did not act like most women on television at the time. But she was ostensibly not acting at all. She was the first reality television star on the first reality show” — An American Family, aired on PBS — “and she paid a price for breaking new ...Tags: Art, California, America, People, Pbs, Santa Barbara, 01.11.21, Patricia Loud 116 people like this. Like Climate change measures top environmentalists’ 2021 state prioritiesDecember 29, 2020 at 5:41 PM California is helping lead the charge in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but more needs to be done as climate change remains the state’s top environmental issue in 2021 issue, according to top environmental lobbyists in Sacramento.
Other issues on their agenda include plastic pollution, recycling, wildlife protections, and greater repair and reuse of appliances and electronic products before they are discarded.
But the wish lists from the Sierra Club, Environment California and the public-int...Tags: News, California, Environment, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Electric, Santa Barbara, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, Los Angeles County, Jacobson, Newsom, Rusch, CALPIRG 1 people like this. Like Billionaire Ron Burkle Buys Michael Jackson’s Neverland RanchDecember 24, 2020 at 7:53 PM LOS ANGELES (AP/CBS13) — Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California has found a new owner in billionaire businessman Ron Burkle.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 17: Yucaipa Companies Chairman Ron Burkle attends the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Gala presented by Salvatore Ferragamo at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on October 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Perform...Tags: Business, News, California, Los Angeles, Ap, Sacramento Republic, Major League Soccer, Michael Jackson, Wall Street Journal, Santa Barbara, Soho House, Beverly Hills California, Ron Burkle, Salvatore Ferragamo, Los Olivos, Neverland Ranch 75 people like this. Like Harry & Meghan release picture with red-haired Archie and their dogs in 2020 Christmas cardDecember 23, 2020 at 6:48 PM It's the first Christmas in California for Harry and Meghan and baby Archie, and their card shows them enjoying the sunshine in Santa Barbara.
[Author: USA TODAY]Tags: Usa, California, Religion, Harry, Usa Today, Santa Barbara, Meghan, Archie 134 people like this. Like 18 brand-new US hotels to add to your 2021 bucket list, including an all-inclusive adventure lodge and Napa Valley's first resort set on a working wineryDecember 23, 2020 at 5:02 PM When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more.
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With the COVID-19 vaccine beginning to roll out, there's hope on the horizon for travelers eager to get away next year.In anticipation of a better, brighter year ahead, we rounded up the best new hotels across the US to book for 2021. From a resplendent lakeside inn in North Carolina to an all-inclusive adventure lodge in New Mexico, these noteworthy new stays should go right to the ...Tags: Florida, New York, Texas, Mississippi, California, Cdc, Mexico, Oregon, New York City, US, Trends, Arizona, San Diego, Michigan, Michelin, Calistoga 147 people like this. Like Southwest Airlines is adding 2 new cities to its route network in 2021 as it tries to dominate on the West CoastDecember 21, 2020 at 1:50 PM A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
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Southwest Airlines is adding the Californian cities of Fresno and Santa Barbara to its route network in the new year.
No routes or start dates have been announced but service will begin in the second quarter of 2021.
The expansion strengthens Southwest's West Coast rivalry with Alaska Airlines as the two fight for dominance in the region.
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Southwest Airli...Tags: Travel, Transportation, News, Air Travel, California, Planes, Fresno, America, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Trends, Chicago, Flying, Alaska, Hawaii, San Diego 140 people like this. Like UCLA football prepares for ‘well-coached’ Stanford in finaleDecember 18, 2020 at 11:34 PM While the UCLA football team ruled out participating in a bowl game for this season, the Bruins still have something to play for on Saturday against Stanford in the Rose Bowl (ESPN, 4 p.m. PST).
Quarterback Dorian Thompson Robinson and defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa hope to lead the Bruins (3-3) to their first winning season since 2015.
“We have a handful of seniors and you want to end on a high note going into the next year,” Thompson-Robinson said. “… I don’t think anybody took this year for...Tags: Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Stanford, Sports, Sport, Soccer, College sports, Espn, Seattle, Oregon State, Usc, Jones, Santa Barbara, Ucla, Chip Kelly 35 people like this. Like Coronavirus: Here’s each county’s tier assignment and where stay-at-home orders are in place on Dec. 15December 15, 2020 at 3:01 PM As of Tuesday, Dec. 15, California only has one of its 58 counties in the orange tier (considered moderate risk) and two counties in the red tier (substantial risk), according to the state’s four-tier coronavirus tracking system.
There are now 55 counties in the purple tier as of Tuesday’s updates. One more than the previous week.
The state is no longer doing a weekly update and tier assignments may occur any day of the week and may occur more than once a week, officials have said.
On Nov. 24 t...Tags: Business, News, California, US, California News, Los Angeles, Infographic, Sport, Soccer, San Diego, Fda, Santa Barbara County, Local News, Orange County, Riverside County, San Diego County 139 people like this. Like A California Christmas town refuses to enforce the state's shutdown order because businesses depend on winter tourism, officials sayDecember 15, 2020 at 9:24 AM Patrons at the popular Paula's Pancake House on Hwy 246 enjoy new outside seating arrangements on October 10, 2020, in Solvang, California.
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City officials in Solvang, a California tourist destination named one of America's "best Christmas towns," voted not to enforce the state's shutdown order.
California ordered the Bay Area, Southern California, and parts of Central Valley to shut down most businesses due to high hospitalization.
"For Solvang and its busines...Tags: Politics, New York, News, Small Business, California, America, Trends, Tourism, Santa Claus, National Bureau of Economic Research, PPP, Central Valley, Santa Barbara, Gavin Newsom, State, Treasury Department 142 people like this. Like Bubble Watch: Appraisers see overinflated home prices in Southern CaliforniaDecember 11, 2020 at 10:00 AM “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
Buzz: A novel home valuation index hints that buyers are overpaying for homes as it finds local appreciation is far smaller than eye-catching gains in median prices.
Source: Real Estate Research Council of Southern California
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Southern California home values were appreciating at a 4.8% annual rate in October, according to a study of existing single-family homes in seven counties done by lo...Tags: Business, Real Estate, News, California, Housing, Sport, Soccer, Orange County, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Don, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Cal Poly Pomona, CoreLogic, Southern California News Group 45 people like this. Like Rob Lowe Pays $13 Million for Montecito’s Stonehedge EstateDecember 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM Two months ago, Rob Lowe finalized a deal to sell his lavish Montecito estate for $44.5 million to private equity tycoon Jack McGinley. Ever since then, the “Parks and Recreation” actor and longtime wife Sheryl Berkoff have been looking to reinvest those profits back into real estate. They’ve moved into a $5.2 million gated fixer-upper […]Tags: Actors, Rob Lowe, Parks, Santa Barbara, Entertainers, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Montecito, Sheryl Berkoff, Stonehedge Estate, Jack McGinley 43 people like this. Like Are psi phenomena real? A study on precognition once exploded scienceDecember 6, 2020 at 5:30 PM A 2011 study by psychologist Dr. Daryl Bem seemed to prove that ESP and other psychic phenomena may be real.The study caused tremendous controversy and catalyzed a re-examination of psychology research methods.Bem's paper had many critics but its results were replicated in some later studies. Among the scientific studies that came out in the past decade, perhaps none were more controversial than the 2011 paper by the American psychologist Dr. Daryl Bem. He proved an explosive notion, that preco...Tags: Psychology, Science, Research, ESP, Brain, Innovation, Berkeley, University Of California, Cornell, Cornell University, Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon, Bem, Human Mind, Derren Brown, University of Amsterdam 59 people like this. Like Ellen DeGeneres Pays $49 Million for Dennis Miller’s Cape Dutch-Style Montecito CompoundDecember 6, 2020 at 3:54 PM Back in October, “Saturday Night Live” alum-turned-multimedia host and conservative political commentator Dennis Miller and wife Slim Paley rocked Montecito by inking a clandestine, off-market deal to sell their vast estate for a whopping $49 million in cash. At that time, the new owners’ names were not publicly known, but now it turns out the […]Tags: Ellen Degeneres, Santa Barbara, Entertainers, Montecito, Dennis Miller, Performers, Slim Paley 50 people like this. Like Santa Ana winds return to Southern California Monday, along with heightened fire riskDecember 6, 2020 at 2:39 PM A swirling mass of air forming above Southern California late Sunday, Dec. 6, will drive the return of powerful Santa Ana winds and a heightened risk of wildfire across the region through the start of the week.
The low pressure system forecast to develop overnight will set the stage for warmer temperatures and gusty conditions beginning Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Winds could reach between 40-50 mph in portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside C...Tags: Weather, News, California, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Wildfires, Long Beach, Orange County, Nws, Santa Barbara, Southern California, San Luis Obispo, Anaheim, Santa Clarita, San Fernando 14 people like this. Like The 6-foot-6 Sebastian Fundora remains a tower of power in the ringDecember 6, 2020 at 1:20 AM When you see Sebastian Fundora walk into the ring, you’re not sure to expect a knockout or a dunk.
The tallest super-welterweight in anybody’s memory is ranked No. 7 in his division by the WBC. He’s not coming up the ladder. He is the ladder, as his second-round knockout showed Saturday night, the preliminary to Errol Spence’s welterweight defense against Danny Garcia.
Before that, the 36-year-old Josesito Lopez, the Riverside Rocky, extended his comeback. He dealt a 12-round TKO to Francisco Sa...Tags: Florida, Minneapolis, Sports, Sport, Neil Young, Soccer, Williams, Manny Pacquiao, Ufc, Coachella, Mike Tyson, Ghana, Ahmed, Santa Barbara, Danny Garcia, Martinez 24 people like this. Like Stockton Kid Becomes ‘Santa’s Mailman’ While He Waits For Make-A-Wish Mailman Dreams To Come TrueDecember 4, 2020 at 1:59 AM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p0").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"4932420","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p0","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: News, Local, Seen On, Sacramento, Stockton, Santa Claus, Cbs, Santa, Santa Barbara, Macy, Mateo, Make-A-Wish, Macy s Believe, Stockton News, Sherwood Mall, Stockton Home Sheriff 50 people like this. Like 50th anniversary of the EPA: How the Nixon Library is celebratingDecember 3, 2020 at 11:11 AM On Thursday, Dec. 3, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum is opening a permanent outdoor exhibition, “The President and the Planet: Richard Nixon and the Environment,” a look at the initiatives of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Admission is $6 for access to all that’s in the rose garden. The outside venue is able to open under the state’s pandemic guidelines.
Where:Richard Nixon Presidential L...Tags: Politics, News, Senate, Environment, California News, Infographic, Sport, Soccer, House, Ohio, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Santa Barbara, Nixon, Richard Nixon, Cuyahoga River 135 people like this. Like The Alisal is an all-inclusive dude ranch set on 10,000 acres just outside Santa Barbara, California — here's what it was like taking a family vacation there during COVID-19December 2, 2020 at 9:49 AM When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more.
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The Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort is an all-inclusive dude ranch just 45 minutes outside Santa Barbara in Solvang, California.All rooms have private entrances and the resort is set on 10,000 acres, making for easy social distancing. I recently stayed in a mid-tier Select Suite with my family, which typically starts at $710 per night. Last-minute entry-level rooms start...Tags: California, La, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Trends, Tripadvisor, Ada, Santa Barbara, Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara California, American Riviera, Santa Ynez Valley, Alisal Guest Ranch, Solvang, Santa Ynez, Nadine Jolie Courtney 126 people like this. Like Captain in Santa Barbara boat fire indicted on manslaughter chargesDecember 2, 2020 at 9:39 AM Indictment accuses Jerry Nehl Boylan of causing deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member in Labor Day weekend boat fireTags: Santa Barbara, Jerry Nehl Boylan 28 people like this. Like California boat captain indicted in fire that killed 34December 1, 2020 at 7:56 PM By BRIAN MELLEY and STEFANIE DAZIO
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing 34 people who were trapped below deck, was indicted Tuesday on federal manslaughter charges for one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history.
Jerry Boylan, 67, was charged with 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter for “misconduct, negligence and inattention” by failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills and have a ro...Tags: California, India, Uncategorized, Los Angeles, Sport, Ap, Soccer, Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, The Associated Press, Ntsb, National Transportation Safety Board, Coast Guard, Sims, Evan, Glen 32 people like this. Like California Boat Captain Charged With Manslaughter For Fire That Killed 34 PeopleDecember 1, 2020 at 7:40 PM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p1").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"4922900","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p1","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: News, California, India, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Ap, Stockton, Cbs, Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, Ntsb, National Transportation Safety Board, Coast Guard, Sims, Evan, Glen 27 people like this. Like Captain in Conception dive boat fire indicted on 34 counts of manslaughterDecember 1, 2020 at 7:35 PM The captain of the Conception, the scuba boat that caught fire off the coast of Santa Barbara, killing 34 people, was indicted Tuesday...Tags: Santa Barbara 46 people like this. Like Ground the Space Force here on planet EarthNovember 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM Is it too late to put the phasers on annihilate and destroy the current president’s recently announced intergalactic endeavor, the Space Force?
Because, really, what with the thing, and the other things, the precise last thing this nation needs is an entirely new military bureaucracy. A boondoggle such as an orbital fighting force would swiftly make other government money pits such as the bullet train look like particularly parsimonious penny-pinchers.
It took hundreds of years of tradition befo...Tags: Congress, Opinion, North Korea, Russia, Uncategorized, Alabama, Sport, Joe Biden, Nasa, Earth, Soccer, United States, John Malkovich, Jane Lynch, Harry, Steve Carell 31 people like this. Like Pilgrimage of Virgin of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego images will stop at La Placita parish in L.A.November 25, 2020 at 5:00 PM The annual pilgrimage of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego images began on Oct. 22 at Muranaka Farms in Moorpark in Ventura County. The stop was in partnership with the United Farm Workers of America and Muranaka Farms. (Photo by David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, “La Peregrina,” an exact digital reproduction from the original in Mexico City, and the image of St. Juan Diego, make a stop from 9 a.m. to noon on Thanksgiving Day at Our Lady Queen of Angel...Tags: Religion, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Mexico City, Pasadena, Local News, Ventura County, Santa Barbara, San Fernando Valley, Moorpark, Guadalupe, Roman Catholic Archdiocese, Ventura Los Angeles, Cesar E Chavez 16 people like this. Like A discovery inside a California cave suggests people were combining hallucinogenic drugs and art nearly 500 years agoNovember 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM An enhanced image of the painting on the ceiling of the Pinwheel Cave in California.
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On the ceiling of a California cave, a red pinwheel-shaped drawing likely depicts a psychoactive plant called datura.
Researchers recently found chewed-up lumps of datura stuffed in the cave's ceiling.
The finding is the first clear evidence that hallucinogens were used at a rock art site. It suggests that humans may have painted cave art to enhance hallucinations.
Visit Business Insider's hom...Tags: England, California, US, Trends, Jimmy Carter, National Geographic, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Bakersfield, Robinson, National Academy of Sciences, David Robinson, Gandy, University of Central Lancashire, Datura, Susie Neilson 55 people like this. Like Silicon Valley Billionaires Buy Dynamic Slice of Montecito ModernismNovember 25, 2020 at 3:31 AM Mansions that populate the hills of Santa Barbara and the surrounding environs — Montecito, Carpinteria, Hope Ranch — are famously known for their Spanish Revival and Mediterranean architecture, but there are also world-class modernist gems there, too, midcentury icons like Richard Neutra’s Tremaine House and the Erdman House by Lutah Maria Riggs. And then there’s […]Tags: Tech, Moguls, Mediterranean, Santa Barbara, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Montecito, Richard Neutra, Erdman House, Lutah Maria Riggs, Montecito Carpinteria Hope Ranch, Tremaine House 8 people like this. Like |