Joan Didion, the author revered for her coolly dispassionate essays and novels such as “Play It as It Lays,” has died, her publisher confirmed to The New York Times on Wednesday.
Joan Didion, Iconic Author and Screenwriter, Dies at 87 — Variety
Q: HOAs face a financial issue with interest rates so low. My HOA and the vast majority of other HOAs play it safe with CDs and money market accounts for investment.
Readers want to know: How should we invest HOA funds? — Orange County Register
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(WASHINGTON) — Democrats and climate activists generally supported President Joe Biden’s decision to release a record 50 million barrels of oil from America’s strategic reserve, even as the move appeared to contradict his long-term vision of combating climate change.
Environmentalists: Tapping Emergency U.S. Oil Reserves Is Necessary—But Also a Reminder That We Need To Quit Fossil Fuels — TIME
Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was found liable Monday for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over Jones’ claims that the massacre was a hoax. Judge Barbara Bellis took the rare step of defaulting Jones in the defamation lawsuits…
Alex Jones Loses Defamation Suit Brought by Families of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims — TIME
Rocky Mountain News founder William Byers’ name was stripped from a branch of the Denver Public Library last month over his support for the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, and the branch was renamed after a descendant of survivors of the massacre. People gathered at the library at 675 Santa Fe Drive Saturday to celebrate its new name…
Denver newspaper founder’s name stripped from library over support for Sand Creek Massacre — The Denver Post
The Lost Daughter writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal joined stars Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard onstage for Deadline’s Contenders FIlm: Los Angeles to discuss the movie. Based on Elena Ferrante’s novel, it’s a psychological drama starring Olivia Colman as Leda, a middle-aged divorcée on holiday over a chance encounter with another woman, Mina (Dakota Johnson)…
‘The Lost Daughter’ Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dakota Johnson & Peter Sarsgaard On Creating A Set “Where There Is Actual Love And Respect” – Contenders L.A. — Deadline
LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) – The most severe impacts of climate change can feel far-off and far away from home, but a series of dramatic photo renderings released by Climate Central make the prospect of rising sea levels hit startlingly close to home.
What L.A. County will look like with sea level rise, according to scientific projections — KTLA
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A former chief of the Manzanita Tribal Police Department pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $300,000 from the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as part of a scheme to sell police department membership to dozens of unqualified individuals…
Ex-tribal police chief admits to stealing more than $300K in fake badge scheme — FOX 5 San Diego
A federal bankruptcy court judge officially returned control of the Queen Mary to Long Beach on Wednesday, July 7, and allowed the vessel’s now-former leaseholder to abandon any property left on site, potentially saddling the city with a flooded Russian submarine owned by an unknown party.
Long Beach controls the Queen Mary, but it may have to deal with a derelict submarine too — Orange County Register
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