To design the list, Yelp first determined the type of businesses that are most popular during holiday season. Then, using only reviews with the words “gift,” “present,” “holiday,” “Christmas,” “Hanukkah” and “Kwanzaa,” Yelp chose one city from each state that has highest ratings in each category. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Democrats’ House takeover could mean big changes for California water policy
In the two years since Republicans’ 2016 election triumphs, party members from the Central Valley led by the current House majority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, have gotten several water bills for their area through Congress. Those included the first significant California-specific policy in decades, as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the […]
Blog: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ producer’s Manhattan pad is on the market for $40M
Sidney Kimmel and 50 Central Park South (Credit: Getty Images and Corcoran) A full-floor penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton Residences just hit the market asking $39.5 million. The sellers are billionaire Sidney Kimmel, who’s produced movies including “Crazy Rich Asians,” and his wife Caroline, the Wall Street Journal reported. The couple bought the home at 50 Central […]
Blog: Eliza Dushku pens scathing account of sexual harassment and retaliation on CBS’ ‘Bull’
In the Boston Globe article, Dushku recalls that she confronted Weatherly about his behavior in his trailer. “I asked him to ‘be my ally’ and to ‘help ease the sexualized set comments,’” she wrote. But, she alleges, Weatherly texted CBS Television Studios President David Stapf about 40 minutes after the conversation requesting that she be […]
Blog: Jurors in ‘El Chapo’ trial hear a recording of a drug deal
For prosecutors in the trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, it seemed like incontrovertible evidence: a series of expletive-laden recordings of the defendant negotiating a massive heroin deal in Chicago. “Didn’t you just say you could only get rid of a little bit?” says the… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Abner Mares vs. Gervonta Davis fight coming to Southland after all thanks to San Diego ‘Super Love Jam’ show
In San Diego, meanwhile, the “Super Love Jam” show will feature artists from the 1970s and 1980s like the Manhattans, whose hits were “Kiss and Say Goodbye” and “Shining Star,” along with Rose Royce (“Car Wash”), the Delfonics (“Didn’t I Blow Your Mind”), the Chi-Lites (“Oh Girl”), Heatwave (“Always and Forever”) and headliner Zapp (“Doo […]