How commercial real estate brokers stay sharp in their craft
Commercial real estate is not a “set it and forget it” profession. Unlike riding a bike, where the muscle memory takes over after a long hiatus, this business requires constant recalibration. Markets...
View ArticleHomebuying options remain slim for middle-income earners
By Tim Henderson, Stateline.org Like many moderate-income workers, public school teachers Julia and Scott Whitnall didn’t think they’d become homeowners in their early 30s. Especially in California....
View ArticleAstronaut one day, artist the next: How to help children explore the world of...
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ NEW YORK (AP) — When Angelina Rivera was a third grader, she wanted to be a scientist and was excited by bugs, rocks and everything in the natural world. But a family trip to visit...
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Prisons routinely ignore guidelines on dying inmates’ end-of-life choices
By Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News Brian Rigsby was lying with his right wrist shackled to a hospital bed in Montgomery, Alabama, when he learned he didn’t have long to live. It was September 2023, and...
View ArticleNeed bees in your trees? Try these colorful pollinator-friendly plants
I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, drew my attention to a number of bee-attracting trees. The first of these is...
View ArticleCapital gains tax: Another hit to homeowners
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse for California’s beleaguered taxpayers, a new problem is beginning to emerge that will surprise many homeowners when they sell their primary residences....
View ArticleLarry Wilson: America, in isolation, gives up on the world
GLASGOW — It’s not as if everyone here in Europe in this late spring of this dangerous year is all in against the horrors of the current American president, Donald Trump. The urges, irrational as they...
View ArticleAnaheim resort bus operator, which moves millions of people a year, faces...
The Anaheim Transportation Network, a critical service for millions of travelers and resort workers, is facing several years of budget deficits it will need to navigate, but help from new funding...
View ArticleSusan Shelley: Environmental regulators harm the poor
California is pursuing better living through poverty. In order to accomplish the state’s goal of pretending to eliminate “fossil fuels” and “greenhouse gases,” California has enacted laws and...
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Spirit of Harriet Tubman coming to life on stage
In January, Willie Phillips of the Laguna Woods African American Heritage Club bought 104 tickets to the play “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” and chartered two buses to take residents to the one-night...
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