College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams in 2024
dailynews.com..."We appreciate the leaders of the six bowl games and the two future national championship game host cities for their cooperation," CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said in a statement.... ...The College Football Playoff's 12-year contract with ESPN runs through the 2025-26 season....
Rain comes to SoCal after storm brings snow to Sierra Nevada
latimes.com > california > story...The National Weather Service in Sacramento issued a winter storm warning through midnight Friday for western Plumas County and Lassen National Park and the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada counties.... ...Meteorologists forecast 10 to 30 inches for Shasta County and southern Cascades Mountains, and 1 to 3 feet in the Sierra Nevada. The heaviest snowfall is expected at higher peaks, Hand said....
Italian Shoe Brand Michele Lopriore Opens Its First West Coast Store in Los Angeles
yahoo.com > lifestyle...As the chief executive officer of Michele Lopriore, a luxury Italian shoe brand, he visited California shopping centers including Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, and Westfield UTC in San Diego. He cruised around Beverly Hills.... ...The Century City location is the family-owned company's ninth store in the U.S. and its first stand-alone outpost on the West Coast. It opened its first U.S. store in 2016 in Miami's Brickell City Centre....
Amazon Go opens in Woodland Hills with "Just Walk Out" technology
dailynews.com...Amazon has expanded its hands-free retail concept with the opening a new Amazon Go store in Woodland Hills, the company's third Southern California location. The store, at 22001 Ventura Blvd., will open for business at 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec.... ...A variety of locally produced food and beverage items will be available from such businesses as LOV Bakery in Los Angeles, Smog City Brewing Co. in Torrance and Three Weavers Brewing Co. in Inglewood, among others....
Californians receiving Middle Class Tax Refund, but confusion arises about debit cards and the issuing bank
abc7.com...SAN FRANCISCO -- Many Californians are asking what happened to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to send a check car owners to offset high gas prices. State lawmakers decided instead to send tax refunds to low- and middle-income taxpayers, to help ease the pain of inflation.... ...Why is the debit card coming from some bank in New York? Most of all, is this card legitimate?. Doris Beers of San Francisco was suspicious when she got this envelope in the mail from something called "Middle Class Tax Refund" with an address in Nebraska....
These are the world's most expensive cities to live in 2022
abc7.com...According to this year's Worldwide Cost of Living Index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the average cost of living is up 8.1% in 2022, owing to the Russian war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the pandemic. In other words -- no, it's not just you.... ...Three other cities in Europe -- Stockholm, Lyon and Luxembourg -- also declined on the list....
San Pedro's Ischian community plans candlelight vigil Friday
dailynews.com..."We came from an island and we needed to see the ocean," said Carmela Funiciello, who arrived in San Pedro as a 20-year-old newlywed from Ischia in 1970. "That's why people stayed here.".... ...Organized by the Little Italy of Los Angeles Association, with the aid of Los Angeles City Councilmember Joe Buscaino and The Ischia San Pedro Los Angeles Corporation, the vigil will also raise emergency relief funds for families impacted by the disaster....
These LA Landmarks Will Glow Red for World AIDS Day
nbclosangeles.com > news > health-wellness...These LA Landmarks Will Glow Red for World AIDS Day. Union Station, City Hall and other buildings will light up in red in remembrance of those who have died since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began. Some well-known Los Angeles landmarks will glow red Thursday night to mark World AIDS Day.... ...In LA County, an estimated 59,400 people are living with HIV. In 2021, 1,479 new HIV diagnoses were reported, most among gay men, African-Americans, Latinos, and transgender persons, according to the health department....
Mongols biker gang member who killed cop takes manslaughter plea
latimes.com > california > story...David Martinez, 44, had been found not guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree murder in two separate trials over the fatal shooting of Officer Shaun Diamond during the October 2014 raid on his San Gabriel family home.... ...Last month, jurors in the most recent trial deadlocked on two lesser charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm on a police officer. On Wednesday, Martinez opted to plead no contest to both charges. He is slated to be sentenced Jan....
Racism backlash erupts as Prince William and Princess Kate visit Boston
dailynews.com...Lady Susan Hussey, 83, resigned Wednesday as an honorary member of the royal household after the chief executive of an east London women's refuge said Hussey repeatedly asked her where she "really came from" after she told the older woman that she was British.... ...Ngozi Fulani, chief executive of Sistah Space, an east London refuge that provides specialist support for women of African and Caribbean heritage, detailed her exchange with a member of the royal household in lengthy Twitter post....