• Short-term rental can present problems

    While short-term rentals present an opportunity for members to make a profit on their home when not in use, such rentals also present many potential problems for both the municipality and the association. Weekender occupants are more likely to be less courteous and responsible to neighbors. Many will argue short term rentals to be a “non-residential” use of the residence, more akin to a hotel. Cities may wish to limit hotel-type usage in this context, where they have no control nor c
  • California’s hidden jobs tax was no accident

    California’s hidden jobs tax was no accident
    California employers are about to get hit with a massive tax increase — one they never voted on, one lawmakers and the governor never debated, but one Sacramento knew was coming.
    At the very moment families and employers should be seeing relief from the Working Families Tax Cuts, which are in effect this year, California is moving in the opposite direction by raising taxes on employees and worsening the cost-of-living crisis already plaguing the state.
    California’s unemployment insur
  • Anaheim Hills briefs: Put your quarters to use helping the Woman’s Club make change

    Quartermania, hosted by the Woman’s Club of Orange, is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17, and the community is invited to participate in the fun and fundraising
    This fun event combines an auction and a raffle where attendees “bid” to win exciting auction items. Those interested in attending should bring a roll of quarters and get ready to have lots of fun.
    Proceeds will support WCO philanthropies. Some of these include: Alzheimer’s Association, Child Creativity Lab, Friends
  • What to know about the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis

    What to know about the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters confronted federal officers Thursday in Minneapolis the day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
    The demonstrations came amid heightened tensions after President Donald Trump’s administration dispatched 2,000 officers and agents to Minnesota for its latest immigration crackdown.
    The killing of 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday set off a clash between federal officials who insist the shooting was an act of se
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  • How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll

    How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll
    By JAMES POLLARD and LINLEY SANDERS
    NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents’ nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin.
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  • Trump bid to ban corporate homebuying blindsides Wall Street

    Trump bid to ban corporate homebuying blindsides Wall Street
    Patrick Clark
    (Bloomberg) — The time of the corporate landlord as America’s housing villain was supposed to be over.
    Money managers like Blackstone Inc. and Pretium who binged on single-family rentals in the wake of the financial crisis took blow after blow as housing prices shot up. But the cohort has since cooled its buying, and the attacks slowed.
    No longer. President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought the issue front-and-center when he pledged in a social media post to stop instit
  • Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low

    Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low
    By MATT OTT
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening.
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    The number of American
  • Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule

    Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule
    By JENNIFER PELTZ
    NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein returned to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared among jurors during deliberations last spring.
    It’s the latest convoluted turn in the former Hollywood honcho’s path through the criminal justice system. His landmark #MeToo-era case has spanned seven years, trials in two states, a reversal in one and a retrial that came to a messy end in New York last ye
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  • Most of Wall Street drifts as defense companies rally

    Most of Wall Street drifts as defense companies rally
    By STAN CHOE
    NEW YORK (AP) — Modest moves for Wall Street overall on Thursday are masking some big gains underneath the surface for makers of weapons and other military equipment after President Donald Trump said he wants to increase spending on them sharply.
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  • Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26

    Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26
    By FATIMA HUSSEIN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filing deadline.
    Tax experts, including the IRS’ independent watchdog, have warned that this year’s filing season could be hampered by the loss of tens of thousands of tax collection workers who left the agency through planned layoffs and buyouts spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Gove
  • Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James

    Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James
    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling Thursday that he had been serving in his post unlawfully when he requested subpoenas.
    U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield blocked subpoenas requested by John Sarcone, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York.
    “The subpoenas are unenforceable due to a threshold defect: Mr. Sarcone was not lawfully serving as Act
  • Public can comment now on plans for high speed rail segment from Los Angeles to Anaheim

    Public can comment now on plans for high speed rail segment from Los Angeles to Anaheim
    The California High-Speed Rail Authority is looking for public feedback on a draft environmental document for the 30-mile segment connecting Los Angeles and Anaheim.
    The stretch between L.A.’s Union Station and Anaheim’s ARTIC station would be the southernmost link of the first phase of the statewide high-speed rail project that California voters approved $10 billion in funding for in 2008.
    Unlike northern portions of the rail project, where new track is under construction, the south
  • Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

    Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid
    By STEPHEN GROVES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
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  • Wisconsin man accused of killing parents to fund Trump assassination plot pleads guilty to homicide

    Wisconsin man accused of killing parents to fund Trump assassination plot pleads guilty to homicide
    By TODD RICHMOND
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump pleaded guilty to two homicide counts in a deal with prosecutors Thursday, locking himself into two life prison sentences.
    Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in Waukesha County Circuit Court in connection with the deaths of his stepfather, Donald Mayer, and his mother, Tatiana Casa
  • Trump’s ‘beautiful’ new law means states have big decisions this year on Medicaid, SNAP and taxes

    Trump’s ‘beautiful’ new law means states have big decisions this year on Medicaid, SNAP and taxes
    By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB
    States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year.
    The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states over the next few years, and states must prepare for greater costs in the Medicaid health care and SNAP food aid programs. They also must decide whether to offset upcoming federal funding cuts with state tax dollars. And they must weigh w
  • Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

    Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman
    By TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the governor urging restraint and schools canceling classes as a precaution.
    State and local officials demanded that the immigration agents leave Minnesota after the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforc
  • Is California’s economy healthier than we think?

    Is California’s economy healthier than we think?
    A dearth of economic data, thanks to last year’s federal government shutdown, makes reading the tea leaves of the business climate even trickier than usual.
    California’s situation seemed wobbly throughout most of autumn, with numerous high-profile layoff and business closing announcements, shrinking pay raises, and challenges with bill payments. Did I mention a frozen housing market due to unfathomable unaffordability and stubborn inflation?
    Additionally, the annual flurry of ec
  • It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in?

    It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in?
    By Bram Sable-Smith and Andrew Jones, KFF Health News
    ALEXANDER, N.C. — Aubreigh Osborne has a new best friend.
    Dressed in blue with a big ribbon in her blond curls, the 3-year-old sat in her mother’s lap carefully enunciating a classmate’s first name after hearing the words “best friend.” Just months ago, Gaile Osborne didn’t expect her adoptive daughter would make friends at school.
    Diagnosed with autism at 14 months, Aubreigh Osborne started last year strug
  • People usually trek a ‘goat path,’ step over tracks to get to Lower Trestles, LA28’s surf venue

    People usually trek a ‘goat path,’ step over tracks to get to Lower Trestles, LA28’s surf venue
    Access to the LA28 Olympic surfing competition site, Lower Trestles, typically involves a hike down a steep dirt trail, stepping over train tracks without a safety crossing and continuing on a makeshift pathway that tramples through dense plant growth to get to the sand.
    Part of San Onofre State Park, tucked between Orange and San Diego counties, Lower Trestles is considered one of the best surf breaks on the mainland, beloved for its perfect, peeling waves and off-the-beaten-path, natural feel
  • New breakfast burrito joint coming to the Lab Anti-Mall

    New breakfast burrito joint coming to the Lab Anti-Mall
    Orange County’s breakfast burrito scene is about to get a new heavy hitter.
    On Saturday, Jan. 17, Earlybird Breakfast Burritos will make its official Orange County debut, landing at the Lab Anti-Mall in Costa Mesa. While the wee-hour burrito purveyor built its brand in San Diego’s Pacific Beach, the move north represents a homecoming of sorts for founder Scott Slater. The veteran restaurateur, best known for launching Slater’s 50/50 burger-gastropub in Anaheim Hills, is returni
  • New breakfast burrito joint coming to Costa Mesa’s Lab Anti-Mall

    New breakfast burrito joint coming to Costa Mesa’s Lab Anti-Mall
    Orange County’s breakfast burrito scene is about to get a new heavy hitter.
    On Saturday, Jan. 17, Earlybird Breakfast Burritos will make its official Orange County debut, landing at the Lab Anti-Mall in Costa Mesa. While the wee-hour burrito purveyor built its brand in San Diego’s Pacific Beach, the move north represents a homecoming of sorts for founder Scott Slater. The veteran restaurateur, best known for launching Slater’s 50/50 burger-gastropub in Anaheim Hills, is returni
  • Stark contrast between mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco

    Stark contrast between mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco
    San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, seemingly collects a pocketful of plaudits every day. By contrast, his counterpart in Los Angeles, Karen Bass, gets new grief almost daily.
    The positives about Lurie, who ousted former Mayor London Breed in late 2024, were propelled by a coalition of voters unhappy with his city’s previous status quo. Though he was better known before running for his charitable leadership as founder of the poverty-fighting non-profit Tipping Point, after getting e
  • New year brings big changes for retirement planning

    New year brings big changes for retirement planning
    Christine Benz of Morningstar
    For retirement savers and retirees, the new year brings more than the usual inflation adjustments to retirement contributions. The retirement legislation known as Secure 2.0 will also continue to phase in, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have impacts too.
    Here’s a roundup of three key changes and some moves to consider.
    Roth-only catch-up contributions for high-income 401(k) investors
    Thanks to a provision in the Secure 2.0 retirement legislation, high
  • LA wildfire rebuilding effort draws billions in aid, grants

    LA wildfire rebuilding effort draws billions in aid, grants
    Billions of dollars have flowed into the Los Angeles area since the January 2025 wildfires exploded across the region.
    The precise figure is difficult to quantify, but the money has come from nonprofits, federal agencies and local governments and higher insurance premiums sought by providers to cover losses and pay out claims to rebuild from the firestorms.
    Then there’s litigation and regulation that could drive the payout even higher — or lower — depending on fate of lawsuits
  • Jim Nuccio’s nursery is a Southern California treasure — for a few more months

    Jim Nuccio’s nursery is a Southern California treasure — for a few more months
    When I asked Jim Nuccio how it was that all of his camellias and azaleas — that number more than 10,000 — were so lush, he jokingly replied, “benign neglect,” before adding, “and 90 hours of work a week.” Yet Nuccio’s declaration of his working hours is not a joke. For 45 years he has toiled seven days a week — up until recently with his ailing brother Tom — at the Altadena nursery that bears his name, confessing that he works “by
  • Jim Nuccio’s Altadena nursery is a Southern California treasure — for a few more months

    Jim Nuccio’s Altadena nursery is a Southern California treasure — for a few more months
    When I asked Jim Nuccio how it was that all of his camellias and azaleas — that number more than 10,000 — were so lush, he jokingly replied, “benign neglect,” before adding, “and 90 hours of work a week.” Yet Nuccio’s declaration of his working hours is not a joke. For 45 years he has toiled seven days a week — up until recently with his ailing brother Tom — at the Altadena nursery that bears his name, confessing that he works “by
  • Are ants invading your home? Here are steps you can take to get rid of them

    Are ants invading your home? Here are steps you can take to get rid of them
    Q: Every winter during the rainy season, we have an ant problem. Is there some way to prevent them from coming into the house, and what can we do if they show up?
    I never had ant problems, until we moved to California. The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into food containers we thought were well-sealed. When I tried to smush them, the remaining ants acted like they knew what was going on and successfully outma
  • 11 must-watch music documentaries coming to theaters and streaming in 2026

    11 must-watch music documentaries coming to theaters and streaming in 2026
    Music documentaries have long offered more than just behind-the-scenes access.
    At their best, they serve as time capsules, preserving pivotal moments in culture while peeling back the layers of the artists who helped shape them. From intimate portraits of reinvention to deep dives into eras that altered the course of popular music, the genre continues to evolve alongside the stories it tells.
    In 2026, a new slate of music documentaries promises to do just that, spotlighting artists at moments of
  • Mountain towns eagerly await snow as recent rains put damper on busy season

    Mountain towns eagerly await snow as recent rains put damper on busy season
    Most years, when storms roll through Southern California during the winter holiday, local mountains transform into a wonderland blanketed in snow.
    But instead, the recent storms featured relentless rains, bringing a downpour of destruction — and disappointment.
    A woman sits near the North Shore Lookout Point next to Big Bear Lake as Snow Summit is seen in the distance in Big Bear on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The mountain resorts in the San Bernardino Mountains only received one inch of snow
  • Proposal for estuary restoration at Aliso Creek to be reviewed with environmental impact report

    Proposal for estuary restoration at Aliso Creek to be reviewed with environmental impact report
    Two meetings will be hosted this month for public input on a proposal to restore a degraded estuary in South Laguna at Aliso Creek.
    Proposed by the Laguna Ocean Foundation, the project envisions restoring 9 acres of the marshy area and sand berm at the mouth of Aliso Creek, improving the link between the ocean and the nearby canyons and wildlands area.
    The Aliso Creek estuary where Aliso Creek north of Pacific Coast Highway right before Aliso Creek meets the Pacific Ocean in Laguna Beach, CA, on

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