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By Paul Wiseman | The Associated PressA machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price.Shares of Boeing dropped about 5% in early trading in New York.2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when one of the company’s jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing.The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and aviation experts were quick to distinguish Sunday’s incident from the company’s earlier safety problems.Alan Price,…
The 1956 Dodge Coronet dressed up to look like the one used in the 1950s TV show “Highway Patrol” that was pilfered on Christmas is back home.It was discovered abandoned, looking a little different but otherwise appearing in good shape.“I feel a sense of relief,” said Kyle Okura, president of the San Bernardino-based Juan Pollo chicken restaurants and owner of the vintage car that the chain drives in parades. “I’m glad it’s all back in one piece.”Well, mostly. Someone removed the ignition and battery and painted over the Highway Patrol logos on the doors of the black and white car,…
Blake Minkler began playing water polo in the third grade after his cousin Logan Featherston received a pamphlet about the sport in middle school.Yucaipa High School junior Blake Minkler, 16, has been selected as the the IE Varsity Boys Water Polo Player of the Year. Yucaipa on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Yucaipa High School junior Blake Minkler, 16, has been selected as the the IE Varsity Boys Water Polo Player of the Year. Yucaipa on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Yucaipa High School junior Blake…
It’s hard to fathom that 25 years have passed since the world worried if computers would work after a year with two zeros began. If you forgot, California’s tech-centric economy was booming in late 1999 even as “Y2K” fears swirled about what might happen to software that never considered the year 2000. That tech glitch was solved, but it was quickly followed by another technology headache – the dot-com stock crash. This market debacle slashed the values of fledgling internet companies, a fast-growth slice of California’s economy. It was the first of many blows the state’s business climate would suffer…
LOS ANGELES — The Kelly household was full on Christmas Eve.Chip Kelly, Ohio State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, had invited all of the quarterback room and their families into his home to celebrate the holiday with his wife and dogs.“I know as a head coach he missed being able to interact with kids and having a room,” Ohio State quarterback Will Howard said. “I know that was part of the reason why he came here.”The Buckeyes have embraced Kelly and the coach has returned the enthusiasm after spending six seasons as UCLA’s head football coach before stepping down in…
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres | BloombergFor the winner of a $1.26 billion Mega Millions jackpot ticket sold in Northern California, the ecstasy of the big win may soon give way to the anxiety over some big choices.“This is a life-changing moment, and they don’t need to make every decision right away,” said Matthew Liebman, chief executive officer and founding partner of Amplius Wealth Advisors.Liebman’s first advice was to build strong relationships with four different advisers: a wealth adviser, a tax accountant, an estate attorney and a therapist before making any decision about payout.Friday’s jackpot was the fifth-largest Mega Millions…
By Dee-Ann Durbin | The Associated PressThe discount chain Big Lots, which filed for bankruptcy protection in September, has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores and distribution centers open.Big Lots said Friday it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a firm that specializes in distressed companies. Gordon Brothers will then transfer Big Lots’ stores, distribution centers and other assets to other retailers.Variety Wholesalers Inc., which owns more than 400 discount stores in the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, plans to acquire between 200 and 400 Big Lots stores and operate them under the Big…
Newly-filed legislation could change how drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities are regulated in residential neighborhoods.Introduced by Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, AB 3 was inspired by an October state audit that found several rehab facilities with the same owner and some shared amenities, including dining halls and gyms, are located close together in residential neighborhoods in Orange and San Diego counties.These setups, Dixon argued, undermine the intent of creating homelike recovery spaces by making them feel like hospitals or institutions.She said her bill is to “make sure patients have a safe environment where they can get well.”“The whole goal of these…
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, as they struggle to determine what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people a day earlier.Sunday’s crash, the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national sympathy. Many people worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster as it grapples with a leadership vacuum following the recent successive impeachments of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the country’s…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.The longtime magazine columnist had testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store’s…