March 15, 2025
March 15, 2025
LA County, in coordination with Caltrans, closed a portion of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) today, Friday, March 14, 2025, due to storm-related issues from this week’s weather. The closure was triggered by a mudslide in the Palisades burn scar area, as reported by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) at 3:50 PM PDT. PCH is under a hard closure from Carbon Beach Terrace in Malibu to Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades until further notice, with additional...
Tesla, and its CEO Elon Musk, have become increasingly politicized in 2025, particularly due to Musk’s alignment with right-wing politics and his role in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This has led to widespread backlash, including vandalism of Tesla vehicles and dealerships across the U.S., as well as protests dubbed "Tesla Takedowns." Some Tesla owners have reported feeling targeted or harassed due to the brand’s association...
More than 100 crows were shot to death in a neighborhood on the 8300 block of Chase Avenue, Westchester. Bullets narrowly missed people, causing fear and concern among residents. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating this "deadly animal attack," on March 12th. One Westchester resident, Brenna Lenoir, expressed heightened concern, stating, "I think the whole block is feeling pretty freaked out about it... It's crows, but how long until it escalates to pets...
The Michael Garcia vs. Starbucks case involved a lawsuit filed by Michael Garcia against Starbucks, claiming that he suffered severe burns from hot tea that spilled on him at a drive-thru window on February 8, 2020. While working for Postmates, Garcia received a cup caddy with 3 cups of hot water for tea. One of them had a lid that was not on correctly. Hot water spilled shortly after it was handed to him, resulting in permanent injuries, including burns to his crotch and his...
Aggie the cat was reunited with her owner, Katherine Kiefer, on March 8, 2025, after surviving for two months in the rubble following the Palisades Fire, which began in January 2025 and destroyed her owner's home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. The reunion occurred at VCA Chatoak Animal Hospital. Aggie's discovery was reported earlier this week, with details emerging around March 11–12, 2025, across various news outlets like AP News, FOX 11 Los Angeles, and NBC Los...
On a damp and grimly grey winter day in Paris, Bill François is a beacon of positivity. After a brief stroll along the River Seine, he comes to a halt at the Henri IV Dock with Notre Dame Cathedral just about visible through the mist. Here, François flicks his wrist back and then gently launches a fishing line out into the choppy waters. "The Seine is a wild place in the heart of Paris," enthuses François, who has come prepared in an all-weather outfit that includes a cap,...
The question of how to rent out your house might arise due to a move, financial reasons, or an emotional attachment to the property that keeps you from selling it. The process can be daunting, though. There are legal elements to understand, tenants to screen, and home improvements to ensure your rental is competitive and attractive to applicants. Don't let fear of the unknown stop you. There are tricks and tools available that make home rental a breeze. Below, TurboTenant...
For assistance forming an LLC with your State's Secretary of State, we recommend visiting Signature Filing. They will help you file it quickly and completely online. Sometimes a limited liability company, or LLC, has a year with no business activity. For example, a newly formed LLC might not have started doing business yet, or an older LLC might have become inactive without being formally dissolved. However, even if an inactive LLC has no income or expenses for a year, it...
For assistance forming your corporation or writing corporate bylaws, we recommend that you utilize the services of Signature Filing. File easily online at a minimal cost. Whether it's for sales meetings, trade shows, or conferences, travel is important for any business. But with increasing costs and a remote work model, corporate travel has become more complicated than ever. This is why a corporate travel policy, or a set of guidelines to ensure your team is efficient with...
At more than 5,000 feet elevation, Lotspeich Family Farm in rural Deeth, Nevada, boasts a surprising variety of produce for the middle of winter. In their greenhouse, fruits like peppers and lemons are growing, and out under the hoop houses—large, cylindrical structures that offer the plants some protection from the cold—swiss chard and the remainder of last year's spinach grow despite the sub-zero temperatures winter in the high desert brings. Come spring and summer, the...
If you wait until tax season to think about taxes, you are already behind. The number one mistake Ramp sees small business owners make when it comes to taxes is failing to plan. Most small business owners treat taxes as a once-a-year obligation. They meet with their accountant in March or April, hand over a stack of documents, and hope for the best. By that point, most opportunities to reduce taxes are long gone. Tax savings happen before the year ends, not when filing a...
Managing business expenses used to mean shuffling paper receipts, chasing down employees for documentation, and discovering budget issues weeks after they occurred. But modern companies are discovering a better way to handle spending through business expense cards—specialized tools that put real control and visibility right at their fingertips. Think about your current expense process. Maybe you're still dealing with expense reports that take hours to process, or perhaps...
Republican lawmakers in at least five states are seeking to block undocumented children from attending public school for free or to inquire about students' immigration status in ways that courts have held violate children's educational rights, Chalkbeat reports. The rationale often centers around cost: Proponents say states and local school districts are spending too much to educate undocumented immigrants and that their parents should bear the financial responsibility for...
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a relatively rare personality disorder, but it's entered the cultural zeitgeist as a catch-all term for self-absorbed, manipulative behavior. So, it's no surprise that many characters in pop culture are described as narcissistic, even though not all of them meet the criteria for the disorder. While the term "narcissism" is often overused, it offers a lens through which to examine the dynamics of power, control, and emotional...
In the Nov. 5, 2024, elections, Republicans gained 55 state legislative seats, Democrats lost 54, and Independents and minor party officeholders lost one, Ballotpedia reports. That means the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans. In 2022, the partisan composition changed 0.4% toward Republicans, with Democrats losing four seats, Republicans gaining 27 seats, and Independents and minor party officeholders losing...
Santa Monica's City Council thinks the city is just fine. One councilmember called the homeless residents our neighbors, their wants and desires equivalent to those of people who pay rent and pay taxes. The 'freedom' of some, most of whom suffer from drug addiction and mental illness, to live in filth, disease and to commit crimes with impunity, is valued over the ability of the rest of society to live healthy lives in law and order. Watch the videos shot and distributed by...
