Three months after MLB owners locked out players and declared not another game would be played without a new CBA, the league and the players’ union agreed on the outline of a five-year deal.
A full 162-game season is now scheduled to start April 7.
For L.A. dwellers, Joshua Tree became an easy pandemic escape. The national park registered a record 3.06 million visitors in 2021, up 50% since 2015. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
All around Joshua Tree, new businesses are taking root, while many that predate the pandemic are seeing more customers than ever before. In Yucca Valley, sales tax revenues have doubled since 2017. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
But in an area that has long been associated with wide-open spaces and solitude, this recent stampede of visitors is “a two-edged sword,” says Nick Usaj, who bought a property in Joshua Tree about four years ago. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to delay a Senate vote on Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to become ambassador to India so allegations that Garcetti ignored sexual harassment in his office can be investigated.
In a letter sent Thursday by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Grassley indicated that he had put a hold on the Senate vote on Garcetti. latimes.com/california/sto…
The mayor was pressed about the sexual harassment claims by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who asked about accusations that he failed to intervene as his former aide, Rick Jacobs, allegedly harassed staffers in the mayor’s office. latimes.com/politics/story…
What started a month ago as a $30-billion request from the White House to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic has been slashed, reduced and fallen apart on Capitol Hill. latimes.com/politics/story…
The end result Wednesday was a $15.6-billion package prepared by House Democrats that has almost no chance of passing in the evenly divided Senate. latimes.com/politics/story…
Republicans have indicated they are unwilling to provide more money without cuts elsewhere or a full accounting from the Biden administration of already-approved virus funding. latimes.com/politics/story…
If the Supreme Court strikes down Roe vs. Wade, people like Dr. Warren Hern don’t have to imagine what could befall many women in America shortly thereafter.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has acquired a collection of art, manuscripts, journals, photographs and correspondence from the late author. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Babitz, who captured and embodied the culture of L.A. beginning in the 1960s in works like “Eve’s Hollywood,” and “Sex and Rage,” died Dec. 17. She was 78. latimes.com/obituaries/sto…