Sonoma State University President Judy Sakaki and her husband often tell the story of how they escaped with their lives amid choking smoke and burning embers as flames destroyed their home and all their possessions during the 2017 Tubbs fire.
Sakaki recounted the experience again last week in a video presented to the Academic Senate before it decided to push ahead with a motion of no confidence in her leadership amid a sexual harassment and retaliation scandal involving her and her husband. latimes.com/california/sto…
What Sakaki didn’t say in the video — and has not discussed widely — is that nearly $85,000 in artwork donated to the university for public viewing and educational purposes was among the items destroyed when the wildfire burned her home to the ground. latimes.com/california/sto…
The Sea Ranch was founded in the 1960s by architect Al Boeke and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin who, with a like-minded group of people, wanted to develop a community of homes that harmonized with the environment. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
“No palm trees, no flower beds, no prettiness,” Halprin wrote in the 2004 book “The Sea Ranch,” reflecting on the original vision for the community. Suburbia-style lawns “would be outlawed,” opting instead for native plants. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
Houses would be clustered together in a village, so that at least half of the land would be open for nature. And Halprin also was adamant that there be no “Malibu wall,” referring to the massive homes that line the Malibu cliffside. latimes.com/travel/story/2…
With his credit cards maxed out and in danger of losing his home, federal agent Felix Cisneros Jr. agreed to look up a person in a government database in exchange for a $30,000 bribe, according to testimony during his trial this month in federal court.
This, prosecutors said, marked the start of a corrupt relationship between Cisneros and Edgar Sargsyan, an attorney with offices in Beverly Hills who rubbed shoulders with celebrities, politicians, organized crime figures and law enforcement agents.
A jury on Tuesday convicted Cisneros, 48, of 30 counts of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering and tax evasion. He showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
.@Canelo Alvarez is a passionate golfer. In June, he will represent Mexico in a USA vs. World nine-hole team matchplay tournament in New Jersey on June 30.
“I’ll put him in the ‘one-to-watch’ category [as a top athlete-turned-golfer]. With the ridiculous amount of time he’s practicing, there’s no question he could get his handicap to a much better level.”
.@Canelo could transcend beyond boxing borders as a powerful influencer for Mexico and can grow the game across diverse audiences, much like Tiger Woods did.
California has seen its coronavirus case rate rise by 10% in the past week, from 5,700 new cases a day to 6,300 cases a day. latimes.com/california/sto…
Health experts note, however, that the official case numbers may be a significant undercount, given the now-widespread availability of at-home tests — the results of which are not reliably reported to health agencies. latimes.com/science/story/…
And while still at relatively low levels, statewide coronavirus-positive hospitalizations have risen for eight consecutive days: from 950 to just above 1,100.
What would it look like if the lifetime appointees on the notoriously secretive and opaque Supreme Court were to become as leaky, gossipy, confessional, showboaty or — in a word — as transparent as their counterparts in the other branches of government? lat.ms/3KLsurH
As other institutions conform to an era of increasingly invasive surveillance and increasingly incentivized self-publication, the Supreme Court is practically stuck in time. Monday’s leak offers a small taste of a world where that is no longer the case. lat.ms/3KLsurH