Author: Pauline Edwards

Palmer’s fantastic season continues…

The town feels like a mix of hippie and upscale. There are luxurious spas and high-quality dining. But there is also a prohibition on chain businesses. Ojai is down-to-earth enough that its public transit is a trolley.

The show “Sugar” is a mixture. But I found a lot of it captivating, and every performance was top-notch, starting with Farrell’s.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday that it will delay enforcing its final rule that mandates companies to disclose their climate-related risks until the legal challenge from GOP-led states is resolved. The SEC stated in its decision that the postponement does not mean the rule is being abandoned, and it will continue defending the rule against the court challenge from Republican attorneys general. The agency said it expects the legal dispute to be concluded promptly.

The caucuses are groups of Republican legislators who aim to push their party further to the right on issues such as immigration, voting access, and transgender restrictions.

A federal judge on Thursday denied Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s (R) request to block a cease-and-desist order issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) demanding Blakeman repeal an executive order effectively banning transgender woman and girls from competing in female athletic events. Blakeman’s executive order, which took effect Feb. 22, defines an…

A judge in the federal court rejected former President Trump's attempt to dismiss his Mar-a-Lago documents case on Thursday, saying that the over 300 classified records found at his property could be considered personal. The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon follows special counsel Jack Smith's urging to quickly deny Trump's claims…

Openly gay athletes want to prevent the main event from taking place in a nation with a poor human rights reputation.

A group of House Democrats is calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to include humanitarian assistance in a foreign aid package that is expected to address funding for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo Pacific. In a letter to Johnson sent Tuesday and obtained by The Hill, the Democrats ask Johnson to include $9.16 billion in…

Unfortunately, Wednesday's storm led to at least one fatality in Montgomery County.