Good community rules and regulations (“operating rules,” per Civil Code Section 4340) protect the community and encourage neighborly conduct. However, good rule ideas are not enforceable unless the HOA follows a prescribed rule amendment process. Because only boards have the …
HOA Homefront: Is your board correctly adopting HOA rules? Read MoreBy AMY C. ARNOTT of Morningstar Reader question: My spouse has little interest in our financial position. As we age, this concerns me. I try to share some basic information (income, spending, account balances, debt, and so on) each month …
How can I illustrate our financial position to a spouse who shows little interest? Read MoreBy JON GAMBRELL and DAVID McHUGH DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran ‘s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz may be easing — and its own oil problems now seem to be mounting. The crucial strait at the mouth …
Analysis: Iran’s stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz loosens as Gulf Arab oil reaches market Read MoreUkrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Motorists waiting in long lines at gas stations. In a new blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow …
Ukraine hits fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula Read MoreSouthern California is enjoying a bit of a homebuilding renaissance with residential construction permits running near a 19-year high. My trusty spreadsheet peeked at building permits in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties – for renting …
Where is Southern California’s homebuilding hotspot? Read MoreBy DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every day. …
Once beset by power outages, Puerto Ricans also hit with severe water shortages Read MoreBy CLAIRE RUSH PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of assaulting a federal officer during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday. Under a plea …
Anti-ICE protester in Portland sentenced to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer Read MoreBy Lauren Sausser and Maia Rosenfeld, KFF Health News Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was admitted to the hospital, she said. …
Telehealth booms as demand for GLP-1s surges and questions mount about safety, oversight Read MoreState lawmakers have introduced a bill intended to prevent hate speech from appearing in a candidate’s statement in official state- or county-issued voter information guides. This effort is in response to the recent outcry after a candidate for California governor …
California lawmakers introduce bill to prevent hate speech in official candidate statements Read MoreDoes a book need to look like a book for it to be a book? Last week, I mentioned that LitLit: The Little Literary Festival was taking place in downtown LA on the campus of SCI-Arc architecture school. On Saturday, …
Errant Press’s Alan Sobrino fled Mexico’s violence to make books in LA Read MoreThe chocolate bar has been urgently recalled (Picture: Reuters) A popular chocolate has been urgently recalled over safety fears. The Honeycomb Blast Choc Bar from Buttermilk Confections, which specialises in dairy-free products, may contain milk. It markets itself as a …
Chocolate bar urgently recalled with ‘do not eat’ warning Read MoreFriday is finally here, and we are kicking off the weekend right with a look at five stunning, multi-talented women who are turning heads and redefining modern beauty. From fiery sports enthusiasts to global travelers making waves on the runway, …
Maxim Cover Girl Competition Spotlight: Paola Pedrazzi, Jessie Harrison, Charisse Taylor, Alyssia Taylor & Dani Read MoreDENVER — It’s too early to say whether Seiya Suzuki slammed the Cubs out of their early-summer freefall. But boy, did this team need a hit like that one. The team’s struggles with runners in scoring position have received plenty …
Seiya Suzuki backs Cubs’ confidence in turnaround with sweep-avoiding slam as power bats finally show up Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting after oil prices fell again and as Wall Street waits for the highly anticipated debut of SpaceX coming later in the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% early Friday. The Dow Jones …
Wall Street drifts ahead of highly anticipated market debut of SpaceX Read MoreFord is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall while driving. Related Articles Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire with SpaceX’s …
Ford recalls more than 250,000 Focus models because engines can stall unexpectedly Read MoreQ: I’ve noticed lately that there are several intersections where the traffic lights have a yellow border around them. What is the purpose? I see these mostly in Los Angeles County. – Mark Ehlers, Whittier A: They’re called reflective backplates. …
Why is there a yellow border on some traffic signals? Read MoreChicago has made substantial progress in encouraging more development near public transit in the South and West sides — five years after adopting a plan aimed to do just that. In 2021, city leaders created an Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, or …
Chicago made progress on transit-oriented development 5 years after policy push, report says Read MoreBy AAMER MADHANI, FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency. The World Cup returns to the U.S. on Friday for the …
Trump is raising expectations that this time he really will close deal with Iran to wind down war Read MoreBy STEVEN SLOAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it …
Kennedy Center board seeks pause of ruling ordering removal of Trump’s name by Friday deadline Read MoreBy LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds, particularly those without a college degree. The analysis from researchers at The Associated Press-NORC Center …
Where Trump has lost support with independents, according to polling Read More