A child uses the compression strap to climb up the pool, illustrating the hazard involved. Photo: Consumer Product Safety Commission

5 million above-ground pools recalled over child drownings 

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer  Bestway, Intex and Polygroup-branded 48-inch and taller above-ground pools with external compression straps are being recalled, according to a Monday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product

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Gary Horton | The Silence That Costs Us Everything

Back in 1958, economist John Kenneth Galbraith warned that America’s greatest danger wasn’t poverty — it was abundance. Fueled by mass production and powerful marketing, we were on track to

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Ron Perry | The Bad Guys Win Again

According to an article (July 10), the city’s Community Preservation Division has responded to 40 complaints and conducted 61 inspections related to Tacos Carmelita. A street vendor! I wrote about

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Coca-Cola will soon roll out sugar cane drinks 

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer  Coca-Cola will begin offering its trademark Coke drinks with a U.S. sugar cane variant starting this fall in the United States, the company said in a

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Lynne Plambeck | What Are They Thinking?

Even while many Eaton and Palisades fire victims have lost everything and remain unable to rebuild their homes, Los Angeles County plans to consider yet another housing project in a

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Rob Kerchner | NeverTrump’s Favorite

NeverTrump’s favorite illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S., to be charged with human smuggling. He was indicted by a grand jury for having trafficked people, firearms