There’s no defined size though microunits are typically under 400 square feet. Because these mini-apartments take up less space, more of them fit into a housing complex. And that’s intrigued cities with housing shortages like Los Angeles. One proposal before the City Council would ease zoning restrictions on developers who build microunits. In Los Angeles, […]

Virginia An important state in the general election, Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders here with: * 57 percent of white voters * 84 percent of African-American voters * 70 percent of female voters For the Republicans, Donald Trump polled almost evenly among men and women, and among whites and nonwhites: * 38 of male voters […]

The Telegraph is reporting on a study that finds sperm levels of men who kept their pocket during the day were quite seriously affected in 47 percent of cases. Fertility experts are warning man that using a mobile for as little as an hour a day is “cooking sperm” and lowering level significantly. The new […]

California is suffering through unprecedented drought. Water cutbacks mean significant reductions in rice plantings in the Sacramento Valley, which impacts farms, rural communities, the economy and environment. California Rice Commission Website: California Rice Commission – Website http://calrice.org/industry/drought Tim Johnson, President, California Rice Commission We Must Set Blame Aside & Focus On The Hard Work Of […]

Business Insider answers the question, “Do you still need to ‘warm up’ your care when it’s cold outside?” Unless your car dates back to the 1980s, there is no reason to warm up the engine. Cars from that period in time had carburetors which twist ope a small plate to suck air and fuel through […]

The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve paying LAPD officer Dan Gregg, $1 million dollars for the retaliation he received for failing to participate in a traffic quota system. Hailey Branson-Potts and Emily Alpert Reyes (Los Angeles Times) wrote, Gregg alleged that his supervisor, Capt. Nancy Lauer, required officers in the division to write […]

Ellen Knickmeyer with the Associated Press reported that, “More farmers in drought-stricken California are using oilfield wastewater to irrigate, and a new panel on Tuesday began taking one of the state’s deepest looks yet at the safety of using the chemical-laced water on food crops. “In the fourth year of California’s drought, at least five […]

This past week, El Niño driven storms dropped more rain and snow into Big Bear than all of last year. While the state’s reservoirs are improving they are still well below normal. With a 4-year drought we will need storms like these to keep on coming to overcome our water deficit. As Paul Rogers, San […]

CNN Money has the break down on what you will have to pay if you win the PowerBall Jackpot. Prize money = taxable income: Lottery winnings are taxed like income, and the IRS taxes the top income bracket 39.6%. The government will withhold 25% of that before the money ever gets to the winner. The […]

A survey by SmartRecruiter of 28,000 bosses details where Millennials are falling short and is just another example to support the huge disconnect costing Millennials their jobs. Here is J.T. O’Donnell, Founder and CEO of CareerHMO.com analysis: 1. Employers don’t want to be parents. Growing up, Millennials were coached their entire lives and they unknowingly […]