If you’ve ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week, we chat to Madison Godfrey, an automotive technician at the Steer Group. Apprentices, which is where I began…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Were you ready for some non-football consumerism? Ready or not, the Super Bowlβs annual blitz of commercials landed before and during the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots defense-first matchup, with some ads served up in advance while others were unveiled for the first time during the game. As in previous years, there…
Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival as calls for him to step down grow, after the resignation of his top aide over the Peter Mandelson scandal. The embattled prime minister is expected to face the Parliamentary Labour Party today amid anger over his appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US,…
In recent weeks, Marin County Registrar Natalie Adona has been largely focused on the many mundane tasks of local elections administrators in the months before a midterm: finalizing voting locations, ordering supplies, facilitating candidate filings. But in the wake of unprecedented efforts by the Trump administration to intervene in state-run elections, Adona said she has…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> It will be hard to top the halftime show from the last Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium. That hip-hop extravaganza was headlined by Dr. Dre and featured performances Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and 50 Cent. Maybe this time Guns Nβ Roses can headline a tribute to the Sunset Strip…
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now “likely” later in the year as inflation falls back to the Bank’s 2% target faster than expected. In a narrow decision, five members of the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to maintain rates at the level set…
One of the most coveted pieces of Super Bowl merch this year wonβt be sold in stores, and the NFL probably doesnβt want to see it in the stands. Itβs a rally towel with a cute, punting bunny graphic from acclaimed L.A. illustrator Lalo Alcaraz on one side, honoring this yearβs halftime show performer Bad…
In the end, the PM had little option. Faced with an escalating crisis and ever-louder calls from his MPs that someone had to take responsibility for the Mandelson scandal, the PM’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is gone. Politics latest: Starmer reacts as chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns It will be a bitter blow…
A week after Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home, investigators spent the weekend searching at least two residences as more details emerged about a ransom note. The frantic search comes as Nancyβs daughter, NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, issued a second video appeal to the kidnappers. Sources told The Times the ransom note…
A look at The Timesβ top 25 boysβ basketball rankings for the Southland after the regular season. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. SIERRA CANYON (22-1); vs. Crespi, Wednesday; 1 2. REDONDO UNION (25-3); vs. Etiwanda, Wednesday; 2 3. SANTA MARGARITA (26-3); vs. Damien, Wednesday; 3 4. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (19-6); vs….