The week's bestselling books, Dec. 28
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Spare a thought for Christmas Day workers, including the clergy, says union chief | Politics News
The boss of Britain’s trade unions has urged those who are celebrating Christmas to spare a thought for those who have to work β including clergy at church services. Paul Nowak says 1.2 million people will be working on Christmas Day, many of them care workers, nurses and other NHS staff. Speaking to Sky News,…
2025 holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus
Who dresses as St. Nick and speaks an odd brogue? Why, it’s Techno Claus, a.k.a. David Pogue! He offers “Sunday Morning” viewers his valuable tips for the gadget lovers on your gift-giving list.
Oxnard still reeling from Glass House immigration raids, deportations
OXNARDΒ βΒ A father who has become the sole caretaker for his two young children after his wife was deported. A school district seeing absenteeism similar to what it experienced during the pandemic. Businesses struggling because customers are scared to go outside. These are just a sampling of how this part of Ventura County is reckoning with…
High school basketball: Tuesday's scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Tuesday’s games.
Reeves’s budget tax rises ‘a pub destroyer’, say landlords | Politics News
A millionaires’ playground, Poole in Dorset boasts some of the most expensive properties in the UK, and has been called Britain’s Palm Beach. Away from the yachts and the mansions of Sandbanks, however, Poole is also a beer drinkers’ paradise, with 58 pubs in the parliamentary constituency alone. But now many of Dorset’s pub landlords…
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ review: Family tensions, subtly wrought
The holidays bring good cheer β an opportunity to reflect but also, most likely, the anxiety of family. Jim Jarmuschβs latest film isnβt set during the season, although the faint flickers of awkwardness, resentment and guilt that pass across its charactersβ faces may be painfully familiar to audiences who have an uneasy relationship with their…
Starmer makes cost-of-living promise in Christmas message | Politics News
The prime minister has acknowledged Britons’ cost-of-living struggles in his Christmas message – and vowed that helping with the issue is his “priority”. Sir Keir Starmer also urged members of the public to “each do our bit” and “reach out” to friends, relatives and neighbours during the festive period. His message comes at the end…
Waymo plans recall after company’s self-driving cars don’t stop for school buses
Waymo, the ride-hailing service, says it is planning a voluntary software recall to fix a glitch after reports its self-driving cars don’t stop for school buses. The company has already tried to fix the issue, but police in Texas said it didn’t work. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Justices block troop deployment in Chicago; 3 conservatives object
WASHINGTON Β βΒ The Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday and said he did not have legal authority to deploy the National Guard in Chicago to protect federal immigration agents. Acting on a 6-3 vote, the justices denied Trumpβs appeal and upheld orders from a federal district judge and the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of…