AAA projects 34.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, an increase of 1.2 percent – or 500,000 travelers – from the 34.3 million people who traveled one year ago. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 24 to Monday, May 28. [...]
Californians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA. The exhibit will be at the American Le Mans Series – Monterey in Salinas, Calif., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on [...]
U.S.News & World Report, the leading source of education rankings and news, released the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings at www.usnews.com/best-high-schools. With comprehensive profiles on nearly 22,000 public high schools and rankings of the nation’s 4,877 highest-scoring schools, this will be one of the most extensive analyses and national rankings of U.S. public [...]
Former NFL star Junior Seau has been found dead at his home, the result of a gunshot wound, police confirmed. Junior Seau had three children (a daughter and two sons) and was active in his foundation, which focused on child abuse and drug prevention. The former All-Pro linebacker played for 19 seasons in the NFL [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers, Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC (“GBM”) and Frank McCourt today announced the completion of the sale of the Dodgers to GBM for $2 billion. As previously reported, the Dodgers’ new ownership includes Mark Walter as control person, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and Stan Kasten as CEO of the organization. The Los Angeles Dodgers [...]
Californians joined Travel Alberta on Santa Monica Beach to uncover the ancient fossils of an Albertosaurus. The beachside dinosaur excavation marked the launch of Travel Alberta’s summer campaign, promoting travel in the province of Alberta, Canada. “This is an opportunity for Californians to help us uncover a replica of an authentic Albertosaurus, just as visitors [...]
Online advertised vacancies rose 90,900 in April to 4,760,500, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Data Series. The April rise is the fifth consecutive monthly rise and has led to the series’ highest level to date. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.7 unemployed for every vacancy, and the number of unemployed was [...]
Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2011. The Edgar Awards were presented to the winners at our 66th Gala Banquet, April 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. BEST NOVEL Gone [...]
The U.S. Postal Service kicked off Earth Day events around the country highlighting ways the Postal Service strives to be leaner, greener, smarter and faster all year long. “The Postal Service is in every community in every state and that gives us a responsibility to be good neighbors,” said Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman [...]
In 1969 a devastating oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara inspired visiting Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to create the first Earth Day. Twenty million Americans celebrated at the event the following April while simultaneously developing plans to protect the environment. At that first Earth Day, Senator Nelson and conservationists across the country noted [...]