The hospitality industry is facing a recruitment crisis as it struggles to fill thousands of vacancies. Venues are finding it difficult to hire front-of-house staff and chefs as they experience a shortage of 188,000 workers, according to research by UK Hospitality. Bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes have been able to serve customers indoors in England
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Saturday confirmed seven new deaths and 220 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,243,712 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 24,338 deaths. Of the seven deaths reported Saturday, three people who passed
People in California are being offered the chance to win a $1.5m (£1.06m) lottery prize if they get a coronavirus vaccine. Ten vaccinated residents will be given the jackpot prize when the state fully reopens on 15 June, governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. Anyone over the age of 12 who has not been vaccinated
Boris Johnson’s approval rating has slumped in the wake of Dominic Cummings’ explosive evidence about the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an opinion poll suggests. According to the Opinium study, the prime minister’s approval rating now stands at -6% -compared with +6% two weeks ago. But it seems that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
The L.A. County Department of Public Health released new data on Covid-19 on Saturday, reporting 7 new deaths and 220 new positive cases. While data from the County showed that hospitalizations continue to decrease, case numbers and deaths reported may reflect delays in weekend reporting. Today’s numbers bring L.A. County to a total of 24,338 deaths, and
Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye unmasked additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by Chinese threat actors who were recently found abusing Pulse Secure VPN devices to drop malicious web shells and exfiltrate sensitive information from enterprise networks. FireEye’s Mandiant threat intelligence team, which is tracking the cyberespionage activity under two threat clusters UNC2630 and UNC2717,
Craig Campbell‘s new single, “Never Mine,” is a searing final goodbye to a love interest that was never quite as into him as he was into her. From start to finish, the song displays emotional complexity and nuance, refusing to villainize the ex in question while also not downplaying how much hurt the relationship brought him. To write
iPhone models have a Battery Health feature that gives you a fair idea of depleting battery capacity over time, as well as tools to optimise battery health and slow down the ageing process. While this is a fair indicator of your battery age, you can can also assess the health of your iPhone’s battery by
Ahead of its release next summer, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will soon begin principal photography. In a recent appearance on The One, Black Panther star Martin Freeman confirmed he’s read the script and is excited to “head to the States” in the coming months to begin filming his scenes. “No, apart from the fact that
If you’ve found yourself having just too good a time lately and need that to come to an end, hotfoot it to New Order, the new ordeal from Mexican director Michel Franco. In just 86 brisk, effectively brutalizing minutes, any tentative optimism you might have been feeling — say, due to a jaunty walk to
Memorial Day Weekend is here. A time to reflect back on the men and women who gave their lives to secure the freedom of the American people. Those who paid the ultimate price so we can spend the weekend drinking beer, grilling meat and listening to ’90s country. And that’s exactly what we’re gonna do.
Black Lightning ended after four seasons on Monday with the titular hero hanging up his suit and passing on the fight for Freeland to his daughters. However, while the series may be over and Black Lightning mostly retired, it may not be the last fans see of the hero. Cress Williams, who plays Black Lightning,
You can’t judge a book by its cover … is exactly what you might say when James Caan reveals himself to be a hip-hop head — who’s got a take on the G.O.A.T.s of the last decade. Indeed … Sonny Corleone himself waded into the now-viral music debate over who deserves the fourth spot on
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This Lucifer review contains spoilers. Lucifer Season 5 Episode 16 “Never loving anyone is far worse than loss.” Heads up, humans, there’s a new God in town, and Lucifer fans couldn’t be happier. The near perfect season finale, “A Chance at a Happy Ending,” gives fans of the Netflix series some resolution regarding Lucifer and
One of the London stock market’s largest exhibition groups is in talks about a big capital injection that would further underline an ongoing frenzy of private equity interest in UK plc. Sky News has learnt that Hyve Group is in preliminary discussions with Carlyle about a so-called private investment in public equity – or PIPE
Downing Street has defended a meeting between Viktor Orban and Boris Johnson amid renewed criticism over the Hungarian leader’s derogatory comments about migrants. Mr Orban has previously spoken of “Muslim invaders” and said migration is “a poison”, forcing Number 10 to condemn the comments as “divisive and wrong” ahead of their meeting on Friday afternoon.
Bethel Christian Reformed Church on Penrose Street in Sun Valley. (File photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area. Temple Beth Hillel services: Havdalah online, 7 p.m. May 29 (click on the Facebook link here: bit.ly/3hT1LyG). Shabbat service,
President Biden has announced his first annual budget – a $6trn (£4.2trn) package that includes investment in fighting climate change and steep tax hikes for the wealthy. The US federal government’s spending plan for the fiscal year ending September 2022 would increase spending on infrastructure, education and provisions for the poor and middle class. However,
UPDATED with latest: On Friday, Disney announced it will livestream the opening ceremonies for the brand new Avengers Campus at Disneyland-adjacent California Adventure. The event should provide fans with their first extensive close-up of the actual attraction, as the Campus is not slated to be open to the public until June 4. Disney refers to