Sonic booms have become a source of consternation for Southern Californians living near Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, where officials with SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force have acknowledged that their rocket launches and landings are causing the regular rattles.
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Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
Shaking and rolling helps develop hand-eye coordination and promotes dexterity, and one parent tester appreciated the wooden rattle’s ability to foster independent play for her baby.
Amid the tinkle of glassware and clang of cutlery, Saru Jayaraman, an L.A. attorney and president of One Fair Wage, a national coalition pushing to raise wages in the service sector, emphasized the urgency of addressing a steep increase in the cost of living.
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Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves.
The low hum of jazz drifts through the air, mingling with warm lighting and the quiet clink of glasses.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
Those Brian Wilson compositions all sounded like insanely catchy jingles for the California teenage lifestyle–surfboards, hamburger stands, pep rallies–but on the flip side of the good times was a real sense of melancholy.
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Gavin Edwards,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2025
Swims will also infuse Kay Jewelers’ iconic jingle with his own energy and vocals.
Ripley and Bliss were among the final two to climb the ladder, but Naomi came into the ring and disrupted their momentum.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
The writer-director finds a playful entry point by starting not in Manhattan but in a majestic rocky landscape where the only signs of life are a hot caveman returning from foraging and placing a makeshift ring on the finger of the woman waiting for him.
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