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Good morning. I’m L.A. Times Business reporter Andrew Khouri, filling in for Rachel Schnalzer to bring you our weekly newsletter. Here’s a bit of relief for people struggling with their mortgage payments.
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In March 2020, the federal government rolled out a series of measures to protect homeowners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The policies allowed people with federally backed mortgages — about 70% of the market — to delay mortgage payments for up to a year if they had a pandemic-related financial hardship. And they barred foreclosures on homes with loans backed by the federal government for a limited amount of time.
Good morning. I’m L.A. Times Business reporter Andrew Khouri, filling in for Rachel Schnalzer to bring you our weekly newsletter.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs and made it difficult for people to pay all their bills. A series of eviction moratoriums — temporary rules that give tenants more ground to fight eviction — has kept roofs over many people’s heads. But that has not relieved tenants of the obligation to eventually pay the rent debt they’re accumulating.
Sooner or later, the moratoriums will end, smashing the current holding pattern. Here’s a look at this emerging problem and what may happen next.
But in this edition, our last of 2020, I’d like to look back.
Throughout the year, my colleagues and I have covered COVID-19’s devastating effects on people across California — small-business owners, Instacart drivers, Disneyland employees and more. We’ve kept a close eye on companies such as Tesla and Southern California Gas Co. And we’ve written about how life may change in 2021 and beyond. Here’s some of our best work.
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Living and working in the pandemic
Remember the long checkout lines and toilet paper shortages at grocery stores early in the pandemic? During the second week of March, Times staff members scattered across Southern California’s grocery stores to chronicle the mayhem.
HBO Max Renews 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS for a Second Season
12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS follows single 'leads' as they meet potential love interests.by TV News Desk
HBO Max today announced a second season pickup for holiday dating series 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS. 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS follows single "leads" as they meet potential love interests and go on the titular 12 dates in the hopes of finding that special someone to bring home for the holidays. Season one was showrun by Sam Dean ("Love is Blind"), filmed at a castle in Austria, and followed hopeless romantics Faith, Chad and Garrett as they searched for love in a magical winter wonderland. All eight episodes of the first season are available now on HBO Max, and the new reunion episode 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS: UNWRAPPED premieres today. Hosted by D.J. "Shangela" Pierce, the reunion features Chad, Faith, Garrett and their love interests unwrapping everything that's gone down since last Christmas - from settling scores and revealing juicy behind-the-scenes stories to unmasking secret hookups and answering whether our couples stayed together...or said goodbye.
Entire First Season Available to Stream Now; Special Reunion Episode Premieres Today
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Warner Media
LOS ANGELES – DECEMBER 17, 2020 – HBO Max today announced a second season pickup for holiday dating series 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS. 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS follows single “leads” as they meet potential love interests and go on the titular 12 dates in the hopes of finding that special someone to bring home for the holidays. Season one was showrun by Sam Dean (“Love is Blind”), filmed at a castle in Austria, and followed hopeless romantics Faith, Chad and Garrett as they searched for love in a magical winter wonderland. All eight episodes of the first season are available now on HBO Max, and the new reunion episode 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS: UNWRAPPED premieres today. Hosted by D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, the reunion features Chad, Faith, Garrett and their love interests unwrapping everything that’s gone down since last Christmas – from settling scores and revealing juicy behind-the-scenes stories to unmasking secret hookups and answering whether our couples stayed together…or said goodbye.
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HBO Max Renews "12 Dates of Christmas" for a Second Season
All eight episodes of the first season are available now on HBO Max, and the new reunion episode premieres today.
[via press release from WarnerMedia]
HBO Max Renews 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS for a Second Season
Entire First Season Available to Stream Now; Special Reunion Episode Premieres Today
LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 17, 2020 - HBO Max today announced a second season pickup for holiday dating series 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS. 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS follows single "leads" as they meet potential love interests and go on the titular 12 dates in the hopes of finding that special someone to bring home for the holidays. Season one was showrun by Sam Dean ("Love is Blind"), filmed at a castle in Austria, and followed hopeless romantics Faith, Chad and Garrett as they searched for love in a magical winter wonderland. All eight episodes of the first season are available now on HBO Max, and the new reunion episode 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS: UNWRAPPED premieres today. Hosted by D.J. "Shangela" Pierce, the reunion features Chad, Faith, Garrett and their love interests unwrapping everything that's gone down since last Christmas - from settling scores and revealing juicy behind-the-scenes stories to unmasking secret hookups and answering whether our couples stayed together... or said goodbye.
Sam Deane of New Generation Agriculture.
Many argue that the age of chemistry in European crop production is coming to an end. Whether true or not, how we produce crops has changed over the past decade and more change is inevitable.
This has given rise to a new way of thinking on crop production, which uses an integrated approach combining improved soil management with an increased focus on crop nutrition to help reduce dependence on pesticides.
This has also given way to a new breed of agronomists. Sam Deane is a prime example.
Sam advocates a nutrition-based crop production system