Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.
With all that’s happened in 2020, I’m so grateful for this one-of-a-kind community book club that’s brought us together in such unexpected ways.
This year, on the page and in our live and virtual gatherings, we dived into a pandemic classic as the real-world pandemic hit, rode with the Compton Cowboys as protests filled our streets, swam from Southern California to Iceland and the South China Sea, cooked at home with two California chefs, celebrated a visionary L.A. sci-fi legend, and listened to the inspiring, heartbreaking verse of eight Black poets reeling from injustice and uncertainty.
Each Saturday, our community affairs radio program This Week in Central New York provides three interviews with guests from Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties. This show airs on this Townsquare Media station in the tri-county area from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. This Saturday’s featured guests include:
Jessica Marx, Chairman and artist in “Light Up Cherry Valley”, an artist holiday display in empty Cherry Valley store fronts.
Greg Klein, Board President of Film COOP (The Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership, Inc.). Klein will talk about this new nonprofit organization he started that aims to promote Otsego County as a great place to film movies.
Oskaloosa News Recap For December 18th, 2020
National and World News
Stocks continued to climb on Thursday as the Dow added 148 points, the Nasdaq gained 106 points and the S&P increased 21 points.
Markets and investors continue to bet heavily on a new economic stimulus package reportedly valued at 908 billion dollars. Congressional leaders on both sides say a deal imminent.
New first time jobless claims data missed expectations for the second week in a row. Initial claimants totaled 885,000 while 818,000 were forecast.
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Winter Storm Gail hit NYC midweek bringing about a foot of snow and freezing rain to the area. Temperatures dropped to 27 degrees and winds reached up to 35 mph.
Ending 2020 on a High Note: 6 Positive Stories to Celebrate This Week [Amplify Friday]
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As 2020 draws to a close, we’re reminded of the way industry came together during a difficult year. We saw Tesla buy and airship ventilators from China for the U.S., General Motors pivot to manufacture face masks, Hollywood dramas like
The year isn’t over yet, though, and we’re still seeing large corporations and individuals alike do their part to make the world safer, more inclusive, and more joyous.
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The owl rescued from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this year is taking off as a bona fide celebrity and she’s got her own book to prove it.
Rockefeller, or Rocky, who hitched a ride inside the towering Norway spruce last November, is the subject of the new children’s book “Rockefeller the Christmas Owl,” written by T. Troy Kolo and illustrated by Meredith Miner. The independently published book was released on Amazon on Dec. 8.
The adult northern saw-whet owl, from the smallest owl species in the Northeast, was found trapped in the 75-foot tree; its rescue amassed a following on social media (see: #RockefellerOwl). Rocky is believed to have traveled from upstate New York where the tree was cut down. The stowaway was found by a worker helping set up the iconic tree and carefully removed from the branches. She was named Rockefeller, wrapped in a bright orange blanket and rehabilitated at the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, N. Y.