The Times’ MMA rankings for Octoberm as compiled by Todd Martin: Heavyweight 1. Stipe Miocic 2. Francis Ngannou 3. Daniel Cormier 4. Curtis Blaydes 5. Junior Dos Santos 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Derrick Lewis 8. Alexander Volkov 9. Ryan Bader 10. Vitaly Minakov Curtis Blaydes scored another UFC win when he went to town with […]
Diana Rodriguez, a second-year business major at Mount St. Mary’s University, was studying for her principles of management class when the lights flicked out for about a minute at 1:30 a.m. Monday. Five minutes later, she smelled smoke. But she had smelled smoke last week, drifting south from a blaze in Santa Clarita; surely whatever […]
The Getty fire was creating a traffic nightmare Monday morning in one of Southern California’s worst commuting choke points. All lanes of the southbound 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, where the fire started, were closed, as were some offramps. Officials urged drivers to avoid the 405 as well as any canyon roads to the […]
As the Getty fire was burning out of control early Monday, weather conditions were expected to worsen throughout the day. Winds around 5 a.m. at Franklin Canyon Park east of the Sepulveda Pass were 10 mph, with gusts of up to 17 mph, with a relative humidity of 23%, which is relatively dry, forecasters said. […]
The explosive opening in the first episode of HBO’s “Watchmen,” with citizens of a black Tulsa, Okla., neighborhood being gunned down by white vigilantes, black businesses deliberately burned and even aerial attacks, has brought new attention to the nearly buried history of what the Oklahoma Historical Society calls “the single worst incident of racial violence […]
There’s a reason the parable of the prodigal son deeply resonates with us, regardless of our relationship to the Bible. It’s the story of a lost son who has squandered it all and returns home to be met with unconditional love instead of scorn. By human nature, we are inspired by narratives of redemption. And […]
SERIES The Neighborhood In a new episode Dave and Tina (Max Greenfield, Tichina Arnold) attend a concert together, where they discover a common bond. Back home, Gemma (Beth Behrs) seeks help when an unwelcome visitor takes up residence in her home. Cedric the Entertainer also stars. 8 p.m. CBS The Voice Taylor Swift serves as […]
Cunard is known for corralling of-the-moment talent for its onboard programs. Style icon Iris Apfel once joined a sailing in honor of New York Fashion Week. Director Wes Anderson once helmed a transatlantic crossing that also featured a mini festival of his films. Now veteran “Star Trek” actor, author and LGBTQ activist George Takei will […]
Before it burned to the ground during the 2017 wildfires, the tasting room and headquarters for the Signorello Estate winery in Napa was an ivy-covered, two-story edifice on a hillside, overlooking an expanse of oak trees and vineyards. Although a new tasting room and adjacent business offices have yet to be built, the winery has […]
Actor Ralph Garman has listed his Studio City house for sale at $2.595 million. The Spanish home, built in 2007, has the requisite red-tile roof, arched doorways and wrought ironwork associated with the style. A two-story entry, a formal living room, a formal dining room and an eat-in kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a walk-in […]