Month: October 2019

In a scene that illustrated Orange County’s recent swing from red to blue, demonstrators divided over the House impeachment inquiry gathered Friday outside of a congressional field office in Irvine. Armed with megaphones and signs, the two sides shouted opposing slogans outside Democratic Rep. Katie Porter’s district headquarters. “Katie Porter’s got to go,” supporters of […]

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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Oct. 12. Get the Essential California newsletter » Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week: Top Stories Fires burning. The Saddleridge fire, which broke out late Thursday in Sylmar amid strong Santa Ana winds, spread rapidly overnight west into […]

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Neither in his native Spanish nor in the English in which he has become fluent during his decade as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic does Gustavo Dudamel accept the singular “America” into his vocabulary. There is only Américas or Americas. For this Venezuelan conductor, we are, from the Canadian Yukon to the southernmost […]

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SERIES Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow explore their family histories and the generations preceding their famous film industry families in the season finale. 6 p.m. KOCE Crikey! It’s the Irwins In a new season of the documentary series, Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin continue Steve […]

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