Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Why is Cinderella lousy at sports? She’s always running away from the ball. USC Mike Bohn will be named USC’s new athletic director today, becoming the first to assume the post without any previous ties to the university since Mike McGee, who had been the only outsider ever to […]
HOW THEY MATCH UP Chargers (4-5) at Oakland (4-4) When Chargers have the ball After going four weeks without even a walking game — never mind a running game — the Chargers rediscovered their legs Sunday in a 26-11 victory over the Green Bay Packers. They totaled a season-high 159 yards rushing in 38 carries, […]
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Thursday morning at 4:38 a.m. Pacific time four miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 32 miles from California City, 62 miles from Tehachapi, 64 miles from Barstow and 65 miles from Rosamond. In the last 10 days, there have been four earthquakes […]
As a black woman, I knew that mothering three daughters meant a great deal of my time was going to be devoted to doing hair. The rituals hadn’t changed much since my sisters and I were young. Our mother would spend hours washing, drying, detangling and straightening our hair with hot combs, oils and pomades. […]
Police are searching for five men suspected of forcing their way into a home in Sherman Oaks late Wednesday, tying up the residents and ransacking the property. At least one of the men was armed with a handgun when the group stormed the house in the 4500 block of Tyrone Avenue about 10 p.m., said […]
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Thursday at 5:05 a.m. Pacific time in Ventura, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred two miles from Oxnard and 12 miles from Santa Paula. In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. An average of 234 earthquakes […]
Our show recommendations for this second weekend in November include Larissa FastHorse’s satiric “The Thanksgiving Play.” But we’ve also got pianist Yuja Wang with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, an Irish dance troupe’s take on “Swan Lake” and the eclectic musical ensemble Partch. Pasadena Playhouse has the local premiere of Lauren Yee’s “The Great Leap,” New […]
Click:Circulight Laura Terruso’s “Good Girls Get High” debuted on the festival circuit in the fall of 2018, but it’s a shame that it’s not hitting theaters until late 2019, because, unfortunately, “Booksmart” scooped it. Written by Terruso and Jennifer Nashorn Blankenship, based on a book by Sarah Miller, one can’t help but note the similarities […]
SERIES Young Sheldon A church carnival leads Missy (Raegan Revord) to try out for the baseball team. Annie Potts, Iain Armitage, Lance Barber and Zoe Perry also star in this new episode of the spinoff comedy. 8 p.m. CBS Superstore Amy, Jonah and Glenn (America Ferrera, Ben Feldman and Mark McKinney) hatch a scheme to […]
At the beginning of her latest film, Petra Costa reflects on her symbiotic relationship with her country’s political experiment. “Brazilian democracy and I are roughly the same age,” she says, a touch of ruefulness in her voice, “and I thought in our 30s we’d both be on solid ground.” But in “The Edge of Democracy,” […]