Jeanine Cummins’ fourth book, “American Dirt,” is a surprising departure from her previous novels, which mined her Irish ancestry for substance and inspiration. (She’s also of Puerto Rican heritage.) “American Dirt,” according to the author’s note, was shaped by four years of research and a concern for the plight of undocumented immigrants. It charts the […]
Each year, visitors to Yosemite National Park turn out to see a natural phenomenon that lasts just two weeks in February: the winter “firefall.” The waning light of winter days hits a waterfall on El Capitan’s granite walls at just the right angle to create a streak of orange resembling a lava flow. “Just before […]
My sister is 18 months older than I, but I’m taller. It used to drive her crazy as we were growing up when people asked whether we were twins or, worse, whether I was older. I thought it was obvious. She was friendly, confident and funny. When I said she was older, I did so […]
My husband, Joe, and I went to Chicago at Christmas to visit my family.. Often, you can fly round-trip from LAX to O’Hare International Airport for about $250 to $300, but the price goes up by at least a couple of hundred dollars closer to Christmas. We found a $499 fare on United in October […]
Here’s a travel writer’s nightmare: You go to a place to chronicle how it’s changed, and nothing has. But Robert Earle Howells didn’t panic when he arrived in Tecopa, on Death Valley’s doorstep, and saw what he’d seen before. Same buildings, same quirkiness. Still, something was … different. Newsletter Get our weekly Escapes newsletter “Is […]
The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 29,000 points for the first time Wednesday, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit its second record high in three days. The milestones came on a day when the market traded in a narrow range as investors weighed the latest corporate earnings reports and the widely anticipated […]
The phase one trade deal celebrated by President Trump and Chinese officials Wednesday received a mixed greeting from U.S. industries and markets. Here is how some in the key sectors expect to be affected. Agriculture Agriculture markets fell as traders grew skeptical over the deal’s payoff. Some traders expressed concern that the potential benefits of […]
Merv Griffin owned an impressive collection of properties over the course of his career. The late TV host and media mogul once had a La Quinta horse ranch and a Beverly Hills villa, as well as an infamous 157-acre property touted as the city’s finest undeveloped parcel that listed for $1 billion in 2018 (and […]
Here’s a look at what roughly $750,000 buys right now in Santa Paula, Newbury Park and Port Hueneme in Ventura County. SANTA PAULA: The charm is brimming from this 120-year-old Queen Anne Victorian with updated living spaces in downtown Santa Paula. Address: 525 E. Main St., Santa Paula, 93060 Listed for: $749,500 for six bedrooms, […]
Active Ride Shop, a Rancho Cucamonga-based action sports retailer that weathered the economic ups and downs of the last three decades and introduced countless SoCal kids to surf, skate and streetwear brands like Volcom, RVCA and the Hundreds along the way, is headed to the auction block next week. According to a legal notice published […]