For the survivors, there were some surprising lessons learned, about landscaping and building materials, what happens after the flames go away, and how to prepare for the next firestorm. It’s been a little over a year since the Woolsey fire began its assault on the Santa Monica Mountains, so survivors of that devastation can talk […]
I’d been dumped by a man who was feeling ambivalent. We’d jumped into it all too fast. I adopted a coolly elegant tone and told him, “I set you free,” then hung up the phone and ugly cried for four weeks. Somewhere around week five, I got a fantastic breakup haircut, pretended I was fine, […]
You’re traveling for Thanksgiving by car? Then listen up: The absolute worst time to leave Southern Californnia is 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving, because of what is expected to be a record freeway crunch, AAA predicted. About 3.7 million Southern Californians are expected to take a car trip of more […]
Sundae School, the 2-year-old unisex smokewear label that earlier this year expanded into branded cannabis, has opened a pop-up shop in a downtown Los Angeles art gallery that showcases both sides of its growing business and a slate of weed-friendly events and activities. through Sunday. Called Sundae Cave, it includes several racks of the fall […]
SEOUL — North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by President Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings to brag about unless it gets something substantial in return. The statement on Monday by Foreign Ministry advisor Kim Kye Gwan […]
MEXICO CITY — The Andean nation of Bolivia, home to 11 million, has been engulfed in political turmoil since disputed elections were held last month. Ex-President Evo Morales is now in exile in Mexico. Some questions and answers about the Bolivian crisis. Who is Evo Morales? Morales, 60, was elected in 2005 on a socialist platform […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and mandated that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people. For the last three weeks, the Pacific island nation of 200,000 people has been in the grip of a […]
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES How to Address Homelessness in L.A.? As homelessness has exploded in Los Angeles, taxpayers have been willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on housing, shelters and services to help get people off the streets. But a new poll shows that a broad majority […]
Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene says the Scuderia will remain strong and united behind its defeated driver Sebastian Vettel. Lewis Hamilton predictably won the 2018 world championship in Mexico City on Sunday, thanks to a comfortable margin built over the last few races and four consecutive wins from Monza to Suzuka. In a similar scenario […]
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officials signaled on Wednesday that they are not satisfied with President Barack Obama’s apology for his military’s deadly bombing of their hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan and reiterated their demand for the U.S. to “consent” to a global, independent investigation. In a sharply-worded statement, MSF International president Dr. Joanne Liu said, “We […]