SERIES Jay Leno’s Garage Leno discusses race rivalries with Matt Damon, who stars as Carroll Shelby in the upcoming film “Ford vs. Ferrari,” in the season finale of the car-lover’s series. 7 and 10 p.m. CNBC Infection This three-part crossover event begins on “Chicago Fire” as first responders encounter a fast-spreading virulent disease. The action […]
Do you care about the effect climate change is having on California’s giant sequoia trees? The top forest management scientist at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and other speakers are coming to L.A. to talk about how hotter droughts are damaging these ancient giants as never before. The free lecture from 10 a.m. to […]
Time was, to compete for a seat at Yosemite‘s annual Bracebridge Dinner, you had to enter a lottery. Not so anymore. Tickets went on sale in August — and some are still available for anyone who wants to attend the national park’s quirky, majestic December holiday tradition that began in 1927. “It’s one part pageant, […]
Free this weekend? You can choose your perfect pumpkin, feast on Japanese street food and walk for HIV/AIDS awareness in Southern California. Throughout Santa Ynez Valley Six wine-centric towns host events during the four-day Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley, an excuse to spend the weekend in wine country. Highlights include the Solvang Grape Stomp, […]
Google on Tuesday showed how it will attempt to get its high-end Pixel phones out of their rut: a combination of familiar Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. technology, the addition of juggernaut carrier AT&T Inc. and cutting-edge camera and digital-assistant features that showcase the company’s lead in artificial intelligence. The new models — the […]
Bankers who two months ago were fighting for a piece of WeWork’s highly anticipated share sale are now scrambling to just keep the company alive. WeWork and its backers are furiously trying to line up two rescue plans before it runs out of cash as early as next month: one by SoftBank Group, the company’s […]
SpaceX has bet its future on a network of small satellites that could beam the internet down to Earth. This month, the company’s plans got a whole lot bigger. Hawthorne-based SpaceX has requested permission from an international regulatory group to operate as many as 30,000 satellites at a specific frequency, power level and location in […]
Robert Shapiro, the former chief executive of Woodbridge Group of Cos., received the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for running a $1.3-billion fraud that caused more than 7,000 retirees and other investors to lose money. Shapiro, 61, of Sherman Oaks, promised returns as high as 10% from investments in loans to property developers. […]
View this post on Instagram MARIANNE. About 18 months ago, my friend @valerie_von_sobel suggested that I meet someone she greatly admired, Marianne Williamson, who was interested in commissioning a portrait. We made a date at the Baccarat hotel in New York, over-looking MOMA. Almost before I’d sat down, Marianne announced that she was going to […]
TOKYO — Japan’s government said Wednesday that the death toll from a weekend typhoon that caused widespread flooding has climbed to 63, with another 11 presumed dead. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that another eight people were missing in typhoon-hit areas in central and northern Japan. At least 200 people were injured, 30 of […]
