What's on TV Monday: 'His Dark Materials' on HBO
SERIES The Neighborhood As Calvin and Tina (Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold) near a milestone anniversary, Dave and Gemma (Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs) want to help them have the wedding they missed out on the first time around in this new episode. 8 p.m. CBS The Voice Taylor Swift continues her role as mentor…
LAX adds more buses to beef up LAX-it shuttle runs
LAX has been forced to add non-custom buses to its LAX-it fleet because of the demand for shuttles to the lot just east of Terminal 1, which debuted Tuesday. As the airport becomes busier as the weekend draws to a close, LAX officials plan to add as many as 44 buses to pick up arriving…
Storm-damaged California 243, the road to Idyllwild, reopens after Feb. 14 closure
Nearly eight months after storms tore it apart, California 243, the most direct route to the popular hiking trails of Idyllwild, reopened Friday. The alpine community of Idyllwild, about 105 miles southeast of Los Angeles, was partly cut off because of the damage. The California Department of Transformation, along with Ames Construction company, led the…
Letters: CBD and Real ID: Avoiding unpleasant surprises when you travel
I enjoyed the “On the Spot” article about carrying CBD oil on airplanes in the Oct. 27 Travel section (“You Love Your New CBD Oil. But TSA Officers May Not,” by Catharine Hamm). I never thought about the different ways it is looked at in various states. I’m sure it will help many people think…
Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong?
HONG KONG — Images of riot police lobbing tear-gas canisters into angry crowds played on the news. Activists were blasted with water cannons and carted away. Thousands of protesters filled the streets, demanding greater autonomy from China. A proposed bill, since withdrawn, that would have allowed extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China ignited the dessert.…
Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of its state-run oil giant
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the company offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising billions of dollars for the kingdom. An announcement from the kingdom’s Capital Market Authority serves…
This nurse needs a Social Security checkup. Here's how to check yours
Dear Liz: I’m a certified nurse midwife who is salaried. When we are fully staffed, I work 55 hours a week on average. If we cover extra shifts, we are paid a lump sum rather than hourly. (If we were paid hourly, it would work out to far less than minimum wage.) We are paid…
HELOCs are so 2007; Americans aren't using homes as piggy banks anymore
A once-popular loan Americans use to finance home renovations and college tuition is slowly dying, slashing a lucrative source of revenue for the nation’s largest banks. Home equity lines of credit, open-ended loans that homeowners tap for cash using their properties as collateral, exploded in the run-up to the housing crash a decade ago, doubling…
Edison once again seeks to limit liability from California fires
Edison International once again will try to sway a California state court judge to rule that it can’t be held liable for all the damage to private property caused by a wildfire if it isn’t allowed to pass on some costs to ratepayers. With this year’s fire season already causing havoc in communities up and…
Get your kicks at a Westchester pop-up celebrating sneaker culture
Sneakertopia, a 15,000-square-foot celebration of sneaker culture, has taken up residence at the HHLA complex in Westchester where it will remain through at least the end of 2019. Getting in the door isn’t inexpensive (timed entrance tickets are $38 for adults, $23 for kids), and actually finding the door can be a bit challenging (it’s…