Which Thanksgiving foods you can and cannot take on your flight
Maybe your in-laws aren’t such great cooks. Or you’ve run out of ways to disguise the fact that the Brussels sprouts casserole that’s a staple at family gatherings is worse than vile. One solution: Fly your holiday dinner with you. Can you do that in a carry-on? Yes, but with some restrictions. Remember, you can’t…
How to ensure your mobility needs are met at the airport
If you (or a loved one) are flying and have a disability, brace yourself. Such a trip is rarely hassle-free. At LAX, construction continues on the $14-billion upgrade to the airport. which means more obstacles than usual on your trip to the gate. When you come home, if you need a taxi or a ride-hail…
Holiday hacks for riding the train, taking the bus or renting a Tesla
Road traffic reports can be daunting around the holidays, so maybe you want to ditch your car and let someone else to do the driving. Trains and buses will be busy during the holidays. Here are tips that can help you get to where you need to go — without the stress. Trains Amtrak Thanksgiving…
Stocks end week of milestones at new highs; Dow tops 28,000
Click:High-volume mold production Wall Street closed out the week with more milestones Friday as the Dow Jones industrial average surpassed 28,000 points for the first time and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Nasdaq also set record highs. Healthcare and technology stocks powered most of the broad rally, which helped drive the S&P 500…
Rams receiver Brandin Cooks seeks $5.8 million for Hidden Hills home turf
On a scenic perch in Hidden Hills, Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks is fielding offers for his modern home. The recently renovated digs have come on the market for $5.8 million, according to the Multiple Listing Service. It’ll be a short stay for the former All-American, who bought the place for $5.45 million last year…
MedMen cuts 190 jobs, sells assets as pot firms come down off an expansion high
Cash-strapped MedMen Enterprises Inc. is laying off more than 190 employees, including 20% of its corporate workforce. The move is part of a broader corporate restructuring, with the Culver City, Calif.-based pot company targeting positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by the end of 2020. MedMen will also divest noncore assets, including the…
For Disney kid Paxton Booth, home is where the Hot Wheels are | My Favorite Room
1/5 Actor Paxton Booth plays Ollie Wrather on the Disney Channel series “Coop & Cami Ask the World.” Paxton’s bedroom in his parents’ Ventura home houses all the things he loves. (Jesse Goddard / For The Times) 2/5 The bedroom features a mash-up of colors: a red dresser, a fuchsia rug, purple bedding. (Jesse Goddard…
Used stuff is the next big trend in Christmas shopping
This holiday season, most of the Christmas presents Akil McLeod buys for his family members already will have belonged to someone else. It’s a shopping habit that McLeod, who turns 30 on Christmas Day, has been practicing for nearly a decade. Last year he gave his wife a green leather jacket that he bought at…
How ComplexCon wrapped allure, streetwear and 'something new' into one festival
The hype beasts were waiting. Dressed in tie-dyed T-shirts and oversized carpenter pants, in printed hoodies and voluminous shorts, wearing Air Jordan 1s and with arms heavily tattooed, they waited. It was just before 8 a.m. on a cool morning in early November and members of the crowd stood, slumped, leaned or splayed themselves on…
Andy Garcia joins friends, cast members at 'Key Largo' opening-night party
In a conversation with Andy Garcia at the after-party for “Key Largo,” the Oscar-nominated actor spoke of the usual Hollywood struggles to launch new projects. However, this project was different. He was given “an easy ‘yes’” about working on the adapted stage play. “Sometimes people don’t realize how difficult it is to get projects made,”…