A white Thanksgiving in the high desert as snow falls in Antelope Valley and elsewhere
The Thanksgiving Day storm was producing significant amounts of snow in Southern California’s high desert region Thursday. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Up to 8 inches of snow was reported in some parts of the Antelope Valley. Over the last two days, Lancaster has seen 4 to 5 inches of snow and Palmdale 3 inches,…
Earthquake: 3.5 quake shakes near Barstow, Calif.
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon at 3:10 p.m. Pacific time 13 miles from Barstow, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The earthquake occurred 14 miles from Adelanto, 15 miles from Victorville, 18 miles from Apple Valley and 23 miles from California City. In the past 10…
New 'snow gate' helps drivers on 5 Freeway
A new gate installed along Interstate 5 in Castaic allows drivers to turn around and travel back in the other direction when road conditions are dicey. That came in handy on Thursday, when a snowstorm forced the closure of the freeway through the Grapevine in the midst of the Thanksgiving travel crush. Crews rolled open…
Earthquake: 3.7 quake registered near Ridgecrest, Calif.
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon at 4:49 p.m. Pacific time three miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 30 miles from California City, 61 miles from Tehachapi, 61 miles from Barstow and 63 miles from Rosamond. In the past 10 days, there have been six earthquakes…
Commentary: Author Steph Cha on recognizing 'the others' on the page
I grew up in Southern California, both a child of immigrants and a hungry reader, my tastes guided by what I’d read already — mostly schoolbooks, with the occasional novel my mother brought home from Costco. As I crunched my way through the American canon, I must have developed an appetite for stories about white…
9 L.A. theater recommendations for the holiday weekend
So you cannot possibly endure more Black Friday spam, another battle for mall parking or the passive-aggressive visiting family member asking, “What fun do we have lined up for today?” We’re here to help. Set aside the screens, the keys and the Googling, and consider the advice of Times critic Charles McNulty and his cohort…
What's on TV Friday: 'Fresh Off the Boat' on ABC
Click Here: liverpool mens jersey SERIES American Housewife Katie and Greg (Katy Mixon, Diedrich Bader) look for activities that will keep them connected as a couple in this new episode of the family comedy. 8 p.m. ABC Top Elf In this new unscripted holiday competition series, seven kid contestants with building and design skills are…
Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce on how they prepared for the 'papal smackdown' of 'The Two Popes'
When Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles signed on to direct Netflix’s “The Two Popes,” he knew he’d have his work cut out for him. The film dramatizes a series of thorny theological discussions between Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis over Catholic doctrine and the role of the church in a changing world. Not…
After cancer treatments, he celebrated with a Tahiti bungalow stay
I didn’t really want to quit my job as house manager of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, but I stopped doing something I loved to start treatments for advanced metastasized melanoma. The first few treatments were killing the cancer, but they also were killing me. I didn’t want to end up as a cancer-free cadaver, and…
Escapes: Travel deals? You want them, we've got them
Cheap airline tickets. Discounted tours. Reduced hotel rates. And don’t forget Vegas, which has fee-free stays, second rooms for free and dollars off regular rates. It’s a bargain hunter’s bonanza, thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and also thanks to our time zone. My name is Catharine Hamm, and I’m the travel editor for…