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Click: My husband, Joe, and I went to Chicago at Christmas to visit my family.. Often, you can fly round-trip from LAX to O’Hare International Airport for about $250 to $300, but the price goes up by at least a couple of hundred dollars closer to Christmas. We found a $499 fare on United in…
Escapes: In Tecopa, 'something special is happening'
Here’s a travel writer’s nightmare: You go to a place to chronicle how it’s changed, and nothing has. But Robert Earle Howells didn’t panic when he arrived in Tecopa, on Death Valley’s doorstep, and saw what he’d seen before. Same buildings, same quirkiness. Still, something was … different. Newsletter Get our weekly Escapes newsletter “Is…
Stocks edge up; Dow closes above 29,000 for the first time
The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 29,000 points for the first time Wednesday, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit its second record high in three days. The milestones came on a day when the market traded in a narrow range as investors weighed the latest corporate earnings reports and the widely anticipated…
How the U.S.-China trade deal will ripple through food, finance and energy
The phase one trade deal celebrated by President Trump and Chinese officials Wednesday received a mixed greeting from U.S. industries and markets. Here is how some in the key sectors expect to be affected. Agriculture Agriculture markets fell as traders grew skeptical over the deal’s payoff. Some traders expressed concern that the potential benefits of…
Merv Griffin’s former Century City townhouse seeks $3.25 million
Merv Griffin owned an impressive collection of properties over the course of his career. The late TV host and media mogul once had a La Quinta horse ranch and a Beverly Hills villa, as well as an infamous 157-acre property touted as the city’s finest undeveloped parcel that listed for $1 billion in 2018 (and…
What $750,000 buys right now in three Ventura County communities
Here’s a look at what roughly $750,000 buys right now in Santa Paula, Newbury Park and Port Hueneme in Ventura County. SANTA PAULA: The charm is brimming from this 120-year-old Queen Anne Victorian with updated living spaces in downtown Santa Paula. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Address: 525 E. Main St., Santa Paula, 93060 Listed…
Changing L.A. retail scene: Active Ride Shop up for auction, Opening Ceremony to close stores
Active Ride Shop, a Rancho Cucamonga-based action sports retailer that weathered the economic ups and downs of the last three decades and introduced countless SoCal kids to surf, skate and streetwear brands like Volcom, RVCA and the Hundreds along the way, is headed to the auction block next week. According to a legal notice published…
Chris Erskine: Can I say I took a polar plunge if the water is 58 degrees?
I try hard to surround myself with bad influences. Keeps suburban life interesting, if you know what I mean. As the kids grow older, my friends grow in number. I could fill my life with them, which is one of the reasons I’m stuck in L.A. after 30 years. What the apostles did for Jesus,…
Behind the story: Reporting on Venezuela exodus hits home
The shoulder of the highway from the Venezuelan border to the Colombian city of Bucaramanga is littered with empty tuna cans, broken shoes and plastic bottles. Hundreds of Venezuelans flee into Colombia each day to start this 125-mile journey on foot. They’re known as the caminantes, or walkers, and they are the latest wave in…
L.A.-bound flight returns to Newark, N.J., after flames seen by wing
NEWARK, N.J. — A United Airlines jetliner headed for Los Angeles returned to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport early Thursday after flames were seen near a wing. Video showed flames soon after Flight 1871 had taken off. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey A passenger told New York’s WABC-TV it appeared fire was coming from an…