Huntington Beach must follow 'sanctuary state' law, court rules
A California law limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities does not infringe on charter cities’ right to run their own police forces, a state appeals court ruled Friday. The opinion from the California 4th District Court of Appeal overturned a 2018 ruling by the Superior Court of Orange County that prohibited Atty.…
Two found dead in apparent murder-suicide at Hawthorne hotel, police say
A man apparently shot his elderly mother to death and then turned the gun on himself Friday afternoon at the Candlewood Suites hotel in Hawthorne, police said. Hawthorne police officers summoned by hotel staff discovered two bodies and a note indicating the deaths were a murder-suicide, Lt. Gil Sanchez said. The victims had suffered a…
Teen killed by truck in hit-and-run in Pico Rivera
A 15-year-old boy died Friday after being struck by a box truck at Slauson Avenue and Paramount Boulevard in Pico Rivera, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said. The teen, whose name was not released, was among four pedestrians in a crosswalk when he was hit by the truck about 3 p.m., the department said in…
Defenders of Ricky Gervais as Golden Globes host vs. Hollywood bubble
Regarding “Host Ricky Gervais’ Apolitical Stance and Harsh Jokes Are No Match for This Crowd” [Jan. 6]: Lorraine Ali’s critique of Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes ended with her admonishing him that he had not “read the room.” This is a perfect example of Hollywood in its own bubble. I thought Gervais’ opening monologue…
Dave Grohl pays tribute to Rush's Neil Peart: 'We all learned from him'
Dave Grohl, the former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters leader, paid tribute to Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, who died on Jan. 7 from brain cancer at age 67. Peart’s death was announced today. In a statement, Grohl wrote: “Today the world lost a true giant in the history of rock and roll.…
What's on TV Saturday: 'John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum' on HBO
SERIES California Cooking With Jessica Holmes This new episode visits Osteria Bigoli for rigatoni carbonara and warm spinach bread. Then Jessica makes lamb sloppy joes and visits Seed Bakery for fresh baked bread. 8 p.m. The CW MOVIES John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum This 2019 entry in the Keanu Reeves action thriller franchise picks…
Review: Garth Greenwell's 'Cleanness' thrums with life's questions
In the opening section of Garth Greenwell’s much–anticipated second book, “Cleanness,” the narrator, an American high school literature teacher in Sofia, Bulgaria, meets with one of his students in a cafe. The student is gay and struggling with his desires in a place where homosexuality is still unaccepted. “You’re the only person I know who…
Meghan and Harry wax figures booted at Madame Tussauds London — and Twitter's not happy
Britain’s royal family just isn’t the same anymore — at Madame Tussauds London. The famed attraction Thursday booted the eerily real wax likenesses of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, from a display with other members of the family. The move came less than 24 hours after the couple announced Wednesday that they would…
What treasures might be lost in Iran if the worst happens?
After the week we’ve seen, there’s no telling what might come next in Iran, no telling exactly what Iran’s leaders or ours have in mind. But I can tell you what I’ve been thinking about: two strange, wonderful weeks in 1998, when I got to explore that country, camera in hand, during a brief upswing…
Readers confess the errors of their (travel) ways
Editor’s note: Readers responded with their own travel tales after Catharine Hamm’s “Learn From the Stupid Travel Mistakes I Made” (On the Spot, Jan. 5). Here are some of their travails: When I got to the Dubrovnik, Croatia, bus station, I asked the woman who sold me my ticket to Montenegro where my bus was.…