LAPD officer pleads not guilty to touching dead woman's breast
A Los Angeles police officer who allegedly touched a dead woman’s breast while he was on duty last fall pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony count. David Rojas, 27, could face up to three years in state prison if convicted of having sexual contact with human remains without authority. Rojas, who is free on…
Taxi drivers picket at LAX, asking city officials to reinstate curbside pickups
Hundreds of taxi drivers held a one-day strike Monday at Los Angeles International Airport, demanding that city officials reinstate curbside passenger pickups at the nation’s second-busiest airport. More than 200 drivers wearing their laminated city credentials marched around the 1.5-mile horseshoe in the central terminal area, holding signs and chanting: “What do we want? Curbside!…
Leslie the gorilla treated for cataract in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A team of eye experts has operated on an unusual patient — a gorilla. A cataract was removed on Dec. 10 from the left eye of a 3-year-old western lowland gorilla who lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the park announced Monday. The gorilla, named Leslie, was given a muscle blocker…
The last days of 'Schitt's Creek' will absolutely wreck you
ORANGEVILLE, Canada — To get to the Rosebud Motel, proprietors Johnny Rose and Stevie Budd, you drive northwest from Toronto for an hour, through fields of suburban McMansions, flat farmland giving way to rolling hills sheltering country estates with names like Windwood. At a certain point you turn right, climb a hill and round a…
'Crazy Rich Asians' director has the sweetest reaction to Awkwafina's Globes win
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'The 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles': Bong Joon Ho rightly calls out Hollywood myopia
Since the best film nominated at the Golden Globes this year was a Korean film, it was only fitting that some of the event’s most resonant words were spoken in Korean. “Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” said “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho…
Song Kang Ho finds his 'Parasite' dad symbolic of those suffering in the class divide
If anybody passed out Movie Father of the Year awards, Song Kang Ho’s performance as the shifty Kim family patriarch in “Parasite” would surely earn a nod. As it is, Song has created a big-screen dad for the ages in South Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho’s comedy/drama/satire/thriller/bloodbath. The Oscar-shortlisted Golden Globe winner marks Song’s fourth…
What's on TV Tuesday: 'black-ish' on ABC
SERIES NCIS Gibbs (Mark Harmon) must face the consequences for helping Ziva (Cote de Pablo). David McCallum also stars in this new episode. 8 p.m. CBS Ellen’s Game of Games The game show returns with two new episodes. 8 and 9 p.m. NBC Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time Former champions James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings…
That time Julia Child ate at In-N-Out? Learn more at Santa Barbara culinary fest
The late Julia Child was a big fan of In-N-Out Burger. Jamie West, executive chef at the Montecito Club in Santa Barbara California, said he stopped at the fast-food chain more than once during a road trip with the grande dame of cooking. “On the way up the coast, we ate In-N-Out burgers in the…
As milk consumption falls, Borden Dairy Co. files for bankruptcy protection
Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy protection, the second major U.S. dairy to do so in two months. Borden produces nearly 500 million gallons of milk each year for groceries, schools and others. It employs 3,300 people and runs 12 plants across the U.S. American refrigerators are increasingly stocked with juice, soda and milk substitutes…