What's on TV Monday: 'Independent Lens: Made in Boise' on PBS
SERIES The Neighborhood In a new episode Dave and Tina (Max Greenfield, Tichina Arnold) attend a concert together, where they discover a common bond. Back home, Gemma (Beth Behrs) seeks help when an unwelcome visitor takes up residence in her home. Cedric the Entertainer also stars. 8 p.m. CBS The Voice Taylor Swift serves as…
Wine country is struggling to attract visitors. Fires and blackouts aren't helping
Before it burned to the ground during the 2017 wildfires, the tasting room and headquarters for the Signorello Estate winery in Napa was an ivy-covered, two-story edifice on a hillside, overlooking an expanse of oak trees and vineyards. Although a new tasting room and adjacent business offices have yet to be built, the winery has…
Actor Ralph Garman is ready to leave his role as Studio City homeowner
Actor Ralph Garman has listed his Studio City house for sale at $2.595 million. The Spanish home, built in 2007, has the requisite red-tile roof, arched doorways and wrought ironwork associated with the style. A two-story entry, a formal living room, a formal dining room and an eat-in kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a walk-in…
Pumpkins aglow at Descanso Gardens and, in O.C., mystery garden pests unmasked
Through Oct. 27“Carved,” Descanso Gardens’ new nod to Halloween, features more than 1,000 professionally carved, glowing pumpkins along a one-mile walk through the garden’s Camellia Forest and Oak Grove. The event is designed to be family friendly, with special jack-o’-lanterns — some 100-pounds-plus — carved to look like superheroes and famous movie monsters. The event…
I told my dates upfront: I'm never getting married. I'm never having kids
I’m never getting married. I’m never having kids! That was my dating mantra. I always knew I was destined to be the perpetual, quintessential bachelor, and I made no apologies for it. My house — complete with arcade-style pinball machines and video games, a Jacuzzi and a fully stocked bar — screamed: I’m single and…
Prominent Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky dies at 76
MOSCOW — Vladimir Bukovsky, a prominent Soviet-era dissident who became internationally known for exposing Soviet abuse of psychiatry, has died. He was 76. Bukovsky died of cardiac arrest on Sunday after a period of ill health in Cambridge, England, where he had settled after being deported from the Soviet Union in 1976, according to the Bukovsky…
Apples rot in Kashmir's orchards amid blockade by India
ARIHAL, India — At this time of year, the fruit and vegetable wholesale markets of Kashmir are usually packed with people and overflowing with crisp red apples, the prize harvest of this rugged agricultural region. But the markets, or mandis, stand deserted. A nearly three-month crackdown by Indian authorities has brought Kashmir’s economy to a standstill…
Syrian Kurdish forces say they killed close Baghdadi aide
BEIRUT — Syrian Kurdish forces killed the right-hand man and spokesman for the Islamic State group in a joint operation with U.S. troops in northern Syria, just hours after U.S. special forces killed the extremist group’s leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi, a Kurdish commander said Monday. The comments came a day after President Trump announced the killing…
'I'm not proud of what happened' – Tachi admits regret over Vinicius Junior 'bite'
The Atletico Madrid B captain concedes he set a bad example when a clash with the Real starlet ended in what looked like an attempted bite Atletico Madrid youngster Tachi admits he is “not proud” of his clash with Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior on Saturday, in which he appeared to try to bite the Brazilian’s…
Boateng admits to 'interesting' PSG talks but vows to give his all for Bayern
The World Cup-winning defender appeared set to make a move to France at one stage this summer, but he will now be staying at the Allianz Arena Jerome Boateng has admitted to holding “interesting” talks with Paris Saint-Germain, but has no complaints at having seen Bayern Munich block a move to France. It appeared at…