Review: Dudamel channels American cowboys, indigenous Mexicans, ethnic groups of South America
Neither in his native Spanish nor in the English in which he has become fluent during his decade as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic does Gustavo Dudamel accept the singular “America” into his vocabulary. There is only Américas or Americas. For this Venezuelan conductor, we are, from the Canadian Yukon to the southernmost…
What's on TV Saturday: "The Banana Splits Movie" on Syfy
Click Here: creed perfume sale SERIES Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow explore their family histories and the generations preceding their famous film industry families in the season finale. 6 p.m. KOCE Crikey! It’s the Irwins In a new season of the documentary series, Terri, Bindi…
An eclectic timeline of notable Shepard Smith moments
Shepard Smith is stepping down from his long-held position at Fox News, where his nonpartisan voice stood out on the conservative-leaning channel. Smith reported on some of the buzziest stories of the last 23 years, from O.J. Simpson’s civil trial to the Florida recount to President Trump doubling down on his Alabama error as Hurricane…
Can't get to ‘Downton' castle? These will satisfy your manor cravings
If the “Downton Abbey” movie reignited your love of elegance and grandeur, how about a regal experience at a grand hotel steeped in history? Here are four places that have that touch of class. Oakland/Berkeley Perched in the Oakland Hills with views of San Francisco Bay, the original building on what is now the grounds…
Day of the Dead meets the Tequila Train in this Mexican city
The town of Tequila, Mexico, may not have the biggest or the showiest or the most popular Day of the Dead displays, but it does offer a chance to double down on its cultural history — and its spirits. Travelers who stay overnight can learn about the traditional November holiday dedicated to lost loved ones…
GM strike hits broader economy, skewing recession-forecast data
As a result of the General Motors strike, more than 100 of the auto maker’s suppliers have laid off as many as 12,000 of their own workers, according to an industry trade group. The largest U.S. labor strike in a decade is starting to ripple through the nation’s economy, with the potential to weaken data…
Federal Reserve to buy $60 billion of Treasury bills per month
The Federal Reserve is poised to begin at least a six-month operation to buy about $60 billion of Treasury bills per month, as the central bank seeks to ease cash shortages that caused a recent spike in the overnight cost of borrowing. The announcement on Friday sent three-month bill yields sharply lower, dropping from a…
Regulators were in the dark on Boeing 737 Max design changes, experts find
U.S. aviation regulators assessing Boeing Co.’s 737 Max sometimes didn’t follow their own rules, used out-of-date procedures and lacked the resources and expertise to fully vet the design changes implicated in two fatal crashes, a review panel composed of global aviation experts has concluded. The Federal Aviation Administration, which approved the design of the jet…
Activision Blizzard cuts punishment for gamer who supported Hong Kong protests
Activision Blizzard Inc., facing the threat of a boycott, reduced the punishment it meted out to a tournament player who voiced support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators. The company’s Blizzard Entertainment division originally barred the player from events for a year and stripped him of some $10,000 in prize money. But it said at the…
These 2019 NBA Tip-Off hats might be the weirdest thing you ever put on your head
New Era released its 2019 NBA Tip-Off Series collection this week, and, man, those hats are really … um … Well, how exactly do you describe a regular-sized cap that features the team and city names — sometimes in full and sometimes only a portion — four times each, in various sizes and directions, as…