Tributes offered to rescue worker who died in Mt. Baldy fall while seeking missing hiker
Tributes continued to pour in Sunday for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department search and rescue team volunteer who died on the treacherous slopes of Mt. Baldy while taking part in a massive search for a missing hiker. Tim Staples, 32, a social science and English teacher at Damien High School in La Verne, was…
Newsletter: Democratic debate in L.A., maybe, and more in the week ahead
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Dec. 16, and here’s a quick look at the week ahead: Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter On Monday, the “Hollywood Black List” — an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays in town, as voted for by more than 250 studio executives —…
Newsletter: What is California's top criminal law challenge?
She could have picked any number of issues to call California’s most pressing criminal law issue. After all, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye laid out so many concerns during her presentation to a public policy conference in Sacramento last week, from the future of cash bail to adequate funding for the courts and beyond. But Cantil-Sakauye,…
Amber Alert: Man flees with 2-year-old daughter after stabbing girlfriend, police say
Authorities issued an Amber Alert early Monday after they said a man stabbed his girlfriend and fled with their 2-year-old daughter. The attack took place about 10 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of South 11th Street in San Jose, according to a news release from the San Jose Police Department. Officers responded to a…
Anna Karina, French New Wave cinema star and muse to Jean-Luc Godard, dies at 79
Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was 79. The French culture minister announced her death on Twitter on Sunday. French media said that the Danish-born Karina had cancer and died Saturday. “Her look was…
Review: ‘Quezon's Game,’ a stiff retelling of Philippines leader's World War II-era feat
“Quezon’s Game” may be inspired by true events, but it proves under-inspired in its recounting of how, just before World War II, then-president of the Philippines Manuel Quezon battled critics and anti-Semitic forces to provide refuge for European Jews facing Nazi persecution when the United States and other countries had closed their doors to them.…
What's on TV Monday: 'Good Trouble' on Freeform
Click Here: Malaysia Rugby Shop SERIES The Neighborhood When the Johnsons’ Christmas present for Grover (Hank Greenspan) is stolen, Calvin and Dave (Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield) team up to recover the gift in time for the holiday. Also Tina (Tichina Arnold) tries to get into the Christmas spirit by reviving traditions from when Malcolm…
The writers saw Fred Rogers as an 'emotional archeologist.' They unearthed 'A Beautiful Day'
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” began when Noah was trying to parent his extremely stubborn 2-year-old. One day, in desperation, he pulled up a YouTube clip of Fred Rogers. His daughter turned to the screen and was transfixed — listening to Mister Rogers more intently than she had ever, and would ever, listen to…
Boeing considers cutting production of 737 Max, report says
SEATTLE — Boeing may cut production of the grounded 737 Max jet or temporarily stop making it after being told that its timetable for a return to the skies was not realistic, according to a published report Sunday. The Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing’s board would consider the moves at a meeting that began Sunday…
Onetime Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander ups his price in La Jolla
Former Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has put his La Jolla beach home back on the market at $17.75 million. That’s up from the $16.4 million he was asking in 2017. Two years before that, the billionaire had the property for sale at $15.9 million. The imposing three-story contemporary, built in 2002, overlooks 50 feet…