Rams receiver Brandin Cooks seeks $5.8 million for Hidden Hills home turf
On a scenic perch in Hidden Hills, Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks is fielding offers for his modern home. The recently renovated digs have come on the market for $5.8 million, according to the Multiple Listing Service. It’ll be a short stay for the former All-American, who bought the place for $5.45 million last year…
MedMen cuts 190 jobs, sells assets as pot firms come down off an expansion high
Cash-strapped MedMen Enterprises Inc. is laying off more than 190 employees, including 20% of its corporate workforce. The move is part of a broader corporate restructuring, with the Culver City, Calif.-based pot company targeting positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by the end of 2020. MedMen will also divest noncore assets, including the…
For Disney kid Paxton Booth, home is where the Hot Wheels are | My Favorite Room
1/5 Actor Paxton Booth plays Ollie Wrather on the Disney Channel series “Coop & Cami Ask the World.” Paxton’s bedroom in his parents’ Ventura home houses all the things he loves. (Jesse Goddard / For The Times) 2/5 The bedroom features a mash-up of colors: a red dresser, a fuchsia rug, purple bedding. (Jesse Goddard…
Used stuff is the next big trend in Christmas shopping
This holiday season, most of the Christmas presents Akil McLeod buys for his family members already will have belonged to someone else. It’s a shopping habit that McLeod, who turns 30 on Christmas Day, has been practicing for nearly a decade. Last year he gave his wife a green leather jacket that he bought at…
How ComplexCon wrapped allure, streetwear and 'something new' into one festival
The hype beasts were waiting. Dressed in tie-dyed T-shirts and oversized carpenter pants, in printed hoodies and voluminous shorts, wearing Air Jordan 1s and with arms heavily tattooed, they waited. It was just before 8 a.m. on a cool morning in early November and members of the crowd stood, slumped, leaned or splayed themselves on…
Andy Garcia joins friends, cast members at 'Key Largo' opening-night party
In a conversation with Andy Garcia at the after-party for “Key Largo,” the Oscar-nominated actor spoke of the usual Hollywood struggles to launch new projects. However, this project was different. He was given “an easy ‘yes’” about working on the adapted stage play. “Sometimes people don’t realize how difficult it is to get projects made,”…
Defense Secretary Esper says South Korea should pay more for U.S. troops
SEOUL — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday pressed Washington’s case that longtime ally South Korea must pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on its soil. “This is a very strong alliance we have, but Korea is a wealthy country and could and should pay more to help offset the cost…
Ousted leader Evo Morales wants United Nations mediation in Bolivia
MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political crisis following his ouster as president in what he called a coup d’etat that forced him into exile in Mexico. Morales said in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday in Mexico City…
Texas appeals court blocks inmate Rodney Reed’s execution
HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubt about his guilt. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons…
Vatican youth seminary scandal grows with new abuse claims
VATICAN CITY — A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls. Le Iene, an Italian investigative television program, plans to air the new allegations Sunday; the show provided the broadcast to the Associated…