Things to do: 7 L.A., O.C. places to get you into the holiday groove
With Thanksgiving approaching, it’s time to charge into the holiday season. Fashion brands and local shopping centers want to get you in the mood as they celebrate with tree-lighting ceremonies and other festivities. Starting this week, some of your favorite Los Angeles and Orange County retailers will have holiday activities. Here are several to check…
LA Live guide: 20 things to do around Staples Center in DTLA
L.A. Live has replaced Hollywood Boulevard as the bright, bejeweled bellybutton of Los Angeles. What’s your pleasure? High-stakes basketball? Red-carpet concerts? Stunning views? This downtown destination has them all. Maybe I’m biased, but I’d say it now rivals New York’s more-celebrated Times Square for things to do, places to go, celebrities to see. I’ll go…
Garden Calendar: Botanic light shows and serious soil-prep workshops
If you have a plant-related class, garden tour or other event you’d like us to mention, email [email protected] — at least three weeks in advance — and we may include it. Send a high-resolution horizontal photo, if possible, and tell us what we’re seeing and whom to credit. Nov. 14 “Spines, Thorns, Prickles and Beyond”:…
Relax and recharge in Redondo Beach: Four Hours
A sign outside a store in Riviera Village reads: “To live in Manhattan Beach, you have to be rich. “To live in Hermosa Beach, you have to be young. “To live in Redondo Beach, you have to be lucky.” Who can argue on a day like this, sunny and 69 degrees in November? This beachside…
Israel says it has completed Gaza airstrikes
GAZA CITY — Israel said early Friday it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza after overnight rocket fire rattled a day-old truce. The Palestinian territory’s Hamas rulers, who kept to the sidelines of this week’s fighting, canceled the weekly protests they organize along the perimeter…
Hong Kong protesters issue demands, begin leaving university
TOKYO — Many of the protesters who had barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university this week began to leave Friday after temporarily clearing a road they had blocked and demanding that the government commit to going ahead with local elections on Nov. 24. It wasn’t immediately clear why the protesters at the Chinese University of…
Trump releases summary transcript of April call with Ukraine's president
President Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of an April congratulatory call to Ukraine’s then-President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky. It is the latest salvo in the White House struggle to blunt Democrats’ contention that Trump abused the power of the presidency. The focus of the Democratic-led House impeachment inquiry has been on another call between Trump…
Thousands Mobilize in France Against 'Headlong Rush into Authoritarianism'
Thousands of people in Paris and other French cities hit the streets on Saturday to protest the controversial state of emergency that one organization says is an indication of a “headlong rush into authoritarianism.” The measure, imposed following the November attacks in Paris, is set to expire February 26. Debate in the bicameral parliament is…
Raikkonen admits season isn’t unfolding ‘according to plan’
A candid Kimi Raikkonen admits that Alfa Romeo’s season has so far fallen short of expectations, with the Swiss outfit sitting just ahead of Williams in the constructors’ standings. Raikkonen delivered points to Alfa in the first four races of 2019, but the Finn was nowhere near scoring a top-ten finish in Barcelona and Monaco.…
A Cemetery of Life Vests But Not Lives
Unlike islands elsewhere, Lesbos discards thousands of life vests every day. They litter its eastern and northern shores, coloring the beaches or floating aimlessly on the azure waters. For months now, they have been routinely collected by municipal workers and volunteers and unceremoniously discarded in a municipal dumpsite near the town of Molyvos. Each life…