Miller Sanford The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban cellphones in classrooms starting in January. The only question is how exactly they’ll implement the ban. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images) At Venice High School’s recent Back to School night, I was impressed that so many classrooms had signs forbidding students to use their cellphones. But how, … Read more
Sallie Reeves inspects damage to her house, which is sliding in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Tom Keefer can only describe the last few weeks in their Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood as a nightmare. Cut off from vital utilities for more than a month while living … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Las Vegas in August. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Kamala Harris already has stolen one idea from Donald Trump. Now she should pilfer another, helping middle-class families in California and other high-tax states. Forget pride of authorship. If an idea is good politics — maybe … Read more
Michael Esposito, 35, recorded “hundreds” of nude videos of Colombia native Kelly Andrade, 25, then tried to break down her door as she cowered in fear after finding a hidden camera in her bedroom, according to a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit. Provided by Derek Smith Law Grou A Manhattan jury has awarded $2.78 million to … Read more
This could be the weirdest Heinz collab yet (Picture: Heinz/Walkers/Getty) The famed condiment brand is joining forces with the cult crisps in a collaboration that just seems incredibly weird, just in time for spooky season. Ahead of Halloween next month, Heinz’s limited-edition Scarily Good Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo is set to hit shelves. … Read more
Comedian Joshua Meyrowitz performs recently at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, during a comedy show that aimed to be inclusive for neurodivergent people. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Joshua Meyrowitz stepped up to the stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and announced himself to the crowd as “your fellow autistic,” spurring whoops and … Read more
Where have all the orange groves gone? Detroit has cars. Chicago has slaughterhouses. New Orleans has jazz. We have orange groves. Had. For a hundred years, the Bothwell family’s orange grove in Tarzana stood at about a hundred acres. Now only 14 acres remain, the last surviving commercial citrus grove in the San Fernando Valley, … Read more
Wildfires can release more energy than an atomic bomb. No wonder they look apocalyptic The first full weekend of September, with the Line fire 20,000 acres in size and only 3% contained, a resident of San Bernardino County described the sky as looking “exactly like a nuclear warhead had been set off.” On a basic … Read more
Mainly sunny skies with the wind becoming east at 20 km/h in the morning. Environment Canada is forecasting mainly sunny skies with a high of 25.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette Mainly sunny skies with the wind becoming east at 20 km/h in the morning. Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 25 with the … Read more
Running for president the first time, Kamala Harris staked a number of positions aimed at boosting her support on the left. Now she has to defend those positions as Harris bids a second time for the White House. (AFP via Getty Images) When Kamala Harris stepped in to replace the tottering Joe Biden atop the … Read more
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