Which is the best Langer’s pastrami sandwich? The L.A. Times Food team shares their favorites. From left: plain pastrami, the No. 44 and the No. 19. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Norm Langer doesn’t have any favorites. Serving what many have called the country’s best pastrami sandwiches — and even “the finest hot pastrami … Read more
UC Irvine investigators determined that biology professor Bruce Blumberg violated the university’s policy against sexual harassment and “created a hostile academic and work environment.” (UC Irvine) UC Irvine professor Bruce Blumberg sat down at a quiet cafe and began composing a message. He’d arrived in Spain a few days ahead of an international conference, along … Read more
In little more than a year, a once-obscure South American street gang has taken hold in the Big Apple, exploiting the migrant crisis to build a violent criminal enterprise from within the walls of city shelters. Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-bred crew of thugs, now terrorize Gotham with gun-toting, moped-riding hoods, sell illegal guns under … Read more
The San Diego Symphony’s renovated Jacobs Music Center, with new seats, acoustic panels and lighting to highlight the original architectural details, debuts in late September. (Richard Barnes / San Diego Symphony) When concert halls around the country shuttered their doors and gulped with anxiety about the pandemic future — this was March 2020, not that … Read more
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook to prop up a regime in Albany that is making us less safe,” Molinaro wrote in a statement to The Post. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Federal officials would bypass states like New York that have policies viewed as soft on crime and give law enforcement funding directly … Read more
Parents Aubrianna Freeman, 22, and Dakota Dodd, 24 have been arrested for child neglect (Picture: Oklahoma County Detention Center) Three young children – two of them covered in faeces and left for several hours in a locked room – were rescued from a flat so filthy police had to wear hazmat suits. Parents Parents Aubrianna … Read more
Then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks to the media in March 2020. (Nick Agro / For The Times) A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by former Sheriff Alex Villanueva against Los Angeles County over a “Do Not Rehire” notation that was placed in his personnel file after an oversight panel said he discriminated against and … Read more
People have been stranded overnight in their vehicles (Picture: AFP) Heavy snowfall has swept over South Africa as the world braces for further wild weather conditions and devastating floods. More than 20 people have been killed in Central Europe after historic floods continue to ravage parts of Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. Thousands … Read more
1 Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, subjects of the new Netflix documentary “Will & Harper.” (Raul Romo / For The Times) TORONTO — Will Ferrell is building up a head of steam. Seated in the nondescript hotel conference room that’s been seized for our interview — a setting that lends our conversation the air of … Read more
Kelly Andrade was disgusted to find she was secretly being filmed (Pictures: Derek Smith Law Group) Kelly Andrade, 25, sued 35-year-old Michael Esposito for allegedly filming her while she lived with him and his family in New York’s Staten Island. The dad-of-four was arrested after she claimed he tried to break her door down when … Read more
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