Lucille Ball, the leggy showgirl, model and B-grade movie queen whose pumpkin hair and genius for comedy made her an icon of television, died early Wednesday, a week after undergoing emergency heart surgery. The co-creator and star of “I Love Lucy,” a product of TV’s Golden Age that continues via syndication to be viewed by … Read more
A Los Angeles business owner has found a novel way to keep homeless people from camping near his building: playing a children’s song on an annoying loop. “They played ‘Baby Shark’ all night long,” Tracy, a woman who lives in an encampment next door to the building at the corner of West 11th and Main streets, told … Read more
When 32-year-old theoretical physicist Ron Unz decided to run for governor, even some friends tried to talk him out of it. “Politics is not the kind of thing you expect geniuses to go into,” said Eric Reyburn, who attended Harvard University with Unz. Rivko Knox, Unz’s aunt, worried that the race would be brutal. “I … Read more
John Cornelius Stennis, the mild-mannered, 84-year-old Mississippi Democrat, sat at a huge mahogany table in his spacious office and described the elixir of energy and cheer that has sustained him for almost four decades in the Senate: “Without question, my work is stimulating and rewarding,” he said. “I never wake up in the morning and … Read more
In voter initiative form, this is the “three strikes and you’re out” measure, which significantly lengthens criminal sentences. It makes no change in state law because it is word for word the same as the bill passed by the Legislature and signed into law in March by Gov. Pete Wilson. The “three strikes” law changed … Read more
To launch a collection of his luxury textiles by manufacturer Jim Thompson, designer Hutton Wilkinson opened the doors last week to Dawnridge — his Beverly Hills residence that he purchased and preserved as a living museum to the extravagant vision of legendary Hollywood decorator Tony Duquette (1914-99). Wilkinson’s fabric line, shown here at Dawnridge, includes … Read more
Police are looking for a Santa Barbara man who disappeared from the Big Bear Lake area just after midnight Friday. Tanner Prentiss, 22, was visiting Big Bear Lake over the weekend with some friends but failed to return to his rental cabin, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. Police said he was last seen … Read more
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. The oft-injured Scott Effross is no longer technically rehabbing, but his status has not truly changed as the righty will continue to pitch in the minor leagues and … Read more
Hundreds of youths descended upon a north Jersey mall Saturday night in a meet-up that was reportedly pre-planned on TikTok and led to a massive brawl. Seven minors were arrested in the chaotic melee that was spurred by TikTok posts calling for juveniles to meet up at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, New Jersey, … Read more
Tough-on-crime Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is doubling down on border crossings and vowed that criminals will now be held “fully accountable for their illegal actions.” Hochman, a Republican-turned-Independent, defeated incumbent progressive prosecutor George Gascón by a 20-point margin. Gascón was considered by many voters to be soft on crime. “I am standing at the border between LA County … Read more
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