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Best fall hikes in California to see changing colors
Let me start with some expectation setting. There are many trails in L.A. that can give you small bursts of autumn color, for instance, in the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains. But if you’re looking for some epic, sweeping vistas filled with brilliant foliage that screams “fall,” you’re going to have to hop in …
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Surveillance footage shows abduction of still missing Merced family
Surveillance footage released by the Merced County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday showed the armed kidnapping of a family of four — who are still missing two days after their abduction. Authorities continued their desperate search Wednesday for 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri; her mother, Jasleen Kaur, 27; her father, Jasdeep Singh, 36; and her uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39, …
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‘Bros’ movie box office: It’s OK to let gay art bomb
I didn’t want to write this piece. I didn’t want to diminish “the first major studio movie written by and starring a gay man” or spoil its Rotten Tomatoes score or dance on the grave of its box-office prospects. I certainly didn’t want to attack the star of “Billy on the Street” and “Difficult People,” …
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‘Utopian black tie’, silver sequins: Inside Orange County Museum of Art’s lavish gala
There are museum galas that call for cocktail attire. And those requesting guests arrive in black tie formalwear. And then there is “utopian black tie.” Such was the case at the Orange County Museum of Art gala Saturday night, which requested its nearly 400 guests arrive clad in utopian black tie. The dress code appropriately …
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Will Santa Ana streetcar fast track gentrification?
Behind Yohana Rojas’ apartment near downtown Santa Ana, workers are pounding away on a new streetcar line. Nearby, a 218-unit complex is going up on 4th Street, promising a “new riff on downtown living” for rents likely above $3,000 a month. Rojas’ family gets by on what her husband earns as a painter. With two …
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Alec Baldwin settles lawsuit with Halyna Hutchins’ family
Nearly a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the film set of “Rust” in an incident involving a prop gun fired by producer and actor Alec Baldwin in New Mexico, the Hutchins’ family and Baldwin have reached an undisclosed settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. As part of the settlement, filming will resume …
