One plane, two cars, 770 miles and six hours – all to get to work and back daily. Curt von Badinski, a mechanical engineer and co-founder of a San Francisco-based tech company, has a six-hour daily commute from Los Angeles – most of it by plane. Five days a week, he rises at 05:00 for … Read more
After more than a decade apart, the Pastrana family on Saturday finally got to embrace during a special event allowing nearly 200 families separated by the US-Mexico border to spend three minutes together. The meeting took place in the middle of the murky Rio Grande — which divides the Mexican city Ciudad Juarez and El … Read more
A lumbering canine with deep-set wrinkles and a gas problem, Martha the Mastiff is no beauty queen — but as the newly crowned World’s Ugliest Dog, she is still a winner. While images of cute dogs regularly make the social media rounds, this weekend pooches with more unusual features got their moment to shine at … Read more
An alert issued Wednesday about a major earthquake off the coast of California turned out — thankfully — to be the result of a computer glitch related to a 1925 tremor. The false alarm came from the US Geological Survey, which sent out an email to newsrooms saying that a magnitude 6.8 quake had taken … Read more
Los Angeles Olympic bid officials insisted on Wednesday they remain focused on 2024, despite a Wall Street Journal report of a looming deal that would see them host the 2028 Games with Paris given 2024. “While the IOC is reviewing its bid process, we remain focused on the 2024 Games,” LA 2024 said in a … Read more
A massive rockslide has buried a stretch of California’s iconic seaside Highway 1 which had already been hit by a number of road closures caused by severe winter storms, state transportation officials said Tuesday. The slide on one of America’s most picturesque highways took place on Saturday morning in a remote and largely uninhabited area … Read more
The Grammys will move next year from Los Angeles to New York to mark the 60th edition of the music industry’s premier awards, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday. The Grammys will take place on January 28 at the iconic Madison Square Garden after 14 years at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The move follows … Read more
Most 19-year-olds are either living in less-than-glamorous college dorms or still stuck in their parents’ houses until they can afford to move out. But Kylie Jenner isn’t most teenagers. The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star, who also has an eponymous makeup line, has bought her third home and the second one in Los Angeles’ … Read more
More than 100 iPhones have been found in a single backpack after people at the Coachella music festival in California tracked their missing handsets, local police have said. Revellers had used the Find My iPhone app, which shows the location of a linked phone on laptops or other devices, Indio Police said. And a suspect … Read more
Police said a man fatally shot three people Tuesday in Fresno, California, in less than two minutes in what authorities are calling a hate crime. The three victims were white, and apparently chosen at random, police said. The suspect, Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, is black, police said. Muhammad had posted on social media a dislike … Read more
More than 100 iPhones have been found in a single backpack after people at the Coachella music festival in California tracked their missing handsets, local police have said. Revellers had used the Find My iPhone app, which shows the location of a linked phone on laptops or other devices, Indio Police said. And a suspect … Read more
At least two people have been shot in a suspected “murder-suicide” at a primary school in southern California, police say. North Park Elementary in the city of San Bernardino is on lockdown after the attack in a classroom, say officials. Two students were transported to hospital, said San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan. Police are … Read more
Gunfire erupted in an elementary school classroom in the California city of San Bernardino on Monday in what police said they believe to be a case of “murder-suicide” resulting in four “victims.” “Preliminary info is 4 victims, being treated,” city police chief Jarrod Burguan said on Twitter. “We believe this to be a murder suicide. … Read more
Once a bleak neighborhood of deserted streets and half-empty office buildings, downtown Los Angeles is experiencing a stunning revival as restaurants, businesses and new residents pour into the city. From luxury lofts and hotels to trendy bars and cutting-edge art galleries, the area is getting a new lease on life and casting a shadow over … Read more
If you see a guy on a bicycle riding around Richmond in the middle of the night, dropping off dreams on people’s doorsteps, don’t be alarmed. And Mathias Svalina, 41, is the dream deliveryman. Svalina is a poet who’s returning to Richmond to deliver dreams by hand in the middle of the night. The dreams … Read more
American athletics legend Michael Johnson said Tuesday that Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympics comes with “very little risk” and has great support among the residents of the city. The battle for the Games is hotting up and has come down to a straight fight between Los Angeles and Paris, with a decision due … Read more
Violence broke out at a pro-Donald Trump rally in southern California on Saturday when a masked man pepper-sprayed the female organizer before demonstrators tackled him to the ground. Video posted on Facebook from the fracas at Bolsa Chica State Beach, near Los Angeles, shows a man punching the assailant before being pulled away as the … Read more
A house clad in mirrors pops out of the California desert. It blends into the landscape, reflecting a kaleidoscope of the urban grid and arid valley of Palm Springs — to the delight of photographers and selfie-seekers. This is Doug Aitken’s “Mirage,” one of the showstoppers of Desert X, an exhibition of 16 site-specific monumental … Read more
Los Angeles Olympic bid organisers on Tuesday reiterated that officials remained focused on staging the games in 2024. “Los Angeles is the right city at this critical time for the Olympic Movement and is only bidding for 2024,” a statement from LA 2024 said. “With all permanent venues already built and 88% public support, only … Read more
A series of storms that pounded California this winter have forced the shutdown of the state’s iconic coastal highway in several areas, spelling economic disaster for the region that relies heavily on tourism. The closures along Highway 1, one of America’s most picturesque roads, came after heavy downpours led to a number of mudslides and … Read more