The ‘Deathracers’ key to staying young? Skateboarding into your 60s and beyond
Chad Rivera gingerly makes his way to the edge of what looks like an emptied out swimming pool, a lime-green skateboard in one hand, a white cane in the other. ...
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After 103 years, this L.A. prop maker finds new success freeze-drying dead pets
In a room inside a North Hollywood warehouse, dozens of pets are ready for their owners to take them home. Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his ...
Tony Lam was an original influencer in Little Saigon — and he’s still got it
The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles. He is here to participate in a ritual that he observes four ...
Markets devastated as recession fears grow over Trump tariff plan
WASHINGTON — A second day of market devastation shook Washington on Friday, vanishing more than $5 trillion in value in one of the largest 48-hour losses on record — an extraordinary rout ...
‘The only thing still left.’ Volunteers race to save Altadena’s vintage tiles from the bulldozers
The team of masons, covered in dust and sweat, had been working in the ruins of the Altadena house for hours when a shout echoed across the wreckage. Volunteer Devon ...
After decades in prison, he transformed himself into the Inland Empire’s homeboy news anchor
In prison and seemingly unable to escape a destructive cycle that began when he was a child, Ahmed Bellozo spent hours watching investigative journalism shows, educational documentaries and Huell Howser’s ...
Don’t call them ‘extras.’ For one night, Hollywood’s background actors are the real stars
Striking a distinguished look in a gray suit with coiffed white hair, Vincent Teixeira stepped up to the podium, standing in front of fellow film and TV actors who filled ...
She was one of the first Black homeowners in the Palisades. At 96, she is starting over
In the mid-1960s, Louvenia Jenkins posed a question to her mailman: Do any Black people live in Pacific Palisades? The mail carrier, a light-skinned Black man, told her there were ...
A bench from ‘Forrest Gump’ survived the Palisades fire
Good homes have good souls, just as beloved movies do. Rick Carter knows both. On Jan. 7, the renowned production designer — for “Jurassic Park,” “Avatar” and more — had ...
Their community in ashes, the Palisades Symphony finds solace in music
When Denisa Hanna opened the text and saw images of the flames and smoke of the Palisades fire advancing from the highlands, she knew she had to cancel rehearsal. She ...
