“Don’t go on a roller-coaster.” Those words hit Abby Crain hard. For the last seven years, the 28-year-old North Carolina native has taken celebrities and other VIPs on tours of Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Riding roller-coasters is one of her most cherished perks of the job. “For me, roller-coasters is not just amusement,” she said….
It was one of those digital town hall chats on social media, and the subject was one that impacts almost every neighborhood in Los Angeles — homelessness. The conversation, by residents of Eagle Rock, Highland Park and southwest Pasadena, was fueled by a story my colleague Gale Holland wrote. She…
A recent vote on the way legislation can be tabled in Sacramento has some lawmakers crying foul. In December, the Assembly clarified its rules, allowing committee chairs to use individual discretion when deciding which bills will get hearings and which bills don’t. Previously, all bills were given at least a committee hearing date, which, in…
Just 51% of Southern California households can comfortably buy an entry-level home — and they’d need to earn at least $70,090 annually, according to a California Association of Realtors first-time buyer financing index. The association measures buying conditions for a hypothetical first-time house hunter with an index that assumes more generous borrowing terms than “traditional”…
Palos Verdes High School principal and staff will be meeting with students Wednesday after a “promposal” sparked outrage after a photograph surfaced showing a racial slur highlighted in the message on a poster board. “Today I will be meeting with all students, class by class,” said Principal Allan Tyner in a statement. “We will review…
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ longtime manager, Larry Rudolph, said in remarks reported Wednesday that his client is not physically, mentally and attitudinally fit to resume performing in Las Vegas and perhaps will never be. Larry Rudolph told the celebrity news website TMZ.com: “As the person who guides her career — based on the information…
One-way traffic control in both directions began on Carbon Canyon Road in Chino Hills Wednesday morning, after a temporary closure caused by road-repair crews striking a gas line Monday night, Caltrans authorities said. One way traffic control has begun on SR 142 in both directions. Use alternate routes if possible to avoid delays #caltrans8 —…
Three years ago, over Memorial Day weekend, Camille Chavez was hanging with a friend in a bar in Avila Beach, the tiny seaside town on the Central Coast. Nearby, Avila Beach’s fifth annual Tequila Festival was winding down. Chavez, a high school special education teacher in Santa Maria, is not…
When I first came to Los Angeles 22 years ago, I thought it would be a temporary gig. I was the West Coast national writer for an East Coast newspaper, and I arrived with a New Yorker’s standard suitcase-full of cliched notions about my new home. I was expecting it to be shallow and crass….
John Denver performs at a sold-out concert at the Forum in Inglewood.
