People shocked as new map shows how small some countries actually are
Users on Reddit have been left baffled after seeing a map with the true size and shape of countries — including Greenland — as most…
U.S. Atty. Martin Estrada resigns, looks back at ‘labor of love’
The granite steps leading up to the old federal courthouse in downtown L.A. are sturdy and regal. But something disturbing dotted them Friday that I…
Billy Bob Thornton on ‘Landman’ finale and Season 2 hopes
Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season finale of “Landman.”Billy Bob Thornton had a hunch that his latest series, “Landman,” would strike a chord…
Crowd crush at free lunch event at Damascus mosque kills four people
Four people were killed and several others injured in an apparent crowd crush outside Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Source link
Brooke Shields tackles aging while female in a new book
On the Shelf 'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old' By Brooke ShieldsFlatiron Books: 256 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site,…
How L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger plans to help Altadena rebuild
In front of the Altadena sheriff’s station Saturday morning, Pierre Dupuy greeted L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, then broke down in her arms.“Thank you so…
‘This is your Hurricane Katrina’: Former FEMA heads describe long road ahead for L.A.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters. He knows the difference between…
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone, but there’s a familiar logic to the calamitous geography in this high-maintenance beauty of a state.Wildfires are supposed to be…
Newsom says Trump hasn’t responded to his entreaty to see fire damage
President-elect Donald Trump has not responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s invitation to tour California’s fire damage, Newsom said Saturday afternoon. Newsom sent a letter on…
‘Light My Fire’ was written in Pacific Palisades home that burned
In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single “Light My Fire” in the living room of his parents’…
Albanian ‘people smuggling gang Mr Big’ fighting deportation from UK ‘as it would breach his human rights’
AN Albanian alleged to be a people-smuggling gang’s Mr Big says he should not be deported as he does not like Belgian jails.Adriatik Hysenlika is…
L.A. faces criticism over decision to nix phone-in public comment
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, with an assist from David Zahniser.(Also, apologies for…
‘Are you OK?’ L.A. is being inundated with messages asking if we’re safe
Questions abound around the wildfires still burning their way across Los Angeles, obliterating entire neighborhoods with an unfathomable speed and ferocity. What started the fires?…
Biden still considering pardons for people Trump has threatened
WASHINGTON — President Biden says he is still considering whether to give pardons to people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking…
People are just realising they are using their boiler wrong in cold weather but it costs just £1 to fix
A SIMPLE boiler mistake could see your heating turn off this winter - but costs less than £1 to fix.Temperatures have dropped in recent weeks…
More people in late 20s still living with parents
Getty ImagesAn impression - or possibly a fear - that 20-somethings are still hanging about in the family home is based on fact, an influential…
Greenland’s leader says his people don’t want to be Americans as Trump covets territory
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Greenland’s prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory’s people don’t want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald…
Newsom invites Trump to California to see L.A. fire damage
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the…
Gary Hall Jr. loses 10 Olympic swimming medals, home in Palisades fire
Gary Hall Jr. didn’t think anything of the small, off-colored cloud he saw from inside the kitchen of his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday morning.Then he…
My neighbours didn’t want to uproot their trees so they built a fence AROUND it – the ‘idiotic’ pic has people stunned
A MAN has revealed that his neighbours didn’t want to uproot their trees, so decided to build a fence around them. Stunned by the very unique…