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A pedestrian was killed early Saturday morning In Laguna Beach after being struck by a car. The crash occurred at 2:47 a.m. in the 700 block of Coast Highway after a witness called 9-1-1 to report a man lying in the street, said Laguna Beach police Lt. Cornelius Ashton. The pedestrian was outside a nearby…
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I flip through a lot of home design books in this job. Frankly, most run together. Betsy Wentz’s “Design Happy ─ Colorful Homes for the Modern Family” (available Feb. 21, Gibbs Smith Publishing) stands out as the exception. All the interiors featured in the book’s photo-filled 224 pages jump out for their bright, unapologetic use…
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Lucie Arnaz is returning to the Village for a third time due to audience demand. The longtime entertainer will take the stage at the Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Arnaz will present her touring show “I Got the Job! Songs from My Musical Past,” a collection of songs and music…
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First-year head UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald has a printed-out graphic tacked to her office bulletin board – a word cloud in the shape of a Bruin bear head. Before the start of the season, McDonald asked each gymnast to think of a word that describes what they want the team to be in a…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Winning matches at the Australian Open does not give Novak Djokovic all that much trouble. He has a 27-match unbeaten run, the longest at the place in the 55-year Open era. And now Djokovic needs just one more victory, against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final, to collect what would be a record-extending…
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Joe Alexander has retold and relived his story of Holocaust survival many, many times over the decades with the hope, he said, that continuing the education of young people removed by the passing years from the nightmare others did not survive will prevent such genocide from being repeated. “People need to understand what happened,” said…
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At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Beverly Crest early Saturday morning. The shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m. on the 2700 block of Ellison Drive near Benedict Canyon. The multimillion-dollar home where a gathering took place was a “short term” rental, police said. Of the seven…
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1. You can plant Swiss chard throughout the year. Its seeds, like those of closely related beets (they are varieties of the same species, Beta vulgaris), are formed in clusters, up to four seeds per cluster. Soak clusters for 15 minutes in warm water prior to planting in a full to partial-sun location. Swiss chard…
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Every now and then, I am reminded that the quirky things I take for granted when I am alone might seem strange to others. “I don’t think the omelet needs any more cheese,“ my friend, an excellent cook, offered as she observed the slice of Munster I was holding. “This is the last slice. I…
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Chocolate is one of my four basic food groups, so I had high expectations when I sat down to taste the menu at the new Willy Wonka-like Toothsome chocolate factory at Universal CityWalk. The new Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen debuted on Friday, Jan. 27 in the outdoor shopping mall next door to…
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