Movies
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim,’ has died at age 66. ‘Will never be another,’ his son says.
California
Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long collaboration between the developer and fire department.
Sports
The widow of L.A. sports great Tommy Hawkins barely escaped the Palisades fire, which destroyed the home she lived in with the former Lakers player and Dodgers executive before his death in 2017.
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Entertainment & Arts
Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess of its soldiers and its brawny militarism.
Times’ readers share what they lost in the Eaton and Palisades fires
Rebecca Marodi, 49, was found Monday at a residence on Rancho Villa Road in Ramona, according to a San Diego Sheriff’s Office news release.
To columnist Steve Lopez, the firing of the Los Angeles Fire Department chief looks like an act of political desperation as much as a take-charge moment by Bass.
The Palisades fire destroyed a moviemaker’s home, but not a bench seen in the classic ‘Forrest Gump.’ Forrest recounts his difficult life from a bench, so it’s fitting this one survived.