Los Angeles Times – Page 109

How often should you water your plants? When in doubt, check the soil

March 9, 2020 at 12:22 p.m.

When it comes to watering plants, the best advice is simple: Water infrequently but deeply, and let the soil be your guide. Some plants have greater water needs than others....

DESERT CENTER CA JUNE 21, 2017 - A view of old Eagle Mountain mining plant, town, and solar power plant in distant. The Eagle Crest Energy Co. wants to build a hydro power project on the site of the long closed Eagle Mountain iron mine next to Joshua Tree National Park. The project would circulate water between two large mining pits to generate electricity during periods of peak demand and feed it into the Southern California grid.

Environmental disaster or key to a clean energy future? A new twist on hydropower

March 9, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Calif. — Steve Lowe gazed into a gaping pit in the heart of the California desert, careful not to let the blistering wind send him toppling over the...

LOS ANGELES, CA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 - Bath tub rings show the low water levels at Castaic Lake. Castaic Lake is the end of the West Branch of the State Water Project, which transports Northern California water supplies to Southern California. Due to the drought, the state has slashed project deliveries, lowering the level of the reservoir and exposing shoreline.

Environmental disaster or key to a clean energy future? A new twist on hydropower

March 9, 2020 at 11:36 a.m.

Across the country, companies are scrambling to build facilities to complement solar and wind farms.

The Bengals are moving on from Andy Dalton, and the Heisman-winning Burrow is coming off a 5,671-yard, 60-touchdown season.

Sam Farmer’s full first-round mock draft

April 17, 2020 at 2:22 p.m.

2020 NFL mock draft.

You've likely already figured out how to banish single-use plastic water bottles, bags, straws and produce bags by shopping with your own reusable bags and refilling water bottles rather than buying single-serve items. Step it up by bringing your own containers for takeout food and leftovers.

10 steps to take to start becoming plastic-free

March 9, 2020 at 10:46 a.m.

Given how many plastic products we buy every day, it's hard to think about cutting plastic out of your life. A few years ago, the Guardian reported that people around...

Amid growing coronavirus concerns, residents are torn over Coachella festival coming to their California town

March 8, 2020 at 8:38 a.m.

At the Empire Polo Club in Indio, six weeks before the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is set to kick off, the peaked white tents are going up across...

Chris Erskine: Giving a daughter away at her wedding? Hardly. It costs a fortune

March 6, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

My baby sister visited the other day and tossed all our dead plants. The nerve, right? It wasn't as though they'd been dead long, only a year. Most prominent was...

Paramedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong's first coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan. 22, 2020.

Coronavirus could inflict biggest blow to travel industry since Great Recession

March 6, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

For the last decade, the U.S. travel industry has been enjoying an unusually long stretch of growing demand, pushed by a strong economy and relatively cheap jet fuel. But the...

Tom Holland, left, Chris Pratt attend the world premiere of "Onward" at the El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Chris Pratt and Tom Holland on their brotherly bond in Pixar’s ‘Onward’ and navigating Marvel stardom

March 6, 2020 at 12:46 p.m.

It's Valentine's Day in Los Angeles, and Chris Pratt and Tom Holland are feeling the love. Though there's a significant age gap between the 40-year-old Pratt and the 23-year-old Holland,...

‘Hot Rats’ at 50: How Frank Zappa busted up his band, moved to L.A. and helped invent jazz-rock

March 6, 2020 at 8:57 a.m.

America in 1969 was nearly as weird as it is today. A seemingly endless war in Southeast Asia, the horrific assassinations of political progressives and creepy Richard Nixon's presidency cast...

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