Los Angeles Times – Page 39

COVID home improvement comes to California’s most famous mansion

October 28, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

As California wages a seesaw battle against the coronavirus, the Hearst Castle's keepers confront the challenge of reopening a historic site that depends on bus transportation and has no air...

Bicyclists and motorists on San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood.

Kamala Harris’ LA neighborhood of Brentwood feels less insulated after a year of turbulence

October 28, 2020 at 12:11 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — The constellation of neighborhoods and smaller cities that constitute what Americans think of as Los Angeles brings to mind lots of competing reference points: towering palms and...

Homes, some of them palatial in size, fill Mandeville Canyon, a section of Brentwood where Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris lives.

Kamala Harris’ LA neighborhood of Brentwood feels less insulated after a year of turbulence

October 28, 2020 at 12:07 p.m.

This once low-key island of privilege isn't as isolated as it used to be. In the year and a half since Harris launched a bid for her party's presidential nomination,...

What if a state can’t agree which presidential candidate won? It’s happened before and voters don’t necessarily get the final word.

October 28, 2020 at 7:34 a.m.

Imagine this scenario: It's been weeks since Election Day, and in one state, it's not clear which presidential candidate won. In an initial count, the Democrat won by roughly 100...

This image released by NBC shows Sterling K. Brown in a scene from "This Is Us." Season five debuts Tuesday and will address the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. (NBC via AP)

‘This Is Us’ already had its new season mapped out. But 2020 had other plans

October 27, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.

When "This Is Us," NBC's time-shifting, twist-savvy family drama, wrapped production on its fourth season in mid-March, the show's writers had already planned and outlined the first six episodes of...

Batwoman’s redesigned new Batsuit makes it clear she’s a Black woman

October 27, 2020 at 9:45 a.m.

The new Batwoman has a new Batsuit! First-look images of the redesigned superhero costume that will be worn by Javicia Leslie's Ryan Wilder in "Batwoman" were released Monday, complete with...

The official Halloween candy power rankings

October 27, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Halloween, like goodness, happiness and truth, is largely canceled this year, which I can only describe as a full-to-bursting septic tank that has been emptied in your living room, filled...

Review: Trump mime Sarah Cooper goes for a 2020 dark mood in her first Netflix special

October 27, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

Sarah Cooper, who got famous this year lip-syncing audio of President Trump on TikTok and Twitter, has been anointed with a television special, "Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine," which premiered Tuesday...

A motorist traveling along Vanalden Ave. in Porter Ranch waves to Charles Dirks, 81, as Dirks congratulates the driver for wearing a facial covering to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. Dirks, a retired political science professor, tries to get the attention of every person he sees during his twice daily walks near his home in Porter Ranch, congratulating those that wear protective facial covering and berating those that don't.

Column: This ‘mask cop’ is 81 and loud

October 26, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — I presumed he was a crotchety old man with racist tendencies, after he berated me publicly for not wearing a mask as I strolled along a quiet...

Maria Bakalova and Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm."

5 things to know about Maria Bakalova, the ‘Borat’ star from that Giuliani scene

October 26, 2020 at 10:10 a.m.

Sacha Baron Cohen is still effectively duping Americans into embarrassing stunts. And he does much of it in the just-released "Borat" sequel with the help of Maria Bakalova, the actress...

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