In San Bernadino, police shoot, kill a man caught lighting a brush fire--more arsonists are reported on the loose. "Some guys are thinking that it was not a good shoot, that it was not warranted." Inside Blackwater, muffled voices are skeptical of last month's shootings.
"This is a very powerful set of measures designed to send a message to Iran." U.S. locks McLuhan in the closet, imposes sanctions against Iran. After a four-day battle against the wildfires, winds in Southern Calif. subside, fires expected to abate. Insurance industry shrugs off wildfire
When her friend moves into a house whose Halloween block party draws swarms of trick-or-treaters from all over LA, our writer visits, entering a dimension where the candy corn is organic and the ghosts have SAG cards.
Scrutiny is back on Bush and his handling of natural disasters after a weak federal response to California wildfires. Long deployments and 140,000 single parents in the military mean custody battles are increasingly being fought overseas. Guardian America, Yankee cousin of the famed British paper, launched yesterday. Matthew Baldwin
While I usually try to share true and pertinent information about the bands featured here, this week I’ve scoured the web for songs I like from bands I’ve never heard of. (And please, there’s no need for any of that childish “Man, I can’t believe you
Some call Wes Anderson’s new movie, “The Darjeeling Limited,” mounting evidence of the filmmaker’s racism—others, of his inability to make a decent film.
Utter devastation in southern California; state's largest evacuation underway, though some evacuees are already returning home. L.A. Times blog tracks the developments, as does the New York Times. Burma junta tracked the protesters, and now is staging midnight raids to arrest organizers and participants. Russia struggles with
California homeowner not ready to give up via evacuation, opts to remain captain of his ship. Breaking news from the BBC: Celebrities express "fear" and "concern" when confronted with fire. Mozambique's former president wins $5 million for knowing when to call it quits. Charlotte
"The fire is everywhere in San Diego now. You don't know where you can go to escape it." Schwarzenegger, Bush call state of emergency in Southern Calif. L.A. Times' readers send in photos; the Times has a map of the fire locations here. Democrats
You’ve stocked up on bookmarks, ordered the bookplates, and now you’re ready to fill the shelves. Next time you’re shopping, pass over the fiction and pick up something with an index. The writers offer a selection.
