By Michele Lerner, Special to The Washington Post As they began planning their future together, Ashley Brown and her fiance, Aaron Shuman, concluded that they could no longer remain in Los Angeles because it was getting much too expensive. “Our rent in L.A. was $1,500 for a tiny, 650-square-foot apartment with no amenities,” says Brown,…
Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian West are among those evacuating the Calabasas area early Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, due to the Woolsey fire’s spread into the area. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images) Kim Kardashian West and Kourtney Kardashian have fled the Calabasas area as of early Friday due to evacuations ordered in the wake of…
By DON THOMPSON and JOCELYN GECKER PARADISE, Calif. — A fast-moving wildfire that ravaged a Northern California town Thursday sent residents racing to escape on roads that turned into tunnels of fire as thick smoke darkened the daytime sky. Several thousand buildings were destroyed by flames, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection official…
The bouncer was the first to fall, shot repeatedly by a black-clad gunman who targeted Borderline Bar and Grill for unknown reasons on a night when the pub was filled with college students who only wanted to dance and drink and laugh and flirt. Matthew Curry heard the shots, four or five loud booms….
Mountains and canyons provide narrow passages that accelerate winds, which can carry embers that touch off new fires
On Nov. 11, 1918, an armistice signing marked the end of World War I. Los Angeles celebrated.
NEW YORK — Environmentalists are lauding a federal court order that blocks a Trump administration permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, pending an environmental review. The pipeline would begin in Alberta and shuttle as much as 830,000 barrels a day of crude through a half dozen states to terminals on the Gulf…
Marky Meza Jr., who worked at Borderline Bar & Grill, was among those killed during Wednesday’s mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, his family confirmed to a Santa Barbara television station. Meza, who was less than two weeks shy of his 21st birthday, was a busboy and food runner, according to KEYT. He grew up in…
Top Alcohol driver Hannes Wernhart has his qualifying run disqualified as he hits the timing blocks Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the 54th annual NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Pro qualifying begins Friday. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Funny Car points leader J.R. Todd hangs out at his pit…
Ian David Long’s behavior alarmed roommates and neighbors, and drew police to his home, but never became threatening enough for him to be taken into custody for mental health treatment. The troubled ex-Marine who stormed into a bar Wednesday night and shot 12 people to death was described as reclusive…
