LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart, Pharrell Williams, Nick Cannon and Minnie Driver are among the celebrities expected to pick up ladles and spatulas Wednesday to help serve Thanksgiving meals to thousands of homeless and needy individuals and families at the Los Angeles Mission. The Thanksgiving meal is an annual tradition on LA’s Skid Row, featuring…
Lake Forest again honored its heroes this week with a ribbon cutting for monuments dedicated to the five branches of the United States military. The completed monuments cap months of work to renovate the park, which also has shed its original Village Pond Park name for Veterans Park. The five branches of the military are…
How do you prepare a Thanksgiving meal for up to 15,000 people? Well, you start with 600 turkeys, 3,000 pounds of potatoes, 1,500 pounds of mixed vegetables, 75 pounds of onions, a pallet of bread, 180 pounds of butter and 6,000 pumpkin and Dutch apple pies. At least, that’s how you do it if you’re…
By AYA BATRAWY and ANGELA CHARLTON DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Interpol elected a South Korean as the organization’s president on Wednesday, edging out a veteran of Russia’s security services who was strongly opposed by the United States, Britain and other European nations. Kim Jong Yang’s surprise election was seen as a victory for the…
The cadaver dog alerted to a corner of the charred metal frame, what probably was once the kitchen of a mobile home in Paradise, Calif. Searchers in white jumpsuits walked over, with shovels and gloves, to sift through the debris. After about 10 minutes, they determined there were no bodies or…
