ENTERTAINMENT
December 6, 2013 | By Margaret Wappler
The Revolution of Every Day A Novel Cari Luna Tin House: 392 pp., $15.95 paper Much has been written recently about the impossibility of a middle-class existence in New York. Cari Luna sets her sights on an even more beleaguered socio-economic group with her excellent debut novel, "The Revolution of Every Day," which looks at squatter culture in the mid-'90s, when a tenement house in Manhattan's East Village could be seized by idealistic rebels. At Thirteen House, one of a clique of interconnected squats, a young runaway named Amelia is pregnant, but not by Gerrit, her Dutch boyfriend with a savior complex (he helped her kick heroin)
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 21, 2013 | By Robert J. Lopez
This post has been updated below. Snow was falling in Southern California mountain areas Thursday night as cold air was expected to drop snow levels to 3,500 feet. The National Weather Service said that six to 12 inches of snow was expected to fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. In the Antelope Valley foothills, three to six inches of snow could fall. On Thursday night, fire and police crews were searching for at least person who may have been trapped on an island in the Santa Ana riverbed in Colton in San Bernardino County, police said.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 28, 2013 | By Jason Wells
An injured hiker who had been missing for five days was rescued near Lake Arrowhead on Sunday after he started what turned into a small brush fire. Rodney Trumbo, 55, was reported missing Tuesday when he didn't return from a hike in the San Bernardino Mountains, the San Bernardino Sun reported. He had used a cellphone to call his girlfriend to tell her he was injured. Trumbo also complained of being dehydrated and in pain. Rescue crews spotted Trumbo after responding to a brush fire that burned a 20-foot-by-30-foot area, the Sun reported.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 9, 2013 | By Robert J. Lopez
An early season storm Wednesday brought showers and rain to Southern California and snow to mountain areas. Rainfall varied across the region, with some areas reporting light showers and others a half-inch or more, according to the National Weather Service. By Wednesday evening, Burbank had recorded 0.10 of an inch of rain, but more than a quarter-inch had fallen at the Santa Monica Pier, the Weather Service said. More than a half-inch of rain was reported in Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County and Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, according to the Weather Service.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 4, 2013 | By Jason Wells
Firefighters have fully contained a small but persistent fire in the San Bernardino National Forest that was one of many blazes sparked by lightning more than two weeks ago. Sparked on Aug. 19, the Gobblers fire grew to 413 acres and was driven into the Stockton Flats area after being fueled by down-canyon winds, steep terrain and dry sagebrush, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire was fully contained Tuesday, but some crews remained on “patrol status” Wednesday. Although smoke was visible from Cajon Pass and the high desert, the fire had not threatened any homes or communities.
SPORTS
August 30, 2013 | By David Wharton
The news traveled quickly, by way of phone calls and text messages, spreading throughout the sport of figure skating. The Ice Castle was closing down. The small rink, nestled amid pines beside Lake Arrowhead, had served as an unlikely mecca for skaters from around the world, turning out champions for the better part of three decades. Michelle Kwan trained there, as did Robin Cousins, Nicole Bobek, Chen Lu and Surya Bonaly. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the gold medal pair from the 2010 Winter Olympics, made it their home base.