27+ min ago   (607+ words) Christopher Higgins first rode Montezooma’s Revenge on Jan. 17, 1994 at age 12 — the same day as the Northridge earthquake. “The quake was in the morning before park opening, but we called Knott’s and they were gonna open that morning,” said Higgins, who…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (756+ words) The menu options around game time at Long Beach’s Legends Sports Bar include robust choices from sandwiches to burgers, nachos to ahi tacos, fish and chips and ribs. Yet, with the kickoff of the first NFL Sunday this season, longtime…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (868+ words) I predict you’re going to hate this column. Which means you’ll love it. As an embarrassingly large number of readers often remind me, I own the Pulitzer Prize for Pitiful Prognostication. Beginning with that fateful moment 25 years ago when I…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1197+ words) We’d been married for 12 years. The early years of discovery (“How’d you get that scar?”) and spontaneous trysts behind questionable Hollywood landmarks had given way to dishwasher fights (“You can’t seriously think that goes there?!?”) and bimonthly scheduled date nights…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (868+ words) Taking a page from neighboring Anaheim, the Garden Grove City Council voted this week to put panic button protections in place for hotel workers beginning next year. A unanimous vote on Tuesday formally adopted the new law, which comes on…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (99+ words) Mother Monster has reportedly welcomed her first baby. A representative for the singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. She confirmed her engagement to Polansky at the 2024 Summer Olympics in…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (376+ words) The beach has claimed another first-time music festival this year. Ocean Way, the groundbreaking beachfront Santa Monica music fest, has been canceled just two weeks before debuting. The two-day event was set for Sept. 26-27. Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Ocean Way…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (181+ words) In Europe, where postwar sports car culture and the geography that shaped it are intertwined, a growing number of five-star properties have made that connection central to what they’re offering their guests. Three properties in Spain, Switzerland and Italy, have…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (515+ words) The world record for biggest potluck is still up for grabs, but the point of the OC Around the Table event lies much deeper than notoriety. The second annual community potluck will be held Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. at Mile Square…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (695+ words) Amid an oppressive stretch of extreme heat and Florida-esque humidity that has been punishing much of California, consider, for a moment, the Ice Age. For millions of years, Pacific mastodons — huge, hairy relatives of modern elephants — roamed a vast and…...