DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Arrested for public intoxication and relieved of duty five months ago. Tuesday night, LAPD board members ruled Commander Nicole Mehringer should lose her job for an incident that cost the department a whole lot of embarrassment. Mehringer was busted along with a sergeant who was accused of being falling down drunk. […]
Blog: ‘Aquaman’ could beat ‘Mary Poppins’ in a busy holiday box-office battle
That could change this weekend when Warner Bros.’ “Aquaman,” starring “Game of Thrones” muscleman Jason Momoa, opens in theaters. The $200-million superhero film is expected to top the domestic box-office charts with $65 million to $70 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday, according to people who have reviewed pre-release audience surveys. That will probably […]
Blog: Leidy Churchman paintings: Split personalities and a shiver down the spine
Leidy Churchman divides his time between New York and Maine, and the work in his show at Reena Spaulings reflects not only that geographical split but also multiple aesthetic personalities at play. The installation of 17 paintings reflects the freshness of someone thinking through paint but also a kind of cluttered overthinking. There is charming […]
New top story from Time: Elon Musk Just Unveiled an Underground Tunnel That He Says Will Beat ‘Soul-Destroying Traffic’
(LOS ANGELES) — Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Guests boarded Musk’s Tesla Model S and rode along Los Angeles-area surface streets […]
Blog: Michael Douglas brushes up on his comedy skills with ‘The Kominsky Method’
The dynamic “Kominsky Method” duo tangles with death (complicated by a posthumous demand for a coffin made of driftwood), dementia, disease (that pesky prostate is treated by Douglas’ old friend Danny DeVito as a rubber-gloved urologist), resentful children and eminently logical divorcée Lisa (Nancy Travis), who takes a shine to Sandy after enrolling in his […]
Blog: How to rid Hawaii of invasive plants? This chef wants you to eat them
“What you end up with is this completely vegan, diabetic-friendly, gluten-free, smoked honey-like flour,” he said. “It’s naturally sweet and makes amazing ice creams, waffles, Bellinis, pastas and gnocchi. You can use it as a starter for sourdough, and it’ll ferment.” Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times