State parks officials say they’re unveiling a lottery-style drawing system for select campsites in three of California’s most sought-after state park campgrounds: Malibu Creek, Morro Bay and McArthur-Burney Falls. The …
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‘Avatar 3’ trailer: ‘Fire and Ash’ introduces the Ash People
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe “Avatar: Fire and Ash” trailer is finally here. The third installment in James Cameron’s “Avatar” series returns to Pandora and introduces a new Na’vi tribe: the Mangkwan Clan, also …
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How L.A. moms became true crime sleuths and solved a mysterious murder
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOn the Shelf The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case By Chuck HoganRandom House: 336 pages, $32If you buy books linked …
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My Chemical Romance brings ‘The Black Parade’ to Dodger Stadium
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTwelve years after a breakup that didn’t stick — and one year shy of the 20th anniversary of its biggest album — My Chemical Romance is on the road this …
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SAN DIEGO — Sydney Chandler has wanted to attend San Diego Comic-Con as a fan for years. So it’s “surreal” that the actor’s first experience with the annual pop culture expo is …
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Box office: ‘Fantastic Four: The First Steps’ grosses $118 million
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt was clobberin’ time this weekend, as Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” nabbed the top spot at the box office with a performance that returned the Walt Disney Co.-owned …
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From actor to NASCAR: Frankie Muniz out to prove his doubters wrong
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFrankie Muniz may be the only actor who has been nominated for an Emmy award and driven in a NASCAR event at Daytona. But if Muniz had been old enough …
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Their dream kitchens burned down. What got them cooking again
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTwo cooks talk about loss and recovery. Plus, our summer cook-along with “Chef That!” Also, advice on cooking for dogs and eating with dogs, taquito comfort and fan-service restaurants (or …
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Diana Ross returned to the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night for the first of two weekend concerts — her fifth engagement at the hillside amphitheater since 2013 and her second …
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‘Diciannove’ review: Italian coming of age, literary, exuberant and messy
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLate in Italian writer-director Giovanni Tortorici’s pop-up book of a coming-of-age movie “Diciannove (Nineteen),” there’s a great scene in which his arrogant, neurotic protagonist, Leonardo (Manfredi Marini), a student of …