ARIEL, Wash. — Music thumps. Boots stomp. Smoke swirls. It rises like a dry mist from red-glowing cigarettes. It ebbs around an elk’s skull, five-point antlers still attached, and a muzzle loader …
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Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena’s holiday tradition, plans Dec. 6 return
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAltadena’s Christmas Tree Lane Assn. relies on more than 100 volunteers to install its annual holiday light display and organize its free winter festival and lighting ceremony, scheduled for Dec. …
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What will the fashion world look like — especially the runway-show part — in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic? Right now, that’s anybody’s guess. But a YouTube special streaming …
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Solvang, California’s enchanting Danish town, goes full Christmas
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> If you’re eager to mark the holidays this year with a Danish flair but Copenhagen seems a tad too far away, you might find the answer in Solvang. …
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A profile of Melody Barnett, owner of rental house Palace Costume
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEvery time a young Melody Barnett attended church, she was awestruck. Something about the congregation’s elegant headwear always caught her eye. The women would often wear these extravagant, floral hats …
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DSRT Surf, a surf park in Palm Desert, is set to open in 2026
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesForget Malibu or the North Shore. Next summer, you can catch a wave in Palm Desert, 100 miles from the nearest ocean. After years of delays, DSRT Surf, the Coachella …
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Innovative ideas to rebuild after the L.A. fires by design students
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Fire-resilient buildings don’t have to be soulless, formulaic bunkers, according to the student designers of the Resilient Futures Lab, a summer studio at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College. The 14-week …
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Metropolitan Water doubles rebate for nonresidential turf removal
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe days of huge, unused swaths of public and commercial lawns appear to be numbered in California and the Metropolitan Water District is offering an incentive to hasten their demise, …
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Bad Bunny’s stylists on working with the superstar during his residency in Puerto Rico
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn a series of fortunate events, I met the styling masterminds Storm Pablo and Marvin Douglas Linares at a Kwame Adusei dinner last year. (A year later, Pablo, Douglas Linares …
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L.A.’s best new Japanese tea shop. Beautiful matcha lattes and more
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIf you consume tea with any sort of interest, maybe you’ve been hearing about the worldwide matcha shortage of 2025? Matcha, but much much more In short: Viral posts featuring …