Author: John Rogers
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LAX to allow pot in airport but TSA says it’s a crime
LOS ANGELES • Here’s another thing travelers can consider bringing when a trip takes them through Los Angeles International Airport — marijuana. Just be careful about carrying it onto the plane. A written policy posted by airport police says small amounts of weed may now be brought into one of the world’s busiest airports. But,…
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Legendary actor Burt Reynolds dies at age 82
Jupiter, Fla. • Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in “Deliverance” and “Boogie Nights,” commercial hits such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and for an active off-screen love life which included relationships with Loni Anderson and Sally Field, has died at age 82. His death was confirmed Thursday…
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Influential Burning Man festival co-founder dead at 70
SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Harvey, whose whimsical decision to erect a giant wooden figure and then burn it to the ground led to the popular, long-running counterculture celebration known as “Burning Man,” has died. He was 70. Harvey died Saturday morning at a hospital in San Francisco, surrounded by family, Burning Man Project CEO Marian…
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Former Manson disciple Van Houten granted parole again
CHINO, Calif. — Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous followers, was granted parole by a state board Wednesday, though California’s governor can still block her release as he has done before. Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson during a series of murders that terrorized Los Angeles over the…
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Richard Anderson, actor in ’The Six Million Dollar Man’ and ‘The Bionic Woman,’ dies at 91
LOS ANGELES — Richard Anderson, the tall, handsome actor best known for costarring simultaneously in the popular 1970s television shows “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” has died at age 91. Anderson died of natural causes on Thursday, family spokesman Jonathan Taylor told The Associated Press. “The Six Million Dollar Man” brought…
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Cannabis company plans to turn desert town into pot paradise
NIPTON, Calif. — Now that one of the nation’s largest cannabis companies has bought the entire California desert town of Nipton, a question remains: Will the new owners rename the place Potsylvania? The name Weed already belongs to an old mill town in Northern California. American Green Inc. announced Thursday it is buying all 80…
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Barbara Sinatra, Frank’s 4th wife and widow, dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent advocate and philanthropist for abused children, has died at 90. John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, says she died Tuesday of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home. A former model and Las Vegas showgirl,…
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Security increased after threatened attack on LA rail stop
LOS ANGELES — The FBI and local law enforcement agencies say they have stepped up security on Los Angeles County’s commuter rail system after the FBI was informed a terrorist attack on the Universal City subway station was planned for Tuesday. Although the threat’s credibility had not been confirmed, authorities were taking no chances, Deirdre…
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‘We’re not going anywhere’: Millennials march against Trump
LOS ANGELES — Students left high school classrooms by the thousands, carrying their signs and their chanting voices into the streets of several U.S. cities nearly a week after Donald Trump’s election. They walked out Monday in California, Colorado, Maryland, Washington and other states, many declaring concerns over the president-elect’s comments about minorities and the…
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WATCH: Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute
LOS ANGELES — A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps made history Saturday when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead. After a two-minute freefall, Luke Aikins landed dead center in the 100-by-100-foot net at the Big Sky movie ranch on the outskirts of Simi…