When she opens the kitchen cabinets, memories spill forth

It's the end of January, and I've already broken or never picked up most of my New Year's resolutions. There is one, though, that I'm actually kind of enjoying. I was giving the kitchen a bit more than the usual once-over at the beginning of the year,...

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Super Bowl Sunday dip and chili recipes that score

Theoretically, you can serve almost anything on Super Bowl Sunday. We once even ran a story proposing a game-day wine tasting with selected charcuterie. But let's face it, that's probably not going to happen at our houses. What you really need...

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Ideas sparked by tools rediscovered in the kitchen cabinet

On a first go-through of my kitchen, I found these orphans languishing at the back of the cupboard: Madeleine pans of various sizes and provenance. Resolved: Make lavender madeleines and have a tea party. Hand-crank pasta machine. This guy was once...

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Lakers vs. Bulls: quarter-by-quarter updates

Lakers 59, Bulls 48 (halftime) The Lakers continued to pour it on the Bulls in the second quarter, finishing with 59 points while shooting 58.7% from the field in the first half. Carlos Boozer torched his old team for 14 points on seven-of-10...

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Lakers vs. Bulls: quarter-by-quarter updates

Lakers 59, Bulls 48 (halftime) The Lakers continued to pour it on the Bulls in the second quarter, finishing with 59 points while shooting 58.7% from the field in the first half. Carlos Boozer torched his old team for 14 points on seven-of-10...

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Lakers vs. Bulls: quarter-by-quarter updates

Lakers 59, Bulls 48 (halftime) The Lakers continued to pour it on the Bulls in the second quarter, finishing with 59 points while shooting 58.7% from the field in the first half. Carlos Boozer torched his old team for 14 points on seven-of-10...

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Vaccine skeptics are in denial

To the editor: My child is a student at Waldorf School of Orange County, and it's unbelievable that 41% of kindergartners started the school year unvaccinated. Just recently a Waldorf parent told me that no one is talking about the measles epidemic —...

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EDM nightclubs in L.A.

EDM nightclubs Sound 1642 N. Las Palmas Ave., L.A. soundnightclub.com Create 6021 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. sbe.com Lure 1439 Ivar Ave., L.A. lurehollywood.com Avalon 1735 N. Vine Ave., L.A. avalonhollywood.com Exchange 618 S. Spring St.,...

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EDM nightclubs in L.A.

EDM nightclubs Sound 1642 N. Las Palmas Ave., L.A. soundnightclub.com Create 6021 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. sbe.com Lure 1439 Ivar Ave., L.A. lurehollywood.com Avalon 1735 N. Vine Ave., L.A. avalonhollywood.com Exchange 618 S. Spring St.,...

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'Anna Christie' harbors but a spark of greatness

There's no shortage of acting in the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Accents are adorned like fake noses, illnesses resemble those found in 19th century operas and bits of melodramatic business might as well be underscored...

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'Anna Christie' harbors but a spark of greatness

There's no shortage of acting in the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Accents are adorned like fake noses, illnesses resemble those found in 19th century operas and bits of melodramatic business might as well be underscored...

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'Anna Christie' harbors but a spark of greatness

There's no shortage of acting in the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Accents are adorned like fake noses, illnesses resemble those found in 19th century operas and bits of melodramatic business might as well be underscored...

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State high court's decision affecting Scout affiliation stirs debate anew

When the California Supreme Court voted last week to prohibit state judges from belonging to nonprofit youth organizations that practice discrimination, Julia Kelety was not surprised. The issue, which had been roiling through the legal community for...

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U.S. women's soccer team in transition as it prepares for World Cup

In Pia Sundhage's first meeting as coach of the U.S. women's national soccer team seven years ago, she pulled out a guitar and serenaded the bemused players with Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'." When new U.S. women's Coach Jill Ellis held...

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State high court's decision affecting Scout affiliation stirs debate anew

When the California Supreme Court voted last week to prohibit state judges from belonging to nonprofit youth organizations that practice discrimination, Julia Kelety was not surprised. The issue, which had been roiling through the legal community for...

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Saudi King Abdullah's legacy praised by U.S. leaders

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah was "always candid and had the courage of his convictions," President Obama said in one of several messages of condolence issued by U.S. leaders after the king's death. In a statement released shortly after Abdullah's...

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Saudi King Abdullah's legacy praised by U.S. leaders

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah was "always candid and had the courage of his convictions," President Obama said in one of several messages of condolence issued by U.S. leaders after the king's death. In a statement released shortly after Abdullah's...

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Dodgers said to be in talks to sell minority share to South Korean group

The Dodgers are in negotiations to sell a minority ownership share to a group of South Korean investors, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions said Thursday. There is "zero" chance the Dodgers' owners would surrender control of the...

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Drone loaded with meth crashes near Mexico-California border

A drone packed with methamphetamine crashed into a parking lot in Mexico close to the California border, according to Tijuana Public Safety Secretariat. The incident happened about 10 p.m. Tuesday, when the unmanned aircraft, which was carrying...

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Teen killed in South L.A. double shooting

Two men were shot inside a car Wednesday in South Los Angeles, and water flooded the street after the wounded driver crashed into a fire hydrant. At 4:45 p.m., the men were traveling south on Denker Avenue near 68th Street when a light-colored...

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Drone loaded with meth crashes near Mexico-California border

A drone packed with methamphetamine crashed into a parking lot in Mexico close to the California border, according to Tijuana Public Safety Secretariat. The incident happened about 10 p.m. Tuesday, when the unmanned aircraft, which was carrying...

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Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns: quarter-by-quarter updates

Suns 87 - Lakers 77 (end of third quarter) The Suns predictably pulled ahead in the third quarter, out-scoring the Lakers, 36-26. Goran Dragic scored 20 points on nine-of-12 shooting. Isaiah Thomas contributed 17 points while Eric Bledsoe added...

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Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns: quarter-by-quarter updates

Suns 87 - Lakers 77 (end of third quarter) The Suns predictably pulled ahead in the third quarter, out-scoring the Lakers, 36-26. Goran Dragic scored 20 points on nine-of-12 shooting. Isaiah Thomas contributed 17 points while Eric Bledsoe added...

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Amid outcry, News-Press is adamant on provocative term for immigrants

A few decades ago, it wasn't unusual for American newspapers to refer to people living in the United States without legal permission as "illegal aliens," or even "illegals." Those terms were criticized as offensive and eventually gave way to "illegal...

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Super Bowl XLIX first look: Seahawks vs. Patriots

The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will play the newly crowned AFC champion New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. Here's a first look at the game. When: Feb. 1. Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. TV: NBC....

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Super Bowl XLIX first look: Seahawks vs. Patriots

The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will play the newly crowned AFC champion New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. Here's a first look at the game. When: Feb. 1. Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. TV: NBC....

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Patriots to play Seahawks in Super Bowl after routing Colts, 45-7

New England quarterback Tom Brady and Coach Bill Belichick are heading to their sixth Super Bowl game after the Patriots dismantled the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7, in the AFC championship game on Sunday. Amazingly, after Week 4 this season the idea was...

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John Lewis tells his truth about 'Selma'

The role of art in our society is not to reenact history but to offer an interpretation of human experience as seen through the eyes of the artist. The philosopher Aristotle says it best: "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of...

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What another Romney run means

Technically, the number of formal contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is still zero. But a huge and impressive field of almost-candidates has already turned the contest into a crowded, noisy brawl. The starting gun, in case you...

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Pope Francis alters Philippines visit because of storm

Pope Francis cut short his visit to a typhoon-hit region of the Philippines on Saturday because of an approaching storm. In brief, unscripted comments, Francis took the microphone soon after arriving at the main cathedral in Leyte province and told...

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