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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 2:33 a.m. Friday 63 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 64 miles from Porterville, 65 miles from Lindsay, 66 miles from Exeter and 70 miles from Farmersville. In the past 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or […]

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Nov. 1, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter Fires continue to dominate the California narrative, but life also marches on across the state. Before we get back to the flames, here’s a brief dispatch about a generations-old football […]

On Nov. 2, 1927, Los Angeles city and county officials gathered with executives from the Pacific Electric Railway to dedicate a new 1,000-foot viaduct. An article in the Oct. 24, 1927, Los Angeles Times reported that the new viaduct cost $290,000 and was 1,160 feet long. It “was built to separate the street and railway […]

ORINDA, Calif. —  Four people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a Halloween night party at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday. The shooting in Orinda, a community of about 20,000 just east of Oakland, happened at a party with more than 100 […]

Jeton Neziraj was only a tween when he witnessed Serbian nationalist Slobodan Milosevic’s campaign of war and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. After Neziraj’s native Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, he rose to become one of the country’s preeminent playwrights, a political voice whose incendiary works have sometimes earned him the enmity of […]

Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for Wired magazine, and he covered the unfolding stories of both Stuxnet and “Sandworm,” as the alleged Russian cyberwar unit linked to the Ukraine attacks was dubbed. Greenberg took a book leave from Wired to write “Sandworm,” a comprehensive look at the technical, military and political stories of this […]

We’ve compiled a list of films set to premiere this holiday season, from Nov. 6 through Jan. 17. All dates subject to change. Nov. 6 Marriage StoryScarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s exploration of an eroding relationship. With Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta. Netflix Nov. 8 AccelerationAction-crime drama with Sean […]

Happy Halloween. We have a ton of stuff that will soothe you, not scare you. We’ll teach you how to become an Instagram star, tell you where to catch the first L.A. visit of the legendary Polar Express, share some good news about Global Entry and explain why you should pay attention to your intuition […]

If you’re renting a car in Las Vegas any time soon, be warned: The base rate might seem low, but taxes and fees may add a significant amount to your bill. This warning comes from the rental car comparison site Autoslash.com, which did a state-by-state comparison earlier this year and concluded that Nevada had the […]

Santa Fe, N.M., has many charms: its historic downtown plaza, Native American crafts and jewelry, centuries-old churches, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the Canyon Road arts district. My husband and I visited those spots but also spent a fair amount of time exploring the Railyard District, Santa Fe’s hippest neighborhood, repurposed and expanded into an […]