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End of an era for the Boeing 747, the Queen of the Skies
The Queen of the Skies is in the final days of her reign. For decades, the Boeing 747 ruled over the airline industry, a workhorse with a royal nickname that made flying more affordable because of its...
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Meet the V8070: New electric truck doesn’t pollute, a first of many from...
It may look like a truck but it doesn’t pollute like a truck. Built by Chanje Energy Inc., the medium-duty, all-electric truck unveiled Wednesday at a hangar at Fullerton Airport can haul 6,000 pounds...
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Elon Musk’s Hawthorne-based Boring Co. digging bicoastal mass transit tunnels
Technology billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s futuristic vision of a nationwide network of tunnels designed for autonomous, electrically powered trains and passenger pods just got more real. His...
View Article100 Percent Soccer: Stagnant American soccer needs overhaul. Could promotion...
Plane over #ElClasicoMiami (@Barcelona – @RealMadrid) with a message for @ussoccer: “Promotion-Relegation USA! MLS out!”#ProRelforUSA pic.twitter.com/4MFdD7EXMz — Ben Fast (@bwfast) July 31, 2017 Had...
View Article100 Percent Soccer: World Series may be over, but MLS season is still going...
Completely overshadowed by a World Series for the ages, a little-known fall clasico known as the MLS playoffs has finally reached its “maybe you want to think about watching stage” now that the...
View ArticleWant a nice, wood-fueled fire in your backyard fire pit on Thursday? Well,...
The winter smog season is here as evidenced by the first temporary ban on wood burning of the year. The South Coast Air Quality Management District will not allow wood burning Thursday within the...
View ArticleU.S. Men’s National Team turns to youth in wake of World Cup embarrassment
The catastrophic failure of the U.S. to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in a generation has prompted a rip-up the playbook and start-anew response reflected in an American roster for...
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Some swoon, others dismissive as Elon Musk unveils new electric big-rig
A day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a $250,000 Roadster billed as the fastest car ever on the market and a futuristic, zero-emissions big rig at Hawthorne airport, Wal-Mart signed up for at least...
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After over-hunting, habitat loss and falling into La Brea Tar Pits,...
“Yeah, I know about the wild turkeys here.” Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel said she sometimes sees them scurry onto lawns, or fly into trees to roost. Erskine-Hellrigel is the executive director of the...
View ArticleSeven-time South Bay Tetris world champion builds Internet stardom brick by...
A 1980s-era video game has propelled seven-time Classic Tetris world champion Jonas Neubauer into a burgeoning Internet star whose blindingly fast contests are watched on his own channel by paying...
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SpaceX launches 15th mission of the year on previously flown rocket booster
SpaceX pulled off its second launch in three days Wednesday, delivering a communications satellite to orbit that will enhance digital TV services across North America. The preflown rocket booster that...
View ArticleSeven-time South Bay Tetris world champion builds Internet stardom brick by...
A 1980s-era video game has propelled seven-time Classic Tetris world champion Jonas Neubauer into a burgeoning Internet star whose blindingly fast contests are watched on his own channel by paying...
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Christmas tree prices up amid shortage this holiday season
If you haven’t yet made the annual trek to pick up a Christmas tree, brace for some sticker shock. Prices have spiked this year, in part because of a tree shortage with roots in the 2008 recession,...
View ArticleGyasi Zardes is top product of Galaxy’s youth academy, but is that good enough?
Hawthorne favorite son and Galaxy homegrown star Gyasi Zardes – the most notable product of the club’s vaunted youth academy – unveiled two new mini-pitches this week at a ceremony before dozens of...
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Don’t leave buckets of water for wildlife fleeing Ventura, Los Angeles fires,...
Despite the suggestions flooding Facebook and Twitter, leaving buckets of water for displaced wildlife during a forest fire is not a good idea, according to state and local wildlife agencies. Hundreds...
View ArticleSmooth dawn SpaceX launch of advanced Spanish satellite
SpaceX’s repeatedly delayed eighth West Coast launch was expected to take to the skies at dawn today. Officials expected the launch to deliver a stunning show with the rocket-exhaust vapor catching...
View ArticleAudio slideshow: UFC featherweight Brian Ortega cuts weight for UFC 222
Brian Ortega, the third-ranked featherweight in the UFC, has the biggest fight of his young career Saturday against second-ranked former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at UFC 222 in Las Vegas....
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Photos: UFC 222 – Cyborg and Ortega deliver 1st round knockouts
Cris Cyborg knocks out Yana Kunitskaya during their UFC Womens Featherweight title bout UFC 222 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily...
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‘Such a shame’: Julia Child’s family home, now owned by Caltrans, is vacant,...
The massive, brown-shingled craftsman-style home sits unnoticed on the defunct 710 Freeway route in Pasadena, one of dozens of homes owned by Caltrans that are historically significant because of their...
View ArticleActress Stacey Dash drops out of race for Congress
Stacey Dash’s campaign for Congress is over before the real fun could start. Dash, the actress turned conservative political commentator, said in a statement that she is withdrawing from the race in...
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