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  • Best Places To See Jacarandas In Bloom In Los Angeles

    , or blue jacarandas in full flower. Other cities have them, too: Bangalore, Adelaide, Mexico City, Zimbabwe, Buenos Aires. But only in California do jacarandas bloom twice and with such intoxicating luminescence. The California poppy had a terrible year this year. The state flower barely made an appearance in the deserts outside L.A. The week of the California Poppy Festival in Lancaster last ...

  • Braves Beat Dodgers 3-1

    Dee Gordon #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers takes a throw to force out Chris Johnson #23 of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on May 18, 2013 in Atlanta, ...

  • After Smashing Windows In 8 Patrol Cars Suspect Fatally Shot

    INGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- Inglewood Police shot and killed a man Saturday evening they said was on a rampage in a police parking lot. Around 6 p.m. they said the man started smashing the windows of eight squad cars with a long, sword-like weapon. The blade was ';18 inches or more,'; said Lt. Mark ...

  • Konig Wins 7th Stage Van Garderen Retains Tour Of California Lead

    DANVILLE (CBS/AP) -- Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day. Konig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile ...

  • Sorry California Someone In Florida Is $600 Million Richer

    A sign shows the Powerball jackpot at $600 million on May 17, 2013 in San Francisco, California. People are lining up to purchase $2 Powerball tickets as the multi-state jackpot hits $600 million. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty ...


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Superman Returns

Superman Returns

In the first chapter of his book The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium, critic/film theorist Gilberto Perez offers a passing criticism of the great American film critic James Agee, who he describes as a film critic who mainly yearned for past glories. This crit ... ...

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  • CHP Officer Working on Amgen Hit by Car

    The officer was riding ahead of the pack of bicyclists just before 12:30 p.m. providing traffic control for the race when the crash occurred, according to CHP spokesman Jonathan ...

  • Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home

    A mini Yorkie, Walter, was reunited with his owner Tricia O'Kelley on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Walter was taken by dognappers who demanded $1,000 for his safe return. Someone in a white sports car dropped him off on his street in Los ...

  • Sharks Knock Off Kings in OT

    SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 18: Dan Boyle #22, Patrick Marleau #12 and Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks celebrate with teammates after Boyle scored a goal against the Los Angeles Kings in the first period in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

  • Bus strikes kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

    A woman's airport visit to greet an arriving traveler turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...

  • Man Accused Of Murdering His Father Apprehended

    SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) -- A man wanted for allegedly shooting his father in the head Thursday evening has been apprehended. Sheriff’s Homicide detectives report that 31-year-old Juan Alexander Mejia Dubon, wanted for the murder of his father — Canyon Country resident Juan Mejia — has been taken into ...

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