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SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Weekend Brunch at Fleming's Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at Fashion Island presents a special weekend brunch menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunch specialties like filet mignon benedict and Sonoma County pancakes, with a la carte and prix fixe menus, are available as well...

SUNDAY {12.20.15}Old World Christmas MarketOld World Christmas Market will present German food, arts and crafts, handmade gifts and photos with Santa from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old World Village, 7561 Center Ave., Huntington Beach. Admission is free. For more information, call (714) 895-8020 or...

We assume that fans of R&B diva Toni Braxton or holiday rock juggernaut Mannheim Steamroller will snap up their holiday albums. The challenge this time of year, every year, becomes separating the Yuletide wheat from the chaff and pointing listeners to those collections with something to offer those...

When Avital Schwartz was about 9 years old, she teamed with her four siblings to give her parents a memorable gift in honor of their wedding anniversary. The children didn't have much money of their own, so they decided to use creativity and wits to craft a unique yet inexpensive present they knew...

Black Twitter was calling Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders “black” on Sunday, and it’s not because of his civil rights pedigree. Well, not exactly. To some politically minded Twitter users, the Bernie Sanders who spoke at Saturday’s Netroots Nation conference in Phoenix did not...

With her 2006 fiction collection "Get Down," Asali Solomon established herself as a short-form artist with a knack for writing misfits in black middle-class Philadelphia. Her first novel, "Disgruntled," is a fitting follow-up — a smart, philosophical coming-of-age tale featuring a vivid protagonist...

Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have released holiday pictures of wee Prince George, just in time for Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa -- in that order, incidentally. Even those with hearts of steel would be hard-pressed not to "aww" just a little bit over these three snapshots. ...

Gift ideas for kids, including kitchen starter sets, building blocks in different languages, an indoor tent.

These days, the main floor of the Museum of Science and Industry is a little bit like a Christmas tree lot, but without the smell of evergreens, the giant ball of twine or the sketchy dude in the Carhartt jacket. In a long-running holiday tradition, the museum's "Christmas Around the World" has...

People around the world celebrate the upcoming holiday season in myriad ways. The Museum of Science and Industry salutes that diversity with its colorful dual celebration, "Christmas Around the World" and "Holidays of Light." The festivities open with a tree lighting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13,...

Though Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, was best known for her contributions to literature, she was a true renaissance woman who left a considerable small-screen legacy as a writer, performer, narrator and media personality.   In 1993, Angelou was beamed into the homes of millions...

The pioneering, multi-talented artist and civil rights advocate Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86, is best known as a prolific poet and memoirist. But over the course of her freewheeling life, which  included stints as a dancer, singer, playwright and professor, she also carved out a notable...

Today's ever-expanding holiday sales season has become like a potlatch, in which status is gained through giving.

Founder of the South Central L.A. Tea Party, he detests Planned Parenthood and legal abortion, welfare and the black holiday Kwanzaa. And that's just for starters.

Call it Christmas, call it Hanukkah, call it Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus. The truth is, we here at Hero ...

From creating steps for her dance troupe to moves for 'Avatar's' Na'vis, the African American choreographer has done it all.

Make them wrong and you can end up with a pan of hockey pucks, but make them right and -- well, butter my biscuit.

Tainted soil forces the shuttering of the complex in the South L.A. area. Of more than 250 families who called the complex home, only 14 remain. Tenants say the county is mishandling their relocation.

Images of president-elect hold pride of place for his admirers.

SAUSALITO Kwanzaa Celebration When, where: Dec. 26, Bay Area Discovery Museum. Highlights: Africa-themed arts projects, music and food. Cost: Free. Info: (415) 339-3900 TUCSON Winterhaven Festival of Lights When, where: Through Dec. 27, Winterhaven. Highlights: The 58-year tradition happens in...