Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Movies
Halle Berry stars in a bleak family drama that feels like a cross between a postapocalyptic nightmare like ‘A Quiet Place’ and the suggestive ‘The Village.’
INDUSTRIES
Camarillo-based Alair Homes, North America’s largest privately held custom home building and renovation company, has announced the launch of Alair Tri Counties as AAA Development, Inc. joins Alair’s network of builders.
Sept. 19, 2024
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
California
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of housing bills that tweak a number of existing laws to boost the supply of housing, including income-restricted units.
Sports
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani doesn’t have his 50-50 home run ball. Neither do these Marlins fan who got their hands on it. It may be worth $500,000 or more.
Business
One of Malibu’s two mobile home parks sells for nearly $200 million to one of the nation’s largest owners of manufactured housing communities.
A major insurer says that because of the cost of sex abuse claims, it can no longer cover foster family agencies. Thousands of kids could be uprooted.
Sept. 18, 2024
Sept. 16, 2024
World & Nation
The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and knocked out power to some homes.