California
Teen actress Scout Taylor-Compton has been missing from her Apple Valley home for nearly two weeks, though San Bernardino County authorities describe the case as “a typical juvenile runaway.”
Aug. 25, 2005
A teen actress who disappeared from her parents’ home in Apple Valley was found Thursday by a school district police officer at the home of a high school friend, authorities said.
Aug. 26, 2005
Movies
The horror-comedy “Cynthia” puts a cartoonish spin on the “monster baby” sub-genre, kind of like the 1974 classic “It’s Alive,” but with slapstick instead of squirmy suspense and social commentary.
Aug. 30, 2018
From its opening scene, “Ghost House” refuses to ease viewers into terror.
Aug. 24, 2017
If attractive young people ever stopped taking vacations in the woods, would the horror genre cease to exist?
May 23, 2018
A man described by authorities as “the shooter” in the killing of two Compton police officers surrendered Tuesday, several hours after law enforcement officers made a series of pre-dawn raids searching for him at homes from San Pedro to Watts.
April 7, 1993
Three people believed to have harbored a fugitive who may be connected to the Feb. 22 slayings of two Compton police officers were arrested during a massive raid at an apartment house here Thursday afternoon, police said.
March 5, 1993
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Feb. 18, 2011
Just because a movie begins with a marriage proposal made over a toilet doesn’t guarantee it’ll be a rollicking ride.
May 1, 2018
Ambition overtakes ways and means in “The Lumber Baron,” a fusty and unpersuasive if well-intentioned drama about the American logging industry circa 1910 that has “Masterpiece Theatre” aims but far more pedestrian results.
May 23, 2019