Deborah Netburn covers faith, spirituality and joy for the Los Angeles Times. She started at The Times in 2006 and has worked across a wide range of sections including entertainment, home and garden, national news, technology and science. She’s hung out with Tibetan monks in the Pacific Palisades, seen seahorses at the bottom of Alamitos Bay and spent time with the working witches of Los Angeles. She is always looking for a good story.
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Para los residentes de Mount Washington, la partida de John Ayala representa el fin de una era en la que la entrega del correo venía acompañada de una conversación.
For Mount Washington residents, John Ayala’s departure represents the end of an era when mail delivery came with a side of conversation.
With Craftsman bungalows and tree-lined streets, the city still epitomizes suburban U.S.A. — but now has a hip new twist.
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Go out? In this economy? We get it, and we’re with you. But the city’s vibrant offerings still beckon — and many of them can be experienced for less than an Erewhon Malibu Mango Smoothie.
Heavy rain triggers flooding across the Southland, closing Santa Barbara Airport. While the Bay Area faces King Tide flooding, Southern California braces for debris flows in burn scarred areas.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the ban, which applied to counties with populations greater than 200,000, violates residents’ 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.