By Joel Rubin Published 12:26 pm, Friday, April 6, 2018 Photo: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 A mother carries her daughter at the Ramona Gardens housing project in Los Angeles. Latino gang members admit carrying out a racially motivated attack on black families at the complex. A mother carries her daughter at the Ramona Gardens housing project in Los Angeles. Latino gang members admit carrying out a racially motivated attack on black families at the complex. Photo: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times Members of gang admit attacking black residents in Los Angeles 1 / 1 Back to Gallery LOS ANGELES — Members of a Latino street gang have admitted to carrying out a racially motivated firebombing attack on black families in a Los Angeles housing project, prosecutors announced. … [Read more...] about Members of gang admit attacking black residents in Los Angeles
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Airport News: Los Angeles, Atlanta, Denver, Memphis, Seattle
Don't miss our roundup of news from airports across the country Chris McGinnis Published 1:39 pm, Thursday, April 5, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', … [Read more...] about Airport News: Los Angeles, Atlanta, Denver, Memphis, Seattle
Los Angeles buildings sway as earthquake hits off coast
By Bloomberg | PUBLISHED: April 5, 2018 at 1:42 pm | UPDATED: April 5, 2018 at 2:40 pm (Bloomberg) — Buildings swayed across Los Angeles and in communities north of the city as an earthquake struck offshore near the Channel Islands. The quake registered a magnitude of 5.3 and was centered about 36 miles west of the coast of Southern California, according to an alert from the U.S. Geological Survey. The closest major city was Ventura. Police there said they had no immediate reports of injuries. There were also no initial reports of damage or injuries in Los Angeles, police said. In a tweet, Los Angeles Police said they will “work with all our local partners to check infrastructure and critical locations.” … [Read more...] about Los Angeles buildings sway as earthquake hits off coast
Mystery thriller ‘Gemini’ explores different sides of Los Angeles and celebrity
A politely sleazy thriller, the new film “Gemini” is a gripping murder mystery that reveals new dimensions of Los Angeles on-screen. Its examination of the world of celebrity and the contemporary slippage of identity is set against a vision of the city that is both glossy sleek and comfortably lived-in.Written and directed by Aaron Katz, the film focuses on a young Hollywood assistant, Jill LeBeau (Lola Kirke), who cleans up the personal and professional messes of her celebrity boss, actress Heather Anderson (Zoë Kravitz). A dead body shot with Jill’s gun leaves behind a lot of suspects from Heather’s life, including a frustrated filmmaker (Nelson Franklin), a jilted boyfriend (Reeve Carney) and a secret girlfriend (Greta Lee). A low-key detective (John Cho) sifts through the messy possibilities.With its unusual mix of genre plot propulsion and odd character moments, the film makes for an eccentric alchemy. Katz is an avowed devotee of watching movies on … [Read more...] about Mystery thriller ‘Gemini’ explores different sides of Los Angeles and celebrity
Aaron Katz Takes Los Angeles With Transfixing Noir Gemini
Writer-director Aaron Katz still gets pigeonholed as a progenitor of the mumblecore movement, that umbrella term that conjures wobbly framed scenes of directionless 20-somethings’ meandering, natural-seeming relationship talk. That reputation does a disservice to the centrality of place, of thoughtfully composed exteriors, in Katz’s work. Katz has shot two movies in his native Portland, Oregon: his breakthrough debut, Dance Party, USA (2006), and the rain-soaked amateur-gumshoe noir Cold Weather (2010). Katz lived for a spell in Brooklyn, which informed his affectionate New York-set romance Quiet City (2007), and he later teamed up with Martha Stephens for the buddy comedy Land Ho! (2014), which unfolds in scenic Iceland. In each instance, Katz’s ear for dialogue and interest in person-to-person interaction is partnered with artful image-making and a gently revelatory focus on geography. A few years ago, Katz moved to Los Angeles, which serves as the setting of his … [Read more...] about Aaron Katz Takes Los Angeles With Transfixing Noir Gemini