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Actor Robyn Bernard, who played Terry Brock on “General Hospital” in the 1980s, has died. She was 64.Bernard’s body was found in an open field in Riverside County on Tuesday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and coroner.Deputies were dispatched Tuesday to San Jacinto Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue at 3:57 a.m. and found the actor “deceased at the scene,” said Sgt. Deirdre Vickers, a public information officer for the sheriff. Bernard’s body was found in an open field behind a business on the 1800 block of South San Jacinto Avenue, according to Riverside County Coroner records. An autopsy was…
The National Assn. of Realtors on Friday said it will make changes to its commission rules to settle national allegations the requirements stifled competition, a move that may reduce costs for consumers.The settlement, which still must receive court approval, could mark a major change in the housing market. Today, sellers typically pay a 5% to 6% commission when they sell their homes, with half of that going to the listing agent and half to the buyer’s agent. Under an existing Realtor rule, listing agents must make an offer of compensation to buyer agents in order to list homes on multiple…
Jess wears Hellstar shirt, Brain Dead pants, Prada shoes, Heaven by Marc Jacobs bag. (Jennelle Fong / For the Times) Wearing a knit football jersey and a knowing smile, Jess Mori holds a lemon out to the camera. The backyard of her Silver Lake abode overlooks a tranquil Eastside on a Friday afternoon. At this elevation, there’s nothing to hear but birds and SZA playing through the portable speaker off in the grass. Mori breaks her pose to pick another lemon, which she insists actually smells. The shoot is enveloped in a fragrance as sweetly serious as Mori herself, who…
The family of a producer who was killed while covering Russian invasion of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, saying the network’s negligence resulted in her death.The wrongful death suit filed Thursday in New York court by the parents of Sasha Kuvshynova claimed Fox News ignored warnings by local officials and security experts not to travel into the dangerous area near Kyiv where another journalist had been killed a day earlier.Shortly after the conflict began, Kuvshynova, then 24, was hired as a local fixer to travel with Fox News correspondent Ben Hall and photojournalist Pierre Zakrewski. On March…
People will soon be able to trek from the steps of the Nevada state Capitol in Carson City through the Sierra at Lake Tahoe and on to the Pacific Crest Trail, where they can complete the 1,600-mile journey to the Canadian border. Oh, and two participants will earn $5,000 each for doing so. There is a caveat for this money-making journey: The pair will be making a travelogue as they tramp along. The Carson City to Canada Quest, which is taking applications until May 31, is intended for experienced hikers only. Finalists will be contacted in late July. The start…
The cinematic image of children boarding trains in World War II is, typically, a traumatic one. But in “One Life,” directed by James Hawes, it is wildly, blindly hopeful, as children board trains in Prague, bound for England, escaping dire conditions in refugee camps and the encroaching Nazi occupation, seemingly steps away.“One Life” is the true story of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a British stockbroker and humanitarian who, in 1939, helped to arrange the escape of 669 children from Czechoslovakia. Written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the film is based on a book by Winton’s daughter, Barbara Winton, “If It’s…
I was a teenager getting ready to attend Sequoia Junior High School in Reseda in 1960. My father heard that there was a new drama teacher at the school named Mr. C who was going to put on his first play. Since my father had done some acting in Indiana at Fairmount High School (the same school that James Dean had gone to), we went to the play together.It was a silly but entertaining comedy with an odd title: “A Rocket in His Pocket.” Mr. C’s next play was another obscure and quirky little show titled “Come Out of the…
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Most Americans know that much history. But the true story goes deeper than one man firing one bullet.When Monica Beletsky learned the assassination was part of a conspiracy, and that similar attempts were planned for Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward that night, she was shocked.“I grew up thinking that stuff happens in other countries,” says Beletsky, who has previously written for “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood” and “Fargo.” “I wondered why this part of the story has been in the shadows and thought about how it shows how strong our…
Don’t hold off until summer: March and April are two of the best months for weekend road trips because the wildflowers begin to grow after the winter rain and wildlife can be more active with the abundant greenery and flowing water. I’m glad I didn’t wait. I’m a photographer and longtime nature enthusiast and one of my favorite routes starts on the 15 Freeway past Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore (no California poppy sightings yet), through Temecula (where I can photograph hot air balloons) and all the way into Borrego Springs. While in the area, I like to hike the…
This weekend’s Rolling Loud festival in Inglewood took a dramatic turn with the last-minute booking of Kanye West. The rapper’s new chart-topping duo with Ty Dolla Sign has a No. 1 single (“Carnival”), a bestselling album (“Vultures 1”) and the consternation of local Jewish groups after years of West’s antisemitic diatribes.Would he show up at all? Would he say something incendiary about Hitler? Would he do the most unexpected thing — put on a normal show without incident? Sadly, West’s performance (or non-performance), during his headlining set to kick off the 10th anniversary of the festival turned out to be…