Springs

Fleeing the flames in Southern California

2013-05-02 22:13:00

Terry Doebler woke up choking from the smoke. Doebler, 80, and her 82-year-old husband, Paul — retired New York transplants living in the Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Ventura County — had seen brushfires before in their 15 years there,...

California wildfires: Evacuated residents wait for word

2013-05-03 03:35:00

Hundreds of residents who fled their homes Thursday to escape a fast-moving brush fire in Ventura County that burned more than 8,000 acres waited for daylight to see if they could go back to their communities. While some evacuations were lifted Thursday...

California wildfires: Cal State Channel Islands students evacuated

2013-05-02 14:23:00

Dozens of evacuees clustered in small groups around the sanctuary of Camarillo’s Calvary Nexus church. Some were picking at paper plates of ziti with meat sauce that had been doled out by American Red Cross volunteers. Most couldn’t take their...

Canada: Fun and fundraising go hand-in-glove in Banff

2012-12-20 07:45:00

Pack your parka and gloves plus your binoculars, camera and autograph book and head to Alberta at the end of January for some winter fun and celebrity-spotting in the Canadian Rockies. The Fairmont Banff Springs Sports Invitational will draw Hollywood...

Trina Turk pairs up with Banana Republic for summer collection

2012-06-10 00:00:00

[This post has been corrected. See note at bottom for details.] When Banana Republic was looking for someone to collaborate on a summer collection inspired by Palm Springs, Trina Turk was the one to call. The L.A.-based designer, known for playful...

PASSINGS: Mary Jean Pew; R.B Greaves

2012-10-04 00:00:00

Mary Jean Pew Head of Catholic college, aide to Jerry Brown Mary Jean Pew, 82, a former nun who taught history and government at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles then served as the school's acting president before it closed in 1980, died...

Banana Republic Trina Turk Collection launches today

2012-06-07 16:32:56

Fashion News: Purple reigned on Tony Awards red carpet

2012-06-11 16:32:52

At Coachella festival, music and fashion are a natural fit

2012-04-08 00:00:00

As the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival expands from one weekend to two, so do the fashion and music marketing opportunities in Southern California. Labels such as Levi's, H&M, Lacoste, Armani A|X, Mulberry and Madewell (J. Crew's little sister)...

Palm Springs revival has deals for a song (or close to it)

2012-01-15 00:00:00

The Rat Pack lives again — or at least Palm Springs, once the party pad of Sinatra and the boys, does. The Coachella Valley city, which had devolved into a down-at-the-heels caricature of a Hollywood playground, has reinvented itself: Its retro-...

Color My World

2012-03-01 16:38:00

Boys' basketball: Katin Reinhardt is MVP for Mater Dei

2011-12-31 04:35:53

Mac Hynds, of Newburgh, NY,and his daughter, Nicole Hynds, get ready to go underwater at the annual scuba diving event is held at Dutch Springs on Monday.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

The New York-based Kerson Gallery has locations in Palm Springs as well as La Brea. It emphasizes fine furniture, lighting and accessories by post-World War II designers. Pictured: a pair of French porcelain wall lights from the 1960s, listed at $2,400.

2012-11-20 18:14:50

Megan Jones, 27, found the perfect accessory for her look at the Legacy Chase at Shawan Downs: Mandy, a 6-year-old boxer belonging to a friend of hers.

2012-09-29 00:00:00