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'Ghosts' actor leans into his Revolutionary War soldier's issues
latimes.com > entertainment-arts > awards > story...Brandon Scott Jones" portrayal of Capt.... ...Isaac Higgintoot, a faux Founding Father with an inexplicable one-sided rivalry with Alexander Hamilton, on the CBS supernatural sitcom “Ghosts”... ...Born and raised in Bel Air, Md., Jones dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player.... ...He studied acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and later performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade, where he learned the value...

Catholic group's radio ads urge boycott of Dodgers' Pride Night
latimes.com > sports > dodgers > story...The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says it will run 25 ads on KABC-AM (790) during a five-day stretch, starting Tuesday, calling... ...for fans to stay away from Dodger Stadium on June 16 to “send an unmistakable message that bigotry against Catholics should not be tolerated.”... ...Others, including former Vice President Mike Pence, have expressed similar sentiments in the wake of the Dodgers" decision to invite, then uninvite... ...An all-talk radio station based in Culver City, KABC was the radio home for Dodgers games from 1974 to 1997 and 2008 to 2011....

Equihua's 'Origins' collection combines high fashion, ancestry ...
latimes.com > lifestyle > story...On the corner of an empty lot in Avocado Heights may lie the entrance to another dimension -- at least that's how Brenda Equihua imagined it when... ...The story of Origins starts in central Mexico, where, on a trip sourcing special blankets for Equihua, the designer"s brand that's become known for... ...This can happen in central Mexico or Avocado Heights; it can also happen walking down Los Angeles Street in DTLA on a half-sunny, half-overcast day... ...The collection is comprised of four sets of jackets and pants, their silhouettes modeled after classic Levi"s denim....

Jeremy Strong 'terrified' 'Succession' creator during finale
latimes.com > entertainment-arts > tv > story...In a new interview with NPR, showrunner Jesse Armstrong recalled the moment Strong attempted to jump into the Hudson River while shooting his character... ...Kendall Roy"s final scene.... ...While speaking with Vanity Fair last month, Strong referenced a John Berryman poem that inspired the titles of each “Succession” season finale, noting... ...Brian Cox recently explained why he hasn't watched the "Succession" series finale after his character, Logan Roy, died earlier in the season....

California leaders say DeSantis is behind migrant flights to ...
latimes.com > california > newsletter...Instead, two men dropped them off at the doorstep of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and drove away.... ...On Friday, a chartered jet from New Mexico landed in Sacramento, carrying 16 people who migrated from South America.... ...The Sacramento flights follow “similar ploys by conservative politicians in Republican-led states,” as my colleagues Connor Sheets and Riben Vives... ...Rob Bonta....

Forte is early favorite in very competitive Belmont Stakes
latimes.com > sports > story...Forte, who scratched on race day for the Kentucky Derby, was made the 5-2 favorite breaking from the six.... ...Tapit Trice was the second favorite at 3-1 odds and will go from the second post while Angel of Empire was installed at 7-2 odds and will break from... ...Post, Horse, Trainer, Jockey, Odds 1, Tapit Shoes, Brad Cox, Jose Ortiz, 20-1 2, Tapit Trice, Todd Pletcher, Luis Saez, 3-1 3, Arcangelo, Jena Antonucci... ...The only Southern California horse in the Belmont is the Bob Baffert-trained National Treasure, who won the Preakness three weeks ago....

Ukrainian dam breach: What's happening and what's at stake
latimes.com > world-nation > story...It's not clear what caused the breach in the Kakhovka dam, which was already damaged by Russia"s war in Ukraine.... ...The dam holds back the Dnipro River -- a long stretch of which has become a front line of the war -- in a Russian-occupied area in the south.... ...in the United States.... ...The dam -- one of the world"s biggest in terms of reservoir capacity -- retained a volume of water nearly equivalent to that of the Great Salt Lake...

Welcome to the L.A. Troll Apartment. You can live under a bridge for only $250,000
latimes.com > california > story...Compass Real Estate recently put on the market a one bedroom fixer-upper on East Main Street that sits under a bridge, within walking distance of... ...Housing does not come cheap in Los Angeles.... ...“We had no comparables … no similar properties,” said Doug Lee, the Compass agent who listed the home, which he said once belonged to a high school... ...The real estate agents are working to clear up such property issues with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers....

Jeanette Rowe, L.A. homeless outreach pioneer, dies at 72
latimes.com > california > story...Va Lecia Adams Kellum.... ...Rowe took the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority"s emergency response team from two to 85 staff members.... ...She is survived by her wife, Kelly Jenkins-Galloway; brother Eddie Rowe and sister Marilyn Silver.... ...Rowe called herself “an old hippie,” but few hippies ever worked her punishing six-day weeks, helping people at encampments from the San Gabriel...

Man repeatedly threatened O.C. high school with deaths, mayhem ...
latimes.com > california > story...six months against Laguna Hills High School, the Orange County Sheriff"s Department said.... ...Eugene Thomas Jenkins of San Rafael was booked into Orange County Jail on suspicion of multiple felony offenses including making criminal threats... ..., San Rafael police, the Marin County Sheriff"s Office, the U.S.... ...At least two of the threats targeted Laguna Hills High School"s graduation ceremony on Thursday, the Sheriff"s Department said....