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View PDF The Sonoma Valley embodies the idealized image of California life: the people are mellow, the sun is shining and the wine is flowing. Unlike the caffeine-driven city life of San Francisco and Los Angeles, in wine country, they take it slow ? which is why cycling is such a natural here. Plus, the region?s wide variety of microclimates … Continue »
The Granada Hills institution has been KOd by home consoles and online game sites after nearly 40 years. Inside, the Family Fun Arcade is dark, even on a sunny day. In the back, there?s a counter where you can get change, buy a can of soda for 75 cents and grab a bag of Doritos or a cellophane-covered brownie. The place is noisy, always noisy, … Continue »
I?m sitting in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, trying to meditate. Remembering the monk?s words, I visualize a clear crystal ball in the center of my body, and try to hold on to that picture of clarity as I observe my breath moving in and out, in and out. The temple glitters with gilt and mirrors and a large gleaming Buddha at one end, … Continue »
Eggheads are setting concepts to music and animation and uploading their videos. They are drawing eager viewers by the hundreds of thousands. Eli Cirino's high school science project was quite literally an overnight success. Students in the 10th-grader's honors chemistry class at Granada Hills Charter High School were asked to make a video … Continue »
As her story begins to fade from the news cycle, bullied bus monitor Karen Klein will ride off into the sunset a whole lot richer, while the ?bad guys? ? her seventh-grade tormentors ? exit the stage a lot less cocky than they entered, suspended from school for a year and their actions thoroughly condemned. Don?t cue the happy ending music … Continue »
A cancer-stricken man and his wife find a sense of community online to keep friends and family informed of his progress. Apryl Lundsten was, in her own words, "not a good Facebook user." "Facebook made me uncomfortable. I'd post something, and somebody would answer, and I'd be like, 'Oh, my God, do I have to answer them?' I just had … Continue »
In a picture-perfect illustration of nature?s elegant sense of balance, the icy, snowcapped peaks of the Swiss Alps were thoughtfully placed atop a valley filled with natural thermal springs.?This perfect apr?s-ski indulgence was, of course, in place long before skiing was even invented ? in fact, mentions of the benefits of a nice hot soak in the … Continue »
In a move emblematic of the fierce competition for museumgoers, MOCA will follow the recent phenomenon of the LACMA Rock by importing a "heavier rock" transported from "much farther away," the museum announced in a statement. For MOCA's installation, dubbed Elevated Math, artist Layne Christensen will transport an even more gigantic boulder from … Continue »