This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. Sixty-five years young and showing off its nifty new shell for Libbey Bowl, this year’s Ojai Music Festival began Thursday night with a spring in its step, but also a tear in its eye. The evening also included the dedication of a new …
The Fukushima factor reaches around the world to help raise funds for a new containment shell for the stricken nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine. One week before the 25th anniversary of the nuclear power plant explosion at Chernobyl, world leaders pledged Tuesday to provide $780 million for the construction of a shelter designed to house the toxic remains for …
Times Staff Writer Music returned to the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday after eight months of construction replaced its 73-year-old hemispherical shell -- one of Los Angeles’ most enduring images -- with a more spacious elliptical cover that delighted musicians but not some preservationists. “When I played the first note, I thought, ‘Boy, this is nice,’ ” said Hood, who has …
