We’re at peak fire season in the West, and this year has been notably busy compared with the previous two seasons, which were tempered by back-to-back wet winters. Firefighters battle the Airport fire along Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains. Fountain Valley firefighters douse a home along El Cariso Road as the Airport fire burns in the Santa Ana …
In an age of bat flips, pitch clocks and instant replay, a lot of the traditions of baseball are going, going, gone. “And you walk through the blank one and you’re in this little surprise speakeasy.” Fans watch action in the visitors bullpen from the speakeasy under the right field pavilion at Dodger Stadium. “This is nice and cool and …
A man comforts his wife in Lviv, Ukraine, before she boards a train to Przemysl, Poland. Because of the gender split, jumping-off spots inside Ukraine — like this scruffy border town, a short walk from Medyka, Poland — have become stages for high drama. “I would remain in Ukraine and fight,” Bondar responded, as he stood at the border post, …
