LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesus Barron answered his wife’s panicked phone call warning him that a mudslide was smashing into their bedroom in the hills of eastern Los Angeles County. Then, the line went dead.
“She called me and told me the mountain was coming down,” he recalled Wednesday. “I thought the worst.”
Wendy Barron escaped their Hacienda Heights home during Tuesday’s historic downpours in Southern California, but it was seriously damaged when mud flowed down the hillside and blasted through the two retaining walls the family built when they moved in seven years ago. Read More...
The executive chef of BlackSalt in Washington thinks two things tend to separate better seafood restaurants from the swarm. “Reputation is a big thing,” says Jeff Gaetjen, whose employer in the Palisades has been pulling in fish fans for 16 years and whose ingredients beckon from beds of ice in BlackSalt’s front market.
Gaetjen also looks for variety on the menu. “Anyone can do mahi-mahi tacos,” he says. Solid sources allow a proper seafood establishment to offer not just the usual suspects — local soft-shell crabs, rockfish — but treasures from far away, such as John Dory from New Zealand and West Coast oysters, even during a pandemic. Read More...
To determine whether it’s time to water your poinsettia, stick a finger in the dirt, says Goodspeed. If you detect any moisture or coolness, leave it alone. You will know it’s time to water if the soil is completely dry or if the leaves are starting to wilt, yellow or fall off. Expect to hydrate your plant every seven to 10 days, but don’t simply pour on the water. Poinsettias are often sold in pots wrapped in metallic foil to up their festive vibes, but this extra layer traps water, which can lead to root rot and kill the plant. Read More...
