Freemasonry

Two teens were killed and at least nine people were injured in weekend gunfire at two crowded parties in south Los Angeles County, investigators said Sunday. The unrelated parties were widely publicized. Details about one event, held at a rented Long...

IN LOS FELIZ, across from a 7-Eleven on North Vermont Avenue, a few dozen men in their early 20s to late 80s share a dinner behind closed doors. Some wear full tuxedos with bow ties and jeweled cuff links, some have shoulder-length hair, and others wear...

Deep in the woods near Brushy Creek stands an old beech tree, its smooth bark etched with dozens of carvings, including biblical references, a heart and a legless horse. Bob Brewer was 10 when his great-uncle, W.D. "Grandpa" Ashcraft, pointed it out on a...

EVENT: Pancake Breakfast & Carmel Masonic Angel Fund Silent Auction DATE:  Saturday, January 10, 2009 TIME:  7a.m. - 10a.m. WHERE: Carmel Masonic Lodge #421, 310 1st. Street, N.E. Carmel COST:  $5/adults; $2/children INFO:  Charles Sparks: cmaf@live.com...

In the early 1890s the city's first settlement was Simpson Cove, which was in the area where Gilbert Park and the lighthouse are today. The future heart of the city moved, however, when John Phillip Donnelly married Annie McDonald Stone. Owning a...

Jaded Angelenos may think they've seen everything. And maybe they have, if they've been to the California Institute of Abnormalarts. Stumble inside the North Hollywood CIA headquarters (can't miss it, it's the only place on the block with an enormous...

Like many great beauties -- Marilyn Monroe, for instance -- the new Chrysler Crossfire has a faintly tragic air about it. And like many consumers of beauty -- Frank Sinatra, for instance -- I'm only too happy to exploit it. The 2004 Crossfire ($35,570 as...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The "new" Norfolk hasn't yet sparked the hype of, say, Atlanta or Charlotte. But this historic city's continuing urban renaissance could make it the next gleaming gem of the so-called New South. Situated along waterways where the...

ALBURTIS Concerts are 5-9 p.m. at Alburtis Park unless otherwise noted: May 26 -- Come Sundown May 27 -- The Hawks (3-9 p.m.) June 1 -- Arizona Ramblers June 2 -- Hickory Rose June 8 -- Stampede Band June 9 -- Midnight Special June 15 -- Mesa...

Is it even possible anymore to make a Jerry Bruckheimer-style movie with a straight face? Can we absorb another army-of-one rogue hero, another blindingly beautiful blond love interest with a PhD, another pile-driving musical score accompanied by...