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For more than 30 years the Rosales family has run a sprawling, 1-acre open-air nursery in Baldwin Hills, offering native plants, drought-tolerant plants, vegetable starts, fruit trees and a wide variety of decorative shrubs, trees and succulents, with many of the plants grown in their production facilities in Temecula. In 2021, the family opened its second location, C&S Garden Center, in Lawndale, with a wide selection of indoor plants, vegetable seedlings, garden tools (including a line of Japanese Kinboshi pruning…

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. Early signing day for all sports but football comes Wednesday. Southern California is loaded with so many top high school athletes from a variety of sports. Let me offer an example of the extraordinary riches.Catchers en masse Santa Margarita High catchers from left: Luke Lavin, Blake Balsz, and Bryce Humphry. They are signing with Stanford, UCLA and USF.(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) As early college signing day…

Do you like scary movies? How about silly musical comedies? Pumpkins? Drag queens? Science, weird or otherwise? Get into the spirit of the season with our curated list of 23 Halloween happenings, ranging from kid-friendly to adults-only, all around SoCal.Before you go, remember to check for reservation requirements and COVID-19 protocols.‘Absolutely Halloween!’Santa Monica Playhouse reprises this family-friendly musical fable that follows a young girl named Candy on a fantastical adventure. 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. 2…

The Hollywood Reporter won 10 awards at the 64th Southern California Journalism Awards on Saturday night, including print journalist of the year for Seth Abramovitch and best columnist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Taking place at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, the event distributed awards from the Los Angeles Press Club. Categories included TV and film criticism, crime reporting, investigative journalism, art and photography, news and online features and more. THR’s honors followed its 39 nominations, announced in…

The Hollywood Reporter has been nominated for 39 awards at the 64th SoCal Journalism Awards, including best website and three noms for journalists of the year. Seth Abramovitch, Scott Feinberg and Rebecca Keegan all have been nominated for journalist of the year in the print (over 50,000 circulation), online and entertainment categories, respectively. In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is up for best columnist, while Daniel Fienberg and  Angie Han were nominated for best criticism of TV, Sheri Linden for best…