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Six months ago, before Willy Chavarria had even begun drafting the designs of his Spring/Summer 2025 collection, he knew exactly how he would open his show: His guests would enter a space that was largely unadorned, aside from a prominently featured American flag. As they settled into their seats, sierreño group Yahritza y Su Esencia would file down the runway, accompanied by a trio of mariachis. There, with the flag as their backdrop, they would perform a wrenching rendition of Juan Gabriel’s “Querida.” Over the years, the Mexican American designer has earned a reputation for keeping the audiences at New York Fashion Week on their toes, putting together evocative runway presentations that seamlessly blend politics, identity and fashion. His designs often draw on different eras of Chicano culture, incorporating elements of cholo street style or the exaggerated silhouettes of 1940s zoot suits to challenge ideas about what constitutes high fashion and reclaim clothing that’s historically been appropriated or stigmatized. For him, “Querida” was the perfect way to introduce a collection he titled “América.” “The song is about yearning for a loved one,” he says. “I

Donald Glover has pulled the plug on the remainder of his Childish Gambino touring commitments to focus on his health, including an upcoming surgery. The Grammy-winning “This Is America” singer and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” star tweeted Friday about the recent health concerns that have now led him to call off shows across Europe and Australia. The historic Emmy winner said he was hospitalized in Houston last month “to make sure of an ailment that had become apparent.” He continued: “After being assessed, it became clear that I would not perform that night, and after more tests, I could not perform the rest of the U.S. tour in the time asked.” In September, Glover postponed his New World tour — including several shows at Crypto.com Arena — “to focus on my physical health for a few weeks.” The “Community” actor was initially set to close out the North American leg of his tour earlier this week before heading overseas. Now, he says, “My path to recovery is something I need to confront seriously.” Glover, 41,did not disclose additional details about his health concerns in his

ATLANTA —  Former President Trump put aside his differences Friday with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, meeting Kemp in the hurricane-ravaged community of Evans, Ga, for their first joint appearance since Kemp refused to help Trump overturn his 2020 election loss. After shaking hands at a press briefing, Trump praised Kemp. “Your governor’s doing a fantastic job,” Trump said. It was a significant public turnaround, one calibrated to bring Georgia Republicans together ahead of a tight Nov. 5. election. Over the last four years, Trump has repeatedly tried to undermine Kemp, blaming the Georgia GOP leader for not doing enough to overturn his 2020 loss and endorsing a rival gubernatorial candidate in 2022. Just months ago, he insulted Kemp as a “bad guy.” But getting conservatives to the polls and wooing undecided voters is key for Republicans in this Southern battleground state. President Biden won Georgia in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes, and polling averages compiled by FiveThirtyEight.com show Trump ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia by just 1.3 percentage points, within the margin of error. With Trump and Harris neck and neck, the

In April 2022, a Starbucks barista and union organizer was invited to meet with the company’s upper management in Long Beach. During the meeting, the employee raised several concerns, including charges of unfair labor practices the company faced. Howard Schultz, who had just begun his third stint as the company’s chief executive, became irritated and shot back: “If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.” Now, the National Labor Relations Board has found that Schultz acted unlawfully by inviting an employee to quit after they raised issues related to unionization. The board’s decision, issued Oct. 2, ordered Starbucks to cease and desist from implying employees could be fired for engaging in protected activities such as union organizing. The company must also post a notice of employee rights at all of the Long Beach stores from which employees attended the meeting with Schultz. In its decision, the board wrote that it has “long held unlawful employers’ statements that employees dissatisfied with working conditions should quit rather than try to improve them through union activity.” Starbucks did not immediately respond to a

Hurricane Helene’s effect on the U.S. economy Hurricane Helene’s effect on the U.S. economy 02:53 Several hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with shortages of IV fluid after flooding from Hurricane Helene forced medical fluid manufacturers to halt production.  Baxter International, the leading supplier of IV fluids to hospitals, said its facility in Marion, North Carolina, remains closed for the foreseeable future .  “Baxter’s North Cove facility affected by flooding and currently closed for production as the company assesses extent of the impact,” the company says in a statement on its website. The company, which supplies about 60% of the country’s IV fluid bags, added that it’s working with federal agencies to support recovery efforts and “mitigate supply disruption to patients.” IV fluids are administered intravenously to treat dehydration and are critical for surgery, during which patients are asleep for a long time and unable to eat and drink.  “Remediation efforts are already underway, and we will spare no resource — human or financial — to resume production and help ensure patients and providers have the products they need,” José (Joe) E. Almeida, chair, president and chief

The city of Los Angeles is paying out lawsuit settlements at a dangerous rate, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia. Mejia posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday to announce a “CITY OF LA GOING BROKE ALERT,” pointing to problems in the liability claims budget. In spite of L.A. having a budget of $87 million for lawsuits and settlements for the fiscal year, the city has already paid out $97 million — in just three months. Of that $97 million, $59.4 million was for the Los Angeles Police Department alone. The “miscellaneous” category came in second with $21.7 million, though Mejia noted the vast majority of that amount was for two specific incidents. “There are ~400 accounting transactions for misc. that make up the $21.7 million,” Mejia responded to a commenter. “Here are the 2 largest that make up $18M (83%). $10.5M: A fixture at the top of a street lamp fell on a person’s head $7.5M: Person lost arm after attack from an adopted animal shelter dog.” As Mejia pointed out, the $10.5 million did not come out of the budget of the L.A.

Dogs that have been trained in Ventura County to respond to international disasters have been deployed to the Southern U.S. to aid in Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. Eleven canine disaster search teams from all over the country have traveled to the most heavily affected areas to lend a paw. The teams are comprised of human handlers and search and rescue dogs that were trained and certified by the Search Dog Foundation located in Santa Paula. “All of these dogs who have now become specialized working canines were trained right here in Ventura County in preparation for this moment—when they can help those that need it most,” the Foundation states on its website. New York Task Force 2 Urban/Technical Search and Rescue poses before deploying for Hurricane Helene rescue efforts on Sept. 26, 2024. (Search Dog Foundation) Search Dog Foundation recruits dogs from across the country that are rescued from abuse or abandonment. Many come from shelters and were surrendered because they have high energy and other characteristics that make them unsuitable as a family pet but ideal candidates for the program. They are trained by

SAVING OUR SEAS: California’s Critical Coastline is a new KTLA series that focuses on the importance of the Golden State’s rich, diverse, expansive coast and why it’s so vital to conserve and protect it. We will dive into the wild wonders that thrive in these waters, the fascinating fight to fight overfishing and sustain our sealife, and tackle the challenges we face from both mankind and Mother Nature alike. We’ll explore why California’s coastline is critical to our state’s climate, culture, character and conservation, highlight what’s being done to protect it, and show you why biologists, climatologists, and conservationists are all sending out the SOS… Saving Our Seas before it’s too late. Saving Our Seas is sponsored by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Segments air Sundays at 9 am on the KTLA Weekend Morning News. Executive Producer: Jacob Burch Reporter: Andy Riesmeyer

After a brief respite with slightly warmer temperatures Friday, high heat was expected to return for much of the weekend across the Southland, prompting more warnings for residents to take precautions to avoid illness. Forecasters said residents can anticipate “several degrees of warming in most areas Saturday,” with conditions about the same, or possibly slightly warmer, on Sunday. “As a result, it will become dangerously hot away from the coastal plain,” according to the National Weather Service. “Max temps will rise well into the 90s to around or possibly slightly above 105 degrees in the valleys, foothills and lower mountain locations both days.” An excessive heat warning will be in effect from 10 a.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Monday in many mountain and valley areas. Forecasters said some areas could potentially reach as high as 108 degrees, while mountain and foothill areas might see overnight cooling only to the 75-to-85 degrees range. “There is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for anyone, especially for the very young, the very old, those without air conditioning, and those active outdoors,” according to the NWS. “It will

A 23-year-old motorist was killed when her sedan was hit by a suspect going nearly 100 mph and fleeing from sheriff’s deputies in Cabazon, authorities said Friday. Carlie Membrino of Banning was fatally injured at 9:35 p.m. Thursday on Seminole Drive at Malki Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to the CHP and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, about 9:30 p.m., patrol deputies spotted a man at the wheel of a Ford Mustang, going in the wrong direction on Seminole, near Apache Trail, and suspected that he was driving under the influence. “Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver failed to yield, and a pursuit was initiated,” according to a sheriff’s statement. CHP Officer Jonathan Torres said that the roughly mile-long chase “traveled westbound on Seminole at speeds of 90 to 95 mph.” He said Membrino was in her Nissan Versa, stopped at the intersection of Seminole and Malki, preparing to turn southbound onto Malki when the Mustang approached from behind with deputies on its tail. “The driver of the Ford did not stop,” Torres said. “As a result, the driver of

Last week, as I boarded a plane from the Gulf Coast to NYC Climate Week, I checked the weather for updates on the disturbance that would become Hurricane Helene and called my partner to go over our evacuation plan. When I got off the phone, the man next to me, an evangelical pastor from Alabama, asked if I knew anything about the storm. I told him I work on climate change, and he didn’t bat an eye: “Yeah, it’s getting biblical.” The hurricane didn’t come for my partner and me this time, but it destroyed my hometown in the mountains of North Carolina. I’ve spent 20 years working on climate and I live between Los Angeles and the Gulf Coast of Alabama, where I’ve reckoned with the likelihood of one day losing our home. I’ve also accepted that worsening fires, droughts and heat waves could make Southern California unlivable. But Asheville was considered a climate haven . I’ve always told family members we can never sell our homes there. It is utterly unfathomable that it would be devastated first by one of the worst climate

Más allá de los documentales y los reportajes que se han hecho -y se seguirán haciendo- sobre su vida y su obra, Salvador Dalí ha sido representado por actores en diversas ocasiones, como parte de trabajos hechos para el cine y la televisión que han tenido que lidiar siempre con la imposibilidad de plasmar en la pantalla la grandeza de su personalidad. La fascinación que él mismo sintió por el séptimo arte lo llevó a establecer diferentes colaboraciones con creadores relevantes. El caso más notable es el de “Un Chien Andalou” (1929), el revolucionario cortometraje de Luis Buñuel, por supuesto; pero fue también responsable del diseño artístico de la alucinada escena onírica de “Spellbound” (1945), de Alfred Hitchcock, y hasta hizo algo con Walt Disney en “Destino”, un cortometraje animado que se empezó a desarrollar en 1945 y que se terminó recién en el 2002. Por su lado, directores de la talla de Carlos Saura y de Woody Allen le dieron cabida como personaje en sus propias películas “Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón” (2001) y “Midnight in Paris” (2011), respectivamente, mientras que Robert