Whenever I drive through Monterey Park, I feel like kicking myself. For years my friend Huell Howser was intrigued by the Cascades, a low-slung waterfall that is a landmark in my hometown. He wanted ...

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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Local public television personality Huell Howser, who became famous for his fascination with seemingly all aspects of life in California, has died. He was 67. Howser, who spent ...

I got that question recently while chatting with a counter guy at Erick Schat’s Bakery, which produces Dutch pastries and sheepherders’ bread in the Eastern Sierra town of Bishop. It’s a question I ...