The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 6:38PM GMT 16 Nov 2008 Firefighters across California hoped diminishing winds would help their efforts, although humidity remained low Photo: REUTERS Ferocious blazes in and around Los Angeles continued to tear through densely populated urban areas where housing developments abut arid canyons and forests and where many Hollywood stars...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los AngelesLast Updated: 8:27PM GMT 07 Nov 2008About 1,000 protesters brought traffic to a standstill outside the church as confusion intensified over what the ban will mean for the thousands of couples who have tied the knot since same-sex marriages became legal in June.The constitutional amendment, dubbed Proposition Eight, sought to eliminate the 'right of...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 10:14PM GMT 06 Nov 2008The observer mission from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, however, urged US officials to address some flaws in its system and continue "efforts to enhance public confidence in the election process"."We have seen an election that displayed all the fundamentals of a genuinely democratic vote,"...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 6:39PM GMT 06 Nov 2008More than 2,000 gay rights supporters marched through West Hollywood to express their anger at the passing of "Proposition 8", which was approved by 52.5 to 47.5 per cent of voters, according to almost complete results. Hundreds of demonstrators also gathered in San Francisco as gay weddings were abruptly halted...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 4:58PM GMT 06 Nov 2008Police said the woman was about a mile into her run along a mountain trail 100 miles north of Phoenix when she came across a fox in a clearing. The animal first attacked her feet, biting one foot and lunging towards her knee.As the woman tried to pull the fox off by grabbing it by the neck, it sank its teeth into...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 12:53AM GMT 30 Oct 2008During opening statements of the eccentric music producer's murder retrial, jurors were told Spector killed Lana Clarkson, a struggling B movie actress, with a single gunshot wound to her mouth as she prepared to leave his home around 5am more than five years ago.The prosecution sought to portray the producer as...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 5:51PM GMT 28 Oct 2008The hour-long movie, made in 1972 for around $22,000 and shot in just six days, was one of the first porn films to get a wide cinema release and triggered a storm of protest as well as numerous lawsuits due to its graphic sex sequences.It went on to become required viewing for Americans, however, grossing an estimated...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 8:06PM BST 23 Oct 2008Law enforcement officials say the intense public interest and historic nature of the vote could lead to violent outbreaks if people are unhappy with the results, encounter problems casting their ballots or suspect voting irregularities. Police departments say they cannot rule out disorder and are mobilising extra...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
By Catherine Elsworth in Reno Last Updated: 4:37PM BST 22 Oct 2008 Democrat Obama hopes to clinch Nevada and fellow western Republican strongholds New Mexico and Colorado. Photo: EPA In a critical battleground in one of the swing states that could decide the election, the fight for every vote in the frenzied countdown to polling day on Nov 4 is fierce. Residents of Washoe County, a normally...
