Weighty Issues

Local School Districts Combat Childhood Obesity With Educational, Nutritional, And Fitness Programs

LINDA HARDIE

Excited to be back with their friends after summer break, first and second graders line up to go into their classrooms. The line is a little longer now — not by numbers, but by girth, some students weighing in at more than 100 pounds.

'I Was Personally Touched'

After seeing AIDS devastate New York’s theater scene in the 1980s, actor and 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards honoree Peter Gallagher devoted himself to the cause

LINDA HARDIE Arts & Entertainment, Social Scene

After seeing AIDS devastate New York’s theater scene in the 1980s, actor and 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards honoree Peter Gallagher devoted himself to the cause

The Three Maestros

An infusion of three innovators propels renewed interest in the desert’s musical establishment.

LINDA HARDIE Arts & Entertainment

Within a two-year period, these edgy innovators – Gary Berkson, Valéry Ryvkin, and John Bayless – converged on the desert to lead a trio of prominent music establishments.

Movie Colony Makeover

A dedicated preservationist restores Cary Grant’s estate and seeks historic site status

LINDA HARDIE Real Estate

In 1954, screen idol Cary Grant and his wife, Betsy Drake, walked through the gate into lush greenery, expansive lawns, palms, citrus trees, rose gardens, and cacti surrounding a 1930s copy of a Spanish Andalusian farmhouse. Grant remained at the estate until 1972.