A robotics specialist, he animated puppets and dolls for displays worldwide. His “Toyland,” with a two-story-high Santa, drew ...

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Nearly five years after seizing a publicly owned, vacant home she used to live in, Maria Merritt is saying goodbye to the community of El Sereno.

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A lot of people go all out with their Christmas decorations—twinkling lights ... Illuminated shamrocks decorate the windows, green lights cover the trees out front, and a Happy St. Patrick ...

The house has undergone serious work since Knowles and her husband, Christopher Petite, bought it in 2000. They added windows ...

Two squirrels, four ducks and an opossum. Oh, my! I enjoy almost all of God’s creation, although I do give spiders and snakes ...