Newsletter Get our Today's Headlines newsletter SubscribeStormy WeatherA major storm is sweeping through California. And in L.A., officials said they would open some emergency shelters ahead of schedule to shield homeless people from the rain and cold. Meanwhile, L.A. officials are stepping up their lobbying efforts to secure more funding in next year’s state budget for board-and-care homes, which serve low-income people with debilitating mental illness. Among them: the titular role in “The Black Cat.” The Times reported in the Nov. 28, 1961, edition:“More than 100 black cats lined up — as much as cats will line up — for an audition for a movie part in response to a newspaper ad seeking ‘a sagacious black cat.’ There were big black cats, little black cats, gray black cats, black kittens, black and white cats, white and black cats, nervous black cats, gentle black cats. But seven other black cats were picked for understudy and promotional parts.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 27, 2019 12:56 UTC