Stefan A. Slater

Shay Roberts, founder of Academy of Arms medieval combat school, doesn't consider himself a master swordsman. Although the soft-spoken writer and former computer teacher at Glendale College has spent nearly a decade swinging blades and poring over medieval manuscripts, it takes a lifetime of hard work to revive a martial......

It's been more than two years since Mount Waterman was last open. The small, three-chair ski resort in the San Gabriel Mountains, roughly an hour from La Cañada Flintridge, hasn't had enough snow coverage for two winters in a row. Other SoCal resorts, like Mountain High or Bear Mountain, fire......