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The best-designed hotel rooms often come down to the details. Blackout shades, well-placed light switches and other thoughtful features can make all the difference. “If someone has anticipated these things, that’s the biggest gesture of hospitality you can offer,” said Jo Littlefair, who with her husband, Martin Goddard, runs Goddard Littlefair, a London- and Portugal-based interior design firm that’s worked on projects like the Mandarin Oriental in Vienna and the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 28, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Crossroads: A Joe Pickett Novel" by C.J. Box (Putnam) Last week: ...

SAN DIEGO — Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we come face to face with destruction, only the wreckage is beautiful. A long, winding path takes guests around and under felled trees. Aged gray tree hunks form arches, for instance, over bridges that tower over clay-colored paths with hoof prints. The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail ...

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for part three of my lengthy musical career! I can write songs forever and wait until you hear what's coming! As my major talent beyond singing is songwriting, now is the time to get serious again." The Beach ...

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for part three of my lengthy musical career! I can write songs forever and wait until you hear what's coming! As my major talent beyond singing is songwriting, now is the time to get serious again." The Beach ...

In “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Esmeralda and the Romani of Paris risk being driven out of the city because they are “Gypsies.”

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I believed that wearing all black was proper dress for anyone at a funeral, or any such service. In recent years, though, this seems to have changed. “Church dress,” or subdued outfits in muted colors, seem to be acceptable.

Two years ago, Brittany Graham would pull into her local Chipotle in Chico, California, once a month and order her favorite entree, a steak bowl.

Singer Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Ventura County, California, on suspicion ​of driving under the influence, the California Highway Patrol has confirmed to Reuters.

If she wasn’t a real person, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life would read like a fictional story. A tale of a woman who experienced the death of her older sister at a young age and the death of her mother the day before she graduated high school.

WASHINGTON – Journey has endured its share of derision over the decades.

Dear Doctors: My 11-year-old son was diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. He’s been treated with steroids and 10 HBOT sessions, with a small increase in hearing. I’m struggling to find any information regarding HBOT for children. Is there literature or experience in similar cases?

Dear Annie: My younger sister is getting married in June and has asked me to be her maid of honor. I was genuinely touched – until she handed me an extensive “wish list.” It includes hosting a destination bachelorette weekend (on my dime until others reimburse me), attending dress fittings three hours away on weekdays, organizing a bridal shower with “an elevated garden-party aesthetic” and being available for “brainstorming calls.”

1 2nd Friday ArtWalk – Take a self-guided tour through 15-plus art galleries, shops and businesses downtown Coeur d’Alene. 5 p.m. Sherman Avenue and Fourth Street, Coeur d’Alene. Admission: Free.

1 Custer’s 49th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Show – Over 250 artisans from the Northwest displaying and selling fine art, hand crafts and specialty foods. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. Admission: $9 single day.

Classics Northwest will return for the 2026 season with acclaimed pianist Piers Lane this weekend.

The first time comedian and actor Harland Williams traveled through Washington state, he was on his way to Hollywood.

I still can’t read the weather gods well enough to predict what our weather is going to be for the next few weeks, but we are close to planting time. There is a lot of interest in adding fruit trees to backyards. You can’t beat picking a dead ripe plum, cherry or peach? Here are a few things to think about.

In a word, the Spokane International Film Festival is all about passion.