Huell Howser: Good as gold

Actor and comedian Thomas Lennon shares how he took the news of Huell Howser's passing and why we'll never get another one like him.

A memorial for California television icon Huell Howser will now be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Tom LaBonge tipped off KNX Wednesday morning about the event, which is open to the public. A family spokesman had earlier said there would be no private or

“Pig ear Jell-O?!” That was the late and amazing Huell Howser's reaction delivered in his signature, excitable, earnest Tennessean twang when I explained to him, on-camera, the process of making cold Sichuan pig ears. This Chinese delicacy is served

Those who knew Huell Howser, both personally and as a regular presence in their homes illuminating the far-flung corners of our state as the host of "California's Gold," are sending their eulogies to letters@latimes.com. Howser died Monday at age 67,

Huell Howser, whose down-home style on public television's long-running staple series California's Gold made him an iconic local and national media figure.