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RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
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Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaL.A. DowntownSun 6:18a/5:52p 6:16a/5:51p 6:22a/5:56p
Moon 12:33p/2:24a 12:32p/2:22a 12:36p/2:29aAnaheim 82 50 -- 76 50 80 51
Avalon/Catalina 76 55 -- 62 52 66 52
Bakersfield 74 43 -- 82 51 84 51
Barstow 75 47 -- 79 49 80 49
Big Bear Lake 51 30 -- 53 31 56 29
Bishop 73 29 -- 74 34 73 36
Burbank 80 55 -- 76 51 79 53
Camarillo 81 41 -- 73 49 71 50
Chatsworth 80 55 -- 77 50 79 51
Chino 83 45 -- 79 47 84 50
Dana Point 76 56 -- 66 51 70 52
Death Valley 87 65 -- 84 60 86 59
Del Mar 68 50 -- 65 52 68 53
Escondido 78 44 -- 74 46 78 45
Eureka 54 38 -- 56 41 53 42
Fallbrook 79 48 -- 71 45 77 45
Fresno 72 44 -- 81 50 83 50
Fullerton 82 47 -- 76 52 79 54
Hemet 77 38 -- 78 43 81 44
Hesperia 69 39 -- 73 40 75 42
Huntington Beach 77 44 -- 68 52 69 53
Idyllwild 62 57 -- 66 43 68 45
Irvine 80 52 -- 71 51 75 52
L.A. D’ntown/USC82 56 -- 76 53 77 54L.A. Int’l. Airport 80 61 -- 71 56 70 57
Laguna Beach 77 55 -- 68 54 71 55
Lancaster 72 28 -- 76 39 77 42
Long Beach 78 45 -- 69 52 72 54
Mammoth Lakes 59 25 -- 62 24 60 27
Mission Viejo 79 57 -- 73 52 77 52
Monrovia 80 68 -- 77 51 81 52
Monterey 72 43 -- 69 48 63 49
Mt. Wilson xx xx -- 62 40 63 42
Needles 74 55 Tr 77 51 81 55
Newport Beach 72 56 -- 66 53 68 54
Northridge 81 58 -- 79 51 81 53
Oakland 73 46 -- 76 51 65 53
Oceanside 79 39 -- 70 45 75 47
Ojai 78 40 -- 75 47 77 46
Ontario 79 51 -- 79 51 82 54
Palm Springs 84 63 -- 83 56 85 57
Pasadena 82 56 -- 77 52 79 52
Paso Robles 76 29 -- 77 41 73 40
Pomona/Fairplex 79 46 -- 79 50 82 51
Redding 82 54 -- 80 45 74 46
Riverside 81 60 -- 78 41 80 43
Sacramento 76 41 -- 79 49 75 49
San Bernardino 81 59 -- 79 48 81 51San Diego 77 49 -- 67 55 71 55
San Francisco 75 50 -- 72 50 64 51
San Gabriel 79 48 -- 78 51 81 52
San Jose 76 46 -- 80 48 72 49
San Luis Obispo 75 35 -- 72 47 67 45
Santa Ana 81 53 -- 73 56 75 56
Santa Barbara 71 36 -- 67 48 67 47
Santa Clarita 77 51 -- 79 49 80 50
Santa Monica Pier 75 61 -- 71 51 70 53
Santa Paula 82 40 -- 78 47 78 49
Santa Rosa 85 44 -- 78 42 68 45
Simi Valley 81 46 -- 78 49 79 49
Tahoe Valley 55 21 -- 60 30 59 35
Temecula 78 40 -- 76 42 81 44
Thousand Oaks 80 47 -- 76 49 75 48
Torrance 77 54 -- 71 52 70 53
UCLA 78 62 -- 74 52 74 54
Van Nuys 82 59 -- 77 50 80 53
Ventura 75 51 -- 67 50 65 51
Whittier Hills 85 44 -- 76 51 79 53
Woodland Hills 82 55 -- 79 49 82 51
Wrightwood 54 33 .13 63 41 63 39
Yorba Linda 82 48 -- 76 50 81 51
Yosemite Valley 67 32 -- 66 38 65 39Clearing 77/
Mostly cloudy 74/
A shower 63/
Showers 63/Some sun 80/
Mostly cloudy 76/
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Showers 60/Clearing 70/
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A shower 61/
Showers 61/Partly sunny 56/
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Showers 44/Partly sunny 85/
Some sun 87/
M/cloudy 77/
Showers 74/Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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10-15 knots. Wind waves will average
2-4 feet with a west swell of 2-3 feet.
Surf zone:The risk of strong and
dangerous rip currents will be mod-
erate for all area beaches today.Santa Barbara 2-4’ 12 sec W
Ventura 2-4’ 12 sec W
Los Angeles 2-4’ 12 sec W
Orange 2-4’ 12 sec SSW
San Diego 2-4’ 12 sec WTuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today ThursdayForecasts byAccuWeather, Inc.©Today 4:19a 4.7 Hi 12:11p 0.0 Lo
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7:35p 3.7 Hi ------ LoHigh/low 82/56 82/47 75/
Normal high/low 69/50 69/50 66/
High/low a year ago 63/54 65/57 59/
Record high/date 85/1931 84/2012 77/
Record low/date 38/1894 44/2015 31/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 7.33 7.00 7.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 16.69 14.71 16.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 11.41 10.76 12.
Humidity (high/low) 32/11 50/9 83/Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaLas Vegas, 45
Los Angeles, 45Phoenix, 45
San Francisco, 45(^76) / (^5377) / (^5171) / (^5153) / (^3183) / 56
High88 in Titusville, Fla.
Low–8 in Crested Butte, Colo.
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Albany 63 33 .03 48 33 W
Albuquerque 59 32 -- 61 36 Su
Anchorage 15 2 -- 14 0 Pc
Aspen 449-- 4620Su
Atlanta 69 54 .54 57 47 R
Austin 75 60 -- 71 47 R
Baltimore 64 41 .12 62 37 Su
Boise 58 40 -- 60 36 Cy
Boston 59 46 .02 54 38 W
Buffalo 53 39 .29 42 28 Cy
Burlington, Vt. 53 35 .06 43 30 Cy
Charleston, S.C. 75 58 .39 65 52 R
Charlotte 60 54 1.41 61 46 R
Chicago 49 32 Tr 47 32 Sn
Cincinnati 58 50 .41 58 31 Pc
Cleveland 54 47 .27 45 28 Sn
Columbia, S.C. 71 56 .61 62 49 R
Columbus 57 48 1.31 54 26 Pc
Dallas/Ft.Worth 68 53 Tr 56 43 R
Denver 60 26 -- 62 30 Su
Detroit 50 31 Tr 46 25 Pc
El Paso 59 42 .61 58 37 Su
Eugene 61 44 -- 57 35 Pc
Fort Myers 83 61 -- 87 71 Su
Hartford 63 41 .14 53 34 W
Honolulu 83 69 .01 82 70 Ts
Houston 84 66 -- 76 52 R
Indianapolis 56 43 .41 52 30 Su
Jacksonville, Fla. 83 62 -- 82 63 Cy
Kansas City 62 34 -- 61 40 Su
Knoxville 69 51 .91 60 44 Cy
Las Vegas 72 53 -- 74 52 Su
Louisville 62 52 .27 64 37 Pc
Medford 66 32 -- 65 34 Pc
Memphis 64 55 .09 60 47 Cy
Miami 82 69 -- 87 75 Pc
Milwaukee 45 31 .01 43 31 Pc
Minneapolis 43 30 Tr 42 34 Su
Nashville 68 57 .58 64 43 Cy
New Orleans 82 65 .04 79 60 R
New York 59 50 .14 54 39 Su
Norfolk 73 50 .01 65 47 Pc
Oklahoma City 66 39 -- 58 34 Pc
Omaha 60 37 -- 60 39 Su
Orlando 85 58 -- 88 68 Pc
Philadelphia 60 42 .13 58 38 W
Phoenix 76 52 .01 75 53 Su
Pittsburgh 56 46 .36 51 28 Pc
Portland, Ore. 60 48 Tr 56 36 Pc
Providence 60 47 .21 54 35 Su
Raleigh/Durham 63 54 .21 64 47 Pc
Reno 62 28 -- 70 36 Su
Richmond 65 46 Tr 65 41 Su
St. Louis 62 40 Tr 58 39 Su
Salt Lake City 49 30 -- 55 36 Pc
Acapulco 91 75 -- 85 72 Su
Amsterdam 47 34 .67 48 39 Sh
Athens 70 46 -- 62 49 R
Bangkok 96 77 -- 95 78 Pc
Barcelona 61 46 -- 60 51 Pc
Berlin 45 36 .09 46 32 Sh
Cabo San Lucas 75 59 .02 75 57 Su
Cairo 74 51 -- 80 66 Hz
Dubai 77 66 -- 75 63 W
Dublin 47 37 .08 44 31 R
Havana 86 57 -- 89 69 Su
Ho Chi Minh City 95 79 -- 94 77 Pc
Hong Kong 74 65 .05 72 62 Sh
Istanbul 70 50 -- 64 50 Cy
Jerusalem 64 40 -- 70 50 Su
Johannesburg 71 54 -- 77 54 Hz
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Lima 83 73 -- 79 73 Pc
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Clouds and fog, then sunny and warm: A large upper-level high-pressure area centered off the California
coast that has helped bring an offshore wind pattern the last couple of days will continue to maintain a warm
weather pattern over Southern California through the rest of this week. The offshore pattern will weaken,
allowing patchy low clouds and fog to form this morning and again Thursday morning.
Southern storms: A belt of heavy rain and strong to severe thunder-
storms will extend from Texas across the Deep South and Southeast.
Rain and snow showers will target parts of the Great Lakes, Northwest
and northern Rockies. The central Plains will be dry and mild.
cording to authorities and
her friends. Thirty days lat-
er, police would find her
mortally wounded outside
her Hollywood Hills home
and arrest the ex-boyfriend
who crossed paths with her
at the awards show after
years of estrangement.
Gareth Pursehouse, 41,
was charged with murder
and faces a possible death
sentence. He is being held
without bail. His lawyer, Pat-
rick Hare of the public de-
fender’s office, did not re-
turn messages seeking com-
ment. Pursehouse is sched-
uled to be arraigned on
March 4.
Los Angeles Police De-
partment investigators have
questioned Harwick’s
friends and acquaintances
about the red carpet en-
counter with Pursehouse, a
photographer who was cov-
ering the awards show, and
his subsequent behavior
toward her, suggesting it will
be an important part of the
case against him.
The former couple hadn’t
seen each other for eight
years, and Pursehouse be-
came furious and weepy at
the sight of Harwick, accord-
ing to interviews with at-
tendees and friends. They
said she initially responded
with kind words and an im-
promptu therapy session on
the sidelines of the event,
but soon came to see him as
a threat to her safety.
“Gareth found my num-
ber online and he messaged
me,” she texted a friend the
day after the awards show.
“He keeps texting and
sounds unstable.”
The pair had lived to-
gether a decade ago in Sher-
man Oaks. She was working
as a model and performance
artist, and he was a software
engineer who had a side gig
photographing adult indus-
try events.
The relationship soured
in 2011 and he became vi-
olent, according to allega-
tions she made in a pair of re-
straining order
applications.
“He has told me he hit me
‘because I made him so
mad.’ He refused to get help
while in relationship,” she
wrote.
A year after they called it
quits, he was still harassing
her, she told a judge in 2012.
She said he repeatedly broke
into her apartment com-
plex, once smashing 10 pic-
ture frames against her
door, another time taping
four dozen flowers to her
door and a third time stand-
ing “outside my door playing
music,” she wrote in the fil-
ing.
A Superior Court judge
barred Pursehouse from
contact with her until 2015.
In the years after their re-
lationship, Harwick became
a licensed marriage and
family therapist and earned
a doctorate in human sexu-
ality. She published an erotic
handbook, “The New Sex
Bible for Women,” opened a
therapy practice and began
volunteering for Pineapple
Support, a nonprofit that
provides low-cost mental
health counseling to adult
performers.
She had many clients and
friends in the entertainment
industry and was engaged to
the comedian and “Price Is
Right” host Drew Carey.
They split two years ago.
Pursehouse drifted away
from the adult industry and
got a job at Internet Brands,
an online services company
in El Segundo, according to
an online resume and infor-
mation he gave police.
Harwick told friends she
suspected that Pursehouse
was still stalking her. She
told them of a series of
break-ins at homes where
she had lived. She said that
in one, only her photo al-
bums were taken, and an-
other time, her laptop was
wiped so that all of her files
and settings were erased,
they recalled. She wondered
if Pursehouse had anything
to do with the incidents.
In mid-January, Harwick
spoke at an adult industry
convention about mental
health on behalf of Pineap-
ple Support and received a
free ticket to the Jan. 16
award show.
“She said to me, ‘Oh,
that’s cool, I want to go to
that,’ ” said close friend
Robert Coshland. “If there
was something she hadn’t
done, she wanted to do it.”
Asked about Purse-
house’s presence, Xbiz
would say only that he was
“one of many qualified pho-
tographers and members of
the press credentialed to
cover the event.”
Hernando Chaves, a Bev-
erly Hills sex therapist who
attended the event with
Harwick, said he left her and
another acquaintance in the
red carpet line to get drinks.
A short time later, he said,
the acquaintance rushed up
to him and said, “You need to
get over here. This guy is
yelling at your friend.”
Chaves said he arrived as
Pursehouse appeared to be
finishing up a tirade, telling
her, “You are a hypocrite.
You broke my heart. How
can you be here?”
Harwick later told
friends that Pursehouse had
been so upset that he
dropped to the ground in a
fetal position.
“He was reciting voice-
mails from 2012 at her,”
Coshland said she told him.
Harwick attempted to
calm Pursehouse and led
him to a nearby bench where
they talked privately,
Chaves said.
“She was in what I saw as
therapist mode,” Chaves
said. “I saw her nodding her
head, listening. She was try-
ing to de-escalate the situa-
tion.”
After about 45 minutes,
Chaves said, he approached
them and suggested Har-
wick wrap up the conversa-
tion since the red carpet was
about to close. She did, leav-
ing Pursehouse on the
bench.
If she was upset, Harwick
didn’t show it on the red car-
pet. Pictures show her smil-
ing gamely and striking
poses.
“She immediately ran up
and hugged me and I had no
idea anything was wrong,”
said photographer Chris
Brody, who knew Harwick
from her modeling days.
At some point, Purse-
house joined other photog-
raphers on the red carpet.
He was conspicuous be-
cause he wore a red shirt
while many who shoot
events wear black to blend
in, photographers working
that evening said.
He also was darting
along the red carpet rather
than sticking to one spot,
and at times bumping into
people, they said. “He was
definitely in my way and a lit-
tle bit annoying,” said Tasia
Wells, a photographer
shooting that night for Getty
Images.
In the middle of the
awards show, Pursehouse
approached Harwick’s table
and asked if they could
speak further after it was
over, Chaves said. She
agreed and they resumed
their conversation on a
bench outside the ballroom
for about half an hour, he
said.
The friends had planned
to go to after-parties, but
Harwick felt too shaken by
the encounter with Purse-
house. At a diner, she told
Chaves she needed a “safety
plan” and mentioned going
to the police and buying pep-
per spray.
“She was in fear,” he re-
called.
By the next day, Purse-
house was calling and tex-
ting, according to friends.
“I didn’t want to talk to
him and wished him the
best,” she told Chaves in a
text. “His response was ob-
sessive and scary.”
She told him she had or-
dered pepper spray and
hired a handyman to check
the locks at the home in the
2000 block of Mound Street
that she shared with a room-
mate.
“The more she thought
about it the more worried
she was. She told me if any-
thing ever happened to her,
he was the guy” who did it,
Coshland recalled.
Ten days after the Xbiz
event, she recorded an epi-
sode of the podcast “Datey
Ladies” and confided off-
microphone to hosts Vera
and Barbara Ann Duffy that
she was afraid of Pursehouse
and unsure of how to protect
herself. On the podcast, she
came off as confident and
upbeat and talked at length
about how to move past a
broken heart.
“You have to remind
yourself, when you are suf-
fering from a breakup this
feels like the end of the
world, it’s temporary, it will
not last forever,” Harwick
said.
On Valentine’s Day, she
went to a burlesque show
with a group of female
friends, according to Cosh-
land. Sometime before mid-
night, Pursehouse broke
into her home, according to a
criminal complaint filed last
month in Superior Court. It
is unclear when Harwick re-
turned home, but the crimi-
nal complaint accuses
Pursehouse of “lying in wait”
before killing her.
Police received a report
of a woman screaming at 1:
a.m. When officers arrived,
her roommate met them in
the street and said Harwick
was being assaulted. Police
subsequently found her un-
conscious under a third-
floor balcony. She had been
strangled before falling, an
autopsy determined.
When detectives spoke to
Coshland later that day, he
gave them Pursehouse’s
name.
Pursehouse was taken
into custody the same after-
noon at his Playa del Rey
home.
Hollywood sex therapist’s fateful reunion
AMIE HARWICKon the red carpet at the Xbiz Awards moments after she ran
into Gareth Pursehouse. The weeks of fear that followed ended in her death.
Chris BrodyPicasa
[Harwick,from B1]