Next year will be another one of dazzling sky shows and offer opportunities for forging deeper connections with astronomy, said Vanessa Alarcon, an astronomical observer at Griffith Observatory.

Decades later, I stand in my cul-de-sac and stare at my neighbors’ dazzling home, with warm, sparkling lights wrapped around the trees.

The received Black characters, those among the falling stars, are obfuscating their disgrace with the same language they use to dazzle, rap, sing.

“Bahia Emerald” is a misnomer because it is not one gem but nine dazzling crystals encased in a rough black rock 30 inches wide and 33 inches high.

The action came a decade after advocacy groups petitioned the federal agency to protect the dazzling pollinators and kicks off a 90-day public comment period starting Dec. 12.