The Jumbo’s Clown Room icon who is L.A.’s best-kept Pilates secret
She works late. A few weeks ago, on a Saturday night, Ashley Hayward was “in the pocket” onstage at Jumbo’s...
Spesh brings alt-comedy out of coffee shop backrooms and into the mainstream
Comedian Ahmed Bharoocha walks on stage at the Lyric Hyperion in Silver Lake to a sold-out show. The audience erupts...
Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb bonded on ‘Eleanor the Great.’ Well, except that one scene
Scarlett Johansson wasn’t on the hunt for a feature film to direct when she was sent “Eleanor the Great,” about...
After the Sydney terror attack, a Palisades Hanukkah celebration is ‘all about hope’
The first night of Hanukkah in Pacific Palisades, coming nearly a year after January’s wildfires, was always going to evoke...
They lost their homes in the L.A. wildfires. Now they can’t get the mortgage relief the state promised
After business consultant Len Kendall lost his Pacific Palisades home in the January firestorms, he sought to put a temporary...
How do you tell a committed partner that your sexual identity is changing?
How do you tell a partner (who seems very committed) that your sexual identity is changing and you feel the...
Revisiting Nickelodeon’s wacky and groundbreaking ‘Weinerville Chanukah Special’ at 30
For a holiday with eight days and more than 16 different ways to spell it, Hanukkah once featured extremely limited...
No jinx, only reality. Rams are going to win a Super Bowl championship
Who’s going to beat them? Who’s going to stop the unstoppable offense? Who’s going to score on the persistent defense?...
Love the Filet-O-Fish sandwich? This L.A. restaurant is making a better version
The McDonald’s dining room is where my grandmother operated a pseudo daycare in the early ’90s. She and her friends...
After ‘The Whale,’ Brendan Fraser was at a crossroads. Then he found ‘Rental Family’
“Rental Family” is this season’s warmhearted contender that could. The charming drama has captivated audiences and critics alike since its...
In praise of the mixtape and what music does so well — letting us be ourselves
I distinctly remember being on the family Mac in Brasília at 13 years old, grooving to a CD I’d just...
Why homes are ‘filtering’ up the market from the poor to wealthier buyers
A debate over the true financial condition of American families is driving pundits and economists to their elective corners. An...
‘This feels like home.’ A fashionably late night out to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena
The belt used to belong to his father. Black leather, silver stitching, “RUBEN” spelled across the side with the initials...
A Saugus High shooting survivor, now at Brown University, endures campus tragedy again
When Brown University junior Mia Tretta’s phone began buzzing with an emergency alert during finals week, she tried to convince...
‘Acts of pure evil’: Feds indict alleged members of child sex abuse network
This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The 15-year-old girl was sitting in her bedroom when “Sociopath” and “Rohan” added...
