The week’s bestselling books, Dec. 14
Hardcover fiction 1. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (Hogarth: $32) The fates of two young people...
Paramount wants to buy Warner Bros. What to know about hostile takeover bids
Paramount set the stage this week for a high-stakes battle with Netflix when it launched a hostile takeover bid for...
Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the ‘affordability’ issue
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a wealth manager named Michael Green published a Substack post arguing that a $140,000 income...
California wildlife officials quietly shift on killing a high-profile predator
In a move that reverses nearly a decade of practice, California wildlife officials have quietly begun to allow killing mountain...
The best part of ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ is the storytelling. This L.A. stage show leans in
When I first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a tween, my friends christened me with a new good-natured nickname:...
Laura Dern channels her ‘muses’ — her parents — in every role. Including two this fall
When Laura Dern’s daughter Jaya was little, she paid a visit to the set of HBO’s “Enlightened” and told her...
Affordability is a hoax? An offer to Trump from a free lunch program: ‘Travel with me’
Frank McRae, a retiree who lives in Koreatown, did not hesitate when I asked what he’d say to President Trump...
Still having insurance problems? Need mental health services? This Altadena group wants to help
The first thing you see when you walk into the Collaboratory in Altadena is a wall of devastation. A floor-to-ceiling...
How to plan a family vacation with three generations — without going mad
If you’re planning to travel with children and parents this holiday season, may the grace of whatever god you believe...
What happens when a real estate giant tries to suppress climate-risk data?
A quiet decision by the nation’s largest home-listing authority may soon determine who’s legally responsible for warning homebuyers about climate...
The cure to Ben Platt’s anxiety? The controlled chaos of performing
Ben Platt describes himself as a highly anxious person, but there is one place that keeps his nerves at bay:...
AI slop ad backfires for McDonald’s
People aren’t lovin’ it. McDonald’s was forced to pull down an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after some consumers said...
UCLA football coach Bob Chesney and the Bruins share why they believe he will win
Another coach has wandered into Westwood saying he’ll awaken the Sleeping Giant. Bob Chesney has a welcoming demeanor. He articulates...
An oral history on jerkin’, one of the most influential art movements to come out of L.A.
Many will laugh now, but in 2009, learning to pindrop was a young Angeleno’s rite of passage. Equipped with only...
These wild mushrooms have sickened Californians. Here’s how to forage safely.
The winter season has brought cold and wet conditions that are perfect for fungi like death cap mushrooms, or Amanita...
