How Charlie Puth transcended the cringe
On a recent Friday morning, Charlie Puth sat in a green room at Spotify’s Los Angeles headquarters, sipping a can...
Nick Lowe explains why his biggest hit was almost never recorded
Speaking from his West London home in early March, Nick Lowe proffers that he’s “selecting what I’m going to wear...
We shouldn’t treat Disney adults like cultural abominations
If you’ve ever expressed even a passing desire to visit Disneyland in Anaheim or Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.,...
The Angels ran L.A. early this century. The Dodgers do now. Our all quarter-century teams!
This is the golden age of baseball in Southern California. The Angels heralded its dawn. In 2002, the Angels won...
The inspiring, infuriating, even comic tale of how we defeated L.A.’s smog and why we may have to again
A city of swans, that’s us. From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides...
Sony and Honda pull the plug on the $100,000 EV they were going to launch in California
As major automakers pare back their EV offerings, Sony and Honda are scrapping their plans to launch a gadget-packed electric...
Sora’s demise doesn’t mean the AI bubble is bursting anytime soon
ChatGPT would like you to know that, despite what you may have heard on social media, the abrupt closing of...
He was busted for gun possession. Now he’s running for L.A. City Council
When Estuardo Mazariegos was 22, he was pulled over by Los Angeles police officers who found a gun and ammunition...
Reality TV has become a cultural powerhouse. There’s no stopping it
When you think of your earliest memory of reality television, what comes to mind? Is it “The Real World,” “Survivor”...
This L.A. play wants you to feel the story viscerally — by keeping you blindfolded
I am blindfolded and seated in a vintage armchair set in the center of a darkened, red-lit room with Gothic...
Don’t want to miss the bloom? This L.A. scientist created a poppy forecast
Imagine waking up early, eager to peep dazzling carpets of brilliant orange flowers at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve....
Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle
Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe was in...
Rent algorithms aren’t the issue. California just needs more housing
The cost and availability of housing remain among the most pressing concerns for Californians navigating economic uncertainty. Yet some Golden...
From Trump to Dr. Oz: 10 personalities who went from reality TV to politics
Perhaps it was predictable that reality TV would become a pipeline into American politics. After all, political theater was the...
Angry backlash after beloved mama bear is killed: ‘Blondie didn’t deserve to die!’
“Blondie” the mama bear was a large and furry fixture in Monrovia known for her love of cooling off with...
