California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime.The stiffer penalties on some drug and theft crimes that voters recently approved with Proposition 36…
Dear Essential Arts Readers,This has been a tough year for many of us. I don’t need to list the challenges we have faced as a…
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know to start…
Plenty of nicknames knock around the Internet to describe the blurry stretch of time between Christmas (Chrismukkah this year!) and New Year’s Day. “Feral Week”…
The good news: None of the predictions I made in last year’s annual Gustradamus columna came true. If any did, it would have been a…
For years, Justine Lupe bopped back and forth between Los Angeles and New York.It wasn’t until the pandemic that she decided it was time to…
Richard Parsons, the executive dubbed “Captain Emergency” for his record of stabilizing ailing companies such as AOL Time Warner, Citigroup Inc. and Dime Savings Bank…
It’s a short week of preparation for the Rams.But coach Sean McVay, quarterback Matthew Stafford and the rest of the offense can take comfort knowing…
I already know my cats are spoiled, but spending three hours painstakingly handcrafting a stained glass portrait of them really takes the cake.The popular class,…
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open until at least early January after a judge held off on ordering the troubled hall shut down.Los Angeles…
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is conducting an internal review of city employees’ use of Google Chat messages that are automatically deleted after 24…
A meal out of history, babka love, Christmas Caesar, Kismet’s cheesy pickle-and-greens dip, ranking the best and worst chicken tenders, a Somni sneak peek, why…
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.I attended Tuesday’s premiere screening of…
President Reagan will make another plea for U.S.-Soviet cooperation in a speech here today and suggest new steps that the Soviets could take to signal…
In the summer of 2023, Alix Max, new to town with a cigarette in their mouth, was shooting pool on the patio of 4100 Bar…
Now that he has a baby, Kyle Mooney doesn’t leave a certain L.A. radius much if he doesn’t have to. And he’s content with that.…
It’s been seven months since the Lakers fired Darvin Ham, and he’s still surprised he’s no longer coaching the team.Ham, who was 90-74 in two…
The response was much like that of a father when handed the bill for his daughter’s wedding reception. Joy trumps outrage every time. So, when…
FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials…
Closer extraordinaire Devin Williams had been told by the Milwaukee Brewers that he probably would be traded to the Dodgers. He went to the New…