The secret sauce of L.A. Chess Club? Women, DJs, pizza and tattoos
Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Santa Monica, and you’re feeling good. You’re sitting across from a cute stranger, and the vibes are vibing.…
The best 9 public golf courses in Los Angeles for every skill level
Los Angeles is an ideal place to golf. Not only does our perpetually sunny weather and proximity to nature make it pleasant to play outside…
Man broke into L.A. mayor’s home during a ‘short gap’ in LAPD security, chief says
The man who broke into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home on Sunday, making it to the second floor, arrived at a moment when there…
Supreme Court hears case of L.A. man denied visa in part over tattoos
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of a Los Angeles man who was denied a green card after marrying…
Mayor Bass’ ambitious housing program calls on L.A.’s wealthy. Can she pull it off?
Los Angeles has always been a city of extremes, but the homelessness crisis is exposing the divide between rich and poor in startling ways. A-listers…
The best panels at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
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Three excellent L.A. izakayas highlight Japan’s traditional pub culture
While I was writing this week’s review of Budonoki in Virgil Village, I reached out to deputy food editor Betty Hallock with a question that…
L.A. city leaders, weighing job cuts, give its workers new raises
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Times Staff Writer David Zahniser, with some help from my…
L.A. Opera defies elitist label with ‘La Traviata,’ ‘Noah’s Flood’
The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it…
Pair these L.A. road trips with a hike and a lunch
In April 2020 — only a month or so into the COVID-19 pandemic — my wife and I were running out of things to do.…
L.A. ethics panel approves fine for Leslie Moonves over LAPD interference
Former CBS President Leslie Moonves will pay $15,000 to settle a Los Angeles city ethics complaint over his role in an alleged cover-up of sexual…
The best and most beautiful sound baths in Los Angeles
It’s 8 o’clock on a Saturday night and I’m standing in my pajamas on the third floor of a nondescript office building in Beverly Hills…
Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher in both Brooklyn and L.A., has died
Carl Erskine, one of the last living Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series in…
Coachella 2024: Live updates from Day 2 of the festival
Indio — The 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is underway at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. On Friday, we saw Lana Del Rey…
L.A. looks to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes
Residents who have been fighting huge rent increases at a Chinatown apartment complex could find some financial relief under a tentative deal reached between Los…
Best things to do in L.A.: ‘Chocolate Room,’ Maurice Sendak
Ed Ruscha, “Chocolate Room,” 1970, chocolate on paper (Christopher Knight / Los Angeles Times) It’s been asked before, and we’ll ask it again: If music…
Thousands of sex abuse claims won’t squeeze this year’s L.A. County budget, officials say
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record. It’s Rebecca Ellis, offering brewing budgets tidbits from L.A. County, and my colleagues David Zahniser, Jenna…
Fish-eye ice cream is no stunt. Sustainability in Australia
Australians in Malibu, cookbook season, the chili crunch debate gets crispy and are flat croissants a pastry abomination? I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A.…
Raises for city workers will cost L.A. an extra $1 billion in 2028
Earlier this year, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass negotiated a package of raises and increased benefits for tens of thousands of city workers — money…
L.A. to pay $21 million to man injured by falling street lamp part
A man injured by a falling street lamp part will receive a settlement of up to $21 million from the city of Los Angeles. In…