Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of…
Eight women. Five spots. Who’s in?
Salaries of $500,000 and up are a “dime a dozen”? Makes me think the good folks at Kraft Heinz are being a little stingy with…
How fighting housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. — On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, about a dozen neighbors held a meeting with Craig Hughes, who was then the…
‘Nickel Boys’ review: Paean to lives of reform-school kids
The 2012 discovery of a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the Florida School for Boys was the sort of headline that short-circuits the…
Meet the queer Gen Z women giving billiards a rebrand in L.A.
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…
RaMell Ross took a radical approach to get inside ‘Nickel Boys’
Cinema’s most transcendent promise is that it can put us in another person’s shoes. But what if a film could take that further and allow…
Petra Nemcova recalls deadly Thailand tsunami 20 years later
Two decades after a devastating tsunami swept across Southeast Asia, Petra Nemcova is recalling what, and who, helped her survive the storm.The Czech-born supermodel spoke…
‘Laid’s’ Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet on their rom-com friendship
In Peacock’s new comedy “Laid,” the term “body count” suddenly becomes all too literal. When Ruby (Stephanie Hsu) finds out that her exes and former…
After an oil spill, he took a vow of silence. Today he preaches kindness
Before watching “Planetwalker,” a short documentary released this month by L.A. Times Studios and Bloomberg Green Docs, I had never heard of John Francis. When…
Japanese city to name and shame people who break trash rules
For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal…
These are the 9 coolest dog parks in Southern California — fur real!
A well-designed dog park offers plenty of opportunities for pups and people alike when it comes to exercising, chatting and sniffing. (OK, maybe that last…
More evidence that RFK Jr. would be a disastrous health secretary
Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak, and by the…
Christmas travel chaos for 150,000 people as major UK port closes due to storm damage
Damage caused by Storm Darragh during the first week of December has caused one of the UK's major ports to close until at least January…
People are just jealous of Lily Phillips and the money she’s making – I back her, and could do a better job
A SCOTS adult star has defended under fire OnlyFans model Lily Phillips - and insisted she could do an even better job if given the…
Trump offers murky worldview ahead of his second term
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised national prosperity and global peace, saying he would quickly drive down the cost of groceries in local supermarkets…
My neighbour refused to stop parking in MY driveway so I took revenge – my ‘petty’ response divided people
A WOMAN has shared how she got revenge on her pesky neighbour who kept parking on her driveway.The 30-year-old explained that her neighbour, Linda, does…
'I stayed in a converted prison people say is haunted to see what it was like'
A woman has shared her experience of staying in an old Victorian prison that has been converted into a boutique hotel - guests stay in…
Newsom loves fighting Big Oil. Gas utilities? Meh
Gov. Gavin Newsom has never hesitated to go to bat for electric vehicles.Even as slowing sales growth and former President Trump’s reelection have called into…
No plans? This app will match you with a group of strangers for dinner
When David Brown moved from Chicago to Los Angeles this summer, one of the first things he did was download an app that aims to…
Charlie Eastwood: ‘People don’t realise the sacrifices that you make’
“A lot of people who aren’t in professional sport don't realise the sacrifices that go on."Throughout his career, Charlie Eastwood had stood on the podium…