L.A. Times book ‘Fernando Valenzuela: Amor Eterno’ on sale
Fernando Valenzuela made a profound impact on the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles and beyond.The Times takes readers through his roots in Mexico, Fernandomania…
No editorial against Trump costs L.A. Times, Washington Post subscribers
The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post have seen significant subscription cancellations in the days since their billionaire owners decided not to endorse in the…
L.A. Times decision not to endorse in presidential race sparks resignations, questions
A decision by the owner of the Los Angeles Times not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race — after the paper’s editorial board proposed…
The best L.A.-area hikes, according to Angelenos (who don’t gatekeep)
Truism No. 1: Los Angeles is a patchwork of vast hiking terrain, with about 1 million acres in the L.A. area. The Angeles National Forest…
The 1999 novel that predicted our (traumatic, relentlessly bleak) future
South African author J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning ‘Disgrace’ stacks crisis atop crisis — and depicts its characters learning to live with it anyway. Sound familiar?…
4 books by Latinx authors to check out this summer
Welcome to “De Los Reads,” a monthly feature dedicated to amplifying the vibrant and diverse voices of Latinx authors. In a literary landscape hungry for…
The best West Coast travel spots, according to L.A. Times readers
Sometimes 101 is just too small a number. Many readers, having digested our new list of 101 best West Coast experiences, have stepped up to…
Opinion: The ideal beach read? It’s not what you’d expect
I’ve been a reader for nearly all of my life, yet I always feel perplexed at the beginning of summer, when the term “beach reads”…
This local bookseller is publishing L.A’s untold stories
Donato Martinez reads his poetry at the Libros Lincoln Heights bookshop. On a Saturday evening in late April, the door of the Libros Lincoln Heights…
Celebrity book imprints from SJP, Lena Waithe thrive at Zando
In recent decades, corporate consolidation of the book industry has shrunk the number of and the visions of publishing houses, concentrating power at the top…
Times columnist Bill Plaschke wins prestigious Red Smith Award
The reaction was thunderous and effusive. Colleagues and competitors, team officials, longtime readers and even some critics all celebrated when the Associated Press Sports Editors…
Letters to sports: The Times must stop offensive commentary
As a Bruins fan and season-ticket holder for UCLA women’s basketball for more than 25 years, I’d like to thank staff writer Ben Bolch for…
Book collection of over 30,000 titles more than words for avid reader Kylie Abecca
Kylie Abecca finds solace in her tens of thousands of books, losing herself in worlds of words as a distraction from her neurological and physical…
Letters to Sports: Readers pay tribute to Helene Elliott
Thank you, Helene Elliott, for your 45 years of incisive, humanistic and insightful reporting and columns. You’ve been a trailblazer and a beacon for women…
Karren Brady gives advice to a reader who wants to switch careers after 25 years
APPRENTICE star and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady answers your careers questions. Here she gives advice to a reader who wants to switch careers…
Column: Why I failed to write less about Trump in 2023
WASHINGTON — My New Year’s resolution 12 months ago was to write fewer columns about Donald Trump. That well-intended goal met the same end as most…
Rishi Sunak is trusted more than Keir Starmer on economy, but gets hammered on 5 pledges, says Sun On Sunday reader poll
RISHI Sunak is more trusted than Sir Keir Starmer on the economy — but faces a mutiny from voters who think he is failing on…
Reader letters: The Roxy and the debate over ‘Sound of Freedom’
Regarding “50 Years at the Roxy,” July 23: I was one of the lucky ones who was there opening night for Neil Young, with Graham…
A gondola to Dodger Stadium? ‘Repulsive,’ among reader thoughts
Would readers take a gondola to Dodger Stadium from Union Station? Several hundred people weighed in on a potential new way to reach Dodgers games,…