Something is rotten in SoCal’s Metropolitan Water District
There are few government agencies more central to daily life in Los Angeles than the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which spends billions of…
SoCal’s forgotten hot springs oasis is finally reopening
Murrieta Hot Springs, a palm-shaded haven of steaming streams and coveted mud just north of Temecula, has been home to a Christian Bible college, a…
One of SoCal’s spookiest escape rooms hides in a strip mall
The lights are turned off. Smartphone flashlights are forbidden. You’re instructed to walk down a hall, arriving at the entryway to a home. Through set…
Inside SoCal’s indie bookstore boom
Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. When poet Jhoanna Belfer decided to open her bookstore, she had to resist the…
Bengals like how SoCal’s Trenton Irwin acts as a receiver
Trenton Irwin sat at the end of the dining room table — but not for long. The teen watched for nearly 30 seconds as others…