Can AI dream up a more sustainable Los Angeles?
“Tell them stories. They need the truth. You must tell them true stories, and everything will be well.”So says the ghost of an old woman…
In Moon Unit Zappa’s memoir, fame and family trauma collide
Book Review Earth to Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
Don’t worry, it was only the second-hottest month ever
Great news: July 2024 was not the hottest July in recorded history.Indeed, last month was a whole 0.04 degrees cooler than July 2023. It was,…
Horrifying true story behind abandoned theme park – deaths, smuggling and clown ghosts
Spreepark, in Berlin, is an abandoned amusement park which once attracted millions of people a year fell into decline following the fall of communism in…
Willie Brown wasn’t on helicopter ride with Trump. Here’s who was
Ever since Donald Trump said Thursday that Willie Brown had bashed Vice President Kamala Harris years ago during a scary helicopter ride together, the former…
Is L.A. too ugly to host the Olympics? You can be a part of saving it
If you overlook the polluted Seine, Paris looks so pretty on TV, so quintessentially Parisian, that it raises the question: How will Los Angeles compare…
As California broils, Montana doubles down on coal
Most of the country is phasing out coal power. Montana is trying something different.The state’s largest electric utility, NorthWestern Energy, was already planning to acquire…
‘Mr. Throwback’ review: Stephen Curry latest title is actor
Stephen Curry, the basketball player, is all over television this week — or, to be specific, all over Peacock. There are the Olympic Games, of…
Activists, celebrities urge Dodgers to dump Big Oil advertiser
What do Emmy Award-winning actor Kyra Sedgwick, the Rainforest Action Network, the Doors’ former drummer John Densmore, acclaimed climate activist Bill McKibben and “Anchorman” director…
Jeweler shares story behind Simone Biles’ iconic goat necklace
Simone Biles had the perfect accessory planned for her second coronation as Olympic all-around champion. It was better than just a gold medal.Minutes after winning…
Republican mocked women for abortions then ran ad with wife’s story
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has been battered for months by his Democratic rival and other adversaries for seeking additional abortion…
‘Kneecap’ review: Rowdy Irish rap trio tells its own story
A pair of proudly Irish-speaking lads stump for their marginalized native language when they become underground rappers in the box-bursting, enjoyable “Kneecap.” That’s also the…
‘Shōgun’ saved the day – Los Angeles Times
After a long flight, is there anything better for the soul (and the circulation) than a forced march to a ride-share lot? Newsletter From the…
Didi review: A coming-of-age story that is nostalgic, poignant and painfully funny
DIDI(15) 91mins ★★★★☆IN ye olden days of 2008 – before the reign of WhatsApp and TikTok, when the emoji alphabet was still in its infancy –…
Check out the TV shows nudging people to act on climate
The whole scene lasted just over a minute. The crucial dialogue, not even 15 seconds.But when a character from HBO’s “Sex and the City” ordered…
‘Company,’ ‘Bluey’s Big Play,’ Bowl fireworks and more this week
Aug. 1, 2024 5 AM PT Britney Coleman as Bobbie, center, and the North American tour of “Company.” (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade) Welcome to this…
The week’s bestselling books, Aug. 4
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Source link
Change change, the everything story
A week ago Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. Then Monday was hotter.I was on vacation, hiking near the headwaters of the…
10 buildings that tell the story of L.A.’s Roaring 1920s, year by year
Then: From some angles, this theatrical collection of whitewashed walls and red roof tiles might look like another SoCal mash-up of Spanish Colonial Revival this…
Danny Ocean releases ‘Venequia’ ahead of Venezuela elections
Danny Ocean was between shows in Australia and New Zealand, but the main thing running through his mind was the upcoming Venezuelan elections.“We’re all very…