Dua Lipa is a pop star with no lore on ‘Radical Optimism’
Dua Lipa’s “Radical Optimism” has a hilarious album cover, two songs about illusionists and what may end up the year’s most succulent bass playing. What…
3 hassle-free L.A. hikes with easy (and free) parking
Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. Starting this week, that voice belongs to Laura…
F1 and oil funds: Saudi Arabia steamrolls onto sports’ hallowed grounds
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — To understand the scope of Saudi Arabia’s ambitions in the sporting landscape, don’t look just to this spring’s Formula One race in…
Center Theatre Group 2024-25 season reopens Mark Taper Forum
It’s official: Center Theatre Group is reopening the Mark Taper Forum in the fall. The prominent Los Angeles theater organization announced Sunday night that the…
Sapphira Cristál of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ discusses her Latino ties
In a season that had the most Latina queens in “RuPaul’s Drag Race” herstory, Sapphira Cristál felt right at home. Though now based in Philadelphia,…
Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard questionable for Game 4 vs. Mavericks
DALLAS — Kawhi Leonard eased his way onto the American Airlines Center court Saturday afternoon, his sneakers in hand and a thin white device on his…
How to hike with your baby — and why it’s worthwhile
Last week, my wife and I embarked on a special outdoor adventure. By the numbers, it wasn’t that impressive — a 2.3-mile, 300-foot “hike” up…
A guide to Larchmont and Larchmont Village, Los Angeles
This is the L.A. neighborhood you want to cheat on your own neighborhood with. There are, as there always is with philandering, many reasons you…
In defense of helicopter parents: Why we’re right to be anxious
This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the previous installment,…
Coachella sound guy Dave Rat keeps the music crystal clear
On a hill overlooking the early evening landscape of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Dave Rat is listening closely. Rat is…
Lakers fade in second half during Game 1 loss to Nuggets
DENVER — There are the technical elements of this first-round playoff series, such as the amount the Lakers can get into offensive sets, the right actions…
After ‘The Sign,’ ‘Bluey’ has a surprise episode on the way
After last week’s emotional “Bluey” special “The Sign,” fans of the animated preschool series are getting a special treat — a surprise, if you will.…
Taylor Swift is the antihero of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Swift has spent years warning us not to believe everything we hear about her. As the biggest star of pop music’s parasocial age, she…
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.…
Kamala Harris’ laugh is a sound check for a divided country
“You’re writing a story in the Los Angeles Times about the vice president’s laugh? I think that’s laughable.” — Bakari Sellers, Democratic lawyer and CNN…
Sibling ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ directors cut their own indie way
A family makes their way through a woodland forest, eventually stopping to set up camp. They have something to eat, go to sleep and then…
Coachella 2024: No Doubt dust off energetic, greatest hits set with assist from Olivia Rodrigo
INDIO — Gwen Stefani wanted to get this straight. “You showed up to Coachella, Saturday night 2024,” she asked, “to see No Doubt play together on…
Lakers struggle in Memphis before beating the Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On one end, you had the Lakers fumbling their way through the game like someone waking up in a strange, dark room with…
This L.A. start-up will sell your used outdoor gear
When Emme Hayes moved to Los Angeles in 2014, she felt a call familiar to many readers of this newsletter: She had to get into…
Aerosmith’s Peace Out tour is back on: Here’s the L.A. date
Don’t want to miss a thing from Aerosmith’s farewell tour? The rock group’s fans are in luck. Aerosmith announced Wednesday that its Peace Out tour…