These are the absolute best trails for hiking alone in L.A.
Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. Currently, that voice belongs to Laura Randall, a…
Sondheimer: Look for a changing of the guard in City Section football
With spring football under way and the weather beginning to heat up, there’s a growing feeling that change is in the air when it comes…
What ever happened to the Republican war on ‘woke’?
This isn’t going to be more musing about whether America has reached “peak woke.” But that is part of the story. So let’s start there.…
Strapping in with director George Miller, back with ‘Furiosa’
For as long as he can remember, George Miller has been living large inside his head. “At the time I was young, people used to…
The 5 best Bravo reality deep cuts to stream on Peacock
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who prefers to time-travel through the vehicle of reality TV. That’s because the aughts are now just…
‘The Phantom Menace’ built the way forward, but it took time
May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away ... Excitement for “Star Wars” is at an all-time high. The first new film in…
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.…