After six months under Trump, California and L.A. are battlegrounds. Who benefits?
Six months into President Trump’s second term, his predilection for picking on California has never been on fuller display, turning the state broadly and Los…
The passion and wild herbs of a Tuscan chef
A meal in Tuscany’s Valdichiana. Plus, L.A.’s best new Armenian restaurant. Avner Levi’s cherry-topped hamachi crudo. The chicken Caesar wrap comeback. And the best wedding…
Is the making-of ‘Apocalypse Now’ doc the greatest ever?
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Writer-director Ari Aster has refashioned himself…
Letters to Sports: Whatever happened to tradition in baseball?
Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section weigh in on the MLB All-Star Game, Bronny James and Dodgers closer Tanner Scott. Source link
It’s a bureaucratic whodunit: Who killed Measure J?
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Rebecca Ellis, with an assist from Julia Wick and Noah…
Air and Space Center features slides, revealing view of space shuttle
Along with the stars on Hollywood Boulevard and the Universal Studios theme park, a new celestial attraction is set to debut in Los Angeles.The Samuel…
Activist who ‘reclaimed’ state-owned home dies amid eviction protest
Benito Flores, who more than five years ago seized a state-owned home in El Sereno to protest against homelessness in Los Angeles, has died.A 70-year-old…
WNBA All-Star weekend: Sabrina Ionescu wins three-point contest
INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu won the three-point contest and her New York Liberty teammate Natasha Cloud was the skills champion at the WNBA’s All-Star Friday night.Ionescu, who…
Jury orders L.A. to pay nearly $50 million to man hit by city sanitation truck
The city of Los Angeles must pay nearly $50 million to a man who has been in a coma since he was hit by a…
Alan Bergman dead: ‘The Way We Were’ lyricist, Oscar winner was 99
Alan Bergman, the decorated lyricist who over the course of seven decades penned songs including “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The Way We Were,” and…
Why artists loved Cole’s French Dip: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Artists are formed by the spaces they spend time in — and in the case of countless Los Angeles artists, writers and musicians, that place…
Lukas Dostal avoids arbitration, signs 5-year contract with Ducks
Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal signed a five-year contract on Thursday to remain with the team.Dostal made the announcement on a social media post by the…
Giant pandas and the ugly fight to control the San Francisco Zoo
Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San…
The Sports Report: Chargers receiver Mike Williams retires
From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: The Chargers were the first team in the NFL to open training camp, but the focus Thursday quickly shifted to who…
Best chicken Caesar wraps at L.A. sandwich shops
In the 1990s, chicken Caesar wraps dominated lunchtime menus. Aside from the comforting hit of nostalgia for a simpler time, I don’t remember them fondly.…
Fox News’ Jesse Watters admits mistake in program claiming Newsom lied about Trump call
Fox News host Jesse Watters acknowledged Thursday that his program made a mistake in reporting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s phone conversation with President Trump during…
Justice Department requests lists of all noncitizen inmates being held in California jails
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday asked California counties to provide it with lists of all inmates in their jails who are not American citizens,…
The Senate voted to defund NPR and PBS. How will local stations cope?
Public media outlets around the country were preparing for the worst. Early Thursday morning, the worst arrived.The U.S. Senate voted to approve the Trump White…
The Mt. Baden Powell trail near Wrightwood and others have reopened
On Friday, I visited an old friend I hadn’t seen in months: the Mt. Baden Powell trail near Wrightwood. I was nervous about what I’d…
The power grid battle that’s dividing California environmentalists
In an early episode of the TV series “Lost,” the plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island are running low on water. A fight…