A coastal L.A. hike with views, wildflowers and a path to the beach
Whenever friends or family visiting L.A. ask to go spend a day swimming in the ocean, I always take them to Leo Carrillo State Beach.…
8 essential roadside attractions in California — giant dinosaurs, a mystery spot and more
These road trip stops between San Diego and San Francisco offer you history, photo ops and, yes, a bathroom break. Source link
My epic search for the greatest motels in California
Listen. That’s the low hum of the highway you hear behind me, offset by the rumble of the ice machine down the breezeway. We gather…
Making ‘M3GAN 2.0’: Inside the design shop of Adrien Morot and Kathy Tse
Just north of Magic Mountain’s roller coasters, hidden within the vast, anonymous industrial parks of Valencia, lies the secret lab where the murderous doll M3GAN…
‘Awake in the Floating City’: Holding on in a San Francisco high-rise
Book Review Awake in the Floating City By Susanna KwanPantheon: 320 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Dodgers hot streak against Cy Young winners ends during loss
PHOENIX — The Dodgers were a perfect 5-0 this season when facing former Cy Young Award winners.On Saturday night at Chase Field, however, they finally met their…
‘Pavements’ review: Stephen Malkmus’ indie-rock band in full, creatively
By way of introduction, “Pavements,” director Alex Ross Perry’s experimental hybrid documentary about the ’90s indie-rock paragons Pavement, refers to the group as “The World’s…
Contributor: Why older Americans are Trump’s biggest nightmare
That there’s a spasm of dislike for Trump’s chaotic presidency is not news — new polls show Americans unhappier with this president at 100 days…
Meet the hiker bringing off-roading wheelchairs to L.A.
It’s a crisp, clear Southern California day, and I’m at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park with Austin Nicassio. He’s ripping up a steep dirt trail…
‘Poker Face’ Season 2: Natasha Lyonne is back on the case
Her hair is red, voluminous and wild. She walks with a swagger. Her voice is raspy, and not in a sexy kind of Lauren Bacall…
When Lester Sloan photographed David Hockney during the L.A. Olympics
David Hockney and his mother. (photograph by Lester Sloan) I ask my students: What would an essay be like if it were structured like a…
Netflix is about to look a lot different for viewers. Here’s how
The home of “Selling Sunset” and “The Four Seasons” is getting a major renovation. Netflix on Wednesday said it is rolling out a new look…
48 hours to create a 10-minute show: Inside the Immersive Invitational
Throughout the evening on Sunday, I was placed in a foreign jail, joined a folk-rock band for a sing-along uprising that involved a killer bear…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security…
‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer Jill Sobule dies in house fire at 66
Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl” was the rare pop song of that era to take an openly…
‘Thunderbolts*’ review: Marvel sets expectations low, meets them
Marvel’s jokey, moody and middling “Thunderbolts*” returns the blockbuster franchise to the geeks. Only audiences caught up with the Cinematic Universe’s 35 films (plus a…
3 splendid L.A. waterfall hikes to see before the end of spring
Waterfall hikes have long been a staple of any hiker’s Instagram feed, a stunningly gorgeous brag of where you got to hike that day.But hiking…
On Alice Coltrane and her exhibition at the Hammer Museum
(Photos: Hozumi Nakadaira, Martin Parsekian, Kevin Todora, Chuck Stewart; Installation photos: Joshua White; from the John & Alice Coltrane Home, Hammer Museum, David Kordansky Gallery,…
Christie Brinkley says Billy Joel’s alcoholism caused their divorce
On the Shelf Uptown Girl By Christie BrinkleyHarper Influence: 416 pages, $34If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission…
How Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto ‘elevated his game to another level’
To Clayton Kershaw, it was more than just a pitchers’ duel.As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last…