What a tiny restaurant in Australia reveals about Korean dining in L.A.
At the end of a nearly two-week trip to Melbourne, Australia, early last month, I drove with a friend 50 miles outside the city to…
There will soon be a ‘mayor of L.A. County.’ How much power should come with the job?
Newsletter You’re reading the L.A. on the Record newsletter Sign up to make sense of the often unexplained world of L.A. politics. Enter email address…
Emmerdale Belle legend Eden Taylor-Draper taking break from soap after ‘intense’ year
Emmerdale star Eden is up for two awards at the British Soap Awards this month for her portrayal of domestic abuse victim Belle Dingle, while…
Prep talk: As MLB tries to increase Black players, St. John Bosco has positive news
Major League Baseball has been trying for years to increase the number of Black players participating in the sport, creating such programs as the Compton…
Group seeks to force election on L.A.’s hotel and airport wage hike
A coalition of airlines, hotels and concession companies at Los Angeles International Airport filed paperwork Thursday to force a citywide vote on a new ordinance…
European Gymnastics Championships: GB’s Whitehouse retains floor title for third successive year
Great Britain's Luke Whitehouse won floor gold for the third-straight year at the European Gymnastics Championships, Leipzig.The 22-year-old scored 14.500 to finish ahead of teammate…
Dodgers Dugout: Assessing the team before the Yankees series
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. Chris Taylor looks weird in an Angels uniform. Newsletter Are you…
She ran the L.A. animal shelters. Why couldn’t she fix the problems?
Staycee Dains was about a month into her job overseeing the Los Angeles city animal shelters when an employee openly defied her. Dains asked the…
As wolves kill more cattle, ranchers say it’s time to start shooting
SIERRA VALLEY, Calif. — Standing among his cattle in a broad green pasture, beneath a brilliant blue sky about an hour north of Lake Tahoe, rancher…
Dodgers acquire former All-Star closer Alexis Díaz in Reds trade
Two years ago, Alexis Díaz was an All-Star closer with the Cincinnati Reds.Now, the 28-year-old right-hander is set to become a Dodgers reclamation project.Amid a…
Civil rights groups sue to end cash bail system in Riverside County
A cadre of civil rights groups brought a lawsuit late Wednesday challenging Riverside County’s use of cash bail to detain people as they await trial,…
Caleb Williams explains why he tried to avoid the Bears
In something of a grand gesture, Caleb Williams stood at a lectern Wednesday to explain that excerpts from an upcoming book were old news. A…
Nicolle Wallace launches ‘The Best People’ podcast for MSNBC as spinoff looms
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace has delivered some sharp criticism of President Trump since she became a host on the progressive-leaning cable news network in 2017.So it’s…
How a pair of Palos Verdes altar boys grew up to be Soviet spies
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.By the…
Oldest restaurants in Los Angeles still open for dine-in
Is a restaurant worth a visit simply because it’s been around longer than that bottle of yellow mustard in your refrigerator? Longer than your oldest…
Granada Hills softball advances to City Section final, where it hopes to reverse a recent trend
Granada Hills has earned the top seed in the City Section Open Division softball playoffs three years in a row, but in that time it…
Hoda Kotb shares one real reason that she left ‘Today’
Will Hoda Kotb replace Kelly Clarkson as a talk-show host, giving rise to “Hoda in the Afternoon”? The retired morning-show anchor quickly shut down that…
Greggs’ sausage roll gets it own waxwork at Madame Tussauds – as Brits chomp 365million every year
GREGGS’ sausage roll is being honoured with its own wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The iconic savoury treat’s effigy will be unveiled at the attraction for…
Contributor: Once, international students feared Beijing’s wrath. Now Trump is the threat
American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines.Universities still fear…
Bradford family: Giants in height and volleyball
When the Bradford family walks together on a beach, at an airport, in a restaurant, eyes turn. They aren’t just tall, they’re giants. They aren’t…