Here's where you can cool off during the heat this holiday weekend
Four “surge” cooling centers are opening in Los Angeles to help people escape what is expected to be an excessively…
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Chamber music revives the Doheny Mansion and the Sierra Madre Playhouse
Summer is the season when chamber music, the most intimate musical genre, meets nature. At festivals in the United States,…
Photos: Northern California's Thompson Fire forces evacuations
Firefighters are battling a growing wildfire in Northern California that has forced the evacuation of at least 13,000 people and…
Beck: “Breaking expectations was part of the spirit of the times”
Thirty years ago, Beck told us that back in the days of chimpanzees, he was a monkey: a baby-faced singer-songwriter…
Are restaurant fees taking customers by surprise?
To the editor: I'm curious to know how much impoverished restaurant owners paid to lobby their state officials to remove…
'Black House Radio' brings house music back home
On a breezy Saturday afternoon in South Los Angeles, the sounds of kick drums and electric handclaps drift from a…
Letters to the editor: Racial disparities in foster care are a result of bias
To the editor: Suggesting that efforts to reduce racial disparities have been unsuccessful because of disparities in child maltreatment ignores…
Fatal car accidents are on the rise in California. Speeding is often the cause.
During the pandemic, California officials noticed a worrying rise in traffic deaths, even as fewer people were using the roads.…
Woman dies in robbery gone wrong at Fashion Island in Newport Beach
A quiet summer afternoon at the upscale Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach turned violent Tuesday when a woman was…
The Varnish, an iconic Los Angeles cocktail bar, is closing this week after 15 years
The Varnish, a legendary cocktail bar that heralded a modern cocktail revolution in Los Angeles, will close its doors on…