My boyfriend was a romantic. Did we have the stamina to last?
My first place in Los Angeles looked like a scene from “Melrose Place.” Two stories, old motel style, patio in…
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Recipe for Bacon Ice Cream Sandwiches Dipped in Milk Chocolate
There are many reasons to want to make a bacon weave. You can place it in the center of a…
Opinion: Do the protests at universities show that US support for the Palestinians has reached a tipping point?
In psychology, there is a phenomenon we refer to as “psychic numbing.” It occurs in times of staggering catastrophe, when…
Opinion: A crime wave in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, caught on camera
These are disturbing times in my neighborhood of Venice. Strange behavior and violent crime are nothing new here, where a…
He went to UCLA. I went to USC. Would this relationship work?
My mother, a UCLA graduate, changed her allegiance in an instant the day I enrolled at USC. She and my…
'Don't Expect Too Much' Review: Darkly Funny Media Satire
In Radu Jude's latest satire, the bracing “Don't Expect Too Much from the End of the World,” the Romanian writer-director…
I am an assistant director. Specialists deserve an Oscar
To the editor: As an assistant director with more than 40 years of work in the film and television industry,…
Councilor Nithya Raman exceeds 50% in her reelection bid
In her bid for a second term, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman earned more than 50% for the first…
The “embryo is a person” pontificators have no idea about fertility treatment.
To the editor: It's disturbing when people pass laws on topics they don't understand. With fertility treatment in particular, there…
I keep calling my new boyfriend by my ex's name.
The first time I called Scott by my ex's name, we were lying next to each other. The morning air…