How to have the best Sunday in Los Angeles, according to Aparna Nancherla
An exciting Sunday for Aparna Nancherla is a Sunday without much excitement. “My cortisol goes up without anything happening, so…
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The EPA just embarrassed the United States “in front of the entire world”
December 11, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: “The emperor is naked.” Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency removed…
DACA was once a lifeline. The undocumented youth who followed were lost
Alex immigrated to the U.S. as a young child and long felt tormented by his undocumented status. In 2017, when…
AI Ads Fail at McDonald's
People don't love it. McDonald's was forced to remove an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after some consumers said the…
Academic conferences have invaded Los Angeles bars and tickets are selling out
On a cool Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man dressed in a Jason Voorhees T-shirt walks onto…
LAPD cites activists for painting Westwood crosswalk to improve safety
Jonathan Hale and more than a dozen other activists were in the middle of painting a third crosswalk at a…
The 25 best albums of 2025
Stacking, stripping, looking back, moving forward: musicians found all sorts of uses for the album format this year, long after…
Contributor: Frank Gehry wanted to show you everything you can be
Frank Gehry taught students at our country's most prestigious private universities and California's most under-resourced public schools that their signatures…
Netflix: Tips to avoid annoying Warner Bros. and HBO
Dear Ted Sarandos, Congratulations on making the winning bid for Warner Bros. By directly contradicting their famous “build, don't buy”…
8 Free Holiday Backgrounds for Phone and Computer Created by Los Angeles Artists
Welcome to our sixth year of free, festive backgrounds for phones and computers created by Los Angeles artists. This year…