'The Tuskhut Man' Leans Towards the Weird and Corny
Two years ago, at Jason Woliner's birthday party, a strange guest attended. Mysterious, wise, amazing: he was an animatronic cowboy…
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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…
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”…