Astronomical events 2025: Mercury, Venus, Regulus, total lunar eclipse
It was a spectacular year of celestial events for Southern Californians, including April's solar eclipse and a rare Draconid meteor…
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Two Bit Circus Returns as a Santa Monica Pop-Up Arcade
Before me sits a gleaming silver box: sleek, elegant and with boldly defined, prominent vertical lines, giving it a very…
Opinion: Do you feel impending doom? Do you want to go to a fallout shelter?
That feeling of impending doom? Don't ignore it. The end of the world could be right around the corner, through…
'Transformers One' review: the animated prequel is well done
Let the medium of animation breathe new life into an intellectual property that has been watered down with every sequel…
Feeling Anxious About Climate Change? Here Are 16 Books That Might Help
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about climate anxiety, and about the feelings of helplessness that have been simmering in…
Did we really have no choice but to kill a cougar that attacked a child?
September 9, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: We have simply lost our respect and appreciation for how…
The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record on Earth
As Southern California swelters under its harshest heat wave of the year, International climate officials have confirmed that the summer…
Opinion: My teenage daughter turned a trip to the beach into a lesson on how to protect the planet
“Is this a bowl of…?” moldy tofu?” I hold at arm’s length the cubes of green hair my 17-year-old daughter…
Bottled water is a rip-off. Tap water is fine, get a filter if you're worried.
August 19, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: One of the biggest scams in American history has been…
Plant-based diets are about saving the planet, not partisan politics
August 18, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Your article on the partisan politics of meat consumption mentions…