'Confessions of a Good Samaritan' Review: Do You Need That Kidney?
When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger (the dramatic centerpiece of her new film,…
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'Touch' Review: Flirting in a Japanese Kitchen, Confidential
Director Baltasar Kormákur, who has made a comfortable career alternating between Hollywood tales set in faraway places (“Beast,” “Adrift”) and…
What should Democrats do now? LA Times columnists face off
It seems as if we are at a crucial point in the history of our country. Or at least, living…
The obvious choice to replace Biden if he drops out of the race
President Biden’s letter to his fellow Democrats in Congress on Monday was everything his debate performance should have been: a…
Don't like Amazon invading your privacy? Here's how to act
To the editor: Jen Caltrider wrote that “consumers should not bear the burden of improving Amazon; policymakers and regulators should.”…
Opinion: Lego was my son's world. It took me decades to understand why
Six decades after the age when most people do, I have become obsessed with Lego. My gateway drug was a…
Wildlife crossing proposed for Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains
People see highways as a way to get from point A to point B, but for the animals that live…
Opinion: Americans can be happier if they change the way they pursue happiness
When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our unalienable rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of…
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,…
Barbara Boxer gives Biden two weeks to fix his battered campaign
When Barbara Boxer arrived in the United States Senate, her image as a passionate liberal from Marin County (land of…