Inside the elaborate, competitive Los Angeles book club that takes immersion to the extreme
They call themselves the Booked Babes. Tonight, the women are gathered in Anna Sokol's kitchen, surrounding an oven-roasted duck stuffed…
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Adapting 'The House of the Spirits' to television was 'magical realism'
“Let me show you a photo of my grandmother,” says Isabel Allende. He disappears for a moment from his office…
The 'baby of the bunch' is 83: How a Pacific Palisades book club remains unbreakable
The members of Becky's book club in Pacific Palisades couldn't stand “Play It as It Lays.” Snakes, highways, difficult men,…
Why haven't so many men learned the lessons of MeToo?
You really have to shake your head at the alleged sexual misconduct of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Bay…
Tell us: How much did you spend on tickets to the Olympic Games?
When tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics dropped earlier this month for locals, emotions in the city quickly went…
Letters to the Editor: Transplants Aren't the Only Ones Navigating the Los Angeles Dating Scene
to the editor: I really enjoyed reading guest contributor Amy Getubig's article (“Women aren't too picky about dating. They just…
Letters to the editor: We're in a real war, but Hegseth is busy waging his 'war on wokeness'
to the editor: Over the past year, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been fired or forced to retire. more…
They investigate a case of indecent exposure at Whole Foods in Valencia
What began as a routine day of shopping in Valencia quickly turned into a disturbing encounter that sparked a police…
Creator of 'Something Very Bad is Going to Happen' about terror and marriage
You might expect a screenwriter working in the horror genre to be relatively difficult to scare, but Haley Z. Boston,…
California to pay $1.9 million to inmates who say guards unleashed 'war zone' violence
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reached a $1.9 million settlement agreement this month with 13 inmates who claim…