Category: Lifestyle Fashion

On a Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, a group of longtime friends recorded a conversation on the side of the road at Grand Avenue and […]

Before me stands a glistening silver box — sleek, elegant and with boldly defined protruding vertical lines, giving it an ever-so-slight vintage Art Deco look. […]

Muralists living and working in Los Angeles often bring color and culture to the city’s concrete façades. Their work is a tribute to the life […]

Kelsey Grammer has played Frasier Crane for nearly a quarter century — most recently on a “Frasier” follow-up series that just last month wrapped its […]

Maison Margiela’s creative director John Galliano, the iconoclastic couturier who previously headed artistry at Givenchy and Christian Dior, is leaving his post at the luxury […]

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park, near Santa Cruz, is recovering after fire scorched almost the entire park in 2020.• Of 115 miles of trails […]

Best for: Ultra-luxury travelers who want extra privacy What it’s like inside: Though it doesn’t come cheap, PS is the ultimate commercial-yet-feels-private airport experience. Travelers […]

In November of 2020, I went on my first mushroom trip. I chose the date arbitrarily, eventually landing on Black Friday because of the poetic […]

As an art director with a background in theater, Mary Kenny has a flair for interior design that rivals her skills as an event planner […]

One of the Disneyland Resort’s new holiday offerings is a show featuring the young guitar-slinging character of Miguel from “Coco.” But it’s ultimately rooted in […]

• Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena is a neighborhood holiday lights extravaganza that’s taken place nearly every year since 1920.• 135 deodar cedars stretching nearly […]

Molly Baz ended up in Los Angeles by chance. In March 2020, she was vacationing in L.A. with her family when government officials issued a […]

“Wait, you dated her? She’s basically royalty,” said an old schoolmate of my first love when we realized our mutual connection. It was nearly a […]

Disneyland is turning 70 next year, and the theme park has never missed an excuse to throw a nostalgia-fueled party. The coming months will be […]

On May 20, 2016, my wife and I visited Yosemite National Park. Before we set out on a trail, I talked to a park ranger. […]

There’s no single smell that defines Los Angeles. Certain scents are often linked to the bustling streets of downtown or the verdant banks of the […]

The love story of musicians Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger was fortified in a lab. After meeting through a mutual colleague in 2010, the […]

My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage robot, was benign enough — if a bit eerie. As if HAL had gotten a job in […]

TONOPAH, Nev. —  Business is so good at the Clown Motel, you might expect more of its painted faces to be smiling. But as Vijay Mehar […]

By 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people were crowded outside the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, waiting to get inside one of Los Angeles’ most anticipated events […]

When I asked my mother what she might like for her birthday this year, she quickly texted back: Nothing. We are downsizing. My parents already […]

Ellen O’Brian hadn’t bought a candy-filled advent calendar in years, but when she saw the festive cardboard box with little numbered panels in her local […]

Tiffany Haddish names her pets after things she wishes she could have more of. Namely, sleep. Her dog Sleeper and cats Sleepy and Catonic (whom […]

I don’t do casual sex. My labels are demisexual and sapiosexual, or some combination of the two, which makes being attracted to someone when there […]

• Trino Garcia and Adam Vasquez, known on social media as TrinoxAdam, went viral when their kiss on a bridge was shared by photographer Henry […]

On Saturday, Image co-hosted a party in memory of Género Neutral, the beloved retail shop in Echo Park that closed earlier this year. To mark […]

“Code Green” has the trappings of a modern escape room. We enter what we are told is a hidden bunker-turned-research lab. It’s dark, but there […]

CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand —  Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping. But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy […]

Los Angeles is teeming with beautiful places to walk, but for many of us, our favorite paths are those that are closest to home. These […]

Holiday gift shopping? It’s chaos. The Grove on Black Friday? Good luck finding parking — it’s a two-hour wait just to squeeze into a spot. […]

Manuel García-Rulfo moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago, and now the Guadalajara-born actor says he feels more like an Angeleno than a transplant. “I […]

I was hanging out with my friend Patrick, comparing notes on our dating lives. We were talking about red flags and whether we had any. […]

Linda Hsiao was standing at a weathered work table inside her ceramics studio in Altadena. It was the day after Halloween, and her two children, […]

• The Los Angeles Flower District features more than 70 vendors in two neighboring markets downtown — the Original Los Angeles Flower Market and the […]

Fashion weeks are like summer camps for style sickos. Especially this year’s L.A. Fashion Week, because every event happened at one single location: the W […]

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times; Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, courtesy of Ssense.com) Among the ultra-blessed 22 cards in the tarot’s major arcana — that is, […]

This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes and objects have, the many stories that are […]

This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives our clothes and objects have, the many stories that are […]

For Kaley Cuoco, Sundays mean one thing: football. Her fiancé Tom Pelphrey first made her a fan. “Because Tom is so obsessed with football, if […]

The sun has just set over the Palos Verdes hills, and the tennis court lights are buzzing to life. I’m enjoying time with my husband, […]

Splash Mountain’s eviction is complete. With the opening Friday of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disneyland has formally rid itself of an attraction that came to be […]

In our household, beauty wore different names. This was back in 1995, when we lived on 58th Place, in the upstairs unit of an ash-white […]

SEOUL  —  The election of Donald Trump has sparked a surge of interest in the United States in South Korea’s 4B movement, a radical feminist […]

The game started as an experiment. A way to look at emergent behavior — the coordinated and mesmerizing flight of a flock of birds, for […]

DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Alcorn — […]

For every time you hear an Angeleno smugly say “I thrifted it,” there’s a story behind the last hands that held the garment. Maybe it […]

Asia White defines herself as an “idea person” — someone with an expansive imagination and a tendency to get overexcited. “I want to do lots […]

Want to know the secret to longevity? Hint: It can’t be found at the bottom of a serum bottle or at some luxury doctor’s office. […]

It’s fall, and for many that means it’s “Gilmore Girls” season. Though its original run ended in 2007, the series about the mother-daughter escapades of […]

If you had asked me to go on a date with someone who was barely out of prison, my answer would be an immediate no. […]

“Hello, old friend.” That’s the phrase that popped into my head at the start of my favorite walk recently. It was a warm October evening […]

Walking is considered one of the healthiest ways to exercise, but let’s be honest: Unless you have a dog dragging you to the door or […]

When it comes to “walkability,” L.A. gets a bad rap. To the weekend visitor, our city can seem like a maze of twisting freeways and […]

According to the census, nearly a third of Los Angeles residents are over 50. And we’re aging collectively — according to a Times report, L.A. […]

Sometimes the best gift is not another item to keep track of but an experience where you can lose yourself entirely and find serenity, healing […]

Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds during undergraduate and graduate school and feeling unhappy with […]

Plant people are easy to buy for — and hard too — because the really die-hard gardeners usually want nothing more than their favorite battered […]

You won’t find any clowns at the L.A. leg of the traveling Balloon Museum, but there are plenty of other carnival-inspired sights and sounds to […]

Credits Creative Director: Amy KingFeatures Editor: Brittany Levine BeckmanLead Gift Guide editor: Marques HarperProject editors: Jen Doll, Philip Gray (books), Betty Hallock (food), Michelle WooWriters: […]

The City of Angels, La La Land, Tinseltown, the Big Orange — whatever you call this city and however you’ve made a life in it, […]

During this year’s early September heat wave, I sat in a shaded courtyard at USC struggling to write after teaching my classes. The oppressive noon […]

Louis Vuitton at the Americana Louis Vuitton has joined the lineup of designers and boutiques at shopping destination Americana at Brand in Glendale. Its new […]

Sophie Thatcher isn’t in L.A. at the moment — but “Yellowjackets” fans will appreciate the reason. She’s in Vancouver filming the new season of the […]

Long Beach is not Los Angeles. The suburb, if that’s something you can call the seventh-largest city in California, is geographically close to the City […]

For many people, stress related to the approaching presidential election is palpable. Even, at times, unbearable. Judith Martinez, 32, a nonprofit founder in Los Angeles, […]

One of the best parts of new parenthood is figuring out what your child is going to be for Halloween. Considering the costume possibilities for […]

• In April, comedian Allan McLeod launched “Walkin’ About,” a podcast in which he and a guest stroll somewhere in the L.A. region.• His walking […]

No one has ever applauded me for getting out of bed before. But for the last week and a half a tiny, cheery red machine […]

As a woman prepares to pitch her friend to an audience of roughly 200 eager singles, a few of their pals skip around the room, […]

• The Wallis Annenburg Wildlife Crossing now spans the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, but weather issues have pushed completion to sometime in 2026.• Builders […]

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and more. A skin, hair or […]

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and more. My first influencer event […]

• Eric Blackwell is making a name for himself with his handcrafted artworks made largely from reclaimed guitar wood, featured in California boutiques like Trina […]

You’re a Yankees fan headed to Los Angeles for the first time. Of course you have questions. After all, you’ve come west from an old, […]

The last time the Dodgers were in the World Series, it was in the thick of the pandemic. So all the games were played at […]

The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran Desert town, might be the steam and the […]

Over the course of J.B. Smoove’s decades-long career as a comedian, actor and writer, he’s become known for many things. His fast-paced, New Yorker cadence […]

I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a cute smudge of climbing chalk on their ears. […]

The industrial food supply will be the last bastion of the luxury economy, and we might mirror the cannibals in doomsday movies before we cede […]

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  —  Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven years living and working in the Sierra resort town […]

Barely four hours after he had arrived in Los Angeles from Georgia to attend his nephew’s birthday bash, James Huling was seated at a bar […]

• Famed cougar P-22 is a rock star in the wildlife world, inspiring a novel, songs, murals, documentaries and festivals that have drawn thousands since […]

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and more. My love of bathrooms […]

When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the breadth of the Russian River […]

The Black Dumpling Sculpture by Jess Sellinger Ceramics via ssense.com. (Beth Hoeckel for The Times) It can be tempting to fall prey to the lore […]

This story is part of Image’s October Luxury issue, exploring what luxury really means to artists, designers, aestheticians, architects and more. In the 2005 Chanel […]

It was 1996, and while traveling through the Lost Coast in far northern California, my boyfriend and I were camping without a tent on the […]

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Like most families […]

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the beauty rituals of artists and […]

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the beauty rituals of artists and […]

He handed me a brown paper bag — mind you, just a regular lunch-size kraft paper bag that was still flat and folded — and […]

For Julie Bowen, mom of three teenage boys, a perfect Sunday would include plenty of “me time.” “My whole family calls laundry and dishes my […]

A skin, hair or makeup routine is never just a skin, hair or makeup routine. We dived deep into the beauty rituals of artists and […]

Rolly Crump had an outsized reputation. A rebel in the Disney fold. A beatnik. An unapologetic tell-it-like-it-is you-know-what. Crump, who died last year at the […]

Approaching Laguna Beach on the hike from Newport Beach to San Clemente. (Tom Courtney) This charming stroll will transport you back to the 1930s, through […]

When model Josephine Lee, known online as Princess Gollum, arrived in Studio City for a skincare brand photo shoot in November 2021, she had all […]

Any Dodgers fan visiting New York is bound to have questions. Why is the Statue of Liberty calling for a right-handed relief pitcher? Why does […]

DIXON, Calif. —  Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased at the concession stand have […]

In this as-told-to interview, hair artist Tanya “Nena” Melendez shares the stories behind two wigs she made for Image’s October issue. The first wig is […]

Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a recent Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room. […]

• After years of living in a condo, the Hinch family was ecstatic about the giant backyard of their new Porter Ranch home. • Then […]

BISHOP, Calif. —  Just after dawn on Thursday, I pointed my car up a long, steep hill outside Bishop and climbed through the high desert scrub […]

Hollywood’s upper-class elites have found a new way to show that they’re out of touch. And I fell for it. Chain, a recent darling of […]

Imagine it: Soccer legend Abby Wambach, five years old and a gifted forward, scoring 27 goals in her first three youth soccer games. Now widely […]

“I don’t want to go.” “I get it.” I was on the phone with my emotional support friend Jill, who was trying to pump me […]

“Dale!” drag king Mauro Cuchi shouts into the mic. “Eso!” the crowd roars back. A spotlight shines on two glistening bodies facing off on the […]

I can think of nothing more luxurious than choice — the simple ability to dictate rather than be dictated to. We take for granted that […]

As contemporary Angelenos, seeing the immersive “Little Women Ballet” might be as close as we’ll ever get to stepping into a time machine. The series […]

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction […]

Todd Lerew is curious. He likes lists. And he doesn’t like doing things halfway. This is why he collects pictorial maps, why he has visited […]

It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of a twin bed sheet in cooling cotton. “Going […]

Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best trails, bodies of water, campgrounds and more that you […]

When pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth first began visiting Los Angeles in the early 2010s, he remembers landing at a house near Mount Olympus with an […]

For Halloween lovers, there is only one major problem with spooky season: it ends. But in a city where the change in seasons is more […]

Some people might wonder: Is true love at first sight just a romantic fantasy? Or does it ever actually happen? These weren’t thoughts that had […]

Living in Los Angeles is a lot like folding a fitted sheet: It seems almost impossible to do well — until someone shares a tip […]

Van Cleef & Arpels pop-up at South Coast Plaza The ultimate in luxury, Van Cleef & Arpels has a pop-up at South Coast Plaza this […]

Robotic dinosaurs. Mechanical miners. Unpredictable chaos. Our local water rides offer the promise of getting wet with a dash of surprise and excitement. Home to […]

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) Who — or what — is like a Leo? The fifth sign, presiding over the astrological house ruling joy, […]

(Photography by Henry Hargreaves; prop styling by Victoria Granof; post-production by Zak Vitale and Craig Peterson; thanks to Jarett Loeffler.) In L.A., water rules our […]

All aboard! Starting this week, the Descanso Railroad train ride is open to riders once again. And model trains winding their way around a new […]

I was at a cocktail party a few months ago in Studio City when, suddenly, one conversation rose above the din of guest’s chatter, and […]

Los Angeles-born actor and singer Miranda Cosgrove has been part of our pop culture landscape for more than two decades. She made her big-screen debut […]

The light was low at the Echo as Elliot Moss started playing his new single. The distortion kicked in, and my jaw dropped. It was […]

There are two words that will strike fear in a grown-up fan of a Disney theme park: Disney adult. While some may wear the designation […]

SACRAMENTO —  Last month, the California State Fair announced plans to allow cannabis to be sold and consumed on-site for the first time in its 170-year […]

I know my way around a facial. I have well-formed opinions about collagen face masks and laser treatments. I planned a trip to Seoul, in […]

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. The temperature was […]

Ann-Marie Hoang, L.A.-based wardrobe stylist from Highland Park. (Jennelle Fong / For The Times) Ann-Marie Hoang has made a career out of her love for […]

Of course, naming the best beaches of Southern California is subjective. But when a group of reporters set out to take on this massive task […]

Los Angeles renters with style, show us your place! The smaller, the better. In a city where home prices are at an all-time high and […]

Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid Eau De Parfum With a shift of the season come new scents to revel in. Gucci’s Flora Gorgeous Orchid Eau De […]

When Ali Weiss, 30, shares a selfie on Instagram, she often adds a disclaimer: This is a face that hasn’t had any work done. “The […]

When I video-call Lisa Ann Walter, she’s in the middle of making a banana cake to serve alongside the curry she’ll soon prepare for Sunday […]

On any given day in Southern California, you have vast opportunities to escape for an outdoor adventure, whether that means surfing a wave, hiking a […]

I’m walking home when a man, who’s graying and handsome, stops me. “Excuse me,” he says. “You’re gorgeous.” I’m not hallucinating. The fairy tale has […]

Here in Los Angeles, summer vacation means many different things to many different people. For some it’s a five-week-long trip to Majorca, Spain; for others […]

It’s sweaty stinky time again at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens. One of its rare corpse flowers is about to bloom, in […]

“Just before visiting Los Angeles in summer 2008, I read a story in the Los Angeles Times about the opening of the first public park […]

Mya wears Vassia Kostara bra, and pieces from Tiffany & Co.’s Tiffany Céleste collection. The L.A. universe doesn’t start or end in Beverly Hills. Depending […]

Six decades after the age when most people do, I’ve become obsessed with Lego. My gateway drug was a set reminiscent of an ice cream […]

In 1984, a determined back-to-earther named Jules Dervaes Jr. brought his wife and children from a 10-acre farm in rural Florida to study theology in […]

Two years ago, I ditched any semblance of cheesy dating apps in favor of meeting the love of my life organically, like in the olden […]

Emma Roberts vividly remembers how she was welcomed to life in Los Angeles 30 years ago. “I was 3, because my first memory of L.A. […]

On a breezy Saturday evening in South L.A., the sounds of heavy kick drums and electric claps trail down the block from a tan, two-story […]

Art and Jessica Martinez never imagined they’d own a home in the Valley. Their Silver Lake condo suited their urban lifestyle: strolling around the reservoir, […]

Jimmy Dunne hopped off his electric bike, hung his helmet on the handlebars and hurried over to the three bocce courts at Veterans Gardens just […]

When you figure in the high cost, endless lines, height restrictions and miles of walking, does it ever make sense to take a preschooler to […]

This is the part where I admit two things — neither of which I’m proud of. First, it was only then, several months in, I […]

Sundays have always been a “sacred” day for Eva Longoria. Growing up in Texas, the Golden Globe-nominated actor would go to Sunday Mass with her […]

They say your 30s are better than your 20s for myriad reasons: better sense of identity, more financial stability, less defined by ego-filled standards. For […]

At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Jessie George and other paleobotanists — the folks who study ancient plants the way paleontologists study prehistoric […]

When Cody Delistraty lost his mother in 2014, he was surprised by the various ways that he, his brother and his father dealt with their […]

(Daniel Sulzberg / For The Times) Times theme park critic Todd Martens was handed a wild assignment: Rank every theme park ride in Southern California. […]

Planning a wedding is a highly personal experience, reflecting your tastes, values and vision as a couple. But one thing is universal: It’ll likely cost […]

About a year and a half ago, it occurred to me that if I didn’t start working out again, I’d be sliding into a sloppy, […]

Licorice root, reishi mushrooms and vitamin B-6 are often among the ingredients listed in various adaptogenic drinks. (Rebecca Peloquin / For The Times) It’s not […]

On a sunny spring afternoon in the high desert, Adam Miller and Devon Oder prepared to welcome guests — friends, neighbors, artists and family members […]

Earlier this year, a spiritual coach and reiki healer who goes by the name Zen Oasis posted a video to TikTok explaining the idea of […]

Being at the Hollywood Bowl to see a show is a magical experience. Getting there? Not so much, thanks to streets that get so clogged […]

Collage featuring Mono Silver Zeug Cutlery Set. (Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) June is a feeling that floats at the forefront of every Angeleno’s […]

Paul Scheer’s memoir, “Joyful Recollections of Trauma,” is not just a collection of harrowing — and often humorous confessions — but also a reminder that […]

We drove up a steep hill in our packed doughnut food truck to see our new house in Glassell Park for the first time. But […]

Anh Phoong stands in front of one of her L.A. billboards. Phoong wears Oori Ott bodysuit and shorts, Firmé Atelier jacket. (Kanya Iwana/For The Times) […]

Is there a place in L.A. that simply makes you happy? A spot where you go to escape? Where the noise just stops and you […]

If there are many paths up the mountain that is spiritual self-discovery, writer, strategist and Zen priest Cristina Moon is on one with an especially […]

If you’re making travel plans for summer or fall, brace yourself for a jump in some advertised prices — which is, believe it or not, […]

For the first time in the 170-year history of the California State Fair, which is scheduled to open July 12 in Sacramento, visitors will be […]

Alanna Santini’s friends call her the “human weather vane.” On cloudy days, the 42-year-old advertising executive from Silver Lake invariably comes down with a bad […]

In Los Angeles, the sprawling 502-square-mile, second-most-populated city in the country, there’s one thing that makes the difference between surviving and truly thriving (once you’ve […]

In late November, I prepared myself for one of the most common pastimes of any nature-loving Californian. I got up early and trekked a dozen […]

In a second-story room in Los Feliz’s Philosophical Research Society, about a dozen people sit in a circle. Many of them are here for the […]

What would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets? It depends on who you ask. “The tree stands for […]

We all have a past — little ghosts of heartache and regret that can haunt us forever. But for some people, the ghosts can become […]

While a swanky airport lounge can’t alleviate Los Angeles International Airport’s infamous curbside gridlock, it can make it become a more distant memory. The latest […]

Mendocino County, Calif. —  As you drive through some of California’s most storied agricultural land, a few hours north of the Bay Area, you’ll zoom past […]

It’s a Tuesday night in mid-May, and dozens of people are rolling into a parking lot just south of the Santa Monica Pier. Most are […]

Françoise Hardy, the French chanson singer, songwriter, fashion “It Girl” and darling of the 1960s “yé-yé” French pop movement, has died. She was 80. Her […]

Bay Lake, Fla.  —  As we dip into the bayou, the scene before us feels a tad mystical, all glowing fireflies with hues of blue […]

Surviving in an obsolete industry as long as Aardvark Letterpress has requires fundamental elements of entrepreneurship. Skill, dedication, creativity and professionalism are essential. General manager […]

On Saturday morning, more than 20 L.A. Times subscribers traveled from near and far to join me on our first-ever subscriber hike. We met at […]

When people tell her they dislike Los Angeles — too much traffic; everybody drives and nobody walks — Nancy Silverton doesn’t try to defend her […]

We met online in 2004 before Hinge, Bumble or even the iPhone existed. My friends thought I was as likely to get killed as I […]

The hoot of a great horned owl. The munching of a mule deer enjoying grass. The crunching of your feet on the sandy soil. To […]

As a child, I hated nothing more than waiting in line at school. I remember not being able to go back to class from the […]

Sometimes 101 is just too small a number. Many readers, having digested our new list of 101 best West Coast experiences, have stepped up to […]

It’s June and Pride Month is in full swing as LGBTQ+ communities around the world celebrate together as well as commemorate the Stonewall Uprising in […]

My glutes are sore. How about you? We’ve just finished updating a massive hiking guide featuring 70 of the greatest hikes in the L.A. area. […]

L.A. Affairs is a first-person column in the L.A. Times chronicling romance and relationships. We are looking for previously unpublished work. Here’s how to submit […]

There are 38 walls in my house, including the ceilings. Of those, 14 are fully painted, 10 are in varying stages of completion, seven are […]

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Looking out the […]

I have a new system for beating the casinos in Las Vegas: I don’t spend a penny on the slots, the tables or the sports […]

Plan your ultimate trip to always-evolving Las Vegas. Try new immersive experiences and the best places to eat on and off the Strip — including […]

Reeling from an unrequited relationship with a bartender-actor and tired of being a broke substitute teacher-actor, I decided to take a full-time teaching job in […]

Hi! I’m Deborah Vankin and I’m a wellness writer for the L.A. Times. We just finished putting together a massive guide to fantastic hikes in […]

Prada Galleria Who doesn’t love a fresh take on a classic? The Prada Galleria, a bag first created in 2007, is back with reimagined surface […]

At high noon on a Saturday, the last aluminum pour of the day is about to commence at the Yucca Valley Material Lab. Heidi Schwegler, […]

Jacarandas have burst forth once more with their galvanizing purple-blue flowers, an invitation to feel joy or annoyance, depending on one’s perspective toward the tree’s […]

It’s 4:30 a.m. on a Tuesday and the lights are blazing at Food Forward’s Pit Stop warehouse. Big trucks are lining up waiting their turn […]

For Jay 305, smelling good is sanctity. A trail of musks, resinous woods and creamy florals follow him around like an orb of protection. But […]